Josh woke up after an uneventful sleep, yawning, he sat up in the bed. Picking up his phone and turned it on, blinking as he stared at the time. “Five-thirty..?” Glancing out the window, hints of sunlight were just passing over the horizon. Groaning, he laid back in bed. “Why the hell am I up at five-thirty... Stupid body, go back to sleep...” Curling back up under the blankets, he twisted and turned but was unable to become comfortable again. Throwing off the covers in irritation, he grumbled to himself. “Fine.. I’m up... Might as well go and make some coffee.”

Looking around the room, his heart dropped as he realized where he was once again. “Its hard to believe that I’m adapting so quickly...” Leaning up against a wall, running a hand through his hair, he sighed. “I’m sure it’s what my family would want though, to have me adapt to my new life as quickly as I can. I can't stand change though.. And what a freaking overload all of this has been."

Walking out of the room, he gasped as pain wrecked it’s way through Josh’s head. “What the hell...?” Staggering, he placed a hand on his head. Slowly and carefully, he made his way downstairs and towards the kitchen. “I’m sure whatev... Gah!” He fell onto his knees as his body convulsed. Falling over onto his side, he cried out in pain as he curled up into a ball, hands on both sides of his head.

As the pain subsided, he slowly crawled his way over to the kitchen. Reaching up to the counter, he used it to pull himself into a standing position. Stumbling his way over to the sink, he turned it on and splashed himself in the face with the cool water. Gasping, he turned and looked around the kitchen, noticing the coffee pot he made his way over to it and began to prepare himself some of the liquid energy.

With the coffee pot warming up, it began to make that soft trickle that coffee pots do, as they brew the refreshing beverage. Josh slowly made his way back up the stairs and towards the bathroom. Leaning against the sink, he looked up and at his reflection in the mirror. Staggering back, he nearly fell into the tub as he stared at the reflection in the mirror, unable to look elsewhere.

Staring back at Josh through the mirror was a face that didn’t look majorly different from his own, but there were subtle changes. His eyes were the first of the noticeable changes. His already dark green eyes were now of a lighter tone, not by much, but noticeable enough if you were to look closely.

His hair, once a dark brown, was now as black as midnight. Placing a hand on his chin, he turned his face to the side his ears had taken on a slight pointed quality. Frowning, he shook his head, laughing lightly. “You’ve gotta be kidding... There is no way that this is possible... GAH!” Staggering back further, Josh tripped, falling into the tub behind him, causing a loud thud to be heard throughout the treehouse.

As Josh lay in the tub, groaning in pain, Twilight had awoken from his shout. A few seconds later she had heard the bang that he made when his body landed in the tub. Wide-eyed, the lavender mare quickly made her way out of her room and towards the bathroom. Pushing the door open, she looked around, trying to find out where Josh was located.

“Josh..? Are you in here? Is everything okay..?” Hearing Josh groan again, her attention turned swiftly to the tub. Making her way into the bathroom and over to the tub, she looked into it, gasping as she could see the mask of pain covering his face. “Oh my gosh! What happened to you?” Josh shook his head, turning his face away from the mare.

“J..Just.. Just give me a moment please, Twilight...” Blinking, Twilight shook her head, taken aback by Josh’s request.

“What? I can’t do that! You’re obviously in a lot of pain, lets get you to bed. But first, let me see you, I would like to see if I can find out what’s wrong.” Lifting Josh up into the air with her magic, she noticed him trying to cover his head with his arms. “Josh, if you don’t let me see, I can’t figure out what is going on with you. So can you move your arms, please..?”

“S..Something is happening to me Twilight... It’s... GAH!” He convulsed, thrashing in the levitation field that Twilight held him in. Staring at Josh, visibly frightened. There seemed something really strange going on with the levitation spell she was using on him. Her magic was draining from her at a rate much faster than a simple spell like levitation should of.

“L..Let me go!” Josh all but yelled as his body felt like it was on fire. Falling once more to the ground with a solid thud, he curled into a fetal position, holding his head between his hands. “M..Make it s..stop...” The pain in his body slowly subsided, leaving him shaking on the floor of the bathroom. Slowly making her way over to Josh, Twilight sat down beside him, a look of worry playing over her face.

“J..Josh..? Will you let me see your face..?” Josh continued to lay on the ground, shaking for another minute, slowly gathering his breath. Moving his arms from his head, Twilight gasped silently as she noticed that the human’s ears had taken on a pointed quality. Placing his hands on the ground, he slowly pushed himself into a seated position, nearly falling over in the process.

Looking at Twilight out of the corner of his eye, he sighed and turned to face her. “I... I don’t know what’s going on Twilight...” He continued to shake softly as he allowed the mare to look him over. Gently raising a hoof up, she placed it on his hand, offering him a small smile.

“Whatever is going on, we’re going to figure it out okay..?” Yawning, she rubbed her eyes sleepily. “Do you know of anything like this happening normally in your world.” Josh shook his head, groaning as different possibilities of what was happening to him flew through his mind. One thing was for sure, he didn’t like any of them.

“No... What’s happening to me, by all rights, should be impossible...” Twilight tilted her head, confused. Opening her mouth, Josh continued. Causing her to pause for a moment before closing her mouth and listening, looking distraught. “I know what you’re going to ask... And I do have a few ideas as to what is happening. None of them are to my liking either.” Sighing, he buried his face in his hands. “I really, really do not like change, Twilight... And now that it’s happening to me on a personal level, to my own body...” He turned to look at her again, letting Twilight have a good long look at his eyes. “I really don’t know what to do...”

Josh’s right eye, the one that had been bothering him since the day before, caused Twilight to gasp. Where the iris was, sat a swirling purple vortex that was changing itself to a bluish color and then finally green to match his other eye as she continued to look at it. “Y...Your eye...” Turning away, Josh frowned, fully aware as to what Twilight had seen. “Your right eye... It was purple.. The same color as my..” Placing her hooves to her mouth, she gasped in realization. “You were absorbing my magic when I held you with my levitation... Thats why holding you was so difficult!”

Josh nodded, wincing at the recent and painful memory. “That does sound like the most logical explanation... Twilight, how magical is this world exactly..?” Blinking, Twilight tilted her head.

“What do you mean? Equestria as a whole has a general latent magic level present at all times...”

“This hasn’t just started all of a sudden, this absorption of magic must of been going on since I arrived here two days ago...Twilight... Have there been any other times that you’ve felt like your magic was being drained quicker than normal around me..?” Wincing, he placed a hand on his face, covering his eye.

“W..Well, yesterday when I was writing notes, it felt like the quill and parchment I held with my magic were heavier than normal... I just wrote it off as not important.. But... Theres no way!” Josh shook his head, taking one of his ears between his fingers.

“Do these look normal..?” Twilight frowned, looking up at Josh.

“I..I’m sorry Josh, but I don’t feel like I have the proper amount of knowledge of your kind to validly answer that question.” Sighing, Josh nodded.

“I’m sorry Twilight... This just... It hurts... I just want the pain to stop...” Grabbing onto the bathroom sink, he pulled himself up to his feet, taking a moment to balance. “I... I’m going to head back to bed... I made a pot of coffee before coming up here, but I just don’t feel like drinking it anymore..” Twilight nodded, standing beside Josh, offering him support as they made their way back to the guest room. “If Rainbow Dash shows up, can you tell her that we’ll have to postpone the airshow?” Twilight nodded again, standing in the doorway to the room as Josh fell onto the bed, curling up.

“I’ll let her know, Josh... Just get some rest, I’ll write a letter to the Princess and see if she can answer any of this for us.” Turning around, Twilight prepared to use her magic to close the door before stopping. Staring over at Josh for a moment longer, she sighed and closed the door with her hoof.

As Twilight made her way downstairs, she glanced up at the clock hanging on one wall. It was already Six-Fifteen, Rarity was expected to arrive and drop off Josh’s clothing in fifteen minutes. Walking into the kitchen, Twilight levitated a coffee mug out of a cabinet and set it down on the counter. Pouring herself some, she turned around and came face to face with Spike who was looking at her with a sad expression. “Hey, what’s wrong Spike..?”

The young dragon, twiddled his thumbs before looking at Twilight. “Is Josh gonna be okay..?” Giving Spike a small smile, she nodded.

“Oh I’m sure he’ll be just fine Spike... How much of our conversation did you hear..?” Spike sighed and made his way to the refrigerator and took out a carton of orange juice.

“I woke up at the same time you did and followed you out of the room... I heard everything.” Closing her eyes, Twilight sighed. Levitating the orange juice out of Spike’s claws, she placed it on the counter and beckoned him over. Walking over, Spike wrapped his arms around Twilight, sniffling as the mare returned the hug.

“There, there, Spike. I’m sure Josh is going to be fine. He’s just going through a rough spot right now, and he will need us to be there for him. He needs us to be his friends through this.” Nodding, Spike pulled away staring at Twilight for a moment before turning back to the cabinet and grabbing a glass. Pouring himself some orange juice, he took a drink and sighed.

“Twilight, is there anything we can do to help?” Smiling, Twilight nodded.

“Think you’d be up to taking a letter for me? I want to let the Princess know what’s going on with Josh.” Spike nodded, setting his glass down before running off to procure a quill and some parchment.

Following Spike into the front room, she made her way to the couch and sat down on it. “Okay Twilight, I’m ready!” Spike jumped up onto the sofa beside her, holding the quill and parchment at the ready. Clearing her throat, Twilight closed her eyes in thought for a moment in thought before beginning.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Since my last letter, a few things have changed with our resident human. First things first, he has gotten along quite well with everypony, lending good advice to both the cutie mark crusaders and well as our mailmare Ditzy Doo. Starting last night, however, Josh has been feeling pain shoot through his head, centered around his right eye. This morning, I found him curled up in the bathroom, shaking in pain.

After trying to assist him with my magic, he began to convulse, seemingly in greater pain than before. And from just a simple levitation spell! Not only that, but while trying to levitate him, my magic began to drain at a rate I’ve never felt before. After Josh recovered enough to talk, we had a brief conversation about what possibly could be going on.

We have come to the conclusion that his body is going through some changes to accommodate the latent magic that our home of Equestria houses. With him in so much pain, I think it’s best for him to stay resting in bed until these changes are completed. If you have any advice in this matter, I would be more than happy to hear it.

Your Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

“Twilight... Sparkle.. Done!” Spike rolled up the scroll, turning to Twilight. “Do you want me to send it now?”

“Yes, please do. Rarity should be here any minute and...” A knocking came from the front door. “Oh, that must be her now. Go ahead and send the letter to the Princess, I’ll be right back.” Nodding, Spike crawled on top of the couch and opened the window. Holding the letter in front of him, Spike breathed out green flames, which consumed the letter and sent it out the window in a puff of smoke.

“Hey Rarity, it’s good to see you. So, were you able to finish the outfit that he had requested..?” Twilight asked Rarity, who smiled and nodded.

“Why of course, dear! I finished with plenty of time to spare! Those drawings that Josh and I came up with yesterday made it all go by so quickly. Oh, I simply can’t wait to see him try it on, is he awake yet?” Twilight hesitated before shaking her head. Catching her lavender friend’s hesitation, Rarity tilted her head, confused. “Is everything alright, dear?”

Looking towards the floor, Twilight shook her head, sighing. “No.. Everything's not alright.” Holding the door open, Twilight motioned for Rarity to enter. Closing the door behind the white mare, she made her way over to the couch and sat down on it. “Josh isn’t.. He isn’t doing so well at the moment...” Rarity levitated the package that contained Josh’s new clothes onto the table in front of the couch and joined Twilight.

“I don’t know how much you know about him, but he comes from a world that is completely void of magic.” Rarity slowly nodded, unsure as to where Twilight was leading the discussion. “And since he grew up in a world without magic, coming here put a strain on him. It would seem that his body has been absorbing magic slowly since he arrived here. Since he is unable to use any form of the magic that his body is accumulating, he is going through some... Really painful changes at the moment.” Blinking, Rarity frowned, looking towards the staircase for a moment before sighing.

“He will get better though, right?” Twilight nodded.

“Theoretically, once the changes are complete, he should be as good as ever. He said that he may have an idea as to what the changes will do to him in the end. Though.. He didn’t seem too happy about it.” Sighing, Rarity hopped off of the couch and slowly made her way back to the front door.

“Do be a dear and give him my best? It’s such a shame to see a friend in pain..” Twilight nodded as Rarity left the library. Turning, Twilight facehoofed as she caught her assistant staring at the front door.

“Do you want to go spend time with Rarity today, Spike?” Blinking, he looked at Twilight, grinning.

“Really? You’d let me do that!?” Twilight nodded as Spike jumped into the air, grinning as he quickly left the library.

Turning her attention to the stairs, Twilight levitated the box of clothes onto her back as she made her way up the stairs towards the guest room. Gently pushing the door open, she frowned as she saw Josh sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at the floor. “Can’t go back to sleep?” He turned his head, glancing her way. Walking over to the bed, Twilight lifted the box off of her back with her mouth and placed it beside Josh. “Rarity finished your clothing... And she wanted me to let you know that she hopes you'll feel better soon.”

Raising a hand up to his right ear, a finger gently traced the outline of the tip. “Out of all mythical beings to become, it had to be elven...” He muttered quietly, causing Twilight’s ears to twitch. She looked up at him curiously.

“What exactly are ‘elven’?” Josh lowered his head into his hands, sighing.

“Elves, as the myth goes, were humanoid creatures that possessed inhuman abilities, such as speed, strength, agility, and endurance. They were also believed to be extremely gifted in the magical arts.” Twilight tilted her head. Her expression changed to one of confusion.

“But you said your world didn’t have magic in it..How could these beings have even lived in your world, even more how did your kind even know of them..?” Josh laughed lightly, shaking his head, before throwing his hands into the air.

“Fiction! Completely and utterly fictitious beings written into existence for our entertainment. Which is why these changes should be completely impossible...” Wincing, he placed a hand over his right eye. “If this is what I’m going to be becoming though, I’ll assume at the rate the changes are going, it’ll take nearly a full week for the transformation to be complete...” Biting her lip, Twilight stared at the ground in thought.

“I sent a letter to the Princess, she may have an idea as to how we can make going through these changes more comfortable for you... But until then I’m at a loss. You’re the first of your kind to be brought here so it’s not like I could do some research and figure out a way to help you out.” Twilight placed a hoof comfortingly on his leg, smiling up at him. “Though, feel free to ask if you need anything.”

Josh ruffled the lavender mare’s mane, smiling at her. “It’s appreciated, Twilight, thank you. If it’s all the same, I think I’ll take you up on your offer from the night we first met. I’d like to have you as a friend.” Twilight batted his hand away, smirking.

“You don’t have to ask, silly filly, I already consider you a friend. Though I honestly thought that it would take you a bit longer before you could see me as one as well.” Stretching, Twilight walked over and prodded the box of clothing with her hoof. “So, are you going to see what Rarity made for you?”

Glancing over to the box beside him, his curiosity piqued as he placed the box onto his lap and began to open it. His eyes went wide as he stared into the box. Reaching inside the box, Josh pulled out the first article of clothing, a black trench coat with a high collar. “W..Wow... This coat is amazing...” Holding it up, he stared at the coat, grinning before gently folding it up. Placing it on the bed beside him, he caught Twilight smiling at him out of the corner of his eye.

“Oh Rarity will be so happy to hear that you like it. She made a few other articles of clothing in here as well I believe.” Twilight looked into the box and pulled out a black shirt with her hooves. “See? It looks like this would match that coat quite well... It looks like she also made you a pair of pants as well as some other articles of clothing.” Looking into the box, Josh smiled as he noticed that Rarity had made him the underwear that he requested as well as a few pairs of socks.

“This is... Really awesome. I’ll have to thank her the next time I see her, I definitely owe her one for all of this.” Hearing Twilight snicker, he looked over at her.

“You know she isn’t going to let you pay her back, right?” Josh facepalmed, sighing, causing Twilight to giggle.

“Yeah, yeah I know... But it doesn’t hurt to try.” Josh folded the rest of the clothes back up and placed everything into the box, setting it aside. “Did you want to go over any of your questions that you had for me while I’m not in mind-splitting pain?” He grinned at Twilight, jokingly.

Shaking her head, Twilight frowned. “As much as I really want to, it wouldn’t be a good idea. I can’t take notes without using levitation, and doing so this close to you wouldn’t be very wise.” Rubbing his right eye, Josh fell backwards onto the bed.

“I see, well I guess I’m going to try and get some rest again then. Thank you for bringing the clothes up here Twilight.” Smiling, the mare nodded.

“Of course. Again, if you need anything feel free to let ask.” Turning, Twilight made her way out of the room and downstairs to the living area. Pulling a bunch of books off of the library shelves with her magic, she prepared an inkwell and a stack of parchment. The mare had spent the past couple of days assisting Josh, which left her a couple of days behind in her studies.

After a six hour study session, Twilight got up and stretched. Heading to the kitchen to get herself something to eat, she levitated an apple off of the table and took a bite out of it. A knock came from the front door as Rainbow Dash slowly made her way into the Library. “Hey Twilight, are you here?” Calling from the kitchen she replied.

“Rainbow Dash, I’m in here. Is there something you need?” Rainbow Dash made her way into the kitchen.

“Yeah, Josh was supposed to watch me practice some stunts about thirty minutes ago. Do you know where he is?” Twilight blinked, her eyes darting over to the staircase for a moment, but that was all Dash needed. “Thanks Twilight, I’ll go get him, he probably just forgot!”

“Rainbow Dash, no, wait!” Before Twilight could finish, Dash was already upstairs, knocking at the guest room door.

“Hey Josh! You in there?” Slowly pushing the door open, Rainbow walked into the room as Twilight caught up to the cyan mare.

“Rainbow Dash, you can’t go in there he... Oh, not again...” Twilight and Rainbow stared at the bed. Josh was curled up, holding onto his head tightly, groaning. “Please.. Lets go back down to the front room and I will explain what's happening.” Twilight placed a hoof on Dash’s shoulder, who quickly shrugged it off. Walking over to the side of the bed, Dash placed a hoof on Josh’s leg.

“Hey, you okay..?” The pegasus turned to her friend, glaring. “Twilight, why isn’t he at the hospital?” Josh’s body relaxed as the pain slowly diminished, causing Dash to turn her attention back to him.

“I..It’s because a hospital can’t help me, Dashie...” The mare blinked, shaking her head, giving a soft laugh.

“Of course it can! Thats what hospital’s do, they help ponies.” Gently tugging at his pants leg, she looked up at him, catching sight of his face. Letting go of Josh’s leg, she backed up a step. “Is this a human thing, Josh? Is that why a hospital can’t help you?” The rainbow maned mare flew into the air and looked Josh over, trying to see everything that had changed. “Your ears.. They’re a bit pointed, your hair is darker as well...” Gently placing a hand on Rainbow’s hoof to calm her down as she landed, he gave her a small smile.

“Just going through some rather... Painful changes is all. Lets just say that the magic in your world doesn’t really agree with me. Wincing, Josh placed a hand over his right eye. “There isn’t much that can be done other than to wait it out...”

“Thats right unfortunately... I did write a letter to the Princess this morning as well, and she’ll write back if she can think of anything that will help.” Twilight said as she stood next to Rainbow. Josh turned and gave Rainbow Dash a small smile.

“I guess we’ll have to postpone that airshow, huh?” He chuckled dryly. “Sorry that I wasn’t able to make it,” Dash gently punched Josh’s leg with her hoof, frowning.

“Its not like you can help it, but as soon as you get better I want to be the first to know! You owe me an audience.” She crossed her hooves, smirking at him. He gave the mare a comical salute, causing her to laugh.

“Okay you two, I think it’s time we let Josh go back to resting.” Josh waved a hand, shaking his head.

“I honestly don’t mind the company... Just... If I have another ‘episode’ don’t panic... That is if you decide to stay I mean.” Rainbow grinned, hopping onto the bed as Twilight facehoofed.

“Ugh, fine. But if anything happens, let me know.” Rolling her eyes, she glanced over at Twilight.

“Yeah yeah, I’ll let you know.” Glancing towards Josh, Twilight sighed, nodding.

“Be sure to take it easy. I’ll bring you up some food in a bit, what would you like?” Josh ran a hand through his hair as he stared at the ceiling for a moment.

“Do ponies have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?” Rainbow Dash facehoofed at the question.

“Yes, we do. I’ll go ahead and make you one in an hour, would you like some milk with it?” Laying back on the bed, Josh nodded.

“Yes, please. That’d be nice. Thanks by the way, Twilight.” Smiling, the lavender mare nodded and left the room, closing the door behind her.

“So! Josh, that music of yours, think you’re up for playing some?” Dash asked, prodding Josh’s arm.

“I don’t see why not.” Turning, Josh reached over and took the phone off of the side table. Turning it on, he glanced over at Rainbow Dash who was now sitting beside him on the bed, looking over his shoulder.

“Actually, Rainbow.” He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. “How about you pick the music this time? Most of the stuff I listen to is one form of rock or another.” Dash grinned, staring at the device’s screen as Josh thumbed through the different tracks. After a few moments, Dash nudged his shoulder.

“Wait, stop, go back to that last one.” Josh scrolled back up to one labeled ‘Through the Looking Glass’ by Machinae Supremacy. Raising an eyebrow, he looked over at Dash.

“Are you sure this is the one you’re interested in? Its a bit... Louder.. Than what I’m sure you’re used to.” Rolling her eyes, Dash nodded.

“I chose it, you said I could listen to something that I chose. And I choose Through the Looking Glass.” Shrugging, Josh relented and pressed play, preparing himself for Dash’s reaction. The piano started playing, causing Dash to look at him with a raised eyebrow. “This is loud?” Her facial expression turned a bit skeptical.

“Just wait aaaand.... here.” Josh began nodding in time with the music as it picked up, singing along quietly once the lyrics started. As the song slowly came to an end, Dash turned towards Josh, grinning.

“That was so awesome! Do you have more music like that?” Josh nodded, flipping through the list before grinning and turning on ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ also by Machinae Supremacy.

“This one and ‘Through the Looking Glass’ are two of my favorites from this band.” The two listened to the song for a minute before the door to the room opened with Twilight walking in with a plate of sandwiches on her back. Josh was once again singing quietly along with the song, not noticing the lavender mare who jumped up onto the bed to join them.

“Well that was definitely an interesting song... Is that still part of the ‘rock’ genre?” Twilight asked as the song ended, breaking Josh out of his reverie.

“Nah Twilight, his phone has this labeled as ‘metal’.” Rainbow answered. Josh nodded, taking one of the sandwiches off of the plate.

“Yeah... I honestly didn’t think that you ponies would be interested in it since it’s even louder than rock.” Dash grinned at this, punching Josh’s shoulder gently.

“Well it’s not something I normally would be interested in listening to, thats for sure.” Twilight said, taking a bite of her own sandwich.

“Oh come on egghead, that metal stuff was awesome!” Rainbow threw one of her hooves into the air, grinning. Snickering, Twilight shook her head and took another bite out of her sandwich. Gasping, Josh rolled over onto his side away from the girls as his head was filled with pain once more.

“Aaahh!” Tears filled his eyes as pain continued to shoot through his body. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Rainbow staring at him, worried. Twilight leaned towards Dash and began to whisper to her causing Dash to turn and give a small glare, shaking her head. Josh’s ears were able to pick up the end of their whispered conversation.

“No Twi,” Dash began. “I’m not going to just leave him here in pain. I’m his friend and I won't let him sit in this stuffy room alone with just these four walls...” Sighing, Twilight nodded, placing a hoof to her forehead.

A few minutes later his shaking ceased, leaving him gasping for breath. Closing his eyes for a second, he placed a hand over his eye once more, rubbing it. “S..Sorry... I didn’t mean to worry you two...”

“Hey, thats what friends are for... We’ll be with you through this whole ordeal and see you through till the end.” Dash smirked at Josh, winking at him. Smiling lightly, he slowly sat back up beside the rainbow maned mare. “There ya go, good as new.”

“Well, I’ll be downstairs, I still have a few more hours of studying before I’m caught back up. Spike should be back soon from Rarity’s, just so you’re aware in case he ends up visiting you as well, Josh.” Twilight smiled as she turned and made her way out of the room, carrying the empty plate on her back.

Rainbow Dash and Josh continued to chat and listen to music. The mind-splitting pain would show up every so often, but the mare wouldn’t leave his side no matter what. Insisting that she stay there, to make sure he’s okay after every episode. Spike stopped back later that night after Rainbow Dash had left to go home. Having weather duty the following morning, she wasn’t able to stay any longer and needed her rest.

“Hey Spike.” Josh said as the young dragon entered the guest bedroom

“Hey Josh... How are you feeling..?” Josh smiled softly, shrugging.

“I’ve been better. Rainbow was here for awhile earlier and we just talked and listened to music. Did you know that she likes these flyers called the Wonderbolts? They seem strangely similar to something we have on earth.. I’ll have to let her know what they're called though when I can remember...” Spike gave a small laugh as he jumped up onto the bed.

“Yeah, Rainbow usually talks about them all the time. She really wants to join them, and I’m sure one day she will, that mare has the skill for it, but don’t tell her I said that. It’ll go to her head.” Josh let out a laugh, shaking his head.

“Ain’t that the truth... I’ve learned just how much of an ego she has from spending a few hours with her today. Apparently she can break the sound barrier and cause what's called in this world a ‘Sonic Rainboom’.” Spike nodded at this.

“She can, she saved Rarity from falling out of Cloudsdale by pulling it off.” Josh raised an eyebrow.

“Cloudsdale? Is that like sort of city made out of clouds..?” Spike nodded.

“Yeah, its like the main city for pegasi. They were holding a competition there a year or so ago, the best young flyers competition. Rarity decided to enter it with a pair of wings that Twilight had magicked on her. Rarity and Dash had to enter the competition at the same time due to time constraints. Rarity ended up flying too high into the air and her wings evaporated causing her to plummet towards the ground, the wonderbolts flew down to save her but she knocked them out with her flailing.”

“Thats when Rainbow Dash saved the day! She was all WOOSH! And then BAM! She broke the sound barrier, creating a Sonic Rainboom. Quickly catching up, she not only grabbed Rarity but all three of the wonderbolts as well!” Josh couldn’t help but laugh, clapping at the dragons play by play of what happened at the competition.

“Well Spike, that is definitely an awesome story, you’ll have to tell me more of you and your friend’s adventures sometime.” Spike nodded, grinning.

“Yeah! Definitely! Oh and uhh, don’t worry about helping with the kitchen until you finish getting better.” Josh smirked, shaking his head. Wincing he squinted his eyes shut, shivering.

“Hey Spike, I think I’m going to try and catch some sleep, we’ll have to talk some more tomorrow. Rainbow said she’ll be visiting tomorrow as well.” Spike nodded and hopped off of the bed, heading towards the door.

“I’ll see you tomorrow then Josh, goodnight!” Josh gave the dragon a small wave as he left the room.

Twilight entered in shortly afterwards to see if he needed anything before she went to bed as well. “Are you sure you don’t need anything?” Running a hand through his hair, he looked up at the ceiling in thought.

“Well, if you’re really wanting to help, could you get me a glass of water?” Smiling, Twilight quickly left the room, returning a few minutes later with Spike following behind her, carrying the glass so that Twilight didn’t have to levitate it. After thanking them both, they left and went to bed.

Staring down at the water in the glass, Josh took a drink, sighing. “To think, three days ago, I was living at home, on earth. Now I’m in a pony filled world called Equestria with a body that is being changed to fit in with the magic of this place.” Placing the glass on the table beside the bed, Josh laid down and curled up, falling asleep after a few minutes.

As Josh slept, he dreamed of a bare desert landscape. After glancing around, he took a few steps forward, confused. “This place... It looks, familiar...”

“Well it should, Josh. You lived near this place for a good five years when you were younger. I’ll give you a hint, two of your siblings were born in a city an hour away from here.” Recognizing the voice, Josh turned around, spotting Connor.

“Death Valley...” He muttered quietly, observing the area, curiously. “Why am I here, old man?” Chuckling, Connor procured a mirror from his robes and handed it to Josh. As he took the mirror and stared into it, he blinked and nearly dropped it in shock.

“I see you’ve taken notice, yes here in the dream your changes have completed themselves. Though it will still be a few days before your physical form matches this one.” Josh stood at least five inches taller, his face was a bit angular while his eyes seemed a bit larger almost cartoonish.

“This is too weird...” Connor rolled his eyes, nodding.

“Yes, but you’ll get used to it. Now, I don’t have very much time here in your dream, but I need to teach you how your new body works here. That way you don’t accidently hurt yourself by doing something stupid in the physical realm.” Josh raised an eyebrow, he had an idea as to what Connor said could possibly entail, but he wasn’t sure if he was interested or not. Sighing, he shook his head.

“Fine...” Connor grinned and stretched his arms out, materializing a finely sanded patio underneath them.

“Come, sit.” Connor pointed to a spot in front of him. Reluctantly, Josh walked over and sat down. “The first thing we’re going to do, is locate the magic inside of you that has been building up. That way once your changes actually stop you won't have trouble tapping into that fount. I would like for you to close your eyes for a moment and take a deep break before letting it out slowly.” Josh did as Connor said, relaxing in the hot sun of the desert.

“Now, I want you to look inside yourself until you find something that you’ve never felt before. Yes I know it sounds odd, but thats the best way I can describe it, you’ve never had access to magic before so finding it shouldn’t be too difficult.” Josh nodded, continuing with his breathing exercise while looking into himself for the magical fount.

Feeling something strange, he mentally prodded the disturbance causing it to grip onto him.“There ya go, boy! You did it, open your eyes and look around!” Blinking, Josh looked around the area they sat in. No longer was there a desert, but an oasis with palm trees and a large lake with water lapping over the side as it slowly grew larger. A glowing yellow orb of energy hovered over the lake. Underneath the orb, part of the lake swirled upwards into it, merging with it, causing it to turn green. “That right there, Josh, is your magic. That small green orb.”

Josh blinked and stared at it, turning over to Connor. “Why does it feel like it’s getting larger..?” The man chuckled, shaking his head.

“Thats because it is getting larger! You’ve only been going through your changes for one day, at the end of the week I wouldn’t be surprised if it was four times the size it is now.” Josh nodded, staring at the the orb again. Spells from every type of RPG he’s ever played went through his head, causing him to slowly break out grinning. “Now before you get ahead of yourself, there are certain parameters that ne...”

Connor blinked, staring at Josh who held his hand in front of his face, electricity dancing between his fingers. “Well it seems you may have found your affinity...” Josh turned to Connor, blinking.

“Did I do that right? I just focused on drawing the magic through me and into my hand, commanding it to form well... This..” His hand glowed brightly as it was quickly engulfed in electrical sparks.

Connor nodded. “Summoning up the base elements like that is extremely simple. The same can be done with fire, water and earth. Fire and wind are the easiest to command, the electricity you summoned falls under the wind category. Where as water and earth can be a bit trickier. You have to be near to water or a cloud to use as a source of your spell for water.” Connor concentrated and materialized a cloud into existence within the dream. Raising a hand, he beckoned to it with a finger. The moisture in the cloud quickly evaporated and coalesced right above his hands in a simple orb. Materializing a glass into his free hand, he placed the water inside of it and took a drink, grinning.

“And with earth well... Okay earth may not be nearly as tricky, but if you’re in the middle of the ocean, don’t expect to be able to command it very well.” Josh nodded as what Connor said made sense to him, he had played enough games and read enough fantasy novels to get the gist of how it works. Though his magic seemed extremely different from the kind that Twilight could use.

“Hey Connor, would I be able to levitate things like a unicorn can?” Connor raised an eyebrow, shrugging.

“I’m sure you could, though as I’m sure you're aware, your magic won't be able to do a lot of things that theirs can.” Josh nodded, willing his magic into a steady stream of raw energy. Using his finger as a focus, not too different from a unicorn horn, he gathered his magic into his right hand, causing the index finger on his right hand to glow a green color. Connor raised an eyebrow.

“Well, I haven’t seen that before... If you can do that then...” The man’s eyes went wide, grinning. “Go ahead and try to levitate something like Twilight does, boy. I’ve got to see this.” Nodding, Josh looked around and found a large rock. Willing the magic that had gathered into his finger to engulf the rock, he concentrated on lifting it into the air. Sweat ran down his forehead as the pony-sized rock wavered. As it lifted slightly into the air, the rock shook before falling to the ground, leaving Josh gasping. He sat down, shaken and extremely worn out.

“Dang that drained me...” Connor nodded, looking over to the lake, the orb was more blue than it was yellow, taking on a lime color.

“You still have plenty of magic to use, but your physical stamina is still quite weak. You’ll have to use your magic whenever you can for a while, think of it like working a muscle.” Josh nodded and sat for a moment, resting as the orb slowly took on it’s green color. “Also remember that once the changes you’re going through in the physical realm are done, you’ll be slightly stronger than you are currently.”

The two continued to practice for an hour longer before sitting down on the porch once more, resting. It was slow going yet necessary if Josh wanted to be able to lift more than a fist-sized rock, which was all he could do at the moment, not wanting to try lifting the larger one again. After observing Josh for a while, Connor came to the conclusion that using the levitation spell would be the best way to build up his stamina.

“Well that is quite interesting... We didn’t know that thou could use magic, Josh.” Wide-eyed, Josh and Connor both turned around as the Lunar Princess approached. Connor muttered a curse, trying to make himself scarce.

“I wasn’t able to until recently... Its a shame that in order to use it, my physical appearance has begun to change...” Gesturing to himself, he frowned. “My body is still changing in the waking world, but here in the dream I am fully transformed it would seem. Luna nodded, frowning.

“Is it true that Equestria’s magic is causing thee to change in this way?” Josh nodded, sighing as he heard Connor clear his throat. Josh glanced over at Connor who was looking from side-to-side as if trying to decide on something. Suddenly something clicked in his head as he wheeled around and stared at Connor, pointing at him.

“You knew this was going to happen when you sent me to Equestria, didn’t you?” Luna raised an eyebrow at this, looking at the older man who was grinning sheepishly.

“Well you’re the one who agreed on the terms.. Save your father and go on a journey.” Josh dropped his arm, sighing, knowing that Connor was right. Luna slowly walked over to the robed man.

“We thank thee for bringing Josh here to our world.” Josh and Connor both blinked, looking between themselves, Connor out of shock while Josh just looked confused. Luna looked into Connor’s eyes, staring into them for a moment before snorting, backing away a step. “Know that we do not trust thee... Thou who wouldst toy with the strings of fate.” She turned to Josh. “It would be wise if thou would heed our words and kept thy trust for this one scarce.”

Josh looked over to the Princess, smiling. “I know, Luna...” He said quietly before clapping his hands a moment, getting everyone’s attention. “Okay! So, I feel rested enough, I’ll see about trying a bit more. Luna nodded, materializing a large pillow underneath herself as she sat down on it, intrigued by the changes that Josh had been going through, unsure of what to think of his new form. Connor just stared at Luna warily, sighing he turned his attention to Josh after a moment and nodded.

“From the top, gather the magic into your focus and levitate that stone again.” Josh did so, causing his finger to glow brightly once more as he focused on making the magic surround the rock to lift it into the air.

“We would like thee to pause for a moment, Josh...” Luna gestured for Josh to drop his magic. “We are no teacher, but we can tell when one isn’t casting a spell correctly.” Connor opened his mouth to say something, but paused and shut it. He had to admit that he wasn’t familiar with this kind of magic, not even knowing that it was possible for a human to use until Josh started channeling it.

“Now Josh, we wouldst like thee to tell us exactly what thou art doing when thine magic is being channeled.” Josh ran a hand through his hair, frowning.

“Well... First I focus all of my magic into my index finger..” Luna raised a hoof, stopping him.

“What thou dost not understand, is that it doesn’t take all of thine magic to lift a rock. Its not that thou art lacking stamina, thou art just using too much at one time which is what is tiring thee. Here, watch. Let us guide thee as we show thou how to cast properly. Thou need to channel thy magic through thine focus. Thou dost not need to focus thy magic into thine focus.” Luna’s horn glowed and at the exact same time as the rock as it was lifted into the air. Josh nodded, smiling at the Princess who then grinned back.

“I believe I’ve got the idea, Luna.” Josh said as he followed Luna’s instructions and channeled the magic through his finger instead of into it. Directing the flow towards the rock, completely encasing it in a field as both his finger and the rock glowed green as the same time. Luna gave Josh an approving smile.

“Good job! We think that thou has got it!” Josh nodded in agreement, slowly lowering the rock and cutting off the flow of magic.

Connor looked between the two, shrugging. “I’ll stick to teaching you elven magic, Josh.” Bowing towards Luna, Connor looked over at her. “And if it’s not too much trouble, could you teach him pony magic whenever you’re free, Princess?” Luna shook her head, causing Connor to sigh. “Thought as much.”

“Our sister would not approve of us taking a student, we believe. We will be sure to ask at a later time. But for now Josh can ask Twilight Sparkle once his changes have completed in the waking world. We are sure that she’d be more than happy to help.” Connor nodded before turning to Josh.

“We’re done for tonight. I’ll see you once more later in the week... Until then.” The man backed up and vanished in a puff of smoke. Luna huffed, shaking her head, turning to Josh.

“We really do not trust that man and request that thou wouldst keep thine distance from him.” Josh nodded, agreeing. He ran a hand through his dark hair, sighing.

“But what if he knows something that we don’t, Luna? What if bringing me here is all a part of a larger plan?” The Princess looked at Josh for a moment before shaking her head.

“All the more reason we need to watch out and be wary of him...” Josh stared at the ground for a moment in thought, looking back up as Luna walked beside him, nudging him with a hoof. “We would like to behest thee wouldst taketh us to the field. All of this sand and dirt is very dull.” Josh chuckled and willed the environment around them to change to the field with the tree. The lake with the orb above it didn’t change position as the rest of the dreamscape did.

“Hey Luna... Why is that still there? We’re in a different place, right?” Luna nodded.

“That is because thee are still attached to thine magic. Imagine thyself relinquishing thine hold on the orb, once that has been completed, it should vanish until thee require it again.” Josh did as Luna instructed, and moments later the orb and lake vanished. Luna smiled over to Josh in approval. “Thou art quick at learning, we would be honored to teach thee if our sister grants us her approval.” Josh grinned.

“That would be really awesome, Luna. I hope she does, I’m sure there is a lot I could learn from you.” Luna smirked, nodding.

“For now, please create this ‘gaming environment’ that thee mentioned last time. We would like to try out the ‘Skyrim’ game that thou showed us the last time we accompanied thee.”

“Yeah, definitely, just give me a moment. I have to make it just right...” Closing his eyes, he imagined a simple townhouse with all manner of furnishings, including but not limited to a large widescreen television mounted on the wall in the front room. A Xbox360 sat hooked up to the television underneath it while a large couch sat in front of both of the electronics. “There we go, if we need anything else, I’ll be sure to add it.” Walking up to the front door, Josh opened it and held it open for Luna.

“What an interesting layout. Is this how human residences are structured?” The Princess looked around in awe, exploring the house.

“Yeah, most of them have the same general floorplan.” Josh walked into the front room and sat down on the couch. Grabbing a controller, he pressed the ‘X’ in the middle of it, turning on the console. As the game system beeped on, Josh took the TV remote and turned it on as well. Curious as to what was making the noise in the front room, Luna slowly entered and joined Josh on the couch.

“Is this the game that thou hast spoken of?” Josh nodded, navigating the XBOX screens, pulling up Skyrim. The game slowly turned on as he passed the controller over to Luna. After a brief explanation of the controls, Luna took charge and picked up the controller with her levitation. The lunar princess quickly became immersed in the game, gasping at every little detail, she nearly panicked with Alduin first showed up at the beginning.

By the time that Luna had gotten to Whiterun, the dream began to crumble down around them. Sighing, the Princess turned to Josh, smiling. “We thank thee for spending time with us this night. We will be sure to ask our sister what she would think of us taking on a student as well.” Josh smirked, nodding.

“I’ll be looking forward to it, Luna. Have a good day, we’ll have to do this again sometime, it was fun.” The Princess grinned, agreeing with Josh.

“We hope that thine changes aren’t too painful for thee. We shall see thee again in the future.” And with that, the dream crumbled, throwing Josh into a near-waking state.

Yawning, he rubbed his eyes. “What a night...” Getting up off of the bed, he stretched, walking into the bathroom and hopped into the shower to get cleaned up. Exiting the bathroom a few minutes later, he made his way downstairs, his right hand placed over his eye. Standing downstairs, he could see sun filtering in from the window above the couch. “I guess Twilight and Spike are still sleeping.” He smirked and walked into the kitchen with the intent on preparing breakfast for them.

“Mmm.. What's that smell, Spike what did you make for breakfast, it smells delicious.” As Twilight entered the kitchen, she stopped and stared at Josh, blinking.

“Morning Twilight. How do you like your eggs? Scrambled? Over medium?” Josh stood in front of the stove, expertly flipping pancakes in one pan while cooking eggs in a skillet in another.

“I uhh... Scrambled...” She walked over and stood beside Josh, watching him work. “What kind of pancakes are those...? They smell different than the ones spike makes.” Josh grinned and winked at the lavender mare.

“Well, I found some bananas and almonds in the cupboard. Both seemed fresh, so I went ahead and made some banana almond pancakes for everyone.” Josh stopped, blinked and turned to look at Twilight. “You and Spike aren’t allergic to any of that stuff, right..?” She laughed, shaking her head.

“No, not at all. I’ve just never had banana almond pancakes before, it is completely possible that you just introduced a new recipe to Equestria.” Twilight grinned as Josh finished cooking. Placing scrambled eggs and two pancakes on a plate, he placed it on the table for Twilight before turning back to the stove and making his own breakfast. “Spike is going to be asleep for another hour or two, so go ahead and make yours first. I’m honestly surprised to see you up.” Josh shrugged, making himself two pancakes as well, his eggs were over medium.

“Lets just say I had an interesting dream and I think it may have something to do with why I’m not in pain right now.” Twilight raised an eyebrow, looking at him curiously. “Theres no guarantee, it’s just a guess. For all I know I could be hit with another wave any moment right now.” Josh grinned, taking his plate and joining Twilight at the table.

“What was your dream about?” Twilight inquired. Contemplating whether or not to tell her, Josh finally relented and explained everything about his dream to Twilight. The mare’s eyes continued to grow in size as he fully went into detail on how Connor and Luna assisted him with learning magic.

“And Princess Luna is going to see if she can take you on as her student!?” Twilight was bursting with giddiness, hopping around the room like a filly. “Oh my gosh! We would both be students to the Princesses!” Twilight was grinning, as Josh laughed at her antics. “Your clothing that Rarity made would even fit the position! It is dark, like the night! I’m so excited for you! I really hope Princess Celestia says yes! I could help you with your studies, we could compare notes...” Josh continued to let Twilight gush out about how happy she was as he finished his breakfast.

“But that does help to explain why you’re not in pain. You don’t have nearly as much magic built up inside of you currently as a result of using a lot of it while dreaming. You must of been subconsciously expelling magic out of your body back into the air. Don’t get comfortable though, I would expect it to last maybe two hours longer before you’re back to the point where the changes will pick back up again.” Josh sighed, rubbing his right eye, he could almost feel it absorbing the magic out of the world around him, which was the cause for the itch in the first place.

“Hey Twilight..” The mare looked over at him. “Would you mind if I took a few books up to the guest room? I think I would like to find out a bit more about your world.” Twilight nodded as she sat down at the table once more and finished her breakfast. Walking into the library section of the tree, Josh looked through the different shelves, pausing as a particular book stood out. Reading the title silently, he raised an eyebrow. ‘Gears and Steam Theory.’ Grinning, he took the book off of the shelf and continued to look through the library, hoping to possibly find an atlas or encyclopedia.

A few minutes later, Twilight entered the room and looked through the books that Josh had placed on the reading table on one side of the room. “It almost looks as if you’re planning on going somewhere.” Josh glanced over at Twilight, shrugging.

“When Princess Celestia finally allows me to leave Ponyville, I will need to search for the reason as to why I was brought to your world.” Twilight frowned, noticing the first book that Josh had picked up.

“And why do you need this one..?” Josh looked over at the book, grinning.

“A personal pet project of mine that I’d like to try now that I may possibly have the chance to in your world.” Twilight looked up at Josh with a look of curiosity and confusion.

“But none of the stuff in this book is actually possible. It is all, as the cover said, theories into steam technology.” Josh stood grinning, folding his arms in front of his chest as Twilight continued to ramble on as to why it was impossible. “Steam technology was looked into approximately twenty years ago, but it never got off the ground. The concept was there but the ponies behind it couldn’t get any of the contraptions that they designed to work.” Josh chuckled quietly, picking up the book and flipping to a page that outlined a design for a airship. Offering the book to twilight so that she could view it, he smirked.

“One thing you must know, Miss Sparkle, is that my race has already created things like this. Just looking at the book, I can tell you that their design for the engine won't work because the steam has no way to reach the piston. In order for the piston to move, the steam needs to enter the piston chamber and put pressure onto the piston itself. Once the piston has fully made one stroke, the steam can escape from another area... Here..” Josh pointed to a section on the diagram as Twilight stared at him. “This will allow the piston to move back into it’s starting position which allows the cycle to begin again.”

“How long did it take you to learn this..?” Josh blinked at the mare, chuckling.

“I was always curious about steam technology. We have a sub-culture called ‘steampunk’ that goes into detail about all of this stuff, I’ve read up and made a few small steam engine models.” Twilight stared wide-eyed, unable to process what Josh had just told her. A few moments later, Spike came walking downstairs, yawning. “Oh hey there, I think I broke Twilight. Think you can fix her?” Spike stared at the mare a moment before sighing.

“Okay what did you tell her that was exactly too much for her to believe.” Josh shrugged and handed the ‘Gears and Steam’ book over to the dragon. Taking the book, Spike looked up at Josh, confused.

“I basically told her that some of those ‘theories’ have actually been proven on my world. When she questioned my knowledge on this, I told her how one of the engines in the book could work if only the design was changed just slightly.” Placing a claw over his face, the dragon walked over to Twilight and poked her. Standing up on his toes, he whispered something into her ear which caused her to go wide-eyed, looking around in a panic.

“I just froze up again, didn’t I..?” Twilight looked at the ground, blushing. Josh chuckled quietly while Spike nodded.

“I’m sure that Josh here has plenty of information about his world that may cause you to do that, but.. If you want him to keep telling you things about it, then you can't just keep freezing up on him like that.” Twilight sighed, nodding.

“I know, but it’s just so... So hard to believe that you come from a place so technologically advanced that it puts us ponies to shame.” Twilight’s eyes were downcast. “You probably wish you could go back..” Josh blinked, running a hand through his hair.

“Yes, yes I do wish I could. I’d love to see my family again... But thats not possible Twilight, so don’t let it bother you. Plus, there isn’t too much in my world for me to explore, everything about yours is absolutely new to me. Change isn’t fun for me, but I’ve never been one to sit in one place for very long. I’m doing my best to just see this as one big adventure for me, the only downside are these physical changes that your world is putting me through.” Josh sat down beside Twilight, stretching. “And it sure helps to know that a few of the ponies here are interested in being friends with a creature as different from you all as I am.” Twilight looked at Josh, curiously.

“What do you mean that you don’t sit in one place for very long? Are your kind nomadic?” Josh laughed quietly at this, shaking his head.

“No, not at all. Before my dad got sick, he worked as a self-employed welder.” Twilight looked at Josh, confused.

“What’s a welder..?” Smiling, his eyes became distant for a moment before turning back to the mare.

“A welder is a person who can bind two pieces of steel together with fire that comes out of a torch that is hooked up to some gas containers.” As Twilight opened her mouth to ask another question, Josh raised a hand to stop her, chuckling. “No, don’t ask me anymore than that, I don’t know a lot about welding besides what I’ve seen my dad do.” Twilight relented, nodding. “Okay, now the reason we moved around a lot is because my dad went where the work was. We never stayed in the same town for more than two to three years at most, sometimes even less than a year before we moved again.”

“But if that was the case... Then what about your friends..?” Josh frowned, shrugging.

“I didn’t really have time to make many friends. After moving around multiple times I kind of just stopped caring about them as I got older. I mean what’s the point if you’re just going to move away soon?” Twilight stared at the ground sadly, as she turned back to Josh, she saw him clutching his head in pain. “I... I think I’m going to go up to the room and lay down...” Spike ran over to him and gently helped him up as Twilight stood up next to him.

“Hey, I’ve got ya pal. I’ll get your books for you after we get to bed.” With Twilight on one side, and Spike on the other for support, Josh thanked the two as he stood in front of the guest room door. Removing his hand, the pain had faded as they made their way up the stairs.

“I’m okay for now... I’m just going to head in, if you can bring those books up as well as a quill and some paper, I would be very grateful.” Spike and Twilight nodded, going downstairs to gather the supplies that Josh requested as he entered the room. Scratching the back of his head, he walked over and sat onto the bed, wincing as pain shot through his head again. Suddenly the window to the room creaked open, glancing at it, he raised an eyebrow, confused. “Heh... I guess it just wasn’t closed all the way.” Standing up, he walked over and shut the round window.

Author's Notes:

Welp! Here's the next chapter. After some discussion with my editor, she has informed me that I am not taking this too quickly story-wise. And that it's perfectly fine for what happened in this chapter to happen when it did. If you have any questions as to the reasoning behind it, feel free to post in the comments and I will reply as quickly as possible.

Editors note: I saved your asses from an immense cliffhanger. LOVE ME - Crystalline