1st Tune [Accidental Visual]

[everydays_great]

[The scroll is open to show a little filly lying in front of Town Hall. She seems a little confused, and even slightly disoriented as she looks around, before looking down at herself.

When she speaks, her voice is very soft, as though she has trouble getting the words out. One really has to be listening to hear what she says.]

A-Am I in...heaven...?

[Then she slowly gets to her hooves, her legs shaking a little. Her scroll goes completely unnoticed as she lifts her head, before calling out as loud as she can.]

M...Mom...? Mom...Where are you?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu smiled faintly, despite all the worry about his little cousin appearing in this place churning in the back of his mind.]

Yeah. It's me.

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[everydays_great]

[Anyone nearby could feel sudden relief she had just seeing him, and despite still barely knowing how to walk she runs up to him, hugging him as best as her filly body would let her.]

Onii-chan!

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu ducked his head down, nuzzling her fondly. She was normally small, but she was so tiny like this...!]

You're not hurt, are you?

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[everydays_great]

[She happily nuzzled him back.]

No, I don't think so...It doesn't hurt anymore!

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[linefacingforever]

[...what.]

Anymore?

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[everydays_great]

[She nodded.] Because I was in the hospital, and everything hurt...and I was really scared.

...Don't you remember?

[Because as foggy as everything was at that time, she knew for certain that he had been there with her.]

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[linefacingforever]

[It took a moment for it to click in his head, and when it did, clear horror crossed his face. Oh god... of all the times to take Nanako away from their world, why did it have to be then?! On one hand, he was grateful, that she wasn't hurting while in this world. On the other, he wanted to hunt the Pale Pony down and blast her in the face with a beam of pure Truth several times.]

[Yu let out a shaking breath, drawing Nanako a little closer to him.]

...yeah. I remember.

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[everydays_great]

[She nuzzled a little more into him, sniffling a little as the memories of that night started coming back.]

I...I-I thought I was gonna see Mom again...

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[linefacingforever]

[His heart wrenched painfully in his chest as he just held onto her as best he could, trying to assure her that everything was okay, that she was safe, even if it was just with holding onto her like this.]

I promised I would keep you safe... I won't turn away from that promise.

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[everydays_great]

[That brought a small smile to her face, and she nodded, nuzzling into him.]

I know...You always keep me safe, Onii-chan.

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[linefacingforever]

[He smiled warmly, before moving, nodding for Nanako to follow him. Of course he was going to take her to the Agency and get her a room right away, but he wasn't sure how well she could walk yet.]

Has anyone explained what this place is before I got here?

[You know... in the 2.2 seconds it took him to run all the way here.]

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[everydays_great]

[Yeah, she needs a little help with the walking.]

Mm...a-a little bit...Th-They said it wasn't heaven...

[Which in a way, was a good thing, because it meant that Onii-chan wasn't with her mother yet.]

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[linefacingforever]

[He stayed close by, helping her stand up when she wobbled and letting her take her time to get used to it.]

That's right; this is Equestria, a different world from our own.

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[everydays_great]

Equestria... [Other people have said that, but it's the first time she's really listened to the name.] It sounds really pretty.

So we're all ponies here?

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[linefacingforever]

Most of us.

[A smile crept onto his face.]

Your beary best bear is an actual bear here.

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[everydays_great]

[There's a big smile on her face.]

You mean Teddie?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nodded.]

If you see a fluffy white bear in town, that's him.

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[everydays_great]

[She giggled.] I'm glad he's a bear. It'd be weird for him to be a pony.

[Any weirder than all of them being ponies?]

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[linefacingforever]

[Despite the fact that it's probably bad for her to be in this place, Yu can't help but feel his heart melt a little.]

Yukiko, Chie, and Rise are here too.

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[everydays_great]

Really? They're all here? Are they all ponies too?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nodded at that.]

We're living together in our own little house.

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[everydays_great]

All of you? Like...a family?

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[linefacingforever]

[That smile was back on his face, and he reached down to give her a gentle nudge.]

All of us.

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[everydays_great]

[She giggled softly.] Mm...!

[Her smile faded after a moment though, and she suddenly stopped walking.]

But...Dad's not here...huh?

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[linefacingforever]

[Yu nearly flinched at that one; he'd been here for... almost a full year? A full year? The reminder that he had been without Dojima-san, and really a number of his close friends, for all that time just... hurt.]

No... sorry.