Drawing a Blank: An Amnesiac's Journal.

March 4th: My arrival.

So today has been an interesting day. I'm not really good at this whole "journal" thing, or at least I can't remember if I am or not, so I don't really know where to start. So I guess I'll just start from the beginning?

My name is Drew. Or at least that's what we've all agreed to call me since I don't remember what my real name is. It's actually a pretty funny play on my current situation if you ask me. "Drew" being the past tense for "draw," and I'm "drawing a blank" because of the amnesia. I don't think the others thought it was as funny as I did, but it will work until I figure out what my real name is.

Anyway, I said I was going to start from the beginning and then I got side tracked by my name. Back to "the beginning," it all started when..

Well, I don't know exactly WHEN it started. It was likely a few hours ago, I was running away from something or someone. I don't exactly know, and I din't look back to see what it was. Even if I did, it was to dark for me to have even seen what it was. What I do know is this: it wasn't friendly, and it was gaining on me.

I didn't know how long I had been running, but I was starting to tire myself out pretty bad. All I could remember thinking at the time was "I want a way out" over and over. But you know, in a panic and all that. And then there was a bright light.

The next thing I know, I'm running face first into a tree. But whatever was chasing me was gone! So that was a plus! Even if I hurt my face really bad, but I wasn't being chased anymore! Things were starting to look up! Until I realized that I had no idea where I was. I didn't know where I was in that dark hallway earlier, but that's beside the point.

I spent the next few hours just wandering around the forest looking for someone to help me. Maybe a town or a hut or something where I could find some help me figure out where I was. And honestly? Not the worst part of my day. It was a bit eerie, a bit damp from the morning dew, but it was honestly a bit relaxing just wandering around and taking in the beauty of nature. During my blind wandering, I found this really old looking castle just sitting in the middle of it all. And when I say old, I mean it was OLD.

I explored around a bit, and it looked like nobody had been there for a few hundred years, at least, aside from a few animals who likely made their way through at some point. In hindsight it was probably some of the ponies who live in the town around the forest, but I didn't know that at the time. How could I? I'll have to ask about it later, if I remember. Anyway, the castle made a nice spot to relax for a little bit. It provided some nice shade. There was something eerie about it though. The entire time I had this weird feeling in the back of my mind that something really REALLY bad happened there. So I didn't stay long.

Now, I don't know a whole lot about how this "Equestria" place works, but back where I'm from...where ever that may be, when you step on a twig it normally just breaks, I think. But apparently in this infernal forest of evil, when you step on a twig, the twig gets mad at you and compiles together with a bunch of other loose wood and becomes a big wolf looking monster and then tries to EAT you. And it had friends, because of course it did. I was later told that these things were called "Timberwolves." I'd much rather call them something else, like "pure evil" or "needs to go extinct." But regardless, I did what any sensible person would do in that situation.

I got out of there as fast as my legs could carry me. Unfortunately for me, the Timberwolves were slightly faster. And despite how I tried, I just couldn't shake them. Things after that were a blur, I just remember a lot angry growling and a lot of pain. But by some miracle, they decided to leave before finishing me off, and just left me to die where they caught me. After that, everything went black.

I woke up a some amount of time later. I don't know how long I was out, but I was just happy to have woken up at all. Imagine my surprise when I found myself in a nice warm bed, with my wounds treated, with an entire town just outside. I was saved! And then I heard someone come in, and I turned around in surprise. That surprise only grew as I saw this weird looking creature walk into the room. Now, given my past experiences with creatures I didn't recognize, the good ol' primal brain did the only thing it could come up with in that situation.

I screamed as loud as I can to try and scare it off.

I mean, wouldn't you? I was expecting to see another human like me, but I was greeted by this thing that I would later come to learn was called an "Alicorn." But get this, she was actually able to TALK. I mean, after being attacked by giant dogs made of trees, I shouldn't really have been surprised by this. And she didn't SEEM like she wanted to hurt me, so maybe she wasn't going to. And then this weird little lizard thing came in, and I screamed again. Apparently loud enough to be heard by and scare the townspeople. Whoever I am, I got a good set of lungs on me.

Anyway, to make a long story short, the Alicorn's name is Twilight Sparkle, and she's apparently something called the "Princess of Friendship." Which probably explains her helping me out. You know, her duty as the Princess of Friendship, being kind to all she met (or at least that's what I assume her job is). That was probably it. But hey, it meant I had someone kind helping me out. Royalty even. I got some pretty good luck considering how my day had gone so far.

I keep getting off topic. After my initial freak out, and my second freak out, this Twilight personpony person took the time to try and calm me down. She even offered me some food, which was something I didn't know I wanted so badly until I had seen it. I guess anxiety, fear and adrenalin had overwritten my sense of hunger. It wasn't anything to special, just some fruits, veggies, some bread and water. But to me? It was a banquet fit for a king.

After that, I met some of Twilight's other friends. They didn't take to kindly to me.They just stared at me for awhile. They were just as confused about the situation as I was. And then another one broke through a nearby window, and I freaked out again. Apparently it was another one of Twilight's friends who came to see what the screaming again, but I didn't know that! After managing to calm me down again, I was introduced to Twilight's other friends. So I guess I should start talking about them now, huh?

I had already met Spike, Starlight Glimmer, and Flutter Shy Fluttershy (I hope I got that right). They were the ones who had been trying to figure out what I was. Then there was Rarity. At first I thought she didn't like me, but apparently it was just my clothes. But she did offer to make me new ones, so that was nice of her. Even if she was a little aggressive in finding out my cloths sizes. She could have just asked.

Then there was ApplejackApple JackApple Jakk Applejack (I'll ask how it's really spelled later). She didn't say much, she seemed more like a person of action not words, she told me she ran the apple farm around these parts. I told her that I liked her hat. It was a really nice hat. Up next was Rainbow Dash (what's up with these pony names?!). She's an interesting individual. She's got this weird rainbow hair thing going on (her parents must have thought really hard about THAT name). She was the one who had broken that glass, and apparently tried to tackle me, and I don't think she likes me all that much.

And lastly was Pinkie Pie. She was actually the one who came up with my new name! She seems like the friendliest of the bunch, which means she's the one who's going to try and off me in my sleep. Anyway, back to the story. After meeting everyone and giving them an abridged version of what I just wrote down, Twilight wrote a letter to another Princess friend of hers as I got to meet the others for a bit. After that, I was brought back here to get some sleep, and I was given this journal to write down my experiences. And that's literally my day in a nutshell. Heck, it might be my whole life story in a nutshell as far as my memory's concerned. And I've already filled in about three pages of it. Great. Wait, how long have I been writing?

I'll figure it out later. Right now I need to find the bathroom.