It's been nearly a week since I came to Equestria, and I think I'm finally accepting that this is my life now. Vinyl Scratch has taken me in as a temporary roommate and I'm enjoying my life here. I now have a full understanding of why the window was blasted out of the side of the house from doing the dishes. Each morning I awake to the sound of wubs so strong the house is nearly turned into a giant stereo.

  I have been trying to stay out of sight from the streets, but there was one point where I was spotted through the window by a turquoise mare. She started spouting nonsense about how nopony was ever going to humiliate her again. I later told Vinyl about my little encounter describing the mare in detail, she was laughing so hard that she almost breathed in her food. She eventually calmed down and told me that the mares name was Lyra

So ever since then, I decided to wait until I can be properly introduced to Equestria. Twilight says she managed to get a appointment with the rulers of this kingdom and we will leave to see them tomorrow.

  So now it's just me here with vinyl. During the day we have been playing against each other on her PONY STATION 4.

I spend most of my time now playing the ponified video games, and drawing manga. It's kind of nice to get away from my old life, here it's so much of a slower pace. Back home it was wake up early go to school, go to work. Then after a long day and hard work get five hours of sleep then start over again.

"So are you going to do anything today?" Vinyl asks as she sits down for breakfast.

Her question pulls me out of my own thoughts.

"Hmm? Maybe, do you have any carving materials?"

"Sure, do you want just the carving tools or the keys to my workshop?"

"You have a workshop. What type?" My curousidy burns deep within me, it would be nice to do something different.

"Ya know wood, metal and electronics."

My face holds an expression of surprise and shock.

"Wow vinyl I didn't see you as the type of mare to have a full on build anything workshop" I say.

"We'll I got to make my wubs somehow, so I got the tools and made them"

"Where is it? I've been here a week and I didn't see a garage anywhere."

"It's in the basement behind a secret door, not even Octavia knows about it."

"So why are you telling me?"

"Well there's two reasons. One is because I noticed your drawings contain cool inventions. Two Octavia is coming home tonight."

A look of worry flashes across my face. I didn't know this mare or how she would react, whereas vinyl did and she was going to hide me in a basement."

"Just one question. Why is it a secret basement?"

She finishes drinking her cranberry juice and then slams her hooves down on the table. "Because the tech down there is god damn expensive that's why! Plus you understand that I have nowhere else to put you to keep you a secret."

I can see her passion and worry for this place that she is letting me be. It must really mean a lot to her.

She's still pushing on the other side of the table and glaring at me with those crimson red eyes. I know it's meant to be a type of threat but she looks as threatening as a three year old child trying their best to make a scary face.

"Fine." I say getting up.

" I promise not to touch any thing you made or look at anything your working on. Cross my heart, hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye.

I sit back down and vinyl seems to be reassured about letting me down there. Then I think I hear from the fridge freezer a whispered "Forever." I quickly brush off the thought of hearing things but it puts a shiver down my spine nonetheless.

After breakfast Vinyl starts to collect the dishes, and I run to get my homemade ear muffs.

The sound of dub step fills the house and I can feel the vibrations pass through my entire being. I can handle the dish washer but I don't think I will survive if she turns on the bass canon again.

"So the work shop?" I ask her.

"Oh the key is this fridge magnet and you put it directly behind that yellow book to unlock it." She says.

  I decide to try it out and surely enough the bookshelf swings open. The staircase to the basement is surrounded by sound proof styrofoam same as the back of the bookshelf. The stairs go down about twenty feet then its a ninety degree turn to the right.

I can feel myself getting giddy, every tool and machine one would think of is here. On the far left is the metal fabricating section, the middle is the electronics like computer chips and whatnot, and on the far right is the wood shop.

  Thoughts of inventions from my world storm my mind even ones theorized by Si-Fi entertainment. I turn around to see vinyl sitting in the doorway with a prideful look in her eyes.

"Thank you, this is perfect."

It's a vague sentence but I know she understands what I'm thanking her for. For giving me a purpose and something to do.

"Hey, what are friends for."

Now that I think about it I didn't realize just how quickly we got along. It's only been a week and she knows me well enough to rival Matthew. My face saddens at the thought of never seeing my family or friends again.

"Hey what's wrong? Don't you like it?"

"Hmm? Oh I love it, I was just thinking about my life back home"

She walks over to me and puts her hoof on my shoulder.

"Don't worry man, we'll find a way to get you back home. Plus in the offhoof you don't get back your always welcome here."

A tear in my eye fails to remain concealed. Looking at vinyl I realize how she's standing, she is balancing on her back legs and using me slightly for support. I can't believe that the entire time I've been here I didn't realize that ponies were as tall as humans when on two feet.

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