The Ballad of Harmony

Act One
The Escape

I awoke. Pain shifted through my head. I looked up and saw the three Griffons asleep on the floor close to me. I figured one of them was supposed to keep guard, but being how “smart” they were, they all fell asleep. I looked to my left and then to my right. There were bounds on my arms and legs that were supposed to be connected to the wall, but they were cut. From a small crack in the shed I heard a voice. “psssssssst” the voice whispered. I looked to it and saw a pink face. “hiya!” the voice whispered once again. I realized it was the pink earth pony that I had searched for, I had thought for! I could not believe my eyes. I opened my mouth to speak but she hushed me quietly, “if you wanna get outta here, you’re gonna have to listen to what I say!” I nodded, I wanted out of this place, “stand up and walk two steps to the left then right!” I looked at her confused, how was that going to help? But she assured me, “trust me!” I walked twice to the left, silence. I walked twice to the right, silence. I was next to my bag, I grabbed it and looked back; she whispered “now walk back the same way you came from” so I did, I trusted every fiber of the being she was, every word that came out of her mouth I trusted to infinity. I walked back, and stood in the same position that I had risen from, she then smiled “okay, now, do you trust me?” I stumbled for a moment, did I trust her? I trusted her enough to listen to what she had to tell me already, so why not believe in her advice now? I nodded, but only to inform her that I trusted her, because my mind was already set. “Okay,” she paused; “listen very carefully, when I say to run right out of that door behind them, you gotta run!” she was whispering louder, but still not enough to wake up the Griffons. I then realized what her plan was, and I was deathly afraid of what was about to happen, I held on to my better instincts and remembered her saying in her soft gentle voice “trust me”.

It felt like a year had gone by, a year that I had to stand and wait for a signal, an entire year. Can you believe the feeling? Waiting for one thing for a year? I could not. I could not wait; I felt like I needed to explode, but as fast as I wanted to explode, she exploded, the signal came. “RUN!” she shouted, very loud, so loud that I almost fell over, almost… the three Griffons jumped up quickly and knocked into one another, discombobulating themselves, it was an easy escape out of the hut. I ran straight for the door, or, if you could even call it that. As I touched it, it fell off its hinges and crashed outside. The noise alerted the Griffons and they started for my direction, I turned my head and saw the pink pony gesturing me in her direction, I sprinted to catch up to her, for she was running as well. The leader Griffon shouted out as we made our escape, “GET BACK HERE UNICORN!!” he roared through the sky. The pink pony suddenly turned left, and I tripped over her hooves into a small dip in the ground. I hit my head so hard that I was stunned. The pink pony came over to me and grabbed me by my mane, and dragged me into a small hole in the pit. Once inside she gestured her hoof over her mouth and hushed me. We remained there silent for some time. The noise of Griffons rustling outside our hole kept me quiet; I did not want to return back into the mess that we had just escaped. “I KNOW YOU’RE OUT HERE!” the leader Griffon roared, “WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR YOU UNICORN! WE WILL NOT STOP SEARCHING UNTIL WE HAVE FOUND YOU!!!” the Griffon surged up into the sky and called both of his comrades, I wiggled to get a good look, and saw them fly out passed the south of the forest. I collapsed and let out a huge sigh, we were safe, for now at least…I attempted to get up, but I yet again collapsed, but this time I fell into a deep sleep, the sort that you never want to wake up from.

I dreamed of a very peaceful land, the kind of land like before I met my eternal enemy Discord. But, something was strange in this peace, the pink pony was there! Out of all the ponies that I knew and met over the years of my life, the PINK one I dreamed about. Was I… in love with this pony? I could not think of love or anything of the sort in this time. But that dream has stuck with me since I had it, I will never forget it. Peace, love, I could not think of this pony as simply just “the pink one” forever, and within my dream I vowed to get the name of the pink pony as soon as I awoke, and as suddenly as made up my mind, I was woken up from a soft shake.

“hiya!” she said to me, “you fell asleep after the Griffons left, I, uh, let you sleep because I figured that since it was Silver Beak and all, that he woulda done something to you. So I hope your rest was enjoying!” she pushed a leaf in front of me with a piece of fruit on it. Food… something to eat, I began to dive into the fruit, and then I remembered, “Why, thank you pink one, but I must ask, what is your name? I do not want to call you by ‘the pink one’ anymore. Especially after what you did for me” she giggled, and answered “Oh! Of course, you can call me Cell. My full name is Cellerisa, but I don’t really like it, so you can call me Cell” she smiled, “what’s your name?” I paused, I only thought to get the name of the one whom I admired so much, I froze and didn’t respond. I felt like after all that’s happened I forgot my name. I thought, and I remembered. “Tragus, or Tray, rather.” Honestly, I could not recall my name, not at that time, but Cell had asked for a name, and I recalled from the back of my mind an ancient and powerful unicorn of legends, but Cell did not know that.
Cell looked at me and smiled, “well hiya Tray!” I got up and nudged Cell, “do you know where the direction to Canterlot is?” Cell looked at me and giggled, “What?” I asked, Cell pointed forwards and pulled the brush backwards, and there sat the glorious city of Canterlot….

Canterlot… What a sight.