A New Life and a New Home.

*From this point on the story there will be some hidden  references that some of you might get. Just a bit of fun for everyone. Try and spot them.*

"Wakey wakey sleep head." A voice awoke Miles from his slumber.

"Wake up snookums. Its time for lunch. You've been out for a couple hours now." Came a second voice.

Miles opened his eyes only to shut them again due to the light. After a few moments he tried again only to see pinkie laying on his chest with her nose touching his chin.

"Pinkie."

"Yes?"

"Why are you on top of me?"

"Because I want to be. And you slept a lot better when I was up here."

"And why do you want to be on me?"

"Don't you remember what me and Shy told you earlier?"

"I remember we came back here for some reason and then its all a blur."

"Me and Shy told you that we loved you and then you fainted."

"Its true. You did."

Miles turned his head to see Fluttershy dusting the room with the help of some small birds. " Oh yeah. I remember now. Sorry for that."

"You are taking this well. You aren't freaking out or anything."

"I'm just thinking about something."  Miles went silent as he thought to himself about the situation 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DEAR GOD I HAVE SMALL TALKING HORSES HITTING ON ME!'

"You ok Miles?" Pinkie snuggled up to him

"Yeah. Its just..........."

"Just what?" Fluttershy  rested her head on the pillow next to his while stood at the side of the bed.

"I haven't had an interest in love for a long time. Its alien to me now. And now, I have two women who I am very sure are old enough to start a family of their own with someone their own age wanting me. And they are both good looking as well. This is the complete opposite of Earth."

"Whats Earth?" Pinkie tried snuggling closer flipping onto her back like a dog.

"It is where I come from. My planet. And if you try getting any closer you are going to end up inside my rib-cage."

"I would only be closer to your heart."

"You would kill me."

"I'll stay here then."

"Can..can I get up?" Fluttershy nudged Miles' ribs with her hoof.

"Sure. Just let me budge over." Pinkie budged over making room for Fluttershy who jumped at the chance to snuggle up to him.

"You're comfy. You're like a big cuddly teddy bear."

"Thanks. I guess."

"So do you want to then?" Pinkie asked poking Miles in the cheek with her nose.

"Do I want to do what?"

"Go out with us."

"Both of you? Won't that make it awkward for you two or would you too be dating each other as well?"

"We would...............what do you want to do Fluttershy?"

"Me? This is a big decision to make. But I could date you too Pinkie. After all, we have been friends most of our lives now and it could work better than what we think."

"So. What do you say Miles?"

"That depends."

"Depends on what? Miles, we will do anything for you."

"Promise me it isn't just some sick joke. Promise me you actually care for me."

"We do. We promise and we will never hurt you like your people did to you."

"One more thing Fluttershy."

"Anything."  Fluttershy looked deeply into his eyes.

"Get off my chest. I'm struggling to breath now."

"Oh sorry."

"Much better. I can breath now."

"Is that a yes then?"

"Yes."

Pinkie and Fluttershy released the biggest squeal possible. The duo latched onto Miles' chest and neck resulting in his face slowly turning slightly blue. This resulted in the rest of the group, the three princesses and four royal guard including Shining to burst into the room after only a few seconds.

"Whats wrong?! Is somepony hurt?" Shining's eyes darted around the room for any threats.

"No. Its the best news ever!" The two squealing mares announced.

"Whats happened." Twilight looked back and forth between the princesses and the three on the bed.

"Do you want to tell them or should I?" Pinkie asked her new marefriend.

"Lets do it together."

"He said yes!"

"Thats fantastic!!!" Twilight jumped up and down on the spot.

"Told you. Why do you always question me on these things?!" Cadence raised her voice at Shining.

"Wait. They knew before I did?" Confusion took over the half deafened human.

"Well, duh. They are our best friends." pinkie planted a large kiss on his lips closely followed by Fluttershy doing the same.

Shining walked forward forward and offered a hoof to shake to Miles. "So, you're dating now then."

"Yep. Couldn't be happier."

"Welcome to hell."

"SHINING!!" Cadence shouted in a voice unmatched by even Luna's

"I mean. Welcome to paradise."

"Shining! I want a word with you." Cadence gritted her teeth.

"Coming darling."

"Dude." Miles put a hand on Shining's back. "You're screwed."

"Oh I know."

"Good luck."

Shining shut the door behind him to give him and Cadence some privacy even though the door offered little sound muffling.

"What was that 'Welcome to hell' comment about?! What is wrong with you?"

"Well if you weren't yelling at me and making my life even more stressful when I'm off duty I wouldn't have said it."

"You think your life is stressful? I have to keep equestria full of love! Do you know how hard that is? And on top of that HE has been here making it worse because he is a heartless being and I'm the one making him feel love! The feelings are his but I have to stop him from going back to how he was! Without me he would most likely shut love out of his life again! It isn't definite he would from the look of things but I'm not taking the chance!"

"You made him like this?! If these feelings he has aren't real then what is the point in love?! And it isn't fair to make Pinkie and Fluttershy have to go through all this and pour their hearts out to him only for him to not love them anymore!"

"I'm not making him feel love! Have you not listened to what I just said?! I said I'm making sure he doesn't go back to not feeling love! its a bloody hard thing to do for a heartless killer!"

"He saved us! He isn't a killer! How can you even say that?!"

"Don't delude yourself! HE is a carnivore and will eventually turn on us all! And whats worse is that you gave him weapons! And I'm doing what i'm doing for their their sake! They love him and i'm not going to stop them! But I don't trust him. HE's getting paid to kill again from what I hear. And I don't want him around us. He is dangerous to us all."

"You seemed to like him earlier when he saved my life! And when we had the picnic!"

"I was doing it for everyone else! He disgusts me! I have looked into his heart and all I saw was hate. HE and his entire race are just spiteful, deceiving and evil things if they are like him."

"You know what, I am done with this conversation. I'm going back to work."

"When you get home don't bother coming to bed. You can take the couch." Cadence walked away not looking back and disappeared round a corner

As Shining turned to walk away the door opened to reveal Miles with his kukri attached to his belt, his IPod in his pocket with his earphones dangling out the edge and the sack of money in his right hand.

"Miles! I er... did you hear that?" Shining backed down a little.

"Yes. All of it."

"I'm so sorry.  We don't all feel like that."

"I understand. But I feel it would be better if I left."

"Miles! Don't leave! We don't want you to." Pinkie  stood on her back legs placing her front legs on his chest.

"I'm sorry. I really am. But I don't want to be an imposition on anyone. I'll still see you and Shy but I won't be living here."

"Do you have to?" Fluttershy joined Pinkie leaning on his chest,

"Yes, I love you both more than you can imagine and it makes me so happy. But with me here Cadence is pretty pissed at Shining and she doesn't like me so I'm not going to make it worse. You and Pinkie stay here with everyone else and I'll see you tomorrow. Thats a promise." Miles gave a passionate kiss to Pinkie and Fluttershy."Celestia."

"Yes?" Celestia turned her attention from the window.

"I'll still go to school and I'll come by tomorrow to check out those things. But if you wouldn't mind can you send the sword to the school please. I'll collect it when I'm there."

"If you're sure."

"Thank you."

Miles walked off down the hall and out the front gates to the castle into the city of Canterlot.

"First things first. I need a rucksack to carry my stuff in." Miles spoke to himself gaining some looks from the ponies walking round.

"Hey Miles!"

Miles looked around for the source of the voice.

"Up here."

Miles looked up to see Zephyr gliding down to him.

"Hey man how you been?"

"I've had better times."

"Whats up?"

"I'm dating two ponies, I have left the castle because my friend was getting flak off of his wife because she thinks I'm a blood thirsty killer who will eat you all, and I need to find a place that can make me a backpack as well as find a place to live."

"So not great then."

"You can say that again."

"Well is there any way I can help."

"You want to help? You don't fear I'm going to eat you?"

"Nah. You are nice enough."

"Well, do you know where I can get a rucksack?"

"Down there and take the second right. Third shop on the left."

"Thanks."

"Anything else?"

"Do you know where I can get a place to stay? It'll have to be fairly cheap though."

"Since you're a friend I guess I can give you this for a while."  Zephyr handed a key over.

"Whats this for?"

"I have a spare house down here. I use it if I fancy a change of scenery or if I have friends staying over who can't fly. I figured you could use it."

"Thanks. I really appreciated it. How much do I owe you?"

"Free. I'm not going to charge a friend when they are in need of help."

"I'll pay you back somehow. I promise."

"Just replace any food you eat and any firewood you use and clean the sheets and we're even."

"Deal. But I'm taking you out for a drink later as a thanks."

"Fine. Meet me at the Drunken Mule nightclub tonight at nine. But for now, I have to get back to work. The weather isn't going to regulate itself. See ya later man."

"See you later.Oh. Where is the house?"

"Grey mane lane and it is number fifty seven."

"Thanks man."

And with that Zephyr took to the air chasing clouds around the sky. Miles took off towards where Zephyr said the shop was located. He put his earphones in and played flicked through tracks until he got the one he wanted and sang quietly as he walked.

"We're gonna celebrate and dance so free......" Miles paused the music as he walked in the shop minutes later.

In the store Miles was greeted by a young unicorn mare with a white coat and blue mane "You got here just in time. We close in half an hour. How can I help you Miles?"

"How do you know my name?"

"Miles, when you save the elements of harmony and the princesses, ponies are going to know you."

"Oh. I would like a rucksack please. Do you happen to have one that would fit me?"

"I would have to redo the straps on the bag but I can have that done in five minutes if you don't mind waiting."

"Thats fine thank you. I'll just look around for a while."

"I'll go sort the bag out now, Do you need one for just carrying things or do you need one that can take a fair bit of wear and tear?"

"One that can take wear and tear please."

"So polite. You don't see that in young people these days. Its such a nice change."

"Thank you. I believe its always best to be polite at all time."

"Thats nice to hear. I'll be round back if you need me."

"Ok then. Thank you."

Miles walked around the the shop looking at bits and bobs. The shop had all kinds of outdoor merchandise from flint and steel to boots to tents and everything between.

"Finished. Now we just need to see if it fits properly."

The bag was black with silver edging around the pockets with the large pocket, two smaller pockets at the sides and one small pocket at the front. Miles put the bag on his back and stretched his arms to see if it was restrictive.

"Its perfect. How much?"

"That bag is fifty bits."

"Here's sixty. Fifty for the bag and ten extra for the extra work you you put into it for me." Miles fished the bits out of his money bag.

"Why thank you. Before you go, you need to know about this bag. As you know it is made for wear and tear but it is also completely water proof. You could put it in the bath or at the bottom of a river and the contents will be perfectly dry. It is also fire proof up to one hundred degrees centigrade and also come with layers of leather and Kevlar weaved in for extra strength."

"Wow. Something like this back home would be in the hundreds."

"It is most places here too but we offer top quality for low prices."

"And you have got yourself a repeat customer for whenever I need something. I feel I may do a lot of camping."

"Thats great. Is there anything else I can help with before you go?"

"I need some boots. They have to be  able to be worn to a school but they have to be really strong because I'm doing guard duty too as well as able for everyday use."

"Hmm. Right. Let me just measure your feet. And I will see what I can do."

Miles took off his tattered shoes and put them to one side. As Miles sat down the working pony took measurements on width, thickness and length.

"This is what I'm going to do. These boots will be black since they will be worn in a school. They will be laced with the same stuff as the bag and will have steal in the ends for protection of your foot. It will also have thick leather on the bottom. These too will be water proof and somewhat fire resistant. Ok?"

"Perfect. When will they be ready?"

"Tomorrow."

"Wow. Thats fast. How much?"

"One hundred bits."

"Can I pay now and collect them tomorrow afternoon?"

"Sure thing."

"Here is the money and I will see you tomorrow."

"Bye bye."

"Before I go. Whats your name?"

"Gem. Why?"

"I need to give a name if iIm going to recommend you to my friends."

"Thats so sweet. Thank you,"

"No problem." Miles put the money back in the bag and started his music again. Making his way down the street he found the house he was staying at and sat down on the sofa. Looking at his IPod he saw it was already ten to nine.

"Well, no rest for the wicked I guess."

Miles grabbed a hand full of bits and stuffed them into his pocket. Heading out the door he could see the Drunken mule nightclub down the road with Zephyr stood outside.

"Hey man." Miles called out.

"Hey. Whats that thing on your waist?"

"Something Celestia gave me?"

"Ooooo. What is it?"

"Promise not to freak out or cause a scene?"

"Sure."

"It is a knife. A very big knife."

"Cool. Why do you need that?"

"I'm a guard for the diamond of peace and I think it is best to make sure I always have something to attack or defend with. And I don't know these areas so It gives me a bit of confidence knowing I won't be mugged."

"Makes sense. Now come on. First round is on you."

"Sure is."

Miles took a seat next to Zephyr at the bar and prepared to order drinks.

"Whats your poison?" Asked a gruff earth pony asked.

"I'll have the strongest stuff you have and my friend Zephyr will be having the same."

"Sure thing."

The drinks came and so did an idea to Miles. "Lets have a contest. Who can drink most before passing out or dying of liver failure."

"Can't. Got work in the morning and if I'm dead I won't be able to work and I will get fired."

"True. First to get drunk loses. Go." Miles slammed a handful of bits on the bar and four more drinks came along as the coins disappeared.

"Miles and Zephyr downed their drinks each and both regretted it instantly.

"Shit. Strong stuff."

"You're telling me. I have to work tomorrow and I can hardly fly. I'm going to be so hung over and its because of you. You dick."

"Oh well. I can sleep in tomorrow. So ha ha."

"I'm in the mood for dancing. Lets dance."

"Me too."

The dance floor  was filled with drunk ponies dancing to the music and the flashing light show. Zephyr tried to keep in time but failed miserably as his legs went in every direction. Miles cleared an area an area of the dance floor and became the center of attention. Over the music a voice came from the music area.

"Lets see what our friendly human friend Miles can do. Can he dance or will he flop."

"Stand back. I don't want to kick you in the faces."

Everyone in the club circled around Miles waiting for him to start dancing. Miles began with some simple foot movements which slowly turned into him doing forward rolls onto hand stands much to the crowds pleasure. Taking the cheering as a hint for more he stood upright and crouched his legs. In one swift movement he swung his arms up and his legs forward performing a back flip. The crowd cheered as Miles landed back on his feet.

"Lets give it up for Miles!" The voice over the microphone shouted.

"I have one more trick. So stand back and be amazed."

The crowed watched in awe as Miles performed a hand stand and lowed himself onto his head. With a few pushes her was spinning faster and faster driving the crowd crazy with shouts and cheers. As he came to a stop the crowd roared with cheers and compliments on his dancing.

"Thank you thank you. I'm here all week. Not really."

"That was amazing. I didn't know you could dance."

"I can dance?"

"Yeah. You just did and it was awesome."

"I just danced? I'm sure you're too drunk to think right."

"You are the drunk one. You can barely stand up."

"Me? Nah. I'm always like this, I'm not drunk."

"Sure. So what are you doing on Monday?" Zephyr shouted over the music.

"Thats in two days. I can't I start school. Why?"

"I have Monday off. We could have come back and done this again.

"Ahem!" A tall well built grey earth pony stood behind Miles. "Come on. Out of the club. You are too young to be here."

"Well, I'll have you know that I am captain of the royal guard. You can't tell me to go away."

"No you aren't. Shining never comes here. And I play poker with him on Wednesdays."

"Crap. Fine you got me lets go. I'll see you late Zeph."

"See you later man."

"Miles, why did you try this? You know you're too young." The bouncer asked.

"You try being in another world. It isn't as exciting as it sounds."

"Fair enough but you have to be twenty one and Shining told me you were sixteen."

"Why did you let me in then?"

"I didn't know you were here until I overheard the conversation. Now go home and sleep this off."

"Fine. See you later buddy."

"I'm telling Shining to keep an eye on you."

"Don't be like that. Be cool."

"Go home."

Miles walked along the edge of the shops and the clubs until he was at a forest. edge. The trees overhung the streets as the creatures of the night rested upon them. Owls, bats and other strange things all watched the drunken ponies walk about the streets.

"I'm pretty sure I may have gone the wrong way."

"Miles."

"Who is there? You don't scare me."

"Behind you."

Miles turned to see a member of the royal guard patrolling the streets for criminals and drunks. "Hi officer." *hic* Miles waved with a big smile.

"Great. You're drunk."

"I'm not as think as you drunk I am."

"How much have you had?"

"There is no blood in my alcohol system."

"Ugh. Do you know how to get home?"

"No. I can't get back to Earth."

"I meant where you are staying while here?"

"Yeah. I do. I do."

"Go home and go to sleep,"

"Fine." Miles wondered off past the guard who continued his route and wound up in the forest surrounded by trees and no sign on other ponies.

"Miles."

"What? Who is there?"

"Me. Turn around."

"I'm sorry but I don't know a Me." Miles turned around and came face to face with the biggest surprise he thought possible. "Holy crap. Another human."

"I am not human. I just take this form so you don't freak out."

"So you transform? Why should I believe you?"

"This is why?" As the other human snapped his fingers he changed to a sheep to a dog back to a human.

"Ok I believe you."

"Hold still." The strange human snapped his fingers and brought Miles out of his drunken state,

"Buzz kill."

"How are you settling in?"

"Fine I guess. A bit of trouble here and there but thats to be expected on another world."

"I know."

"If you know then why ask me?"

"Conversation starter."

"Fair enough."

"Now. I need to speak with you about something important."

"Shoot."

"My sister is going to kill us all. You, me and all of Equestria."

"Thats not good,"

"No. It isn't"

"Just be weary of anything that looks like it could be a huge disaster. She never works directly and makes things happen through cause and effect."

"Right. And why should I trust you."

"Because it has to be you to save us all. I can only help so much. Just like everyone else. Only you can do it because of your past and your powers."

"Right. I'll get right on that."

"I'm guessing it would be easier to speak to you at another time. Lets leave this matter for another day and just enjoy the night shall we?"

"Sure." Miles sat down in the dirt and lent against a tree as did the stranger.

"Do you like the gifts I got you?"

"Such as?"

"I got you that kukri. and I got you some other things but you haven't checked them out yet have you?"

"I do that tomorrow."

"Make sure you do."

"I will."

"You seem awfully trusting."

"You know who I am and you can change form. I'm guessing you are someone I should know. You also didn't try to kill me."

"Good point."

"Lets talk about you."

"Not much to know. I have known the princesses for a long time but we aren't on the best of terms at the moment. I was locked up by them too."

"For what?"

"I did some stuff but it went way out of hand. They could tolerate a little but it got too much for for them. It was harmless but they didn't like it because they didn't think the same way I do. It got them mad so they imprisoned me. Eventually I escaped but I got put away again. And I escaped a couple hours ago too. They don't know it and they can't know about it. Promise me you won't tell anyone until I can give you proof that I am who I say I am. I just need to regain some of my power"

"Fine. You have a week."

"Thank you. Now. You should go to bed. We have been here for a while now."

"What? It was only five minutes."

"Check your IPod."

Miles checked his IPod and it was half past eleven.

"Wow. That went really quick. Fine. I'll go home."

"Good night Miles. I'll be watching you. So don't try and tell anyone about me."

"I'm a man of my word. I will only tell if you don't give me proof by next Saturday."

"Good night Miles." The human started slowly walking away

"Before I go. What is your name?"

"Discord. My boy. My name is Discord."