Banished to a Barren Land

Luna's head zipped back and forth, scanning her surroundings with a panicked look on her face.

"This isn't the moon! There is no way that this is the moon! The moon is supposed to be dusty and barren, not this!" She yelled  to herself. "And if this isn't the moon... then... oh no, that means I can never get back to Equestria ever again! Oh no oh no oh no...." If she wasn't near her subjects, why use that annoying way of talking?

Luna stopped and sat down on the grass, calming herself down. She tried to fly up into the sky to get a better view of the land and maybe find a civilization, but to no avail. She tried casting a teleportation spell, and completely failed to even light her horn up enough.

"Oh no, without magic, how will I even survive here?" She asked herself, worried. It didn't make sense in her mind. Even if the Elements banished her here, she should still have her magic. And even then, this place was supposed to be barren! It even looked barren from Equestria,

Luna decided that if she was to survive here, she would need to have hope. She was smart, she knew that to stay alive, she couldn't succumb to depression. Even so, lonely-ness might get her first. The only way to survive was to follow instinct and use intelligence against every animal here, and if that is the only way, it is the way she will take!

First person

'I need to find a place to live, to make my shelter. Wood is a priority, so is water, but I can't have a safe night if I don't have a shelter. Even without my magic, I can still sense living creatures here, and I don't think they would be afraid of me at all...'

With that in mind, I kept trekking on in the same direction I had been, hoping to find a safe place. All I could see were trees, getting less and less dense by the moment. I could hear slaps of muck on the ground, getting louder and quieter as time went on. The grass getting greener but more managed, I kept to my search, not letting anything stop me!

I took this time to look around me, scanning my surroundings with a much calmer expression. I had goals, but I needed to know what exactly I have gotten myself into.

The trees around me were tall, massive columns of wood with almost perfect spheres of leaves at the ends of the branches. Even with the leaves making an obvious blanket, blocking out the sun, the light still found its way down into the forest. My eyes wandered to the terrain, and I noticed small little yellow flowers facing me as I walked through the grass. They looked, for lack of a better word, happy. Instinctively, I grabbed one with my telekinesis and brought it towards my face to taste it.

Before I could, however, I dropped it out of excitement. I could use telekinesis! Even though the spell is the most basic form of magic, at least I could use it! That means that not all my magic is gone! And that means... that means that I won't be without it forever!

With this new hope creating thought in my head, I sped forward, galloping at full speed through the vegetation. In my rush of happiness, I failed to notice the town I ran into until I smacked face first into a wood wall of a house, and blacked out.

"Run for your lives! Another monster has attacked!" Was the noise The Guide heard from outside his wooden house. Looked up from his book and out the window, he could only see The Merchant outside flailing his arms about and running like he just got his head cut off. He sighed, got up from his chair and walked outside.

"JOSEPH!" The Guide called from his front door. "Get over here!" The Merchant ran over to his house as fast as his legs could carry him, and was left panting in front of The Guide.

"Andrew... a unicorn... just hit... the side... of... your house..." At this Andrew, the guide, gave Joseph a disbelieving look.

"Are you sure, Joseph? Unicorns aren't supposed to live here in the purity, and even then, the Hallow doesn't even exist."

Joseph, The Merchant, finally got to his feet, the panic replaced with partial fear. "No, seriously! A big dark blue unicorn just crashed into the side of my house! Didn't you hear it?"

Andrew just sighed and shook his head, "Mind leading me to the creature? I'll prove to you that it isn't a unicorn." Joseph nodded his head extremely fast like a little kid and without another word, he ran to his house, opposite in direction to Andrew's. "Ugh... he always finds a way to annoy me every day... can't even let me find a way off this damn planet." He set off

Approaching Joseph's house, he noticed said merchant fearfully pointing at something to the side of the building. Peaking around the corner, Andrew laughed to himself and looked at Joseph. "Even if this is a unicorn, the thing is knocked out cold. It rammed it's head straight into your wall." The merchant lost all fear in his eyes and, after a few minutes of silence, started laughing.

Shaking his head, Andrew walked over to the beast and hefted it onto his back. He walked off back to his house, ignoring the protests of Joseph, bringing the creature with him. He hefted the unicorn onto his bed and shut the door. As he could see Joseph peaking in through the window, he flipped open his book on The Hallow.

"Okay okay... page 18, unicorns. 'If you ever see one of these beasts, run as fast as you can and try to get onto higher ground...' blah blah blah.... AH! Here we go!" He said to himself as he set the book on the table and looked over to the unicorn. It was still sound asleep and breathing, so that was good. Kind of. The guide looked at the picture and then the best a few times, sensing something off. He noticed that the creature had wings and that it was a different color. Interesting...

Suddenly the creatures eyes opened and it shot straight up, never blinking. The creature looked over at the guide, fear flowing through them both. Then the guide started screaming. If this isn't a unicorn, it's still a creature, and it could still attack him!

Luna was puzzled at this. Yes, she was afraid, but not anymore due to the being in front of her being afraid as well. She knew very well what happened, she slammed face first into a wall and got knocked out. She didn't know what happened next, though, but she knows what to do now.

Getting out of the albeit comfy bed, she slowly walked over to the fearful being who, at this point, gone silent. Luna looked at it with a bit of sadness and a bit of hope, maybe it was intelligent? The being in front of her started to lose its fear rather quickly, and soon started to get up.

Once at eye level, the two looked curiously at each other, before she blinked. "Umm.... Hello?" She tried, trying to entice a response out of it. The being blinked a few times, before speaking as well.

"Huh, didn't know unicorns could talk, but then again... you're not a unicorn. What exactly are you, if you don't mind me asking?" She gasped, completely forgetting about the question she was asked.

"There are other ponies here!? Were! Were are they! I need to see them!" The being in front of here was confused and startled, and responded very slowly.

"I'm not really sure what a pony is, guessing that's what you are," He said, pointing both his fingers at her, "But a unicorn doesn't exist here, or at least I hope they don't. Vicious, blood-thirsty creatures they're supposed to be. The norm around here, I guess."

Luna looked crestfallen. No ponies, no unicorns, no nothing except this thing. "That's.... disappointing, to say the least..." She said, falling down on her haunches. "You're right though, I am a pony... an alicorn to be specific. What are you though?" She asked with a mixture of curiosity and sadness.

"Hey, cheer up, even if you don't have any of your old species here, at least you have someone to talk to, its the only way me and Joseph stay sane anymore. Anyways, I'm The Guide, but you can call me Andrew. And me and Joseph over there," He said, pointing out the window. The person in question went wide eyed and ducked from the window, eliciting a snicker from Luna, "Are terrarians. Nice to meet ya, Luna." He stuck his arm out into the air in front of Luna with a smile.

Luna apprehensively put her hoof in his hand and he shook it firmly, helping her up. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad here after all. "Who's Joseph?"

Andrew looked behind him at her, and casually walked out the door, beckoning Luna to follow. "JOSEPH, STOP COWERING BEHIND YOUR FRONT DOOR AND COME MEET LUNA!" He yelled very loudly, causing the merchant to comically open his door and fall right on his face, his hands on his ears.

"Sheesh, Andrew, its times like these I think you were born with a megaphone in your voice box..." He said while getting up. "And even so, its still to loud!" Joseph walked over to Andrew to see the unicorn next to him. "I'm taking it that you're Luna?"

He said to her.

"That would be a safe bet, yes. And you're Joseph?"

"That's right! Best merchant in town! And just so you know, you have no idea how much the sell dirt for overseas! That means you should by it cheap from me." He said with a smile on his face. Andrew merely face-palmed and laughed at the antics of the shopkeeper. Luna laughed to, glad to see that even here there can be humor had.

Luna took this short amount of time to actually look at the two. The both of them were about the same height as her and wore the same kind of blue pants and black shoes, but each had their own distinguishing features. Andrew had a light brown curtained hairstyle while Joseph's hair was covered up by his brown hat. Andrew wore a fairly plain beige shirt while the merchant wore a brown shirt and a robe that reached to just below his feet. Joseph had a white beard while Andrew had no distinguishing facial features, both of them with brown eyes. They looked pretty similar, to be honest. 'I wonder how long they've been here..' She thought to herself.

Andrew looked up at the sky to see the sun slowly finish setting into the horizon. Luna looked at it to, glad her sister was still doing her job. As the moon crept up from the opposite side, Luna could tell it was Equestria. She noticed some of the lights on it go out before it lit up like up like her own moon at the night.

Suddenly, Andrew and Joseph looked at each other with fear in their eyes. They apprehensively looked around, both of them bringing out some sort of short-sword to fight with. "Umm, guys, why are you-" Then, from out of nowhere, she started to hear growling.