I groan as I slowly wake up, I hear a gasp and then a door opening and closing.

My eyes slowly open as sunlight flows over me like a warm soothing touch from the open window.

I try to sit up, but I appear to be strapped down to the bed, I try to struggle but for some reason I feel slightly dizzy.

I hear the door open again and two small bipedal horses walk in, I'm not sure if I am dreaming or have gone insane. The one on the right looks male with brown fur and darker brown hair, and is that a horn on his forehead? The left one looks female with white fur and pink hair but she has no horn on her head, I also notice that their muzzles are shorter than a horse's, their heads are rounder with larger eyes as well.

"Good morning, Sir, how are you feeling?" he asks me.

I'm too shocked to reply as I just stare at them.

"Do you even understand me?" he asks again.

I slowly nodded up and down.

"Are you shy?"

I shake my head.

"Lost your voice?"

I shake my head again.

"...Surprised perhaps?"

I nodded.

"Ah... well please relax, you're in safe hands here," he tells me.

A sudden pain in my left thigh makes me look down to see bandages wrapped around it, my weapons, armour, and gear are missing, leaving me in just my underwear.

My mana has recharged, but I'll wait till I'm alone before healing myself, I don't want them to know I can use magic just yet.

"Can you untie me please?" I ask.

"I'm afraid I can't do that, we don't know what you are or why you were so well armed," he replies. "but I assure you, as long as you behave yourself no harm will come to you. As for your injury, we removed the poison from your body and cleaned your wound as best we could. For some reason you're very resistant to our magic," he says.

That's good then, at least I'll have an advantage if things go south. "How long have I been out?" I ask.

"Only an hour," he replies.

"And where are my possessions?" I ask again.

He's silent for a few seconds. "They're being stored at the guards Barracks in town, but Miss Sparkle is looking at a book you were carrying," he replies.

I frown at that, so not only did they take my gear, but they also took the book that could be responsible for sending me here.

"We shall bring you something to eat and drink in a few minutes, just lie back and get some more rest, I'll also inform Miss Sparkle that you're awake now," he says as they both step out.

I lie my head back and stare at the ceiling. I flex my hands, feeling the flow of my mana through them. I channel two life elements through my left hand and cast it on myself, I repeat the spell a few times and the wound is fully healed.

I wait for a few minutes and the door opens up, the white furred woman steps back in with a tray in her hands, she sits in the chair to my right and scoops some strange green mash like food onto a spoon.

"Open up," she says kindly. With nothing else to do and my hunger catching up to me, I open my mouth and she places the spoon inside, but the moment the mash hits my tongue, I spit it out, It tastes like grass.

"I know hospital food isn't the best, but you really need to keep your energy up," she says and tries feeding me another.

"Sorry ma'am, but I can't eat grass," I tell her.

She looks confused for a second. "Oh... I'm sorry, I didn't know, what do you eat?" she asks.

"Fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, berries, and meat," I reply. Her eyes widen and she drops the spoon. "Are you alright?" I ask her with a raised brow.

She runs over to the door and leaves the room yelling for a doctor. I'm quite confused as to why she just ran out the door, but judging from her reaction, I'm guessing meat eaters aren't welcome here. I channel two cold elements through my right wrist and try to freeze the strap holding me down. After a few seconds, I stop as it's starting to make my hand feel numb.

I pull on the strap and it snaps, I then undo the left strap and then my ankles. I rub my right wrist to get the numb feeling to fade, I can hear heavy footsteps coming from the other side of the door so I get up and walk over to the wall. I then place my hand on it, it's solid stone. That's good, I can use it to cast a weak stone armour spell if I need to.

The door opens and two male gold armoured horses walk in with their shields pointing at me and their hands on the grips of their swords.

"Put your hands up and get on your knees," the left one demands sternly.

"What have I done?" I ask.

The right one looks unsure while the left one glares at me. "Doesn't matter freak, get on your knees, now!" He draws his sword and the other does reluctantly as well.

I frown at them. "I'm warning you now, I do not wish to fight, but should you attack me, I will not hesitate to put you down," I tell them and channel a shield and earth element in my left hand.

The left one grins while the right one looks worried. "I was hoping you'd say that," the left one says and charges at me with his shield pointing at me.

I cast the spell on myself and the stone wall behind me breaks apart. I'm covered in a thin layer of stone and then channel two cold elements in my right hand, I hold my palm out and spray the guy's legs with a light mist of frost.

He's surprised and slows down enough for me to punch him in the face with a stone covered fist, he's sent onto his back and I pick up his sword.

A third armoured man steps in, this one has a horn which starts to glow. He fires a bolt of blue energy at me from his horn, which I block with my left stone covered forearm, the stone shatters and my arm feels slightly burnt.

I grunt in pain as I see his horn glowing again, I channel a shield element into my left hand and hold my palm out, I cast the spell and a small curved back semi-circle of golden energy forms in front of me. He fires another bolt which bounces off the shield and into the ceiling.

His eyes widen but I quickly cancel the shield, channel an earth element and fling a small piece of the wall at his head. It clangs against his helmet and he goes down, out cold.

The other shield bearing guard looks at his two unconscious allies and then back to me. "You'll let me pass or you'll be joining them," I tell him. He gulps and lowers his sword and shield. "Actually, drop your sword and shield and take me to the guards Barracks, I want my gear back," I tell him.

He nodded, drops his sword and shield, and slowly walks out, I follow him as we pass terrified nurses. We make it to the exit where four more guards are waiting outside.

Two of them have wings and spears, another has a horn and some kind of gem on a handle. The last one has neither but has a large two-handed hammer. "Stand aside and don't move," I tell my 'guide'.

He nodded jerkily and stands a few metres to my left. I channel an arcane element into my sword which gives it a sinister red glow, the guards all take a step back with unsure expressions.

"All I want is my possessions returned and I shall leave," I tell them. They all glance at each other, but before they could respond a voice yells out at us.

"WAIT!" I look to my right and see a purple woman with a horn and dark blue hair with pink highlights going through it. She's wearing a white shirt, a dark purple blouse, and a dark blue skirt going just past her knees, I also notice they don't have feet but hooves instead. "Please stop fighting," she says with a worried expression.

I look from her to the guards and then back to her. "I am defending myself, I just want my gear and book back," I tell her.

"Alright, just stop fighting okay?" she asks me.

I sigh and drop the sword, the four guards then decide to rush me. I quickly channel a shield and earth element and cast the spell making five stalagmites burst out of the ground in front of me, forming a stone wall. The four Guards run face first into them and fall to the ground in a groaning heap.

The purple woman walks up to me slowly with wide eyes. "H-How did you do that? You don't have a horn," she asks me.

"I'd be happy to explain, but first I want my stuff back, especially the book that was on me," I tell her.

"Oh, the book is back at my place, but your equipment is at the guards Barracks. Do you really need your weapons and armour right now? I promise you'll be fine from now on," she says.

The doors to the Hospital open and that white woman leans her head out. "Twilight! Get away from it! It's a carnivore!" she yells to this Twilight person.

I look back to the purple woman to see her wide eyed with fear and backing up slowly. I groan and place my right hand over my face. "And what does my diet have to do with anything? Also I'm not a carnivore, I'm an omnivore," I ask and tell them.

"Y-You aren't going to eat us?" Twilight asks shakily.

"No," I reply flatly with a deadpan expression. "Eating another sentient race is considered murder where I come from and is an unforgivable crime," I tell her.

She exhales in relief. "I'm sorry, but you said you're an omnivore?" Twilight asks me.

I raise an eyebrow at her. "Yes, I can eat meat and certain vegetation," I reply.

She gasps. "Really? There's never been a sentient race on Equis that's an omnivore before," she says circling me. She stands back in front of me with a hand out, I notice she only has three fingers instead of four and the tips all look like one solid fingernail. "Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle, welcome to Ponyville," she says, sounding much more relaxed.

I give her a small smile in return and shake her hand. "Greetings, I am Adrian Stormsword. And thank you, but I'd still like my leggings, shirt, boots, and money back at least," I reply. She looks down and notices that under the stone armour, I only have my underwear on.

She blushes and looks back up. "Oh, of course. Erm, shall we get going then?" she asks shyly.

I nodded and follow her.

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