Azrael opens his eyes and slowly sits up. He was in his room back at the library. He remember what had happened last night and puts his face in his hands. Letting out a growl of annoyance. His mind running back to the events of the party.

    “Stupid bitch…”

    He said to himself, gripping the blankets that halfway covered him, cursing Dash with anger. He shakes his head and gets out of bed and immediately heads to the bathroom. For some reason, showers always made him feel better. Washing away the day as they say. Whenever he walks in however, the tub was occupied by none other than Twilight. She looked at him with wide blinking eyes, Azrael simply just stared with an unphased look. She was leaning back in all her glory, the water clear as day so nothing was left unseen.

    “Sorry about that, please continue.”

    He said in a calm tone as if it was just a normal thing. He closes the door and walks away. Only to hear the sound of splashing water and her call out to him.

    “Azrael, wait!”

    He stops in mid walk and turns around, the door swings open and a towel covered Twilight runs over to him, wrapping her still wet arms around him and nuzzles into him gently. Azrael blinks a few times and reaches up and pats Twilight’s head.

    “We were so worried about you last night...we couldn’t find you anywhere. When did you get back?”

    Azrael looked into her eyes. He could see genuine concern within them and just looked away from her.

    “I don’t remember how I got here. I was with Celestia and she came to console me. Next thing I know, I am back here.”

    Twilight blinks and releases him from the hug, holding onto her towel so that it doesn’t fall off.

    “Good...I am glad she is the one that found you. Listen, I want to apologize on behalf of Rainbow. She was way out of line doing that to you. If you didn’t have the abilities you have now...that could have been very very bad. But, more importantly, I am just glad you are here and safe.”

    Azrael shakes his head and puts a hand up.

    “You don’t have to worry about me Twilight. It’s not your obligation to care about me.”

    Twilight goes quiet for a moment, then frowns with a bit of sadness in her eyes.

    “Who says it is my obligation? Do you think just because of what happened between you and me makes you think my concern is merely an act? I told you Azrael, I understand why you did what you did. You need to stop thinking otherwise.”

    “You hardly even know me,Twilight. I understand that you are showing kindness towards me. And it is very sweet of you to do so. But you shouldn’t be so trusting of strangers. Especially ones who have threatened to set you ablaze.”

    Twilight crosses her arms and arches a brow with a knowing smile, narrowing her eyes playfully at him.

    “But you weren’t going to. I know that much. And I was watching you with the fillies yesterday. I have seen you smile, you do it to see others happy, but then i saw you smile with them yesterday. You were smiling because you were happy, and you were even laughing with them. I know this because Pinkie can tell when smiles are genuine and when they are not. She was watching you the entire time to see if you were enjoying yourself.”

    Azrael turns away with a slight blush of embarrassment on his face, crossing his own arms.

    “I don’t know what you are talking about. I was merely being polite was all…”

    Twilight could see right through that lie. She thought it was adorable the way he was trying to deny it. She giggles lightly and heads back to finish her bath.

    “Uh-huh. I am sure that is the only reason. Once I finish my bath, I will let you know so you can get washed up as well...unless you’d rather join me.”

    “Are you offering?”

    Twilight was expecting her question to be answered with another question like that. She blushes brightly and looks away from him.

    “I..didn’t think you would take that question seriously...I mean if you want to…”

    Azrael gives a light chuckle.

    “Come on Twilight. I would never really impose on someone’s bath time if they really didn’t want me to. I will wait.”

    He said as he went back to him room, leaving Twilight with a heavier blush than before. Once he was out of sight, she places a finger on her lower lip.

    “I...wouldn’t have minded if you came and kept me company…I was only half kidding...”

    She said to herself before returning to her bath.

--One Hour Later--

    Azrael walks out of the bath and into his room, he gets his clothing and shoes on, seeing that they had already been washed, he shakes his head.

    “I could have washed them myself Twilight…”

    He said as he slides them on. After getting dressed he heads out of his room to hear knocking at the door. Twilight walks over to it and opens it, seeing the three fillies Azrael was talking to yesterday. He quickly stops halfway down the stairs and makes sure he was out of view.

    “Ah,hello girls! How are you today?”

    “We are doing good Twilight! Um...we were just wondering..if-”

    Sweetie Belle was cut off by Twilight.

    “Yes girls, his is here. Would you like me to go and get him?”

    They all three nod quickly. Twilight giggles and turns to find him already half way down the stairs, but not budging from where he stood.

    “Azrael, you have guests, come down!”

    The three fillies wasted no time in running passed Twilight to get to him. They meet him halfway up the stair with looks of concern. Scootaloo was the first to speak.

    “Hey...are you alright? You got so upset yesterday and all three of us were worried.”

    Azrael shakes his head lightly.

    “There was no reason for you to worry about me, girls. I just finally lost control of my emotions was all. I have been holding them in for many years now, but I am fine. It is sweet of you three to worry about me. Though, like I told Twilight, you don’t have to show me sympathy because i got upset. I do not want anyone to feel sorry for me because I overreacted.”

    “Well, that’s not why we came over here. We were wantin’ to know if you wanna come and hang out with us. You know, show you around to the place you haven’t been to yet.”

    Applebloom said with a smile on her face. Azrael noticed one thing about the filly, she had rather pretty eyes. A mixture of red and yellow, and her southern drawl made it even more adorable. And she was an athlete pony, but was still very much attractive, even with that bow she wore in her hair.

    “Yeah, it’ll be fun! We could introduce you to all our other friends if you want to!”

    Sweetie Belle, she was an adorable unicorn and a very quickly developing one as well. Her body had already begun to change to turn her into a very shapely mare. She was growing up fast.

    “We can even show you our own little club house we got. It’s where we do all our crusading!”

    Scootaloo was perhaps the most athletic out of the group. She seemed like she had the tomboy personality that a lot of girls liked to have back in his world. It suited her, but she was still very pretty to look at, even though she didn’t like to admit it.

    “You really want someone like me to be your friend? It could cost you in this long run, girls.”

    The all three give a ‘pffft’ noise and wave their hand at him.

    “Just because you are a human and you can control fire doesn’t scare us away.”

    Scootaloo said with a look of determination and a pump of her fist. They suddenly gather around him and grab him by his wrist, leading him downstairs and out the door, Twilight smiling again as she watches him leave.

    “You all have fun now!”

    She said as she waved bye to the group. Happy to see that Azrael didn’t deny them of his company. She knew he needed this, especially after what had happened the night before. She giggles to herself and turns around, heading back inside to go and study as she usually does. But she couldn’t help but feel a little jealous that he had three fillies’ attention.

As the group walked along the streets of the town, Azrael answered their questions about what his home was like and what he did. They were all surprised that he was in his last year of school whenever he came here. And that he lived by himself at such a young age and had a job.

    “So, let me get this straight, it’s not magic that lets you control the fire?”

    Azrael shakes his head at the question earth pony.

    “It’s called ‘AIM’ or rather an involuntary movement. It is more mental than anything. We espers have an invisible field around us that is unique to each of us. Kind of like your cutie marks in a way. Each one is unique to every pony.”

    “Woooow that is soooo cool!”

Exclaimed Scootaloo, bouncing on her hooves a bit.

    “I can turn fire into many things. Would you all like to see?”

    They all gasp excitedly, nodding their head quickly.

    “YES!”

    They all said in unison. Azrael smiled to them and nodded, backing away from them. He pulls out his lighter and flips the cap up, igniting the flame.

    “Alright, you three be sure to keep your distance now. I don’t want you getting hurt.”

    They quickly step back and await to see his skills. Azrael closes his eyes and pulls the flame from the lighter and slides it back into his pocket. The fire grows in his hand. He begins to swing it about and toss it like an expert, the fillies mesmerized at how well he control it. He then brings the flame between his hand and lets out a growl, the fire taking shape that of a nine-tailed fox. It leaped around in the air and around them. It bounces back over to Azrael and sits in front of him, he reaches down and pets it. The fillies’ eyes were as widen as dinner plates when they saw this. Azrael soon lifted the flame up again and made it take the form of a rather large fiery raven, even the fire turns black when he does this. It flies around as if it were an actual bird. Flapping it’s wings and lets out a might ‘caw’ of power. Little did Azrael know, he was drawing a crowd of pony both old and young. He chuckled lightly.

    “You all like that huh? Want to see my best one?”

    They all cheered, as an acknowledgment.

    “Alright, all flyers out of the sky for this one!”

    He warned the pegasi. Once he saw none of them in the air, he closed his eyes again, this time the flame grew, and grew, and grew. He tosses it into the air and suddenly a large fiery serpent dragon flies through the air, letting out a mighty roar as it circled over. It flew through the air with such grace and so majestically. The ponies were a little afraid, but also excited and thrilled to see such a display of talent. They all clapped and cheered more. Azrael chuckled and decided he would give them an acore, something fun. He swoops the dragon down close to the crowd, they all duck in fear. A  fiery blade appears in his free hand and he chuckles.

    “Not to worry! I will slay this beast!”

    He said as he made the dragon swoop down at him. He leaps up and lands on the dragon. It flies him through the air and acts as if to throw him off, but as he got closer to the ground, he stabs the fiery sword through the dragon's head and leaps off of it. The dragon lets out a defeated roar and explodes in the air, the fire disappearing before it hits the ground to cause any fire.. Once he lands, he thrusts the sword in the air with a triumphant stance.

    “Rest well, citizens, the dragon has been vanquished!”

    The crowd was speechless. How was he able to do all that?! Sweetie Belle and the others felt their hearts pounding with excitement as they watched him.

    “Soooo cooooool….”

    They all three said in unison. Azrael finally took the time to see how many ponies watched him, the crowd grew so quickly, even he was surprised.

    “Oh...uh...I didn’t know so many of you took interest. Sorry if I interrupted your daily tasks. I will uh...let you get back to it.”

    The crowd erupted into more cheers, clapping and stomping their hooves.

    “That was really really neat!”

    Shouted a random stallion.

    “Scary, but it was so beautiful!”

    Shouted a mare. The compliments just kept on coming, he lowers his head in embarrassment and scratches the back of it.

    “Wow...thanks everyone. I didn’t really think I would get such an audience. I have been working with fire for mostly all my life. All I need is an imagination.”

    The three fillies run up to him and wrap their arms around him.

    “That was really amazing’!”

    Exclaimed Applebloom, her eyes sparkling with admiration for the human, along with the others. Two fillies however, were not so happy with the three of them making such a cool friend with such abilities. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. They scoffed at the group.

    “How is it THEY have HIM as a friend? He is way too cool to be hanging out with those ‘blank flanks’!”

    Shouted Diamond Tiara. Jealousy written all over her face, as well as Silver Spoon’s. Once the crowd disperses, they approach Azrael and the ponies. Just by the look on their faces, Azrael could tell this wasn’t an autograph request.

    “So,this is your new friend huh? Pretty handsome for a human.”

    Said Silver Spoon.

    “Yeah, and way too cool to be hanging out with you blank flanks. You should come hang out with us instead, stud. We are the popular ponies here. You belong with us.”

    Diamond Tiara said smugly. The three fillies looked down, but Azrael shook his head.

    “Nah, I am fine with these three here actually. There are females like you back home who think they can win someone over because they are rich and popular. Besides, they seem to care about who I am rather than what I am or what I can do. So I will have to politely decline.t Now how about you two go blend in with you rich and snobbish crowd? Leave us to our own devices?”

    They both stared with wide eyes and gaping mouths. Applebloom and the others staring at them with evil smiles, then they stick there tongue out and walk off with Azrael. That’s right, he may not have many friends yet, but atleast he has Twilight, and now, he has Applebloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. And for the first time in his life, he was truly happy.