I slowly open the door, expecting to see just a few ponies ready to meet me, and possibly some officials to welcome me to town. Boy was I surprised at what I really saw.

"AGH!" The second I open the door, I'm assaulted with flashes of light and the cheers of what looked like hundreds, maybe even thousands of ponies. The flashes of light are coming from what look like those old timey cameras you would find in an antique shop. That explains the flashes, but... how is the audience so large? At most the town of Ponyville appears to only be able to hold about a hundred or two residents, there are at least four or five times that number in attendance! The only explanation is that word somehow spread to nearby towns so quick enough for other civilians to make their way to Town Hall.

I slowly walk onto the stage, hand over my eyes to block the assault of light. A microphone is placed on a podium in the center of the stage that seems to be way too small for me to reach without bending down. I give Rainbow a nervous look, crowds have always been my worse fear, well that is until the dead began to eat people, but that's beside the point. My stomach begins to flip and my heart is desperately trying to escape from my chest. Rainbow sees what I'm getting at and takes charge.

Rainbow runs up the microphone and begins to introduce me.

"Fillies and gentlecolts!" Rainbow yells into the microphone. The terminology she used to greet the crowd almost make me chuckle enough to forget the unsettling feeling growing in my stomach. It gets to the point where I just can not hold it any more.

"Please welcome, Josh Cam-" Rainbow is cut off when she turns to point at me, only to see I'm no longer there. I sprint through Town Hall, desperate to find a bathroom. When I finally come across one I have no idea which I should enter. I can't tell the boy's room from the girl's room because of the pictures labeling the two. They look identical to me so I press my luck and enter the one on the right.

Looks like luck isn't on my side today. Twilight is just starting to trot out of the stall when she sees me and gives a small "eep!" I curse to myself before pushing past her and falling to my knees. I stare at my reflection in the water, sure that I was about to lose my breakfast. When nothing happens after a few seconds I turn around to see a worried Twilight staring at me.

"Josh are you alright!?" She yells as she gets right in my face. "Are you sick!?"

"I... I'm fine, thanks..." I say between heavy breaths. "I... I think it was just stage fright..." Right when I finish, Rainbow bursts through the door, though I can't tell if she looks worried or angry.

"What the hay! Why did you just ditch me!? I had to cover for you!" She yells angrily. Yep anger, that's definitely anger. When she sees the worried look on Twilight's face, her expression softens.

"You... you are okay? Right?" She says in a much calmer tone.

"Y-yeah, let's just... let's just go back out there." I mumble as I slowly stand. I head out of the bathroom, ready to face one of my biggest fears. I reach the door that leads to the stage, but I freeze again. My hand shakes as it hovers above the handle.

"How about we do all the talking?" Twilight says with a smile. Rainbow nods in agreement.

I accept the offer, my nerves slowly calming down. I open the door and walk back into the assault of flashes and cheers.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash introduced me and told the audience about my situation. All I had to do was smile and wave, which was still pretty hard for me to do. After the introduction the mayor gave me some paperwork that made me and official resident of Ponyville. However, I am not yet a full citizen of Equestria.

I'm currently staring at my hands, thinking about pretty much nothing. We are at lunch at a little cafe that Twilight took us to. We met up with one of Rainbow and Twilight's friends who goes by the name Rarity. A lovely name in my opinion, and it definitely matches her personality. She initially freaked out when she saw me, which I've come to expect now. What caught me off guard was the fact that she didn't freak out about me being a human, she was actually flipping out about the poor state of my clothes. A real diva if you ask me.

"Josh... JOSH!" Rainbow's voice snaps me back to my senses. I realize I've just been staring at a menu for the past ten minutes without even bothering to read it.

"Whatever is wrong darling?" Rarity asks in a curious tone. "You aren't still upset about your stage fright are you?"

"Actually... I don't know I'm just... thinking." I continue to stare again, but this time I find myself staring at Rainbow's hooves instead of my own hands. Thoughts and memories flood through my mind this time. Rainbow and Twilight have to bring me back to reality again.

"Are you sure you're alright Josh?" Twilight asks, putting down her menu. "You don't look too happy."

"I'm just... tired, that's all." Yeah... that must be it, I really haven't gotten all the much sleep since arriving here. It must be catching up to me.

The three mares go back to reading their menus, but something doesn't feel right... It feels like somebody turned up the sun by at least twenty degrees. Sweat begins pouring down my face. The feeling in my stomach violently erupts once again. The world starts spinning and my vision fades into a dull yellow. The last thing I see before fading away is Rainbow speeding out of her seat and grabbing me before I hit the ground.

I knew what these symptoms meant... I heard a man that was bitten complain about them back in the warehouse before he died. But when was I bit? I can't remember... My thoughts and memories are blending together

My vision is completely black now, barely hanging on to consciousness. I know what my fate is. Before I can fade away, I make the once request that I know can save these ponies.

"Kill... me..."

Author's Note

Cliff hanger? I think yes!

Also introduced

So yeah, stay tuned for what happens next!