Z's eye lids parted the darkness to show a small rabbit curled up on his chest "hey there little guy". The little rabbit rose slowly and sleepily, it sat there for a moment and starring at Z. then promptly kicking him in the mouth and bouncing away.

Z shot up "Hey you little shit! What the hell did I do to you?"

"You woke him, you never wake a sleeping animal, especial when that animal is Angle" fluttershy walked in with a tray filled with food of all types, from buttercup sandwiches to daisy scones

"I hope the name is meant to be ironic because to me she is a little devil" Z rubbed his mouth until feeling came back. Angle stood in kitchen door way hands on hip and tapping her foot, she stuck out her tongue turned and left the room.

"Oh Angle be nice. I'm sorry about her she is so stubborn sometimes, here I made some breakfast"

"Thank you so much!" he rubbed his hoofs together.

Fluttershy placed the tray of food on the coffee table that marked the centre of the room. Z picked up a buttercup sandwich, the little yellow flower reminded him of a thing he used to do back on earth with his old friends. "Fluttershy did you know that if you hold a butter cup to your face and it makes your face yellow then you like butter, well that's what my mum used to tell me anyway" . Fluttershy picked up one of the small flowers and held it to her face.

Z smiled and laughed " eerm fluttershy you are yellow. I don't think it will work on you"

"oh gosh, sorry I'm a bit slow sometimes" she said with a smile on her face "but I do like butter so I guess it's true. What about you Z your black what does that mean"

"Ha, it's just an old tale I don't think it's true, but if it was I think it would mean I like Bovril."

The friendly exchange of convocation was a change for Z he was usually under a lot of stress back on earth but here it seems he could relax and just let the weight on his shoulders slide off.

"Alright, so I was thinking we could go to twilights first, then we can meet dash and the rest of my friends later, if that's ok with you that is?" fluttershy said this while carrying the tray of food back into the kitchen.

"Sounds like a plan to me. I'm excited to meet your friends and hopefully make some friends too!" Z grabbed some plates and followed her into the kitchen to help wash up.

"Z you're a guest what are you doing, leave it to me"

"Please fluttershy I'm not a guest, I'm a friend and this friend wants to help you" they both stood there for a moment smiling. Fluttershy sighed "alright then. Ill wash you dry, here" she passed him a cloth and plate. It didn't take them long to clean up and soon they were on their way out the house. They were leaving early enough to catch the last of the red skies, "the weather here sure is beautiful" z said with his head tilted up looking at the sky smiling. A streak of rainbow shot across the sky, "well there goes rainbow showing off, looks like she is heading for twilights house too" Pointing with her hoof at the streak flying across the sky "we might be able to meet her there if we hurry, come on" fluttershy stared to run down towards PonyVille "come on, move those lanky legs" fluttershy shouted to Z over her shoulder. Z stared sprinting after her *looks like she has come out of her shell a bit, well she does know me better now and I guess I can now say that I have a pony friend* Z thought to himself while galloping after the pink haired mare.

They soon found themselves at the big oak tree that marked the middle of ponyville; the orange sun was shining through its branches causing the leaves to looks a mix of oranges and pinks. A rainbow haired pony lay in one of its branches, "Hey rainbow, is Twilight home"

"hu oh" rainbow haired pony rubbed her eyes as she had obviously fallen asleep " it's you fluttershy, no she left early. Celestia wanted her, she said it was something about a legacy" she turn to look at her mare friend from the branches "who's he?"

"This is Z, he was kind of the reason we came to see twilight. He fell from the sky and doesn't know how he got here. He says he from another world" fluttershy didn't think Z wanted to spend all day explaining about his world, so a quick simple version will have to do for now.

"Another world eh. That's so cool!" Rainbowdash floated down from the branch she was taking a nap on "Well I guess you don't know anypony here then, I'm Rainbowdash but my friends call me dash so you can call me that too" she smiled holding out a greeting hoof

Z took the hoof and shook it "I'm Z I've heard a lot about you, I hear you're the fastest flyer in all of Equestria"

"That's right, fastest and most awesome around. I'll say one thing; you're definitely the biggest pony I've met" Rainbow's cheeks went a bright red "oh celestia that came out wrong"

Z and fluttershy chuckled to themselves. "I am where it counts" Z said with a large smile pasted across his face

"Well let's change this subject before it gets worse right now, if we can't find Twi then maybe you can help us Rainbow. You see Z has never used his wings before so I was wondering if you could teach him."

"You want me to teach him how to fly? Well I've never tried but who could be better than me the fastest flyer in all the lands" rainbow said stroking her ego

"Ok well I'll leave you to teach him, I need to go help Mr. and miss. Badger move into their new whole" fluttershy waved a final good bye and left heading back towards her house but not before finally shouting "Remember Z unless you stumble across a place to stay, then come back to my place around 6 that's when ill be making dinner" then she was gone back up the street they had come from.

The sun had risen know and the sky was a deep blue with only a couple clouds freckling the sky. "wow she sure is relaxed around you Z, so if fluttershy is cool with you then your cool with me" she punched the black pony lightly on the shoulder "alright let's get going them I've got the perfect place for this" Rainbow lead the way to a lake on the out skirts of town. "Wait here I'll be right back" Rainbow shot off into the sky causing dirt to spray into Z's face. She soon returns with a large cloud and set it in front of Z.

"Hop on; you're a Pegasus you can walk on clouds. It makes you feel weightless"

Z tested the cloud with his hoof before stepping on to it, he stood there for a moment he closed his eyes and jumped on it .half expecting to fall straight through it but he didn't he simple landed softly "so eerm do I just flap my wings and hope for the best'

"Not unless you want to end up back in that hospital, let's just try a simple hover. Stretch out your winds and gently flap them" rainbow gave an example but being herself she had to show with a back flip for a landing. "Ok now you try, everything except the back flip that's just a bit to advance for you" rainbow said brushing her shoulder.

Z extended his wings and flapped them just once but extremely hard, he shot up into sky at speed the wind wisped past his ears "holy shit rainbow help!"

"keep your wings out and lock them in place" Z's descent was now turned into a glide but not a controlled one he was falling like a piece of paper swaying back and forth "you need to lean forward try to direct your weight where you want to go. While you're up there why not try flapping your wings again"

"I think I'm good! Not that I don't like killing myself I would just rather land first"

"what are you chicken come one, just try it but don't forget lean where u want to go it's all about weight." He flapped his wings once again slowly and it was enough to propel him forward at a speed with no descent "there you've got it". Rainbow took off to join the clumsy colt.

"I can't believe that your actually flying, I barley had to tell you anything" Z looked over to rainbow haired mare with a dopey smile pasted on his face, he quickly lost his balance and swayed towards his right almost hitting rainbow. She could only laugh at the colt. He wasn't the most majestic flyer but he was doing it *right now for some fun* she thought to herself that signature smirk came across her face "come on big boy lets go". At that word she shot off into the distance performing acrobatic stunts and flips, the black pony was left in the dust but he sure wasn't going to let her leave him behind without a fight, he propelled himself forward with all the force he could muster catching up to the pony within seconds. They both flew neck and neck weaving in and out of each other the streaks of air behind them blending into a net of patterns they were flying like they had flown together for years but on one of the simple pass overs rainbows wing clipped a clouded causing her to start to fall into a continues spiral where she soon lost control and started plummeting towards a forest that lay below them, a scream of help came from rainbows lungs. Z swooped down and twisted onto his back so his belly was up towards rainbow he grabbed her and wrapped his wings around her body to protect her form the fall, tree branches soon started assaulting Z's back they were like whips of a million slave drivers.

Rainbow stared up at Z, he had his jaw clenched and eyes winced at every branch that passed by them. Time seems to slow for rainbow; as she saw and felt ever branch hit Z's back she couldn't help but think why he was doing this taking the pain and suffering of another pony. She could only think one thing while they fell *maybe he's the one* she smiled softly while staring into his eyes. The trees had swallowed them both now and was blocking out the sky above, Z hit the ground back first his wings unwrapped around rainbow at the shire force of the impact they both tumbled head over heels both sliding against the mossy wet forest floor. Soon they came to a stop nether of them moved they just lay there, spot lights of sun was shining though the gaps in the trees light casted upon their faces.

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