I. Chapter 2: Awakening

I slowly woke up. The first thing I saw was the sun which hurt my eyes. I lay on something soft, yet uncomfortable. I turned my head and after a moment, I noticed that I was lying on the grass. I started to rise, I felt dizzy and my vision was terribly blurred. When I was standing on my feet, my eyes improved slightly, which allowed me to see reasonably well.

I looked around, I could hear birds singing everywhere, the wind was blowing lightly, setting the growing grass in motion. The apple trees were also growing around me, it was full of them, so I figured I was in some orchard, then looked at my hands and body. This frightened me, I was covered completely in my own blood. On my legs, arms, torso, and abdomen there were numerous bruises, claw marks, and traces of jaws, from which was blood streams all the time, then I felt a terrible pain. After a while, I saw a village in the distance, I decided to go there, looking for help. I made about five steps after six step, I almost fall down, but I leaned against one of the apple trees. I breathed a moment trying to shake myself, and endure the pain that I felt all over my body. After a while, I moved again, this time a slightly less wobbly step.

I walked for about 5 minutes, I was very close to the village, and I could see how it looks. The houses were rather built in medieval style, each was probably built of wood and stone and the roofs were made of straw, I turned my eyes to the right and saw a huge mountain on which there was a mountain fortress. I didn't see it exactly, but it more looks like a palace, than some stronghold. After a while I turned my gaze back to the town, only now I noticed that it was separated by a river that crossed my path, fortunately, there was a bridge which I could go through.

Slowly I walked into a small town. That what I saw, really surprised me. Instead of humans, the city was full of ponies, but their behavior more resembled people dealing with their everyday affairs, and their appearance also surprised me, each of them had a different color, but the most intriguing was that some had wings, horns, and some were normal did not have a horn or wings. I also noticed the tattoos that were on the right side, everyone was different, I did not know why they had them, and what do they symbolize.

I took a few shaky steps forward, I thought about this, but I didn't have any answers, but more questions

The scream that I heard right behind me wrenched me out of my reverie.

"AAAAAAAGH! MONSTER! MONSTER!"

I turned away immediately and saw one of those ponies, it was a small filly. She had a yellow coat, her mane was red and she wore a ribbon on her head. She stared at me with her big, orange eyes which I saw fear.

After a while, more of them have approached me, they surrounded me. I felt their eyes on me. I looked around. In their eyes, I saw anger, sadness, and curiosity.

"What the hell is that?!" - One of them asked

"You don't see it? This is a monster!" - Mare screamed

"Get out of here!" - Then one of the ponies threw a stone at me

I panicked and started to run. I pushed through the crowd, I got to the market, and then there was a big commotion. Everyone screamed, ran, chased me and threw stones, shouting - "It escapes!" or "Kill it!".

I ran away for about five minutes. Every once in a while, the inhabitants threw stones and rotten fruits at me. After some time something hit my head so much that I fell to the ground. I moaned in pain, with tears in my eyes. I felt a terrible pain in the back of my head and on my ribs, in my head only heard the dull noise and the angry voice of the crowd, but despite such a strong impact, I didn't lose consciousness.

"Stop! leave him alone!" - I heard a loud scream

Then I started to slowly rise, but in vain, because I fell down again. I looked behind me and saw one of those ponies, her coat was light blue, her eyes were dark pink, and her mane was rainbow-colored, she stared at me, after a moment, she slowly approached me.

"No! Leave me be! Stay away!" - I screamed, raising myself immediately

She only looked at me with surprise, then I started to run again. I was terrified, I thought that she wanted to hurt me, my heart was pounding in my chest as if getting ready to jump out of it, but despite the tiredness, I ran ahead.

All the time I ran ahead. I wanted to escape from this weird place. When I run, I turned around. This same mare, with a rainbow mane, chased me. I saw her flying behind me at a great speed. I accelerated, then I accidentally ran into one of those ponies, who dropped the books. I fell down again but this time I immediately got up and started running again. In the end, I managed to escape from this village, I run into a meadow, behind which there were a small hut and forest, I did not stop for a moment, this rainbow mare was chased me all the time.

I was about ten yards from this hut, then I saw another pony. She also had wings, but the color was different. Her coat was pale yellow, the mane was pale pink and her eyes were cyan. I saw her, and she saw me. I immediately turned left, to the meadow, I ran for a moment when I suddenly stumbled. I fell on the grass, I wanted to get up but I was too tired, I couldn't even stand up. Then tears began to stream from my eyes, I began to cry, I gave up, after a moment I heard someone approaching me, I wanted to move, but I couldn't.

I lay there, trying to get up. Suddenly someone's steps stopped, and then I heard a voice but... This one was different, it was so quiet and so delicate that it was more like a whisper.

"Oh no. Are you all right?" - I heard a quiet voice

I opened my eyes, from which tears flowed, I looked at her, it was the same pale yellow mare, but then this rainbow one came. Both of them looked at me with surprise and concern.

"We must take him to the hospital" - Said the mare with the rainbow mane

I didn't know what to do, I lay helpless and wounded. Tears streamed from my eyes, I cried softly, still desperately trying to get up, my tries proved to be purposeless. After a while, I felt a hoof stroking my hair.

"Shhh... Don't cry, little one. Everything will be fine" - I heard that calm silent voice again

I looked up, and I saw this pale yellow mare, who strokes me fondly, staring at me with her cyan eyes.

"I'm sorry" - I heard after a while, it was this rainbow mare - "I didn't want to hurt you. I just gaped out, I... I'm so sorry," - She said, then tears started to stream from her eyes.

I began to lose consciousness, the only thing I saw were the silhouettes of these mares over me, but then I noticed one more silhouette, it was light purple, but my vision began to smudge more and more. I only saw colored spots until I finally lost consciousness.

I started to open my eyes, it was dark, but still everything was clearly visible, lifting my hand rubbed the face on which I felt a bandage wrapped around my head, I saw the ceiling, I felt that I was lying on something soft, I saw that I was lying in bed, next to which stands a small table, on which stood a vase with flowers, I discovered my quilt, I was wearing only my shorts, and my chest and the rest of the body was naked. I saw more bandages wrapped around my chest, they covered my wounds. And then, from behind the door, I heard footsteps and voices, I immediately covered myself with a quilt and pretended to be asleep.

The door to my room opened, I heard someone approach my bed, and then I heard the conversation.

"So... how did this happen?" - A male voice asked

"I don't know. I flew over Ponyville, I started to lower the flight to try my new trick, and then I heard confusion" - High girlish voice answered

"Alright, and what was next?" - He asked again

"I gaped out, and I ran into him, I lost my balance, and then we fell to the ground together" - The mare replied

"Well, what happened later?" - The doctor asked

"I heard a furious crowd running towards us, I don't know why, but they wanted to attack him. I told them to stop and then I looked at him... He slowly began to get up, but he could not, after a moment he looked at me terrified. Tears streamed from his eyes, he was stained with blood, and... his wounds..." - She didn't finish

"Alright, alright, we know. What happened later? - Doctor asked again

"I wanted to go to him and apologize to him, but he started to run away. He came to my friend Fluttershy, but when he also saw her, then he turned back and started to run away again, but he's stumbled and..." - She didn't finish again

"I think I know what happened next... but apart from traces of claws, we also found traces of abuse on him" - Doctor said sadly

"What? Really?" - Mare asked surprised

"Unfortunately. It looks like, he didn't have an easy life. We found bruises and scars on his body, and he also had some broken ribs" - The doctor replied

Then I felt something hard on my head and again, heard the voice of a mare standing next to my bed.

"Poor kid. He had to really suffer a lot... I can't even imagine it" - Mare said, lightly stroking my hair

"Me too. But now let's give him a rest now, okay?" - A doctor said, leaving the room

"Bye, little one, and... I'm sorry again" - Mare said, stepping away from my bed

After a while, I heard the door from my room slam shut, I opened my eyes, I was alone in the room. I had hundreds of questions in my head, how did I get here? Am I still on Earth? And are there other humans? So many questions and not a single answer.

Suddenly something strange happened, in the whole room began to be darker and darker, until finally the darkness completely shrouded it. I was confused, I didn't know what was going on, and then, I saw it. It was the same beast, that attacked me in the forest, not far away from my house. In the dark, I saw his red, glowing eyes. It began to approach my bed, then I felt pain all over my body. My wounds began to hurt more, after a while it was close to my face, I suddenly began to lose consciousness. Beast grinned teeth in a nasty smile, I closed my eyes and in my head, I could hear, the almost maniacal laughter of this thing.

End of Chapter 2...