It was early in the morning in Equestria. The sun was just coming up, its rays stretching across the land. In a decently sized cottage on the edge of Ponyville, a strange figure was just waking up.

It stretched and sat up on its bed with a yawn, before getting up and heading to the bathroom. Once it reached the bathroom, it flipped on a light switch, revealing itself in the mirror.

It was a bipedal creature, a little over 6 feet tall, with light brown hair, blue eyes, and tan skin.

It reached out to the faucet on the sink with one of its hands, and turned on the cold water, before scooping up some of the water and splashing its face, causing it to wake up more.

"Ah, that woke me up," said the creature with a young male voice. He then opened up the mirror and grabbed some deodorant before putting it on.

Once he had finished his business in the bathroom, he returned to the bedroom, and opened his wardrobe. He picked out his clothes, and put them on, before looking at himself in the mirror.

He was wearing a light green short sleeve shirt, white socks, tan pants, and light blue sneakers. He smiled, and said, "I must say, Rarity did an excellent job on these clothes."

He then turned, and started to walk out of his room, but stopped to look at the calendar. He noticed that he had written something on today's date, and read it.

"Gavin, you've been in Equestria for 3 months now," he read aloud. Gavin stood there, and thought back to his arrival in Equestria. It had been an interesting day for him.

3 months earlier
Gavin had had a slow day so far. Nothing interesting had happened at all that morning. So, he just spent time sitting in his room, reading his new books he had gotten for his 18th birthday the previous week.

A knock was heard at his door, and he said, "It's open." The door opened, and his mother walked in.

"How are you doing Gavin?" his mom asked.

Gavin sighed. "I'm bored. I've read all these books now, and i don't know what else to do."

His mom sat at the foot of his bed in thought, and then said, "How about you go for a bike ride?"

He thought about it, and nodded, having nothing else to do.

"Thanks mom!" He said with a smile as he got off the bed.

His mom smiled warmly at him, and said, "You're welcome son." With that, Gavin left his room, his shoes on. He went to the garage, and opened it.

Then he got out his bicycle, and left the garage, making sure to close it after him. He went down the driveway, and turned to the right, deciding to go up the hill to the end of the neighborhood.

As he rode his bike, he started singing 'Fireworks' by Katy Perry. He was getting into the song as he rode his bike to the end of the neighborhood, and had just finished singing when he turned around to head back home.

Suddenly, he felt himself being pulled backwards. He got off his bike for better stability, and looked behind him to find that there was nothing behind him to pull him. He turned around, and tried to grab his bike, but he had been pulled away from it.

He looked behind him again as he was slowly being pulled back, and saw a glowing hole in the ground behind him. He tried to run against the force, but didn't make any ground at all. Soon he was tired out from the running, and looked behind him to see how close he was to the hole.

He screamed when he saw that he was only a foot away from the hole. The force suddenly intensified, and he found himself falling backwards into the hole.

Next thing Gavin knew, he was slammed into the ground with a loud Crash!! He felt himself hurting everywhere as he laid there in the ground, not able to move from the pain. He could hear voices all around him though.

"Oh my gosh!! What was that?!!"

"What made that noise!!"

"Did anypony get hurt?"

That comment caught his attention. 'Anypony??' Gavin thought in confusion as the voices continued, he not being able to catch most of what was said.

Soon, he heard a voice loudly say, "Hey everypony!! There's something over here!!"

Gavin stiffened at that, which made him groan internally at the pain. What were they going to do to him? He could hear their footsteps getting closer.

"Let's get a better look at... whatever this thing is."

Suddenly, he felt himself getting picked up by something that made him tingle all over. His body was flipped over, allowing the sun to hit his eyes, causing him to squint.

Through his squinting eyes, he could see several different people, but they were different colors. Some also appeared to have horns or wings, which he chalked up to his squinting eyes.

"What the world are you?" he said in confusion.

He heard several gasps, and then they all started talking at once, making him unable to hear what they were saying.

Eventually, they all quieted down, and he could see someone coming up to him. It was a purple person, but when they got up right in front of him, he was tilted forward, allowing him to stop squinting.

He was able to clearly see now, and saw that the people surrounding him were indeed different colors. But they were also anthro ponies. They had muzzles, pony ears on the sides of their heads, tails, and hooves for feet.

His attention was then drawn to the anthro pony in front of him. This one had a horn and wings, was covered in purple fur, had purple eyes, and was wearing what looked like a schoolgirl outfit. He also noticed that this one had breasts, so it must be a mare. He looked at her, and said, "What's going to happen now?"

She stared at him, her eyes having widened a bit. She pointed at him, allowing him to see her hands. He noticed that on her right hand she had a strange symbol, a light purple star surrounded by 5 white stars. He raised his eyebrow at that. Was that a tattoo?

"You can talk?!!" she asked, drawing his attention back to her face.

He nodded, and said, "Of course I can talk. I am a human after all."

As soon as he said that, a mint green mare with a horn on her head squealed in delight.

"A human!! A real life human!!"

The mare proceeded to make her way through the crowd, pushed aside the purple mare with a "Sorry Twilight!", and got right in his face.

"So what are you doing here mister human?" she asked excitedly, a smile on her face.

"I honestly don't know ma'am!!" Gavin said. "I was just riding my bike back home when I was suddenly pulled by some weird force into a glowing hole!! Next thing I knew I had crashed into the ground!! I'm freaking out here!!"

She managed to calm him down, and asked him another question, to which he replied. They then continued to ask each other questions and give answers while the purple one just stood there in shock. And that was how Gavin arrived at Equestria.

Smiling at the memories, he continued to make his way to the kitchen to make some breakfast. He opened his fridge, and pulled out some milk, before going over to the cupboard and grabbing some Raisin Bran. He made his breakfast, and went onto his front porch to eat.

He sat down in his porch chair, and started eating, watching the town of Ponyville wake up. He could see Derpy in her mailmare uniform moving from house to house, occasionally hitting a mailbox or two. With a smile, he got up and walked up to his mailbox.

Derpy arrived a few minutes later, crashing into the mailbox again.

"Good morning Derpy," Gavin said with a smile.

Derpy quickly got up, and replied, "Good morning to you too Gavin!!"

"Anything for me today?" he asked.

Derpy shook her head. "Sorry Gavin. Not today."

He sighed, and said, "It's fine Derpy. You have a good day, and tell Dinky I said hi."

Derpy smiled, and nodded. She then took off, and flew to the next house.

Gavin watched her fly for a few seconds, and then he sighed again. "Nothing again. Oh well."

Gavin walked back inside, grabbing his empty cereal bowl as he did so. As he made his way to the kitchen, he paused as he passed by a glass cabinet.

This glass cabinet held things he had found on each adventure he had with his friends in Equestria. He had a crystal from the Crystal Empire that he had gotten during the crystalling. He had a dragon scale and lava rock from the Dragonlands he had gotten during the Dragon Lord Tournament. He had some other things as well, but these were just a few of the many he had.

He realized that he had never been on a journey alone while in Equestria, which saddened him. He decided there that he would go on a solo adventure starting tomorrow. But where would he start?

As he walked over to the sink to wash his bowl, he thought about where he could start. Ponyville? No, too close to home. Manehattan? Nah, didn't really like the place. Appleloosa? Yes, that could work. He did want to explore the plains.

He nodded, his decision having been made. He would go to Appleloosa tonight, and start the adventure tomorrow.

For the rest of the day, Gavin filled his backpack and small duffel bag with essentials. He made sure to bring a canteen, knife, hat, sunglasses, clothes, food, compass, a book for if he got bored, and other necessities for a journey.

That afternoon, Gavin left a note on his door telling everypony where he was, and how long he would be gone. He also put a letter in the mail explaining to his work that he would be gone for a while. He then locked the door, and went off to the train station, full pack on his back.

He purchased a train ticket to Appleloosa, and got on the train. After the conductor had taken his ticket, he went to the bed he would be sleeping on for the night, and placed his pack on it. He then went to the dinner car to get some dinner.

After dinner, he went back to his bed and closed the curtains before changing into a shirt and boxers. He then got under the covers to go to sleep. But before he went to sleep, he thought, 'I can't wait for tomorrow. Because tomorrow, i start my own journey.' With that thought, he fell asleep.

The next morning

Gavin got off the train at Appleloosa station, and watched it leave the station. He shouldered his pack before turning away from the town, and started heading towards the plains. With a song in his head, he started whistling as he walked off, not knowing where he was going or what exactly he was looking for. But he was ready for an adventure.

Author's Note

I wrote this while singing a pokemon theme song that has the line 'It's always hard when the journey begins to find a way and to make new friends.' But this is a romance story. WIth clop.

Also, when I say 'pack,' i am including his small duffel bag with his backpack. But in certain cases i will say 'duffel bag.'

If you guys know of any good riddles, please PM them to me.