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Chapter 5: Gratefulness and feelings

After Chris passed out on the bed I began to walk over to the pony known as Shining Armor.

"Shining Armor I assume?" I asked looking down at him.

He shakily looked up at me. He had, what I could only assume was fear, in his eyes.

"Y-Y-Yes. I'm Shining..." He stuttered back.

"Why are you shaking like a leaf?" I asked with a tilt of my head.

He simply looked up with confusion and still a little less fear.

"Wha huh? Y-You aren't mad at me?" He asked.

"Oh that. Yes, I am still mad about that in fact..." I got down on one knee. And slapped him upside the head.

It left a red hand mark on him.

"OW!" He yelped.

"That's for nearly killing me." I picked up his hoof and shook it. "And that was for protecting your sister. Cherish your loved ones always, and never forget them." I felt a tear roll down my cheek. "You never know when they will just be wiped from your life permanently." I felt my eyes close as a few more tears fell.

"Sir Deckard, are you alright?" I heard Princess Luna ask.

I turned to her and nodded. "*Sniff* Yeah I'm fine. Just trying to live down some old memories." I said with a slight shudder.

Then I felt something press against my shoulder. I looked and traced the hoof back to a worried looking Princess Luna.

"You're not alright... you have a tear in your eyes...." She said as she used another hoof to wipe my face.

"Thanks, but I'm fine. Really. Just some painful memories." I said as I wiped the rest of the tears away with a nearby tissue.

After awhile everything calmed down. The Princess canceled her order for disavowing Shining. He and I became friends, but I still held a bit of a grudge against him. We settled it with him owing me any favor, with obvious exceptions of course (i.e. nothing to do with his wife, nothing to do with murder, etc.). I also explained how I got here with the help of my new friend Twilight.

"So... you got here by a freak accident caused by Twilight's spell?" The lunar goddess asked.

She was rather intrigued by the idea of me coming here by accident.

"In a nutshell, yeah that's about it." I said while sitting on the bed with Twilight sitting beside me.

"Also a little off topic, I wanted to ask if I could explore the town?"

I saw Celestia and Luna think it over for a moment.

"Do you think that's a good idea? I mean the town did see you break through my house and 'face-plant' as you call it, into the middle of town square." Twilight whispered.

Well she was right, but I did have a plan. I was going to answer any and all questions they ask, let them wail on me if they wanted to, and I was going to introduce myself and explain my situation. Then a thought hit me.

"Hey twilight? How did you fix your house? I mean when I was there I didn't see a gaping hole in the wall." I asked her.

She simply smiled.

"Magic." She replied smugly.

"Magic?" I deadpanned.

"Magic." She repeated.

"I believe an introduction is in order if you wish to be acquainted with this town." Luna said.

I began to get slightly uncomfortable. I didn't mind public speaking, but I preferred not to do it.

"Ummm o-okay... when will it happen?" I asked slightly unnerved.

"Well, we could do it tomorrow if you'd like?" Asked the sun Princess.

"Um... alright. Let's do it!" I was really nervous about this but did my best to not show it.

"Good. In the mean time do you have anywhere to stay?"

"Uuuh?" I scratched my chin " I could sleep in my car." I said with a shrug.

"You... own part of a train?" Luna asked with a confused expression, I laughed a little causing a blush to appear on her face.

"No, your highness. it's what I call that big metal carriage that crashed. I could move it out of Ponyville and into a meadow or something."

Twilight then jumped into the conversation. "What if he stayed with me?"

I was honestly a bit taken back by the request. I understood the helping me out because she caused me to be here, but to literally take me into her home with open... hooves?

"Well... I certainly see no problem with that. What about you?" She said to me... I shrugged.

"If she is willingly going to give me shelter it would be rude not to accept." I smiled.

"Then it's settled. Thank you Twilight for the hospitality you are showing our guest." And with that the two royal ponies began to charge up a white light. Before they could completely finish.... whatever it was they were doing... I noticed a red orb on the ground.

"Oh! Princesses! What about this?" I yelled to them.

They canceled there spell and Luna turned to see what I was talking about. I grabbed the orb and showed it to her. As she saw it she giggled.

"Deckard that's not ours. That's yours!!" She said.

I looked at the orb and tilted my head.

"But I've never owned a crimson orb before..." I replied.

She walked up to me and looked into my eyes.

"That's because that's you're own blood! It was the internal bleeding that was harming you. Your body kept rejecting to retake it, so we simply removed it and condensed it into this orb." I was slightly awed and disgusted by the fact my hand was holding a orb of my own blood.

"Okay no offense, but this kinda creeps me out, but not in a bad way! More like a 'I don't know how to react' sorta way." I gave her a sheepish grin.

"It's alright. I would probably react the same way." She winked and began the spell again. With a bright flash both Luna and Celestia were gone.

After that little conversation I just kept staring at the orb in complete awe.

'This.... is really awesome... and really creepy...' I thought.

Twilight had walked up to me while I was in my 'Zoned-out' state. She began to tap me on the knee trying to get my attention. Then she started saying my name.

"Hey Deckard, you okay?" I blinked.

"Huh? What...? ...Oh, yeah I'm fine. Just a little confused is all." I placed the orb on the bed when a slight chill met my back.

I just realized I had nothing covering my back or my feet. I looked around until I spotted a small stack of clothing. I walked over and grabbed the assorted cloth and began to re-dress. All I had was a simple white T-shirt and a pair of boots.

'Huh... I thought I was wearing my jump-suit before I got here? Oh well... might have been torn up or burnt or something... oh well.'

Twilight was watching my every move as if I was planning something. After I finished I turned to Twilight.

"So... shall we be leaving?" I asked her.

"Of course! We just need to sign you out." And with that we left the room and went up to the counter.

As we walked I noticed a strangely familiar pegasus at the check-out counter.

'Huh... odd... I feel like I've seen her before.....' I gasped.

'The amulet!!' I quickly pulled it out of my shirt and checked the photo.

'A perfect match!' I thought.

I walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Yes? May I-" Her voice trailed off as she saw me, she immediately started shaking in fear.

I crouched down to eye level with her and spoke.

"Is your name North Star?" She nodded fearfully.

"Well then... I believe this belongs to you..." I pulled the necklace out of my pocket and held it out in front of her.

She looked at the amulet and her eyes went wide.

"WERE DID YOU FIND THIS?!?" She yelled as she took it from my hand and continued to examine it as if it were false.

"Well while I was helping my friend over there it fell next to me. I picked it up and saw the picture. I resolved to find the pony that lost it." I said.

The pony looked like she was about to break down. "Hey... you alright?"

She looked up at me and jumped up to wrap her forelegs around me. Her grip was that of a bear. I could barely breath right then, but the fact she was sobbing into my shoulder made it a little less painful.

"Oh thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!"

"Your... welcome." I said in a raspy whisper.

She let go after a minute or so and I let in a huge gasp. She blushed as I did.

"Heh heh... sorry... I tend to get a bit carried away sometimes." I smiled and rubbed my neck.

"It's alright. I tend to do the same thing. Anyway... glad I could help. My names Deckard by the way." I held out my hand and she gladly took it.

"Well it was nice meeting you North Star, but I have to leave now. See ya later some time?" I asked.

"Yeah sure!" She said with a smile.

With that I signed out and left the hospital with a big smile.

'Wow...this place is more beautiful than I had thought.'

The place really was. The town looked peaceful and the sky was clear except for a rainbow that looked like it was... heading... this... way.

KER-BANG!

'Is that... dirt in my mouth?'

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