The hospital smelt of disinfects and what I thought was lavender, Rainbow Dash and I walked towards the receptionist. A short plump mare with a peach coat and blonde mane and tail that somehow didn’t clash greeted us with a warm smile. She looked me over and I didn’t see any form of fear.

“How may I help you today?” she asked

“Twilight” Rainbow ordered the receptionist walked around the counter and stood in front us her smile never fading “well?”

“Calm down please, I will take you to the others,” said the receptionist

Rainbow all but slowed down as the mare carried us through the halls, many nurses and doctors passed us, none looked at me with fear, distain or any form of curiosity it was strange, but a welcomed change.

As we walked thought the halls that seemed to run on for miles, we soon came to another open corridor and there sat the four other ponies, they all looked up at us with different degrees of worry. Rainbow was the first to reach them, she hugged Fluttershy who’s eyes was filled with tears.

“What going on?” she asked

“They said Twi was hit mighty hard,” AppleJack explained “her horn was cracked so they are doing emergency surgery now.”

Rainbow released Fluttershy and turned to me, she flew up to my face, her eyes glaring at me. If looks could kill I would say this was a good contender.

“Want to start talking?” she said threateningly

“Calm down suga’cube,” AppleJack said pulling her down “let him explain what happened, I’m sure you heard the roar like all of us.”

“That was really scary,” Fluttershy whispered softly as she looked up at me from beneath her mane

I sat where I was in the doorway and looked down at the five mares. I sighed and wrapped my tails around my feet.

“Alright,” I started “we were in the town when this guy came and explained that these bears were attacking, your princess took it upon herself to run to the danger instead of waiting for you, she was doing well, but not everything is perfect.”

Everyone turned to AppleJack who simple nodded

“Well, I suppose if AppleJack says you’re telling eh truth then we have no choice but to believe you.” Rarity said “so, what happened after, I don’t see any sign of a fight on you and Rainbow.”

“Yeah, that’s the weird part,” Rainbow shouted “those ursa minors were acting like he was their owner and they listened to him.”

Their eyes went from Rainbow to me, I saw the questions running through their minds. Before they could bombard me anything through the surgery doors the doctor came out, he was haggard, his mane was a mess and his eyes was sunken. The five mares went to him immediately and surrounded him asking him so many questions.

“Please let him talk.” I said pulling the mares away with my tails

“Thank you,” the doctor said tiredly “we have successfully repaired her horn, no permanent damage was done but she will not be able to use magic for two weeks.”

“Aw’right doc,” AppleJack thanked “when can we see her?”

“Well, she’ll be asleep for a few more hours, I will call you when she does,” said the doctor “now if you’ll excuse me I need to rest, I’m magically depleted.”

We all watched as the doctor staggered out the waiting room, to probable drop to the floor once he was out of our sight.

“Well, we can’t do anything now,’ Rarity said “I am going to the castle, Spike will need to know what’s going on and he will stay with me for the time being.”

“I’ll get word to the princesses,” added Rainbow lifting herself off the ground “I have wonderbolt training in the next hour.”

With that said the cyan pony flew out the waiting room, Flutter shy whispered something inaudible.

“What did you say suga?” asked AppleJack

“I have to go feed my animal friends,” she said as she tried to leave but was stopped immediately by AppleJack grabbing her tail she yelped in surprise

“No way am I letting you go home alone to your home with those ursa minors roaming around,” said AppleJack before turning to me “no offence Vreizo.”

“None taken,” I shrugged, I had noticed that Pinkie Pie was sitting at the door her hair was almost flat as she stared blankly, I tapped Rarity on the head “what’s wrong with her?”

“Don’t worry dear, Pinkie will be fine,” she explain “she is just concerned for Twilight, chances are she will stay here until she wakes up.”

AppleJack and Fluttershy nodded in agreement

“Don’t worry she will be fine,” AppleJack added “we can rest easy knowing one of us will be here, come one suga’cube granny Smith will knock my block off if I don’t bring you over.”

With that said AppleJack and Fluttershy left the waiting room, leaving Rarity, Pinkie and myself. Rarity walked up to Pinkie and said something to her I couldn’t hear and returned to my side.

“Dear, will you be going back to Canterlot?” she asked

I shook my head “No, I’ll wait till she wakes up,” I explained

“Well you can’t stay outside and Spike will be staying with me so,” she began “why don’t you stay with me too?”

My ear twitched as I looked down at the pristine light gray mare who looked up at me with her azure eyes that shone like gems.

“Well, I can’t say no to the element of generosity can I?” I asked

“Exactly dear,” Rarity smiled “finally someone gets it.”

With a mile she motioned for me to follow her through the corridors once again that led on for forever. When we finally walked out the hospital doors, I stopped.

“Rarity,” I started “why weren’t there scared of me?”

“What o you mean darling?” Rarity asked

“Well, the doctors they weren’t scared of me,” I explained as we continued walking “it’s different from what happened in Canterlot.”

‘It’s just a difference of culture,” she stated “our town is quite accepting, we have many races living here, so, having one more isn’t that surprising.”

I followed rarity to the castle once again, as we neared it I noticed that it was made completely out of crystal, it didn’t make sense to me but, I am in a world of sentient equines. Nothing should surprise me again.

Rarity walked up to the door and knocked on it before pushing open the doors and entering, I followed close behind. My initial thoughts were correct the inside of the castle was also made of crystals, but it wasn’t cold on the inside it was actually rather warm but not so warm that it was uncomfortable. I followed the mare to the second and third floor where we entered the library.

“Well, this looks absolutely inviting,” I said as I scanned the many books that lined the walls, Rarity walked to the centre of the room leaving me as I took out a book

“Spike, are you there?” she called

I watched as the sounds of footsteps echoed through the room and a large dragon emerged standing on two legs, his purple and green scales we well polished and reflected the light of the room. We watched as he came to us he was shorter than me but the his muscles moved seamlessly beneath his scales.

“So, a dragon” I said in amusement “he’s smaller than I expected.”

“I’m a teenager” Spike said matter of factly crossing his hands over his chest “so, who are you?”

“This is Vreizo the creature that came to Equestria and is staying with the princesses” Rarity explained “Spike there was an accident.”

Spike’s body bulked, he looked at me and bared his fangs as fire licked at his lips, he growled at me and took a step forward.

“Calm down spike,” Rarity said coming between us “Vreizo saved Twilight from being eaten by ursa minors.”

“Was he the one who made that roar then?” asked Spike

“It was,” I said, I saw a look of appreciation crossed his face

“Spike you’ll be coming to stay with me while Twi’ recovers,” Rarity explained matter of factly

“I’m a teenager Rarity, I can stay home alone you know.” Spike said turning around and walking back into the library, immediately Spike was engulfed in a magical aura and lifted him off the ground.

“Spiky do you really think I will let you stay here alone?” asked Rarity as she trotted out the library with the dragon in tow

I remained where I was with the book in tail and got comfortable,

“Vreizo,” Rarity’s voice sang towards me, my tails were engulfed in magic and I was dragged along the ground out the library, I tried holding onto the floor with no avail and was dragged much to my disgust

It probably looked strange to the town ponies seeing this short pristine mare walking down the middle of the street dragging a teenage dragon who as easily two times her size and a nine tailed fox who was easily four times her size while reading a book about politics.

Rarity greeted the passing ponies with a cheerful smile and some small talk. We finally came to a carousel looking building situated to the right. Rarity walked right up to it and all but kicked in the door with a singsong greeting.

“Welcome to the Carousel Boutique!” she sang as she dragged us inside the doors and kicked it closed, she placed us down on the floor and walked to the back “make yourselves at home boys, I will be right back.”

Spike and I looked at each other

“So…where you from?” asked Spike

“Another world”

“So, you’re like a what, a weird mutated fox?” he asked again

“Well, I would say that’s another yes.” I nodded “and what are you a oversized gecko?”

“I would say more of a komodo dragon that breathes fire,” Spike said with a straight face, we both got silent for a few seconds before we burst out laughing

“You wouldn’t believe how glad I am to have another male to take too,” I said wiping invisible tears

“Well you are invited to our male game night,” said Spike “Discord, Big Mac and I meet once a week to play games and do guy stuff.”

“Discord, that’s the chaos god right?” I asked

Spike nodded “Yeah, we have lots of fun”

“In that case I’m in” I said “I am moving into the Everfree castle soon, so you’ll be seeing me a lot I suppose.”

At that moment another unicorn came from upstairs she was almost a mirror image of Rarity, slender and carried herself with a regal authority but her mane was a multi colored hue of pink and purple. She saw Spike and immediately jumped to him and tackled him to the ground.

“Spike,” she squealed as she wrapped her hooves around his neck

“Hi sweetie,” Spike said looking at me with eyes that said say nothing

IT slowly dawned on me that this was the reason why he didn’t want to come to this place, this pony had a crush on him. A smile grew on my face as Spike’s eyes grew wide and pleading.

“So,” I said catching the pony’s attention, she looked me over with curiosity and then back to Spike

“Who’s this” she asked “he looks fluffy and cute.”

“Pony, you’re the last person who should talk about being fluffy and cute,” I retorted with a toothy grin “so, what’s your relationship with my guy here?”

Her face grew red instantly and she released Spike’s neck and awkwardly rubbed her hooves together with a sheepish smile on her face, she avoided my gaze but ever so often tried to look at me.

“Well?” I asked my grin growing

I wanted to milk this making it even more awkward for them, when Rarity returned through the doors with a tray of cups and a kettle of tea.

“Oh you’re home Sweetie Bell,” Rarity greeted “you should have said something darling.”

“I was in my room and was coming down for something to eat when I saw Spike,” she said softly “and well…you know what I mean.”

Rarity’s smile grew wide “Ah, I see,” she said “but how is the music coming along?”

“Not good,” sighed Sweetie Bell “I have nothing to write about, I will not pass my audition if I can’t write anything.”

I listened to Sweetie Bell and looked to Rarity who was down trodden at not being able to help her sister, Spike looked the same looking down at the ground.

“Pony,” I began getting their attention “may I see what you have been working with?”

“Uh…. My name is Sweetie Bell,” said Sweetie “and I don’t know you.”

Rarity walked between us “Sweetie this is the princesses ward Vreizo,” introduced Rarity “he may be a little strange but I’m sure if he asked it’s cause he’s able to help.”

Sweetie Bell looked at me skeptically through narrowed eyes

“I don’t trust him,” she said “but, if my sister says you’re okay, then I’ll trust her.”

Sweetie’s horn lit up and from upstairs I heard the doors open and close, a stack of paper floated down and plopped in front of me. With that Sweetie Bell sat in front of me and waited. I made a spectacle of picking up the papers and reading through them. The three of them watched me intently, as I read I picked up the cup of tea Rarity had brought out and took a sip.

“Well,” Sweetie said after a few minutes

“Well, your writing is okay, but you don’t have a consistency, what are you talking about in this song?” I asked confused

“Well…” Sweetie Bell began “I can’t exactly answer that, I have no idea what I was going for.”

“Do you mind if I make some changes?” I asked looking up at Sweetie Bell “if you don’t like them I will simply give you back your original.”

The teenage pony looked at me with pleading eyes, Rarity tapped Spike on the shoulder and led him into the kitchen to have a word while Sweetie Bell and I sat in the living room area and started to work.

Time flew by and soon Rarity and Spike returned, I looked up to acknowledge their arrival but saw the teen dragon eyes red and swollen from crying. He looked tired and dragged himself, Rarity was right behind him, her head was low as she too bore the evidence of crying.

Using my tail I brushed the flank of Sweetie Bell getting her attention as she had taken a position to lay up against me as I worked on her music. I motioned to Spike without saying a word and with my tail that held the pen wrote comfort him, in bold letters.

“B-“ Sweetie Bell began but I lifted her off the ground and pushed her forward

She stumbled forward with her own momentum and ran right into Spike’s chest, he looked at her finally and without words hugged her. Sweetie Bell returned the hug with much sympathy as he began to cry again. She cooed soothing words of comfort to him. Rarity came up to me and laid on my other side and breathed out a soft sigh.

“Twilight is like a mother and big sister to him,” Rarity explained as we watched the teenagers “I do hope she wakes up soon, I had to use a paralysis spell on spike to stop him from storming through he hospital.”

I nodded in understanding. I was glad I was there but I didn’t act as quickly as I should, the princess would be with us right now sipping on this tea.

Rarity placed a hoof on my side and shook her head, she had somehow read my thoughts and was trying to tell me it wasn’t my fault, but it still felt like it was my fault. How can I face Celestia and Luna knowing I didn’t act fast enough to save one of their rulers. I wouldn’t be surprised if I was chained and locked away in their underground prison again.

Spike finally calmed down and sat he looked at me and nodded “Thank you,” his voice was raspy, Rarity levitated a cup of tea over to him and he took a sip letting the soothing feeling of lavender go down “once she’s awake I’ll go see her”

I nodded “Good,” I pushed the completed papers to Sweetie Bell who looked it over and a smile grew on her face she looked up at me with excitement, I could see the wheels turning in her mind she was trying to figure out the melody and was looking to me for help “I wonder if I should help you with the melody as well.”

Sweetie started to bounce around me excitedly making me smile, was she really a teenager, she seemed more like a child than anything else. I caved after a few minutes and helped her with the melody. We spent the next few hours helping Sweetie Bell with her song, soon it was night, we all had lost track of time.

I guessed it was eleven when we had all finally fallen asleep right where we laid, except Rarity, she said a lady never sleeps on the floor and swayed her way to her bedroom. As I closed my eyes I realized I was in a place I had never seen before, it was dark and void of anything, a cool mist crept around my paws.

I looked around me, no one was there, I found it rather inviting if I do say so myself. I walked though the desolate place and soon came upon orbs of light, it was like a field that stretched as far as my eyes could see. I approached one and was about to touch it when the sounds of hoofs came from behind me.

“I wouldn’t touch that if I were you,” said a voice I recognized, I spun to see my favorite princess of the night standing with a smile on her face in all her regal glory “hello Vreizo, I hope you are well.”

“Luna,” I smiled “aren’t you a sight for sore eyes,”

“Flatterer,” Luna chuckled as she came up to me and looked up into my eyes “did you have a good day, despite the tragedy?”

I looked away making her touch my chest, I looked back at her and saw that she was smiling

“We know it wasn’t your fault,” she began “we know you saved our princess of friendship from a far worse fate.”

Luna’s words were nice but not everything would be this easy, she was royalty and I bet there was a lot of red tape to go through.

“What is this place?” I asked changing the subject

“Well, this is my true domain,” Luna insisted “the realm of dreams, here I can see all the inhabitants of Equestria and monitor their mental states.”

“Well, that’s cool,” I said with a laugh “but also kinda creepy.”

“We do not invade the privacy of our subjects,” Luna defended herself “we only monitor their mental states and give advice when needed”

“Okay, far less creepy,” I said with a smile “so, princess of the night, how was your day.”

“Vreizo, I told you call me Luna.”

Author's Note

We're still in the initial stages, I'm updating as fast as I can regardless
Let's get this show on the road properly