I was in a cave, but I could see clearly.
"Where are we?" I ask. Dusk is still standing next to me, with the pendant around our necks.
"My home," Dusk says. I look at him coldly.
"You live in a cave, you're part bat, and when you bite somepony they become a part bat too. Are you sure 'thestral' doesn't mean vampire?" I ask sarcastically. "Also, explain why I'm saying 'pony' now." Dusk just shrugged and took the pendant off. I then noticed it was a claw holding an orb, but it was hard to look at the orb. It hurt my eyes just looking at it. Dusk put it away and walked away from me. My ears flattened against my head when he left my side, and I felt disappointed. To be honest... I'm more exasperated at these new thoughts than anything else.
"I honestly don't have a clue," Dusk admitted. "But my friend will." We started walking the cave until we reached a small house. "And, I actually live in here." He pointed to the house. I felt the urge to talk to Dusk about himself. It was harmless, so I indulged that urge.
"So, uh, tell me a bit about yourself. I might as well get to know my guide to this new world... and body." I said, trying to sound casual. Why am I acting like this- wait... all these thoughts about Dusk, my strange feelings, oh my Celestia! I'm in love with him! I'm not sure if I should be more scared of that, or the fact that I'm not appalled by that realization. I have to ask.
"OK, what the hay did you do to my mind?" I ask Dusk. He looks confused by the question.
"What do you mean?" Dusk asks.
"I can't say swear words, and there are phrases and names I don't know in my head now. An example of both being 'Sweet Celestia'." I explain.
"I don't know about that, but I can tell you who Celestia is." Dusk offered. Figuring learning something was better than nothing, I nodded. "Well, she's the ruler of Equestria and raises the sun at dawn." Dusk explained. I laughed at him.
"Hate to shatter your world view, but your queen doesn't 'raise the sun'," I say after I stop laughing. "The planet turns on an axis, and it just turns to face the sun," I explain. Dusk takes a cocky look to his face, and man is it cute. And that's me saying it this time. It's honestly adorable how he thinks his precious queen gives him warmth and light every day. He opened his mouth to say something, thinks better of it, and closes his mouth. You know what else is cute? His horsey ears. They are just the cutest! It's just the cherry on top with the little tuft of fur at the tips of his ears. I guess I have them too. I really want to look in a mirror and see what I look like.
"You know, I just realised that I haven't actually seen myself since before my transformation," I comment.
"Well, we are at my house, after all, so you could use my mirror," Dusk offers.
"Great, thanks." Then, I yawn. "Man am I tired! I guess turning into a bat-pony hybrid takes a lot out of you." I joked. Dusk laughs slightly at my joke.
"Well, then I guess you're my guest for the day," Dusk says, looking at a strong light further on in the cave. "We should get to bed, It's getting late." I cock my pony head.
"Wait, but it's daylight outside," I protest.
"You're a thestral, a nocturnal creature," Dusk explains. "You sleep during the day." I roll my eyes.
"I know what nocturnal means," I say playfully. I yawn again. So, we walk into the house.
We entered the house, wich was surprisingly like a human house, only there were differences that made since, appliances missing or different and things shorter down.
"I only have one bed..." Dusk trailed off. "... So if we're gonna have to sleep togeth-"
"NOPE!" I shouted as much as this tiny voice in my head screamed "F**** YES!!!" So I beat that voice up and put duct tape over it's mouth. "I'll just hang from the ceiling or something." Dusk blinked a few times.
"Well I was thinking it would be more comfortable for you," I blush. "But ok. I have a guest bedroom, so I'll just 'hang' in there." Dusk walks to the end of a hall and points to a door. It has the long bar handle. Dusk opened the door and pointed inside. "You can sleep in here."
"Um, thanks," I say as I walk into the room.
"No problem, this is my fault, after all," Dusk says. I realized then that Dusk was blaming himself for (what clearly was) an accident.
"It's ok, it was an accident," I say to him, grinning a bit.
"Thanks," He says to me, looking at the floor. He closed the door, and I heard hoof steps walking down the hall. I walked over to the bed and flopped onto It, it was really comfy. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.