The Rise of Black Cross

   I looked at the cottage is familiar in my head. But I right now I am hoping that someone will be home. But what would I say to them? Please help me, I may look like pony but I'm some alien from another world and someone is following me in a dark cloak? As I was thinking, I started to walk towards the cottage door.

   I feel nervous of who is living in this house but I needed a place to stay and figure out my next step. I then knock with my hoof on the red door. No response. I knocked again, harder this time and saying,

   "Hello?"

   I waited a few minutes for a response but again nothing. I was about to knock one more time till I saw the door slightly open. I look at the crack of the door and see a little white bunny opening the door.

A bunny?

   The bunny then looked up at me with a questioningly look on its face. To me, the bunny like asking me Who are you and what do you want?

   "Um, is your owner or someone here I can talk to you?"

   The bunny gave me a serious look at first but then saw my cut on my face and then close the door on me. I got worried of what just happen and thought I just got rejected. But then I just realize I talked to a bunny like if it was a normal person. I didn't know how to feel about that but right now I just got denied by a bunny to stay over. I then felt sadness of what to do and just when I was about to leave, I heard the door opens again.

   "H-Hello."

   A low and timid voice was coming out from the door and I look back. I see a yellow pony with wings coming out from the cottage. She got light pink hair and light blue eyes.

I recognize this pony., I thought to myself excitedly.

   "Are you okay there?" She says in a concern voice.

   "W-Well..." I didn't know what to say.

   "I s-see that your hurt. Mister bunny told m-me that somepony was outside and wanted a place to stay. A-At first I-I didn't want to, but when he told me your hurt I couldn't help but to see if your okay. A-Are you okay?"

   I didn't know what to say at first but I calm myself and said,

   "A little bit. I  just cut myself on my face here. I just really need a place to stay at least for-"

   "Oh dear. I-I'll help you fix that.  You can come in okay?"

   "Are you sure though? I mean I'm just some random perso-er pony and you just let me in like that?"

   She hid her face halfway with the door and said with out looking at me,

   "W-Well... you don't look like a bad pony. And you look like you really need help s-so... I want to help you. I just never r-really talk w-with a c-c-colt much before."

Colt?

   Then I realize that colt is male form of a pony. In my mind, I think to myself that she is very shy around guys and doesn't know how to interact with them. I can see the timid pony shaking a little behind the door and I was wondering what's going through her mind. I then told her calmly,

   "Don't worry, I just wanted to stay at least for one night then I'll leave. I promise."

   I give her a reassuring smile and see her stop shaking.

   "O-Okay. Come in then.", she said a little nervously.

   I then went inside into her cottage where I feel warmth when I stepped in. I looked around the living room and see it has a homey environment to it. I see candles for the lighting in the room. I also see a lot of bird feeders, mice holes with cheese in front of each one and a small bed with a carrot on top of it.

   "I'l-l get something for that cut. Do you w-want something to drink as well?"

   "I guess some water would be nice."

   "Okay. Stay here with mister bunny and I'll be right back. Y-you can sit down on the couch there."

   "Thank you."

   She then left to another room. I then walk and sat down on the couch waiting for the girl pony to come back. I sat here nervously and looked to the white bunny. It or he was looking at me like he doesn't trust me. I can understand that because I'm a total stranger in his home and is worried about what would I do with him and his owner. After waiting a few minutes, the winged pony comes back with a tray with a bandage and a cup of water in her mouth. She set the tray on top of the table in front of be and grabbed the bandage with her hoof and starting to fix my cut.

Wait. She grabbed it with a hoof? How can she do that without fing-

   She then put the bandage on my face and felt a strong sting that it made me grunt a little.

   "Oh I'm sorry. Does it hurt a lot?" She says in a kind tone.

   "Not a lot but I can handle it." I smirk a little.

   "Well... alright. Here its done."

   She was done putting the bandage on my face and the bleeding and pain has stopped.

   "Thanks."

   She blushes a little.

   "Oh its n-nothing."

   I then try to grab the cup of water and to my amazement despite having no hands that have fingers to grab objects, the cup sticks to my hoof like it feels like I'm grabbing it even though it looks like its not. I drink the cold water and felt refreshed after all that running in the forest.

   Then an awkward silence between me, the winged colorful pony and a white intelligent bunny started. I don't know what to say and it looks like she was waiting for me of why I was outside at night and was asking why I need a place to stay. So I spoke up to break this silence.

   "Well thanks for taking me in and fixing my cut. I know that you must be wondering I need a place to stay."

   "I-Its no trouble. You needed help and I didn't want you to be out there in the scary dark."

   "Yeah. And sorry, I forgot to ask you your name. Um, what is your name?"

   She looked down nervously, hiding her face with her long pink hair.

   "W-W-Well, I-I'm F-F-Fluttershy."

   That name hit me. That moment I was getting so excited that my heart feels like its going to burst.

I'm IN the MLP world.

   I then control my excitement to continue the conversation.

   "Well, my is Kaine. Kaine Garcia."

   "Kaine... Garcia..? That's an odd name for a pony." She looked questioningly.

   "Well that is my name. Heh."

   I got really nervous here. I didn't want to tell her I'm not actually a pony but some alien or else she WILL kick me out.

   "Just call me Kaine. It starts with a K and has an I in the middle so you won't be confuse by it."

   "Okay... it starts with a K and has the I in the middle." She muttered to herself, trying to get my name in her head.

   "I know its asking much but I really need a place to stay if that's okay with you."

   "Um... its like I don't want to but why do you want to stay here? Are you lost?"

   "Well... yeah. Its difficult to explain."

   "Are you in some kind of trouble?"

   "Like I said, its difficult to explain."

   I shift side to side nervously trying to explain what's going on.

   "Well..." Fluttershy says, "what about your family? Maybe we can contact them and tell them where you are."

   "They live far. REALLY far. And its impossible."

   "Why?"

   "I can't tell you that."

   "So... you have no home?"

   I sat their in silence. I looked down thinking what I should do when morning comes. Even I know I'm living in the MLP world, I don't know how to actually SURVIVE in it. And I know the pony that is talking to me is Fluttershy but she doesn't know that I know her more because I watched her through a TV show. Even though it seems like a dream come true, it doesn't work out the way I wanted. So I just answer,

   "No."

   Silence again fill the room. Fluttershy has a very concern look on her face. She looked away thinking for a while which seems like hours to me. Then she turn to me with convinced voice saying,

   "Well then. You can stay here. As long as you like."

   I looked to her in shock. Even the bunny was stunned of her decision. The bunny then was making noises and body movements to Fluttershy and I can tell that it wasn't happy about it. She then said to the bunny,

   "But mister bunny, he doesn't have a home to go to. It's very late, and its dangerous at night. He has nowhere to go. Right?

   She turned to me with that question.

   "Well... yeah but..."

   "But what?"

   "How can you trust me so easily? I mean I appreciate me for letting me stay but for as long as I want? To a stranger? I mean I could be a criminal or worse and yet you risk yourself to a per- um pony like me? Why?"

   "Well..."

   She looks at me with her bright eyes and feeling a bit flustered by her. I stare at her for her answer she said,

   "I can tell your not a bad pony. I don't know why but... I believe I can trust you a lot. I think your a very nice colt that is lost and needs help and it makes me sad for seeing anypony to be lost and scared so I want to help them. And I don't know why but... I'm not as nervous being around you than most strangers so I believe your a very nice pony to me."

   Now I feel flustered and happy that I can feel turning red. She put a lot of trust in me even though I'm a stranger here which would never happen in my own world. Then I said,

   "T-thank you!"

   I felt so happy that I didn't stop myself from hugging Fluttershy. She yelped a little that it surprised me and realize that I was a little too overjoyed. I stopped hugging her immediately and could see her face growing red all over her yellow face.

   "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that its just... I'm so glad you give me a chance so..."

   "I-I-I-It wa-a-as n-n-nothing-g-g."

   She is blushing hot red and looking down, shaking.

   "W-Well maybe we should just sleep now. Its really late right now. I'll tell you my... situation in the morning. How's that sounds?"

   "O-O-Okay."

   "So do you have an extra blanket or something?

   She then snaps back together.

   "Uh yes. I got one upstairs in my room. Wait here okay?"

   She then run up the staircase to her room. I was thinking she was really embarrassed of me hugging her. Especially I'm a guy or colt. I still need to remember these choice of words in the future here. I waited a minute and she came back down with a blue blanket.

   "Here. It should keep you warm. W-Well so your going to sleep on the couch or something?"

   "The couch is fine."

   "If it makes you comfortable I can find something else to-"

  "It's okay. I'm good with a couch. You don't need to worry about me that much, okay?

   "O-Okay. W-Well... I hope you sleep well tonight and we can talk about your problem in the morning. Maybe my friends can help you, they most likely more helpful than me."

   "But you did help me a lot. You let me into your home, you bandage my cut on my face and you would let me stay here as long as you want even though I wanted to stay only for a day. Your the kindest gir- mare I have ever met."

   She blushes red again and bows her head down again from me. I barely hear her reply,

   "T-T-Thank you."

   "Well... I'm going to sleep now. See you in the morning."

   I then took the blanket from her and lay on the couch to get ready for bed. I pull the blanket over me and started to feel comfortable. I look over to see Fluttershy going back to her room and said to her,

   "Goodnight Fluttershy and thank you for letting me stay. I'll find a way to repay you for this chance."

   "I-It was nothing. Well... goodnight Kaine. Tomorrow, me and my friends will help you. If their is any problem can be solve its us. I know you will be happy to meet them. See you in the morning. Oh and say goodnight to mister bunny okay? Night mister bunny!"

   I look over to see the white bunny in his little bed getting ready to sleep too. He looks at me though and gives me an a stern glare saying to me "Do anything and you'll regret it" look.

   "Uh yeah, goodnight mister bunny."

   The bunny then just turn away from me trying to sleep.

Rude.

   Fluttershy blow the candles outs in the living room and went to her room. I cuddle in bed thinking of what just happened in the past hours. I was transported to this world, turn into a pony, got lost in a forest with someone chasing me and found one of the main MLP characters letting me stay over.

   I feel like all of this is a dream but its not. I feel like I'm actually here and my cut would've waken me up. But then I realize if its not a dream and actually in a different world, I left my family behind. I think in the dark of how is my family doing without me.

They all must be worried about me since I disappeared on them. But it wasn't like on purpose.

   Right now, I feel tired and hope that in the morning I can figure out all of this confusion and how to survive being a pony for a while. Even though I'm excited of being in this world, I feel like I need to get back to my world to return to my family.

I hope Fluttershy's friends will help me in all of this.

   I then started to drift to sleep, still thinking about my family that I was taken away from.