".... So, you can talk now." I was dreaming. Steven and I had just met in the dream. We were inside of a giant ball of water inside a giant flower. Don't know why I was dreaming that, but whatever.

"Hells yeah! This is fuckin' awesome!" He cheered.

"Well... would you mind being nicer to my friends? They seem to flinch every time you speak."

"Heh, little bastards can grow up."

"See? Like that, that wasn't necessary."

"Like I care. Besides, you can't make me do anything any more! I'm my own person now!" He gloated.

"... Darn. Well... just please consider trying to be nicer? I'd really appreciate it."

"Like I give a fuck what you appreciate!"

"Alright, that's it!" I dreamed the water around Steven to freeze solid in a perfect sphere around him. "Now listen! I can't kill you because you're a figment of my imagination, but I swear, keep offending my friends... You will live to regret it. I still control your world Steven!" I melted away the top of the sphere of ice so that his head was exposed. He was smiling at me.

"Ok, fine. I'll play nice.... er." I frowned.

"Well... I guess that's good enough for now. Huh?" A bright light was shining off in the distance. "Aww... time to wake up already? Oh well..." The light brightened and expanded until it enveloped Steven and I.

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Wednsday, January 23rd

I woke up still on Fluttershy's floor. For some reason though, I was now hugging Fluttershy.

"Aww... how sweet. She didn't want me to be alone." I thought out loud. "WAKE THE FUCK UP!" Fluttershy's eyes shot open and she let out a small yelp. I facepalmed. "Dammit Steven... What? That was nicer!" I looked to Fluttershy. "Did he just say something?" She still looked slightly groggy, but she managed to answer me.

"He said he was nicer."

"Did he yell at you to wake you up, or was it me talking?"

"He yelled 'wake the f word up'..." She said nervously.

"Oh dang it! I'll get you for that one Steven! I got a whole lotta time before you go to sleep again." I shook my head and decided to not worry about him. "So... uh... you wouldn't happen to maybe have any steak left?" I asked Fluttershy timidly. "I haven't eaten since... since I don't really know." Fluttershy smiled at me gently.

"Of course. I'll be right back!" She said cheerily as she fluttered off to the kitchen.

"... I was gonna cook it!" I shouted after her.

"No you weren't!" She called back.

"Ha! You just got told!" I heard a worryingly familiar sizzling coming from the kitchen. A wave of nausea hit me as I thought about eating meat again, but it was quickly stifled as the scent of cooking steak wafted in from the kitchen. A few minutes later, Fluttershy trotted in with with steak, and eggs! "Wow! You didn't have to make more Fluttershy!" She smiled bashfully.

"No... I wanted to cook more for you. You need your nourishment if you're going to be strong... to... fight monsters..." I flinched.

"Yeah... Thank you Shy." She handed the plate to me with her wing. She hoofed me a fork and a knife too. I stood up and walked outside into the snow. This time I forced myself to eat slower and actually taste the food. It was really good, despite the fact that eating it made me sick with myself. Fluttershy was easily the best cook I'd encountered here by far. I practically licked my plate clean. I walked back inside, passed Fluttershy, and went into the kitchen. I found the sink and started washing the plate myself.

"H-hey! I was going to clean it!" Fluttershy shouted after me.

"No you weren't! Ha! Told!" I finished scrubbing the plate, knife, and fork, and I located the cabinets where they went. After putting everything up, I walked back into the living room. I felt way better after getting some proper sleep and a good meal. "Well, I'm off to take care of Unity now. You coming?"

"Oh yes! If you don't mind..."

"Fluttershy, I just invited you. Why would I mind?"

"Oh... I don't know..." I rolled my eyes and scooped Fluttershy up in my arms.

"C'mon! Let's go!" I took off into the snow, making sure to close Fluttershy's door behind me. I decided to sprint to make sure no monster smelled the steak on me and tried to eat us. The I realized I had Fluttershy's wings. I facepalmed and took off, flying just over the tops of the nearby trees.

"... So... Sharky... about the k--"

"NO! No! No! Not talking about it! Just forget it! I know it didn't matter! Please don't bring it up!" Fluttershy flinched in my arms and went quiet. An akward silence followed us all the way to Twilight's library. I walked in, to find Twilight waiting in the main room.

"There you are! I was wondering when you'd be back!" Twilight cheered. "Look what I found this morning!" She levitated a newspaper over to me. "I haven't read it yet, but these sold out fast!" I read the front page headline out loud.

"New hero is alive and well!" The article was about me, and there was a picture of me with my arm outstretched towards the crowd of reporters on the page. "What?! I'm not a hero!" I shouted in suprise. I continued reading. "This great being from another world seems to shrug at death! He survived his 1000 foot fall off the Gryffin Empire, and is back to fight for us again!" I scowled at the paper. "This is ridiculous! I've only fought a bunch of Timber Wolves, an Ursa Minor, a manticore, and a bunch of gryffins!"

"Yeah, but you've also raced the wonderbolts, saved an orphan filly's life, and you are a royal knight! Sharky, it's no wonder they think you're a hero!" Twilight countered.

"But... but... didn't you tell me you've saved Equestria twice? Wouldn't that make you heroes?"

"Did I tell you that? Huh... well, yes, but we don't tell anypony. Some of those here in Ponyville know, but not the whole of Equestria!"

"Heeeyyy! Sharky!" Spike interrupted. "Luna sent this for you!" He ran downstairs and handed me a small package. I opened the little box to reveal a new magic mirror. As soon as I grabbed it, it turned into an iPhone. I looked up my contacts, and to my suprise, Daring Do was still on my list.

"Huh... well..." I gave the paper one last sideways glance before I threw it on the ground. "I'll deal with that later. I should call Luna." I tapped Luna's button on the screen, and she picked it up on the first ring.

"Sharky! Thou art truly alive!" Luna said happily.

"Yes, the reports of my death were... greatly exagerrated, so... I still have a job right? You didn't just give it to somepony else while I was gone?"

"Of course! We would be honored to have thee in our service still! Thou couldn't have come back at a better time!"

"What? You mean you have a mission already?"

"Not at this moment, but lately the monsters in Equestria have been more and more agressive. Expect a mission soon Sharky..." She sounded oddly worried with that warning.

"What kind of monsters are getting more aggressive Luna?" She looked down a little.

"All of them truly... but... mainly the constellation monsters..."

"Ha! Is that all? I've got a legendary weapon and magic now! Bring it on!" Luna looked up again, very suprised.

"How couldst thou have aqquired such things while thou were dead?!"

"Easy, I wasn't dead, I went to another world! I got some magic and a legendary sword from that world, and now I'm here!"

"How long were thou in this other world?" She asked. "More importantly, how did thou get there?"

"Oh, less than a day in that world, but it was a week here. Unity. that's how I got there."

"Wow... only thou Sharky... Well, it seems I was right to allow thee to keep Unity. Time to go flaunt our sucess in 'Tia's face. Goodbye Sharky."

"Bye Luna." I hung up the phone and put it in my coin pouch. Which reminded me that I needed to take care of Unity. Not the coin pouch, the talk with Luna. "I'm gonna go get Unity girls, be right back." They nodded and I walked upstair. "Holy crap it's cold!" I walked into the room, and there were icicles hanging from the ceiling. Unity was sitting in his bed, sound asleep still. I grabbed him and rushed out of the room before my balls froze off. I rushed back downstairs and made him a moon bottle of chocolate milk. Twilight heated it up for me and I gently woke Unity up to feed him. He greeted me with a groggy smile, and then gulped down the bottle as fast as he could.

"Wow! He was really hungry!" Twilight exclaimed. He quickly finished off the bottle and the milk. I put him on my shoulder and burped him.

"What, nothing strange today?" I asked him. He giggled. "God you're adorable." I thought for a moment. "Hey girls, I'm gonna go take Unity out to play."

"W-what? Sharky... If you don't mind me saying... I think that's a very bad idea..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"Why would you say that?"

"Sharky, he looks like Discord! Everypony would freak out!" Twilight explained.

"Well it's not like I'm leavin' the front yard! I just wanna make a snowman with him!"

"... don't you mean snowpony?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, I know what I said... first I wanna go get him some warm clothes though. I don't want him to get sick... Goin' to Rarity's house! Bye!" I charged away from the girls and out the door before they could react.

"Wait! What about the plan for you to stay inside?!" Twilight yelled after me. I grinned.

"LEROOOOOOOOOOYYYYY JENKINS!" I shouted in response.

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"Hi Rarity! Can you let me in? Unity's getting cold!" I had gotten to the Carousel Boutique and I was waiting on Rarity to answer the door.

"On my way dear!" She said happily. She opened the door. She was wearing a hooded cloak. To hide her ruined mane most likely. "You brought Unity for a visit? How nice!" Then she ushered me in. "You came just in time dear! I have your present right here!"

"Oh Rarity! You didn't have to make me anything! I'm perfectly fine with what I have! I do need some stuff for Unity though, I don't want him getting too cold whenever I take him outside."

"Oh, well I'm sure I can whip something up for him in a moment! I still wish to give you these though!" She turned around a corner and returned with a bundle in her mouth. She trotted over to me and held it out. I took it hesitantly and unfolded it gently.

"Oh dear god yes!" I cheered happily. It was a shirt! It had Luna's mark right in the center of the chest large enough to reach from my stomach to the base of my throat. I pulled on it gently, and yes! Stretchy! "Thank you Rarity! This is amazing!" She smiled.

"Not done yet dear, I had Fluttershy help me with these..." She turned her head to reach her back. I heard a clinking sound and she turned back to me with something in her mouth. I reached out my hand and she dropped it into my grasp. "Be careful dear, they're a bit sharp..." I gingerly picked it up, and it turned out to be two things. Gloves! On the back of the hand of each glove, the was a small curved blade extending from the glove. It resembled a shark's dorsal fin. "I remembered you said you like those... shark things, so Fluttershy told me what they looked like! Those are sharpened blades, I thought maybe they could help you fight..."

"Rarity... this is amazing!" I cheered. I dropped to one knee and hugged her. She wrapped her forelegs around me in return.

"... *Ehm*" I released Rarity and looked at the source of the noise. Sweetiebelle was standing at the top of the stairs. She had saddlebags on, so I guess she was getting ready to go to school. "So... does this mean that Rarity is your special somepony?!" Sweetiebelle asked excitedly. I blushed.

"No! Nothing like that! I was just thanking her for the clothes!"

"Nopony else hugs Rarity like that when she gives them clothes...."

"Sweetiebelle! It's none of your buisness!" Rarity snapped. Sweetiebelle seemed to get more excited.

"Ooooh! That means it IS true! I gotta tell my friends!" She dashed out of the boutique before I could stop her. Kinda reminded me of myself actually.

"Ugh! That girl... I apologize Sharky, I'll tell her the truth when she gets back..." Rarity seemed a little upset.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that didn't cause any real harm... anyway, how much for the clothe--"

"No darling! They are a gift!"

"Dang it... Well, how much for Unity's--"

"No! I told you the white diamond covered--"

"All MY orders, that means you have to let me pay for Unity's!" I said triumphantly. Rarity sighed.

"Fine... I shall get on it now..." She levitated a measuring tape over to Unity and started measuring. He stared at the glowing tape, totally amazed. I laughed to myself and sat down in a chair.

"Now I wait..." I muttered to myself.