Truffle opened his eyes, and was greeted by the night sky. As he started to panic over losing so much time for no apparent reason, the fact that he apparently had no control over his body did nothing to alleviate this. He went over the last things he remembered… he was going over to the side of Kid’s machine because he saw something sparkle? He touched a panel on the side of the machine, then there was a flash of light, and darkness…
 
“Hey! What’s wrong?” A voice interrupted his thoughts, and he involuntarily lowered his gaze from the sky to follow the voice. More confusingly, is the pony he saw. Miss Cheerilee had stopped what she was doing near the open panel on Kid’s machine. He met her gaze at eye level, which in itself, was a very odd sensation.
 
Miss Cheerilee was his teacher back when he went to school, and seeing her here was odd, to say the least. He would say she was his favorite, but she was also the only one. It was actually pretty weird, the entire time he was at school, he only ever remembered having the one teacher. He wondered if that was something true of all schools, or some quirk of New Ponyville.
 
Regardless, she was always a sweet and caring mare, and watching her do something that was clearly suspicious put him at unease.
 
“Hmm…” Surprisingly, the voice came from his own throat. An adult mare’s voice. “We’re being watched.”
 
“What? Where? How? You said you’d make sure we wouldn’t be seen!” Cheerilee grew visibly nervous.
 
“Yes, and I did. But apparently, somepony decided to hitch a ride in my head. Which is not appreciated!” His voice declared, and Truffle froze. Or… well, he would have, if he were capable of it.
 

 
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