My eyes slowly opened as the light from the window flooded onto me. I heard the continuous beeping of something next to me. I looked to see a small machine with a cord that attached to this rubber thing around my index finger. I looked further up my arm to see a needle stuck in it. There was a bag feeding fluids through it and into me. I gazed up at the room I was in, seeing it was empty. I got up and walked over to the door, feeling a sharp pain as the needle was torn out of me. My hand shot down to my arm, clamping down on it. I grabbed the handle and turned it. I stepped out into the hallway, seeing people in teal shirts walking around, pressing wooden sticks to thin white sheets. One of the men turned to me and looked at me in utter shock. He and two others ran over and grabbed me.

"Sir! You shouldn't be moving..." He said as they lead me back to the room and put me back on the bed. I noticed the floor was stained with a red liquid. One of the men quickly wrapped a white cloth around my arm.

"Are you okay?" Another of the men asked.

"Okay?" I questioned. I didn't know what that meant... I could understand certain things they said, but other things were a mystery to me.

"What's your name?" The other one asked.

"Name?" I questioned.

They all looked at each other. "Do you know where you are?" The tall one asked. I looked around the room and looked back at them, shaking my head. One of them pointed to something that was around my neck. I looked down at it, seeing something metal attached to the end of it.

"A dog tag?" One of them said, taking a close look at it.

"Dog tag?" I asked. He looked at it and back to me.

"So your name is Samuel." He said.

"Name...?" I questioned again. He stopped for a second.

"I'm Dr. Cross." He said.

"Cross?" I asked.

He put his hand to his chest, "Cross." He said. He put his hand to mine, "Sam."

I sort of understood...

I placed my hand on his chest, "Cross." I said.

"That's good!" Cross said, "And you are Sam."

"I...Am Sam." I said.

"Very good!" Cross said. I smiled. The door opened and a woman walked in. She had purple fur, with purple and pink hair. I stared at her. I didn't want to look away... I don't know why...

"Oh! He's awake." She said, running over to me and grabbed my hand. My face started to burn as I looked up at her.

"What's your name?" She asked.

Name? Oh! Name!

"I... Am... Sam." I stammered.

"It's nice to meet you Sam. I'm Twilight Sparkle." She said.

"Maybe we should talk a little out in the hall." Cross said to her.

"Alright..." Twilight said, following him out and closing the door. I sat there, waiting for them to come back as I thought about her. Her image stuck in my head even after she left. A minute or so later she came back in, this time she looked more concerned.

"T...Twilight?" I stuttered.

She sat next to me, "You don't remember anything do you?" Twilight asked. I shook my head.

She looked over at Cross, then back to me, "I... I have to go now. I have a lot of work to do. But I'll come visit you again first thing in the morning." She said, standing up and turning around.

I grabbed her hand. She turned and looked at me, her face turning red. "Stay..." I begged, looking up at her intently.

She looked over at Cross, "What's going to happen to him?" She asked.

"Well... He doesn't have any family. Or at least... None that have come to claim him. So he'll just spend the night here." Cross shrugged.

"Alone?" She asked, looking back down at me. I looked up at her pleadingly, not wanting her to go.

There was a long pause...

"Maybe he could stay with me?" Twilight said.

"Um... Well... I don't see why not." Cross shrugged.

"Then it's settled!" Twilight said with a smile, "I guess you'll be living with me for awhile. At least until your family gets here..."

I smiled, her expression making me happy, I felt safe with her...

----------------------------

"Welcome to my home." Twilight said, letting me inside.

"Home?" I asked.

"Yeah... Its where I live. This is all mine... It's my 'Home'." She emphasized. I looked around and back to her.

"Home." I nodded.

"Who's he?" A small purple and green... Thing... said, waking up from a nap.

"I am Sam." I said.

"I'm Spike. Nice to meet you." Spike said, holding his hand out. I stared at his hand confused.

"You're supposed to shake it." Twilight said. I looked back down at Spike and grabbed his hand, shaking it up and down.

"You say hi when you first see someone." Twilight said.

"Hi?" I asked.

"Yeah, it's something you say when you see someone." Twilight nodded.

I thought for a moment before I smiled, "Hi!" I said to Spike, shaking his hand again.

"My arm... is turning... to Jello...." Spike said. I stopped, looking around the room at all the shelves.

"Those are books." Twilight said, "They have stuff written in them that tells you different things. Some are stories... Some have a lot of important knowledge in them."

I reached up and grabbed one. I opened it and... I could read it.

"Can you still read?" Twilight asked.

I looked over at her and nodded before looking back down at the book. I saw a word and pointed to it.

"Friend?" I asked.

"Yeah. A friend is someone who you really like... Someone who is really close to you." Twilight said. I thought about it for a minute before looking up at her. I placed my hand to her chest.

"You... Friend." I said.

She blushed, "Yes... We're friends." She said. I smiled, wrapping my arms around her in a hug. I felt her tense up. I pulled back, looking at her.

"S...Sorry." I stuttered.

"No it's... It's fine." She said nervously.

"I'm... Um.... Tired." I stammered.

"Oh!" Twilight said quickly, running upstairs, "Come on."

I followed her upstairs to her room, looking around at more books lining the walls.

"I guess you can sleep with me in my bed..." Twilight said quietly. I don't know why but... The longer I was with her, the more I was starting to remember. Nothing about my actual past but...

"Th...Thank... You." I said.

"You're welcome." She smiled. I walked over to the bed and lied down. I stared up at the ceiling for a minute before glancing back down at her.

"Good night." She said, flicking the light off, "I'll be downstairs if you need anything."

I watched her leave and closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

------------------------------------

I was in a dark void... Floating into an endless sea of nothingness. Suddenly there... There was a voice. I listened to it, and the more I heard, the clearer everything around me looked.

"Re....Re...." The voice said.

What was it saying? There was a woman in front of me, looking down at me. She was very tall... She looked so familiar.

"Re..." She said.

What was she saying? It all seemed blurred...

She reached out and grabbed me by the neck, choking me as she lifted me up. Tears fell from my face as I stared down at her.

"RE... RE..." She said, glaring at me menacingly. I was scared out of my mind as I glanced at her flowing light blue hair falling down to her side.

"REMEMBER!" She screamed.

My eyes open and I sat up, panting. I looked around the room, seeing Twilight sleeping next to me. I wiped tears away from my face as I got up and walked to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror at my dark reflection. I flipped on the light to no use, it wasn't turning on. I turned the sink on, splashing water onto my face. It was then that I realized I was shaking. I wiped my face off with one of the towels hanging on the rack and went back to Twilight's room.

"Twilight?" I said, flicking on the lights.

"Yeah Sam? What I-" She said, freezing as she stared at me in horror.

"What's... Wrong?" I asked as her horn lit up, a book flying at my head.

"What the fuck?!" She said, jumping up and backing against the wall.

My hand snapped up and caught the book. What I saw made me freeze in my tracks... My hands were black, along with my arms... and my legs... My entire body...

"I... I'm.... Sorry." I said as another book hit me.

"Just stay away... Did Chrysalis send you?" She said nervously, reaching for a book and flipping through pages.

"T...Twilight?" I stuttered as a bolt of purple energy hit my arm. I quickly grasped it with my other hand, moving it away to see blood running down my arm. I looked up at her in shock. Did I do something wrong?

I took a step back, tears coming down my face as she stared at me. Her expression changed from fear to confusion.

"I'm... Sorry..." I said again before running out of the room and out the front door. I ran into the woods, falling against a tree and crying. Why did she hurt me? What am I? Why can't I remember...

"Sam!" Twilight yelled.

My head shot up as I saw her coming towards me. I jumped up and hid behind the tree, not wanting her to hurt me anymore.

"Sam wait! I'm sorry..." She said sincerely.

"Go away!" I yelled.

"Please Sam... I was just... Scared..." She said hesitantly.

I peeked out at her, crying profusely as I shook from the cold.

"It... Was an accident. Please forgive me Sam..." She begged. She looked on the verge of tears... I rushed over to her and grabbed her hands.

"Please... Don't... Cry..." I stuttered. She looked at me in surprise as tears fell down her face.

"You... Forgive me?" She asked.

I placed my hand to her chest, looking into her eyes, "F...Friend..." I said with a smile, wiping the tears away from her face. She wrapped her arms around me in a hug. My face burned as I blushed.

"Thank you..." She said.

----------------------------------

"So... He's a changeling?" Rainbow Dash said, eyeing me up and down.

"Like at the weddin?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah but..." Twilight said, "He's not like the others. He really has no memories... He's sincere."

"How can you tell?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know... I just... know." Twilight shrugged.

"I can see it too." Fluttershy said, putting me into a hug, "He wouldn't hurt a fly."

"I guess we should give him the benefit of the doubt." Red agreed.

"Yeah why not..." Rainbow Dash said, "But I'm keeping my eye on him."

"I'm... Hungry." I said as my stomach growled.

Everyone looked at me. "W...What?" I said.

"Changelings don't eat... I don't think?" Twilight said.

"I thought they fed off love or something like that?" Dash said.

"Well... I guess if he's hungry, we can try feeding him something." Twilight said.

"Why don't we go out to eat!" Pinkie said, "It'll be fun!"

"Sure... Why not." Red said.

"That sounds delightful." Rarity agreed.

"Well he can't certainly go out looking like that..." Rarity said, pointing to my solid black coat. I looked at Rarity and concentrated, closing my eyes. When I opened them again my color had changed.

"That's not much better..." Dash said.

"Yeah... One Rarity is enough." Twilight laughed.

"Well... I think she looks rather dashing!" Rarity said as everyone laughed. I looked down at my hand and watched it change again as I turned back to how I looked last night.

"There's the Sam I remember." Twilight said, "Alright... Let's go."

------------------------------------------

We were walking down the road when I heard someone crying. I stopped and watched everyone walk ahead of me. I turned to the sound and headed in the direction of it. When I got closer, I noticed someone kneeling beside a tombstone.

"Why are... You... Crying?" I stammered.

He looked up at me, a smile forming across his face, "Oh... I just... It's nothing." He said shaking his head.

"Not... Nothing." I said, "Something."

He laughed slightly, "Yeah... I guess I shouldn't say that should I. I'm just paying my respects..." He said weakly.

"I'm... Sorry." I said, looking down at the tombstone.

"No it's fine... It's nice to have some company anyways." He said.

"I'm... Sam." I stuttered.

He looked to me and smiled, "It's nice to meet you Sam... My name is Cecil."