Joey just finished his oatmeal when he heard a grunt from Spike. He whirled around to see the baby dragon holding his stomach. "You good, man?" he asked. "Ya," Spike replied, "It's just......."

Then he belched out a letter, sending green flames everywhere. Joey jumped back in fear and surprise. "Wha..........wha......" he muttered. "How....." Spike just chuckled. "It's the princess's way of sending letters to each other." Joey was still surprised. He just massaged his temples.

"Oh!" Twilight exclaimed from the other room. "She responded! That was fast." Joey was a tad nervous. What would the princess think? Would they chase him out? He wouldn't blame them. He felt pretty worthless. How could anybody like him, especially ROYALTY? He didn't know why these ponies (and dragon) were being so nice to him. Maybe they felt bad for him.

Twilight snapped him out of his thoughts. "Joey!" she exclaimed. "The princess is interested in meeting you! Isn't that great? She never requests to meet anyone, unless it's royalty!" Joey was more nervous than ever. He didn't know whether to be afraid or excited, but he vowed he would try to stay humble, no matter what. He didn't want to risk losing his head. Then again, he wanted to die...........

He shook the thought out of his head. He had a strong faith in God, being a Christian and all, but he was ready to give up. His life had been bad enough already. As Joey was thinking these things, Twilight noticed his expression.

"She won't mean you any harm," she reassured, "She just wants to know who you are." Joey eased up a tiny bit, but was still really nervous. He still didn't know fully what to expect. He just yawned quietly, making sure no one heard it. He wasn't in the mood to be babied. He never was either, as a matter of fact.

"We will leave tomorrow, guys, so you have time to prepare," Twilight continued. "But before we all go home, let's take some time to learn about Joey." She looked over to where the young human was sitting, only to find an empty chair.

"JOEY?!" she cried out. "Where did you go?" The others in the room looked around nervously.

Joey was currently back in the guest bedroom in Twilight's crystal castle. He immediately thought about his backpack when Twilight talked about travelling..........which reminded him of luggage, which reminded him of his backpack.

And now he was searching for it like crazy. He wasn't making a mess, but he was for sure freaking out. "Where is it? WHERE?" he kept muttering to himself. He didn't know if his new friends did something with his backpack. He didn't think they would have the heart. He was just so intent on finding the remaining thing that reminded him of his family. He was starting to get desperate.

Then he saw a strap from his backpack hanging off a shelf. He ran over, and found that his backpack was covered in blankets. He took a deep breath of relief. "Oh, thank the lord. I FINALLY found it. All my memories are back!"

Then the door behind him opened, and Pinkie Pie bounced in. "Oh! There you are, silly!" she squealed. "We were all getting so worried, and not to mention concerned afraid........." Joey was amazed at how fast she was talking. She was SO energetic - he thought it was pretty funny. Then Pinkie spoke again.

"So, what were you doing up here that made us all sooooooo worried that you ran away-" Joey interrupted. "I was just looking for this." He held up his backpack. "OH!" Pinkie replied. "What's in there?" Joey looked down to make sure all the contents were there. He sighed in relief when he found each device accounted for.

"It's something that means the world to me" he replied. "It's my only memory of my family." Pinkie looked at him like there was something he was not telling her. Something he was hiding - something mysterious. But she decided not to push it. "Anyway, you wanna come back downstairs?" Pinkie asked energetically. "Ya, why not?" Joey replied, putting on his backpack.

Before Joey could take a step, Pinkie zoomed up to him, plopped him on her barrel, zoomed him down the stairs, then set him on the floor. Joey stumbled around, dizzy from the unexpected ride. "Oy," he muttered. Pinkie then proclaimed to the rest of the group proudly, "I found him!"

Twilight trotted into the room. "Oh, thank Celestia! I was getting worried. Where were you?" she asked, sighing in relief. "I was in the guest room upstairs," he responded, "Looking for this." He held up his backpack. Twilight grew a sheepish look. "Sorry, I knew it was some kind of saddlebag, and I couldn't help but see what was inside." Joey just smiled and looked up at Twilight. "As long as you didn't break anything, we're good." She sighed in relief.

Joey took a seat on one of the living room couches, then proceeded to open his backpack. The others, who had just walked in, watched curiously as he pulled out his laptop. "Good to see that you're back, sugarcube" said Applejack, we were startin' to get worried there." "Sorry," Joey responded, "I was just looking for my backpack."So THAT'S what it's called, Twilight thought.

Joey opened the lid and the screen lit up. The others watched in amazement as he logged in. There were buttons that had letters on them, and when they were pushed, the letter appeared on screen! They had never seen anything like it before! "Let's see if I have internet......" Joey thought out loud.

When he pulled up the indicator, he somehow did! This world WAS magical. Heh.

"So, Joey," Twilight started, "What is this?" Joey patted his laptop. "This," he replied, "Is a computer. It can do so many things like browse the internet, play music, have games, etcetera. This, my phone, and my Ipad are my most treasured items in the whole universe." Twilight decided this was the time to know more about him.

"What kind of music do you listen to?" she asked. "Glad you asked," he replied. He went to his music folder. "I like heavy metal, dubstep, and christian metal." Rarity gave a look of disgust. "I take it you don't like metal" Joey chuckled. Rarity took a deep breath. "Well, er........I-I.........well, no, not really." She gave off an innocent smile, hoping he wouldn't be offended. "Ah, no worries. Not everyone is the same"he replied. He smiled at Rarity, who smiled back. "Anyway, here's one of my favorite Christian Metal songs"he continued..................he pulled up Skillet and hit "play".

"And here's a dubstep.........." he pulled up another song and hit "play".

"And just for the sake of Rarity, I won't play the heavy metal." She let out a sigh of relief. "Those were SOOOOO good!" Pinkie rambled. "I especially liked it when they did that 'pew pew pew' thing and that 'mraaaaaaaaaaa' thing, and-!" She was cut off when Rainbow Dash put a hoof over her mouth. She still continued to talk, although you couldn't understand it. It was entertaining.

Joey then shut his computer, receiving a disappointed look from Pinkie. He zipped up his backpack. "So," Rainbow Dash started, "You like sports?" Joey got up and nodded. "Oh heck ya!" he exclaimed, "Sports are like one third of my life. I play soccer, and made varsity for my school. So I guess that means I'm pretty good." Rainbow Dash nodded. "You kidding?" she responded, "Making a varsity means that you're so awesome!!!" Joey smiled. "Thanks," he said.

"Where do you come from, Joey?" asked Fluttershy. "Colorado." Joey stated proudly. "It is such an awesome place. The east half is all plains, but a huge chunk of the western half is towering mountains. They're fun to climb." Twilight responded, "When I was in the human world, a kid named Flash told me he had gone there, and he said that the mountains are so fun to visit. I've wanted to go since." She smirked at Joey. "Equestria is proud of our tallest mountain, Mt. Canterlot. Not only is the city of Canterlot built around it, the mountain stands at 5,600 hooves tall." Joey chuckled. "Hooves?" Twilight rolled her eyes. "Twelve inches. Don't you know this?" "In my world, we call them feet," Joey replied, "And Colorado's highest mountain is Mt. Elbert, which stands at 14,439 feet, or what you call it, 'hooves'."

Twilight was silent. Finally, she muttered, "No way." "Yep," said Joey, "And I climbed it too."

After a couple minutes of finding proof of Mt. Elbert for Twilight, They got to know Joey a lot better. Hours went by, and soon, it was time for everyone to leave. "See ya, Joey!" Rainbow said, flying out an open window. "Who am I staying with, guys?" Joey asked. Twilight looked at his stuff, then back at him. "I've already got a room set up for you, so me." Joey nodded. "See you all tomorrow," he said, "I'm going to bed." Twilight trotted up to him and gave him an unexpected hug. "Good night, Joey" she said. "Sleep well!" The others waved and said likewise as they walked out of the crystal castle.

Little did they know, that sleep would not come easy for this boy.

Author's Note

Sorry for a shorter chapter........December will be a slow progress month with this story. Good things and bad things are in the future. Please like and fav!!!!!!!