The Town of Ponyville

He had already taken off the last of the bandages as he exited the hospital, " It feels good to be free" Axel said while stretching. He turned his head to see the six mares who he had instantly warmed up to, exiting the same doors he just came out of. He didn't know why, but something inside of him told him that these mares were alright in his book, if he even had a book. He then turned back around and looking at the town the hospital resided within, and as he looked he took in his surroundings. " Hmm so this is Ponyville, It's colorful, I'll certainly give it that, " he turned his head back to look a the girls only to see a face full of Pinkie Pie. " Whoa!!! " he fell over from the sudden close-up of Ponyville's favorite party pony.

She eyed him curiously, but kept her usual smile plastered onto her face at the same time, " What are you doing on the ground silly? " she asked while she bounced around him. Her actions left a very confused look on his face, " Oh don't give me that look, everypony who's new here deserves a party for moving to the bestest place in all of Equestria!!! " Pinkie chimed. To say she had a mile long grin was an understatement, she had the widest of smiles on her face, " Not only are you the newest to be staying in Ponyville, you're also my newest best friend!!", she pulled him into a big bear hug, making his eyes go wide from the sudden pressure put on his bruised back, that and the lack of air he as getting due to the hug.

His eyes stayed wide as he tried to escape the death grip, " Choking....not...breathing!". It took all of the other five members to pry her off of him. He took a few moments to catch his breath then looked at the hyper pony, " A..party huh, I don't think I've ever had one, not that I could even remember", he said with a sheepish smile while he rubbed the back of his head with his hoof, he was expecting her to say something among the lines of, "well we should go ahead and get started then", instead he got an incredible large gasp and a torrent of words.

" Never had a party?!?! No no no no no, I won't stand for this, nopony that's my best friend will go partiless! I Pinkie promise that your party will be the best I've ever planned", she made the motions of a Pinkie promise and recited the phrase, " Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye", and with that Pinkie Pie was gone in A flash, already thinking up as many ideas as she can for his party.

The look on his face was a combination of confusion and slight happiness, on one hoof he confused as to in his words " what the hell was going on", and on the other he was happy that somepony was taking their time to plan a party for him. A party, something that although he doesn't remember, he's sure that he's never had one before, his expression turned to a smile as he started to walk towards town only to walk into a purple see through wall. " The hell? where did this come from", he poked it curiously before getting A strong "ahem" from Twilight.

Twilight looked at him sternly before softening her expression, " Sorry about that It's just, where exactly do you plan on going, I mean you don't exactly know the surroundings and you've got no where to go", he pondered the thought silently, placing his hoof on his chin. Again Twilight caught his attention with a strong "ahem", " If you'd like we can fill you in about Ponyville and-", she was quickly cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"And if you'd like you could stay with one of us we wouldn't mind" she stated in a hasty and embarrassed tone.

After giving Rainbow A disapproving look Twilight turned her head to Axel, " Yes what Rainbow said, we'd be happy to help a friend in need, on one condition" he nodded accepting it, " The condition is we want you to show us your cutie mark and tell us anything at all that you might remember, even the slightest details will do" she stated with a smile.

" The smallest details huh" he questioned, he took a few moments to look through his strung out thoughts getting the occasional sudden memory. He looked at them after sorting things out, " I come from A village in the center of A dangerous desert, I don't remember the name of it or much about it, I remember a tall mare, taller than any of you...my mother, I think", he proceeded to lift his coat up and show them his cutie mark, it was a flame burning as hot as can be with a sword stabbed through the center of it. He himself stared at the mark before another memory hit him.

He heard the mare's voice again, his mother's voice. The memory showed him and his mother, whose face was still unclear to him, sitting by a small pond talking, " You need to be more careful Axel alright", she softly rubbed his head while he eyed the bandage on his front right leg, " I know you're excited about it being your's when the time is ready, but you need to remember It's not a toy". Sitting next to them was a large Object, it towered over the foal, leaving A shadow the would intimidate most his size.

"I'm sorry mama, It's just that when I get the sword I'm gonna be the best swordspony there ever was", his proud statement made his mother chuckle as he eyed the blade which he could clearly see now.

" I'm sure you will sweetie just be careful ok, we don't need another incident like with your eye, OK?", She pulled him into a caring hug while getting a nod from him at the same time.

The memory faded as he shook it off, opening his eyes to five mares who were staring at him, waiting for him to tell them what he was remembering. His eyes shot open wider at the sudden realization the memory gave him, " My sword!!!" he bolted off into Ponyville looking for the blade from his memories, of which he was sure it was with him at all times.

Twilight's eyes also shot wide open at his panic filled outburst and his sudden leaving, " Girls whatever he's talking about we need to help him find it and i think i know where to look, Rainbow Dash take to the skies and keep a close eye on him". Rainbow Dash responded with a hesitant nod as she took off after him, " Girls hang on tight", they each placed their hooves on her and in a flash they were at the scene of where Axel had been last night, only to find ponies circled around the mysterious blade. Twilight's eyes widened and her mouth fell open at the sight of the weapon, never before had she seen anything like it, the sheer size alone made it hard to believe it belonged to anypony, It stood a around the same height as Princess Celestia herself, perhaps even bigger, and the size of width of the blade also made her think that it wasn't a simple sword made for fighting but a tool made for hunting beast like hydra and other deadly creatures.

Applejack had a similar reaction to Twilight, " Sweet mother of Celestia that sucker is huge, I'll admit that Axel looks strong but how the hay does anypony lift something that big?!", she couldn't help but stare at the blade, it looked as if some of the townsponies had tried to remove it from the ground, but to no avail.

The more Twilight eyed it the more curious she got about what kind of pony Axel was, she started to get close to it when she heard a commotion. Axel was speeding through Ponyville going as fast as he could, every time he he made a turn he skid across the ground, tearing it apart, " Almost there!!" Axel said in a hasty tone as he sped off as fast as his legs would let him, unaware of Rainbow Dash's eyes in the sky. She marveled at how fast he was going, even for a pony without wings he still ran a bit faster than the average pony, even faster than Applejack now that she thought of it. Axel saw the crowd around his sword and took off faster than before, pushing his still injured body to it's limits, " Make way!!!!!!" he shouted as he ran at the crowd, he hadn't waited for them to move, instead he leaped clean over it clearing it and skidding across the ground in front of his beloved blade.

It wasn't the sight of him making a leap of that size that made Rainbow Dash surprised and impressed, she had seen other ponies make similar physical feats, it was the fact that he wasn't fully recovered and still had the stamina to perform the jump, " This guy is something else. The next sight not only made Rainbow Dash's jaw drop, It made the jaws drop of everpony who was circled around the blade, Axel had stood on his hind legs, took the handle of the sword in his mouth, then pulled the colossal blade from the ground and held it in his mouth as if it were a stick. Everypony was silent until they saw Rainbow Dash land next to him and start to speak, " You just lifted that thing out of the ground like it was nothing, that..that is so cool!!!", Rainbow dash quickly covered her mouth and then put a sheepish grin on her face in attempting to cover up her compliment.

Axel was slightly confused about their shocked looks, " Whats the big deal, It's my sword " he places it on his back so it's easier to speak, " From what my memories told me...my mom gave it to me, and if your all scared of it I'll keep it on my back, I don't want to feel like a threat" he slowly rubbed the back of his head as he heard whispers among the crowd before getting nods of approval and smiles of acceptance. He smiled to their reaction and said something to himself, "That was easier than i thought, I guess this is the town for me., He turned to the still somewhat shocked Twilight, " I'll try and find an explanation in my thoughts when we get somewhere right now I just want to rest", he said while slumping over.

A facehoof was all Twilight could do at the sight of the stallion who, just seconds ago leaped over an entire crowd with an injured body, but now he looks like he could fall asleep at any moment, " Alright alright, we'll head to the library we can discuss things there, just get off the ground", she quickly became impatient and used her magic to lift him into the air. " I'm sorry if I'm being pushy but I, like you just want some sleep and the sooner we get this done the sooner we can both get some rest" with this she and Axel, along with the other four went to the library.

Once inside Axel couldn't help but marvel at how many books there were more than he expected, despite having amnesia he still knew basic things, like what a library was as well as other things, " I was surprised to see that the library was really a big tree, now I'm surprised by just how many books you got here" his eyes wandered around the room as he took in his new surroundings.

Rainbow Dash chimed in as he was looking around, " Yeah shes a bit of an egghead, but she grows on you" Rainbow Dash said, putting her leg around around Twilight and rubbing her head with her hoof. " Also why are we here when we could be out showing him the town, this place is boring anyways", Twilight could tell Rainbow Dash wasn't being herself but she couldn't figure out why.

" Anyway" Twilight said trying to break the awkward moment, " I brought you here to see if you could or couldn't remember anything else, staring at your cutie mark made you remember...that" she motioned towards his sword. She used her magic to pull some books from the shelves and started to skim through them, " I was thinking maybe something else you liked in the past might be able to trigger your memories, like with the apples and with your sword there, It's a valid theory that it would work, the only problem is figuring out what exactly you liked".

She heard snickering behind her and saw Rainbow Dash and Axel laughing, " Sorry I was just telling him that books definitely aren't one of his favorite things" Rainbow Dash said before laughing again.

Rolling her eyes, Twilight returnws to what she was saying, " As I was saying before somepony interrupted me, I was going to suggest that he do certain task around Ponyville till he found something that reminded him of who he is", she turned to Applejack, " My first suggestion, working at Sweet Apple Acres, you seem to be physically capable of it and maybe if you like it there you'll have a temporary place to stay, what do you say Applejack", Twilight said, waiting for a reply.

The reply came, just not as soon as Twilight had hoped. Applejack stood there for a good bit before answering, " Ah..ah guess ah could, ah mean if yer any good at hard work then it'd be the perfect place for ya, and ah suppose ya could use the guest room upstairs if it means helpin' out a friend" she said in a nervous tone, from having the spotlight put on her so suddenly.

Axel's face grew a big grin to her answer, " You can count on me, whatever it is that you need just say it ".

The look on Applejack's face went from nervous to impressed, she liked this colts determination, "He's willin to work for ponies hes never met before and he acts like it's an everyday thing, I think i like this feller. " Well then i think you'll fit in just fine, we could use another strong worker, my brother can only do so much on his own, It'll be a good thing that ya will be workin there", she could see him literally beaming with excitement, cause his horn was glowing like crazy.

Twilight's eyes grew wide at the sight, " Um Axel? could you calm down, your about to fire off another magic blast like in the hospital", her curiosity had reached it's peak, she wanted to ask him why hadn't he used any magic yet, "He acts like a foal whose never been trained in magic before, never once have I seen somepony so oblivious to magic, he even gets wide eyed when i use it . " Hey Axel why havn't you used any magic yet".

He grew a confused expression, " Magic?...you mean like what you were doing with the books?", she nods in response, " I don't know, maybe i forgot how...I guess i could try". Axel clenches his eyes shut tight;y and grits his teeth as he focuses attempting to cast spell, when suddenly another memory hits him.

"He heard a mares voice, but one different to his mother's, it sounded softer and more fragile. He saw himself as a younger colt standing next to a mare but he was unable make out who it is " Axel you need to be more careful, your magic is dangerous compared to others, you could really get hurt",

" Sorry, " the memory Axel said with a sheepish grin, " guess I got a bit carried away, I mean levitating items and all is cool but I wanna master this fire magic stuff your teaching me about. "

" Magic is not a toy Axel! You or somepony else could seriously get hurt. Now lets start practicing again, set that tree on fire, " she pointed her hoof at the dead tree in front of them.

His horn began glowing red, followed by sparks before finally firing a super-heated magic blast from his horn, burning the dead tree to ashes. The sudden strain was enough for him to fall over from exhaustion, " Can we eat now? We've been practicing for hours. "

The memory eventually faded, " I guess i do know how to do magic but I'd rather not do the advanced spell here", he clenched his eyes shut again focusing, followed by his horn beginning to glow as he picked a book up with it. " Hey I'm really doing it! I wonder what else I can do? " his enthusiasm brought a smile to Twilight's face, but before she could egg on his desire to learn more, she remembered that he's supposed to go with Applejack.

" Oh I almost forgot you and Applejack are supposed to be heading over to Sweet Apple Acres to see if working brings any memories back", Twilight said in a hasty tone.

Both his and Applejack's eyes shot wide open," Oh yeah we were supposed to go there, race you there Applejack!!!", with that he took off out the door.

Applejack took off after him, " Wait do ya even know where yer goin!!!" Twilight chuckled at the scene before getting hit in the shoulder by Rainbow Dash, who in turn started laughing.

Twilight rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "Well, at least he's having fun, today has been a long day after. "

Author's Note

Hey there bronies and pegasisters sorry if this chapter isn't as good as the last one I've kinda been off all day, headaches left and right. I promise that the next chapter will be better, Anyway I was wondering who should Axel be paired with, we already saw that Rainbow Dash is acting oddly around him but why, they just met? Anyway put in the comments who you think he should be paired with, till next time everyone.