A short time later, after some talking with everypony, and formal introductions were made, The young man returned to his home just outside Sweet Apple Acres along with Twilight Spike and Rarity.

"Man, my place is a wreck! How did my whole house manage to come along with me when I got sucked into this world?" Charles groaned as he took in the damage his home had acquired during its inter-plainel trip to Equestria. He walked around his home picking up various items that had managed to be tossed to the floor during the whole incidient. He stopped near the mantle, bending down to pick up a picture frame that had fallen, shattering the glass that was held within.He turned the photo to face him, giving a soft smile as he ran a hand down the side of the frame. The picture showed a woman and man standing behind a young boy, his family from long ago.

"I miss you, mom'n'dad." He spoke quietly to himself as he sat the picture down on an end table, picking up and placing the lamp that had fallen over to its upright position. He turned around seeing books and other items floating around the room, in turn, causing him to stumble backwards, bumping into the end table, shocked from seeing this. "Uh........ How?" He stammered pointing around at the floating objects.

"Oh, I'm sorry, we were just trying to help tidy up. We can stop if you like." Twilight stated as she placed the objects she was holding quickly into their respective spots in Charles' home.

"No, please, you can help, I was just a little shocked seeing everything floating........ how did you do that?" He asked encouragingly.

"Well, Unicorns such as myself and Rarity, have the ability to use magic in a variety of ways. One use is telekinesis, or the ability to move objects without actually touching them." Twilight smiled as she felt she had taught the human something new.

"No, I'm aware of that ability, but in the world I'm from, its simply a myth. As are Unicorns, Dragons, and actually quite a bit of stuff. I have a feeling though that their are quite a few things in this world that I'll run into that are nothing but myth in my world." Charles stated, giving a nervous smile.

"Why yes darling, their are many different other species in this world. Twilight, myself, and our other friends have had quite the run-in with many of them. I'm sure you will as well eventually. But lets hope that you don't meet the terribly rude ones that will try to hurt you." Rarity smiled as she picked up the TV that had overturned onto the couch, and setting it upright.

"Yea! Like that big Hydra you guys managed to escape, OH! Or that Manticor that Fluttershy tamed, and the Minotaur that turned her into an assertive monster." Spike laughed not being able to get the image of a mean Fluttershy out of his head.

"Seriously? You have got to be pulling my leg on that one. A Hydra and a Manticor? Those are mythical beasts in my world, and you're telling me they exist in this world?" Charles spat in surprise.

"Yes, They are very much real in Equestria. However, you may not meet a friendly one in your lifetime here, they are always a spectacle to watch from a distance." Twilight smiled, putting forth more knowledge for the human.

The human smiled at Twilight as he began. "So I'm guessing your a teacher or something, you seem to have quite a bit of knowledge about everything, so why don't you tell me what you know about humans."

Twilight stopped and thought for a moment. "Uh..... actually your the first one I've met, plus there is no literature on humans in Equestria, so I guess I don't know anything other than what I know about you." She stated with a sheepish smile.

"He gotcha there Twi." Spike chuckled.

"Ah well, we will have plenty of time to get to know one another. Your princess said that I wouldn't be able to leave this world in my lifetime, And from what she told us all about the magic storm that sucked myself and my home into this world. I'm guessing it all to be true." Charles said as he plopped down onto the couch. "Ugh I'm beat. This whole mess has literally worn me out, I think I'll turn in for the night and get up to check out your town, Ponyville was it? In the morning." He said giving a stretch.

"If you three need anything just give me a shout. I'll see what I can do. Its not like I'll be going anywhere anytime soon heh. I'll be fine here on my own." He said expecting the three to head out to their respective homes.

"Uh, actually Charles, My home was damaged during the storm and is being fixed as we speak, but it wont be ready for a few more days." Twilight spoke laying her ears back shyly.

"And my home was completely d-destroied from the s-storm." Rarity said stifling a tear as she almost began to cry.

Charles looked at the to ponies as the little dragon comforted them both. He gave a heavy sigh as he stood up and began to walk toward the staircase. "Come on you three, follow me."

The two ponies and dragon looked at each other then to the human as he began to climb the staircase. He stopped at the top looking over the banister toward the group. "Look you three. You helped me out and I'm not about to be a jerk and put you all out in the cold when you were so kind to me, AND, saved my life. I have extra bedrooms that I'm not using so you are welcome to stay here until your homes are fixed or rebuilt. It's the least I could do to help you out."

A smile broke out across the three figures as they rushed up the stairs happily saying thank you repeatedly.

"Oh man, I hope I don't regret this later." Charles thought to himself as he led them down the hallway, first stopping at the restroom showing them were it was in case they needed to answer the call of nature. The next room in line was filled with bookshelves and tons of books scattered about. The bed was covered with a fallen shelf and countless books.

"Uh, Ill help clean this up in a minute, let me show the others to their rooms." Charles stated, realizing his home had taken more damage than he had previously thought.

"Oh don't worry, I can handle this myself." Twilight said giving a smile and trotting into the room.

The next room was pretty standard, a few things were scattered here and there from the homes transition. But overall it hadn't been damaged like the rest of the house.

"You can stay here Rarity. It's not too elaborate, but hey, it's a bedroom." He smiled to the white unicorn.

"Thank you darling. I shall clean up in here and have it sparkling before you know it." Rarity smiled going into the room. Charles moved further down the hall into the last room inviting Spike in.

"This used to be my room when I was little. I never did get rid of anything so your welcome to do as you like in here, just try not to break anything please." Charles said as he led Spike into a childs room. The room was littered with toys and items of all kinds. Spike had never seen so many toys in his life. He eagerly went in and started playing with toys left and right giving a thank you as he sat down.

Charles smiled giving a sigh as he walked back down the hall, looking into the rooms as he went. He stopped at Raritys room seeing that it was perfectly straightened and she was just finishing up the bed. She smiled to Charles as he gave a nod back in surprise. He moved on to Twilights room and stopped dead in his tracks seeing the unicorn laying on the bed reading a book quietly. All the shelves and books were back in their respective spots and nothing seemed to be out of place. Charles stammered for a moment as he looked on in shock. Twilight looked up from her book and smiled pointing toward her horn.

"Telekinesis, remember?" She smiled. Charles just nodded in shock and continued to his room at the end of the hall. Entering his room and plopping onto his bed, he gave a large yawn as he pulled his hand up to rub the cut he had received from earlier in the day feeling of the stitches that held it together. He stood up and began to disrobe then hopped back into bed. He lay there quietly as he took in the days events. Never in his life would he have thought that he would end up on a different world, much less, leave his home world in any other method than when his life ended. This was going to take some getting used to, as he was now the only human in existence on this world. He was alone, on a world filled with talking creatures that weren't human, where myth and magic existed in harmony with the planet itself. Yes, life was going to be a roller coaster for him from now on.

Morning brought singing birds along with the sweet smell of muffins and oatmeal. Charles awoke from his slumber hearing the chatter of people downstairs. Adrenaline hit him as he had forgotten about his guests and rushed to the window to see if any vehicles were outside parked. He flung open the shade looking outside to see nothing but farmland and an apple orchard as far as he could see. A large red barn was in the near distance. He scrunched his brow confused for a moment then remembered the passing events of the previous day. He began to relax until a sweet voice called to him from downstairs.

"Time to wake up darling, breakfast is ready for you and is getting cold." Rarity said with a song in her voice.

Charles gave a sigh as he pulled his clothes on and headed downstairs. He arrived in the dining room to see a total of 6 ponies and a baby purple dragon sitting around the table. They were all chatting quietly until Charles entered the room. Upon further inspection he noticed streamers and party supplies all over the house. A little pink pony was happily hopping around the room, a big smile across her face. She quickly pounced the human to the floor looking down at him smiling.

"This is your welcome to Ponyville slash Equestria party!" She said wrapping her hooves around his neck giving him a hug, then quickly hopping off of him to the other side of the table to munch on a cupcake.

"Uh...." Charles began as he pointed toward the pink pony while looking at Twilight.

"Oh don't worry about her. She's just being Pinkie Pie." Twilight giggled.

"So your the new guy in town huh? Your pretty strange looking. But then again, I've never seen a human before. Anyways, welcome to Ponyville, I'm Rainbow Dash." The Pegasus stated as she examined the tall human.

"I'm Pinkie Pie!" The pink pony said between mouthfuls of cake, spraying bits here and there. Waving a hoof at the human.

A yellow Pegasus mumbled quietly to the human as she hid behind a lock of pink hair. Her ears lay flat against her head as she shied away.

"This quiet one, is Fluttershy. She'll warm up to you eventually." Rarity said giving Fluttershy a gentle hug.

"My name's Charles, it's a pleasure I'm sure." He smiled taking a seat as Pinkie placed a large piece of cake and a cup of punch in front of him .

AJ was sitting quietly on the sofa in the living room away from all the hustle and bustle of the welcome party. Her leg was throbbing from the short distance she had traveled to the humans home from her farm. She had refused Big Macintoshs help, saying she was fine and could make it on her own. She regretted that decision as she made it to the house, her leg had not hit anything during the short trip, but still moved slightly from all the hopping she did to get to the house. She gave a heavy sigh as she sat there looking at her cake and punch. With a broken front leg she would only be able to eat or drink directly from where the food and drink sat.

"Hey AJ, whats up? Why you sitting in here by your lonesome?" Charles said as part of his accent began to show. AJ jumped at the sudden interruption of her thoughts.

"Oh pony feathers! Don't ya'll go'n sneak up on me like that." She huffed sitting back in her seat a little more.

"Why ain't you eating? Lots of goodies in there. You haven't even touched your cake or drink. Whatsup?" He asked, looking at her then back to the group in the dining room. He looked at them for a moment seeing the pegasi and earth pony using both hooves to hold their food and drinks. He then looked back seeing AJ's front leg in a cast.

'It must be to painful for her to lift it and use properly.' He thought to himself. AJ gave another sigh looking at the cake. Charles rolled his eyes realizing the orange earth pony just had to much pride to ask for help, he sat down next to AJ, sitting back into the comfortable couch.

"You not hungry AJ?"

"Not really." She replied, as a silence was interrupted by her growling stomach. "Well, maybe a little." She said as her ears lay back in embarrassment.

"Then let me help you." Charles smiled grabbing the cake and fork, cutting a piece off an heading it toward AJ's mouth.

"No thank you, Ah don't need any help." She huffed yet again.

Charles sat back giving her a stern look. "Now AJ, I will not have a guest go hungry in my home. Either you let me help you or I'll just have to let your friends in there know your being stubborn."

A small whinny of surprise came from the workhorse as she looked over the top of the couch back into the dining room full of ponies, then back to Charles. "Fine, but ah don't owe ya nuthin fer this, ya did offer ta help." She said with a grump.

Charles just gave her a smile and began feeding her bites of cake. Her ears lay flat seeing him smile at her. Cheeks flushing a light pink. After a few minutes the cake and punch had been consumed. AJ patted her belly with her good front hoof. "That hit the spot. Thank ya kindly Charlie." She gasped realizing her mistake in saying his name, covering her mouth in embarrassment.

Charles looked oddly at her realizing her mistake and expression, then proceeded to laugh. "Its alright AJ. I know Charles is rather formal after all, so Charlie is fine. Besides, being a friend means your comfortable with what your friends have to say to you, even if it is a nickname or shortened version of your name right?" AJ's face burned red as her eyes looked away from him, she just gave a nod as he smiled and walked into the kitchen with the dishes that once held punch and cake.

AJ sat there still burning red, her heart racing at what had just transpired. Never has she been fed by someone else before since she was but a new filly that had just come into the world. She hasn't trusted anyone else to do that, ever, not even her friends. What made this new being so different that she would allow him? She couldn't find the answer. Just as her thoughts began to clear, everyone decided to make their way into the living room with AJ.

"You look a little lonely Applejack, mind if we join you?" Twilight smiled offering a cupcake and cup of punch. AJ declined graciously as Charles re-entered the room.

"I hate to say it ladies, but unfortunately I'm going to have to start cleaning and repairing this house. As much as I'd like to finish this party, I have to get things done." A unified Awwww was given by all as they reluctantly began to clean up. Charles sighed as he watched them move slowly around for a moment to clean up before speaking up again.

"Well, I guess I could start with repairs outside first, it's not like I'm going anywhere anytime soon." He laughed, his hand
rubbing the back of his head nonchalantly. A unified Yay! was made by all as the party picked back up. Charles shook his head, a smile across his face as he exited the room heading to his garage.

Upon entering his garage he noticed a few things had fallen from the shelves that lined the walls, but had avoided hitting his car. He gave a heavy sigh of relief as he circled the car picking up the items that had fallen and placing them back onto the shelves adorning the walls of the garage. Circling the car to its rear he raised the garage door by hand as there was no electricity to use the automatic door opener. Sunlight cascaded in from the noon sun, shining down onto the vast green earth. He placed his hands on his hips and took a deep breath exhaling happily. Never had he smelled such clean, pristine air. It was absolutely wonderful. He turned around heading to the drivers side of the car, setting down in it. He loved this car more than anything. It was an 1969 Oldsmobile 442 fully restored to its original glory. This had been his dream car for the better part of a decade and when he had finally found one to purchase, it had been in shambles. He took more than 5 years to rebuild the entire car by hand. Doing everything to it himself. Now all he could do with it is let it sit there. A single tank of gas at full. Once he finished that tank, it was very likely that he would never be able to drive it again. He didn't know if this world used fossil fuels or not, but he hoped that it did. If it didn't, he would have to walk everywhere, and that meant time wasted. But maybe he could learn to like it. But for the time being he thought. 'Lets fire this baby up and listen to it purr.' With that he started the car, sending a loud purr out as the fuel ignited in the engine. A wonderful low rumbling came from the car as he placed it in gear and backed it out of the garage into the grassy area in front of his home.

The noise from the car had startled all the ponies inside as they raced onto the porch, AJ hopping closely behind them. They watched in awe as they saw Charles getting out of the strange contraption they had never seen before. Rainbow dash was awestruck as she traced every curve of the car.

"What I Equestria is THAT thing?" She shouted as she flew all around it slowly.

"Well I hadn't really planned on taking it out of my garage, but I need room to store stuff as I fix the house room by room. So this beast will have to wait outside until the repairs are done. This is a car, people from my world use them to move faster from where they want to go. This car is my pride and joy. It took me almost 10 years to finish rebuilding it." Charles said with a smile as he walked around the front of the car, opening the hood.

"But what was that noise coming from it a minute ago?" Twilight asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

Charles lifted the hood to check over the engine, answering questions as he did.

"Well, this machine runs on a combustion engine, the noise you heard was the explosions inside of it."

"Can you make it do that again?" RD asked landing beside the car and looking into the open driver side door.

"Yep."

"How fast does it go?" RD asked

"About 150 MPH on a smooth straightaway. If I'm lucky." He chuckled.

"That's not that fast, now if it could break the sound barrier then I'd be impressed." RD smirked as she began flying around the car again.

"Ha, if a this thing could break the sound barrier I'D be impressed. But it's not capable. Hey, how do you know about the sound barrier? I haven't seen any technology in your world other than what was in that tent I was in yesterday. Please tell me this world has fossil fuels like gas or oil." He said giving RD a longing look.

"Well we do have oil, but I'm not familiar with this gas you speak of. We may be able to find some though." Twilight said placing her hoof on her chin in thought.

"No, it's alright. I can make my own fuel for my car. All I need is some distilled water, some steel and something to make an electrical current. It will take a while but I think I can modify my car to run on strictly hydrogen." Charles said giving a determined look.

"All those items can be found in Ponyville. I know of a couple shops you can go to. Shall we go?" Twilight said with a twinkle in her eye, finally being able to help out.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to go for a drive. Would you ladies like to go with me? I need to know the area anyway so I don't get lost. Plus I'll need to go into town and introduce myself so the townsfolk won't freak out when they see me for the first time."

"One other thing. There are a few contraptions in Equestria similar to this car of yours, but they run on magic and don't make as much noise. So if you do take this into town please make it a little quieter." Rarity chimed in.

"Well I can't make it quiete,r but I can ease off the gas when we get closer to town. That might help a little." Charles smiled as he jumped into the car, reaching over and pushing open the passenger door. "Come on ladies. Get in. AJ your up front since you need some leg room." Charles smirked giving her a wink.

The girls piled in, AJ being the last and giving him a hardy har har look as she closed the door. Fluttershy squeaked hearing the door shut.

"You all ready?" Charles announced as he turned the key igniting the beast they were in. A loud rumble was sent through the air as he pressed the gas down a couple times.

"I LOVE that sound." Charles growled as he slammed the car into gear and sent mud flying out behind the car. Everyone screamed in terror, or delight, it was hard to tell. Charles pulled onto the dirt road and eased forward slowly gaining speed as he got a feel for it. He managed to get up to around 30 mph before he decided it was a little rough to go any faster.

"Hey, I thought you said this thing could go fast?" RD questioned in a disappointing manner.

"It can, but if I go faster I could damage it and might not be able to continue driving it."

"What do you mean?"

"Well imagine this. Your flying your normal speed and decide you want to land, but in order to land you need to slow down right? Well imagine if you decided to keep flying but instead of completely taking off from the ground, you dragged your legs with you. They would get damaged right? This is the same concept, but the ground has grooves and bumps, and I can't take off from the ground to avoid them. So the faster I go, the greater risk there is to break or damage the car."

"That's a strange way of putting it, but I guess you're right. If I did a sonic rainboom while running, I might just tear my legs off." RD said giving a smirk.

"A what?"

"A sonic Rainboom. It's when I break the sound barrier and my mane becomes a long rainbow across the path I fly. I'm the only pony to ever pull it off."

Charles kept driving, giving a laugh. "There is no way you can go faster than the speed of sound. I refuse to believe that any living creature can go that fast, even one from an alternate dimension."

You could have cut the silence that followed with a knife.

"Alright smarty pants, you let me out and I'll show you." RD challenged.

After a few seconds, and a quick exit from the car, everyone was situated on one side of the road looking at Rainbow Dash. "Alright now you just wait here and watch." She said giving a determined grin as she took off into the sky, all eyes following her. It took a couple minutes to gain enough altitude but RD finally took a nosedive gaining speed quickly. Everypony placed hooves over their ears as RD came at an angle toward them. Charles looked in horror as she was heading straight for them. He ducked behind his car shouting to the others, but they couldn't hear him. He quickly bolted to them screaming to get behind cover as RD quickly gained more speed, the cone stretching over her light blue body as it neared its breaking point. It was to late, She had broken the cone, shattering the sound barrier just a few hundred feet away from them, an elegant rainbow following behind her. Charles braced for the wind as RD zoomed past as mach speed. Within a couple seconds the wind and loud explosion busted pass them, knocking everyone into the dirt. Charles got up coughing from the cloud of dust that was brought up from the dirt road by the sonic boom and wind.

"Holy crap! *COUGH* She actually did it." Charles laughed walking up to the seemingly tangible rainbow that was before him. He reached out running his hand through the almost solid rainbow, a warmth could be felt from it.

The other ponies picked themselves up from the dirt, dusting themselves off. Pinkie giggling the entire time. "WOW Lets do that again!" She laughed

"Oh please, let's not." Rarity complained as she shook the dust off from her coat and mane.

Charles walked back to the car as RD landed next to him. "See, toldya I could do it." She smirked.

"I guess you did, never thought I'd see that happen. Well, lets get going, don't need to waste daylight." Charles said trying to hurry them along.