I. Chapter 3: Where am I?

I felt weak... but slowly, I started to open my eyes. I rose to a sitting position, then rubbed my face, I still had a bandage on mine head. I decided to get up from a bed, the world around me swirled to the point that I leaned against a table next to the bed, but after a short while everything returned to normal. I took a few steps and noticed the window, I went to him and leaned on the parapet and I looked outside. It was a beautiful day with a little cloudiness. I saw the ponies outside that dealt with their daily affairs. They played, talked to each other and worked. When I looked at them, they really reminded humans to me.

The sound of opening the door surprised me. The pony entered the room, she's coat was white, on the right side had a tattoo in the shape of a red cross, she's mane was pale pink and she's eyes were light blue. On the head, she had a hat typical of nurses, with the symbol of a red cross.

She looked at the bed, and then at me standing by the window, then she immediately ran to me.

"What are you doing?" - She asked - "You should not get up so fast... do you know how much blood you lost?"

She stood in front of me, and staring at me with anger and concern, at the same time. I noticed that she was ten centimetres shorter than me. I didn't know, what to say. I was confused.

"B-but I..."

"You should get back to bed. Now" - She said, leading me to bed

When I was in my bed, her face became milder and curious at the same time.

"Oh... You poor little thing... How do you feel? Is something hurt you?" - she asked

"I feel good, only my ribs hurt a bit" - I answered honestly

"Phew, it could have been worse. You were really lucky, your wounds were really hard to heal. Unfortunately, not all of them have healed yet" - She said, and I just sat there and kept silent - "Actually... what are you?"

"What is this place?... Where am I?" - I asked uncertainly

"You didn't answer my question, but well... I am Redheart, You are in a hospital in Ponyville, in Equestria" - She said, with a slight smile on her face - "Now it's your turn"

"Well, Uhmm... My name is Colin and... I'm a human. You probably didn't hear about something like that. I guess..." - I said

"Yeah, you're right. I've never heard of something like that. Well anyway, that's all for now. Oh! And by the way, your breakfast will come in a moment. And... don't get out of bed, okay?"

"Okay..."

"Alright. See you later" - She said and left the room

I lay on the bed for about thirty minutes. The breakfast brought by Redheart, was quite good, actually... It was the first good meal in a long time. I lay on the bed, and I was thinking about it. Equestria? Ponyville? What the hell is that? Where am I? I didn't know what to think about it, so I waited for the further development of events.

The door to my room is opened. I shuddered slightly, then two mares came into the room, a short moment later, another one came into the room. Two of them I recognized, there were two mares with wings, one with a rainbow mane and one with a pale yellow coat. The third of them was a light purple color, she had a horn on her head, her eyes were dark purple, and her mane was navy blue and pink, she was also wearing a small leather bag. They all came to my bed and watching me.

"Hi!" - Purple mare said - "I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?"

"Uhmm... Hi... I'm Colin, is... is nice to meet you. I guess..." - I said, shaking her hoof uncertainly

"Is a nice name" - She said, then looked at the other two mares - "This is Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy"

Immediately a mare with a rainbow mane came flying over to me.

"Hi, kid! What's up? I'm Rainbow Dash, the fastest pegasus in the Equestria!" - She said, with pride in her voice

"My name is Colin, and... we've met already" - I said, then she became a bit sad

"Yeah... I'm sorry. I really didn't want to hurt you. I wouldn't do it, I just... gaped out, and..."

"It's okay. I'm fine" - I said, giving her a slight smile

"Can I do something for you, to recompense it?" - She asked

"No, you don't have to. it's okay, really" - I answered

Then Fluttershy came to my bed.

"Wow, you're cute" - She said, putting hooves on my bed

"Oh... Thanks, you too" - I said, blushing slightly, Fluttershy little blushed too

I admit that I didn't expect that. She thought that I was cute? Well, I cannot deny that she was cute too.

"You're Fluttershy, yes?"

"Umm... yes" - She answered, timidly - "I have never seen a creature like you before. Tell me... What are you?"

"Yeah. tell us, kid" - Rainbow Dash said

"I'm a human" - I replied

"Human? Hmm... I think I've seen it somewhere" - Twilight said, scratching her chin

"It's quite possible. I ran through this village yesterday" - I said, jokingly

"That's true, I remember when you ran into me and because of you I dropped the books" - She answered, smiling at me ironically

I remember it, fleeing from a furious crowd, I ran into one of this ponies and it was Twilight. I felt enormous shame.

"I'm so sorry... I... I didn't want it" - I said with shame, looking down

"It's okay. We're cool" - She said, chuckling - "But... I saw something similar to you, not only yesterday when you ran through our village"

"Where?" - Fluttershy asked

"I saw him in some book about mythological creatures, but... I don't remember the title" - Twilight answered - "Well, but I'll look for it when I get back home"

I was sitting on the bed, and I listening, when suddenly I felt something hard on my hand. It was a Fluttershy hoof, she stroked my hand gently.

"Everything is alright? Is something hurts you?" - Fluttershy asked, caringly

"No... Everything is fine, only the ribs hurt a bit" - I answered, rubbing my chest with my hand

"Oh... And it hurts you badly?" - She asked carefully, in her quiet and gentle voice

"It's alright... Believe me, it could be worse. At least I don't have a punctured lung" - I answered calmly

"Hmm... You're a really tough guy" - Rainbow Dash, said

"What?... No, I'm not a tough guy, I just... you know..."

"Well, if you say so," - Rainbow Dash said, giggling - "You know, I like you, kiddo. I think you're cool"

"Thanks, Rainbow. You're cool too"

"You don't have to tell me that, because I know it"

"Hah... Yeah..." - I said, smiling

We sat together, chatting, joking and laughing, I liked this three mares very much. I talked about aviation with Rainbow Dash and what acrobatics she does, I'd love to see it. Fluttershy talked with me about animals, and Twilight told me about History of Equestria, and about who is Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, rulers of this land. I thought about it for a while, I would like to get to know them. She also told me about what ponies live in this land. It was an Earth Ponies, Pegasus, Unicorns, and alicorns. I liked Fluttershy the most, her quiet voice was pleasant and soothing for me. Unfortunately, I had to say goodbye to them because they had to go, I didn't want it. For the first time, I didn't feel fear or sadness, I felt laughter and joy.

"Okay girls, it's time to go. I think Colin is tired" - Twilight said

"Really? Oh geez" - I said, with discouragement - "Will we meet again? I like you"

"Of course. We will visit you tomorrow. you're our friend, Colin" - Twilight said smiling - "Oh! And I have something for you" - The horn on her head shone with pink aura, and pulled out of bag some books

Book titles particularly intrigued me.

"Daring Do!" - Rainbow Dash, said loudly

"Daring Do?" - I asked with surprise

"I love this book! Believe me, you will love it too!"

"What is it about?" - I asked

"You'll see" - Twilight said, putting the books on the table - "Goodbye. Get well soon" - Twilight said, hugging me, it was pretty nice

"Thanks, Twilight. Bye" - I said, after which Twilight let go and went out the door

"Bye kid" - Rainbow Dash said, leaving the room

When Rainbow came out of the room, I said goodbye to Fluttershy.

"So... See you later, Colin" - She said, shyly

"Bye, Fluttershy. It was nice to meet you" - I said with a smile

"It was also nice to meet you. When you leave from the hospital, come to me. I will introduce you to my animals" - Fluttershy said, also smiling

"Sure. Thanks for the proposition"

"You're welcome. Goodbye, soon" - She said, leaving the room

Started to get dark. I was already lying in my bed, reading the book which Twilight brought to me. To be honest, I didn't expect that it gets me so involved.

"Hello, Colin. How are you?" - I heard after a while, I put down the book. In the door stood Redheart

"I feel good" - I said after a moment

"I see. You met Twilight and her friends?"

"Yes, I liked them, and they probably liked me too" - I answered, smiling

"I'm glad to hear that. You have to get to know Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie, you'll like them too" - She answered, then left the room, but something reminded her - "Oh! I wanted to tell you that, tomorrow you will probably leave. The doctors did research and they think it's okay with you"

"Sweet" - I said with enthusiasm

"But... Be careful, okay?"

"I'll be. I promise"

"I'm holding you by the word" - Redheart said, giggling and leaving the room

It started to be late. I decided to go to sleep, I was tired. I put the book on the table, then I turned off the lights, and just fell asleep.

Twilight stood next to the bookshelf and looking for the book about mythological creatures. She finally found what she was looking for. She looked through the pages looking for information about the creature called, a Human.

"Gotcha!" - Twilight said, finding the right page

After a while, she began to read. Everything was fine but one thing worried her, namely what humans were eating and that they had previously killed other animals to obtain the nutrients they needed, the more disturbing was that human is described in this book as a merciless, extremely aggressive creature that killed for pleasure, but... not all Humans are like that. Colin wasn't like that, something was wrong.

"Spike! Take a pen and parchment. I need to write a letter, quickly!" - Twilight said

"Alright" - Little Dragon said, pulling out a pen and parchment

Dear Princess Celestia

Yesterday in Ponyville, my friends and I stumbled upon a creature called Human. His name is a Colin. he's in the hospital and is heavily wounded. The doctors unfortunately also suspect that he could be a victim of abuse, but I hope that everything will be okay with him and that he will recover quickly. However, there is one thing that worries me more, among other things, that humans feed on meat. We don't know where he came from when I asked him about it, he only mentioned some beast who attacked him, I would love you to meet him, I told him about you, and with Luna too. Colin said he would like to meet you too.

Your loyal student: Twilight Sparkle

"Done!" - Spike said

"Good. Now send it"

"Alright then"

Spike took a deep breath, then blew a green fire on the letter sending it.

"Okay, message sent" - Spike said, yawning

"I think you should go to sleep" - said Twilight

"You don't have to persuade me" - Spike said yawning, then lazily go to bed - "Goodnight, Twilight"

"Goodnight, Spike. Sleep well"

Twilight read about the humans for another while. Every next information was more disturbing than the previous one. She put down the book, and also went to bed. She thought about that, where did Colin come from. She also wondered that, were Humans once living in Equestria? But the most mind was, about this mysterious monster which Colin was attacked. What it could be? However, she began to be sleepy. She turned over on her side looking at the moon outside the window, she started slowly closing eyes and then just fell asleep.

End of Chapter 3...