Drawing a Blank: An Amnesiac's Journal.

March 7th: Tour De Ponyville

Rarity told me that's Prench for "Tour of Ponyville." Not the most exciting title for one of these, and I feel like it's meant to be "French" and not "Prench," but it works out fine enough. Gives me a nice title for one of these things anyway. I'm still not sure why I'm giving these things titles in the first place, but I like doing it. Anyway, today was pretty eventful so I'll start from the top and work my way down.

So during breakfast, I was able to convince Twilight to show me around the town. It didn't take much persuasion, she seemed pretty eager to show me around her stomping grounds. Almost a little to eager. So we went around to a bunch of different places to give me a general lay of the land.

Up first was the market place. It was a pretty busy location, ponies walking around and going about their shopping. Most of them were at the party yesterday, but there were a few who weren't able to make it for one reason or another. I got a few looks, but nothing as bad as my "big reveal" as Rarity had put it. I got to see that Big Mac guy, Applejack's brother if I didn't mention him yesterday, again. He was running his family's apple stand. He doesn't talk much, but I think he likes me. Or at the very least tolerates me. That man stallion is an enigma.

I ended up buying a few apples so it didn't seem like I was just wasting his, and everyone else's time. And yes, I had to borrow some money from Twilight. Don't judge me like that! I still don't even know how much a "Bit" is worth! Speaking of, I should probably get around to that at some point. Also, I also remembered something today! I am NOT a fan of green apples. Like, at all. Give me red or yellow any day.

Next was the local School House. Don't know why we had to go there, it's not like I'm going to be attending the school. Unless Twilight is planning something, more on this as it develops. But I asked for a tour of the town, and I guess this is part of the town.

Then we went to the theater, Ponyville town hall and the Ponyville Hospital. Nothing exciting happened in any of those places, but I know where they are now. That might come in handy later on. Also in that same general category, I was shown the residential area. I probably won't be going there much. Oh, and before I forget, I also got to see the bookstore. Twilight had sidetracked us in that direction to see if a new book had come in. And it did, so that made her happy. She's apparently the town's resident bookworm, if the store clerk was anything to go off of. Considering that she has her own personal library? I believe it.

Anyway, our first BIG stop was the Carousel Boutique, which is were Rarity works, and lives apparently. Hey, working from home saves on both rent and morning commute time, so I can't fault her for efficiency. We actually stopped there for some quick tea before we went on with the tour. But the whole time, I swear her cat was glaring at me like I was the embodiment of evil or something. I don't think that cat likes me. In fact, not a lot of animals like me apparently. More on that later.

After tea, those apples we had eaten earlier had worn off, so it was time for lunch. And instead of going back to the castle, Twilight decided to take care of two birds with one stone and continue the tour with a place called Sugar Cube Corner. A very colorful building even compared to the rest of the town, that seems to be the town's primary bakery. Just walking into that place made my nose go nuts from all the fresh baked bread and pastries. It was a good lunch. Also got to see Pinkie Pie again, and apparently she rents out the shop's upper loft as her home. What is it with ponies working out of their own home? Do they all do that?

But after lunch we had to move on, and move on we did to the lifeblood of the town: Sweet Apple Acres. Apparently the town had been built around this farm, so it was cool to see a place with so much history. And as someone who doesn't have history of his own, I can appreciate that. What was not cool was Applejack's dog whatever her name was Winona. See, remember when I said animals don't like me? This was the first big hint at that. The dog saw me before I saw it, started barking, and gave me flashbacks to my encounter with those Timberwolf things. As you'd expect, I reacted like a personally rational individual who was undergoing a traumatic episode. And no, I did NOT jump into a tree like a scared cat. If anyone told you that I did, they were lying.

Regardless of my bravery in the face of deep trauma, the tour went on. We decided next to stop by Fluttershy's surprisingly cute little house. Fun fact: apparently I was only a fifteen minuet walk from this place when I was found in the forest. Glad to know I chose a good direction to run! Anyway, Twilight wanted to get Fluttershy's opinion on the whole "animals hating me" thing, since apparently she's Ponyville's local animal expert. She then proceeded to introduce me to all sorts of animals. Birds, beavers, fish, chickens, a few rabbits, and unlike the dog from the farm they all seemed to like me. Enough so that Twilight and Fluttershy went inside for a moment to talk while I socialized with the cute little creatures. And then, one of the rabbits had decided it didn't like me, and attacked me. Now, how could a cute little bunny rabbit ever possibly hope to hurt me? It couldn't. Plain and simple. It didn't worry me to much.

The bear it was riding on, however? Yeah, that's what had me running...What? Wouldn't you run if you were being chased down by a BEAR? Thought so. I don't remember very clearly what happened after that. The last thing I can recall is Fluttershy jumping in front of me with this look in her eyes and then everything just kind of went blurry, and I was very afraid for some reason. Like, VERY afraid. Not "aah, something scary" kind of scared. More like, "you wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat" kind of scared. The kind of scared that makes you weary of every little nook and cranny for what could be hiding in there. And I thought Luna was scary.

The next thing I know I'm laying on her couch, and she's profusely apologizing for letting me get caught in the crossfire of "the stare." I don't know what "the stare" is, and I don't want to know. If anyone ever tries to explain, I will put my hands over my ears and scream until they stop. So after that, Twilight and I both agreed to end the tour there for the day. I had seen enough of the town's major locations to know my way around, but it was time to call it a night.