He was happy to finally be allowed to get up and walk around for more than ten minutes. Though he still felt uncomfortable about his arrangement, mostly due to the fact that he would have to walk through an entire town full of talking ponies. The little comfort he did take was that he at least had some friends in this strange world, but he could say that about his world as well as he seemed to remember more facts about it every day.

"Hey, don't be worried. Everypony is very accepting here, and besides if they do judge you for being different just remember you have us." He looked up from his thoughts and saw Twilight could see his nervousness. "It's good to know that you can at least walk from being cooped up so long." She said and he smiled at her.

"Yeah thanks, and I did think I would have trouble walking. I mean they really wouldn't let me get up unless I had to go to the bathroom, or to see if my legs still worked." He remembered trying to figure out how to use the bathroom here, though it wasn't that difficult. Though he did wonder how they had plumbing since to him their world looked more like medieval times from his world, but at the same time, he also saw other slightly newer technology as well.

"Well good to know that you seem to be adjusting to some of our world." She said looking behind her. "And don't worry about your stuff, Applejack said they would bring it over later."

"I understand, she and the others have other things to do. But why were you so persistent in giving me not only a tour of your house but also the town? I mean show me where you live yeah, but I could have explored the town on my own." He said.

"I just thought you would feel more comfortable if you were accompanied by a friend. I can't wait to show you around Ponyville though." Before he spoke his stomach growled and he put his hands on it to make it quiet down. "Okay let's get you to the library and feed you beforehoof, what do humans eat anyway?" She asked with curiosity.

"Well, I really haven't thought about it before." He put his hand up to his head and started to rub his temple trying to remember. "I know I told Applejack a little about what we eat, but part of that I don't want to talk about in public, but if I remember correctly I should be fine on certain things. That and from what I can tell you ponies have at least some familiar foods, in a matter of fact besides flowers and a few other things we pretty much eat the same things."

"I understand you don't feel comfortable discussing your eating diet's around town and trust me i could tell be your teeth. But anyway how about I get Spike to make some pancakes when we get back?" She asked looking at him.

"That sounds great, and I hope that no one else figures out what I eat. I know that there are other sentinel species here that eat what I do but I think humans can survive off of plants and stuff. Oh, by the way, if I remember correctly in one of the suitcases, if it's here that is, there may be a cookbook that might help shed some light on this." At this her eyes widened in surprise and then she started to jump around squealing.

"You mean that you might have books from your world?" He nodded.

"Yeah, if I remember one of the suitcases should be nothing but books. Though besides the contents of what's inside don't ask me more because I don't remember anything though. Besides of course from what I already told ya." He answered but realized that she wasn't listening. "Hey, are you sure you will even be able to read them anyhow? I mean it's lucky we seem to speak the same language with some words replacing each other, but whose not to say our written language isn't different?" She stopped and thought about it.

"You're right, it is lucky that we seem to speak the same language. Though if our writing language isn't then I guess we could teach each other how to read them." She answered and smiled at the thought of learning how to read another language.

"Well you live in a library and all, so once we get there I'll take a look at some of your books. Then when Applejack brings my stuff I'll try to find the bag and you can have a look, I just wish I could at least pay her for her trouble. I feel guilty about not going with her." He said a little bit of his guilt showing.

"Hey it's alright she understands, and besides you did say you think you would work on the farm. Even if it is more like physical therapy and all she's happy about that, and as for paying her, she wouldn't accept it. She's too stubborn to do that to a friend, especially after the experience that you had when you woke up. I think she feels a little guilty about that." She answered with concern showing.

"That's why I wish I could pay her back, that's part of the reason why I wanted to work on the farm. Yes, I figured it would help me regain lost strength, but I also thought it would be a good way to pay her back without her knowing about it. Promise you won't tell her I said that though, otherwise, she'll never let me work." He looked at the purple unicorn with a serious look.

"I promise, in the matter of fact I Pinkie promise." When she said that it made him raise his eyebrow in curiosity.

"And how would that work when you don't have a pinkie?" He asked raising his had with his pinkie pointing out.

"Oh, uhh well it's completely different here. A Pinkie promise here was made up by Pinkie Pie as her way of never revealing anyponies secret, I guess you use that little finger to make a similar promise?" She asked.

"Yeah, in a matter of fact that's why we call it a pinkie promise. This finger is called the pinkie, but I guess that makes sense calling that kind of promise after the pers... I mean pony who created it." He answered.

"Okay then, now let me start." She sat down and starting to say things with little motions that went along. "...stick a cupcake in my...ow!" Poking herself in the eye which made him start busting out laughing. "Alright now that's taken care of let's go, it seems that we've caught the attention of someponies."

After managing to avoid getting asked questions, which was mostly because neither of them wants to answer any right then, and finally got to a tree that seemed to be living. Just by looking at it though he knew it was impossible, there was a door right in front, windows, and a door that lead out to a balcony. Yet it didn't seem to be rotting and it still had its leaves on it.

"You might want to close your mouth, I'll explain about the tree after we get you settled in okay?" She asked, and he just nodded and closed his mouth. "Spike, I brought that guest I was telling you....about." When they walked in there was what looked like a white unicorn with wings sitting on the floor, and another thing was that she seemed to be taller than most of the ponies he saw. "Princess Celestia, what are you doing here?"

"Princess!" His eyes got wide as the tall pony looked at them, and he bowed his head for some reason. Though he guessed he did it out of respect for being in the presence of royalty.

"Ahh, there you are Twilight it's good to see you again. And it's good to meet this fine young," She stopped herself and thinking about how to phrase it, he didn't blame her for he knew what she was going to say.

"It's alright you can call me young colt or stallion if you want. After all, it means the same thing if someone were to call me young man." He said trying to help her out.

"Well aren't you the polite one, it's good to see that you're up and about. As my faithful student said I am Princess Celestia, one of two rulers over Equestria. But you don't have to bother with formalities right now, I came to check up on you after Twilight sent me the letter to inform me of your decision to stay with her. Though I'm quite curious as to why you picked her over Applejack, from what I heard happen I would have thought you would want to live with the pony who saved you." "The princess said, and he realized he was still bowing a little.

"Thanks, and as to why I made that decision well let me explain." After briefly explaining his decision, though he was very uncomfortable. Not only was this another pony he didn't know, but she was also one of two princesses. "And that's how I came to my choice." He finished.

"Makes sense, and that sounds like a good plan to help you get into shape. Now there is another thing I came here to do, Brandon in order for you to live here you're going to have to apply for citizenship. But don't worry as long as you fill everything out, which I'm sure Twilight would be more than happy to help you, I'll personally see it that yours is the first one to be approved." Celestia smiled at him which made him feel a little bit relaxed.

"You don't have to do that princess, I could just wait until they have time to check it out." He replied with a smile of his own.

"Nonsense, I insist. Now, how about you tell me what you remember about yourself and your world." Celestia said. "From what I hear the world you come from sounds interesting, oh and before you ask I am what's called an Alicorn. A very rare type of pony, one that has the magic of all three tribes of ponies. I and my sister are the only ones who could move the sun and moon without losing our magic forever. Though that's another story for another time, what I want to hear is as I said, about your world and yourself."

"Alright, I guess I can tell you what I remember." He said trying to think of where to start. "Ah, I think I know where to start now, how about some of my worlds myths."

"That sounds interesting, please go on." He gave her a nod.

They sat there for a while listening to him talk about the myths, though most Twilight already heard he also remembered some more. Shortly after he started to get into what he remembered from his life though it didn't take long to tell them. As he talked though he barely noticed a purple and green scaled guess had arrived and had poured them some tea.

"And so far that's all I've been able to remember, and thank you for the tea." He said turning his eyes once again going wide. "You're a dragon." Saying with his mouth hung open.

"That's right I am, I'm Spike Twilight's number one assistant. Nice to meet you, Brandon, she's been talking about how excited she was that you decided to move in." Spike said before Twilight interrupted.

"Spike!" She yelled with a slight blush on her face.

"Oh come on Twilight, all I was saying is how excited you were to, umm how did you put it? Oh yeah to have such a good looking new friend who was moving in..ahh!" He glowed in a purple aura and sent upstairs. "Hey, no fair." He screamed before he got past the last step.

"Sorry about that." She said with her blush growing stronger, both he and the princess were repressing their laughter.

"Oh I understand, after all, I am apparently good looking after all." At this the two couldn't control themselves, though his laughter was more out of control and rolling on the floor holding his sides, the princess was just giving a small laugh.

"It's alight Twilight." Celestia bent down and whispered. "He is good looking after all." This made Twilight's blush grow even deeper.

"Oh look at the time, I need to brush my teeth." She said running off.

"I think that was a little too funny, I hope I didn't offend her though." Celestia turned to see he had stopped laughing.

"Don't worry, she was just embarrassed that's all. Now tell me do you remember anything about cross-species dating in your world?" This sent a blush to his face.

"Umm from what I remember, all the species on my world, let me think of how to put this." He said trying to think.

"They weren't that intelligent?" Celestia said.

"Well I wasn't going to be that blunt, but yes. So it was frowned upon and even illegal to try, that's unless of course if we happen to come across intelligent life on another planet that just happened to look like one of the animals of my world. Then I guess that it might be fine, I wouldn't know though. Even if I did remember things might already be different. But hey can you tell me about what your year is like, you know how many months and days there are, does this world change seasons?" He asked trying to change the subject.

"Well, it's good to hear that at least you have an open mind about that subject, and as for your question, there are a total of twelve months," Celestia said naming the months, after saying how many days there were.

"Sounds exactly like my world, which is a good thing I guess. The reason why I ask is that I remember my birthday, which is what you're saying is true then my birthday should be the same as it was in my world." This made Celestia raise an eyebrow in question. "If I'm right my birthday should be on August twenty-fourth."

"Well then do you remember how old you are then?" Celestia asked.

"Yeah, I should be about nineteen going to twenty." He said. "Unless it already passed here?"

"Nope it hasn't yet, in a matter of fact it is only the beginning of August," Celesta answered.

"Oh I see that you two are talking about months and everything, but did I miss anything," Twilight said as she was coming back into the room.

"Oh, Brandon here was just telling me about when his birthday was, and how old he was," Celestia said.

"So you remembered your birthday and your age, that's great can you tell me?" She asked.

"Sure, I mean we are going to be roommates for a little while." He said and then quickly answering her.

"Mmm, well don't be surprised if Pinkie throws you two wild party's this month. She usually through's every new pony a welcome party, and since your birthday is coming up she'll want to through you a party for that." Twilight said and he could already see the exhaustion just thinking about it in her eyes.

"Well don't worry about it. I'm sure no matter how wild the party is I'll be able to handle it, that and though I'm still on edge about the whole being in a world with talking animals, no offense, it might be good to get to know some of its citizens." He said with a nervous smile.

"That's good to hear that you're going to do your best to adjust. I assure you though we will not harm you, and the citizens of Ponyville are very accepting. So I'm sure after the welcome party you'll fit right in." Celestia smiled warmly.

"I sure hope so, because I rather not deal with judging stares for much longer." He said remembering the looks he got on the way here.

"They were just curious that's all," Twilight said.

"Yes, as would any other creature. Well, I have to get back to the palace before my sister starts to get worried. Here are the forms that you need to fill out for citizenship." Celestia said and some papers popped out of nowhere in front of him. "And like I said, if you need any help on them I'm sure Twilight here would love to help you." She winked at Twilight who nodded her head.

"Thank you, princess." He said bowing his head. "I hope we get to talk again."

"As do I, and remember Twilight this will help you with your studies." Twilight nodded. "Well, I will let you get settled in, and don't worry about filling all those out right now," Celestia said.

"Okay." He replied, and then there was a knock at the door.

"I'm here with his stuff." A familiar voice called out, and he smiled at it.

"Come on in Applejack," Twilight called.

When Applejack first opened the door she saw him sitting there looking at her with a smile across his face, and as she opened the door more she let out a small gasp. She now saw Celestia was sitting right next to him. Though she relaxed a little because she didn't feel like the princess was here to arrest him or anything, though she didn't know why that thought had crossed her mind in the first place.

"Howdy princess, how are ya?" Applejack asked.

"I'm doing fine Applejack, I was just here to check up on Twilight's new house guest. Also to drop off some paperwork he needs to fill out in order to become a citizen of Equestria. And now that's out of the way I'll say goodbye for right now." Celestia said.

"I don't like goodbyes." He mumbled and their eyes turned to him obviously hearing him. "After what happened I just don't like goodbye anymore, that just sounds too permanent. So instead from now on, I'll be saying see you later."

"Then I guess I will see you later then," Celestia said. "And I do agree with you Brandon, goodbye does sound permanent." She said with a nod and got up and walked to the door. "It was nice to see you Applejack."

"Nice to see you again princess." Applejack said with a nod, and Celestia walked out and took off.

"Didn't expect to meet a princess on my first day, I think I'll start working on these papers later. So Applejack let me help ya." He said standing up and stretching out his legs.

"Okay, and while you're at it do you mind catching me up?" Applejack asked.

"Sure thing and Brandon remembered how old he was and when his birthday was. Which looks like I owe you five bits now." Twilight said her ears going flat.

"So you are nineteen then, and you were born this month?" Applejack asked him.

"Yeah, but how did ya know?" He asked back.

"Lucky guess then, looking forward to ya birthday party. Speaking of party's though, Pinkie told me to tell everypony I came across to come to SugarCube Corner for a welcome party. And before y' all ask, yes he is the guess of honor. So unless you want to be late to your own party I suggest we unload and head down there." Applejack said waving her hoof for them to come on.

Unloading the wagon didn't take long as there wasn't that much luggage in it. Just a big bag that must have held his clothes, a small cardboard box, and a large box. Which Twilight just decided to use her telekinesis to lift it all like it weighed nothing. After setting it in a corner and called for Spike the four of them went over to where Pinkie was having the party, which he had to stay back to let them lead the way.

"So exactly what are you?" He looked down at Spike.

"I'm what's called a human." He answered.

"A human huh? Never heard of that, but how come you knew I was a dragon? Did Twilight tell you?" Spike asked.

"No she didn't, but just because you haven't heard about humans doesn't mean that humans haven't heard about dragons, unicorns, pegasi, or any other creature here. But before you ask, most of the creatures I'm talking about are myths on my world." He answered.

"Myths huh? So this is the first time you met a dragon and unicorn then?" Spike asked.

"To be honest I don't know. I mean if I remember correctly there were some of my kind that thought they existed on our world. But I can't remember anything about it though, whether that was proven or not. And don't ask me what I think because I'm afraid I can't give you an answer, seeing how I lost my memory and woke up in a world that has all of these creatures." He looked down and saw Spike nodding in understanding. "You know you look like you're a young dragon, but you seem to have a lot of maturity to you're age."

"That's because Twilight raised me since I pretty much hatched," Spike said.

"Oh, really?" He asked looking at Spike.

"Yeah, you see Twilight is Princess Celestia's personal student. She became that when she went to go take the entrance exam to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. The test was to hatch my egg, and from what they told me she did it when all of a sudden she got a huge burst of magic energy. She cast multiple advance spells from transforming her parents to cactuses, to levitating four fully grown ponies, to hatching my egg, and even an aging spell on me. It took the princess herself to calm Twilight down, and after that, she became her personal student." Spike said. "So I've been with her almost ever since."

"Wow, that's quite the story. You know I may not know about my past, but I have a feeling that I always liked dragons." He said.

"Really? So what were the dragons like in the myths?" Spike asked.

"I think it depends on what part of the world you were in. Some dragons were greedy and vicious in one part, and another they were wise and all-knowing creatures who helped people who sought them out. Again it depends on what part of the world you lived in, as I remember it also depends on what kind of dragon it was." He answered.

"There are different kind's of dragons?" Spike asked with curiousness in his eyes and voice.

"Yeah, at least from what I remembered. Though it may be different here, I don't know." He could see the disappointment in the young dragon.

"Oh, okay," Spike said,

"I take it so far you're the only dragon that doesn't have wings?" He asked and Spike just nodded his head. "Hmmm, then there just might be more than one type of dragon then." This made a spark of hope in the dragon's eyes.

"Yeah, I mean I know I can't be the only one right?" Spike asked, and Brandon just nodded his head in agreement.

Shortly they had made it to the place Pinkie told them to go to. He could tell it was some kind of bakery shop of sorts, though he could have guessed that from the name. But from what he could tell the building was at least two or three stories tall, pink, with a roof that looked like a gingerbread roof, and a giant cupcake with candles on top. It made him crave for something sweet, which he figured he be getting once inside.

"Oh that's right this is your first time seeing Sugarcube Corner. This is where Pinkie and the Cake's live." Twilight said. "Let me guess now you want something sweet huh?" He nodded his head. "Yeah that's how the Cake's wanted it, they spent a lot of time to get that effect from what I heard. Now come on I'm sure Pinkie and all of the other's she invited are waiting and you're more than welcome to help yourself to anything set out on the table's I'm sure." With that, his stomach growled and he blushed.

"So umm, can we go in now?" He asked trying to cover his embarrassment, but no luck as the two ponies and dragon laughed.

"Sure thing, come on." Applejack said after calming down, and they walked in.

"SURPRISE!!!!" A lot of ponies said in unison and when they all looked at him he didn't know whether he was more surprised at them screaming it, or if it was because they were all smiling kindly at him.

"Umm, Brandon you might want to breathe." Applejack said, he hadn't even realized that he was holding his breath.

"Thanks." He said after he started to breathe again, and when he looked around again all of them were now talking to each other not even caring that there was some strange creature in the room. Which the party was being thrown for.

"So were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Were ya huh? Come on and tell me!" He looked to see Pinkie was talking to him.

"Yeah, you nearly gave me a heart attack I was so surprised." He said teasingly, and Pinkie narrowed her eyes and then laughed.

"Good one, now come on and PARTY!" She yelled and then pulled him away, and he looked back for help but only saw Applejack, Twilight, and Spike laughing.

"Guess I do need to relax more." He mumbled.

"Come on I want to introduce you to somepony. She says that her granny used to tell her old tales of humans." This made his eyes go wide in shock in surprise.

"Wait I thought none of you ever heard about humans before." He said being pulled forward.

"Apparently the stories she got told were just old fairy tales and myths passed down to the next generation of her family. She will be so surprised to find out that you actually exist, for she always had a fascination with the stories, and when I told her about you she didn't believe me. So I told her to come to the party and find out. I can't wait to rub this in her face, and she might even faint because she always wanted to meet one of you. But as I said, she always thought they weren't real." Pinkie spat out so fast that he could barely understand her. "See Lyra he is a real human!" She exclaimed proudly.

"What are you talking about Pink...." A unicorn who had a mint green coat, had a cyan mane along with her tail which had a streak of white on it, and her eyes were golden, and they looked like they glowed like the sun, turned around as she was saying that to Pinkie. Her jaw dropped when seeing him, and he just waved nervously. "Oh my a real human!" She squealed.

"Hi." He said uncomfortably.

"Hi I'm Lyra, what's your name? Oooo those are actually hands! Can I touch them?" She asked pleadingly.

"Well my name is Brandon, and I guess we could do a hand slash hoof shake." He said trying to put on a smile.

They shook and he felt like she was about to faint at the touch, and so quickly let go. He looked at Pinkie who was still standing there, more or less like bouncing in one spot, smiling. When she saw him looking she stopped bouncing.

"Oh excuse me but I think I have to check the punch." Pinkie shot away without waiting for him to respond, so he looked back at Lyra who was looking at him.

"So can you tell me what those means?" He said with a nervous smile, pointing to the lyre on her flank.

"Oh those are cutie marks, they represent each ponies special talent. Which we have to try just about everything in order to get it to show up, but it's well worth all the wait. So what about you? Do you have a cutie mark? Do humans get cutie marks?" Lyra asked excitedly.

"I don't think so." He answered and she stopped bouncing.

"Then how do humans know what their special talent is?" She said in surprise.

"If I remember correctly it's sorta how you said, we have to go around trying everything we can. Once we find something we like doing and put passion into it and make it fun then I guess we find our special talent. But we don't get cutie marks that signify what that talent is." He answered.

"What do you mean by if you remember correctly?" She asked giving a confused look.

"Well, I lost a lot of my memory mostly about myself though. It seems facts about where I come from are starting to come back though, but I barely know anything about myself." He answered a little sadness seeped into his voice and he felt a comforting touch on his hand.

"You poor thing, if you ever need to talk you can come to me." He looked down and saw her hoof on his hand, and looked up when she said that and saw she meant it. This made him feel more comfortable and he wrapped both hands around her hoof.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you, I need some friends while I'm here and I think you would make a great addition to the group of them I already have." He looked back at the now six gathered ponies he recognized and looked back at Lyra in the eyes and smiled. "So how about we go get something to drink and I'll tell you more about my world that I remember okay?" She nodded and looked away and blushed, and he realized he still had a hold on her hoof. "Oh, sorry."

"It's alright they're pretty warm and comforting." Her blush deepened and he just laughed.

They got their punch and sat down and he started to tell her what he remembered. Including some stuff he didn't even tell the six who helped him, which he was surprised at. When he told her about what human ate he expected her to stop him and give him a look of disgust but she just nodded in understanding. Though he told her that as long as he was there he would never let one slice of meat touch his lips.

"Wow, so humans have myths about us as well? That's amazing, though it seems like only hoof full of ponies ever heard about humans. I'm so glad I finally got to meet one!" She squealed.

"And I'm glad to have met such a nice and sweet unicorn." He said making her blush, and he looked around and saw the party was dying down and the ponies who stayed around so far had surrounded them listening to him tell his story. Which made him blush when he realized that they had heard what he said. "So, umm how are all of you?" Saying nervously.

The ponies all started to laugh at them a little, making them blush deeper and making it hotter. After excusing himself he managed to make it outside to cool off. But before he went outside he mange to grab a slice of pie and started to eat it, and he let out a pleasurable moan when he tasted how delicious it was.

"So you seemed to enjoy your talk with Lyra." He looked to see Applejack standing there with a smile on her face. "It's good to see ya make new friends, though I do wish you had told us about some of those things." She had a slightly disappointed look in her eyes before she gave him another kind look. "But if it takes getting a new friend other than us to get you to open up I understand, that and Lyra has a way to open other's up."

"Yeah I noticed, and I also noticed that she has a lyre for her cutie mark, and her name is Lyra. So I take it she plays the lyre then?" He asked.

"Eyup, she sure does. She's pretty good at it too, so I take it you learned about cutie marks then?" She asked.

"I think I get the general idea of it. It's just a way for you to show off what you can do a little better than some others. Too bad humans don't get cutie marks, we have to work almost our entire life to find it out, and you all get to find it out when you're so young. Though if I remember some humans to know what their special talent when they're young, but that seems very rare." He said looking out at the night sky.

"So if you can remember, do you know if you ever found you're special talent?" She asked.

"I might have an impression that I loved writing and enjoyed it. But I'm not sure, and I'm scared I might never get my memory back." A tear running down his face, and when he turned around he found himself in an embrace.

"Look even if you don't get your memory back just remember what I told you, we'll always be there. And if you do then no matter what you're like we'll still be there okay?" He looked down at Applejack in surprise as her embrace tightened, and he manged to get down low enough to return it.

"I know and thank you." He said, and they broke the hug. "You know even if it looks different I can still see some things that look so familiar, like constellations, and yes I can remember them. Just looking at the night sky brought back the names of some of them, like that one right there is what I call the big dipper." He said pointing to some stars.

"You know we call it that here too. It's good to know that you can at least remember some stuff." She said giving him a smile. "Now how about we go and finish the party?" He nodded and they went back to finish it.

Author's Notes:

Can't have a human in Equestria without Lyra, hoped you enjoyed this chapter.