Normal? Probably Not

I sat there looking around in confusion. The air had a tension in it that I didn't really like. Feeling a nudge on my head, I chuckled as I plucked Pinkie from my head. I then proceeded to tickle her a bit, to get her to laugh. As we all know, when Pinkie laughs, Everypony laughs. The light giggle from her was enough for me at the moment, as I looked her in the eyes.

"So what's up Pinks? Why did you, Luna and Twi all tackle me to the ground?" I asked her, then looked to the others. Luna had her head resting in my neck breathing deeply and Twilight was sitting in my lap, looking at me with a mix of confusion and awe.

"You.. Don't remember anything?" Twilight asked me, a bit of worry in her voice. It was Luna's turn next, as she dislodged her head from my shoulder.

"You had Amnesia, you didn't remember any of us." She looked so sad. I was about to console her, until Celestia took the stage.

"I don't believe that's the case." She walked over to me and sat down in front of us. Her eyes had an unknown feel to her gaze. "When Discord split you into separate bodies, and realized that you would still disappeared, Terumi asked him what happened to you.." Ok, she had my full attention now. "Discord told him that the train on your mind was too much and it reverted to 'The Original' version. What did he mean?" Her stare was like fire. But I didn't care, I seemed to faze out for a second.

----The Mindscape----

I had reverted? Like, all the way back to the real Hazama? I suppressed a shiver, I didn't even know that was possible.

"Tell me about it!" Called out Terumi from behind me, causing me to turn around. "You were so god damn annoying!" "Oh? Jesus, this is awkward. How the hell do I explain all this to them? " I asked Terumi.

"The fuck should I know? I don't even care, as long as we don't die!" He paused for a second. Then, like a light came on, he asked quickly. "Hey, speaking of which, what happened?" He seemed only confused.. Ooh, how I wish that wouldn't change..

"I'm guessing my Failsafe is what saved us.." I muttered.

"..What?" Terumi seemed to get a bit agitated.. well, it was good having him not yell for a minute. "Well, I had another spell on the Crystal. Simple as that." I said bluntly.

"What did you do? How did you know?" He was almost growling, like he knew my answer already. "Ok! Listen, it wasn't designed to do what it did, but I'm glad it worked. I made the Failsafe so that should you ever gain the power to split from me, It would reform us, no questions asked. Now, this wasn't because I didn't trust you.." I could literally feel Terumi about to blow. "I didn't trust this world.." And like that his anger smoldered. "I've seen some powerful stuff in my time here. I had even read about Discord once or twice, so I knew someday, somehow, something stupid was going to happen to split us up. Apparently the Crystal couldn't do it without a source of power, which is obvious. What I find convenient, was that since I had the Crystal when we split, when Discord went away he cause us to do a quick re-form. Normally this would have caused more harm than good and we would have most likely died. But my Failsafe caught the gaps and helped us fully combine again." I explained.

"...Nerd." Terumi scoffed. But he seemed at least a little bit happy.

"Hmm.. I'll take that over Pansy any day!" I laughed. Terumi let out a small chuckle. It seems we're finally out of the 'Danger Zone', so to speak. I was about to stop the conversation when Terumi interrupted me.

"Thanks.." He muttered, almost afraid he would be heard.

"For?" I asked with a smirk.

"For not letting us fade away.. You could have easily let us die, and saved your own hide. Instead you focused on saving all of us." He seemed.. Happy.. Weirdo. I cracked a smile, and turned away from him.

"Of course! There's no fun without you here!" I looked back to see his smile, but I froze..

"So Dearest.. What's this I hear about you dying?" Nightmare was standing right next to Terumi. She looked pissed, and ready to kill!

Nope!

"K bye!" I said as I faded out quickly.

"All of my hate!" I heard Terumi roar out in anger.

----The Battle Site----

I re-focused on my surroundings and noticed that Every single pony was staring at me. Some even looked angry.

Right! Explaining! I should do that..

"Sorry about that, I needed a quick word with Terumi. What was the question again?" Yup, stalling for time..

"I asked about this 'Original Hazama' That Discord mentioned. So please, explain." Celestia looked rather impatient. I looked around, noting that they all looked quite unhappy at the thought. I sighed out loud.. This was going to be a pain.

"Well then!" I said as I clapped my hands. I then proceeded to sit on the ground. Everypony looked at me like I was crazy.

"What? Its a moderately long story, and I'm tired!" I whined. from that statement alone I got a few gears to turn.

"Ok, so lets start with the basics shall we? In my old world we had these thing s called Anime, that were run on things called Televisions. Basically a Television is something that plays hundreds of images in a row faster than you can think, to make a moving picture. Anime is what I would describe as a moving comic book, playing its story over a course of time to make you want to watch them." By this point alone, I had Three different reactions. The first was Twilight and surprisingly, Rainbow, as they both had stars in their eyes. The Second was interesting, as Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy had dulled down looks of shock on their faces, probably not big readers. The best, and final reaction was the stunned look on both Celestia and Luna's faces.

"Well, now we get into the better part. Humans, That's what I am by the way.. Completely forgot about that.." I rubbed my nose at my idiocy. "Humans who really like Anime, will find themselves dressing up as a character on their favorite one. Mine just happened to be 'Hazama' From an anime called BlazBlue." A look of shock was now locked onto Celestia's face, and Luna just scooted closer to me, her Hoof on my lap. "The humans who dress up like so go to big Parties called Conventions!" I said extra loud. I got the attention of the Pink blob that had balled up in my lap. She jumped up with an excited face, that told of the many questions I would be asked later. I chuckled as I scratched her chin, her eyes closed as she lay back down, a content sigh escaping her lips. "It was during one of those Conventions that I realized I was missing a vital part of my costume. My hat. I was desperate to find one that matched my costume, so I was quite ecstatic when I did. I bought the hat the instant I saw it, but was unprepared for the real cost. The man I bought it from gave subtle hints now that I think about it. But regardless, I found myself sucked into a Void-like portal, that transported me here, to Equestria. One of the first things I noticed? I wasn't in my old body, instead I now have the body of the guy I was dressed as. I'm glad I knew almost everything about the guy beforehand, otherwise I would have been screwed.. And all of Two days later I found Luna and Celestia and well, I guess the rest is legitimately history now." I finished with sigh.

I felt it. The pity. The sadness. Damnit Terumi I hate your abilities! This is why I never tell anyone my secrets. Pity.. Is the worst!

"Come now, Everything's fine now." I tried to get the mood up. It worked a bit, as Applejack smiled a bit.

"He ain't lyin'." She said with a small chuckle. Her chuckle spread to Rainbow, and of course, Pinkie. I had to move the Pink devil away, before this position got awkward with all her moving. Before long, almost Everypony was back in a good mood. I mean 'almost' because even though she was smiling, Celestia was clearly only keeping her own feeling under wraps. Luna however.. No issue there. She hadn't moved an inch since I'd stopped talking, seemingly in a daze. I felt her hoof leave my leg and find its way to my face. She gently forced my head towards her.

"This is not how you truly look?" She asked, her face full of emotion. The most prominent one was sadness.

Oh god. I never thought of that.

"Listen, Luna. I'm sorry I never told you. I just never thought it would ever be brought up. I live here now, even if I did want to go home, a Thousand years has gone by. I doubt anything I knew would still be there. I'm happy with how my life turned up here." I moved my own hand to her cheek. "And I'm glad I got to know you." She gave a small sigh, as she pushed her head into my hand further. I moved in and gave her a small peck. She seemed to get my un-needed message, and did a small peck back to me. I smiled a genuine smile for what must have been the Third time in my entire time in Equestria. With how much I grin, I might need to pay attention to that.

"Ooh! I like your smile! This one seems more happy!" Pinkie said, gaining my attention. She was sitting there, watching me and Luna. Surprisingly, she seemed a little more.. dulled down? That's what I'm going with. She looked a bit scared? I couldn't properly read her emotions since she had about Seven of them bouncing around in her head.

"Um.. Well, I just wanted to say.. That you look good when you smile." Pinkie said in a small voice, while gently padding the ground with a hoof. She looked like she was waiting for an answer..

Oh right.. I had forgotten that this was a potential issue. I guess its do or die time! Inner debate time!

Do I like Pinkie? -Yes-
Do I like how Pinkie acts? -Hell yeah!-
Do I find Pinkie Cute, Funny or Adorable? -All of the above? Is that an answer?-
Would Luna be okay with it? -Already know the answer to this..-
Final question: Do you see yourself having a good relationship with Pinkie? -How is this a question?!

Welp, That was a lot easier than I thought. I turned to Luna with a small smile on my face. A quick look of shock appeared on her face as I did so. I nodded and then made a motion with my head pointing to Pinkie. Luna's eyes widened even more, but softened considerably. She nodded with a smile. I looked at Pinkie, who had a look of confusion on her face.

"What?" She asked, almost deflated, her hair seemed to lose some of its puffy luster.

"Welcome to the group, Pinks." I said as I leaned down and pecked her lips with my own. Her eyes widened and she seemed to sputter out nonsense. I was a bit taken back when she bolted into me like a rocket and Nuzzled my neck affectionately.

"Yaaay! Thanks Hazie! Thanks Princess! I'll be the best Marefriend I can be! I swear!" She was a bit muffled from the nuzzling but the point was made. I was about to say something about the whole tackling thing, but Luna beat me to the talking bit.

"Pinkie, you can call me Luna now." She stated simply, while nuzzling the other side of my neck. The sudden action made my breath hitch slightly. I had gotten used to One nuzzle, but both side of my neck was a feeling I doubt I'll ever forget. The softness of their fur, and the warmth they exuded.. I'll admit, my eyes went a bit hazy for a second.

"Oh? Well I guess that's our cue to leave for now." Luna said as she backed up slightly. She bopped me on the nose and broke me out of my trance. I heard Pinkie giggling like a school filly, and brought my attention back to the world around us. I chuckled lightly as I said my goodbyes. Soon we were teleported to Luna's room in Canterlot. Pinkie sat on the bed looking around the room in earnest. I waited for Luna to say something. I knew that since she had taken us here, it was for One of Two reasons. The first is out of the question with Pinkie here, at least, for now. The second was simply that she wanted to talk in private.

"I have one question for you, and I want you to answer honestly." She looked me dead in the eyes. I have a very bad feeling about this..

"What is it?" I asked, while sitting on the edge of the bed.

"When you were split from Terumi, he said somethin when you both started fading away." Ow! The feeling just became a sharp pain all of a sudden. Like something really.. Really stupid happened.

"What did he say?" My voice was small, almost a whisper. Luna got closer to me, her face inches from mine.

"Why didn't you tell me you were dying?" She stated flatly. My eyes widened, and I swear my heart stopped for a full Thirty seconds.

How?! Why?!

Terumi!!

"Fuck... You..." I faintly hear Terumi through our link.

*Smack!* The link went to fuzz.

Great, I'm dead.

"Why?" I looked at Luna and saw that she was tearing up slightly. My heart broke. I sighed internally. Even when I try to help I fuck everything up.

"I'm sorry Luna.." I wrapped her in a hug. "I'm all better now, I only wanted you to not worry. If all my plans didn't work out then I most certainly would have told you." A small white lie never hurt nobody.

"No.. You wouldn't.." Pinkie said from behind me. My eyes widened as she made Luna move and Pinkie filled my field of vision. She shared a quick glance at Luna and proceeded with whatever plan she had. She looked me right in the eyes.

"Lies only drive ponies apart. I don't want to see that happen. I want you to Pinkie promise, that you will never lie to any of your Marefriends." I looked at her in confusion. They didn't have pinky fingers, so how was this going to happen? I assumed she meant some other kind of promise and nodded my head. This causes Luna to let out a small chuckle.

"Okay, now do as I do, and say what I say." Pinkie looked furiously into my eyes unblinking, looking for some error in my soul or something.

"I swear to never lie to any of my Marefriends from this day forward, till the day I die!" Pinkie said, and waited for me to repeat.

"I swear to never lie to any of my Marefriends from this day forward, till the day I die." I stated, as evenly as I could, so no audible mistakes were made. This could be a form of magic or something, and I don't need something coming after me because I worded something wrong!

"Cross my heart!" She crossed her hoof over where her heart would be.

"Cross my heart." I continued.

"Hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in your eye!" She ended it by shoving her hoof into her eye.. That looked painful.

"Hope to fly, Stick a cupcake in your eye." I took my fist and punched my own eye. I heard Luna hiss at the action. Pinkie was still in my face, she moved even closer, scrunching her nose against mine, while squinting her eyes menacingly.

"Nopony. Breaks. A Pinkie Promise!" She said sternly. I gulped and nodded my head readily.

She sighed and backed off my face a bit, then proceeded to push me back onto the bed. She lay on top of me and closed her eyes.

"You can take me and Lunie on a date tomorrow. I'm tired." She said as she Yawned cutly.

Luna twitched slightly at the nickname, but just crawled into bed next to me, an equally cute yawn escaping her as well.

I was surprised when they both leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Good night Hazama." They both said in my ear. A smile erupted onto my face as I relaxed and started to doze off myself. Hmm..

I could get used to this.

Author's Note

Just a small chapter today, another one on the way tomorrow!
Hope you guys like it.