A True Self Insert, Season 1: How did I get here?

May 30, 2010. 2:00, P.M.
Equestria, Ponyville.

"10 days. That's how long I've been stuck in this hospital." My thoughts were interrupted as the door to my room opened and in stepped Pinky. She waved at me, her face adorned with her signature smile that was infectious. My own face which had been downcast ever since I awoke that day like many others before it couldn't help but falter and smile along with her.

"Hello!" She cheerfully said bouncing up to my bed. I just laughed at her bubbly personality.

"Heya Pinky."

"So whatcha doing?" I chuckled and made a face before putting my hand up to my chin pretending to think. Pinky giggled at my overly dramatic display before she became impatient and began to prod my leg punctuating each prod with a,"Come on!" in an effort to get me to think faster. I finally relented in a fit of laughter and patted her on the head.

"Ok ok. For your information, I'm not doing much today." I said gesturing to my room. "As far as I know I'm just going to stay here until I get discharged by somepony." Pinky was thinking. Then she lept up and yelled, "AHA!" She said pointing a hoof at me. I was momentarily startled by this, still not used to Pinky's random outbursts.

"What?" I asked feeling very nervous. Pinky sat there lost in thought. "Hello?" I said snapping my fingers in front of her face. That got her attention.

"Huh? What?" She said looking around the room.

"Pinky?"

"Yes?"

"What's Aha mean?" I asked. She just snickered. "I can't tell you that silly. It would spoil the surprise." Suddenly she clamped a hoof over her mouth. "Oh no! If I tell you it will spoil the surprise then you won't be surprised when you're supposed to be surprised. Then what kind of surprise would that be? An anti-surprise surprise?" She mused as I sat there wondering just what she was talking about. She looked around the room once more and when her eyes fell on the clock hanging on the opposite side of the room her eye's went wide and bugged out of her skull.

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!" She shouted. She quickly shook my hand, babbling as she did so and quickly zipped out the door, slamming it shut as she went. I just shook my head.

"Any pony that can understand that mare deserves a medal." I could barely wrap my head around half the stuff that was going on in this world. And that was on a good day. And so I sat there staring off at the wall letting my brain wander. A few hours later the introspection of my current predicament was interrupted by my door opening and closing. I looked up just time to see Twilight trot up to my bed.

"Hey there." She said giving me a warm smile. I returned it with a soft sigh.

"Can't wait to get out of here can you?" I just nodded.

"Yeah. The food is nice and the beds are to die for." I said as I pressed down on one corner of my mattress letting my hand sink into it. "But I really need to get up and stretch my legs," I said as the door once again opened. This time I was greeted with the sight of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash arriving.

"Hey there furless!" Dash called causing me to laugh. "Hello to you to Fluttershy, Dash" I called out as they to trotted up to the side of my bed.

"Your due to be out today aren't you?" Fluttershy asked. I just smiled and nodded.

"Yup." I looked at the clock. "Only 2:30" "I was just telling Twilight here that I need to get out and about otherwise I might just go stir crazy." Dash visibly brightened.

"Hey yeah, we can help you out with that." She said sounding a little too enthusiastic. "Wow there Dash I just need to stretch my leg's not run a marathon," I told her with a soft smile. She just rolled her eye's. "You know you should really take those creepy plays of your and shove them out of your mind." She said sounding a little agitated. I sat there and thought about it. Then I just shrugged.

"Sorry Dash, it's going to take awhile to get those thought out of my head. They've sort of been ingrained in there from the first episode." She just huffed. "Ok fine I'll give you that but still." She looked out the window. "If you want to know the facts then just go out there and ask. We all have our own life's to live but we'll gladly show you the ropes." She said giving me a confident smirk. I just smiled back. "Man how lucky must I be to have landed here of all places." As I sat there something kept on nagging at me.

"Oh that's right." "Were are Rarity and Applejack?" I asked out of curiosity. Twilight turned to the door and then back to me.

"Oh, they were going to meet us over at Sweet Apple Acre's when we get done signing you out of here." She said as she looked over at the clock. She huffed and got up.

"Let me go see where the Dr is. I'll be right back." She said as she opened the door and trotted out. Dash turned back to the bed.

"So Joseph?" She asked not too sure if that was my name. I nodded and smirked. "Been here ten days and you still can't figure out my name?" I asked putting up a mask of hurt. Dash rolled her eye's. "You're not going to get me with that again furless." I just chuckled. "Ok Dash," I said looking over at her and Fluttershy who was humming a small tune to herself.

"So what do you want to know?" I asked catching Dash off guard. She gave me an inquisitive look then smirked.

"So these 'Episodes' of your's," She air quoted, "Exactly what all do they encompass when it comes to us and our adventures?" She looked as curious as I was when I first got here. I thought about it.

"Where to begin?" I said as I thought about it. Then I smiled. "Well there's this one episode--" And that was what I did for the next 30 or so minutes, sitting there in my bed explaining the series to her and Fluttershy who had scooted a little bit closer so she could hear better.

"And that's about it. There was only 1 season out when last I checked but I do believe it was going to have a second one done." I said thinking about it. Dash was giddy while Fluttershy was apprehensive.

"Wow! How amazing is that?" Dash nudged Fluttershy. "Were practically celebrity's over there where he lives." She got a faraway look in her eye as she thought about it. Fluttershy meanwhile shuffled her hooves.

"I-I-I guess that's good?" She stated not quite sure how to feel about the whole situation. Dash stopped her daydream and gave Fluttershy a sad smile.

"Oh yeah. You don't like a lot of attention." She mumbled as she cast her eyes down feeling like a jerk. "Sorry Flutters," Dash said rubbing the back of her head. Fluttershy just sighed and shook her head.

"Don't worry about it Dash. It's not your fault we're popular over on," She looked over to Joseph, "Earth right?" He just nodded and proceeded to roll his cover's off of him.

"Well I do apologize for causing a scene but I really need to get out of this bed." He said as he finally got tired of being neet and just through the blanket's off of himself. He instantly regretted doing that as he found to his shock and abject horror that he was completely nude underneath. He gave out an embarrassed sigh and quickly covered what he could with the edge of the blanket. Meanwhile, Dash and Fluttershy were lost in their own little conversation to which Joseph let out a breath of relief.

"At least that wasn't as--" "So I guess those clothes were for more than just show?" Dash said casting her head over in my direction with a soft smirk. My face must have instantly gone red because she snickered and trotted over to a nearby cabinet and pulled out a set of sweats. "How do they have those here?"

"Um, yeah. I kind of need those." I said sheepishly. "How could she have possibly noticed?" Seeing my bewildered look as she handed me my clothes she snickering again.

"1 as a pegasus I have to be constantly aware of my surrounding's at all times. Kind of comes in handy if you don't want to end up crashing immediately after take off." Then she grinned devilishly. "And 2 you don't have to worry about clothes here." If it was even possible her smirk got even bigger.

"Beside's it's not like we didn't see it all when the nurse ripped off what was left of your clothes when we got here." She then trotted off leaving me speechless. When I finally got my clothes on and regained my ability to speak I had two things on my mind. 1 "Who made these?" 2, "And what happened to my other clothes?" Dash burst out into a fit of laughter. "That's what you're worried about!?" She snickered as she lifted a hoof over to Fluttershy. "You tell him. I have to go and find out were Twi went off to." She said opening the door and trotting out still chortling to herself.