Hello everybody and welcome to ZiE chap 2 {edited 6/15/14)

Now I left the appearance of the MC a bit simple until I uploaded my avatar image.

That pretty much this is how the main character will look in all of my stories, just with different clothing and hair.

This character is the same except for one thing, his hair is cut to just below ear length and is very curly.

Oh and the ponies sizes may be slightly altered but not by too much.

Foals will be about a house cat size. full grown will reach my pants line on all fours. Big mac and celestia are eye to eye with me, luna is a few inches smaller.

Any text shown in italics is the MC's internal monologue, or any thing he may be hearing in his head...

And if something doesn't make sense at first during these next few chapters it may be resolved or better explained later on. If you find you're still confused by something, PM me so I can address it.

That is about it, now onto the show.

Chapter 2

I open my eyes and I first notice I am on my back; I am now looking up at what appears to be the wooden roof of a small cabin. Is this the cottage I saw last night?

I don't have long to ponder this as a small knocking at the door draws my attention." M-may I come in?" Well, this was their house so I didn't see how I could say no.

The voice is small and timid, it sounds scared of me. I notice my feet are bandaged up. They must have helped me inside and treated me. It sounds feminine...

I try to make my voice as gentle as I can "Can you please come in? I would like to thank you properly." I don't want this girl to think I'd try to hurt her, especially after she helped me.

The door slowly creeks open and I notice a small …. Pony with a yellow coat and pink mane walks in. must be the owner's pet, strange choice for hair dye. Rather big eyes as well...

"Umm hello, are you there? I would like to thank you face to face." Where is she? I know she was just talking to me.

"I'm right here." In a voice barely above a whisper the pony spoke. No, that did not just happen, wait you know what? I killed a living hunk of wood last night so let's put our sense off "normal" on hold for a second.

"Umm...hi. What's your name miss...?" I see her flinch at my voice, which, to be honest, is a little upsetting. I mean, I know I'm imposing and all, but I'm not that scary.

Fluttershy...m-my name's Fluttershy." I don't know what this says about me but...she is just so cute. She's like a shy little girl.

"Oh well that's a unique name, mine is just boring compared to that." I did like my name, but her name was something special... maybe it was normal here but it sounded...right for her.

"What is your name?" Well, I had to think about that one a bit. lie and make up a cool name, or tell her mine?

"Zachary, but you can call me Zach if you want. " I didn't want to lie to Fluttershy. I have no idea where I am, so I need her to trust me so she'll help me.

"Fluttershy...how normal am I here? I'm taking a wild guess this isn't earth." Her ears twitched for a moment, then I could see the realisation on her face.

"If by normal you mean if I've seen more of you, then no. You're the first...you, that I've ever met, and what's earth?" I could see that this may take some explaining.

"To keep it short...i'm what someone may call a human. We are generally highly intelligent beings. The only ones capable of speech where I come from."

"Now sadly, earth's population of humans are not all intelligent. Many are ignorant or abuse our advances in technology to do bad things. I'd rather not get into detail about them as I see little connection between them and myself."

"Lastly, earth is a large ball of rock and metal covered with a thin crust of plant life, assorted mineral deposits, and about seventy percent water. Everything lives on that thin crust."

"Oh...and we have...umm...what you are too. It's just they can't talk, and I don't believe anything from earth is as bright and colorful as it is here."

"So...you're the only ones who can talk? That must be sad. Aren't you all upset that there's nothing else to talk to?"

"Well...the majority of humans think animals are stupid, and that's why they can't talk. While a small part believe it's not that animals are stupid, it's just that we are unable to understand them."

"O..oh...well, what do you think?" I should have expected that, but I can't blame her for being curious.

"I think all animals are smarter than we give them credit for, otherwise they wouldn't have survived so long without our interference. So...Where am I?"

"Well, you're on Equestria, the main species here are earth ponies, who are known for their physical strength. The pegasi, who can control the weather, and the Unicorns, who can use magic with their horns. There are more though."

"Wow, those types of things would be in a kid's story book where I'm from, and they're a regular thing here. As much as I'd like to lay here all day and chat, I have the urge to get up and do something. "

I clamber out of bed and look for my boots, but I can't find them anywhere. "Hey Flutter, can you tell me where my boots are?"

She begins to lead me downstairs which gives me time to notice something I can't believe I didn't see before. A small pair of pink, feathery wings on Fluttershy's back.

"Fluttershy, You have wings!" I realize I was saying something obvious, and sounded stupid by doing so, but I was having a case of childish bewilderment.

"Yeah...all pegasi have wings." I shouldn't have been as surprised by this event considering she just finished explaining the fact of flying, talking, magic using ponies to me just a minute ago.

Can you fly? I knew that a pegasus should be able to fly, but considering how small her wings were in comparison to her body, I didn't expect her to leave the ground.

Sure I c-can." She flapped a few times allowing her to begin hovering at my eye level. She is close enough that our noses almost touch.

"Wow, you're amazing." her face turned a light shade of red as she let her mane fall in front of her face.

"N-no I'm not, if you want to see amazing you should watch my friend Rainbow Dash." As we reach the bottom of the steps I find myself in a cozy little living room with the kitchen just tucked away.

Well, I feel I should do something In order to make up for having her take me in and fix me up. I can see birds in every window, with small mammals and rodents scattered among her furniture. "I see you like animals, huh?"

She looks around at the assortment of small and large mammals, birds, reptiles and who knows what . "Yes, I love animals, I spend my free time taking care of them."

Then an idea struck me "Hey Flutter do you have any spare wood and nails lying around?" she escorts me outside where I see an absolutely crazy number of pets that apparently live with Fluttershy.

"Wow...you could open up a zoo or something. Though, I doubt that ponies care much about seeing other animals."

She brings me into a shed with some tools and a large pile of cut wood. "Thank you Flutter that should do." She starts to look confused "What are you planning Zach?"

"Well I wanted to pay you back for helping me. so I figured while you go about your daily schedule I could build something to help you."

"You don't need – I may not need to but I want to ok? I'm sorry but you can't argue this with me. When I feel like I owe someone I can't just leave it. "

She walked away, saying she needed to get started. I could hear some animals making noises which must have meant they wanted her attention.

I started by taking the hand saw, which had a very awkward grip, and cutting the wood to size. I needed about thirty planks, with ten of them at five feet in length, and the other twenty at three feet.

After I finished that I took some sand paper and four good blocks of wood, and I started on the wheels. The hardest part was the brake. I needed some way for flutter to make it stop easily, so it wouldn't go rolling out of controll.

I worked for the better part of the day, maybe six hours? All I know is when I was done I was covered in sweat and ready to eat. "Haven't worked that hard for a good while."

I placed my large contraption outside, only a few feet away from fluttershy's home. Basically what I had built was a makeshift feeding trough with wheels. (what they use to feed pigs and horses with, but easier to move)

I had made it with shorter legs so fluttershy should not have a problem pushing it. And she could flick the brake down with one hoof and push with the other, that way she wouldn't have it go rolling away. I mainly made it so she would have an easier time of feeding all of her friends.

I walked inside, reeking of sweat. I see fluttershy approach and her face begins to scrunch, before she recovers . She must have tried to stop herself, she didn't want to hurt my feelings.

"Hey listen flutter, my present is outside,but do you know anywhere I can take a bath? I must smell pretty bad right now."

She replied with a barely noticeable blush "umm...you can use my bathroom. It's upstairs on the left." I quickly ran up the stairs, removing my soaked shirt and yelling thanks as I ascended.

She has a neat little bathroom with a tub and shower. Good, I hate those stand up showers, they always get the floor wet.

I close and lock the door(to avoid anything awkward), then strip down and step in, closing the curtain behind me. I turn on the water, jumping at the coldness before it slowly begins to heat up.

After a few minutes I grab what I assume is shampoo and begin to lather my head. It smells like wild flowers and fruit, but I can't say I don't like it.

I finish my shower after another ten minutes and dry off with a spare towel I find on the rack. I put my underwear and pants back on but forgo the shirt due to the smell.

I walk out and back down to the living room where I find Fluttershy and dinner waiting for me. "Thank you flutter, but you didn't have to make me anything"

She disregards my comment, asks me to sit down and I start eating. It appears to be salad with fresh fruits and nuts. No problems here.

After dinner I tell Fluttershy that I'll sleep on the couch and she will keep her bed to herself, she argues with me but I am firm with her and she finally gives in.

"Good night Flutter and sweet dreams. Thanks again for everything you're doing for me, I mean I am a complete stranger."

She gives a light giggle before replying "No you're not Zach, you're just a new friend. You can head into town to meet my friends tomorrow, if you'd like."

I can see the sun begin to set as the strain of the yesterday catches up with me. I can feel aches in every joint of my body. "I'm going to go to sleep early Flutter, and thanks again."

She walks up the stairs to her room saying a soft goodnight as she leaves. You know what, I think I'll like it here. I go to sleep almost the minute my head hits the pillow.

Ok so that was the second chapter, only a little longer but I tried.

If anybody has any suggestions or (my god if only) OCs they may want me to put in later just message me.

And if you want an OC then you must include a description, any special qualities or abilities, their race, name, gender, job/hobby and their relation to Zach.

No human OCs (sorry)

May the harmony be with you.