Out of the Forest

It was a hot and muggy day in the everfree forest. Animals were searching for any kind of water or food.

It had been years since Skuggor had left home. He and Dark Stars were know full grown colts.

Skuggor was sluggishly flying through the forest, his wings now at full size. At a full wingspan of almost two times Skuggors own length, from below he looked majestic and powerful.

As he flew he yearned for conversation with his friend, as Dark Stars was searching for food.

They had been traveling together in the forest for most of their lives, and Skuggor saw Dark Stars as more of a brother than a friend.

Shrugging off the need for conversation, Skuggor heard a noise ahead of him.

Ears shooting up, he listened closely. He heard the rustling of animals around, and then slightly heard the sound of ponies. Talking. A lot of them.

Excited he picked up the pace. He already flew rather fast thanks to his wingspan, but know he shot through the trees like a racing horse. He'd never flown this fast in his life.

In the matter of seconds he shot out of the trees and slowly stopped and hovered.

Before him, lie a village.

Ponyville

Skuggors mouth fell open, and he slowly descended to the ground, landing and laying his wings out beside him, to excited to fold them down.

For years he had been searching. He had been hungry. Cold. Sick. And now; he finally found what he was looking for.

Excited, he looked back and yelled out "DARK!!!!"

Seconds later he heard a rustling, and his friend shot out of the trees. He turned toward Skuggor and landed sloppily in front of him.

"What happened?! I heard you yell!"

Skuggor just looked up from his daze and pointed a hoof forward.

He saw his friend turn, and his mouth seemed to drop to the ground. He fell into a heap beside him.

Sitting awestruck for minutes, Dark Stars voice seemed so distant when he stood and said "Well... We should go meet the other ponies."

Energized, Skuggor jumped up and nodded. " Yes!!" Realizing he was being silly, as he was not for he was a rather serious colt, he corrected himself. "Umm... I mean, agreed."

Smiling sarcastically he looked towards his friend. He just saw him smirk and nod his head. "Alright then... Ummm... Lets split up and meet everypony." Dark Stars suggested.

Agreeing Skuggor nodded and started walking off. Behind him he heard wings unfold. Ahead of him he saw his friend floating towards the village.

Sighing, he walked up to the center of the town. Not many ponies were out, but everypony that was just stared at him.

As he walked through town he noticed ponies walking away. Suddenly a pink mare with a puffy pink mane came out of nowhere and jumped up in front of him.

"Hi i'm Pinkie Pie! Who are you? I haven't seen you here before, where are you from"

The mare would not stop talking. Skuggor had to get her to stop, so he loudly replied "IM SKUGGOR! I'M FROM THE EVERfREE FOREST!!!"

Pinkie Pie suddenly stopped talking. She stared for a second then turned around running and screaming.

The other ponies around ran to their houses and closed the doors. "Hmmm..." Skuggor thought to himself, "They must not like the everfree forest"

Sighing he turned down an alleyway and walked into another mare. They fell backwards and he heard a high pitched squeal from the mare.

Quickly he jumped up and tried to help her up.

She lay on the ground with her hooves covering her head. She had a tannish yellow coat with a vibrant pink mane. On her back were two folded down wings.

Stepping forward, Skuggor said to the pony "Oh sorry i didn't see you! Are you ok?!"

The mare lifted her head slightly, just enough for her mouth to show.

"Oh oh..... Im sorry. I didn't mean it. I... I just didn't... See you th..the...there." The pony shuddered.

She had a quiet, smooth, sensitive voice. "Oh no big deal. It's my fault." Skuggor smiled, and reached out his hoof, "I'm Skuggor by the way, who are you?"

The mare slowly looked up. She looked towards Skuggor and picked up her head a bit. She had big light blue eyes, that shone with caring and shyness.

"Ummm.... I'm.... I'm Fluttershy" she responded.

"It's nice to meet you Fluttershy, say, what's wring with everypony around here? As soon as i mentioned i'm from the everfree forest th....."

But that was as far as he got, for as soon as he mentioned the forest she jumped up, screamed, and ran away, just as Pinkie had.

"Uhhh... I wonder how Dark Stars is doing with this insane place" he muttered to himself, and continued on.

He saw a pony just up ahead in an apple orchard, who seemed to be kicking the trees.

Curious he walked over to the strange mare. She was an orange mare with a yellow, braided mane. On her head was a tan cowpony hat, and on her flank were three apples.

Skuggor walked up to the strange mareand said hello. She looked over from her tree kicking, and replied "well hi there. You new around here?"

Her voice had a very southern accent that reminded him of his father, " Ya i'm from... Far away.... My names Skuggor."

Then He was curious again and asked " if i may, what were you doin' to them apple trees?"

She smiled and replied, "oh this here is sweet apple acres, my families orchard. I'm Applejack. I was just out here buckin' the trees and collectin' apples. In fact, if you don't mind, we have a large area to buck, and i should get back to work."

Skuggor understood, said goodbye, and moved on down the road.

By this time it was getting darker, and he needed a place to stay, yet he didn't know anything about the town, where to stay, or if there was even an inn here at all.

Walking down the path back to town, he saw a flash of rainbow colors ahead of him heading towards a cloud above. The blur stopped above the cloud and a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane appeared.

The mare slowly went down to the cloud, and to Skuggors amazement, actually landed and rest on it.

Amazed, Skuggor grew curious. He unfolded his wings, and slowly flew up to the nearest cloud. Hesitantly, he descended upon it. To his amazement, as his hooves touched the cloud, he felt some fluffy give, and then he stopped. He could walk on clouds.

Excited, he folded his wings, and layed back on the cloud. Is was soft, and comfortable. Wuickly he grew tired as he stared at the sky. As he began to sleep, he saw Dark in the sky arranging the stars.

He smiled, and yawned, "we did it friend, we have a home." And drifted off to sleep.

Author's Note

Hey everyone! This is only part of mu first ever fan fic. Be sure to leave comments telling me hiw i can improve! Thank you!

-Sh4d0ww01f98