Equestria; a journey with equines

Chapter 1

First impressions are hard

My head hurts. A lot. It feels like I got hit with a hammer repeatedly in the side of the head.

Wait. Why am I alive?!

It's true, I am alive. I slowly attempt to stand, only to be met with burning pain. I slumped back down to the ground, groaning. Deciding against trying again, I look around.

My surroundings are strangely colourful, like a cartoon. Strange. Straight ahead of me is a forest of dense and dark woodland, and it's on on fire. Not like a raging inferno, but small smouldering flames on the branches. The fire seems to have originated from the burning wreckage of the plane, which is also in my field of view. The wreckage is giving off a lot of dark smoke, easily rivalling the lighter smoke from the smouldering forest fire. The wreckage consists of the remains of an engine, a wing and the back section of the plane where I was sat.

"I wonder where the rest of the plane is?" I say aloud.

I decide to attempt standing again. Success! It hurts, like my leg is burning, but I can stand. I turn to face the opposite direction to the plane, the process is slow and painful. There is a small hill, nothing interesting about it, just that it overlooks the crash site. Apart from that, there is not much else, I can't see over the hill and climbing it would be incredibly painful.

"Shit! My bag!"

I hobble over closer to the wreckage, it hurts so much. I rummage through the smouldering remains of the plane. Avoiding the fire and breathing through my t-shirt, I find what looks like the storage compartment. I open it with a quiet click. There it is, my bag. Safely tucked away in the back of the compartment. Completely untouched by the fire. I grab it I make my way over to the bottom of the hill. The pain in my legs has reduced but is still affecting my movement.

The contents of the bag I had just retrieved are in the exact same condition as before take off. No damage to anything. Not even a scratch. Peculiar, but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? Everything is here, my phone and relevant cables, my iPad and relevant cables and, of course, my passport. That, and some basic clothing.

I switch my phone on, it flashes to life. Thank Celestia that the battery hadn't run out. There is no signal, so i can't call for help. Damn. I press a button and the Blackberry in my hand displays a clock, the time is 9:30, I have been out for nearly a day. How is that even possible? No-one has noticed a crashed plane for nearly 24 hours? Unbelievable.

I switch to the iPad while slipping the phone into my pocket. The iPad displays an image of  Dash's face as I 'slide to unlock'.  I check Internet connection. There is none, not even BTFON or Openzone. Well that's just great. No signal and no Internet, I am stuck here, wherever here is.

Footsteps. Someone was coming. I look up the hill, towards the source of the sound, eagerly awaiting for someone to emerge into view. No-one came into view, but something else did. It's stood right in front of the sun so I can't see it properly. Although, I can see that it walks on four legs.

It gasped, loudly. I assume that it just saw the plane crash. But why would an animal gasp? Unless... No, that can't be possible, I can't possibly come to that conclusion without proof. It squeaks. It sounds strangely familiar, it sounds just like...

Is this real?

The creature steps backwards, out of the way of the sun. I was right. It's Fluttershy.

"Hello?" I ask, the nervousness in my voice clearly evident.

The pegasus squeaks again, slightly more distressed. Great, I was making the kindest being in the universe overwhelming nervous. I hate myself, then again, everything makes Fluttershy nervous. Everything.

"Please, don't be a... OW!" I start, faltering after a new wave of pain courses through my leg. I fall to the ground, clutching my leg, making groaning sounds for a second time.

In an instant, Fluttershy was in directly in front of me, a look of horror on her face. She could clearly see that I was injured. That was one of the few things that could bring her put of her shell. I knew what was coming next.

"Oh my, are you ok?" Fluttershy said, a little louder than a whisper.

"My leg, feels like it's burning." I state, rather over dramatically.

She takes a step back at my comment. Clearly she didn't exactly expect an intelligent response. Her expression changes from shock to worry.

"Stay here, I'll go get help." she says in a calming and motherly tone.

"Thanks 'Shy." Shit, did I just say that?

Fluttershy stopped dead, seconds past before she focused back on the task at hand and flew up the hill as fast as she dared go. Damn. I rather enjoyed the company.

Now I'm alone again. My leg hurts worse than before, I don't even know why it just suddenly got worse, it just did. At least I know where I am, Equestria, probably just outside the everfree forest. I've always wanted to go to Equestria, and here I am, next to part of a crashed plane and potentially serious injuries. Perfect. Just how I wanted to arrive. However, I can't exactly complain about a dream come true. Can I?

I pick my iPad back up from where I dropped it after falling down. I decide to play solitaire to pass the time. Strange, I feel so sleepy all of a sudden. I put the iPad in my bag and put it on, I don't want to lose it if I pa...

...

I open my eyes, I'm in Fluttershy's cottage, the smell of animal food is so strong it's unmistakable. Looking around, I can't see 'Shy anywhere, or any'pony' else either. I have to get used to saying that. I sat up out of the bed I was lying in. She must have found me unconscious and brought me back here. My bag is on the bedside table and my leg still hurts. It's getting worse.

I decide to continue my game of solitaire while I wait for somepony to show up.

After about half an hour, I got bored.

"Hello?" I call out to the silence.

No answer.

 I put the iPad on the table and the door creaks. I look towards the door to see a pair of large purple eyes staring at me through a gap in the doorway. I wave. The door swings open gently to reveal a nervous Fluttershy hiding behind the staring Twilight Sparkle.

"Hey Twilight." I say. Wow, first impressions are hard.

Twilight squeaks in return. "How do you know my name?"

"And mine?" Fluttershy adds nervously.

"Errrr..." First impressions just got 20% harder. "Well, I guess that conversation can be put on hold for a while, seeing that I need medical attention and especially since I don't know if I can answer that question without a long winded explanation based on humanity's taste in television." You should of seen the look on their overly adorable faces.

"What's a telee-vision?" Twilight's sense of curiosity blatantly got the better of her.

"A rectangular box that shows pictures. That move!" I wave my hands around to emphasise the last part. "Like this." I pick up my iPad.

As soon as I brought the tablet to my lap, I had a Purple unicorn peering over my shoulder to see. I moved over on the bed and she sat down next to me. Fluttershy slowly made her way over, nearly going unnoticed before clambering onto the bed behind Twilight.

I pressed the unlock button and the screen lit up with a picture of Dash. They were surprised, probably at both the sudden illumination and the picture of one of their close friends. They must think I'm a stalker or something. Creepy. I unlock the iPad and proceed to my videos, now I need to find something remotely suitable. My mind wandered to cupcakes the movie, but I'm not that mean. I decided on 'the stereotypes song' by Your Favourite Martian, maybe they could gain some insight on humanity while they watched.

...

That was probably not a good a idea based on the look on the faces, I had to stop it at scotsman hump sheep. So instead we watched Nyan cat. Yes, i have Nyan cat on my iPad. They were enthralled. At least they won't ask me any more awkward questions for the time being. In conclusion, administer one Nyan cat to distract ponies.

I take this opportunity and slip out of the bed, leaving the iPad with them and while I hobbled down the stairs. This pain is getting unbearable. I get downstairs a sit at the table. I roll up my trouser leg to take a look. My leg is covered with burns, my skin is peeling in some places, it looks gruesome. I can't believe I walked on this.

Much to my surprise, my leg was enveloped in a purple glow and the damaged tissue healed completely. I look up. Twilight is stood on the stairs with 'Shy.

"Thank you." They both smile

An iPad floats over to me. I grab it in mid-air.

"The rainbow cat stopped." Twilight said, she sounded rather annoyed.

I laughed so hard I fell to the floor. They were both staring at me confused.

After my short fit, I stand up to my full height. Or try, the ceiling is in the way. I sit down on the chair instead. Beckoning the two ponies over I lift the iPad and max the volume. The two arrive in seconds eager to see the video again. I press play.

I swear Fluttershy hit the ceiling.

"What? Too loud?" I say with a broad smile.

Fluttershy returned to the ground and they both continued to watch intently. None of them seemed to notice my comment.

*Knock* *Knock*

I press pause on the video, much to the annoyance of both ponies. I point at the door.

"I received your letter Twilight, I have come to see this strange creature you spoke of." came a voice from the other side of the door.

It was Celestia.