Hello all you fiction readers and writers alike, and welcome to another chapter of A journey of Hearts. Since I'm a little lacking in the witty banter department, let's just get to it.

Recap:

Last chapter, princess Luna and princess Twilight Sparkle freed the pony Hearts Major from his imprisonment, which to his surprise apparently lasted about three centuries. Once awake, Hearts found that he had very limited memories of his past, presumably from the seal affecting his mind. Sympathizing with the freed prisoner, Luna believed the best thing to do for Hearts was to set him free and allow him to connect with the new time period with Twilight as his guide, to her dismay. Still unsure of what was going on, Hearts agreed, as if he had a choice, secretly only hoping to regain his past memories, if they were even worth gaining.

Disclaimer:

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And now, to the story…

Preview: It's not easy making new friends, in a new time.

Chapter 2- Revisitation

What a strange place this is. That was my first impression after Twilight Sparkle had brought me back to her house after our meeting with the princess. She must have believed the best way to reconnect with this time was to take it slowly, one stop at a time, and where better than her own place to start. Of course, I was hoping that not all of the houses would be like this one. Her place seemed to be some kind of Library, I could tell by all of the book covered shelves that lined the walls. The odd thing was that it was in a tree, and I don't mean like on the branches, I mean inside of a hollowed out tree. The interior was nice and all, but the concept was ridicules. The whole place is a fire hazard for one, which is laughable seeing as she did have a wood burning fire place. With the unique structure and shape of the tree, any supports it had would have to be warped and misshapen in order to give accurate support, so they would need to be custom crafted. It must cost the girl a fortune to live in this kind of place, and that's not counting all the times she must have had to renovate and repair; half the walls looked like they had to be remade years after the building was completed. Just what does she do in this place? The artistic value is alright, but that doesn't change the… huh… you know, with all the critique I was giving the place, it's a shock that I still hadn't discovered anything about my past yet. I guess my mind was just too occupied on other things.

While I rested on top of a sofa on the library's lower floor, I decided to pass the time with one of the books I had helped myself to. I can't remember the title, but I do remember it was a spell book talking about ancient artifacts; it was actually kind of interesting. I lost myself in the book until I got shocked back to reality by Twilight barging though the front door after having returned from the errand I asked her to run for me minutes before.

"Alright, I got them," she said as she placed a bag at the base of the couch.

I gave her a quick "thank you" as I started working my hooves through the bag to pull out its contents; a pair of basic blue pants and a simple white head band... is what I was expecting to pull out. What I found was a pair of black pants that had a green streak running up the outer legs until they faded back into the black, and a dark green bandana coated in black gem stones arranged in a checkered pattern. They were really nice, but not what I had asked for.

"Um… thanks…," I said, "but I only asked for a simple pair of pants and a head band. You didn't have to get me so much."

"I didn't," she answered back, "My friend did. She kind of has a tendency to go a bit over board when I ask for something simple."

"Well, they look great. Thanks Twilight, and your friend, please tell her I said thank you too."

"I will, but are you sure you need these things?"

"Positive."

And I really was positive I needed them. This mark, whatever it is, is not normal. The moment I got to the house, the first thing I tried to do was remove the thing, but nothing I tried worked. I was moments from peeling the skin right off my head, when Twilight stopped and assured me that I was not going to get rid of it that way. It was magically locked, or something, the point was I was stuck with it, at least for now. That's when I asked her to get me the pants and head band. If I couldn't get rid of this, I was at least going to hide it, and seeing as my Cutie mark was the same symbol, that had to be hidden too.

"Alright, If you're sure." I was completely sure. "Spike I have…, Spike, Spike! Hearts, where's Spike?"

Spike? Oh right, Spike, I forgot about him. That's the little dragon Twilight Sparkle lives with. Supposedly, he's supposed to be her assistant. He pretty much does whatever she tells him to do. I hadn't even noticed the little guy when walking in, and if Twilight hadn't called him, I probably would have missed him completely.

"Spike? Oh he's in the kitchen. He offered to get me something to eat. I could really use it; I haven't had a bite for three-hundred years after all."

"Ha, yeah that sounds like Spike. He's always so…" Twilight stopped talking when she looked over to the couch and noticed the book that I had been reading moments ago. "Um… what's that?"

I looked back over to the book she had spotted. "Oh, it's just a book. I kind of got bored just waiting here alone, so I decided to take a look at your selection. I hope that was okay."

"Yeah… sure. So you chose a spell book huh?" She looked to be getting worried. I didn't really know why, but I just shrugged it off.

"Yeah, it just kind of stood out. It's actually pretty cool."

"Really, so you like magic?"

"I guess. It is pretty amazing what Unicorns are capable of."

"You know, not all Unicorns are capable of the same level of magic."

"I know, but they all have some affinity for it, right? They're pretty lucky to be born the way they are."

I must have sounded like I was being pretty envious then. It was honestly just an observation, that's all, but I guess Twilight took it in another light. I didn't know it then, but I had just opened the flood gates. Things were destined to get for more complicated from that point on.

Between my unicorn pandering and Twilight's worry, I had forgotten all about how hungry I was until my stomach took the liberty of reminding me.

"Oops," I said with a blush.

"Hungry huh? You know, Ponyville has plenty of great places to eat. Why don't we try one?"

"Um… that's okay, Spike should be back in a… hey!" Without warning Twilight had started pulling me out of the house.

"Come on, what better way to reconnect with the land, than to sample some of the local cuisine."

"But Twilight, what about…?"

"No worries we can be back in no time, now come on."

"Uh, okay, alright, I'm coming."

Twilight was more forceful than I pegged her to be; she was definitely not that scared princess that I met just a few minutes ago. There was no getting out of this, and I knew it, but as long as I was getting something to eat. Spike might have been a bit disappointed, but I was sure he wouldn't mind, or at least I hope he didn't.

Twilight had dragged me through town for… I don't know how long. I felt lucky she had remembered to bring along my new clothes and gave me some time to put them on, before she started dragging me again. Eventually we arrived to one of the local cafés in town. I don't believe it had a proper name, and if it did, I didn't bother remembering it. Twilight had told me to wait at one of the tables while she handled something inside. Perhaps she was making some arrangements, or ordering something, I didn't really know how this worked. Then again, about that time I didn't know how anything worked.

Amnesia was not fun. I had tried to remember some things from the past, but every time I did, all I could get was the princess's face, not Luna, the other one, princess Celestia. She must have meant something to me in the past, but I couldn't even remember that. Even my name had escaped me after I had awoken, but the princess was always there, even in my dreams; horrible dreams, where I was at the mercy of this mark, and where she would leave me to its torment. Does that mean she hated me, or was it something else?

I hadn't been sitting at that table for too long, and I hadn't waited for Twilight. Moment's after she left, sum kind of music started playing in town, beautiful music. It rang through the town with such a soothing melody, and calm, relaxing tone. It was so quiet, I could tell it was coming from very far away, but even so, I found myself entranced. My curiosity got the better of me again and I had to find out what was making it. Twilight's not back yet, and it should only take a little time, that's what I told myself to justify this, and it worked. Seconds after, I found myself wondering through town trying to find the music's source.

It took me a few minutes, or maybe hours, of searching, but I did eventually find the source of the music. A single mint colored pony with a white and mint green mane and tail, had been sitting up right in one of the benches around town. In one of her hooves was a small Lyre harp to match the one she had as her cutie mark. As she rested the instrument on her lap, she worked her other hoof across the strings with great precision and talent to make the beautiful melody that verberated through town. I was still entranced by the melody, and decided to take a seat on the ground before the pony to listen.

When the music finally stopped, I opened back up my eyes, which I had not even realized I had closed, to see the mint mare sitting on the bench and looking over at me. In appreciation for the music I had started clopping my hooves together in applause. She put her lyre to the side and took a seated bow in response. I stood back up only so I could take a seat on the bench next to the lyre player.

"That was amazing playing," I said kindly to mare.

"Well thanks, it's always nice to have a fan," she said jokingly.

As I looked around, I noticed that I was the only pony who had stopped to hear the music, and I was all the way across town. "It's a shame that no-pony else stopped to have a listen too."

"'Nah', I come here to play almost everyday. Sometimes some ponies stop to listen, but usually most of them just go about there way. I guess they have better thing to do."

"That's just horrible. You have talent, and talent should always be appreciated. That's what I believe."

"Well it's a good thing to believe. By the way, the names Lyra," she extended her hoof to me, "Lyra Heartstrings."

"Appropriate," I reached my hoof to hers, "I'm Hearts, Hearts Major."

"Also Appropriate," she joked again as we both rested our hooves back down. "So are you knew to Ponyville? It's a pretty small town, and I've never seen you around before."

"Well… yeah, I just got into town recently." I didn't technically lie, I did just get into town, she didn't really ask from where.

"Oh really, so where are you from?" Okay, now I had to lie.

"Umm… I'm just taking a small trip from… uh…Trottingham. Yeah that works." I had to say that last part under my breath. Honestly I didn't even know what I was saying. Trottingham, is that the best I could come up with? I mean this town is called Ponyville, so I thought I would just take a shot in the dark. Maybe she would think it was some distant land and stop asking about it.

"Trottingham? Cool, I actually know some ponies from there myself."

"(Seriously, that's a real place)" That's what ran through my head about that time. That and, "(I must have the reaper-ponies luck.)"

"Tell me, do you know a little pony called Pipsqueak?"

"Umm… no, I don't think so."

"Oh, I guess that's to be expected. He can be kind of hard to spot."

We both had a quick laugh at the obvious joke. At that time, I was happy I had decided to wonder off on my own. I liked talking to this Lyra girl. Talking to such a nice pony really got me thinking that maybe I could live in this time. Even if I never got my memories back, if all the ponies are this nice and this friendly in Equestria, then I think it'd be fine to call this place a home.

"…Actually," Lyra started speaking again, "I'm kind of a new comer to Ponyville myself."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really. I just moved here about a year ago from Canterlot."

"Canterlot, huh? So what made you want to move?"

"I actually wasn't intending to move at the time. Originally I only showed up to see the summer sun celebration. I got the idea after one of my friends decided to do the same."

"Oh, so you came with him?"

"Her, and no. We came separately. She apparently had something important to do here, and I knew better than to ask her for anything, so I just took a train."

"…This pony doesn't sound like much of a… friend."

"Oh, she's a nice pony, don't get me wrong, she was just not very good at the whole friend thing before. You know, I still think she hasn't realized that I moved here."

Wow, just wow. The more I hared about this pony, the more I started to dislike her, and I didn't even know who she was. If even half of what Lyra said was true, I knew that she wasn't a pony I wanted to get to know, so I never even asked her name. I still wonder if I should have.

"Really, so why did you decide to move here if it wasn't for that friend of yours? (If you can even call her that)"

"It was actually because of my current best friend, Bon-Bon. We really bonded that Summer Sun Celebration. We ended up spending the whole night together, right up until the moment I had to head home. After a while, I found myself coming back to Ponyville more and more, until we just decided to move in together."

"Wow, she sounds like a great pony."

"Yeah, she's the best friend I've ever had; can't imagine life without her now."

That description didn't really make it sound like those two were just friends. I was an amnesiac, not an idiot. I was dieing to look deeper into it, but I really didn't want to upset the first real friend I've made in this town by prying into something that was none of my business. Apparently my eyes hadn't been listening as close as my lips, because the next words out of Lyra's mouth were…

"Hey now, don't read too much into that Major," she said with a giggle in her voice.

A jammed both of my fore-hooves into my mouth, as if I said something without realizing it. "I…I wasn't thinking anything. I mean I guess I was thinking something, but it…it's not like…"

"Relax." She put one of her fore-hooves over my chest to calm me down. "I was just messing with you." My face turned beat red. "I can't count how many ponies have thought that there was more to that story. I'll have you know though; I'm still a single mare, at least for now."

That sounded a bit suggestive, and the fact that her hoof was still on my collar bone didn't help. My face was burning now, and my curiosity was rearing its ugly head again, but I really wanted to get off the topic before I said something really stupid.

"So… you said that you two bonded at the Summer Sun Celebration," I said, desperately trying to change the subject. "So how was that celebration? Anything really interesting happen?"

"You're kidding right?"

"Uh, no…" I felt like I was missing something, but I couldn't even start to guess as to what.

"The Summer Sun Celebration last year? When Equestria almost suffered eternal night? When Nightmare Moon returned?"

"Nightmare Moon…?"

"Yeah, right before princess Luna returned. I thought ever-pony in Equestria knew about that by now."

"Nightmare Moon…" I had heard that name before, "Princess Luna, her cutie mark, I… I have seen it. Ah!" My head felt like some-pony had just hit me with a freaking sledge hammer. I had sat there holding my head, writhing in pain; it almost felt like I was back in the dream.

"Hearts… Hearts! What's wrong!?" Lyra had wrapped her hooves around me, trying to hold me steady. It hurt, it hurt so much. My head felt like it was on fire, and I was willing to bet that if my bandanna wasn't on, I would have looked like a lighthouse. My mark was reacting. I was remembering something.

I had heard of Nightmare moon before, but who told me about her? I even knew that Princess Luna was Nightmare Moon. She should have been sealed away. She should have been sealed; I know how you feel. Now I understood, but what I didn't understand was how. Not how did she escape, I didn't care about that, how did I know? Lyra never said Luna was Nightmare Moon, so why did I know? Where did I learn it? Canterlot; Lyra's home. That's it; that's how I knew; I learned it in Canterlot. But when was I in Canterlot, and why? What was…?

"Hearts!" Lyra was still next to me, trying to snap me out of my seizer. Thankfully, it worked. I was able to here her voice, and I focused on it. Just like that, my head stopped burning and aching. I was able to relax. "Hearts, are you alright? What happened?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I was anything but fine. I had gotten some memories back. I knew about Nightmare Moon again, and about Canterlot, but I wasn't going to tell her that. "I just got a head ach, there common for me, it's no big deal"

"That was not a head ach. You looked like you were having some sort of attack. Do you need to go to a hospital or something?"

"No! No really, it was just a head ach, maybe a migraine. I get them all the time, they're controlled. Really, I'm fine."

"Really?" Lyra didn't look at all convinced; I was not a clever pony.

"Uh, yeah, really." I didn't sound believable at all, but there was no way I was telling her the truth, as much as I wanted to.

"'Huh'… fine. If you don't want to tell me, don't tell me." She grabbed her Lyre and got up from the bench, it was actually kind of impressive how she could balance on two hooves before returning to all four, or three. "It's none of my business after all. You're not entitled to tell me the truth if you don't want to." She started walking away. "I guess I'll see around then. I hope you don't get anymore migraines"

"Uh…wait." She stopped for a moment. I did not want it to end like this. I had to say something, right now. "I… I'm sorry." Really? That's all I could think to say to her? Not tell her the truth and trust that she'll understand; not show her the mark under my bandana, and explain how it was the thing causing my migraine; not even coming up with a better lie. I say sorry. For what dumb-ass?

Lyra gave me a look that could pierce metal after that pathetic response. "Yeah, me too."

I felt my body go cold as she walked away. My first real friend in Ponyville, and I end up losing her as fast as I made her. I sat in that bench for a few more minutes, just thinking about what an idiot I was and cursing this stupid mark for messing with me. Eventually I did get up, but it wasn't my head that snapped me out of my pity, it was my stomach again.

I had spent so much time speaking to Lyra, I had forgotten the whole reason I was out here. That reminded me, Twilight must still be waiting for me at the café, and I had to get back. Maybe if I was fast, she wouldn't even notice that I was gone, but there was a problem with that idea. Apparently this town worked as a pretty good amplifier of music, because when I looked around to see if there was anything familiar I could use to find my way back, there was none. I hadn't even noticed that I was so deep in the town now. How the hay was I suppose to get back? No real answer came to me, so I just started walking and hoped for the best.

My plan was not a good one. The sun had already started to set, and I was still no closer to finding the café, Twilight, or even her tree library from when I started walking hours ago. For such a small town, it was sure easy for me to get lost. At this rate, night was going to fall before I ever found them.

"Man, it's starting to get late," I started talking to myself. "The moon should be rising up any minute now. The moon…"

The thought started ringing through my mind. I wondered how that would work now. I still had limited memories, but I knew that Celestia raised the sun and the moon periodically in my old time, but now Luna had been freed. Part of my new memories told me that Luna use to be in charge of the moon and stars many years ago. Now that she's back, does that mean that she does it again? Why would they trust her now? Maybe Celestia still controls them both and Luna just stays under her watch, but that makes no sense. If Luna was really on probation, how did she come to Ponyville, alone, to set me free? She could have snuck out, but…, I was thinking too hard. Why ever the reason, Luna was free now, and whatever she had become in the past, she is the princess of the night and she must have taken that role back. Celestia wouldn't hold a grudge against her, that's not how she is, right? If I'm right, then would she hold one against me? Why did I even care? Just what was she to me?

That same question kept popping up in my head over and over again, driving me half mad, but I had to stay focused. At that moment, I must have circled the same areas of town a dozen times. Wandering randomly wasn't working, not in the least. Eventually I got the brilliant idea to ask for direction, hours after I had gotten lost, I am so smart.

Once I started checking to see which pony might be good to ask, she kind of found me.

"Angel. Where are you? Angel."

Some-pony had been calling that out to my side. When I checked to see who it was, the sight of a small pail yellow Pegasus pony caught my eye. The pony had a long pink mane and tail, the cutie-mark of three pink butterflies, and spoke in a hushed whispered tone. Her tone was so quiet, I had to wonder exactly who she was calling, and how she expected them to be able to hear her. I could barely hear what she was saying, and I was only two feet away from her.

"Angel, please come out. Angel. Oh, where did he go?"

I couldn't take it anymore; I had to see what was going on.

"Excuse me," I said as I stepped closer to the yellow mare pony, "But is something wrong?"

"Huh, oh?" She turned to me quickly, and as she looked at me, I could see an immediate fear in her eyes. I wasn't trying to hurt her or anything; I just asked if she was in trouble, so I didn't really know why she looked like that. "N…no, I was just looking for someone."

Her voice had actually got quieter, I wasn't even sure that was possible. Again, I could barely hear, but I hared the majority.

"Oh, really? Who did you lose?" She started creeping her way back, while cringing into herself. I had been scaring her to death, and I wasn't even sure how I was doing it, but the last thing I wanted was another bad impression on a pony. "Oh I'm sorry," I started backing off, "I didn't mean to scare you. You just looked like you were in trouble, and I thought I might be able to help." I hadn't noticed at the time, but she had already stopped shaking and was listening to what I was saying. "I'm sorry if I over stepped myself. I'll just leave you alone." I started to walk away.

I felt low as dirty right about then. I had shouted at the first ponies I had met; Ditched the little dragon that had offered to make me something to eat for no other reason than to be kind, of course that one was more Twilight's fault, who I had also ditched; Lied to a lone Lyre player and made her storm off in anger; and now I had scared the hay out of a young Pegasus just by offering to help her. I was starting to believe that this was just how things were going to be from now on. Maybe I was wrong before. Maybe this place really couldn't be a home for me after all.

Right when I was seconds from finding the nearest cliff to jump off of, I heard the hushed voice of that Pegasus girl shout "wait," or at least what I assumed was her version of a shout. I turned my head back to look at her.

"I… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so rude. I'm just… not really use to talking to other ponies."

That was weight off my chest. So I didn't do anything wrong, she was just shy.

"No, I'm sorry. This was really none of my business, I shouldn't have butted in."

"But you said you just wanted to help, I was the one that assumed the worst and got scared, so for that I am dreadfully sorry.

Our little apology fest continued for awhile longer, so for times sake let me just get to the point; apparently the girls name was Fluttershy; she was out there looking for her pet bunny Angel, who had ran away moments before. I offered to help her, but she refused, saying she didn't want to be a hindrance. We went back and forth like that for a while longer until, eventually, we started to search the town for her pet together. A decision I've regretted everyday since.

I wasn't sure how much help I could really be in our search. I personally knew very little about rabbits, and even less about the lay-out of this town, but that wasn't going to stop me from trying. Just a natural part of being me, I suppose. I just can't look away when some-pony asks me for help. I like to think that that's true.

"Angel," Fluttershy was still calling out.

"Angel Bunny," I had started calling out alongside her.

"Oh…, where is he?"

"Fluttershy, do you know any places that he might have gone; any places that he really favors?"

"Not really. I know that Angel likes to eat, so he might have gone some place with a lot of food for him to snack on, maybe."

"Alright, that helps." It really didn't. I might have forgotten to mention, but Ponyville was a pretty small place, and all of it was covered in plenty of vegetation. The houses were pretty widespread and small, and pretty much all of them had some sort of plant either hanging in its window, or sitting outside in their front or backyards. There were plenty of places for a hungry rabbit to find a snack. "Alright then, do you know why he ran off in the first place?"

"Well…, Angel bunny has never been very patient. It was about time for me to feed him back home, but I had to tend to some of my other animal friends."

"'Other animal friends?'"

"Yes, but when I finally finished with them and was about to feed Angel, he had already left."

"Wow," That sounded like one bratty rabbit. "So you…"

"AHHHH!" A loud scream echoed from deeper in the town, interrupting mine and Fluttershy's talk

"What the!?" I shot my head in the direction of the screams source. "What was that?"

"Oh, The Horror!"

"Oh, no," Fluttershy said with noticeable worry in her voice. "I think I might know whose voice that is."

She started rushing in the direction of the screaming pony, finally using those wings she kept tucked at her side up until now. I had been wondering why she never used them when every other Pegasus in town seemed to rarely touch the ground. Seeing her fly, I guessed that one of the reasons was that she just wasn't too skilled a flier. Her flying wasn't very fast and easy to keep up with, good thing too, I didn't feel like getting lost again. So I followed close behind the now flying Pegasus to find out what the trouble was, and finding it was, surprisingly underwhelming, to say the least.

"Oh no," Fluttershy said as we finally found the Trouble.

Apparently we had found her pet. The spoiled rabbit had found its next meal in the form of some white coated, red maned pony's flower garden. It was a pretty small garden, easy to miss, filled with primarily red roses, to match the white pony's cutie mark, or at least it use to be. Almost every rose had been eaten from the bud all the way down to the stem. Sitting in the middle of the patch, still chewing on one of the rose buds, was the white rabbit in question, looking full and satisfied.

"You little demon. How could you do such a thing to my lovely garden?" The rose pony started lecturing the rabbit while crouching at a distance, not wanting to get close to the thing. I can't blame her; if I had known the rabbit at the time, I probably would have done the same thing.

"Angel," Fluttershy started toward the rabbit. "You naughty little bunny; these flowers are not for you."

Fluttershy got into hoofs length of Angel bunny and just started to look at him. I don't know why, but those eyes worried me. Even then, I felt a bit of a… fear for them. I get that doesn't make much sense, but that's how it felt… strange.

"Now you are going to put those flowers down and come back home with me, right now."

Angel didn't waste a second thought. The moment Fluttershy extended her hoof, he jumped right into it. Once he was settled, Fluttershy pulled Angel closer to her beast and turned toward the rose Pony.

"Oh Rose, I am really sorry about this. I promise to make it up to you."

"You can make it up to me, by taking that killer of beautiful thing as for away from my garden as possible!"

The rose pony looked like she was seconds away from snapping, more than she already had. Fluttershy did what she was told and took Angel as far away from her garden as she could, as fast as she could go. I didn't waste a single word on the rose pony. I just followed after Fluttershy, finding that she had stopped to catch her breath about ten yards from the garden. She was definitely not the best flyer around, but I guess with her profession, she doesn't have to be.

"Well, she seemed nice,"

Apparently sarcasm was another of my acquired traits. Fluttershy Hadn't heard what I had said; she was too busy snuggling up to the little ball of fur we had spent a lot of the day looking for. She really did love that bunny, spoiled nature and all. It was cute to see how close they were, even if it was a bit strange as well.

I had no intention on spoiling their moment, so I figured it was about time I made myself scares.

"Well, I'm glad that you two were able to find each other Fluttershy. I guess I'll be going now. It was really nice to meet you."

I turned away and tried to continue my hunt for Twilight. At this point, I really had to get back to the café. Twilight might be getting worried, of course, for all I knew she could have been just worried that I was up to no good, either way, I had to find her. Before I had a chance to take as much as two steps away, I felt Fluttershy's hoof on my shoulder, stopping me in my tracks.

"Hearts, um… thank you again for helping me find Angel bunny."

"Huh, oh, it's no problem. I was happy to help, even with what little I actually did."

I had decided to look the Pegasus in the eye with that last sentence, big mistake. Apparently she had decided to take that time to look into mine as well. I'm not really sure what it is she saw, but whatever it was, I'm sure it guided what she said next.

"Oh… my…."

"What is it?"

Fluttershy was looking really close at me at this point, closer than she had all day. I hadn't really realized it, but in that whole day, this was the first time we really got a good look at one another. We weren't exactly hiding from each other or anything, but we had spent so much time and attention on finding that rabbit, that we hadn't spent much to notice the ponies we were spending it with, and I kind of enjoyed my look. She was so small, not short, but so submissive. She didn't look strong in any sense of the word, she was pretty scrawny, explains why she was such a slow flyer. What I really looked at though, was her eyes, when they weren't being covered by that hair of hers. They looked so scared, even though there was no noticeable danger. She's so timid, but that wasn't all. Beneath that, I saw… compassion, like she couldn't so much as hurt a fly. She was so innocent, it was a bit worrying, but at the same time, well, cute.

I could only imagine what she was thinking about me. What did my eyes say?

"I…um… Hearts," she started to say, looking and sounding nervous. What did she see? "I would… really like to repay you for your kindness, if you'll let me."

"There's nothing to repay. I helped you because I wanted to, that's all. I don't want anything for…"

I guess my stomach had disagreed with my decision, because it took the liberty of finishing my sentence for me. I started to blush again as Fluttershy kept looking at me.

"Oh, are you hungry?"

"Well, uh…"

"That's it!" She got really excited, her wings told me that. "That's how I can repay you for helping me find Angel. Why don't I make you something to eat?"

"Fluttershy, that's really not necessary." I tried backing away from the scene this time, and again I was stopped by Fluttershy's hoof. This time she decided to grab my fore hoof in hers in a sort of affectionate way.

"Please Hearts. After what you did for me, I just have to do something for you. Please."

Do you remember what I said about that stare she gave Angel before? I remember thinking how glad I was that he was the one under its gaze and not me; I was hoping that I would never have to face it myself. Well, now I was thinking that I might prefer it to this one. That Face Fluttershy gave me was just… not fair. How did she even get her eyes so big? Nature shouldn't allow any-pony to have a face so sad. It was just not fair.

"Well…I…I guess I could use something to eat, if you're really offering." She immediately shifted from sad, to excited again at those words. I was played.

Of course I said yes to her. Like there was anything else I could say. I would love to see any-pony say no to that face, I would love to. So seconds after my answer, again, some-pony forgot that my legs worked just fine, because, again, I was being dragged through town against my will. Fluttershy was surprisingly strong for the fragile flyer I knew she was. I didn't bother fighting; I just sucked it up and let the Pegasus pull me to wherever she had planned to take me. As for Twilight, well, all I could really do was find her place later and hope she returned by the time I did. Maybe she would be okay with me ditching her and wondering off on my own. I was just trying to get a better feel for my new surrounding after all, and wasn't that what we had wanted anyway. She couldn't get mad at me for that, Could she?

The answer of course, was yes, she could. I had a lot of explaining to do later on, But for now, lead on Fluttershy.

To Be Continued

Next Chapter: Some memories are best left forgotten? No.

And there you have it, my second chapter finally done, if you don't include the prologue. Again, I don't have much prepared for bantering, so… let's just end it I guess (Wow, never thought I would actually start missing the spirit and the whack-job -)-'). So, I hope you enjoyed this new chapter, if you did, try favoriting and following this story to keep up with the updates, as few as there are. If you have a comment, leave it down below, I always appreciate it. As always, I hope to see you all in the next chapter.

Until then…