Scarecrow

I sit under a tree and think, the animal from earlier seems to have two friends and they're huddled together; speaking in hushed tones. I pay little attention to the creatures and instead admire my surroundings, this place is so surreal, almost like it came right of a picture book. Everything is really colourful here but I don't mind, it makes a nice contrast to the dull greys of London.

I try thinking back to my past, maybe I could make sense of how I got here but I everything is so difficult to piece together. My name is Mark, I don't use any other names; just Mark. I'm a twenty-one year old university student who lives alone in an empty apartment in London, and I died to save my young niece from some retard who doesn't know how to drive. Everything just goes black after that and I wake up here, that's all I can remember.

I come back to reality to find that nothing has changed, the small animals are still talking with one another and a cool breeze causes the tail on my jacket to flutter around, one of the small creatures; the white one with violet and pink hair glances at me and shivers, its adorable and I can't keep myself from smiling at the little things.

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"Can you believe this? We literally discovered a new creature," Scootaloo whispered excitedly while bouncing up and down on her hooves "and it waved at me!" she finished with a giddy expression on her face.

"Yeah, can you imagine how impressed everypony'll be?" Sweetie squeaked with slightly less enthusiasm.

Applebloom shook her head "I don't know if we can trust it, what if it hurts somepony? she glanced at her friends with a worried look.

Sweetie Belle lost all of her excitement at the thought "What if you're right, then it'd be our faults." she turned to look at the creature and it smiled back at her, she shivered at the thought of it causing harm.

"Aw c'mon it doesn't look that tough, I bet Rainbow Dash could take it in a fight any-" Scootaloo suddenly went silent and stared behind her friends, as they followed her gaze and were shocked to see the creature standing at its full height.

The creature was huge and was looking around at the countryside, It was at least seven feet tall and it's bulky upper body and broad shoulders gave it an intimidating aura. The three fillies stared up at it with awed and almost fearful expressions, even all of their heights added together would only reach it's torso given that they where all around one and a half feet tall.

"Maybe we should talk to it?" Sweetie Belle suggested nervously, the others nodded reluctantly and began to approach the creature.

The creature was still staring into the distance when the Crusaders approached, Scootaloo was the one to speak up "Uhm, h-hello Mr. creature?" It turned and looked down at them "well um we were wondering who or what are you, because we haven't ever seen anything like you before in Equestria." she mumbled nervously.

It smiled at her and crouched down in front of them; causing the crusaders to flinch slightly, it put a hand on the ground and started drawing crude letters. When it was finished there was one word, 'Gareth'.

"That supposed to be a name?" Scootaloo asked sceptically, she got a nod in reply.

Gareth then pointed at the three fillies and tilted his head in a questioning manner.

Applebloom stepped forward "Well I'm Applebloom, an this here is Scootaloo, and that's Sweetie Belle." she listed; pointing to each crusader in turn.

Gareth smiled and chuckled, Scootaloo seemed to take offence to this and stomped up to him "Something funny, big guy?" she growled. Gareth shook his head and backed away, his body language showing mock fear. The others giggled but Scootaloo thought it was genuine and turned away, "good".

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'They have weird names.' I think to myself before realizing that the one called Scootaloo has already marched off and her friends are running to catch up with her. I don't really know what else to do so I decide to follow in the hopes of getting more information about this place, maybe I can find a mirror and get a better look at my body, I can tell its not the same one I used to have but it is similar. As I walk I begin listing the differences between my previous body and this one, for one my skin is a lot rougher now, my mouth is stitched shut, and I think I'm taller by about a foot, for now that's all I can think of.

Later...

I walk with my eyes on the ground, deep in thought. I feel so different from how I used to my senses all work differently now, my hearing is a little worse than it used to be but everything else is better, for instance my eyes now let me see things in much better detail regardless of distance and I can feel even the slightest breeze on my skin. All I can say is that it takes some adjusting. I look up to find myself lagging behind, the three fillies are walking into a small wood. Not wanting to get lost I pick up the pace and soon find myself shaded by branches, beams of light shine through the gaps in the leaves and small dust particles swirl around and I instantly find myself distracted by the beautiful sight.

I hear a splash and look down to find myself ankle deep in cold fresh stream water, the three fillies can't be that far away so I crouch down and dip my hands in and scoop up the water. As I peer into the liquid I see my reflection and after a moment it hits me, I'm a scarecrow.