The life and times of an Everfree mystery

I was thinking, perhaps you would like to know who's telling this tale. I can give you a hint, I ain't Colgate. Anyway, we left off with a dying courier, and some shocked ponies. Needless to say, our ponies didn't stay shocked for long, and they dragged our little courier back to Ponyville hospital.

Besides a few odd looks, everypony tried to stay out of the princess’ way. The doctors did their jobs, and our little courier was saved. Fast forward three days and voila, we’ve got a curious Luna and a courier so drugged out that he doesn't know which way is up.

"Good Sir, I am Princess Luna. I have a couple of questions for you," said the princess, hoping that our little courier wasn't so drugged out that he couldn't communicate.

"Holy shit, a talking pony!" exclaimed our little courier; every single time he's been approached by a doctor or nurse while he was conscious he has uttered that phrase.

"*Ahem* Right then, what is your name?" Luna tried.

"My name is water and air, with a hint of rosemary," our little courier answered.

"Uh...Okay then, um...where do you come from?" She assumed he would answer with another cryptic description, most likely describing a forest.

"A faraway land, made of concrete and glass, with lots of watermelon," he answered.

"Right, so you’re too high to communicate properly," Luna said, hanging her head in disappointment. "I suppose I can come back later." She knew she could, but she was too damn curious.

"Good bye, pretty pony," our little courier said. "See you soon."

Now, you may be wondering by now, 'What is his name?' Well, it's John, and his last name was Claud, pronounced like Cloud. But no one calls him that. No, they call him Rapid. 'How did he get that name?' you may be wondering. Well, someone just called him ‘Rapid’ one day, and the name stuck.

~~~~~(This goes out to Perception Filter, thanks for the squiggles!)~~~~~

It was around midnight. Luna had tried to communicate with creature three more times but gave up, and for some reason she couldn't get to sleep. She was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital, which was by now almost deserted, save for the few nurses and doctors. She found herself intrigued by a gadget the creature had kept in his satchel. It looked like an Mp3 player, but slightly smaller. She plugged the speakers into the device and pressed a couple of buttons on it. The screen lit up, and she cycled through the names on the device. Eventually she just pressed the shuffle button, eager to see what the device did. To her surprise, it was an Mp3 player. The song was in a strange language, but it was good nonetheless. She bobbed her head to the beat, and didn't notice when the door to the room creaked open.

John was in the doorway, looking at the Alicorn groove to one of his favorite songs. He thought about how crazy this would sound to himself a few days ago. Then he thought of cracking a witty joke, but the Alicorn looked so happy listening to the music, and he didn't want to ruin it for her.

When the song ended, the princess examined her surroundings. She noticed the door was open, and she worried that somepony might have seen her dancing. She looked around, and found herself face to face with the creature, who was sitting back right next to her, eyes closed and smiling.

"Sorry about all the crazy talk princess, those drugs you gave me really messed with me," he said, as if noticing Luna looking at him.

"Not a…wait, how do you know I'm a princess?" Luna asked; the drugs were supposed to also keep him from remembering anything while he was under their influence.

"I remember everything from when I was awake," he answered.

"Okay, wait, how did you get...," Luna started.

"…out of the room without being spotted? Turns out, doctors don't do a good job of watching someone, especially if they're half asleep," John finished.

An awkward silence took over for about thirty, long, seconds. "So, what is your name?" asked Luna.

"Claud (Cloud). John Claud." He responded.

"It's a nice name. Where do you come from?" Luna continued.

"Earth," John responded.

"Earth? That just means dirt, though," Luna said.

"It's the planet I came from," John said, nonchalantly.

"Wait, so you're not even from this planet?" Luna said excitedly.

"I don't know, I don't even know if I'm from this dimension." John informed.

"What?! Don't you miss your family, or friends?" she asked. John seemed way too relaxed in this situation.

"I don't have any family, or...friends,” he said sadly.

."Oh...," Luna said. She was stunned that this creature didn't have friends. "I think I know some ponies that could help with that," she continued.

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It was ten A.M., and John was asleep again. Luna had told Celestia to meet her at the hospital, and so it was that the two alicorns were standing over John.

"’tis a strange creature," said Luna, breaking the silence.

"Yes... and very, very, dangerous!" Celestia informed.

"You know about these creatures?" asked Luna.

"Yes, father told stories about them to me before he left," she informed.

"Oh...So, how are they dangerous?" Luna wondered.

"Humans, that is what they are called, can cause chaos in complete harmony, and find order in complete chaos. Beyond that, they are extremely smart, and effective combatants. One fit human equals that of ten well trained royal guards!" she informed.

"Really?" Luna asked.

"Yes, now let me continue," she said, "What they lack in strength, they make up for in mind. They are incapable of using magic naturally, but all have an outlandishly large manna pool. None of them have special talents that they are born with; they have the capability to choose what they are good at. And the last, and possibly the thing that worries me most, is that they have, depending on the individual, a drive so strong that it could kill them," she finished.

"So, what do we do?" Luna asked with a slightly worried tone in her voice.

"Let it explore Equestria freely, but watch it closely," answered Celestia, who was looking over John's sleeping body.

An awkward silence filled the room, until John yawned loudly, causing the princesses to both yawn as well. Then the princesses decided to get at least a little sleep, and left the room.

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Now is when the real mane character gets introduced; me!

It was eight in the morning and I had just woken up. I got out of bed, stretched my legs, and checked myself out in the mirror,"Stunning as ever!" I said to myself.

"Pfft...as if," said my roommate as she entered the room, "I made you some breakfast. You like blueberries, right Lyra?"