Waking Up In Equestria

Hoss woke to see that the sky was a purple hue and the sun was beginning to peek over the horizon. He stood up and stretched, his muscles were stiff from sleeping sitting up like he had, he walked over to the door as quiet as the old wooden floor would allow and headed outside, the air outside was cool and the only sounds were the distant call of birds and the gentle breeze blowing thru the library's branches, He walked out into the street and looked around at the still sleeping town. "i like it here, its so peaceful" he said with a smile before looked up at the small amount of stars that still lingered.

He yawned and turned back to the library, he wanted to stay outside for a little longer and enjoy the peaceful morning before he started on the shelfs. "I don't think it would be to wise to wake up Twilight this early anyway" he thought as he sat down on one of the library's large roots that rose up out of the ground. He had begun to node off again when the door to the library opened, he shook his head to clear the sleep that had crept into his mind again and looked around the side of the library.

Twilight was standing on the door step looking around, her hair was still in a mess meaning she had just woken up. Hoss stood up and walked over to her. "I'm sorry if i woke you up i was just coming out here to watch the sun rise." he said looking at Twilight. "no you didn't wake me up, I was about.....to start combing my hair when i saw you walk out the front door, I thought......you might be trying to get out of working so I.....I followed you" she said through a series of yawns.

Hoss smiled a bit "nah i planned to help you I just needed to stretch my legs a bit before i started on the bookshelf I broke and the window I got thrown out of" He said looking at the window again with a grin on his face. Twilight looked up at the window "heh sorry I may have over done it a little." "Don't worry about it, it's not like I didn't deserve it, I shouldn't have grabbed Nyx like i did." he said looking back at Twilight. Twilight glanced back at him and turned towards the door. "I forgive you, just make sure it doesn't happen again." she said as she opened the door and went inside.

The sun was now above the horizon, casting long shadows from the nearby buildings and making him squint when he turned to look. He could feel the warm sunlight penetrate his coat and make the skin underneath warm. He looked up again to see that all the stars had now vanished and the sky's purple hue was replaced with light blue, he could see a few Pegasi were moving several clouds into place above the town. He let out one final yawn before turning and walking into the library.

"Twilight do you have any tools that i could use for the bookshelf?" He said as he walked over to the destroyed bookcase. None of the shelf's themselves were damaged but the metal pieces that held them onto the supports had snapped off. "There are some nails and other stuff down in the basement." she said from the kitchen. The smell of fresh oatmeal filled the house making his mouth water. Turning away from the bookshelf he began looking around the library for a basement door, there were two doors on this floor, One leading to the kitchen and the other was under the staircase leading up to Twilight's room.

He walked over and carefully opened it not knowing what to expect, as the door opened light flooded into the dark staircase and lite only a few of the steps, His mind betrayed him and he started to remember the horror movies he used to watch late at night and how the first person to enter the dark and scary basement was never seen or heard from again. He also remembered some of the grim/dark fanfictions and pictures he had seen and read before he arrived here, He quickly shook those thoughts away before he started seeing stuff in the darkness to and jumping at every small noise.

"um, Twilight? Where is the light switch?" "bottom of the stairs on the left wall" Her voice was barley audible over the sound of dishes and plates being moved around, he gulped and began to walk down into the basement trying his hardest not to picture things staring back at him from the darkness. The only light was from the open door that lead into the library's main room and what little light shown thru only reached down the first few steps. He kept his eyes and ears alert for any signs of danger as he inched down into the darkness, It was a bad habit of his since he had always been afraid of the dark. He almost fell as he reached the bottom of the steps and felt for the light switch along the wall.

As he reached along the wall his hoof bumped into a small object on the wall, at first he thought it was a nail that stuck out to hang something on, he applied a little pressure to it until it clicked. Light flooded the room from a small light bulb in the center of the basement and he quickly  closed his eyes against the blinding light. After allowing his eyes to adjust he slowly opened his eyes and began looking for the nails. He turned away from the light switch and froze, standing inches away from him was a solid white pony who seamed to hover above the ground.

He let out a small scream of surprise when the figure moved closer, not realizing he had bumped one of the legs making it move. He took a second look at it and realized that it was just one of Rarity's designer manikins that somepony had left down here. He couldn't help but laugh while he poked it and watched it sway from side to side.

"Is everything alright down there?" Twilight said from the top of the stairs "ya this manikin just scared me." He heard Twilight's laughter fade away as she walked back to the kitchen and began looking for the tools again, on a table at the back of the basement he found a small box of nails and tried to pick it up with his hooves but quickly realized that wasn't going to help. "why do they make it look so easy in the show" he said as he bent down and picked up the box using his mouth.

The box tasted horrible and the dust on it made his nose itch, he had to force himself not to gag or sneeze out of fear he might drop the box and spill its contents all over the floor. He walked over to the stairs and climbed back up into the library. He bit down harder on the box as he sneezed a couple times from the dust that blew off the box every time he exhaled, he quickly walked over to the bookshelf and spit the box out, he gagged and quickly ran out the front door and spit a few times to try to get the taste out of his mouth. "blagh...next time ill just tell Twilight to go get it." He spat once more then turned around and walked back inside.

He walked over to the bookshelf and sat down "now how am I suppose to do this? I didn't see a hammer so maybe I could use." he paused and began to look around for something hard he could drive the nails in with. "I guess I could use my hoof for now" he said with a shrug. He picked up one of the boards in his mouth and positioned it correctly between the shelf supports being extra careful to not get any splinters in his mouth.

The supports had little hooks on which the shelfs rested, so he could just set the board on top of them and nail it down. He leaned in and looked at them closer, the metal hooks had been bent out of shape and wouldn't hold the shelf itself on properly. He turned and opened the box of nails beside him with his hoof, he tried to open it correctly but found it impossible and he was growing impatient, he gave up on the little flaps on the front and just stood on the box till the front ripped open and the nails spilled out.

He looked down at the small pile of nails and the small broken cardboard box they had been in.  He put his hooves together and picked up a nail slowly and moved it to the bookshelf, there he placed it on top of the shelf he was going to nail. "hmm now what do i do, i don't think i can get my rear hoof up this high to nail it while i hold the nail with my front feet." he thought as he tried to think of a different way to do it. "aha i think i know what i could use"  he got up and walked back down into the basement to see if he could find that small yellow tube he had seen down there.

He spotted a small roll of tape leaning against the leg of the table the nails were on, he shrugged and leaned over to picked it up, only to see that the tape was old and the sticky side was dried up meaning it wouldn't help him. He signed and began looking for that tube. "aha that will work perfectly" he said with a smile as he spotted the small tube of wood glue and picked it up. He quickly turned around and ran back up the stairs and over to the book shelf. He put the tube down and bit down on the lid to twist it off, once the cap was off he gently pushed on it till some of the yellowish liquid oozed out onto one of the nails.

He picked it up, being careful to not get any of the glue in his mouth and sat it upright on the shelf. The nail stuck to the shelf sitting straight up and didn't fall over when he let go, he was quite proud of himself for thinking of this as he raised his hoof and brought it down quickly and precociously on the top of the nail. The nail quickly went down thru the shelf and into the support, he was amazed at the fact he didn't feel any pain like he had expected. He placed the other shelfs onto their supports and began setting up the nails so he could hammer them down quickly, he stopped to rest and glanced at the kitchen, He could smell the oat meal Twilight had fixed but just barley over the strong stench of the wood glue.

He looked at the floor as his stomach let out a loud growl and made his whole abdomen hurt. "geez i haven't eaten since i went to sleep two nights ago" he groaned looking back at the nails standing upright on the shelfs. He had placed them all in their correct positions and was about to start to drive them in when Twilight walked out of the kitchen. "breakfast is ready" she looked at him and laughed. "why didn't you wait i was about to help you with my magic." Hoss turned around annoyed, "could have said that before i started" he said turning around and looking at the nails he had set up himself.

He drove a few nails before Twilight walked over and used her magic to nail the top shelfs neither of them could reach with their hooves. "alright now come get some breakfast before it gets cold" she said as she picked up the glue with her magic and replaced the cap. "alright" Hoss said as he stood up, the room began to spin and he quickly sat back down. he felt light headed and his hooves refused to step where he wanted them to. Twilight was laughing again as he tried to stammer a few steps. "gah stupid glue made me high and now i cant walk straight" he said as he looked at the floor annoyed. "Twilight can you help me to the kitchen before i run into something and knock myself out....again" he said turning to look at her.

Hoss closed his eyes as he felt his weight grow lighter and thought he was about to pass out, after a few seconds he decided to open them again to see whether or not he was on the floor, he saw that he was moving thru the air and turned to see Twilight was levitating him to the kitchen. "once i put you in the kitchen I'll go up stairs and wake up spike, he'll be so happy to know he doesn't have to fix that book case." She gently sat Hoss down at the table then turned and left, he looked at the table to see 4 bowls of steaming oatmeal.

His stomach growled again before he leaned over and sniffed the bowl closest to him, "hmm apple, and i half expected it to be hay." he said with a grin. The room had stopped spinning by time Twilight, Nyx and Spike entered the kitchen, and he was thinking about how nice it would be to sit outside and eat his food, he used to do this all the time when he was younger and had time to do things like that. He looked down at the bowl then down at his hooves and sighed. "ya I'll have to eat here since i have no clue how to hold things with these hooves" he thought as he watched the trio walk into the room.

"how did everyone...everyPONY sleep last night? Hoss asked as they all sat down at the table. Nyx looked at him nervously then back at her food, while spike just yawned and grabbed a nearby spoon. Twilight looked at Nyx then back at Hoss, he knew what she wanted him to do but he had no clue how to start. He thought for a couple of seconds before he began, "Nyx im sorry for yesterday, i wasn't thinking straight." he stammered as he looked at Twilight for help.  Nyx picked her head up and looked at him "it's ok it was different from how most ponies greet me" she said with a smile as she levitated a spoon into her oatmeal and began eating. Hoss looked at Nyx then back at Twilight who was smiling slightly at Nyx then back at his food.

He watched twilight pick up her spoon with her hoof and begin eating, and could only look down at his. He placed his hoof on the spoon and lifted up only to see the spoon hadn't moved. "ok...now" he said as he tried again, the spoon once again didn't move. He tried several more times before a giggle broke his concentration. Twilight was looking at him with a grin while spike had his claws over his mouth trying to hold back his laughter. Hoss looked back at the spoon annoyed then looked back at Twilight. "how the heck are you holding that spoon with your hoof" he said looking at her hoof and back to his. Spike couldn't hold back his laughter anymore and his claw fell away from his mouth as burst into laughter, Twilight and Nyx joined in while Hoss sat there looking annoyed at his hooves. "guess im stuck eating apples or hay until i figure out how to work these correctly" he chuckled as he began to laugh to.

Everypony fell quiet as a knock came from the front door. "ill go get it" said Twilight as she walked out of the kitchen. Hoss stood up and followed her into the main room. Twilight opened the door, standing there was a mailpony holding a letter for, he guessed, Twilight. She took the letter and shut the door without a word. "How rude, you didn't even thank him" he said as he walked to the door and opened it. The mailpony had begun to walk to the next house with an annoyed look on his face. "HEY! mailpony, thanks for the letter" Hoss called out to the mailpony, The brown pony stopped in his tracks, he turned around and waved at Hoss with a big grin on his face.

"There see how easy that was?" he said as he turned around and walked thru the doorway and back into the library. Twilight was in the middle of the room levitating a letter inches from her eyes. "oh, no" she said as she dropped the letter and began to levitate books around the library. The books that were stacked near the shelf Hoss had fixed flew into the air and began to line themselves up into their correct order before flying onto the shelfs. "whats going on Twilight? What did the letter say?" asked Hoss as he dodged a few stray books.

"Princess Luna wants to visit me today." she said as she levitated a broom in front of herself. "Why would she do that?" asked Hoss who was now sitting on the floor trying to think. "She didn't say, all she said was that she needs to speak with me right away" Twilight was now running up stairs and towards the broken window, the curtains shut suddenly hiding the window from view.

Hoss sat there staring at Twilight when a knocking drew his attention to the door. Twilight stopped, turned around and ran down the stairs to the door. Hoss decided it was best to not pay attention to their conversation since it might be something private so he stood up and began walking around looking at the books on the shelf he fixed, he half expected them to all fall off as the old nails gave way, but nothing happened. Twilight had opened the door and was welcoming Princess Luna as Hoss looked at the titles of some of the books. He had seen a lot of different titles, most of them being history books, but he did notice that the bottom shelf has a series of Daring Doo books, he smiled remembering the episode about Rainbow Dash reading these books for the first time.

"ehem Hoss....Hoss!" Hoss jumped at the sound of Twilight's voice right behind him. "Sorry, I was looking at all the different kinds of books here and kind of spaced out for a few seconds, what did you need?" he said as he looked behind Twilight to see Princess Luna staring right at him. "Princess Luna needs to speak with you." she turned around and walked over to Princess Luna and sat down beside her. He hesitated a little before walked up to her and nodded his head "pleasure to meet you miss Luna" She gave him a strange look and turned to Twilight. "You were right he is a strange pony" she said as she turned back to Hoss who was now beginning to worry.

"Don't worry the Doctor told me about you, all I'm  here to do is bring you back to Canterlot with me." she said raising her head. "Is Twilight coming with us?" Twilight looked away while Luna shook her head. "I see...so your taking me to Canterlot, I'm guessing because you want to lock me up until you know whether im a threat or not." he said looking at Luna. She turned away and looked at Twilight for a couple seconds before meeting Hoss' glare. "Yes and no, my sister wants us to be careful with anything that appears thru the rifts the Doctor has told us about" Hoss stood up and began walking to the door "well I hope the dungeon has a bed for me to lay on." "oh you wont be in the dungeon, The Doctor told us that you didn't seam that dangerous, so we will place you in one of the guest rooms."

Princess Luna stood up and walked to the front door before turning around. "Twilight you and your friends are free to visit him if you like" Hoss walked over to the cart and climbed inside and turned to watch Princess Luna and Twilight finish saying their goodbyes. She turned around and walked over to the cart,  and used her wings to lift herself up into it, she sat next to Hoss and looked at him. "The Doctor is already at Canterlot waiting for you to arrive, he will escort you to your room." Luna said nodding for the two Pegasi dressed in royal guard armor to take flight and return them to Canterlot.

The cart shifted as the two royal guards took flight, he turned around to see Twilight was still outside watching them leave before he closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat. "Is something wrong?" said Luna with concern when she saw him leaning back. "It's nothing Princess, I would rather keep my feet...I mean hooves on the ground instead of up in the air." Princess Luna shrugged and returned to watching the royal guards pulling the cart along thru the air. Hoss still felt tired and the cart's side to side movement wasn't helping him to stay awake, neither was the warmth the sun gave off. He gave up fighting it and relaxed letting sleep wash over him.