Frank awoke on a soft bed and went to rub his eyes. Instead, he bashed his snout in with a hoof. Wait, snout? Hoof? Oh, ... Frank sat up as best he could as a pony, and looked around the room. A familiar orange pony, with a ragged upper mane and a golden braid sat next to him, holding an ice pack. “Applejack…” He smiled weakly as he shook his head to wake himself up.

“Yer awake!” she grinned, putting her hat back on her head. Her freckles gleamed in the waning sunlight glistening through the nearby window. Twilight floated a cup of water over to his shaky hooves and he took a sip.

“Sorry, Frank.” she grimaced, obviously embarrassed.

Rarity, who was on Frank’s other side with a rag covered in blood, waved her hoof and comforted her with, “It’s okay, darling! What matters is that we got here and helped you.”

Twilight nodded, swallowing. “I’m still sorry, though.”

Rainbow Dash blurted, “When you fell out of the computer monitor, Twilight didn’t catch you in time and you hit the floor, because she thought you would be awake when you came through to our world.”

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight glared at RD.

“Sorry, but somepony had to tell him!” She folded her hooves, floating in the far corner.

Pinkie Pie was sitting at the foot of the bed with Fluttershy, watching Frank. “We’ve been watching you, just to make sure that you didn’t start turning blue or something!” Pinkie grinned.

Fluttershy smiled warmly and whispered, “You’re kinda cute when you’re asleep.” Pinkie looked at Fluttershy with the most weirded out face she could muster. “I-I meant cute like ‘an animal’ cute!” Fluttershy blushed. Pinkie cocked an eyebrow suspiciously.

“Ooookay, then…” Twilight interjected, saving Fluttershy from the embarrassment she put herself in.

Frank finally found his eyes and rubbed them. “So,” he yawned, “am I just going to be Frank while I’m here?”

Applejack grinned. “Why, sugarcube, you should always be frank! No point in lyin’!” Frank facehoofed.

“Dangit, AJ, do you have a different name for me while I’m here?”

Twilight pointed at Frank’s flank. “Go ahead, check it. It should tell you what your name is.” Frank pushed the covers off of his reddish-pink body, to reveal his long, teal and orange tail, and most importantly, his cutie mark. I’m Berry White! Frank frowned.

“What does grape juice have to do with me?” Twilight looked at his mark, then at him, and frowned.

“That wasn’t supposed to happen…” Then Twilight realized what happened. “One of my desktop icons must have gotten stuck to your flank.”

Rainbow stifled a laugh. “What icon was that, Twi?” she giggled.

“Spike’s juice ordering service. Not mine.” Twilight lied. Fluttershy climbed up on the bed and placed her forehooves on his cutie mark.

“Stay still,” she ordered. And she began to chant:

“Let his genealogy be known unto thee, O Faust, let his true mark show.”

A bright light flashed from his flank beneath Fluttershy’s hooves, and a mis-shapen pony skull with a sword through it appeared where the bottle of grape juice had once been. Fluttershy gasped. “Y-you’re a-a Poe t-too?” Twilight facehoofed.

“Fluttershy, we’ve been over this. I told you he’s a Poe!” Fluttershy flushed with embarrassment.

“O-oh… Sorry. I forgot…” She flitted back to her place beside Pinkie, hiding her shame behind her long hair.

Frank looked down at his mark to learn his new name. Sharp Edge… Perfect.

“Howdeeya feel, sugarcube?” AJ asked, kneeling by Frank’s side.

“I’ve got a bit of a headache, but other than that, I’m fine.” Frank rubbed his mane where he felt pain.

“Good, we’ll let you rest for a bit more, and we’ll start in the morning.” Rarity smiled.

“I’ll be ready,” Frank promised. He looked Twilight dead in the eyes and declared with a serious expression, “I’m always ready.”

Author's Note

Fudge, that took a while. Hope you enjoyed!