The Good, The Bad, and...The Ponies?

I awoke…again… to the sound of yelling.  I opened my eye to see what was happening only to be met by a troubling scene unfolding before me.  The cyan and purple horses were arguing over something.

“Rainbow Dash!  Why did you go and hit…whatever it is, over the head?”  The purple horse exclaimed.  “Where did you even get that in the first place?”  Obviously the cyan horse, “Rainbow Dash”, was the culprit who had hit me in the back of the head.

I could describe Rainbow Dash as rash, and very bold.  For all she knew, I could have easily dodged and taken the weapon and hurt them all.  But she still took a chance to protect her friends.  Her mane and tail were colored the same as a rainbow (go figure), and she, herself, looked to be in top condition.  She had a pair of wings adorning her sides.  “So she’s a Pegasus eh?” I thought to myself.  “Man, did I end up in the weird part of Youtube™ or what?”

I looked over the rest of them.  Rainbow Dash wasn’t the only Pegasus.  The yellow one was a Pegasus too.  The white and purple horses had horns.  “Oh great, unicorns too.”  While the orange and pink ones had neither horns nor wings.  “Finally, something normal… sorta.”  I continued to listen in on their argument.

“This?” she held up the weapon on the other side of her body so that I couldn't see it.  “I found it on my way here.  It was sticking out of the ground near the White Tail Woods.” She shook her head, “But that doesn’t matter.  It was about to attack us Twilight!” Oh, so the purple one is Twilight. “I could see the urge for destruction in its eyes.”  She pointed her weapon towards my direction as if to try and pin the whole situation at hand on me.

I noticed something… odd about it.  The weapon was made of wood and had an odd curvature to it almost making it look like… “Hey!  That’s mine!”  I shouted as I lunged for my boken.

Rainbow Dash quickly pulled the boken away from my arms reach, causing me to fall off the bed onto the hard, marble floor.  While I was lying face down on the floor, the others quickly jumped on my back pinning me to the floor. “Hey!  Urgh, get offa me!  I refuse to pinned down by a bunch of horses!”  I struggled to get them off, but to no avail.

I heard Twilight speak up from somewhere in the pile on my back, “First off, we're ponies not horses.  And secondly, no way!  You just tried to hurt Rainbow!”

“Hurt Rainbow?  You’re crazy!” I shouted while struggling.  “Okay sure, me getting revenge on Rainbow would be well deserved but really,  I was just trying to get MY boken back!”  My anger was reaching it limit, “That ‘weapon’ your friend found isn’t a weapon… well, actually it is and it isn’t.” This caused a stir in the pile letting me know that I had everyone’s…*ahem*… everyponies attention.  “It’s actually a very old heirloom.  Just look on the bottom of the hilt!  That symbol represent my family name!”  My anger suddenly dissipated into sadness realizing what I had just said.

This was the first time I had mentioned anything about my family.  I began to think about my family, my home, everything, causing tears to form in my eye.  “Mom…Dad...Tomiko…” At this point I didn’t care who was watching. I started to cry into my forearms.

I felt them start to slowly get off my back, but it didn’t matter to me one bit.  I was alone and on a foreign planet, hell, I could’ve been in a whole other universe for all I knew.

I felt somepony start to slowly stroke my back, “There, there.  It’s ok,” a voice softly said, “Everything will be alright.”  I looked up teary eyed to see the yellow pegasus trying to comfort me.  I couldn’t take it any longer; I sat up and hugged her.  At first she was surprised at the sudden embrace, but then wrapped her hooves behind my neck, hugging me back, causing me to cry even harder.  “That’s it, just let it all out,” she whispered.  “Nopony is going to hurt you.”

“Thank*sniff*you…”  Was all I managed to say between sobs.

“My name is Fluttershy.”

“Thank you…Fluttershy.”

After a few minutes of crying, I stood up, with some difficulty, and sat back down on the soft hospital bed.  Everypony was looking at me with concern on their faces.  “Now that I got that out of my system, how about we start with the introductions?” I said trying to lighten the mood while wiping tears from my eyes.

I looked from pony to pony hoping for one of them to start until the purple unicorn stepped forward, “Umm…Yes well, my name is Twilight Sparkle.  You already know Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash I presume?”

I looked toward the yellow and cyan pegasi, “Yes I do, and it’s nice to meet you Twilight.  My name is Kiyoshi Mushya. "  I bowed to her as any polite man would do, causing her to blush a little.  "And to clear things up, I am male."

Seeing this, the white unicorn jumped into the conversation, “It looks like we have a gentlecolt amongst us.”

“Oh, this is Rarity!" Twilight exlaimed, "She’s the local tailor in our town."

Rarity looked like she had been insulted, “I’m not just some run of the mill tailor.  I’m a dress making genius.”  She looked away trying to salvage as much dignity as she had left.

“Well, it truly is an honor to meet you Miss Rarity.” I bowed again to show respect.

She gave a small curtsy in reply.  “It’s surprising to meet an… individual, who knows how to treat a mare.”

“Thank you, I think.  Honestly, I wasn’t so sure how to behave myself at first, but being in… wherever I am, I thought that since it's a new place to me, I should be as polite as possible and try to make new friends as quickly as possible.”

She backed away smiling to be with the rest of her friends.  Then the orange pony trotted forward. “Howdy there!  Ah’m Applejack!”  She held out her hoof to me.

I grabbed it and she started to shake it up and vigorously causing me to shake in the bed.  “N-n-n-n-n-i-i-c-c-c-e-e t-t-t-o-o-o-o m-m-m-e-e-e-e-t-t-t-t y-y-y-y-o-u-u-u-u.”  She stopped shaking my hand, causing to stop shaking as well.

The pink pony hopped up next to the bed and stared at me with her head tilted to the side like a curious dog does, "Umm, hello?" I said.

She leapt into the air, gave a loud gasp, and disappeared through the door at an amazing speed.  I sat there unsure what to do, "What...just happened?"

Twilight spoke up, "Oh don't worry, that's normal for her.  You'll meet her again sooner or later."  I gave a small sigh of relief,  "By the way I believe a certain somepony has something to give you."

Twilight nudged Rainbow towards me.  “Here’s your ‘boken’.” She placed it next to me and whispered in my ear threateningly, “Try anything funny pal, and you’ll regret it.”  She backed away scowling, keeping full eye contact with me.

"Thanks for giving it back, friend."

"I ain't your friend, buddy!"

"Well I ain't your buddy, pal!"

"And I ain't your pal, friend!"

At this point Rainbow and I were yelling at each other ignoring the others arguement or insult.  Twilight sensing tempers were rising between Rainbow and I, she decided to intervene before something bad started, "I think that it would be best that you get some sleep.  You've had a long day."  I nodded in agreement as I felt how tired I truely was while having a stare down with Rainbow.  "Besides, i'm sure that everypony has work to finish."  And with that, they all filed out of the room and turned off the light, leaving me in silence and to be comforted by the bright glow of the moon through the window.

I slid under the blankets, rested my head on the pillow and pulled the sheets up to my neck.  Once I closed my eyes I thought to myself "This is the first sleep i'll get without being knocked unconscious."  With a small chuckle I let sleep consume my being and entered the world of dreams.

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Amazingly, the hyperactive pink pony known as Pinkie Pie (ironic, no?) managed to throw a party in the hospital room I was in the next day, but the party was allowed to only be consisted of the six of them and myself.  I had no problem with this, 'cause i'm not usually a very social person.  So having a small party was awesome.

The room was filled with some of the best music I have ever heard.  Confetti and streamers littered the floor as we celebrated, what Pinkie liked to call it, the "WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA KIYOSHI!!!" party.  We played various games such as Pin the Tail on the Pony, Charades, Bobbing for Apples and some cards games.  I was sitting in the bed watching the ponies have fun as Rainbow flew over to my left and began arguing with me.

"You may have everypony else fooled, but I can see right through your lies."

I sat there confused, looking at the cyan pegasus like she was crazy, "I honestly have no idea what you're talking about."

"Don't try and lie to me!  You know that you're planning on killing us the first chance you get."

"All I know is that you're crazy, and that i'm not gonna kill anypony."

Rainbow continued to argue about my 'plans', then *BOOM*! (Stop music or keep listening, your choice) I looked over just in time to see a wall of forks and knives flying towards Rainbow.  "Look out!" I screamed as I jumped out of the bed.  I quickly pulled Rainbow into a tight hug and turned my back towards the incoming objects.

"WHAT THE?  What in the hay are you-" She was cut off by the sickening sound of something being stabbed multiple times.

I looked down at her still in my arms, "Are you... okay?"  Signs of pain void from my face.

"Yeah I am.  Why?" She asked.

"Good..."  I said with a smile, "At least... you're safe."  I let Rainbow fly out of my arms before I collapsed sideways onto the floor.  I could feel the warm blood seeping out of my back as I lost consciousness.  "Dammit, and right when I thought life was getting better."

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Rainbow Dash's POV

I floated there looking down at Kiyoshi, "Hey, umm what just-" as I was directing my attention to my friends I saw the wall that was next to us.  It was impaled by hundreds of metal knives and forks except for a large area of it.  I looked over to my friends to see what had happened.  I could see that Rarity and Fluttershy had passed out, Twilight and Applejack were charging over to where Kiyoshi and I were, and Pinkie Pie was nowhere to be seen.  But something was off.  Everypony was moving in slow motion.  "Did he...Did he just...save my life?"  I looked back at the unconscious Kiyoshi on the ground.  The entire back of his body, except his neck and head, had knives and forks jutting into him and was bleeding profusely.  Once I figured out what was going on time seemed to speed up again.

Twilight ran past me to where Kiyoshi lay while Applejack ran up to me and asked, "Are ya'll alright?"

"Yeah..." I said still looking down at Kiyoshi, "I'm fine."

"That's good." She said with a sigh, "Ah wish ah could say the same fer Kiyoshi..."

I looked back at Applejack, "What happened anyway?"

She looked back at me with concern on her face, "Ya know of Pinkies' Party Cannon?"

"Yeah I do. Why?"

"She accidentally put the utensils inside it, and well, ya know the rest."

I looked around the room, "Are Rarity and Fluttershy okay?  And where's Pinkie?"

"Pinkie ran out of the room when it happened, and they passed out when he collapsed.  But that doesn' matter right now!  We need ta help Kiyoshi before he dies!"

"Okay, I'll get the nurse and-" Almost like she heard me, Nurse Redheart burst into the room.

"I heard an explosion and I ran here as fast as I could."  She looked over to Kiyoshi and I could see the fear spread across her face.  She leaned her head out into the hallway only to have several medical staff rush into the room.  "I need you and your friends to get out so the team and I can prep for immediate surgery."  She trotted past me to where Twilight was, "Thank you, but we'll take it over from here."

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Twilight's POV

"It's been two hours now." I thought to myself, "I really hope everything is going ok in there."  I looked around at everypony waiting in the lobby.  Rarity and Apllejack were pacing around the room.  Fluttershy was still unconscious.  Pinkie had cried herself to sleep, we found her crying in one of the supply closets on the third story.  And Rainbow was just staring off into space as if lost in deep thought or something.  What troubled me the most was how she's reacted to this incident.  She hasn't shown any emotions since we left the room.

Nurse Redheart walked out into the lobby looking down, everypony was either awakened, broken out of their trance or stopped to look at her.  We all rushed to her awaiting an answer, "Well...Is he gonna be okay Redheart?" asked AJ.

She looked up and bore a smile, "Yes, he's okay.  You'll be able to visit him in just a bit."  Everypony cheered at the good news.  I felt a great wave of joy spread through me.  She turned to me and said with a serious tone, "Excuse me Twilight, but can we talk..." She glanced at everypony else, "...in private."

We walked to the otherside of the room, away from the others who were still cheering.  "What did you need to talk about with me in private?"

"What I needed to talk to you about is your friend, Kiyoshi was it?"

I felt a shockwave of worry travel through my spine, "What about him?  Did something happen?"

'Well, yes and no."

I started to get impaitient, "Well then what's wrong?"

"That's just it, I'm not sure...You may want to prepare yourself for this but, we didn't need to do any surgery on him at all."

I stared at her with a confused expression, "Okay...That's good, right?"

"Normally yes it is," she began, "but this time it's different.  He healed himself with," she paused to lean in closer and whispered "magic."

This was very surprising at the very least.  Not only is a sentient being here, but he can also use magic.  "How is that possible?  I didn't sense any magical aura coming from him at all." I asked.

"That's just it, immediately after you all left the room , his eye shot open glowing white and he started to float, emmiting a red aura.  What happened next surprised us the most.  The knives and forks in his back fell out and the wounds immediately closed up."

I was stunned to say the least.  "Why did all of you make us wait then?"

"In all hoensty, we weren't sure of how to handle the situation.  After much debate on the situation, we came to the conclusion that this would be kept as a private matter.  I suggested that I tell you of what happened and have you try to see how far the extent of his magic capabilities were, seeing if he were a possible threat to us."

I stared at her awe.  How could I basically train somepony knowing that they could be a potential threat to Equestria?  But then again, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see another magical species in action.  After a mental struggle or two, I replied, "Fine, I'll do it."  She gave a sigh of relief and smiled, "Just one thing though." The smile intantly faded from her, "Why me?"

She looked at me almost like the answer was obvious, "The reason I chose you was because I, along with the rest of Ponyvile, know you're the most magicaly gifted unicorn,  next to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna of course.  And I'm pretty sure we don't want to get them and the Royal Guard involved."

"Okay, I can see why that makes sense.  Now I just need to figure out a way how to test his prowess"

Putting a hoof on my shoulder she said, "I'm sure you'll figure something out sooner or later."  She turned around and started to head towards the others, "But for now, lets go see how your friend is doing."

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Back To Kiyoshi

I was sitting in my bed after the surgery looking out of the window.  The sun was starting to drift away into the horizon.  The sky was slowly turning into a bright orange color.  "Man, this place sure is beautiful." I thought to myself. "I wonder if the nights here are just like the ones back home."  I continued to look out into the sunset, that's when i saw it.  A single bird flying towards the setting sun.  "Fly as fast as you can little one.  I'm sure your family is worried about you."

I heard the door to my room open and turned to see everypony staring at me.  I stared back at them and said, "Hey guys. How's it going?"  Almost like it was a signal or something, they all jumped at me, "*sigh*Not agai-" I was stopped by them knocking me off the bed and onto the floor.

Though, this time was different.  They weren't accusing me of planning something bad or anything. They were simply crying and embracing me in a group hug.  "I swear, if I don't get killed by somepony, I'm gonna die from D'awwwabetes."  With that thought in my mind, I smiled and returned the gesture.