Everything was dark for a moment. No sound, no sight. But suddenly he could hear a voice speaking to him. It sounded like it was coming from all directions. It was a warm and soft female voice. Mystogan had the strangest feeling he had heard it somewhere before but he could not remember it at all. Then again, he really could remember much at all either.

“Wake up, Mystogan...your new life awaits you. And it is time that you begin it. Wake up…”

His eyes shoot open and his chest rises up with the sharp breath he had taken in. he sits up quickly as he looks around at his surroundings. He appeared to be in some kind of alleyway with large brick buildings on both sides. He flicked his ears about trying to catch the sounds around him as he slowly stands to his paws. He slowly makes his way to what he can tell is a street on the other side of the alley. Once he makes his way there, he peeks from the shadows to see that he was in a rather large city. He didn’t exactly know what city it was, but it certainly wasn’t one he was familiar with. He slowly brings his hood over his head which hides most of his face, But his horns definitely made him look incredibly different from the inhabitants he was seeing. He noticed that there were...equines. Nothing but equines. A few griffons here and there, but mostly equines. And not to mention they are more...cutesy looking than the regular mares and stallions he was familiar with.

“Why can’t I...remember what happened before I woke up here? I can’t even remember where I was born or who my family was…”

He tried his best to remember anything he could. But nothing in his past came to him. The female had truly wiped away everything involving his last life. The people he knew, his memories of both good and bad times. All he had left was just his name and day to day skills and knowledge he had gotten over his life. He makes his way out of the alley and makes his way down the sidewalk. Immediately eyes were falling upon him at his strange appearance.

“Look, mommy, I have never seen anypony like that before! I like his wings!”

“Don’t stare at him, that’s rude!”

She said as she pulled her colt away from Mystogan. His eyes fall to the mother and child as their eyes meet, She felt a shiver run down her spine as she lowered her ears and bowed slightly.

“I- U am sorry about that..”

Mystogan walked up to them with a slight smile on his muzzle. He crouches down and looks at the colt who seemed to be very interested in what Mystogan was. The mother, however, pulled her son closer to her side.

“You like my wings huh? Well, thank you. It’s kind of you to say. Could you possibly tell me where I am? I am...kind of lost right now.”

The colt smiled again and pulled away from his mother to stand in front of Mystogan.

“You are welcome, mister. And you are in the town of Manehattan. The biggest city in all of Equestria! There is plenty of things to do here too!”

Equestria? Manehattan? Just where in the hell was he? He sighs lightly and reaches up and ruffles the colt’s mane gently. Then stands back up.

“Thanks, little guy. I think I need to go and find a doctor or something though. I..can’t remember anything about my past...at all. Not sure if I hit my head somewhere or what.”

The mare could clearly see that he wasn’t a threat to her or her son. And the fact that he said he may need a doctor did make her a slight bit concerned about him. She could see it in his eyes that he was truly lost and that he didn’t know what was going on.

“I can take you to a doctor should you really need one. You can’t remember anything?”

He shakes his head lightly as he tries to remember his past again, but only a slight headache came on when he tried. She smiles lightly and gently takes his hand. She gave a gentle smile and nodded.

“Alright, you are coming with me. I don’t see any injuries that might have caused your memory loss, but you need a doctor nonetheless. I can see that by trying to remembering anything is causing a bit of pain and discomfort. And as a nurse, I wouldn’t feel right leaving you alone like this in your condition.”

Mystogan blinks a few times as she suddenly grabs his hand and starts dragging him down the street. Was she going to be nice to a complete stranger like him and get him to a doctor? That was certainly different. Especially in these big city type places where people didn’t give a damn about others. He only smiled to her and gave a bow of his head.

“You are very kind to take me. I don’t really have anything I could offer in return though.”

“Nothing is required to pay me back sir. After all, it looks like you aren’t from around here. Perhaps you are a strange being from another world who lost his memories. But that would be just silly wouldn’t it?”

She asked with a slight giggle as she continued to lead him to the hospital. Mystogan watched as he walked passed all the different colored ponies who in turn looked at him. Others thought he looked strange in his old world already, his breed just went from ‘extremely rare’ to ‘one of a kind’. He could feel stares that were a mix of curiosity and worry. His gaze turns back to the mare in front of him who still lead him by the hand. He then looked down at the colt who seemed to be admiring his appearance with a big smile on his face and a look of wonder in his eyes.

Once they finally got to the hospital, Mystogan looked around and noticed that something was rather different about this hospital. Or it felt different to him. The loss of his memories caused pings of deja-vu and warm fuzziness flow through his body. But no memory to speak of. The mare that lead him to the hospital watched as Mystogan looked around. She could see that he was experiencing what a strange sensation of familiarity and walked up to the counter to check him in.

“Um...Healing Spark? What is he exactly?”

“I don’t know that myself. But he needs to see the specialist who deals with memory loss and amnesia. Is he available today?”

“He is out to lunch, but he should be here within the next ten minutes. I have you down for his next appointment though. Just..be careful around him. You took a big risk bringing somepony who looks so...rough here. Especially with your kid.”

Healing looked back to see that her son was chatting with Mystogan who really didn’t seem to mind that her son was asking him questions about what he is. All he would do is just smile and ruffle the colt’s mane gently. The once normally gruff and rough dragonwolf he was back in his world seemed to have become a bit more lighthearted.

“Hey, kiddo. Wanna see a magic trick?”

“Oooh yeah yeah! You can cast magic like unicorns here can?”

“Well...I can’t really cast magic spells per say. But just watch. Do you have a coin on you?”

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a gold coin and holds it up. Mystogan takes the coin and holds it out in his hand.

“You see it here right?”

The colt watched intently and gave a nod, his tail swaying behind him in excitement as he awaits the trick to happen. Mystogan closes his hand into a fist and slaps his other open hand against it. He then opens his hand up to reveal that he did not have it in his hand. The colt gasped as he somehow made it disappear without putting it in his pocket or anything like that. Mystogan smiles and even shows that his other hand is empty as well.

“That’s amazing mister! Have you always been able to do that?”

“I...don’t know. It’s just a skill that happens to be in my mind. But watch this.”

He reaches up to the colts ear and reaches inside it slightly. Not only does he pull out one, but two bits! He holds them out in front of the colt who was completely stunned by what he had just witnessed. He claps his hands and bounces on his hooves in amazement. Even the mother who was watching the show was amazed at his skill. Mystogan couldn’t help but smile at the colt who seemed to enjoy his little trick greatly. He places the bits into the colt’s hand and bows slightly.

“You are a wonderful audience.”

After he comes up from his bow, he noticed a few other colts and fillies made their way to him as they had watched from the parent’s sides as well. Mystogan blinks a few times as they stared up at him with slightly dropped jaws. He chuckled lightly and saw that he had gained a small audience.

“Wooow...what else can you do, mister?”

Asked one of the fillies who had approached him. He rubbed his chin in thought and snapped a finger. He reaches over into the candy bowl next to him and pulls out two pieces. He calls the same filly over and the one beside her who he assumed was her sister. He holds the pieces out with one in each hand so they see that he has them. He then closes his hands and brings them together and shakes the candies in the hollow spot in his hands. He opens them again to reveal that nothing was in them.

“Now, I want both of you to reach in your left pockets.”

They do so and can’t believe what they are feeling. Nor do they believe what they are seeing when they pull out the very same candies he had. The young ones cheered and jumped in place as they clapped. Even the parents who were mainly watching him for the safety of their children were impressed. He was about to show them a few more tricks when the doctor suddenly called out his name to come to the back.

“Mystogan, would you follow me please?”

Asked the doctor as he motioned him to follow with a hand. Mystogan nods and looks down at all the foal and gives a smile to them all. He stands up and ruffles their manes gently. He makes his way toward the doctor and smiles again to them.

“I am glad you all liked my tricks, maybe I can show you more next time huh?”

They all let out a collective ‘Aaawwww…” of disappointment as he had to leave so soon. But the waved him goodbye with big smiles on their muzzles.

“I hope to see you soon mister magician!”

“Get well so we can come see your tricks again!”

Mystogan waves bye to them as he and Healing’s son made it over to her, then they all accompanied the doctor. She looks over at him with a smile that showed she was impressed by how he handled many kids at once.

“You are very good with children, Mystogan. I thought with somepony like you who looks rather...well intimidating and rough wouldn’t have the patience.”

Mystogan shook his head as they walked down the corridor to the doctor’s office. He couldn’t help but give a small chuckle when she said he was good with children. However, it feels like it’s something that was second nature to him. That may be because when he was in his old world, he actually had a child in one of his failed relationships. No, the child wasn’t his, but he certainly treated her like he was his own flesh and blood. And the child did not want him to leave when the girl decided to take her and herself out of his life. Eventually, they made it to the doctor’s office and he had Mystogan sit on the table.

“If you would please remove your hood, sir. I need to make sure that there is no head trauma that may have caused this memory loss.”

Mystogan was hesitant to remove his hood from his head. He had already gotten strange looks from just his body alone. What if this is what makes Healing Spark and her son think differently about him and suddenly treat him like some kind of plague?

“I...I don’t want to scare anyone here. I am not exactly the most nice looking being around here from what I have seen in my short time here.”

The doctor places a hand on Mystogan’s shoulder. The stallion gave him a reassuring smile and nodded.

“It doesn't matter what you look like. You are a patient. And so long as you don’t cause any trouble, then there is nothing to worry about. If miss Sparkle felt you needed to come here for this, then I see no reason why I shouldn’t try to help you. Now, hood off please.”

Mystogan was hesitant to remove his hood, but he does so slowly. Revealing that he was indeed half dragon half wolf. As if his tail and legs didn’t give that away already, but now they could see that he was indeed just that. The doctor smiled and patted him on the shoulder again.

“See? Not so bad now is it? Now then I am just going to take a look.”

The doctor searched around Mystogan’s head. Not finding any injuries or trauma of any kind. He nodded and placed a few electrodes on the sides of his head and his forehead. He turns on some kind of monitor and begins the monitor the readings.

“Alright, try to remember anything you can before today.”

Mystogan lets out a sigh and closes his eyes as he calms himself. It was apparent that he was struggling to remember anything than what has happened today. The readings were going haywire and the machine was beeping quickly. The doctor had never seen anything like this before in his career. He could see that Mystogan was nearly sweating slightly from the strain it was putting on him. He quickly gets Mystogan to stop before the machine starts to overheat.

“Easy, easy big guy...don’t overdo it.” he said as he removed the electrodes from Mystogan and places a hand on his shoulder leaning in to make sure he was alright.

“Are you alright bud? Nopony has ever made my machine go off like that.”

“Just...a a headache. It seems if I even try to remember anything before i woke up in the alley this morning, it just gives me a painful head. And nothing is even there. What should I do doc?Have I lost my memories forever or is there even a possibility of getting them back…?”

The doctor sighed lightly and turned off his equipment. This usually meant that there was nothing he could do. But he was holding out hope for him.

“All I can tell you is your memories may or may not ever return to you again. You appear to have the skills and knowledge needed for day to day life. And from what I was watching earlier, a really good way of handling foals. I won’t charge you for this since I really wasn’t able to help you with this. But just take it easy on trying to remember. I am sure that one day maybe, your memories will come back. And if they don’t don’t let that stop you from making new ones. Continue being like you are now and you will be fine.”

Suddenly there was a loud pounding on the door and a loud and low voice spoke through from the other side. The words worried Mystogan quite a bit.

“Manehattan Police Department! Open up! We know that you have him in there! Bring the creature out or we will force our way in.”

“W-what’s going on?! Why are they here for him? He hasn’t done anything wrong!”

Shouted Healing Spark as she looked at the door and Mystogan who had already leaped over the table and made his way to the large window on the other side. He turns his head to them both before jumping out.

“I don’t know why they are after me. But miss Spark, thank you for bringing me here, and thanks for taking a look at me doc. I don’t want them coming in here and wrecking the place, so i am going to leave.’

Before they could say anything else, he leaps out of the window and takes flight spreading his large wings and soaring off to lure away any more police that may have spotted him. He didn’t want to cause anymore trouble.

Author's Note

And it has begun, Mystogan's new life in Equestria shall unfold from here on out.

May the darkness grant you peace.