Alere

"No! I just mined those!" You shouted as you sprang up from your slumber.

"Umm, just mined what?" Asked a curious voice. You looked around for the the source of the voice, but all you found was that you were laying on a small couch in, what you would guess to be somebody's living room.

"Hello? Is anybody there?" You asked in the hope the owner of the other voice would make themselves known.

"Oh hello! I'm in the kitchen!" The voice called back in a more cheery tone.

You decided it would be a good idea to go meet the nice person who took you in when you were unconscious, so you tried to stand up. All that accomplished was you hitting your head on the ceiling. ”Why would I hit my head on the ceiling? I'm pretty short for my age.” You asked yourself.

You started to wonder why you were now suddenly taller when a mint green pony came into the living room levitating a plate with a pile of intoxicatingly good smelling oatmeal cookies. 'Oh yeah, that's why.' You thought to yourself, remembering exactly why everything is smaller than back at home, also relishing in the scent of those cookies.

She trotted over to the couch you were just laying on and took a seat, but not in the way you were expecting. She didn't sit upright with her hind legs hanging over the edge like a human, but she sat with her legs tucked under her. She set the plate of cookies on the table in front of the couch and beckoned you to sit with her.

You sat with right foot on the ground and your left leg on top of your right knee. It must have looked pretty weird to her, because she stared at you with a strange look in her eyes for a few seconds before saying this "So I know you can talk, because you were saying something about your pickaxe breaking while you were out, so tell me... What are you?" This caught you off guard. You were expecting a lot of questions from her, but not that one.

She must have noticed your surprised expression, because she held out a hoof and quickly said "Oh, where are my manners? My name Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings. What is your name?"

With a small smile, you grip her hoof in your hand and say "I'm Red Hearts, but you can just call me Red. It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Heartstrings."

"Oh please, just call me Lyra." She said, her cheeks turning a light shade of red.

”Heh, cute.” You think to yourself.

"So, if you don't mind, I have a few questions that I wanted to ask you," she said taking a more serious tone.

"And I have some answers that I would like to give you."

"Good, so lets get started!" She responded. "First I have to ask, what are you, exactly?"

"Well Lyra, I am what is known as a human." You answered in a classy voice.

"What's a human?"

"A human is a tall, bipedal race that we believed evolved from apes."

"Apes huh? That certainly sounds weird."

"Ouch Lyra, I'm hurt," you said, placing a hand on your chest and mocking a surprised expression.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to- You're being sarcastic aren't you?"

"Maybe..." You replied with as a smile crept onto your face.

"You wake up in a strangers house after being knocked out for what I'm guessing to be the second time, and you are cracking jokes?" Lyra said, bringing a hoof to her chin. "I was right, humans are weird."

"I can't argue with that logic. Got anything else you would like to ask me?" You asked.

"Well there is one thing that I would like to know."

"And that would be?"

"Why were you in my house mates hay delivery?" She asked in a suspicious voice.

"Ah, now that is a good question. Let me start from the beginning," You replied. You went on to tell her everything that had happened after you sent that letter to Princess Luna. About how you found a crying Trixie and tried to console her, and how The Elements of Harmony happened to show up at the worst possible time.

"It was like some outside, all-knowing being made them show up at the worst possible time!" You exclamed, throwing your hands in the air.

'Muahahaha!!!!!!!!!!'

"Anyway, where was I?"

"Twilight Sparkle had just blasted you over," replied Lyra.

"Oh right," you said. You continued to explain what had happened up until the moment you decided to make the jump.

"Why did you stop?" She asked.

"Well here is where I got a little stupid."

"What do you mean?"

"Like I said, I had reached an edge to a cliff. I looked over the side and saw a grey colored pony pulling a cart full of hay. I decided that a group of six angry mares was a lot more dangerous than a three story fall, so I jumped into the hay where I hit my head on something hard and blacked out. The rest of the story you already know," you explained.

"Where in Equestria would you get an idea like that?" She scolded.

"It was from some stupid thing back home." You answered, thinking back on the days when you would spend hours playing those games. Ahh memories.

"Well if story time is over, we should probably get going," Lyra said as she got up from her spot on the couch.

"Where are we going?" You asked in a curious manner.

"Well from what I understand, There is a group of six ponies out there looking for a certain human and need to be told that it was all one big misunderstanding," she replied.

"Okay, but what about Trixie? She might still be lost in the forest," you said.

"We could look for her by ourselves, but we would stand a far better chance with the Elements helping us search," she retorted.

"I guess I see your point, but I still don't feel comfortable with this," you said.

* * * * * * * *

Lyra had taken you to go try to explain what had happened between you and Trixie to the Elements, but she didn't want to scare the towns ponies, so Lyra casted a disguise spell on you to make you look like a normal pony. You looked into a puddle and saw a very familiar face. Your pony disguise had yellow eyes, a red coat and a short brown mane and tail with no cutie mark.

'You have to be kidding me... Of all of the OC's created, she makes me look like this.'You thought to yourself.

"My magic is not that strong, so the disguise will only last for an hour or so. Until then, lets get going!" Explained Lyra.

"Who do you think we should go to first?" You asked.

"Twilight. She is the most level headed of the group. Most of the time that is. So if we can get her to believe you, then the rest should follow suit."

"I suppose that makes sense." You said as you followed Lyra down the market place. You looked around and noted that Ponyville is actually bigger then one would think from the show, but it was still pretty small compared to some places back on Earth. It was small enough that everypony knew each other, big enough where you could still get lost easily.

You and Lyra had just passed a pony who was running a pear stand when you heard a loud gasp from behind you. Both of you turn around to see a very distinctive pink blur going in the direction of what you could only guess is Sugarcube Corner.

"That can only end badly." You said to Lyra. "Well she has never met you before, so she probably went off to start planing your "Welcome To Ponyville" party." She explained with a smile.

"That's what I'm afraid of."You said, lowering your head as you continued walking.

"What do you mean?" She asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"Well, I have never been good at social gatherings, events, or just being social. I could never make many friends, and what friends I could make never stayed around very long."You said expecting her to give you the usual 'Oh don't be sad.' routine you get from everybody you have ever told about your social issues.

"Don't give me that crap." Lyra scolded.

Huh? You thought, raising your head to look at her. She had a very stern look on her face. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that is a huge lie. You say you aren't very social, but what about me huh? We have only known each other for a few hours, but I already consider you a very good friend."

"Really!?" You exclaim rather loudly.

"Of course I do! You are funny, nice, caring, compassionate and sensitive but not in a crybaby sort of way." She explained

"When have I showed you compassion?" You asked a little confused.

"You didn't show me compassion, but when you saw Trixie crying, you didn't try to comfort her for any selfish gain, but because you honestly felt bad for her and wanted to help." She answered.

"Oh. I thank I understand what you mean, but I still don't like the idea of a "Welcome to Ponyville" party." You said.

"Come on it will be fun! You just need to relax and talk to everypony."

"I don't know, I think I-" You started to say only to be interrupted by Lyra. "Oh look we are here!" She yelled.

"Hmm, I guess we are." You said as you and Lyra approached the door. You were about to go up and knock when you heard shouting from the other side. You put a ear up to the door to get a better listen. "I'm just saying that maybe we shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. For all we know, it may have been a big misunderstanding!"

"Ah don't know Twi, it was yellin' some pretty harsh things at her." Said a southern voice you guessed belonged to Applejack.

"Well she did yell at us to stop before she ran off." Said a very quite voice you could barely hear.

"That is true. I do believe She wanted us to stop. She did look pretty desperate." Said a very classy voice.

You take your ear away from the door to knock. After doing so, you hear Twilight call "One moment please!", so you and Lyra just stood there.

"Hey Lyra?" You said.

"Yes?" Said Lyra looking over at you curiously.

"I just wanted to say, thank you. For What you said earlier. Those were the nicest things anyone- err, anypony has ever said to me." You say with a small smile. You couldn't see because she looked away, but you could tell she was blushing.

* * * * * * * * *

You and Lyra explained what had happened the night before and why you what you and Trixie were doing. You, Lyra and five of the six Elements set out in the Everfree looking for both Trixie and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash felt terrible for making Trixie run away in tears,so she never gave up looking for her. This concerned you greatly, because Trixie had run from the little meeting you had with the Elements almost thirteen hours ago.

You and the rest of the group decided to split up and spread out the search. Everypony was split up into pairs, except for you. You voted to go by yourself so everypony else would have a partner. You had been searching for about forty-five minutes and your hooves were getting sore.

"Wow having hooves is actually pretty difficult." You complained to yourself.

'I wonder where she could be. This forest is a lot more creepy then the show let on and I would like to get out of here as fast as I could. You thought to yourself. You were about to start calling out to her again when you heard the snap of a twig from behind you. You were still on edge from the forest, so you whipped around as fast as you could to get a look at the maker of the noise. You were expecting a cockatrice, or a timberwolf, but what you got was a very tired and messy looking Trixie.

"Who- Who are you?" She asked weakly.

"Oh Trixie, thank Celestia you're alright!" You cheered as you rushed over to help keep her from falling.

"Thank you, but you didn't answer my question." Said Trixie.

"It's me Red. I know I look different, but I can explain that later, right now, we need to get you some safe." You said.

"Oh Red? Okay, but would you mind if I fell asleep on your back. I don't think I could go much farther and you look strong enough to carry me." She asked through a yawn, to which you replied "Of course. Just hop on and I'll carry you back."

She had done so and not even a whole minute later, you could hear cute little snores coming from the light blue pony on your back.

* * * * * * * *

It was getting dark when you found your way out of the Everfree. 'Thank Christ I'm out of there. The place gives me the willies.' You thought to yourself. You found everypony else on the edge of the forest standing around with worried expressions on their faces. Ponyville was just visible off in the distance.

"Hey everypony. I found Trixie, but she is asleep right now so be super quite. She was really tired when I found her. I don't think she has gotten any sleep last night, so lets not try to wake her just yet." You said quietly to the group. Everypony agreed and started walking back towards Ponyville.

Not long after you started walking, you started to feel a dull pain in your chest. You asked what it might be and Lyra said "You might want to put Trixie down,  think you are about to change back to your normal self.".

You set her down and stepped away from her. About thirty seconds later, The dull pain in your chest became more intense. The pain was followed by a bright flash of light and you found yourself on the fetal position clutching your chest. After the pain disappeared, you picked yourself up off of the ground and dusted off your clothes. You thanked the powers that be that Lyra's spell didn't make your clothes disappear. You started stretching your muscles, while everypony else, Except for Lyra and Trixie, gawked at your true body, but the one who was most fascinated was Rarity, but only by your clothes.

"Oh darling, these clothes are simply gorgeous!" She exclaimed loudly.

After checking on Trixie to see her still snoring, you replied "Really? These clothes are more fit for comfort rather than being fashionable.". It was true, you were just wearing a pair of grey sweat pants, a black T-shirt that read "Chaos is Magic" in a explosion of colors and a black slipper. You were guessing you lost the other on at some point.

"Of course, but the colors are a bit bland but I have never seen any thing like it! But I do have one question." She said.

"What is it?" You asked with a raised eyebrow.

"What does it mean by "Chaos is Magic"? She asked bringing a hoof to her chin.

"Oh that means-" You started to say, but you didn't want to tell them about M.L.P F.i.M just yet. Luckily Twilight said this "Look up in the sky! I think that's Rainbow Dash!". She pointed a hoof in the sky and followed it. You could definitely see Rainbow Dash speeding towards the group. As she got closer you could just make out an expression of anger.

She kept getting closer and closer while showing no signs of slowing down, then it dawned on you. 'She isn't flying to the group, she is flying at it. More specifically, me. You slowly started backing up as she speed towards you at full speed. You started running away as fast as you could but you knew she was faster then you. A lot faster then you. You ran about twenty yards, before you heard the sound of wings flapping. You turned your head and saw a murderous look in the eyes of the spectrum maned Pegasus.

She quickly closed the gap between the two of you and tackled you to the ground. Your landed face first (pretty hard too) in the dirt with a loud thud and you could feel the beating of hoofs on your back. You tried to flip her off of your back, but you weren't in the best shape and that run really took in out of you, so you just gave of and let her viciously attack your back. To your surprise and slight concern, the beating didn't hurt that much, if at all.

After about twenty seconds, the attacks stopped and you felt a light weight fall on your back.You turn your head around to see that she fell asleep, snoring the same cute little snore Trixie.

'I know she just attacked me, but I don't think I can help my self.'

"D'awwwww" You quietly express.

The adorable sight was soon interrupted by the sound of hoof steps. You turn your head back to to see the rest of the Elements and Lyra rushing over.

"Oh Red, are you hurt?" Asked a very concerned looking Fluttershy. You probably would have hugged her right then and there because of her supreme adorableness, if not for the sleeping pony on your back. "I'm fine Ms. Fluttershy, just a little sore."

"Oh dear, let me help you with her, and you can just call me Fluttershy. If that is okay with you, I mean."

'Must Not Hug.'

"It's fine I got her." You said to her as you got up and put Rainbow Dash over your shoulder. You walked back over to Trixie, who was just left laying on the ground, and pulled her up to your other shoulder.

"Are ya sure you don't need an carryin' them sugarcube?" Asked Applejack.

"Na'h, it's fine. They are both surprisingly light. All I need to know where it is I need to take them. Your Highness?"You said looking over at Twilight.

"Oh, you three can stay at the library tonight. I have some extra blankets that you can use." She responded.

"Thank you, I highly appreciate it." You said with a smirk, because you knew what came with that offer. You didn't have any issues with it, but you knew it was going to be extremely boring.

* * * * * * * *

You had just tucked Rainbow Dash and Trixie into opposite ends of Twilights couch and sat down against the wall when Twilight said "I'm so sorry there isn't a place for you to lay down, but I will make it up to you somehow. If there is anything I can do for you, just let me know.".

You thought about it for a moment and said "Well actually Your Highness, I was wondering if I could possible get a helmet or head protection of some sorts."

She gave you curious look before shrugging it off and saying "I'm sure that can be arranged, but I must ask why.".

"Oh, no reason." You replied,

"Okay? Well I should be getting to bed, and you should too. We have a long day ahead of us." She said through a yawn as she walked up stairs to her room. "Goodnight!".

"Goodnight." You called back.

You closed your eyes and reflected on all of the explaining, running, pain and D'awww moments and thought to yourself 'If the rest of my stay here in Equestria is as half as interesting as it was today, then I will never ever want to leave.', and you fell asleep knowing that you would never want to leave anyway.