It didn't take long for us to reach the waiting room of the hospital, only about a minute really before we saw the rest of Twilight's friends sitting around on chairs as they waited for us. Unfortunately for Luna, I wasn't able to tell the entire story with how I first came to in the Everfree before entering Ponyville, only getting as far as when I first met Trixie, right before the Basilisk attack.

As soon as we entered the room, I was suddenly rushed by a furry pink blur which quickly collided into me, making me give a grunt and a wince as it made impact with my injured shoulder. It took me a moment to recollect my thoughts, and as soon as I did, I was able to hear someone talking/apologizing to me rather quickly.

"knownyouwouldreactinsuchawaywhenIthrewapartylikethatforyouIwouldhavemadeacompletelydifferentpartyandmaybeIwouldhavebroughtlessponiestothepartyormaybeitwasthecoloroftheplacebutthenagainitcouldhavealsobeenthetypeofcakeImeanIknowyoudidn'thaveanycakebutstillIjust-" Pinkie...for the pink blur was indeed Pinkie...rambled on as she tried to apologize for...something, I wasn't really sure to be honest.

Before I could do anything, however, she was quickly silenced when Twilight quickly pulled her off with her magic before rushing over towards me. "Drakalian! You ok?" She exclaimed, for she did notice when Pinkie hit my bad shoulder.

Giving a light grunt, I slowly got up and rolled the shoulder a little, giving a slight wince, but otherwise it still felt fine. "Yea, I'm ok. I'm just...well, I'm not sure what Pinkie is trying to say though." I said, motioning towards the pink mare.

"She's a bit upset that she caused you to have a panic attack with the party she threw for you." Stated Rainbow, who had gotten up from sitting on a chair as she waited along with the others. Speaking of which, it seemed that most of them were already gathering around, and I just notice now that there seemed to be...rather...quite a few of them...in such a-

I quickly shook my head as I felt a small shiver go down my spine. Now was not the time for me to freak out again, not when I just got over my first "panic attack". Taking a soft, deep breath, I simply gave a small smile at the pink pony as I replied. "Hey, you don't need to say you're sorry for this. It's not your fault." Pinkie, who had quickly gotten back up after being push aside, was standing next to the others, her eyes a little watery as she looked at me.

"But I could have done something else to help, or just made the party smaller, or just-" She began, but this time I was able to stop her before she started to ramble again.

"But you had no idea of knowing, and neither did I." I stated. "If I had known that would happen, I would have said something about it, but...well, it's kind of hard to remember anything when one has amnesia." I said the last part with a small, half-hearted chuckle, getting a slight giggle from Pinkie as well.

After a moment, Pinkie had a small smile on her face as she looked at me. "Well...ok, if you're sure you're feeling better." She said. I gave her a quick nod, and soon she was back to her normal self, a huge smile on her face. "Great! I'll make sure to do a better job with your party next time." She quickly stated.

It was at this point that we all heard the bell from the clock tower chime nine, causing her eyes to go wide with surprise. "Whoops, I almost forgot. I got some cupcakes that need to be made for another party tomorrow. I'll talk to you all later!" She exclaimed, and with that, she quickly bounced out of the doors of the hospital.

We all remained quiet for a few awkward moments, none of us sure exactly what to say. Thankfully, it seemed like it was Rainbow that broke the silence. "So, are you really ok now? I mean, like you're not about to freeze on us now, right?" She asked.

I gave a small shake of my head as I did a quick look of myself over. "Yes, I'm pretty sure I'm fine. I'm not sure about freezing up now though..." I said. This seemed to get everyone's attention, though Twilight was the first one to respond.

"What do you mean you're not sure right now? I mean, it's just us, and you were fine with all of us before." She said, eyeing me curiously.

"Yea, but I...well, it's hard to explain. It's not that I feel any more nervous from you guys, but more like...well...just how many there are here...I...I'm not sure that is a good way of saying it..." I said, getting quieter as I thought it over.

"It makes sense to us, Drak, no need to worry about it." This caused us to turn our attention to Luna, and it was at this time that I remembered that both princesses were still here. "If we may, we...well, I believe that it's just the quantity of ponies that are in the room, despite the qualities that they may possess." She continued. Princess Celestia seemed to have understood what she said, though the rest of us could only stare in confusion. The night Alicorn noticed this and, worried, turned toward her sister for some help. "Um...did we say it correctly?" She asked.

The white Alicorn gave a slightly bemused look and a small nod as she looked back at the rest of us. "Yes sister, you said it correctly...though maybe not quite well worded." She then looked at me before continuing. "If I may, your anxiety is most likely due to the large number of ponies and, despite that you've met them all already, it's still a somewhat new experience when they are all together. I suggest to take things slow for now and allow yourself to adjust to all the different situations that you will most likely experience while living here." She stated, getting a small nod of agreement from me.

"Well, it's not like I have a choice really." I said, getting myself to chuckle slightly, though the rest only seemed to give somewhat sad looks, despite my attempt at trying to lighten the mood.

"Hey, don't worry about it. We'll be here to help you along the way whenever you need it." Stated Rainbow, quickly walking up and giving me a small bump with her shoulder.

"Agreed darling. If there is anything that you need, then you can just come to one of us, and I promise to do what I can to help." Rarity quickly agreed as well, giving a small curtsy as she smiled back at me.

"Um...yea...I'll be happy to help too...if that's ok with you, of course." Fluttershy spoke softly, giving a small, shy smile, seeming to come out from behind her mane a bit.

The last one to speak up was Applejack, and for some reason, she seemed to hesitate before replying. "Well...if ya in need of somethin, then ah reckon ah'll be able ta find somethin ta do ta help ya." She finally said, giving her own small smile. For some reason, the others gave her strange, if somewhat brief looks, though I was unable to see as to why, for her offer did seem genuine to me.

I could already feel my anxiety slowly lower as I felt myself relax some more, giving them all a smile as I replied, "Guys...Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash...this means a lot. Really, it does...just...thank you. I promise that if any of you need something from me, I'll be more than happy to assist you." I stated, getting happy nods from all of them

It was at this time that Celestia spoke up. "Well, I'm sure you all have a lot of work to do now...though I think it should all wait until tomorrow." She said, giving a quick glance outside, which had rather quickly became dark when we were talking. Strange enough, I noticed that Luna wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Oh my...I forgot how late it is! We need to get you two to bed now." Twilight exclaimed, her eyes wide with surprise at the time as she looked at both Spike and I.

"It's...yawn...it's not that...t-that late..." Said the baby dragon, who was already wobbling on his feet and looking like he was about to pass out at any moment.

"Oh, that reminds me. Do you happen to have the necklace that I found, Spikey?" Asked Rarity, looking down at Twilight's assistant.

At this the young dragon paused for a moment, seeming to become fully awake rather quickly. It was also at this point that I noticed he was hiding something behind him. Looking back at the white mare, he simply gave a rather large smile as he quickly shook his head. "Nope, no idea what you're talking about. Necklace, what necklace? I mean, who even wears-"

"Spike..." Rarity interrupted, her voice rather stern as she continued looking at the purple drake.

After a few moments of silence Spike finally seemed to have given up, letting out a defeated sigh as he pulled his hand from hiding, revealing that what he was holding was indeed a necklace. Giving a happy smile, the white unicorn levitated the necklace out of the young drake's hand and brought it over to me. "Here, I believe that this is yours darling."

I raised an eyebrow at the necklace as I looked it over, a bit confused over what she meant by it being mine. "Um, what do you mean that this is mine? I don't remember having a necklace like that." I said, staring at the piece of jewelry.

"Uh, of course you wouldn't. You have amnesia, remember?" Stated Rainbow, giving me a deadpanned look.

Before I could respond, Rarity interrupted the cyan pegasus. "What I mean, Rainbow, is that I believe it's his necklace because I found it in one of the pockets of his clothing when he asked me to repair it." She replied, giving the rainbow mare a quick, stern glance before looking back to me. "Anyway, I kept a hold of it so I could repair your...hoodie, correct?...and was going to give it back to you before you left, but it completely slipped my mind. I'm sorry about forgetting to give it back to you darling, but better late then never, right?" She said, giving a slightly sheepish smile.

I was quiet as I continued to look over the necklace in her magical grasp. What I could see of it was rather elegant in design, yet simple at the same time. Attached to a silver chain, the main attraction of it was the rather decent sized yellow jewel in front of it in the shape of a heart. On the side of the gem was more silver in the shape of what seemed to be bird wings, spread out as if about to take off. After looking it over for a few more moments, I felt as though I was being stared at, and looking around, I noticed that both Celestia and Luna were looking at me with a bit more intensity then before, which also caused me to do a slight double take when I saw that Luna was suddenly back from...whatever she was doing.

"Um...I suppose that this is mine, correct?" I asked them, pointing at the necklace.

Luna gave a nod. "Yes it is. It's...well, it's one of your more personal items that you have." She said, her sister nodding in agreement.

I raised an eyebrow at this. "Really? How is it so important to me? I mean, it's jewelry and that's it...right?" I asked. Luna opened her mouth to respond, but was quickly stopped by the white Alicorn before she could do so.

"Drak, it may be best to...well, just take the necklace first." She said in a calming tone.

Now I was really curious as to why she would stop her sister from answering me, but then again, she did have a point. Looking back at Rarity, I carefully held my hand out and reached over until it was under the necklace. Slowly, the unicorn placed the jewelry onto my hand, the metal cold to the touch. I stared at the necklace for a while, trying to figure out what was supposed to happen next, however, when nothing did, I looked back at the Sun Princess with a confused look. "Um...ok..."

Celestia was quiet for a moment before, letting out a almost silent sigh, she shook her head slightly. "I was hoping that it would bring some sort of memories back, but it seems as though I was mistaken." She explained. "Occasionally such personal items will stir memories in those that have amnesia, but...I guess not in this case." Luna seemed to be equally disappointed as well, her ears dropping slightly as she stared at the ground.

I simply gave a shrug and, since it was mine, I took the chains in my hands and placed it around my neck, letting it hang outside of my hoodie for now. "Well, could you tell me what's so important about it now?" I asked, still rather curious about its purpose to me.

Once again, the dark blue Alicorn looked up and was about to reply when her sister spoke up instead. "I think it's best if we tell you at another time, for it is rather late." She said, glancing outside. It was indeed late, and upon hearing her say that, I could feel myself suddenly sag slightly, a yawn trying to escape from my mouth.

It was at this point that the other ponies also felt rather tired, everyone sharing a yawn in some form or another. "Yea, ah should be headin' back now, need ta wake up early ta do sum repairs on teh barn." Spoke Applejack. She then turned around and began trotting out, giving a wave behind her and a last, "Night girls!" as she left.

"I should be heading out too, I got a lot of work to do tomorrow, like...um, weather team stuff." Said Rainbow before, with a lazy wave goodbye, quickly flew out of the hospital.

"We should be heading out as well, Fluttershy darling. We do have our weekly spa appointment tomorrow, and I would rather not have it interrupt my beauty sleep before going there." Rarity stated.

"Oh, yes. And I still need to take care of the nocturnal animals before I go to sleep as well...oh, I hope they are ok." The butter colored mare spoke softly. With that, both pegasus and unicorn began walking out of the building as well, leaving me with Twilight, Spike and the two royal sisters.

We were all quiet for a while, none of us saying anything for what felt like a few minutes. However, before the tension could really get unbearable, we suddenly heard a light thud and soft snoring. Looking down, we saw Spike had fallen onto his back and was now sleeping on the floor, his arms spread from him as small snores left his mouth.

Twilight gave a small giggle as she shook her head, gently lifting him up with her magic before placing him on her back. "Oh Spike, I really should have sent you to bed much sooner. You really worked a lot today." She said, giving the young drake a small nuzzle on his head before turning to face the rest of us. "Well, it was nice seeing you again Princess, and you too Luna." She said to the sisters, giving them a small bow.

Celestia gave a nod of agreement as she smiled down at her student. "Of course Twilight, it was a pleasure to come here again, along with meeting an old friend." She said, looking back at me. I could see that her smile was rather warm and, despite the fact that I avoided eye contact with her, I somehow felt...well, relaxed around both of the Alicorns. Perhaps because I did indeed know them from long ago, even if I didn't know them at the moment.

"Likewise, Twilight Sparkle. May we hope that you have pleasant dreams." Luna said before she and the white princess began to walk out of the hospital doors. However, before the dark Alicorn went through the doors, she turned to face me and, without warning, walked up to me and gave me a quick nuzzle on my cheek before turning and quickly leaving.

I simply froze where I stood, a small blush forming on my face. Again, I wasn't sure how to feel about that, while it did feel nice, the fact that this was all still new to me was...well, strange to say the least.

Upon looking at Twilight, I saw that she was also speechless, her mouth slightly open in surprise as she stared at me. However, once she noticed what she was doing, she quickly shook her head and gave a sheepish smile. "Um...w-well, you two are supposed to be rather old friends, so...um..." The purple unicorn began to say, only to fall silent after a few moments.

Giving a small nod and rubbing the back of my head, I replied, "Yea, but I...I'm just not sure how to feel about all of this. It's just...it's just so sudden, you know?" Wanting to start walking, I began to walk out of the hospital, Twilight quickly following next to me, making sure not to disturb the sleeping baby dragon on her back.

"Yea, I can understand, suddenly realizing that you are friends with the most powerful ponies in the country, and the fact that you are as old as them, plus that you met them before they were Alicorns. I mean, I would just love to-" She began to say and would have started rambling if I didn't quickly put a hand up for her to stop.

"I think I get it, Twilight. However, I would rather think about this tomorrow, when my mind is clearer and not bogged down by sleep." I spoke, letting out a small, tired chuckle.

Twilight gave a sheepish smile as she giggled as well. "Oh, right, of course. Sorry about that."

After that we remained silent for the rest of the walk, though this time the silence was...peaceful as opposed to tense. Soon, we had arrived at Twilight's house, the purple mare opening the door and letting us both inside before closing it behind us.

Once inside, I was able to get a much better look at the inside of her home. it looked a lot more spacious then it appeared to be. On the walls and on a few shelves were lots of books...then again, it is a library as well, so that would make sense. In the center of the room was a small table with what appeared to be some sort of...statue head? No idea what it's called. At any rate, after the quick look around, I soon saw Twilight walking up a set of stairs that were engraved along one side of the wall.

"I do have an extra bed upstairs as well when I had the sleepover with AJ and Rarity...though I'm not sure if you'll fit in it." She said, turning to face me as we reached the second floor. "I may have to order a larger one if that's the case."

I gave a small shrug, not really caring if it wouldn't fit me or not, just as long as it was comfortable enough, then I should be fine. "I should be fine for now, thank you." I replied, both of us reaching a door. The purple mare opened it and allowed me inside before once again entering the room as well. It was rather roomy, with a couple of small beds, one of them had a blanket with stars and moons on it, while the other one seemed to be a plain light blue with a white trim to it.

"Just make yourself comfortable Drakalian, I'm going to put Spike to bed." She said, walking to what seemed to be a small basket with a couple of blankets and a pillow inside. Turning back to face the bed, I decided to take a wild guess that the one I would be sleeping in was the one with the plain blanket, so I began taking my hoodie off before taking my shoes and socks off as well. Once my top was exposed, I took a quick look over at my bandaged chest, gently tracing a finger along the covering. I soon started to think back to when I woke up, my mind going over the one few memories that I did have; of me meeting Trixie and fighting the Basilisk. There were just so many things that were going on in my head and I was in such deep thought that I didn't even notice when Twilight was trying to get my attention before said unicorn gently prodded my good arm with a hoof, causing me to blink my eyes a few times as I looked down at her.

The unicorn mare seemed to look a little worried about something, her eyes looking at me and then my finger that was tracing my bandages. "Hey, the doctor said that they would heal just fine, they should only leave surface marks, and everything internally would be fine." She said, trying to comfort me.

Giving a small shake of my head, I did my best to give her a comforting smile as I sat down on the bed. "I know, I just...well, I'm just worried I guess."

Twilight cocked her head slightly in confusion as she also sat down next to me on the bed. "Worried? Worried about what?"

"Well, I...I honestly don't know. It's just...I just feel as if I'm missing something, like something obvious that I should know, yet I just...just..."

"Can't remember?" She finished, giving me a small smile of her own as she gently placed her hoof on my bad arm, though it was gentle and soft. "You do remember that you have amnesia, right? Unless you forgot that as well."

I chuckled softly at the small joke she made before giving a shake of my head. "No, I mean...well, I mean besides the amnesia. I feel as though I should know what it is, yet I...I just..." I could feel myself getting a little more anxious as I continued trying to figure out what I wanted to remember, when Twilight suddenly interrupted me.

"Drakalian. You have amnesia, of course you wouldn't be able to remember." She said matter of factly. "I mean...I can only guess how horrible it is to not remember anything about yourself. I promise, first thing tomorrow morning, I'll look up ways to try and recover your memory. For now, however, it doesn't do you any good to worry about it. Trust me...I learned that the hard way." At this she gave a small giggle, causing me to raise an eyebrow at what she meant by that, but before I could ask, she continued. "Anyways, just try to get some sleep, tomorrow's a big day, and the more sleep that we get, the better rested we will be for tomorrow." With that, she gave me a small smile and a hug, which I was a bit slow to respond in kind, before getting off of my bed and walking to her other bed.

I was quiet as I thought over what she said, taking a good minute before finally nodding and getting under the covers myself. "Yea, I...I guess you're right. No point in worrying about it now." I then let out a rather loud yawn, feeling myself stretch my muscles as I got myself comfortable...as well as feeling my feet poke out of the foot of the bed. "Yea...this is rather small..."

"We'll put getting a bigger bed on our to-do list for tomorrow." Twilight said as she got comfortable in her own bed. Giving a small yawn, she snuggled under the covers before saying, "So...good night, Drakalian. Sleep well."

"Good night, Twilight. Sleep well too." I replied, getting myself comfortable as well. As I laid there on the bed, I turned myself around to look outside the window that happened to be right next to the beds. I could see the sky clearly from where I lay, the moon shining brightly and the stars sparkling like gems.

'Yea...best to leave the worrying for later...when there's something to actually worry about.' I thought to myself, closing my eyes as I allowed sleep to slowly take over.

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