Chapter 3: starting over
(Daniel POV)

I slowly opened my eyes after I was able to get some good sleep. I have to give it to these ponies, I never slept that soundly in so many years. I rose up from my bed and stretched with a loud yawn. I then realized I wasn't feeling any pain anymore, if anything I felt the best I’d had in years. I tore off the bandage from my head and felt my skin. I was shocked with how my wound was healed and there wasn’t even a scar! How in the world did I recover so quickly? It should've taken me at least six or eight days for my wounds to completely heal and even then It’d still show scarring, but somehow I recovered in only three days. I didn't know what kind of ointment or medicine they used on me to heal my wounds so quickly, but I have to hand it to them, I was very impressed by their skills in the medical field.

I swung my body to the side of the bed and lift myself off it, receiving the sounds of my back being popped a few times as I stretched it. I sighed, feeling my body flowing with energy again. My stomach no longer hurt, nor my bad arm. As I continued to marvel at the healthy state of my body, I heard the door open again and saw Nurse Redheart walking in.

She smiled and said, "Good morning Daniel. Did you sleep well?"

I smiled and replied, "I did. Best sleep I've ever had in many years."

"I'm glad to hear that." Red Heart replied as she continued smiling at me, gesturing for me to look at what was in her possession. I realized she was holding my bag and sword, "Here's your stuff, as promised."

I took my belongings back from her, relieved they were back in my possession. I opened my bag just to be sure everything was here. My books, Iphone, laptop... yep everything was here, and nothing appeared to have been tampered with.

I placed my bag and my sword off to the side for the moment. I still wanted to know how they were able to heal me quickly. So, I asked, "Miss Red Heart, I was wondering, how did you and the doctors here in the hospital make it possible for me to recover so quickly? Normally, it would take at least a week for wounds like mine to heal?"

"Oh, simple dear, we used a combination of medicine and magic to heal you." She replied.

Magic? I snickered a few times before asking, "You're joking right? I mean, I could believe the medicine part, but magic?"

She arched a brow at me, "I'm not joking dear. Magic was an important factor for healing you quickly."

Well, I guess they could’ve used magic on me, considering I saw Twilight fire a beam of lavender energy yesterday. I don’t know how else she could’ve performed such an act, and lets not forget the fact I was surrounded by fairytale land. I guess I'll take her word for it. "Alright I believe you. It's just magic doesn't exist in my world, just like the majority of the creatures I’ve seen around here."

She looked at me with shock and asked me, "Really? Then how do you and your race survive?"

"Simple, we develop new and improved technology." I answered.

"Oh, so what kind of technology to humans have? It must be advanced so you could control the weather without magic." Red Heart asked.

Though I was still somewhat surprised by the existence of magic, but I still had no idea what their state of technological advancements was like.

"What kind of technology do you ponies have developed?" I asked curiously.

"Well, recently a company released this new phone that we are able to use without a landline called a p-phone. They also have p-pods for listening to music." Red Heart explained.

I snickered under my breath at the almost identical names there biggest brand name phones and MP3 players had with ones back on Earth. "P-Phones and P-Pods?" I asked in disbelief.

"Short for pony-phones and pony-pods, they allow us to call each other, play music and text." Red Heart explained. “But if you want a more in depth and broad look into our technological advancements, I’m sure Twilight would love to fill you in.”

At least I won’t have to worry about medieval era technology or anything. If I’m stuck in this world it seems I won’t have too many adjustments to make. While me and Nurse Redheart continued idly chatting, I heard the door open again and saw Twilight and the others walk in.

"Morning Daniel, how are you feeling?" Twilight asked me, grabbing a seat beside my bed.

"Doing well, and feeling a lot better now." I responded with a smile.

"Glad you're doing well." Twilight said. After hearing about my improved condition, everyone seemed to have bigger smiles.

Rarity walked up to me and handed me my clothing, "Here you are darling."

"I appreciate this Rarity, thank you." I thanked. It was neatly folded and looked like it was mended a little as well. “Did you patch them up as well?”

"Indeed, it was the least I could do after previous events. We can’t have you walking around looking like that." She stated with a genuine smile.

I smiled a little, but frowned a second later. I then told them, "I also want to apologize to all of you about how I acted a couple days ago. I should’ve tried harder to reason with you, instead I gave in to Rainbow Dash’s intimidation. I let my anger get a hold of me to easily, and I’m sorry for that." As I was saying my apology I had begun to look at the ground with my head hanging a little, but once it was said and done, I raised my head up to look back at Twilight and her friends.

As I looked at all of their expressions, they had nothing but understanding and forgiveness on their faces. "It's alright Daniel. It's mostly our fault this happened, but thats in the past, now we have a chance to have a great friendship." Twilight said with a smile, and her friends all nodded happily in response.

I smiled and nodded, grateful that the unfortunate events from before would be behind us all.

"Alright Everypony, let's leave so Daniel can change into his clothing. Once thats done, he'll sign out of the hospital and he can leave." Red heart said to the girls, shooing them towards the door.

They all nodded and left with Nurse Redheart following, closing the door behind them.

Once they were gone, I took off my hospital gown, throwing it on the bed. When I began putting on my clothing, I noticed they had a tropical aroma to them, with a hint of coconuts. Guess Rarity outdid herself with cleaning my clothing. I put on my pants, zipped ‘em up, put my gloves on and lastly my leather jacket. Man, it feels good to be wearing my own clothes on. I smiled and placed my hand over my chest, but I realized something was missing. My heart skipped a beat and I frowned at what was missing….my mothers pendant. I was still a little mad at Rainbow for what she did to it, but I wouldn’t fight with her about it. I’d forgiven her, and though it hurts to no longer have that special gift, I would survive without it. She would always be in my memories and heart.

I sighed sadly, threw my bag on my back, placed my sword on my hip and walked out of the room. I saw Nurse Redheart and another pony talking to each other just a couple feet away from my room. The other pony appeared to be a stallion, he wore a doctor’s uniform, had coffee colored fur, dark brown mane and tail and had an hourglass mark on his arm.

He turned and saw me as I exited my room, "Oh, glad to see you up. My name is Doctor Whooves." He reached out a hand which I gave a firm shake.

“Nice to meet you doc,” I said with an appreciative smile, “thanks for helping me recover.”

Dr. Whooves gave a healthy chuckle at my thanks, “No thanks is necessary Daniel! Now enough chit chat, we need to get you to sign some short paper work for the hospital.”

Red heart walked up to me and handed me a clipboard with various sheets of paper requiring my signatures. “Not only is there the normal paperwork for you to sign before you can leave, but there is also additional paperwork so we can have a record on your allergies and family health problems, etcetera, etcetera.” As Nurse Redheart explained all of the different paperwork to me, she expertly pointed out everything I’d need to fill out or keep a copy of.

I forced a smile at them, trying to cover the sadness I held from my thought just a few moments ago. I took the pen, signed my name where needed, filled out the other medical forms and said my goodbyes to them.

Once I’d said my farewells, I made my way towards the hospitals main lobby. When I finally pushed through a set of doors and entered it, I saw Twilight and the others sitting on some benches, talking to one another. I sighed and walked over to them and said, "Hey girls."

They all stopped talking and looked up at me, while smiling. "Glad to see you out of there finally. Feeling better?" Twilight asked.

“Much better.” I said with a genuine smile, though my voice still sounded a little rough..

"You okay Daniel?" Applejack asked me, she’d obviously sensed something was still bothering me.

I forced a brighter smile, "Yeah, everythings fine." I’d talk to her some other time of my problems, but for the time being I couldn’t. But instead of having to awkwardly dodge AppleJack’s question, Twilight came to my rescue.

"Oh, before I forget, does this belong to you?" Twilight asked me. I looked at her and saw her horn glowing in a lavender aura. I then saw something hovering out of her pocket, gently floating towards me while being covered in the same lavender aura as Twilights horn. My eyes widened with so much shock and happiness to what I was seeing….it was my mothers pendant! Not only that, it was repaired, like it was never destroyed in the first place. I gently grabbed the pendant in my hands and looked at it for a second, until looking at Twilight.

"Where did you get this?" I asked still shocked.

"Well, after you ran back into the everfree forest, we found this pendant on the ground, shattered. I repaired it using my magic, and we saw a picture a young hairless creature like you in there, so I assumed it belonged to you." Twilight explained.

Twilight had no idea how happy I was with her for what she did. I thought I’d lost this pendant forever. Tears formed in my eyes, but these weren't tears of sorrow or sadness...no, these were tears of joy and happiness.

Twilight then walked up to me and placed her hand on my shoulder while I was crying.
"Daniel, what's-WOAH!"

I cut her off when I quickly brought her into a meaningful, caring and strong hug. I was so grateful for what she did for me. I sobbed a little while I spoke.

"You have no idea how grateful I am to you for doing this for me. Thank you so much." I whispered while I tightened the embrace.

I didn't know how long I was hugging Twilight for, but it didn't matter to me at the moment.

"Uh, Daniel, ya can let go of Twilight anytime now." I heard Applejack say.

I was snapped back into reality, still holding Twilight in a tight embrace. I quickly let go of her while I was blushing deeply. I saw that Twilight was blushing deeply as well from the act. I cleared my throat, trying to regain my composure. "Sorry, I was just happy for what you did."

"I-it's okay." Twilight said still blushing.

I heard some of the girls giggle a little bit at our expense, which only served to make Twilight blush even harder. I sighed happily and placed my mothers necklace back on my neck, happy it was back in its proper place.

"So it really does belong to you. It's a very nice pendant." I heard Twilight say.

I nodded and opened the pendant, revealing a picture of my mother and I, "This pendant belonged to my mother. She gave it to me a long time ago. I never take it off." I closed the pendant again and held it in my hand for a little longer before letting it freely hang from my neck.

"It's really beautiful darling. Your mother certainly has good taste with fashion and jewelry." Rarity said to me, admiring the pendant closely.

I smiled warmly at her by her sweet comment, "Thank you Rarity."

"Is your mother doing well?" Twilight asked.

My heart felt a jolt of pain at her memory but I held my composure. “Yeah, I’m sure she’s doing great where she is now.” I replied in a happy tone, though she is gone, I’m sure she’s happy wherever she is now.

The girls seemed happy to hear this as well, for they all simply smiled and nodded at me, turning their attention to the exit. We all started walking towards the exit of the hospital. While doing that, some of the girls asked me a few questions.

"I want to know Daniel, how intelligent is your race?" Twilight asked.

"Well, I’m guessing as intelligent as you ponies, I don’t know. From what Red Heart explained to me, you girls have some things called P-pods and P-phones." I explained.

"Yep, but we're still always creating new things and improving what we have now.. What kind of Technology do you and your race have?" Twilight asked interested.

"Well, there doesn’t seem to be not that much of a difference between our worlds and technological development. I’d have to see more of your world before I could say much. but I do have some things from my own world in my backpack." I explained to them.

Twilight's eyes widened, "Really!? Can you show us?" She asked enthusiastic.

I chuckled and nodded, "Of course." I dug my hand into the side of my backpack and pulled out my Iphone. As I did, Twilight, and the rest of the girls went wide eyed. Twilight immediately started looking at my Iphone with extreme interest, "Wow, I've never seen a P-pod like this before! Where is the keypad?" Twilight exclaimed looking at it.

I chuckled lightly at her reaction, "This is actually called an Iphone. This little piece of technology is basically like a phone, but it's also a music player as well. In other words, it's putting a P-pod and P-phone together. And it’s called a smartphone because not only can it do all that, It can also be used for other things, and it’s a touchscreen." I explained, while showing them how to unlock the phone, play music, or make a call.

"A phone that can also play music and a screen that’s manipulated by one’s touch!? That's amazing!" She said admiring my Iphone.

I smiled and rolled my eyes, "Well, remind me to go into a more indepth discussion on this device and other things from my world. Also I’ll tell you about my laptop then as well." As I turned my attention back to the girls, I noticed Twilight was writing down what I was saying plus her own little notes on a little piece of paper.

I smiled and chuckled at her. Man, never knew she would be so interested in my race. I had a lot more to tell them about, but I'm gonna save that for another time.

As Twilight finished taking the last of her notes, we reached the double doors of the hospitals main entrance and opened them.

I was blinded by the light at first, due to being out for two days. But I eventually adjusted to the light and saw I was in the same town as before.

"Well, even though you've been here before, but never got a proper welcome.." Twilight started, but trailed off as if waiting for something.

"WELCOME TO PONYVILLE DANIEL!" The girls all said in unison.

Well, better late than never on the greeting I suppose. I smiled, "Thank you girls,” I then gave a little chuckle as I joked, “glad I don’t have to deal with Rainbow’s fighting skills again!"

"Daniel!" Called out two boys.

Me, along with the girls, turned and saw Pipsqueak and Spike running up to us. I smiled and waved to them, "Spike, Pipsqueak, good to see ya!"

Pipsqueak lunged at me, and I caught him in my arms. Pipsqueak laughed, and I joined him in the laughter as well. I was happy to see the little guy, especially now that I was no longer in the hospital and could properly return the gesture.

Pipsqueak looked up at me and smiled, "I'm so glad you're out of the hospital! Are you feeling better?" Such a good kid he is. It’s really nice to see someone ask me if I was okay for a change and care about me.

I smiled and messed up his mane, "Feeling way better, little rascal. You doing okay?" Even though I was relieved that he’s better now, I’m still a tad worried about him and knowing if he was doing okay while I was in the hospital.

Pipsqueak nodded, "Yep. If you never came along, I would have been Timberwolf chow."

"Speaking of which, how were you able to fend off the Timberwolves Daniel?" Rainbow asked curiously, but then she got a smirk on her face from her next question. “Seems that if you could take on Timberwolves you should’ve given the girls and I a harder fight!” She lightly punched me in the shoulder after that.

I smiled and placed Pipsqueak down, "Well, I was more worried of really hurting you girls unlike those creatures. If I was determined to hurt any of you, I’d have used my training from my grandfather to use this sword against you. And that’s what I did against the wolves." I explained as I directed them to the sword sheathed on my hip.

Rainbow raised an eyebrow at me, “You have a sword and training to use it effectively yet you chose to fight me without it? You got some balls!”

I laughed a little at Rainbow’s last comment. “I’m flattered, but I wasn’t too worried about fighting you without my sword. My grandfather had also taught me Karate, a forms of martial arts, so I could easily rely on that without risking serious injury to you.” I smiled even bigger as I looked at Rainbow. “If it wasn’t for that training, I might have lost a future friend.”

Rainbow returned the smile, but then asked in a surprised, but happy tone."You know Karate?"

I nodded, "Yep. I mastered karate when I became ten, becoming a Black Belt Judan." Judan is a higher class of Karate. Training through it was not an easy task for me, however the results were amazingly high when I reached the level of a Judan black belt.

Rainbows eyes widened in disbelief, "When you were ten you became a Judan?! I’m only a Hachidan level Black Belt! When did you start doing karate?" She’s a Hachidan black belt? Wow, no wonder why she was really good at Karate.

I crossed my arms and shrugged, "I started at the age of six." I plainly answered. My answer made Rainbow and the others jaws drop, "What?"

"That's crazy! Somepony mastering karate that young is insane!" Rainbow blurted out.

I shrugged, "It was hard training to become a Judan, but my grandfather used to be a master of his own dojo, so he was highly qualified to teach me. After I mastered karate, he took it upon himself to teach me another fighting style and taught me MMA." I explained.

"MMA?" Rainbow asked, obviously confused by the acronym.

"Short for Mixed Martial Arts. The lessons were a whole new concept to me, and it took longer for me to master it." I explained further.

"How long?" Rainbow asked.

"Around six years. Two years longer than karate." I answered.

"That's cool! You have to show me your moves when we spar again." Rainbow said enthusiastically throwing punches in the air.

She wants to learn from me? However surprising it is that Rainbow would want to learn MMA and Karate from me, I had nothing against it. I’d actually enjoy to have a sparring partner to hone my skills, I could use it if my fight with Rainbow had anything to say… “Well Rainbow I’d love to show you a thing or two! Just know that I won’t go easy on you, my grandfather never did with me.” I answered her with a serious tone.

"Heh, no problem. I can handle it." Rainbow grinned, but then it grew even cockeir with her next question. “Especially if the next fight was as easy as the first!” Oh, you don’t even know half of what I’m capable of when it comes to Karate and MMA Rainbow.

We'll see about that Rainbow. You'll be learning from my experience of MMA. I returned her cocky grin with one of my own. “Well this time Rainbow I’ll be adapted to your ability of flight, also I’ll be less worried about what kind of a beating you can take.”

We both shared a good laugh after that. It was good to have that issue behind us and being able to joke about it.

"By the way Daniel, how long have you did you train to wield that sword?" Twilight asked me.

I looked back at her and smiled, "I’ve trained for at least three years to wield it, but have a long way to go before I master it. According to my grandfather, our family’s ancestors were Samurai. And over the generations sense, their training has been passed down our family to all men, which is why he trained me."

"Samurai?" Twilight asked.

"Samurai are warriors from a time period in human history that were known to be extremely honorable and loyal. Not only that, but they were highly trained and skilled fighters, making them a deadly opponent. The ways of the Samurai have been passed down for centuries in my grandfathers family. He passed down his skills to me when he grew too old." I explained.

"So you're a knight in shining armor?" Rarity asked me while her blue eyes sparkled.

I shrugged, "I guess you can say that, from what I had seen, their armor was pretty cool."

"At long last, my knight in shining armor has come." Rarity swooned.

"Huh!?" I was completely surprised by this sudden change in Rarity’s view of me. I was flattered that she thought I was anything close to a knight in shining armor but I didn’t think I was..

"Great another Blueblood moment." Rainbow said rolling her eyes.

Rarity tensed and glared at Rainbow, "Blueblood treated me unladylike at the Grand Galloping Gala! I’m certain Daniel is different from him!" Rarity said to her tomboyish friend.

Blueblood? Who the hell is Blueblood? And what's a Grand Galloping Gala? "Girls please, there is no reason to start a fight here. And Rarity, I’m flattered you’d hold me up so high in your eyes, but I’m far from that." I said trying to keep them from going any further.

But before any of them could say anything, we heard a voice from somewhere above, "WATCH OUT BELOW!"

I looked up, searching for the source of the voice and saw a grey furred girl with a golden mane and wings falling to the ground at a fast speed. I quickly dropped my bag and sword and bursted forward to the girl. When I got close enough, I lunged my body forward, twisted my body, and held my arms out to catch her.

She collided into my chest and the two of us landed on the ground and skid a good few feet, making my back feel terrible, but at least I’d cushioned her fall.

I groaned as I lifted my head up to check on the girl. She was wearing a mailwomen, or rather a mailmare uniform, had a golden mane, tail, grey fur, and had a tattoo of bubbles on her arm. She lifted her head up and opened her eyes. Her eyes were golden like her mane and tail, but what surprised me was that her eyes were a little crooked, unable to focus on the same thing. She then looked at me and her eyes then went wide.

I smiled at her, "Are you alright Miss?"

She rubbed her head a little and answered, "Y-yes. Thank you Mister."

"Daniel!" I looked back and saw Twilight and the others running towards me and the girl, "Are you alright?" Twilight asked me.

I nodded, "Yeah, everythings cool." I answered.

Twilight then turned her attention to the girl, "Derpy, you have to be more careful next time." She said in a soft, but firm voice.

Wait...this girls name is Derpy!? I snorted softly, preventing myself from laughing at the irony, wanting not to hurt her feelings. I lifted her off of me and we both stood up, dusting ourselves off.

"Sorry Twilight. I was just flying, but then I saw him, and I just lost control and started falling." Derpy explained while keeping her gaze locked onto the ground.

"How can you just fall all of a sudden?" I asked her. It didn’t make sense how she can just fall all of a sudden. Wait, could it be her...

She looked at me and frowned, "It's because of my eyes. They've been like this ever since I was born. Many of the ponies make fun of me because of them, because of how they just look or how it makes me so clumsy." As she finished her little explanation, Derpy’s shoulders sank lower and her ears were flat against her head. It was obvious she was hurt from the constant experience.

My heart shattered at seeing this mare so sad from remembering how many treat her. Not only did it sadden me but it made me remember of how I felt around school when I was younger.. I walked up to her and gently pulled her into a warm hug, which made her gasp in surprise, "W-what are you doing?"

I said nothing for the first few seconds, until I tightened my embrace a little and spoke, "I'm so sorry you have to go through that kind of pain Derpy. Being different from someone-"

"Somepony!" Pinkie blurted out her correction.

"Shh! Pinkie!" Twilight shushed.

Thank you Twilight, "Somepony sometimes makes others treat them differently. It’s a sad thing when it happens, but it can’t always be prevented But you can’t let them get to you." I said to her.

“What do you mean?” Derpy quietly asked. I could hear the doubt in her voice.

I remained quiet for a few seconds, until I spoke again, "Like you...I was bullied back from where I'm from. Many of the people around me from my world saw me as a weakling, because I held something dear to my heart. They didn’t like the fact that I cared so much for something, and because I was different than them in this aspect, I became their target." I pulled away and looked into her eyes, "I know what it's like to be bullied and feel abandoned sometimes, but I can tell you have a strong heart Derpy. You shouldn’t let what others think of you get into your head so easily. Just worry about you, don’t let others thoughts ruin who you are.." I then smiled at her, "Also, don't listen to those who think you're a klutz because of your eyes. I believe your eyes are very beautiful."

She gasped in shock, as a bright blush began to appear on her cheeks. "R-really? You think My eyes are beautiful?"

I nodded and smiled warmly at her. "I do. They're the most beautiful golden eyes I've ever seen."

Derpy's lower lip quivered and her golden eyes were filled with tears, almost reaching her peak. She couldn't take it anymore. She then lunged back into me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders tightly, and started to cry a little. It tore me a little to see her like this. I couldn’t believe that so many ponies would make fun of her because of her beautiful eyes.

I gently wrapped my arms around her again and returned the hug. "Feel better?

Derpy let go of me and pulled away, smiling. "Yes. Thank you so much, It’s been awhile since I heard a guy say something so sweet like that to me. You're the most sweetest pony I've ever met."

I chucked a little, "Actually, I'm a human. My name is Daniel by the way."

Derpy went wide eyed, "You're a human?"

I nodded, "Yep. In the flesh."

"I can't believe it. I thought humans were just some ponytail." She said in disbelief.

"Well, guess legends and tales can become reality at the right time." I replied smiling.

Derpy smiled, "I guess so, well I have to get back to work, thanks again Daniel. Will I see you around?" She asked while she flapped her wings, getting ready to take off again.

"Of course. I would love to see you again real soon." I replied smiling.

Derpy smiled back, "Great, see you later Daniel!." She then took off and made her way to her next delivery.

I sighed happily, glad that I was able to make somepony’s day better, especially in Derpy’s case.. I turned back to the girls, who were looking at me with big smiles on their faces. "You all okay?"

Twilight was the first to speak, "Yes, we're just so happy with how you just treated Derpy. What you said to her means a lot to her, it’s not every day she has a guy compliment her eyes." I was glad I helped her any way I can. It pained me a little to see ponies different from others and make fun of them.

"Ya made her day with yer words, and ah can tell those words ya spoke were truly honest. Ah'm impressed Daniel." Applejack said to me while smiling.

"That was really fabulous for what you did for Derpy Darling. She has been through so much, and you're one of the first ponies..or humans in this case to really help her." Rarity said while wiping the last of some tears she had in her eyes.

"I was only doing what I thought was best for her, she seemed like she was really hurt inside from what others have said about her eyes. I couldn’t just stand there and not do anything, I’d do anything to make sure she or others like her are happy." I explained.

"Well, you truly helped somepony out today." Twilight said smiling. My second time here in this town, and I already helped somepony out. It warmed me dearly.

I smiled back. For the first time in my life, I was able to help a person out..or pony in this case. It felt amazing, and I knew my mother would be very proud of me. I then realized some of the ponies around us were giving me strange looks. "Uuuh, Twilight?"

Twilight saw what I was looking at, “Don’t worry, we’ve talked with most of the ponies in town. You’ll still be strange for them to get used to but they know you aren’t dangerous or anything.”

Before I could reply to Twilight, a green mint blur hit me out of nowhere, making me roll and slide against the ground. I groaned as I opened my eyes and saw that a green mint unicorn with gold eyes like Derpy was on top of me. She was wearing a green shirt and blue pants and had the biggest smile I’d ever seen.

"I knew it! I knew humans exist!" She said cheerfully.

"Huh?" Was all that came out of my mouth. Who was this pony?

"It's all here. No fur, hair on the head, no tail, has feet instead of hooves, and has a small nose. It all fits what I studied on, and now I'm seeing a real human in person!" She exclaimed happily.

Yeesh, this mare is acting like a little filly getting her favorite toy for Christmas. "Umm, can you get off of me please?" I asked politely.

"Oh, right, sorry." She said as she got off of me, which I was grateful for.

I got up and dusted the dirt off my pants, "It's cool. Not the first time I had a body collide with me today."

"Alright. By the way, my name is Lyra Heartstrings." She greeted with a little wave.

So this is the mare Spike told me about... "So you're the mare that knows about my race, correct?" I asked her. I’m still quite surprised that somepony like her knows about my race.

She grinned ear to ear and nodded happily, "Yep. I've been studying about the human race ever since I was a filly. I've been eager to meet a real human in the flesh, because everypony thought I was crazy since humans don't exist." She explained to me. Some of the ponies thought she was crazy because they thought my race did not exist? Man, that must have been rough for her. Well, at least now they won’t think she’s crazy anymore because there’s a human now.

I smiled and shook my head. A lot of little girls and boys back at my world believed in unicorns and dragons when they were young, but to hold onto it after childhood..."Hehe, well, if a little girl or boy back from my world came here and discovered Unicorns and dragons exist, they would go crazy." I chuckled at the thought.

"Daniel!" I looked back and saw the group running up to me once more as I made contact with the ground for the second time today.

"You okay?" Twilight asked as she and the others made it to Lyra and I.

"Yeah, everything is alright." I answered.

Twilight then turned her attention to Lyra, "Lyra, that was very rude of you, pouncing on Daniel like that. He's been through a lot since he came here. Apologize to him." She said in a firm voice.

Lyra looked back at me, while frowning and bowed her head to me, "I'm really sorry Daniel. I got too carried away."

I smiled and placed my hand on her shoulder, making her look up at me, "Like I said already, everything is cool. No on-pony got hurt." Glad I used the right grammar there.

Lyra smiled at me, "Thank you Daniel."

I nodded, and then turned to Twilight, "So Twilight, where are we heading? I’d like to know before another mare crashes into me."

"We’re heading over to the library, I have some questions for you to answer before we do anything else." She answered smiling at me. I guess answering some of her questions should be fine, as long as I’m comfortable answering them that is.

"Let me come too. I want to know more about your race." Lyra asked pleadingly.

"I don't see why not?" I said as I walked over and grabbed my bag and sword from where I’d left them before. As the old saying goes in my mind, the more the merrier.

"Great! Thank you." Lyra said while bouncing up and down in excitement.

I only chuckled and shook my head. This world is getting more and more interesting.

"Let's go everypony." Twilight said as Lyra, the others, and I followed her to the library. Things were really turning around my life. I actually like it here in this world.

As we made our way to the library, I could still see everyponies looks they were giving me. They may no longer be scared or worried about me, but I still weirded them out from just being there. As my attention drifted away from the girls and the other ponies around us, I began to ponder how different this world must be from my own. But there was only one way to find out...

Author's Note

Special thanks to The Great Reader for the editing.