Mike was a happy man for the duration of his short life. When he was shot and killed in the middle of a gang war, he could never imagine that one of his deepest desires would come true. Follow Mike as he awakens in a new life and in a new world that is all too familiar to him. Will he find love? Will he find happiness? Only time will tell.

(A Human in Equestria fic with a different twist. Mike/Sparkling Quill is not the only ponified human living in Equestria. This story is set approx. 25 years after the end of Season 4, however few of this story's events have anything to do with the Mane 6.)