Heart Of Gold

I know this chapter may seem to drone on with just talk but I’m still breaking into the story just give it some time. Plus I’m just trying set myself up with a decent backstory so I can write something half decent for you all to enjoy.

Did I just see what I thaught I saw? No that’s impossible. I’m going to wake up and be dead, like anybody else who has ever absorbed a nuclear blast. Because that’s reality and that’s what happens. You don’t die then wake up in a hospital to see… no I don’t even want to think about it. I’m not insane and dead just dead.

So why does it still smell like a hospital? Does death just smell like sanitizer, and medicine?

*BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP*

AND WHY DO I STILL HERE THAT FUCKING BEEP! I ALREADY DECLARED IM NOT IN A HOSPITAL AND THAT IM JUST DEAD. AND THAT I DID NOT SEE A NURSE THAT LOOKED LIKE A HORSE!

*BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP**BEEP*

Fine beep. You win do what you want. But know that whatever is causing you dead or not I’m going to destroy whatever is making you.

Well time to get this over with, I at least need to open my eyes and see what the afterlife looks like. And so I can find this beep and wipe it to oblivion.

“Doctor I think he is waking up again, but he looks calmer this time”.

Opening his eyes the man just stared at the ceiling for a few seconds letting his eyes adjust to the light. Before turning his head and staring right at his nurse. Without making a sound he just stared at her for a few seconds before staring back at the ceiling calmly.

Speaking calmly and in an even tone “Why is there a horse in a nurse outfit in this hospital? And am I dead or is this just a cruel joke.”

The nurse’s jaw just dropped before he heard a loud “HUMPH WHY I NEVER” and the sound of hooves stomping away.

“Uhh was it something I said?” the man spoke confused. Before hearing another set of hooves coming from his other side.

“You’re not from around here are ya boy”

Looking over the man saw what another grey horse, or was it a pony? He was much too small to be considered a full size horse. He looked around 4 maybe 4 ½ feet tall. And to top it all off there was a small horn on top of his head making him look like a unicorn.

‘haha that’s a good one, even I know there is no such thing as a unicorn, but seeing how my mouth got me in trouble once already apparently I think I’m just going to ignore this for now. I’m sure it’ll all be explained in time.’

Speaking out to answer “Gee what makes you think that? Could it be that I’m human and just woke up in a hospital filled with small horses?” the man replied briskly with a hint of sarcasm to it.

At that remark the doctor’s face got a little red with anger before he calmed down and spoke again.

“I’m going to let that comment slide since I’m sure you don’t know any better, we are ponies in this land. And I would advise you never to call any of us a horse again. I believe you just made my nurse go cry somewhere from that insult.”

Realizing what the doctor just said the man instantly felt terrible before smacking his hand to his face before groaning.

‘Huh it didn’t hurt much to move that time. I guess whatever was causing pain before has passed’

“I apologize doctor I’m just a little overwhelmed, I didn’t mean to offend anybody. I honestly don’t even know where I am, and as for what I said where I’m from a horse is just a type of animal like you. I did not know in this uhh wherever I am that it was an insult. Especially since I can clearly see that you are not a simple animal but an intelligent being.”

‘Never let it be said that I don’t take others feeling into account. Pony or not hate insulting people, I’m going to have to find that nurse pony later and apologize.’

Chuckling to himself the doctor spoke again. “It’s alright boy, I figured you didn’t mean any harm by what you said. Although my nurse was still upset by it, I would recommend you apologize to her later.

“Yeah I planned on it, I hate hurting people’s feelings. Especially by stupid comments like that, I don’t even know what it means.”

Leaning over the Dr. whispered something into the man’s ear before his eyes shot wide open in realization.

“Oh… I could see how that would hurt her feelings, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s alright I’m sure she will forgive you when she learns of your predicament. Anyways we should go back to the matter at hand, who you are where you came from and how on earth you got so injured when they dragged your nearly lifeless body into my hospital. Speaking of witch what happened to you boy? I’ve never seen Injuries so severe like yours.”

“I would rather not talk about it if you don’t mind “he replied in a sad tone before mumbling again more to just himself. “My nearly lifeless… uhh doctor how long have I been in this hospital?”

‘It must be a painful memory, ill drop it for now’. “Just over two weeks. You woke up 5 days ago for a brief moment before passing out again. It’s honestly nearly miraculous that you even are doing so well now. I thaught you were going to be down for at least a month.”

“What was wrong with me? I remember waking up and feeling incredible pain before passing out again.”

“From what I was told you were found just outside of town, severely covered from head to toe in third degree burns and nearly bled to death. You had bone fractures in both arms and legs, six cracked ribs and a punctured lung. It is nothing short of a miracle you are even alive. And before we continue this conversation I was curious if you had a name? We have been listing you as patient 37 for the last two weeks and I hardly think that’s a suitable title.

The man just sat there for a minute taking in everything the doctor had just asked him, it’s not every day that you arrive in a mystery land beaten to six levels of hell and nearly dead. But then his question registered.

“You can call me Derick, I’m sorry I didn’t catch your name either.”

“I am Dr. Whooves. It’s a pleasure to meet you Derick, now back to the medical side of things.” Your body has been healing very well on its own. And that was before the magical treatments can be factored in. your body.”

“Wait magical treatments? As in Magic? There is no such thing as magic.”

Chuckling again the Dr. Whooves answered. “You are definitely not from around here. Before I answer that where are you from?”

“A small country north of Keld called Atura, but seeing as there is no such thing as talking ponies I’m going to assume they aren’t a part of this planet are they.”

“Never herd of either of those places so I’m going to have to say no. We are in Equestria right now, and as I said earlier magic is very real here.” As if to prove a point the Doctors horn suddenly started glowing silver before a small clipboard appeared in front of him.

“Ooook I’ve seen strange things in my life but that takes the cake.”

“I do find it odd though that you say that I was expecting you to have some knowledge of magic from the tests we ran earlier.”

“Tests? What tests and why does magic have anything to do with them”

Looking puzzled the doctor started looking over the clipboard double checking some information.

“Well to start off when we first used magical treatment on you to re-set your broken bones your body seemed to absorb the magic like a sponge. It was almost like you were drinking it up and couldn’t get enough. That made me mighty curious so I decided to do some further tests. And from what I found out your body is in part accustomed to actually using magic on its own, although at a severely less proficient rate than us unicorns. But I did expect you to have some basic knowledge of magic seeing as you have used it before.”

Derick just sat there hardly believing what he was hearing “But I’ve never used magic before, where I’m from any magic is just smoke and mirrors, tricks on the eyes.” Thinking for a second though the man thaught back on all the strange events that had happened in his life. “But it would make sense, for the past couple years strange things I never remember have happened repeatedly saving my life, I thaught it was a curse though because almost every time it happened someone close to me wasn’t as lucky.”

The doctor could hear the sad tone creep into his voice realizing there must be a lot of sadness and heartbreak in the memories that Derick was remembering.

Thinking to try and break him out of his sudden funk the doctor spoke again. “Well on the other hand I do have some good news for you. At the rate you have healed you are almost back to new, by tomorrow we should be able to release you from the hospital.”

Thinking this would cheer the man up he was puzzled by the man’s face when it just grew more depressed.

Mumbling in a low tone almost as if only to himself “And go where”

Then it hit the Doctor. This man was in a new world, new nothing about it. Didn’t know a single person had no friends and no family here. And not even a place to call home, apart from the hospital gown he was wearing he didn’t even appear to have any clothing. Then an idea struck the Doctor, there was no way that She would ever let one of her subjects pony or not just appear in the land and go homeless without even clothes on their back.

“Hmm if you excuse me I’m going to let you rest for a while. It looks like you’ve had a very eventful awakening and I don’t want to overload you.”

And with that the doctor turned and started to walk off.

“Oh Dr? One more thing before you go.”

Looking back the grey pony smiled “Yes?”

“Uhh if you see that nurse could you ask her to come by my bed? I would like to apologize to her.”

“I will pass along the message.” And he continued to walk off.

Laying back down Derick began to think about his morning so far, there was so much to take in.

But not ten minutes after the doctor had left he heard the sound of approaching hooves.

“Uhm the doctor said you requested me. Is there something you need?”

It was the nurse pony, looking at her she was a white color with a light pink mane and did not have a horn like the Dr did. She was avoiding looking at him directly and from her tone he knew that she was still upset from his comment earlier.

“I uhh, just wanted to apologize for earlier. I didn’t realize what I said, I’m not from here and where I’m from that term is a harmless name for a type of animal that resembles you.”

“Humph” she replied. “So you think of us as animals? She said in a mix of hurt and anger.

“Nonono nothing like that I’m sorry that was worded poorly. From what I can figure out I’m from another world. There we have creatures that resemble you called horses but they are animals. You on the other hand are not even close, unlike our creatures couldn’t think or speak. You are an intelligent creature that I have accidentally insulted. And I would like to apologize and start over, my name is Derick.”

Hearing the words the nurse let some of the hurt and anger leave her features before finally looking at him. “I’m Nurse Redheart, and I understand what you’re saying. I’m sorry for getting upset earlier I should’ve known seeing how I’ve never seen a… whatever you are haha sorry but uh just what are you anyways?”

“I’m a human, so this land uhh Equestria I think I called it has never seen any humans before?”

“Not that I know of you’re the first one.”

“Huh well I’ll be. *YAWN* oops hehe sorry looks like I’m a little tired. From what I herd of my injuries I guess that’ll have that effect on you.”

“Yeah I’ve never seen somebody so hurt. Whatever happened to you must’ve been terrible. Anyways I’ll let you have some rest, it was nice meeting you Derick.”

“And nice to meet you to Mrs. Redheart.”

As she left he lay back thinking about everything again. Ponies, magic, equestrian. It was all so much to take in. and he couldn’t help but think back to his own world and what he was sure should’ve been the last moments of his life. ‘Heh for all I know they were and I’m in a dream’ oh well not like it matters now if it is Ill just wake up dead. No use worrying about what’s past.

And with that he slowly drifted off to sleep.

A few hours later Derick woke up to here voices outside of the room he was in. he could tell the first voice was the Doctor. The second voice he had never herd though, but it sounded well it was hard for him to describe. It was definitely a females voice that was a given, it sounded soft and kind but had a regal sound to it. All in all it was a beautiful sounding voice to him. He decided to listen in on the conversation.

“So this is the room he is currently in correct?”

“That is correct. He has been with us for two weeks and finally woke up earlier, although I did not expect you to pay a visit personally it is quite an honor my lady.”

“Oh that is quite alright, I love and care for all my subjects. And your letter made me want to meet him in person, it is quite a tragedy to end up in a predicament like his. The part about not even having any clothes or a home pulled at my heart. And if it is within my power none of my subjects will be exposed to any harshness like that.”

‘OH. MY. GOD. She really is royalty then, why else would she say my subjects? Why is royalty here talking about me? And what letter? Oh I get it that doctor must’ve herd me say that part and wrote a letter. But why to royalty? And on another note what kind of friggen royalty has the time and is willing to just visit a stranger in a hospital? Well guess there is one way to find out.

He started shifting in his bed making a small amount of noise, making the conversation outside of his room stop. ‘Huh don’t want them to think I was eavesdropping that’s just rude. Butter play it smooth.’

Reaching over he took a glass of water that was next to his bed took a sip and set it down slightly harder than normal. Hoping it would seem like he was just taking a drink and laying back down in bed.

A few moments later he heard a knock at the door before the Dr walked in.

“Hello Derick I hope I didn’t wake you.”

“No it’s alright I woke a minute ago to get a drink.”

“Excellent, I know this may come as a surprise but you have a visitor. That is if you are willing to let them see you.”

‘Heh as if I can say no knowing there is a royal woman outside my room. My curiosity alone won’t let me.’

“A visitor? But who would visit me? I don’t know anyone here other than you and the nurse. Even from where I’m from I don’t have any family or friends that would visit me in a hospital.”

Outside the room the Alicorn listening in on the conversations heart seemed to bleed and pain her for a second upon hearing the man’s words.

“Well I guess you will just have to find out then? Wont you. Unless you’re too tired for a visit.”

‘Hook line and sinker. Can’t play a few heartstrings while I’m at it. Never hurts to have others on your side and get a little sympathy. Just as long as you don’t abuse it and am always genuine and nice back.’

“I will go let he know you would like to see her.” Said Dr.Whoove before walking out the room. A few moments later another MUCH larger pony walked in, before he even looked at her he noticed a small glow filling his room radiating from the pony.

Looking at who just entered his room his jaw nearly broke off how hard it wanted to drop.

Before him stood the most regal and beautiful creature he had ever seen in his life. She towered over the other two ponies he had seen.

Derick was not a small man. Standing roughly 6’6” and extremely toned muscles but he felt so small next and insignificant next to her.

She was easily 7 feet tall probably closer to 7 ½ ft. She was pure white and had a picture of a sun on her lower body where a horse’s flank would be. He didn’t know what to call their anatomy and wasn’t risking anything for fear of insulting anyone.

Atop her head was a beautiful horn but that’s not what caught his eye. Her mane unlike the hair of the ponies he had seen. Seemed to be ethereal and waving on its own magically it was striped in colors off blues/ a light green and a light purple. Her tail seemed to be doing the same thing as well.

She wore what looked like golden shoes and a golden chest piece with a purple gemstone in the center.

And to top off her Overwhelming appearance two huge magnificent wings sat tucked on her back.

‘WOW’ was all he could think.

“Hello” she spoke in a soft and loving tone laced with power and regalness but with no hidden ill will he could find. It was like she spoke with pure unbiased love to all. ‘If that’s actually true she is royalty that in my opinion deserves to actually rule. Far too many monarchs in my world’s history have been far less kind to their subjects.’ “I believe I was told your name was Derick is that correct?”

“Yes your majesty” he sat up trying to bow. He knew it always payed to be respectful to royalty. Although where he was from used a democracy system royalty was abundant in his world’s history.

She giggled at his effort for a second ‘wow even her giggle seems regal, it’s not really a giggle or a chuckle I have no idea how to describe it, it’s simply too graceful’

“Please relax, I am the guest in your hospital room. There is no need for formalities here.”

Her words passing through his mind just reinforced every thaught of her. ‘This is a truly worthy princess or queen who loves her subjects. And is humble too, all the monarchs in my history seemed to believe they were above everybody else and demanded respect.

“It is a great honor to meet you, I don’t believe I caught your name.” he spoke casually but with great respect in his voice.

“Oh my forgive me. I am princess Celestia, the kind Doctor here sent me a letter of your situation and I wanted to pay a visit personally. It’s not every day a human ends up in Equestria.”

“Yeah haha, it’s a little overwhelming, but from what I’ve seen it’s a very kind place. Especially if a princess like yourself pays us unimportant folk a visit haha.” He chuckled out nervously ‘I have no idea what to say to royalty. Am I being too informal? She seems very kind and friendly but I don’t want to cross any lines.’

“That is not true, every creature in my lands are equally important to me. I love and cherish all of my subjects equally. I’ll admit I do not get to spend as much time among them as I would enjoy. But I will always be there for anypony who needs it. And from the Dr’s letter it’s apparent that you have quite a situation on your hands.”

“I’m just lucky to be alive Ma’am I’ll be just fine now. There’s no need to worry about lil old me, I can take care of myself.”

“I’m sure you could, you seem very capable and strong, especially at the rate you are absorbing magic from the area, I have to admit that when I read about that from the Doctors letter that was something that intrigued me and made me want to visit you all the more.”

‘What is she talking about? I’m not absorbing magic, I still don’t even understand this whole magic thing.’

“Uhh beg pardon your majesty but I’m not completely aware of what you mean by that I am absorbing magic. I don’t feel anything at all and I don’t even fully understand the magic of this world. From where I’m from there is no such thing as magic.”

From his words the princess’s face seemed to be held in thaught and was that a little bit of amazement and awe? Nah why would someone like him have any reason to impress a princess.

“That is most intriguing. You claim to have no knowledge or control of magic by the sound of your words. Yet from the tests I looked over before visiting you have been using magic for several years, albeit unknowingly at the time apparently. And I can tell you that just from myself being in the room that you are absorbing magic at an alarming rate.”

‘This just seemed to confuse Derick further.’ “Uhh princess I don’t know very much about what you are talking about when it comes to magic could you perhaps explain it a bit? I apologize for my ignorance and boldness asking but I like to understand things around me.”

Smiling at his question the princess answered. “Of course, I would be happy to answer, it’s funny for a moment there you sounded a little bit like my student with you want of knowledge. But never mind that for now, as for the magic it appears from our tests that you have used magic in several situations over the past few years. And if you are claiming that there was no such thing as magic from your world I’m assuming that it is in a place with little to no raw magic. But you on the other hand have a very large and powerful natural magical gift. And to further strengthen that claim I am what is known as an Alicorn. As I’m sure you have noticed I poses both the horn of a unicorn and wings of a Pegasus.

There are currently only three Alicorn in our world. Alicorn are considered royalty simply because of the power that we contain. I myself am in charge of raising and lowering the sun everyday with my magic.”

At that statement Derick’s jaw hit the floor. “Yo-you c-can move the s-sun? With just your magic!?!?”

Smiling at his outburst she answered “yes and it is almost as easy and natural as breathing for me. Now as a creature with such powerful and huge amounts of magic I naturally radiate an immense amount of natural raw magic. But ever since entering this room you have been naturally absorbing every bit of it.”

Hearing her words he suddenly got slightly worried, ‘shit I don’t need to sound like I’m stealing a princess, with the power of a gods magic.’

“Oh my gosh I am so sorry princess I did not mean to please forgive me.”

The princess looked at him slightly confused. “Whatever for? I have seen no need to ask for forgiveness.”

“I am practically stealing magic from you and don’t even know it. That has to be some sort of problem.”

“Ahh I can see why you would be worried about that now. Fear not I am not in the least angered by how you put it stealing my magic. In fact I find it rather interesting. While it is only a small fraction of what I contain it is a rather large amount compared to a normal unicorn. The amount of magic a being can contain is set at a limit. And from the amount you have absorbed in just this conversation would cause a lesser unicorn with low capacity to explode in magic overload.”

Worry shot across derricks face. “You mean if I absorb too much I could explode?”

Letting out another one of her graceful laughs the princess answered. “No my dear, when a creature contains the amount of magic it can contain it stops absorbing, every magical creature naturally absorbs magic over time to replenish what they use. And I’m guessing that is why you were able to rarely use magic where you’re from. Even without hardly any natural magic there you have an immense magical affinity. You would naturally build a natural charge over time if there was even a microscopic amount of magic on your home world.”

“Huh makes sense, that’s kind of a relief at least I won’t explode.”

But now a slightly grim look appeared across the princess’s face giving Derick some worry. “But there is more to this whole situation. Believe it or not I have met humans before, and they cannot naturally contain large amounts of magic. The few I have met upon absorbing a decent quantity started to change into a magical being. From what I have learned and speculate from those experiences. It seemed like they were born with a natural connection to a type of magical creature that there soul had a strong connection to. I have seen this happen three times before.

This is also one of the more important reasons I chose to visit you this evening. I do not want to alarm you but I expect within the next two to three months you will change into a magical creature.”

Derick could not believe what he was hearing. “You mean ill change into a unicorn or some such creature?”

Nodding back to him the princess spoke again. “That is correct to an extent. Every time a human with a magical affinity came into contact with large quantities of magic change. It happens when they absorb an amount that there body cannot contain. All of the humans absorbed magic at a surprisingly quick rate but all changed into different creatures. Of different magical levels. I’m trying to think of a good way to describe this to scale with how much magic different creatures contain. Because all three humans changed differently, one became a phoenix, one became a unicorn, and one simply became a dragon.”

“Wow a dragon, that’s amazing but no offense I hope I don’t become one, Sounds like a lot of trouble. And if you don’t mind princess where I’m from there is a simple method to scale things like that. They use a 1 to 10 scale 1 being the least and 10 being the most. So you could tell me what the most powerful would be at a 10 and the rest from there. Oh and princess, thank you very much for explaining all this to me. I love learning and this is extremely fascinating despite the news I’m probably going to become some random creature.”

Smiling at his answer she replied “That is an excellent method if I do say so myself, we have used it here as well I just did not think of it. Ok if 10 were the most magical creatures in the universe that would be an Alicorn like myself. Phoenix’s while being almost entirely magical creatures especially with their rebirth cycle do not contain huge amounts of magic and would probably be somewhere around a 5. Dragons have natural magic like when they breathe fire but depend more on their size and strength to live life and would be roughly a 3. Unicorns are harder to classify they can range anywhere from a 1 if you are a low level unicorn to around a 9 for the extremely magically gifted. The human I met was somewhere around a 2 unfortunately.”

“Huh bummer looks like humans just can’t hold a lot of magic. Especially if you said they all absorbed it quickly for two to three months but all became lesser magical creatures.”

Hearing his reply the princess grinned slightly. “It is very surprising to continue to hear such wisdom in your answers. Brand new to the world of magic and your logic on the situation is excellent. But there is something different here. While I said they gathered it quickly that is an overstatement in this situation. They gathered it quickly to normal standards, and from my research the reason it took so long is the transformation requires an immense amount of raw magic to transform someone into even a lesser magical creature.

Let’s say they absorbed magic roughly 2 to ten times faster than a mid-level unicorn. Witch would indeed be rated as quickly. You are gather magic roughly twenty times faster than the quickest of those three.”

Derick simply sat there for a moment absorbing it all. “Wait you mean I am gathering magic 200 times faster than a unicorn?” he nearly screamed at the sheer amazement of the statement.”

“That is correct young one, I am honestly truly curious to see what happens to you if you do transform. But that is an if. I can here today with all this knowledge already but with two options to give you. The first would be to naturally let you gather magic and live in Equestria, you would transform into a random creature who may not even be able to communicate with the rest of civilization. And that is a risk only you can choose for yourself. The other option is I could cut off your magic and send you back to the world you came from. The choice is yours young one.”

Her words echoed his mind, his choice? He could go home. He might even be considered a hero after the incident that sent him here. But there would be questions, lots and lots of questions. And besides there wasn’t a single person for him to go back to they all ended up dead. Staying here was a risk, but it could possibly be a shot at a new life.

“Well I think I have a decision on that question already. I have nothing but trouble waiting to go back home, considering I should be dead, and I have nobody left to go back to. I know it’s a risk but I possibly have a new life waiting for me here. And I’m hoping to become something that can fit in here like a unicorn. It would be pretty awesome to use magic if I do say so myself hahaha.”

“Very well then. Since you have made your decision it is time to get you set up for a new life. Until you transform and we know what kind of creature you are and what to do with you I have arranged for you to stay in this town with my personal student. And to be cared for by her and her friends, she has already agreed since I met her before coming here. And is excited to meet you since she has a thirst for knowledge and never met a human before.”

“well it’s a relief to know I have somewhere to stay at least but uhh, Its kind of embarrassing to ask but I would rather not go meet them naked or in a hospital gown if you know what I mean.”

Chuckling to herself the princess nodded in agreement. “Yes you are quite right, do you have the energy to stand?”

“Oh yeah I’m just used to being in hospitals and staying down. Nurses tend to get huffy when you move to much hahaha.” Hopping down from the bed he had been sitting in he stood before the princess slightly embarrassed by his attire.”

Seeing the blush in his cheeks the princess giggled to herself before stepping forward.

“Perhaps it is time for you to witness a small amount of magic I am about to cast a spell that will create clothes from your mind just envision an outfit and I will create it.”

“Wow you can do that? Well ill just stick to something comfortable and widely usable for now. Don’t know how long I’ll be stuck with it.”

The princess just laughed to herself ‘oh if only he knew what he is going to get into meeting rarity.’

“Alright here we go picture it exactly like you want it.” As she spoke a bright light engulfed Derick.

When it faded the princess was breathing heavily almost dropping to the ground.

“Oh my god princess are you ok? He said rushing forward to help her if she needed it.”

Getting a breather she stood back up. “I am fine, but that was interesting. It took me roughly 1000 times more magic to perform that spell than normal. Your body kept absorbing it faster than I could cast it, I will be ok in a few hours of rest. And do not even think of apologizing it was not your fault just a simple miscalculation, but if you would be so kind please let any pony you meet not to use magic directly on you unless they want to be extremely tired afterwords. Around you should be fine since it is not raw magic and not focused on you.”

Nodding at her words he looked down at his new attire. It was pretty simple. Comfortable pair of jeans and a fitted black t-shirt with the words ‘DO REAL WORK’ on the back. “Hahaha” he chuckled to himself turning his head back around from stretching to see the back. “Had to keep a little piece of home with me.”

Speaking up Celestia turned around as if to exit the room “you appear to be in great condition unless you want to stay another night in the hospital let me guide you to where you’ll be staying.” She quickly looked away from him before leaving the room.

Derick stood there for a moment wondering what he just saw. ‘Where her cheeks? Did she just blush?’ looking down at his appearance once again he realized why. From years of hard work and training, and in the military he had a body to be proud of. And he always wore slightly tighter shirts. ‘HAHAHAHA I STILL GOT IT AND FROM A PRINCESS NO LESS!!’ he laughed and shouted in his mind before running to catch up to the disappearing princess.