When I come to after falling asleep last night the pain in my body has completely gone. I even feel somewhat normal. I look around feeling a little groggy. It appears I am in a bedroom and judging from the light pouring through the window it must be mid-day or so.

I look to my side and I see Pinkie laying here facing away from me. I slowly sit up and rub my eye. Though when I see that my hands are not hands anymore all the memories flood back to me. While I think about everything I contemplate on waking Pinkie to ask for answers. But luckily for me she seems to have been awake and waiting for you to stir. She turns to me with a happy smile.

“Finally you’re awake!” She says and seeming to hold back all of her excitement. Probably to help not make me feel any more uncomfortable than I already am. “It’s been four days!”

“W-w-wait. Four days!” I reply shocked to what she is telling me. I rub my forehead a little bit. “That would explain why I feel better.” I mumble more towards myself as a comment. She laughs a little and gets off the bed.

“I’m happy that you feel better.” She tells me relieved to hear that. “Ya gotta name?” She asks kindly.

“Um, ya. “I’m Elijah.” I tell her as I stop rubbing my forehead.

“You’re one of those ponies with the weird names aren’t ya?” She asks me laughing. “Now let’s try to get you out of bed.” She tells me and walking around the bed.

“Umm… Ok.” I reply quietly as I scoot over to the edge of the bed. I place my hind left leg on the floor, then my front left. “Oh man. This feels weird.” I mumble to myself as I concentrate on slowly shifting my balance.

But before I can think about what I am doing for too long, I feel Pinkie grab hold of me. She pulls me off the bed, in which I lose my footing. When I fall I let out some sort of startled yelp. It takes me a moment to realize that I had fallen on top of her and my dark blue face suddenly burns red.

“I-I’m sorry I jus-” I try to explain, but she stops me with a quick kiss to the forehead. I paralyze from that fact and it takes me a second to process this. She pushes me up and slowly gets up underneath me. Stumbling a bit I follow her to a stance with my cheeks still burning red. When I am fully standing I force myself to say something.

“Um.. Thank you for… Helping me stand.” I tell her blushing and trying to not be awkward. But before she can answer you hear a knock on a door somewhere else in the house. Pinkie’s head turns quickly to her closed bedroom door before looking up at me. Her eyes are wide and she gets out from under me.

“Hide.” She whispers urgently to me as she pushes me into a closet. She shuts the door and I am surrounded in darkness. I look at the light barely making through the slits in the door with startled eyes. I try to stand up in the closet, but I knock something over and it falls on top of me. It’s soft and feels like a blanket. I swear quietly to myself as it is harder to see.

Through the slits of the closet door I see a dark figure walk over to the bed and sit down and Pinkie reenter the room. I hear that they are talking, but I can’t make out what they are saying. After a little while of talking, the figure gets up and leaves the bedroom. But so does Pinkie. Then I hear a door close further in the house followed by silence. I start to get worried and my mind begins to panic a bit.

What do I do?! Where did she go? Am I alone? Do I dare try to follow? I think to myself worriedly. But I slowly open the closet door and look around. The small house is completely all to myself. I walk a bit awkwardly over to the bed and use it to stabilize me while I retrain myself on how to walk. I release the bed and make it to the bedroom door.

I open the door and relieved that the door didn’t have a circular knob. I go into what looks like the living room and I look around. The more I walk the less awkward it is getting. I see a picture on top of the fireplace mantle and I go over to it.

The picture frame reveals a group picture of Pinkie and 5 other mares. I don’t have a clue who the others are, but that doesn’t matter too much right now. I turn away from the photo and I decide to risk the world, for whatever it holds. Though before I open the front door, a piece of paper stops you at the front door that is on the floor. I look down at the folded piece of paper questionably.

I go to pick it up, though without fingers it seems to be impossible. I know I have a unicorn’s horn, but I obviously don’t know how to use it. Let alone use it well enough to open the letter. So I sit down on the floor staring at the paper. I lift a hoof and began swiping at it until it unfolds.

Don’t go outside just yet. I’m going to the market with twilight to help her find some quills and paper. I’ll be back soon.

~Love Pinkie

“Well there goes that chance on finding out whe-” I say to myself but I stop and I look down at the note again. “Did she say Love Pinkie?” I ask myself and I look closer and she did! Why would she write that? I ask myself mentally. But I smile a little and I look around her home for things to keep me occupied.

For maybe half an hour I practiced walking and exploring as I do so. The house is really quite small. She has one bedroom, a bathroom attached to it, kitchen and livingroom.

But suddenly I hear hoofsteps and the front door slowly starts to open. I get startled enough that I swiftly make it to the bedroom and back into the closet. I shut the door behind me and I look through the slits in the door. I see Pinkie walk through the bedroom door followed by a purple mare. I look at the stranger as my heart beats quickly in my chest. Pinkie of which is looking right at the closet door.

“It’s okay. Come on out and meet Twilight.” Pinkie says reassuringly and I see the other mare look at Pinkie. I sigh quietly to myself and I slowly open the door. I get up and walk a little awkwardly towards them and I sit down a few feet from them. Pinkie seeing that I left the closet looks at me with a happy grin and she sits down next to me. She even hugs me and leaves one arm around my shoulders.

“So this is Twilight.” She tells me and points to the other mare. Seeing Pinkie’s kindness towards me makes me happy and I look towards this “Twilight.” The lavender mare herself has a horn and a set of wings, which catch my interest.

“Hello.” I say to her and raise my hand as if to give a handshake, only to remember I don’t have hands. I end up looking at my outstretched hoof for a moment, then putting it back down. Twilight of which just looks at me with awe. Pinkie looks as if she is nervous.

“A-are you ok Miss Twilight?” I ask sharing Pinkie’s nervousness.

“Intriguing. I’ve never met… Or even seen a Werepony before.” She replies as she looks at you.

“A-a were what?” I ask confused.

“Everypony knows of dragons, griffons, manticores and so on. But never a werepony. I would love to run tests on you.”

“Wait run tests on me? What does that mean?” I ask very nervously and I slink back a bit behind Pinkie. Pinkie looks at me, then over to Twilight. She lets me go and stands up.

“Okee dokee, he’s really tired. I think you should go, bye bye Twilight.” She tells her friend.

“Sure…” Twilight replies as she looks at Pinkie. She gets up and walks out of the bedroom… But Pinkie stops her and makes something very clear.

“Nopony must know.” Pinkie tells Twilight. Twilight looks at her for a moment silently before walking out of the house.

I look at Pinkie with confusion, but I’m relieved that her friend left before she could start “testing” on me. Pinkie turns to me and smiles softly.

“Don’t worry.” She reassures me and she notices the note that she wrote. I see her pink cheeks blush slightly in embarrassment. I notice her blush and I look at her softly.

“You okay Pinkie?” I ask genuinely.

“Haha, you read that silly note…” She replies and she tries to subtly kick the paper under the fridge… But she fails.

I chuckle a bit. “Cute.” I accidentally comment out loud and blush immediately after. “Why did she want to run tests on me?”

“She’s the smart one.” Pinkie tells me laughing with a slight sarcastic tone.

“Don't we all have that one friend?” I ask chuckling, though a bit nervously. Though as I look at her, Pinkie smiles happily to me. She seems to be the happiest thing I have ever seen in my life. Even after Pinkie found me a complete mess, and that meeting with Twilight.

“You know… Ever since I met you, you haven't stopped smiling. You look so happy all the time. How do you do it?” I ask her, hoping I don't offend her somehow.

“Simple silly. I just think about good things. Like me meeting you.” She replies happily.

“Me too Pinkie.” I tell her happily and her statement makes me happy.

She blushes again at my comment. I notice a slight shy discomfort to her. So I decide to change the subject.

“Anyway uh…” I begin and I rub a hoof on the back of my head. “Uhh, oh! Do you have any pets?” I ask her. Hearing my question makes her smile happily.

“Gummy!” She calls out.

“Gummy? What?” I ask her and I turn to the side revealing a small green alligator. “Uhh what is tha-” I try to ask, but the little lizard jumps up and clamps it’s jaw on my face. I scream in shock and I start running around Pinkie’s home not able to see anything. I try to shake the animal off of me, but I can't get it off.

I hear Pinkie just sitting there laughing her head off. She doesn't help because she is laughing absolutely so hard. I realize that the animal’s bite isn't hurting me, but before I can calm down and get it off I slam into the wall.

I fall onto my back and I look to the side. Pinkie is still laughing hysterically, and I see the tail end of the alligator waddling away.

“What the hell was that?!” I ask her shocked.

“That’s Gummy!” She replies laughing as she falls over to her side.

“Wish you would have told me you had an alligator for a pet.” I complain quietly and I sit myself up. Pinkie continues to laugh for another 5 minutes before sitting up and wiping her eye.

“That was funny.” She tells me chuckling and she looks at the clock. She jumps when she realizes what time it is. “Oh! You must be starving! What do you like to eat?” She asks me and in all the excitement I completely forgot that I haven't eaten anything in four or so days, and I’m quite starving. And to make things better my stomach growls in protest as if on cue.

“Ohhhh man… um. Do you have any steak or- Wait, that’s right. Pony so… Vegetarian uh…” I mumble to myself and I try to think of something.

“How about cake!?!” She says loudly with so much enthusiasm that I can’t help but agree with her.

“Um okay!” I reply happily, though that can’t be very nutritious. She heads over to the kitchen and turns towards me.

“If you would like to, you can read a book or something until dinner is ready.” She offers kindly.

“Uh ok. Let me know if you need any help cooking.” I reply smiling at her before getting up and walking semi-awkwardly to her bookshelf. Stupid quadruped walking. I complain mentally.

“No, no. I’ll do it. Just rest.” I hear her tell me from the kitchen and I hear her moving about doing her thing.

“Okay Pinkie.” I reply smiling, though a bit saddened by her absence in the room. But I do as I’m told and I head back into the bedroom. I lay down on her bed on my belly and I try to relax. I turn my head so my cheek is resting on one of her pillows and I see Gummy. That vile little creature that embarrassed me infront of Pinkie. I try to flip him off, but with hooves that’s a bit difficult, so I rest my head on my arms. I get lost in thought about recent events and trying to make sense of how I even got here.

While thinking of all that I have been through I jolt at a high pitched yelp. I jump out of bed and run out to check on what made the noise. “Are you okay Pinkie?” I ask as I go to the kitchen.

“Yea, just burned myself.” She replies but very happy to see your quick response.

“Oh. I am happy it isn’t anything too serious. May I see the burn?” I ask as I approach her. She holds up her front hooves revealing a burn that is actually pretty bad.

“Oh! Oh. Um we should get some cold water on that.” I tell her softly. I gently push her towards her sink and I turn on the cold water. I see her look up at me with a caring gaze as I place her painful hooves under the cold water. I smile back to her with a similar look.

“It’ll be just fine. Just needs to cool down.” I tell her and I look over to her cake. “Hmm I think that I should help you finish off that cake.” I add and I push it fully into the oven after using a thick cloth I found. I close the door with a forearm and sit. Pinkie looks over at me and laughs.

“It’s done silly.” She informs me.

“Oh. Silly me. Guess that makes my job harder.” I reply smiling and I turn off the oven with my mouth. I then grip the handle with my teeth and open the oven door. But I pause and wonder on how the hell I am going to remove the hot cake from the oven.

I do have a unicorn’s horn. I think to myself as I look at the cake. But Pinkie is a normal pony and wouldn’t have any idea on how magic works. Guess I could try and find out myself.

So I make up my mind and I close my eyes. I focus on the cake and picture it lifting out of the oven. I feel a strange flow going to my forehead and I open my eyes. I see a weak green aura around the cake and the more I focus the brighter it gets. The tray the cake is sitting on shakes a bit before slowly lifting off the oven rack. I look at it wide eyed as the cake slowly makes its way out of the oven. When it is clear I move it backwards and set it down on the counter next to the oven.

“Wow! How did you learn that so fast?!” She asks a bit shocked that you were able to use your magic so early.

“I- I have no idea.” I tell her truthfully. “I just pictured it floating and… It did.” I add and I close the oven door using my head literally. Pinkie pulls her hooves out from under the cold water and turns the faucet off. She dries her hooves off and walks over to me and the unfinished cake.

“I’ll decorate it.” She says happily and kisses me on the cheek. I blush pretty hard at her, but I work up the courage to nuzzle her. She seems to brighten up more as I do so.

“Now go do something. Thank you for helping me.” She tells me with a cute little smile. I smile happily and I walk out of her kitchen. She begins to hum happy sounding tunes to herself as I find her bookshelf. Though I get a bit distracted by her humming and it calms me. I search through her bookshelf, but there is a lot of things about partying and similar books. Of which I don’t find very interesting. So I sit down on her couch and snooze with her humming lulling me to an almost slumber state.

After maybe a half hour to an hour I feel Pinkie gently shaking my shoulder. When I open my eyes I see a very happy Pinkie Pie very close to me. She seems to be smiling from ear to ear.

“Hello.” I say to her and also smiling.

“The cake is finally done!” She exclaims and pulls me up off the couch. She drags me to the kitchen revealing a pretty large and beautiful cake. It is decorated with pink, blue, and purple frostings. I look at her with awe and she is pointing to the center of the cake. I turn my head towards where she is pointing.

There in the center she drew a likeness of my face into the frosting, with of course even more frosting. When she sees me spot the centerpiece she starts giggling. It takes me a moment to process this since I am a bit sleepy from my nap, but nonetheless I feel myself blush a little. I look over to her and laugh along with her.

“Looks spot on.” I tell her and I lean against her a little. Our fur intermingling, and hers feels really soft.

“Well let’s dig in!” She says excitedly and she begins to cut out a large piece of the cake for me. Though she keeps herself leaning against me just a little.

“Thank you.” I tell her as she places the slice on a plate for me. I try out my magic again, but it fizzles out and doesn’t reform. So I carefully pick the plate up in my mouth and walk slowly over to the table. Though because the cake is in my face I almost trip over the table itself. But I set the plate down before I ruin it. Pinkie giggles to me as she sets a plate down next to mine that also has some cake. But before she has a chance to sit I pull her chair out for her.

She looks up at me with a cute little smile and she sits down, but her excitement returns and she looks at me in anticipation for me to try the cake. I sit myself down in a chair next to her and I stare at my cake slice. I try a bite by basically putting my face into it and my mouth is explodes in a mixture of chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla flavors. Pinkie starts giggling again at my manner of eating but she seems to be waiting for any sort of response.

“This is the most amazing cake I have ever had!” I tell her with a wide smile. She laughs happily and looks satisfied with my response. She takes a bite too and seems happy with what she created.

Though as we eat I can’t help but think of the future. Where will I live? With her? What about my old life? My friends and family? Is this my home now? I ponder on this for awhile and I slow down in my eating, getting lost in thought. Of course it would be great to live here, but what of my world? I haven’t even been given an answer to where I am yet. So I break the silence and I look towards Pinkie.

“Um Pinkie? Can you tell me where I am? I mean what town and country am I in?” I ask her softly and hoping she’ll answer me. She looks at me and smiles.

“Ponyville.” She replies and goes back to eating happily. Though her answer doesn’t exactly help since I have no clue where that is. But I accept it and resume eating the amazing cake. Though I stay quiet and think. Pinkie on the other hand looks over to me and stops eating.

“What are you thinking so hard of?” She asks and tilts her head a little. “Is there something wrong with the cake?”

“What? No no Pinkie the cake is flawless… It’s just, uh…” I pause and get embarrassed. “It is just that I was thinking about where I am going to live. What I’m going to do… I am eternally grateful for what you have done for me. And I- if I may ask… Can I stay here? And live with you?” I ask her and the longer I talk the redder my face gets. I see her blushing too after I finish, though she then looks at me with a loving expression.

“Of course you can stay here… You’re fun.” She tells me softly with an adorable smile. Hearing her say that to me makes me very happy and I look back at her with a loving expression.

“Thank you!” I tell her and I hug her tight as we stay sitting next to each other. She looks at me and turns my face so I am looking at her. We look into each other’s eyes for a moment, then she closes her eyes and presses her lips against mine. My eyes open wide as I look at her, but I stay still. I close my eyes slowly and my hug grows tighter around her. I kiss her back and I focus on the feeling of her soft lips.

As we slowly pull away from the kiss we stare at each other in silence. She smiles and opens her mouth to say something, but suddenly there is a knock on the door. I almost jump at the knocking, but because of our embrace I don’t move. Pinkie looks at me kindly and nuzzles my cheek.

“It’s okay.” She reassures me and she slowly lets me go, and I loosen my grip on her. She walks over to the front door and opens it revealing her friend that was here earlier, Twilight. Oh no not her again. I think privately but I hold a straight face as I stand next to Pinkie.

“Hello.” I say to Pinkie’s friend. Though she looks at us a little awkwardly.

“I hope I didn't interrupt anything.” Twilight says to us and Pinkie looks at me a little embarrassed. She grabs hold of my wings and folds them back in that I hadn't noticed that had opened. I blush heavily at that, but I counter it.

“Uh no you didn't. We were uh, going to find someone to help teach me how to fly.” I lie pretty unconvincingly. Twilight looks at me with a face that clearly shows that she doesn't believe me. Then she looks at Pinkie.

“Anyway… I found out something about your friend here.” Twilight says to Pinkie and catches my attention.

“What did you find out?” The both of us ask almost at the same time.

“It isn't a lot of detailed information. I found it in an ancient book of myths and mare’s tales. Apparently wereponies look like a pony only in our world, but when thy head back to theirs they return to their normal. They can alternate between the worlds, provided that they have a way. But the periods of time between worlds is rather… Excruciatingly painful, as I imagine you already know “ Twilight reports to us.

“Yes, very much so.” I tell Twilight as I rub my forehead. “But how did I go from my world to yours? And why do I have a unicorn’s horn and wings like you?” I ask her confused.

“Apparently… You are whatever species depending on personality… Or sheer luck. The book wasn't very precise on that and didn't give any details. As for how you got here that’s anypony’s guess.” Twilight replies.

“Well… Okay then.” I reply as most of my questions are still unanswered. Twilight and I both look over to Pinkie and she has stopped paying any attention. Pinkie is playing with her tail and giggling quietly to herself. I smile towards Pinkie and I don't disturb her.

“That’s so cute.” I quietly say to myself. Twilight looks at me silently when I say that.

“Well i’ll leave you two to do… Whatever it was that you were doing.” She says to us and stands up.

“Thank you for the information.” I tell her relieved that she is leaving. Once Twilight is outside I close the front door softly. I look towards Pinkie again and I chuckle happily. Pinkie looks up at me and smiles.

“Wanna go into town with me tomorrow? I gotta get some apples and hay.” She asks me smiling and doesn’t seem to notice that Twilight had left.

“Ya sure. It’ll be fun. And gives me a chance to see where I’ll be living.” I reply happily as I sit down next to her.

“Ponyville is the perfect town to live in!” She tells me excitedly. Then she gets up and walks over to her bedroom. She stops at the door and looks back at me. “Hey it’s getting late. Ya coming Eli?” She asks me happily.

“Oh. Yah.” I reply smiling and I get up and follow her. She sits down on her bed and taps the spot next to her. Then she turns on an 80’s style TV resting on a table at the end of her bed that I didn’t notice before.

I blush slightly from the thought of sharing a bed with her, but I get over it and I sit down on the bed. I lean against her gently and watch the old TV with her. Pinkie rests her head on my shoulder and part of her mane blocks my vision. But I don’t mind it and I slowly wrap an arm around her shoulders. I hear her giggle quietly for a bit but she doesn’t say anything.

After a couple scary movies, some bags of popcorn, and of course more cake Pinkie falls asleep. I cuddle into her a little more as I hear her soft and relaxed breathing. I turn off the TV and rest my head against hers. Within minutes of the quietness of the house I fall asleep with her.

Author's Note

Wereponies. That wasn't my idea, but it's at least something. Right?