Chapter 1: Awakening

“Daniel! Daniel, answer me!” I heard in my mind a known voice. Maybe it was from a friend of mine called Donovan. I wasn’t sure in that moment. Maybe I went to a place we call the dream’s room. A place where I can talk to anyone that I know that tries to contact me using his unconsciousness while sleeping. Useful when you are in another world.

For some reason, I wasn’t able to make contact with who was calling me. Maybe someone took me out. I don’t know. I only was thinking about the reason I was there… a spontaneous portal, a very rare occasion occurred in my fight with Mobhrun.

When I regained consciousness, I quickly opened both eyes and looked to my surroundings. I was in a bed that wasn’t big enough for me. The room was some kind of bedroom. A window on my right side was open, and a light and pleasant breeze passed through. My things were close to me, in top of a table. My sword, the bag (that it’s always hidden because of my cape, which wasn’t there) and my saber were lying there, like waiting for me to grab them up and go.

I remembered how I was attacked and why. I had to go after him.I was going to take my things and go. But then I realized something: Someone took care of me and healed my wounds for who knows how many days. In that moment it seemed like I was almost completely healed. At least, I had to say thanks.

I put my clothes on, my cape wasn’t there, equipped the sword in my belt and put my bag. Then I went out of the bedroom while looking it a little more. It seemed to be a girl’s bedroom. “Maybe it was a girl who took care of me” I thought crossing my arms. Then I noticed my left. I was able to see the lower floor and there was some kind of library, maybe a private one.

While going out, I almost struck my head with the door’s frame. I had to stoop a little to pass with no problems. Maybe the race of this world is smaller than an average human? Well, I’m kind of tall… but I don’t have problems like this in my world

Outside the bedroom I found myself with some stairs. Downstairs with the library full of books and a pedestal by a wall. Close to me was what seemed to be the main door, obviously smaller than me. Am I in a library? Someone lives here? Please, I don’t want to see someone that’s like Minju… still, saved me

I started reading some of the books names. I wasn’t familiar with any, some were written in a language I couldn’t read and others seemed to be about magic. “A book about running? Really? Oh, there are about adventures too! I love those” I thought while looking at them… Then I realized something… how I could read some of the book titles? They were in the language we talk in the worlds of the Soul Crossing’s List! Maybe this world was in it in the past? Or is it now? Well, I’ll get answers when I met who took care of me.

My examination was interrupted when the main door opened and a voice talked behind me.

“Oh! You are awake!” a girl’s voice said.

I turned around to see who talked, and my surprise could only be described by saying that I got frozen, I couldn’t answer, almost screamed because of it and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was the first time I saw something like that. But, my surprise was not because I saw another race, I’m used to it, but the problem is that every one of them has humanoid form. Who was in front of me had an equine form, and was purple with big eyes that matched, she had a horn in her forehead, maybe she was more likely an unicorn… but in my world we all believed unicorns didn’t existed. A small purple dragon was with her.

“W-what’s wrong?” she asked.

“Maybe he can’t talk” the dragon said.

“I can talk!” I managed to answer somehow while recovering my composure “S-sorry, it’s only that I’m not used to…” I stopped to start thinking “How do I continue this phrase?! Think, ya stupid messed up mind!“ I thought nervous trying to not insult her.

“Oh, it’s about Spike? Don’t worry, he is my assistant, and it’s still young to be that scary, don’t you think?” she was laughing while looking at her companion

“Hey! I’m still here!” the dragon complained.

How can I put this…? Well, this isn’t going to be good, but here it goes I was thinking how I could say that I’ve never seen a horse kind race in my entire life… I think I sometimes worry so much about trying to not sound racist in any way.

N-no… I’m not used to… you…” I said while pointing with my finger to her…because I’ve never seen any race like yours” I’ve seen horses, but never a talking one... neither purple.

“Oh!” she got close to me, her companion did the same, looking me astonish “You’ve never seen a pony before?”

… Really? Pony? Really? I expected another name... for some odd reason

“Not really… well… from where I come they don’t…” In that moment I stopped talking. What was I doing? I couldn’t reveal just like that the existence of other worlds… well, it couldn’t be helped, seemed rather obvious.

“Well, I suppose it’s normal, I’ve never seen anything like you either… this might be the best discovery In who knows how many centuries” she said very excited “Being asleep for a week and a half it’s not healthy”

“I slept for a week and a half, eh? And, who knows what could have done Mobhrun in that time!” what was doing in that moment was worrying me.

“Well, I think I’m going to leave these things in the basement” the dragon took some bags that were hanging in the back of the purple pony, and went with all that weight trough a door that was behind me.

I looked at him while he went to some stairs behind me. He did the same when passed by my side, maybe suspicious about me. If that was the case, I understand the reason.

“So, tell me, what’s your name?” the pony asked while getting close to me, smiling “Mine is Twilight Sparkle, nice to meet you”

“I’m Daniel, but everyone calls me Diaz, it’s a pleasure too” I bow while introducing myself “And thanks for taking care of me”

“It was nothing” she nodded “It’s kind of weird, but a good thing, that you can speak my language, even with that accent of yours”

Why everyone points my accent? This is what I get for coming from a Spanish family I thought, recalling several moments when someone noted my way of talking. Even I know it’s very weird.

“So, what are you? Sorry if I was a little rude, but I’ve been wondering that since I found you unconscious”

“I understand” I wondered for a while if it was sure to tell her, but I didn’t found any reason to hide anything “I’m a human, I’m from other world” For some moments I thought I shouldn’t tell Twilight about the other worlds, but I found it unnecessary to hide it from her. It was very clear that there never were any humans in this world.

“It doesn’t surprise me, I’ve never seen any other human before” she seemed concerned for some reason “And you say you are fro anther world? Why did you come to Equestria?”

“It seems I ended here for accident” Equestria, uh? It’s the same name Mobhrun said… wait, it’s that some kind of pun? Seriously? “A portal appeared when…”

Something flashed through my mind in that moment. I remembered something very important. Since that moment I believed that a spontaneous portal appeared between. But spontaneous portals, for some odd reason, are always blue… but the one that brought us here was white! And the only portals that make a white light are the same that are used on the Soul Crossing. I was wrong in something? It’s impossible to make appear an SC portal from nothing. A drawer must create the portal by printing something in a special stone block that must be in the floor, and then impregnate it with magic. No condition was met.

”W-what the…?!” I said when I had that revelation. I started sweating when I opened my mouth in surprise.

“W-what’s wrong?” Twilight asked, I seemed to have sacred her.

“First I thought I was brought by accident” My face became more serious this time, I closed one eye and looked directly to Twilight with the other “But it seems it wasn’t like that. Maybe this was premeditated”

“But why someone would try to take you here of all places?” she asked “And why all that out of a sudden? What makes you think that?”

“I-I’ll explain you everything” I returned to my normal self “From where I come, it’s normal to travel between worlds. But the only way do it is using a portal called Soul Crossing and the destination must be connected to it. Otherwise, it’s hardly impossible”

“So, that explain why you aren’t that surprised of being in another world” she said. I was used to travel to unknown worlds “Well, you got scared because of me”

“Y-yeah, sorry about that” I apologized, and then returned to what I was saying “Well, there is a very rare occasion when a Spontaneous Portal, like we call them, appears under certain uncommon conditions. They always shine in blue” or at least, that’s what I’ve heard.

“And did you see a blue light?” she asked, maybe she knew where I was going.

“The Soul Crossing’s light is white” I said and stopped for some seconds “I saw a white light this time, and I’m sure about that”

I started walking in circles with mi left hand in my chin, something very normal when I’m concentrating, just like I was in that exact moment. This was premeditated, he knew that we appeared in Equestria, it wasn’t a coincidence.

“And how do you make one of those portals?” she asked, looking how I walked from side to side of the room.

“You need to born with the skill and must pass a test to know if you can. For the creation of the portal you must use a special stone to draw the portal in a prepared floor made of blocks of the same material” I started simplifying the process, which was much more complicated “You must draw something in the floor and then impregnate it with magic, then the portal appears and it’ ready to use”

“And I suppose there was nothing like it when you were transported here with the other human?” she asked, her face seemed to be concentrating “What happened when that occurred?”

“Well, I had to retrieve a book from Mubhrun, who brought me here, and take it back to the library of the city” I crossed my arms and stopped from my walking “I found him, but he didn’t want to give it back, so I had to take, but it was a trap and made me use my magic. He used that book to top me, my magic touched it and then the portal appeared” The book… maybe that was it… but how? It was impossible!”

My head was filled with interrogations because of the many mysteries that were upon me. I like them, I’m always willing to resolve them and find the truth behind them. But this time, something felt wrong, a bad feeling started to annoy me.

First, who was Mobhrun? Why did he want to bring me here? Assuming that was premeditated. Second was the portal, I know I wasn’t wrong about the color of the portal. And third, how could I speak with Twilight? That world clearly wasn’t connected to the Soul Crossing, and I doubt it was in the past.
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“So… you say Mobhrun brought you here for some mysterious reason?” by looking at her face, I could say Twilight was thinking “But, why here?”

I didn’t answer. From what I said t her, maybe she got the same conclusion as mine: Mobhrun knows about this world. But how? That was the question that was troubling us in that moment.

“I want to be sure about this” I said while putting my hand in my chin “Were there humans before here, in Equestria?”

“No, from what I know” she looked at the books in the shelves “I’ve read a lot of history books, and in none of them they name humans”

He knew about this world and, somehow, he managed to make a portal to appear and transported us to Equestria. Maybe he was in that world before, there’s no other way to understand this. But something like that couldn’t go unnoticed, unless he managed to avoid being seen. Why? Maybe there’s something he wants.

I tried to make conclusions. If that was the case then he managed to come here and go back… or maybe he was sent? There was no way I could discover that without evidence. If could go to Jaztenia’s library I could make some investigations about portals and… wait… I can’t…

Then I realized something that didn’t pass thought my mind before. A chill passed though my back, my muscle became rigid, my mouth opened and I started sweating. The reason it’s that I’ve heard many stories about people that goes to not connected worlds to the Soul Crossing without preparation and “Drawers” never made it back. I was in a situation like that. Even knowing that Mabhrun maybe made it back from Equestria to the SC wasn’t enough to calm me. Nothing assured me that it was going to be that easy, and maybe… I was stuck there until new advice, and never could get back to see my family or my friends. Even if I made contact with them using the sleeping method or a message system, the portal wasn’t going to be easy to create. Only Drawers can know how to draw a portal to certain world, and I wasn’t in one.

I was going to say something when I noticed that Twilight was looking at me like waiting to me to do so. Maybe my face went pale and my body was a proof of how I felt in that moment. But, something didn’t let me do it…

“You are awake!” I heard a voice from behind me, taking me out of my thoughts.

I turned around, but with the surprise I wasn’t able to avoid tripping with my own feet and find myself sitting in the floor in seconds, looking at who yelled at me. It was a pink pony with blue eyes, with a sponged mane and a great smile, she didn’t had a horn.

“OHOHOHOHOH! Thisisgreat! Youweresleepingforaweek! Thisisamazing! It’sgoodthatyouareallrightandthatcanbeaverybadsign” she talked very fast, I almost couldn’t understand what she was talking.

“Pinkie! How did you get here?!” Twilight asked kind of scared.

Her name is Pinkie? What’s wrong with the names around here?! More importantly, what’s wrong with her?! I just was looking at the pink pony with the surprise written all over my face.

“I had a feeling that something INCREDIBLE was going to happen!” Pinkie said, in a second she moved in front of Twilight and their faces got very close, making her step back “IwasveryexcitedsoIdecidedtocomebutIwantedtogethereasfastasIcouldsoIjustcameandgotinsideusingtheopenwindoinyourroom!”

…Why do I feel that the word “sugar” has something to do with this whole situation? I couldn’t stand up, trying to understand everything.

“Well… I understand…” Twilight said, her face said the contrary.

“Oh! I know! Maybe you are from another world! This deserves a WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY! No! A WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA PARTY!” somehow, she got more excited, and then started running to the entrance “I must get everything prepared! And invite every pony from Equestria!”

In that moment, a blue pony with wings and a mane that looked like a rainbow opened the door, stepped aside… more like it flied off the floor to avoid Pinkie’s run, and was looking surprised at her to the outside of the library.

“T-twilight!” I shouted when I realized something. We couldn’t let Pinkie say anyone about myself “W-we need to stop her, quickly!”

“R-right!” Twilight reacted “Rainbow no time to explain, catch Pinkie Pie and take her back! Please!”

“Uh? Oh! Okay!” who I presumed it was Rainbow went flying as fast as she could “Pinkie Pie! Come back here!” the door closed when she went through

I stood up, trying to understand what happened with the confusion and the phrase “What the hell did just happen?” written all over my face. I looked at Twilight, trying to say something, but nothing came out from my mouth.

“Eeerrr… sorry about that” Twilight was smiling when she said that and got close to me “That was Pinkie Pie, it’s usual with her these kind of situations”

“Well, it doesn’t matter” I was looking at the door. Someone has to put her a straitjacket, if you ask me. “Your friend can surely catch her?”

“Rainbow Dash? Don’t worry, she is the fastest pony I know” she said. For her expression, I could say she was confident in that.

“I hope she does, I don’t want to think the confusion she’ll cause if every person around here knows about a human” Rainbow Dash?... I think I want to scream very, very, very loud…

“Me neither” Twilight said, and then her expression changed to a surprise one “Oh! I remembered something! There was something like a big cape abode you. We couldn’t take it with you here, it was very heavy, I couldn’t even make it levitate with my magic”

“Oh, it’s not that heavy” I smiled because I knew why she couldn’t take it “The cape is enchanted, only I can take it. It has other characteristics, but that’s the most notable”

“Oh! That’s why! I knew I could feel some magic coming from it” she smiled “Did you enchant it?”

“No, it was something like a friend who did it” An old man that makes me search for books and that I’m going to kill “It’s very useful… and I need it back, so I have to go get it”

“Well, I suppose we could go in the night” she said, nodding her head “I want to ask you about your word, I’m kind of curious about it”

“Well, I got no problems with that… but…” I closed one eye when I was talking “Why are you helping me that much? I’m thankful, but it’s just… kind of weird. I mean, it’s the first time you ever see a human, you don’t even know anything about my race”

“I don’t know, it’s just that I thought you might need help” she looked to other side “If you ask me, one of the first things that passed through my mind was that, maybe, you were lost”

I didn’t say anything. It’s just that it was weird all the help she seemed to be willing to give me. I still remember the first time I learned about the Soul Crossing and the other races, back when I still was in my home world. I was scared, and didn’t react well, trying to make myself think that was false and everything was going to be normal again. What a way to lie to myself, isn’t? It didn’t took me so long to accept everything, I even started working in something like what I’m do right now. Maybe it’s because I’m a big coward that tries to hide it.

“Well, you don’t seem so shocked to see a pony for the first time” she said, maybe she guessed part of my thoughts

“It’s just that in my world there are more races than humans” I said, getting out of my mind “And I already passed through the “trauma” of discovering another race. And sorry for my reaction from earlier, you kind of got me by surprise”

“Sorry ” Twilight laughed with her hoof in her mouth, trying to hide it.

Then, the door opened, the blue pony from before, Rainbow Dash, was pushing a cart that was transporting a tied up Pinkie Pie with some globes and party hats. When she put t in the middle of the room, some streamers were shot from inside the cart. Pinkie looked at them smiling.

“Don’t ask” Rainbow said.

Crap, now I really want to know what happened.

“Why did you want me to go after her? You don’t know how dif…” then, Rainbow Dash looked at me, she was surprised “Wow!” she flies towards me gets n front of my face, staring directly at me “That thing you found woke up!”

“Twilight, it’s looking directly to my eyes, I don’t like it” I say as a random reaction “And I’m not a ‘thing!”

“And can talk!”Rainbow was surprised, she returned to the floor, with the mouth open.

“Of course, silly! For what do you think it’s that mouth for?” Pinkie Pie said, still in the cart.

Eating, maybe? Not something I find worth to say.

“It’s incredible! Isn’t it, Rainbow Dash? He even speaks our language!” Twilight said “He was telling me things about his world”

“So, you came from another world, huh?” then, she points at me with her right hoof, in a threatening way “What do you want here?”

“Nothing, I was dragged here” I said with crossed arms. Is she interrogating me?

“Rainbow, he doesn’t seem to be planning anything bad” Twilight said “He just fell into a trap”

Why do I feel like a stupid? I thought.

“Well, I hope that’s true” Rainbow said, flying in front of my face.

Even if I felt hostility from her, it wasn’t something I could blame. I understood why, but I hoped she finds that I wasn’t going to do anything bad. It’s normal, and it’s not the first time I pass through something like this, I’m used to this. Then, for some reason, it occurred to me that maybe it was just her personality.

“Twilight, I finished cleaning everything downstairs” I heard the dragon’s voice coming from the stairs

“Oh! Sorry for not helping you Spike! I got carried away asking questions to Daniel” Twilight said.

“It’s nothing, you always get carried away with things like this” Spike said, getting closer to everyone “You worried that much that he didn’t woke up making you taking care of him for hours, that it’s normal that you act like this because he woke up”

“It’s that true?” I asked “I must repeat: Thanks” I said and bow.

“N-not like that” Twilight seemed to be embarrassed “I just healed your injury, that’s all”

“So, are we going to eat as we planned? I’m getting hungry” Rainbow returned again to the floor and looked at Twilight “But, what are we going to do with him? We can’t take him out”

“Oh! Why don’t we bring the food here?! He must be hungry too!” Pinkie said, for a moment I forgot about her, she was still tied up “We make it quick, and then we eat everything here… like a party! But a small one…”

“Well, Rarity it’s in Canterlot, Applejack it’s very busy and Fluttershy it’s taking care of some animals” Twilight said “It’s just us this time”

It took them awhile to decide what to bring, they even asked what I wanted. I felt a little uncomfortable in the start, but they managed to convince me to accept the food. I just had to wait for them. They asked me if humans eat hay or flowers, the answer was obvious and then they asked me if I liked salads. The only option I had left, so I couldn’t refuse it. Even if I had the choice, I could eat whenever they brought me, always when it’s suitable for a human to eat. Anyway, I was

"And why don't you say that he is some kind of experiment, like... I don't know" Rainbow suddenly suggested was thinking what to say "Like you were trying some new spells in some monkey or something"

"... do I look like a monkey?" I asked, with a serious look on my face. Sadly, it's very close.

"I prefer not to alert anypony" Twilight affirmed "Just wait here. Pinkie, care to give him some company?”

“Okie dokie loki!” Pinkie answered. Suddenly, she jumped out of the cart, leaving the rope that had her oppressed behind, freeing herself like nothing “I’ll wait here with him!”

When Twilight, Rainbow and Spike went out of the library, talking, I noticed that I was getting hungry. Well, I was sleeping for a week and a half, how could I not been wanting to eat something?

Even so, it seems I ruined Twilight's plans. For what I could notice, she was going to eat out with her friends. Or maybe I just made her change them a little, because she still was going to eat with them, but with a new guest and in her home, if it was her home.

When the door got closed, I found myself with Pinkie Pie staring directly at me with a smile. Even if it seemed to be cute, it was kind of frightening for someone like me when someone stares at me without saying anything. I tried to say something, but didn’t find anything to say.

“You are very tall, did you know that?” she suddenly said “And you talk kind of funny”

“From where I come from, we all talk like this” I answer. Why everyone has to say something about my accent?

“So everypony in your world must be funny!” she exclaimed, still smiling.

“W-well…” … ‘Everypony’? I’ve been hearing that for a while…

“Is someone coming for you?” she asked “It would be fun to meet other human, if all of them talk like you”

“N-no, not everyone from my world talks this way” And why are we talking about this?! I don’t want this torture! I was getting nervous for some reason, maybe because I wasn’t used to someone like Pinkie Pie “A-and... I doubt they’ll come soon for me…”

“Why? You don’t have any friends in your world?” she asked, her expression changed from happy to concerned.

“N-no, I got friends… but I don’t even know how did I get here” I grabbed my left shoulder “The process to create a portal to this world it’s kind of difficult, and I can’t give them the information they need to start. Even if they try randomly, it might take them years to find out the information they need, and that if they find it”

I closed my left eye and stared the floor, while pressing my shoulder and recalling the sentiment that was interrupted by the pony in front of me a while ago. It was true that with a lucky strike they would find the way to take me back, but the odds were against me. There exist, in theory, infinite combinations to draw a Soul Crossing portal, and only a few has been found. Not something I could trust that will work. The other part it’s that I can’t make portals, so I don’t know which it’ the information that it’s needed and how they get it… maybe this was all his plan. Maybe Mobhrun wants me to go after him and ask how the portal was created… But then, it could be just a trap, maybe there was no going back home, where everything that I love belongs and the only way to spa with my friends was...

Then, something came back to my mind. The Magical Message System! How did I forget about the MMS?! I quickly sat down on the floor and opened the bag that I was carrying. Searched through the things that were in the big pocket, didn’t mind about the smallest ones because I never used them. It didn’t took me long to find a small transparent glass tube with golden decorations and a D written by me in the top of it. The tube was empty.

“W-why is this empty? I’m sure I recharged it the day I was sent here” I said looking at the flask.

“What it’s that?” Pinkie asked confused by my actions. She was still smiling.

“This flask it’s used to store a liquid that it’s used to send written messages” I said while making sure it was really empty “You wet a portion of the message with this and then set it in fire while thinking in the person that you want to receive the message… but it’s empty…”

Then I crossed my sight with something else that was in my bag. I took it and I found it was another flask for the Message System… but why? Since when I have two? I didn’t remember I had both flasks. Why would I have more than one? It didn’t even have my D written in top of it and it was dry too.

“You were going to send a message to your friends?” she asked.

“Yes but it’s useless now…” the phrase I’m useless with no friends passed through my head like a train. Stop thinking like that, Daniel! You know you will find a way… somehow… “If only I knew how to make more...”

Even if I knew how to make more, maybe the ingredients didn’t exist in that world. I sighed while putting everything back on the bag and closing it.

I knew that soon I had to think about everything and try to understand what was going on. But I decided that I better worry about that later, when I get some information about the Equestria and try to work with it. But I was sure I wasn’t going to get so far, not without getting answers from Mobhrun.

“Well, I believe your friends will try everything to come for you. Because friends are always here for you, so they must be worrying about you. And don’t worry, they’ll find a way…” and she keeps like that for I don’t know how much time. I will say that the biggest mystery that I haven’t resolved yet it’s the reason why my brain didn’t explode then.

I tried to remember certain things, tough. First: when I met with Mobhrun, we were in front of a tombstone, meaning someone was buried there. The dirt seemed to be moved recently so whoever was there didn’t have much time. Second: there was only dirt and grass there, no kind of special floor block, not even a drawing for a portal, so something else made the portal appear. Third: The book. Mobhrun claimed that it was his, so why did he stole it? What was inside concerned me. Fourth: He knows about Equestria, but how? Clearly it wasn’t the first time he was there. And fifth: What is he up to? He was searching for something there? Didn’t had a small clue about his motives.

Obviously, it wasn’t going to be the last time I was going to cross paths with him. I needed to ask him things and try to get answers out of his mouth ASAP. But, maybe he wasn’t going to be so cooperative, so I had to be careful to find him and don’t get stabbed again.

The day was easy. When Twilight, Rainbow and Spike returned we had lunch. The only think I could eat was salad and the desert that was some kind of pie. Obviously, they asked me things about my world and what I was going to do. The answer was clear as crystal “I have to find a way back to my home world” I said when asked. Twilight said that maybe she could do something to help. I doubted, but didn’t say anything. I asked about Equestria, and from what I could get, it was pretty much like my world, but with ponies and other sentient races. I too learned about the four kind of ponies that existed: Earth, Pegasus, Unicorn and Alicorn. The last one seems to be a combination of Pegasis and Unicorns. And too about the princesses, Luna and Celestia and their power over the moon and the sun, respectively. Those seemed to be the most important pieces of information I could get.

Something that I wished was that things were as simple as they were going. Obviously that was impossible; knowing that another human with unknown motives was on the world being able to do what he wanted gave me reasons to believe that things were going to fall apart. I always hate when I’m right about something like that…

“Everything we know, even the ones we know for a fact, might be a big lie”

-Minju, talking with a missionary in the year 1523 (Earth’s time)

Author's Note

Well, writing everyday almost and, when you are ready to release the first chapter after editing by yourself, the internet uses Troll seems to be Super Effective if you ask me. Well, this it’s the first one and I hope you enjoy and comment any opinion and mistake that I obviously did and didn’t saw.

I will say this: This is the first time that I write a complete chapter of a story in English and I will continue with this. I’m really confident in my story, so I hope you enjoy it and help me to improve, both my English and narrative.

As a last comment: Spanish is my first language.