I guess I'll start with a few things about myself. I'm a high schooler, a junior to be exact. I've always passed all my classes but I don't have any motivation in my life and I have no real plans for my future. As high school went on, I quickly realized how boring life could be and turned to video games and anime as a form of escapism. After some research I found I pretty much fit the exact bill for Bipolar Disorder, I'm in a bad mood pretty much half the time, generally being depressed for a week or two, while the next day I might be flying around the house singing at the top of my lungs. I haven't told my parents because I really don't want to deal with that. I mostly hung out with a group of seniors who had the same interests as me, we would get together, play video games, talk about new anime, and generally have a good time but since school has ended I have lost contact with them. One of my friends would never stop complaining about bronies and their love of MLP FIM. This, of course, quickly led to my watching of the first episode, just to see what it was like. As I sat in front of the computer watching the show, I couldn't help but say, "I guess its not that bad". Soon after I found myself watching the second episode to see if Twilight and friends could stop Nightmare Moon. The next thing I knew, I was watching My Little Pony every chance I got, as soon as I got home I would open up the laptop and jump to the next episode. I quickly realized my favorite character was Applejack. I'm not exactly sure why but I think it has something to do with how her drive and honesty were everything I didn't have, I procrastinated, lied to my parents, didn't look ahead in my future, and was just lazy in general. As I realized this, my life slowly changed as I tried to model myself after her, and it was making my life a little better. My parents stopped complaining a much, I had a tentative future set ahead of me after sending out applications for colleges, I was more stable emotionally than I had been in years.

It was late at night on a Saturday, and raining softly, almost everyone in the school was going to be at a big party tonight. I of course, hadn't been invited, not that I wanted to go anyways. I was really depressed that night, contemplating my lack of religion and the lack of meaning in my life if there was nothing after death. As I sat there, thinking, my parents asked if I wanted to come along on a quick trip to the store. It took me awhile to answer, but I said yes just to appease them and was soon riding in the back of the car listening to my ipod. It was starting to really turn into a downpour as we drove through town; I quickly spotted the house where the party was taking place. It was packed; cars lined the street all the way from one end to the other, some even extended onto the next street. Loud dubstep could be heard blasting away as we drove past. My parents just raised an eyebrow as we passed. We pulled up to an intersection that was starting to flood. My parents quietly talked about the weather as I tried to cheer myself up with "Smile, Smile, Smile" on my ipod. As my parents pulled forward after the stop, I looked up and saw something that made my heart stop. A big truck was barreling down the road, and it wasn't going to be stopping anytime soon. Everything slowed down as a I watched the driver, clearly drunk from the party, belatedly slam on the brakes, as his tires stopped, his car began to hydroplane, skidding across the surface of the road right towards our car. As the car flew towards us I had time for the thought, "Well, I had a decent run", before the car connected with the passenger side. The truck had slowed down a little bit and we were sent flying to the other side of the road, I realized my leg felt weird and looked down to see it pinned between the seat and a chunk of metal with bone sticking out of it. As I went into shock, I glanced up in time to see the semi in oncoming frantically trying to avoid us. As it careened towards us, my vision slowly gave way to blackness as I passed out.

As I lay with my back on what was apparently grass, I tried to remember what had happened. As the memories of the car crash flooded back I groaned and slowly sat up. With my eyes still closed I starting running the scenario through my head. What had happened? Why am I on grass? Are my parents ok? I suddenly realized that I could hear small noises around me, and then someone coughed quietly. As I slowly opened my eyes I found myself staring into a pair of absolutely massive blue eyes, as I took in more of my surroundings I noticed that these eyes belonged to something I'd seen on many other occasions, Fluttershy. She was surrounded by five other ponies, Twilight Sparkle stood behind Fluttershy, a curious but apprehensive look on her face; to her side stood Rainbow Dash, looking like she was about to tackle me; on the far left sat Rarity, clearly trying to stay away from me but still curious; on the right Pinkie Pie stood, or more precisely, bounced up and down with a picnic basket in her mouth; and on the far right stood Applejack, her lasso ready to capture me if needed. My eyes jerked to a stop as I saw my favorite cartoon character, I stared at her for a few moments as my brain overloaded from all the information. I squeaked out, "Oh my god", and immediately passed out.

Twilight's house, a short time earlier.

"SPIIIIIIIIKE, what are you doing? I need to find that book on cryptids!", Twilight yelled. What could possibly be taking that little dragon so long?

"S-s-sorry Twilight, here you go", Spike stuttered, out of breath as he quickly ran over to give her the book. "If you hadn't rearranged the library again yesterday, I would have found it much quicker" he muttered.
"What was that?", Twilight asked sternly.
"Nothing, Nothing", Spike sighed.
Twilight decided to ignore the small dragon for now and quickly sat down to read the book. As she moved to the corner, she read the intro. The study of cryptids, or cryptozoology is involved in the analysis and discovery of species that most believe are myths. Big Hoof and Humans are two examples of creatures that would be classified as cryptids. As she got comfortable, preparing to read the book, someone knocked on the door quietly. Twilight sighed and stood up, setting down her book and moving over to the door. As she opened the door she was met by Fluttershy.
"I'm really sorry if I disturbed you. I-i-if you want I'll come back later" Fluttershy mumbled quietly.
"Fluttershy you know you can come around any time you want, you're my friend. Now what did you want?" Twilight asked softly.
"Well, we were going to have a picnic and were wondering if you wanted to come along", she asked shyly, looking at the floor.
"Of course I'll come!" Twilight said, "I'd never miss a chance to be with my friends!".
"Well we better get going, we don't want to be late", Fluttershy stated.
Fluttershy headed out the door, Twilight glanced behind her at the book she had set down. "I'll have to read it later", she muttered to herself.
The six friends soon met up in the town square and headed off towards one of their favorite picnic spots on a small hill a little ways outside of town. They talked quietly as they walked, Pinkie Pie holding the enormous picnic basket as she bounced along. Suddenly, their conversations ground to a halt as the hill they were going to briefly glowed with brilliant white light.
"What in tarnation was that?" Applejack said as she started to run up the hill.

The others quickly followed, as they rounded the top they all came to a jerking halt. Before them sat the strangest creature they had ever seen.
"I think its unconscious", said Twilight.
"What is it?", Rarity asked shrilly.
"I'm not sure," responded Twilight, "I've never seen anything like it before".
They gathered around it, inspecting it closely.
"Is it somepony's pet?" Fluttershy asked quietly, "It's wearing clothes..."
"It looks bipedal, it might be intelligent." Twilight stated
"It's waking up!" Rainbow Dash whispered frantically, "Fluttershy, go talk to it".
"B-b-but" Fluttershy stuttered.
"You're good with animals!" Rainbow Dash said, "Just see what it is, we've got your back".
They all took a step back, preparing for the worst, as the thing groaned and slowly sat up, rubbing its head. After it sat there for a few seconds, Fluttershy coughed quietly. It opened its eyes slowly, then jumped back a little in shock. Its gaze darted from pony to pony until it rested on Applejack.
"Oh my god" the thing said, then slumped to the ground.

"Oookaaay" Rainbow Dash slowly drawled, "that was interesting".

Twilight's eyes shone as she quickly pulled out a notebook from a saddlebag. "Did you hear that!" She practically shouted, "That thing just spoke Equestrian!". She started scribbling down notes as fast as she could while inspecting the creature's body.
Pinkie Pie had set down the picnic basket. "What does god mean?" she asked while bouncing around the creature in a circle, "Will it be my friend?", she suddenly gasped, "I need to get a party ready!", she dashed away.
"Wait Pinkie!" shouted Twilight, "We don't even know if it's... Gosh darn it" she muttered as Pinkie disappeared from sight.
The ponies started investigating the thing again.
"It kind of looks like a monkey" Rainbow Dash stated.
"Doesn't look very sturdy" said Applejack
"The material these clothes are made of is fascinating!" Rarity said while examining its shirt, "This gives me an idea for my next clothing line!"
"Is it ok?" asked Fluttershy softly, "It isn't hurt is it?"
"I'm not sure, it doesn't look hurt though" said Twilight, "It fell unconscious again though, it may have brain dama... It's waking up again!"

My POV

As I drifted back into consciousness, my memories flooded back, along with the worst headache I've ever had. "It had to be a dream, it had to be a dream, it had to be a dream" I muttered to myself over and over again.

"What had to be a dream?" a voice said with a southern drawl.
"Oh god", I thought, I know that voice. I slowly let my eyes open again to be met with the faces of 5 ponies curiously looking at me. Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and, Applejack stood in front of me. My chant quickly shifted: "I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming".
"Why would you say that?" Twilight, (who was most likely a figment of my imagination), asked.
I decided to go with being honest. "I was about to die, I passed out, woke up with my injuries gone, and find talking ponies standing in front of me. I'm either dreaming the whole thing up, or mentally insane."
"Ain't you ever seen a pony before?" Applejack asked.
The other ponies looked confused as well.
I laughed for a little bit as my headache got worse. "I don't feel so good" I blurted out as I puked all over the ground.
Rarity leapt backwards in disgust but Fluttershy quickly came up to me, "Are you alright?" she asked softly.
"This is the weirdest dream I've ever had" I said softly.
"Why do you keep calling this a dream?" Twilight asked.
"Why are you talking?" I asked in response
"Hey that's rude!" yelled Rainbow Dash
"You don't understand, where I come from ponies CAN'T talk, and they definitely aren't this colorful, that's why I must be dreaming" I stated. The entire time the conversation had been taking place; I'd been having an internal war. "This can't be real, MLP is just a cartoon! But, this doesn't feel like a dream... What if I'm dead… or in a coma? Should I tell them they are T.V. characters? No that feels wrong, they might freak out if they know how much I know about them.
"Ponies can't talk! That's ridiculous, where are you from, another planet?" Rarity questioned.
I raised an eyebrow, looking at Rarity. "I'm going to go out on a limb and act like this isn't just some sort of messed up dream. In which case, yes I come from another world".
"What are you then?" Twilight asked curiously.
I sighed, "I'm a human, ever heard of us?"
Twilight looked thoughtful, "I'm sure I've heard that name somewhere recently..."
I decided to go with things for now, "Well I might as well give you a quick rundown on humans, the dream should end soon anyway... Well lets see, Humans, scientific name Homo Sapiens, is a bipedal race most closely related to monkeys. Unlike most species we have little to no defensive or attacking mechanisms on our body and rely on our intelligence to survive. We are extremely advanced technologically and are the only truly intelligent species on the planet Earth. There are about 6.6 billion of us, and we are omnivores. Good enough?"
"Did you say, o-o-omnivores?" asked Applejack worriedly.
I facepalmed, "don't worry we don't eat ponies, not even the ones that don't talk, I promise I would never purposefully harm a hair on anypony's head without a good reason"
"B-b-but, you eat animals?" asked Twilight, horrified.
I sighed and laid back down saying, "Our bodies were designed to need a lot of protein, we get it from meat. It is possible to live healthily without meat but you have to eat a lot of the few things that have protein in them like eggs and beans," I opened my mouth and pointed to my canines, "see, these teeth are for eating meat," I then showed them my molars, "and these are for plants, I'll tell you what, as long as this dream goes on, I promise I will not eat any meat, whatsoever, ok?"
The ponies calmed down a little bit, but were still somewhat suspicious.
"I need to send a letter to Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed, "And I'm sure I read about humans somewhere, I'll have to do some research."
As Twilight ran off quickly, I stood up and brushed my pants off. Awkward silence ensued as I stood there with the four remaining ponies. I looked up and saw that it was getting pretty late in the day. "Well I suppose you four all have things you need to do, I'm sorry for holding up your day. I can probably find somewhere comfortable enough in the woods around here to sleep".
"That's nonsense" said Applejack quickly, "These woods are filled with all sorts of creatures, you can stay at my place".
"Aren't you worried about what I'll do? You barely even know me! And anyway, I'll probably just wake up back in my old bed at home" I exclaimed
"You need to get that silly notion that your dreaming out of your head, and you seem honest enough, trust me I can tell" Applejack stated.
"T-t-thanks a lot" I said as I yawned loudly.
The ponies quickly said their goodbyes, Rainbow Dash was still eyeing me with suspicion as she flew away. I sighed to myself, knowing that my brief time in Equestria would probably be over as soon as I went to sleep. At least I got to stay at Applejack's farm though, even if it is a dream... Probably.

Applejack and I were quiet for most of the walk, as I looked around, I realized how much more detailed this dream was then MLP was in the show. This sparked another internal argument. "What if this isn't a dream? It has to be! But since when did dreams last this long? And I've never had a dream where I've known I'm dreaming either... But if this isn't a dream what about my parents?" I sighed, "I'll see in the morning I guess".

"What's eating you sugar cube? Applejack asked.
"Sorry Applejack, it's just, if this isn't a dream..." I sighed again.
"How do you know my name!" Applejack surprised asked.
I mentally berated myself for my mistake. Sighing I said to myself, "It would be much easier to lie about this..." I looked up, "Applejack I have something I need to tell you when we get to the barn ok? I need to collect my thoughts.".
Still looking suspicious, she said, "Ok, but you better tell me the truth".
As we walked, I debated how much to tell her, I glanced over at her, I've always had a bit of a crush on the pony, not that I told anyone because it seemed so weird. As we climbed over a hill a beautiful landscape was revealed. As far as the eye could see stood apple trees planted on rolling hills, a small house and barn sat off to the west.
"Wow, I never knew Sweet Apple Acres was so huge!" I exclaimed.
"Its the Apple family pride and joy," Applejack said happily, "wait, how did you know... you better tell me how you know so much about me and my family".
"All in due time" I replied cryptically.