Princess Celestia looked at the image of a boy, about six and a half feet tall, with dark brown hair. At the time he was attending a funeral, the last thing you could say that this was his finest hour.

"Who is the boy?" A voice asked from behind her.

"He's a human" Celestia responded to her sister.

"And why are you watching this 'human'" Luna questioned her sister with a slight bit of confusion.

"Because, he is." Celestia paused, thinking of the right word to say.

She had been watching this boy through the portal for quite some time, as he had shown great potential. She started watching him in his youngest years, which was about the age of 12. She watched him go through greath suffering and humiliation.He had a good heart, deep deep deep down, but the torment had been too much for him. Celestia would be lying if she said she hadnt grown attatched to the human, she would even go as far to say she could relate to him in more ways than one. Bringing him to equestria was going to be the hard part.

Celestia looked at the human, he was broken and she felt it her duty to fix him.

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MAX POV (First Person)

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It was my fault.

I made mom angry.

She crashed the car because of me.

I stood in silence, as the two coffins were lowered into the ground. The last of my family, being burried into the place they once called home. The only thought that crossed my mind was one that i had been thinking for the longest time.

Im next

I say my goodbyes to the last of my living family and slowly walked away.

There were no others were at the funeral, as my family were not the most social of people and the people they did make friends with past away long ago. I made my way out of the cemetery, and looked up into the seemingly never ending sky "They're in a better place now" I say to myself as i make my way down the sidewalk.

I look down the street to my left, and see a happy couple holding hands. How I envy them 'but what do I know, im only 18 I thought to myself as I walked down the cement path. I wipe the tears from my eyes as I make my way toward my apartment building.

I walk up the stairs as quietly as I can, and make my way towards my door, when im stopped by a voice

"Hello" a female voice said behind me

"Afternoon" I say as I wave the person off

I take the spare key I keep around my neck and hold it in my hand to look at it for a few seconds, thinking back how I got it.

Mom put all her trust in me when she gave me a key to the apartment, and now, that responsibility was useless without your Mom being around to expect from you.

I felt bad about it, but I couldn't mope around all day.

I inserted the key into the keyhole twisted it, and walked into my apartment. It was quiet, as I walked through the empty halls of the apartment that was now my responsibility to take care of.

The first night alone was the worst part, as my brother would usually sleep in the top bunk in our bunk beds.

I began devising a plan how to get a job and maintain passing grades at the same time, as my fan slowly but surely lulled me to sleep.

I awoke in my dream state.

I looked around me. I seemed to be in a palace of some sorts "This is a weird dream" I thought out loud.

As I continued through the palace, I seemed to be alone, but as soon as I turned the next corner, I heard a female voice say

"Because he has suffered great loss, and only that great loss can change him into what he needs to become"

'That sounded like the voice from the hallway' I thought to myself as I came to some very large doors.

A different voice spoke this time.

"And what does he need to become?" the second voice questioned the first.

There was a long pause as I entered the room from which the voices came from.

There were two creatures, that looked like horses, one with a bright white mane that seemed to blow in the wind that wasn't there, and another with a dark blue mane that was also flowed in the wind that wasn't there.

The white horse looked over to me and stared me straight in the eye and said

"A better person"

I woke up from the strange dream and sat up.

I thought about what the horse in the dream said. "Become a better person eh?" I asked myself

I glanced over at the clock and saw that it was 7:39. I was late for school, I thought about going to school at first, how many looks of sorrow I would get.

how many people would feel sorry for me.

I dont want anyone to feel sorry for me.

I got up, and walked into the bathroom, and looked into the mirror. I was wearing the same clothes as last night.

Last night came back to my mind.

The funeral.

the goodbyes.

I look down at my feet, and then back at myself and see a white flash in the corner of my eye. I cock my head, and turn in the direction of the flash.

I walk out of the bathroom, look down the hallway to the left, and down the hallway to the right, I see something pink on the carpet, 'looks like hair' I think to myself as I walk toward it stop and kneel to take a closer look at it.

The hair seemed to be curly, and it smelled of cotton candy. "That's weird" I said out loud as I inspect the rest of the room for any more hairs.

I hear a slight squeak behind me as im getting up from my kneeling position, I quickly turn toward the spot behind the couch where I heard the noise and yell "I KNOW YOUR THERE!"

I wait for a response, but get none.

I decide to check it out myself instead, but first I say "This is your last chance, if you don't come out now, your going to have to put up a hell of a fight."

I start slowly walking forward before a female voice says "Okay, ill come out"

I stand still as I expect a person to walk out from behind the couch, but instead, I see a pink stub com out from behind the bottom portion of the couch, and then I see the rest of the creature come out.

it looked about 4 feet tall, was hot pink, and had curly pink hair with blue eyes. it strongly resembled a horse so that's what I think it is, but it looks somewhat animated.

The silence between the two of us lasted for about 10 minuets. The 10 minuets consisted of mainly both of us standing in front of each other staring into each others eyes occasionally, but whenever we would lock eyes, we would look away from each other.

It was my move.

I decided to break the uncomfortable silence with the mandatory icebreaker

"Soooooooooo" I said as I kneeled down to her level and held out a hand, at which she flinched at so I pulled it back.

this was new for me, as I had never shook hands with a person before, and certainly not a horse, as I felt it to be disgusting, and unnecessary, but now wasn't the time for that.

"I'm Max, and you are?" I asked the horse as I held my hand out again, which she now seemed okay with as she held out her hoof and somehow grabbed my hand and started rapidly shaking it

"I'm Pinkie Pie, its nice to meet you" Pinkie Pie continued shaking my hand as she introduced herself to me

As she put her hoof down, there was once again an awkward silence.

I decided to break the silence with a joke "Pretty damn smart for a horse"

Pinkie Gasped when she heard my joke, and had a face that looked like she was extremely offended at my joke.

"I am not a horse!" she yelled at me "I, am a pony" she continued.

I pulled my face back, and threw my hands sarcastically in the air and say "okay, okay, I didn't know"

I turn around walk over to my couch, and exhale.

Pinkie pie sits down on the chair across from me and looks at me.

I decide to break the uncomfortable silence once again.

"Soooooooooo" I say once again as I sit back on the comfy couch.

"Why are you here?" I ask.

Pinkie Pie seemed lost in thought, but once I spoke she seemed to snap out of it.

"Its a long story" Pinkie said as she shuffled uneasily in her chair

"We have time" I say to the pink mare as I point to the clock on the wall.

"now speak, pony" I say as she flinched at the harshness of my tone.

"Okay, it all started yesterday."