It was gonna be a nice vacation. I had the perfect gift for my mother, a picture of the whole family encased in a beautifully crafted frame made entirely by me. That whole idea went up in flames when the plane went down and crashed. I blacked out, so I don't know much of the aftermath before waking up in a hospital. This hospital is different, though. I don't mean different as in it's outside of America... well, it IS, but it's so far out of America that it's on a different planet. For God's sake, the staff are ~~horses~~ ponies!
These ponies are about 5 feet, colored every hue imaginable, and can speak perfect english. I know, I sound crazy, but I don't care. The one taking care of me is called Redheart... fitting name, I know. She's been nice enough, and really seems to know what she's doing.
It'd been a week since I woke up, and I was finally cleared for visitors. To be honest, I wasn't expecting anybody to come see me. Nobody on the plane knew me, and the only pony who should have known me is Redheart. Imagine my surprise when there came a knock at the door followed by a legitimate visitor. Her name is Flitter, and God is she cute. Her coat was a light blueish purple color, her mane and a teal hue, and her eyes a pink/purple gradient. She also wears a pink bow in her mane. Oh, and she has wings and can fly.
She came in and sat by my bed, looking at me with her big friggin eyes. I couldn't take the silence forever, and soon spoke up. Poor thing wasn't expecting me to talk, and literally jumped to the ceiling.
"Sorry about that," I said, my voice horse as all can be, "I swear, I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's uh... It's fine," she said with the sweetest voice I've ever heard, "I just wanted to check in and see if you're alright. I'm glad you are."
"So, I'm guessing you know what happened, mind telling me?" I asked, "I kinda blacked out, so I don't recall anything before waking up in here."
And so she went on to telling me how she and her sister saw the plane go down and got help. I was one of the three she, herself, pulled out of the wreckage. No wonder she wanted to visit.
"So uh... what kind of horse are you?" I asked.
"First, I'm not a horse. I work for the Ponyville weather team, not a ruthouse," she said, obviously offended.
Yea... uh, oops. This pony saved my life, and I just called her a whore. If my arms were tied up, I'd have them raised defensively.
"Sorry, I'm not from round here, so I didn't know," I said as sincerely as possible, "What are you then?"
"I'm a pegasus," she said after a couple minutes of calming down, "My name is Flitter, and I'm a pegasus pony."
"My name is Jack, and I'm what's called a human," I said.
"It's good to finally learn your name, Jack," she said, "It's pretty late, visiting hours are about over, so I better go. I'll come by tomorrow if I have time."
We said our good byes and she left. The rest of the day, she was all I could think about. Make of that what you will. She came back day after day and talked. I learned a lot about this world from her. I was laid up in the Ponyville general hospital, I'm currently in the nation of Equestria, there are many different types of ponies (DON'T call them horses if you don't want to be hit).
The most surprising subject was about the Princesses. They're called alicorns, a mix of the three main races. The main two: Celestia and Luna are apparently in control of the day and night cycle. I'll need more than just Flitter's word to believe that, though I didn't say it in front of her. Regardless, whether it's true or not, these Princesses don't sound like ponies I want to make mad, so I'm trying to behave.
Today, she brought her sister, a pegasus named "Cloud Chaser". She's a bit darker purple and her mane and tail are a mix of sky blue and white, and she has the same pink/purple gradient eyes as Flitter. She's also a bit more spunky.
These ponies each have different pictures on their butts. I didn't ask about it before for fear of seeming creepy, but curiosity won out today. Turns out they're called cutie marks. A pony gets their cutie mark after finding what their special talent is. For Flitter, it's her speed and grace. Cloud Chaser's is for being a headstrong fighter. Redheart has a red cross with a small pink heart in each corner... need I say what she's good at?
The day was cut short today when she said it was time to bring the rain. I'd say her special talent should be weather prediction, cause within thirty minutes after she and her sister left, it started raining. That, or rain dances actually work in this world. Either way, it's been pouring for a while now, only just letting up a bit in the last few minutes.
Princess Celestia wrote a letter for Princess Twilight to give to me yesterday. I wanted to know if she could send me and the others home in some way. She basically said that we can't go home. To send a living thing that far would require more energy than all four Princesses and every unicorn in existence could conjure up in a lifetime. She can, however, send letters back home for us since they're small and not alive. There's that much, at least.