My mind slowly returned to me. Realizing myself to be in a soft bed, I hoped and prayed that my previous experiences were but erratic apparitions induced by a mild overdose of cold medicine. I forced my eyes open. I shut them immediately as a I found I had a great sensitivity to light at the moment, sparking a headache likening to the power needed to shatter reinforced steel.

I groaned as my head pulsed and ached, rolling over to my side I found no relief, but found that the left half of my head had been bandaged. I explored the tight wrapping with my left hand after rolling back onto my back.

Oh crap. It wasn't a dream was it. I really had been lost in the woods for two weeks. But where was I now? I attempted to open my eyes again. My vision was clouded by splotches of unsight, and my ears had a dull ringing tone playing in them.

Damn, why does my head hurt so much? At that, visions of ponies and gravel came racing back to the forefront of my mind. Oh dear.

I was trying to make sense of what I saw before, when suddenly my vision was filled with a blurry purple and green form.

"Yo, Daniel" the voice, though muffled appeared to be coming from the blur. "you all right?"

Wait, how did this purple blur know my name?

I shook my head in an attempt to clear my vision. In addition to my headache intensifying ten fold at this, my vision did clear up enough to see a small purple and green dragon staring at me with large green eyes.

"W-what?" Is all I managed. Now realizing how dry my throat was.

"That is your name right?" The lizard said, now coming in much clearer. "That's what it says on your student ID."

Oh yeah that makes sense.. wait, why does this purple and green baby dragon have my student ID? My eyes widened. Wait, why am I in a hollowed out tree with wonderful furnishings? Why is this dragon talking to me?! WAIT, WHY IS THERE A DRAGON IN FRONT OF ME?

I was now perched halfway standing up on the bed with my back pressed against a window, with the creature still staring at me, but now somewhat more quizzically. I was breathing heavily, staring wide eyed right back at him, never once breaking eye contact in fear of what might happen next.

There was a pregnant silence.

"Rrrright," the dragon began, " Anyway, Twilight is out and she said you might be weird 'cause you hit your head or something. She should be back soon. Her and Fluttershy just went out to get some food for when you wake up... figures you do the second they leave me alone with you.." The dragon started to trail off. Really he wasn't all that threatening, But waking up with head trauma in a new and confusing environment has more than the required ingredients to make a man paranoid.

Wait, who's Twilight? Wait I should probably vocalize that.

"Who's Twilight, and why is my diet any of her concern?" I demanded, still trying to get a handle on the situation.

"Geez guy," The dragon seemed irritated at this, "She said you might be weird but calm down. You're kinda milking it a bit, don't ya think? You're safe. Quit Climbing the walls and I'll get you your clothes. Twi had me wash them, so you're welcome." the dragon shuddered as he strutted down the stairs, his tail finally disappearing from sight.

Though roughly put, the dragon's words had put me a bit at ease. Which was good now that it was brought to my awares that I was stripped down to my skivvies.

I knew it felt drafty in here.

Finally resolving to follow the dragon, I started after him. The movement stabbed me with a cruel reminder that I had indeed suffered a decent blow to the head. Just as well, the weakness and wobbling in my knees and dizziness reminded my of the fact I still had dangerously low blood sugar. I slowly stumbled after the dragon to explore the rest of what seemed to be a rather cozy little library.

Over all, once I had calmed down and eaten some bread and cheese, I realized the dragon was nothing to be feared and this place for the most part was safe. In fact, the little lizard wasn't a half bad host at all.

We got along fairly well as he regaled me with tales of his employer's quirks and comical panic attacks. Though she sounded to be a woman, or I guess pony (sill got to get used to that) of extreme intellect and apparently magical prowess (ya apparently magic is a thing to) I still joined the dragon in his good humored laughs during the tales.

The dragon, who introduced himself to me as, spike, eventually, tried his best to give me the up and up on where exactly I was. He still didn't quite know to believe me when I said I was from a different world, but he also didn't seem quick to dismiss the idea either.

He had just finished trying to explain cutie marks to me, when two mares walked in the door of the library.

The first one to enter was a lavender unicorn with a purple star emblazoned on her flank. Her dark hair with a pink streak down her mane and tail, flowed and fluttered in the cross breeze created by the temperature and pressure difference created in the newly opened doorway. She walked in with a calm and careful charisma about her, saying that she had planed for every contingency and was ready to take on her day.

The door now left agape by the unicorn's entrance left way for a timid looking yellow Pegasus to slink into library, barely allowing me a second glance before sideling up next to her unicorn friend who was finishing up a quick and quiet debrief with spike before she turned to me with a smile.

" Twilight Sparkle I presume" I spoke first. Standing up to my full stature, the unicorn only meeting me at chest level. I then bent down and extended a hand for a good old fashioned... oh yeah.

The librarian giggled at this. "Daniel I'm sure." Thankfully she got the gist of the gesture and extended a hoof. "Nice to meet you"

A great smile splayed itself across my face and I drawled in he most cliché gentlemanly tone I could manage without cracking up in laughter "The pleasure is all mine miss sparkle." I took her hoof in one hand and bent down on one knee kissing it lightly, before looking up into her big round purple eyes, and promptly bursting into laughter. The act was simply made perfect by the scraggly bushy nature-man beard I had gained from my time in the forest.

I had always wanted to try something so incredibly stupid. Being stranded in another world was liberating in that way. Now thinking about it, I realized this as a great chance to start new, reinvent myself.

Obviously breaking the ice, my display did not go unheeded by the others as both spike and the Pegasus proved that my laughter and sense of humor was indeed contagious, while only eliciting a slight embarrassed blush and light laughter from the unicorn.

After the laughter died down we got down to some more business focused conversation once the peasantries were out of the way. Even the Pegasus, later confirmed as Fluttershy, had loosened up and was now contributing and assisting Twilight in her questioning of my origins and nature.

Even though the subject matter formal and functional, the manner and mood could not be more of the opposite. I found myself getting to know them better. Finding that a grand majority of the personalities currently surrounding me, were quite agreeable.

I could appreciate Twilight's inquisitive spirit and thirst for knowledge. Her obsessiveness coming off only as a charming quality to which I could relate. Perfection was indeed something enticing to strive for, seemingly ever unachievable but always seeming so necessary. I myself had a great value for knowledge as well, though more for the leverage and power it grants when utilized correctly. Though my thirst, shamefully enough, is often fueled by avarice I could still relate and found her innocent pursuit of knowledge just for that sake, charming and inspiring to say the least.

Spike was great, he was often the leveling force when things got too girly or blown out of proportion. Though only supposedly a baby, he, from what I could tell, was Twilight's grounding wire a lot of the time. I find his loyalty to his friends inspiring, and though he is just a child, probably one of the most cynical people I've met when he wants to be. Not to say he isn't genuine, at heart, he's an all round good kid, and I respect him as much as I can manage.

The Pegasus was as though all of my fears and insecurities as a junior high student were made flesh and manifested in one incredibly sweet and adorable yellow and pink Pegasus. I found her pitiable, lovable, and relatable all at he same time. Though my later years in school had lend me some charisma in respects to that I stopped giving a crap about strangers petty judgments and just did what made me happy, I can only hope Fluttershy can find a similar policy one day.

The talks were going wonderfully till I mentioned the wall around the city, I noticed through the kitchen window when I went to get a drink. Twilights face became grim and my stomach sunk.

Ah shit, should have just kept my mouth shut.

"It all started about five weeks ago" twilight began.

Author's Note

IM not gonna lie it was a great relief to get this chapter over with.

Unfortunately to keep continuity and character building in check I had to touch on a lot of the clichés you no doubt get a lot of in the human/ ponies genre. I'm talking about the whole "oh ima human they're ponies this is weird, look at al this charming awkwardness hoho!" and I hate it and I felt cheap having to write it. please believe me though when I say I have a real reason for having a human protagonist and it is relevant to the story and not just for shits and giggles..

Again, any and all constructive criticism or comments in general are largely appreciated.

New chapter coming soon with much more substance and plot progression.