I collapsed onto my bed, my long dirty blonde hair swirling around me, landing on my face, shoulders, and back.
"Whoo!" I sighed happily, pushing back my hair and sitting against the pillow. I gazed across the room at my mirror, and saw a tanned skinned girl looking back. My eyes are a sparkling blue, my mom always says its a light blue, like a calm sea.
I had just finished one long day of gardening. My masterpiece took up over half of the backyard, but my parents don't mind a bit, for the beauty of the garden outdid anything that they've ever seen, and I'm not even exaggerating. The compliments over neighbors and guests never ceased.
I love flowers, and every plant that has ever existed... except for weeds. They're kinda annoying. I know tomorrow is going to be a big day, which is why I spent all day gardening. My favorite flower is going to bloom, livening up my entire garden. The flowers leaves are so green, they look like a light blue. The petals have a rose red inside, but as it goes out it gets a lighter color, going from blood red to bright pink. I have to be there to see and support it. I could barely contain the excitement.
I ran into the bathroom and had a quick shower, washing all the dirt off of my body. I then pulled my hair up into a neat ponytail, and headed to my room. I slid into my favorite soft, baby blue pajamas, and discarded my work clothing into a basket on the other side of the room. I snuggled under my soft covers and shut my eyes. I heard my mom walk into the room, and kiss me on the forehead.
"Good night sunshine." She whispered.
"Night Mom." I murmured, already half asleep. I heard light footsteps exiting the room, as the air conditioning unit in our home lulled me to sleep with it's rhythmic hums.
In my deep slumber, I skipped through my garden, smelling all my flowers. Even in the dream, I could smell the sweet aroma of wonderful flowers. They had so many hues, and were colorful beyond description. Like a rainbow, but much more vibrant, and you could actually reach out and touch it. I felt the dream fade as I woke up under the sun. I was lying on my back, on a grassy hill.
Another dream. I tried to stand up, but I wasn't used to four legs. Wait... Four legs? I yelped, quite shocked. I raised my legs up, and saw four cute, thin baby blue legs. Weird dream. I struggled up, and eventually found myself standing in front of an equally surprised looking pony. The strange thing was, her coat was sunshine yellow with a pink that covered half her face.
"W-where did you come from?!?" She asked in a very shocked voice, her mouth hanging opened. I shrieked, very shocked at the talking pony. I lost my balance on the hill, and tumbled down the hill, landing in a small pond with a big splash. The water was freezing, and my back actually ached from the tumble. That was when the truth hit me.
This was no dream. It was real. I was now wide awake, eyes wide. I must be going insane. I dragged myself out of the water, shivering.
"Are you alright? You look terrible!" The yellow ponies said in a worried tone. I looked at my reflection in the pond and gasped.
I was looking at a wide eyed pony with a yellow and blue mane, and a blue coat. My eyes were still that same gentle blue. Was that a horn poking out from my mane? I turned to the yellow pony, very slowly, still shivering from the cold.
"I-" I started,"What happened?"
"I don't know," The pony said, with a honest voice, "I was just..." She stopped abruptly and looked at me, "I can't stand watching a little filly shiver like that! Come lets go to my cottage." She picked me up like I was simply a doll, put me on her back and started to fly up the hill. That was the first time I noticed she had wings. What was that called? A pegasus?
When we finally got to her small cottage, she hurried me inside, obviously she wasn't very good at flying, for her wings were sagging, and she winced in pained. She put me before her fireplace, and gave me a nice blanket, after drying me with a tower. This pony was being so nice to me... and I didn't even know her name.
"What...What is your name?" I inquired, still shivering, but not because I was cold. It was because this whole situation had really had me shaken up. I was in complete shock.
"Fluttershy." She said, smiling at me. A cold hand seemed to take hold of my heart. This pony was reminding me of my mother with every action. Her facial expressions she made towards me, her kind gestures. I felt my lip quiver. Tears flew from my eyes. I didn't like to cry, especially in front of people...er, ponies I did't even know.
"My...my mom....Gone." I blubbered,"Everything I love!" Fluttershy's face became gentle as she stroked my mane.
"There, there." Fluttershy whispered.
"What were you going to tell me back there?" I asked her, trying hard to hold back a sob, I had to get a hold of myself!
"Well, what I wanted to tell you was I was just minding my own business, taking a stroll around Ponyville, when suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a giant purple burst of magic, and you appeared. You were just lying there on the hill, kinda calm at first, but then... well, you know what happened after that."
My eyes widened in shock. She had said the word "magic" as if it was normal. "Is magic a common thing?" I asked.
"Well," Fluttershy started," My friend Twilight knows lots about magic, but I've never seen ponies randomly popping up around here. Where are you from? Manehatten? Fillydelphia?"
"Earth," I said firmly,"I'm from Earth."
Author's Note
Whew! That took a while! Please comment and tell me what you think!
Fluttershy tucked me in that night, after a long day of discussion on what occurred, and we came to the conclusion that tomorrow we would go and see Twilight Sparkle, one of Fluttershy's friends. Apparently, she knew a lot about magic, and had even been to an alternate world before! It was going to be perfect!
"Good night," Fluttershy whispered, pulling the blanket over me. She then slipped out of the room. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep. I'd just lay here thinking about everything Fluttershy told me. And all the while, I'd try not to remind myself of home, how I was going to miss the blooming of my my favorite flower. Instead, I would be in Ponyvilles School for Foals. I was kind of nervous that I would meet new ponies. What would they say when I told them my name? It's not even a pony name. I decided to make up a new name.
Flowering Beauty? Na. Sea? No... Ugg! I would never fit in here. Never. I wiped a tear from my eyes. That's what my mom would call me. I silently cried myself to sleep, slowly but surely.
"Hey Maya. It's time to wake up!" Said a familiar voice.
"MOM?!?" I squealed happily, my head flying up from my pillow. Sadly, the voice belonged to Fluttershy. I felt my ears fall downward, as I sniffled. I must have cried all night long, for my pillow was quite damp, and I couldn't cry anymore.
"I'm...Sorry...I'm not your mom." Fluttershy stuttered awkwardly. "Come on downstairs, I made you some breakfast."
I walked down the steps, and there was a bowl of oats on the table. I just ate it, not caring about the bland flavor. I was just so thankful that I had meet such a kind pony. I don't even know, or even want to think about where I would be without her. I gazed out the window at the bright sun that shinned above the dark forest in the distance. Then it hit me.
My new name would be Sunshine. The name my mother often called me. I felt my eyes burning, until tear actually fell from my eye. I was trapped in this world. Possibly forever. I sighed aloud, which actually felt pretty good.
"I'm not hungry." I murmured, pushing away the bowl of oats, hoping that I didn't sound ungrateful, because it was really the opposite. Fluttershy just smiled understandingly.
"I wouldn't be either." She said, trying to sound cheery. When she turned around to wash her hooves in the sink, I noticed another thing about her. She had a tattoo of three pink butterflies. I found myself staring at it, when Fluttershy suddenly turned around, and I instantly felt rude for staring at her.
"What are you thinking?" Fluttershy asked, confused as to what I was looking at.
"What's that?" I asked, feeling my face turn red as I pointed out the picture on her flank.
"Oh! This?" She started, looking at the butterflies,"That's my cutie mark!"
"Your what?"
"My cutie mark. Don't you have them back at your world?"
I shook my head.
"Well, it's something you get once you figure out your very special talent." When Fluttershy saw that my face remained confused, she told me the story of how she got her cutie mark. I gasped at the part where she said that she fell from the sky. Wouldn't she of died? Then it got even weirder when she explained some butterflies caught her. That was just strange. Then again, everything in this world was backwards, so I just nodded.
Her cutie mark stood for how good she was with animals, which explained why she had so many animals in her home. Her story was heartwarming, and afterwards, I wanted to meet the other friend she spoke of named Rainbow Dash. She sounded so heroic. The kind of person willing to stand up for a friend, like me.
A bunny ran over to Fluttershy and jumped up on her lap,"Oh! Sorry Angel, but I'm about to head out, so you can't sit on me right now." The bunny looked disappointed, and hopped off her and ran off. "Are you ready to go?" She asked me.
I nodded, "Ready as I'll ever be."
We stepped outside, and I felt my legs getting wobbly, for I wasn't used to walking with my new legs. The sun gleamed brightly above us, reflecting the exact opposite of my mood. I stumbled along the dirt road with Fluttershy, who tried to help me walk with her wing. Though a kind gesture, it wasn't much support. We crossed a bridge and started off towards the town called "Ponyville".
By the time we got to town, I was already getting judgmental glances from all the other ponies. I had never seen so many colors in one place in my life! All the colors reminded me of my garden... It seems as if when you miss something so much, everything reminds you of it.
"Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked in an alarmed tone, and I realized I was crying. I wiped the tears from my face.
"I'm fine." I sighed, trying to keep myself together. We came across a tree house. By tree house, I don't mean a tree with a ladder, and a wooden structure on the top. I mean a tree with a door at the bottom and windows with a sign next to it with a picture of a book. I immediately assumed it was a library.
"Here we are!" Fluttershy sighed happily, as if thousands of memories were created at this place.
"She lives in a library?" I asked, shocked. Fluttershy nodded.
"Are you ready?" She asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be!"
We stepped into the tree house, and my hooves made a light clopping noise. There was a purple pony in the center of the room with a dark, navy blue mane with a pink and purple stripe. She was using MAGIC to levitate books across the room to but them on the shelves. There as a purple aura around the books as well as her horn.
"Whoa! That is so cool!" I exclaimed. Startled, the purple pony dropped all the books she was lifting to the shelves. She whirled around, and looked instantly relieved.
"Oh, Fluttershy! I didn't hear you come in." The pony sighed, then suddenly looked confused, and turned to face me,"You've never seen magic before?
I shook my head "no".
"But your a unicorn!"
"Thats what we're here to talk about." Fluttershy stated, sounding quite mysterious as she inserted herself into the conversation.
