"RAINBOW DASH!"

"Ben! Are you okay?!"

I opened my eyes and found myself once again, covered in sweat. I was on the floor and Rainbow Dash was kneeling beside me with a worried look.

"Uh...what just happened?"

"You began screaming all of a sudden and scared the hay out of me. You began thrashing and you fell to the ground. Are you alright? Did you have a bad dream?"

"What? Oh, don't remind me of it. Please."

Rainbow Dash scooted closer to me as I was laying down on the ground.

"What happened in the dream?"

"I-uh...it was just too disturbing to talk out loud."

"Ben, it's okay.You can tell me everything."

"Dashie, it had to do with my past."

"Yeah, why did you start tearing up at lunch last time?"

I shot Rainbow Dash a bit of a agitated glance.

"Oh...I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt your feelings..."

"It's fine Dashie. But, my past is one of the most sensitive things that is locked in my mind. I wish every day to forget it all, but it still comes back and haunts me. I-I-I wish so hard for it to be gone...but I still remember it every day..."

"Ben, you can tell me anything. If it makes you feel better, that is."

I thought about it for a minute. I decided that I shouldn't hold back on all of these things that I wasn't telling Rainbow Dash. But, I never told anyone else back on Earth about it. I took a look at Dashie, and she seemed a little sad, yet curious at the same time.

"Okay Rainbow Dash, do you want to talk about this?"

"If it makes you feel better Ben. Sure."

"Rainbow Dash, you have to promise me something."

"Yes?"

"You cannot look at me in anyway different than you see me right now. A lot of this is very disturbing. Do you understand?"

Rainbow Dash was looking much more worried now. Apparently she thought that my past wouldn't be this bad to change someone's perspective.

"Okay Ben. I promise."

I got to my feet and rested myself on the bed. Rainbow Dash flapped her wings once and propelled herself onto the bed next to me. She looked at me with anticipation. Too bad I had to break it to her of what awaited in the solid vault of my mind. I excused myself for one second to go to my duffle bag. Mysteriously, there was a photo album there. I took the book of pictures and sat back down next to Dashie. I opened the album and the first thing I saw was a picture of my once held together family. It showed me when i was at least one or two years old, along with my mom, my brother, and my dad.

"Is that your family?"

"Was my family."

Rainbow Dash took these words hurtfully and looked at me again.

"What happened?"

I began remembering everything that I tried to forget for such a long time. I will finally share my tragic life with someone else.

"This is my mother. She cared for me so much and never let me out of her sight. She loved me with all of her heart. She would always sing me to sleep and play with me when ever the opportunity arose. I could hardly remember her face now because she was gone when I was very young..."

Rainbow dash was looking at me with a tiny tear in her eye.

"What happened to her...?"

"She died of an incurable disease when I was only four years old."

Rainbow Dash gasped.

"Omigosh...I'm so sorry Ben..."

"I would give anything to hear her soft voice one more time."

Rainbow Dash had a tear streaming down her face. She whimpered a bit. I continued.

"This is my brother. He was really fun and cool. He always joked around and laughed so much. I thought he was the coolest person in the world. That was the way i saw him, until he joined a gang and left our family. He just ditched us all of a sudden. And, I think I could list a few good reasons why. But, when I went to school in my early life, I would always pass him hanging out on the corner. I would wave to him and shout his name. He would always wave back and smile at me. But one day, I passed him and I saw a white van pull up at a very high speed around the corner. The van approached my brother and began to slow down when it got near him. My brother then turned around and saw the van too late. The van then approached my brother, who drew a handgun and fired a shot into the van. The van stopped and an automatic weapon poked out the driver's seat window. The weapon fired a barrage of bullets and my brother began thrashing from the numerous impacts. He fell to the ground, dead, and the van speed away. I had just witnessed my brother's death. I just saw someone's life leave them before my eyes. I was only eight then, and I had witnessed my brother's death then"

Rainbow Dash was now crying. She seemed to plead for me to stop from her look, but I continued anyways.

"Now, we come to my dad. I wished I never saw him in my life. He was a drunk and constantly beat me. When I came home after my brother's death, I told him what happened and he didn't believe me. I switched on the news channel on TV and it said that a rival gang had murdered a "bystander". The picture of my brother flashed on the screen and my dad then loaded up on alcohol. Sure enough, he beat me again that day and kept telling me that it was my fault that my brother died."

"But it wasn't your fault Ben!", Rainbow Dash sulked through her tears.

"I know.", I said.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?", Rainbow Dash asked.

"My dad then kept me isolated from the outside world my making me stay inside. Besides, if I told anyone, my dad would be arrested, and I would be put in foster care, which is a hell of a terrible way to live in Chicago. My dad kept me indoors and stopped allowing me to go outside. He even prevented me from going to school. i found education on the internet. To be honest, I found the internet learning process more effective. By the time I was supposed to be in sixth grade, I had an eight grade academics level. I also found that I had to remain fit, as I couldn't get exercise outside, so I spent half the day exercising by push ups, sit ups, pull ups, and every other thing I could imagine. It really did work, but I longed to go outside and see what other things lie ahead out there. My dad still beat me constantly, and kept telling me that it was my fault my mom and brother died. He continued his drinking and said that I was worthless."

"Ben...I can't believe you went through all of that...I'm so sorry...", Rainbow Dash sobbed.

I pulled Rainbow Dash closer to me and she gripped me for a hug. She squeezed me a bit and sobbed into my chest. She cried for a little while and stroked her mane. She continued to cry into my chest and she looked up at me again.

"Ben...can we please stop?"

"Yes Dashie, we can stop if you find it too sensitive."

"Thank you Ben..."

Dashie continued to cry for a little while until we heard a knock on the door. I rose to my feet and wiped my eyes. I opened it and found a note on the floor. I took it and Rainbow dash seemed interested in the note and asked what it said on it. I read it out loud.

Dear Benjamin Lilienfeld,

I have recently been reviewing some matters right now, and I have decided that I should reveal you to the public of Ponyville and Twilight's friends will give you a tour of the town. I have already set up your schedule for the day and you must be fully dressed by 2:00AM today. I hope that Canterlot was to your liking and I do bid you a fare time in Equestria.

-Princess Celestia

"So, you're going to be shown to everypony?"

"Wow, she didn't even ask me first. It also says that we should head down to Rarity's boutique and get myself some "adequate clothing".

"Oh, she must mean for you to get some better cloths."

I shrugged as I put on my T-shirt and strapped my duffle bag over my shoulder. I walked out into the hallway and Rainbow Dash came up to me on the side. Once we stepped outside, I activated my wings and took off at a rather casual speed. The wind swept through my face and helped some of the sweat come off, which I was a little thankful for. In no time, I saw the boutique come into view. I slowed my decent and touched down, being once again thankful that nopony saw me. I quickly knocked on the door and soon heard shuffling inside. The door flew open and I saw the very familiar white mare with the purple mane before my eyes.

"Welcome to the Carousal...oh, hello Benjamin, what are you doing here?"

I opened up my duffle bag and handed Rarity the note. She took a pair of glasses and her eyes began moving left to right as she began to read the note. Rainbow Dash began to tap her hoof impatiently as Rarity finished up.

"Wait, you want me to make you cloths?"

"Isn't that what it says on the letter?"

"Oh thank Celestia! I thought I couldn't take another look at your..."

I shot Rarity an angry glance at her criticism.

"Oh, I apologize Ben, I do happen to get caught up with judging others about their fashion sense at times. But not to worry! I will produce something marvelous to wear! Something so marvelous, that every high-ranking pony in Equestria will want to bow down to you!"

With that sentence finished, Rarity hurried off into her boutique, and about a few second later, I heard a sewing machine operating in the building. I kept remembering about what Rarity had said about how "marvelous" my cloths are going to be. I walked in and found that all of the cloths were just WAY to elegant and colorful. Rarity began taking measurements and sizing me up. I looked back at the gowns that had so much color, that it would give anyone a seizure.

I'm fucked.

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Rainbow Dash was sitting down backstage. Her mind kept realing over what ben had told her before. She feared that she was beginning to get attacked to Ben...but she couldn't help it...he needed it...

It was about ten minutes to my appearance in public, and I wasn't all that shaken up.

Okay, I was getting pretty sweaty from anticipation, but I mostly blame the tuxedo that Rarity made me. I had to admit, it actually looked really nice on me, and I really had to give rarity credit for producing it so fast and made it rather towards my liking. It was a black overcoat with a white button shit underneath. But what I really kept staring at was a diamond that was emplaced to the left of my chest, similar to where a rose would be. I don't know what to call it. A corsage maybe? I don't give a shit. I heard a crowd gathering outside and from the loudness of the murmurs outside, it sounded like that all of Ponyville had gathered right outside the stage. A quick peak out of the curtains confirmed my theory. There were hundreds of Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi right out there, waiting for my appearance.

Now if my legs would stop shaking, I would go outside.

I heard Celestia finishing some speech and I heard my part to come on.

"And now everypony, I ask you to warmly welcome...Benjamin Lilienfeld!"

I inhaled as I walked out onto the stage. The curtains retracted and I found myself face-to-face with at least hundreds of all Equestrian species. Some of the ponies looked with interest, some were just shocked, a few looked disgusted, and some looked with a little fear in their eyes. The began chattering amongst themselves once again.

"Now Benjamin, would you like to say something to anypony?"

I thought about it for a minute.

"I don't know what to say, maybe you could start them off."

"Okay Benjamin."

Celestia cleared her throat.

"Everypony, may I please have your attention please?"

All the Equestrians immediately shut up and snapped their heads around to face Celestia so fast, I thought that one may have snapped it.

"I see that you seem to be very eager to ask Ben a few questions. I hope that you will warm up to Ben and help him find his hooves-erm-feet here in Ponyville."

Wow, really Celestia?

All the ponies began asking all sorts of random questions. I think I only had time to answer at least one out of every ten questions that were shot at me.

"So, what are you exactly?"

"I am a human, a creature that walks on two legs, has no hooves, has two arms, and are much taller than most of you."

"What do you eat?"

"Uh... I'll get back to you on that one."

"Are there any unicorn humans or pegasi humans?"

"No, humans only come in one variation. They have no horns, wings, or even magic at all."

Everypony seemed shocked by this.

"No magic?! Wow, that must be one tough place to live in."

"Actually, us humans have something that you Equestrians to not have."

Everypony now looked at me with a mixture os suspicion, anticipation, and curiosity.

"That is advanced technology."

Now they all looked confused.

"Huh?"

"What?"

"What do you mean by 'technology'?"

"Well, technology comes in the form of machinery, devices, and ideas. Technology helps us make life easier, or makes it a little more fun or entertaining. Us humans strive to replace other inventions of technology that have already been invented."

I thought about the iphone 5. Jesus, how many are they going to make?"

I spent a good amount of time continuing about technology and showed them my ipod. I just slid the witch and it made the "click" noise. Everypony looked amazed at this, as if they were cavemen looking at fire. I put away the ipod and I continued.

"Any other questions?"

"Wait, wait, you said that there are no pegasi humans, but how come I found you flying with huge white wings? You nearly ran into me!"

I looked into the crowd and I found a seemingly familiar gray mare who had one lazy eye. Upon closer observation, she had a blonde mane and had some bubbles or pearls for a cutie mark. I really couldn't tell from this distance.

"Now, what might your name be?"

"Oh! I'm Ditzy Do. Pleased to meet a human! Wow! I feel so famous to meet you in person!"

She flew up onto the stage and she put a hoof out with a really wide grin on her face. I guess that the smile was catching, and I found myself smiling also. I took a firm grip of her hoof and I shook it.

"I am very pleased to meet you Ditzy Do."

She smiled again and she flew up into the air.

"So, why do you have wings?"

"That's something I should be explaining some other time."

"Please, everypony, call me Ben."

"So, what do you come from?"

I knew this moment would come.

"Well, believe it or not, I actually come from a different planet."

Everypony then broke into another fit of murmuring and gasps. Suddenly, one of the ponies shouted out above the others.

"ALIEN!"

Ugh.

Now everypony was looking at me with insecurity and suspicion. I think some pegasi flew behind some buildings as if I were going to pull out some ray gun and disintegrate all of them.

"Look, I won't hurt any of you okay? Iv'e been through so much on my world, that I just want to start over again. The world of Equestria is in nearly a million times better than my world."

"But didn't you say that it had all of this 'technology'?"

"Yes, but somethings, that technology is what make my world so bad."

Now they were all looking at me with concern.

"What was so bad about your world?"

I sighed.

"So much."

Everypony gasped.

"What was so bad about my world you ask? How about the poverty, the crime, the killing, the hatred, the difference, the denial, corruption, evil, and those who would take advantage of you just to get a tiny bit of money."

"How do you live in that world and survive?!"

"Endurance, and lots of it. Basically, life was a load of shit."

They all gasped from my dropped S-bomb.

"Yeah, that's right, I said it, and it's true. There is so much cluster fuck in my world, that I hope I never remember it. Life was a waste. It was just bad all the time. Sometimes, for some people, it got so bad, they commit suicide, just to get out of it. Hardly anything happens good to you. And friends? Hah! At least the people who you think are your friends would mock you for some bad attribute of you, and you wouldn't notice! Other times, they are just some people that want to scam you out of your money! And belive me when I say this, I had those kinds of 'friends'!"

Now everyone was looking at me with complete horror and disbelief. I turned back and saw Celestia to the side of the stage waving the tip of her hoof across her neck, indicating the "stop" sign.

"Okay, I believe that this is enough. Now, let me tell you some of the good things about my world. As I had mentioned before, the technology is a great advancement in mankind. With technology, we were able to disprove many super-sticous beliefs. If you were to say that Princess Celestia was to raise the sun every day, humans would find that to be a huge dis-belief. Our planet's sun raises every day from the Earth, which relies on the gravitational pull of the sun, and it revolves around it."

I looked at everypony and they seemed to have the "dafuq" face on them. I looked back at Celestia and she however was looking with great interest.

"Also, philosophy has a great impact on how humans think. It usually comes in the form of religion."

I also spent a bit of the event talking about the different beliefs, such as Christianity, Muslims, and Jews.

"Excuse me? But do you believe in any of this?"

"No. I don't have a Religion."

I was about to answer another question when Celestia walked out onto the stage and began to interrupt me.

"Everypony, I must apologize, but we've run out of time for further questions. Now, I have asked Twilight, and her five friends to give Benjamin here a special tour of Ponyville. I do hope that everypony of you would help fell Benjamin at home. Good day my little ponies."

And with that, Celestia walked off the stage. Twilight's friends walked out onto the stage now and then escorted me off. Right as my foot touched the ground, I was streamed by ponies of all shapes and sizes wanting to get an autograph.

"Can I get your signature?!"

"Write your name on my forehead!"

"Can you take a picture with me?!"

"I want to see what that little black thing on his waist does!"

I looked down at my M9 hanging on my hip and I realized that things were about to turn ugly fast. I looked back and saw my escort get streamed away by the crowd. I began to push my way towards where the six mares were getting overwhelmed by the crowd. Suddenly, like a tidal wave, I was swept back once again. I began to get a little pissed of at this constant pushing, shoving, and wanting of my personal belongings.

"Can I have your mane?!"

"I want your vest!"

"I knew humans were real!"

Huh?

"Have my fillies!"

"STOP!"

My wings shot out and outspread once and caused a massive gust of wind that blew everypony off their hooves. Some pegasi were sent spiraling away, while the other species of the crowed landed on their bottoms from the gust. I guess at this point, I looked much taller to anypony from my wings, so they got the right idea, and went on their regular business and shooed away. I sighed with relief as the six mare caught up with me.

"Wow, thank Celestia. I thought they would trample us all!", Twilight thanked me.

"Ah, such as the way the paparazzi works.", Rarity sighed while brushing off her coat.

"So, uh, where should we visit first?", Fluttershy asked.

I thought about it for a minute, and I came with a reasonable conclusion.

"Twilight, I never fully saw your house, maybe you could give me a better tour of the library."

"Wow, I never thought anypony would be interested in a bunch of dusty books. Sure!"

We walked off into the village of Ponyville, and before long, we came to the familiar tree that housed the internal library.

"Well, here we are!"

Twilight opened the door with her magic and we all walked inside. I then say the familiar interior with the books everywhere. Some were on the ground, and I saw some purple and green spiked lizard picking them up.

"Who's that?"

"Oh, that's Spike. He's my best helper around the library.", Twilight said proudly.

"Twilight, I think he's your only helper.", Rainbow Dash snorted from a giggle.

"Spike! I would like you to meet somepony!"

"Spike" turned around and he almost freaked out at the sight of me.

"Wow! Twilight! Is this the human that Princess Celestia was talking about?!"

"Wait, how do you know it was a human?"

"Uhhhhh..."

"Did you sneak out to go to the stage instead of cleaning up like I told you?"

"Uhhhhh..."

"Spike, it's okay."

"Oh thank Celestia! I thought you would-"

"Spike, it's okay to go out once in a while, but can you PLEASE warn me ahead of time so I don't get the wrong idea?"

"Yes Twilight."

I stretched my arms a bit and I turned towards Spike.

"So, how do ya do?"

I outstretched my hand indicating I wanted a handshake. Spike stared at it for a minute or two until Twilight spoke up.

"Well now Spike, we shouldn't be rude."

"Oh...Oh! Yeah! I'm sorry!"

Spike took a firm grip of my hand and began to shake it up and down awkwardly. I smiled as I broke the grip.

"Nice to meet you, lizard."

Suddenly, Spike froze and looked at me with a face that would make Chuck Norris actually think twice for something.

Shit I fucked up.

"Lizard? LIZARD?! I am a dragon! Do you think a lizard would do this?"

He took a large inhale and I braced myself for what I would have guessed to be a built-in natural flamethrower. I braced myself harder, until I heard a small hack and a cough.

I opened my eyes, and I saw Spike more or less, regurgitating the flames, instead of shooting them. Oh god, that looked pretty painful.

"Uh, I'm sorry I called you a lizard, Spike. I think you can stop now. That looks painful."

Spike stopped and he looked back at me.

"Uh, sorry. It's just that wasn't the first time someone called me a lizard."

"Okay everypony! Are we going to see the rest of the town, or spend all day looking at a dusty collection of books?"

I shot an angry glance at Rainbow Dash, and her face a a hybrid of a blush and ashamed.

"Well, were should we go next?"

"Oh! How bout' Sweet Apple Acres? Do ya' like apples Ben?"

"Oh yeah, who doesn't?"

We bid farewell to spike, who resumed his cleaning. We walked out the door and stared ahead at Ponyville.

This is going to be a long day.

Okay everypony, I apologize about the lateness and delay of all of these chapters. School and other events aren't making it easy. So, there you have it! Stay tuned!

Quote:

"Come you masters of war

You that build all the guns

You that build the death planes

You that build the big bombs

You that hide behind walls

You that hide behind desks

I just want you to know I can see through your masks." -Bob Dylan