Wish Gone Awry. Enter Equestria! Enter New Life!

An hour past an hour in relaxed bliss, Fluttershy's massage fully relaxed every muscle in Julius's body, which, while pleasant, made it nearly impossible to move. However, the relaxation was worth it, as it was something Julius desperately needed after his morning. The couch he was lying on was soft and plush, thus pulling his body even further into relaxation. The only thing preventing Julius from succumbing to sleep was the birds' soft singing and the animal sounds.

"Julius, Julius, it's almost time to go." Fluttershy gently spoke while lightly poking him with her hoof. Slowly sitting up, Julius rubbed the relaxation from his eyes. Taking a quick moment to yawn, and stretch Julius slipped his shirt on.

"Alright, alright," Julius says, with a waking sigh. "I'm ready," Julius affirms, grabbing his staff in a flourish. "Lead the way then," Julius says, with a stretch as he approaches the door. Seeing Julius reach the door, Accalia perks right up, her body tense.

"Alright then, let's, "Fluttershy starts to say, as she opens the door, "*WAH*" Fluttershy squeaks as Accalia bolts out the door and runs into the nearby field. Sniffing around the area, Accalia searches the field, intent on finding something. "Accalia down, girl!" Fluttershy sharply commands the wolf.

"*Bark, bark, wolf! Grrr, Owooooo!*" Accalia howls in response as she seemingly picks up a scent. Hackles raised Accalia stares off into the trees; teeth bared, and body tensed Accalia was ready to strike. Looking at Julius, Fluttershy holds herself ready to stop Accalia.

"It's your stalker, so I'll follow your lead," Fluttershy tells Julius with surprising confidence.

"I'd rather not chase my stalker through the forest; it's too dangerous. For now, it's better for me to stay aware, not to do anything aggressive, and hope my stalker screws up. Hopefully, nothing will come of it, but if it does well, there isn't a good way to handle it." Julius tells Fluttershy as he breaths in the air, slightly lost in thought.

"Alright, I'll get Accalia," Fluttershy tells, a barely aware Julius. Flying towards, Accalia, Fluttershy stands in front of her. "Accalia, enough of this! Calm down and go back to the cottage!" Fluttershy commands Accalia, who stays focused on the spot in the forest. "Accalia, don't make me use the stare!" Fluttershy warns, with more firmness. Accalia looks a little concerned for a moment but stays focused while the firmness in Fluttershy's voice snaps Julius out of his thought. Looking over towards the pair, Julius sees Fluttershy standing in front of Accalia. Julius sees Fluttershy close her eyes and take a deep breath before sharply opening her eyes. Seemingly glaring down, Accalia, the wolf, slowly backs down. Looking on, Julius looks right into Fluttershy's eyes. They seemed somehow hypnotic, a deep penetrating stare, laying bare his emotions, making him feel guilty, ashamed, yet somehow drawing him in. To Julius, standing still lost in Fluttershy's gaze, it seemed like nothing else existed.

Accalia, having backed up fair enough, Fluttershy breaks her stare. Looking up, Fluttershy sees Julius just staring off somehow into the distance and yet also at her. Walking up to Julius, Fluttershy gently taps him with a hoof.

"Julius, Julius, you there?" Fluttershy asks, concern evident in her voice. Shaking his head, Julius looks down at Fluttershy.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. What just happened?" A perplexed Julius asked as he regained his senses.

"Oh, you got caught in my stare," Fluttershy starts to explain as she leads Julius into town. "I don't like doing it. It feels somewhat mean to the animals, but sometimes it's necessary. Accalia means well, but she can be very stubborn. When she gets like that, either she gets her way, or I have to use the stare on her." Fluttershy explains to Julius as the two started down the path to town. "You must have gotten caught in it when you looked over towards Accalia, and I sorry." Fluttershy apologetically says to Julius.

"It's ok; you have nothing to apologize for; it was an accident." Julius assured Fluttershy before looking at Accalia "*FWEET*" Julius loses a sharp whistle at Accalia while nodding his head towards himself and Fluttershy. Standing still, Accalia tilts her head while looking at Julius. "Fluttershy, can you call Accalia over here? I'd like her to come with us." Julius requests.

"I can; if you don't mind, why do you want her to come with us?" Fluttershy asks as she ushers Accalia over with her head.

"She's a wolf. Dogs came from wolves. Dogs have gotten the moniker 'Man's best friend' for a good reason. It would make me feel better to know there was a lookout like her," Julius explains to Fluttershy while Accalia walks over.

"I see," Fluttershy says as the group walks towards town. "Do you have ponies in your world?" Fluttershy asks, making Julius nearly stumble. In truth, he knew this would come up, and he was slightly prepared for it, but not entirely.

"Well," Julius starts, thinking over his words carefully, "pegasi and unicorns exist only in our myths. Horses and ponies do exist, though. They're much bigger than the ponies here, but they can't talk or anything like that. Humans would ride horses though some still do. I tried it once, but saddle sore sucks." Julius starts to explain to Fluttershy, who's listening intently. "Horses are one of the more important animals in our world. They are generally well cared for and protected. Ponies a bit less important, but not by much. Horses and ponies are roughly as important as cows, chickens, and sheep. Also more protected for reasons I'd rather not get into." Julius explained somewhat awkwardly. Fluttershy looking at Julius makes him kind of look away. Taking a moment, Fluttershy understands and leaves well enough alone.

"I see. You say pegasi and unicorns exist in your myths. Do you think that any ponies from Equestria accidentally made it into your world in the past?" Fluttershy asked as the trees became buildings, the three having walked into town.

"I doubt it, though; there are many different myths about unicorns and pegasi," Julius says, as he thinks it over. "I suppose it's possible though I'd imagine people would write about talking pegasi and unicorns. As far as I know, in every myth involving pegasi or unicorns, they never talk or use magic," Julius tells Fluttershy as the group walks through Ponyville. The ponies weren't running away or hiding or anything like that, but Julius was still getting a lot of weird looks. The two stopped their conversation; the stares felt awkward for both, with Fluttershy bashfully turning away from the gazes, while Julius just felt uncomfortable. Julius and Fluttershy heard some high-pitched snickering from school fillies though neither Fluttershy nor Julius saw any. Walking through Ponyville, Julius smelt a very familiar scent, one he hasn't experienced since coming to Equestria.

"Fluttershy, is that coffee?" Julius asks with incredible energy.

"I believe so, yes. The Hay 'n Hoof café sells coffee if I remember." Fluttershy confirms to Julius, who's very much following his nose.

"I don't suppose you can spare the bits for a cup of coffee, can you?" Julius asked very much, following the scent of the coffee.

"A quick cup. We don't want to be late to Sweet Apple Acres." Fluttershy concedes to Julius as she and Accalia follow after him.

"Thank you, I need this," Julius says, smiling while following his nose. "Seriously, it's been about a month since I've had any coffee." Julius sighs while following the scent of coffee.

"*Hehehe*" Fluttershy giggles while she and Accalia follow after Julius. Walking a short distance, the three come to an open-spaced café. Standing outside the open-space café, Julius stands there, still with a slightly baffled look on his face.

"So, uh, do we just sit down at a table or what?" Julius asked Fluttershy while scratching the back of his head, unsure of what to do.

"Yes, we do," Fluttershy explains to Julius as she walks up to an empty table by a hay bale row. Sitting down on the side opposite of the hay bales, Julius quickly follows. Sitting down on one of the hay bales, Accalia follows, lastly, sitting down beside Fluttershy. "Now we wait, don't worry, the servers here are quite skilled," Fluttershy assures Julius.

Almost as if summoned, a sharply dressed mare walks out to them. The mare looks over Julius as the server approaches the table. Breathing deeply, she finishes walking up to the table.

"Good afternoon. My name is Glowing Mane, and I'll be your server today. What can I get for you?" The mare asked while standing by the table.

"Good afternoon Glowing Mane. I'm Julius, and I'd like a large coffee, three sugar cubes, three teaspoons of cream," Julius says, placing his order. Taking Julius' request Glowing Mane turns to Fluttershy.

"Oh, I'm fine, maybe a small glass of rose spring water, please," Fluttershy requests from the server.

"Alright, I'll be right back out." Glowing Mane, tells the two before walking into the building.

"I said a small cup of coffee," Fluttershy reminds Julius, a little disappointed.

"Relax, Fluttershy, I'm bigger than you ponies. A large for you is likely a medium for me," Julius tells with a chuckle while Fluttershy raises an eyebrow at him. Fortunately, the two didn't have long to wait as Glowing Mane quickly returned with the drinks on a tray.

"Here you go, one small rose spring water and one large triple-triple." Glowing Mane, said as she sat the tray down on the table. Fluttershy's water was small, though not as little as Julius thought. Julius took his coffee; as he expected, it was smaller than what he considers a large but still more generous than a medium. Looking at Julius, Fluttershy allowed herself a slight smirk.

"Ok, ok, I'll admit it, this is bigger than I thought. Still, though it's smaller than a large I'm used to," Julius conceded to Fluttershy. Taking a sip of his coffee Julius savors the taste. The coffee was milder than what he was used to; maybe it was a very light roast, he had a little too much cream and sugar, maybe next time two each. Still, though, coffee is coffee, and it was still refreshing. "Weaker than I'm used to, but still good. I'll have to play around with roasts, cream, and sugar, but I'm fine with that." Julius tells Fluttershy with a contented sigh.

"I'm glad to hear it," Fluttershy softly says before sipping some of her water. Crisp, fresh, soft, chilled, and slightly sweetened rose spring water was a pleasantly refreshing drink. The two sat in a nice moment of silence, enjoying their respective beverages. Fluttershy was taking smaller dainty sips while Julius was taking large gulps. They sat down for only a few short minutes, but those minutes were quite relaxing. Swiftly finishing their drinks Glowing Mane soon after came back out. Walking over to the table, Glowing Mane eyed the two.

"Enjoyed your drinks?" Glowing Mane, asked while standing by the tray. Both Fluttershy and Julius placing their empty cups on the tray.

"Yes, very thank you" Julius thanks the mare as he places his cup on the tray.

"Oh yes, it was very refreshing" Fluttershy thanks the mare as she places her cup on the tray.

"I'm glad to hear it!" Glowing Mane, tells the two as she turns to Fluttershy. "That'll be 10 bits." Glowing Mane tells Fluttershy, seemingly ignoring Julius entirely. Giving the bits to Glowing Mane, Fluttershy stands up and walks over to Julius. Looking at the two side by side, Glowing Mane stifles a giggle. "Well, Fluttershy, you do have an interesting taste in stallions. Good for you for finding one" Glowing Mane compliments Fluttershy before taking their tray and walking off into the building.

"Well, that was weird, wasn't it?" Julius asks, looking down at a very blushing Fluttershy. "Fluttershy? Fluttershy? Hey, you in there? You ok?" Julius asks, gently petting Fluttershy's head. Feeling Julius' hand on her head Fluttershy slightly jumps in shock.

"O-oh, ummm, what was weird?" Fluttershy asked Julius as she collected herself.

"How she ignored me when getting the bill," Julius told Fluttershy, "also her thinking we're a thing," Julius lightly laughs.

"O-oh that, well you see," Fluttershy stammered while she continued to collect herself "here, it's considered poor form if a mare doesn't treat her stallion," Fluttershy explained to Julius, who just stood there slightly dumbfounded.

"W-wow, that," Julius sighs "that feels so weird being on the other side," Julius commented, lightly shaking his head. "Ah well, this was a nice break, but Applejack still needs us. You ready to go?" Julius says while gently petting Fluttershy's head.

"O-oh yes, we should be on our way," Fluttershy, slightly absentmindedly, says as the two continue their walk to Sweet Apple Acres.