Lonesome

Chapter six: Interrogatorio

Ponyville

1:05 PM

3rd POV

Princess Luna and Isaiah walked down the dirt streets of Ponyville on their way to the hospital. They didn't say much, no words needed to be said at all. In fact, the lonely man had no intention of trying to keep a conversation between them two going. Both of them quietly enjoyed the scenery of the small village. Small gusts of warm, gentle breeze passed through the pair; making their hair dance just a little. A wind chime quietly sounded, giving off a pleasant sound to the sleeping town.

The alicorn and human passed by a pair of red oak trees, and quickly spotted the medical building with guards walking around the perimeter. The six-foot tall man tensed up a little when he saw Princess Celestia walk out of the front entrance to greet both him and Luna.

"Enjoy your walk?" The Princess said with face that had a lack of a smile or a frown. Her voice made it hard to determine if she was okay with the two of them taking a little walk to the park. From her appearance, the mare looked like she was rudely wakened from her slumber.

"We most certainly did, right Isaiah?" The dark blue mare commented with a smile while looking at the man.

"Yes ma'am, we did enjoy the walk." The wounded man piped up with a friendly smile.

The white alicorn princess smiled just a little before it disappeared just as quickly as it came. "Luna, why didn't you inform any of the medical staff that you and Isaiah left the hospital?"

"I must admit, that was a mistake of mine for not informing any of the doctors or nurses. I promise not to repeat my mistake again." The mare with the moon cutie mark promised to her sister.

The Princess with the mark of the sun accepted her sisters promise, then she turned her head to talk to the man. "Isaiah, you must not be up at this hour while walking around the town with a injured leg. I expected more for you."

Before the human could reply to the disappointed mare, Luna interjected. "Isaiah is more than capable of walking around with a leg thats in it's current condition. After all, he did takeout majority of the Chupacabras on his own."

"Chupacabra? Are those the things that attacked you in the Everfree Forest, I thought they were brutes?" Celestia questioned us.

"Yeah, Chubacabras. From where I'm from, they're mythological creatures that have a striking resemblance to the brutes that attacked us in the forest." Before Isaiah could finish a voice from behind made it's self known. Both Princesses and the human turned around to see the purple mare known as Twilight.

"Uh... Princess Celestia, Luna and... um."

He turned around to see her staring at him in shock. Twilight felt a little intimidated by his height, but she quickly snapped out of her trance when the human spoke up.

"Isaiah."

"Ah...yes, Isaiah. May I ask what's going on? I was just studying in the library when I say your chariot pass by. Is something wrong?" The mare with the weird sparkle-like pattern on her flanked asked.

When Celestia smiled to her student. "No, theres nothing to worry about Twilight. I couldn't sleep well; so I decided to pay both Luna and our friend Isaiah a visit."

Once she said that, the purple mare lightened up a little. Like before, she didn't looked too good; she looked like really needed some sleep. Luna saw the horned mare's exhausted look.

"Twilight, you look like you haven't slept in days. You should be in bed sleeping at this hour." The mare of the night informed with a concerned look forming on her face.

"About that..." She paused for a long yawn. "I've been trying to find out where the brutes came from for the past two days! It's just, nopony has never seen something like them before." She turned her head to Isaiah. "But you, nopony has never seen or heard of you before. Do you know anything about the creatures thats been causing everypony trouble?"

The man told Twilight about how the chupacabra's share a similarity to the ones form his home. Once Isaiah mentioned his home, the mare forgot the fact that they were talking about the creatures.

"Where are you from again. You never really mentioned a home before." She asked, not knowing the trouble she caused.

The human sighed and ignored her question, Luna picked up onto the mans mood and tried to direct the conversation elsewhere.

"Mind if we returned back inside the hospital?" The blue alicorn insisted.

WIth those words the four of them made their way into the hospital. Luna and Twilight had no problem entering the building. But for Celestia and Isaiah, they had to tilt their heads for entry into the medical building. To the human, the building was surprisingly small. The lobby consisted of a large wooden receptionist desk, a couple dozen of small wooden stools for sitting, a pair of magazine holders, and some odd looking pictures and medical posters on the light blue walls. A unicorn mare sat behind the wooden receptionist's desk; shaking lightly at the sight of both Princesses and human.

The small group passed through a set of door and into a dimly light hallway. The only sounds were the clip clops from the ponies feet onto the tiled floor. On every corner, a guard or two stood quietly, waiting if a problem ever happened to present it's self. For what Isaiah could see; all of the doors to the patient rooms were open, with no one inside.

"Am I the only one in the hospital? I couldn't but help notice that all of the rooms are empty." The curious man asked.

"Actually, you're the only patient here in the hospital." Princess Celestia answered him.

"I find that very hard to believe. What about the guards who were wounded in the fight the other day?"

"They are in Canterlot infirmary, some of the other guards weren't as lucky as you." The white alicorn answered with a frown forming on her face.

They tuned the corner once more to meet two of guards bowing to the Princess. Princess Celestia smiled to the pair and one of them opened the door for them. The three mares each said their thanks while Isaiah gave him a nod. The man was thankful that none of the ponies touched his things while he was gone on his little adventure. He waddled over to the bed and sat himself onto it with little effort. The Princesses turned to face Twilight, with Celestia talking first.

"Twilight I understand you're excitement, but we think it's best if you return and get some sleep. You have along day ahead of you tomorrow too."

The unicorn yawned and lowered her head in disappointment. "Okay... I'll wait for tomorrow."

"Thank you Twilight, goodnight." And with another yawn, she left for home.

Luna hovered two stools over to the bedside so they could talk to Isaiah without having to stand. The lone human looked at the sun mare.

"Princess Luna told me about how meteorites are resistant to magic, and how long your researchers have been trying to uncover the reason why it has the resistance." Isaiah said to pique Celestia's interest.

"Yes, isn't it a truly mysterious subject?"

"Well, just like the meteorites; my stuff is also resistant to magic. I think it would be beneficent to the research if I let some of your researchers look at some of my belongings that I will allow them to look at." The man announced.

Celestia was surprised that Isaiah would be so open to let her ponies look at some of his belongings of choice. The thought of discovering what causes the magic disturbance looked very appealing to her. "Thank you for allowing us to examine your belongings."

"No problem, I'm just happy to help." He responded.

In all honesty; Isaiah wasn't too thrilled about letting the ponies look at his things. The thought of them messing with his stuff (even though he insisted) bothered him. He could care less about the research; he only wanted to do this so could get on the Princess's good side. He pushed the thought out of his head, and into other things. He glanced up to the clock with the odd markings instead of the numbers he preferred; 1:20 AM.

The room was filled with silence before the dark blue alicorn spoke up. "When you asked me what planet were on and I answered, why did that freak you out?"

Isaiah tensed up just a little. "When you told me, I realized that I wasn't on Earth anymore."

Princess Celestia had confusion written all over her face.

"What do you mean by that?" When she said that, Luna leaned over to her and whispered into her ear. When she was informed, she sat there; eyes wide open. Princess luna was next to speak up.

"Can you please tell us where you're from?"

He took a deep breath. "I- I'm from Earth."

Celestia was the next one. "And is Earth the planet you are from?" She asked with a soothing voice.

He slowly shook his head to confirm the white alicorn's comment.

The sisters once again sat quietly on the stools that they sat upon. The breathing of the trio was the only sound in the small room, no one wanted to talk. Isaiah combed his unwashed hair with his fingers while lost in thought. Three minutes passed before Luna decided to lighten the mood for everyone else in the room.

"Welcome to Equis Isaiah."

Celestia was about to bonk her sister upside the head when she heard a light chuckle coming from the lone human.

"Thanks. I never thought that I'd end up on a different planet during my whole life." He said with a light voice with a surprising smile slowly forming. "Look at me now Mom."

"Would you like to go back to bed now? After all, it's very late." The older sister asked.

"Yeah, that's best for now I guess. Goodnight." With those final words from Isaiah, the Princesses left him to sleep.

He pulled the covers over him, trying to warm himself up with the small blankets. Even though the door was closed, he could hear the princesses from the other side.

"I never thought that a day like this would come. A living, breathing extraterrestrial on our land. I simply can't wait for tomorrow Tia."

The chatter of the sister faded away as they walked down the hallway and into the lobby. Equis's only human laid on the hospital bed, gazing up into the square, white tiles of the ceiling. The moon's glow still enveloped the small room in a gentle glow. He pulled out the trench knife from the sheath in his pants and slid it under the pillow that his head was resting on.

"You never know..."

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Ponyville

12:09 PM

Isaiah 1st POV

A set of gentle knocks from the door woke my up from slumber. I ran my tired eyes over the clock, reading the time. Another set of knocks rapped from the wooden door, but this time with a voice after the knocks.

"Isaiah, are you awake? It's lunch time and you need to eat." It took me a moment to remember who's voice it belonged to; it was Nurse Redheart's.

I yawned for a second and popped my neck. "Yeah, I'm awake." Soon as I made the announcement, the nurse walked in with a food trolly in front of her.

"So I heard about your little walk last night." She said with amusement. I thought that was a little strange of her to not be worried that I left without notifying any medical staff, and walking on a injured leg.

"Hehe, yeah." I laughed a little uneasily. "So what's on the menu?"

The mare grabbed a tray with fruit, salad and a bowl of what appeared to be broccoli cheddar soup. She gently placed it on my lap and set down a fork and spoon on a unoccupied section of the trey. The fruit looked good, things like grapes, small bits of kiwi, and slices of bananas and apples. Small wisps of steam left the bowl of soup; signaling that it was recently made or just warmed up. The salad on the other hand, I wasn't so excited about; I didn't care for it. But everything else looked good.

I thanked Redheart while she left, leaving me to enjoy my lunch/breakfast alone in peace. The sun shined in through the windows, illuminating the whole room with it's rays of light. The window was still open from the night before; letting in a nice breeze to pass through the small room. The chatter of the villagers could be heard milling about happily in the streets of Ponyville.

Nothing much seemed of out of the ordinary besides the sound of numerous conversations between the ponies from outside the building. I was enjoying a slice of banana when a set of knocks and Twilight's voice came from the door.

Can I please have so time to think and eat in silence?

"Hey, Isaiah it's me Twilight. Can I please come in?"

It didn't take me long to decipher the answer.

"When five minutes passes you can come in, deal?" I lightly yelled.

There was a brief moment of silence before she answered. "Okay, I'll wait."

While she walked away from the door, I could hear her talk to someone else.

"Come one Rarity, he asked for us to come back in a few minutes." She said to whoever this Rarity pony was.

I kinda felt a little bad for telling her to practically go away when she had someone else with her. For all I know, i could like the other pony.

"Actually, Twilight it's okay for you to come in!" I yelled to her.

Before I could ask if she was still there, the door was enveloped in a purple hue and opened. Twilight was the first one in, but what really caught my attention was the pony behind her; who I assumed was Rarity.

The mare stopped immediately when she laid her azure eyes on me. She had a pristine white coat that seemed like every hair was carefully groomed. Her mane and tail was a shade of indigo that had curls that appeared to be painstakingly fashioned into. Her flank had a trio of light blue gemstones, and a horn on her head. I looked back to admire her eyes once more. I could see that she had light blue eyeshadow and some jet-black mascara on her eyelashes. Come to think of it, her talent must have some sort of fashion related subject to it. I was the first one to break the silence.

"Um... Hello, I'm Isaiah and it's nice to meet." I greeted myself slightly awkwardly.

She kept and staring until her friend nudged her.

"Oh! Sorry, my apologies. My name is Rarity and it's a pleasure to meet you Isaiah. Once Twilight mentioned you this morning, I couldn't but help find my self wanting to meet such a unique stallion as you." She said with a voice that reminded me of the stereotypical high class voices I heard in old movies.

"Sorry to ruin it, but I'm not a stallion; I'm a man." I corrected her.

The mare with the horn on her head looked at me strangely. "Man?"

"Yes, a male human is called a man. And you are wondering what I am; I'm a human." I quickly informed her.

The look on her face metaphorically screamed curiosity. Twilight's stomach grumbled, stopping any further conversation between Rarity and I.

"Did someone miss lunch?" I asked. Before the lavender mare could say anything Rarity interrupted.

"Twilight I insisted that I could make you lunch but why did you declined it. How can you explain that?"

"Sorry. I was just so eager to ask our new friend here some questions that I forgot how much I was hungry." The mare with the sparkle butt sheepishly explained.

"Here Twilight, you can have my salad. I really don't want it." I offered while handing her the trey of leafy greens.

"Thank you, I'm starving!" Right as she said that, she began to eat the greens.

I started to get a little warm from being under the covers, so I decided to uncover myself. As soon as my legs were out, Rarity screamed. I immediately looked down to see if my pants and boxers were still on. And as plain as day, there they were.

"How can you live like that?!" The azure eyed mare screamed.

"Well, it's not that bad. I'm not going to lie, it does hurt every so often."

"No, not your leg. Your pants!"

I looked at Twilight in confusion; she just gave me an odd smile.

"My... pants?" I have no clue whats going on.

"Yes your pants! Theres a giant hole in it, how can you live like this?! This is a crime against fashion!" She yelled again.

Yup, her talent is overreacting.

Her horned glowed a light blue, and her eyes focused on my pants. Her eyes widened in surprise.

"Why can't I grab your pants with my telekinesis?! It's like they are resistant." She pouted.

"That's because they are resistant to y'alls magic." I swung my legs over the edge of the bed; making it easier to talk to them. "Just like the meteorites that crash down on this planet; me and my belongings can't be tampered by magic and have a strong resistance to it too."

Rarity was speechless. Before me or Twilight could say anything; the white mare gripped my pants in her teeth and started pulling.

"Would you quit that?" I complained.

She loosened her grip on my pants and made a 'hmph' sound while crossing her forelegs. I glanced over to my pants; she was kinda right, they were in pretty bad shape.

"*sigh* Anyway Isaiah, would you mind if I asked you some simple personal questions?" Twilight asked with a smile. I was kinda surprised why she wanted to ask personal.

"Okay, shoot."

She floated a pair of stools over to her and Rarity so they could sit. Then the lavender mare retrieved a pencil and notepad in front of her. And lastly a pair of glasses floated onto her snout.

"Okay Isaiah, can you please tell me your full name?"

"It's Isaiah Hunter, Harper." I answered her request.

"That's an odd name." The mare with glasses quietly whispered. Right as she said that, Rarity bonked her on the back of her head; scolding her.

"Sorry." The mare apologized.

"Age?"

"24."

"And your height?"

"Six feet, one inch."

"Your weight?"

"My weight is one-hundred and eighty five pounds... it think." I wasn't really sure of my current weight right now. Ever sense I appeared here on Equis, I haven't really been eating much.

"Diet?"

Oh god, they might not like my answer. "Omnivore." Once I announced that, they tensed up. "Don't worry, I ain't going to eat any of y'all. I'm not some type of rabid animal that goes around killing left and right, okay?"

"O-okay." They both stuttered in unison.

Good thing that they don't know that I prefer meat over anything else. Plus, nothing beats fried chicken too.

Once I made that clear, we were about to continue out little Q&A before a set of knocks interrupted us.

"Yes, who is it?" I lightly yelled. The door gained a yellow/golden aura and opened to reveal Princess Celestia with a friendly smile plastered on her face.

"Oh. Hello Celestia, what brings you here?" Twilight asked while giving the alicorn a small welcoming hug.

Once the purple mare let go of the princess, the pony with the sun brand glanced over to me and opened her mouth to speak. "I'm just here to check on Isaiah and see how he's doing. Form what I can see, he seems alright. Am I correct?"

"Yeah, I'm fine ma'am. Theres nothing to worry about."

"Thats very pleasing to hear." She then turned her head over to Twilight. "Seeing how Isaiah is new here, could I ask you the favor of informing him about the basics of Equestria?"

"Of course Celestia, I'll get right on it." The little mare agreed with absolutely no hesitation in her voice.

The Princess stole a glance at my ripped pants and turned her head to Rarity. "Rarity, may ask you for a favor too?"

"Of course, what ever may it be?" She replied in a flash.

"Let me guess, it's something about my pants?" I butted in before the Princess could say anything, which I immediately found disrespectful.

"Well yes, it is about your clothing. Rarity, do you think you can repair his clothing?" The Princess asked the other white mare.

The pony with the gemstone cutie mark slightly hesitated before replying. "I would love to your majesty, but him and his things are... resisting magic. If that wasn't a problem, I would accept."

"I understand."

"Oh don't worry about that, I have another pair back at the shelter." My eyes widened and my mouth dropped from what I just remembered. "Oh, mierda! I forgot about the shelter!"

The three ponies stepped back in surprise from my epiphany. While in the hospital, I completely forgot about my metal home in the forest.

"Your... shelter?" Celestia asked me.

"Yes! When I somehow got... here, me and my stuff in the closet weren't the only things to be transported. I can't afford to loose the things in there; they are priceless!" I yelled while walking over to the closet to gear up.

The look on their faced clearly had confusion written all over.

"Why in the world would you want to return to that dreadful forest, especially when your leg is injured?" Rarity questioned me with a raised eyebrow.

"Every thing that I had owned from Earth is in there, nothing is going to stop me from leaving this hospital." I said with a voice that dripped determination.

"No way, no how. There is no my your leaving without permission from me, Luna, or any of the doctors." Celestia said while putting a hoof on my shoulder. I stared at her with a scowl on my face.

"Make me." With that I slung my rifle over my shoulder, walked over to the bed to grab the trench knife from under the pillow and returned it to the sheath.

Started to make my way to the door before I was surrounded by a pinkish bubble. I flicked my eyes over to see Twilight smiling proudly in triumph; which I ended by causally walking right through it. I Grabbed the door handle and tried twisting it, only to discover that it was locked from the other side. I took a few steps, turned around and lowered my stance getting ready to bust down the door.

"Um, what are you doi-" Before the mare with the styled mane and tail could finish, I charged the door.

I slammed into the door; breaking it down with surprisingly little effort. Before I could fully stop my self, I collided into the wall on the opposite side, making a large hole. I pulled my shoulder out from the busted wall and turned to see a collection of shocked faces from the staff. Two guards showed up to try and restrain me but suddenly stopped.

"Guards, stand down. Let him go." Celestias voice sounded from behind me.

I followed the signs that were on the wall and ended up in the lobby. I pushed the front doors of the hospital open to see the Princess Luna walking up the steps with a pair of guards behind her.

"Oh my, I see that they gave you release?" The Princess smiled to me.

"Sure." I told the truth/lied.

I could see the towns folk stopping to look at me and the night Princess. The ponies had coats, manes, and tails of varied colors. Some of the ponies only had horns and wings; some of them had none of the other at all. Every other pony had some type of accessory that commented on their fashion. I turned to Luna.

"Luna, do you remember where we were when the creatures attacked us?"

"Yes I do, it's not to far from the camp that's set up next to the Everfree. Why, do want to go back?" She questioned me with a slightly tilted head.

"Yes. See, me and the things that I currently have on me weren't the only things to show up here. I have a bunch of very important things back in the shelter. I hate to ask this, but can you show me where the fight was?"

"I don't know, your leg is still not in a good condition to be walking around with." She commented.

I sighed. "Luna, I've been shot, stabbed, and burned; and none of those ever stopped me from getting to one place to the other. I'm not going to let a simple leg injury stop me." I stopped to take a breath. "Now will you please lead the way?"

She closed her cerulean eyes. "Follow me."