A/N: Once again, I am immediately beginning this chapter after the previous. However, school WILL be a problem this week, so I'm sorry if this doesn't get updated as quickly. Also, I know you are reading this, but REVIEW. I'd really like to hear feedback on what I can do better, because NOPONY is perfect, including me.

"So let me get this straight. I'm in a magical land called 'Equestria,' you had absolutely nothing to do with my appearance here, and don't know how or why I got here, or how I can get back."

"Exactly. You've asked your questions, now let me ask mine." Twilight Sparkle said. We'd walked back towards the tree-library, after I gathered what meager possessions I had at the castle. Due to not wanting to cause a panic, I had to sneak into the library from a window, and was now seated at a table with places for seven. One for me, one for Twilight, and five more for the rest of the ponies, whose names I had yet to learn.

"Could you tell us about anything you did immediately before you were transported here, dear?" A white marsh-mellow-y unicorn, with a stylish indigo mane sitting to my right had posed the question.

"I don't think I want to talk about it, not now Unicorn." Clearly offended by being called by her race, she came back with a weak taunt.

"Please, I have a name. And besides, at least we all know what I am, impudent creature." By now the conversations between the other ponies had stopped and were all staring at us. To be honest, I didn't care. I wasn't exactly going to let myself be called a 'creature' by a horse.

"Maybe if you introduced yourself and were polite, we wouldn't have this problem." I retorted, voice level and calm.

"Polite? I've met dogs more polite then you." Her voice was rising, and I could tell she was beginning to lose her patience. I couldn't keep this up longer, I could tell the other ponies were getting impatient as well, while I didn't know them, I had nowhere else to go, and who knows what would happen if I had to go back to the castle.

"Fine. My name is Brian, I'm human. And you are, miss marsh-mellow?" She didn't take kindly to being called a marsh-mellow, and had to take some deep breaths to calm herself down.

"Rarity."

"Well Miss 'Rarity', arguing isn't going to help us in this situation, so how about we just stop and move on." I said, with somewhat of a sneer on my face.

"Humph." Rarity turned her muzzle up into the air. What a bitch. How does anybody stand to deal with a person… pony like this? There's no way I'd be able to put up with that.

Thankfully, Twilight Sparkle came to the rescue. 'Bout damn time, that unicorn was seriously getting on my nerves. Damn, I really need to see a chiropractor. I swear, it's getting worse by the second.

"Would you two just get along? Geez… anyway-Brian, I know Rarity just asked you, but could you PLEASE tell us what happened before you got here?" she asked, somewhat irritated by my previous argument.

"I already told you, I DON'T want to talk about it. If you just went through what I did, would you want to talk about it, Miss Sparkle?"

Quickly finding a loophole in what I just said, she replied almost immediately. "Maybe I'd want to talk about it if I knew what you just went through." Realizing this was getting me nowhere, I decided to give in.

Oh boy… "Fine. I'll tell you. Just sit down, and I'd like silence. Don't interrupt me." I said firmly, quickly laying down the law. I saw all the ponies around the table nod, and I began the story of my departure of Earth. "Thank you. It started when I was going out with one of my few friends, Aidan, for dinner. We finished and started to walk to his apartment, when three large men stopped us, and asked for our phones and wallets…" Twilight opened her mouth to speak, but I quickly shushed her. "I didn't have a phone, or a wallet, but they started to search me. I had this," I pulled my knife out from under my jacket, "under my coat. I carry this around with me when I'm not in school. Anyways, I didn't think they were going to let Aidan and I live, so I tried to save us. When they went to search the inside pockets, I tried to use it, but they... they killed Aidan." I was having trouble keeping my voice level and tears out of my eyes. All five of the ponies gasped, the yellow one had to leave the room to calm down, and the pink one that had pounced on me made a sound like a deflating balloon. I looked up to see her mane had gone straight. Realizing that everybody was looking at me again, I reluctantly continued. "I didn't want to leave him, but I had to do what I had to do to survive, so when the man searching me swung his gun around to hit me, I cut him deeply on his arm and broke his leg-sideways. The other men began to shoot at me, and I tried to-" I was cut off by Twilight Sparkle.

"I know you said no interruptions, but what is a gun?" Her voice was choked with sadness and fear like the others, and I could've sworn she had tears in her eyes, but then, the others seemed to be as well.

"Guns are weapons that people use to shoot holes in targets, animals and people by making a small projectile move quickly through the air. When the last two are hit, they usually die. Anyways, they started to shoot at me, and they grazed me a few times. Eventually, one pinned me down, and was about to kill me with a bullet to the brain, but I got him off of me, was able to get a gun and fight back, when there was an explosion. The last thing I remember seeing was a blue sky and I could feel grass underneath me, so I'm assuming that's when I arrived here." I paused for a moment, but I couldn't stay there any longer. "I… I need a moment. Excuse me." I walked up the stairs without asking permission, and walked out onto a balcony. It was nighttime now, so the moon and the stars were out. I looked for familiar constellations, trying to calm down, but couldn't find any. Why him? Why not me? He had a good family, a TON of friends, and a home to go to. If I was gone, I wouldn't be missed. At least the kids at school, no matter how much I don't like them, would be happier. They'd get rid of me, and they'd still have Aidan.

I heard the group of them walking up the stairs, and I immediately wanted to be anywhere but here. "Brian? Brian, where are you? Please come out." Twilight Sparkle called, but I wasn't planning on answering. I turned my head to the sky, eyes fixed on the moon. "There you are! I know you're upset, but…"

"No, you really can't do anything to help. He's gone, I'm here, my head feels like it's going to explode, I've probably just KILLED three other people, my back hurts like a bitch, and you think you can help? You already told me you've never seen anything like me, therefore, you've got NO idea as to get me home. My life might have been hell, but at least I knew where I was. At least then, I knew what to do. Now… Now I don't know. And maybe I'm afraid. Maybe I am."

"That's no way to think about things! You should take the problem head on and just use magic or something to go home? Why don't you just blow yourself up again?" A rainbow-maned pegasus said, but I was having none of it.

"Why don't you see I can't do that? I'm here, with you. As far as I can tell, that'd kill me again if I'm not already dead. Not to mention you completely defy science. Ponies can't talk. I probably am dead anyway, this is my hell. Stuck with you ponies." I retorted angrily, clenching my fists. I swear… one more-No. I'm not letting that happen again.

"Would everypony PLEASE calm down? Ah really think we need to let 'm have 'is privacy. Come on, let's go home.

"Thank you." They all started to go down the stairs, and I was once again left to myself. I cast my eyes once more towards the stars, and admired the beauty of the bright night. While not the sky I was used to, there was certain artistry about it, like somebody painted the stars onto the canvas that is the firmament. I don't know how long I sat there, but eventually I heard footsteps, or rather, hoofsteps behind me. "Don't talk. Just… sit." I sneaked a peek as to who was disturbing me, and as I expected, it was Twilight. "I've always loved the night. I don't know why, but… there's something more appealing to it, even after all the things I've done under its cover."

"What have you done? If you want to talk about it…"

"You're fine. I've run away and stolen, not to mention coming here. I guess that'd be twilight though."

"You guess that'd be me?"

"No, twilight is the time between dusk and night, and night and dawn. You just happen to have that as a name."

"Oh." We sat in silence for a long time, or at least what felt like it. Suddenly, she spoke up.

"Why did you run away? Was there something wrong?" she said, looking over to where I was sitting.

"The real question is 'What wasn't wrong?' My dad died in an accident, and my mom started to drink alcohol. You know what that is?"

"Yes."

"Well, my mom started to drink. A lot. One night, when she had drunken too much, I went downstairs to get my homework. She starts asking me questions, which turns into a one sided shouting match. That was only the beginning. The arguments got more and more intense, and then she started to beat me. Every night I had to lock my door and hope she passed out drunk so she wouldn't try and break it down. If I wasn't lucky I'd be caught outside my room, and be subject to getting my ass kicked. She might be an old woman, but she wasn't weak. One day, I picked up a book that told me how to survive in the wilderness. I read that book from cover to cover, memorizing everything that I'd need to know. The day I thought I knew every bit of knowledge there, I went out with the money I had saved to buy a backpack and other necessary gear and left."

"Did you get your knife from there?" Twilight queried, staring at my belt where my knife currently hung. I didn't know if she was afraid of it or something, but she looked nervous. Probably because I need to clean the blood off it.

"No, my grandfather gave that to me. It's been in the family, but it's really not that old. Probably seventy or eighty years old, considering my great grandfather got it from Scouts, and he gave it to my grandpa."

"Didn't your dad get it?"

"No, he didn't want it. Or, that's what Grandpa told me, after he died."

"Hm… you know how you said your back hurt?"

"Yes, still does. What of it?"

"I can help you with that… if you want me to. I can look for any injuries, but it's somewhat… painful. Strange and counter-productive in a way, but I'm sure it would help!"

I thought about it for a moment. Pros: I learn what's wrong with my back. Cons: I'll learn that there's something wrong with my back, which may or may not be fixable. Also painful procedure...

"I'll do it."

"Alright, this isn't going to hurt… much."

Her horn glowed with that same violet-red light, as did my body. I felt a itching inside my skull, which turned to hammering. The pain moved down my head and neck, but stopped at my shoulder blades-causing even more pain. "ANY… DAY… NOW…" I managed to say, gritting my teeth at the burning sensation. Suddenly, it stopped. I fell over, onto the floor, physically and emotionally drained. Twilight ran over to me and helped me up, before telling me what she had found.

"There's some good news and some bad news."

"Good news first." I breathed, trying to calm down after the physical trauma.

"The good news is there doesn't seem to be anything injured by the explosion or your fight." She paused, as if awaiting a reaction, then continued after I looked up into her eyes. "The bad news is… there's something growing back there, and it's pushing against your skin."

"Is it a tumor? Or a parasite?"

"I can't tell, but you're going to need to see a doctor."

"I hate doctors." I said, knowing full well what was to come.

"I'm sure you do, but you need help. Unfortunately, that means…" Twilight trailed off, leaving me to finish.

"Revealing myself to the outside world? Yeah, but couldn't you get him or her to come here?" I asked, not really wanting to go out there.

"The doctors don't make house calls, unless they have already diagnosed the patient and know they can't get to their office. Sorry Brian, looks like we've got to go."

I opened my mouth to argue, but then I realized there was no point. Great… wait a second, where am I going to sleep? I know that Twilight let me in, but where am I going to stay? I could always sleep outside, but there's a chance of being seen… By now, Twilight was walking away, headed back down the stairs. "Twilight?" My voice was hoarse, I had only heard it like this when I'd been sick over the years.

"Yes?" She stopped, but didn't turn to face me.

"I… I was wondering if I could stay here for tonight." I could barely breathe, let alone talk. What's wrong with me? I'm better at talking to my mom than I am right now!

"Sure, there's a couch down the stairs. You can sleep there." Thank GOD. I really REALLY don't want to have to wake up only to be discovered by other ponies… Who knows what'd happen? Although, I guess I'll find out shortly. Maybe it'd be better if I just kept to myself, like I always have.

"Actually, I think I'll be out on the balcony."

"I guess you can do that. Goodnight."

"WAIT!" I called, remembering my self-taught manners. "Thanks. For everything."

And another update bites the dust. This one was a bit harder to write, but also a bit longer. Anyways, read and REVIEW (Specifically pointing out anon "The-Archer-Of-Anarchy", I'd like more reviews like that). Thank you, and as always, PONY ON!

~Lazer