And I thought we were normal. How wrong I was.

   Rounding the next corner I see a pony who seems to be Uefi, or I guess "Cloudbreaker" now, standing on the the side of the path looking a little annoyed. I guess he's still not happy about me talking with a drunk woman. Oh well...

"Hey, it's about time you got here." He says getting up and walking over to me.

"Yeah, Berry held me up for a bit." I say walking over to him.

"I'm just going to get this out of the way now." He says shifting his posture a bit and drives his hoof into my newly acquired assets, as I fall to the ground he continues."Don't mention that again."

"SHIT! I WOULD RATHER NOT DAMAGE THESE THINGS QUICKLY!" I say slowly getting up and regaining my balance. I shouldn't of told him, the single minute of laughter wasn't worth it. *Definitely. Not. Worth. It.***

"It's better I kick you now than when we get back. There you'd fall onto concrete, here you fall onto dirt." That doesn't make your hoof hurt any less. Jackass.

"Well than thank you for being considerate."

"You're welcome. So what's your plan? Go though the center of town together, split back up and we both take the opposite side from our former, or just wander?" He says looking off into the distance.

"There wasn't anything useful on my side, just residential buildings and a few bars and restaurants. Did your side have anything I'll need to know about?" I say turning to him.

"Nothing I think will be important just a few businesses, homes and some kind of apple orchard, but I doubt you would miss it." He says turning back to me.

"So, down the center road and back home then?"

"Yeah, I guess so. Hopefully, we can find a map of this place near the center so we aren't wandering tomorrow." He says beginning to walk forward.

"If we don't, I guess we'll just have to try and fill in the blanks." I say catching up to him.

"Yeah, what's the plan for tomorrow?"

"Since when do I make the plans?" I say sarcastically, turning my head to him.

"Exactly." He says chuckling.

"We'll first need to find a restaurant to get something to eat since I think we don't have any food, find a general store, clothing store and a clock to reset our watches to the time here, get food and get clothing. Besides that, try to meet a few locals I guess. Having a few friends couldn't hurt."

"That's why I'm glad I chose you, I don't have to come up with a complicated plan of action." That was complicated? I never knew.

"Well then let's hurry back, I'd rather not be out too late since there isn't much natural light."

"Didn't she teach you a light spell or is it to complicated or are you too inept?" He says in a mocking tone.

"Yes she did, and yes I did learn it. I'm just not sure if it works."

"Why is that?"

"Because the ball that emits the light is black."

"1st. Thats creepy. 2nd. Try it once we leave town. The light here is fine but on our way back even just a glare off of the trees would help a great deal."

"Alright then." I say turning back ahead.

  We continue to walk on for another 5 or so minutes passing by a few general stores, all of which were closed, until we came upon what seemed to be the center of the town. In the center is a small octagonal pool of water above the ground with white bricks on the sides going down into the ground around it. The general shape of it seems to be in a circle with 8 larger shops where the roads merge into the circle, 7 of which had their lights out. The one that didn't was to our immediate right with a sign reading "Carousel Boutique". We finally found a open store that we can use. Good.

"Well Cloud want to head in there?" I say pointing to the boutique.

"We might as well, we need some clean clothes for tomorrow. My shower had soap but my dresser was empty."

"Ok then lets head in." I say beginning to walk over to the opening in the fence surrounding the shop.

   The boutique wasn't very well lit, since it seemed that about half of the outside lights had burned out, but I could see that it was a 2 story building and that the first story consisted of some white pillars going up to the second floor and some tall windows reaching up almost to where the floors divided. I open the door and let Uefi walk in ahead of me. Walking in behind him I hear a few crashing noises upstairs. To my right I see a beige unicorn mare walking over us looking slightly surprised. Well, I guess when someone who looks like me comes in your store at near midnight it would be a little unexpected.

"Well hello, sorry for the noise my assistant is up in her inspiration room as she calls it. I wasn't expecting any more customers so I left the lights on and came down here to try and read for a bit." She says closing the distance between us.

"Oh it's fine. It isn't that bad and ,if anything, we're being rude for interrupting you." I say giving her a closed smile.

"No you're fine, I should make Rarity go home soon anyway, but that's besides the point. You came in here for some clothes, yes?"

"Yeah we just got here and we need to buy some." Uefi says deciding to speak up.

"What kind do you need, casual wear, dress wear, night wear?"

"Well Sonata will probably want some kind of suit, but I'll just look at something casual." He's right. I blame anime and the cosplayers for making me wear one everyday, but I don't care.

Pulling out a picture I keep in my shirt pocket I say "Have anything like this?" Uefi begins to chuckle slightly but she doesn't seem to notice it.

"Well that certainly is a odd looking pony, and I don't like the smoking aspect of it, but I do have some clothes like that." She says pulling a few carts over with her magic, two of these being some basic casual clothes the other being what I wanted.

"So how much are these?" I ask wanted to be sure I'm not gonna piss away my money.

"About 200 bits for each one. They're relatively inexpensive in time and money to make and we don't sell very many of them so I can't sell them for much more." She says turning to me.

"Alright I'll take 7 of these. Cloud you ready?" I ask looking over to Uefi, leaving a slightly dumbfounded unicorn standing there.

"Yeah, I'm ready." He says turning around holding a few blue and white shirts with some jeans.

"Alright so how much will this be then?"

"Oh yes well, yours will be 1,450 bits and his will be about 230 bits." She says walking over to a counter with mine and Uefi's choices.

"I'm going to guess you'll be using a card or something?"

"No. Will just bits be fine?" I say pulling out my wallet.

"Oh...uh sure I guess." She say looking slightly surprised. Well fuck. Of corse, who our age carries around that in their active wallet?

"Oh and how much for that silver pocket-watch there?" I say pointing to a silver plated pocket-watch. Damn you Uefi, you're wearing off on me.

"That will raise your total to 1600 bits."

"Alright then." I say passing her 16 of the hundred bit pieces.

"Thank you and again sorry for the noise." She says handing me my outfits on some hangers and the watch.

"It was fine, don't worry miss.....?" I ask putting the watch in my pocket for now.

"Pattern will be fine. And you are?" She says as Uefi hands her his bits.

"I'm StillSonata and he's Cloudbreaker. Thank you again." I say walking out the door with Uefi behind me.

"Well that was simple enough." I say pulling my bartender outfits over my back.

"I still can't believe you got those." Uefi says hiding a smirk.

"I still can't believe you started to "pitch your tent for the night"." I say sarcastically causing him to look down embarrassed.

"Asshole."

"Well now there's two of us then. Let's hurry back that clock in there said about 0037 so we need to speed up and get back before it gets too late."

"Yeah let's, and quit saying your time like that, I don't like having to think just to know the time." He says flapping his wings and flying off ahead of me.

"Asshole you're not besting me in speed. New wings or not." I say running off ahead determined to overtake him.

   Even though my new body isn't quite as fast as my old one ,and slightly more awkward to run with because of the hooves, I manage to catch up to where I can overtake him. He's faster that before which I guess is from his wings and I'm slower than before which I guess might be because I'm a unicorn. We probably don't do much manual work so it probably took its tole over time, either way I'm still faster than him. I over take him and hear his say something along the lines of bullshit. I stop on the edge of town and catch my breathe. About 30 seconds later Uefi flies casually over.

"I guess I've got to get faster still to beat you?"

"Yeah, I'm slower than before, but the thought of you beating me hasn't changed."

"Alright then. Cast your fancy spell so we can get back."

"Alright. Alright." I say focusing my magic, or soul, into my horn.

   Once again a block orb grows from the tip if my horn but this time the area around me to illuminated in the same blue tint from my soul. Once the glow surrounds a good 4 meter diameter around us. The ball isn't as big as before but I still feel a tug in my mind if I try to make it grow but passively I feel fine.

"Alright lets just walk back, these may be covered in plastic but I'd rather not risk it." I say walking on ahead.

"Ok then." Uefi said walking up behind me.

It's been a interesting 3&1/2 hours to say the least.

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20 minutes later.

   As I lie down in my bed I can't help but feel odd. In the last 20 hours  I've crossed dimensions, been turned into a pony, met a living deity, learned I wasn't normal at all before, saved the world from a Hershey-less Uefi again, found out I'm seem sort of assassin-thief, learned magic, been scared out of my shit by two beings in my soul, found a book of every stealth spell, met a pretty nice drunk woman and got some quality clothing. Yet, I still feel normal. I can hear Uefi crying in his room but I can't seem to make it happen. I'm sad but I can't express it. I'm hurt but I don't bleed. I scream but nobody hears me. In the end this is my own truth.

A silent scream tells no lies, and I am that scream.

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At the boutique.

"Rarity you need to get home. You do realize it's 1:30, in the morning, right?" SewnPattern says walking into Rarity's inspiration room to find it a mess as usual. With a displeased white unicorn standing in the epicenter of it furious.

"Fine... Who was here earlier anyway? I heard the door open and you talking to somepony." Rarity says grabbing her bag off the chair in the far corner with her magic.

"Just two stallions, they said they were new in town and bought some clothes."

"Which kinds did they buy? Just casual ones, I'm guessing?" Rarity says walking back down the stairway to the too floor with her bag over her shoulder.

"One of them yes, the other bought 7 other those old bartenders outfits we've had lying around for the last few months." Pattern says catching up to Rarity who had already made it to the door.

"Hmm... What a odd pony that one must've been. I wish I had been down here."

"Well you'll probably see him soon he looks about your age, so you'll probably see him in school."

"Yes, I guess I will." And with that she stepped back out into the night.

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In Quentin's soul.

"Well, at least he's not crying." Hitsuki says calling over to Safaia.

"Yes, but still he's to loud for my taste."

"He's also the only reason we're back. After what happened with Discord I thought you and I were dead."

"Yes I suppose you're right. I just hope he calms down, maybe I should talk with him."

"NO! If either of us talk with him now we'll scare him and Luna with notice. We both know we aren't evil but if she figures out who and what we are she'll just kill us rather than use the elements again. She'll just think they're useless since we haven't changed. Besides, I'd rather not get him killed, he is the best of both of us." Hitsuki says with a hit of sadness, jumping from pillar to pillar, over to Safaia.

"Yes, while he talks to much he is the only reason we're both here." Safaia says calmly as Hitsuki lands beside her.

"Yes I suppose your right. After all he's already found the first truth of us and of himself."

"I still wish he was more quiet."

"Would you shut up about being quiet already?"