The Gift: 1View OnlineDigi PoniThe Gift: 1Apparently, I had been given one of these new 'Smart Phones', or it is what I had thought it was. What did surprise me, is the brand, it was apparently 'Mane Six', which does sound a bit odd, since I never heard of it, ever before. That's where the dissapointment ended, since I soon found a particular game, or it is what I thought it was. This featured six distinct ponies. After a short while, I came to the conclusion, it is the same ponies, as in the show I had just started to follow. I'd admit, playing the game had been fun. Something to do, on any a rainy day, and I do have them here, let me tell you? I don't like them, since the day turns so dark, and it quickly builds up to quite the chill, in the cold and damp air, which sadly did transport even indoors, for most parts. I have one, to a tops of two months of this in fall. That's why I hate fall so badly. At least, spring has the promise of summer coming with the warmth. At first, I had just seen these size characters, all ponies in the game. Only this one day, I had stumbled upon something, and to my shock, it's a Zebra, named Zecora? Then I had been dumbfounded, in part by the fact she was Zebra alone, then add her strange accent, the singsong voice, and the rhyme songlike quality to her speech? I had enjoyed Twilights wisdom, but this clearly topped her on the subject. Since it is the first time I had seen her, I was hesitant in approaching her, just as the ponies had been in the show, maybe it was the show affecting me, or the cheer weight of the shift in the game she represented, just by being there. Without her, it had been flipping coins between 'Slice of life', and 'Adventure', which I had enjoyed. No complaining there. Then again, adding Zecora, certainly did add some depth to both the game, and the characters. I still see this as a game, since I'm merely interacting with them, urging them around in life and adventures. Ofhorse, I could always go around in-game, on my own, just exploring, as if I had been any of the characters, but I rarely did that, not after the first week. Just walking alone had soon left me feeling empty. It was abandoning the general idea of the game, such as I had received it. It is what I had perceived the intent. Just slipping around in a digital world, like an abandoned ghost, what's the point? “Greetings, young one!” Zecora addressed me, this one bright day, it apparently always are bright days here, in the world of Equestria, and in Ponyville in particular, hanks to the pegasus named Rainbow Dash, in great part. “Hi!” I had responded, simply. “I have seen you around, something tell me there is something amiss, you're seeking!” she just blurted out, bluntly, certain of what she spoke. “Have you seen it?” I enquired curiously, not sure, as to what she pointed at. “It is right in here, come with me, into my humble hut, and I'll show you, what few of these lands have seen!” she just urged me. “Thanks, I think!” I responded, as I followed her into the hut, small as it was, at least, in comparison to the homes of Ponyville village, or the home, from which I came. “Here, I had it prepared just for you, since I knew of your search!” she pronounced, urging me to accept, what she offered, a cup of what looked like tea, but had a strange scent to it, if I could say so, in this scene? “Thanks!” I offered, in hopes not to offend, soon having the first sip. “Now, this is about conclusion. Your search is about to hit its end!” she uttered.
Enter: 2View OnlineDigi PoniEnter: 2Just as the last of her potion, the one I had taken for tea, I found myself in her hut. Not just looking at a screen, that is. “How does that feel?” she enquired, looking intently at me. “Not the best tea I ever drank, even if I wouldn't consider myself a tea drinker. As a Potion, I guess it's good. Not that I ever tried one before. As to the effect, 'Radical' is my word for it. This isn't a game, I'm actually here, I'm actually here?” I submitted, eager and curious as to the effects. “No, that potion never was tea, even if it is a way of putting it. This potion did bring you in. It's not a game, even if it had been looking that way? By now, you may know me. Refer to me as 'Zecora', it's my name!” she then spoke. Suddenly insecure, I looked in the small backpack I had been carrying in the game, it's still there, now there is a new pocket, holding the portal, I had been taking for a phone, or a game machine. “I never though this was possible. I guess I had seen a few episodes of 'Digi Mon', but to actually be here, it's still awesome. I guess I should see my friends?” I then pondered. "Be careful. You have an important choice today. Squander it, and you will regret it. Furthermore, stay clear of the Poisonous joke. These pesky blossoms only cause harm!” she announced, as I left her hut. I carefully followed the faint trail from her hut, and out of the Everfree. Slowly walking towards the village of my friends. Eager to meat up with them, but whom were I to see first? I had six to choose from, I just knew it. It's something that popped into my head, upon drinking her potion. It is knowledge of the character I had been granted. Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Apple Jack, Flutter Shy, Twilight Sparkle, they all were viable options, but it was up to me, I had to choose. I had but this one day. Only now, I am part of this world, just as much as I was part of the other world, of which I had been born. Moving quietly, yet avoiding to give the feel of sneaking, I had soon cleared the boundary of the dark, forebearing forest, in which my new mentor lives. Slipping into the welcoming light of day brought joy to my heart. I had been born into the light of day, not the shadow of doom, such in this unforgiving forest of shadow and dark magic. Not her words, but a sense I had inherited, upon accepting my place, by drinking her potion, she so graciously had offered me. Knowing I could have chosen to decline. Yet, I could have come here any day. Even if my friends had warned me of the place, and the lurking shadows. I did not like the place, yet it was holding the one hut, where I had been granted entrance into the world. The walk, once out into the light, had been easy, the path merry and well trodden, all of a surprised sudden.
Into the Village: 3View OnlineDigi PoniInto the Village: 3Walking into the village, aptly named Ponyville, joy holding my head high. I had been pondering the challenge of Zecoras. Whom was I to greet first? I love all the six of them. Now, since I still knew of none other than myself here, I am either in solo mode, or I am merely the first to enter? How many were possibly in here in the first place? If I had seen none, is this because they had not drunk the potion, or is it the solo mode? Even if there's the chance. Just at the border of the village, I stop, momentarily looking around, before I pull the backpack off of me, pulling the phone, or portal out from inside of the pocket it had been kept in. Looking at it for a moment, only to realise it had never been changed, it's the same device I had been playing, up until earlier today. I soon managed to activate the device, the portal, only to go over the icons. Small pictograms, indicating functions, or programs. Looking them over, one by one in order to figure out what they were, what I was looking at. I found the clock, and clicked, gaining a grasp as to when it is. I still have plenty of time, and it is early in the morning now. Both here, and at what I used to call home. That'd be convenient. Looking up, only confirmed the time indicated. Then I found an icon for a map, clicking to see where I am, and where they live. I found myself, where I currently stand, and six coloured dots, for each and every Pony of the ponies I was looking for. Pink for Pinkie Pie, natural, and this is blinking at the place called 'Sugar Cube Corner', which is her home, where she live and work. If I click on it, I would have a dotted line from me, to where she is right now. I did not, since I'm not sure if it was her I wanted to see first, even if a promise of her breakfast looks bright. What if clicking it, made the choice prematurely? Then I found the white dot for Rarity, she was sound asleep in her 'Carousell Butique' Which I had expected, once I knew the time, quite convenient. There is the purple dot, in the tree serving as the local branch library, where Twilight Sparkle live, and work. That's the yellow dot, with a light pink rim for Flutter Shy, in her cottage, where she live, and take care of what ever critters needed her help, at any given time. Then I found the red dot for Apple Jack, at the 'Sweet Apple Orchard', her home, located squarely on the farm, where she worked. That only left the one final dot, blinking, since she's sleeping in her cloud home. Naturally, it is a cyan, with the rim in rainbow colours. Only I couldn't go there, right away, since I can't fly. Maybe I could have asked Zecora for a potion, helping me in this matter, but I had not chosen at the time. I could turn back, asking, but I could as easily wait until she came by. I could see where each and every of my Pony friends were, in real time. What I couldn't do, or it is how I saw it, is to open the gate and go home, waiting for the time they woke up. Even if I could see when they woke up. Maybe I could even get an alert, when somepony woke up, if I activated it. Even if I had to activate it, and find it, before I could go there. Going back, on the alert should have been easy, but it also would have broken the spell, or so I reasoned. Naturally, I could wait, on the other hoof, couldn't I?
A Choice Of Mine: 4View OnlineDigi PoniA Choice Of Mine: 4Even if I had started to feel hungry, I was content, waiting for the Pony of my choice. Thinking of the Ponies, my friends. Whom was I to choose? Pinkie Pie and her antics, Rarity and her fashion, Twilight and her magic, Flutter Sye and her critters, Apple Jack and her farm, Rainbow Dash, and her cool bravado? I had been left with a tough choice. I had to make the choice, the call is mine, and mine alone. At least, until someone pulls a Pony out, from right under me, if I waited too long? I did not even know, if there is anyone else, ready to make such a choice. If I couldn't fly, I wouldn't enjoy her to the fullest, and thus, I left Rainbow Dash out. Maybe I'm not into fashion, that left Rarity out. Magic may be fun, but I still left Twilight Sparkle. There is the farm, but I chose to pass her over. The critters wasn't quite pulling me in. Then it was obvious, I chose Pinkie Pie, without any further consideration. Since I had made the choice, I look intently at the screen, there is the pink dot, I click it, and the path came forth, and I followed it. Soon finding her place, and the shop opened, mere minutes before I arrived, and the pink Pony popped into view as she walked out the door. I simply stopped before her. “Hiya, Pinkie!” I blurted out as greeting. “Hi, Hitomi!” she blurted out, as response. I realised instantly, I had made my choice, and I'm prepared to live by it, I like her, to the point of love. This is what I had been hoping for, even before I knew what I was exploring. Who wouldn't want to find a special somepony? “How about we share breakfast, unless you've already eaten? On the other hoof, what's your errand?” I then asked. “Yes, and no. Just out to pick up a few ingredience, like always!” she pointed out. “Then you wouldn't mind, if I tagged along?” I continued, hoping she was with me. “Please, company is always right, by me. Unless you're someone I did not like, but I like everypony!” she responded, in a hyper giggle. “Yes, I guess you do like everypony!” I responded, as I followed her to the store front, where she intended to pick up the baking ingredients she needed for the day. Pinkie soon found the store, slipping inside with me in tow. I guess I did not mind following her, I do prefer following her, over waiting for her, truth be told. I could as well confess it to myself, no point denying it? As she picked the list up, on entering the store, I soon helped her picking what she needed. Just for the joy of helping. Never minding the effort put into it, since she already was a friend in the first place. I found several brands of jam, listed on her note, picking them a few at the time, clearing them with her, while she went over other, heavier packages. I then slipped them into her saddle bags, until her list had been all matched out. From there, we passed the counter and Pinkie slipped the bits up for the required ingredients. “Thanks!” the Pony uttered, and we left the store. Even though her bags now were heavy with ingredients, we still managed to get back, before the bakery was opening for business, in part, thanks to my help on the way. She opened the door, and it slammed behind us, and the chime went off on entry. Then I helped her picking out ingredients, slipping them into their slots, in order to make them available for the days work in the bakery. “Thaks. Now it's time for breakfast!” Pinkie announced, just as I slipped the last jar in place. Author's Note I'm opting Japanese names, in part, due to the fact the show I'm mixing it with, for all I know is japanese. (published only at roughly 400 words)
Over Breakfast: 5View OnlineDigi PoniOver Breakfast: 5Ofhorce, this is my first time alone with my Pony. We're to have breakfast, just the two of us. It's the first of many, I was hoping. “Seems to be a bright day. Is that the norm here?” I pondered. “Yes is it. Since Rainbow Dash got the responsibility for the weather of Ponyvile, it has been. She certainly knows her weathers. Something the rest of us, down here on the ground are very appreciative of!” she responded. “I wish she could have been doing that, where I used to live, where I came from. There is none tending the weather!” I pouted, before I brightened up, thinking of the situation, and with the one Pony I'm talking to. Then Pinkie was back with two plates of muffins, glasses and a pitcher of juice. “Dig in, fresh from yesterdays duties!” she announced, as she put forth the breakfast. “Muffins, for breakfast. That's a first, but then. It's my first day here!” I pointed out, with a strange smile on my face. “Oh, yeah. You're new here in Ponyville. This is what I had intended for breakfast today!” she just responded. “Yeah. You're the first Pony I've seen here. Even if I did see a Zebra, but she doesn't count? She's not a Pony, after all!” I pondered, still with the smile on my face. “Uh, that makes sense. A Zebra truly isn't a Pony. Is that by any chance Zecora you're speaking of?” she then blurted out, almost as if she had been there, looking at it? “The one and only. As if there were any other Zebra anywhere on a days walk from Ponyville? She offered me a cup of tea. Then she told me to see you. Even if she did not exactly mention you by name. That part was up to me, but then, I chose you!” I responded. “Yeah, that Zecora. That is Zecora, the one and only. She made herself a Name for herself, she knows her herbs, and tea is made out of herbs, after all!” she concluded, as she was picking up the first of her muffins, peeling the paper wrapping of, from under it. I gingerly poured up juice for the both of us, then peeled my first muffin, before taking a bite. It was still delicious, in my somewhat humbled opinion. On the other hoof, the shock only hit as I realised, I'm not just eating a muffin in Ponyville, but I feel the taste and enjoy it. How was I to explain this to anyone, my parents, and friends back home, for a good starters? I chose to ignore this, for good reasons. “I guess this is my first Muffin of the day, and I have never had one, quite like this. Maybe I need to come here more often?” I inserted in an uncertain tone, but with a happy smile on the ndge at the end. “Since you're all here, I'd insist, if you don't mind me stating the obvious?” she then slipped in, taking the first sip of the juice I had just poured up, for her. “I wouldn't miss it for the world. Charing a breakfast with my favorite Pony, and having delicious Mufins, to top it all of, how could I turn that down?” I responded, not quite expecting any response to it. I had found a Blueberry on the top of my pile. There was apparently more of these, where the first came from. Then it hit me, this is Pinkie Pie, after all. This is among the things she had been known for, after all. Even if we're talking of her parties, more than blurting the 'Fourth Wall Braking comments'? I just nibbled on the thought, as I munched along on the Muffin, then the next, only stopping to have another sip of juice, or pouring up the next glass. She just smile. Author's Note (published only at roughly 400 words)
From a Hut with Haste: 6View OnlineDigi PoniFrom a Hut with Haste: 6I had apparently met the Zebra known as Zecora. She is mysterious, even up close and in person to me. Even if I'm talking directly to her. I may have enjoyed her tea, even if it had been the strangest a potion I could have her dream up, but I guess that's my perspective? Just to be in the actual Ponyville alone is way out there, or in here? I was lifting my left hand, pointing a finger at my head in the common gesture for a lunatic. I just left it at that, rather than picking up where it may be leading me. I rather enjoy the madness for what I could pull out of it, then hope to have been into something truly horrendous. Walking by the road, backpack on my back, and her little gift in my chest pocket. My backpack clearly had a pocket for what had been expected to be a weirded out smartphone, looking rather dumb. I had been told the potion I had been given, would allow me to have flight, if for but a short time. If I require using it in order to catch a pegasus, then it is when to use it. I could have used it up, flying out of the forest, but if I did, I would have missed the chance I was looking for. Once out of the forest, I could walk slow, without fear. That's how I got to the edge of the village. I need to find the Pony I was looking for, to greet her the first Pony I saw. Therein lay the trickery, if I had no desire to be rude? I guess I could find her, I had all I need to know exactly where she is. Looking at the screen, there are five dots, one had popped out. Pinkie Pie no longer available? There was a message at the bottom of the screen to this effect, if I had not realised it on my own. I had picked Dah. I found her awesome, and she is who I had chosen. I wanted Rainbow Dash, none other. I had been in time to claim her, by the looks of it? Her dot, the same light cyan, gently blinking in the stationary position. She was apparently still sleeping. With that, I could as well have a rest. I had chosen to stay well of off the beaten track, securely outside the village, waiting. There was a sign, she was stirring. I pulled my potion, drew the vial, and gulped it down. Something changed, and as I reach out, I felt myself taking flight, air under wings I never had had, but this is in Equestria, just outside of Ponyville, it just may be possible? Flying in haste towards the cloud, on which she woke up, and I hastened, flying continuously faster, until I almost flew by her, stopping fairly quickly, before I stopped, landing on her cloud. Now you better not tell anyone, who'd believe? I'd still deny if, if you tried, knowing better then go with a story like this. Just sitting there on the cloud, soft, fluffy, beside the hero of my dreams, as she came around, stirring. “Morinign, Dash!” I simply greeted her, just as she opened her eyes. “Uh, morn'!” Dash slurred, not quite fully awake, and had never expected anyone by her side. “I had to catch you early. Before I saw anypony else!” I pointed out, matter of fact. By this time, I had folded my wings flat on my back, but you can't really hide wings entirely. Why bother? I knew she would catch up on the detail soon enough, once she had woken up. “Who are you? I'm quite sure I never saw you here before, not anywhere near Ponyville by any means!” she slipped. “Ofhorse not, I'm new here, and that's part of the reason, why I had to see you first!” I pointed out. “That makes sense, but why did you have to see me first? Why me, of all Ponies of Equestria? It's not a weather problem? I know I'm awesome, but still?!” she responded. “Because I chose you. In part, it is because you're awesome. Still, it was my choice in the first place!” I informed the confused pegasus, then pondering if it was the time to drop my surprise on her. I had made my choice, I had managed to see her, and first. I had made it. I had picked the one Pony I had desired in the first place. Should I expose my wings yet? If I had exposed my wings, she would have seen them. I thought I knew wings are the colour of your fur, or hide. I would have had a light pink hue to my wings, by this token. What was the real shocker, is what I was to see, next time I did spread my wings though. Even if my wings may still be the old colour, they had changed, now the tips of the wings have a gradient, the same cyan as Rainbow Dashs fur and wings are. “Unless you're a pegs, how did you get up here? You're not a Unicorn, since you have no horn!” she then concluded. Maybe this is the time? I felt my wings spread out, exposing them to the increasing warmth of the sun on my back. “Starting from the beginning, such as it is here, Zecora offered me tea, and since I had mentioned you, she then gave me a potion. I was granted a short flight. I guess this would make me a Pegas, of sorts, for this short time?” I responded. “The Zebra? That Zecora?” she then enquired, somewhat incapable of hiding a hint of curiosity.