Author's Note

Here's the next chapter in the story. Again, sorry it took so long, I've had many other things to get done. Beings how this is how it's gonna go for all my chapters, it might take me almost a year to complete. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: A New Resident of Ponyville

During our train ride back to Ponyville, I decided to try & talk a little more with my 5 friends,(Twilight's still talking with Celestia) try to get to know them better.

I start the first conversation by asking, "What do you girls like to do in your spare time?"

Rainbow was the 1st to answer. "I sometimes like to pull pranks on other ponies, sometimes with Pinkie Pie, who also likes to pull pranks."

"I like to take care of my animal friends," Fluttershy responded.

"I like to make others laugh!" says Pinkie "It's my favorite thing to do!"

"Ah often spend time with mah family" Applejack replies.

"What about you Rarity? What do you like to do?", I ask Rarity.

She smiles a slight bit before giving her response, "I'm kinda always working, beings how my profession is fashion. Speaking of which, may I take your measurements real quick?"

Thinking to myself for just a brief moment, I tell her "Yeah, sure" as I stood up so she could quickly take my measurements, obviously for making me some extra clothes since the only clothes I have are the ones that I wore on the day of my arrival here in Ponyville.

Being ever so calm, Rarity took out a measuring tape with her magic, & levitated it around my body, making notes of my measurements. After about like 10 seconds or so, she finished with the measurements & put her measuring tape away.

"Wow," I say with amazement. "That didn't take very long. You must be pretty dang good with measurements" I compliment her.

"Thank you, I do like to take pride in my work. For it is what I'm skilled at" she replies with a nice smile.

"What about you, Xavier? What do you do?" AJ asks me.

"I like to make artwork, whether it's drawings, paintings, ceramics, or plaster stuff, like masks for example. I do whatever comes into my head as I sing to myself while I work on it" I tell them.

"Oh, you can sing? Could you sing a song, to show us your singing voice?" Rarity asks with eager curiosity.

"Sure," I tell them, as I start singing Sound of Silence, by Disturbed.

After I finished, I notice that the mares now have this expression on their faces, while also looking like they’re in a trance.

"Uh, girls?" I say as I wave my hand, hoping to snap them out of it.

"Huh, oh! That was amazing Xavier" they all say in unison.

"You have such a beautiful tenor voice," Fluttershy said with the faintest of blushes on her face, so faint you could barely even notice it.

"It made me feel like melted butter inside, it so lovely[<3].

"I strongly agree with Fluttershy," replies Rarity, who's also slightly blushing. "It was very lovely. Where did you learn to sing like that?"

"To tell you the dead honest truth, absolutely nowhere," I respond, replacing their expressions with a shocked expression on their faces.

In unison, they exclaim, "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?"

Then Applejack says on her own "That's yer actual voice, yah never took any singing lessons at ALL?!"

Just then, Twilight pops into the room in a flash of light, with Celestia next to her.

"Thanks for the assist Princess, couldn't have done that long-distance teleportation without help," Twilight says to Celestia.

Celestia replies with a slight smirk "You are welcome, Twilight. I'll be going now."

In another flash of light, Celestial was no longer on the train.

Before Twilight even had a chance to speak, Pinkie Pie quickly popped in front of her face & exclaimed "Hey Twilight! Did you know that Xavier never took any singing lessons, but yet, he has a very lovely tenor voice!?"

Twilight, looking somewhat irritated with Pinkie Pie, answers "Really? That's interesting. Anyways, how's everypony doing?"

I answer with a joke, "Oh, TERRIBLE! First, we got our orders all messed up, & I got a swirly from a rather mean colt when I went to go use the restroom!" Everypony then chuckled at the joke.

"I'm just kidding. We're actually doing great. Right now the girls are talking about how amazing of a tenor I am," I tell Twilight.

"That's great. I had just had go over a few things with Celestia. We should arrive back at Ponyville in the next 15 minutes," Twilight informs us. As she sat down, we all continued to talk about each other the rest of the way back.

Once we got back to Ponyville, we first headed to the 'Sugarcube Corner', as what I was told, for the welcome party that Pinkie was throwing for me.

As we headed for the Sugarcube Corner, I saw that I was gawked at again by some of the residents, & I could've sworn I saw a light aquamarine mare look at me with a 'bedroom eye' look, which made me feel uncomfortable.

I hope she's not planning anything 'weird' when I'm asleep. Either that or she just thinks that I'm kinda cute looking, which I hope that's the case.

When we arrived at the Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie insisted for me to open the door instead of one girl's. So I opened the door, & once I opened the door all the way, the room instantly lit up, filled with decorations & other ponies who also came to welcome my arrival in Equestria.

The first thing we did was play Pin the Mustache on the Donkey, which was pretty much exactly like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but with a mustache instead of a tail.

I went first, & I got it in the right place the first time, which surprised everypony. When they asked how I did it, I simply told them that I just used my other senses, which become heightened when one sense stops working, & my photographic memory to find the exact spot to put the mustache.

We played lots of games & had all sorts of snacks. But when we finished the last game, Pinkie Pie brought out the biggest cake I've ever seen.

It had words at the top that read 'To the Newest resident of Ponyville, Xavier!'. I smile with glee, Pinkie sure knew how to throw a party.

"Let's all give a round of applause for our newest Ponyville resident, Xavier the Human!" Pinkie Pie announced, & everypony that came to the party clapped their hands in approval as Pinkie shot off a party cannon, which she pulled out of thin air, not really sure how she did that.

When the applause died down, Pinkie Pie pulled out a cake knife & cut the cake into equal sized pieces for everypony, & person, in the room. Once everypony had their piece of cake, they all went home.

So now the only ones left at the Sugarcube Corner was me & my 6 new friends, who had welcoming gifts for me. They said it's their way of showing their acceptance of me as a friend, which made my heart flutter.

Applejack got me a black cowboy hat, which was pretty cool. Pinkie gave me joke glasses.

Rainbow gave me a poster of her favorite pegasus flying team in all of Equestria, the Wonderbolts, which seemed pretty cool. Fluttershy managed to get me some art supplies, not a whole lot, but just some pencil stuff, which I told her was pretty thoughtful.

Rarity got me some shades from the market area when we were heading to the train station earlier today. Twilight got me a picture of the 6 of them, which she said was her way of accepting me as a friend.

I thanked all of them for their thoughtful gifts & put them in the bag with my repaired sub-zero mask & gauntlets. When I saw them, I suddenly remembered something that I almost forgot about.

"Oh! Almost forgot. Hey, Rarity. I heard you made a specialized hospital gown for me when I first woke up in the hospital, so without trying to make it sound weird, I'd like to thank you for that" I tell her.

She blushes & says "You're quite welcome, dear."

Smiling, I also tell her "Oh, also," I pull out my sub-zero mask & gauntlets. "You didn't really have to fix these since they were only for Hallow....er...Nightmare Night. So I don't really need them anymore."

"Oh, I see. But at least you now have them for next years Nightmare Night" she replies.

From there, we all wrapped things up for the night & helped Pinkie clean up the place. After that, before we all went home to get some shuteye, Twilight wanted me to quickly meet her assistant Spike, who is a baby dragon. "Alright. I could take a quick few minutes to meet the guy" I calmly respond. But in my head, I was like "A BABY DRAGON! That's so fucking awesome!"

So me & Fluttershy followed Twilight to her house. On the way there, I noticed that Twilight had a star tattoo on her hip, I told her that that's nice tattoo on her hip. But once I said that, both Twilight & Fluttershy giggled, once again making feel stupid for saying something stupid. Then Twilight told me that it's actually a Cutie Mark, & explained to me the concept of Cutie Marks.

When she finished, I became quite intrigued with the whole concept(& also wondered what Cutie Mark I'd have if I was born here instead of Earth. I thought probably something to do with art).

Once we arrived at Twilights, we went in, where I greeted Spike, who was a bit freaked at first, but then quickly warmed up to me when I told him what kind of guy I was & that I think it's pretty cool that he's a dragon.

He smiled when I told him that. When I was done with my greeting for the small guy, Fluttershy told Twilight that we better get going since it was a quite a walk back to Fluttershy's cottage.

When Fluttershy & I made it back to her cottage, it was almost midnight. And when I first saw her cottage, it looked like a nature lovers dream house. It had a roof that was made with grass, had a few birdhouses attached to a few walls, a small river with a bridge arching over it. It was surrounded by beautiful forest scenery, & a few trees with birdhouses.

It also had a little chicken coop, where the chickens were already sleeping peacefully even though there was a bear sleeping only a few feet away from the coop.... wait, BEAR?!

"Uhh, Fluttershy," I whisper to her. "There's a bear over by the chicken coop," I tell her with a worried voice.

"Oh, don't mind Harry, he's very friendly, he won't harm any of the animals. Plus he's also one of my many animal friends" she reassures me.

Feeling halfway reassured, I head inside, where it was also looked quite lovely. Fluttershy said that since she has yet to prepare a bedroom for me, she said that I could either sleep on the couch, where Harry sometimes sleeps when he has bad dreams or with her in her bed, that is, if I wanted to.

Thinking to myself carefully, I decided that maybe I could just borrow some extra blankets & pillows & sleep on them on the floor next to her bed. But she said that I didn't have to since she'd be okay if I choose to sleep in her bed for the night.

"She's offering me to let me sleep with her in her bed for the night. She's cute & all, but I didn't want to take advantage of her kindness, but I also don't want to hurt her feelings by refusing her offer. Maybe if I told her what I think about it," I thought to myself.

"Hey, Fluttershy," I start out. "It's really quite kind of you to let me sleep in your bed for the bed for the night, but I don't want to take advantage of your kindness."

"Oh, don't worry. You won't be taking advantage of my kindness, besides, you're actually the first friend I had over to stay the night in a long time," she tells me.

"Really?" I ask.

"Yeah. Really," she answers. "And to be truthful, it sometimes gets a little lonely sleeping alone."

Then I realize something. "Wait," I start off my question. "Are you asking me if I could....."

"Sleep with me for the night? Yes, I am," she says with a bright blush, finishing my sentence & catching me off guard.

Now with the sudden realization going through my head, I decided to ask a simple question before deciding.

"Is it gonna be something that you might ask me once in a great while?" I ask, trying not to make it sound awkward.

She then responds with a softer tone, "Yeah, probably. That is if you want to?"

Thinking that it probably won't hurt since it's only once every great while. "Yeah, sure. I'd be fine with that" I tell her.

She smiles with joy, "Oh! That's great---- I mean, thank you. I'll go get the bed ready while you get yourself ready." She heads upstairs as soon as she finishes her sentence. The sound of her hoofsteps fades as she heads upstairs.

Since I don't have much for clothes yet, I first check my pockets to make sure they're empty. Then I remove my socks, shoes & belt, leaving on my hoodie & pants.(I left the hoodie on because I didn't have a shirt on underneath.)

After I did that, I put my belt in the bag with my other things, set my socks & shoes by the doorway off to the side, then sat down in an empty chair while waiting for Fluttershy to come get me once she's done getting the bed ready.

It had only been like 3 moments before came down to get me.

"The bed's ready. You can come up now," she tells me, now wearing a white nightgown with a fluffy purple trim.

I follow her upstairs to her room, which had a nice little fireplace along the wall on the right, & a chest box at the foot posts of her bed. I climb in after she gets herself snuggled in with her covers. Once I got snuggled into the covers of her bed, I felt the warmth of her body radiating from her, making me feel relaxed & sleepy.

I laid down in a comfy position, feeling Fluttershy's wing wrap around me the instant I got in a comfy position. I ask her if she could try not to make this awkward. But her peaceful, silent breathing told me that she was already fast asleep.

So I leave her wing as it is as I close my eyes, feeling myself fall asleep to the soothing sensation of her body, ending my ever busy day.