Chapter 6

It took me awhile to register what the princess said. 'I have to wait here for 30 days' I thought to myself 'I haven't been away from my family for over a full week how can I expect to survive for a whole month!'. Tears began to well up in my eyes as I began to cry. Before anyone could even talk to me I ran off away from the city hall. I just kept running and began crying harder and harder knowing I wouldn't see my family until a month but then again I didn't really have a reason to cry about it I just wanted to get away.

I soon found a tree and broke down on with my back against the base of it. I continued crying into my hands for what seemed like hours. I heard soft footsteps coming in my direction. I yelled to whoever it was "Just go away and leave me be!". The footsteps or hoofsteps still continued. I looked up with my tear-filled face to see it was Fluttershy. She sat down next to me and placed a hoof on my shoulder. "Drake why are you crying ,and why did you run away from us when the Princess said you would have to wait a month before heading back to your own time?" she asked in her usual quiet tone. "You want to know why I'm crying? You really want to know?" She nodded her head.

I sighed and wiped my tears off my face and looked towards her. "My family and friends were really important to me. I couldn't have lived without them. Now I'm stuck here in this time with no other humans to comfort me in the long month ahead of me until I can see them all again." Fluttershy looked at me when I said this. I wasn't at all prepared for what happened next. She quickly wrapped me up in a big hug.

I was surprised at first but then returned the hug. I felt like I was going to cry again ,but I held the tears back. The hug lasted for a little longer than it should of since I heard a snicker in the background I opened my eyes and everyone was there. By everyone I meant Rainbow, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and of course Pinkie Pie. Princess Celestia was also there and by the looks of it she was the one who snickered at our hug. We both quickly pulled away from each other and blushed.

"Well ,Drake, at the start of the next full moon I will return here to take you back to your time." Princess Celestia said with a smile. And before I knew it she was off flying away from us. I turned to the others. I looked over to Rainbow Dash and saw her with a smirk on her face. I quickly asked "What is it?". Rainbow replied in a tone I didn't really care for "So… You and Fluttershy…". I quickly stood up and said "That is nothing of your concern!". She only grinned wider as she shook her head. "Yeah, sure it was.". I felt like I was going to knock the living daylights out of the rainbow-mane pony but quietly counted to 10 and let out a long breath.

"So what now?" I asked Twilight. She looked at me and smiled. "Well we should probably find you a job so you can earn a living.". Applejack quickly said "We could always use an extra helping hoof around the farm, think your up for it Sugarcube?" I nodded and said "Sure it sounds like a great Idea and it will help me stay in shape.". Just as I finished I heard my stomach moan. I smiled and said "I guess it's been awhile since breakfast."

We all laughed as we walked back to Ponyville toward the giant gingerbread house or as they called it Sugarcube Corner. A orange-yellowish pony with a orange mane with a little stubble on his chin greeted us. "Welcome to Sugarcu-" He stopped suddenly when he saw me standing in the doorway. Before he could do anything Pinkie Pie jumped right up to him and said "Hello Mr. Cake. Have you met my new friend? His name is Drake, Drake Harper. As you know he will be staying here in Ponyville for week. We were wondering if we get something to eat? Can we? Can we? Can we?"

The pony known as Mr. Cake nodded and slowly walked into what I guessed was the kitchen. We all gathered around a small table. I saw Mr. Cake come out of the kitchen holding a tray in his mouth holding 7 what looked like cupcakes. Mr. Cake dropped the tray on the on the table lightly and then I saw a few gold objects fly through the air surrounded by a weird purple aura. It landed in a tray over on the counter. Mr. Cake ran quickly back into the kitchen. When I turned back to the table I saw that the six ponies already grabbed their respective cupcakes leaving one cupcake in the middle.

I picked it up and inspected it. It just a regular chocolate cupcake with some red frosting. I took a quick small bit in case it didn't taste right. It Tasted AMAZING! I mean I have had cupcakes before but this one was tasted some how better! Rarity looked toward me and saw my facial expression and asked "I everything all right Drake?". I looked at Rarity and said "Let's just say I have had cupcakes before but nothing like this!" as I took another bite.

Rarity chuckled at what I said and continued eating her cupcake which I saw was floating. I looked over Twilight to ask her how Rarity was doing what she was when I saw she was doing the same thing. "Uhh I don't mean to be rude ,but… How are you doing that." I asked both of the unicorns. The unicorns both looked at me like I was retarded ,but then they looked like they realized something. Twilight quickly answered "Oh! That's right you don't know about that. Well as you know me and Rarity are unicorns. Unicorns have Magical powers that we can use to do what our cutie mark represents." I was now more confused. I asked "Cutie marks?"

Twilight basically facepalmed 'or is it facehoof?'. "Well a cutie mark is what shows a pony what his/her personal talent is. The cutie mark then appears on that said ponies flank." She said motioning to where she was sitting. I saw what looked like a Six-pointed, purple star. 'Well you learn something knew everyday' I thought to myself. We finished our cupcakes and went our separate ways.

I went with Fluttershy to take a walk through the park. While we walking I saw the park was deserted. Fluttershy suddenly stopped and said "Oh I forgot I need to get something from Twilight!" She began back to Ponyville. I quickly followed and we soon appeared in front of Twilight's tree/library home. Fluttershy walked into the darkened house and closed the door behind her. I was a little confused why Fluttershy wanted to make sure I didn't enter the same time as her. I quickly opened the door and stepped in to the dark room…