Chapter 1 – Lost And Found

All is peaceful in the Everfree forest, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping and everything is calm. Suddenly a bright light shoots up into the sky disturbing the woodland creatures. After a few minutes the light stops and in its place is a woman lying on the ground asleep. She awakes to the sound of birds chirping and sunlight on her face as she does every morning. I don’t want to get up yet. I want to enjoy the warmth of the sun and the cool breeze a moment longer. Wait…how can there be a breeze indoors. She jerk awake and sits up straight to take in her surroundings.

She is sitting completely naked in a forest in the middle of nowhere. She begins to panic. I live in...wait where do I live. Oh man, I live in, I live in...I don't remember. Where am I? Who am I? How did I get here? She try to control my breathing and figure out where she is. First she tries to get her bearings…literally. She look up at the sky but the sun is already above her. As such she can’t figure out which way north is nor which direction she should head.

She tries to listen for sounds of running water nearby but again, the forest has many other noises from animals. She sits on the ground and think. The one rule for when you are lost is to stay put. That would make sense if anyone knew where I was. No one does,, at least I think they don’t, and therefore the top priority is to find water. Easier said than done.

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It has been hours since she arrived in this strange land and thus far she has found absolutely nothing she feels confident consuming. The plants here seem to be different from anything I have ever seen before. As such they are probably not safe.

Her stomach rumbles painfully. Whatever brought her here took a lot out of her. She is hungry, thirsty, lost, and exhausted. She looks around for anything that tells her where she could be. On the one hand, I now know where my bearings are, on the other hand however, I still have no idea where I am. The plants here are nothing like any I have ever seen before.

Suddenly she hears a voice. She stops and listens. After a few minutes she begins to think that it was her imagination. Wait there it is again...it sounds like a woman.

‘Angel. Where are you?’ she calls again. ‘I’m sorry we ran out. Please come back, it isn’t safe’.

She stumble towards the sound of the voice. It has to be just ahead. ‘Hello? Can you help me?’ she calls out, her voice sounding weak. Just as she reaches what seems to be the edge of the trees, the ground gives way.

She falls head over heels down a steep embankment. She crashes through the undergrowth, rolling off trees and crushing bushes. Finally she comes to a rest at the bottom of a hill, she tries to get up but pain shoots through her body and she blacks out.

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Over the next few days she drift in and out of consciousness being cared for by the woman from the forest. When she next awoke properly she finds herself lying down on a bed in what seemed to be a room furnished to look like a plant or the inside of a tree. She groans and tries to sit up before collapsing back against the propped up pillows. Her shoulder appears to have been bandaged nicely and is resting comfortably. She looks around closer and notices a chair, some first aid supplies, and a bedside table. On the bedside table she notices a glass of water. She listens and hears some movement on one of the lower floors. Figuring that whoever is here will be up soon she decide to be a polite house guest and wait. After all she has no idea who this house belongs to or whether she is even welcome.

After several minutes the door opens and a strange sight greets her. It appears to be a small horse but with wings, a pegasus. The pegasus appears to be a soft yellow colour with a pink flowing mane and what appears to be a tattoo of three butterflies on her flank. This small Pegasus seems more like a cross between a pony rather than a full horse. She begin to think that she hit her head harder than she thought when it begins to speak.

‘Hello there’ the pegasus says, which she now realise is female. ‘How are you feeling today?’

After thinking for a while Ishe decide it would be prudent to notify whoever this is that she appear to be hallucinating that she is seeing is a pegasus. ‘Hello to you too, I thought I should mention that I appear to be hallucinating.’ she says.

The pegasus flies over with a look of concern on her face…now she know she is hallucinating. ‘What are you seeing?’ the pegasus asks. Her voice is quite pleasant and soft; being in the middle of nowhere might be responsible for that, although the medical supplies and bread say otherwise.

‘I am hallucinating that you are a Pegasus and thought that after my fall such information might be important’ she states calmly, despite her knowledge that this is probably a bad sign.

‘You’re not seeing things’ the pegasus ‘I am a pegasus.’ the pegasus looks at her strangely ‘What kind of animal are you anyway?’ she asks ‘I am familiar with all kinds and have never seen one like you before.’

This throws her off and she decides to think things through. Either this is a weird dream induced by the fall I had, or I have somehow ended up on a new planet or even a new dimension. Hallucinations or dreams usually have flaws, meaning that someone who is intelligent enough to question whether they are hallucinating is in sound enough mind to know. I do subscribe to the multiverse theory and even if this is just a new planet, humans can’t be the only sentient life forms out there.

‘I am a homo-sapien, or in layperson terms, a human being. Now if you would be so kind as to explain where I am and what happened?’

‘I’m sorry but I have no idea what a human is, nor have I ever heard of an animal with your description before. Now then, you are in my home located just outside of Ponyville in the magical land of Equestria. Yesterday at around lunch time I saw a bright light coming from the Everfree forest. I decided that I would stay inside until tomorrow. That afternoon Angel hopped out of the house in a temper tantrum when I ran out of his favourite food. Angel ran into the Everfree forest and so I followed him to bring him back. That’s when I heard you call out for help and fall down the hill. You tried to get up but your shoulder was hurt and you collapsed. I brought you back to my cottage and have looked after you ever since.’ When the pegasus is done it looks down at her shoulder and grips the bandage in its teeth.

She close my eyes and brace, but opens them when the bandage simply seems to unravel gently. She looks down and sees that her shoulder has been fixed. ‘Thank you very much...’ she realises that she doesn’t know the pegasus’ name. ‘Now what s your name’ she asks

‘My name is Fluttershy. What is your name?’ the pegasus asks her.

‘I don’t know. I think I might have amnesia’ she tells fluttershy

‘Oh you poor thing. I hope your memory comes back.’ suddenly a small white rabbit hops into the rooms and jumps onto the bed. He looks at Fluttershy and thumps his foot on the bed in irritation.

‘You must be Angel,’ she says to the rabbit ‘my you are handsome.’ he turns to face her and after a few seconds, gives what appears to be a smile and hops onto her lap. She gives him a scratch behind the ears.

‘Now then I will let you get your rest and check on you tomorrow morning. If there is anything you need just let me know.’ Fluttershy says before pushing her to lie down.

‘No need to worry about me’ she says as Fluttershy closes the window and pulls the curtains in ‘I would hate to impose.’ Fluttershy and Angel leave and shut the door behind them. Within minutes she is asleep again.

Author's Note

My first real attempt at a FanFic. These will from hear on out occur at the same time as the episodes. The next chapter will introduce the rest of the Mane 6 and begin during the first episode.

Thanks for reading,

• J