My New Life In Equestria: Year 1.

March 4, 1002
Castle Of The Royal Pony Sisters.
7:37 A.M.

"Hello!?" I can't believe this. "Where the hell am I?" I awoke thinking that I had possibly overslept but as soon as my eyes adjusted to there surrounding's I knew immediately that something was wrong. "Why am I in a jail!?" I yelled at no one but myself through the iron bars of this cell I found myself in.

"Hello? Can anyone hear me!?" I yelled hoping that someone would come and help me out of this strange situation I was in.

7:40 A.M.

Princess's Celestia, Luna, and Cadance all landed on the outskirt's of the Everfree Forest just as Twilight and co arrived. Twilight and the others bowed and the trio from Canterlot did the same.

"Twilight, girl's." Celestia showered them all with a motherly smile. They all beamed in appreciation but Twilight soon adopted a serious face as a loud roar emanated from the Everfree, reminding them all why they were here.

"Sorry to cut into the pleasantry's Princess but we have a big problem." Twilight pointed a hoof at the rapidly darkening sky overhead as the wind picked up. Celestia, as well as Luna and Cadance all, nodded.

"Yes, dear subject's," Luna spoke as the group all huddled together as a frigid chill swept through the air in the storm's wake.

"We have not seen anything of this ilk in quite some time," Luna said casting a shield around them all. Cadance lit her horn and soon a small fire of green and blue encircled the group, warming them all. "That's mighty handy." Applejack stated as the group made its way into the dark forest. Cadance snorted. "Just one of the many benefits of being the Princess of love." She winked at AJ causing her to smirk and roll her eye's.

"Uh huh, And I'm sure it has nothing to do with ya'll being a changeling whatsoever." She smiled as Cadance laughed. "Well, that could have some small part to play." She winked. The jubilation they all felt at that moment helped them cope with what they might find in the epicenter of this storm. As Twilight thought about it she went over her note's she had gathered at the hospital.

7:35 A.M.

"So you never got a good look at this creature?" She asked Swift as he took a sip of his small tonic. He shook his head.

"No, but I heard his voice." He said pointing to his skull. "In my head." He shivered. "It was like he could see all that I was and pick it apart like it was nothing." He frowned and sniffed as a wave of sadness overwhelmed him.

"I-I-I'm not even sure how I got away." He stared at the wall across from him for a second before regaining some of his composure.

"The only thing I can tell you, princess, Is that you're going to need all the help you can get." He then began to cough. Wehn his fit had died down.

"Whatever is out there will tear you apart bit by bit and try to take you over." He suddenly lunged out the bed at Twilight. She was so caught off guard that she couldn't put up a shield in time and found herself face to face with Swift who had grabbed her whither's.

"Whatever you do, whatever see. Don't! Let! IT! IN!" He stressed each word with a shake. As Twilight used her magic to pry him off the Nurse entered the room.

"I thought I heard something?" She asked she went over to check on Swift. Twilight waved a hoof. "Nothing to worry about." She said as she tucked her notes away.

"I've got some of what I need so I'll be going." As she began to head to the door she stopped. "Let me know if he get's any worse or better." She said and with a nod from the nurse she trotted out the hospital now more worried than ever.

8:00 A.M.
Castle of The Royal Pony Sisters.

The group all sighed with relief as Luna's shield and Cadance's fire dissipated once they reached the eye of the storm. Applejack gave a hoot of relief.

"That was starten to get a might bit toasty in there." She quipped and shook off the excess heat as the other's all nodded their agreement.

"At least it wasn't too unpleasant." Rarity stated as she looked around. "Um, Girl's correct me If I'm wrong but when has the castle ever looked so-" She waved a hoof to find the right word- "Pristine." She finished as they all stared at it. "Rare's what do you mean?" Rainbow asked as she to gave it a once-over.

"Oh, my," Fluttershy said as she saw what Rarity meant. "Hey yeah!" Pinkie chimed in as the royal sisters too stared at there old castle now looking as brand new as the day the last stone was fitted into place.

"This is definitely a curiosity we will have to look into," Luna said as she began to trot up to the entrance. Celestia's horn flared as she sent a wave of magic outward over the group and then extended it towards the castle.

"There." She said as her horn went dormant. "That should keep us all protected from whatever fiends skulk in the corridors." She said as she went to go and join her sister. Cadance and Luna both lit up there horn's sending there magic cascading throughout the castle grounds and ponies present. Cadance, however, gave a cry of shock as her magic washed over a creature hidden in the depts of the old castle.

"There's a pony in there!" she said as she doubled her efforts to catch up with the others. They all stopped and looked at the castle.

"Are you sure?" Fluttershy asked as she began to tremble. "Oh, the poor dear. I hope they're all right." She stammered as she huddled with the group.

"Stay close all. We do not yet know what awaits us within these halls." Luna said as the group ascended the stairs to the front entrance, the sister's horn's alight just in case.

Same Time in the castle depths.

"Ok think. Think. Think." Joseph told himself as he began to pace around. "What's the last thing you remember?" He racked his brain searching for an explanation. "Let's see. I was dreaming." He focused forcing the dream to come back to his waking mind.

Falling, Wind, Floating, Darkness. Joseph's eye's snapped open as he looked around his dreamscape.

"Wow," He looked around at complete blackness. "This is trippy." He said as he floated around the void of his inner mind. As he drifted through the vast emptiness he lost all sense of time and space around him.

"Hello?" A voice jarred Joseph from his own dulling senses.

"Who's there?" He replied. The voice spoke sounding less faint this time.

"I'm over here!" It sounded young like a child and now much closer. Joseph and the voice set about finding each other in the black space. As Joseph drifted ever loser the two would play a game of Marco Polo.

"Who's that?" The voice asked prompting Joseph to chuckle.

"He's a famous explorer." He swam through the void getting ever closer to the voice.

"Hold on. I'm almost there." He said as the voice squeaked out once more. The two were close now.

"Can I meet him one day?" It asked. Joseph chuckled.

"Sorry Kid but he's long gone now." He stated as he began to see a faint light emanating from in front of him. "I think I'm here." He said as the voice spoke up. Sure enough, the small ball of light was the source of the voice.

"Is that you?" It asked. Joseph just sighed. "Yup kid. It's me." He floated there wondering just what the point of this dream was. "Why am I here with some random little kid?" Slowly he brought a hand up to grab the ball of light. As soon as his hand touched the ball his world was covered in darkness once more.

"Then I woke up here." He sat down as his mind began to process his new predicament. He put a hand on the bridge of his nose and then felt around.

"Shit my glasses." He said as he looked around for them. He found them on the ground dusted them off and put them back on.

"Good. If I'd lost these I'd be in even more trouble than I am." He looked around once more trying to find some way of escaping his cell. With his glasses and a calmer mindset, he set about trying to see if there was anything he had missed in his initial examination of the room.

"Of course." He sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "It's always the most obvious solution." With a sound mind and calmer mood Joseph had noticed that the bar's on his cell were old and rusted. Looking at his bed once more he saw it had an old but durable looking pair of sheets on it. Looking closer he saw the bed was not in the best of shape and found a long metal piece of it was falling off.

"Ok let's see if the boob tube was correct." He grabbed the sheets off plus the metal piece and went over to his cell bars. Grabbing them and giving them a good shake and an experimental pull he soon found two of the steel bars were weak.

"Perfect." He said as he slipped the cloth around them, tied a knot and then slipped the metal piece through his loop. Slowly he began to turn the metal bar and as the torque began to increase the bars began to bend under the constant pressure exerted by the surprisingly sturdy cloth.

"Yes!" He soon had a hole big enough for him to squeeze through and soon he found himself out of his cell. But now he had an even bigger problem.

"Shit." He cursed as he looked around. "No idea where I am or even where to go." He fished around in his pocket's and grumbled as he remembered, "Right. Pajama's." He sighed as he wrapped the sheet's around himself as his adrenaline began to taper off and the cold began to settle in.

"Please let there be a torch here somewhere." He said as he began to slowly walk along the wall to his left.