Friendship is Powerful

I don't understand why I'm still falling. And I also don't understand why It's suddenly so.. not hot. Hang on, It's getting hotter. Or is it? I couldn't move. I wasn't sure If I was physically unable or just unwilling to, but either way I couldn't. I still feel like I'm falling. It's been at least an hour... or 10 seconds.

That's when It came back to me. My parents. My brother.. My family... dead? No, It can't be. It just.. can't happen like this. It's too sudden, too bad.. too horrible. Why? And why am I still falling? I must be dreaming.. I try to move, but I still can't.

*CRASH*

I feel my body shake violently shake, and I suddenly feel like a human rag doll. It eventually stops, and I feel myself splayed out on the ground. It's.. not hot, to say at least. I don't hear any fire anywhere. What i hear, are crickets. Maybe an owl from time to time.

Wait, what? I flutter my eyes open, and find myself staring directly at the starry night sky. I feel my cheeks are incredibly moist, probably from the tears that have been shed.

Wait, why am i lying on my back outside?

I push myself up to a sitting position, and try to clear the haze in my vision. The more i can see, the more i stop believing in what's happening.

So let's see here.. I sit in my burning room, yelling to the heavens about the shit that I had just been put through.. I see a.. well.. monster? Yeah, a monster standing in my doorway, looking at me. The floor gives away under me, i fall. I keep falling. Now I'm outside, seemingly in a small crater surrounded by a little clearing in a forest.

So, I guess i have three different options to guess from. This was all in my head and I'm as high as a god damned kite, which can't be, because last time I checked I didn't do weed. I could have fallen and ended up in a come, but that wouldn't be right, because i would have died of the flames under me, and possibly have been mighty damaged by the fall, or even died of it. Which leads to my final option, which is simply.. I'm dead.

I look at my hands, still shaking from what my head has gone through. "What.. went wrong?" I mutter as my lip starts to quiver. I guess I really am dead. Is this heaven? If so It makes me feel.. alive. I don't really feel all that dead. I pinch myself, and surely feel the pain I intended to cause on myself.

The reason I didn't think I was dreaming all this, was because I can't remember ever going to bed. I woke up, had a real day with real events, and I got home. I trust myself in telling the difference between a dream and reality.. but this was different. This isn't a dream, but is it real?

I bury my palms in my face as my mind gives me flashing images of my parents.. my brother.. the monster. I guess they really are gone. I lay down on the ground in a foster position, and well..

I let It all out.

Every single bit of me. I lay there for what feels like years, just thinking what exactly happened, and why it happened so sudden, and in such a way. I kept rushing my thoughts through each other, and I eventually blame myself for leaving the house, as I could have saved them.. or have been there for them to at least say goodbye. Oh the poor passing deer or bird that must have thought I had gone mad, laying in the middle of the clearing and crying like a child.

For what feels like another century or two, I regain myself. As much as I would like to lie on the ground and be a pathetic wreck, I can't. It's not how they would have wanted me to act. But in all honesty, what would be a normal reaction to such turn of events? I have no idea. I shakily made my way to my legs, my eyes sting from the amount of tears I've wiped away. I must look absolutely terrible. I come to the conclusion that i might be dead, and I'm now on my endless journey to the other side.

There is nothing else I can think of that might be the case but that. So I try to shake away my emotions for now. I've probably spent more than an hour on the ground just wailing and screaming for whoever I might think of blaming. I look around, and observe the crater that surrounds my body. Whoa, did i make this? How.. how did I not die, or at least get injured? It all leads to even more confusion, but I regain myself, again, and i take my first step into what i assume was my passing. Or moving.

Whatever.

If this really is the passing, then why am I all alone? Where are my parents? My brother? I start pondering on the fact that maybe, just maybe I'm still alive? But It just doesn't make any sense.. I once again place my palms on my face and give myself a moment to breathe out.

At least I can still breathe.

Now before you go thinking I don't care about anything, the fact that i find my family just.. wiped out before my very eyes, It doesn't take away the value I have for my own life. Sure, you can throw all sorts of misery my way, even the worst imaginable, which pretty much is this.. but I wouldn't want to stop myself from living either way. I value my life.

The more I think about my family, the more I refill my sorrow. I just want to wail and scream again now, but i mentally and physically slap myself for not calming down. Easy to say, but harder to do. I keep trying though, which is a good thing.

I now feel myself ready, finally, and I take another step into where ever the hell I am. I walk towards some random place in the clearing. My path could lead anywhere, I don't really care where it takes me. I just want to be on the move. I need a way to get my mind somewhere else, though It's close to impossible to do so. I keep walking none the less, so I give myself a clap on the shoulder for that much.

"Spike! I need that extra ink right now!" Twilight yells at her assistant, who comes running shortly after with two ink pots in his claws.'

"Why do you need all this in and parchment, Twi? I thought we were only going to investigate that shooting star." Spike asks the Unicorn. Twilight looks frustrated at Spike.

"I need to document everything that is discovered, Spike. Don't you realize what a rare occasion this is? There has never been anything like this in Equestria, and I want to be the first pony to document it!" She proclaims proudly, giving a determined smile to Spike.

Suddenly there's a knock on the library door. Spike rushes towards It and opens it gently, revealing five mares on the other side, all with saddlebags strapped to their backs. There is Rarity, the white Unicorn of Spike's dreams, Applejack, the farm pony in charge of the towns apple supplies, Fluttershy, the very shy Pegasus animal caretaker, Pinkie Pie, the crazy party pony, and there's also an excited looking Rainbow Dash hovering in the air.

"Hiya girls, you all ready to head out? I think Twilight is about to go all nuts about this thing." Spike uses his thumb-claw and points behind him at the mare of interest, who is now re-re-recounting her ink pots, quills and parchment paper. The five mares giggle at the Unicorn but quickly walk inside towards her.

"Ya'll comin', Twi?" Applejack asks her Unicorn friend. Twilight looks up to her, looking slightly frustrated, but forcing a smile back at her friend.

"Yes, I say we head out as fast as possible. Is everypony else all set to go?" She looks past AJ and towards the group of mares, all nodding at her. Twilight looks back for one last check. Feeling confident about herself, she now turns back to her friends, and walk with AJ towards her friends, and they all follow her out the door.

"Spike, you stay here and take care of Owlowicious, okay?" She turns before closing the door. Spike looks a bit sad by having to stay behind while his friends go adventuring without him, but gives a salute with his claw. Twilight mare gives him a smile as she closes the door.

It's barely 6:30 am, so the sun is still in It's early stages of rising. The six mares look around town to see a few other ponies up at this hour setting up different stalls for the market later in the morning. They turn to walk off at the back of the library, which leads to a forest trail up to the mountain where Twilight and Rainbow saw the shooting star crash land just a few hours ago.

"So Twilight, whaddaya think we're gonna find when we get to the shooting star?" Asks an excited Pinkie Pie. Twilight looks over at her, now wondering the same thing.

"I'm not sure. Not at all. It could be anything for all we know. We'll just have to wait and see until we get there." She says, still thinking. Why have I not even for a second thought about what we might encounter? She thought to herself.

"I hope this isn't dangerous, Twilight. What If there's a terrifying beast up there, just waiting for something to feed on?" A now nervous Fluttershy whimpers.

"Oh, stop being silly, dear. I'm positive that nothing bad will happen to us. You can trust Twilight." Rarity assures Fluttershy. Now Twilight was a bit nervous. What is something bad did happen? Would she loose Fluttershy's trust?

"Even if something were ta happen, we can handle it like we always do. Ain't that right, Twi?" Applejack now speaks up. This at least assures Twilight a little as she nods to her friend.

They now stand in front of the entrance to the trail. Twilight lets out a nervous breath before she takes the first step into the still slightly dark forest. Luckily, the crash was nowhere near the Everfree, but instead up high in the White Tail Woods.

She turns her head before taking the next step. "Alright girls, lets do this."

Before i reach the boarder to the forest, i hear something rustle behind me. At the opposite end of the clearing i see some bushes moving, thanks to the dim light of the sun rising in the horizon. I froze in place, unsure of how to act, before i luckily snapped out of it just in time to dive into the set of bushes just below a tall tree at the edge of the clearing. I am able to see towards the source of the noise and prepare myself for what is about to happen.

When said thing does happen, let me tell you, It was beyond my expectations.

Walking out of the bush, or rather bouncing, was a pink horse. It's hair was all curly and all over the place, along with the tail. It was carrying bags, and appeared to be.. smiling? It had facial features, and It's eyes were huge. Just behind it came 5 more of these horses. All different colors and different features.

Did I mention how this was all beyond my expectations? Well, guess how I reacted when they all started talking.

"Pinkie, wait up!" Rainbow yelled after pinkie as she bounced along the trail leading to the crash site. Pinkie was so excited to get to the place, that she just couldn't wait to get there, and decided to go on ahead.

Pinkie entered a clearing in the forest, and she immediately went wide-eyed as she saw the crater in front of her, at the center of the clearing. Soon, the rest of her friends joined her and they all repeated Pinkie's reaction.

"That's strange.. shouldn't the rock, or whatever it was, be in the crater?" Rainbow asked, looking towards Twilight. Twilight turned to Rainbow, and back to the crater, and slowly made her way over to it. The rest of her friends followed slowly and carefully, ready for any danger to appear.

Twilight now stood right in front of the crater, she soon noticed a strange shape in the center of it. It looked like.. well, she was not really sure what it looked like. The closest she got to a guess was the shape of a Diamond Dog. The shape was made out of what seemed like ash. She carefully examined the crater with all It's features, now slowly taking hold of her equipment with her violet aura. She started scribbling down whatever details she could find at the time.

"Er, Twi? What do ya reckon this here shape is supposed ta be?" AJ asked her unicorn friend. Twilight looked back at AJ, still thinking of what it could be.

"Well.. I'm not too sure, AJ. I haven't really seen anything like that before. If I'm going to blindly guess from what we have here now, I guess It seems more like a Diamond Dog than anything." Realization hit her, as she was thinking how a Diamond Dog was involved in all of this. "Oh my gosh, do you think maybe a Diamond Dog was hit by this thing?" She looked slightly worried.

Fluttershy gasped. "Oh no! The poor thing!" She said, a small tear forming in her eyes. Rarity now looked more confused than before.

"But.. hold on, dear. How in all of Equestria did this Diamond Dog AND the space rock vanish completely?" She asked. Twilight frowned, scratching her forehead with the tip of the quill. After some pondering, she really didn't have an answer. She really felt under her average studious self today, given that she didn't have many answers to give than blind assumptions.

Their train of thought was cut off by a sound in the bushes at the edge of the clearing. They all snapped out of what they were doing at the time, and looked directly towards the source of the sound.

All the mares look to each other, nervous and prepared. Rainbow takes off towards the bush, but finds nothing inside. The faint thud of something running deep into the forest is barely audible.

Get outta here before you're caught. God knows what these things might do if they find you, i say to myself.

What the heck? My suspicions about being high might have popped back into my head again. I look back to where i was running from, finding nothing there.. Yet. I can't stop moving. I can't risk those things finding me. Dead or not dead, I won't take any chances. Things never ended up good by doing so.

Call It the lessons of life.

After running for a good 15 minutes purely out of adrenaline, I take a moment to calm myself, breathe, and regain sanity. Horses.. talking? Wait, what's stranger, the fact that they're talking and acting like humans, or that they looked like they had come straight out of a 5 year old's crayon fantasy? I guess a mix of both. I don't waste much time stopping, (thanks to me being fit) and I'm quickly back on the move towards.. somewhere. I had no idea where I was going.

Where am i anyways? I never remember seeing these things back at where I'm from, heck, I might just be the only human ever seeing these! Never have I ever heard of such things, not In the slightest

I once again try to calm myself and think through what I'm going through at the moment. It's just so much running through my head that i feel like i might end up crazy. But I can't loose it. Not now, not ever. I made a mental promise to not loose It, and just.. try to roll with what it is.. for now.

I feel myself now completely stopped, sitting down on a rock. Somehow my body seems to have taken control of itself while i work out the problems with my brain. I sit there, In the silence that the morning Is blessing me, only to be ruined by the rustling of leaves, and countless thuds on the ground.

All approaching.

I snap my head around to see the creatures from before now standing far enough away to be able to see me sitting there, staring at them like a deer caught in headlights. I freeze up again, and this time I'm stuck.

Well, better face this now instead of later, I reason with myself.

I slowly stand up from my sitting position to not make it seem like I intend to cause harm to anybody. Hell, how do I know they won't just jump me any second? At the moment i reach my full height, the all seem to slightly back up a bit, and seem a bit more nervous than before. I won't exactly blame them, I'm a bit taller than 6 foot. Been a while since I last measured, so we'll just say that.

I stand there, slightly awkwardly, staring at the strange looking horses in front of me. It feels weird just calling them horses because they seem so off that description, but It's the closest i can get to a correct one. The purple one with a horn.. Oh.. oh! Is that a unicorn? Yeah, the unicorn slowly steps up, only a few steps, and clears It's throat.

"Ahem.. um.. Hi there." It says, awkwardly. She. It's definitely a she. I wasn't really sure how to reply so I just put my hand up and waved at her, probably making the situation that more awkward.

She looked back at her friends. They all looked as unsure as her and couldn't provide her with the help she needed to proceed communication. She sighed, and turned back to face me. "Do you understand me?" She asks. I nod.

"We didn't mean to scare you, we were just looking at what happened up here a little while ago.." Her eyes widened as she now studied my body, up and down.

"Oh! You're that shape we found at the crater! Was.. was that you flying down from the sky?" She asks me, now looking less scared and more curious than ever. I nod to her, and she replies immediately.

"What happened? Are you hurt?" She asked, now looking worried. Except for the fact that I'm an emotional mess.. Wait, no. Get it out of yourself. I look at her, shaking away my feelings for now.

"I'm fine. Just dizzy, Is all." I reply to her. She perks up at this, probably half expecting me to talk or not.

"Oh! You can talk! This is wonderful!" She gleams and takes a few more steps closer to me. Another pony, this one without a horn, but instead wearing a neat stetson hat, steps up to stop her in her steps.

"Now hold on, sugarcube. We don't know if this here thing is dangerous or not." She tells her unicorn friend. This one is also a she. Also, I don't know what to feel by that fact that they define me as a 'thing'. I'm not sure if I should be insulted or not.

I only now notice that they all have some weird markings on their hips. The one that just talked in a southern accent (I assume) has a trio of red apples. The unicorn that I oh so barely just talked with has a purple star, with five white and smaller stars surrounding it. Also the more i look at them, the less detailed they get. As in, if you look at a horse, you would see a lot of things.

Don't even question that, because you know exactly what I'm talking about.

I shake it off my mind as I stand there looking over at the group of Equines. "I, uh.. I'm not. I have no reason to hurt you. I was sort of thinking the same thing about all of you. That's why I ran away when I saw you all." I tell them. The orange one now looks at me, seemingly reading me. She now steps closer to me until she is about a car length away from me. "Do ya promise?" She asks with seriousness. I look down at her. Actually, It's not that far down. She and the others probably reach up to my chest, looking at them from this distance. I nod my head once again. "Yeah.. I do." I tell her, looking straight into her giant green eyes. Horses or not, always tell the truth and look the one you're telling that truth to In the eyes. She seemed to calm her stance at this.

"Alright, that's good enough fer me." She slightly smiles at me.

Huh, i guess she knows when to trust someone. Now, the rest of the gang has slowly started making their way towards me. As I get a better look at them, I notice they all have the weird markings on their hips. A butter yellow one, with pink hair, and three pink butterflies. Oh, that one has wings! That means It's a Pegasus. I stare in disbelief as i realize I'm the center of attention to a group of mythical creatures.

Thank you, middle-school history class.

"So, what the hay are you anyways?" A cyan colored Pegasus asks me. This one had the most tomboyish voice I've ever heard, and that made me slightly smile. She had a cloud with a lightning strike coming out of It, colored like a rainbow. Also, her whole design looked like that of a rainbow. Her hair had all the colors of a rainbow. She was flapping her wings In the air.

I guess asking me that, they too haven't seen something like me before. So at least I'm not alone there.

"I'm a human." I tell them. Never In my days did I think I would ever have to explain that to anyone. Well, as a wise man once said: 'Life Is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.'

"A human? I have never heard of that In any of my books, not even In the Canterlot archives. Where are you from? And how did you end up crashing up here?" The purple unicorns asks me. I put myself on think mode, and I realize I still have not answered that one myself yet.

I look back at her, out of my thinking box. "You tell me.. I just woke up in that crater after-" I lock my jaws.

Get it out of you, you can't break down again. GET IT OUT OF YOU, DAMN IT!

I shake my head, and resume my sentence after a few seconds. "-after I fell down." Well, that could have gone better. The orange one looks at me suspiciously, but Is interrupted by a white unicorn standing next to her.

"Well, I'm delighted you're not a Diamond Dog, darling. Not that I am not pleased by It, but how did you, well, escape from the crash without a single scratch? Also, where do you come from?" She asks me. Oh boy, this one sounds a lot like what you would hear walking into a beauty saloon or something. Well, she seems nice enough. I also shake off the question of what a Diamond Dog Is, as I don't really feel that to be an important question right now.

"No idea.. I can't remember anything before I crashed here. I'm from.. Wait, where am I now?" I didn't even think to ask them that before now.

The purple unicorn looks up at me. "You're in Equestria." She tells me. I look at her, unsure of what to think. "Equestria? I've never heard of such a place ever.. so.." I tell them, stopping for a few seconds to think.

I've never In my life heard of Equestria. Did I end up In another world?.. This is heavy.

I can't decide whether this Is awesome or terrifying. "..I guess I'm from another world." I finish.

They all look at me wide-eyes. "WHAT?!" They all shout. I back up a bit at this, but regain myself quickly.

"Another world?! How did you get here?" The purple unicorn asks. I look down at her, repeating my previous statement. "Like i said. I don't remember anything before I was falling."

"Could ya'll excuse us fer a moment?" The orange one said. I nodded, unsure of what was about to happen. She motioned for her friends to follow her over to a place behind some trees, leaving me there waiting for them to finish whatever they were doing.

Now that I had some time to myself, i crossed my arms and closed my eyes, putting myself in think mode. I needed to think over the bits of information I've received so far.

Equestria? Am I really travelling in another world right now? Some of these things are mythical beings. They seem to all be female too. Hmm... what to make of all this...

My train of thoughts were interrupted by the orange one. "Look, sugarcube, we all just talked about how to do things fer now, and we decided that if ya'll have nowhere to go right now, ya'll can come back to Ponyville with us as long as ya won't cause us any trouble." She offered.

Ponyville? Well, at least I didn't call them horses yet.

Should I trust them? They seem friendly enough, but I can't be too sure. "I.. don't know. I'm really confused about all this. Can I trust you?" I ask them, the orange one in particular. She walks over to me and hold out her hoof to me, as If wanting to shake my hand. "Mah name Is Applejack, and ya'll can trust us. We just want to help ya." She says, giving me a friendly smile.

I slowly move my hand over to her hoof and fold my fingers gently around It. I shake It casually. Can't be too careful with these ponies.

"Nice to meet you, Applejack. My name is Evan." I reply as I remove my hand from her hoof. The hoof itself was incredibly soft and nice to touch, very different from a pony from my world. The other mares now made their way over to me too greet me as well. I met with Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie. The last one making me feel like I had just been In the center of an earthquake.

The last one yet to introduce herself, was the other Pegasus mare with the butter-yellow coat and pink hair. Her hair covered most of her face, and I quickly assumed that this one was a tough nut to crack. She was somewhat sitting down, but not all the way. I gently walked over to her and crouched down to her level and reached out with one hand.

"Hey there, what's your name?" I asked her with the softest and kindest voice I could produce. She squeaked at this, hiding herself even more, now sitting down all the way. I was unsure of what to do, but I kept myself crouched.

"Hey, don't be afraid, I'm not gonna hurt you." I assured her. She removed a tiny bit of her hair and stared at me with one, beautiful, blue eye. I looked back at her, smiling friendly, trying to assure her that there was no danger. Rarity walked up next to her.

"I'm sorry, darling. Our friend Fluttershy here Is just shy. Just give her some time." She tells me, putting a hoof around her friend. I stand up and nodded at Rarity.

"Well, now that we have everything we'll ever need from this little trip, how about we all get back to Ponyville?" Twilight suggested. I nod. I guess I should go with these girls. They seem to want to help me, and honestly, that's something I sorely need right now. After everything that's happened..

As I think about the bad memories, I feel Applejack's suspicious stare again. I look over to her, and surely enough, i was right.

"Let's go then. It's barely an hours walk from here." Twilight says, looking at me with a friendly smile. I'm surprised at how willingly these six mares out of nowhere just decide to help me. I smile to myself, feeling a bit better. Now all I have to do, is prepare myself for this Ponyville. I'm assuming this place is populated by these ponies, so at least I'll be ready for that.

As we start walking, I hear Rarity whispering something with Fluttershy. I couldn't make out exactly what, but I assume It's about me. I shrug it off as Rainbow Dash flies up next to me along with a bouncy Pinkie Pie.

"Say Evan, have you ever heard of the Wonderbolts?" She asks me, smirking. I definitely have never heard of those, whatever they were.

"Can't say that I have. What are those?" I reply. She looks at me, grinning widely. Oh boy.

Ever had those moment when you regret asking something? I'll leave it at that.

At least the past 20 minutes of my time was taken off the bad memories my mind kept producing. I can proudly say that I mostly paid attention to what the excited Pegasus was telling me, even though most of It sounded more like a fan girl explaining all the good things about her favorite boy band. Needless to say, I now know some more about the acrobatic team of Equestria.

Pinkie Pie had also joined In, bragging her about a certain trick she can preform. A Sonic Rainboom, they say It's called. Now that was something that caught my interest. Apparently, as they describe It, It's similar to a Sonic Boom in my world, but instead of an invisible blast, It's a giant rainbow explosion or something. Sounds like something I'll need to see to believe, but It kept me occupied.

"Oh! Evan! You're going to be new in Ponyville, and you know what that means!" Pinkie grinned at me. I gave her a confused look, and scratched the back of my head awkwardly.

"Heh.. Do i?" I ask, chuckling awkwardly. I look over to the other mares. They are all smiling as If I missed out on an inside joke. I looked back to Pinkie, who now was in my face, holding around my shoulders.

"IT MEANS YOU GET YOUR VERY OWN 'WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY!'" She screamed into my left ear, as she hugged me tightly, emptying me of the oxygen i had left in me.

"Pinkie, darling, you're breaking him!" Rarity told her from behind us. Pinkie looked at Rarity, still smiling, and then back at me. Her smile turned into an awkward one as she let me go. My lungs feasted on oxygen once more.

"Heh.. sorry about that. But I just LOVE throwing parties for anypony new in Ponyville!" Pinkie exclaims. I shake my head, and force a smile. Wait.. first they decide to help me, now they're throwing me a party? I've barely known them all for the past hour, and now they're throwing me a party?

"Really? You're gonna throw me a party?" I ask her in disbelief. I smile, genuinely feeling better. They might be ponies, but a party is a party. I think the fact that they all are talking, colorful ponies has stopped bothering me at this point. Like i said before. I've decided to just roll with this, for now.

"Of course, silly! I always throw my new friends a party!" She smiles back at me. Friends? Well, that's good enough for me. I walk over to her and give her a hug of my own. I might have overdone It.

"Um, Evan? You okay there?" Rainbow asks. I look over to her, her face with a hint of worry on it, along with the rest of the girls. I look at them, unsure of what they mean. It's just a hug right? I feel something tickle my cheek, and I touch It to find it being moist. Shit.

"Oh no! I didn't mean to make you cry, Evan!" Pinkie pouts at me. I use the ends of the arms of my hoodie to wipe my eyes. I look at the part where I wiped to find some stains of tears.

"Oh.. I don't know where that came from. Sorry." I tell her, trying to assure her It's not her fault. She seems to accept It and returns to her happy state.

Rarity comes over to me and grabs my attention as we keep walking down the little dirt road we entered just a little while ago. She looks at the place I wiped my tears on.

"Say, Evan. Why would you use those fabulous garments to clean yourself?" She asks me. I look down at her, confused. "What do you mean? These? It's my outfit that I use to exercise." I tell her. She thinks I look good in this? I can't say I don't agree, I mean, I look decent I guess. I do like wearing sweat pants and this thin hoodie. The dark colors sort of match together too. I also think my body shape makes It look better too.

Listen to me, bragging about how I look.

"Well, when we come back, please allow me to wash them for you, darling. You.. How should I say, smell a bit." She explains. At this, I quickly pull my arm up to my nose, and give It a whiff. It smells like I've spent five hours in front of a campfire. Shit.

"That must be from the crash. We found a frame of your body made entirely out of ash.. I'm not sure how that would work without burning you in some way.. but that would explain the smell." Twilight explains from just behind me. I give a sigh of relief from this.

Thanks Twilight.

I feel the eyes of Applejack hit me once more. What is up with her?

Suddenly, I feel something poke my thighs, a hoof to be exact. I look around my shoulder to find Fluttershy. I stop In my steps, and look down at her. She seems to have a nervous, but genuine smile on her face.

"I'm.. I-I'm glad you w-weren't hurt, Evan." She says. I crouch down to get to eye level with her. She seems to accept me looking at her now. Although she seems shy still, understandable, I think she meant this. She really cared.

I smiled at her, feeling grateful for her saying that. Although I am hurt, mentally, none of them needed to know. "Thanks, Fluttershy." She smiles and looks to the side, blushing. Honestly, that was adorable. I wish i had more to say, but what else would i say though?

"We're almost there. Should be about five minutes until we're there." Twilight adds. I stand back up to my full height and turn to continue walking.

"So, Evan. Where exactly do you come from?" Twilight asks me as we continue to walk down the path. Well, I guess there would be no harm in telling her about my world.

"I come from Earth. It's a planet that me and billions of other humans live on." I explain to her. I guess I should be careful about what I say. I don't know much about this place, actually I know nothing else except It being a land inhabited by ponies, but I don't want to mention anything bad about my world before I can get In some good words about it.

Twilight seems very excited about this. By looking at her, she seems to have at least over a thousand questions on her mind right there and then. I fear that I might have to prepare myself for a long session of educating with her. Well.. It's not like I have much else to do, right? And how bad can it be?

I hope won't regret saying that.

"Evan, would It be okay with you If i asked you some questions about your world when we reach Ponyville? Maybe you could consider spending the night over at my place? I live in the Ponyville library. I have an extra bed in the guest room, so don't worry." She looks at me with almost pleading eyes.

I can't help but smile at her. I guess I really don't have anywhere else to go, and I feel like i can sort of trust these girls. There's something special about them all that makes me feel like we're all connected.

"Sure, Twilight. That sounds like a plan to me." I smile back at her. She smiles happily back at me. "Excellent! I'll have Spike prepare your bed as soon as we get there." She says. I guess this 'Spike' also lives with her. Maybe It's her brother?

I nod at her, giving her a smile. I now see a clearing in the path ahead of me, and i see some houses form out in the distance. I guess that's Ponyville. I breathe out, and prepare myself for whatever might face me. Twilight looks up at me.

"Don't worry Evan. It's gonna be fine. All the ponies In Ponyville are kindhearted and they all love making new friends. Just ask Pinkie. She knows them all." Twilight assures me, looking towards the bouncing party mare. I giggle as I too look in her direction. She giggles back, still bouncing along. The other girls joins in, and at that moment I feel really good.

I feel better.

Then It all comes rushing back into my head. The memories, the disastrous events. It hits me like a car going at 100 miles an hour. And I do my best to hold myself from expressing the emotion inside of me.

I feel two green eyes upon me once more.

I look over to AJ, and give her a forced smile. None of the other notices the look we give each other, as they just keep walking down to the entrance of the town. I do not want to be caught in a conversation where she brings down her suspicion against me, and by the looks of things, she doesn't want to make It out In public. I think she would have spoken up at this point If she had.

I look away from the judging stare, and now find myself outside of the forest. We are walking along the same path as before, now with a beautiful field of green grass on both sides. I look across the field, and can not find a single flaw in it. It's beautiful. Things like these are able to put me somewhere else completely, and I'm glad It still has that effect. I sort of need that right now.

I look ahead of me, and I meet Twilight's eyes as she turns her head as we walk up next to the first building. "Welcome to Ponyville, Evan."