Hey, just a warning. The upcoming dream is a little dark, I would tag it, but there won't be much more dark hopefully.

I had dozed off in Twilight's abscence. In my dreams the world became distorted and wrong. I was strapped to a table, all my limbs tied down and my head positioned so I couldn't look away from what I saw. It was Twilight. She stood over me scalpel in her magic grip. She spoke with maniac intensity. "Oh how I love experiments!" She cooed. "First we gotta see what is inside a human!" she squealed. The scalpel approached my abdomen. I tried to wiggle out of the way, but was held fast. the cold steel pierced my skin and I screamed. If my mind had any mercy, it would have allowed me to awake then. Instead, I was forced to stare as the scalpel cut a neat little square right in my middle. "Why are you doing this?!" I yelled in pain.

"For science!" She whispered in my ear. Twilight removed the seperated skin and gasped at what she saw. Where a normal person would have a heart, I had a black, shriveled, tiny, rasin-like blob. It hissed and legs appeared on it out of nowhere. It crawled up and sat on my face. It looked at me and hissed again. I screamed once more and was thrust into conciousness.

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I looked around and realized I had rolled off my bed and onto the floor. I was drenched in cold sweat and physically drained. I tried to push myself up and looked right at a pair of purple hooves.

"WAAAAGH!! DON'T CUT ME OPEN FOR SCIENCE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I cowered against my bed. I slowly regained my senses and remembered where I was. "OH SORRY TWILIGHT. I HAD A NIGHTMARE AND YOU STARTLED ME!" I continued yelling, oblivious to my volume.

"WHY ARE YOU STILL YELLING?" She countered. I blushed and decided to use my inside voice.

"oh um... sorry... so uh... Where are these friends you were gonna show me?" I asked casually, trying to glaze over the fact that I had been freaking out.

"Why we're right here darling!" a voice proclaimed from the other side of the beds. I froze again. I decided to make sure this was real now instead of finding out later. I balled my right hand into a fist and smashed it into my face full strength. Blood. Eeyup I'm awake, and that REALLY hurt. Twilight didn't seem to thrilled with my action.

"Why did you do that?!" She screamed.

"What, what did he do dear?" The same voice from earlier inquired. I slowly stood up to my full height and turned to look at the newcomers. I saw an orange pony with a blonde mane and tail that were both tied at the ends with little rubber bands. She had three apples on her flank and wore a cowboy hat. Next to her was a white unicorn with a pretty purple mane and tail that she obviously spent a lot of time curling and maintaining. All three ponies gasped a little as I stood at full height. I looked around bewildered, searching for what had made them gasp. Then I realized they were all staring at me.

"What did I do?" I asked.

"Dear Celestia! He's as tall as, well Celestia!" The white one said. (yes I know she's Rarity, but I'm kinda enjoying the "playing dumb" thing.) I face palmed myself as I realized why the white and orange ones were shocked, but why Twilight?

"Geez, I knew he was big lying down, but standing...." Twilight mumbled. Ah that explains that. Then I got an entertaining idea. I put on a slightly evil smile.

"Hey Twilight, why don't you introduce us?" I asked with a small smile.

"Oh no problem. This is Rarity," she said pointing to the white unicorn

"Pleased to make your aquaintance m'lady." I said as I walked over to Rarity. I got down on one knee and bent my head as I raised one of her hooves to my lips.

"Oh what a proper gentleman!" Rarity said with a small giggle. Twilight gave me a small glare.

"ANYWAY," Twilight growled a little. "This is Applejack." She said pointing to the orange pony. She was giving me a wary look, problably worried I'd kiss her hoof too. Instead I walked over to her and offered a hand. She placed her hoof in it, still looking cautious. I then proceeded to shake her hoof up and down as fast as I possibly could.

"Well howdy there ma'am! Pleasure to meet you!" I said in my natural southern drawl. Yep I'm country. Laugh it up.

"Wwwweeeeelll IIII ggggooootta sssaayy Tttwiii," She tried to say as I shook her vigerously. I stopped shaking when I realized she was talking. "I sure could get used ta this feller." She said in a daze.

"....Right," Twilight grumbled. "Anyway, Rarity, Applejack this is....." Her eyes widened a little as she realized she didn't have a clue what my name was. "uh...um...oh dear..." Applejack and Rarity gave Twilight a little glare.

"Do ya mean ta tell me you've been around this feller for three days and ya haven't bothered ta learn his name?" Applejack scolded.

"Twilight, that is quite rude!" Rarity added in.

"Now now girls," I interrupted. I walked over to the deeply blushing Twilight and patted her on the head. "In her defense, I didn't bother to tell her either. So it's just as much my fault as hers." Twilight sniffled and looked up at me. I gave her a kind smile. "Now just so all of you know, My name is Steven White, but my friends call me Sharky."

"Now why would they call ya that?" Applejack asked. I grinned a little.

"Because I was studying to be a marine biologist in my world, and my favorite fish was a shark. So people that knew me well called me sharky." I explained.

"A Mareine Biwaht?" Rarity asked. I laughed.

"Marine not Mareine," I corrected. "A marine biologist is a scientist that studies and cares for all aquatic animals and plants!" Rarity and Applejack didn't say anything, but they both had the "Ooooooh" expression. Then I began to wonder why only two of the mane six were here. "Hey Twilight, surely a kind mare like yourself has more than just two friends, no matter how amazing those two friends are!" I said, flashing each of them a grin.

"Ooooh you take care of animals too!?" Said a very excited voice at the door. I slowly turned towards the door, prepared to meet my favorite pony. As soon as I finished turning a small yellow pegasus hit me in a flying hug-tackle. "Ooooh finally another animal pony!" She squeaked. Before I could react and hug her back, she had already bounced away from me. (Damn.) She looked down at her hooves and started whispering. "oh...I'm sorry...I was just so happy to meet another pony like me..."

"Don't worry miss! I'm totally fine with hugs, and I know what it's like to find someone that likes...the same...things..you...do........" I finished with a little strain. "Oh. I'm a human not a pony by the way!" I said trying to cover up my earlier slip. The little pegasus Then looked at me again and gave me a shy smile. Then she realized how tall I was and her mouth dropped open and she backed away a little.

"T..t...t...tall!!" She yelled. Well flutteryelled anyway. I guess she hadn't taken the time to look at my before she tackled me.

"No no, don't be afraid!" I said, just above a whisper. I dropped to one knee and opened up my arms. "Now how about you let me hug you back, hmm? If you don't mind that is..." She smiled at me again as I dropped and trotted over. When she reached me she hesitated a little, but I caught her in a gentle bear hug before she could change her mind. She was very stiff for the first few seconds, but she loosened up as I stroked her mane. She wrapped her forelegs around me and I had to try really hard not to fanboy squee. (I'M HUGGING FLUTTERSHY!!! LIFE COMPLETE!!!) She sniffled a little and jumped out of the hug suddenly. (Darn.)

"Oh my gosh you're still hurt!" She squeaked. I stood up and swayed a lot. Meeting them had made me completely forget how much pain I was in.

"Ummm, Sharky?" Twilight said, she sounded worried. "Should you be standing with your injuries?"

"Ummm no absolutley not!" I exclaimed right as my legs gave out and a wave of pain hit me. Twilight levitated me onto the beds. "Thanks Twilight..." I said through gritted teeth. Geez this hurts! "You're a good friend." Then she hit me with a wave of magic that put me to sleep.

"Thanks Sharky...." She said before I faded into the blackness...AGAIN!