I woke up in morning feeling like I was hit by a jack-hammer, my mouth had a taste that I'm unsure how to describe in it. But this didn't really matter to me that much, I always woke up like this, any time I got more than two hours of sleep, sometimes even two hours was all I needed. And people wonder why I tend to avoid sleeping a lot. I was, of course, the first to wake up, mostly due to my initial discomfort. I sat up in place and looked around me, my friends asleep and it seems Twilight and Spike were upstairs in their bedroom, which I couldn't really expect different.

"Well shit, I don't think it's going to be exactly easy to get a shower here..." I comment to myself in an already slightly frustrated tone, my voice gravelly due to my both slimy and dry throat.

"Actually, there is a bath in the other room, if you need it" Came a familiar calm, intelligent voice. It was Twilight, smiling at me with a kind smile. I smiled back at her, but only for a moment.

"Thanks, I'll just be a bit" I say calmly and relatively cheerfully, as well as I can, considering my condition whenever I wake up. I make my way past her to the room she directed me to, closing the door behind me mostly out of reflex for privacy, though that didn't seem that necessary in this universe.

I took a bath that lasted about 25 minutes, both cleaning myself and letting myself relax, preparing for another day to be sarcastic and carefree. It took a little prep in the morning to be me, what can I say?

A knock on the door interrupted my relaxed state in the bath, followed by Twilight's voice. "Are you okay in there? After the ordeals yesterday I hope you didn't pass out in the bath..." she says in a slightly worried tone, concerned for my safety, I guess.

"Yea, I'm fine, I'll be out in a second" I say, my voice loose and relaxed again, cheerful but calm, like always, a state of total lack of caring. He get out of the bath and make my way to the towel rack, drying myself off before redressing myself in my, at this point, tattered and torn clothes. But hey, at least all my technology was in one piece.

I come out of the bathroom, giving twilight a quick, fairly unnoticeable smile before making my way to Kyle, shaking him awake from his own state of rest. He stirred before looking at me and frowning a bit then sitting up.

"Well, guess we should prepare for another day of insanity. You look good, take a nice shower or something?" he says sarcastically to me with a slight smirk, I guessed he was thinking himself above me for being able to handle himself better without a morning routine like my own. I disregarded the thought, not many people knew I had a routine to make myself relaxed throughout the day.

"Yea, actually, I had a nice, long bath. And you can too, right in that other room, nice relaxing warm bath." I say with another quick smile, unnoticeable, I like to try to smile, though it's not a natural thing for me.

As anyone would, or should, in this case, Kyle got up and went to the other room, closing the door like I did. I made my way to Glenn next, shaking him and telling him to wake up. He woke up quicker than Kyle but was slower to sit up. After sitting up he looked at me through squinted eyes and asked. "So hows my hair?" in a semi-sarcastic tone, smiling at his comment.

"Looks like you lost a fight with a fresh helium balloon, mine?" I reply, giving him a slightly longer smile than I give most, it was still hard to notice, since my smiles never got very big.

"Looks like you took a bath and didn't brush your hair after drying off, which I assume, is what Kyle is in the process of doing?" Glenn replies, combing down his hair with his hands.

"Eeyup, he's bathing right now, I figure he'll take his time much like I did. Anyway, what should we do today in Ponyville? Or should we start asking questions about getting back home?" I ask his opinion, not really caring either way myself, I could stay here or go back, though I did kind of miss my internet.

"Ehhh I was planning on visiting Fluttershy again, as you are well aware she is best pony" I laugh a bit at that, nodding slightly.

"Well, after the previous events, I don't think that you should go too far from my or Kyle's line of sight. You are the...no offense, weakest of this group and least likely to be able to protect yourself. So if you'll be seeing Fluttershy we have to go as a group or she has to come here, sorry" I explain calmly, shrugging slightly as I do.

"Yeaa, I understand, Maybe we can go see Fluttershy as a group later. Speaking of which, my memory of yesterday and last night are a little fuzzy, what happened?" He asks curiously, at which point I realize why he was giving even less fucks the last couple days then normally.

"A lot of things, after we came here, you must have gone into shock shortly after...hmm I'll assume it happened shortly after the party, maybe the moment you were kidnapped. The combination of the broken arm and the kidnapping must have sent you into full blown shock, at which point you had no choice but to filter everything, which you seemed to do with your DS." I explain, nodding at my deduction of his psychological state.

"I guess that makes sense, I won't question further. probably isn't good to bring memories back from a period of time which I was in shock. Or not, I dunno. Anyway, think I should bathe too? I probably smell like shit" he says with a slight smirk, amused with himself, I guessed.

I leaned in a little and sniffed him, exaggerating the result by quickly reeling away. "Smells like a dump combined with a skunk and a few pieces of elephant gunk" I rhyme, laughing and amused with myself, maybe a little too much so. I stop laughing soon enough and hear Kyle coming out of the bathing room.

"Wow we really need a change of cloths these rags are ruined now." He comments, and I laugh a bit too much again, like I did at my joke. I don't really know why, it wasn't even that funny but I laughed anyway, in that strange way you laugh when you don't know what else to do but laugh.

Kyle just gave me a look that said 'you seem a little insane' and I stopped, catching my breath a little. I look over at Glenn who was already making his way to the bath. Well enough, I had business of my own to tend to. Leaving Kyle to whatever he wanted to do I quickly made my way upstairs. I was never much for reading for knowledge, unless knowledge came with relaxation or entertainment, which for me, it usually did. But I needed to learn a few things and get to know this world a little better. I found my way to the section of the library that was on magic and magic usage.

Quickly, I found a book on power spells, as well as healing spells and a few transportation and trick spells. I wanted to get myself an understanding of the magic I would likely be using for the next while. I started reading with the same ferocity as Twilight often did. After a few hours a thought passed through my mind. Where the hell was Twilight and Ahriman?

As if they read my mind, or something, they came into the room, looking at me curiously. “I see you’ve taken an interest in my books, are you having a good time learning?” Twilight asks with a wide smile, happy to see another face eager to learn. Ahriman looked down at me with annoyance, seeing as I may or may not be one of the most arrogant types of people.

“Yea, I figured that if I would spend my free time on anything, it would be on this. I’ve gotten through a few books” I say, motioning to the stack of a dozen or so books to my right. The magic I had attained gave me the ability to read much faster, maybe because it forced my mind to process things faster than normal.

“Perhaps the purple equine is not the only one I might have an intelligent conversation with. What was your name again?” Ahriman asks me and I shrug at his comment as I answer “Name’s Danny, though I prefer my nickname, Ommy. I won’t guarantee you that much intelligence coming out of me, most of my thoughts and knowledge is based off of theoretical concepts, and I learn what I can along the way” I comment and go back to my reading, the two looking at me quizzically.

Out of habit, I turn the pages with my hands, though every now and again while I am twiddling my thumbs or picking my nails I continue reading and use my magic to turn the pages with ease. Twilight and Ahriman seem almost enthralled by the simple act of my reading and gaining knowledge. Maybe they sensed how uncommon this was for me, or maybe they sensed that most the ‘knowledge’ I had was based on luck rather than books.

I disregarded them as I continued reading, until I finally looked over at them, slightly annoyed, but keeping my relaxed, carefree nature. “You know, taking a picture lasts much longer, and you’re not forced to stand the whole time you look at it” I say in a slightly sarcastic tone and chuckle at my comment before looking back to the book.

“have you…learned anything from this? Any new information, or spells? What can you do with magic?” Twilight asks, curious and seeming to want to somehow gain knowledge from my own gain of knowledge, however that works. I teleport myself into the air, floating there with a levitation spell, a bored expression on my face as I continue reading the now levitating book.

Twilight seems very happy at this, clapping her hooves together as if she is impressed by my act. Though, I knew she could most likely do better, it was strange how I could abuse my power and she just used it when it was needed. It showed how much more I took for granted the things I have.

I finished the book that I had been reading, effectively finishing the pile of books I had started with. Descending back to the ground I placed the book on the stack of finished books before walking past her to go back downstairs. I had learned a lot in those few hours, and I had a hunch I would need to use it soon. But then again I’m a paranoid weirdo, so who cares?

Author's Notes:

Hey, Ommy(or 'Danny' for most people) here. I guess I wrote this chapter with a little, or maybe a lot more insight into my perspective on things, and how I view the world and work towards whatever i feel like.
Over all, I'm happy with this chapter though..I had a lot of grammatical help from my friend >w>