-Mercy Hospital, Equestria-

"Daniel, wake up." I heard a voice say. I shifted slightly in the bed, then grabbed my iPod off of the nightstand and checked the time.

"It's six in the morning..." I grumbled. I opened my eyes and looked around the room, only to see nobody there.

"What the hell..." I groaned, but got out of the bed and stretched. A few loud pops and cracks echoed from my back, a satisfied sigh escaping my lips. I walked over to the window and peered out the window, seeing the sun just peeking over the horizon. I crawl into the bed, grabbing my iPod and sitting up. I start playing random games on my iPod until the doctor walked in.

After about an hour, the same doctor walked in with a clipboard and a mug of coffee. I pause the game and set it on the bedstand.

"Hey doc, two questions. Do I have any clothing to wear, and can I get some coffee?" I said. He chuckled and set the clipboard and cup of coffee on the counter.

"I believe Rarity is coming along and bringing you some clothes, and no." I groaned and set my head on the pillow, but forgot I was sitting up and slammed my head on the wall behind the bed.

"Alright, beating yourself up won't get you anything." He said sternly.

"I didn't mean to, but I always have coffee in the morning or I'm grumpy for the rest of the day." I said, rubbing the back of my head.

"Aren't we all?" He joked, getting a chuckle from me.

"True that." He walked over and checked my head, then patted my head like a child. The door opened and the nurse stepped in.

"Is he ready?" The doctor looked at me and said.

"He's ready, just make sure they don't do too much damage to him before the end of the week." He chuckled and the nurse left the room. About a minute later, the nurse came back with the group, Pinkie pulling the same stunt as yesterday.

"HI Danny!" Pinkie yelled as she darted into the room, grabbing me and putting me into a hug.

"Hi Pinkie." I said in a controlled manner.

"Pinkie, stop crushing the poor dear." Rarity said as she walked in with my clothes, along with extras and a suit.

"Pinkie's not crushing me. Anyway, those clothes for me?" She nodded and handed me the clothes, which I carefully took and placed it into a nearby chair.

"Hey Daniel, ready to see the town?" Rainbow said as she walked in with her normal cocky attitude.

"Yeah, hopefully nothing bad happens." I commented, waiting for the next to walk in. Twilight and Fluttershy walked in together, the former with two bags on her back filled to the brim, and the latter holding a small rabbit in her hands, which had a small scowl that increased as it saw me.

"Hey you two." I said, giving a small wave then setting my hands on the side, Pinkie's arms still wrapped around me.

"Hey Daniel." Twilight said, pulling out a book and handing me it. I grabbed the book and read the title.

"History of Equestria, huh? I guess I have to start school back over." I said jokingly, getting a chuckle from Rainbow.

"School is amazing! How can you not like school?" Twilight said angrily. I stared at her for a moment, blinked, and said.

"School was never amazing for me. You know this Twilight." Twilight's expression turned sorrowful for a second, then she beamed.

"All you have to do is learn the history, economics, social aspects, the solar cycles, holidays, and you'll have the basics down." I looked at the other with a slight scowl on my face.

"I'll see you guys in twelve years while Twilight drills this information into my head." I joked, which got a pout from Twilight and giggles from the rest of the group.

"Hi Fluttershy." I said, finally acknowledging her presence in the room. She gave a small 'Eep!' and hid behind Rainbow.

"H-hi Daniel." She said quietly.

"Who's your little friend?" I asked, which I noticed hopped from her hands and crawled into the bed. He continued crawling his way up my leg to my chest, finally stopping in front of my face.

"That's Angel Bunny." Fluttershy said in her normally timid voice.

"Hi Angel." I said, offering my hand jokingly. He slapped away my hand and hopped up my chest. He took his little paw and slapped me. Although it didn't hurt, it pissed me off. I gave him a small maniacal smile and said.

"You're just the cutest hasenpfeffer I've seen in a while." He gave me a fearful look and quickly hopped off the bed, running towards Fluttershy. He started making small squeaks and thumps in her hand.

"Angel Bunny, you don't say that to others! Apologize now!" Fluttershy said in a hard voice. He gave a scowl to her and shook his head.

"Oh Celestia... Avert your eyes." Rainbow said quietly. I continued to stare at Fluttershy, which gave a glare to the bunny. He cringed under the glare, but stood defiant against her. She increased the glare at him, who finally squeaked in defeat. 'That bunny is weak...' I thought, who hopped out of her hands and hopped to the bed. He finally made it and offered his hand to me, which I took gingerly.

"A single glare from her and you get twisted to her will? That's pretty weak man." I whispered, only loud enough for Angel to hear. He gave a small scowl, but hopped away to Fluttershy once more.

"Alright girls, let him get dressed." The doctor said, which the girls complied without a complaint. The doctor stepped out with a nod, and I got up and put on plain grey underwear and the suit, which was the basic black suit, white shirt, black socks, shiny black shoes and a plain red tie with a fedora and blue sunglasses. I wrapped the rest of the clothes around my arm, grabbed my wallet and iPod, and walked out. Rarity was the first to respond, which was a wide smile and a question.

"Why the suit, if I don't mind asking?" The others turned around and saw me standing tall, in an nice looking suit, although it is intimidating, a fedora and blue tinted glasses covering my red eyes.

"It's something that's been drilled into my head. Always look your best, so I always bought suits and fedoras like this and wore them to school and outside in public, while I rarely wore casual clothing except on weekends and when doing physical labor. The sunglasses are just to cover my eye color, which I always did." I shrugged.

"You can put the extras into this bag darling." She gave me a small bag, which I casually folded the clothes over and put into the bag, then took the bag from Rarity.

"I'll carry it, if you don't mind." She gave the bag to me and giggled.

"Ready to see the town Daniel?" Twilight asked.

"Sure, would like to see the town." I replied. "Why didn't Applejack come here?" I asked casually.

"She had to work today, though she sends her regards." Twilight answered, walking down the hall. The rest followed idly, me taking the back of the group so I could think a little. A few minutes and we eventually reached the doors to the outside world. Thankfully, I had my sunglasses or my eyes would probably be burned by the sunlight. We started walking down a small cobbled path, which led to a small bustling town with loads of different vibrant colored ponies.

As we reached the town, which I presume is Ponyville, and they started naming off buildings and what they were for. After about three hours, we reached the middle of the town, which was the town square, town hall a little bit away, and the market.

"Hey guys, I'm getting pretty hungry." Rainbow said, her statement emphasized by her stomach growling loudly over the mulling conversations from random ponies.

"I'm pretty famished myself, let us go to the cafe." Rarity said casually. Everypony gave their agreements, except me, for I was thinking about the voice from this morning.

"Daniel?" Twilight said, a hint of concern coating her voice. I looked up, my train of thought broken by my name being called.

"Yes Twilight?" I said, slapping myself mentally.

"Would you like to go to the cafe?" Twilight asked.

"Sure, wherever you think is best." I responded. They started to walk away from the market, occasionally eyeing me to make sure I'm fine. 'I never heard that voice before, and there was no one there, but that voice still called out to me. Has an evil power noticed my bringing to this world and is trying to contact me? Am I going insane because I've spent so much time in this universe? Am I truly here, or is this a hallucination while I've been in a comatose? Am I even alive right now? Is this some sick joke that Hell is playing on me right now? Have I been dead and my memories are fake?'

Twilight noticed that Daniel has been unnaturally quiet throughout the entire trip, so she fell behind the group slightly and walked beside Daniel for a minute or so. She noticed that he's been staying out of the regular conversations, pertaining to others love life, love interests, past crushes, past pets, and other things.

She noticed that he also kept his vision straight, not even acknowledging her presence beside him. Although she only knew him for a day, her look into his memories showed a lot of things. How certain things were beaten into him by his father and the mafia man that occupied his home throughout his life. Most would hide this from others to not draw attention to him.

"Daniel?" she tried grabbing his attention, only for her call to go unnoticed. A frown appeared on his face, which concerned Twilight. She poked him and called his name once more, only for him to jump and turn to her.

"Hey Twilight, didn't see you there..." He trailed off, a strained smile on his face.

"What's on your mind?" Twilight asked, only for him to cringe slightly behind his glasses.

"It's nothing you should concern yourself with..." He said with a shake of his head. She frowned and said.

"You shouldn't bottle yourself up, you know... it's not healthy." He turned his head once more and said.

"I thought I heard something this morning at the hospital and I've been thinking about it." She can tell he wasn't telling the entire truth, though it wasn't a complete lie.

"Daniel, don't lie to me..." Twilight said sternly.

"I don't know Twilight... How do I know this is even real? How do I know that I'm not still on Earth, in a comatose and this is all just a hallucination? How do I know that I'm not dead, and this is some cruel joke played by Hell? I can't tell what's real and what's not anymore..." He trailed off, staring at the sky as he kept walking. She frowned and continued listening to the conversations of her friends while lost in her own thoughts.

"How do I even know if I've been dead for the last eleven years and all of my memories are just fake?" He added, a sigh escaping his lips. Twilight gawked in disbelief at how dark her newest friend's thoughts have been.

"Daniel, you haven't lost your life yet... You're not in some comatose on Earth, and you're definitely in Equestria now. You don't have to worry about some mafia on Earth anymore. Everything will be alright from now on, and hell, maybe you might even find somepony here to love and live your life with." He turned quickly when she said that there is a possibility of love here.

"Twilight, I couldn't harm another pony like that. Loving someone else would put them in danger also. I couldn't and shouldn't try to find love in this world, it would only harm the other." Twilight was stunned at this sudden flash of emotion from him. There was always a possibility of loving another pony. "Hell, I should be dead right now, rotting in some forest." Daniel growled out, a sudden flash of anger tinging his words.

"Daniel, please." Daniel turned to Twilight, his eyes burning with anger. "There is always a possibility that you find love somewhere. Equestria has been in peace for over a thousand years, and will be for another thousand. It's the perfect chance to find a special somepony and get married, have a foal or two, and live a prosperous life. It's something everypony will go through. Somepony will try to get with you, but you have to allow yourself to let this happen, and not crawl yourself into a shell and force everypony away from you. It just won't help you."

She was about to continue, but Rarity yelled. "We're here~!" Twilight gave a last glance at Daniel, then walked ahead. He stood there, thinking over what Twilight said, and the chances of actually finding genuine love in this world. 'It's most likely slim to none...' He sneered mentally, his emotions still high.

"Daniel? Aren't you going to eat?" Fluttershy asked, a small frown on her face.

"Yeah, just thinking about something." He mumbled, then walked over to the outdoor table. He looked at the menu and saw things that ponies would normally eat, then a mix of human foods with pony stuff. He decided on water, a BLT (Broccoli, Lettuce, and Tomato), and hay fries. The waiter came about five minutes after we sat down and took our orders. Twenty minutes later, the orders came out and we ate. Surprisingly, it was all great, and the hay fries tasted similar to french fries. Everypony chipped into the meal, Twilight paying for Daniel's meal.

"Can't believe my money is no good here..." I grumbled as we walked down the street.

"Princess Celestia would be interested in having your currency to put into a museum." Twilight said.

"It won't matter until then..." I grumbled, still angry.

"I must go back to the Carousel to finish my orders." Rarity said, giving a wave to everypony.

"I got work in the morning, so I'll see ya'll later." Rainbow said, flying off.

"I have to work also, so I'll see you all later!" Pinkie said, dashing off quickly.

"I'll see you Fluttershy and Daniel." Twilight said, walking away towards the library.

"Wait, what?" I said, confused. "Where am I going to stay?" I asked, turning to Fluttershy.

"We already had this planned out. Twilight didn't have any room in the library, Pinkie at Sugarcube Corner, Rarity at the Boutique, Applejack's farm was taken up by farming equipment, and I was the only one with a spare bedroom. Rainbow lives in the clouds, and since you're aren't a pegasus, you can't walk on clouds. I'm sorry." Fluttershy said quietly. I rubbed my forehead and said.

"It's not your fault Fluttershy... I'm just tired right now. I've had a lot on my mind lately." She nodded and we walked to her cottage. The silence was killing me, but I didn't try to awkwardly start any conversations. After ten minutes, we reached the cottage, the home overrun by woodland creatures.

"I need to feed the animals, can you help me Daniel?" Fluttershy said timidly.

"Sure, it's the least I can do." She walked inside and pulled out bags of food for different animals.

"It'll take fifteen minutes to feed them all, then we can go inside." Fluttershy said.

"Alright..." I said, grabbing a large bag of food. It took us around twenty minutes to feed all of the animals, but there was little problems. It had been awkward to be standing two feet from each other, one talking to the animals, the other silently feeding each animal.

"Daniel, we're done feeding the animals. You can come inside, if you want." Fluttershy said, which got a nod in response. I grabbed the bag of clothing that I set down on the porch and let Fluttershy walk in first, me lagging slightly behind. The first thing I noticed, there were birdhouses, cages, and animal beds everywhere.

A large brown rug in the middle of the floor, covered slightly in animal hairs, a fireplace directly left of it, stairs leading upstairs on the right, a sofa directly ahead of the doorway, a small end table with a picture of Angel on it, a small green chair beside it, and two doors leading different ways.

Fluttershy disappeared somewhere into the bowels of the house, most likely preparing the guest room, so I sat down on the couch and pulled a book from the bookshelf that was built into the wall. 'Animal Caretaking 101' I read the first few pages until I heard a small crash from upstairs. I closed the book and set it down, then cautiously walked up the stairs. I heard water running and figured that Fluttershy was in the bathroom and the crash came from inside.

I went back downstairs, a brief image of Fluttershy naked popping into my head before I pushed it away quickly and blushed slightly. I felt myself harden slightly and punched my thigh before I embarrassed myself and Fluttershy. A few minutes and the water turned off, and I was busy reading a book to not notice that Fluttershy was walking down the stairs, a small towel wrapped around her waist.

"Daniel, didn't you go to bed?" Fluttershy squeaked out, and I looked up from the book and saw the almost nude Fluttershy standing two feet away. I looked away immediately and said

"You didn't show me to the guest room, so I waited until you were finished..." I felt the heat rush to my face and hid my face with my fedora.

"I'm so sorry! I forgot to show you around and you've been waiting on me all this time!" Fluttershy grabbed my wrist, which only made me blush more beneath the fedora, and felt myself being pulled upstairs. I took the fedora off my face and saw Fluttershy still holding my wrist, although she was blushing also.

A few doors down and she showed me the guest room, a small bed in the corner of the room, a nightstand beside it with a lamp, a dresser, desk, and closet in the room.

"It's great Fluttershy." I said quietly, which startled Fluttershy somehow. She squeaked and let go of my wrist, then dashed down the hallway and I heard a door shut. I set the bag in my hands down next to the dresser, took off the suit and hanged it up in the closet, the fedora going on top of my dresser with my sunglasses. I took out my wallet and iPod and set it on the nightstand, then crawled into bed, wearing nothing but boxers. I turned down the volume on the electronic and started playing music. After about ten minutes, I fell asleep.

Fluttershy ran down the hall and into her room, slamming the door behind her. 'What were you thinking Fluttershy? You were supposed to take care of him and you forgot him downstairs! He saw you with nothing on but a towel! You embarrassed him, and he's going to feel awkward around you forever!' She buried her face into her pillow and started crying softly, until she heard soft music playing quietly in the next room.

'Is Daniel playing music to fall asleep? That's how mother used to help me fall asleep...' She shook her head and got up, her eyes still puffy and red. She walked down the hall quietly, stopping occasionally when she steps on a creaky board, and reached his room. She readied herself and opened the door quietly, the door creaking slightly. The music got loud, but only barely so, and she heard a soft guitar playing beautifully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEKuttVRIo

By the end of the song, Fluttershy was crying softly. She crawled into the bed and cuddled into his large chest, and fell asleep almost immediately.