I awoke to the aches and pains associated with sleeping in an unfamiliar bed and position. As my mind slowly slipped from the embrace of oblivion, I found myself in the not quite familiar, windowless room. Despite there being no immediately identifiable light sources, I could see just fine. I would have pondered this, but my mind suddenly caught up with the events of the previous evening. I did what any rugged man in my situation would have done. I curled up into the fetal position, started to hyperventilate and had a panic attack.

Oh my god, I’ve been abducted by some crazy alien horse intent on keeping me as a pet! How am I going to get home? Can I get home? I don’t want to be an alien love toy!

She can blow you up with her mind, who says you’ll have a choice?

Maybe there’s an alien PETA. If I can escape, they’ll send me home, or at least release me into the wild.

I don’t know, your survival skills are a couple decades out of practice and this place might have man eating mushrooms or hordes of zombie chickens or something.

Zombies aren’t real… Wait, who the heck are you and how did you get in my brain?

You are panicking so hard that you are about to pass out from hyperventilating, madness is a hairs breadth away and you are worried about who the voice in your head is? Also, why do you assume it wants you for sex? That’s probably not a normal assumption to make in this situation.

Um-, with that elegant rebuttal, I was out cold again.

I awoke again an indeterminate amount of time later. This time I felt calmer and more collected. Thank you subconscious! My throat was dry and made breathing painful. I looked around for a faucet or some other kind of water tap, but all I found was the bowl of water Spike brought in last night. I figured it was a good idea to drink it before they decided that I could live without water. I drank it down, slowly letting the water soothe my parched throat. After a small coughing fit, I finished the water and sat on the mattress to think.

I can’t stay here. Even if I could keep this act up, it wouldn’t help me find my way back, or would it? I need to find the machine or portal or whatever Twilight used to bring me here and use it to get home. A weak plan began to form in my mind. If I watch her closely enough I may find out what she used. I may even be able to steal it and use it. It was at this point I heard the sound of hooves approaching the door. I quickly assumed a less dignified pose and waited for Twilight to enter.

To my surprise, Twilight was not alone or with Spike. Another small alien like Twilight followed behind her. This one was colored differently. It was yellow with a long pink mane and tail, as opposed to Twilights various shades of purple. It also had wings on its back and no horn that I could see. A male maybe? A different race or perhaps subspecies? Maybe a servant or slave caste? I thought. Its demeanor gave me the impression it would do what ever was demanded of it for fear of abuse. My heart instantly ached for it, at least, until it turned its downcast eyes towards me.

It was like a switch had been flipped. Its face instantly lit up and all traces of hesitation vanished as a small smile quickly spread across its features.

“Oh my, I’ve never met a creature like this before. It shares a lot of features with the apes in Southern Equestria, but it lacks facial horns and shoulder plates. I’ve also never seen an ape of any kind that has two different types of paws before.” She, her voice told me she was female, hovered around me excitedly as she prattled on about how strange and exotic, yet familiar my physiology seemed. As she did so, she made clear hoof gestures that compelled me to pose and move as she wished.

“Yes Fluttershy, I’m aware it is a unique specimen,” cut in Twilight after a few minutes, where I found myself laying flat with my back on the floor, “but I was hoping you could give me some information on how to care for it. I don’t even know what to feed it-”

“Him.” corrected Fluttershy.

“What?” asked Twilight, causing Fluttershy to better resemble her name for a moment before she perked back up.

“It’s a male.” She said as she reached out and spread my thighs a bit with her hooves to better show my genitals.

I immediately snapped back to reality and felt a rush of embarrassment course through me. I scrambled away from her wandering hooves as fast as my flailing limbs could carry me. Vile molester, I won’t be taken so easily! I screamed in my mind. The blush radiating from every capillary in my body would have made a cherry jealous. After I hit the wall, I curled up into the best position I could find that hid my shame.

“Oh no!” exclaimed Fluttershy with all the volume of a phone set to vibrate. “It’s ok, I won’t hurt you!”

“What was that?” asked Twilight.

“Ohh! I was so excited about meeting a new creature, that I forgot animals without sheathes are very defensive about their genitals.” answered Fluttershy as she tried to coax me away from the wall. “He’s so upset. I don’t know if he’ll ever forgive me.” she said, as tears began to well in her eyes.

I don’t know why, but the look on her face broke my heart. It was like looking at a hundred sad, big eyed puppies, slowly being pulled away by train toward a hard labor camp in a coal mine. Before I knew it, my body had already crawled over to her and I began petting her in a consoling manner. That just isn’t fair. She sniffled a bit and a very small smile showed me she had calmed down. Our tender moment was ruined when Twilight cleared her throat.

“Um, ok, I won’t be making that mistake.” stated twilight with a clear blush on her face. “I hate to hurry you Fluttershy, but he hasn’t eaten for at least 20 hours and while I’m kind of worried about his health, his fangs also worry me. I’m concerned he might try biting somepony out of hunger before too long.”

“Oh, yes, of course.” replied Fluttershy as she started making those commanding hoof gestures again. She had me open my mouth and eyes, then had me posing like before. This time, as I posed, she was looking at me more like a doctor would look at a patient. She ran her hooves along my muscles and bones and rested her head against my chest and back, presumably to hear my heart and breathing. She seemed to pay particular attention to my hips and knees. When it came time to examine my more intimate regions she slowly and carefully moved her hooves in a way that screamed “Non-threatening” and “Stay calm.” After about a half an hour of poking and prodding she turned to Twilight who was busy floating a feather quill around her 40th piece of paper. She nuzzled my shoulder and used one of her forelegs to gently rub the nap of my neck. Twilight looked up as Fluttershy spoke.

“I've given him a full physical examination. He seems to be an omnivore, so you’ll need to make sure he receives a varied diet.” she said with confidence. “Exactly how varied it is, I can’t say for sure. I recommend that you prepare samples of several different foods and allow him to find what is suitable for him through instinct. I can make you a list of foods to try.” She shifted and directed me to lie against her side as she continued various techniques to soothe me.

“Ok.” said Twilight. “Can you tell if he would be safe to have among other ponies?” asked Twilight. Ponies, is that what they call themselves? Trippy. I thought.

“Oh yes.” Responded Fluttershy as she stroked my back with one of her wings. Why can’t I be Fluttershys pet? I’d gladly stay here! “His eyes are not those of a predator and his canines would likely break if he tried to pierce a ponys hide. I’ve never encountered a creature so fragile before.” Fragile? I’m not fragile. I’m even in pretty good shape.

“What do you mean by fragile? asked Twilight. “Is he sick or injured?”

“No, he is just very soft.” At Twilights confused look, Fluttershy continued. “His bone density is very low, the same with his muscles and other tissues. He’s quite light and even softer than Angel Bunny.”

“Great, his species must be a snack for the predators of his world. No wonder he’s so skittish. I summoned the extra dimensional equivalent of a squirrel.” Grumbled Twilight, followed by a sigh.

“I don’t believe so,” said Fluttershy. “He is far too intelligent to be a common prey animal. He may even be smarter than a chimpanzee.” The statement seemed to shock Twilight for a moment so Fluttershy continued. “He can understand even complex direction as well as any pony. Most of my animals require blunt direction in addition to physical involvement to understand what he did with just body language and simple hoof gestures.” Oh crap! I messed up! I am so screwed!

“That... shouldn’t be possible.” said Twilight as she paced back and forth in front of us. “The spell had strict intelligence limits in place. He can’t be that smart. He tried to make a nest out of my books for Celestias sake!” exclaimed Twilight. She then pointed a hoof at me. “What are you?! Are you smart, or are you dumb?!” I shrank away from her. Her mane was beginning to frizz and her eyes were twitching. I could practically hear myself exploding already. Dear Lord, if you can hear me in this far away place-

“Twilight Sparkle!” chastised Fluttershy in a voice that dripped with a mother’s disapproval. “I am ashamed at you, can’t you see you are scaring the poor dear? You calm down this instant and apologize!” Twilight cowed immediately and I was left very confused. I thought Fluttershy was the subservient one.

“I-I’m sorry.” said Twilight to the ground at Fluttershys hooves.

“Not to me.” responded Fluttershy curtly.

Twilight glanced in my direction causing me to shy away a bit. She sighed and said, “I’m sorry Eny”

I guess Spikes nick name is what stuck. I thought as I tried to figure what I needed to do next. Luckily Fluttershy stepped in again.

“I don’t think he understands us Twilight, he probably knows you are talking to him, but he doesn’t know what you are saying. Try petting him a bit, it seems to calm him, so it will let him know you aren’t mad anymore.”

Twilight slowly reached out a hoof and none too lightly, patted a hard hoof against my skull.

I woke up for the third time in recent memory alone inside the windowless room. I had a splitting headache and a bandage wrapped around my head concealing a small bump. It looked as though the ponies had made a small nest with the blanket and pillows and placed me inside it. I looked around the room and saw my water bowl had been re-filled. Now, I also had a large sectioned off tray next to it with little piles of what looked like mostly food in each section. My stomach rumbled fiercely and I took the hint that it might be hungry.

I walked over to the tray and had a look inside. Most of it was full of various fruits, some of which I recognized. There were several sections with vegetables as well. I saw some unprocessed grains and grasses along with flowers and a few kinds of nuts. What got my attention though, were the two sections that had meat. The first almost resembled a small raw steak, but it was too purple and smelled nothing like beef. The fact it had a green bone also pushed me to shy away from it. The second meat was a small whole fish. I have no problem with sushi, but that fish is cleaned and prepared. There was no way I could make the fish appetizing with only my bare hands. My decisions made, I grabbed any fruit I recognized, along with some of the vegetables and nuts, and then I headed to my bed. My stomach let out another growl as I raised a delicious looking red apple to my lips and bit down with enthusiasm… I then yelled out in manly pain.

Twilight and Spike came running through the door as I rolled around on the ground cupping my throbbing jaw and aching teeth. Twilight looked around frantically obviously trying to figure out what happened, while Spike alternated between reaching out to me, pulling back away from me and looking lost. Twilight looked at the apple as I harmlessly rolled over it. She then took hold of it with her magic and brought it up to her face to examine the slight teeth shaped indents in its skin.

I heard an audible click from inside her skull just before she exclaimed, “Of course, our foods are too hard for him! Oh no!” I then felt a surge of what felt like slightly charged water wash over me, as Twilight lifted me in her magic. She gently pulled my hands away from my mouth, pulled it open and peered inside.

“Well, he isn’t bleeding, but it looks like he chipped several of his front teeth.” stated Twilight. Her horn started to grow a little brighter and I felt small pieces of something shift around in my mouth. Then I felt as though a bunch of little pieces slid into place in my teeth and the pain subsided. She set me down and all I could do was stare at her like a fool. I suddenly had the urge to give her the biggest hug ever, and I would have had too, if I hadn’t slipped on a scattering of grapes and brained myself on the small desk.

As my vision blurred and went black, I wondered how common head trauma was going to be for me here.

Author's Note

Sorry for taking so long to get this out. The day after I posted Chapter one, life decided to slap me silly.

On another note, I find it easiest to edit these chapters on my computer, but it seems when I copy them over all formatting is lost and punctuation marks sometimes disappear. I tried to fix it up the best I could, but if you see an obvious errors feel free to let me know. :)

Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful day. :)