(Drakalian POV)

The birds were chirping as I slowly felt my body awaken from its slumber. I could feel the warm rays of the sun gently beam on my bare arm, which happened to be lazily laying outside of the bed...as well as my feet, which were sticking above and out of the foot of the bed. While the bed may have been small, at least it was still comfortable.

I remained laying there for a good few minutes, simply hearing the birds outside singing and my own breathing and heartbeat. It was an interesting feeling, just laying there and observing one's surroundings, barely moving a muscle, especially considering the past few days when I didn't really give myself a chance to do so at the hospital. However, the silence was soon broken by the sounds of wood creaking and a door slowly opening. I remained silent, not really finding a need to say or do anything to let them know I was awake, and after a few moments of silence, I finally heard someone speak, and it was easy to recognize the purple unicorn's voice as she did her best to keep her volume down.

"You see, he's still asleep. Now let's just leave him be, he's had a rough night last night, he can use the extra rest." She whispered, doing her best not to wake me up I'm assuming.

"But Twilight, he's been doing nothing but sleeping for the past five days. I think he would prefer it if he got up early to do something else besides sleep." Said a younger voice, whom I quickly recognized as Spike's. It seemed that the young dragon had no problem talking in a normal voice and not a whisper, despite what the purple unicorn thought.

"Sshh! He is still recovering from his injuries, he needs as much sleep as possible." Stated Twilight softly, doing her best to get her assistant to lower his tone down. "Besides, breakfast isn't even ready yet, and I don't want him trying to try out the spell with an empty stomach."

"You do that all the time though..."

"Yes, but that was...cause it was...well...that doesn't matter. The point is that I don't want him getting stressed out so early, and-"

"I thank you guys for the thought, but I AM awake now." I finally spoke, deciding to intervene on the drake's half, turning myself around in my bed as I opened my eyes. After blinking them for a few moments to clear the morning fuzziness, I was finally able to see both unicorn and dragon looking at me in surprise, the latter more so then the former. "Besides, it was rather boring laying in bed doing nothing for the past...however many days it was."

"Five days." Replied Spike, getting a small chuckle from the dragon and an annoyed stare from Twilight.

The purple mare was silent for a few moments before she gave a quick shake of her head, looking back at me. "I know, but it's for your own health. You need to rest as much as possible, otherwise complications may happen, you may get stressed out again, maybe reopen one of your wounds, get another-"

I quickly stopped her with a lazy wave of my hand, slowly getting up on an elbow, thankfully it was my good one, propping myself up to look at them better. "Like I said, I appreciate the thought, but I assure you, I'm fine...really, I am." I said, doing my best to reassure her.

They were silent for a few moments, none of us bothering to say anything, the tension in the air making it feel slightly...awkward, for some reason. After a good few seconds though, Spike gave a small sigh as he turned around to leave. "Well, I'm going to get breakfast ready, I hope you like pancakes, cause that's what's on the menu today." Before I could even say another thing, the purple dragon left the room, leaving Twilight and I alone.

We were both quiet for a while, neither of us saying anything. Before it could get really awkward, I recalled what she said and asked, "So, what's this about a spell Twilight?"

She perked up upon hearing this, smiling as she said, "Well, it's not really anything concrete yet, but I was able to find a book on mind spells, namely ones that help with memory problems."

This got me wide eyed really fast, the fatigue of waking up completely gone from my body as I sat up quickly. "Really? You found something to help get my memory back already?" I said, a little excitedly.

The purple unicorn's smile quickly turned into a slight frown as she heard my response. "Well, I wouldn't say that exactly. Like I said, it's just the book I found, and since I only just found it this morning, I didn't get a chance to read it just yet." She replied before going into deep thought. "Also, from what I can tell, I'm not sure if it will work on a human. In fact, I'm not sure if it would work on anything but a pony."

As I listened, I could feel my shoulders sag slightly as I looked at my hands on my lap, which was thankfully still covered by my blanket, though I didn't really take my shorts off from last night, so that was a moot point. "O-oh..." was all I said for the time being before falling silent. After a good while, I realized that I was getting sad all over again and quickly shook my head, looking up as I did my best to give a small smile. "Well, at least it's something, right? I mean, there might be a chance that one of those spells could work, correct?"

At this, Twilight gave a quick nod and a smile. "Of course, there's always a chance." She said, walking up and giving my good shoulder a gentle pat. "I just wanted to let you know in case it doesn't work or it turns out to be unable to help you. All I ask is to try and not get your hopes too high, but don't give up hope just yet." She said, doing her best to comfort me.

Nodding, I pat the hoof that was on my shoulder before getting up and giving myself a small stretch. "Well, that's all I can ask for I guess. Shall we go and get ourselves some breakfast?" I asked, grabbing my hoodie and putting it on.

"Sure, the pancakes should be done by now anyways." She said, opening the door with her magic to let us through.

Smiling, and feeling a bit better about how the day might go, I left the room and followed the unicorn down the stairs and into what I assume is the...dining room, I think? I wasn't really sure, but either way, it had a table and chairs (though they looked more like stools than chairs), with a few plates full of pancakes on them already on the table, Spike eating one of said plates. Twilight gave a small sigh, which got the young dragon's attention, and looking up, he gave a sheepish smile and a small wave, swallowing what was already in his mouth before responding.

"Um...I was hungry..." He replied, slowly placing his fork down as he waited for a response from the purple pony.

"I know, but you could have at least waited for us to join you." Twilight replied, giving a small giggle as she joined him at the table. Following suit, I sat down as well, feeling a little awkward at the seating, but thankfully I was able to make due. The height difference wasn't that different for me when I sat down, though the table did seem a little higher than it should be, coming right up to my chest when I sat on the chair. Twilight noticed this and, giving a sheepish smile of her own, said, "Um...I guess I should get some different chairs too then, huh?"

I gave a quick shake of my head, adjusting myself slightly so it wasn't as awkward to reach the plate and fork that was in front of me. "No, it's ok. I can make due with this." I said, taking the fork that was in front of me. As I did so, I noticed that the fork was also rather small in my hand, making me stare at it for a few moments before sighing. "Although it will take some getting used to."

At this, the unicorn's look went from sheepish to slightly concerned. "But Drakalian, I can get some more things more fitting for your size. I mean, I'm sure I can find something more fitting for a Minotaur that could easily fit you, or even-" Twilight started to say, before being interrupted by Spike.

"Twilight, relax. At this rate you're going to replace everything in the library just to make him feel more comfortable." He said, having already gone back to eating his breakfast.

This got the pony to stop her talking, blushing as she realized that he was right. "W-well...I just want him to be more comfortable while he stays with us. It won't do me to neglect such things, being the hostess and all." She explained, tracing the table with a hoof.

"It's fine, really." I said, getting her attention back to me. "I don't want you to spend everything on me to make me feel more at home...especially since I can't even remember what my 'home' really is." I said, giving a small, light-hearted chuckle. Thankfully, this seemed to get a slight giggle out of Twilight as well.

"Well...I...I mean, if you're sure..." She said, looking back at me to make sure I was being sure. Of course, I once again avoided looking at her eyes, which was simultaneously making me nervous and annoyed. Before I could reply, however, the young dragon (with a rather full mouth) spoke up.

"Of course he's fine, now are you two going to eat your breakfasts?" said Spike, already almost done with his own pancakes. It was at this point that we both realized that we hadn't even touched our food yet, so without bothering to reply to him, we both quickly dug in, Twilight using her magic while I used my...well, hands.

We were all quiet during the first few minutes of eating, simply enjoying the food that the young dragon made for us. I had to say, they were rather good pancakes...then again, I had no idea if I had pancakes or not...wait, how do I know what pancakes are but not everything else? As I started to think about it, I realized that Twilight was talking to me.

"Drakalian, you ok? Hello?" She said, quickly shaking me out of my stupor.

"Oh, sorry Twilight. I was...well, I was just thinking about something." I said, taking another bite of my food.

This seemed to get the unicorn's interest, perking her up slightly. "Really? What about?" She asked, seemingly eager to know what it was.

"Well, I have amnesia, right? So how come I can remember certain things, yet other stuff just completely slips my mind?" I asked, taking another bite of my food.

Twilight paused her eating as she went quiet, seeming to be in deep thought for a few moments before responding. "Well, there're many different types of amnesia, and each one is...different in what they do, so to speak. First we have anterograde amnesia, which is when one can't remember certain events, but that's normally due to brain damage, which also in turn would affect the creating of new memories, yet they keep their long term memories. You don't have to worry about that, since I doubt that's the kind of amnesia you have. What I'm hoping that you have is just retrograde amnesia, which is the more...common amnesia, I guess. At least when it comes to physical memory damage. If it's this then we will have a much easier chance of recovering your memories. However, one of the main ways of recovering somepony's memory in this kind of amnesia is usually with a familiar object or by simply talking about said memory could cause you to remember, but since you didn't seem affected when you saw the necklace...at least, not as far as any pony could tell, then I'm starting to think it may be a more post-tramautic amnesia. Honestly, it could easily be both, part of your mind being repressed due to...um, why are you asleep Spike?"

I blinked when I realized that I had been zoning out a little, and after rubbing my eyes a little, I saw that Twilight was staring at a rather tired dragon with his face on his empty plate. As soon as his name was called, Spike quickly sat up, shaking his head as he gave a sheepish grin. "Oh, nothing, I was...um, just admiring the detail to this, um...this plate, yes! It's so intricate and...um, platy..." He said, his embarrassment only seeming to grow.

The purple unicorn simply looked at her assistant for a few moments before sighing as she looked down at her own empty plate, having finished it during her small speech. "I got...carried away again, didn't I?" She said in a rather matter of fact tone, to which the dragon simply nodded. "Sorry about that Drakalian."

I gave a shrug as I also finished the last of my pancakes. "It's all good. In fact, what you said does make sense."

At this, the unicorn looked up in surprise at me. "Wait, it does?"

"Sure it does. I mean...most of it did. I got the gist of what you were saying, so...I have either this...um, retro-grade amnesia, or this post traumatic amnesia, right? So it seems like all we have to do is figure out which one it is then."

Nodding, Twilight levitated our plates in a small pile before placing them to the side for now. "That's the idea, but first I need to read the book that I found, and that may take a while, just to make sure I have everything right and such. If I make a single mistake, it may...well, it may cause your memory to get even worse, or even make you brain dead. Oh...I really don't want anything like that to happen, what if I misspell something, or cast something at the wrong time, you may just end up becom-"

I quickly stopped her with a wave of my hand. "Twilight, it's fine, really. The fact that you're doing this means everything to me, and I have complete faith in you that you'll be able to find the right spell." I said, doing my best to prevent her from having one of her panic attacks that I have heard so much about...well, more like stress attack I guess.

Taking a deep breath, the pony seemed to calm herself down some before smiling back at me with a look of what I assume was thanks. "Thanks Drakalian. I'm just...I really want this to work. Imagine if it does, then that means we have somepony else who would have almost as much memory as the Princesses themselves, just in a different perspective. It could change the history books and everything we knew about our past before Equestria was even...well, Equestria."

Her enthusiasm seemed to be contagious, as I felt my own excitement get the best of me, sitting up suddenly with a small smile on my face. "Is there anything I could do to help?" I asked, already feeling myself get even more...pumped up, for the possible learning.

However, to my slight confusion, Twilight simply shook her head. "Not right now, there isn't. In fact, it might be best if you didn't try and read the book at all, otherwise it might affect the results, making you think too much on the subject. The less you think about it, the better chance we have of recovering your memory." She said, standing up as she gathered the plates to bring to the kitchen.

I felt all my energy simply vanish upon hearing what she said, simply saying, "Oh..." as I sunk some more in my chair, looking at my hands as I did so. I then felt a slight tug on my chin, which caused me to look up, seeing Twilight nudge my chin up with her magic to get me to look at her smiling.

"Hey, there will be plenty of chances for you to help. In fact, what if you read some of our own history books that we have. It may jog your memory back if we're lucky." She offered, levitating a book towards me before placing it down in front of me. Curious, I read the title of the book, which said The History of Equestria with a picture of what appeared to be Celestia and Luna circling each other.

Feeling a bit better, I took the book in hand and stood up. "Thanks Twilight. At least this will be better than just staring at a ceiling all day." I said, chuckling at one of the few memories that I did have; when I was first here and at the hospital.

"If you want, I have a couch in the main room that you can use to sit as you read. I'm just going to be in my room writing some notes." She said. Giving her a nod, she smiled a bit more, turning around to bring the plates to the kitchen. "Great. Just let me or Spike know if you need anything." She said, and with that, along with her dragon, they both left the room, leaving me all alone.

I was quiet at first, simply staring at the book a bit unsure as to what I should do, despite being told it literally a few moments ago. Soon, I shook my head and picked up the book, leaving the room as well and entering the main room. Looking around, I did indeed find the couch that Twilight mentioned. Sitting down, I was glad to see that at least the couch was big enough for me, and getting comfortable, I opened the book and began to read it.

Ok, let's see, Chapter One, the Pony Tribes...

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