We are sitting in the throne room of Twilight's castle. I found it odd that there were six thrones, but whatever. Twilight was sitting on her throne, sipping on a cup of tea. And Luna was sitting on the throne with the party balloons on it. I had told Twilight about the cause of me being here. I forgot how sympathetic she could be. After she got over the initial shock of the situation, we were back to a normal conversation. "So, what do you remember about Equestria?" She asked.
"Not much, really. Just bits and pieces." I replied.
She raised an eyebrow. "You don't remember the friends you've made here?"
I furrowed my brow. "I had friends here, besides you and the princesses?" I asked in genuine curiosity.
"Really? You don't remember any of them?" I shook my head. "Rarity? Applejack? Pinkie Pie?"
I thought for a moment. "Nope." I scratched the back of my head. "Well, only vaguely, but still." She looked shocked for a moment but, held a hoof to her chin, and perked up after a minute or two.
"How about Aura? Or Chrysalis?" She asked with certainty.
I shook my head again. "No." She seemed surprised by this. "Do you think they'd be offended that I don't remember them?" I asked.
"Hmm...I'm not sure. It would probably be best if I explained it to them."
"Probably." There was a pause as both princesses took a sip of their tea. "How many?"
"Hmm?"
"How many friends did I have here?"
She set her cup down. "Eight, excluding Princess Celestia, Luna, and myself." I hummed in response. "What?"
"Too many. That's not like me." That gave both of them pause.
"...How many friends did you have in your world?" Twilight hesitantly asked.
"One or two." I shrugged.
Luna tilted her head. "Surely that's not right."
I nodded my head. "Yeah. I used to have a nice little group of friends but, you know, life happens.
"But only two truly remain?"
I scratched my beard in thought. "Well, maybe only one. I don't know, I have a hard time telling friends from acquaintances. So there's also no guarantee that I actually considered those eight to be friends of mine."
"What a lonely life..." Twilight said before covering her mouth with a hoof. "I'm sorry! I- Zane?" I turned around and left the room, shaking my head with a frown.
I stopped outside of the room and propped myself against a wall. Luna followed me out shortly after. "Zane, she didn't mean to say it like that."
I stared straight ahead. "I don't care. I know she didn't, but I don't care. Knowing the position I'm in, I would have thought that she would be more careful with her words. But I guess not." I sighed. "Hell, I even agree with her! It's just not what I needed to hear right now."
"Are you angry with her?"
I gave her a look. "Should I not be? I mean really, who fucking says that?"
"Calm yourself, Zane. You are overreacting, and it was an accident." She said in an authority tone.
I looked into her eyes. "Am I now?!" She took a step back at my tone. "So I'm in the wrong, yet I'm the one who's suffering? Okay, I understand now! Let's burn all the fucking bridges shall we!!" I yelled, and started to walk back towards the room.
Calm down, you will regret this.
Will I? How?
You are actually going to be living here this time.
Are you sure you want to make enemies with Twilight?
Highly skilled magic user, and a princess. I see your point. I stopped and turned back towards Luna with a sigh. "Sorry for yelling..." I walked back into the room to see a very unsure Twilight. I cleared my throat. "Continuing: Yes it can get kinda lonely at times, but it's more or less my fault for being that way." I sighed. "I'm sorry."
Twilight tilted her head. "What does that mean? How would it be your fault?"
"It's complicated, okay?" I said.
She didn't look sure, but nodded her head anyway. "I won't pry."
"Thank you."
After talking with Twi a bit more, her table started glowing and she said she had to go and find her friends. Since our visit with the newest princess was cut short, Luna suggested that we go and inform her sister. I agreed and mentioned that it might not be good if she tried to send me back. So after an awkward flight to Canterlot(?), meaning that I had to sit on her back while she flew, I was stood outside of the throne room's doors. I have to admit that the stained glass is pretty cool. It'd be nice to actually understand what the small wooden plaque under the window said, but oh well. I really should talk to Twilight or Luna about learning their written language sometime.
"Move, you overgrown hairless ape!" I heard from behind me. But before I had any time to react, I was covered in a light blue...I guess aura would be the word, and pushed out of the way. Unfortunately, I was caught off balance, and tripped on the flower pot that was sat in front of the window I was admiring. Suffice to say, the windows aren't as strong as they look. On my way through the window, I heard gasps of shock from the ponies that were in the corridor. Trying to ignore the shards of glass sticking in my face, chest and left arm, I looked at where I was headed. It was a fence. A wrought iron fence. With spikes on it. I looked at what was on the other side the fence, and it was a graveyard. Perfect.
If we live through this, we kill the bastard that did this to us...
That is, if we live. let's concentrate on that for now.
I stared at the fence again. At this rate I was going to hit it dead center. OH GOD PLEASE NO!!
Calm down, Terrence! We have another fifty feet! That didn't calm him down.
Zane, I have an idea but we have to time it just right.
I think I see where you're going with this. Shit, I hope it works. I watched the fence and concentrated. So hard that time seemed to slow down. I watched as it came closer and closer. And when it was time. "This is gonna hurt." I rolled to my left and a second later, I was impaled. At first, there wasn't any pain. I looked down with the hope that I missed the fence, but I didn't. From what I could tell, there were three spikes in my right leg, three in my chest, and one barely missed my head. My right lung was punctured, and I'm not sure if the artery in my leg was torn. I didn't even want to think about any broken bones. There was no pain, I looked down at the ground and saw some blood starting to pool. I saw ponies running around, shouting, or just staring at me. I looked up at the sky, and saw Luna and her sister flying toward me. As I focused on them, I felt the pain. And it was bad.
"Zane! You're going to okay!" Celestia said.
"Doubtful." I said coughing up blood. "Help me, or kill me. Just don't waste time. Please." She nodded her head, and I saw her horn glow. I looked at Luna, but I couldn't read her expression. I closed my eyes, and well, that was it.