Chapter 4

This time, as Jon awoke he realized he was by himself, unsure as to whether or not that was a good or bad thing. The sun had already risen, and he sat up and looked around to see a cart to his left that contained 2 slices of bread with what looked to be some grass clippings and flower petals in between them, "Why would you put those in a sandwich?" he thought to himself, but dismissed the thought as he brushed the yard trimmings from between the bread, there was also a bright, shiny, fire truck red apple placed on the cart, next to a glass of water. He ate the bread, along with the most succulent apple he had ever tasted, and downed the glass of water, before he moved to the edge of the bed and gazed down at the floor.

"Well, I do seem to be feeling better…" he said to himself, as he placed his feet on the cold linoleum floor. He stood up slowly, his legs wobbling like a baby calf, at first trying to regain his bearings in a new world he had yet to stand on his own in. He gathered his composure and stood up straight, feeling his hair brushing against the lower than expected ceiling. He stretched a bit, as his muscles had not been used in a few days. He began walking, and pushed open the door to his room and ducked under the frame, "Is everybody as short as these ponies?!" he thought as he looked to the left out of his room, seeing nothing but a hallway with what he presumed to be more hospital rooms. He looked to his right but as he did, he was bumped by a figure, unprepared he crumbled to the ground; he opened his eyes to see a light purple pony with frayed white and purple hair, her eyes seemed to be swirling in a spiral and she was just standing there, grinding her teeth with a crazed look on her face. "Uh, hello" Jon said, feeling uneasy by this new pony's presence, she barked like a dog and ran down the hallway to his left. "STOP! Get back here!" he heard a voice yell from the right, two ponies ran past him and seemed to be dressed as more nurses, although one seemed to be carrying a syringe in his mouth as they chased after the crazed looking pony.

"That was odd" said Jon, as he watched to nurse ponies disappear around a corner, "Yes, that is Screwball, she's a bit of a goof but we love her" he heard from a much more familiar voice and he turned around to find that Princess Celestia had appeared in his room. "Good morning princess" he said, standing back up as he reentered his hospital room; "Good morning Jon" said the princess, although she had already been awake for several hours, "What time is it?" Jon questioned, now sitting back on the edge of his bed, "12:45" she stated, "WOW! I haven't slept this late since I was 12!" Jon thought to himself, Princess Celestia chuckled, and Jon blushed as he smiled, forgetting she could read his thoughts, "Shall we discuss some orders of business, so you make explore the town a bit?" said the princess, Jon nodded, "First order of business is where you will be staying while you are in Ponyville, as you may have noticed all of Equestria's inhabitants are ponies, and the structures here are not exactly proportionate for a human of your size" said Princess Celestia, "so I have prepared the guest room for you in the royal castle, as the dimensions are a bit more to scale with a human's home." Jon's jaw could have touched the floor, "So, I'm the only human here?" He asked in disbelief, "That is correct" stated the princess, "Will the residents be okay wi-" before Jon could finish his sentence; princess Celestia told him "I made the towns people aware that you will be here yesterday" Jon felt the queasiness in his stomach begin to fade, "We use a currency known as 'bits' in Equestria or the trading of favors depending on who you ask and what you would like" Jon nodded and gave a small smile, getting a feeling for how the economy worked here "I will be able to mend the clothes you were transport here with, although; you will need to go to Miss Rarity for any new sets of clothes you may be interested in" Celestia told Jon, "fair enough" he said, Celestia closed her eyes, and Jon watched as his pile of rags began to float in the air with a white glow around them, and piece by piece his cloths became clean and new looking again. "Thank you very much princess!" Jon exclaimed with joy, "One question though princess, can every pony do magic like you or Twilight?" Jon asked, recalling the earlier day, "No, there are 3 types of ponies, Unicorns such as Twilight Sparkle, that can preform magic, Pegasi such as Rainbow Dash, that can fly, and Earth ponies such as Applejack, that cannot preform magic or fly. You will also need to contact me through your thoughts if you would like to return to the castle during the day or Luna if you will be returning at night, although we prefer if this is not during sunrise or sunset."

Jon nodded to show he understood. "Thank you very much for everything princess" Jon said with a smile, "one more thing Jon" said princess Celestia with a stern look, "call me Celestia" she said stifling back a laugh, "sure thing pri- I mean Celestia" Jon said joining in with her laughter. "That will cover everything at the moment but you may always ask a question if you have one, enjoy your day" and with a burst of light she was gone, Jon closed his door to the room relieved to be able to get out of the hospital gown he had been in for the past few days and put on his white tee shirt and black jeans, he slipped on his shoes and opened the door ready to explore this new world.