1 Fieldtrip Into Darkness

Once upon a time, in the land of Equestria… harmony, and friendship filled the land. It’s been a thousand years since there’s been any real threat to anypony. In fact, everypony lived in peace. There were still a few dark-hearted ponies who roamed the land; For getting rid of all darkness would be impossible. Our story starts with three young ponies, who have one of the greatest adventures of their time in their wake. Let’s start at the very beginning… It’s a very good place to start.

          Welcome to the Cloudsdale Flying Academy! Where the halls are bustling with young pegasi minds ready to learn. Among these ponies was a young mare, named WildRoze who looked very nervous. She was so focused on her thoughts, she didn't see the young pegasus in front of her, which resulted in a head-on collision.

Oof!!

"I'm so sorry! I'm so clumsy--"

"Don't even worry about it!" The young pegasus said, he is very short, and has yellow streaks in his mane and tail. On his legs were blue bands. By his side stood a tall mare pegasus with a very mysterious aura.

"It's my first day here, so I'm just getting used to the whole atmosphere."

"It's the first day of school for everypony," said the taller pegasus bluntly.

"Black Cristal, don't be so rude! My name is Poetic Cake, but you can call me Poe."

"Nice to meet you, I'm WildRoze... Hey, do you happen to know where Geology 911 is?"

"That's actually our next class! We can find it together," Poe said with an energetic, sing-song voice.

          And so they did, but when they got to classroom, it seemed to be the wrong one because the door was locked, and no pony was in sight. Nothing but a note was left on the window of the door, which read:

'Went on annual first day field trip to Ponyville!'

          Poetic Cake, WildRoze, and Black Cristal all stood there in suspended confusion. WildRoze had been looking forward to this trip for a very long time, it's the only trip of the year that the first years are allowed to go to Earth. She sunk to the ground with a frown, and an overwhelming feeling of disappointment. Poetic Cake jolted upward with great energy, scaring both WildRoze and Black Cristal.

"Ding-ding-ding!!!! I just got an ideaaaa!!!" he said with the same sing-song tone as earlier. "Why don't we just follow them? They can't of gone too far!"

"That doesn't sound like a good idea," said Black Cristal anxiously.

"B, don't tell me you actually want to miss the only fieldtrip to Ponyville for the whole year?" Poetic Cake said with a puppy dog face. He knew Black Cristal couldn't resist the face.

"Fine. But, how are we going to get down there?"

"Leave it to me, " said Poetic Cake, and with a flash, he was gone. And with another flash, he was back to say, "This way! Allons-y!!"

          When they got to the entrance of the courtyard, it was very windy. The new weather students were having a field day, practicing their newly learned skills. Black Cristal looked jealous, almost as if she wished she were there, having fun with weather, instead of stuck with catching up with the field trip to study Geology. As it was very windy, it want not very good for flying for such ponies who haven’t been trained for such conditions. WildRoze stopped in her tracks.

"What's the matter?! We have no time to lose!" Poetic Cake quietly, but briskly said.

          WildRoze remembered that in the student handbook for the Flying Academy, there was a strict rule that first years were not allowed to go down to Earth at all. If her father ever found out that had she broken the rules, he’d be so disappointed! But, she figured that he wouldn’t have to know. Besides. She knew there was a way down to Ponyville on the other side of the courtyard.

"We need to sneak, or we'll be seen!" she replied.

"Leaf it to me." Black Cristal snickered, and Poetic Cake snickered along with her.

          WildRoze was confused, but it seemed like some sort of an inside joke. Black Cristal disappeared quickly into the bushes that decorated the courtyard. A few seconds later, a four toned whistle came from the bush, and Poetic Cake jumped in swiftly. Noticing that WildRoze hadn't followed, he jumped back out, and shoved her into the bush. Once inside the bush, WildRoze realized what Black Cristal had meant by 'Leaf it to me'. She literally made little bushes that they could disguise themselves with so they could sneak across the courtyard.

"Brilliant!" exclaimed WildRoze quietly.

          The three ponies trekked across the windy, cloud courtyard. And finally made it to the hole that leads down to Ponyville.

"How do we get down, exactly?" Black Cristal asked.

          Although, she didn't even need to ask. They all knew they'd have to jump, and then glide all the way down to Ponyville. But with the wind the way that it was, they knew it'd be difficult to be able to land safely. Missing the field trip with the rest of the class, meant that they didn't learn how to navigate this weather from their teacher like they were supposed to.

"This isn't a good idea!!" Black Cristal yelled, as the wind was picking up, it was hard to hear anypony.

"Maybe we should wait in the classroom!" WildRoze said timidly.

"Come on! Don't be such scaredy mares!"

"You first!" Black Cristal yelled jokingly.

          As Poetic Cake backed away, to get a running start for his leap, a strong gust of wind blew all three ponies off the edge, and hurtling towards the Everfree Forest screaming for their lives.