It's been another week in space. All I've been doing lately was hanging out with Michael Winston, one of my co-workers, and my best friend for life. If I'm ever in doubt, he always seems to help me out.

He's African, and even has a Jamaican accent, with short black dreadlocks, and dark green eyes that faded to black in the center of the irises, making his pupils look a tiny bit larger than usual, but barely noticeable.

I'm Caucasian, and I have a slightly country-sounding accent, but with a deep voice, and I have lightly tanned white skin, dark brown hair, and blue eyes that fade to green on the edges of the irises.

Anyways, so I'm a Space Technician. I repair equipment that needs repairing, and ensure the safety of those who live here on New Eden, the space station that I've been living in for a year now.

I must say, for the last two years, humanity has gotten quite a nice thing going! Already, we've set up a few outposts on the moon, and already set up more stations around twenty known planets out there, which we discovered just last year! I won't go over them too much, though. One of them, however, was filled with so much fuel, and such powerful resources, that we managed to travel through light years' worth of places in mere days. We even managed to find another planet that was expected to be inhabitable... but when I inhaled the fumes in it, I proved my co-workers that it wasn't safe.

I ended up sick for a week that time. I still have x-rays done to me to this day, to make sure that the stuff didn't destroy any vital organs. Thankfully, the fumes were already gone at that time!

So I was walking through the Space Station's Military Lobby, talking to Michael about random stuff. Sports, books, and cooking, for example, was the things HE enjoyed the most. I, on the other hand, enjoyed video games, music, and computers. Not just computers, though, but tinkering with them! Making them better, or making new stuff out of the parts that I've tinkered with. You might think I'm crazy, but if you say that to someone who figured out ways to work with numbers by staring at a calculator for well over an hour, then you might want to hold your breath... it isn't worth the effort, since it'll yield no results.

"So tell me, Justin," Michael began, "Why exactly ARE you interested in tinkering? I know it's cool, and all that, but really? Why would you even NEED to build a... 'Dubstep Blaster', as you called it, anyways?" He moved his fingers in a "Quoting" manner when he said "Dubstep Blaster".

I laughed at him, then patted his shoulder, replying, "Hey, if we happen to run into hostile aliens, then why not kill them with our favorite genre of music? We can fight them, AND listen to music at the same time!"

He smirked, then said, "Well, while that DOES sound good, and all that, I KNOW you won't be testing it in here! After all, we're in a freakin' SPACE Station, man! One hole in the wall is all it takes!"

I smirked back at him, then said, while pulling out a laser pistol, "Oh, by the way, about that..."

I aimed it at the wall, while he gasped, and tried disarming me, but before he reached my arm, I already pulled the trigger, and at once, the laser landed on the wall, and melted a hole in it.

He stared at it in disbelief when he saw that the hole didn't extend, or kill everyone as we knew it.

After staring at it wide-eyed for a long time, he turned to me, and asked, "H-how did you do that?!"

I patted his shoulder again, and said, "Energy wall around the ship. Not even SPACE can harm us in it!" Then, I aimed my right gauntlet at the hole, pressed a red button on it, and a blue beam shot out of it, welding the hole back together.

"Alright, NOW I'm gonna ask you... how did you even LEARN all of that?!" Michael asked me in a surprised manner.

I grinned, then asked him in a playful tone, "Who built your combat armor?" He pointed at me. "Exactly! So if you think that I could manage to build something THAT complex, what makes you think I didn't do the same thing to the ship?"

I stretched my arms out, and said, "Welcome to the GREATEST life-giver out there! I call it... SHIELD!"

He looked at me confused, then asked, "And I'd assume that each letter means something, right?"

I nodded, and replied, "Yeah, Substantial Host Injury Elimination, and Life Defense! I thought it was quite catchy, AND makes sense!"

Michael gave me an understanding nod, and said, "Yeah, man! Definitely explains it! Only one question, though... can it take a bullet?"

I stretched my arms out, and said, "Yep! Give it your best shot! Even the GLASS is made of the same technology, so it ca-"

He interrupted me with a gunshot in the helmet. I knew it wouldn't kill me, so I had a plan for a prank at that split-second.

When the bullet hit, I threw my head back, and fell to the ground, which caused Michael to panic, and rush up to me, yelling, "Oh, SNAP! NO! JUSTIN!"

When he reached me, I quickly sat up, and yelled, "BOO!"

He screamed again, but then punched my shoulder, not in an aggressive way, but a slightly annoyed, yet playful way.

Then, he said in an annoyed tone, "C'mon, man! You KNOW how skittish I am about my friends' safety! Don't do that!"

I laughed hysterically, and replied, "Sorry, I couldn't resist! The look on your face was just plain WORTH it!"

We both were laughing, until a rough-sounding man's voice yelled out, "Daniels! Winston! Front-And-Center!"

We knew who THAT voice belonged to, and quickly rushed to the source. The source was none other than Commander James G. Wilson, head of the whole space station. When he told us "Front-And-Center" in that tone, it already had us believing that he wasn't in a good mood. Quite a shame when we realized that we were right.

He might've been slightly elderly-looking, and even though we WERE in armor that could take him out by thumping him, he STILL struck fear into our very souls. Heck, Michael even looked like he would wet his armor if Commander Wilson ever decides to LOOK at him. Hey, at least he was mostly focused on ME, so that saved Michael the trouble.

After all, Michael IS a Recon Soldier, in case an alien threat were to occur (which was pretty much 0% of our time spent here) so if HE got in trouble, he would have to deal with the worst punishment out of the two of us, since Commander Wilson was in charge of the Military of this place.

Commander Wilson glared at me, and asked, "What do you think you're doin' here, boy?! Didn't you know that THIS sector is OFF-LIMITS to unauthorized personnel?!"

I gulped, and was about to speak, until Michael said, "Sir, he IS authorized! He was told to check up on the the ship's-"

Commander Wilson turned to Michael, and, with a glare, yelled, "CAN IT, SOLDIER!"

This caused Michael to stop talking, while Commander Wilson walked up to him, and said in a quieter, but equally as startling tone, "I KNOW what he was ordered to do! He was ordered to check on the ship's SHIELDS! As I saw, they seem to be working well, so he was supposed to head back WITHOUT delay! You two, however, must think this is a GAME when it comes to the safety of others, because what YOU did, Justin," he pointed at me, "was foolish BEYOND measure! What if the shields DIDN'T work?! What would you do THEN?!"

I smirked, then replied, "With all due respect, sir, I think I know MORE about that than you do."

He glared at me, then said, "Son, I hope you know that if you were NOT in that armor, you would already be on the ground, begging for death to come take you away! Do you hear me?!"

I smiled, and replied, "Again with respect, sir... you are NOT my father. ALSO," I raised my voice, which made the soldiers around us look at the commotion, and gasp, as I continued, now making their COMMANDER look worried, "I'll have you know that you might own the SHIP itself, but you do NOT own the lives that commit themselves for humanity! Also, can you PLEASE tell me who it was that built this WHOLE freakin' ship in three months, and ever since then, has worked NON-STOP in making it even MORE secure?!"

Commander Wilson stared at me emotionless, while I towered over him, winning the attention of every soldier in here.

Then, Commander Wilson said, "Kid... I gotta say... you're probably the most BRAVEST of us all, just for standing up to me. Congrats, because you've been promoted!"

This caused all of us to look at him in shock, and me to ask, "Wait, what?"

He smiled, then said, "Now you'll be working on this ship's exterior TWICE as much! We'll be able to SEE you 'Working NON-STOP' around here!"

This caused me to glare at him through my helmet, as he walked away. Out of anger, my fists were balled up, and I found my right arm starting to raise, until I heard Michael's voice say through the built-in radio, "Don't do it, man... you ain't the ONLY one who tried to put this rabid dog down, and you sure won't be the last. I'll help you out in this, just don't make rash decisions! Please!"

I sighed, then lowered my arm, and said through my mic, "Alright... I guess I'll be outside when you need me." With that, I walked through the hallways, and stepped into the armory, where I switched from my "Patrol" armor, into my "Prototype" armor, which was a lighter build, mostly meant for moving easier, yet it was still armored. Made of a new metal we found on another planet. We called it "Titanite", and it sure was powerful! In fact, this whole ship is made of it!

It's a white metal, with sturdiness capable of taking a nuke directly, and not even gaining a scratch. Yeah, but like I said, it's a prototype, so I wouldn't trust my life in it COMPLETELY yet.

It still has it's basic functions, like Oxygen Production, Flying, Defense, AMG (Anti-Matter Grappling), AMR (Anti-Matter Repair), AMM (Anti-Matter Manipulation (What I use to repair things with.)), Black-Hole Storage (Yeah, that's our NEWEST technology. Using black holes, we can fit as much stuff as we can WITHOUT breaking our backs now!), Bacteria Removal, and, of course, my FIRST program, SHIELD.

So as I placed the helmet on my head, I pressed the "Locking" buttons on the neck, and waited for the doorway to open.

When it did, I slowly floated outside, and began checking the ship from top to bottom, avoiding the fires from the engines in the process.

I saw Michael looking at me from inside the dining hall, which was our usual hangout area, and waved at him, saying to myself, "Guess I'm missing lunch today..."

Michael looked up at me, and waved back, with a serious expression on his face. Not wanting to disappoint my friend, I gave him a thumbs-up, which caused him to smile, and return a thumbs-up of his own. He knew that I was feeling better now.

Suddenly, his smile dropped instantly, and he came running up to the window, pointing at something behind me. Out of instinct, I followed his finger, and gasped at what I saw.

A purple vortex would usually mean something VERY life-threatening... I saw a black hole, and it was coming towards me! As I tried to escape it, I knew it was useless, since I was in space, and couldn't just run away. I was only able to try flying, but THAT was short-lived when I realized that my jet pack wasn't fueled.

Then, I quickly tried going through my armor's manual by opening the projector screen from my left gauntlet, and going through the status of the armor. I sighed when I saw that I didn't have any fuel in my personal storage, so I groaned, and watched helplessly as the black hole drew nearer.

Suddenly, it stopped moving, which made me look at it confused. I turned around, and saw that everyone else was staring in disbelief as well. Even Colonel Wilson!

"What... the heck... is going on?!" I asked myself. I turned back around at the direction the ship's nearest entrance was, and tried to slowly maneuver my way back.

It didn't take long for me to realize the inevitable truth... without a jet pack, I was stuck there. I looked inside the station, and tried to ask someone to help me, but only Michael looked like he was getting ready to bring me back, because he bolted for the door that led to the armory.

When about thirty seconds passed, I already saw Michael with his space suit on, opening the nearest door, while holding onto a long rope. He quickly rushed towards me, revealing that the rope was attached to the wall, so he could either pull me back, or we both could climb the rope back up there manually. Not wanting to seem helpless, I decided to go manually, after he brings me the rope, or me to the rope.

Along the way, he told me through my mic, "Hold on, man! I'm coming!"

I decided to let my "inner joker" get the hand here, and reply, "Don't mind me, I ain't in a rush, or anything!"

We both smirked, and soon we both grabbed each others' hands, while he said, "Just like old times, huh? You REALLY owe me for the things I do to bail you outta messes like this!"

I laughed, then asked, "And just HOW many times have I gotten into messes involving FROZEN black-holes, exactly?"

He looked back at the frozen black hole, and said, "Touche, but aren't you even CURIOUS about that thing?"

I shrugged, and replied, "To be honest, I don't really know... I mean, if it's FROZEN like that, then perhaps it won't be dangerous enough to kill someone, since it's obviously not shifting the things around it!"

Suddenly, I felt a slight hint of suspicion. "Wait," I began, "It was moving TOWARDS us, but it stopped when I was out of the ship... doesn't that sound sketchy to you?"

Before he could respond, we were already close to the door. Michael was the first to enter, and he held his hand out to grab mine, and help me in, while I held the rope with my left hand, and stretched my right one out to grab his.

Finally, when we were just inches away, I felt something tugging on my feet, which caused me to look down, and gasp. I felt the tugging getting stronger, and I knew where it was coming from... the black hole!

It kept getting stronger and stronger, so I called out, "Michael! Something's got me!"

He gasped, and quickly grabbed the rope, and tried pulling, only to fall back, after being zapped by some strange red lightning that appeared from out of nowhere. He didn't seem to be too injured from it, though, because he was getting back up, and about to run back to the rope to pull me back in.

Then, I felt the tugging go to my outstretched left arm, and at once, my left arm was pulled backwards, and the only thing that held me was my right hand and the rope. Michael yelled my name in a panicky tone, while I yelled his name, until at last, the tugging went to my right hand. With no chance of escape, I closed my eyes, and listened to my name being yelled again, as my right hand released it's grip, and I ended up flying into the inevitable gateway to destruction.

I heard Michael yell a perfectly dramatic-sounding "NOOO!" that could've won an academy award if he were in the movie business. Too bad this wasn't just some movie, or dream of a movie. I smiled, and thought back on every moment of my life... all twenty-one years of it.

After feeling my life slowly getting brought back into reality, I slowly opened my eyes, and looked around. I didn't see the space station anywhere, and I definitely wasn't in a solar system that I knew of, NOR did I believe that I was dead. After all, I was starting to feel slightly thirsty, and I sure didn't think that Heaven would accept "thirsty" in their society!

Not to mention the fact that, if Heaven were to be bright and shiny, then I would've actually classified myself in Hell, instead... minus the flames. Seeing that as reasoning, I decided I was still in outer space, and tossed my body around to find the closest planet that could hopefully help me identify my location.

Then, I looked below me, and smiled when I saw a planet that sang music to my ears. "Holy crap! That black hole brought me back to EARTH?!" Quickly, I opened my communicator, and asked, "Hello? This is Justin to H.Q.! Requesting re-entry!"

No answer. Dang it, that's why they shouldn't let BUMS work in the headquarters, if we STILL have people in space! Granted, there's Space Colonies now, but still! C'mon! Earth is where we all BEGAN! Shouldn't there STILL be some people who grew a decent BRAIN here?!

Seeing no other choice, and I was in no rush, I quickly stretched my arms out, and smiled when I saw that they were still in tact. Then, I checked my right arm, pulled open my projector screen, checked my inventory, and discovered that I had fuel in my arm-cannons!

"Well," I began, "Better than nothing..." Saying that, I tapped the option on my projector screen to divide the fuel evenly through the rest of the armor. Then, I reached towards the opposite direction of the planet, but couldn't help but get this feeling that someone was watching me from down below.

Finally, at one short burst, I shot the fireballs from the cannons, both in unison, and I found myself flying towards Earth, praying that I would land in water, and NOT cause a major commotion.

Boy, was I wrong...

Whenever I was flying into Earth's atmosphere, I ended up slowly passing out over exhaustion. I didn't entirely know just what I was going to get myself into, but what I did know was one thing... I was falling a great distance, and didn't know where I was gonna land. When I did, though, I felt like I landed on a huge pile of rocks in a small river.

Then, my senses slowly came back to me, and I started sitting up, but as I did, I heard a group of females gasping, probably shocked that I survived a fall like that. My helmet, however, was covered in dust from the smoke that my landing caused, so I couldn't see where I was. I decided to walk down the pile of rocks that I was lying on, and speak in my native tongue, hoping that they would understand me. My native tongue, of course, being plain ol' English. Before I spoke, though, I looked around, hoping that my vision would fix first.

"Hello?" I asked. The group of girls gasped when they heard me, which made me think, "Okay... I must be in another country." I lowered down, trying to seem less hostile to them, and continue with, "Don't worry... I come in peace!"

One of the girls walked up to me, where I could see a blurry purple smudge through my helmet, but I couldn't tell if that was her pants or what, so I stood back up, to seem less disrespectful. Then, she surprised me by speaking English as well!

"Oh yeah?! Then PLEASE explain why you destroyed our fountain!" Oh crap, was that a FOUNTAIN that I landed on?!

I turned around, and looked at the blurry pile of rocks. I knew right then, after the dust cleared from my helmet, that I was in trouble, and had to make things right. Still, though, I had to show my concerns in a nice manner, to avoid a bad introduction.

"D-did I do that?!" I asked, which I was hoping that she wouldn't think I was just pretending, since my helmet doesn't show my face.

"Don't play coy with us! OF COURSE YOU DID!" Ouch... By that tone, I realized that I must've destroyed an important artifact of this tribe, so I turned back around to apologize properly, but when I did, my vision was clear enough for me to see just who I was talking to this whole time... talking ponies!

It was THEN that the realization hit me... I wasn't in Earth! This must've been the ONE sign that humanity's been looking for this WHOLE time! Another world filled with intelligent life forms! Perhaps another planet that we could colonize in, if we're allowed to!

...Nah. I think this place DOESN'T need much technology, if they have Unicorns and Pegasi. They must've not even SEEN a human before, let alone TALK to one! Maybe I should take off my helmet, and reveal my face, so that they can see how I feel about this whole mess I unintentionally got myself into.

Before I could jump to conclusions, though, I just had to ask her, "Is the air in this planet made of oxygen?"

She looked at me confusedly, but nodded her head. This made me feel much more safer now, since I could remove my helmet, and breath FRESH oxygen again, and not manufactured, either!

I sighed in relief, and, with a smile, said to her, "Thank goodness! I'm sorry about the fountain, and I'm sorry for asking stupid questions, but I've nearly killed myself COUNTLESS times breathing in harmful substances!"

With that, I pressed the button of my helmet that unlocks it, and slowly lifted it up, revealing my face to the ponies. As I breathed the oxygen in, though, I felt somewhat odd... almost like I felt younger than I was, and any problems breathing that I had earlier were suddenly taken away! The air in this planet seemed... different... but in a good way!

Whenever I removed my helmet, I noticed the purple unicorn was staring at me in a, what I would assume would be, shocked expression.

The next thing she asked was, "W-what are you, exactly?"

I smiled at it's innocent curiosity, thinking to myself that we could probably get along well, and replied, "My name's Justin Daniels, and I'm a male of my species!"

The purple unicorn groaned, then said in an annoyed tone, "Not WHO are you... WHAT are you?"

I felt slightly nervous, because I didn't want to tick anything -err... ANYONE off, even though I already did just by LANDING here. I flinched slightly at her aggressive-sounding voice, but I knew I couldn't blame her. I just unintentionally broke the fountain of this town, and didn't seem to show as much concern as I truly felt... I blame myself for working in the labs too much. I also noticed that, by the way the houses looked, I wouldn't say that they're as technically capable as a human is when it comes to fixing things, so I felt I should be the one to fix the fountain, to repay my debts I owe.

Then, her mood changed to a more calmer one, and she said, "But thank you for letting us know that, because that was going to be my NEXT question... but now, I ask again... what in Equestria are you?"

Her sudden mood change caused me to look at her confused, but I simply replied in a tone that made me sound like they already knew what I was, not to smart off, but instead to help ease my mind since I was the only one of my species here, "Why, I'm a human, of course!"

As soon as I said that, I noticed a white flash appear from between the seven of us, and at once, a tall, white-furred unicorn with... wings? A tall unicorn with wings appeared from that white flash of light, and apparently had a glare on it's face.

Then, it yelled in a deep feminine voice, "HALT!"

Out of instinct, I placed my helmet back on my head, and sealed it shut, right as she blasted a ray of light from her horn.

When it struck my chest, I flew back into the fountain, and just lied there for a moment, while I heard the purple unicorn ask the tall white one, "P-Princess Celestia! Thank goodness you made it! I was worried that creature was going to attack us even more, until YOU showed up!"

With a five second delay, she asked the tall one, "What is a human, by the way? What planet did it come from?"

I slowly stood back up and, after clearing my throat loudly, said, "Y'know, I COULD answer that for you, if you'd just LET me, without blasting me back into the fountain!"

All of them gasped at once, even "Princess Celestia" as I heard.

Then, Princess Celestia asked in a stuttering tone, "H-how did you... how are you NOT paralyzed?!"

I shrugged, then replied, "I don't know... were you supposed to hit my head, or something?"

She glared again, then began firing more blasts at me, each one barely pushing me around, and some even bouncing right off without making me budge an inch.

Finally, when she started panting for breath, she said, "Y-you will never get away with this! If you take over our kingdom, we WILL find a way to overthrow you, and-"

I held my hands up, and interrupted her, saying, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, WHAT?! I didn't even intend on taking ANYTHING over!"

All of their eyes widened, and Celestia asked, "Wait, what?"

I cleared my throat, then said, "Clearly, we must be under some misunderstanding here, because me just BEING here was never even intended! Heck, I'm starting to worry that I might not even find my way back home again!"

I pointed to the fountain, and said, "I never even WANTED to land in the fountain here, and I'll even FIX it for you, if that's what it'll take to prove it! I was just checking the Space Station that I was living in... a city in outer space, in case you were wondering. Anyways, I was checking the Space Station for repairs, when I was pulled into some sort of Frozen Black Hole, and thrown into who-knows-where, and when I woke up, I thought that THIS planet was Earth, and tried to reach the Headquarters, my helping hands for returning into the atmosphere safely, to AVOID this from happening. When I was falling, however, I passed out, and couldn't control where I landed long enough to land in a lake or somewhere OUT of civilization."

I sighed, then said to Celestia, "Look, I'm REALLY sorry about destroying your fountain. If it means anything to you, I'll fix it right away, and work extra if you need me to. I was NEVER looking for enemies, and I admit, I do have a problem with controlling my tongue, but I promise you, I NEVER want to get on anyone's bad lists, and am willing to do WHATEVER it takes to make sure I'm removed from the lists I'm already on!"

They looked at each other, each with a concerned look on their faces, then nodded, with Celestia saying, "Well, I don't sense any magic auras around you, so you clearly can't cast any spells to make it easier for you to carry the heavy pieces. If you wish to repair the fountain, you might need some helping hooves, to perhaps lighten your work. I can get my faithful student here, Twilight Sparkle, to help you with gaining enough trust for you to live here peacefully, in the mean time. Until then, though, you might need to rest up, and you can start repairing it in the morning."

I shook my head, then said, "Thank you kindly for the offer, Your Highness, but I can fix this thing in about ten seconds or so."

The cyan Pegasus with the rainbow-colored mane smirked, then said, "Hate to break it to ya, but I don't think YOU can fix that fountain in ten seconds flat! It takes ME that long to clear the clouds around Ponyville, this town here! Not only that, but most of those pieces would be too heavy for even a MINOTAUR to handle! I'm sorry, but there's just no WAY you can... what're you doing?"

I ignored her warnings, and opened my projector screen from my right gauntlet, which caused the ponies and Celestia, whatever SHE was, to stare at the projector in awe. Then, I tapped the menu option that said, "Manipulator", and pointed my gauntlet at the fountain.

After taking aim, I pressed the red button that shot a blue beam from my gauntlet, and in less than half a second, the whole fountain was encased in the spherical beam.

As it was inside the beam, the pieces levitated themselves back into place, the cracks from between the fountain's attached pieces vanished, and the water from the fountain flew back into it, with the dirt from the water falling back onto the ground as the water lifted up.

Finally, the whole fountain was completely restored in nine seconds, and ninety-nine milliseconds. The water was even flowing again, and the crater was filled back up as well, leaving no traces of the damage that was there ten seconds ago.

I smirked at myself, then said, "Well, it took me a millisecond FASTER than that, according to my chronometer!"

Then, I turned my head to the, now larger, group of ponies that were staring wide-eyed at what they just witnessed. Even Celestia herself was looking shocked.

Without moving her gaze from the fountain, she asked, "H-how did you do that?! Only Unicorns and Alicorns can cast magic!" Alicorn! That's what she is!

I shrugged, then replied in a know-it-all tone, "Well, yeah! That's because I didn't even USE magic!"

The whole crowd gasped, which made me tilt my head in confusion.

"What?" I asked. I didn't think it was that big a deal at that time, until I realized that I must've proved a PRINCESS wrong, which caused me to plant my face in my palm.

Then, Twilight looked around, walked closer to me, and motioned her hoof for me to bend down, so she can whisper in my ear.

When I did as she asked, she whispered, "Look, I know that we might've gotten off on the wrong hoof, but... I think we're attracting too much of a crowd here! We should probably find a more quieter place to discuss things!"

Celestia nodded her head, then said, "Indeed we are. Justin, please close your eyes."

I did as she asked, not thinking about the fact that she ALREADY knew my name.

Before I could even ask her about that, though, we were already engulfed in a beam of light, and in an instant, I felt a light-headed sensation... like I was being pulled into a faraway place, going faster than the average human body can tolerate, but also not feeling the pain of the gravity, and certainly not dying.

When I opened my eyes, I gasped when I saw where we were teleported... inside a large tree.

I looked around, and saw that the first six ponies were the only ones in there, as well as Princess Celestia. We were in what looked like a living room, and the ponies were sitting in a group of sofas, while I appeared on the floor, standing. How the heck did she do that?! I thought to myself.

"The Unicorns and Alicorns are capable of teleportation, of course! What would magic be, if we didn't even have a basic way of fast transportation? Oh, and yes, I did read your mind, in case you were wondering."

I just stood there, shocked at her powers, and took a mental note. "Okay, don't think of anything stupid!"

"I wouldn't recommend that you do." Dang it! This is gonna be uncomfortable...

I cleared my throat, then asked, "Okay, Princess Celestia... I have a quick question... two, actually. Where are we, and what're we doing here?"

She smiled at me, and replied, "We are at The Golden Oak Library, and you will be staying here with Twilight Sparkle!"

I looked at Twilight, and realized right there that she didn't look too happy about that idea.

Oh, crap... I don't think I like where THIS is going...