My New Life In Equestria: Year 1.

March 3, 2018.
4:57 P.M.

"Hello Welcome to McDonald's!." I asked the umpteenth customer for the last time today. "How may I take your order today?" At this point, I just went through the motions. "Please god let me be able to get off on time." I glanced at the small clock on the top right corner of my computer screen. As I finished the order and hit the 'Serve' button I let out a sigh of relief. "3 minutes left. Yes!" I did a jig in my head as I took the customer's money, hit a few keys on the screen and handed her the change from her twenty dollar bill.

"Have a nice night!" I said as she pulled off down the drive-through. I gave out a small sigh and went over to the office which was little more than a hole in the wall.

"Hey, Carlos I'm off." I waved as I went over to the sign out machine. Placing my thumb on the fingerprint pad I was rewarded with a little slip of paper. "Enter Time, 1:00 P.M. Exit Time, 5:00 P.M." He gave me a nod. "Ok see you bright and early tomorrow." He said as he skimmed through the schedule. "Don't remind me." I internally grumbled but gave him a thumbs up.

"Yup. See ya later!" I gave him a wave as I turned around walked through the kitchen and headed out the door to the parking lot.

5:17 P.M.

"Mom! I'm home!" I grumbled as I close the front door behind me.

"How was work?" I gave out a soft sigh. "It was good. Had a bit of a slow start but it went well." My mom came out of the kitchen and gave me a soft smile.

"Anything else happen?" She asked. I gave her a look of confusion. "Like?" She smiled. "I don't know. Half the time you come home with some tale of a customer who tried to grab a meal for free or one who was a complete jerk at the drive-thru." She said heading back into the kitchen. I just smiled.

"No nothing like that," I said as I went over to my little couch and laid down. "Today was pretty normal all things considered," I said as I took off my hat and set it down on the arm of the couch. I dozed off for a little bit and then went to my room to change out of the rest of my work clothes.

10 minutes later.

"Ok. Let's see what I have to do today." I said as I popped in Mass Effect: Andromeda. "Don't know why so many people gave this game so much shit." I hit x as the title screen came into view. "Sure it had a rocky start but it's come along way since then." I sat there and played through several side quest's and main story mission's until six o'clock rolled around.

"Ok time to clean the kitchen and then get some writing done." I hit the power button and set my controller down. I then went on ahead and got my kitchen done.

10:27 P.M.

"Ok Let's see. The second Chapter is almost complete." I looked at it. "Only 2,102 words but that's a-ok with me." I saved my progress and closed my laptop. "Ahh, gawd." I yawned as I set my PC down on my nightstand and then began to change my clothes for bed.

"Another day another dollar." I snorted in disgust. "I hate this world's obsession with money."

Later that night.

"Joseph!"

Joseph twisted a little.

"Joseph!" Then he turned.

"Wake Up!" He shot up as he looked around for the strange voice. "What the hell was that?" He said frantically searching his room.

"Oh god, I hate those dreams." He stated as he shook his head to clear the cobwebs. He looked over that the clock on his nightstand.

"Pfft great!" He said angrily at the voice that woke him up at such an hour. "3:37. Just fan fucking tastic." He grumbled as he tried to fall asleep once more. Once he got comfortable he sighed and looked out his window as he lay there.

"Why can't my life be exciting?" He asked himself. He thought about all the fantasy books and movies out there.

"Man if I could I would love to go to one of those worlds." He sighed losing himself in his fantasy as he drifted off to sleep not noticing the dark clouds that began to culminate around his house.

March 4, 1002
Equestria, Ponyville.

6:40 A.M.

Nurse Redheart was ecstatic. "20 minutes then I can go home to a nice hot shower," She moaned at the thought of taking a nice hot relaxing- Here thoughts were interrupted as a pony burst through the door's of the hospital looking like Tartarus was on his heel's.

"Nurse!" He screamed looking around for anypony that could help. Redheart shot around her desk and ran to the stallion's aid.

"Swift?" She trotted up wrapping him in a soft hug, "What's wrong dear?" She asked as the stallion sat down shivering. He frantically looked around as if he expected the room to come alive.

"Out there!" He pointed to the door. "The forest! It's angry!" He said as he began to cry and shiver even more. The nurse looked out the doors.

"What do you mean?" She asked rubbing his back to calm him down. He began to stutter. "I was out l-l-looking for some firewood--stupid--so st--st--stupid." He babbled but continued. "T-then i-i-i-saw--IT!" He shouted springing to his hooves nearly throwing the nurse off of him. He stood there looking like had seen a ghost, which Nurse Redheart was seriously considering as a very real possibility at this point.

"Shhh! Shh. It's ok. It can't get you in here." She said trying to sooth Swift's nerves. It worked a little bit. "Now tell me what you saw." She asked as he calmed down once more.

"Not it." "What was that?" "It's not an it." He repeated a little louder, "A him." He said as he slowly began to tremble once more. "He's here!" He said as he once more broke down into hysterics. Nurse Redheart gave Swift a pat on the back.

"There there. Let's get you a nice warm bed." She said as she began to lead Swift to an unoccupied room of his own. Once he was tucked into bed and sedated Redheart ran to her desk, grabbed a quill and parchment and began to write a letter.

"Dear Princess Twilight,

A citizen of Ponyville barged into the hospital early this mourning-

Castle of Friendship.
7:30 A.M.

Rarity read the letter held aloft in her magic once more just to be sure. "Oh, the poor dear." She said as she passed the letter over to Rainbow Dash.

"So Twilight what's the plan?" She asked as she read it over in no time at all. Twilight looked at all of her friends a determined frown on her face.

"First we need to head over to the hospital and see if Swift can give us a description of what he saw." She looked at her map, "Then we need to head over to the Everfree." She looked at the dark clouds forming over the forest as well as there cutie marks that all swirled around the eye of the storm centered on the old castle. "There's something dark brewing in the old castle." She did not have a good feeling about this.

"We need to get a letter over to The Royal Sisters and Cadance." Rainbow gave her a salute. "Leave it to me Twilight." She zoomed off leaving a gust of air in her wake. Twilight smiled. "Now that that's all settled let's see if we can figure out just what Swift saw." She adjourned the meeting with a strike of her gavel and as the others all trotted out the door she looked back to the map.

"Please." She begged the power's that be. "let this be some kind of fluke." She prayed as she went to go and follow the others.