Twilight's Castle
11:30 AM

Derek began to stir for the second time that day. His head was killing him, but at least he wasn't dizzy this time. He tried opening his eyes but the light stung them.

"Oh! You're finally awake! Stay right here while I go get Twilight." Said an unfamiliar male voice.

"Nghhh... wha...? Who?... Who is that?" Derek asked as heard he voice next to them. He hears them get up and walk away. He is able to pry his eyes open, but only sees whoever was there leave the room and close the door.
"Who the... who the hell was that?" Derek moaned, finally sitting up and rubbing his aching head, he looked down at himself to see he was lying in bed. But it wasn't his bed, it was a lot nicer than any bed he had slept in. It had a canopy that seemed to be made out of crystals, and it had maybe one too many pillows. He was almost too tall for it, almost. He swung his legs to the side, he finally noticed that his shoes were off, and his hat laid on the side table. He put his feet on the ground and then stood up.

He was extremely wobbly, but he managed to keep his balance. He sees sunlight shining into the window that was killing his eyes. He groggily steps towards the windows and is about to close the blinds, but before he does he looks out it real quick. Despite how bad the sun hurt his eyes, he couldn't help but widen them as to what he saw. He was pretty high up, at least 4 or 5 stories, and overlooking the town he was just in. He knew he was just down there as he could see the courthouse he was just in. But now instead of the town being abandoned, there were people everywhere.

"Wait..." He said to himself out loud. "Those don't look like people..." he narrowed his eyes to get a better look at them. "Are they walking on all fours?" Derek reached into his pocket and pulled out the second apple he had saved and looked at it closely.
"...What the hell are in these things?" He questioned, hoping they weren't making him hallucinate.

"About time you woke up." Said a female voice behind him. He turned and he instantly recognized who it was, it was the purple horse he met in town.

Twilight's P.O.V.

Twilight stood in the doorway to her bedroom, where she brought the strange creature to rest. She sees him at her window, she must have frightened him when calling back out to him. She gives him a quick analysis before speaking again. He was pretty tall, and he stood on two feet. His mane was short and brown with a faint 5 o'clock shadow. Judging by how tall he was compared to her, she estimated he was around 6 feet tall. He was average built, not too muscular, and definitely not lanky. He had appendages like Spike's claws and she took note of how he gripped the apple. He had a light colored coat, or was it even a coat? It appeared he had little to no fur on him. She could also see a very confused, and somewhat frightened expression on his face. She lets out a sigh before speaking again.

"How about we try this again." Said Twilight, taking a step closer to him.

"You're that talking hor-" The strange creature began to say until Twilight quickly cut him off.

"Pony! I am a Pony! Stop calling me a horse!" Twilight snapped at him.
"If he calls me a horse, ONE more time!" She thought to herself, taking a deep breath to calm herself down.
"First, just start off by telling me your name, I'm here to help you." She finally explained. The creature hesitated for a second before it responded.

"...Derek... Derek Moore." It responded.

SharedPerspectives

Twilight gave Derek a confused look and tilts her head to the side, like she was dissatisfied with his name.

"Dare-Wreck?" She said, forcing the pronunciation a bit too hard.
"What kind of name is that?"

"W-well what's your name?" He then asked her.

"My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle." It was his turn to give her a confused look.

"You think my name is weird, and then you give me yours that sounds like a flavor of sherbet?" Derek retorted back, causing Twilight to narrow her eyes at him.

"What is your deal?" She asked him as he was trying her patience.

"My deal? MY DEAL!? I'm in god knows where, possibly very far away from home, and the first thing I see is a talking winged unicorn! I have a lot to deal with!" Derek finally snapped as he balled his hands into fist. He was getting very upset and overwhelmed. Twilight took another step forward as she took in another breath.

"Ok Twilight." She thought to herself. "He is clearly stressed out and confused. I need to stay calm for both of us. Just take his insults as ignorance."
"Ok Dare-Wreck, just take a few minutes and calm down. I don't want to make you any more upset as you are now." She assured him as she took another step closing their distance.

"It's Derek, stop putting so much emphasis on it." He told her. still clutching his fist tight.

"Ok, ok. Derek, I just need you to close your eyes and count to ten. I can't help you unless you calm down for me. Ok?" She was trying to assure him to the best of her abilities there was nothing to freak out about.

All he wanted to do at that moment was to scream his head off. He was going through sensory overload, all the info he was trying to process just made him want to rip his own hair out. Still out of everything going on in his mind, the most calming thing to look at was in fact Twilight. Despite her not being human, herself, her presence seemed to be calming. She was kinda cute in a weird way. He reluctantly does what she says. He closes his eyes and slowly began to count.

"... one... two... three..." As Derek began to count, Twilight slowly stepped closer. With each number was another step. She got right up to him, only about a foot away from him.
"eight... nine... ten." Derek opened his eyes and was a bit surprised how close she had gotten. Her head was just above his waist line, and the tip of her horn came to his chest. He looked down at her as she looked up at him. She was giving him a comforting smile.

"Did that make you feel a bit better?" She finally spoke. Derek was about to respond, until he started to analyze her a bit closer. She wasn't just cute, she was adorable! Her big eyes and soft smile stood out, causing him to lose his breath. He had the urge to wrap his arms around her and scratch her back and stomach. He got the feeling though she may get offended by that since he offended her pretty bad earlier by offering her an apple in a demeaning way.

"...Yeah... it did." He finally spoke to her. She then closed her eyes as her smile got bigger. She really wasn't helping him resist his feeling of petting her like a dog.

"I'm glad to hear. How about you take a seat and I'll see if I can help you." Twilight motioned her hoof to a sofa not too far away from them. Honestly, that sounded pretty good to him.

"Alright, thank you." Derek said, looking towards the sofa. He sauntered to the sofa before sitting down on it, it was kinda low for him, but it was comfortable. He was quick to notice that she had pulled a chair in front of him.

"Whoa, how did she move that so fast? I didn't see her touch it." He thought to himself as she climbed into the chair and sat down. Again she looks at him with a very comforting smile.

"Ok Derek, I just have a few questions for you. First off, what exactly are you?" She leaned in closer, curious about his answer.

"I'm... a human." He replied.

"Human??? That's very... Interesting." Twilight rubbed the back of her head with her hoof.
"Alright then, can you tell me where you're from, and how you got here? I can probably help you get back there" Twilight offered him.

"Well... I'm from a town called Centerville. It has a huge Astro-Science facility there." He started to explain. "I was present during this giant experiment where they tried to make a miniature black hole...it went all wrong and damn near killed me. Next thing I knew, I woke up outside of town." Derek explained while Twilight tried to keep up, but she found herself more and more confused.

"Centerville? Where is that?" Twilight asked him with a puzzled look.
"Well, I can imagine pretty far. Am I even in the United States anymore?" Derek was praying he wasn't too terribly far away, but the look on Twilight's face only filled him with dread.

"I'm so sorry Derek, but I don't even know what a United States is." She said in a sympathetic tone.

"...Jesus...Where... where am I then?" Derek asked her, his heart beginning to pump faster as his emotions were starting to rise.

"You are in Equestria Derek." She replied, in a soft tone. Derek looked down at his hands, he had no idea where the hell he truly was. But he knew home was very, very far away. And the possibility of him returning would be near impossible.

"... I... I..." He stumbled on his own words, not knowing what to say. That's when Twilight began to voice her thoughts.

"I think I may allow some insight, you see, I have read about black holes before." Twilight put her hoof to her chin as she tried to recall the information. "Their gravity is so strong, it is able to trap all light inside it. They are also known to warp time and space around them." As she thought about it, she soon had her own theory of what happened. "If that is true, that means the closer you got to it, it distorted your placement in both time and space. Meaning you can be from absolutely anywhere and any time I'm afraid." Derek just felt like he was stabbed in the stomach.

"That means... I could be on a different planet or dimension... from any point in time?" Asked Derek. Twilight was a bit shocked at his comprehension.

"Well... That's my theory, yes." She was about to say something else when the expression on Derek's face caught her off guard. He looked at her if he had just seen someone he loved die right in front of him, she wouldn't be too far off either. As the realization that he would never see anyone he knew back home ever again.

"...Oh my god..." His voice trembled and his hands began to shake. He could feel some tears forming in his eyes as the weight of this realization was getting heavier by the second.

Twilight watches Derek as he pretty much breaks down in front of her. He covers his hands with his face as he wept silently to himself. Twilight feels her heart break, coming to the same conclusion as Derek. She felt a large wave of pity and sympathy for him, now knowing just how lost he was. She couldn't help herself, she got up off the chair and got up on her hind legs. She then wrapped her hooves, and her wings around Derek who suddenly jolted at her touch. He moved his hands away from his face as he felt Twilight's embrace. She was... so soft. The fur on her coat was softer than the bed he laid on earlier, and up until that point that was the softest thing he had ever felt. Then he felt her wings, they gently covered his whole body. They were fluffy, soft, and strong as they pulled him in closer to her. Derek then slowly began to move his hands over Twilight's body as he began to hug her back. He didn't know if it was he was consciously, or subconsciously hugging her, as he couldn't get over how soft and warm she was, it was so comforting that he felt like he would never let go of her. His heart slowed and so did his breathing as her presence worked like magic to calm him down. His head was next to hers, as he then gently laid his head onto her shoulder. He closed his eyes, he could fall asleep right there if he wanted. But to his reluctance, Twilight soon began to pull away, his hands dropping from her sides. She put her front hooves on his knees, so that she could stay eye level with him. He looked directly into her eyes, her big, adorable, entrancing eyes. They expressed sorrow and pity as she looked back into his own.

"...I'm so sorry Derek... I wish I could do something." She regretfully told him. "To create a black hole here in Equestria, it would be far too dangerous. Not to mention, you would have to be in the most perfect spot for it to warp you... and not kill you. On top of that, It could spit you out anywhere or anytime, so it would be near impossible to even get you back in the same place and time from where you came from." She started to go into lecture mode.

"Ok... seriously not helping." He told her. How did she go from the most comforting thing in the world, to the most uncomforting thing in the world. She blushed a bit before fully getting back down on all fours.

"Sorry..." She said sympathetically.

"...What am I going to do?" Derek said to himself out loud. Twilight turned to him, her mind already working on a different kind of solution for him.

"Well... Derek... for now until we know for certain if you can go back, you are welcome to stay here in Ponyville." Twilight suggested. Despite how he was feeling, the name of the town was kinda comical.

"P-Ponyville? That's what you seriously call this town?" He looked right at her as she gave him a side eye.

"Is there something wrong?" She asked him.

He opened his mouth, just about to say something, but he decided not to push it. She was being extremely nice to him, when he has been pretty rude to her so far. He then started to weigh his options, he pretty much had nowhere else to go, staying here until his fate was final, he agreed.

"Nothing is wrong, Twilight. I'm... I'm sorry. Thank you for your offer, you're far too kind." He admitted while hanging his head. She gave him a smile before trudging up to him and lifting his head with her hoof to meet his gaze again.

"You're welcome Derek. I can go ahead and make preparations to officially welcome you to our town, and of course tell the ponies here you are not a monster." She informed him

"Monster?" He furrowed his brow a bit.

"Someponies didn't know what you were... so you kinda scared the whole town." She chuckled a bit.

"Well that explains why I never saw anyone. They were hiding more than likely." He concluded, then a thought hit his mind. "Oh man... I gotta pay for that window I broke..."

"Don't worry about that now." She said. "Stay here till I come back to get you. I know everypony will welcome you warmly once they know your situation."

"I hope so... Thanks Twilight."

Derek watched as she then left the room, with her back to him, he couldn't help but look at her rear. He noticed how firm it was as she walked, not bouncing or jiggling as she took her steps. He watched her till she left the room, the door clicking shut is what shook him out of his thoughts.

"Did I really just check her out?" He thought, almost disappointed in himself for quickly looking at the one creature who first offered her help to him in such a way, and she wasn’t even human! "I really need to stop being a prick to the only hor... pony... who is willing to help me. I'm pretty much screwed as far as I know, and I'm going to need her. She has been nothing but friendly, and I'm being an asshole to her." Derek leaned back on the sofa, he was still trying to process his whole situation.

He started to think about his life on Earth, he was an only child, and both of his parents had already passed away. Besides a few aunts and uncles he wasn't that close too, he really didn't have a family that would miss him. The friends he had were all co-workers at the facility he worked at. He pretty much only saw them at work, then he thought about work itself. He was only a janitor, so it wasn't like he had the most prosperous job in the world, in fact it kinda sucked. Cleaning up bathrooms and emptying garbage for some of the greatest minds, only for them not to really acknowledge him. Now he begins to think about this place. He has only been here a few hours, even less by how long he has actually been awake to experience, and he was already guaranteed at least one friend. Or... at least he hoped she would be his friend. There was a lot he needed to make up for. He rubs the back of his neck before standing up. He walked over to his red baseball cap and put it back on. Though he was out of place, he was at least willing to give this place a shot for now.

Author's Note

I will be letting you all know who's perspective I will be writing from from, when It is titled Shared Perspectives, you will be hearing and seeing both of their thoughts and emotions simultaneously.