She sat there staring out the window, the weather team had schedule a major thunder storm for two days. Though just sitting inside was making her go crazy at not being able to do anything, she would much rather be bucking some trees right about now. But one thing she did enjoy about this kind of storm was seeing the lightening and hearing the booming thunder.

"Hey Applejack you know sitting there won't make the storm go by any faster." She heard Granny call.

"I know, I'm just watching the lightening a little. You know to help pass the time, I mean Rainbow Dash said that it would end about noon. So I was hoping to go outside when it did." She called back.

"Fine, but it's time for lunch." At this she decided to go ahead and eat, but as she stood up and stretched a bright flash of lightning went off, and she could have sworn she could have seen something that looked like it was falling.

"I must be seeing things, must be more hungry than I thought." She then turned towards the kitchen.

By the time she had finished eating a daisy sandwich with an apple slice, and some chips the storm was gone. The sky was clear, which she took full advantage of and ran outside accidentally jumping into a mud puddle. After she picked herself up and shook off the mud she figured the best possible thing to do was to inspect the damage.

So she got started by going to the west field of apple trees, there was a couple of trees that might not have been strong enough to stand up against the strong winds. There were at least two saplings that they had planted not to long ago, and an old apple tree that might have been too old. As she walked she also took note of any big branches that had fallen off, and how many apples had been knocked off their tree.

She was now coming up on the first sapling which Apple Bloom had helped with, her little sister wanted to pick the spot. At first, she was a bit skeptical but she knew that she would have to let her little sister get more responsibility at some point, but the spot that her sis picked was a pretty good one. It was spaced in between two bigger apple trees so most of the winds seemed to have been blocked, which made her smile with a little bit of pride for Apple Bloom doing a good job.

The next tree she wanted to check on was the other sapling as it was closer. It soon came into her line of sight, this one was unfortunately planted by the entire CMC so it did not fair well. The spot was good, but it was a spot for a little more of a mature tree. So the sapling had snapped in half, she wasn't looking forward to that conversation, she now turned to the direction of the old tree.

When it came into view it seemed to have done pretty well, the tree had been among the first to ever be planted on Sweet Apple Acres. But as she got closer she knew something was wrong, not only was the tree smoking there seemed to be somepony laying unconscious on the ground. She hurried over to their side, and she noticed that whoever it was she never saw his kind before.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked concerned, he had burns spread across his body. He had a long gash that ran diagonally across his face and had a nasty bump that looked ready to split apart.

Not knowing exactly what to do she put her ear to his chest, and she could hear a faint heartbeat. She let out a sigh of relief, but then quickly got him onto her back somehow. When she started to move she felt one of his arms move and placed it on her side, and she heard him mumble how soft she was. Which made her blush a little, but she trotted as quickly as she could toward the hospital making sure that he was balanced and would not fall off.

"I need help over here!" She called out as soon as she ran through the doors.

"What seems to be the problem Applejack?" A doctor asked though she couldn't think of his name at the moment.

"I found him on my farm lying next to an old apple tree that looked like it had been struck by lightning." She said turning to the doctor to show him the strange creature.

"I'm not familiar with his species but I'll see what I can do." The doctor said and then called for assistance, and not a second later two nurses with a stretcher came up and placed the unconscious body onto it. "Don't worry Applejack, like I said, I may not know his kind, but I will do my best to make sure he recovers." With that, he and the two nurses went to a hall that leads to a surgery room.

"Could you find a way to contact me on his progress?" She asked with concern.

"Yes, I can. Though this might be tricky, I just looked at the list of the different species around the world and there's nothing about what he is." The nurse gave her a nervous but confident smile. "But don't worry he's in good hooves."

After filling out some paperwork, this was required when somepony was dragged in by somepony else. It was just basically to get why they had dragged them in, and a way to know a contact number just in case they hadn't had any record. She thought that was pretty convenient, but she wondered who wouldn't have some kind of medical record? Even if they live in a different part of the world their records would be sent over with them.

"Okay that should do it, thank you. While you were filling these out I received information about your new friend. They said that he'll be in the operating room for another hour, and he'll need rest so the best time to visit would be tomorrow morning. We may need help though, he might panic when he wakes up." The nurse told her.

"Alright, I'll be by with my friends by seven, that okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, he should still be asleep, but you and your friends would be more than welcome to wait until he comes to." The nurse answered and smiled at her. "Now is there anything else I could help you with?"

"Nah, I think I'm fine. But I'm gonna go talk to my friends and tell them the situation." She said tipping her hat. "See ya tomorrow."

"Alright then, see you tomorrow." The nurse returned to her work at the front desk.

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"So there's no kind of record of what he could be?" She asked, she had gathered her friends at the library and told them what happen.

"No, nothing at all. Tell me did you notice anything out of the ordinary before you found him?" Twilight asked.

"Mmmm, nothing in particular." She answered, but then she remembered the bright flash of lightning. "Actually there is something, right before I went to eat lunch there was a bright flash of lightning."

"Of course there would be lightening, it was a huge thunderstorm after all," Rainbow said a bit annoyed.

"I know that I was gonna say that when I looked I could have sworn I saw something falling but I didn't think much of it. Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me." She said.

"What does it mean?" Asked a very timid Fluttershy.

"I don't know, maybe he's from another world?" Twilight shook her head in frustration. "I know that there are portals that could lead to alternate dimensions, but I never really believed they were real. But that's the only other thing that could make sense."

"And you'd be right." They turned to see Princess Celestia standing there.

"Princess, what are you doing here?" Twilight asked nervously.

"Well, when there's already talk from here to Philidelpia about a strange creature that no one seems to know about, of course I would hear about it. Then as I was flying I could feel something like a rift between dimensions. Though I do not know how it happened, nor can I really identify the creature." The princess told them.

"So what your saying is that he's from a different world?" Pinkie asked, and the princess nodded. "Yeah time for an out of this world party!" Out of nowhere, Pinkie pulled out her party cannon.

"I'm afraid there is no time for a party right now," Celestia said, and Pinkie deflated a little. "But if everything goes right, then we can have the party. For right now I would like to discuss our new visitor." She sat down in the circle of friends.

As Celestia asked them how they felt about the new visitor, they all thought about it and said that they really didn't care if he was from another world. They told the princess that if anypony was in need that they are there to help. This brought a proud smile to her face.

"I'm glad to hear that, and I know you already plan on visiting him tomorrow morning. I would like you to be there, not to just check up on him but help him out of his confused and panicked state. As I'm sure all of you are aware since this is not his world he will panic. I want you all to be there to help calm him down, and besides that, I have one more favor to ask." Celestia said.

"Go ahead princess we're listening." She said.

"Well once he has been released from the hospital he will be even more lost and confused. I would like one of you to give him a place to stay, I ask this because he might be here for a while and will need a guide in order to teach him about how to live here. But don't decide among each other, let him decide. If all of you befriend him then he will be more comfortable about his living condition, and once he knows how everything runs and he gets a job and saves up enough I will give him a house to live in if he wants it of course." Celestia looks around the room at the stunned face's.

"Y-you want one of us to take him in?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, but I would like you to become friends with him and gain his trust. Make him feel comfortable and keep in mind that he is not among his own kind anymore so his distrust might be great. But I have faith in all of you to break his shell." The princess said.

"Alrighty then, I think we can handle it." She stood up saying it. "If you want us to be his friend, then don't worry we were planning on doing just that. I think I speak for everyone when I say that we understand what you mean, he will need help adjusting and you think it would help if one of us took him in."

"Yes Applejack, that's exactly what I'm saying. But if he turns out to be a threat, I will have no choice but to deal with him." Celestia took a more serious tone.

"We understand and we will not let you down," Rainbow said. "Besides who wouldn't want to be friends with me?"

"I see what you mean, and I hope it does not have to end badly. Now I must take my leave, and please don't forget to make him feel welcome. As I said he may panic a lot, and if he starts to gain friends then he might be able to adjust to a new life." Celestia said before taking off.

"So, umm, what now?" Fluttershy asked.

"Easy tomorrow we'll hopefully start to gain his trust. But I know it isn't going to be easy, are we all ready for this?" Twilight asked, and every one of them nodded their heads in agreement. "Good, now I think we should all get some sleep, we've got to get up early tomorrow." With that, they all said their good nights and went to their homes.

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She was used to waking up early but the thing is she couldn't fall asleep. Her mind was reeling about what happened yesterday, and what might happen today. But one thing that gave her hope was when he had told her how soft she was, though it might have been him talking in his sleep it still was something. At the thought of it made her blush though, but she didn't know why. Many ponies told her that for a hard-working pony she had a nice soft coat.

Then her alarm went off at six, she had reset it so she could try to get an hour of sleep but that failed. Bringing herself out of her thoughts she turned the alarm clock off and sat up. Though still tired from getting no sleep she managed to get downstairs and after she got home she explained what happened. So the rest of her family knew that she would miss a lot of work in order to help the newcomer.

She quickly put on her hat and ate a quick breakfast, she wanted to get there a little bit early before the others. So she told her family bye and that she'll see them later and then headed towards the hospital. The reason why she wanted to be there early was that she felt responsible for him since she hadn't helped him sooner. After all, she did witness him falling from a great height.

"Your here earlier than expected." The nurse said.

"I wanted to check on him before my friends arrive, is that alright?" She asked.

"Sure it's no problem at all, just try not to wake him." She nodded and walked to the room that the nurse told her.

She stood outside the door feeling a little hesitant about going inside. But she took a long deep breath and slowly opened the door, though it squeaked a little. When she entered the room she saw the sleeping form of the one she brought here, and she stared at him in awe.

As she looked she saw that he seemed to stand on two legs, which she remembered though but she had not been paying attention. But now that she got a good look at him she knew it was true, he was probably stood a good five foot and a half tall. Then as she looked at his arms she noticed some restrains around them, she understood the precaution but still, she felt bad.

Then that comment about her came to mind, why was she thinking about that now? She knew she didn't like him that way, they hadn't even met yet. But still she couldn't help but to get closer, he had a very peaceful look on his face like he was dreaming of good times.

Wanting to distract herself she looked him over again, he was a little overweight, but he still looked fit. Then all of a sudden he scrunched up his face, his eyes darting rapidly behind his eyelids and he started to sweat. He let out a small scared noise but just seeing his facial expression change like that she knew he was having a nightmare.

"Shhh, it's okay." She whispered quietly into his ear, but at this, he jumped up eyes wide open in fear.

"What the hell? Where am I?" He turned and saw her, his panic rising and his fear showing all throughout his face.

"It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you..." She was cut off.

"You're a pony that can talk! Stay back, get away!" He tried to get out of the bed but then realize he had restraints on. "What are you going to do to me? Someone help! Help!" Screaming at the top of his lungs.

"What's the problem in here?" The doctor rushed in.

"Not another one, oh god no! Get away!" He started to scream for help, but the doctor quickly cast a spell on him.

"My last spell must have not been that powerful as I thought." Then the doctor remembered that she was in the room. "Don't worry about it, we expected him to react that way. It may take a while but I think he'll come around." He put a comforting hoof on her shoulder. "Look he's gonna be asleep for another two hours, why don't you go get something to help wake you up. You look like you haven't slept a wink."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." She answered still focused on the sleeping face, the look of pure anger and terror on his face frightened her a little for she never actually had someone scared of her before, at least not like that.

She got a coffee and sat down and waited for her friends, the thoughts of what happened still running through her mind. Why did this bother her so much, she had known this would most likely happen. As she took a drink she looked at the clock, it was almost seven, all of that had happened in ten minutes. But she was to distracted to notice her friends looking at her with concern.

"AJ, the doctor told us what happened, are you alright?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, yeah. It just scared me a little." She answered snapping her attention to the group.

"If your sure, but why were you here so early?" Rainbow asked.

"Well, I think it's because I feel like he's my responsibility so I figured I cone by myself to check on him first." She answered.

"You may have found him, but that just doesn't mean he's just your responsibility, you remember what the princess said last night? She told us that she would like us all to help out." Rarity said in a concerned tone, though she had made it a little more dramatic.

"I know, but still I saw him fall and I didn't go check it out until after the rain stopped." She suddenly felt herself in a big group embrace.

"We know, but you didn't know that it was alive, or even a creature at all. So don't blame yourself." Twilight said in a comforting voice.

They stayed like that for a few minutes and then finally ended it, though she still blamed herself and could still see his anger and fear, she now felt a little better. Her friends ordered their own drinks and sat down, waiting for the remaining hour and a half for the sleep spell to wear off. For the most part, they talked like they normally do, until the doctor told them that it was fine to visit him.

When they got there he was still asleep, but they knew he would probably wake up any minute. They all knew that once he did he would panic again. Though this time they were ready, Twilight would cast a spell if need be in order to make him listen, then his eyes shot open and he looked at them in horror.

"P-please don't hurt me." He said in a whimper. "Just let me go."

"I'm afraid we can't do that, not until we know if you're a danger to yourself or to anypony else and we aren't here to hurt you," Twilight said firmly.

"Then undo the straps, please?" His eyes pleading, the fear in his voice obvious.

"I...umm, think we should do it." Everyone turned their head towards Fluttreshy in shock, she shrank back. "I mean if we want him to trust us and all." More stares. "I-i'm sorry."

"No, I think your right. If we undo the straps do you promise that you won't try anything?" He nodded. "Alrighty then."

"Applejack no, you know we can't," Twilight said.

"Look if this is the first step of gaining his friendship then I'm willing to give it a chance. Besides, think about it, there are six of us if he tries something he wouldn't be able to take us." She looked Twilight straight in the eyes.

"Okay then, just be careful." She gave a nod.

She went over to the side of his bed, he pulled away from her. When she started on the first strap he grimaced like he expected her to hurt him, though she did notice that a lot of his wounds were healed at least. The first strap fell and he freely moved his arm, and then she started on the second. He was still acting like at any second she would punch him or something.

"T-thank you." He said still afraid but was rubbing his wrist.

"Your welcome, now I hope we can talk now." She said with her best soft and soothing tone, though Fluttershy would probably have been better. "To answer some of your questions let me start to explain..."

She did just that, explained that he was in Equestria and how their princess thinks it was a temporary portal that opened up and spat him out. Then she explained how she discovered him in front of one of her old apple trees and told him a little about Equestria. But she left the rest up to Twilight.

When they were done explaining they could all see that he wasn't as afraid as he was before, but he still had fear in his eyes. But he also was confused, which they knew he would be. So they sat there in awkward silence for a moment.

"So if your the one who brought me here, then thank you. But I don't understand, a portal, being sucked in and being spit out here? Can you give me a minute?" They all looked at each other, knowing that they were about to leave somepony alone that might still be dangerous.

"Yeah, we can." She spoke up and pushed her friends out. "And we'll be right outside if you need us okay?" He gave a nod and she walked out of the room.

Though she immediately regretted her decision as they heard a loud crash coming from inside his room. They rushed in and saw the window had been broken, a slight trail of blood on the floor leading to it. When they ran to the window and looked out they couldn't see him anywhere.

"I knew we shouldn't have undone those straps or left him alone. Now if he causes trouble not only will he get it, but so will we." Rainbow said angrily.

"I knew it would happen as well, but I wanted to give him a benefit of a doubt. And for a moment I thought we got through to him." Twilight said.

"I'm sorry y' all, it's my fault. I was the one who forced y' all to trust that he wouldn't make a break for it." She said sadly.

"Hold on, he's bleeding, right? So what if we try and find him by the trail he left." Rarity suggested, though she was disgusted that she had thought of such a dirty plan.

"Your right, let's go track him down." Her ears perked up, and she had a determined look on her face. "We will find him and drag him back here if so be it." She now had determination in her voice.

They quickly found his trail and galloped in the direction it went. But they stopped when they realized that they were at the edge of the Everfree Forest, and Fluttershy let out a squeak of fear. Though they all knew that they had to get him out of there, he obviously avoided the town.

"W-w-we aren't going in there are we?" Fluttershy asked scared.

"We have to, we have to make sure he's alright and returned safely," Twilight said. "I don't think he's a danger, at least not to us. But he might be to himself, and if he's in the Everfree then he will definitely need our help." They all nodded in agreement.

It was hard to spot his trail, as the blood seemed to be getting further and further apart. Though once the trail ended they didn't need to look far for him. He was standing near a cliff, looking down in deep thought.

"Hey what's your deal?" Rainbow asked and surprised him.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't stay there anymore. This is all too much to take in, I mean I was torn from my world, all I know about myself is my name. So while you were trying to explain I got to thinking, why should I be alive right now?" He asked tears in his eyes. "I have nothing but a name that I'm not even sure if it's my name. So why shouldn't I just take this step and end this? That would solve both our problems, you wouldn't have to worry about if I might be a threat, and I don't have to live like this. There's nothing for me."

"You don't know that. Just because you've lost your memory doesn't mean you don't have someone waiting for you, what if they're trying to find you? And then they manage to come here, and find out that you killed yourself? How do you think that would make them feel? And even if you don't have anypony waiting for you, you now have us. We are willing to be your friends if you give us a chance, just like we gave you a chance." She said, the concern and fear obvious.

"I'm sorry, but I think this would be better." He turned his head towards them and smiled. "Thank you for at least trying." Then he stepped forward and time slowed down.

She ran forward every step felt like it was taking forever, her friends stood there in shock and she heard one of them scream. But all she could focus on was trying to get to him before he disappeared forever. Then giving one last push she jumped, her hooves wrapped around his arm.

"Applejack, let go. I have nothing but misery ahead, and I don't want to cause any of you to get hurt because of me." He said his voice filled with great sadness. "Please?" He gave her a look that enforced his sadness and she almost let go.

"You're wrong, if you just let us help you then you can still have a happy and bright future. And if you don't think you won't hurt anypony then your wrong about that as well, for you'll be hurting us, hurting me if you die." She said trying to pick him over the cliff. "Why do you think we followed you out in the most dangerous part of Equestria? Even though we've only known each other for a few hours, we still consider you as a dear friend, and we refuse to let our friends die."

"You don't mean any of it." He said trying to break free, but she just wrapped tighter.

"I do mean every word of it because I don't lie and I will not start now!" She said looking him straight in the eyes, tears streaming down both their faces.

"Even if you mean it you won't be able to pull me back up, we'll both fall to our deaths. So just let me go and move on with your life." He said giving her one last pleading look to let go.

"And I said I ain't gonna let a friend die." She said, but just as she did he gave one last tug and it broke her grip. "Nooo!" They all screamed.

She didn't register all that happened next, she felt a strong breeze on her back. Then a rainbow streak diving straight down and then fly back up. The next thing she knew he was laying next to her just as surprised and in shock as she was.

"Sorry it took so long, but I wanted to make sure she got through to you," Rainbow said out of breath a little. "You owe me one, and you can pay me back by living your life."

"But why?" He asked.

"Because all of what she said is true, we do care about you. That's why we followed you out here, and this is the most dangerous place in all of Equestria. But we do already consider you a dear friend, somepony we will not let anything happen to." Twilight said, "And I'm sorry none of us intervened but we were to stunned, but please give us a chance?"

His tears of sadness slowly replaced by ones of regret and guilt, he curled up in a ball and didn't care what he looked like. Then he felt an embrace and when he looked up he saw all of them surrounding him in a hug. This made the tears worsen.

"I-i-i'm so sorry, I don't know what I was thinking." He managed to stammer out.

"Shhh, it's alright now. We're here for you, to help you." She whispered softly and sweetly.

They manage to get back to the hospital without incident and she was walking right next to him. When he looked at her though he quickly looked away in shame. She had noticed that he was limping and knew it was from the glass still stuck in his feet, so as he slowed down so did she.

"Listen Applejack, I really am sorry." He told her once they were far enough away from their group. "I'm sorry for putting you in danger, that's not what I intended. And I wasn't thinking straight, too much ran through my head and I couldn't handle it. Knowing that I might never know who I was."

"You know you never told us your name?" She said.

"As I said, I don't think it's my name, but I think it might be Brandon Jenkins." He answered.

"Well Brandon, you now know that you do have friends here. Ones who would do anything to help you, so please no more of that train of thought, promise me." She said and stopped to look him in the eyes.

"I promise, but don't take this the wrong way but I'm still having a hard time trusting you all." He answered.

"I understand, it'll take it a while for it to build up. That's the whole point of meeting new friends." She smiled.

"Thank you." He said raising his arm and put it on her shoulder, for he was now eye level to her. "You know you are soft." Making her blush more than what she had before, and he just chuckled. She couldn't believe he remembered that, but she had to smile for she got what seemed like a good friend.

Author's Notes:

Alright, here's the revised one. Hope the grammar and pacing is good enough for you now. I do enjoy writing but i need to remember that i just don't need to rush through things. Thanks for pointing it out.