Sempiternal

I take off my helmet and set it to the side. My scruffy black hair was long and wild looking and my beard was unkept and fully grown. I look back up at the jaw dropped expression of my host who then said. "Oh my' so thats whats under all that metal.

I smiled and chuckled at her and put my hands through my itchy beard. She tells me to eat whatever I pleased and we began to fill up our plates with the vegan cuisine. When I saw her use her mouth to spoon up salad to dump on her plate. I was repulsed and wondered if she used her mouth for everything including setting my plate on the table.

But I was so hungry any kind of food would have been sufficient and didn't care if it was sanitary. She didn't use any utensils and just dug her face into her plate. I grab the multi tool from my front pocket and pop the attached fork and spoon out and began to eat.

The noise of the fork scratching the plate caught the attention of Pegasus as she curiously observed the usual eating device in my hands. "What is that?" She asked. I stop eating for a moment and hold it up so she could have a better look and said. "It's a fork I use this to eat with instead of my dirty hands."

She smiles and we return to eating not saying a word until just about everything was gone. We finish up and I help her rinse the dishes and put them away. She was amazed that I could do the most difficult of tasks with ease because of my hands and opposible thumbs.

I follow back her back out to the living area and sit on the couch opposite her by the fireplace. I sat quietly and twiddled my thumbs while she read a book and worked up the nerve to ask. "Fluttershy this town you spoke of earlier Ponyville is it? Do you think that one of your kind might know how I can get home?"

She closes the book with her nose and rests her eyes on me and replied. "I have a friend in town named Twilight Sparkle. She's super smart and is a student under Princess Celestia. If anypony knows anything its her."

I ask her who this Celestia was and she chuckled. "She's the ruler of these lands. She lives in Canterlot palace and is the greatest of our leaders." She said I was beginning to learn more by the minute and she was starting to earn my trust little by little.

She looks at a small clock on an end table and yawns. "Look at the time we should be getting ready for bed don't you think?"

I nod and stand up to remove the plates of armor that was causing my body to sweat and set all the pieces by my bag. It felt so good to get that heavy burden off of me and I removed my shirt to expose my pale and bare skin to the warm air of the room. I was slightly more in terms of stature and bulk larger than most men as I was 6.2 foot and 185 pounds. She gasps at the sight of me and hovers slowly until she is just inches away making me feel slightly uncomfortable.

"Where is your fur? Did it all fall out?" I stood firm and silent even when she placed a hoof on my shoulder and worked it over my chest to the other one before she said. "Oh my! your skin is so soft and smooth."

I didn't particularly like being touched but let it slide due to the fact she was trying to be nice and I had no place to go. There had to be at least a foot of snow on the ground and it would be impossible to find my way back to camp. I grab my things and follow her. She leads me upstairs and down a hallway with three separate rooms.

She then enters the door at the end and I slowly walked in with my head on a swivel. It was an ordinary room with a large bed and a closet complete with a dresser and vanity. She looks back at me and asks. "Do you like it? If you don't you can have my room' I really don't mind at all."

I smiled and said in a polite manner. "It's perfect thank you." She excuses herself to let me get settled in before saying goodnight and exiting the room. I set my things down and lay face first on the bed. It wasn't too soft but not too firm it was just right much better than the mat at camp I had slept on for months.

I pull my knife out and set it under the pillow gripping it tightly in my hand. If something is going to try to kill me in my sleep they are in for a rude awakening. I lay my head to the side and stared at the window that let in some of the Moonlight.

I stare at it for quite awhile before my eyes got heavy and I slipped into sleep. The nightmares I had were of horrifying proportions. It seemed all the thoughts and memories of the people I have ever read were haunting me. The most god awful scenes of war, genocide, rape, and torture they all ran through my mind like I had witnessed them with my own eyes.