The past is always greener on the other side...

My past in Ponyville

"Help me! Please, some body help me!"

The Terrified Kimono went running through the streets of Ponyville, every mare and stallion on the streets giving her a confused look as she galloped past. it wasn't until she got to the edge of town that the terrified mare actually stopped to rest.

"I- can't- believe-how-crazy-that-mare-Rarity-was!" Kimono gasped out, trying desperately to catch her breath. "She was like a Rainbow Dash that had gone completely insane!"

"What?! Who the heck said that?!" Came a voice that seemed to come from the cloud above her. "I dunno who you are, lady, but nopony compares me ta little miss prissy fashionestia!"

Kimono looked up, and was startled by the sight of what looked like her friend Rainbow Dash sitting on a cloud over her head. But it wasn't the scruffy mane that the fashion pony would never be caught with, or the lightning bolt cutie mark on her flank that shocked the purple mare. No, it was the fact that this Rainbow Dash seemed to be sporting a pair of wings, just like a Pegasus from butterfly island would have!

"R-Rainbow Dash?" The dumbfounded Kimono asked, staring up in disbelief. "I-is that you?!"

"Yep, I'm Rainbow Dash, all right!" The blue Pegasus replied angrily, slamming her hooves down on the cloud that had suddenly turned a dark color. "And you're gonna regret openin' your mouth like that!"

ZAP- "AIEEEEEEE!"

Angry shock of lighting blasted forth from the cloud, painfully frying the unprepared earth pony, and causing her mane to stand on end.  Within a few seconds, the terrified mare was on the run from the element of loyalty, who chased after her terrified quarry on a darkened storm cloud.

ZAP! "YEOUCH!" ZAP! "OWIE!" ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP!

As Kimono galloped away from the angry Pegasus, the purple mare thought about how this is not what she had been expecting from this Ponyville. She had expected order, she had expected stability... not this, this insanity! She remembered, back to a time when she had been told the glories of old Ponyville, and it all seemed so wonderful...

"And so, the Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends defeated the evil unicorn Sombra, and brought peace to the crystal empire!"

"Wow, mommy, that was an amazing story!" The little purple filly told her mother, her eyes so full of wonder at the tale. "But was there really a princess Twilight and harmony bearers, or did you just make em' up?"

"No, my little Kimono... there really was a Twilight Sparkle. And she really did have many many wonderful adventures." The older pony mare assured her, as the pony-pulled wagon they were on jostled and bumped along the dirt road it was traveling. "And they once protected this land when it was a far nicer place than it was now."

"It would've been so wonderful to have met them." The four-year-old sighed, looking back up at her mother again. "Mommy, where are  we going to live now?"

"To Ponyville, little Kimono-Chan. Since your father went... on a vacation, we can no longer stay in Shang Hoof." The mother replied with a sigh. "And I thought it would be a lot of fun for you to live in an old abandoned amusement park!" The mare didn't mention that it was also the best place for the mother and daughter to hide out from the triad horses back in Shang Hoof whom had killed Kimono's father due to his gambling debts.

"Wow, we're going to go live in Ponyville! The harmony bearers home town!" The little filly cried in excitement. "I can't even imagine how amazing this is going to be!"

As the two ponies leapt off of the wagon and trotted towards the Ponyville barrier, the hopeful and excited little filly could not know of the disappointment and heartbreak that was in the town ahead of her...

Kimono raced ahead, the pissed-off Pegasus hot on her hooves. Spotting a nearby bridge, the purple mare dove under it, as the wrathful Pegasus and her cloud kept on going. Finally peeking out from under her hiding spot, the mare saw that her pursuer had moved on.

"How- how was she controlling the weather like that?" Kimono asked in wonderment, stepping back out onto the road. "This can't be happening! This is Twilight Sparkle's Ponyville, blast it! Surely there must be some pony who isn't crazy, and who understands the magic of friendship!"

As she continued to trot along the path, the mixed up mare came to a lovely-looking farm that sat on the left side of the lane. Stopping to look at the endless rows of apple trees, the purple mare noticed something that REALLY caught her eye.

"Whoa, this place really is really incredible! Those apples look good enough to eat!" The purple pony's mouth watered as she looked over the vast sea of red fruit. "I'm so hungry that I...could... eat... oh my."

The mare then noticed a red stallion- a large, well-built, masculine red stallion- who was bucking apples off of all the trees around him. Finishing bucking one row of trees, he turned to look at the mare staring at him.

"H-hello..." She replied nervously, trying to hide the fact she had been staring "D-do you work here?"

"Eeyup." The stallion replied simply, nodding his head.

"N-nice to meet you..." The purple pony replied sheepishly "...my name's Kimono."

And as the dumbstruck mare moved over to talk beside her new 'friend', she tried to put out of her mind the Ponyville, and the friends, she had left behind...

"Wow, so you're name's Kimono, huh?" The little pink filly asked her, as she and her new friends greeted the newcomer. "Nice to meet you! My name's Pinkie Pie, and these are my friends Rainbow Dash, and Minty!"

"Hello, Darling!" The little blue earth filly greeted her, a smile on her face. "So wonderful to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, Kimmy!" The green mare laughed with a snort. "Always nice to meet a new friend!"

"Konichiwa, my new friends." The purple filly bowed to them politely, expecting the same in return. "I hope we will all get along very-"

"Ohh, look! Razaroo's holding a party over there!" The two mares squealed, dragging their new friend along with them. Before she even knew what had happened, Kimono had a party had on her head, confetti in her mane and tail, and gooey chocolate cake shoved into her mouth. The little fillies had not even stopped and taken the time to ask what she had wanted.

"Oh well, maybe they were just too excited by the party and meeting a new friend, to stop and talk to me about things first." Kimono thought to herself. "I'm sure after we've gotten to know each other, my new friends will seem a little more normal."

Oh, how little Kimono knew...