chapter 1 the everfree forest
You wake up to find yourself in the middle of a forest. You don't know where you are but you know it can't be good. You look to your left. you can't see anything beyond the trees, so you look to your right. You still can't see anything… Wait. you noticed a glow in the corner of your eye, so you turn to look at the glow. You try to get closer to the glow, but soon realize that it’s moving away. You wonder why and how it’s moving so you continue to try to catch up with it.
After a while of chasing it, you notice a yellow pony out of the corner of your eye. You look back towards the glow and it disappears into thin air. You are confused about the glow, but you get over it. You turn around to look at the pony. You soon realize that it has wings and it looks oddly cute. You suspect it’s a girl or in this case a mare.
You slowly move towards the yellow mare then stop as you are unsure whether to keep going or leave the yellow mare alone. As you observe her you notice something on her uhh flank. You wonder what it could be. You strain your eyes to find out what it is but the only thing you can pick up is that it is pink and has a blue dot in the middle. It doesn't help that you're fairly far away too.
You decide to go closer. As you get closer you step on a twig, breaking it, which scares her. She runs into the bushes and hides. You think to yourself, ‘I guess she is a timid little pony.’
You look towards the spot where she went into the bushes, looking for any signs of movement. After a while of looking, you don't see any movement so you go closer to investigate the spot. You walk up to the bush and start moving some of the leaves to get a better view of what's inside. You hear a squeal. You back away from the bush, startled.
You now see that the yellow pony has not left, so you try to communicate. “Come hear timid little pony,” you say as smoothly as you can. You feel wind rushing by. You shrug because its wind and you think that is normal for this world, but then again you have no idea where you are or if this is even normal. You try to talk to her again but you feel wind rushing harder this time and the next thing you know, you're on the ground with the wind knocked out of you.
You breathe heavily and you notice that your arm is bleeding badly. You look around to see what you might have cut it on. You see a sharp rock that has blood on it and a ... Another winged pony? This one is blue and has a rainbow mane and tail. Well, that explains the wind.
You think to yourself ‘I must be dreaming.’ You look back down to your arm you can feel some pain in it which causes you to breathe heavy again. You look back up and the rainbow pony is gone. Your arm really hurts now and the pain is getting worse. You try getting up but you can't because of blood loss.
You look around for something that will stop the bleeding, but you find nothing. Your eyesight starts fading away. You think to yourself. ‘Am I going to die?’ Then... pure blackness.
You wake up to a sound of... talking? You slowly open your eyes and you see that timid yellow pony again, and that she's standing on the left side of you doing something to your arm. She noticed that you open your eyes. She squeals and runs behind a tree stump. You wonder where you are.
You look around and you realize that you're still in the forest. Your arm starts hurting like mad, so you look at the...wait, the wound that has been tended to? Now you start wondering who attended to your wound. You look at the yellow pony behind the stump. You now just noticed that she has pink mane and tail and that pink and blue dot on her flank are actually butterflies.
You wonder why there are butterflies on her flank. She asks you. “W-who a-are y-y-you?” You look at her astonished that she can speak and even in English. She asks you again this time without stuttering. “Who are you, and what's your name? If you don't mind me asking.”
“Annon, my name is Annon.” You say. She comes back out into full view. You look at her.
She stands about 4 feet tall from ground to head. “H-how’s your umm… arm? Really, that’s what you call it, an arm, Annon?” She says.
“Yes.” You reply.
You think to yourself, ‘WTF (what the fuck)?’
“Umm, how is it Annon?” The mare asked quietly. You look at your arm again, you notice that it’s wrapped with cloth and leaves, and it doesn't look like it’s bleeding anymore. It hurts a little.
“What are you doing out here in the Everfree Forest,Annon?” The mare says.
“Honestly I have no idea. Hey, what's your name?” You ask.
“Oh m-my n-name? M-my n-name is Flutt.” She lowers her head and mumbles the rest.
“I'm sorry. I didn't catch that.” You said.
“My name is Fluttershy. Umm… Can you move, Annon?” Fluttershy asked.
“I think so.” You say. You try to get up but fail. You try again this time making it to your feet.
“Umm…Can you tell me where we are, Fluttershy?” You ask.
“ We are in the Everfree Forest.” Fluttershy replies.
“The everfree forest?” I ask.
“Yeah, umm we should get out of here. It’s not safe out here.” Fluttershy says. “Good idea, Fluttershy,” you say following her through the trees.
You two eventually find the exit. “Hey, Fluttershy, why are you in the forest?” You ask. “My friend, Rarity, is a clothes designer and she ran out of flowers so she asked me if I could help her find some. I knew where lots of beautiful flowers were not too far in the Everfree Forest, so I said ok. Hey Annon?” Fluttershy asks.
“Yes, Fluttershy?” You say feeling happy that you’re out of the forest.
“What are you doing in the forest?” Fluttershy asks.
“ I have no idea why I'm here or even how I got here.” You say. You start wondering the possibilities of how you got here, but your thoughts are interrupted by a bright light.