It didn't take long for the rest of the shelter to be set up, although it wasn't nearly as good as the first one. But seeing as the sunlight was just about gone there wasn't much of a choice in the matter.

He would then proceed to check up on the wound he had received earlier that day. The large cut across the back of his calf had still hurt like a bitch, but had at least begun to scab up.

Wish I had something to clean that cut with...too late now I suppose. Hope that doesn't come back to haunt me, even though it's the least of my worries at the moment.

Luke looked down at the makeshift shelter he had just made, and gave a small sigh.

It might not be fancy, but it'll get the job done. He looked over to the shelter in which Rainbow Dash was currently residing in. There was actually a small bit of her tail which could be seen from outside, which could be seen slightly moving from time to time.

God what am I gonna do about all this... Luke sat down and crawled into his little hut where he would be staying for the night.

So I'm in some fucked up world where talking ponies run free and appear to be the dominant species. He rolled over trying to get comfortable in his little abode. Not to mention one managed to scare off a bear as if it was a dog. A bear that was most likely going to rip my head off...does that mean that pony is scarier than me?

He let out an audible chuckle at the thought of that. That rainbow one may be a bit of trouble for me...it will only be a matter of time before those others will begin a search for her. I think I should just bring her ass back to that stream in the morning. I don't really wanna dwell to much further into pony territory unless I absolutely need to. Luke had applied some pressure to where Rainbow Dash had kicked him earlier. And I certainly don't wanna get punted again.

Luke's mind had begun to run through a few possible scenarios that the next day could bring him before sleep would eventually take him over.

At the library

"She should have been back by now...it's been too long." Applejack said to her friends in a worried tone.

"Spike just finished up writing the letter. We will see if the Princess has any information on whatever it is that we saw. As for Rainbow...I think that we should-"

*Knock knock knock*

Twilight paused for a moment, "Come in!"

The girls looked to the door as it opened and saw Fluttershy slowly walk in, appearing to be a bit winded.

"My Fluttershy, what took you so long? It shouldn't have taken so long to feed your animals...we were beginning to get worried." Rarity stated with a bit of worry in her voice.

"I'm sorry...I ran into a bit of a problem on the way to my house. You remember how Rainbow Dash and I were looking for my pet bear earlier this morning? Well...I found him, but he was with that creature that Rainbow was chasing. Mr. Bear didn't seem to be too happy with him, so I gave him a stern talking to. But when I turned to him, he ran away...the poor thing must have been so scared..."

The room went silent for a few seconds as the girls took in what Fluttershy just said.

Applejack was the first to speak up, "So this thing was with your bear...was the creature tryin' to go after it?"

"Oh heavens no! Mr. Bear seemed to approach him when I showed up, and he looked terrified..."

"Wait, if he was with the bear, where was Rainbow Dash? Surely it couldn't of outran her." Twilight added.

"Perhaps she gave up on chasing it, those woods must be difficult to navigate."

"Rainbow givin' up on a chase? I doubt that. I think she got lost or somethin'. We should go out to find her, ah dont like what could be waiting out in those woods for her..."

Twilight looked out the window for a brief moment, "I'm not so sure Applejack...the sun is going down and I'm not sure we would be able to find her when it's dark out. But this is Rainbow Dash we're talking about. She can take care of herself."

"She's more than capable of getting away from almost anything as well, I'm sure she will be fine." Rarity stated.

Applejack thought it over for a moment, "...Fine. But if she doesn't show by tomorrow mornin' Ah say we go lookin' for her."

"That sounds like a good idea, but for now I say we get rested and find out what we're going to do about this new creature."

The Next Day

Damn...that was an awful night. And these dumb, loud birds certainly didn't make it any better. What I wouldn't give for some headphones right now... is the sun even out yet?

Luke crawled out of his small makeshift fort and saw that the sun was not yet out in it's entirety. He stood up and stretched out his limbs, favoring his leg. The events of the previous day had been playing out in his mind as he tried to find an explanation.

These are colored horses I'm dealing with here. Fictional, horned, winged horses. Was I drugged? Am I in a coma? Am i just insane?

Luke felt his stomach where is was kicked and his injured leg. No...the pain is still very much there. This ain't no dream. This is reality. I gotta find away out of-

A small snore from the neighboring shelter gave Luke a slight jump, interrupting his thought process. He looked over to see a rainbow tail poking out of the shelter, unmoved throughout the night.

Oh yea...the rainbow one. Forgot about her. Luke thought as he made his way to her.

"Hey. Wake up." Luke said to no response. Luke sighed as he gave she pony a small nudge. "Yoohoo. Wake up blue horse. Time to get going."

A small groan was emitted from the pony before she rolled over on her other side, successfully ignoring Luke. He game an annoyed sigh before hatching a mischievous idea. He crawled up to the rainbow haired pony and grasped her tail in his hand. Hopefully this will do the trick. Luke thought as he gave it a swift yank.

"AH!" Rainbow shouted as her good wing popped out, successfully decimating the left half of the already weak shelter. She crawled of the rubble and then snapped her head to Luke, fire in her eyes with a small hint of red on her cheeks.

"Hey! What's the big idea?!"

Luke gave a small groan as he got up and rubbed the back of his head, "Well, I was trying to wake you up. I didn't think you would randomly freak out the way you did."

"That doesn't give you an excuse to tug on my tail! You're lucky I don't buck you into next week."

"Ok Jesus I didn't know. Why is it such a big deal? I didn't even pull that hard."

There was a small silence that followed that before Rainbow Dash responded "I just don't like when ponies touch my tail. So don't touch my tail, got it?"

"Yea I got it. Well can we get going please? I don't wanna waste anymore time than I have to."

"Uh, it's gonna be kinda hard to do that with a busted leg and wing..."

"Well looks like I'm gonna have to carry you."

"...you know how far we are into this forest? And you think you can carry me all the way back?"

Luke shrugged, "You aren't that heavy. I carried you here didn't I?"

Rainbow hesitated for a moment before sighing. "Fine. But you better hope you dont drop me."

The walk was relatively quite. Neither party had much to say to one another, and the awkward situation didn't help things. All that was heard was the sound of small twigs snapping and leaves rustling underneath Luke's footsteps. Ok. I will get this little horse back to the horse village and then I will come up with a plan to get back home. But by the looks of this place...I would say I'm pretty far from home. Luke let out an involuntary sigh.Well if I'm gonna be here for a while, I need come up with a system to survive. Maybe upgrade my shelter a bit to survive the elements...come up with a better food source for sure. I want to steer clear of another incident like the one I had yesterday. Maybe -

"Follow this stream. I have somepony who can help me over there." Rainbow Dash said, pointing her hoof down the stream.

Luke's thoughts were interrupted for a second time today as he looked up and saw the stream in front of him. "How many horses are down there."

"I thought I told you we are ponies. Not horses."

Luke looked down to Rainbow Dash with a roll of his eyes. "Ponies. Whatever. How many?"

"Just one."

"Perfect."

Luke picked up the pace a bit, not wanting to deal with another pony related problem. After a little more walking in silence, a cottage came into view.

"Is that the place?"

"Yup, just get me to the door. I can handle the rest from there."

Luke sped up a little more, eager to get away from pony territory and back to his secluded spot in the woods. When the two arrived at the doorstep Luke put Rainbow Dash down gently, still favoring the injuries she had.

"Wow, didn't think you'd be able to carry me all the way here." Rainbow said, leaning herself against the door a bit.

"Yea. Ok goodbye." Luke said as he spun around and began walking back.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"Uh, back to woods. Where do you think?"

"Why would you wanna go back there? Don't you know whats in there?"

Luke turned back to face Rainbow Dash. "No I don't. But I do know what's out here. I know there are weird ponies who like to kick me and chase me around. I think I would rather take my chances." And with that, Luke turned back around and continued the trek back to his shelter.

RainbowDash was stunned for a second before she called back out to him, "Wait! I didn't even get to say thank you!"

Luke decided to ignore the pony and continued to walk back, deciding that staying out like this might not be the best idea.

Rainbow looked down and said to herself, "Or I'm sorry..."

Author's Note

I am back once again. After a lot of time with college/track I can finally start to focus on the story again. Yea its been a long ass time since I've updated and I am ready for the comments to yell at me. But since I'm off classes for a while I will have some free time to work on this finally. Its been a busy time for me, so I apologize. I appreciate any kind of constructive criticism you guys can give me. Anyways It's 5 in the morning and I am tired. There may be a few mistakes here and there but I just wanted to put something out. I am also considering looking for a proof reader as well. If anyone is interested let me know. So I'm gonna sleep. Thank you all for taking the time to read my story, I really appreciate it. See ya guys next chapter.