A New Life and a New Home.

"Errrrg" was all that came out as Miles woke up in the middle of a luscious green forest.

"Where am I?" Am I dead?" These were just two thoughts out of hundreds that came to mind.

Miles' thoughts were cut short by the rumbling in his stomach. "I guess I should find some food" he thought to himself as he managed to get to his feet. "Who would have thought you get hungry in heaven. Or is this hell?"

In the distance he saw some berries on some vines. "Better than nothing I guess." He said out loud to no one in particular.

Miles decided to check his pockets for what ever might be in there. "My iPod? I left this in my room, or at least I thought I did." Reaching in again he pulled out his earphones and a small pocket knife. "Never seen this before." He said to himself. "Strange, some one must have put it there while I was unconscious".

"I need to stop talking to myself. People will think I'm insane." Miles looked around for other people. "Oh right. I'm alone."

As Miles neared the bush he saw it was full of blue berries and black berries that were juicy and plump. Soon, Miles had finished the last of the berries that he could get to, he was feeling satisfied and decided to take a stroll around the forest that he had awoken in. After a while of walking he could see the sun was at its highest point. As Miles walked around the forest, memories came back to him such as being bullied in school, or being hit by a car and left there in the middle of the road to bleed.

These memories brought nothing but pain to him, that was, until he heard a loud roar from behind him.

He turned around to reveal a large creature with the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion, and it towered over him by at least 3 feet.

At this point there was only one thing Miles could say or do..........

"FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!!!" He yelled as he ran as fast as he could. He couldn't run very fast due to being out of shape and having a headache from when he woke up.

The beast was gaining on him as Miles darted around trees as fast as his legs could carry him. He could hear the monster get closer and closer. As he was running our of breath he heard a voice, it sounded as if it had a slight hint of an African accent to it, then the beast sounded as if it was running away.

"And don't you come back foul beast, on this creature you shall not feast!"

Miles turned around to see no one around, only a zebra, which was accompanied by a small yellow pony with a red mane and bow.

"Well that's a bit weird for a pony to be yellow and to have a red mane." He said looking at the pony. If he didn't know any better he could have sworn that the the pony was shaking in fear.

"And where did you come from then?" He asked the zebra. "Where is your owner?" He continued.  Expecting to hear a voice from behind a bush or a tree. What came next was completely unexpected.

"My name is Zecora and I was the one behind that bush, you should be more careful, for I had to save your tush."

Miles just stared in amazement, "This isn't real, I'm being tricked" he said aloud.

"Do not be afraid, you are not being played" Zecora said in  her usual rhyming fashion.

"I'm hallucinating. It was those berries. I knew I shouldn't have eaten them." Miles ranted to himself.

"I..I..is it safe Zecora?" Applebloom asked in a cute little southern accent but with fear in her words.

"I do not know little one, but....." She was cut short by a loud thud. Zecora and Applebloom Both turned to look at where the creature stood only to see he had fainted and was bleeding from hitting his head.

*Some time later*

"Errrrg. Oh god, what a weird dream, a talking zebra and a taking filly, heh must be from when I jumped from the ....."

"Good morning to you, I have made some vegetable stew"

*cricket noises*

"Aaaaagh. Sweet mother of baby Jesus!!!! I have finally done it, I've gone insane."

"No no, you are quite sane, you are......" She was cut short by Miles shouting at her,

"Stay back, I don't know how or why you can talk but zebra's aren't meant to do that!"

Zecora slowly moved closer to Miles as he was backing up into a corner. "Now now, I mean no harm, in fact, some say my kindness is quite a charm".

Miles' heart was racing, he looked over the back of the zebra and saw the door was ajar. He jumped over a pot of what he could only presume was the stew Zecora was on about and was headed for the door. He stopped suddenly as he saw the yellow pony from before enter. In unison they both screamed the top of their lungs at each other as Miles backed up into the cauldron in the middle of the room again.

Applebloom stopped screaming as did Miles and just stared at him, Miles returned the stare. He was breathing heavily and felt as if he would pass out again. Applebloom on the other hand, was staring with great curiosity. "What is it Zecora?" She asked.

"I do not know little one but take great care, we do not want to give it another scare"

Applebloom focused on what Zecora had just said. That was when Miles saw his chance to escape and bolted out the door into the forest. He saw a path and decided to follow it until got to civilization while hoping they would be human.

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(Pony P.O.V)

Zecora decided to take Applebloom home that night in fear of what could happen if they faced the creature (Miles, not the manticore) again.

Zecora waited at the end of the orchard watching as Applebloom went into her house.

As Applebloom entered her house she waved good-bye to Zecora and went inside.

She went into the kitchen to see that AppleJack was having a stop over with her friends as well as Scootaloo and Sweetie-belle waiting for her to get home too.

"Hey guise, guess what me and Zecora saw in the forest." she said with a ton of excitement.

"What did you see Applebloom?" asked Twilight with a look of curiosity on her face.

"It was like a monkey but with hair only on its head and walks on two legs and it wears clothes as well. It even speaks like us but i think it was afraid because it kept screaming and ran away."

Everyone in the room was staring at the young filly with looks of confusion and curiosity.

"How big was it?" Scootaloo and Sweetie-belle asked in unison.  "It was as big as princess Celestia. Maybe even bigger."

Upon hearing this Twilight wrote a letter to the princesses about what they have just heard and sent it with a flash of the horn.

As the three little fillies decided to go upstairs to devise a plan to catch the so called monster a bright flash of light filled the room and a letter hovered in the air in front of twilight and her friends. Twilight opened the letter which read:

Dear Twilight,

This matter is of dire importance if there is a creature running around and could be dangerous to the town and its inhabitants. My sister and I will be over in the morning along with your brother and Cadence.  You and your friends will go and look for this creature and do see if it is dangerous. I will meet you in the library tomorrow.

Princess Celestia

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(Miles' P.O.V)

It was getting dark out and he needed some shelter from the cold winds. Up in the distance he saw a large hollowed out tree which was just big enough for him to lay down in. He moved some moss and leaves into a small pile and laid down his head taking caution not to rest on the small fracture that was covered in dry blood.

As Miles started to drift off memories ran through his mind. A tear came to his eye as he thought about the few good memories he had with his parents before they died. The sadness was replaced with anger as he thought about the way in which they were taken from him. After hours of tossing and turning he finally fell asleep only to be haunted by the memories of his foster parents, school and the orphanage.

The next morning he awoke next to small bunch of apples a few feet from where he was sleeping. "That's odd" he said to himself. As it looked as if it was almost noon he decided to eat a small lunch consisting of apples, apples and more apples and then to follow the path a bit more.  Along the way he thought to himself "I wonder if that zebra or filly left those for m....no no no no. They aren't real, I was just a bit delusional."

A bit down the path he saw the sleeping manticore. Remembering last time he decided to walk very, very slowly and quietly past the sleeping giant. A few minutes later he was past the manticore and walking at a slow pace enjoying the scenery.

"Aaah, so quiet, so lovely. I never got any real time to my self back home." He thought.  He thought back to the day he got his iPod, it was his birthday and it was the one day a year any of his foster parents were ever nice to him. He decided to listen to some music that was on it, he hadn't listened to it in a while.

He switched on his iPod and put on a random song and began to sing quietly with it.

Ooh ooh

We're no strangers to love

You know the rules and so do I

A full commitment's what I'm thinking of

You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but

You're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling

Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

(Ooh, give you up)

(Ooh, give you up)

(Ooh)

Never gonna give, never gonna give

(Give you up)

(Ooh)

Never gonna give, never gonna give

(Give you up)

We've know each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but

You're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you