New World, New Life

Keith sits down.
“Something was out there... And I’m going to find out what.” He says, starting towards the door.
Twilight grabs him by the shoulder.
“Keith, wait. We have to talk” she says.
Keith sighs.
“Fine” He says.

Twilight hears a knocking at the door.
She goes to open it. She looks worryingly at the mark from where Keith kicked the door.
The door is hit by a gust of wind and blown open, Keith must have damaged the lock when he kicked it, in walks Rarity, follow by Applejack, Fluttershy, all of the mane 6.
They all crowd around Keith, They all stare at him with accusing eyes.
Twilight walks tight up to Keith’s face.
She gives him a cold stare.
“Keith, you told us you just FELL from the sky, into this land?” she says.
He nods.
Twilight laughs.
“Keith, your story hasn’t made any sense from the start. You claim we’re part of a TV show. Do you have any proof to back up your accusation? I think you know so much about us...
Because you’re a spy!” She says, pointing a hoof at him.
Keith doubles over, laughing. Twilight slams her hoof into the ground.
“I’m SERIOUS!” She shouts.
Keith gets up and wipes his eyes.
“A Spy, seriously? What is this, Team Fortress 2?” he says.
Spike, who had been asleep in the corner until about 5 minutes ago taps Pinkie Pies shoulder.
“Hey, what’s Team Fortress 2?” He whispers.
She shrugs.
“I don’t know, Spike. It sounds fun!” she says.
Twilight points her hoof at Keith.
“Give us a better explanation, NOW.” She says.
Keith sighs.
“What is there to explain? I told you I don’t know why I’m here, only that someone brought me here. You guys ARE a TV show! You said yourself something about cameras following you around the place, maybe this could be something to do with someone higher up?” he says.

Twilight seems to be mulling this over. Applejack puts her hoof on her shoulder
“Y’all shouldn’t fret about this, sugarcube. This guy seems pretty darn trustworthy, Ah should know.” She says.

“You should know because you are the Element Of Honesty” says Keith.
“Exactly” says Applejack.

Keith takes in a big breath of air, preparing him for the long speech he was about to give.
“Look, I came from a land of war, drugs, violence and many, many bad things. This place is a haven, all I ask is that you give me the benefit of the doubt. I’ve done nothing to cross you, I WORSHIP you guys! Honestly, this is a land of opportunity for me, a new beginning! All I ask of you, is that you trust me...” He says, panting a little.

He outstretches his hoof to Twilight.
“Friends?” He says.

“Friends” she says, shaking his hoof.

Rarity puts her hoof on Keith’s head.
“I say, darling, how ever did you receive those HORRENDOUS cuts and bruises?” she says.
Keith brushes more blood from his scrapes.
“Something was after me... Something... with Tentacles.”

The room went a bit silent.
“Tentacles? Pff... No big deal, I have to weave my way around monsters every time I go to the Everfree Forest for obstacle training!” Says Rainbow Dash, jabbing at the air.

“Oh... Um... Maybe it was an octopus?” says Fluttershy.

Keith gives her a look.
“Why would an octopus be walking around the town square?” he says.
Fluttershy blushes and lowers her head, making Keith feel a bit bad.

Keith shakes his head, sending small splatters of blood around the room.
“I don’t know what it was... I just hope it doesn’t come back...”
Keith stared out the window, towards the moon, knowing that things wouldn’t be that simple...

Hours has passed, the late night becoming the early hours of the morning.

Twilight lay in her bed, tossing and turning.
She couldn’t stop thinking about Keith.
He had this feel about him. She could learn SO MUCH from him.
His world...
His life...

She needed to know, now.

She slithers out of bed, being careful not to wake Spike.

She trots out the door, the still breeze from the open window blowing back her mane.
She taps on his door. “Keith?” she says “Are you awake?”

She pushes open the door. Keith lay in bed, snoring loudly, his face still covered in cuts and bruises.
Twilight felt sorry for him, He had been through a lot days.
She found herself staring at him, unable to look away. He seemed so...

MYSTERIOUS.

He shuffles a little and rolls onto his side, facing towards Twilight.
“Uhhh....” He moans, his eyes flickering.
His eyes shoot open.
In a quick movement, he had flung the covers into the air, landing on Twilights face, and in a split second, he had her down on the ground, pinned to the floor.

“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING CREEPING ON ME?!” He shouts.
Twilight instantly regretted her decision to learn more about Keith.
“I’M SORRY! I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS!” She shouts, scared.

They both stay silent for a few seconds. Keith rolls off her and offers her a hoof getting up.
“Sorry about that... You scared me.” He says, blushing Magenta.

The next few minutes were nothing but awkward silence.

“So... You...Wanted to ask some questions?” he says, still blushing.
Twilight nods, her brain was telling her to run, she had started this on the wrong hoof...
But her heart made her go for it.

“Y-yeah... I-I wanted to know more about where you... Y’know, came from?” she says, not catching his eye.

He takes a deep breath, a futile attempt to escape the awkward tension between them.
Twilight starts towards the door.
“I’ll go make some coffee... We can start then.” She says.

Keith wasn’t sure why...
But he wanted to tell all his darkest secrets to that mare...

Keith sat in the kitchen, Twilight was in the kitchen.
He could hear the clink of mugs as she made coffee.
He could spy a portion of Twilight from a gap in the wall.

She had always been has favourite of the mane 6...
Her expert magical skill...
Her masterful skills of organization.
Her utterly fascinating knowledge of literature...

And now he was in her house, talking to her about his life over a warm cup of coffee.
This almost made Keith forget about his attacker earlier. Almost.
Who... Or WHAT was that dark beast that had assaulted him?
He had never heard of those kinds of monsters of Equestria before...
At this point, he was almost hoping it WAS an Octopus...

Twilight came trotting in, a tray of coffee cups, a kettle and many assorted biscuits and cakes levitated by magic in front of her. She sets it down on the table.
She sits down in the seat opposite him.
“So... Keith, tell me a bit more about you?” she says.

Keith’s brain went white for a moment. He wasn’t sure what he could and couldn’t say, he couldn’t say where he was from, she probably wouldn’t have even heard of those places.

Twilight senses his distress.
“Haha, alright, let me make this easier for you... How old are you?”

“I’m 13” He says, smiling confidently.

“13? How young... You seem much older.” Says Twilight.

Keith laughs.
“Yeah, I get that a lot. I’ve always been slightly more... MATURE then typical people my age. In the sense that I’d never Drink or do drugs or anything... But, since I got here, My thoughts have become more... Sophisticated?” he says, not even sure he was making sense anymore.
Twilight nods like she understood what he meant.
“I admire that. Age is just a number, it’s the person BEHIND the number that sets their own standards.” She says.

Twilight and Keith talked away into the night, the coffee growing cold.

Meanwhile, on a hill overlooking the library, a stallion stood on the very tip, staring at Keith and Twilight talking away to each-other.

“Hah, that pathetic young worm is supposed to be able to stop me?” says the stallion.
“He isn’t even brave enough to face my lowliest pawn...”

He puts his hoof against the chin of a creature, a massive creature, it’s legs and arms were 5 feet wide, his torso seemed to be covered in a metallic like substance.

The creature raises it leg and scratches behind his ear.
“Woof Woof!” goes the creature.

The stallion smacks him with his hoof.
“QUIET, Patches” he says.
The stallion turns and begins to walk away.

“You better prepare yourself, Keith. I don’t take it easy on children.”