Andrew slowly started to wake up. After a few hours of being unconscious he felt a bit better, but he was still suffering from a painful headache, he put a hand on his head as he got in an upwards position. He then looked around, he was inside of a hospital, and just at that moment Luna walked into the room.

"I do hope our patient is feeling better. How are you doing Andrew?" She asked, Andrew nodded.

"I'm doing fine your highness, but how did I end up here?" He looked around once more.

"We have brought you here after you had been freed from stone. Though we do not know how you have been able to without the Elements." Luna questioned, and all Andrew did was shrug.

"I don't know either, I was touched on the forehead by my little sister and then *POOF* I'm here again." Luna giggled, and rolled her eyes as she looked back into the hallway.

"I do believe big sister should be here any moment now. You need to be caught up to speed on current events before you are discharged." She explained, and Andrew nodded.

Just then Princess Celestia came into Andrew's room, Andrew bowed as he grabbed his stomach, still hurting from earlier. Celestia and Luna giggled as they both sat down on the nearby couch.

"I can tell you've been through a lot the past few weeks Mr. Hartfield." Celestia finally said, Andrew looked down at his lap as he muttered something.

"Yeah, I had to do a lot of things to get back to this place." He said under his breath.

"What was that? I could not hear you." She raised an eyebrow.

"It's nothing, just some bad memories." He explained, she looked suspiciously at him before continuing.

"Alright, let's get you caught up to speed. Walk with me." Andrew shrugged as he got up and started to walk. He followed Princess Celestia as she was guiding him to some place where he had no idea was.

"So you know you've been out for almost a month now, right?" Andrew shook his head, he put a hand on his chin.

"It feels like it's only been a few hours, yet I feel much more achy than usual." He responded, Celestia nodded as she turned around the corridor.

"Well, may I ask what happened when you turned to stone?" Andrew was a bit shifty, not really wanting to tell her. He looked down at the floor with a sad expression.

"Many, many things happened. You see... for a few years now I was suffering from a form of dementia. When I was inside of my mind... I was chased by the apparitions of my now... deceased family. Then, my also deceased fiance, told me I had to follow the steps to get out. I used those steps to somewhat cure my dementia, and the next thing you know I was free from the stone." Andrew explained, and Celestia just looked at him in horror.

"Oh my, that must have been painful, being so alone for all those years. What exactly happened to your family?" Celestia asked, and Andrew was hesitant to answer this.

"They were in a terrorist attack, one of the worst ones since 9/11. Killed roughly a few million people in a bomb explosion, and blew up nearly half of Las Vegas. This marked the beginning of World War III, where the Southeastern Countries of Asia wanted to conquer the whole world."

"That's terrible, I truly am sorry for your loss. I never would have known." Celestia gave her condolences. Andrew's expression saddened as he continued on.

"That's why I joined the cause, to fight for freedom. I didn't want for other occupied countries to suffer the same fate as I did. That's what keeps me going, to know that one man or woman can make a difference." Andrew said, and Celestia nodded.

"So we are here." Celestia spoke out.

"Where exactly is, 'here'?" Andrew asked, and Celestia giggled.

"In the throne room of course, a few friends of mine have been wanting to see you for quite a while." Andrew looked over to where Luna was standing, across the room, and there she revealed his team, and the girls. They all looked at each other for a moment, and then some of them started to tear up.

"What's up man? How have you been doin'?" Jhon and Nick were the first to greet him back, with their signature handshake.

"I'm good, a bit stiff, though to say the least. Yes, pun intended." The all chuckled at this as he came up to Twilight, who was almost crying.

"Andrew, I'm so sorry. I'm so very sorry that we turned you to stone. I didn't have a choice and-" Andrew interrupted her.

"It's fine Twilight, really it is. Just let go, forgive and forget. I actually learned something from being stuck inside there." Andrew used that saying on more than one occasion, perhaps his whole life.

"Really? So you're just gonna get over it even though we turned you to stone? Just like that?" Rainbow said, getting up in his face, Andrew's eyes shifted around for a moment.

"Well, yeah. That was the plan." He said, with a deadpan expression. Rainbow looked at him with her squint eyes, trying to find out what had happened to him.

"I'm okay with this." She shrugged as she went back behind Twilight. Andrew went on greeting his friends, happy that he was finally back, and better than ever.

'Don't fight it Andrew. You can't fight it.' Andrew put his hands on his temples, hissing out of the pain of his splitting headache.

"Andrew darling, are you alright?" Rarity asked, Andrew gave her a thumbs up. He then made his way back to his team, getting caught up on current situations in Ponyville.

"I'll be fine. Trust me, I will." He said, letting out a deep sigh.

They all went back to Ponyville within the next few hours, and it's been reaching about night time by then. By now everybody was asleep, all except for Andrew. He was restless, and could not sleep, for he couldn't forget the events that have taken place in his mind. He quietly got out of bed and climbed up onto the roof, sitting on a lawn chair. He opened his holographic projector and did inventory of his belongings.

"Alright, let me see if I still have all of my stuff." He said, sliding through the multiple screens of holographic blue.

"I got all of my weapons, so that's good. Let's look through my personal stuff," He opened the screen, "Holy Cross necklace, check. Gold ring, I got that. My lucky knife and Tomahawk? Yeah, I have those back at my locker..." His eyes shot open, and he quickly started to search his pockets for something he has lost.

"Ah, fuck! Where is it?" He searched frantically.

"I lost my damn locket, of all the things I could have lost..." He punched the ground, angry with himself.

Just then, something whipped by him in a gust of wind, yet there was no breeze to be found tonight. Andrew shrugged as he kept looking through his stuff, not wanting to know what that gust of wind was. He sighed again, closing his eyes as he grew tired. Then, he felt an uneasy presence in the air, coincidentally, Rainbow was right behind him.

"Hey Andrew!" She said happily. Andrew froze up and turned an almost snowy white color, and once he turned around he went back to his normal colors.

"Oh, it's you. Almost gave me a heart attack." He gasped for air. Rainbow was on the floor laughing, and could almost not breathe.

"*sniffle* You should have seen the look on your face! I totally got you!" Andrew had a pouting face, but shook his head.

"Don't do that again Rainbow. Next time it could be different. By the way why are you here?" He asks, Rainbow's eyes shifted from left to right as she had her hooves behind her back.

"I found something that I think belongs to you." She held up his locket, and Andrew's eyes gleamed.

"Where did you find it? I've been looking for this!" He was so happy, he could almost cry.

"I found it on the ground after your fight. I thought I would hold onto it if you came back or something. I guess Pinkie was right after all." She muttered the last part. Andrew tilted his head as he hugged Rainbow, and she had a huge blush across her face.

"I don't know what I would do without it. It's my good luck charm, I keep it with me everywhere." He said, letting go.

"Uh, sorry about that. It was an impulsive action." He lied.

"So, what's inside of the locket anyways? I never was able to open it, no fingers and everything." She looked at her hooves, Andrew chuckled as he opened the necklace.

"It's a family photo, and the one on the right side is my ex-fiance." He explained.

"Wait, why is she your ex-fiance?" Rainbow asked. Andrew looked down, depressed again.

"Because she was killed, along with the rest of my family. This locket is the only thing I have left of my mother." Rainbow's eyes widened.

"I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories, did I? I'm so sorry!" She tried, Andrew waved her off.

"It's alright, I've gotten used to it by now. At least they're in a better place now." He shrugged. Rainbow yawned and stretched as Andrew watched the night sky.

"Well, I'm gonna go get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow Drew!" She flew off, Andrew looked down at the locket in his hand, and held it tight.

"It's the first time I heard that name in a while." He laid back in the chair, stargazing at the night sky, seeing how many constellations he could find. He looked and looked until he got sleepy, and fell asleep on the roof of the Police Building.