A Quest of Otherworldly Proportions

(Elorshin Silverhand)

When I finally awoke from my induced slumber I realized I was lying down in the middle of some unknown forest. How you ask do I notice this when I've just awoken. Well the flora and fauna look nothing like that in the homelands. It almost looks like a forest from the deep south in the Southern Empire's territory. The forest itself was very dark, but thankfully us elves have a reduced light vision. Something that allows us to see better in low light so it was almost like high noon in this forest for me.

Gradually I picked myself up off the ground and looked around me, I was in a small clearing in the middle of this Traako forest. To add insult to injury, all my equipment was scattered. Good news was that most of it was relatively undamaged. That being said I found stuff that I did not originally bring with me such as my travelling pack which acts as a big dimensional pocket. A long brown cloak that can hide all my armor and myself inside it.  My dual short swords I always liked to carry. Some potions of healing and my spell book and alchemic recipes book, along with some spell scrolls of varying types. I attached the swords to my belt along with one of the potions,  then I placed the rest inside my pack, while doing so I decided to look inside and see what I had to work with.

I was surprised to find that I had a lot of basic equipment and other miscellaneous items. I found a bedroll, some torches along with a tinderbox, some preserved food and a canteen of water, some rope and a grappling hook, a small bag of ball bearings, a vial of anti-toxin, along with an odd bag filled with what I assume is the coin of this realm.

Even in all 63 years of my travels I have not seen a coin minted like this before... I thought as I set the bag back inside the backpack.

With everything set, I put the cloak on and grab my pack and set off in a random direction into the woods...

After what had felt like four hours I finally was able to be clear of that forest. I heard some growling a little earlier along with some kind of strange wooden wolf but for some reason it seemed to ignore me. Perhaps it was my connection with the land was why the creature didn't attack me. There are so many unknown factors of this world I have yet to discover. Anyway, when I was finally able to clear the forest I came into a sizable apple orchard. Of course I had not eaten anything since coming here  and seeing as the sun was getting close to setting and since I wanted to preserve what long lasting food I could I let my stomach decide my next actions for me.

I grabbed an apple off a tree and studied it for a second. "Huh, looks to be the same kind of apples that the people in the eastern lands back home grew... I hope it's just as good." I took one bite out of the apple and glorious flavor filled my mouth. "Nuuta! This is better than any apple from the eastern lands, these apples if thrown into a brew could give the Dwarves in the north a run for their money!" I quickly finished the rest of the apple and was about to grab another when-

"Hey! What in tarnation' do ya' think yer' doin' stealing from my apples ya no good thief!"

I turn to look to the source of the voice and all I see is... A humanoid type creature? It's definitely a she by the sound of her voice although the accent strikes me as odd, along with the clothing she's wearing. Also a tail? In all of my travels I have only known two creatures to have tails that were sentient, one was a dragon, the other was the lizard-men. She also had blond hair and tail put into a pony tail? Huh... also very big ears almost like a dog or cat and fur covering her entire body along with ridiculously large eyes.

Quickly formulating a response. "I'm sorry ma'am, you see I've been traveling for a long while and decided to grab an apple to eat. I did not mean to steal from you, I can pay for the apple if you so wish. Please forgive me for intruding upon your land." I said with a bow to her.

Her expression changed from one of anger to one much more forgiving. "Ah' shucks. I think I can forgive ya' for taking one if ya this one time. The names AppleJack by the way."

I simply nod. "Well thank you for your kindness Applejack. One more thing, can you point me to the nearest village in which I might get an idea of where I am. I seem to have gotten lost before arriving at your orchard."

"Sure can partner, just head that way-" She pointed in a direction away from the orchard. "-and ya'll get to a road which will lead ya straight into Ponyville."

"I thank you for the help you have given me, fare thee well Miss Applejack." I said while walking in the direction she pointed.

Thankfully I had the hood up the entire time I had that conversation with the farmer so named 'Applejack', otherwise that could have ended up as a big mess. Seeing as I'm a different species than them, I don't know how well they will react to my presence among their kind seeing as I'm a different species.

I've been following the path for a short time now and I had made my way into the village heading directly to the market square hoping I could get some information about the surrounding lands, that being said, I saw the same type of creatures as Applejack in a bunch of unnatural colors as I progressed through the village. Thankfully I had managed to get to the market without any interruptions, I did get some odd stares from wearing my cloak and I thought I saw something rush past me just a moment ago. I might be slightly paranoid, but I know what I saw and I think someone is following me...

Either way, I started asking around for someone who was some kind of record-keeper or mapmaker and I got pointed in the direction of a library where I can supposedly find a map. This is good because I can look through a book about the history of this land which might come in handy in the near future.

It didn't take me long to reach the library, I was surprised to find that it was a tree of all things. So I did what any polite man would do and knocked on the door. Apparently the librarian also uses this as their house so it's only polite that I knock. When the door opened I was shocked at what came out. I know dragon scales when I see them even though this one was wearing cloths like the others around this village I was not taking any chances and considering my bad experiences with them in the past, I did what any seasoned warrior would do with extreme paranoia of dragons.

I drew both of my swords.   "Wyrmling! Prepare to meet thy fate!"