It was a quiet day in the library for everypony and human. Princess Twilight was performing research once again and DJ, Nyx, and Spike were assisting her in any way they could. Today's research: genealogy. Out of all of them, DJ was the only one who actually had a mild interest. DJ was going through the scrolls one by one as the others reshelved whatever Twilight finished with. Then it began. "Whatcha doin'?"

"AAAHH!," screamed Twilight. DJ looked up from his scroll to see Pinkie Pie in the bookcase. He shrugged and went back to reading.

"AAAHH Yourself. But, that doesn't answer my question, silly!," replied Pinkie.

"Oh, just some genealogical research," answered Twilight.

"OOOHHH!" She leaned over to Spike who was building a tower out of scrolls. "I don't know what that is," she whispered to the dragon.

"Genealogy is the study of family history. You know, where ponies come from and who they're related to," he answered as he put a few more scrolls on top.

"Ooh! Fascinating!" Pinkie leaned over to the tower and began to pull out one of the scrolls near the bottom.

"M-maybe you should pick one from...the top!?" Somehow, the tower still stood even with a scroll missing almost near the bottom of the stack! Pinkie began to read the excessively long scroll. She would mutter things like "yeah" and "uh huh" every now and then, but then suddenly screamed.

"WHAT!?" Twilight and Spiked opened the library window to see Pinkie jumping in joy at some discovery. "THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME HOW AMAZING THIS IS? GENEALOGY IS BETTER THAN COTTON CANDY ON TOP OF A FOUNTAIN OF CHOCOALATE! YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO I AM RELATED TO!" And with that, she took off. Twilight and Spike just stared outside as Pinkie disappeared into the distance.

"Well, that was different," replied Twilight, still in bewilderment. Nyx, however, had trotted over to DJ and looked at him expectantly. DJ took notice of her after a moment.

"Something I can help you with, kiddo?"

"You should know DJ. This is another one isn't it?"

I knew she was a smart filly! Well, better satisfy her curiosity, but Twilight is here, too. Oh, well this is the last one I have so there shouldn't be any problems. "Yeah, yeah. I'm gettin' the thing. You just love that show, don't ya?"

"Uh huh! It's fun!" Twilight looked over to the pair, even more confusion appearing on her face.

"What are you two talking about?" Nyx looked over to her mother's coltfriend with a questioning look. DJ nodded to her as he was setting up his laptop.

"DJ knows what Pinkie was going on about. Just like with Fluttershy and those bats!" Twilight went through several emotions with that little statement. Mostly anger and surprise.

"And, how is that?"

"Remember when I told you that you guys were apart of a tv show?" Twilight nodded, but DJ didn't continue. Understanding came slow to Twilight, but it did come and she was not happy.

"WHAT!? SO YOU KNEW EVEYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?!"

"Eeyup. I figured it would be better if I let everything go how it should, instead interfering and possibly creating more problems. I was going to tell all of you, but I figured it would be better if I ran out of episodes first. Today happens to be the last one. Nyx knows about because I showed her what was going to happen on Sweet Apple Acres last month. Ever since she has been begging to see the others, but I only showed her when they actually happened. I figure since this one doesn't include any of us, it would be safe to show it to you and Spike as well. Ah! It's ready!" He set the computer on the table and hit play. "Enjoy!" He went back to reading as the three friends watched Pinkie Apple Pie.

After twenty minutes, the episode ended and everything was quiet. DJ looked up from his scroll, expecting to see Twilight freaking out. Instead, she had her hoof on her chin, deep in thought. "Huh, who would've thought that Applejack and Pinkie are distantly related? Well, at least they'll be that much closer."

"That's it?" DJ asked, bewildered that his marefriend was not yelling at him for the TV show. "No yelling, no badgering questions?"

"Oh, DJ! I came to terms with that television stuff a few days after you arrived. It was...different actually seeing it again, but it's not something I am going to hold over your head. Keeping it a secret, though. That is something you will have to make up for," she said with a sly smile.

Dang, she's good! I think she's been training with Celesta. "That's reasonable, I suppose." At that moment, a scroll came into existence from a burping, purple dragon. "Excuse you."

"It's a letter from Princess Celestia."

"Well? What's it say?," asked Nyx.

"It says that she wants the Elements of Harmony and DJ to come to Canterlot immediately, alone." Spike and Nyx looked downtrodden at that. What!? I have to go on an adventure without my little buddy or my favorite filly? Not fair! "It doesn't say why, either."

"I wonder what's going on? This isn't like her," said the other princess.

"Well, it's not good to keep her highness waiting. Nyx, Spike, you two think you can get the others?" The both nodded and went to retrieve the other Elements. Twilight and DJ began packing for the trip. DJ stopped suddenly as a thought appeared in his head. "Wait, how are the Elements supposed to come with us, if AJ and Pinkie are on a cross-country road trip?"

Twilight stopped as well and they spoke in unison. "Ah ponyfeathers!"

**********

After long and silent train ride, four of the Elements of Harmony and one human got arrived at the Canterlot train station. DJ was in awe at the marvelous city. "Woah! This place is amazing up close!"

Twilight beamed at her coltfriend. "I'm glad you like my hometown DJ. But we need to get going or we'll be late." DJ didn't want that to happen, mostly because Twilight would freak out completely if it ever happened.

"Then, tally ho, my good ponies." They walked at a brisk pace towards the castle. The Canterlot elite were out and about doing their business, but whenever they looked at DJ, they would cringe and walk off. Some would shudder in disgust. He knew that the wealthy would be like this, but was hoping it wouldn't be this bad. Then he over heard a pair of them as they walked by.

"Look, it's another one of those creatures. It's hideous!"

"I know! But, what is it doing here? Could it be related to the other one?" DJ stopped listening after that because it was enough to get the gears in his head moving. What other one? There aren't any other humans in Equestria. Right? They arrived at the castle a few moments later. After being harassed by the guards, the group was shown to the Princess.

"Greetings my little ponies and human," said Celestia as they enter the throne room. All, but DJ and Twilight bowed. "Still no respect for authority, DJ?"

"Nnope!" he said with a smile. Celestia giggled a little. "So, what's up Celestia? What's the problem?" Celestia was about to answer, but noticed that they were short two ponies.

"Pardon me, Twilight, but I could have sworn that I asked for you to bring all of your friends?" Twilight blushed a little and started padding the ground. She was about to answer, when DJ did it for her.

"Pinkie and Applejack are currently on a family road trip around Equestria. We sent them a letter to head for Canterlot when they're finished, but we don't know how long they'll be."

"Why is Pinkie along for an Apple family trip?," Celestia asked with true curiosity.

"Turns out, Pinkie is actually a distant relative of the Apple family and they are on a trip to bond as a family and to find more evidence that they are true family." Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Rarity were shocked at this revelation as they had not been told, Celestia only smiled and nodded in understanding.

"I do hope they arrive soon, but family time is always important. But, we need to get started. Come, follow me." Celestia walked out of the throne room, friends in tow. They took nearly an hour of walking and stair-climbing to get to their destination and DJ did not like the look of it.

"Um, Princess? Why are we in the hospital wing?"

"Because there is something that you all need to see, but she is currently injured and out-cold."

"She?," asked Rainbow.

"Well, we believe that it is a she." Celestia stopped answering questions after that. They enter a small room at the end of the infirmary and closed the door. "What you are about to see is to stay within these walls at all times, is that understood?" They all nodded at once. "The reason for all of you coming here is in the room this window looks into." She gestured towards to the said window and allowed the others to approach.

DJ was shocked at what he saw. It was a human female, lying on a hospital table. She did not appear to be very old, but DJ knew that looks matter very little in that department. Suddenly, DJ clapped his left hand over his eyes, making a very audible slap. He just kept his hand there. "DJ? What is wrong?," asked Celestia.

"I am not looking! You can't make me. I am not taking my hand off my eyes."

"Why not? Is something wrong?"

"YES! Celestia, let me asked you something. Did she have clothes on when you found her?" Celestia nodded, but remembered that he was refusing to look and replied with a yes. "Then, why is she NOT wearing them now!?" It was true, the young girl was indeed devoid of all clothing as she laid on the examination table.

"We had to perform a medical exam. When she appeared outside the castle, one of my guards got spooked and struck her in the back of the head with his spear. She has been unconscious ever since. What is the problem?" The others looked at him with strange looks as well.

"TWI! You were supposed to inform Celestia about why humans wear clothes, so something like this didn't happen!" If they could see it, DJ's face was a growing red.

Twilight and Rarity suddenly realized what he had told them about human anatomy and they blushed feverishly. "Oops!" It was all she could say.

"What's the matter, is this considered indecent or something?," asked Rainbow.

DJ didn't want to talk about this, but realized he had no choice. "YES! Highly, to the point that it considered a felony on Earth!"

The others looked surprised at this and Celestia was the first to recover. "Whatever for?"

"How do I put this? You know what? I'm just gonna be blunt. Celestia, the problem is that humans need clothing to cover their, um, private areas, otherwise they are completely on display, as it were." Now it was those three's turn to blush, deeply.

"O-oh!," she tried to gather herself. "I see, well then. Let us rectify this. Guard, please fetch the girl's clothing, please." The guard at the door saluted and exited the room. He returned moments later and found that DJ had turned away from the window and removed his hand from his face, which was clearly red.

"What's the matter DJ? Never seen one of you species naked before?," said Rainbow, trying to make fun of him.

"I am not going to answer that," he responded curtly. The guard walked up to the Princess and presented the stack of clothing.

"Very good, thank you. Please take these to the doctor so he can replace them on the subject." The guard saluted again and began to walk out again. Something caught DJ's eyes, though.

"Hold  up, my good stallion. Mind if I take a look at those real quick?" The guard looked at him quizzically. DJ didn't wait for answer as he took the clothes away and began to examine them.

"Heh, got a fetish for girls' clothing DJ?," mocked the cyan Pegasus, but DJ ignored her. He wound his around the small shirt he had taken off the pile. They were obviously old and ratty, with Rarity obviously commenting on them being hideous. DJ found what had caught his eye, they were stains on the shirt near a few of the tears.

Celestia noticed what he was staring at and tried to answer any questions that would pop up. "Yes, we noticed those stains as well. We are unsure of what caused them, but they are different. Some appear recent, while others are quite old."

Time to see if watching all those crime shows were good for something. I knew I should have paid more attention to C.S.I instead of laughing my butt off at Castle, man he was fun. He licked his thumb, rubbed it into one the recent stains, and licked his thumb again. The others were disgusted as a group 'ew' went up. "What are you doing DJ?," said Twilight who was obviously concerned about her coltfriend's health.

DJ ignored them as he came upon something that bothered him. Right in the middle of the shirt, where the heart would be, was a small hole. Normally, this wouldn't be anything, but the black smudges around it worried him. He rubbed the smudge and if came off on his thumb. He instantly knew what it was and he was shocked. He looked towards the window, making sure he wasn't looking in. His face had paled as he realized something major. The others seemed to pick up on this.

"DJ, what is wrong?," questioned Celestia.

"Celestia? Did you find any strange marks on her body?" The others gave him strange looks.

"Yes, actually. There appeared to be scar tissue on certain parts of her body. The strangest of all, though, is a star shaped mark in the center of her chest. We are unsure of what it is, but it could possibly be a birth mark. Why do you ask?"

"You see these stains?" They nodded. "These...are blood stains." They all stared at him, eyes as wide as saucers. "And this hole, it's surrounded by gunpowder."

"What is gunpowder?," asked Twilight, still shaken up about the revelation.

"Gunpowder is the source of power for guns on Earth. Guns are weapons that look like this, but a little bigger," he said as he made a two-finger gun with his right hand. "They fire a projectile that is no bigger than my thumb at nearly the speed of sound. They are designed to kill." They were all looking at him in fear, now.  "This hole, was made by one of those projectiles, a bullet if you will, and that is what caused that mark on her chest."

"W-what are you saying DJ?," asked Celestia, who was fighting back tears like the others.

"I'm saying that that girl has been attacked, multiple times, and this bullet is the most recent. What I am trying to tell you Princess, is that that girl should be dead."

A deathly silence overtook everypony in the room.

**********

They all sat in silence as the guard returned with the doctor. The girl's clothes had been returned several minutes ago, and now a fully clothed human female sat on the table in the other room. Celestia and the others were still trying to process the evidence DJ's forensics had supplied. Fluttershy began to speak, very softly. "H-how d-do you k-know that it's b-b-blood?"

A reasonable question, I suppose. "I used to have a medical condition that caused me to bleed every now and then. Don't worry, Twi, I got over that a long time ago." Twilight was visibly relieved. "But, sometimes it would happen when I was in public and I had to get rid of the blood. So, long story short, I know how blood tastes, human blood at least. It's disgusting, I know, and has a very metallic taste, but I guess it came in handy for once, huh?" They all gave him strange looks at his story, but took it as DJ being DJ. He looked over to his left, but was blocked by the doctor who had come in the room, who happened to be right in his face as he turned. DJ jumped and screamed. "AAHH! Don't do that!"

The doctor began to walk around DJ, scrutinizing every aspect of him. "Fascinating! A completely new species. This could be the greatest breakthrough of Ponykind!" The doctor had a very creepy smile while he spoke and it made DJ very uncomfortable. Good Celestia! It's like Twilight and Lyra combined and went scientifically insane! THIS IS CREEPY!

"Eh, what's up, doc? You're kinda freaking me out here. Personal space, please."

"And it's quite intelligent! Fascinating, simply fascinating." You know, if it wasn't for that creepy smile, which keeps getting creepier, I wouldn't mind this at all.

"Please give him some room Dr. Discovery. He is not a very sociable human." Saved by Celestia!

"A human? Is that what it's race is called? Truly, fascinating. My dear human, would you mind accompanying me for some tests?"

Like Tartarus am going anywhere with this creeper! "Sorry, doc. I already had my shots. If you want, I'm sure Princess Twilight or Lyra Heartstring could spare you the notes they have on me."

"You mean you already made contact with other ponies?!"

"If by contact, you mean falling for the princess of magic and making her my mare friend, then yes. I have made contact!" Twilight blushed and kicked him softly in the ribs.

"Well, that is certainly unexpected. Fascinating, truly fascinating." Suddenly there was a groaning sound coming from the over head speakers. The girl was awakening! "AH! The subject is finally waking up! Oh, how exciting!" It's official. He creep's the everything out of me. I can't let this weirdo be the first thing she sees when she wakes up. I know I wouldn't.

"Actually, I think I should be the first to speak with her." The others all looked at him.

"Why? What good will that do?," asked Twi.

"Think about Twi. How would you react to waking up in a strange room and the first thing to speak to you is not even your species. It would be better if a fellow human were to be the first thing she sees. Just let me talk to her, maybe we can a learn a little about her and why she is here." Twilight thought on it for a moment, but nodded. Albeit, reluctantly. Celestia agreed as well. The good Dr. Discovery was sulking, but agreed that it would be for the best as well. When DJ saw that the girl was fully awake, he headed towards the room. When he was outside the door, he took in a big breath and let it go. Alright, another human in a land of ponies. Let's hope she's friendly. With that happy thought, he entered the room.