Episode 3 - Blind

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"GAHFUCOCK!" I yell as I take a deep breath into the unfathomable darkness that surrounded me. I sit up to scan my surroundings when I remember that I'm blind.

"You!" I yell as I point in the direction that I remember the first voice came from. "You, did this to me!" I yell as I get into the fetal position next to the nearest wall I can find.

"You are mistaken, The inter-dimensional travel temporarily blinded you" she responded

I didn't listen to her response, I was too busy rocking back and forth because a small part of my sanity that was connected with my vision was now gone.

I heard whispering, two peo- no two ponies, now that I remember being transported to this new world.

"Sister, art thou sure he will be okay?" on of them said

"I am quite sure he will, go and rest sister, I must raise the sun, I can handle it from here."

I Heard some 'hoofsteps' if thats even a thing, walk away from the area in which I had been cowering, and slowly fade out.

I then heard a tingling noise, kinda what it would sound like if one of your limbs falling asleep could be heard for about 30 seconds.

"What the hell is that?" I ask

"It was me raising the sun"

"Oh, thats nice" I respond

Well, shit, ponies raise the sun here?

"are you going to be ok Max?" she asks me

'how does she know my name?' I ask myself. ' I mean, I don't even know her, and she knows me'

"How the hell do you know my name? Who are you? Where am I?"  I begin to rock back and forth faster as I shoot question after question at her.

"For your first question" she beings.

"I know your name because of reasons I would rather not say for your own mental safety."

"As for your second and third questions, my name, is Princess Celestia, and I rule the land of Equestria, you are in Canterlot, the capital of Equestria."

My mind shut down as I withdrew to the farthest depths of my subconscious.

"Why?" I asked

"Excuse me?" she asked in return.

I assumed she didn't hear me.

"Why?" I asked once again, but louder.

"Because you were alone, and you were going to damage yourself there far more that you would here." she responded, sounding confident.

I was offended, because she thought she knew what I was going to do, and it pisses me off more than anything when people tell me what I’m going to do, because they don’t know me.

"You don’t know me, you don’t know what I’ve been through, and somehow if you did, you wouldn't know what its like inside of my mind." I yell as I get ready to serve her ass the truth.

"I’ve seen things you wouldn’t imagine. I’ve seen my own father get gunned down by people who didn’t even know his name, my cousin died in my hands because he overdosed on crystal meth, and the last words he said to me, were 'tell my mom I’m sorry'." I finished, wiping tears from my face because the memories were too much.

"I was un-"

"Don’t act surprised, you saw what happened, but you didn't see it all." I interrupted before she could have a chance to speak.

"The only reason I assume that you brought me here is because I had nothing left, and I understand. I’m sure you have your morals, and I know that I have mine, but you have absolutely NO right to tell me what I was going to do." I finish by standing up and looking straight toward where I would assume the per-er... pony’s eyes would be.

I waited for a response, because I had just yelled at the princess of the country.

"I'm sorry for your loss." she said before I heard the tingling again.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked her

"Yes"

"Where will I stay, in a place full of equines?"

"I know a place that you may be able to stay."

"Will I be accepted into your society?"

"I don't think they will ever accept you as if you were one of them."

"I understand" I said as I stood up and leaned against the wall.

"There is something I can do, a transformation, that will make you a equine, and you will be accepted into their society, as if you were never a human at all."

"No, I would rather keep my humanity."

"Very well" she finished the conversation, but there was still much to be said.

I heard her start to walk away.

"Wait" I said as I held out my hand.

"What is it?" she asked in response.

"Before I leave, I need to know something"

I took a gulp.

"Will you please scan my brain, I need to know if my condition still exists in this plane of reality."

"Very well" she replied

"And no funny stuff, I know you have seen my memories, but you don’t need to go through the dirty ones"

A small chuckle came from Celestia.

"You don't need to worry, just tell me what I'm looking for"

I tried to remember what the doctor told me about aspergers.

"Give me a second to focus." I said as I scanned through my brain’s memories.

I found what I was looking for

"Scan now."

Celestia’s POV

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As I scanned through Max's vast brain I came across a few, notable differences between a human's brain and a pony’s brain, but what caught my attention the most, was that he was actually thinking with the front of his brain, instead of the regular left, or right side. A large chunk of his sanity was missing. I note that I would have to fix that later.

"What am I looking for, Max?" I asked.

He closed his eyes and clenched his fists.

"Is the front of my brain more active than the rest?" he asked.

"Yes, it is." I replied, wondering what this had to do with anything.

"Good, you can stop there." he replied.

I stopped scanning his brain, and kept the note about his sanity.

"Max, I would like to repair your brain, it seems that a large chunk of your sanity has been missing for quite some time."

"Ahh..." he started smiling a smile that could only belong to a madman.

"Why so serious?" he asked.

He started laughing, I was nonetheless confused.

"I'm being serious because you are on the brink of a emotional breakdown." I said with genuine concern.

He opened his eyes to reveal grey eyes "I'll be fine, I mean I've dealt with it this long haven't I?"

He seemed to be talking like insanity was a common thing, that could be left alone, and would be fine without treatment.

"Max, I've seen insanity before, and it's no joking matter, you need treatment right away, it looks as if your sanity is actually receding by the hour." I tried to convince him, but he would just keep telling me he was fine.

"For the last time, princess, I'm fine" he said, starting to sound a little angry.

I didn't want to anger him any more, so I decided to leave it alone.

"Ok, I believe you Max" I said, admitting defeat.

"But I'm going to send one of my highly trained guards with you when I send you to Ponyville"

He seems to think about this, and finally submits.

"OK, whenever you send me to 'Ponyville'" he puts air quotations around ponyville with his fingers.

"you can send a trained guard with me, see if I care."

"Very well, allow me to select a guard, and prepare a carriage."

"Ok, I'll be waiting." he said in a nonchalant manner.

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