The Star-Watcher

After the majority of the guests left, the ones who hadn't left were pretty much done partying and offered to help us clean up. So we spent the following half hour cleaning up the mess left behind from the party. After we finished cleaning up the mess left behind after the party, the remaining guests said their goodbyes and left.

"Well, I must say, it was nice to finally meet you, Daniel. We'll see you later." Twilight says. Then she walks out the front door, with Spike following her lead, waving bye to me.

"See you later, Danny!" Dash hollers from the door.

"Bye!" I holler back. Then the door finally shuts and I'm left all alone. I sigh loudly, both of relief and of weariness. Well, what should I do now? I dunno. The party was over, and boy was it a blast. I mean seriously. I'm very lucky to have moved to Ponyville. I don't think I would have gotten such a warm welcome (and even a party!) from anywhere else. However, all that partying made me a little tired. But before I go to bed, I want to get some fresh air before I can sleep. Walking out the door, I walk across town. Passing Fluttershy's Cottage, I notice there's a road beginning to a large forest. Hmm, should I go check it out? I might as well. I just hope I don't get lost in there. However, as I walk closer to the forest's entrance, I begin to have second thoughts. Am I really going to venture into a big, creepy forest I just found 10 seconds ago (at night) with no knowledge of what's in there? I shrug. I mean I guess. It's not like I plan on going camping in there or anything. I'm only going to go check it out really quick. As I walk past the entrance of the forest, I curiously look around, taking in all the details. However, it's a little difficult to make out some of the forest's details or certain things with it being night and all.

As I walk further into the forest, I hear something from up above. "What was that?" I ask. Looking up I see something high up in the sky. Oh, it's just a star. However, before I turn away from the star I notice its getting closer. "Whoa! A shooting star!" I exclaim, excited by this new, interesting sight. Then, the star comes very very close. Too close. "I mean, whoa! A falling star..." I say, realizing what will happen next. Uh-oh. I brace myself for what will happen next. The last thing that I can remember seeing before I black out from the falling star's impact is a sudden flash of different colors. Then everything goes black.

Those who worthy of wielding power of the stars will granted great power. But only and only if they are worthy to wield it.

"Wait girls, I think he's coming to..." I hear a voice say. It sounded quiet...worried...familiar...Fluttershy? Was it really her? And where was I anyways? There's only one way to find out. I open my eyes, and find myself crowded by Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Twilight, and Spike. They stare intently at me.

"Um...what's going on?" I ask.

"I don't know Danny, why don't you answer that one?" Rainbow Dash says. She sounded half worried, and half annoyed.

"I think what Rainbow Dash over here is trying to say is that we were worried so much about you. I mean, we were gone for who knows how long, and the next thing that happens, you're unconscious, on the floor in the Everfree Forest." Twilight says. "We're all lucky that Fluttershy heard something outside and finally saw you out there."

"Why, you had us all worried, darling." Rarity comments.

"So anyways, what in tarnation were you doing out there, sugarcube?" Applejack asks. I shrug.

"I-I don't know. I can't remember..." I respond. Amnesia much? Ehh, probably not... "Actually the last thing that I remember before I blacked out on the ground was seeing this flash of different colors." I suddenly say. There was silence.

"Um...okayyy..." Applejack responds. She must have been "weirded out" by my unusual response.

"So you mean, like a rainbow or something?" Rainbow Dash asks. I shake my head.

"No, not like a rainbow..." I reply. "I-It was like seeing an array of different colors. One color after the next. It was so weird, and new to me. I experienced it for probably a few seconds, and then I finally passed out." There was silence.

"Well, we're glad your okay, sugarcube. You should go ahead and get some rest." Applejack comments, breaking the silence.

"Actually I think that we could all use some rest." Twilight says. Fluttershy nods.

"Yeah, I guess your right Twilight." I say, already trying to get up from Flutter's couch.

"Whoa whoa whoa! What are you doing?" Rainbow Dash asks.

"Um, what does it look like I'm doing Dashie? I'm going home." I respond.

"No no no. You stay here, Daniel." Rainbow Dash says. I raise an eyebrow.

"I think Rainbow Dash is right, you need to stay here. At least for the rest of tonight." Twilight says.

"What? Why?" I ask.

"Well, we sure wouldn't want you to pass out on the floor at night in some dangerous place again." Twilight answers, chuckling at her own joke. I start to object. "No objecting, Daniel. Or I'll zip your mouth shut with a spell." Twilight says, laughing again at her own joke. I stare at her. Seriously? She clears her throat. "Well, anyways we hope that you'll get well soon Daniel." she says, already walking towards the front door. "Goodnight Fluttershy. Come on Spike."

"Bye Spikey-Wikey!" Rarity says. I raise an eyebrow again.

"Spikey-Wikey?" I say. Really? That's a stupid nickname. Good thing it's not mine.

As the sun continues to comes up, it shines brightly on my face, denying me the ability to continue sleeping. Ow! Stop it! Hey Mr. Sun, I'm trying to sleep over here! Yoo hoo! I sigh. Oh whatever, I needed to get up anyways. Stretching and getting up from the couch, I walk around. Yawning, I check my sides and myself for any cuts or bruises after what happened last night. If there were any cuts or bruises (or anything, really.) from me getting hit by that falling star, they weren't there anymore. Strange...You'd think that after getting hit in the side of your body, you'd be bleeding or have some if not a wound. Oh wait...a falling star! So that's what happened last night. But, I'm not too sure if I should tell anypony about that part...not yet at least...

"Oh hey, you're up." I hear somepony say from behind me. I turn around to see who the voice belongs to. It's Fluttershy (Duh). I mentally facepalm myself. Well, of course it's gonna be Fluttershy! I'm in her freaking cottage for crying out loud!

"Oh. Hey Fluttershy." I say. "How are you?"

"I'm fine. The real question should be how you are. So anyways Daniel are you feeling better?" she asks in a quiet, somehow soothing voice.

"Yeah, I think so." I reply.

"It's amazing how your wounds had already healed themselves earlier. Pretty cool huh?" Fluttershy says in an excited tone, yet still in her usual quiet voice.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"Oh, well, when I found you last night. I brought you into my cottage and then put bandages on you. You had a big ugly wound on your right side. But when I came back with the others, and took off the bandages to see if the wound had healed or gotten better, it was like it was never there! It was almost completely gone. And now it seems that it is completely gone!" she responded, answering my question(s).

"Oh, okay." I say, nodding. "Well anyways, thank you for allowing me to stay here for the night, but ,really, I can assure you that I'm fine. So now I must go." I say, already heading towards the front door.

"Wait! But don't you at least want breakfast first?" Fluttershy asks. I shake my head and tell Flutter that I'm fine. Then I leave her cottage, think about what Fluttershy had said earlier. Was it really possible for my wound(s) to have healed already in such a short amount of time? I'll have to check in with Twilight about that later, but for now I gotta head home. And maybe on the way get something to eat? Damn, I should have taken Fluttershy's offer about having breakfast. Oh well, I guess I'll see what I have at home to eat. If there's nothing (good) there I'll just go out and get some breakfast someplace. As I am about to push open my front door and go inside, I get knocked into the ground. Again?

"Oh man! Thank Celestia your okay!" I hear a voice on top of me say. I can recognize the voice from on top of me already. Classic Sparkles. I look up at Sparkler.

"Oh. Hey beautiful." I say. We both laugh. She gets off of me, and I get up. "So, I guess you heard about what happened..."

"Pinkie Pie told me." she replies.

"Pinkie Pie?"

"Yeah." she replies. Weird. I didn't see her with the rest of us last night. She must have been asleep or something. All that party preparing and partying must have really exhausted her.

"Oh. Okay." I respond.

"So are you okay? Are you hurt? Oh wait what happened in the first place?" she asked.

"Umm, I don't know..." I say. The purple unicorn made a disappointed face.

"Seriously? Like for reals?" she asks. I nod. I hope she can't tell that I'm lying to her. I don't want to lie to Sparkler, but until I can actually figure out what the hell is going on, I need to leave that part out.

"Look, seriously, I don't know. C-Can we just talk about something else?" I say to Sparkler.

"Like what? Something bad took place with you involved last night and you won't even spill the beans on what exactly happened." she argued. Well, when you put it like that...

"Look let's just forget about it, okay?" I remark. She sighs.

"Okay, okay fine." she reluctantly agreed.

"So anyways, I was just about to have some breakfast, care to join me?" I ask.

"I don't know...not today." she states.

"Why not? Remember that amazing...that amazing night that we had." I claim. She laughed.

"We had milkshakes, Daniel." she stated. Bruh.

"Yeah, but it was amazing wasn't it? Just me and you, drinking milkshakes, you know..." I start. She laughs again.

"Okay, I have to go Danny." she tells me. I smirk.

"Okay bye." I say to her. She walks away. And no sooner does she walk away do I (yet again) encounter Pinkie Pie.

"Hey Danny! How's it going? *gasp* Oh my! I almost forgot! Are you okay? Where are your cuts? Did you even have any? What happened anyways, Danny? Was it a giant monster? Or evil pony warriors hiding in the shadows that jumped you? Or-Or maybe it was a freak of nature or something!" she babbles. I sigh. Then I smile. Even when she's getting on your nerves, Pinkie Pie somehow always finds a way to make you smile. Or something like that. Pretty cool, huh? But also really weird...