Chapter One

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*Authors Note* Ok, this is the first thing I have EVER written like this, so it’s going to be pretty bad. However if you want to read on, go ahead, I mean, who’s stopping you?

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This is a story about your average college student, who’s also in the marching band and plays the clarinet pretty well. He’s played the clarinet for 8-9 years, he’s lost track, and he always practices outside his house to the left. He has never liked to be around big groups of people, he’s always been the kind of person that secludes himself from society. From here, is where we start his story.

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It started as a normal day for CJ; he opened his clarinet case and started putting it together.
*sigh* You know, being single my whole life sucks. I just wish that I could find one person to make me happy. Sadly, after all of the heart breaks and rejections, I’m just better off alone. I’m just saying fuck it, I’m done, I’m better off alone….Ok time to stop with the self pity, I have practicing to do.

So with that, CJ started practicing his clarinet, playing soft, slow melodies with such care and grace that it just made everything more...peaceful. CJ has always let music be a big part of his life, he never goes anywhere without his iPod, and you would always see him listening to it everywhere he went. You would often hear the wubs coming from his headphones. He just blasted it as loud as he could and just kept walking on, not giving a fuck. But when he finished practicing he put his clarinet up and decided to take a nap.

“I hope I don’t wake up with any bugs or anything on else on me. I hate being afraid of spiders. It’s just something about the eyes that freak me out, just having 8 instead of 2.

At this point CJ shivers at the thought of waking up with one on his face. But, even with that on his mind, he decides to take a nap. Clarinet lying on his chest, he stares at the sun that’s slowly began to set under the horizon.

“Think I should go inside…naaaa, I’ll be fine, seriously, what could possibly go wrong?”

I’m pretty sure we all know to NEVER say that, and CJ soon learns not to as well. Most people mean it as a rhetorical question, but the worlds just says “No, fuck you, were doing it anyways”

So as CJ lies there sound asleep, then a slight rumble sounds from somewhere. CJ wakes up wondering what that noise was.
“W-what’s going on? Is it an earthquake or just a tremor?”
At that point he saw the ground started to crack around him, leaving him helpless as he just sat there waiting for the ground to bury him alive.
“Well, I’ve lived a good life I guess, even though I’ve never had a girlfriend. Damn, I wish I did. I would treat her like the way she’s supposed to be treated, protect her when she’s in trouble, and hold her when she’s scared or just needs a shoulder to cry on.”
After he said that, the earth just seemed to open up underneath him, leaving him floating in the air. He looked down to see a slight, colorful ripple in the ground. Not like the fire and lava you would expect.
“Why the hell am I floating? Wait, IM FLOATING? Since when could I float? And about the time CJ said that he looked down, again.

“Oh shit” and as usual whenever someone says that after they look down, he just falls into the…rift? I guess that’s what you would call it.

When he fell through, all he noticed was a beautiful sunset and the greenest grass he’d ever seen coming towards his face.

“Oh fuck m-“about that time CJ’s face makes full contact with the ground. His body just flattened out like a plank sticking up in the air, and he was fully unconscious as his body hit the ground, CJ snoring away like he was asleep.

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Meanwhile, a yellow Pegasus is chasing down Angel, her favorite pet, through the forest.

“Angel, w-wait up…please.”
Angel just kept hopping along through the forest. Eventually the yellow Pegasus caught up to Angel after she lost him for a bit. She had to fly to find him though.

At this point, not remembering what happened, CJ just slept. He thought it was all a dream. That is until he felt something small and warm on his stomach.

“What the? Why is there a white fur ball on my stomach? Oh well, I’m still tired, and have a splitting headache. Might as well go back to sleep and let the headache die off.”
As CJ dozed off again he thought “haha, little white fur ball if kinda fluffy” with this he was out like a light again. Little did he know that that little white fur ball was in fact Angel. As soon as CJ fell asleep the yellow Pegasus found Angel, and wondered what he was doing with that thing.

“Angel w-what are you s-sleeping on?”

Angel just woke up, rubbed his eyes and gave her the “Took you long enough” stare.

When Angel began to wake up, CJ heard….something…that seemed vaguely familiar? “Ohh well, I guess it’s time for me to wake up anyways.”

CJ began to stir from his resting spot and began rubbing his head. “Ow, that fall hurt like hell” He looked around and saw nothing but a forest which he was surrounded by and a little white rabbit giving him the “What the fuck are you” stare.

“Oh it’s a rabbit” CJ slowly starts to put his hand out, only to be bitten by the rabbit. Even though it didn’t hurt that much, he just winced at the pain as the little rabbit teeth actually managed to break the skin.
Off in the bushes a little “eep” was heard. CJ looked over and saw the bushes shake a bit.
“Um…hello? Anybody there?” still unknowing to him, Angel was still biting down but not as hard. Angel stopped biting his hand, hopped around, and gave him the “Ok, you’re weird” look. However, for some reason Angel liked this guy. There was just something about him, he gave off that aura that animals have a natural attraction to.

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Fluttershy was watching what was going on from the bushes. “W-what is that thing? And w-why is Angel near it?
At this point was when CJ reached his hand out and watched as Angel bit him.
“Oh no, Angel don’t do that” she said as she began to walk out of the bushes, but the thing looked over in her direction. She let out a little “eep” and hid back in the bushes. She heard the thing talk. She heard “Um…hello?” at this point she just sat there, trying to think what this thing, or being was.

As Angel became used to CJ, he found he had something weird with him. Angel pointed over to the black case embroidered in silver and the words *CJ* in gold.

“Oh, that? That’s just my clarinet”

Angel gave him the “Uhhh what’s that?” kind of look.

CJ let out a little snicker at that. “It’s an instrument, you use a little piece of wood called a reed” CJ proceeds to pull out a thin piece of wood, maybe about 2-3 inches long, and proceeds to put it in his mouth so he could get it wet (no…quit thinking I was gonna go there…pervs).

He pulls out the reed and says, “Usually the instrument plays a whole lot better when the reed is wet, it helps it vibrate better.” (If you people are still thinking the way I think you are, shame on you, even though I smirked at my own writing a little).

He begins to put his instrument together, and Angel is giving you this “what are you doing” look.

“Don’t worry, it’s not a weapon of mass destruction or anything like that, it’s practically harmless. It just makes music.”

Fluttershy, who was still in the bushes watching this creature, unsure if it was good or bad. Then she saw he started putting something together. “What’s that black thing he’s putting together? Oh no, it must be some kind of weapon, oh I hope Angel will be ok.”

As CJ finishes putting his clarinet together, he finally stands up and looks around.

“Wait a fucking minute, where am I? This is, different; I’ll figure it out after I play my clarinet a little. I don’t need to skip my early morning practice, even though I do skip it every now and then.” He smirked at that thought a little.
He started playing the normal warm up scales he does every morning. Then after that, he finally got serious. He decided to play something soft and warming due to all the animals around in the woods. He started with Lullaby, which was a soft, warming song that usually put people to sleep. So he started playing, hearing the soft, heartwarming tone come from the clarinet just made him feel at ease, no matter where he was or how sad he was. Playing his clarinet put him into a whole different world, one where he could relax and enjoy the sound that he was creating through his instrument. Once he finished the song, he felt something small hit the side of his leg. It seemed like the music made Angel fall asleep.

Fluttershy listened as he played that weird thing he held in his hands. “What is that, that wonderful sound. It’s…calming……making……..me…no! must stay awake, for Angel’s sake.”

After he got done, she looked and noticed that Angel was asleep. “Oh no, w-whatever am I going to do? Angels over there sleeping by that…that…that thing and it’s just standing there looking around.

CJ bent over and picked the rabbit up and started walking through the forest, clarinet case on his back (yes it had a backpack strap on it).

“This looks all too familiar, like I’ve seen it somewhere before. Oh well, I’m sure it’ll hit me like a freight train when I figure it out.”

Little did he know, it would, and his life would change forever. For the good, or for the bad I don’t know, we will have to wait and see.

CJ started to walk towards something that looked like a house in the middle of nowhere. It was a lot different than the usual houses he’s used to seeing, it seemed kind of, small.

“Now that’s an odd house” Then, he saw all the animals walking and playing around the house. “Oh wow, so many animals, I love animals!” At that point he stopped. Angel was awake by now and just chilling on my shoulder.

“Hey Angel, do you live here by any chance?” He was still weirded out by how familiar this all seemed to be.

Angel just shook his head, affirming CJ’s question “So, want me to let you off here?”

Angel just looked at him, put his little paw out, and you knew this gesture.

“Sweet! Bro Fist!” They Bumped knuckles and as Angel jumped down, he gave you a look that said “You know what kid, your cool in my book.” And whit that Angel started to hop away.

“Hey wait!”

Angel stopped and turned around. CJ was just standing there opening his mouth, then closing it again, like he was going to say something but couldn’t. The annoyed rabbit tapped his foot at this, getting CJ’s attention.
CJ was being his shy self now, he always was when it came to asking questions. He just sighed, and said in a quiet like voice “Um…think I could see the other animals?” The little rabbit just gave him the “Did you seriously just do that?” look. Then after a few minutes of just standing there CJ does his usual “What” voice. The little rabbit just starts rolling on the ground laughing. “What’s so funny?” But whatever it was, it got him laughing too. After the laughing fit they had, the rabbit led CJ over to where the rest of the animals were.

CJ decides to look at his watch, wondering if the time is the same here as it was where he was from. He knew he was somewhere different, he just didn’t know exactly where he was. “Wow, it’s getting pretty late, I guess I better find someplace to stay.”

CJ looked up at his watch, and all the animals gave him the “Deer in headlights” look. It kind of made him smirk a bit. However, that smirk didn’t last long, he eventually wondered why they all ran off from him. Angel looked back at him and gave him an “I got this” look.

Angel came back later with the animals, and they were scared of him that’s for sure. They were very cautious, even the bear was scared of him. That kind of startled him a bit seeing a grizzly walk around from behind a house like that was…odd.

Eventually all the animals were gathered in one area, just setting there, staring at him with fear in their eyes. He walks up to them, gets down on one knee, and says “It’s all right, I have absolutely nothing that can harm any of you.” As he finishes that sentence, all the animals slowly start to walk over to you. After maybe 10 minutes or so, the animals are all over you. Playing, wrestling, and just watching you, wondering what you were.

During this whole thing, Fluttershy was watching everything. “H-how did he get all of my animals to like him that quickly? T-the animals are never attached to anyone to that extent that fast.”

Fluttershys shy nature backed off for a minute and curiosity took over. She started moving out of the bush and out into the night sky, the moon was shining bright, and it almost illuminated everything around her.

CJ looked to his left, and his jaw hit the ground, literally. A seal came up and slapped him on the back, making him face plant the ground. As CJ got back up, he saw, for sure this time what walked in front of him.

“No way, t-this can’t be poss- how is thi- what is going on? I knew this place was different, but”

What he saw blew his mind, no not literally this time, mentally. He started analyzing what he saw. He saw a Pink Pegasus with a long pink mane that curled near the end. She also had 3 pink butterflies on her flank, and gorgeous sapphire blue eyes. All she did was stand there for a while, hiding behind her mane. That is, until she spoke.

“U-u-um….how did…I mean..” she squeaked and backed off a little, then regained her ground. She knew this needed to be asked to this strange creature. “How d-did y-you g-get all my animal friends t-to l-like you t-that quickly.

Then Fluttershy heard something fall, It happened to be that weird creature she was trying to talk to.

CJ just looked, and heard her talk, and understood what she said, and he hit the ground. “The fuck? Did that pony just…talk? OH GOD! I REMEMBER OHHHHHHHHHH SHIT! DAMMIT!” At that point he face-palmed and recognized his words from earlier, there it was, the freight train. It had hit him, HARD. He now realized where he was, he recognized the bunny, the name of it, the house, and especially the pony since she was his favorite (alongside Luna).

“U-um are y-you ok?”

CJ continued cussing himself some more for not realizing it any sooner, he felt like one of the three stooges. Fluttershy let out a little squeak as you stood up. When you heard it you stumbled a bit. Hearing it on the show was ungodly cute, but hearing it in real life. MOTHER OF GOD IS WAS SO DAMN ADORABLE. I almost couldn’t hold myself back from hugging her.

“Yea, I’m fine, now if you excuse me I must go see someone.”

After he stood up, he looked around. Everything was much, smaller, than everything else in his world. But of course they were two totally different worlds.
“Why am I so tall, everything around me has…shrunk? I mean 6’3 is average on Earth, but this. Damn.”

He knew exactly where to go. He headed into Ponyville, thankfully it was dark and no one was around. Or so he thought. In the matter of seconds he entered Ponyville, he saw a blur of rainbow colored hair fly through the air.

“Finally, someone I may be able to talk to, and someone who may be able to guide me to where I want to go.”

But when he tried to stop the blur, he got hit by it instead. It tried to say something, but it was slurred due to the speed. He yelled “OW WHAT THE FUCK! I THOUGHT YOUD JUST LAND AND THEN I COULD ASK YOU TO HELP ME OUT, BUT NO YOU HAD TO GO FUCKING HIT ME AND MAKE ME DROP MY CLARINET CASE!”

It wasn’t so much that he got hit, he was used to it from his sister who picked on him all the time. But when it came to his clarinet and his iPod, he would get pissed even if his sister went near them. He acted completely different than when he was calm. This is how he is about the things he loves. As long as you don’t mess with those few things he’s fine. But if you go near them, or cause them harm in any way. He’d go into a full on rage mode and not calm down for a while. Usually when he gets mad he calms down just like that, but not when it came to this stuff. He stayed pissed for a good while, at least until he got some sleep in.

Since yelling at the Pony made her run off, or made her go do something else, CJ decided to roam Ponyville until he found what he was looking for. But he found exactly what he was looking for, along with 2 other additions.

It was Rainbow Dash, and somepony who was purple, and was a unicorn. He knew that one to automatically be Twilight. The other one had an orange coat, and had a cowboy hat on and a very bad country accent. He figured that one was Applejack, but it was dark so he couldn’t tell, he just guessed.

Once he looked at his clarinet case beside him, he saw it had a dent in it, which enraged him more than last time. “OH GREAT, LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO ME CASE!” He picks up the case, showing a very slight dent in it. “NOW I HAVE TO FIX THIS SHIT!” He started walking towards them, yelling at them. Rainbow dash was the first to act. She flew through the air, landing on CJ. By the time he saw that he was lying on the ground, her holding his arms down. He couldn’t help but laugh a little at their feeble attempt. He was calmed down now, he couldn’t stay mad at these ponies. They were too damn cute. He decided to get Rainbow off of him by tickling her under her wing, she fell over. Which was a bad move on his part, and he would soon regret it. He didn’t want to fight these ponies, back on earth, those ponies and his clarinet were the only escapes from reality he had. He stood up away from the rest of them looking down at Rainbow. He began to reach down to help her up, but the he heard a pony call out. “DON’T YOU GO NEAR RD YOU MONSTER!” CJ stood back up straight and turned around. “Sorry, I was just trying to-OOF.” When he started to say that while turning around, he saw two orange legs flying up towards his chest, and he didn’t have time to react. The legs connected with his Solar Plexus, and he heard bones crack, break, and organs get punctured by his ribs. He coughed up blood, and simply said “ow” in a very weak tone before passing out.

Rainbow stood up from her laughing attack that CJ caused, Applejack ran over to her.

“RD you alright, he didn’t hurt cha none did he?

“No he just tickled me so I would get off him, I was trying to say sorry for earlier. I was kinda flying a bit too low and hit him. He started yelling as I flew off, I’d never seen anything like him before so I thought I’d grab Twilight and you to come help me find this…thing that I hit by accident.”

“So you mean ah attacked him for nothing?”

“WHAT! YOU ATTACKED HIM, COULD YOU NOT HEAR ME LAUGHING”

“Ah though you were cryin’”

“AJ…we’ve got to get you off the farm more”

“Sorry Rainbow I Didn’t mean to hurt him ya know, It’s just.”

“I know AJ, but there’s no need to apologize to me, apologize to the one that’s out cold on the ground bleeding from where you kicked him.”

Twilight walked up to AJ and began to talk. “Ok girls, as we know this…thing is dying, so the best chance we have is to get him to the hospital right away.”

Little did they know a very shy Pegasus was watching this all go down. “Oh my, I-I hope he’s okay. I-I better go see him tomorrow. W-Wait, I just had a wonderful idea. W-When I go see him tomorrow I’ll take everyone with me, that way when he wakes up, he can meet everyone.”

With this idea fresh on her mind, she flies off back to her house to tend to her pets before bed. Meanwhile, CJ was in his own consciousness, wondering what the hell just happened.

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* authors note* Well, that’s my first chapter, sorry if I switched from 1st person, to 2nd person, to 3rd person. I get carried away with my writing and usually switch POV’s. I wanted to write more. But I have to make up chapter 2 tomorrow while I’m at school. Sorry if I did switch POV’s, just put them in 3rd person. This is a story about CJ in Equestria, not you or I. But, who knows, that may change in my future stories.

Chapter Two (I Hope this ones better)

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When the 3 ponies finally got to the hospital. Twilight, who was carrying CJ with her telekinesis, yelled at the nurses. "Get the bed ready." The nurses just stood there, looking at this...thing...that was leaving small puddles of crimson colored blood on the floor. "Well, why are you two just standing there? I thought I told you two to get a bed ready!" The nurses were still staring at the thing that's floating in the air. "What are you two doing! I SAID GET A BED READY!" With this, the nurses were finally snapped back into reality. They started running around, one nurse started tossing papers, bed sheets, and pillows as the other one caught them perfectly in place. The nurses finally hurried up the stairs, opening a door, and walked into a room that was circular, white, and had a little table in the middle of the room with all sorts of weird tools around it. There was a large observation room above it, almost like they wanted people to see CJ. Thankfully though, the area upstairs looked empty, and all the lights were off, so Twilight just assumed it wasn't bring used.

"Your not seriously thinking of putting him there are you?"

"Why of course, you said he was hurt badly didn't you?"

"Well yea, but we need to get his condition stabilized NOW, he's loosing a lot of blood!"

The nurses scrambled to get the bed ready, wiping it down thoroughly, disinfecting it with sprays that had a very strong chemical smell to it, then wiping it all down with a few towels, and finally carefully putting the sheets on the bed.

"No need to worry about the top sheet, he just needs to be stabilized then he should be fine." Twilight slowly sets down CJ onto the table, who's still losing blood. She saw that blood was stained into his shirt, "Well, I guess I'll have to clean them later, or get Rarity to make him new ones."

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Meanwhile, while all that is going on, CJ awoke in an uknown place, it was...different, but it seemed vaguely familiar. Like he'd been there when he found all hope was lost, when everything was over, when he thought he'd lost everything. It was nothing but darkness, but it had a home-like warmth to it, like he was meant to live in that darkness. He'd appear here after falling asleep. However, all he did was set there and sulk, nothing happened, he just sat there, enveloped in a world of darkness and depression. He had absolutely no way out, yet this time, something was off. He didn't feel alone. He felt like...something was there. He could hear a sigh behind him.

"God, why do I have to be in here with you." CJ turned around to see what spoke to him. It looked like a florescent light just floating there. "W-what are you?" CJ stood there for a minute before it talked again. "Oh of course now you ask. I've been in here since you were little, and you just NOW notice I'm here. Seriously, could you be any more blind." CJ just looked at the orb as it talked with a smart ass tone, he just shrugged it off. He looked at it, it had a kind of reddish tent to it, not fully white, and for some reason, the light didn't blind him. The light was definitely bright enough to do that to someone who just recently saw it, like he did. He wasn't blinded though, which he found odd, but he finally responded to the orbs gesture. "I'm not blind you know, only near sighted, and that's why I have glasses" The orb just floated there for a moment and you hear a slight sigh.

"Of all the people she could put me in, it had to be this nerd. Look kid, you weren't teleported here by accident. Someone summoned you here, question is who?" CJ kind of stumbled from where he was standing, but regained his balance before he fell. "Y-You mean, I was SUMMONED here...b-by who?" The orb just floated around in the blackness that surrounded them a bit before it finally spoke. "I think I know who summoned you." CJ just stood there for a minute, waiting for the orb to answer his own question. "However, I'm not going to tell you. Your going to have to find out yourself." CJ stumbled again, after finally regaining his balance again, he just stood there.

"Why?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Just because I don't want to. Your just going to have to find out yourself."

"You're and ass you know that."

"Yep, and proud of it, oh looks like your ride out is here."

"What." CJ saw a blinding white light, he though Oh god, this is the end, I had so much to live for too.

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It has been 2 days since that accident happened that put CJ in the hospital. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were still unsure what to think about that thing they saw. The only reason Twilight saved it was to study this new creature, and figure out how it slept, ate, grew, etc. The other two just wanted to know what it was and why it was there in Equestria and if it was an enemy or friend. However, all 3 decided not to let any of the other mane 6 know about this accident. They told the nurses before they left to not tell a single pony, or there will be dire consequences. With that, they all went back to their homes and slept, except for one very curious pony.

What is that thing, it's different from any species of animal I've ever seen. It can speak a language we can understand, but can it understand us? I don't think I ever got to see it reply to any of our questions. Twilight though, little did she know, he had had a small conversation with Fluttershy that very evening. After she finally got out of her thought process, she hears a soft knock on the door.

"Spike, get the door will you, I'm kind of right in the middle of something."

"Sure thing Twilight," Spike hears more frantic knocking now, like someone is really trying to get Twilight's attention. "Hold on, I'm coming." Spike proceeds to the door and opens it slightly only to see the door get thrown open, almost coming off its hinges. Spike flew back after the door hit him with a resounding *thump* that went throughout the library. Spike got up, a bit bruised but ok. "What was that for," Spike looked too see who did it. It was surprisingly Fluttershy. "F-Fluttershy?"

"I'm sorry spike, but wheres Twilight, I need to tell her something."

"She's upstairs, why?"

"Ok, thank's Spike." Fluttershy proceeds to rush up the stairs and into Twilight's room. When she enters the room, she sees a very stressed Twilight. Her mane's all messed up, tail as well, and she's putting all of her attention to a book about weird monsters and animals.

"Twilight, I need to tell you something!"

Twilight proceeds to close the book, and from the books weight, dust flies everywhere when it closes, causing Fluttershy to sneeze. "Yes Fluttershy?"

"Well, I was chasing Angel through the forest, I lost him and couldn't find him. So I flew up into the air, and I saw him laying something on weird. I landed and asked what he was laying on. Then after that the thing started to move and talk to Angel. I was so scared, but when Angel led it back to my house, it wondered if it could meet the rest of the animals. Angel eventually brought out all the animals, and they were just instantly attached to this thing after it said a few words. T-then, I actually s-spoke to it, but not for long."

"Fluttershy, was it perhaps, a very tall creature with a case of some kind with it?"

"Y-yes, but the thing in the case isn't something scary. I-it's quite interesting to hear. It played music, but nothing like Equestrian music. I-I mean, this music was....different."

"Different?"

"Y-yes, n-nothing like we've ever heard. T-this thing, knew how to play it very good. It's like that thing was a part of his soul, and it spoke his true feelings through that thing. It's not evil I know that, it actually seems like a kind and caring....thing, but still. We have to do something about this thing."

"Well, I think differently. I saw it in Ponyville last night, and it looked like it was going to attack RD."

"O-oh"

"It's different I give you that. I think I can trust it because it didn't actually hurt RD, it just tickled her. Odd how it knew exactly where to tickle RD. Took me forever to figure out how."

"I-I don't think it's all bad. It may have a temper, but it's definitely not bad. If it was it would've hurt Rainbow Dash."

"You have a point Fluttershy, I must ask Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to come to Ponyville right away."

"Why?"

"That thing, it's in the hospital. Applejack overreacted when she saw RD fall on the ground. She thought it hurt her and she bucked it in the chest. We rushed it to the hospital afterwords, it was bleeding out of the mouth. Everywhere I went, there was always a trail of crimson colored blood following me. I could tell it was loosing more than it was supposed to."

"I-I hope it's ok."

"Me too Fluttershy, me too."

"B-before I go, c-can I a-ask you a question. T-that is if y-you don't mind."

"Of course Fluttershy, I don't mind."

"Why do you have to ask Princess Celestia and Princess Luna to come to Ponyville?"

"I must see if they know more about this thing, they need to know it's here in Equestria before anypony else does."

"O-oh, well make s-sure to come get me when w-we go see it. I wan't to ask it some questions."

"Wow, that's different Fluttershy, you're usually the one who stays quiet. Whats got you so interested in this thing?"

"I-It's different from everypony else. It got all of my animal friends to like it almost instantly. I've never seen anything like that. There's something to it, and I'm wanting to find out what it is."

"Ok Fluttershy. I'll get RD to go get you when it wakes up."

"Ok, thanks Twilight, and tell Spike I'm sorry for hurting him, I was overreacting a bit."

"A bit?"

"Ok, a lot. Still, I'm sorry."

"Don't worry Fluttershy, I'll make sure to tell him."

"Ok, well I guess I'm going to go and tend to my animals then. Bye Twilight."

"Bye Fluttershy."

As Fluttershy left the library, Twilight called down to Spike, requesting he write a letter. She could hear a bit of scurrying downstairs. Next, she heard tiny little noises as the scales on the dragons feet hit the stairs as he proceeded to go up them, making it into the room in no time at all, almost instantly.

"Yes Twilight?"

"Spike, take a letter." Spike proceeds to pull out a scroll and a quill.

"Ready when you are Twilight,"

"Dear Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

Yesterday, something entered Ponyville. I have no idea what it is, but you may know. Its tall, has almost no hair or fur except for the top of it's head. The hair it has is very long, almost to its shoulders, at least I think it is its shoulders. It was also carrying a weird case, and Fluttershy said it was something that played music, unlike any we have ever heard. However, the thing is now in the Ponyville hospital thanks to Applejack. She thought it was attacking RD, but it was only tickling her. Applejack bucked it in the chest, and all I could understand was a slight "ow" before it passed out, so it must speak a language we can understand. It was still bleeding a lot by the time I got to the hospital, and was worried it lost too much blood. Thankfully though, they got it stabilized and under control. Now, we're just waiting for it to regain consciousness, and that may take a while. I'll reply when it finally wakes up.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

With the letter written to the princesses, Spike spit out his usual green flame. Twilight watched as the scroll was slowly turned to ash as it was sent to the princesses. Once it was sent, Twilight went back to her studies and trying to find something on this creature.

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At the Canterlot castle in Equestria, Princess Celestia had just gotten ready for bed. It was late, and she was tired from all the duties she had to do that day. She was just getting to lay in her soft, warm, comfortable, and empty bed when a scroll appeared in front of her.

"Well now, Twilight's letter isn't due untill 3 days from now. I wonder what this occasion is?"

Princess Celestia proceeds to open the letter, and began reading it's contents. "Oh my, this is urgent. I must go tell Luna immediately!" Celestia didn't feel like running through the castle, so she just teleported. As the white light began to envelop her being, she thought. Took long enough for him to return. Luna was up on her balcony staring at the night sky, it gave her a lonely feeling as the moon, big and as luminescent as it was, made her remember her many years up there.

"I never want to go back to that horrible place, being alone is...depressing. I hate being alone, now that I'm back, I never want to leave my sister's side."

After finishing that sentence, Celestia teleported in, leaving a bright light as she finished. Almost like she was the sun herself on that lone balcony. Luna just watched as her sister walked up and laid down beside her on the balcony.

"Luna."

"Yes sister."

"The time has come, he has appeared. We need to take action now to get him ready."

"Whatever do you mean sister?"

"The spirit of the burned one has returned. This time we must make sure we don't have a repeat of what happened last time."

"I understand sister, but where is he?"

"He's in the Ponyville hospital as of right now, but soon he will awake. Then he will find out his -" During the middle of her sentence, Princess Celestia fell asleep. Luna laughed as she teleported her sister back to her bed to where she could sleep peacefully.

"Sleep well sister, I'll see you tomorrow morning." Before she went to bed, Luna thought one thing.

"So, the spirit finally returned bearing a new host from another world. You've truly outdone yourself old friend. I just hope you've changed. Welcome home......Phoenix.

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*authors note* Ok, I don't plan on doing these much (referring to authors notes). This chapter was cut kind of short. The original one was absolutely NOTHING like this (almost twice as long though). This one its a ton better. I just hope I did better on this one. I also plan on releasing one or 2 a week. I can't do every other day. I'm still new to this, and I have school, band, and games to deal with. I've also got to finish Fallout Equestria. Btw if you haven't read it. I highly encourage you to. It is, well, Epic. Nuff said.

Also. Thanks to Kintra and Quillo for helping me out with my work. You guys are awesome, thanks for the help. My story would be less detailed if it wasn't for you guys giving me your criticisms. I know I need to get better at this, and I will. I'm just going to Keep strong and Brony On.

Chapter Three

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A/N: Hey readers, I'm sorry this one took so long. This one may be a bit less detailed due to rushing. I said one to two per week, and I'm trying to meet that quota. It's just that school and everything else has been keeping me busy. Here's a little insight on what happened. Twilight figured out CJ was a male, the embarrassing way. The nurses ran into something very....odd...let's just say they didn't bother to determine his gender. It was kind of just stated at that moment when they took his clothes off to put him into the robe.

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"C'mon Twi, you said he finally woke up not too long ago."

"I know Applejack, just give me a minute. I have to send this letter to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna before we go."

Applejack stood in the library for a minute as Twilight told Spike to write a letter. After a few seconds, Spike lit the scroll on fire, sending it to the Princess's. He then went back upstairs to go back to sleep. Twilight put her bags on her back, mostly filled with notebooks and quills. Hoping to question him about where he came from and who he is.

"Ok, let's go get the others, but let's get Rainbow Dash's first though, we need her to go get Fluttershy."

"Ok, well what are we waitin' for, let's get moving." Applejack and Twilight walked out of the library and into Ponyville.

Ponyville is your average town, not to big, not too small, but just right. However, it's like being in a place where every house is the same. Every house has the same structure to it. The roofs look like they were made out of hay and other things, most houses had two stories and had potted plants and neat little designs hanging from the windows, and in front of the house as well. Some had signs designating that they were stores. The houses looked simple, yet were very sturdy. The earth ponies knew how to build fast, and efficient. As Twilight and Applejack were walking to Rainbow Dash's house, they pass one of the very few houses that looked different in Ponyville. It looked like it was made out of desserts, and it had a sign that said Sugarcube Corner on it. They stop and Twilight asks a question.

"Hey Applejack, do you know if Pinkie is working today?"

"Ah don't know Twi, want ta go find out?"

"Well, since here were we might as well, why backtrack and waste more time. He could leave the hospital at any moment, so we have to hurry."

They both walk into Sugarcube Corner, expecting to be greeted by a very hyperactive pink pony. As they enter, a sweet aroma of cakes, cupcakes, and other sweets enter their nostrils. The store isn't that busy, just a few ponies waiting for their orders to be filled. Sugarcube Corner may look very odd on the outside, but on the inside it's very simple. There's a counter with a little bell on it that you can ring, and a few foods on display. There's a few tables for when ponies want to eat there, not very many, but enough.

"Wow, they must be workin' hard today, I wonder if Pinkies helping them." Applejack asked.

"I don't know Applejack, I didn't hear any singing about cupcakes or anything. Plus we didn't get greeted by her either, which is very unusual."

"Weird, ya think we should ask Mr and Mrs Cake if they know where she is?"

"Good Idea Applejack, lets go ask them."

They walk into the kitchen and see the Cake's hard at work. They see Mrs Cake looked up to see who walked in.

"Oh, hello Twilight, hello Applejack, can I help you two with anything today?"

"No thank you Mrs. Cake, but thanks for asking. We were just wondering if you happen to know where Pinkie went."

"I don't know, she said something about meeting a new pony in the hospital today. Apparently somepony hurt him last night, and as soon as he got to Ponyville too. So much for a warm welcome." Mrs. Cake let out a little chuckle.

Twilight and Applejack both look at each other with a worried look, they knew they had to hurry now. The first pony he would wake up to would be the most hyperactive and random pony in Equestria. "Not good!" they both said simultaneously. They started to leave when Mrs. Cake asked them a question.

"Hey, do you girls know how he got hurt?"

Applejack turns around and describes the whole story to Mrs. Cake. She had a worried look on her face. "Oh my, is he ok? I hope he will be fine. I mean, surviving a buck from you. That's quite a feat."

"Now, mah bucks ain't that hard. They hurt yea, but not enough to kill anypony. Big Mac on the other hand, I'm kind of worried when he goes to the bar every weekend."

"Well now, remind me to stay away from him when he goes, I don't want to be around when he's drunk off cider. By the way, how long has he been out. Pinkie said that her Pinkie Sense told her he woke up."

"Well, he's been out for about 3 days, and he just now woke up today. We were gonna go gather everypony together to go meet him. Still, ah feel bad bou-"

"Well were sorry we can't stay and talk Mrs. Cake. We really need to get going. We need to get to Rainbow Dash's house, then go to the hospital." Twilight began to nudge Applejack out of the door.

"Twilight, I wasn't don-"

"Sorry Applejack, but we must get to Rainbow's before Pinkie scares him to death."

They leave Sugarcube Corner in a hurry, racing to get to Rainbows, and then to Rarity's house. Then to the hospital to see if everything was ok.

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Meanwhile, CJ awoke in the hospital for the second time. The first time, everything was dark so he decided to go back to sleep. This time, he decided to keep his eyes closed. He usually just lays there for a minute or two, running thoughts through his head of what he's going to do before he starts his day. When he started to set up though, he could feel something sitting on his stomach. He sat up, and the thing moved to the bottom of the bed. He smelled cotton candy, which was odd to him, so he turned his head to the left, rubbing his eyes and opening them. He didn't see anything, and the feeling something was at the bottom of his bead was gone. He looked right, and saw an open window. The only thing he could see though was the sky and some trees, with a few mountains in the background and a city on a cliff? He tried to remember what happened when he was last conscious. He remembered falling into an unknown last, meeting a rabbit, then meeing a...pegasus? He remembered everything that happened, getting bucked in the chest, meeting one of his favorite ponies, and passing out.

"Ohhh...shit...I remember."

"Remember what?"

CJ looked up, and saw something coming out from his....hair? It was a pink pony, with sky blue eyes, and a very big smile on her face. CJ thought something happened to him, so he screamed.

"AHHHHHHHHHH." The pink pony jumped at this, and screamed back.

"AHHHHHHHHHH,"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"WHY ARE WE STILL YELLING." The pink pony asked CJ why he was still screaming.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Then Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity walked into the room. Applejack decided to calm CJ down.

"Woah there, nothin' to be afraid of here, we're just little old ponies, we're not here to hurt ya."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" CJ screamed at the three walking in. This was too much for CJ to take in at once, so all he could do was scream.

"Hey, calm down dear, no pony is here to hurt you, I'm Rarity, this is Applejack, and this is Twilight." Rarity pointed to the other two, and they waved a hoof at him smiling.

"And I'm Pinkie Pie! sorry if I scared you, I just wanted to welcome you to Ponyville, but since you're in the hospital it's kind of hard to do."

"Wait...I'm in a hospital?" CJ looked around again. This time fully aware of his surroundings due to the startle he had earlier. It was just simply a desk to the right of the bed with a window above it. There were a few monitors that he believed had heart rate, blood pressure, and other things. A curtain separated him from the other bed, even though nopony was in it. He looked back at the desk, on it were his belongings. His shirt, boxers, pants, and jacket were all folded neatly in a stack. He was glad he had something to wear instead of this stupid gown he was wearing at the moment. Then he heard the sounds of something coming from outside the open window. Then he heard a voice sound out before it came through. He saw a cyan pegasus with a Rainbow colored mane and tail. The next pegasus was a yellow pegasus with a long flowing pink mane and tail, which he absolutely loved.

"So Twilight, why did you need me to get Fluttershy and come to the hos-"

Rainnbow Dash looked at what was currently in the bed next to her. She got a horrified look on her face, a few nights ago when she ran into this thing she though it was just a Diamond Dog who'd just walked away from his home underground. However, this wasn't the case. She quickly regained her composure and stuttered a bit when she talked to CJ.

"W-what are you?"

CJ opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He didn't know if he should tell them the truth or lie. He decided to tell them the truth, it's no use to lie when Applejack is around. She can see through anyone whose lying, he thought for a minute.

'I'm in Equestria....I, as in me myself and I......am in Equestria......Me.... and Equestria...HOLY SHIT!' Nothing could have made CJ happier than that moment. He recognized he was living the bronies dream. He didn't know what to do, he just sat there and ran all the possibilities in his head.

"Um, hello, earth to whatever you are." CJ was snapped out of his thoughts as Rainbow Dash looked him in the face.

"I-I'm a human, what are you?" CJ decided to play dumb, even though he knew who they all were.

"I'm a pony of course, like everyone else...whats a hyooman"

"Well, were a bipedal species from the planet Earth."

"Earth?" Twilight began to ask as she pulled out her notebook and quills as she began to write.

"Yes, it's probably a different dimension from here, if not it's very, very far away. It's an okay world, there's just a lot of very bad people that live in it. Humans are the-"

Two bright lights appeared in the middle of the room, and two unicorn/ pesagsi like creatures step out. He knew them to be the alicorns Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, which he was excited to see his next favorite one which was Luna. He just decided to act stupid again.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"CALM THYSELF AND BE QUIET." Said the loud booming voice that came from Luna.

"Ok." CJ said calmly, then he saw Luna's mane. He's always wondered what those felt like. They never stopped moving, so that means somethings different about them. He knows he shouldn't, but his curiosity got the best of him. CJ reached for her mane, transfixed on it. He got closer and closer, until Luna spoke up. It wasn't in her ancient Equestrian voice, instead it was her cute, less louder voice. She stuttered when she asked him what he was doing.

"W-what are you doing?" Luna asked CJ. He was snapped back into reality as Luna started backing away.

"I-I'm sorry," CJ felt bad for making Luna back away. "I didn't mean to, my curiosity got the better of me."

"Curiosity?" Luna stopped backing up and started walking forward very slowly, almost looking like she was studying him, CJ thought this was weird.

"Y-yes, I'm naturally a very curious person, I like to experiment with things," Twilight perked up at this statement."I also like working with animals. Animals naturally came to me without being afraid or anything, while they would run from my friends. My dad said it was because I have a so called caretaker aura." Fluttershy perked up at this statement, thinking she finally had someone to help her out with all the animals. "I'm just naturally a weird person, I have many things you ponies have yet to find out. Some of you don't even know who I am. I hope to know you all soon though. I'm not a threat to any of you, I couldn't bring myself to hurt anypony. Sorry again about reaching for your mane Princess Luna, it's just that it's unlike anything I've ever seen, it's beautiful."

Luna blushed deeply. "O-oh t-thank you. I-I've never had anyone comment my mane like that before."

"Really, I thought you would've gotten plenty of compliments on it."

"No, most of my subjects are still scared of me cause of the Nightmare moon Incident." CJ felt bad for Luna, he knew what it was like to be alone.

"I'm sorry Princess, if it makes you feel any better, I'm here for you whenever you need me."

"B-But we just met, I don't know, I'll have to think about it. If so, you'd be the second person like that besides my sister."

"That's fine, I understand. I'm completely new to this world, and you are still wondering if I'm a threat. I'll give you some time to think it through." Luna didn't reply, she just took a step back and started whispering to her sister, then Celestia finally spoke up."

"Um Mr?"

"CJ, my names CJ."

"Ok, exactly where are you from and why are you here."

CJ smirked a bit. "Well Princess Celestia, I was just getting ready to tell them when you two teleported in."

"Oh, well then please continue."

"As I was saying earlier, I come from a place called Earth. I don't know if it's in a different dimension or is vary, vary far away. All I know is that I don't want to go back."

"Why don't ya want ta go back?" Applejack asked.

"I have absolutely nothing left there for me. I had maybe two good friends, and they were getting ready to start their own lives somewhere else. They were two years ahead of me in college, so that means for my last two years I'd have no friends at all."

"W-well, what about your parents?" Fluttershy asked.

CJ got a sad look on his face and put his head down."Sorry, I just don't feel like talking about it, I'll tell you guys when I'm ready to, just...not right now."

"O-ok I-I'm sorry."

"It's ok Fluttershy, no harm done." CJ lifted his head back up, and started describing earth again. "Earth is a very beautiful place. Luscious jungles filled with all kinds of animals and plants. Some places there's mountains as far as the eye can see. Other places like where I'm from are surrounded by forests and rivers. I wasn't much for being in big cities, too much noise and the air was very stuffy. Out in nature, I could play my clarinet in peace, and always wake up to fresh, clan air. As we know, theres never a completely peaceful place. Most humans specialize in one thing, and one thing only...war. Humans have fought since the very beginning. Starting out with clubs, to spears, to swords, then to cannons, then guns, missiles, so on so on. Thousand's have died due to war. Families lost their kids, kids lost their fathers, and fathers had to attend their own sons funeral. War is horrible, that's why I refuse to use weapons when I fight. Their just a cheap way of winning, I mean. They can save lives as well, but I prefer to use my body. One day when I was little, I saw my sister protecting me from some bullies. She got injured, bad, and had to be sent to the hospital. I spent the whole night in my room crying because I knew it was my fault that my sister went to the hospital. Because I wasn't strong enough, because I was weak. After that day, I decided I would train my body to be a living weapon. Years upon years I spent training. Day after day, week after week, and year after year. Just ruthless training my trainers put me through. Eventually, I became a master in martial arts, I even surpassed my own teachers. On my last day I finally though that I had done it. I have finally made my body a living weapon that can handle almost any situation. I was ready to take on the world. As you can tell, there are some very kind and caring people in my world. However, there's more evil and hatred more than anything. I even lost my parents due to a war, but like I said earlier, that's for another time."

Everyone stood there just staring at CJ, except for Twilight, she was writing so fast that she was burning a hole in the paper. When he said that he lost his parents though, she stopped and looked up with everyone else. She had slightly heard the conversation. Enough to make her feel bad for CJ.

"Wha- OOF." Fluttershy, Luna, Twilight, and Applejack hugged CJ, who just now remembered he was hurt.

"haha- ow. What's wrong girls, you ok?" Luna's hugging CJ...what? Well then.

"W-were sorry you lost your parents, but what happened to your sister?" They all looked up at CJ's face, and it was beginning to tear up.

"S-She died a year after she protected me the first time. The school bullies decided to pick on me one day walking home from school, and my sister had to protect me. We were on the sidewalk, right at a speeding intersection, and the bully pushed her out into the road, which is where she got hit by a car. Cars are like carriages here, but bigger and faster. From where she was only 8, she was instantly dead once the car hit her. I was devastated. I was the one who caused my sister to die, it was all my fault. My parent's said she was in a better place, and she was. However, my one and only sister died...because of me." Tears were streaming down CJ's face, the rest were as crying as well.

"W-why are you ponies crying?"

"Y-Your life back on earth, i-it was s-s-so awful."

"I-I know, but now I'm here with you ponies. Nothing could make me any happier than I am now." CJ had stopped crying, and was now trying to get them so stop. He finally succeeded after a few minutes of calming them down. Luna blushed again, she hadn't cried since she was freed from Nightmare Moon, and here she was, crying over some human's story.

"Hehe, um...girls...could you please get off, I'm kind of hurt you know...ow." They all got off, and every single one started blushing, except for Luna, who was already blushing.

"Um, could somepony point me towards the stallions room please." They all pointed towards a brown door to the left, It had a stallion on one side, and a mare on the other. "Ok, thanks." CJ sat up in his bed and partially removed his covers to look at his chest. There were two perfectly shaped, and spaced hoof prints, and he just shrugged the pain off like he always does.

"Ah'm sorry for buckin' ya those few nights back, I thought you were tryin' ta hurt Rainbow over there, but ta find out you were just ticklin' her."

"It's okay Applejack, no hard feelings. You were just trying to protect Rainbow Dash, which I can understand,"

"Well, ah'm still sorry about doin' that too ya."

"I said it's okay Applejack, take my word, it's fine."

"Well....ok then CJ, still, ah feel bad. ah'll get over it soon though."

"Ok, good. Now if you all will excuse me, I have to use the restroom."

CJ removed the covers and hit bare feet hit the cold floor, sending a chill up his spine. He stood up and noticed something felt...different. The robe he was wearing was meant for stallions, not 6'3 tall humans, so it was insanely short on him. He felt a breeze between his legs, and he looked down, and there they were, just flying in the wind. He looked over to everyone and noticed very deep red blushes on all of them, except for Celestia. She seemed to only have a slight blush, which wade it even weirder.

"U-UM E-EXCUSE M-ME!" CJ grabbed his clothes and ran into the bathroom and turned around, slamming the door behind him, he then put his back up against the door and let out a deep sigh.

"Phew, that was embarrassing." His back started sliding down the door.

"Now what am I supposed to do? They've seen the one place I've never let anyone see...ever. Now all these ponies have seen...ALL of me...I don't know if I should be scared or nervous." He looked around to find the toilet. He saw it was just like the toilets back on earth, only a bit shorter. "Well that's convenient. I guess I'll do my business and head back out." CJ did his usual business, flushed, washed his hands, then walked out. However, before he turned the knob he thought about what happened a few minutes ago. He had no choice...

"Well, here goes nothing." He walked out and looked at the mane 6, Luna, and Celestia. He noticed they were a bit blurry.

"Oh yea that's right, hey Twilight."

"Yes CJ?"

"Do you know where I can find my glasses, they must have fell off my head when I passed out."

"Oh, you mean these." She floats up the only thing left on the desk besides his clarinet case and jacket. They were his usual, nerdy looking glasses. They weren't like the type with the tape in the middle, just normal glasses. He just looked nerdy in them was all.

"Why do you need these, most ponies have good vision."

"Oh, well you see, human's eyes are prone to more stuff, kind of like TV, which if you sit too close can make your eyes go blind. So since my vision is 20/200 in my left and 20/40 in my right, I have to wear specialized glasses."

"Oh ok.....but what's a TV?"

"A TV is something that uses a multitude of pictures or computers to make motion pictures. Most people watch it cause of the news or weather predictions for the week."

"Weather predictions?" Rainbow Dash was curious of this because most pagasi told the other ponies what the weather was going to be like.

"I guess you could say our world is like one big, gigantic Everfree Forest. Every single plant grows on its own, the weather acts on its own, and everything else takes care of themselves." They all look horrified by this statement.

"Don't worry, It was nothing to be scared of. The weather was usually predicted correctly, so it's partially related to here, it's not so bad. No need to be scared." They all calmed down again. 'Gees, these ponies seem to be really bothered by things that work by themselves. Better steer clear of those subjects.'

CJ goes over to the desk and grabs his jacket and slips it on, and everyone sees the words Phoenix embedded on the back of it.

"CJ, why does your jacked say Phoenix on the back of it?" Rarity decided to ask CJ.

"Oh, this old thing. It was a gift from my bro's after I graduated from high school, back when I had friends. They always called me Phoenix after I saved them from a crazy guy with a knife. He tried to kill them, and I walked past the alley at the perfect time to hear them scream for help. I looked, saw, and acted. He was tough, and he was skilled with his knife as well. He managed to cut me a lot, and even stab me once. I fell to the ground, suffering from blood loss and the wounds he caused me. I was passing out due to blood loss, I could feel the world start to fade. Suddenly, something inside me told me not to give up, to get up and fight this person. I don't know what happened, but before I knew it I was standing up. My stomach had a gash, and I had a lot of cuts and I believe one stab, and there I was standing. The guy had a very horrified look on his face, and my friends were screaming something, but I ignored them and focused on the problem was in front of me. I ran up towards the guy with the knife, as he went for another stab right at my chest. I stopped and caught the hand that the knife was in, I twisted it and heard a satisfying crack. I let go and the guy dropped his knife, screaming in pain because of his now broken hand. I grabbed the knife and tossed it over to my friends, then diverted my attention back to the person with the broken hand. I ran up, grabbed his head, and slammed it down on my knee. I heard a slight crack and felt his nose bend on my knee, knowing I broke it. When I let go of his head, he hit the ground, out cold. I began walking towards my friends to see if they were ok, but when I got to them I fell to the ground and passed out due to blood loss. I awoke the next day in the hospital covered in bandages. The nurses said I should have died from that many wounds, and blood loss as well, but I didn't. When I got released from the hospital, my bros were waiting for me, wanting to tell me what happened. They swore up and down that I had wings for a split second, but I didn't believe them, and still don't. I'm the kind of person that has to see it to believe it."

They all just set there quietly, not saying a word. CJ decides to speak up again. "What? Did I say something?"

"No, but you said earlier you were a master of martial arts right?" Twilight asked with a curious tone, and just now catching this.

"Yes, I still train every now and then to keep myself in shape."

"So why didn't you dodge Applejack's hooves?"

"Oh, my glasses were dirty from where dust flew up around me on the road, and it was night so I couldn't see well."

"Oh, so basically you were blinded."

"No, I wasn't completely blind, my vision was just very impaired."

"So you were..kind of blind?"

"Haha, yea, I guess you could say that. Now, when do I get checked out of this hospital?" CJ looked around, and noticed the sun was beginning to set.

"The nurse said you could leave whenever you're ready, just make sure to check out." Twilight said, still writing down on her notes.

"Ok, so is everyone ready to go, cause I'm hungry, and need to find someplace to stay tonight." Celestia and Luna look at each other, then Luna speaks up.

"We must leave CJ, it's almost time to raise the moon, and sister needs to finish some royal duties before bed."

"Ok, I guess I'll see you ponies later then?"

"I-I guess, but we must go, bye."

"Ok, see you ponies later." They both teleport out of the hospital, and CJ grabs his clarinet case and makes sure he still has everything.

"iPod, check. Headphones," CJ opens his clarinet case and pulls out big black headphones, they're apparently Crossfade V moda headphones, some very good quality headphones. "Check. Wallet, check. Clarinet, check. Me, check. Well I guess that's everything, so I'm ready when you girls are." He looks over to the mane 6, they gave him a weird look. "What?" CJ looks around himself. "Is something wrong?"

"No, but what are those things you said?" Twilight began walking towards CJ, examining his stuff. "What are these things?"

"Oh, there things I had with me when I came here from Earth. I'll tell you about them later. For now though can we get something to eat, I'm starving."

"O-Oh yea, well I guess we're ready." CJ hears everyone's stomach growl, including his.

"Haha, I guess we're all hungry. Lets go find something to eat." CJ walks out of his room, signs out, and begins to walk out of the hospital. He turns around and looks at the 6 ponies before him. 'I finally have friends, they may be a different species, but friends nonetheless. I couldn't be any happier than I am right now.

They walk out of the hospital and head into Ponyville, CJ leading them for some weird reason.

"Um girls, I don't know where anything is in Ponyville, so could one of you please lead me to a restaurant that serves something I could eat."

"Oh yea, I know this great place, it has everything you could want. It had cupcakespiescandycakesmuffinsand-"

"Pinkie, we get it, lets go to Sugarcube Corner girls." Twilight announced. They all agree as they follow Pinkie, who is bouncing happily and continuing with her conversation.

"Thenwecouldhangoutandhavefunandparty- wait a minute." Pinkie stops in mid bounce and slowly starts sliding down, somehow defying gravity.

"What Pinkie?" CJ asks, nervous because he knows what going to happen. He counts down '3....2....1...now.'

Pinkie lets out a large gasp then dashes towards Sugarcube Corner.

"What...was...that?" CJ asked, still acting stupid.

"It's just Pinkie being Pinkie." Twilight assured him. He knew what it was. 'A party, great, just great. Sugarcube Corner is on the other side of town from the looks of it. That's plenty of time for Pinkie and her Party cannon. He let out a long sigh and just continued walking with the rest of the five towards Sugarcube Corner.

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Meanwhile, back at the Canterlot castle Celestia and Luna were getting ready to go to bed.

"Sister," Luna asked "Do you think CJ is the one?"

"I don't know sister, for now we will have to wait and see."

"When will we know if he's who we think he is?"

"In due time my dear sister, in due time."

Luna left Celestia's room so she could sleep. When Luna got to her room she sat her tiara on her dresser by her bed. She then pulled back the covers with her magic and laid down.

"Should I really trust CJ," She thought "He seems like a nice guy, but the last time I opened up to somepony they betrayed me, and I don't want to go through that again. He seems like he wouldn't, but its just..." Luna let out a sigh "I guess I'll try to trust him, but I will test him first. The only problem is how?" Luna thought for a few hours. "I've got it! I'll make sure to put that plan into action within the next few days." Luna went to sleep after thinking out a very clever plan to see how trustful CJ is. Hoping he would at least survive, hopefully.

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A/N: Well, I decided to cut this chapter in half, there was just too much to do. I have an American History project due Tuesday, and I have a ton of Spanish to do. Sorry if this chapter is worse than the last one, I tried, but I was rushed trying to meet my 1-2 chapter weekly quota. I'm getting used to this, I think. But until next time, Always Shipper6 out. Don't forget, I'm always open to Criticism, so judge away.

Chapter 4

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CJ and the Mane 6 walked into Sugarcube Corner, and saw that almost nopony was around except for a red stallion. He had a half apple as his cutie mark, had an orange colored mane and tail which were both cut short. He also seemed to be quite tall, even though he was sitting down.

"Hey girls, who's that pony over there?" CJ asked out of curiosity.

"Oh, that's mah brother Big Macintosh, you should go introduce yourself. He won't hurt ya, but he's not much of a talker." Applejack replied.

"That's fine, If I don't know you, I'm a man of few words myself." CJ watched as Applejack and the rest of the girls went over to a free table, waiting for someone to get their order. CJ decided to walk over and say hi to Big Mac, hoping nothing could go wrong. He started to walk over, but stopped.

'Wait, I'm not a pony, I'm nothing nopony's ever seen, so should I actually go over and introduce myself to Applejack's brother. I'm still hurt from where Applejack hit me, should that same accident happen with her brother, would I even survive? CJ stood there and pondered for a while on this subject. 'Oh, fine. What have I got to lose. Well, besides my life...and whatever dignity I have left after what happened earlier today. CJ blushed a bit out of embarrassment remembering what happened at the hospital earlier that evening. He walked over to the table and noticed Big Macintosh was looking at him. He didn't even seem phased, CJ was stunned by this. 'Wow, not even a flinch or a word. Either this pony is fearless, or he has some serious-'

"Uh, what in tarnation are you?" Big Mac finally spoke up, being the first one to speak.

"Oh, m-me. I-I'm a human, I come from a different world." CJ told him the whole story of how he got here, what happened, and how he ended up in Sugarcube Corner.

"Ah see. Well, I'm guessin if your fine with AJ, then youre fine with me." CJ let out a content sigh at this, but not for long.

"However, if you ever lay a hand on mah sister or her friends, ah will buck you 3 ways to next Sunday." CJ started sweating, and started stuttering while he talked.

"O-Ok, will d-do. B-By the w-way my n-names C-CJ, n-nice to m-meet you." CJ saw Big Mac put on a smile, he relaxed a little at that. 'THANK GOD!'

"Nice ta meet you too, now as long as you don't hurt anypony, well, anypony important to me, we will be just fine." CJ completely relaxed after that, now knowing they were on good terms.

"Don't worry...Um..."

"Big Macintosh, you can call me Big Mac."

"Ok, don't worry Big Mac, I don't plan on hurting anypony unless they want to hurt any of those over there." CJ points over to where the Mane 6 are sitting, and still waiting to get their orders. 'Ok, we're in Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie works, and Pinkie doesn't know that she can just go fix the stuff they order?'

"Alright then, ah'm gonna head back to tha farm. Ah need ta get ta bed, it is actually pretty late." Big Mac got up from the stool he was sitting on. CJ watched as he stood up. He could easily come up to CJ's shoulders, and he was taller than anypony there. He was also built better than anypony there as well, he could easily kill CJ with one good hit to the chest.

"Ok Big Mac, I'll see you around."

"Eeyup." Big Mac walked out of Sugarcue Corner, and CJ heard a slight ringing as the bell shook back and forth from where the door hit it. CJ walked back over to the girls, noticing they were still waiting for their order.

"Ummm, hasn't anypony gotten their order yet?" They all looked at him as he sat down on a stool.

"Well, we were going to wait for you to get over here, but now that your here we can order." Twilight stated. CJ kind of felt bad for making them wait, he didn't want them to wait, he hated making people wait.

"Sorry girls, I know sometimes I can be slow. I hate making people wait, that's why I try to do everything fast."

"I-It's ok CJ, I'm pretty sure they don't mind...I-I mean I don't mind at all...and I-I'm pretty sure that...." Fluttershy let out a squeak and hid behind her mane, looking around everywhere except at CJ.

'OH GOD, SO MUCH D'AWWWWWWW' CJ quickly got his mind off that and went back to paying attention to the girls.

"It's fine CJ, besides, you need to get to know everypony. Big Mac is a good start, most ponies respect him a lot, mostly because he protects the town. Sometimes though, a guard or two has to help. Some of the monsters are a bit tough, even for him." Twilight exclaimed, and an idea popped into CJ's head.

"Well, if he has trouble and needs help, I'd gladly be able to help him." The girls gave CJ a worried look, except for Applejack. She was as calm as can be.

"O-oh no CJ, that's a very dangerous task. Big Mac has learned to handle himself in a fight, except with a manticore. He couldn't even be able to take one on by himself." Fluttershy said in a worried tone.

"It's fine girls, really. I can handle myself in a fight, remember, the nickname." They all nodded their heads, still looking worried.

"Ok, how about this, I help out Big Cam next time in a small fight, and if I come back unscathed I'll do the job. However, if I come back even with a hair out of place, I won't do it." They all seemed to lighten up, except for Applejack, CJ believed the cider she got was getting to her.

"Um Applejack?" CJ asked.

"O-Oh yea, sorry, just remembering something. Ah'll be fine, but I have ta get goin'. Got to get up early in the mornin' to start Applebuckin'. It's almost Zapapple season ya know." Applejack stood up, waved goodbye and walked out the door. The rest, including CJ, waved as she walked away. Her cider was half empty, he thought again, 'From what I've read in fanfics, that couldn't even make Applejack the tiniest bit tipsy. I wonder what's wrong, or maybe she was just really tired. Oh well, I'll ask later...if I remember.

"Well girls, where am I going to stay tonight, that is, if any of you will allow me. I don't mind sleeping outside, and I usually use my clarinet case as a pillow." The girls got wide eyed, and looked at each other, then turned back to CJ.

"Well, since he doesn't have wings, my place is out of the question." Rainbow dash said. 'Awww, and here I thought I could sleep on a cloud...ohh well.' CJ let out a little laugh inside his head.

"Well darling, I'm really sorry, but my boutique is just filled with all of my new designs for this years Hearts and Hooves Day." Rarity said. 'Well, wait...Hearts and Hooves....oh shit.'

"I WOULD!...but Mr and Mrs Cake live here, along with Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, and myself here. This house is filled to the brim with ponies!" Pinkie said with her normal happy tone. 'Whew, that would've been madness.

"Twilight, Fluttershy. What about you two?" CJ asked, hoping he could stay with at least one of them. He said he liked sleeping outside, but that was so he didn't make them worry about him. He actually hated sleeping outdoors. The day he arrived in Equestria, he kind of dozed off in the field back on Earth. The warm sun beaming down on him, songs stuck in his head, the calming sound of birds singing off in the distance, the slow rolling clouds. All of these made him feel at ease, and then he woke up in the middle of an earthquake and ended up here. He wasn't complaining, instead, he was thanking the earthquake for bringing him here. He finally felt like he had a purpose here, like he could make the life he couldn't have had back on earth.

"Well, I would, but it's a bit packed with me, Spike, and all of my books. Not to mention that my room is small, and is usually littered with books from my studying. I'm sorry CJ, but I can't." CJ was hoping that she would say yes, he always liked being in a library. There was something about it. The smell of the old books, the humming of the computers off in the distance. Well, back on earth anyways. The interesting stories that the library held, which he found as a way to escape reality. The vast assortment of characters and people in the books, the wars, the romance, the comedy, the slice of life, those were all his favorite kind of books to read. He would always be playing his clarinet, reading fanfics, or reading in general in his spare time.

"It's ok Twilight, but I think I'll stop by the library soon and see what you have to read. I haven't read a good book in a while. That is, if it's in a language I can read." Twilight nodded.

"Ok CJ, I'll tell Spike to let you in. Just be careful to not let anypony see you. We want to make sure they're ready for you. You should've seen how they reacted to Zecroa. If they reacted that way towards her, just thing how they'll react to you."

"Ok Twilight, will do. Now, that only leaves Fluttershy." They all look over to Fluttershy, who is hiding behind her mane again.

"W-Well, I-I g-guess h-he c-could. I-I mean, I have a spare bedroom for the bigger animals to sleep in w-when they're sick, s-so I-I guess you c-could use t-that room." CJ became very ecstatic with her answer. He got to stay with his favorite pony's, besides Luna, house. 'Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes...ok...calm down...stop fangasming...and keep calm....you need to keep control...keep...control...omgomgomgomg...KEEP CONTROL DAMNIT!...ok...I think I'm good.'

"You sure Fluttershy, I don't want to be a bother." CJ was acting kind, just because he wanted to be the good guy, and not the guy that willingly accepts the offer out of desperation. Yes, he was desperate, but he didn't want to bother anypony.

"I-It's fine CJ, I-I don't really mind." CJ let out a little squeal in his head out of excitement.

"Girls, we better be leaving. I forgot to tell you that there was supposed to be a bad thunderstorm tonight. The weather team got way behind and had to double the rain and lightning to make sure everything was back in order." Rainbow Dash said before she took off out of the door.

"Well, then I must hurry and get back to the library. I've been needing to get an experiment done that requires this kind of weather." Twilight said before she walked out, waving goodbye just as Rainbow did, except it wasn't a blur no one could make out.

"CJ darling, come see me tomorrow about some clothes ok. You don't need to be wearing that all the time. Besides, why do you wear clothes so often anyways?" Rarity asked before she walked out the door.

"That's another story for later, tomorrow maybe, If I have time." 'What am I saying, I have no job, no money, and have nothing to do. I have all the time in the world. So why?'

"Ok then darling, I'll see you tomorrow whenever you show up. I have a big order to fill out before the weeks up. Tata for now." Rarity waved and walked out, then it was just me, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy.

"Well, I'm sorry guys, but the shop is closing for the night. It's 11:00, so you two need to get going." Pinkie said, pushing them out of the door.

"Okay Pinkie, see you tomorrow?" CJ asked, hoping a party wouldn't happen. He wasn't ready for that just yet.

"Sure!" Pinkie said with excitement. 'Oh god, what have I done...should it be god...or Celestia now?...I think I'll say Celestia...I think it's more fun to say that anyways.'

"W-well, shall we g-get going t-then CJ?" Fluttershy asked, blushing and hiding behind her mane a little.

"Oh, of course. I'm sorry, lets go. We need to hurry before it starts raining." Fluttershy nodded, and he started following her to her house.

They got about halfway to her house, then it started sprinkling. Hearing the rain hitting trees and bouncing off his jacket made CJ relax and admire the little view he had, even though it was dark. Fluttershy just ignored it all and kept walking. After a while, they saw lightning and Fluttershy stopped, then came the thunder. Fluttershy hunkered down, hoofs over her head and started whimpering.

"What's wrong Fluttershy? You ok?" Fluttershy stood back up just as the rain started pouring, instantly soaking them both. CJ took off his jacket and put it over Fluttershy. She stopped and looked up at him.

"O-Oh, t-there's no n-need to do that CJ, I'll be ok." Fluttershy gave CJ an assured smile and began to take off the jacket, just as another lightning strike hit the ground. Fluttershy got wide eyed and just stood there, then came the thunder again. This one was closer, and louder than the last, so she jumped into CJ's arms.

"F-Fluttershy, are you ok?" CJ had a very concerned look on his face. He wasn't going to let anything happen to this pony while he was around. She didn't respond, just sat there in his arms, shivering and whimpering.

"Ok, I think I see your house off in the distance, I'll carry you there," Another lightning strike hit the ground, even closer this time. Then the thunder boomed in CJ's ears. He watched as Fluttershy just nuzzled closer to him, scared that something might happen. 'I want..no, I WILL protect this pony with every inch of my heart, I swear to my nickname, I WILL protect this pony. Still, this is SO DAMN CUTE.' CJ thought about something, then thought he'd do the reference. 'Vegeta! What does the scouter say about her D'AWWW level?...IT'S OVER 9000!....WHAT, OVER 9000! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!....hahaha, ohh man, I love that reference. Anyways, looks like were here.'

CJ walked up to a small door, and ducked under it to get inside. He looked around, it wasn't much, but it was perfect for him. Simple, but not too simple, and the roof was even tall enough that his hand's wouldn't touch it even if he stretched. It smelled of grass, wood, and flowers. 'Oh Celestia, this is going to kill my allergies...but I have one thing to say to that...totally worth it.' There were bird houses hanging from the ceiling, a fireplace with a chair in front of it. CJ decided to sit down in front of the fireplace, which was going for some weird reason. 'Maybe it detects the temperature outside and turns on when needed, that's kind of cool I guess.' He sat down, soaked, and a sleeping Fluttershy in his arms. He kept her in his arms and began to doze off in front of the fireplace. He saw lightning strike outside again, and then heard the thunder that accompanied it. He saw Fluttershy's face go from one of comfort to frightened. 'Even in her sleep, she gets scared.' CJ started petting her mane, letting her know someone was there.

"No need to worry Fluttershy, you're safe, and I'm here for you. I'll always be here for you. When everypony is gone and your alone, remember, I'm here." He sat there for a bit just petting Fluttershy, but he soon fell asleep in the chair, Fluttershy still in his arms sleeping peacefully with a content smile on her face.

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Meanwhile, in Canterlot Castle. Luna is up finally finishing something, and turns around to see a guard standing behind her.

"Speak Star Gazer, there's no need to be scared of me. Yet." Luna gave Star Gazer a smile.

"Y-Yes Princess. The preparations are near completion. Are you sure he will be able to make it through all....this?" He looked out of a window and to the ground below. He saw many dark shadows on the ground, and something even bigger in the background.

"If he is to gain my trust, then yes, he must. However, if he dies, I don't know what my sister will think. We must not let her know about this. You say nothing of this to her, alright Star Gazer."

"Y-Yes Princess, I shall keep my word." He started to walk out, then Luna stopped him.

"Star Gazer, wait a minute."

"Yes Princess?" Star Gazer turned around to see the princess writing something down.

"Wait until tomorrow morning to send this, and don't open it. It's something private to CJ alone, not even Twilight can open it. Make sure she knows that, now go. I have some last minute planning to do."

"Yes Princess."

Star Gazer walked out and closed the door behind him. 'Why is she going through all this for one guy. There must be something she's trying to find out about him. I just hope he survives. Even the General of the Royal Guard would have a very hard time going through that. He would probably live within an inch of his life at most, but still. Luna, I hope this plan goes as planned.'

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A/N: Well, I feel accomplished...this in one night...ohh yea =D..btw readers, it's now spring break. If I don't go camping with my friends, I plan to have 2-3 chapters up this week =D..btw I'm going to try to keep my chapter length from 2000-3000 words. That is, if I don't get carried away. See everypony next time, Always Shipper6 out.

Chapter 5

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CJ woke up the next morning. He moved around in the chair a bit to try and go back to sleep. After a few minutes of moving around, he just decided to give up and get up. He yawned, and looked around him. He could smell something in the air. It smelled of pancakes and eggs. He saw a doorway to the right of the chair, 'That's probably where I came in holding Fluttershy last night.' He continued to look around, he saw bird houses coming down from the ceiling, and stairs to his right. His curiosity was getting the best of him again, and he started to walk up the stairs. The way up was a bit small, but he could fit, barely. He slowly put his foot down on the step, felling the step bend inward slightly due to his weight. The second step CJ got careless. He just put his foot down, and a loud creak was heard from the bending of the wood under his right foot. He cussed at himself, and was getting ready to go to the third step when someone spoke up from the entrance behind him.

"CJ, a-are you a-awake?" said a soft, quiet voice coming from the kitchen.

"U-Um yea, I just woke up why?" He slowly started to go down the stairs. 'Well. so much for exploring. I guess I could ask her to show me around after breakfast. At least, I hope she has breakfast ready. I'm starving.'

"Oh, I was just g-going to tell you that breakfast was r-ready." She said, blushing a bit. "I-I'm sorry a-about last n-night, I-I didn't mean t-to bother y-you." She hid behind her mane, covering half of her face.

"It's ok Fluttershy, I really didn't mind at all, I was just glad to be there. Why were you so scared anyways?"

"W-Well, I-I'm s-scared of t-thunder." She hid her face behind her mane even more than before, this time almost covering her whole face out of embarrassment. CJ couldn't help but to D'AWWW a little on the inside.

"It's ok Fluttershy, everyone's scared of something."

"R-Really?"

"Yes, it's normal for someone to be scared of something. Like me, I used to be scared of wind. However, spiders are the things that scare me the most. I've seen two big spiders, wolf spiders I believe." Fluttershy was curious about what these Wolf Spiders were. She hasn't heard of anything like those here. The only spiders in Equestria are small, and usually steer away from any kind of civilization.

"W-Wolf spider? What are those?" CJ didn't want to recall the memory. Having a giant fist sized spider right beside your head isn't very good. He didn't even know if it was poisonous.

"Well, wolf spiders are about the size of my hand when its put up into a fist. See." CJ proceeds to clench his fist and show it to Fluttershy. "Their fuzzy, have eight eyes, and have really big fangs on them for their size. Well, from what I can remember anyways."

"W-wow, that must have been scary. I'm sorry."

"It's perfectly fine. Are there any spiders here." CJ started looking around, trying to find any cobwebs or spider nests anywhere he could see.

"N-no. The o-only spiders in Equestria d-don't really like big p-populations." CJ relaxed, knowing his fear of spiders wouldn't bother him anymore.

"Good, now I can sleep soundly at night. Anyways, change of subject. How about breakfast?" They heard a grumble come from CJ's stomach. He just laughed and scratched the back of his head. "Because I could really go for some food right now."

They began to walk into the kitchen, when they heard a knock on the front door.

"I'll go get it." Fluttershy said as she hovered out of the kitchen and into the living room. She opened the door and saw Twilight standing there.

"Oh, hello Twilight."

"Hello Fluttershy, tell me, is CJ here?"

"U-um y-yes. He's in the kitchen...why?"

"Oh, well, the Princess sent him a letter, but not by Spike. She sent it by a guard. However, he was wearing a black cloak, and said he was a guard. I told him to give me proof, but he just shoved the letter to me an disappeared."

"O-Oh, okay, let me go get him. You can sit over on the couch while I do." As Fluttershy went to get CJ, Twilight walked in and closed the door behind her with her magic. She walked over to the couch and sat down. Eventually she heard voices coming from the kitchen, then CJ and Fluttershy walked out.

"Oh CJ, just the stallion I was looking for." Twilight floated the letter over to CJ, "Princess Luna sent this letter to you this morning. The guard that brought it said it was for you and you alone."

"O-Okay." CJ grabbed the letter that was surrounded by the purple aura and slipped open the seal, and began to read.

Dear CJ,

CJ, been captured. Only letter I could get out by secret undercover guard. Base is by a cliff in Everfree Forest. They plan to sacrifice me to something. Please, help, before it's to late.

Signed, Princess Luna

"TWILIGHT!" CJ yelled as he finished reading the letter.

"Y-Yes CJ?" She was wondering why he had this sudden outburst.

"IS THERE A CLIFF ANYWHERE NEAR HERE?!" CJ asked, still yelling and freaking out.

"U-Um yea, it's just outside of the Princesse's old castle in the Everfree forest. It's a long walk, but I'll take you there if something has you going like this."

"GOOD! WE HAVE TO GO NOW!"

"Why?"

"LUNA'S BEEN CAPTURED!"

"What...how?"

"I DON'T KNOW BUT COME ON WE HAVE TO GO!"

"CJ, please calm down. I know Luna can handle herself. Just please. Calm down, and tell us the situation." CJ proceeded to tell them about the letter and that they needed to get going. Fluttershy and Twilight agreed. They ran off to get the others, but they said it would be a while.

"CJ, we know we gave you a map, but don't do anything stupid like I don't know....Leave without us while we're gone." Twilight said while staring down CJ.

"Okay boss, you got it." CJ saluted stupidly as they walked off. 'Okay, now. Let's get walking.'

CJ walked off into the slightly carved path in the Everfree Forest, not even waiting for the others. He had only one thought on his mind at the time. 'I MUST save Luna. No mater the cost.' CJ could feel a fire burning deep inside. With every step he took into the forest, it grew larger and larger, until he couldn't stop thinking about the horrible things he was going to do to the ponies, or things, that kidnapped her. He walked until he came to a river, and since the current was so slow he just waded right through it. Then after a few more minutes of walking through the Everfree Forest, he began to think about something. 'You know, the Everfree Forest is just like everything else back on Earth. The weather works by itself, and so do plants and other things. Animals are scared very easily, and usually try to survive. Just like back on Earth. Every day animals tried to do one thing in the wild, and that was survive.' He kept pondering on this as he walked through the forest, Eventually though, he just decided to stop. He didn't want to be distracted by anything. He needed to save Luna, that should be the only thing on his mind. He kept walking until he came to a ravine with what looked like an old wooden bridge leading to a castle.

"Great, if there's not spiders, there's heights. I'm not that scared of them, but when I am high up. One lone thought runs through my mind every time." CJ ignored what he was talking about, and began to slowly cross the bridge. The first plank of wood he put his foot on creaked from the weight. The rest of the way was just countless creaking and breaking boards. Eventually he got across and in front of the castle. He ignored the castle and looked for the cliff. He found it off in the distance, it was clearly noticeable from the front of the old run-down castle. It had smoke coming from it, and it looked like hundreds were there camping. He even saw something he wish he didn't see. He knew he would have to fight it to get to her, but to save Luna, it was worth it. He walked around the castle, and began to walk towards the cliff again. However, it was almost nigh. The sun was projecting a pink sky across the land, letting him know that it was soon going to be dark. Still, the forest covered the sky up mostly due to the thick trees and forest that he was walking through. He stopped to take a break, because he had been walking all day long.

"Whew, that..was...awful. I haven't walked that much in one day since...since...never." CJ let out a little chuckle. "Well I can't rest forever. I need to get there as fast as I can, so I'll take a few more minutes, then get back to walking."

"CJ! WHERE ARE YOU! WE TOLD YOU NOT TO LEAVE, AND WHAT DID YOU DO!" He heard a voice yell from the castle.

"OH SHIT! Gottarungottarungottarungottarungottarungottarun...gotthaidagottahidegottahidegottahide!" CJ looked around frantically until he saw it. Six shadows came around the castle towards him. 'OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT!' He panicked even more now, then he saw them running this way. He tried to gun up and run, but his legs were sore from walking. He got up, stumbled, and fell towards the ground. He started to get up and run, but it was to late. He got up, dusted himself off, and looked around. He was surrounded by six ponies. Only one of them was mad though.

"I. Thought. I. Told. You. To. Stay. THERE!" A very enraged Twilight yelled. One thought ran through CJ's mind.

'Oh great, how am I supposed to get out of this. Oh well, the worst she can do is give me a lecture right....right?'

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A/N: Well I'm sorry this one took FOREVER to get out. However, I got it done fast, it's just short. I've been dealing with...problems...here lately..thankfully though school will be out soon, and it will be summer. That's when I'll have all the time I want to work on stories. All I know of right now is that this story may be slow until then. I hope you all don't mind. It's just that procrastination gets the best of me...sometimes I hate it...I know this chapter may not be that good, but next chapter may or may not be the first actual fight....soooo...see everyone next chapter XD

The One They Call Phoenix

by Always Shipper6

Chapter One

Chapter Two (I Hope this ones better)

Chapter Three

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Question To The Readers (Please Read and Comment)

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