“Ow, my head...”

I couldn't help but release a heavy groan as consciousness slowly returned to me. A throbbing pulse of pain as one of thenonly things around to respond to me.

Forcing open my eyes, I tried to take in my surroundings, a bought of nausea coming over me. Even through my unfocused mind, i could see little more than blurs, telling me that I wasn't wearing my glasses.

Feeling around my area, a rough sigh of relief escaped me as I felt plastic frames laying nearby. Still fighting to regain my mental functions, I quickly slipping the frames on, bringing the blurry world around me into a better focus.

“That’s not right…” I mumbled as I took in my new surroundings.

Unlike the dull, yet sharp colors and objects of everyday life and normal objects, I was now surrounded by what could only be described as the colorful bouncy world of a cartoon.

Fighting against my aching muscles, I got to my feet and looked all around my area.

What should have been my old worn out barracks room, complete with cheap bed and lead painted walls, was a colorful field filled with an assortment of flowers that even in this cartoon world, glowed in the light that seemed to shower everything.

Looking down at myself, I was even more surprised.

My caucasian skin had become a more peach like color, and my fingernails were as good as gone as my finger tips looked even rounder than they had originally. I was in my marine corps woodland cammies, remembering that I hadn't bothered to take them off after work before taking a nap, and their colors seemed brighter than what I was used to while my cover (hat) was sitting on the ground to my left.

Checking my pockets, I pulled out three pens, a small Gerber flip knife, some lip balm, my red wallet case with my ID, credit cards, $20 American cash and my room key and finally, my phone. I was also surprised to find my headlamp stuffed in my cargo pocket with a protein bar.

“I hope this thing still works,” I mumbled to myself while turning my phone on. I couldn’t help but give a small smile as the phone flicked on, showing my Derpy wallpaper. But that smile quickly fell as I noticed the lack of a signal and the 20% battery reading.

“Fuck!” I shouted, causing some birds off in the distance to fly away in fright. "I forgot how low this things charge was."

Picking my cover up, I snapped it into place with a groan, covering the last place on my body that felt naked. Giving myself a second to calm down, I looked around once again, trying to catch my bearings.

Off in the distance, I could see several small buildings, and while they may have been too far to recognize, there was something familiar about them.

“I wonder if this is what it's like to be high?” I asked myself as I began to make my way towards the buildings.

It kind of made since to me, seeing as I had never been high before, so that’s the best I could come up with. That or I was finally having a real lucid dream, but that couldn’t be it, because my thoughts of a M4 suddenly appearing in my hands were unfruitful.

After walking for what felt like thirty minutes, I made it to the edge of a town and the sight of it caused me to stop in my tracks.

The buildings looked just like the old style homes of the ponies from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I could even see town hall and the Golden Oaks Library off in the distance.

“Okay... maybe I am dreaming,” I mumbled to myself.

I was unable to hide a smile even as my mind tried to understand what was going on. I was so shocked about what was in front of me, I almost missed the pink pony that had stopped in front of me during a mad dash to who knows where.

“Oooh, what are you?!” the pink maned pony questioned in her squeaky voice. Even though she was a few feet away from me, I could still smell sugar and pastry smells coming from her.

“I’m-“

“Wait,” the pony I knew to be Pinkie Pie interrupted. “Don’t answer that, just show up at the library tonight at eight sharp!”

Before I could say anything, Pinkie was racing off to most likely set up a party.

“Okay, I should either start jumping for joy, or wondering who slipped me what in my drink...” I mumbled to myself before walking further into the town, marvling at all I saw.

Off in one direction, I could clearly see the carousel boutique and images of its admittedly sexy owner flashed through my mind. Another direction held the towering Sugar Cube Corner that housed some of this world’s best confections as well as the “party mare”. Who, even though I had but a moment to look, had quite the rear end.

I chuckled to myself, seeing the apple farm off in the distance. I couldn’t help but drool as I thought of taking a taste of an apple from one of the trees. Off in a far field, I could see a towering castle of cloud, rainbows falling from the side and was home to a mare with an ego the size of the sun.

Back behind me, I could see the library, which while it should have been a crystal castle, held Ponyville’s resident sexy librarian. Finally, even though I didn’t know exactly where, was the one that could shatter hearts with nothing but her heart attack causing smile. Who lived just on the edge of Whitetail woods and the Everfree forest.

A darker part of me couldn’t help but wonder how far I could go with some of these ponies, seeing as I was a furry and found them all hot in their own way.

I mean, everything I was seeing was in my head, so there shouldn’t be anything to stop me.

Oh who was I kidding, I’m a complete wuss. While I may find them all really hot, I would never actually do anything like that towards them, even if it was all in my head.

“Excuse me,” a pony grumbled as they pushed passed me. I couldn’t help but stare as a grumbling Twilight Sparkle made her way past me with her eyes locked on the ground and a gawking Spike following close behind.

“T-Twi-Twilight!” Spike shouted as he snapped to the purple unicorn’s side.

“Uhg, what is it now, Spike?!” Twilight almost shouted as she finally looked up and noticed me. We stared at each other for several moments before she groaned and continued on her path. “This is why I don’t leave the castle.”

I stood there for several minutes, watching as the two disappeared around a corner towards Sweet Apple Acres.

“That wasn’t right…” I said quietly to myself. Twilight was supposed to be an alicorn, but she was clearly a unicorn, and not all to friendly. Taking a second to think it over, I decided to follow after her and Spike. They were my best hope for figuring things out if this all turned out to be real after all.

Quickly breaking into a run, I brushed past several groups of gawking ponies before finally catching up with Twilight and Spike just a few blocks away. Luckily, once I caught up to them, they both stopped and stared at me while I caught my breath.

While I may have been in shape because of PT, running in full cammies still takes a bit out of you.

“Y-you’re, Twilight Sparkle, right?” I asked as I caught my breath.

“Yeah…” she replied as a bit of worry flashed through her giant eyes. Spike stood behind the mare, staring at me with a mix of wonder and fear.

“Hi, I’m Chris, short for Christopher,” I said holding out my hand for a shake. Twilight stared at my outstretched limb for several moments, the worry still on her face, but I can see the lovable curiosity she was known for desperately trying to push through.

“While it’s nice to meet you,” Twilight began, shaking her head as she turned back on the path to the apple farm. “I really don’t have time right now. I have to finish checking on the preparations for the Summer Sun celebration, get to the library, find a book on the Elements of Harmony, find them and then…”

By this point, I stopped listening to the bookish mare as I realized that I must have been currently in the first episode.

“This being a dream is starting to sound more and more true,” I said to myself as I moved to follow Twilight.

“Twilight!” Spike whispered to the mare, just loud enough for me to hear. “It’s following us!”

“Don’t worry, Spike,” I said, trying to look non-threatening. But the fact that I was almost a clear four feet taller than him wasn’t helping. “As they say, I come in peace.”

“And it knows both our names!” Spike cried, this time causing the mare to look more then worried and light her horn in preparation of something.

“W-wait!” I quickly blurted, trying to come up with something to defuse the situation. Unfortunately, the first thought I had, slipped out before I could stop myself.

“Princess Celestia sent me!”

“What?” Twilight asked as the glow around her horn died down and she seemed to calm down.

“Princess Celestia sent me to keep you safe,” I replied as I mentally berated myself for using such a horrible lie.

“Really, why?” the mare asked with a bit of intrigue.

“While… while she is skeptical on your belief of Nightmare Moon’s return, being as it is nothing but a wi-marestale,” I began, trying to come up with a good enough cover story on the spot. “She thought that maybe a… specialized guard would put your nerves to rest.”

“Okay… but I got some questions first,” Twilight began; her guard still up. “What are you, species wise?”

“A…minotaur?” I replied as my anxiety finally started to kick in, causing me to speak without thinking. “I’m a rare off shoot.”

“I’ll have to do some research on that,” Twilight said to herself. “Okay, how do I know that you’re actually apart of the guard?”

“Y-your brother…Shining Armor is the captain of the Royal Guard,” I blurted out, starting to sweat a little. “He specializes in his shield magic, and for being a captain, is amazingly laid back and easy to talk to. He a-also said something about… uh, a Smarty Pants…”

“Lets not mention that and that sounds like him,” Twilight said with an embarrassed glow and chuckle. She finally seemed to relax, even if she did seem a little down still. “I guess I can understand the Princess wanting to send somepony to watch me.”

“No need to make this weird, Twi,” I said as I breathed a sigh of relief. “Just think of me as a friend who’s looking out for you.”

“Friend, huh,” Twilight suddenly huffed with an annoyed expression before turning around and continuing towards the far. “Let’s just go already.”

“Not the reaction I was expecting,” I told myself as I began to follow. Spike, who had remained silent, decided that this was the best time to look at me, point to his eyes and then point at me with a slight scowl.

I decided that it was best to just ignore that as the farm entrance finally came into view.

As we walked into the farm, I began to hear solid thumps that I knew were that of a certain cowgirl hard at work.

“Summer Sun Celebration official overseer's checklist. Number one, banquet preparations: Sweet Apple Acres.” Spike proclaimed as Applejack came into sight.

As Twilight begrudgingly went to talk to Applejack, I took a moment to finally look the mares over, and not in a perverted way.

Applejack seemed surprisingly stockier in person and a good inch or two taller than Twilight. But even then, neither passed my midriff in height at a little over three feet. I bet they would only just pass my chest if they stood on their hind legs.

“Howdy there stranger, names Applejack,” Applejack said as she made her way over to me with an outstretched hoof. “Aint never seen nothin like you before.”

“Christopher, but everyone calls me Chris,” I replied as I grabbed the hoof for a shake. While I was disappointed that it wasn’t as squishy as a marshmallow, I was still surprised by how soft her fur was.

“Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres, Chris,” the mare said with a smile after almost pulling my arm from its socket.

“Since you’re here to check on the food fer the celebration, would y’all three like a sample?” Applejack asked the three of us. I had almost forgotten about that being Twilight's reason for coming here.

“Genuine Sweet Apple Acre grub from the source, count me in!” I replied with a smile as I noticed Spike nod enthusiastically.

“As long as it doesn’t take too long…” Twilight sighed. Out of nowhere, Applejack produced a triangle, shouting out to her family.

“Soups on everypony!

“Now, why don’t I introduce you to the family,” Applejack began, ignoring Twilights protest.

With each name called, I watched as another treat was added to a table the farm mare had pulled out of hammer space. A few of the family members gave me confused and slightly frightened looks, but most gave me a small smile and a polite wave; Something I gladly returned.

“…Big Macintosh, Apple Bloom and Granny Smith. Up’n’attem, Granny Smith, we got guest.” Applejack finished, causing her elderly grandmother to jump slightly. I couldn’t help but chuckle as the elderly mare made her way over to the group as Applejack proclaimed that Twilight was already as good as family.

“You too, Chris,” Applejack said as she came to my side and gave me a good whack on my lower back with a hoof. “Y’all seem like a good pony…er whatever you are; and I can tell just by lookin at yah.”

“Thanks, AppleJack,” I said as Twilight tried to slip past us. But she was stopped by the big doe eyed look of none other than the farms resident Cutie Mark Crusader, Apple Bloom.

“Aren’t yah gonna stay fer brunch?” the filly asked in a tone that just about caused a heart attack on the spot.

“Sorry, but we have an awful lot to do…” Twilight began as the Apple family sighed in disappointment. Apparently, that’s all it took, as Twilight begrudgingly agreed to stay, causing the family to cheer.

“Food’s all taken care of, next is the weather,” Spike said as he made another check on his list.

“Uhg… I ate too much pie…” Twilight groaned as she wobbled forward, her belly slightly enlarged from the mass intake of food.

I, on the other hand, was literally in heaven. I had always liked apples, but the ones here where on an entirely different level. The apples were larger, crisper, juicier and so much better than I have ever had before.

Just another thing that was making me think that this all wssnt a dream.

But what really stole the show for me was the precious treasure I carried in my left arm like a newborn baby.

“Like a nice warm apple pie,” I moaned as I brought my plastic spoon back to my mouth for another bite.

“That is an apple pie,” Twilight groaned as she continued forward. “And why do you keep saying that. That’s the tenth time in the last thirty minutes?”

“You worry about the celebration, I’ll worry about placing this pie’s contents in a secure location,” I chuckled as I went for another bite.

“Hmm, there’s supposed to be a Pegasus named, Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds,” Spike said as he looked into the cloudy sky.

“Well, she’s not doing a very good job, is she?” Twilight pointed out as she indicated all the surrounding clouds; and while she did that, I took a step back.

Moments later, a rainbow colored blur shot past me and ended up pushing Twilight into a nearby mud puddle.

I couldn’t help but laugh along with the speeding pony, as the mare stopped and tried to help Twilight back into working order. I almost dropped the last of my pie after the “rain-blow dry” bit.

“Let me guess, you’re Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked with a scowl, her hair bobbing slightly.

“The one and only,” Rainbow Dash proclaimed with a smirk. Flying over, Rainbow rested a hoof on one of my shoulders while failing at trying to snag my pie secretly with the other. “Why, you heard of me?”

“My pie!” I hissed as Rainbow Dash drew back with a slightly startled expression, which quickly turned into a cute pout and a scrunched up nose.

“I heard that you were supposed to be keeping the sky clear,” Twilight sighed. “I’m Twilight Sparkle, and the Princess sent me to check the weather.”

“Yeah, yeah, that’ll be a snap. I do it in a jiffy,” Rainbow replied as she flew up to a cloud and settled down with her hooves under her and her eyes still locked on my apple goodness. “Just as soon as I’m done practicing.”

“Practicing for what?” Twilight asked as I finished the pie.

“The Wonderbolts!” Rainbow proclaimed as she pointed towards a poster showcasing their up and coming show. I was a little shocked to see it written in perfect American English. “They're gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!”

“The Wonderbolts?” Twilight questioned, developing a slight smirk.

“Yep!” Rainbow replied with a smile.

“The most talented flyers in all of Equestria?” Twilight asked back.

“That’s them!” Rainbow stated proudly.

“Pfft! Please,” Twilight huffed, turning so Rainbow couldn’t see her smirk. “They'd never accept a Pegasus who can't even keep the sky clear for one measly day.”

“Hey, I could clear this sky in ten seconds flat!” Rainbow snapped back.

“Prove it,” Twilight replied as she spun and looked at the Pegasus challengingly.

Before I could even blink, Rainbow blasted past use, clearing every cloud in her path. At the end of it, I couldn’t help but start jumping around like a mad man.

“That was so fucking awesome!” I said as the mare landed before me, Spike and a stunned Twilight.

“I know I am,” Rainbow proclaimed with a chuckle, flying back up and circling the three of us. “You guys, are a laugh. I can’t wait to hang out more.”

“Wow, she’s amazing!” Spike said as Rainbow zoomed off somewhere.

“Rrgh…” Twilight groaned as she began to walk off, her eyes looking up at a piece of her poofed up mane.

“And I thought I got bad bed head,” I chuckled while following the mare towards Town hall. I actually couldn’t wait for the next encounter because I knew it was Rarity.

Honestly, I wanted to see what she would care about more, Twilight’s mane, what I was or my cloths. I was betting on Twilight’s mane though.

“Decorations,” Spike’s voice suddenly said, making me realize that we were already inside, the door being surprisingly large enough for me. But then his voice began to slur as his eyes found the hall’s white coated occupant. “Beautiful…”

“Yes, the décor is coming along nicely,” Twilight commented as she was looking up and around instead of in front of her. “This ought'a be quick. I'll be at the library in no time. Beautiful indeed.”

“He wasn’t talking about the décor, Twilight,” I pointed out while making sure my blouse was on straight.

“Yeah, her!” Spike added with hearts in his eyes. No seriously, there were little hearts in his eyes as we made our way over to the mare in question.

“No, no, no…” Rarity fretted as she looked through several different ribbons in her magic. “Oh! Goodness no.”

“Good afternoon-“ Twilight began to say, only for the fashionista to interrupt.

“Just a moment, please! I'm 'in the zone', as it were. Oh, yes! Sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why, Rarity, you are a talent. Now, um, how can I help yo—“ Rarity said as she worked, yelping once she finally decided to turn around. Her eyes snapped between me and Twilight several times before settling on the purple mare’s mane. “Oh my stars, darling! Whatever happened to your coiffure?!”

“Oh, you mean my mane?” Twilight asked as she looked up at her cotton top with a sheepish smile. “Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations, and then I'll be out of your hair!”

“Out of my hair?” Rarity began as she suddenly took Twilight in her magic and began to drag her out of the hall. “What about your hair?!”

I couldn’t help but laugh as Twilight struggled to break free of Rarity’s magical grasp, calling out for help. Shaking my head, I followed after the two with Spike literally floating just behind me.

“Man this is fun,” I chuckled to myself as I followed.

“No, no, uh-uh. Too green. Too yellow. Too poofy. Not poofy enough. Too frilly. Too... shiny,” Rarity said as she put Twilight into several different outfits. Some of which I’m pretty sure weren’t meant for the eyes of children. ”Now go on, my dear. You were telling me where you're from.”

“I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to—“ Twilight wheezed out as Rarity tried to fit the mare into a corset/saddle mix.

“Huh?” Rarity blurted as she released the straps she was pulling and causing Twilight to crash down.

“Canterlot?!” The mare squealed with star struck eyes. “Oh, I am so envious! The glamour, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living there! I can't wait to hear all about it!

“We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I...” Rarity beamed as she pulled a worried looking Twilight in close. Looking at the saddle, the fashionista adapted a slightly disgusted look. “Emeralds?! What was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!”

As Rarity went to get the rubies, Twilight quickly magicked off the saddle and rushed towards the exit. “Quick! Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!”

I couldn’t help but chuckle as I followed the frantic mare out as Spike begrudgingly followed with a sigh.

“Wasn’t she wonderful?” Spike sighed dreamily as we continued to the next and last meeting.

“She was something, that’s for sure,” I said with a grin while giving Spike a low five, or a high five in his case.

“Focus, Casanova,” Twilight scolded Spike before fixing me with a sharp glare. “And keep up your flamboyant attitude and I will personally inform my brother.”

“Okay, sorry,” I sighed in a defeated tone, my hands held up in a placated manner. I had actually forgot that I had told her I was a guard. Although it did slightly worry me just how easy it was to make her think I was one.

“What’s next on the list?” Twilight asked, turning back to Spike.

“Oh, uh, music!” Spike replied as he looked at the list in his claws. “It’s the last one!”

As we continued on, I began to hear distant birdsongs coming from behind a few bushes. Since I stood slightly taller than them, I could see the buttercup yellow Pegasus fluttering around, cutting off the song as a bird began to sing out of key.

“Oh my. Um, stop please, everyone, umm. Excuse me, sir?” Fluttershy quietly interrupted as she flew up to the off key bird. “I mean, no offense, but your rhythm is just a teeny-tiny bit off. Now, follow me, please. A-one, a-two, a-one two three-“

“Hello!” Twilight chirped right next to the mare, having slipped away when I wasn’t looking. Her greeting had the expected effect of scaring the birds away and causing Fluttershy to jump in fright before tuning to look at Twilight.

“Oh my, I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to frighten your birds.” Twilight said with a caring smile, not noticing Fluttershy shrink back slightly. “I'm just here to check up on the music and it's sounding beautiful. I'm Twilight Sparkle, what's your name?”

“Um… I’m Fluttershy,” the mare replied so quietly that it would have been impossible to hear if you didn’t know what she was going to say.

“I’m sorry, what was that?” Twilight asked as she tried to get closer, causing Fluttershy to take a step back and shrink some more.

Twilight's next two attempts were met with something completely inaudible and a squeak.

“Oookay…” Twilight said as she gave up and came back to the bush, Spike stepping out to meet her. “Well, that was easy.”

“A baby dragon!” Fluttershy gasped as she rushed forward, pushing past Twilight. “Oh, I’ve never seen a baby dragon before. He’s sooo cute!”

“Well, well, well…!” Spike said with a smug grin.

“Oh my, he talks. I didn’t know dragons could talk,” Fluttershy gushed rather cutely. “That’s just so incredibly wonderful I… I just don’t even know what to say!”

“How about, ‘Hello, my name is…’” I said with a chuckle while stepping out myself. “I think you know how to take it from there.”

Now, I was expecting a few different things to happen when Fluttershy saw me. Her to scream in fear, faint, gush at meeting yet another new creature or even just act shy. What I wasn’t expecting was her to just stand there and look at me as if nothing was wrong.

“Uh, are you okay?” Spike asked waving a claw in front of Fluttershy’s face.

“Huh, oh, sorry,” Fluttershy sheepishly smiled as she turned back to Spike. “What’s your name?”

“I’m Spike,” the young dragon proclaimed proudly before pointing to me. “And this is, Chris.”

“Hi Spike, hi C-Chris,” Fluttershy greeted as she gave me a cute smile.

“Well then, we better be going,” Twilight said as she began to walk off in the direction of the library, placing Spike on her back with magic.

“Wait!” Fluttershy quickly called as she kept in step behind Twilight. “I wanna know what dragons talk about, and you too Chris.”

“Uh… Spike can go first,” I chuckled.

“Well, what do you want to know?” Spike asked with a smile.

“Absolutely everything,” Fluttershy replied with a smile. I couldn’t help but laugh at Twilight’s groan as Spike began his reply.

“Well… I started out as a cute little purple and green egg…”

“…and that’s the story of my whole entire life!” Spike finished with a flare of his arms, the library now just a few yards away. “Well, up until today. Do you wanna hear about today?”

“Let’s just skip that one,” I interrupted with my own groan. I didn’t know whether I should be annoyed or sorry for the kid. His life sounded dull as fuck.

“I am so sorry, how did we get here so fast?” Twilight said as we stood outside the library door. “This is where I’m staying while in Ponyville my poor baby dragon needs his sleep.”

“No I don’t—whoa!” Spike called out as Twilight caused him to fall off with a thud.

“Aww, wook at dat,” Twilight said in a hilarious baby voice. “He’s so sweepy he can’t even keep his widdle bawance!”

“Poor thing,” Fluttershy said as she scooped up Spike in her hooves and began to head into the library. “You simply must go to bed…”

“Yes, yes, we’ll get right on that!” Twilight replied as she took Spike in her magic and pushed Fluttershy back outside. “Well, g’night!”

With that, Twilight slammed the door shut, leaving both me and Fluttershy outside as the sky darkened for the night.

“Well, that happened,” I chuckled as I waited for the surprise party to start before I entered in. The cool kids always show up late to the party.

“Eep!” Fluttershy squeaked when she realized I was outside with her still. “C-Chris, I didn’t know you were still out here?”

“The cool kids always show up late to the party,” I chuckled.

“Surprise!” Came the shout from inside, the shock of it causing Fluttershy to jump into my chest in fright.

“Awesome,” I chuckled as I used one arm to hold Fluttershy and the other to open the door. I was actually surprised at just how light Fluttershy was.

As I walked in, all noise stopped and I was immediately the center of everyone’s attention and that’s when my own anxiety finally stated to kick in.

“So… how about that airline food, am I right?” I began to chuckle nervously. Unfortunately, whenever my anxiety kicks in, I try to make jokes.

About everything…

“Hey!” Pinkie Pie whined as she popped up in front of me. “you missed the surprise part of the surprise party.”

“Uh… surprise?” I squeaked out, holding Fluttershy out in front of me.

The mare immediately squeaked herself as she began to shake in embarrassment.

“Well look who decided to show up!” Rainbow Dash said as she flew over with a couple drinks. “Cider?”

“Uh, thanks,” I said, setting Fluttershy down and taking one of the cups. Suddenly, a train whistle sounded and I watched Twilight zoom up a nearby set of stairs.

Everyone at once looked over to a table filled with snacks, watching as Pinkie Pie downed a hot sauce covered cup cake.

“What?” Pinkie asked as she finished her treat. “Its good!”

The party was well underway and I had just finished downing half a barrel of cider, non-alcoholic though.

“Not bad,” Applejack commented as I tried to hold in the large amount of liquid I had just consumed. “But ah still got ya beat.”

“Bah, I’ll get ya next time,” I said standing up and retrieving my blouse from the chair I was on. I was amazingly welcomed with open arms, or hooves in this case. I had continued telling everyone that I was a rare breed of minatore and it seemed like everyone believed me, Applejack included.

“You know,” Rainbow commented as she flew over and started poking my belly with a hoof, my cover sitting on her head. “You could stand to lose some weight.”

“Yeah…” I sighed looking at my gut. “I just can’t stop myself when I see a good taco.”

“I know exactly what you mean,” Spike chuckled as he poked his own belly, a lamp shade on his head.

“Hey, Spike, why don’t you go check on Twilight,” I said as I slipped my blouse back on and buttoned it up. “Its getting pretty early in the morning.”

“Okay, Chris,” Spike said as he rushed up the library stairs.

“Would you like another cupcake?” my shadow asked, and no, it wasn’t Pinkie Pie.

“Thanks, Fluttershy,” I said as I took the vanilla cupcake with pink frosting from the mare. She was never more than a few feet away from me. “You sure you don’t have any questions right now?”

“No, I’m okay,” she said while looking up at me with a smile.

“Dear, are you sure I can’t interest you in a new ensemble?” Rarity asked as she walked up next to Fluttershy.

“This is standard issue for my division,” I told Rarity for the tenth time that night. “If I’m still here after tonight, we’ll talk.”

“Very well,” Rarity sighed as she made her way towards the library’s exit, along with most of the other party goers. “I will see all of you at City Hall in an hour.”

“C-can I stay with you until the celebration?” Fluttershy asked me with a look of hopefulness.

“Uh, sure,” I said, getting a little confused.

“Yay!” Fluttershy cheered quietly.

I could literally feel my heart stop for a moment as Fluttershy said this.

“Come on everypony,” Spike called as he appeared from upstairs. “If we leave now, we can get some of the best seats!”

“Come on, Chris,” Fluttershy said as she floated up and took one of hands in her front hooves and started to pull me towards the door.

As we passed Rainbow Dash, I snatched my cover back and placed it on my head before ducking through the library door.

“You could wait for me you know,” Twilight said as she rushed out behind me.

“Sorry Twilight,” I said as Fluttershy released my hand with a sheepish smile.

“Lets go,” Twilight replied with a determined look and one more glance at the moon in the sky.

“Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited-- well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went [deep gasp] but I mean really, who can top that?” Pinkie Pie chirped to Twilight as I watched from the side of the hall.

I was standing off to the side because Fluttershy was still attached to my shadow, so I didn’t want to force her into the middle of a large crowd and the guards were giving me some uncomfortable looks. I think the only reason they hadn’t done anything is because they saw me enter and talking with Twilight.

“Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!” Mayor Mare proclaimed from a balcony on the third floor, causing the crowd to cheer. “In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria..”

I continued to watch as Fluttershy finally flew off to where her birds were set up for their performance.

“…Princess Celestia!” Mayor Mare proclaimed as the curtains behind her were pulled apart to reveal a lack of princess. The entire hall began to break down into nervous chatter in the background.

“Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!” Mayor Mare said as she tried to keep the hall from panicking.

“She’s gone!” Rarity suddenly shouted from the balcony, causing most of the hall to gasp.

“Damn, forgot to watch the moon,” I grumbled as a indigo mist floated over to the balcony. A maniacal laugh filled the hall as the mist formed into Nightmare Moon.

“Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been so long since I've seen your precious, little sun-loving faces,” Nightmare Moon chuckled as she looked down at the hall.

“What did you do with our princess?!” Rainbow Dash shouted as she tried to charge the alicorn, only for Applejack to pull her back down.

“Why, am I not royal enough for you?” Nightmare asked with a chuckle while sweeping the hall with her eyes. The moment she saw me, her scowl faltered for a moment before she continued. “Don’t you know who I am?”

“Sadistic and probably homicidal?” I said to myself, missing Pinkie Pie’s response.

“What did you just say!?” Nightmare Moon shouted as she suddenly appeared in front of me in a flash of light.

“Pudding…” I dumbly replied.

“I know who you are!” Twilight shouted, drawing Nightmare moon’s attention away from me. “You’re the Mare in the Moon – Nightmare Moon!”

“Well well well, somepony who remembers me,” Nightmare chuckled as she turned to the purple mare. “Then you also know why I’m here.”

“You’re here to… to…” Twilight gulped as her confidence began to falter.

“Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last,” Nightmare chuckled as thunder began to sound from outside. “From this moment forth, the night will last forever!”

This was supposed to be the point when the credits would roll, ending episode one. But all that happened was Nightmare Moon continued to laugh.

“Seize her!” Mayor Mare shouted, pointing at Nightmare. “Only she knows where the Princess is!”

“Stay back, you foals!” Nightmare laughed as three Pegasus guards tried to rush her. She blasted the first two away with lightning and teleported to the side just as the third was about to reach her, causing the guard to crash into me instead.

“Ow… fuck,” I groaned as the stallions golden helm bashed into my chest, forcing me to fall on my back in pain.

“I’ll take care of you later!” Nightmare growled down at me with a smirk before she broke down into a mist and flew out the hall doors.

“Oh dear,” Fluttershy’s voice suddenly called from above. I looked up to see the mare quickly come over to me with a worried look in her eyes. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” I grunted as I pushed the unconscious guard off of me and sat up. Looking around, I saw that the entire room was in chaos, but the thing that concerned me the most was that the other main five were already gone.

“Fluttershy?” I began looking towards the mare. “Why are you still here? You need to get to the library!”

“I just wanted to make sure you were okay,” Fluttershy said with a sniffle.

“And I can’t thank you enough for that,” I said, feeling like the worst thing on earth for making Fluttershy feel bad. “But we gotta get you to the library and fast!”

Before she could say anything, I scooped the mare up and rushed out of the hall back towards the library. By the time we made it there, the others were already getting ready to leave.

“What took you so long?” Twilight asked as I placed Fluttershy down in front of the other five, breathing heavily.

“Reasons…” I wheezed as the group began to trot towards, what I surmised to be, the Everfree forest. Soon enough, the group stood outside the dark forest, and while they may have feared it, I couldn’t help but feel slightly excited at actually seeing these six on their adventure in person.

“Whee! Let’s go!” Pinkie Pie chirped as she began to bounce forward.

“Not so fast,” Twilight said as she pulled Pinkie back with her magic. “Look, I appreciate the offer, but I’d really rather do this on my own.”

“No can do, sugarcube,” Applejack replied for the group. “We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone. We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple.”

“Especially if there's candy apples in there,” Pinkie Pie added, drawing everyone’s confused expression, excluding my own. “What? Those things are good.”

“Can’t you get them to see reason?” Twilight asked, drawing my attention. “I’m sure you know how dangerous it will be.”

“Don’t worry,” I chuckled in reply. “You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

“Great, even my guard is crazy,” Twilight sighed to herself as she started walking forward. “So, none of you have been in here before?”

“Ugh, Heavens no!” Rarity groused as she did her best to avoid any mud. “Just look at it – it’s dreadful!”

“And it ain’t natural,” Applejack added with an uncomfortable look. “Folks say it don’t work the same as Equestria.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Twilight asked as we began to walk up a hill in the path.

“Nopony knows. You know why?” Rainbow began, ignoring Applejack’s complaints. “’cause everypony who’s ever come in has never come out!”

Suddenly, the ground below us gave out as all the non-flyers began to tumble down.

“Crap, I forgot about the cliff!” I groaned to myself as I quickly dug my hands into the soft ground. While it wasn’t enough to stop me, it did give me enough time for my legs to find some holds.

I hung just on the edge of the cliff for several minutes, not daring to look down due to a fear of heights. I was so focused on not looking down and losing my grip, that I almost missed the soft tapping on my shoulder.

“Uh, Chris… are you okay?” Fluttershy’s voice quietly asked from behind me.

“Just g-give m-me a m-moment,” I stuttered out as I decided to take a tentative step down. Luckily, it seemed that there were plenty of rocks to use, and within a few minutes, I was safely on the ground.

“Took you long enough!” Rainbow Dash groaned as I fell to my knees, a little off balance from the whole thing.

“S-sorry I have a fear of heights,” I tried to reply sarcastically, only me stutter caused it to sound legit.

“Taint no need to apologize,” Applejack said as she helped me stand back up. “Now lets go!”

“…and once Pinkie and Rarity were saved, whoosh… Me and Fluttershy loop-de-loop around WHAM!” Rainbow said to me, retelling her heroic exploits. “Caught Twilight right in the nick of time.”

“Yes, Rainbow, we were there, and I’m very grateful, but we gotta-“ Twilight began to reply, falling silent when she was interrupted by a roar. Suddenly, a large lion like creature jumped out of a nearby bush. “A manticore! We’ve gotta get past him!”

“Rarity, don’t!” I blurted without thinking when I saw the mare rush forward. Luckily, the mare decided to listen, unfortunately this also drew the manticore’s attention to me. “Oh, that can’t be good…”

“YEE-HAW!” Applejack called out as she jumped on the creatures back like it was a bull. “Git along, little doggie.”

The manticore roared as it began to flail around, almost bashing me with its tail in the process. After a few moments, the creature successfully flung Applejack off.

“Whoa!” Applejack called as she flew past Rainbow Dash. “All yours, partner.”

“I’m on it.” Rainbow replied with a salute before flying forward. As Rainbow did her part with the manticore, I caught Applejack.

“Thanks, sugarcube,” Applejack said.

“Rainbow!” Twilight called as the mare came skidding down in front of the group. With a snort, Twilight prepared to charge forward.

“WAIT!” Fluttershy shouted, coming in-between Twilight and the manticore. Turning to face the creature, Fluttershy withstood a roar from it.

“Shhh… its okay,” Fluttershy calmly said, nuzzling one of the manticore’s paws and causing it to reveal the thorn in it. “Oh, you poor, poor little baby.”

“Little?” Rainbow asked with a raised brow.

“Now this might hurt for just a second,” Fluttershy said as she leaned forward and pulled out the thorn, causing the creature to roar again.

“Fluttershy!” the ponies shouted in fear, obviously ready to rush forward. The all stopped when they heard the manticore purring.

“Aw, you’re just a little ol’ baby kitty, aren’t you?” Fluttershy giggled as the manticore picked her up and gave her a big lick. “Yes you are, yes you are.”

“How did you know about the thorn?” Twilight asked as Fluttershy was set down and the manticore wondered off.

“I didn’t,” Fluttershy replied as she came up next to me and nuzzled my hand. “Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness.”

With that, the group began to move forward once again. But just as I was passing the thorn Fluttershy had removed, I decided to stop for a moment.

“Cant have others getting hurt, now can we?” I asked no one in particular with a smirk. Rearing my right leg back, I kicked the thorn back into the bushes, seeing it hit a tree before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

“Come on, Chris,” Fluttershy called, drawing my attention back to the path.

“I’m coming,” I replied, following the mare to catch back up with the group.

“No. My eyes need a rest from all this icky muck,” Rarity complained as we moved forward. Suddenly, the moon disappeared over the tree tops, surrounding us in darkness. “Well, I didn’t mean that literally.”

I knew what was going to happen next, but that didn’t help to keep my heartbeat down.

“That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn’t even know it!” Twilight groaned.

“Just keep calm, Twilight,” I said as I began to pull out my head lamp, hearing Rarity bump into Rainbow. “I got something that should be able to help.”

“Oh wait, I think I stepped in somethin’,” Applejack commented as I placed the light around my head, just under my cover, and flipped it to its low light setting.

Fluttershy’s screams quickly filled the air as the dark red light suddenly turned on.

“It’s just mud,” Applejack said as she was finally able to see what it was. But in her quest to rub it away, she bumped into a tree.

“Aah!” Applejack screamed as the tree seemed to growl. My light quickly zeroed on it, causing it to look ten times worse than what I had expected.

“Holy shit!” I quickly blurted as most of the others began to scream and move away from the surrounding trees. I’m slightly ashamed to say that this continued for several moments, until the sound of laughter drew everyone’s attention.

“Bleh. Ooo!” Pinkie Pie garbled as she made silly faces at one of the trees.

“Pinkie, what are you doing?!” Twilight shouted. “Run!”

“Oh girls, don’t you see?” Pinkie Pie began.

“What about me?” I asked, only to be ignored as Pinkie began her song.

Before I realized it, the song was over and everypony was leaning against me, laughing hysterically. “Damn, I missed the sing along…”

“How are we going to cross this?” Pinkie Pie asked as we came upon the river.

“No one’s swimming those currents, that’s for sure,” I commented as I put my head lamp away. The current was even worse than what I remember from the show as the waves kept hitting the shore and flowing over them.

“Huh?” Pinkie Pie chirped as a distant crying could be heard. Following the sound, we all came upon a purple sea serpent with golden orange hair and half a mustache.

“What a world, what a world.” The serpent wailed.

“Excuse me, sir,” Twilight called, gaining the serpent’s attention. “Why are you crying?”

“Well, I don’t know,” he replied with a sniffle. “I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my beloved mustache clean off, and now I look simply horrid.”

With a final wail, the serpent cashed into the water, causing a wave that only I had the time to dodge.

“Oh, give me a break,” Rainbow Dash groaned with a roll of her eyes and a wet mane.

“That’s what the fuss is about?” Applejack asked while the serpent rested his head on the shore nearby.

“Why, of course it is,” Rarity replied as she stepped forward, using a spell to dry herself and restyle her mane and tail. “How can you be so insensitive? Oh, just look at him. Such lovely luminescent scales.”

“I know,” the serpent said with a sniffle.

“And your expertly coiffed mane,” Rarity continued.

“Oh, I know, I know,” the serpent replied as it sat up and brushed its hair back with a claw.

“Your fabulous manicure,” Rarity pointed out.

“It’s so true!” the serpent gushed.

“All ruined without your beautiful mustache,” Rarity said with a frown.

“It’s true,” the serpent wailed, trying to cover itself with its small arms. “I’m hideous!”

“I simply cannot let such a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected,” Rarity proclaimed with a look of determination. Suddenly, she jerked forward, taking one of the serpents scales in her mouth and holding it up high.

“Rarity, what are you-” Twilight began to say as Rarity suddenly lifted up her tail and cut most of it off with the scale. I ended up missing what happened next since the moment she cut off her tail, her marehood became almost fully exposed and I immediately turned around, and while I would have liked to look; this was neither the place or the time.

“You look simply smashing,” I heard Rarity proclaim as my mind realized slightly from the fact that there was actually something in between her legs.

“Oh, Rarity,” Twilight said in a saddened tone. “Your beautiful tail…”

“Oh, its fine, my dear,” Rarity replied, although I could hear a slight bit of disappointment. “Short tails are in this season. Besides, it’ll grow back.”

“So would the mustache,” Rainbow said under her breath. Then, I began to hear her chuckling and I could see her looking at me from the corner of my eye.

“We can cross now,” Twilight called as I heard her splash into the water. “Lets go!”

“Allow me,” the serpent suddenly said. I knew he had made a bridge with his body for the ponies, but what I wasn’t expecting was for him to pick me up and carry me over to the other side as well.

“Be sure to come visit some time,” the serpent said to me specifically before giving a wink.

“Yeah… not gonna happen,” groaned as the serpent left.

“We should almost be there everypony, lets go!” Twilight proclaimed as she obvious continued forward.

“Wait,” I called, as I had yet to turn and face them. “Rarity, could you come here for a moment?”

“Why, whatever do you need darling?” the mare asked as she came in front of me.

“Please don’t take this he wrong way,” I began, taking my cover and blouse off. Handing the mare my blouse, I tried to explain what I wanted without putting her off. “W-would you mind wrapping that around yourself or something? You’re, uh… kinda exposed.”

“Why, whatever do you mean?” Rarity asked as she took my blouse in her magic and looked back at herself. It only took a moment t for her to see just how high she made the cut, and her face immediately began to glow red.

“Oh, my…” Rarity said with a sheepish smile, quickly tying my blouse around her in a way to hide her marehood from prying eyes…mostly mine. “Th-thank you dear.”

“Now that that’s settled,” Twilight said, drawing my attention to her and everyone else’s slightly red cheeks. “Let’s go!”

“There it is, the ruin that holds The Elements of Harmony,” Twilight proclaimed as the decaying towers of The Two Sisters castle came into view. “We made it!”

“Twilight, wait for us!” Applejack called as the girls rushed forward.

“We’re almost there,” Twilight called back, almost missing the gorge separating us and the castle. “Whoa!”

Luckily, Rainbow was able to catch the mare by her tail and pull her back. “What’s with you and falling off cliffs today?”

“Nice save,” I told Rainbow, earning a smirk.

“Now what?” Pinkie asked with a sigh.

“Duh,” Rainbow replied as she gave her wings a flap. We all watched as she dived over the edge, disappearing in the fog.

We all waited for several minutes before I noticed Rainbow Dash on the other side talking to three pegasi dressed in black, purple and gold.

“Rainbow, what’s taking so long?” Twilight called, noticing who Rainbow was talking to. “Oh no, Rainbow! Don’t listen to them.”

“Don’t worry, Twilight,” I told the worried mare. “Rainbow will pull though.”

“Yeah, see?” Rainbow said as she flew over to our side, the bridge now repaired and looking as deadly as any ancient wood bridge before it. “I’d never leave my friends hangin’.”

“Well, let’s go,” I sighed, forcing myself to cross the bridge first.

“Here it is,” Twilight said as she came up behind me and moved forward. “The Castle of the Two Sisters.”

“I expected it to be bigger,” Rainbow commented as we stood outside the castle.

“Six words no male ever wants to hear,” I chuckled to myself, forgetting just how close Fluttershy had been sticking to me.

“Why is that?” she innocently asked.

“Uh…” I began in a slight panic. Luckily, I was saved by the howl of a nearby wolf. Unluckily, those wolves were closer than I thought.

“Timber wolves!” Applejack shouted as four of the wooden wolves emerged from around the castle decaying entrance.

“Okay, this wasn’t supposed to happen,” I commented as Fluttershy began to shake against my side. “Whatever you do, don’t run!”

“Wasn’t planning on it!” Rainbow replied as she reared up, preparing for a fight.

“No!” I quickly said, pulling the mare behind me as well. “I need you to watch behind us.”

“Why?” Applejack asked as she looked behind the group. Almost like it was a reply, several growls sounded from behind us. “Oh, that’s why…”

“This is terrible!” Rarity wailed as she and the others began to huddle against me.

“Don’t look any of them in the eyes, but don’t take your eyes off them,” I quickly instructed. I was currently going off of what I had read off the internet on how to deal with wolf attacks.

“We have to get past them!” Twilight said as she tried to look past the wolves covering the entrance. “Anypony have a plan?”

“W-we go home and hide under our beds?” Fluttershy asked with a slightly hopeful smile.

“Our exit route is kinda cut off,” I told the shaking mare. This part was never in the show, so I was running blind. Suddenly, an idea popped in my head, a stupid one, but it was the only option at the moment and as long as this was a dream, I should end up fine.

“Twilight,” I called the mare, hoping to gain the mare’s attention. “I’m going to distract them, so when you all see your chance, run inside.”

“What are you going to do?” Fluttershy asked, concern and worry clear in her voice.

“Something stupid,” I said as I carefully pushed the mare to the side. “LEEERRRROOOYYYYY JEEEEENNNKKKIIINNNNSSSSS!”

Before anyone could stop me, I sprinted towards the castles west side.

“Chris!” I heard Fluttershy shout as the wolve's basic instinct took control and all of them took chase.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck…” I cursed as I sprinted through a broken entrance way. A small trip resulted in a wolf to go sailing just over my head. The wolf ended up crashing into a wall, falling apart on contact.

“One down…” I groaned, jumping threw a broken window. Rather than continue, I quickly slipped under the window frame, watching as another seven wolves jumped through and rushed forward, missing me.

I watched as all of them rushed down another corner, disappearing from sight.

“That was close,” I wheezed, standing back up and turning around… facing the same wolf that had just fallen to pieces. “Fuck your regeneration powers!”

“I hope, Chris is okay,” Fluttershy said as she and the others waited for Twilight to do whatever it was she was doing with the elements.

“D-don’t worry…” I wheezed out as I limped from around the corner. My green undershirt had several rips and tares, I had several bleeding cuts on my arms and I had a bad gash on my left thigh. “Don’t know about the other guys though.”

“Chris!” everyone shouted as Fluttershy zoomed towards me at an unbelievable speed.

“Thank, Celestia you’re okay!” the mare sniffled as she pulled me into a bone crushing hug.

“How did you get away?!” Rainbow dash asked in shock.

“Locked them up in one of the back rooms,” I chuckled, flinching from a bit of pain. A part of me thought that I shouldn’t have been feeling this pain, but I had felt pain in dreams before.

Although, it usually resulted in me waking up.

“That’s great and all,” Applejack said as I saw her eyeing my leg wound. “But we should really—“

“Aah!” Twilight shouted from back inside.

“Twilight!” the ponies shouted, rushing back inside. Luckily, Fluttershy stuck behind to help me walk.

“The Elements!” Twilight shouted as we watched her disappear in an indigo fog and bright flash.

“Twilight, where are you?” Applejack called after everyone’s slight freak out moment.

“Look!” Rarity called pointing towards another section of the castle, light shining from its broken windows.

“Come on!” Applejack called as she led the charge to the other building.

By the time we reached the room with that held Twilight and Nightmare Moon, the bookish mare was already giving her final speech to Nightmare.

“You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that?” Twilight asked as the broken shards began to glow and float into the air. “Well, you’re wrong, because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here.

“Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, representing the spirit of… honesty!” Twilight proclaimed as some of the shards began to circle around the apple farmer.

“Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of… kindness!” More shards flew over, separation the timid mare from my side with a squeak.

“Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter!” I watched as the pink mare began to jump around as her shards began to circle her.

“Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of... generosity!” I watched more shards float over circling the fashionista as others began to circle Rainbow Dash. “Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty!”

“Nice,” I said to myself, looking back towards Nightmare Moon. But what I saw began to worry me. There were still a few shards floating in our direction.

“And Chris, who faced impossible odds against a pack of timber wolves to make sure we could move forward, represents the spirit of… courage!”

“Oh…fuck,” I wheezed as the remaining shards began to circle me. I ended up missing whatever else was said as my eyes tried to follow the circling shards, my mind having been left behind.

Suddenly, there was a bright flash as something seemed to pulse through my body and I felt something wrap around my right forearm.

“Nooo! Nooo!” I heard Nightmare shout before a deafening explosion threw me back off my feet.

I lay where I landed for several moments before my sight and hearing finally returned. The first thing I noticed was that all my injuries were gone. The second, was that I was wearing my blouse and cover again, the cover having been lost during my scuffle with the timber wolves. Finally, I noticed the odd weight on my right forearm.

Pulling my sleeve up, I revealed a golden bracer with a clear diamond inlayed in the middle.

“Oh, hell no!” I began to panic, quickly getting back to my feet. I was about to pull the brace off when a golden glow stopped my hand from doing it.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” a stern motherly voice said, sending a chill down my spine. Looking up, I felt my heart drop as I came face to face with a large white alicorn, and instead of a motherly smile, she was giving me a stern glare and frown. “After all, I wouldn’t want one of my guards to get hurt.”

“H-hello Princess,” I stuttered out as I noticed everyone else standing behind the solar diarchy. All but Fluttershy and a young Luna had a scowl on their faces. “L-lovely morning, isn’t it?”

Celestia said nothing as her foot long horn glowed brightly for a moment before the sun could be seen rising outside a nearby window.

“Fuck it,” I sighed as I heard something snap. Before anyone could comment or stop me, I reached forward, grabbing the sides of Celestia’s head and brought her in for a quick peck on the lips.

“Taste like frosti—“

Hello darkness my old friend…

Author's Notes:

Can anyone quote this chapter's title? I'm looking for a specific one and to help, its from a video game.

So here we go, my first journey into a HiE story as well as a self insert. So, this is probably gonna crash and burn.
Or its going to work out perfectly.
Anyways, here's what resulted in a writers block of my other stories.