Twilight POV

You have been in the library for the past three hours researching anything you can on Equestria's newest guest.
“This is so strange, I have hundreds of books in this library, and not one of them even mentions the word 'human'. How can this be?”

“Twilight, I’d suggest you take a break, or a nap. You know, just to...Relax your head.” Spike, your assistant speaks up.

“While we have an unfamiliar and currently unidentified creature inside of Sweet Apple Acres?! Nononono I'd rather stay safe than sorry.” You continue to scan the top of the bookshelf as Spike rolls his eyes.

“But he'll still be there when you wake up!” He all but shouts in your face.

You are not at all fazed by his comment as you glance at the spines of the books on the shelve. “AH,HA!” You pull out one of the larger books off the top shelve and blow the dust of the cover, your eyes light up as you reads the title. “'Dr. Grapevine's guide to all things that lived anywhere at any time.' this must have something!”

Spike eyes you uneasily. “You know Twilight, you told me he said he was from an entirely different planet, maybe we're the first ponies to speak to a real life talking alien. I doubt there would be anything on him in there.” You give him a stern glare

“I'm not entirely convinced Anon is really an alien, spike.”

He looks at you skeptically. “Yeah because I saw a whole herd of Humans prancing around whitetail woods just the other day. I believe Rainbow Dash was with me.” His tone was laced with sarcasm

You turn to glare at him. “Okay, fine then explain this. He has apparently never been to Equis before, but he knows our language fluently, he knows about ponies while only being here a day, and while I will give his whole 'we have ponies on earth story' a little credit, how are we supposed to believe he didn't just make it up?! And another thing, 'Earth?!' He honestly thought we would believe that. I mean if you pick a name for a fake planet you say a name such as 'Adventil' or 'Triplica' but he went for 'Earth' as in the soil or earth ponies. I'm sorry Spike but do you really expect me to believe he is telling the truth, when there are so many loopholes in his story?”

He gives you a dumbfounded look. “Twilight? Doesn't this seem a little far fetched? Why would he go through all the trouble of lying and making such an elaborate cover story about earth and legends and ponies not being sentient? I mean what would be the point? How can be be sure that he isn't telling the truth and that all that stuff is just a big coincidence?”

You relax at that and decide to take a more calm tone “There is the possibility that you are right, spike, but I want to be sure. We can't be too quick to judge Anon. Just like we can't be too quick to defend him. Which is why I am going to do as much research on these 'humans' as I can and then I am sending a letter to Princess Celestia and Luna, I will tell them everything I know and I will request them to come review Anon for themselves.”

You saw he was about to comment when the door to the library opens to reveal Fluttershy and Rarity walking in. “Good news Twilight!...Oh I hope I'm not interrupting anything.” Fluttershy stated while hiding behind her mane.

“Nothing yet. Just a whole lot of no information.” You joked while spike rolled his eyes. Rarity is the first to speak up.

“Yes, quite. Well, we spoke to the mayor about our newest...Guest and she seems to have taken it rather well.-” Rarity now had your attention. “-She stated that, if given permission by the Princess, she will grant Anon residence in Ponyville. She even said something about a home and benefits.”

“Why in the wide wide world of Equestria would the mayor do that?” Rarity is slightly taken aback by your question while Fluttershy is the one to answer.

“I believe that she believes that if we show kindness to Anon he will show kindness in return. I also think that she thinks it will bring in some attraction to Ponyville, being the first town to accommodate an alien. Plus I believe that the mayor is just willing to give help to somepony in need...but that's just what I think.” You offer a grunt as response and return to your book.

“Now. Now. Fluttershy, Don’t go shying away from your opinion. I feel your statement may have been spot-on.” You let out another grunt

“Um...Twilight? Are you OK?”

“Just. fine. Fluttershy. I’m just thinking about how I'm the only one who realizes the dangers of holding an unknown uncommon organism, who may or may not be from another planet. And how we've just gone and gotten him a house and let him roam free without supervision!”

“Oh...OK then.”

“Darling, I feel you may have been a little too quick to judge Anon. I fee..."

“What! I haven’t judged him yet! I am still waiting for Anon to prove to me whether he is harmless or dangerous. I am just remaining cautious in the meantime.”

“Well I apologise for offending you.-” She doesn't sound very sorry. “-we'll just leave you to your research.” You let out a sigh of relief as the door closes and you are once again left in peace with your books. Am I being too judgmental? You shake those thoughts out of your head. No! this is necessary. You return to your book.

“OK I give up! This book has four thousand, six hundred and seventy two pages, each page consists of on average of nine hundred and fifty two words, meaning in total there is an average of four million, four hundred and forty seven thousand, seven hundred and forty four words. And. Not. One. Is the word Human!” you let your head hit the soft pages of the book as you let the frustration overwhelm you.

“Twilight? Are you still up?” You look to the stairs and notice spike in his pajamas trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.

“Ah spike! Good, you're up! I need you to send that letter to the Princess right away.”

“What? But it's five in the morning?”

“This is a matter of grave importance, Spike. This letter needs to be sent post. Haste.” You punctuate those last two words by jabbing your hoof into his chest

“But couldn't it at least wait till breakfast?” Your glare is enough of an answer for him.

He walks back up the stairs and returns with some parchment, quill and ink. He proceeds to sit on the stool opposite you

“OK ready?” Spike only offers a yawn in response then falls off the side of his stool into a sleeping heap on the floor. You roll your eyes but can't help but smile at the sight of him. You levitate him to the sofa and grab the parchment and quill with your magic and begin to write.

Dear Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

As of yesterday afternoon we have achieved first contact with a supposed alien species. This has Identified himself as 'Anon' and has identified his species as 'human'. I have conducted research on his report and have found no results. I am writing to you both to advise you to come to Ponyville and assess this 'human' for yourselves. So far he has shown no signs of threat or hostility towards me or any other ponies he has come into contact with. however I remain cautious. I will await your reply.

Your Faithful Student Twilight Sparkle.

You then proceed to roll up the parchment and give it a wax seal. You walk over to the still sleeping spike and begin to prod him. “Spike. Wake up.” He begins to shuffle in his sleep. “Spike. I need you to do something.” He rolls over, his back facing you. “Urgh!...weeellll it's a shame nopony is awake to help me eat all this delicious ice cream!” You look to spike hopefully. A loud snore is your response as he continues to slumber. You deadpan glare at his sleeping form. You then forcefully shove spike off the chair onto the rug which softens his impact. You look at him again. Another loud snore is your response. You can feel your eye twitching. “SPIKE!!” He shifts awake immediately.

“Who? What? Huh?...” You waste no time in getting his attention.

“Oh good you're awake now I took the liberty of writing the letter. Now I need you to send it then you can go back to sleep, Okay?” He gives you and irritated look and snatches the letter out of your grasp and lights it on fire. “Thank you spike.” You the kneel down. “Now come along, it's time for bed.” He rolls his eyes and hops onto your back.

“I kind of already knew that.” He wraps his tiny arms around your neck and nuzzles into you mane. The show of affection warms your heart as you make your way to the bedroom.

You place spike into his basket when he wakes and gives you a pained look. You are about to inquire about what is wrong when he belches up a scroll bearing the royal seal. You quickly grasp it in your magic, break the seal then open it.

Dearest Twilight Sparkle

We have received thy letter and we regret to inform thou that we too have not heard of this 'Human'. Thus we have seen it fit to grant thee thy request, however it will have to wait until dawn for it will take time to organize our precautions and you will need to watch this being. we hold the same faith in thou and thy friends as our sister does, Twilight Sparkle. We trust that thou will be able to handle this 'Anon' until we arrive. We hope that thou will put the safety of Equestria and it's subjects first. Though we do hope it should not come to that. We will arrive with our sister an hour before midday to review this 'Anon'. We wish thou the best of luck.

Faithfully, Princess Luna.

Twilight stared at the letter. “What does it say?” you hoof the letter to spike. “What does she mean precautions?”

“ I don't know. Do you think I may have painted Anon in a bad light?”

“I didn't read the letter you sent.” Your hoof immediately meets your face in irritation.

“Well there is nothing we can do about it now. I guess.” You turn around and climb into your bed.

“Eh, Twilight?”

You sit up to see spike looking at you “Yes?”

“Couldn't you just send another letter saying you may have, I don't know, overreacted?”

You let out a sigh. “listen Spike if I send out another letter saying everything is fine, and they come unequipped to deal with Anon should he turn out to be dangerous. Then that would be catastrophic to the fate of Equestria. As Commander hurricane once said, 'it is better to have something and not need it, than to need something and not have it.'”

He seems to have taken it in. “Fine but what if Anon gets hurt?”

You can feel your ears flop to the sides of your head. “I'm sure we can trust the princess' better judgement when it comes to Anon.”

Spike looks satisfied with your answer and flops into his basket. “Goodnight Twilight.”

You let out a sigh of content, nestling into your bed covers

“Goodnight spike.”

Anon POV

You run down the alleyway at top speed, silently praying that the beast does not catch you. You turn another corner diving towards the darkness with no hesitation. You had bigger things to fear than the dark. a snarl catches you off guard. It sounded close, dangerously close.

"Shit. Shit. Shit." You come to a dead end. A brick wall blocking your way. The gentle thumping of the beast causes you to turn around and face your pursuer.

Standing there, well above your height is the biggest most vile predator you have ever seen. It's fangs drenched in blood, it's fur as black as coal and it's eyes glowing red as the fires of hell. It was standing there, toying with you. You look to the floor, in hopes of finding some form of weapon, then to the walls, then to the sky. There was nothing, you were trapped, like a rat in a cage. The beast snarls at you.scraping at the floor with it's razor-sharp claws. You couldn't go anywhere, you couldn't even fight it. How could you fight something like that?

You back into the corner as the beast descends on you. It's throat releasing a loud and feral growl. Without warning it jumps at you. You try to scream, but you are paralyzed with fear. It lifts you off of the floor and stares deep into your soul. You claw and scrape at it's arm, but to no avail.

It bares its razor sharp teeth once again as it pulls you towards its gaping maw.

“BLECH!-”*Cough* Cough*“-ECH!" That is the last time I Sleep in hay. You crawl out of said hay pile and check yourself. Well. Let's see clothing, still intact. Watch, still broken. Shoes, slightly tattered but still good. Straw. Fucking. Everywhere! You claw and pat at you clothes to relieve yourself of the hay-caused itch.

“Well mornin' Pardner!” You almost jump right out of your skin and dive behind the closest cover you see, A stable door. Why do ponies need stables? You look over the top of the door to see a slightly stunned and confused orange mare.

“Oh, heh heh, G-Good Morning Applejack.” You say sheepishly, She shakes her head rapidly to break out of her stupor.

“Heh heh, Sorry there pardner. Ah didn't mean ta scare ya. Well, I say, you really can leap canch'a?”

You look to the hay pile where you were previously, and as you assumed, it was pretty far away, about 12 feet.

“That wasn't really a leap, more of a dive,” You explain. “A leap would have me still on both feet.” Applejack rolls her eyes and gives you a knowing look.

“Well, if you wanna get technical about it, just saying, if Ah had been a Timberwolf, then Ah'd have had a mighty tough time catchin' ya. That's all.”

“Well, As I said last night, if you were a Timberwolf, you probably wouldn't be within a hundred feet of me.” She looks to you like you've sprouted a second head.

“Look, ah know you said you don't have trouble with animals, but Timberwolves, they ain't afraid of nopony, not even an alien, they're the meanest toughest critters in the Everfree, so ah wouldn't go storing all ya'll eggs in that basket, so to speak.”

“Thanks for the advice, really. But it's not needed.” You say matter-of-factly. She’s starting to look pissed.

“But what ah'm sayin' is...”

“It's. Not. Needed.” Keep digging Anon, Keep digging.

“Anon! Would ya just listen to me for pony's sake, I don't know what ya'll are on abou...” she is cut off by a strange sound coming from outside. It's the sound of clopping, so much clopping, you give her a quizzical look.

“What's that?” She gives you the pony equivalent of a shrug as you go to the barn door and push them both open. What greets you is, not what you expected.

About three hundred ponies in iron clad armor now stand at attention around the barn. They have the entire barn held in a perfect circle. Ponies that were not in formation were circling the barn in the air. All of them had weapons at the ready. You even saw several rows of unicorn attack lines. What are they gonna do? Charge and gut their enemies with their sharp horn?...actually that sounds absolutely terrifying. You turn to your orange companion.

“Friends of yours?” She looks up to you with wide eyes.

“Ah ain't ever seen this many guards in Ponyville before.” Well, that's interesting.

“They're not here for me, are they?”

“Well, do you see any other tall, bipedal, talking, aliens around here?” I guess I should be honored. Look how many there are!

“A simple yes would suffice.”

You walk out of the barn, motioning for Applejack to stay put. You clear the door and visibly see the guard tense up, many of which tightening the grip around their weapons. You move your arms to shoulder height and bend your elbows upwards showing your hands are empty. You then proceed to kneel on the floor slowly and await the ponies to approach. You hoped you didn't look threatening.

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*Schhwaff*

An arrow, about twice as long as your entire arm, lands right by your abdomen. Like literally through your shirt, missing your skin by a fucking hair's breadth. It takes a few moments to register what just happened. Now if you had been thinking clearly you might have noticed that no other shots were fired or maybe you would have noticed how all of the ponies were now staring wide eyed at you. Maybe you would have deduced that at worst that was a warning shot. Or maybe you would have heard the shouting of the white one in purple announcing his order to only return shots.

No, You were too busy figuring out that the ponies had shot an arrow at you, an arrow which could have easily punctured your gut and fucked up your insides, and if these guys were anything like the archers from medieval times then they likely stuck that arrow in something dead to make sure the victim dies from infection or some shit. So in short you deduced that the ponies. are intending. to kill!. You!

Fuck

There is a tense moment of silence as both you and the guards exchange glances. Then as suddenly as you can you kick your legs out from under you and make a dash for the barn. However Two pegasi float down in front of you and block off the barn door.

“Woah there! Stand down creature!” You have too much fear and adrenaline to slow down. You duck down and kick your legs out allowing you to slide under both of them as they stare wide eyed in bewilderment. You push yourself up and run to the door. But you are stopped by something you really didn't see coming. One of the unicorns, It's horn is glowing a light pink and floating beside her is a sword holding the same glow.

“What. The. Serous. Fuck?” You have completely stopped running for the barn and now backtracking from the crazy telekinetic pony with the sword. You keep moving back holding your hands up, though fists unclenched to show you are only defending yourself.

“Go on creature. Make my day.” Did she just make a Dirty Harry reference? God that is so overused! You make sure to keep eye contact with her as you retreat.

“ALL GUARDS! STAND! DOWN!” That was loud enough for you to have to cover your ears to stop them from bursting. You dive behind one of the trees nearby. looking to the barn, you notice a handful of guards have blocked it off. Where did Applejack go? Your question is answered when you see an orange, unarmored, mare shouting at one of the guards. You can't hear what she is saying, but you hope it's in your defense. You try to hug the tree, hoping it will stop you from receiving an arrow through the chest. That would just complicate things.

“For a hiding place, you really have chosen a terrible one.” A voice says in a calm tone. Your body tenses as you look up to see a...really fucking tall white horse with a weird flowing multicolored mane. “But given the circumstances, I believe I can forgive you.”

You flick your feet out and back-pedal away. From her. She has this look on her face, it looks...hurt? You couldn't run anyway. There were ponies everywhere. You couldn't get out of this. So, you stop and hold your hands up in surrender. “Please don't hurt me.” A motherly chuckle is your response.

“Harm you? What ever gave you that idea?” You stare at her in your most 'you fucking serious?' face.

“Well, how about the roughly three hundred heavily equipped soldiers showing up outside the barn. There’s the trapping me here, The flying heavily armed Pegasi? or maybe the Freaking arrow that almost impaled me? Or the telekinetic one with the bastard sword? I don't mean to sound condescending but all those things don't exactly scream 'I mean you no harm!'” Well if there is one thing you can do properly, it's rant.

“Well, the guards are there as a precaution.”

“A precaution? It's just one Human. Who were you expecting? Chuck, fucking, Norris?!” she gives you a confused look. “Urgh...inside human joke. Never mind.”

She straightens her posture “And as for the arrow, it was a misfire, -" A misfire that could have cost me my life! "- and for that I offer deepest apologies.” she punctuates this with a bow of her head. That's when you see the crown.

"Well. Shit. Better behave."

You stand back on your feet and notice that this one is exactly eye to eye with you and that she has both wings and a horn. “huh. Well... apology accepted...I guess...Look, let's start over. My name is Anonymous Unknown and I am a Human.” You hold your hand out for her. To which she smiles.

“And I am Princess Celestia. Co-ruler of Equestria and deity of the sun.” She lifts her hoof as you clasp it lightly, shake, then release your grip. “Please. Follow me.” She turns and makes a path through her guards.

“Is that a 'please' that I can refuse?”

“Not if you do not wish to raise suspicion.” You roll your eyes.

"Well out of the frying pan." You give a quick jog to her side and attempt to match her pace. The line in the guard breaks to let the two of you through. Though you instinctively raise your hands at their eyeing of you. To which they respond with a quiet chuckle. She leads you to a small clearing in the crowd where there are the six ponies from last night you recognize and other ponies you don't.

Princess Celestia, moves over to a pony of similar build to herself. as in she has wings and a horn and was just slightly smaller. "Anonymous. This is our sister, Princess Luna." The one identified as Luna holds out her hoof to shake, which you do.

"So this is the 'Human', young Twilight mentioned in thy letter. Interesting." You nod, but try not to do something stupid. Something about her gaze is making you feel uneasy.

"I believe so." You say, patting yourself to make sure. Your joke earns a 'hrmph' from Luna as she turns and walks away.

“Come. There is much we need to discuss Anonymous. Please follow.” She lead you over to a small tent thing with multiple ponies surrounding it, the purple armored one from earlier approaches you and clears his throat.

"Hello there." He says calmly. Of all of the ponies you have met, he was the one who seemed the least nervous by your presence.

"Um...Hi" You furrow your brow at him, but he doesn't notice.

"Shining Armor, captain of the royal guard." He says. Turning to look at Luna.

"I assume you wish to test him?" He says, glancing into the tent. He seems to notice your wide eyed expression at the word test and chuckled.

"Don't worry, it's just a lie detector test. Nothing to worry about."

"Yes we need to evaluate thee honesty of thy story." Luna speaks up. She point's to a machine which some guards are currently moving next to you. "- thou say something and the machine will tell us if thee are lying or not.” Shining Armor directs you to a seat next to the machine as the guards start to hook you up.

"Okay Anon you can do this."

“Shall we begin?” Shining Armor says, taking a seat next to the output needle.

“Um...Okay.”

Shining's horn lights up with a light blue and the machine turns on. “Whenever you are ready. The machine shall announce when when what you say is untruthful.” Luna's eyes narrow at that last part.

"So what do you want me to say?" You ask, looking around confused.

"I believe it would be easier if you just tell us who you are and where you came from and if necessary, we will ask you some more...direct... questions." You nod as you lean back in this undersized chair.

“Well my name is Anonymous Unknown and I am twenty three years old-” You go on to tell them everything you can. Your family, your education, your home. You left out a few minor or personal details. Or just some of those dark secrets everyone has that you'd rather not share. You go into your friends, your hobbies, pets long since buried. Some of the more tender subjects are brought up. like your omnivorous diet but you managed to avoid an incident by stating you have more self control than a common lion. By the end of it, the machine hasn't buzzed once, but Twilight still looks suspicious. The sun has moved across the sky a considerable distance that it's looking about early evening. They finish by ask you questions about certain things such as how you got here, or what your intentions were. When they are satisfied with your answers, you are unhooked from the lie detector by the guards and are free to go.

“Well Anonymous, I guess you are free to go, you have been compliant with all of our requests and have answered truthfully the entire time. I guess we will leave you be for now.” Shining Armor says, turning around and gesturing for his forces to pack up their kit and leave. When everything is done, two of the guards comes over to you. You recognize one of them as the pony with the bastard sword, but the other one you had no idea about.

"Sir." The other pony says, a red-brown pegasus stallion, based on the voice.

"Yes lieutenant?" Shining says in an authoritative tone.

"May we speak with the human?" The unicorn mare says. Shining looks to you and then back to the guards before nodding and walking away.

The two ponies approach you slowly, a feeling of anxiety washing over you. When they get within about four feet of you the stop and stand there rubbing their hooves nervously. A moment passes before you speak up.

"uhhh...You wanted to say something?" The stallion looks up and then averts his gaze again.

"I...Uh...I apologize for shooting that arrow at you earlier. My grip on my bow slipped. I didn't intend to harm you." You cock an eyebrow at him and then to the unicorn mare.

"Uhh...me too. I'm sorry." You roll your eyes. Seriously. can anyone get away with anything if they apologize?

"It's fine I guess. Just don't miss next time. It's a lot less embarrassing when I freak out." The stallion forces a smirk as he walks up to you.

"The name's Bullseye." He says holding his hoof out. You shake it lightly before looking to the unicorn mare.

"Mine's Rain Guard, mut my friends call me Rain." You smile as you shake her hoof.

"Nice to meet you, Name's Anonymous, but I prefer Anon." They smile back at you as Captain Armor comes back.

"Good. You've made up. Now get going. The princesses wish to speak with him." The salute the captain, give a smile, and leave you with the Princesses. Princess Celestia moves over to you with a smile on her face.

“we have come to the conclusion that we can allow you to stay in Equestria for now. But be warned we will not tolerate you harming our little ponies or any other being within out borders.” She says as she glares into your very soul.

“I understand.” her expression immediately shifts back into her calm demeanor.

“Good. Now, I am assuming you will be finding residence within Ponyville?”

"Huh, never thought about that."

“I suppose I will go wherever I am welcome.” You say plainly. She gives you a small smile.

“Well I suppose I should leave you with your new friends then.” She turns to Shining Armour “I wish for you to round up your forces and return to Canterlot.” He gives her a salute and begins to collect his men-er ponies.

Celestia turns back to you as Luna approaches. “This is farewell for now Anon, take care of yourself.” Celestia says with a serene smile on her face.

“We hope thee will stay out of trouble Anonymous Unknown.” You give them both a nod and a thanks and they turn to leave.

"We will both be keeping a close eye on thou human." Luna says, lifting into the air with her sister. They fly off into the distance with the carriages being pulled by pegasi.

"That went better than expected" You think as you turn to see two big blue orbs right in front of your face. The rest of your peripheral vision is completely covered in pink.

“Hiya Anon!” Aaaand you freak out.

“Jesus Christ! Pinkie Pie! I didn't even Hear you.”

“Well duh silly, nopony does.” Well this took a rather creepy turn. “Come with me!” She grabs your hand with her hoof-

"how is she doing that?" -and drags you towards town.

Most of the ponies from town are a little shaken from seeing an alien then three centuries of armed ponies march through town. But they seem to be fine for now. They are a little hesitant to approach you. Y guess you would be too in their situation, you ran around in a full blown panic, yesterday. Pinkie Pie continues to lead you through town with a happy smile on her face.

“Pinkie Pie? Where are we going?” She doesn't break pace.

“Can't tell you. Its a surprise.”

“It's not the kind of sharp deadly surprise is it?”

“What?! No?! Why would you think that?”

“Just being pessimistic.”

“Well, stop it! It's not nice.”

She leads you over a bridge and to a rather large building in the center of town where she goes to the door. “Wait here.” You do as instructed and wait. You are just standing out here while ponies of all different shapes and sizes walk by, each one completely unique. It is at this moment that you notice the weird mark on their back legs. In fact most of them seem to have one. How did you not notice that before?! Pinkie Pie emerges with a small scroll in her mouth.

“lethw...go.” she exclaims.

“What's the scroll for?” you inquire.

“Canth...pell...uo...Iths...a...thurprith”

“Do you at least want me to hold it for you?”

“mo...fankf...uo.”

She bounces allong as you are follow her to a small house at the end of town where the rest of Pinkie's friends are. You can see the last of the guards fly away in what appear to be carriages. The sun is getting pretty low in the sky now.

“Uh...Pinkie Pie it's getting late. Shouldn't we head back to the barn?”

“No thffilly.”

You follow her up to the ponies, who were standing in front of this house. “Eh...What's going on?” Pinkie Pie seems to bounce on the spot for a few seconds. Another pony appears, one which you haven't seen before. She has a tan-ish coat with a silver mane and tail.

“Anonymous Unknown I presume?” You nod “Ah. I am Mayor Mare, The mayor of Ponyville and I would like to welcome you to our town.” she holds up her hoof which you clash firmly and shake.

“Thank you I am grateful to be welcome.” She give you a knowing look.

“Now I believe you have a few issues that have yet to be resolved?” you look to her in confusion. “Well, I believe we can help you with a few of those issues.” She nods to the pink mare behind you and when you turn around you see she has unrolled the scroll in her mouth and watermarked onto it, in red, is the word DEED. no. freaking. Way. You are speechless. All you can do is point to the house then to yourself. To which the pink mare smiles and nods.

“You have got to be shitting me! I mean a house! I can't believe this.” the mayor grows a smug grin.

“You're are wrong.” she opens the door and you look inside. “We also have the place completely furnished and supplied. The bed and chairs will do for now until we have more custom built furniture built for your dimensions and we will -Hrng” She is cut off by you embracing her in a tight hug. A hug which she is quick to return.

“Thank you...thank you. A million times thank you. I could never repay your generosity Madam Mayor.” She is positively blushing at this point. “and thank you too girls. I never would have thought you would do this for me.” They are quick to accept your praise. “Thank you so much.”

“Well Mr. Unknown I believe I need to depart.” The mayor says as she looks to the sun slowly peaking over the horizon. “But before I go I wish to bestow upon you one last gift.” She reaches behind her and pulls out a small sack. “In this bag is one hundred bits. Return to town hall every month on the fifteenth for another payment. If you are to acquire employment. We wish for you to inform us. So we may terminate your benefits.”

“What? No! I can't accept that.” She looks a little shocked by this. “Look I'm grateful I really am, but...a house, fully furnished and benefits. It's all too much. I'll find employment first thing tomorrow. And I wish for a bill on the house. Then I can sleep at night.” She gives you a serine smile.

“Fine mister Anonymous. I will give you a bill for the house which you shall pay in monthly installments and you will not receive benefits. However I wish for you to at least take this bag for now as some starting money. Everypony needs bits in their pockets as I'm sure you know.” Well, when she puts it like that.

“Deal!” you shake on it and accept the bag of 'bits' “Now I believe it is time for rest. For I have had a long day today.”

“But we didn't even get to have the house warming party.” Pinkie whimpers. That's almost cute.

“Did you organise one?” She shakes her head.

“Then we'll have one another time. But right now I'm beat.” You emphasize that with a faux yawn and a stretch.

“Pinkie I do believe Anon is correct. He does need his beauty sleep.” Rarity says. Okay,time to fuck with her.

“Are you calling me Ugly?!” She looks to you horrified by your comment.

“Oh my goodness Anon I am so sorry! I wasn't meaning it like that, I was just agreeing with your-”she hears your snickering. And her face goes red, with an angry scowl.

“Sorry rares-”She goes even deeper crimson from the nickname. “-I couldn't resist.”

“I have feeling you and Rainbow Dash shall get swimmingly, but for now, as you said, it is getting late and some of us should get some rest.” She says in a huff.

You nod and bid goodnight to the girls as they do to you in return. You close the door and move to explore your new home. As you enter, you are met with stairs to the next floor. To your left is a closet and to your right is a living area. Through the living area is a kitchen slash dining area and a back door to a small grass yard. The stairs lead to a corridor that runs parallel to the stairs with three rooms. A bathroom, and two bedrooms. You walk onto the first bedroom and notice a pony sized double bed, a wardrobe, and a door which moves into a closet. The next bedroom is more of a guest room with a bed, night stand and a chest of drawers.

The bathroom is your basic level bathroom. A toilet, though a little big should do it's job, a bath with shower built in and a low sink. All the doors in this house are rather low to the point you have to duck about a foot to get in but the ceiling is just accommodating for your size.

You return to the master bedroom after locking the doors and closing the curtains. You move over to the window and look out over your new home. you could get used to this. You watch as the last of the suns rays disappear over the horizon and Twilight takes hold. You Close the curtains making sure not a slither of light breaches the room and move over to your undersized bed with the door closed you climb in and drift off into a deep sleep.

"I have a feeling that everything is going to be just fine."

Author's Note

And there is chapter two up. I tried to draw this one out a little more, but it still seems rushed.
And if anyone can direct me on how to use fluent dialogue and tags that'd be swell.

Thanks to Twilight Best Pony For editing.