Author's Notes:

This story will run side-by-side with my other story Finding Home. There may be things you do not understand in this story if you do not read the other, but hopefully not anything extremely important. You will still get your fill reading this story if you don't read the other, and vice versa. They are both about different characters. Feel free to leave a dislike if you don't like this idea, and feel free to keep reading if it doesn't bother you in the slightest! I love all my viewers and their opinions, so don't be afraid to crucify me for it. These stories take place in the same universe, so all the characters and OCs will most likely interact or cross paths at some point. So if you don't know about something or think something is random or surprising, it's because you didn't read the other story. Just a warning for future readers!

“He… he’s dead?” I stammered, staring at Fluttershy. I awaited a response I knew wasn’t coming, the question only making her cry harder. A moment later Cross walked in, looking at Cecil wide eyed.

“What…” Cross mumbled.

“He’s… he’s…” Fluttershy stammered.

Cross walked up and took this small rubber clamp and put it onto Cecil’s finger.

BEEP… BEEP… BEEP…

“Wh… h…” Fluttershy mumbled.

“The pulse oximeter just slipped off.” Cross said calmly. I looked at it, then the ECG and sighed.

Fluttershy sniffled and wrapped her arms around Cecil. “I was so worried…” She sobbed.

“He’s fine Fluttershy…” I said, a small smile returning to my face.

“Lucky your friend brought him in when he did.” Cross said, glancing down at his clipboard and writing something.

“What friend?” I asked quizzically, staring intently at Cross.

“I dunno… He just said he was a friend of yours and that he had to run. His voice sounded a bit familiar but…” Cross shrugged.

“Well… Cecil’s safe so, that’s all that really matters.” I said, approaching the bed next to Fluttershy. “I’ll go get everyone else… I’m sure he’ll be happy to see his friends when he wakes up.”

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Pinkie’s POV:

“AHHHHHHHHHH” I groaned loudly, stretching it out as long as possible.

“Why are you shouting!” Mrs. Cake asked in a tone that was trying to match mine. I stopped and looked at her.

“Because I’m so BOOORED!” I groaned again, falling face first into the pillows on my bed.

“And why are you bored?” Mr. Cake asked.

“Because.” I stated.

“Okay…” Mrs. Cake said.

“Whymhp nphtmh.” I said into the pillow.

“Why… don’t you go out and find something to do?” Mrs. Cake questioned.

I jumped up and looked at her. “Don’t you think I thought of that!” I said, rolling my eyes. My face blanked for a moment and I stood there in deep thought. A smile shot onto my face shortly after. “I hadn’t thought of that! Thanks!!” I cheered happily, hugging Mrs. Cake.

“You’re welcome.” She smiled, hugging me back. I hopped passed the two and stopped, turning back to them.

“I almost forgot to ask about you! How are you two doing today?” I tilted my head as I waited with bubbling impatience.

“We’re doing fine.” Mr. Cake said.

“Great!” I said happily, dashing downstairs and out the door to the cake shop. I hopped down the road towards Twilight’s, lost in thought about what to do today. Maybe they’ll have some ideas. I j-

I crashed into someone, falling back to the ground. “Oof!” I grunted, blinking a few times before looking up at a light blue colored man. He didn’t have a horn or wings and looked relatively well toned.

“I’m sorry! You okay?” He asked.

“No… you made my butt hurt.” I said, hopping up to my feet and looking at him.

“Really really sorry… I’m just looking for my brother.” He said.

“Uhhh huh. Who’s your brother?” I asked curiously.

“Well I’m Axel, nice to meet…” He started.

“Pinkie Pie. Nice to meet you straaanger.” I said, grabbing his arm, lifting it up and looking at his armpit.

“What are… you doing?” He asked uncertainly, his eyes shifting to random pedestrians.

“Are you a vampire?” I asked, looking up at him with a serious look.

“I don’t think so.” He said bluntly.

“A werewolf?”

“No.” He said.

“A druid?”

“Maybe.” He shrugged.

“A gryphon?” I asked.

“What?” He stammered.

“Okay you pass.” I nodded.

“Pass what?” He asked.

“I don’t know. Nice meeting you.” I said, shaking his hand and hopping off. I continued on down the path, glancing between different people who looked to be doing their own things. If only I could talk to them all at once… Ohhh maybe Twilight can clone me!

My hopping slowed to a stop, seeing several paintings lined up along the wall of one of the buildings. I tilted my head curiously, I’ve never seen them before. I walked up to them and looked at the first one. Not much to tell about this one, just a bunch of trees. I took a big step to my right, now standing in front of the second one. This one was of…

“Ooooh you’re familiar.” I said, staring at the man in the painting. I turned around and was immediately greeted by a large painting being pressed into my face. I fell back onto the ground and saw it being carried by a very, VERY familiar face. “Oh hi Axel!”

Axel looked down at me and blinked a few times, staring at me with a little surprise and confusion. “How did you get over here? Can you teleport? Are you magic? You don’t have a horn… Oh my god it all makes sense.” I said, jumping up and brought my face close to his. He leaned back slightly. “You’re a time traveler.”

Axel looked at me, still a large amount of confusion in his eyes. He pointed to my face. “What?” I asked. He poked my nose and I giggled. I raised my hand and poked his nose in return. “Boop.”

He shook his head and raised the hand up, showing a green spot on his finger. I looked at it for a moment before wiping a finger down my face. I looked at it and noticed the same green stuff on it. “I’m bleeding!” I said wide eyed.

He looked at me with a befuddled expression, blinking a few times as he studied my face.

“But why is my blood green… I’M AN ALIEN! I KNEW IT!” I said, hitting myself in the head. “It’s so obvious!”

Axel turned the painting around and looked at what seemed to be an imprint of a face on where it had hit me. He stared blankly at it for a few moments before looking at me.

“Heeeey your painting has the same green stuff. How did you get my blood!” I said accusingly.

Axel put the painting down against the wall and took a few steps back, scratching his head as he looked at it at different angles. I walked up to him and put my arm around his shoulder. “What?” I asked. He immediately tensed up, staring blankly ahead.

“Hey where’d your muscles go?” I asked, just now noticing his very slim figure.

“Van?” A voice called down the alley. I turned and saw…

“Axel?” I questioned, eyes wide in amazement. I looked at the two of them. “There’s two of you?” I gasped loudly. “CLONES! How did you do it, tell me!”

“He’s not a clone… He’s my brother.” Axel said. I looked back at the man whose shoulder my arm was around.

“Ohhhhh!” I said. “It’s nice to meet you Van!”

Van stayed absolutely silent, still completely tense.

“He’s really not used to people and doesn’t like being touched… at least by people he doesn’t know.” Axel said. I looked at Van and jerked my arm away.

“Sorry!” I said apologetically.

Van looked at the ground, seeming to relax a little more.

“He hates me doesn’t he…” I said, my tone becoming sad. I just lost a possible friend…

Van’s head snapped to me and his eyes darted around. His mouth opened for a moment before shutting.

“He doesn’t hate you.” Axel said with a sigh.

“Yes he does…” I said, my nose starting to run, causing me to start sniffling.

Van reached his hand towards me, stopping half way and pulling it back. My vision blurred slightly as tears welled up in them. Just before they started to fall from my face, his hands moved up and covered my eyes.

“I think that means he doesn’t want you to cry.” Axel said.

“Oh…” I said, a smile slowly forming on my face. Van moved his hands away from my face and I saw he had a small smile on his face.

“He’s really shy isn’t he? I haven’t heard a peep from him.” I said, glancing back at Axel.

“Well actually that’s because he’s mute.” Axel corrected. I looked at Van, a growing surprise now obvious in my expression.

“Ohhhhhh that explains some things.” I nodded slowly.

“Hey Van where are your glasses?” Axel asked. Van reached into one of his pockets and took out a case, opening it and pulling out a pair of circular shaped glasses. The frames were round and red.

My smile grew as he put them on. “You look cute.” I said. Van’s face immediately turned a bright shade of red.

Axel chuckled. “Looks like you’ve got a girlfriend.” He joked.

My face lit up. “Yes. You’re my boyfriend now.” I nodded.

Both Axel and Van looked at me. “Huh?” Axel said with befuddlement in his voice.

“Let me show you my friends!” I said, grabbing Van’s hand and pulling him with me as I ran out of the alley.

“I’ll take care of your paintings and find you.” Axel called. I turned to see Van looking back at Axel. He turned back to me, a blush still smeared across his face. I giggled and stared at him.

“You’ll love my friends.” I said, turning back to see Twilight’s house in the distance.

“Hi Pinkie.” Scootaloo’s voice called. I stopped in my tracks and turned to her, smiling widely.

“Hi Scootaloo!” I waved, rushing up to her. As I approached, I saw Alex directly behind her.

“Hi Pinkie… who’s your friend?” Alex asked, looking at Van.

“He’s my new boyfriend. Isn’t he great?” I asked. Van and Alex looked at each other.

“Um… hi.” Alex waved slowly.

Van was still tense by the fact I was holding his hand, but waved with his free hand. “Oh you’ll get used to it.” I whispered to Van, his face blanking shortly after. “Well we can get caught up later, I have to show Twilight.”

“Oh okay…” Scootaloo said, glancing at Alex, the two of them shrugging.

I tugged Van along with me and stopped at Twilight’s door, knocking excitedly. I waited a few moments before knocking again. I grabbed the handle and saw it was unlocked, pushing the door open and walking in. “She’ll probably be home soon. Come on it and make yourself comfortable!” I said, motioning towards the couch. Van reluctantly walked in and sat down, looking around the room, a growing intrigue in his eyes.

“Oh yeah the books are Twilight’s. They’re all hers.” I said. I paused for a moment and stared at him. “Ohhh sorry! Did you want me to take your coat?”

Van looked up at me, then down to the black top coat he was wearing. “Isn’t that a women’s top coat?” I asked. He looked down at the floor and nodded slowly. I laughed a little and took his coat, hanging it up next to the door. “Oh and I never properly introduced myself. I’m Pinkie Pie!” I said, holding out my hand to shake.

He stared at my hand, unmoving. “Oh you’re right… we shook them enough already.” I smiled, taking a seat next to him. “Soooo…”

Van looked at me, then back to the floor.

“So you’re into painting?”I asked, tilting my head.

Van looked at me and shrugged.

“Ohh right you don’t talk… stay here.” I said, jumping up and rushing over to Twilight’s desk, grabbing a pencil and a notepad. I walked back and handed it to him. “Here ya go!”

Van took both of them and looked up at me. “You can write right? And I mean write, not right. I know they can get confusing but I mean write right, not right write. Just saying.” I said. He stared at me for a moment before nodding. I noticed he was holding the pencil in his left hand.

“Ohhh neat! You’re left handed!” I smiled widely.

Van looked down at the paper for a few moments. Shortly after there was a knock on the door. “Oh that should be her!” I said, dashing over to the front door and opening it, only to see Axel standing there.

“Hi Pinkie, hey Van.” He said with a small wave.

Van quickly started writing something, holding the paper up to read ‘Help.’

“You came to visit! That’s so sweet!” I smiled.

“Actually… I came to get Van…” Axel said.

“But we’re having fun.” I said. I glanced back to see he was waving frantically, quickly putting his arms down as I looked at him. “Come in!” I said, pulling Axel inside and closing the door.

“Um… Okay?” He said uncertainly.

“Why don’t you go sit down and I’ll make us some snacks!” I said, rushing off into the kitchen.

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Third Person:

Van looked at Axel and wrote, ‘Are we being kidnapped?’

“No. She really thinks she’s your girlfriend though.” Axel said. “And I’m going out on a limb here to say it’s one way isn’t it?”

‘I don’t even know her...’ Van wrote.

“Doesn’t mean you can’t get to know her.” Axel said.

‘I don’t know… she’s a little…’ Van wrote, tapping the pencil on the page as he thought of a word.

“Odd?” Axel asked.

‘Insane.’ Van finished.

“That’s a little overst- yeah… maybe a little.” Axel said.

‘I know you keep saying to meet new people… But is this a good place to start?’ Van wrote.

“Let’s at least give her a chance.” Axel said.

“I hope you two are hungry! Make sure to eat everything.” Pinkie called from the kitchen.

Van paused for a few moments before starting to write. ‘I’m scared...’

“It’s just food…” Axel said.

‘She really likes to… um...’ Van wrote, chewing on his lip a little as he thought.

Axel raised an eyebrow.

‘Touch.’ Van finished, pulling his legs up onto the couch.

“Oh. Yeah that’s bad.” Axel nodded.

Pinkie walked out of the kitchen with a decent sized plate of food and handed it to Axel. “I have returned with goodies.” She sang.

“Okay…” Axel mumbled.

‘In case it’s poison, I’ll try it first.’ Van wrote.

Axel smiled a little and shook his head, “No that’d be my job to try it first.” He said.

Van snatched some food off the tray and took a bite. He chewed for a few moments before it started to slow. He swallowed, sitting still for a long minute.

“Van?” Axel asked.

Van grabbed the tray and started digging in.

Axel reached for some of the food.

Van grabbed Axel’s hand and took the food he was reaching for with his other.

“There’s plenty for everyone!” Pinkie giggled loudly.

“There won’t be after he’s done.” Axel sighed.

“He’s just adorable.” Pinkie said, leaning down and kissing Van’s cheek. Van immediately tensed up, starting to choke on the food he was eating. He spit out what was in his mouth and started wheezing, finally getting some air.

“Pinkie… Van hasn’t ever liked it when people he isn’t used to touch him…” Axel said.

“Ohhhh yeah…” Pinkie nodded slowly.

Van sat there silently staring at the floor, his face slightly red.

“You look thirsty.” Pinkie said, quickly rushing into the kitchen.

“You alright?” Axel asked, placing his hand on Van’s shoulder.

Van shook his head violently.

“Do you want to stay here?” Axel asked.

Van paused before shrugging weakly.

Axel smiled, “This is so great.” He said.

Van looked up at Axel, his face twisted in confusion.

“You know exactly what I’m talking about…” Axel said.

‘What?’ Van wrote, staring at Axel.

“You have a crush!” Axel smiled widely.

‘No!’ Van wrote, filling the entire page. His face was turning a brighter shade of crimson.

“You can’t lie to me…” Axel chuckled.

Van wrote something in very tiny letters. Axel leaned in to read. “You… look… hungry?” Axel read. “I guess a litt-” He was cut off as Van shoved some food onto Axel’s face.

Axel stared at Van before grabbing some food and shoving it into his face.

Van scooped the food off his own face and ate it, looking hungrily at Axel with a widening smile.

“Van no…” Axel said, trying to scoot away, only for Van to dive on top of him and start licking the food off Axel’s face.

“Gross! You’re so immature!” Axel groaned, trying to push Van off.

“Maybe I should have made more.” Pinkie said, observing the scene unfolding with a grin on her face.

Both Axel and Van froze and looked at Pinkie.

“H… Hi there…” Axel mumbled.

“I like wrestling too.” Pinkie said, her smile growing as she got into a stance that signaled she was about to tackle someone. Van’s attention shot to Axel.

“You started this…” Axel said.

There was a knock at the front door. Van immediately jumped up and started walking towards the door. Pinkie’s gaze changed to Axel.

“I hate y-” Axel was cut off as Pinkie pounced on him.

Van walked to the door and stopped as he heard voices on the other side. He pressed his ear to the door and listened. “You know you don’t have to knock, you live here dumbass.” A female voice said.

“I know it’s just polite.” A man said. Van’s heart dropped as the handle started turning. Before he had time to react, the door was pushed open and he was thrown to the ground. He shook his head a little and glanced up at the towering figure in front of him. His expression blanked as he stared in almost terror at the armored man in front of him.

“Holy…” Axel mumbled.

The figure looked down at Van and reached a hand out. Van tensed up immediately. The hand stopped in front of him. “Hi.” He said. Van’s eyes rolled back and he fainted, limply slumping back onto the floor.

A woman peeked in and glanced at Van and Axel. “Who the hell are you and why are you in Twilight’s house?” She asked.

“Oh hi Rainbow Dash.” Pinkie waved, releasing Axel and dropping him to the floor roughly.

Axel grunted as he hit the ground he pushed himself up and rushed over to Van. “I was looking for my brother… things changed though.” He said.

“I think we found him.” Dash said jokingly.

“And… why were you questioning me about being in a library?” Axel asked.

“Well technically it’s a house, with a lot of books in it. I live here.” The man said.

“Okay…” Axel said.

“Oh sorry, my name’s Sam. Who are you?” The man asked, holding his hand out. “You’re not going to die are you?”

“No… and my brother just passed out…” Axel said.

“I think the correct term is ‘fainted’” Dash smirked.

“Oh well I’m sure he’s fine.” Sam said, kneeling down and hoisting Van over his shoulder.

“Where are you taking him?” Axel asked.

“Up to Twilight’s room. Just going to tuck him in.” Sam said.

“You’re awfully calm and hospitable today…” Dash said, raising an eyebrow.

“They look like nice people. You’re not here to rob us are you?” Sam asked.

“No.” Axel shook his head.

“See, nice people.” Sam smiled.

Dash facepalmed and shook her head. “Just take him upstairs…” She groaned. Sam walked by Axel and upstairs, walking into Twilight’s room.

Dash was about to speak when Pinkie tackled her to the floor. “What the hell Pink- Gllphrm!” Dash choked the last words as she was put into a sleeper hold.

“Teehee! Thank Axel here for the idea to wrestle.” Pinkie giggled. Dash glared angrily up at Axel before her struggling started to slow to a stop.

“Pinkie…” Axel said.

“Whaaaat. I was just whooa!” Pinkie yelped as a purple aura tugged her into the air.

“She’s still pregnant. I don’t think she needs anymore stress.” A purple woman said, walking into the house, shaking her head.

“I dunno… what you’re talking about… I was about to kick her ass…” Dash mumbled.

“From a sleeper hold?” Axel asked.

“You stay out of it blondie.” Dash snapped.

“Hey it’s not blonde…” Axel said defensively. “It’s just… dyed.”

The purple woman and Dash glanced at Axel. “Dyed?” They both asked.

“Van likes… to… paint… things…” Axel mumbled.

Dash stared at him, her face twisting into a pained look as she held back laughter.

“Who’s Van? And more importantly, who are you?” The purple woman asked.

“Van’s my little brother. I’m Axel.” Axel said.

“I’m Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you.” Twilight said, extending a hand.

“Th-” Axel stopped as he noticed her horn and wings. “Oh my god…” He mumbled, he fell limply backwards as he fainted.

“Does this happen a lot?” Dash asked, stumbling to her feet.

“I don’t even…” Twilight sighed.

“I can see the future!” Pinkie shouted.

“Oh right…” Twilight said, quickly realizing she still had Pinkie in the air, hanging upside down. She placed Pinkie onto her feet. “Sorry!”

“My mind… Is one with the kittens…” Pinkie said.

“What?” Dash questioned uncertainly, raising an eyebrow.

“Ohhhhhm. Ohhhhhm.” Pinkie chanted. A few moments later she fell to the floor and passed out.

“I think her brain broke.” Dash mumbled.

“That can happen when the blood rushed to it for too long…” Twilight said, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath in. “SAM!”

Sam appeared in the room. “What’s wr-” He started, glancing down at Axel and Pinkie’s unconscious forms. “Does this happen a lot?”

“Just take them upstairs…” Twilight groaned, shaking her head in annoyance.