Luke began to stir with sunshine beating on his eyelids, informing him that it was time to start another repetitive day.

'Ugh, man, that may have been the best dream I have had in a while', he thought with his eyes still closed and a smile forming on his face. But as his senses began to come back to him, he realized something was....different. There was no smell of alcohol filling the air from his father's routinely drinking, but was instead filled with the aroma off...apples? 'hmm... whats the occasion?' he thought as he began to get up. But instead of getting up, he was answered with what seemed to be something holding him down. His eyes opened as he turned to the source, only to be met with an orange pony sleeping peacefully next to him.

Time had stopped. 'It...it was real?! Nononononono....' his mind raced as he was still processing what was in front him. His body had finally caught up to him as he began to scream,"aaaaaAAAAHHHH!". The scream could have easily waken anyone within a 20 meter radius,not to mention someone, or should I say, somepony only mere centimeters from him. "uhh, whaa?" the pony began as she was still trying to find herself from her deep sleep. Luke had not waited for her response, as he unattached himself from the still half asleep pony and bolted out the door. Back at his home, he had always slept on the first floor of his house considering the only other floor was the attic. But the apple family's house had been a two story house, and Applejack's room had been located on the second floor. So with the combination of being unfamiliar to walking down the stairs every morning and the fact that he himself was still somewhat tired, he couldn't help himself from falling down a waiting set of stairs after a sharp turn.

*BUMP BA BUMP BA BUMP BA BUMP BA BUMP

There he laid at the bottom of the staircase still stunned with what happened.

"Uggggghhhh" he moaned with regret as he began to pick himself up, only to find a red horse with a caramel mane staring at him with an inquisitive look.

"....aaaaaaaAAAAAH!" he screamed again as he bolted past the even more confused stallion and out the door. As he ran, more and more thoughts began rushing through his mind, 'what the fuck is going on?! I'm in ponyville?!?! How?!?! Why?!?! Am I dead?! I must be dead.... there is no other explanation! There is no way I am here right now!' he continued to think as he kept running. Another thought had crept into his mind,'where am I going?!' He began to think of different spots where he could clear his mind and figure out what was going on. Then he remembered...'The forest!'. He began to run to where he had first shown up remembering how surprised Applejack had been seeing him there. From what he could tell, the forest had not gotten too many visitors and would be a perfect place to be alone. As he was running, he realized how much different everything had looked compared to his surroundings back at home. It looked as if everything was made out of almost solid colors, and did not have much variation, such as the trees looking almost identical. When it was dark out, he couldn't see much of his surroundings, and had realized something else.... HE was different! He looked damn near close to a cartoon! 'Ok... this is weird... but now is not the time to sight see! I need to get away from here!' he thought running back into the forest.

-Apple family Residence

Applejack was awaken with a very unpleasant screaming a few centimeters from her.
"uhh, whaa?" She stated only to be answered with what sounded like somepony dropping something down the stairs, followed by another loud scream. Applejack was still trying to process everything that was happening when she heard her big brother calling out to her. "Applejaaack! Get down here now!" A still confused Applejack made her way to the open door and down the stairs. As she walked down the stairs, her memory of the previous night began to come back. 'what in Equestria did Ah do last night? Ah let a strange creature into the house without even ! Ah put mahself in danger! Ah put mah family in danger! Why would ah do that?! Ah was just tired. Yep. That's it! I had a rough day and-', "APPLEJACK!". Applejack shook her head and looked at Big Mac.

"Why are ya'll yelling?!"

"Ah've been trying to get you're attention for the last 2 minutes!"

"Uh...sorry Big Mac, Ah have a lot on Mah mind and-"

"Applejack....what was that...that thing?"

"It was a....human", Applejack said with some fear in her voice.

"What in Equestria is a- nevermind that! What was it doin' in the house, and more importantly, your room! Wait a second..."

Big Mac began to sniff Applejack as an angry expression formed on his face.

"Why is it's scent all over ya?! Did it do anything to you!?"

"No, no! It's nothing like that! All he did was um...sleep..." Applejack mumbled the rest of the words.

"What was that?!" Big Mac was fuming at this point.

"All we did was sleep in the same bed...okay?"

Big Mac went silent. An awkward silence filled the air for a long 15 seconds. Just as Applejack was about to break the silence, Big Mac screamed, "I'LL KILL IT! Where did it run off to?!? I swear as soon as I get mah hooves on it I'll-"

"Stop it Big Mac! We didn't do anything! He had nowhere to go! The least Ah could do was offer him a good night's sleep. He was all by himself in the forest...ahm sorry..." Applejack said with a look of regret on her face and tears forming in her eyes.

"....No AJ, Ahm sorry, Ah just...Ah love you and the rest of the family so much, Ah just couldn't stand to see any of you hurt and-"

"It's okay Big Mac, Ah forgive ya..." she said as she pulled her brother in for a hug. The hug went on for a few moments, and Applejack went upstairs again.

As Applejack walked, she still had Luke on her mind. 'Why did Ah offer to sleep with him? He's not even my species! He must have felt so uncomfortable, maybe Ah should give him a proper introduction to Ponyville. Yea! Ah'll introduce him to mah friends and try to work out that little...problem...we had.'

Big Mac on the other hand was having different thoughts about Luke.' Ah still don't trust it, but if Applejack is happy, Ah guess Ah am too. But Ah still have to keep an eye on it, it could still very well be a threat.'

"Hey, uh, Big Mac? Today's mah day off right?

"Eeyup." Big Mac said in a much calmer tone.

"Well, Ahm goin' to hang out with mah friends, okay?"

"No, problem. Just...stay safe."

-Everfree Forest-

Luke had been running for a good five minutes before he had finally reached where he had first come to Equestria.
"*pant* Ok... I need to take a *pant*...breather." As he sat, he was met with the familiar noise of his stomach growling at him. 'Hopefully I still have some food left..." Much to his delight, he still chips and water that he had packed for school. He began to open the chip bag when he realized something else. 'Wait... I still have my ipod in here...' He got it out and checked the battery life, only to find out it only had 23% left. "Oh well, it's better than nothin'." As he continued to eat, he began to start thinking about his current situation again.

'How did I get here?! Why?! Am I ever going to get back home? What about my school work? What about my future? Ah...who am I kidding? Did I really have anything running for me back home? I had no clue what I was gonna do when I grew up. I was...alone... No one would even know I'm gone! I bet my father is happy I'm gone! I bet-' Suddenly he remembered what happened last night. 'W-wait... I slept with a p-pony... I SLEPT WITH A GOD DAMN EQUINE! What was I thinking!?! Why did it feel... right? No, nonononono! Stop thinking like that! Ugh! I'm such a...a freak! We didn't.. do anything....but the principle remains! That's the first person I had ever slept with! Wait... "IT WASN'T EVEN A PERSON!" He screamed as he punched the nearest tree.

Growing up, Luke had found himself always having to bottle up his emotions. When ever something had stressed him out or frustrated him... he never had someone to open up to and just put it aside. So instead of having to talk out his problems, he would usually use force to express his anger.

He watched as the blood ran down his knuckles and dripped from his fingers.

"Ok.... I need to calm down." he said as he reached for his ipod. "This should do the trick." He decided that he would take a walk to unwind, and because he couldn't walk back into Ponyville, he walked further into the forest. He put on some music and went back to thinking."Alright... If I'm going to survive, I might have to go back into Ponyville. No, nevermind, that's not an option. Applejack had probably told everyo- erm, everypony about the little stunt I pulled. I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't want to see me again... maybe I can start life out here. I could eat berries make a shelter, and even-' but his thought was cut off. He felt a sharp pain in his right calf, followed by a numbing feeling. He took out his ear pods and looked down at his leg. What he saw drained all the color from his face. There he saw his leg bleeding with a large scorpion's tail in it. When he turned around, he saw a VERY angry manticore with dried blood on its paw and upper back.

"Oh fuck."

Luke was about to run when he collapsed to his knees. He could feel the numbness starting to spread throughout his body. He couldn't move. 'Fuckfuckfuckfuck! not good!' He thought as he sat there helplessly in front of the imminent death staring at him. The manticore had raised it's good paw and swiped at Luke. It connected and sent him flying into a tree. He could feel bones cracking as he made impact with the tree. His limp body hit the ground, him feeling the shattered bones in his leg. All he could do was watch the manticore approach him. It began to crush his bad leg with it's paw. "AAAAAHHHHH!!!!" He screamed with blood gurgling in his mouth. It had wasted no time and swiped at his arm. He could feel the claws dig into its bicep. He couldn't muster up another scream. His vision had begun to fade. ' That's it... I'm fucked... I didn't think it would end like this....' The pain also began to fade as the numbness spread throughout his body. He could still see the manticore attacking him, his own blood on its face and paws.

There he laid, his vision almost completely gone ready to accept death. As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard a very loud and almost motherly voice screaming "ENOUGH!" He half opened his eyes to see a bright white light, very similar to the one that brought him here. He saw the manticore whimper and run away. The last thing he saw was the white light overtake him as lost consciousness.

A/N: I just want to thank everypony again for sticking to this story, and I truly hoped I fixed the little problem I had last chapter. If you still see that I have not or you want to suggest something to me, please feel free to tell me in the comments! I would really appreciate it, even if the comments are mean, feedback is always appreciated!

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