I brought my right hoof to Twilight's, and shoock both altogether. "Ehm... pleased to meet you. My name is Littlepip."

"Nice to meet you, Littlepip," she said with a big smile; "This two ponies here are my friend. They're the ones that took care of you before my arrival."

Rarity trotted near me and brought her right hoof in front of my face. "My name is Rarity. Pleased to meet you, darling." I shook it with my right one without saying anything; my head was still busy trying to understand what the hell was happening.

I noticed however that Fluttershy still didn't come to present herself. She was sitting on the ground looking to the other side while blushing, forcing Twilight to literally pushing her in front of me.

"Uhm... h-hello," she slowly said while still watching the ground. "My, uhm... my name... is... *meep*."

Knowing already what kind of pony she was, I expected this. Feeling sorry for her, I decided to give her a hoof. "...Fluttershy, I know." I then made a face of horror, realizing the mistake I just made.

"How did you know her name?" Twilight asked confused.

Celestia impales me with her horn from the butt hole to the mouth, what did I just done?! I needed to fix this, I had to find an excuse! Think Littlepip, think fast, think fast....

"Well, Twilight dear," Rarity answered the question at my place, "she probably heard me saying Fluttershy's name, when she was regaining consciousness." Sweet Luna's titties, my luck stroke again at the right time.

"Ehm, yeah yeah, it's... just like that." I said while grinning as wide ad possible.

"Oookay then, sorry I asked." Twilight said while blushing a little.

"No problem." I said. At this point, however, my mind gaved up on finding out what the heck was happening by it's own. The explanation that this was the afterworld was the most credible, as my body itself was showing me; I only recently noticed, in fact, that all my clothes were all gone, and so were all the scars and bullet holes and...my pipbuck too; it made a strange impression, the fact that I wasn't wearing it anymore after all this years. Even my half-burned cutie mark had now returned to normal.

All these things would've been enough to prove me that I was now a soul making a projection of my old body. And yet... why the three ministry mares were still acting like they didn't who I was? The theory of them playing a joke was not beleivable anymore. The situation, as it was now, wasn't giving any other choice but to asking them some explenation. "Ehm, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?" Twilight asked while almost chirping.

"Well... ehm... where am I exactly?"

Twilight looked at rarity with confusion, and she raised her shoulders. "You mean came all the way here without knowing were you were going?"

"No no, it's not that... it's, because..." --Think fast, Littlepip, think fast-- "I... don't remember why I came here in the first place."

Suddenly, Rarity gasped loudly and came closer to me with a pitying face. "Oh, poor darling." She said with quite a dramatic voice. "You must have hit your head very hard and now you have lost all of your memories." Amnesia, uh? Why that didn't sound new to me?

"Uhm... yeah, yeah, that... must be it. I think," I said while smiling as widely as possible... again.

"Oh, I see. Sorry I asked," Twilight said. She then came closer to me and put her right hoof on my shoulder, as to reassure me. "Don't worry, an amnesia is something that cures itself. You just need to wait some time and your memory will be gradually restored. I know 'cause I read it in many medicine books". Oh right, Twilight Sparkle loved books very much. I forgot about that. "Come with me, I'll show where we are from that window".

I followed Twilight to the window at the side of the entrance door, and... I couldn't believe what I just saw. Not very far from the cottage was the town of Ponyville. I recongised it from the kind of buildings that formed it, but mind you, these weren't the ruins of two centuries I saw back when I left the Stable; all the contrary, these buildings were intact and numerous, just... just how I saw them in the ruined photos of how Equestria was during two centuries ago.

"That is the town of Ponyville," Twilight continued. "Is where me and my friends lives. It's not very big or special, compared with most famous cities like Manehattan or Fillydelphia, but it's a very nice place and the ponies there are very friendly."

I was hardly listening to Twilight explaining me the town and the ponies living there, since at that moment, I finally realized what was going on: something impossible happened to me, something I could hardly believe it, let alone explaining how it happened... and yet, it still did.

"I'm in the past..." I whispered to myself.

"Uhm, what?" Twilight asked.

Oh Princesses' raining marehoods, why I can never shut up?! "Oh, uhm... did I said something, I don't know 'cause I can't remember!"

Twilight face remain puzzled for a bunch of seconds, then it looked like she had a sudden enlightenment. "Oh right, it's what happens to me when I have a lot of thoughts in my brain. Anyway, as I was saying..." Phew, my luck once again rescued me from my dumbness. Let's hope it will do it again if I will make something stupid once more.

Twilight's presentation of the little town was finally interrupted by Rarity. "Ehm, ehm. Twilight dear, not to make in doubt your skills as a guidepony, but maybe it's better for our guest to see Ponyville with her own eyes, don't you think? Besides, Fluttershy and I have already agree that's better to make a visit to Mayor Mare; she will find for her a place to stay for the time being, without any doubt." Oh goody, let's make the entire town know about the new pony. Well, it would've still happened sooner or later.

Twilight looked away and blushed. "Y-yeah, you're right Rarity," She then looked to me with an embarassed face. "Sorry for having bothered you with my talking. I got a little too excited about having a newcomer here, beside me."

"Oh, I wasn't bothered really. I'm actually interested in Ponyville now, thanks to you." The strategy here was 'try to be as pleasant as possible'. I already had a big problem to take care of, making a bad impression to the ponies you'll see for the time being was one I preferred to avoid.

"Really?!" a suddenly very enthusiastic Twilight asked. "That means that you would also like to have a little tour with me in Ponyville? You know, after your visit to the Mayor..."

Ehm... sure, why not!"

Right after my response, Twilight started jumping around while chanting "YES, YES, YES, YES...". I would lie if I say that it didn't creeped me out a little bit. Honestly, I didn't remeber to ever seen this side of Twilight before, back in the memory orbs.

A the end she finally noticed all the attention her show was having, both from me and her two friends, so she suddenly stopped and stayed as motionless as a statue while blushing hard at the same time.

"Uhm... maybe it's time to visit the Mayor Mare already," Fluttershy spoke, as to interrupt the silence created.

"Yes Fluttershy, you're absolutely right." Rarity agreed; "However there's no need for you to come as well, you have already done a lot and you still have your beloved animals to take care of. Twilight and I are enough to accompany our guest through Ponyville."

"Uhm, okay."

We waited a couple of minutes (the time necessary for me to regain complete control of my hooves) before leaving the cottage. There was still one thing I need to do, though. I trotted close to Fluttershy and raised my right hoof in front of her.

"Thank you," i said while giving a smile that was as sincere as possible; "Thanks for rescuing me when I lost senses. i really don't know what would've happened without you." Plus, she also kinda rescued me from that dark empty space with her voice. I honestly couldn't hope for a more angelic sound to take me out from that pit of nothingness.

...Well, maybe Velvet or Homage's, but that was still okay.

"N-no!" Fluttershy suddenly yelled. "I mean... I... wasn't alone... there was also Rarity, and then Twilight... y-you should thank them as well." Did I ever said how could Fluttershy was when embarrassed.

"Darling, I was mostly away to going looking for Twilight," Rarity intervened. "You're still the one who took care of her the most."

"She's right, Fluttershy," Twilight said. "Don't be too modest with yourself."

"Uhm, okay. If you say so." Finally, she raised her right hoof as to touch mine and shook the both of them. "The pleasure was mine, uhm... Littlepip."

Author's Notes:

This chapter was done without any editing work, so if there are grammar errors or mistakes please let me noticed them. I'll then fix them in a matter of seconds ;).