My phone alarm goes off at 8:00 with a loud, annoying as fuck ringing sound. I slowly rise with a grunt as I reach for my phone and hit the mute button. Twilight, however, is still asleep, completely unaffected by the alarm. Deciding I don't want to wait to get going, I walk over to Twilight and push her completely off of her bed. She lets out a yelp as she hits the floor with a loud thud. Her head pokes over the edge as she gives me an annoyed look that I can't help but chuckle at.

"Was that really necessary?" She says as she gets up and starts heading downstairs. I decide to follow her and see if she has anything edible for breakfast.

"Yes, it was. We need to get going today, you're going to make a plan to get me to that amulet, and I am not going to wait around here doing nothing." I explain as I hurry down the stairs. When I reach the bottom however, I stop in my tracks when I see something coming through the door. This little green and purple lizard thing just walked in and is greeting Twilight. It spots me on the stairs and starts freaking out. He hides behind Twilight and points at me asking what I am and what I'm doing here.

"Spike, calm down, that's only Josh! He's the one and only human in Equestria!" She exclaims excitedly while pointing a hoof at me.

"Gee thanks for reminding me..." I say in an annoyed tone. I ignore the two and walk into the kitchen to see if there's anything worth eating. I'm actually quite surprised by what she has in her pantry. All I've had to eat for the past six months is canned beans and dirty water. I grab a few apples and jog out of the kitchen, ready to start my day. I jog to the door and begin to open it when I'm once again interrupted by Twilight.

"Where exactly are you going?" She says, obviously confused. "We're going to make a plan to get in the forest today!"

"Uh, no, YOU are making a plan while you talk to your little friends. I, however, am going to go explore your little town as it seems I'm going to be living here for the time being." And with that, I open the door and start to walk out

"Are you sure you want to do that? You don't know anypony here, what will you do when everypony runs from you?"

"Well... uh, fuck you!" I yell as I run out the door. Honestly I just couldn't think up a reasonable response. I begin my journey into town, just hoping that all the other peo- I mean ponies here will accept me like Twilight did.

I try taking smaller roads and alleys to avoid attracting too much attention to myself. Of course a couple of the ponies walking through the market see me. Most of them just stare with confused or curious looks, but a few, such as one yellow with pink hair, run away from me in fear. I don't really care however, I'm not here to please them. I'm here to explore my surroundings and learn the layout of the town.

After exploring for about and hour or two, I reach the outskirts of town and start walking down a dirt path that leads to some kind of farm. It isn't long before a raspy voice screams out from above me.

"Look out!!" The voice yells. I turn around just to have my vision filled with light blue. A strong force hits me directly in the face and knocks me back several feet. My vision is blurred and I'm surprised my neck isn't broken.

"What... What the hell!" I yell at the blue pony laying on the ground next to me. "You could have killed me!" I say pushing myself off the ground. "And what's with the hair? Did you fly through a gay pride parade?" I scoff. She has some fucked up rainbow hair and tale that just hurts my eyes to look at.

"Hey! Don't you dare make fun of my mane!" She yells back obviously offended. "And I warned you to look out." She explains while she brushes the dust off of her.

"Just... just go away will ya?" I express angrily as I start walking back into town.

"Whatever, jerk!" She yells as she takes off again. Part of me wanted to be nice to her as something about her reminded me about Sarah, though I can't put my finger on it. However, she almost killed me, and that's not something I just let go.

I decide to walk into a park and just wait for time to pass. I sit down at the base of the tree and stare off into the distance at a mountain covered in snow. It isn't long before I slowly drift off to sleep.

A wake up peacefully compared to last night. I look at the sky to see that it is about noon. I should probably start heading back to the library to see if Twilight has any ideas on how to get the amulet.

I feel rejuvenated from my nap so I decide to jog back into town. I only take about ten minutes to reach the library. I can hear two or three voices inside and one sounds all too familiar. I groan as I open the door to see Twilight, an orange pony, and that blue pony that tried to break my neck. I walk in slowly as the three ponies stare at me. Twilight looks excited to see me, the orange pony has a small smile on her face, and the blue, rainbow haired one remained silent but gave me an annoyed and angry stare.

After an awkward silence, Twilight finally speaks up. "Oh Josh! You're just in time, the plans are almost complete. These are my friends Applejack..." She points to the orange pony who tips her hat towards me as I give a small wave. "... and this is Rainbow Dash!" She says pointing to the blue one who gives me a slight scowl.

"Yeah, I already met this fucker." I say as I pass Rainbow and stand beside Twilight.

"Oh, uh... you met... I see." Twilight says obviously uncomfortable about the tension between me and Rainbow.

"Lets just go over the plan..." I say taking the a scroll out of Twilight's magic. I put it on a table and unroll it. On the scroll is a map of what I assume is the Everfree Forest. Red lines are drawn across the map that show the route we will take through the forest.

After staring at the map for a few minutes I finally speak up.

"Alright... lets do this."

Author's Note

So, we introduced Rainbow Dash and Applejack this chapter, although, Applejack barely got any screen time. If you can't tell by now, I want Rainbow to be the second main character along with Josh. For now, however, there will be some tension between the two.

Hope you keep enjoying! :D