I couldn't remember the exact time, but I figured it was sometime around 10:00 am when I awoke from my sleep. I looked to my chest and sadly, Fluttershy was no longer holding it like she had been last night. Instead, I looked to my left to see her gripping a pillow, smiling and snuggling it.

It still made me D'aww inside. I couldn't resist looking at Fluttershy. She was absolutely adorable, especially when sleeping. But right now, I realized I had no time to D'aww at the moment. I had to find a way out of here. Or at least get someone to help us. If I was a unicorn, I could just lift the tree away. It still surprises me how a bunch of leaves and branches manage to trap me in a closet. Either I'm much weaker here, or the trees are much stronger.

Slowly, I got up and tiptoed...tiphoofed...um...

...I slowly snuck my way towards the small window, and looked out. The sun wasn't that far from the horizon. Ever since I was young, I literally studied the sun's position over the years to the point where I knew the time just by looking at the sun. With sunglasses, that is. Would hate to learn all of that skill and end up blind.

"Oh mah stars..." I heard a voice say.

The voice. It sounded awfully familiar. It took me only a few seconds to recognize it. Quickly, I looked to the source of the voice to see the orange southern mare, with the same stetson sitting on her head. I called out her name.

"Hey, Applejack!" I called.

She quickly looked to where I was. When she finally located me, she stepped back a bit and looked in confusion.

"Lightnin'? What in tarnation happened?"

"That storm last night was...well," I pointed to the tree, "pretty strong."

"Is Fluttershy okay?" I could obviously tell she was worried for Fluttershy.

"Yeah, she's fine. We're both stuck in her closet, and - pardon my language - this damn tree's blocking the door, so we can't get out. Can you go get the others so they can get us outta here?"

Applejack nodded. "Just stay there. I'll be back."

"Uhh, of course I'm staying here. We're stuck, remember?"

"Oh, right," Applejack said, facepalming- I mean, facehoofing herself, before running off to get the others.

After she left, I closed the window, and put my back to the wall. I slowly sank to the floor. It was nothing but pure silence for at least half a minute before an adorable sounding yawn rang in my ears. I looked to see Fluttershy waking up. Her ear twitched, and she yawned in a way that made me d'awww inside. The word d'aww was a common word many bronies had used to express the cuteness of the characters. Many of you already know that, I bet.

"Morning, sleepy head," I sang to her, causing her to giggle adorably. Even her giggles made me d'aww.

"Good morning," she said tiredly. She then looked around.

"Oh my. We're still in here?"

"Not for long. Applejack was just here. I told her to get the others to get the tree out of the way."

"H-How?" Wait, has she never noticed this door?

"There's a mini door here," I replied, walking to the door and opening it up. "See?"

Fluttershy slowly walked towards me, then passed me, and looked out the mini door. She found herself looking at the front of her house. She slowly moved her gaze to the left.

I could see her eyes widen and water a little. I even heard a few whimpers come from her mouth.

"Fluttershy?" I asked, worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Suddenly, Fluttershy suddenly started to fall to the floor, but just before she hit the floor, I caught her safely. I could see she didn't move. She was completely limp. Before you ask, NO, she's not dead. She's just out cold. Slowly, I carried her back to the pillows and gently laid her down on them. I then gently kissed her on the cheek. I then sat down next to her and gently began to brush her mane with my hoof, trying to smooth it out, mostly because it had frizzled overnight. It made me look like a creep, but you don't know how much I wanted to do this, to be able to brush Fluttershy's mane. It's much softer than I thought it'd be, and I love it.

Time was slow. Minutes felt like hours as I waited for them to come back. As the minutes passed, I continued to brush Fluttershy's mane. This does sound a bit creepy, but trust me, if you were in Fluttershy's closet with her, and she was unconscious, wouldn't you the same thing?

After a few minutes, I heard the sound of hooves on the ground. I then heard my new name being called out. I gently got up, placing Fluttershy back onto the pillows, then headed to the mini door. I opened it up to see the others standing there, Rarity observing the damage. I heard a faint "Oh, my" coming from behind her hoof as she covered her mouth.

"Are you two okay?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"Yeah, we're fine."

"Don't worry. We'll get you out."

Twilight's horn then started to glow purple. Once it did, the tree blocking our freedom started to glow purple, as well. Slowly, it moved from its resting place. She moved it close to 20 feet away from the house before setting it back down. Once she did, her horn stopped glowing, and she began to pant a bit, exhausted from doing the action.

Once the tree was out of the way, I headed to the door and tried to turn the knob. Successfully, it turned all the way. I then pushed the door open. I was greeted by a completely wrecked room. The bed was completely smashed, the dresser was smashed, most of the wall was broken up. Most of the decor of the room was also ruined. Many of the paintings on the wall had cracked and fallen off. Some trophies were broken in half. Some birdhouses that were hanging from the tree were broken into pieces on the ground, with bird seeds scattered everywhere.

"Holy shit," I said to myself, observing the utter destruction.

Once Fluttershy had awoken and observed the sheer detail of her destroyed bedroom, she cried for well over a minute. The five other girls sat down with her just in front of the house, comforting her while I looked through the wreckage to check if any animals were hurt or worse. Luckily, none were dead, and only a bird had bent its wing slightly, and I cringed at the sight when first seeing it.

After making sure the animals had been carefully taken out of the house, I flew back down to the girls. Fluttershy had calmed down by then, but she still sniffled with a few tears going down her face.

"You alright now, Sugarcube?" asked Applejack while petting Fluttershy's mane.

Fluttershy sniffled, "It's ruined. My house is ruined."

"Hey, look on the bright side," Rainbow jumped in with a tone of hope, "At least it's not the entire house, right?"

That gave Fluttershy a thought, then a sign of hope. Rainbow was right. It wasn't completely destroyed, therefore, she didn't lose it.

"I...I guess that's good-"

Suddenly, as if on cue, the sheer irony struck as a creaking sound, followed by the sound of falling debris was heard behind us. We turned and watched as what was once the second floor of Fluttershy's home cave in, decimating the first floor of the house. A plume of dust engulfed us, and when it disappeared, the seven of us gasped in horror as we observed what was once Fluttershy's home.

A whimper came from Fluttershy's throat just before she fainted, Twilight and Applejack quickly catching her in the process.

It was now almost 2:00 in the afternoon. The seven of us were down in Sugarcube Corner eating a late lunch. What I hadn't noticed or seen in the show was the back room of the shop where Pinkie had explained that the girls had eaten here sometimes during lunch or dinner. It was cool observing what the town had because I didn't expect it to look like this from my viewpoint.

While the other girls ate, Fluttershy barely touched her daffodil sandwich, which, by the way, was good, No, I didn't eat her sandwich. I had my own. Eating a daffodil as a human was disgusting, but here, it was one of the most delicious foods I had eaten. I indicated that my transformation also changed my taste buds, changing what I did and didn't like eating. It's a good thing it didn't change my taste-buds for sweets.

In the middle of eating, I had begun to blank out from the rest of the world, concentrating on what had happened last night, with the dream. Yes, I should be thinking about Fluttershy's now destroyed home, and shame on me for not doing so, but still, I just met Fluttershy. It doesn't matter if I know her character and what she's like, I shouldn't already be having wet dreams about her, regardless of how...hot...it is.

Eventually, my daydreaming had been cut short as Twilight called my name.

"Lightning?" she asked.

Looking around for a moment, I eventually found her and the others, except Fluttershy, looking towards me in a curious manner.

"Are you alright, darling?" Rarity asked me.

With a slight nod, I replied, "Yeah, I'm fine. Just...thinking---about things."

While Rarity did seem a tad bit worried, she didn't respond any further, but continued to eat her sandwich. I kept myself focused on reality so I didn't worry them any further from my dozing off.

But the silence of the group only seemed to last for a short few moments before Rainbow spoke up.

"Sooo," she began, "Why were you and Fluttershy in the---y'know, closet in the first place?"

"We weren't," i remarked, "We were checking out the bedroom when everything happened. Instincts kicked in, and we---we hid in the closet."

While I expected the conversation to end there, Rainbow saw it as an opportunity to get smart.

Typical.

"Really?" she asked with a smirk, "Nothing at all?"

I had to admit, I blushed a bit. It didn't make her think anything had been going on, but it did make her think she made an accomplishment. Even Fluttershy seemed to be a bit embarrassed, despite her head being down.

"Rainbow!" Applejack recalled, looking towards the cyan mare in a fit of frustration.

"Ah, c'mon, I was just joking."

"Joke or not," Rarity added, "This isn't the time to be doing so. There are more important matters to attend to."

Rainbow rolled her eyes in slight annoyance, let out a slight groan, crossed her eyes, and sat back in her chair.

"Oh, alright---Well, if we're talking about where Fluttershy's staying, she could stay at my place if she wants."

Fluttershy lifted her head in rejection.

"Oh, um...I don't want to be a burden to you and Tank at all."

"Don't worry about it," Rainbow remarked with a grin, "Tank's more dying to see you than he is scared!"

Fluttershy seemed to let out a faint smile---a cute one, if I say so---and blushed from the compliment. But regardless of the mark, she still rejected.

"Um...I-If it's okay with you guys---I think I'm just gonna stay at Lightning's house."

As she pointed to me, I backed my head up a bit, somewhat in disbelief.

"Why me?" I asked in my surprise.

"Uh...Well---I mean, you...you did save me."

As much as I had wanted why that would make her want to stay at my place, I didn't protest.

After all, it WAS Fluttershy.

...

But---I don't even...

"As much as I'd like that," I added, "I...don't have house."

"What?" Twilight asked, looking at me with a hint of concern and confusion.

"I just moved here, remember?"

"Oh," Twilight shrunk back in a sheepish manner, "Right."

"Well, Ah could help you get one," Applejack said.

Turning towards her, I asked how she could do that. She mentioned that, with the money she was making from the apple sales, she had enough money to purchase essentially any house in town. She said she was willing to buy any house I thought seemed nice.

I did say she didn't need to do that, but she said that she didn't want me to be exhausted from just being here one day.

As much as I wanted to refuse her offer, I didn't want to seem rude to her.

Accepting, her and I agreed to find a house to my liking and sell it to me later.

Later soon enough came, and after a few observations, I picked a good enough house and immediately moved in. While nothing from Earth ever made it here with me, it wasn't all that much of a loss. Despite the fact that I'll never see Xbox's or DVD players ever again, at least there's still some kickass music to listen to.

Once I got myself acquainted into the little house, Applejack left for a bit, wanting to give me time to myself. Between the hour of time that I had to myself, nothing interesting really happened, other than me getting used to the house.

And...thinking...thinking a lot.

When the hour passed, Applejack returned, along with the others. They noticed me sitting on my couch, still thinking about---things.

Rainbow asked me if I was okay. While I did say that I was, it was more of a lie.

And I still kept thinking, more and more---

Until I finally couldn't take it anymore.

I blurted out and told them everything about me. My real name, where I lived, what I'm really like, and much more.

When I finished, I panted to regain my breath.

Their reactions were---somewhat very out of character. You'd think they'd think I was crazy or they'd be scared of me.

But they seemed more interested in it than scared.

So they wanted to know more.

And with every question they asked, I answered, prompting more questions.

But there was one question that struck me.

"What happened to your parents?"

They quickly noticed the discomfort on my face when they asked that question, but before they could say anything---

---I told them what happened.