Chapters Ponyta
I woke up slightly confused and disoriented.
Why do I feel like I was doing some kind of personality test.
I appeared to be in some kind of cave with an open flame...
Wait where am I?
As I fully woke up I noticed that I was not a human anymore.
In fact I think I am now a ponyta.
So I guess I am going to have to start exploring mystery dungeon.
I really don't want to do anything that dangerous but if I am some kind of chosen hero I won't have a choice.
But being a pokemon should be fun at least.
As I walked out of the cave I suddenly felt strange as I seemed to grow.
Thinking back to the Legends game I remembered that pokeball were designed to exploit a shrinking power all pokemon had.
I guess that means that I should remember where this hole is just in case.
As I looked around I remembered that ponyta had the ability to choose what they burn with their flames.
This will make travel much safer.
As I took in my surroundings I noted that it had rained recently.
I was in some kind of forest or jungle.
Seeing a somewhat large body of water I felt a sense of caution came over me.
Being a fire type must have something to do with that.
When I need to drink water I will use smaller water sources.
I continued to walk through the forest when I heard a twig snap.
Every hair on my body stood on end.
I heard a growl as I looked back.
Three wooden wolves were there looking at me.
The name timber wolf came to mind.
Okay I guess that I'm not in Kansas anymore.
As a fire type I had the advantage.
Chosing the best strategy I decided to...
Run away.
I mean after all I have never fought before and ponyta do have the ability run away.
I lost the timber wolves quite easily and even found an old trail that I could use to find my way somewhere.
Following the path I found a camp site that looked human made.
There was even an old weathered set of saddle bags that looked more at home on my back.
There are were a few items in the bags but I will look at those later.
As I made my way out of the forest I came across a bunch of apple trees.
Looking at them my stomach growled.
In legends ponyta would just tackle the trees so I could do that.
Though I first wanted to get some distance between me and the forest.
As I walked deeper into the field of apple trees I noticed that the trees were in better condition.
Some of the ones near the forest had nest of some kind in them, but these looked to be clear of them.
I set my sight on a tree and ran to tackle it.
Suddenly I heard a shout of surprise.
Applejack
I heard a thumping sound coming from a section of the orchard that was not supposed to be harvested for another month.
I will have to investigate what happened.
I made my way to where the sound came from.
The first thing I noticed was the sound of Rainbow Dash snoring.
Either she had something to do with this or she has slept through whatever happened.
As I got closer I noticed a strange pony like creature with a mane and tail made out of fire.
I guess that could explain the burning smell.
But what really got my attention was that it was trying to do something to Rainbow Dash.
I shouted at it and charged.
There is no way that I was going to let some kind of fire pony hurt my friend.
The fire pony seemed to be startled by my shout and when it saw I was coming it ran off in the direction of the Everfree Forest at an unbelievable speed.
There was no way I could catch up with it so I decided to check on Dash.
She was still sleeping without a care in the world.
There was some kind of green potion next to her muzzle.
But what really got my attention was that one of her fore hooves.
It had a nasty burn on it.
I started to shake her awake.
She eventually jumped awake and was surprised when she saw me.
I asked her what happened.
She explained that she was sleeping in my tree when suddenly the fire pony knocked her out of the tree.
When she told it off it reared back and made a winning sound.
She had asked what it was doing it stayed silent before reaching for a apple that fell to the ground.
So she punched it knocking off it's saddle bags only to get a nasty burn.
It then looked her in the eyes and then she lost all strength.
Next thing she knew she woke up with me in front of her.
I explained to her what happened when I arrived and looked at the potion.
The label was in a language that I had never seen.
I looked in the bags and saw a few other things with writing in the language.
I told Rainbow to come with me to Twilight's castle. We were going to get all these items checked out.
Applejack
We managed to get to Twilight's castle without any problems since Rainbow Dash could fly to stay off her hoof.
When Twilight saw what happened to Rainbow she nearly had a panic attack.
We explained what happened and she became interested in the potion and other items that had writing in the unknown language.
When pulling everything out of the saddle bags what looked to be some kind of journal.
It looked to be full of images and notes of different creatures.
The fire pony was among them and even though we could not read it form what we could see it appeared to not be fully grown.
We were not sure if this was a little thing or a bad thing.
Until Fluttershy gets back from her trip we won't have any pony who could communicate with it.
But looking over the journal Twilight found a section that gave instructions for the potion that the fire pony had put in front of Rainbow.
From what she could figure out it was used to treat burns.
She asked Rainbow if she was willing to try it.
Rainbow looked to her burn and reluctantly agreed.
When the potion was applied to her hoof.
The burn vanished pretty much imediatly.
Rainbow said that it still hurt a little but it was much better.
Ponyta
I couldn't believe it.
When the pegasus started to talk I had tried to respond only to find that I couldn't talk.
This is really something I should have expected.
Not to mention that I have likely antagonized her and the other one that showed up later.
This was the worst possible thing.
And then I heard a scream.
Apple Bloom
I was on my to Zecora's hut in order to get her help in potion making.
There has been a lot of rain recently and it had made the path all muddy.
When turning a corner on the path I saw a large cragadile.
And it was looking directly at me.
Ponyta
The scream sounded like it came from a child.
I may not be sure of how I used hypnosis but I couldn't just leave the kid alone.
I ran to the source of the scream.
When I reached the source I found that I was up against a bad match up.
A massive stone crocodile was cornering a wingless girl with a yellow coat and red mane.
I tried to tackle the side of it's head but I think I used take down instead.
It really hurt a lot.
Just what level am I?
My attack smashed it's head but the stone that formed it's head started to reform.
It looks like I will have to use my special technique.
I grabbed the girl from the scruff and put her on my back before running away.
She wrapped her fore legs around my neck.
She started to give me directions as I ran.
I looked back only to see that the crocodile was gaining on us.
If only I was a rapidash, then I should easily be able to out run it.
Apple Bloom
When it had put me on it's back I was confused about why I was not being burned.
It was warm but not painful in any way.
Despite giving the strange pony directions the cragadile was still catching up on us.
Just when I thought that we were doomed the strange pony started to glow.
It grew bigger and even gained a horn.
I tightened my grip as it started to run even faster.
Before I knew it were outside of the Everfree Forest.
The strange pony then looked at me again.
I thanked it and asked for their name, but they didn't respond other than a head tilt.
I asked if it could take me to town and that I was sure Pinky Pie would love to throw a party for them.
They seemed to think about it before nodding.
I introduced myself and pointed in the direction of town.
Though this time they chose to walk.
Rapidash
When I started to evolve I remembered that in legends the pokemon could evolve whenever the player wanted.
This must have been why I evolved the way I did.
Apple Bloom's offer of a party was a good way to get in the towns good side.
After all I saved a small child.
I walked hesitantly into the town which went better than it would have thanks to Apple Bloom.
Most seemed to be cautious of me because of my fire.
While I am not sure if I can fully control it I don't think I would burn anyone if they don't surprise me suddenly.
Suddenly from my back a voice I didn't recognize asked Apple Bloom who her friend flaming friend was.
She bounced off me with a burn on her butt.
Her yelp drew the attention of three others including the two I encountered before.
There confusion on how Apple Bloom was not being burned.
Apparently they had found a pokedex in the saddle bag and figured out that I was probably a trained animal of some kind.
Rapidash
It has been some time since I had arrived in what I now know is called Equestria or more specifically Ponyville.
They initially avoided touching me and had Apple Bloom guide me to Twilight's castle.
Twilight did a few tests on me while they waited for Fluttershy to return from her trip.
Since Spike also helped when working with me since he had no problem with fire and heat.
Twilight also worked to translate the pokedex.
When Fluttershy finally returned from her trip she was ecstatic to meet such a friendly unknown creature.
When introducing herself I gently nudged her with my muzzle.
Though she had the ability to understand wild animals I apparently don't know how.
As a result I sound like I am speaking a foreign language with some kind of accent.
Though she could somewhat make out what I was saying.
Fluttershy acted as an interpreter for my responses to Twilight's questions.
Learning that I could choose who I burned and only burned them on a defensive reflex did get me an apology from Rainbow Dash and Pinky Pie.
Since I couldn't read the pokedex I was not going to be much help in translating.
Though they were happy to learn that I could understand them no problem.
This also gave Twilight more confidence in her translations.
I also gave trivia on the various pokemon both in the pokedex and others.
As for my current living situation.
Well now I live with the Apple Family as their pokemon.
I would help them out with the farm work and help keep an eye on the crusaders.
Over all I couldn't complain.