Mechanical Angel

Chapter 1: The Arrival

A mare awoke with a jolt, jumping to her hooves in a flash. She quickly got to work, scanning her surroundings.

She found herself in a field of lush green, in a bright multicolor world as flowers burst in full bloom. The fields burst with vibrant and beautiful colors of luscious red, bright yellow, relaxed blues, and deep greens.

As she looked around, she began to suspect she was alone, or at least, it appeared to be that way.

She moved in short concise circles, her hooves crushing a flower or tickled by grass in each calculated step. Her eyes darting to and fro in rapid, tightly controlled movements. viewing everything around her to confirm, that yes; she was alone.

The mare began to calm down and started to take bearings on her surroundings, taking notice that she was on a range of small, sloping hills as the smell of lavender, vanilla, and honey pleasantly greeted her.

Sure she was here, wherever that is. And, here seems to be a relatively safe place, but just exactly where is here? The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. The questions pursed through her head, nagging at her, each was its own unique mystery, just begging to be solved.

Suddenly, her ears twitched! The tiny muscles acting like a beacon; flexing, straining, turning, moving, towards an unknown sound.

With time, the sound got louder and louder, more pronounced. Something, someone, somepony was getting closer to her. She realized, she was no longer alone.

“C’mon girls, something crashed around here somewhere. I saw it!”

That voice!

Her head began to spin, her vision fogging, blurring. Her eyes sting, and a pounding headache ripped through her head, her heart raced, and her adrenaline shot. She has to get out of this field, to gallop, to run, hide, escape!

The next thing she knew, she was in motion.

“Girls, over here! Look!” The voice said from somewhere in the distance. “Somepony… or something was here.” Before long, the voices faded away in the distance.

“Twilight, please. We've been going back and forth for hours now! Give it a rest!” Applejack pleaded.

“IT WAS HER! I saw h-.” A loud smack, a mild thump and the soft sound of sobbing filled the air.

“Twilight, stop! It has been 3 years! Three. Long Years! She. Is. Dead! Accept it!”

“NO!” Twilight screamed, picking herself off the ground. “I saw her, I really did!” Twilight murmured to herself as orange hooves wrapped around her in a comforting hug.

“Twilight.” The orange colored farmer softly voiced after a long moment of silence.

“She died. Twilight. You saw, I saw, everypony saw. We were all there when it happened.”

The mare at her hoofed sniffled, tears coming to her eyes as a whine broke from her muzzle.

“That body we saw a month later. That was her body in that coffin. We watched as those ponies sealed it up. As they lowered it into the ground and covered it with dirt.” Applejack said somberly.

“But sh-” Another hard smack, backhooved this time.

“Stop it.” Applejack said in a low growl almost forcefully as she took the purple Alicorn by her shoulders and shook her, jerking the Purple Alicorn’s head violently back and forth.

“Say. It. With. Me! She died!” Applejack growled with a quickly growing rage.

“She….. Died….” The Alicorn said softly, tears coming to her eyes.

“Now, c’mon!” The orange mare said, taking the Alicorn by her hoof and pulling her away from where she lay. “We can't leave Fluttershy alone by herself for too long. You know how she gets.”

The purple mare got up with a tired sigh and reluctantly followed the orange mare.

If they would've explored just a little bit further, they would have noticed a small crater just up the hill, and a small tuft of Rainbow colored fur.