MLP: If We Were All Stranded In Equestria

[Shift]

((Sorry, I know we're kinda waiting on Warrier/Twilight, but I got a bit anxious and I wanted to post.))

She woke up on the couch. She looked around slowly, taking in her surroundings, looking for anything out of place. She noticed the door was still open to the main room of the library. She hopped off the couch and walked out to the main room. She looked around again. The room seemed normal. Everything was in place, no pony was around, the box full of snacks was still sitting on the table... "Alright! I'm dreaming now." She said happily, realizing she had eaten all of the snacks before she went to sleep. "Alright, let's get started with what I know." She stood still concentrating for a minute, before trotting through the door to the outside. It was now daytime outside and she was standing outside Twilight's house in a deserted Ponyville.

She looked around. Unfortunately, she didn't know much of the layout of Ponyville. She had only been from Twilight's house to Sugarcube Corner and from Sugarcube Corner to that bridge. A thick layer of forest abruptly stood around the boundaries of what she knew of Ponyville, effectively fencing in her little mental map. She decided to head to Sugarcube Corner, simply walking through a wall and ending up on the inside. She looked around a little before heading upstairs. The second floor was created from memories of the "Baby Cakes" episode. She looked through the hall for a little bit before deciding she was done and leaving Sugarcube Corner. She walked back outside. She closed her eyes and went into thought. Thinking back to previous episodes of the show, she was attempting to piece together the town's layout, or at least, how to get to that town square from Sugarcube Corner. She opened her eyes and trotted off. She quickly found her way there, or at least, to where she assumed it was. She was able to spawn this new area in her dreamscape Ponyville.

She looked around again. "Now that I think about it...there's not many places around Ponyville where you could be alone..." She muttered to herself. She trotted over to the bench and sat down on it on her haunches. "I guess I have no choice but to field test my changeling magic. Not the best idea, but what can I do."

She blinked, her dream Ponyville was now full of ponies trotting about, the square now full of some ponies having fun and talking with each other. All the fake ponies were completely ignoring Shift. She looked around as her new enviornment was suddenly full of life. She sighed to herself. "There is no way this could end well for me. I'll probably have to wait until evening to start trying something like that. Maybe then I'd attract less attention if I screwed anything up." As she thought this, the Ponyville around her grew a bit less populated and the sun was now setting. "I wonder if I could attract other female ponies." She put a hoof to her chin as she pondered this. "...eh. I think they'd have to be into that sort of thing in the first place maybe. Worth a shot maybe, when I actually learn to how to charm ponies...IF I can charm ponies. Who knows, I may be alone with other mares and be hungry at some point."

She sighed again and got up from the bench. Hopping down, she walked past the false ponies and slowly made her way back to Twilight's house. She simply walked through the wall again, walking into the main room. She looked at a clock on the wall. She was pretty sure the clock wasn't supposed to be there, as it was a digital clock, but she only wanted to see the time. The clock read " 6\U!!?0". She stared at it for a few seconds before actually realizing what she was seeing. [That's bizarre...even in dreams, clocks usually display a time on them, even if they are almost always wrong. I'm pretty sure being a pony hasn't messed with my mental image of what a clock should be showing for time.] She closed her eyes, shook her head and looked at the clock again. The clock now was now rotated slightly and read a blinking "<--#%!". She looked at it for a moment. She stared intently at the "<--" on the display. She noticed that the clock was also slowly rotating. [...is...is it pointing at something?]

She slowly approached the window. She cautiously moved her head towards the glass, looking out. It was nighttime again in the dreamscape Ponyville. There was again nopony to be seen...except for a rather tall pony. She was walking around, looking back and forth for something. She was getting close to Twilight's house. She panicked and ducked down under the window. She hear the hoofsteps coming closer. She could feel the presence of the pony just above her, looking through the window. She didn't seem to find Shift hiding just below. Shift waited until she heard the hoofsteps continue before looking out the window again. She immediately realized who this strange pony was. It was Princess Luna. Shift panicked and stayed laying down on the ground. She started quietly screaming to herself. "Crap! How did Luna already find out about us!? Oh crap oh crap this isn't good! If she finds out I'm a changeling I'm screwed!" She stopped her panicked whispers as she heard the hoofsteps fade into the distance. She took the time to quickly walk into the room she was initially sleeping in. She started pacing back and forth. "Oh no. Oh no no no. This isn't good. If Luna knows about us then Celestia knows about us and that means she could drop in on us at anytime. Luna's already looking for us." She continued pacing, trying to collect her thoughts. "Ok, at the very least, Luna doesn't have much control in someone elses dreams and she still has to actually find me. As long as I keep on hiding, I'm safe. I'll just expand the world, create more ponies around me. That'll make it easier for me to hide."

Shift was completely ignorant to the sound of hoofsteps approaching her. "But that doesn't change the fact that I can't hide when I'm awake!" She looked at the dream versions of Jesse and RainBro sleeping on the floor and couch. "Nnnnngh! But I can't leave them! Not yet! Not until I find out ab-"

"There you are. Hello there strange pony." A voice called from behind Shift.

Shift screamed and dove away from the voice in a panic. Looking up, she saw Princess Luna gently smiling at her. A face that, normally, she would happily embrace. Her eyes widened in fear. She closed her eyes tightly. [Wake up wake up wake up!]

The world around Princess Luna began to quickly fade away. She called out to the panicked light black filly. "Wait!"

[WAKE UP!]

[SirWarrier1]

After seeing the others sit or lay down around the room, Rainbro decided to get up and head back out to the main room where Twilight was still standing. He looks at Sunset and then back to Twilight. "So, where exactly is this other bed of yours?" he asked.

Twilight merely smiles and uses her magic to pull a specific book from the bookshelf on the left, resulting in, to RainBros amazement, a spinning mechanism that flips the entire bookcase/wall around to reveal a bed. "There you are, one guest bed at the ready."

RainBro smiles and nods. He heads back to the sleeping Pegasus and nudges his head underneath his body in order to pick him up. It's not an easy task but it feels as though Twilight is using her magic to help lift him a bit to where he eventually rests on his back. "Oof he's heavy"

"Yeah, it took a fair amount of my magic to lift him" Twilight replies with yawn.

"Yeah...ugh." He slowly trots him over to the next room. "You know, it's funny....he kind of reminds me of one my louder friends back home, voice seems really familiar.....But he's not as excitable it seems...though I suppose going through an ordeal like his that I would be more timid myself."

He lowers the stallion onto the bed as Twilight lifts the sheets up magically before replacing them back down on Sunsets body.

"Hope he feels better tomorrow...." RainBro remarks with a yawn before heading back to his sleeping spot and laying down.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Twilight exclaims as several blankets fly into the room and land on everypony resting. "Hope you all sleep well, I'm heading to bed myself" she turns off the lighting in the room and trots out

"....Thanks again..." a tired voice slowly floats out.



After turning off the last light fixture in the treehouse Twilight plomps down into her own bed. "Oh Princess Celestia, what crazy day it's been...we'll see what answers reveal themselves in the morning."







END OF DAY ONE.

((Also, Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays All!))

[Shift]

Shift's eyes shot open as she awoke. She was a little surprised to find a blanket suddenly on top of her. She looked around, everypony was still asleep. It seems they finally dumped that yellow pegasus on a bed too. She sat up and slid the blanket off her. She quietly walked towards the window and looked outside. The sun was starting to rise, it was probably around 6 in the morning. [Ok, I don't have much time.] She quietly walked towards RainBro and stared intently at him. She got up after a minute and walked quietly around the room. [There has to be something I can use as a mirror...] She looked at the desks and tables in the room. On one of the desks she found a little picture frame with a scenic picture of Canterlot. She looked the picture frame from an angle. [Good enough, I can see myself in the reflection if I look at it from an angle.] She turned around again to make sure everyone was still asleep and nopony was looking from outside the window. She quickly moved the picture frame to the edge of the desk.

She closed her eyes and pictured RainBro's form and voice. She desired to take on his appearance. Opening her eyes and looking at the picture frame, she saw the face of RainBro staring back at her. She smiled seeing this perfect copy reflecting back at her. She turned around again to make sure she wasn't seen. [Good, they're all still asleep.] She looked back at the picture frame. [Hmm....]

She quietly spoke to her reflection. "Hey there. I'm RainBro Dash. And I totally stole this name from Rainbow." She said quietly in RainBro's voice. [Oh my gosh, this is amazing! I can even copy voices!] She quickly reverted back to her "Shift" form. She looked behind her again. [Hmm. Lemme try Jesse.] She looked at Jesse intently for a minute before turning back towards the picture frame. She closed her eyes, picturing Jesse's form and voice. She opened her eyes and saw the reflection of Jesse, minus the headphones. She grinned. "My name is Jesse, and that is totally not a weird name in this world." She said quietly to herself in Jesse's voice. She grinned from ear to ear. [This is the coolest! Now if only I could figure out the rest. And for that matter, how to use normal magic. I really need to figure out how to do that levitating stuff. This Canterlot backstory won't fly for long if I can't do that...]

She reverted back to her "Shift" form and voice again and turned around again. [Everyone still asleep. Good.] She quietly walked back to the couch, slid her head under the blankets to get it over her again and carefully laid back down on the couch. [I'll stick around a little bit longer. Hopefully one of them will ask Twilight when they all wake up.] She decided to just stay awake for awhile and think rather than go back to sleep. [If anything, I can leave, turn into that "Orange Sherbert" body I had before and ask Twilight.] She continued lay for quite awhile before getting an idea. [Oh jeez! Everypony's asleep and I have a blanket that I can practice levitation with! I can try doing that for about an hour then wait for one of these guys to wake up!] She spent the next hour trying to figure out how to use her horn.

[Gunstar X]

You start to come to. Feeling returning to your body, you slowly open your eyes. The last thing you could remember was drinking that drink that Pinkie Pie gave you... You quickly afterwards remember that she tricked you into drinking the memory potion. You started trying to remember as far back as you could. You remembered waking up in that caravan with that strange unicorn...you recall her name being Trixie... You remembered walking to Ponyville and meeting 'RainBro'. Going to Zecora's, getting the potion, the party at Pinkie Pie's... Nothing else. You weren't sure how to feel at the moment. You decided to push your depression aside for a moment, something was odd. You sat up on your haunches. You didn't recognize your current surroundings. You were looking at the back of a couch of some kind, a large window and some desks or something. You could only assume whoever dragged you here didn't get the memo about the room you had reserved for you at Ponyville Hospital.

You slumped back down on your side. You still weren't sure how to feel. Nothing. All the trouble of getting that potion to restore your memories and not a single thing. You were a mix of frustrated and depressed but you weren't sure what to do with these emotions. You had no one and nothing to blame. No omnipotent being to yell to the heavens at. All you wanted to do was just lie on this comfy bed. Or at least you were going to do that, but the fact that you had no idea where you were once again hit you. You mustered the energy to shake the blanket off your back and get up from the bed. You hopped off and headed for the only door you could see at the moment. Upon entering the new room, the scenery finally hit you. You were at Twilight's house. Why did you she bring you here? You were certain you had told her about your hospital room reservation. Still recovering from your short potion induced mini-coma, you were completely unaware of the voices and ponies around you.

((Also realized I never quite posted a pic of him yet. My bad.))

Spoiler

((Minus the sweatbands/hoofbands at the moment...))

[Cold Star]

No answer came when he knocked on the door. Damn... he thought as he walked away. I'll come back tomorrow... Excuse?... Probably be the truth... I want to check out the books and learn more about this place... and first thing will be a basic magic book. and I mean basics of basics... I want to at least get levitation down tomorrow....

He walked around Ponyville for about an hour, learning the roads and ways to get places. Back in the human world he was relatively good at remembering directions. So it wasn't long before he knew the ways to the market, Sugar Cube Corner, The Library, Rarity's Boutique, and the road that lead to Sweet Apple Acres.

He kept walking down a road that lead out of Ponyville, drowned in his own thoughts. Should I get a new name? Where am I going to sleep? Where will I say I’m from? Man I wish I had my IPod with me, I need that background music…

When he realized that he wasn’t paying attention where he was going, it was too late. He had no clue where in Equestria he was. It was still dark, and no light of dawn could be seen yet. What time is it anyway? he thought as he looked at the moon. His eyes drooped, as if they suddenly realized they were tired. He let out a yawn. ”Well I guess I should find a place to take a nap…" he said, not knowing he was thinking aloud. He was used to going to bed when the sun came out, so this exhaustion in the middle of the night came as a surprise to him.

Ryan looked around. He was in a relatively open area. Was this the Park? Didn’t matter. What he needed to do was find a nice tree to sleep under. Well… I should think about what Pony name I should choose. Hmm…. he found a tree and situated himself beneath it. He leaned back onto the trunk, cradling his head between two knots. My Cutie Mark seems Ice-based. Well, I at least hope it is… Snow… Snow… Snow Shine? Nah.. that’s stupid… Powdered Snow… Icy wind? Wait.. those are Pokémon moves… Cold… Hmm.. what was that thing on Doctor Who again? A White star? No… Ice star?... No that wasn’t it… Cold Star? Wait… ya… that was it… he gave a loud yawn, he about to fall asleep.. Huh… I like it… I guess…… from now on….. I’ll be known as…. Cold… Star…. He finished his thought as he finally drifted to dreamless sleep….

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Cold Star shifted in his sleep. He rolled over his head rolling right on top of a very uncomfortable knot on the tree. His eyes cracked open with the discomfort. He let out a groan as he adjusted again. He shifted his neck, causing a sharp pain to shoot through it. His eyes Shot open with the pain. Obviously sleeping under a tree had its disadvantages… The first and most obvious is that you wake with the biggest crick in your neck.

There was no use trying, Cold Star was awake now. He lazily rolled over and stood up. He wobbled, having to readjust to the four legs. As he retraced the path he was walking last night a thought occurred to him. What if I’m not the only one from my universe that fell here? If So, I bet they’re having just amount of trouble with their horns as I am…. Or wings for that matter… he continued walking into Ponyville. He stood infront of another window to check his reflection, making sure he didn’t have any leaves in his hair. Even as a human Cold Star Cared about his appearances. To his relief, Cartoon Physics were still in effect as he looked completely the same as he first arrived. Alright… now… Back story… Where should I say I’m from? I decided something last night… but what was that again? He walked mindlessly as if his feet knew the way. Hmm… there’s nothing from the fandom or the cannon that has to deal with Florida… I cant be from Crystal Empire, I’m not a Crystal Pony… Well.. I could say that I… Wait a minute… THAT’S IT!! Cold star began to grin like an idiot. As a mission Moderator on a Different RP site, he prided himself on his ability to Weave together cannons and stories, making completely fictional things fit perfectl with pre-established story; and he just did it again. Okay… He began to formulate in his head. I’ll be from the Crystal Empire. All I can remember is that I was sent there for some reason from I don’t know who. My memory still hasn’t come back even after King Sombra was defeated; I’ve even forgot how to use magic.Also explains why I don't know what my Cutie Mark stands for... So I came here to Twilight’s library to just freshen up on my history, relearn how to use my horn, then afterwards I’ll go see the princess and tell her the real story and hope she can figure out What the hell is going on around here…

Cold Star finally came out of his thinking trance to find that he had arrived at the library. The light of dawn was creeping in from the East. ”Okay, now hopefully nothing gets messed up…” He said as he knocked on the door. At that same time there was a pony inside beginning her levitation training with a blanket.

[Salcoy]

"Nnnn.." Eclipse shifted back and forth from the hapless dreams.. Occasionally, he suffered from a rapid fire of nightmares, this being one of them... Delving deep within the sub-consciousness of the poor stallion, we see that he was being chased by all his wildly drifting thoughts, conjuring terrible creatures and familiar ones alike from the Everfree Forest. [HELP!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!] His heart was racing through dream and reality, much to his dismay until he found himself exhausted mentally and physically from his terrifying capabilities of thought. [P-Please.. I don't want to... "What? Meet with the big thundercloud in the sky? HEEEHHEEAHAHAHAHA!!!" H-Huh?!] Suddenly, a bolt of lightning zipped past his field of vision, blinding him with its brilliance for the very second it passed by. ["Was it even necessary to save this little colt? He's only going to stagger us down..." Wh-who's... there?!] As the bright light dimmed, causing his vision to reappear, he was acquainted by four other ponies, pegasi... Just like him.

[What the hell!? Wait...] After finding him composure, he brought himself up to his hooves, noticing that the ponies were also wearing flight suits.. similar to the one he found in the Everfree Forest. [You're.. Nightsha--] A colliding hoof rammed into his chest as the burliest of the ponies seemed to have stepped forth, being yet again threatened... Not so much physically.. ["Listen, idiot. We don't know you or care to know you. But you have something that belonged to a leader. Something you can never be. But for some reason, SHE chose you. So you better not disappoint. You're a Shadowbolt... ACT LIKE ONE!"] A hoof to his gut was the blow he needed to break out from his dream sequence. Gasping sharply and trembling... "W-What was that.. And why do I feel like I've gone too deep into something I shouldn't?" Eclipse sighed to himself as he tried to put everything together... "Who were they... And why did they have Nightshade's suit as well?"

"Eclipse! Where are you?" His ears perked as he heard a familiar voice, knowing well of who it belonged to. Slowly bringing himself to his hooves, he jumped from off the cloud close towards the Carousel Boutique. He sees the white pony shifting her vision back and forth. "I'm sorry, Rarity! I'll be down in a second!" Rarity watches as the stallion's wings span out to slow his descent, giving a light smile as he touched the ground lightly. "Good morning, dear. I'm happy to say that your suit is complete!" Eclipse jumped into the air with glee, snickering as she motioned him to come into her home which he gladly did. What looked like a drape over the finished product, he blinks as the white mare's horn began to glow a bright azure aura of magic. "Let me introduce you to... YOUR NEW FLIGHT SUIT!" The drape flung to the side and on a mannequin pony was the suit he saw within his dreams. He gasped in awe, wanting to bounce around but he didn't want to make the whole moment that more awkward. "This is amazing, Rarity.. I dunno how I could ever thank you." Rarity raises a hoof, smiling to Eclipse. "Please, dahling. Compliments are common but the only thing I wish for you to do is... try it on. Make sure all of Equestria knows of my designs." Eclipse nods reassuringly as Rarity began to take the suit off the mannequin and hands it to Eclipse.

Eclipse took no time in rushing to a dressing room... The only thing he could find was a veil of some kind to cover himself from her eyes as he then began to put on the suit. He kinda questioned how to go about it first but they only seemed like how humans would put on pants first then go up to the top. "HNNGGGRRH! Almost got it! AIEEE!" It snapped on as he tried to get his tail through the hole but it seemed like he got everything.... "It feels incredible on me.. Like I was meant to wear something like this.." Rarity looked towards the veil, smirking some. "Come on! I don't have all day!" Eclipse chuckles as he soon steps out from the veil, taking a pose of pride, Rarity agreeing fully of her handy work. "Now that is magnifique, dahling!" He looked towards his left flank, seeing the same symbol of the other pegasi' flight suits in his dream upon his as well. "Shadowbolt..."

"Hmm? What was that, Eclipse?" Rarity was a bit confused as she noticed that he was talking to himself but he turned tail, nodding to Rarity and heads towards the door. "I'll.. I'll be back later to repay you Rarity, I'll never forget such a kind gesture! THANK YOU!!!" Eclipse said hastily as he took off towards the skies, whooping with joy as he found himself loving the feel of the skies now in his flight suit. "I....AM....A.....SHADOWBOLT!!!!!!!!!"

[Shift]

Shift wasn't keeping track of time. She was finally able to get the hang of levitation. She was able to move the blanket around her. She was surprised how simple it was now. She was even able to fold the blanket, make it do the wave, and various other pointless maneuvers. At some point, she heard a knock at the door. She jolted up, looking at the door of the room she and her ragtag group of ponies were sleeping in. Shortly after, she heard tiny footsteps. [Spike? I wonder if Twilight's awake too. I might as well take a chance with this.] The door was opened. "Hi there. Welcome to the Books and Branches Library. Is there something I can help you with?" Spike greeted some unknown pony.

Shift decided to levitate the blanket off her and laid it on top of Jesse. [I'm sure he won't mind a second.] She giggled a little before hopping off the couch and trotting towards the door. Closing the door behind her, she walked into the main room and saw Spike greeting a snow white unicorn with a icy colored mane and tail wearing a black vest. She walked towards Spike. "Hi there! Sorry to interrupt, but Spike, I was wondering if I could ask. Do you happen to have any books with details on Changelings?" She asked politely. [Hmm. That just seems sudden and weird.] "Oh, and one on Griffons as well?" [There. Slightly less suspicious.]

"Sure, we have that. Just give me a minute to help this guy over here." Spike said before turning back to the white unicorn at the door.

[Cold Star]

OHMYGODITSSPIKE!!! Was the first thought that barreled thought his head. Cold Star gave a huge grin trying to control his excitement. Spike looked exactly as he did on the show. While Cold Star never considered Spike to be one of his favorite characters, but still meeting them in person was still awesome.

"Hi there." the purple and green dragon said, "Welcome to the Books and Branches Library. Is there something I can help you with?".

Cold Star gave a cough, clearing his throat. "Yes, Actually. I'm Here to do some research. You see, I've had a bit of a problem with my memory and I've completely forgotten how to use even the basics of spells." He spoke with a proper, almost English-like dialect. in life he tended to slip into an accent without realizing it. He blamed part of it on watching too much doctor who; another part on having a pet peeve on proper pronunciation. "Since no one is sure how this memory thing happened or any of its characteristics, experimental memory cure spells are too dangerous. So it's just best I learn from scratch..."

It was then that the grey unicorn interrupted. Huh... She's not any pony I've seen before... Wonder what she's doing here... She asked for books, One on Changelings and another on Gryphons, and interesting choice. Cold star wondered if she could be like him, A Person who fell through the... Worm-hole-computer-portal-thing, but soon waved that idea off. Just because she's a pony you've never seen before at the library doesn't mean that she's from another dimension. She might be doing some sort of project on Intelligent creatures or something like that... He gave a smile, which soon turned into a face of shock. "Oh I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Cold Star. As for where I'm from, my memory has also taken that Ha ha" He put on his warm smile again as he waited to be let in.

[Shift]

Spike listened to the new unicorn, Cold Star, before rolling his eyes. "Oh boy, we got another one. Come on in." He said. He turned and went towards the rolling ladder along the book shelf walls. "Just wait here. Let me get her books real quick, then I'll go get Twilight." Shift watched as Spike climbed on to the ladder and kicked off towards his destination. She decided to check out Cold Star while she waited on Spike. [He's obviously another human. Jeez, how many of us DID she pull into Equestria? He's not half bad looking at least.]

"Hi there. My name's Shift. Lemme guess. You're another one of those beings from another world that got pulled into Equestria due to Twilight's spell?" She said with a smirk. "Well, you're not the only one. There's quite a few of you showing up around here. I'm a little glad I decided to come to Ponyville yesterday. This has been quite an interesting little adventure." She made sure to mention she wasn't among the humans. The more ponies she had believing she was a natural born Equestrian the better. If Twilight still had any doubts, she could use her knowledge of the show to convince her otherwise.

Spike jogged over to Shift with a rather large book. "Here you go miss! This encyclopedia has a lot of information on a bunch of different species and what not. Twilight's read this book cover to cover a few times. It should have what you're looking for." Using her newly learned levitation magic, her horn glowed a bright green as she took the book from Spike's claws, wrapping the book in a bright green glow as she held it to her side.

"Thanks!" She nodded her head at Spike. He nodded back and promptly turned towards the staircase to get Twilight. Just before he reached the top of the stairs, he stopped as it dawned on him. He didn't remember that dark grey pony being there last night. He shrugged and continued upstairs, assuming Twilight must have let her stay over.

[Salcoy]

"W-Wait! ... I don't even know what it is we do! Oh crap... And.. AHH! THE POISON JOKE! RARITY!!!!" Eclipse's soon-snapped excitement turned into a panicked haste back to her home as he soon forgotten there was still things he needed to do with the wretched flowers that caused him so much trouble. Zipping back down towards Rarity's home, he saw in the window that she was levitating the Poison Joke with her horn. "Rarity! Don't throw those away!" Rarity saw the stallion through her window and what felt like a hasty return, she was glad to let a happy customer and new acquaintance back in. "Eclipse, back so soon?" He was lightly heaving as he raises a hoof, pointing towards the Poison Joke in the thick blue magical aura.

"Oh.. Hahaha.. Right, I forgot you still wanted to hold onto these. You seemed to be in quite the rush to be free that you must have forgotten them.." She feigned her laughter and began to mutter words underneath her breath. ["At least he'll get these nasty things out of my shop and out of my sight. I don't need to make another appointment with the spa after last time.."] "Heh, right. So if you could please be kind and return those to me?" Rarity nods lightly, placing them in his hoof as the magic began to fade. "Thank you, Rarity. Sorry about the quick return." She gave a light chuckle and shakes her head, assuring him it wasn't any trouble at all. "Please, dahling. I was merely cleaning up. Come back anytime. I must introduce you to my friends. I'm sure a particular mare would be surprised to see another pegasus as.. dashing as you are." She giggled quite a bit of her joke though Eclipse was pretty sure he knew of what she meant. He nods happily, holding onto the Poison Joke closely as he flies back outside towards the sky. "I'LL TAKE YOU UP ON YOUR OFFER!!"

Gazing upon the sky as he gracefully carries himself through the winds, he pondered somewhat cautiously upon his plans of becoming what his thoughts assumed. "Those.. pegasi.." All he could hear was the gruff voice of the stallion with the scar over his muzzle... [YOU'RE A SHADOWBOLT! START ACTING LIKE ONE!] Eclipse sighed lightly to himself... "They seemed quite dangerous... Especially the one.. Wait.. There was a lightning bolt that blinded me... But.. I don't think ponies can take the form of lightning bolts.. Can they? I.. I mean Rainbow Dash was able to break the sound barrier and light spectrum all at once.. I suppose, taking the form of lightning wouldn't be too impossible. And.. there was that time with Nightshade.. URGH! THIS IS ALL TOO CONFUSING! Maybe.. I do need to talk to her. But first, I gotta figure out what I'mma do with these stupid flowers. Maybe Zecora will know of a good way to put these ridiculous things into good use. But.." He gulps lightly, looking towards the outskirts of Ponyville and towards the Everfree Forest. The place that would have been his graveyard... "... No! I have to show that I'm stronger than this.. I have a name to uphold and god damn it, I'll do it if my name isn't Vinc-- Err.. Eclipse!!" He took off towards the direction of the Everfree Forest. Unbeknownst to him, an unsuspecting ear was listening on his self rambling.

"... Ooooh. Another pony visitor! I'm sure the other ponies will want to see him. I-uh.. better go talk to one of her friends. I'm not sure if she's forgiven me about Town Hall.."