Journey to Equestria

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Changed the name of the main character to Alex (Edit level: Minor)

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Chilly air. That is all I felt when I woke up here. At one moment, I was at my computer looking up GMOD videos, and the next thing I knew, I am out on a snow covered path. I get up, obviously freezing without my jacket with me. I trekked through the snow, and heard voices. I heard them coming from behind me. Thinking quickly, I dove into the nearby bushes. I poked my head out of the bushes to peer back at the trail. What I saw stunned me.

Ponies. Multicolored ponies.

I ducked back into the bush. My mind was racing about what I was seeing. 'Okay, there are two things that may have happened. One, I fell out of my chair, and slipped into a coma from the impact, or two, static built on me and I got electrocuted by my computer.' I am picking through my thoughts, when I hear a sound from behind me. It was sort of a growl. I turned around slowly, and go wide eyed.

I am staring face to face with a manticore.

I froze in the very spot I was in. I did not dare move, lest the manticore in front of me attack. It glares at me like it senses my fear of it. I start to raise my hand. "H-hi there." The manticore kept glaring at me, like it was anticipating me to make a move. I slowly start to get to my feet. I then peer out of the bushes, and notice the coast is clear. I pull my head back in, and turn back to the manticore. I smile a very nervous smile. I slowly back up toward the bush I hopped through, and sure
enough, I got to the other side of it without a conflict. I breathe a sigh of relief. "Wow that was close." I say. I start to stroll to the right down the path, not even knowing I was being watched...

It felt like hours since the encounter with the manticore, and I feel like I am going to freeze at any moment. It felt like it was below freezing, and getting colder. I saw a sign that read that a small village was ahead, called Ponyville. I looked ahead, and I saw it. Ponyville. I started to run, but I could not get very far in the cold air. I tripped and fell in the dirt. "Ow." I got right back up, and I kept moving, speed walking rather than running. In no time, I made it to the bridge over the stream. I began to cross the bridge. Once I crossed
it halfway, I walked to the side. The scene downstream was beautiful. It looked like it was a masterpiece in a museum. I stare at it in awe, and rest my head on my hand, and let out a blissful sigh. I back up, and continue my walk to Ponyville. As I walk the rest of the way to the small village, something tackles me from behind. I fall to the ground with a thud.

"Hi!"

I feel the weight on my back shift as whatever tackled me gets off. I pick myself off the ground, and look at the being that tackled me. My eyes go wide.

It was a pink pony.

I stare in disbelief at what I was seeing. it was just standing right in front of me. I began to speak. "H-h-hi t-there." I stutter, nervous. She stared at me, while I stared right back. Her eyes showed her curiosity. Suddenly, she leaps into the air, and emits a loud gasp. She darts right past me, straight toward Ponyville. I stare in that direction with a confused look on my face, but shrug it off. I stroll in that very direction.

Once I reach the small village, I realize there are no residents out and about. They all must be inside spending time with their families. I look around as I go toward the center of town. I saw a building that resembled a carousel, a building that, by the look of it, was a bakery, and a tree that had a door in the side. I reach the center of town, and sit on a bench. I picked through my thoughts, thinking about everything that has happened so far. As I am doing so, I hear a door open. I turned toward the source, and it was the tree's door. I pay no mind at the moment. I lie down on the bench, slowly closing my eyes, and drifting to sleep.

When I awaken, it is morning. I look around a bit, and notice that all of the ponies are strolling around now. I try to keep my head concealed, in hopes that none of the ponies see me. But as luck would have it, one strolls to the bench. This one had a mint colored coat with a grayish white mane. The next thing I saw was the very same pony sitting by my feet. I slowly inch in the other direction, hoping no pony sees me doing so. As I was about to get off the bench, one of the ponies called out in horror.

"On the bench!"

The next thing I knew, the bench I was on became surrounded by all the residents. I looked at them all. Every one of their gazes bore into my very soul. I start to feel much more nervous than with that pink pony. I figure it is no use, and I start getting up. All of the ponies back up, muttering to each other phrases that only made me feel low.

"What is that thing?"

"Where did it come from?"

"Is it evil?"

"It's evil!"

"Does it talk?"

I tried to speak, but one of the ponies flew right at me at blazing speed, knocking the wind out of me, and sending me flying into a tree. I fall to the ground, hearing the boasting of a cyan pegasus pony. I closed my eyes, and a tear dripped from my eye. I cover my face with my hands, and run from the scene. I was in so much of a fog from what just occurred, that I did not even know I was running toward a forest. I burst in blindly, and halt. I get to my knees, and scuffle over to a tree. I sat there, upset about what has happened so far. As I cried, I heard steps. I looked toward the forest entrance, and I saw a pegasus approaching. I thought it was the one that harmed me, so I got up, and ran the other direction. The pegasus called out in a quiet yell that I could hear by a miracle. "Wait!" I realize the voice. I turn around, and a butterscotch pony trots up to me. She sees the tears in my eyes, and softly gasps. "What happened? Why are you crying?"

I was too sad to speak. I just looked down, and sat on the ground. I bent forward a bit, but felt pain. I let out a grunt, and the pony in front of me went wide eyed. "You're hurt!" she states. "Don't worry! I'll take good care of you!" She grabs my shirt, and drags me toward the forest entrance.

She opens the door to a small cottage, and pulls me in. She drags me to a sofa on the other side of the room, and gently places me on the top of it. She smiles a bit. "I'll be right back. I have just the thing!" She wanders out of the room, and I slowly get up. I look around, and see a variety of bird houses and squirrel dens. On the other side of the room, a little white rabbit was sleeping. I heard hoofsteps approaching from the other room. The butter colored pony trotted back into the room, carrying what looked like a first aid kit. She pulls out what looked like a tube of ointment. She opened the bottle, and lifted my shirt. She proceeded to rub the ointment on my back, and it hurt at first. After a few seconds, the pain subsided. I sigh in relief that the pain stopped. I look back at the pony. She was indeed a pegasus with a butter colored coat and a pink mane. On her back thigh is what looked to be three butterflies. I wore a puzzled look, but shrugged it off. In a minute, the rubbing on my back stopped. I put back on my shirt, and turned to the pegasus.

"T-thank you." I say. She goes wide eyed at hearing me speak.

"Y-you can talk?" she stutters. She then shrinks back, and starts shaking a bit.

"Y-yes. But I'm a...quiet person." I state. The butter pegasus looked at me with widened eyes. She trotted up to me, and gave me a hug. I looked down to her, wondering why she was doing this, but I hugged her back instinctively. She lets go after a few seconds.

"I-I'm...Fluttershy." she squeaks. I can't help but think she was so adorable.

"Y-you can just call me Alex." I state. We both walk out of the cottage, right into a crowd of ponies.

I look into the crowd with a nervous smirk. Fluttershy shrinks back. The same cyan pegasus from before flies up to me. "What do you doing with my friend?!" she calls out at me. I back up a bit, but the pegasus keeps following. I keep going back, but she mimics my direction. Eventually I back into a tree, and she gets up to my face. "If I catch you with her again, you are going to get it." She backs up, and flies away. I just stare into space. Fluttershy looks at the crowd as it disbands. I do so as well. The only ones that did not leave were a lavender unicorn, a white unicorn, and an obvious cowgirl pony. They look at me, like scanning my being. Before they can speak, I dart away, straight toward the nearest building, which was the building that looked like a bakery. I burst through the door and stop in the middle of the room.I fall to the floor, exhausted from everything that has happened so far. I slowly get up, and move to a nearby table. I pull the seat out, and sit down. I prop my head in my hand, and pick through my thoughts once again.

'I don't understand...why did that pegasus...umm...Fluttershy, help me?' As I was deep in thought, the lights suddenly flicked on. I looked up, and a sign was floating in front of me. I read the text.

Go upstairs.

I wore a puzzled look, but as I was going into thought again, the balloons popped. I stared at the now fallen sign, and look at the stairs. I got up from the seat, and carefully walked to the stairs, just as I ascend however, a bell rings, and I hear hoofsteps.

"Do you think he went in here?"

"Ah suppose, but he did look pretty sad."

"Dears, Maybe he's upstairs."

Hearing this, I raced up the stairs. I ran to a closet, and hid in it, hoping they would just pass by it. i hear hoofsteps again.

"Nope not in here" Door shuts.

"Not in here either." Another door shuts.

"Don't come in! It's a surprise!" I hear a pony call out from one of the rooms.

"Nope not in here either." one more door shuts.

I cross my fingers, hoping they go away. To my relief, the hoofsteps get quieter and quieter. I open the door of the closet and step out. I sigh. "That was close." I say. I go to the door that I heard the yell come from, and open it. The room is pitch black. I fumble a bit trying to walk, but I come across a light switch. I flick it on, and I am instantly covered in confetti and streamers.

"Surprise!" I hear a voice call out right in front of me. I fumble back, falling to the ground. I shake my head. "Silly, that's not how you play that game!" I tilt my head in confusion. The pony in front of me grabs a stick from nowhere. I go wide eyed, bracing for a hit, but I am hit by something else. Candy falls right on top of me. Once the downpour stops, I look up, and see a busted piñata. I sigh in relief. I look to her, and she has an entire bowl filled with the candy. "I figured you were new here, and if you're new that means you don't have any friends here, and if you don't have any friends here, you must be lonely, and if you are lonely, then you need a friend, and if you need a friend, you have me!" the pink pony in front of me said in an entire breath. I just stare in disbelief. "Anyway, I'm Pinkie Pie and I threw this party just for you!"

I look around at the room. Everything is decorated in the room. Tables had party cloth on them, balloons were scattered throughout the room, and there was an entire buffet table, complete with a punch bowl. I turned my attention back to Pinkie. "So...you threw this party...for me?" I ask. She nods her head. "Duh! I always throw a party for anypony new here!" She states. "So what's your name?"

"Just call me Alex." I respond. "So...you like parties huh?"

"Absotively posilutely!" Pinkie responds to me. "I absolutely LOVE parties! Parties are my specialty! Like this one time, in Canterlot, I threw a big party for Rarity that..." She talked nonstop about parties she has thrown in the past. When she was finished, we began a two-person...pony...whatever, party. She had really outdone herself with it. Three hours passed. It was only noon, but I felt tired from the partying. I turned to Pinkie.

"So...I was wondering...I need a place to sleep...and I was wondering-" I was cut off.

"Of COURSE you can stay here silly!" she responded before I even asked the question. I sighed, and looked around. I looked at the couch, and made my way to it. Just before I lay down, Pinkie stops me. "Wait a minute!" I stopped.

"What, what is it?" I respond. She did not answer. A minute passed before she spoke again.

"There's a guest room upstairs if you want to use it!" She stated with glee. I looked at her, and gave a growing smile. I pulled her into a hug. She hugged back. She let go after I did, and I made my way upstairs. I entered the guest room, hopped onto the bed, and drifted to sleep.

When I woke up, I heard pots and pans clanging, and metal trays hitting tables. I groggily got out of the bed, and made my way downstairs. I looked in the kitchen, and saw Pinkie. "Hey, what are ya doing?" I asked while I rubbed my eyes. She turned to me.

"Hi there!" She said with glee. "I was just about to make cupcakes!"

"Cupcakes?" I ask. "I Haven't had a cupcake in a while!"

She gasped. She pulled me into the kitchen, and put a baker's hat on me. I wore a confused look. "You gotta know how to make cupcakes, right?" she said.

"I guess." I responded.

"Wanna know how to make 'em?" She asked. I nod, and music plays out of nowhere.

All you have to do is take a cup of flour,

Add it to the mix!

Now just take a little something sweet, not sour,

A bit of salt--just a pinch!

Baking these treats is such a cinch,

Add a teaspoon of vanilla.

Add a little more, and you count to four

And you never get your fill-a~

Cupcakes, so sweet and tasty~

Cupcakes--don't be too hasty,

Cupcakes~ cupcakes, cupcakes

I smiled a warm smile. I had not heard anyone sing like that in a while. She pulled the cupcakes out of the oven. I looked at them, and they looked way better than cupcakes on Earth. She took a tube of filling, and topped the cupcakes with it. When she was done, she picked one up and gave it to me.

"Try it!" she asks. I bit into it, and the flavor burst throughout my mouth like a tidal wave. I look at the cupcake, and to Pinkie. I beam.

"Pinkie...This is the best cupcake I have ever had. EVER." I state. I finished off the cupcake, and went to go sit down. I sat on the couch in the other room, and looked around. On the small table next to the couch, I spotted a book. I picked it up, and read the title.

"Hmm...Daring Do." I examined the cover. "It reminds me of Indiana Jones." I open the book and begin reading.

"Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone." I read. For the next few hours, I sat on the couch, and read the book. By night time, I had finished, and I beamed. "That was one of the best things I have read." I got off the couch, and headed upstairs. I stepped into the guest room, when I spotted somepony other than Pinkie in the room. I got closer, and the figure turned to me. "Forget this suspense." I say, and turn around and flick on the lights. What I saw was the lavender unicorn I saw earlier that day. "Umm..."

"This doesn't look good does it?" she says, holding up a plastic baggie with my hair in it. She vanishes in a flash. I look around. I figure she isn't here anymore. I get in the bed, and go to sleep, wondering what the next day will hold.

END OF PART ONE