The Old Ways

The moon illuminated our path as we made our way in silence, me carrying the still unconscious pony. Truly I'm too old for this.. I was very tired and it didn't make my mood any better. Well.. at least the moon lights our path I glanced at the full moon and smiled And its also quite the eye catcher. My smile quickly faded however when I spotted a fast approaching cloud moving towards my only source of light.

"Don't you dare.." I narrowed my eyes,daring the cloud to ruin my day even more.Needles to say that my threat did nothing when the cloud ever so slowly covered to moon. The light slowly disappeared giving way to the thing I have grown to hate the most.

Darkness.

"Darkness...How kind of you to show up" To another person it might have looked like I was talking to myself."But the thing is that you are blocking my vision and I don't feel like arguing right now" Normally I don't speak with the forces of nature, but I was so tired right now and couldn't even think straight." So please leave now.."  I sounded like a drunkard.

The darkness had no intention of moving away.

"You know.." I started to walk faster."Some people say that its better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.." My dog barked as we fastened our pace.

"But I say.."  I went silent, the only sound being the panting of my dog. I covered the equines ears with my free hand and sighed.

"FUCK YOU DARKNESS! JUST WAIT TILL I WHOOP YOUR ASS!" I blindly ran towards the darkness,planning to strangle it with my bear hands " CHARGE!"  I could feel that we were still on the road, but didn't give it much of a thought. There were more pressing matters after all.

"STOP! YOU BLACK ABOMINATION!STOOOOP!"

Ponyville

Perspective Change

Note Pad was happily walking along the empty streets of Ponyville, his horn giving him enough light to safely travel through the darkness.

"Hmm...I wonder why such a big cloud was scheduled at the middle of the night? I thought that Princess Luna always wanted to keep the nights clear" He spoke aloud while turning his gaze towards the sky.

"DARKNEEEEESS!"

He froze in place when he heard a shout of pure rage. W-what was that!? He started to hear the noise of fast approaching hoof steps.

"Somepony there!?" He trembled in fear as the hoof steps came closer and closer.

A towering black bipedal ape and a weird looking dog were running towards him at full speeds.

"AAAAAAH!" He screamed in pure horror and tried to run away, but in his panic he tripped and fell face down on the dirt. NONONONONONO! He curled into a ball and shivered like there was no end.

Perspective Change

After running like a madman for minutes, I finally noticed that I had entered a village and the now shivering unicorn laying on the ground.I should calm down...This world is making an old man like me insane I sighed and knelt down.

"Excuse me" I spoke to the unicorns in hopes of calming him down.

"Please don't eat me! I have some fruits in my house if you want!" The unicorn whimpered and I sighed again.

"I'm not going to eat you" I patted him on the pack." All I ask you is that could you direct me to the nearest hospital?" I motioned at the pony I was carrying " I need to take her to a hospital" The unicorn glanced at the pony.

"Lady Rarity?" The unicorn had a look of confusion.

"You know her?"  He nodded.

"She is the local seamstress"  I scratched my beard in thought.

"Whats your name kid?"

"N-Note Pad.." He timidly responded. Hes most likely still scared as hell...

"Note Pad. Can you show me the way?" I offered him my hand. He stared at it,presumably thinking if I would hurt him, but after a moment of staring he took it and I lifted him up.

"Its a few blocks away from here, just go straight and you will find it"  I smiled in gratitude.

"Thank you for your cooperation" I nodded my head and stared to walk away from him.

"Before you go, Could you tell me what in Equestria are you?"  He called out. I turned my head and waved at him.

"You will probably find out soon" And with that I made my way towards the hospital.

Ponyville Hospital

I stared at the white building.This has to be the place.. My vision faltered for a second I better be quick I entered the building trough the automatic doors and strolled towards the reception desk, where a bored looking white pony with a red cross as mark and a nurse cap, was reading a magazine at the moment.

Without asking, I laid the pony on the desk with a loud *Thump*.

"Shes unconscious and probably has a minor head injury" The nurse gasped at the sight."You should take her in and check if shes alright"  She turned her gaze towards me and her eyes widened in surprise." Don't ask" I tiredly said. She looked at the pony and nodded her head."Thanks" I turned to leave.

"Wait!" The nurse stopped me.

"Yes?"

"Thank you for bringing her here" She smiled at me, the first smile I have received in this new world " Her friends have been worried sick"

"Its nothing,I just did what any good person would have done" She moved "Rarity" to a bed with wheels.

"Rarity would love to hear the name of her savior"  Hmm...I probably shouldn't give her my real name just yet..Wait...What did that old hag call me again?

"Just tell her that the "Inheritor of Smooze" saved her" Yeah.. thats what the old lady called me before I got sent here..

She looked at me with confusion for a moment, but nodded her head." I will make sure to tell her when she wakes up"  I nodded my head in response and made my way towards the door. Come to think of it..Didn't the slime mention something about the "Smooze?" I shook my head. Better leave it for tomorrow I yawned and went outside with my dog.

Now to look for a cozy space to sleep... I noticed a park bench in the distance and walked towards it.

Not the best sleeping place, but for me its heaven.. I though as I laid down on the bench, my dog sleeping under it.

The locals are probably going to freak out when they see me, but thats tomorrows trouble..

I yawned and fell asleep.