Chapter One

Daniel opened his ice blue eyes, and found himself staring into a pair of unaligned golden eyes. "Whoa!" Daniel yelled, and scrambled back, his back pressing up against a wall. Standing, in front of him was something he did not believe he was seeing. A grey pegasus with a blonde mane, was standing there, on its flank, were several bubbles. "A, pegasus?" Daniel said, slightly shocked. "Okay, just roll with it, with everything that's happened, it's not the weirdest thing that's happened so far. Okay, you lived on a farm before the fire, maybe it's friendly." Daniel slowly calmed down. The pegasus raised an eyebrow at Daniel. Daniel looked around, and saw a pile of apples sitting near him.

'Maybe it wants an apple?' Daniel thought. Picking an apple up, he held it out. "Here you go, I don't mean any harm, go on, it's okay." Daniel put a gentle smile on, slowly and calmly crawling over to the pony.

"Uh, no thanks, I already had breakfast. You go ahead." The pegasus said. Daniel's eyes went wide, and he hit his head from jumping up.

"Did- did you just say something?" Daniel said, rubbing his black haired head. He calmed down again. 'It's okay, you're obviously not anywhere near the place you fell asleep at.' Daniel thought to himself.

"Uh yeah, gosh mister you're weird." The pegasus eyes... eye? focused on Daniel.

"Okay, uh, Pegasus, do you have any idea where I am?" Daniel asked, finally deciding that he wouldn't be surprised by the creature anymore.

"My name is Ditzy Doo." Ditzy said.

"And you are the Cutie Mark Crusaders' Clubhouse, we got Ditzy to come and make sure you were safe." A little purple maned filly stepped through the door, this one had a horn on it's head.

"Whoa, you're a unicorn!" Daniel said, his eyes widening again.

"Yeah, my name is Sweetie Bell, who are you?" Sweetie asked, curiosity filling her eyes. two more fillies walked in, an orange pegasus, and a yellow pony, without wings or a horn.

"Uh, my name is Daniel." The boy spoke.

"Hi Daniel, I'm Scootaloo!" The orange pegasus spoke up, wiping her messy purple mane off to one side of her face.

"And Ah'm Applebloom!" The yellow pony spoke up. Daniel observed that she wore a red bow, that was quite large for her head.

"Uh hi, okay, a few questions, one, I see two pegasuses, one unicorn, and a fourth pony without either, what is the fourth pony called?" Daniel asked, finally getting over his initial shock.

"First it's pronounced pegasi, and second, they are known as earth ponies." Ditzy said. Daniel nodded, and spoke again.

"Okay, two, and I mean no offense, but, what is wrong with your eyes Ms. Doo?" Daniel asked. Ditzy looked at the ground, and kicked a hoof.

"Um, I'd rather not go into that subject." She said glumly. Scootaloo glared at Daniel.

"Okay, well alright then, and finally are all the err, people here ponies?" Daniel asked.

"Well, there are a couple of griffins and there is Spike, he's a baby dragon." Ditzy said, her smile renewed. "I could show you around if you want." Ditzy offered happily.

"Uh, sure, thanks Ms. Doo." Daniel said, getting off the ground. Realizing that he still had to crouch to have room to move, he started towards the pinkish red door of the tree house.

"You can just call me Ditzy." She said, giving a small smile.

"Alright, then let's get going Ditzy." Daniel said with a smile, stepping out onto the landing outside the clubhouse, and climbing down. Ditzy followed soon after.

"Okay, now I have few questions for you." Ditzy said, the moment they were out of view of the three fillies. She pushed him against a nearby apple tree. "One, who sent you, your kind is not welcome here on Equestria." Ditzy said with enough venom in her voice to make a snake drop dead.

"W-what? I don't know what you're talking about." Daniel said looking around frantically.

"Right, you were sent here by them weren't you?!" Ditzy spat out, even more malice in her voice.

"Who? All I remember is falling asleep in a tree, then some dream saying I'm getting a second chance! I swear!" Daniel looked around, searching for anypony to help him, but seeing nopony he resorted to trying to calm down, knowing he was fairly good at it. "Look, I am no threat, I promise, I have no idea what you are talking about." Daniel said calmly.

"Uh-huh, well, I got my eye on you." Ditzy said, slowly getting off of Daniel. Daniel would have laughed, if he thought it wouldn't have gotten him killed. "Now, how about that tour of Ponyville I promised? We have a lot things to get done, plenty of ponies for you to meet, and quite a few places to show you, not to mention getting you someplace to live right?" Ditzy said, earlier friendliness back.

"I can find a place to live on my own, thank you." Daniel said. 'There is no way this crazy girl- mare? Is going to make me live in a house. Never again.' Daniel thought.

"Well, if I have to keep an eye on you, I have to know where you are staying at don't I?" Ditzy said with a giggle.

"Look, I would rather sleep in some grass, or maybe a nice soft flowerbed, I can't stand beds, they- uh" Daniel stopped himself.

"They what?" Ditzy said with concern.

"Look, they just don't suit me, okay, I'd rather sleep outside."

"Well, uh, okay I guess, well, on with the tour, I guess." Ditzy said a bit of confusion on her face.

"Well, alright, let's get started.