It all starts with a bare-bones situation

There is no doubt that I am in a forest. The unique smell of trees and the pervasive wet feeling remind me that this forest has recently received a rain, which is the most moist moment for a forest.

My feet rubbed against the fine grass on the ground, the tingling feeling was unfamiliar to me, and the dew on the grass seedlings had unwittingly soaked my toes, making me feel fresh and cold.

A wind from out of nowhere blewing through me, and as soon as I feel a little cold, I am warmed by the midday sun, and the temperature turns to just right again.

The leaves rustle under the wind, the sunlight casts dappled light on the grass through the gaps in the leaves, and the unique scent of grass and trees surrounds me after the rain, and I am walking in this wonderful forest.

It was supposed to be a wonderful, unbelievable experience, and I thought, it would be even better if I wasn't fucking! naked!

And what makes me even more uncomfortable is that I am now walking beside an intelligent creature like an exhibitionist.

"Ma'am...Flora, uh, I mean, Ms. Smith, are you okay?" A gentle voice came from my ear, the voice was so soft, kind, and full of concern that it instantly reminded one of some kind of furry critter.

I think if I were in a cafe or a park and I heard a boy call out to me like that, I would respond happily, but now well —— I can't help but cover my face —— I just can't manage to engage in any communication while running around naked.

Even if the other one is really just a furry critter.

"...lady? Ma'am?" The gentle voice came a little closer to me, I could feel a heat source warmer than the sunlight approaching, and the voice simply seemed to be infested with worry now, and the concerned emotion of the voice's owner gave me the suspicion that the next moment I didn't respond, the other one would just cry out.

Before the third greeting, I forced my shame and craned my head to look at the small animal at my side —— a pony with a head just reaching the height of my neck —— yes, a pony, and my good memory instantly brought back memories of my nephew's most beloved cartoon.

The pony had creamy yellow fur, and the long, beautifully curved pink mane hung low to the ground along his cheeks, just touching the tips of the grass. He has a beautiful pair of lake green eyes, under the cover of long eyelashes, like a lake of spring water covered by willow trees, with the power to calm people involuntarily.

Deliberating, I decided to be cautious —— because my memory is that these ponies should be female only, but through the voice, as long as the pony in front of me is not proficient in voice change or something, it is absolutely impossible to identify the wrong male voice.

"I'm fine, I mean, I feel okay, uh——" I paused, how embarrassing, I forgot the other one's name now, but I can't be blamed: any normal human with shame would have a hard time maintaining sanity when forced to be naked, right?

"Fluttershy, my name is Fluttershy." The pony answered me patiently, completely unfazed by the discomfort of having his name forgotten by someone who had obviously exchanged names only a short time ago, and he blinked, appearing slightly better for my response, but was quickly replaced with concern,"Really? Ms. Smith, you look disturbed."

The name he introduced himself with again jogged a part of my memory —— God, if I had known I would be facing this situation, I would have tried as hard as I did to get straight A's to memorize the cartoon from start to finish, not even the movie or the spin-off.

Now seeing the most gentle and kind one among the protagonists in my memory, Fluttershy, once again opened the floodgates of words, I turned away my eyes and wrapped my arms uncomfortably around my chest, a move that not only allowed me to cover part of my torso, but also kept me warm some more. I listened to Fluttershy's ramblings as I followed him through the unfamiliar forest.

"You look like a fledgling that has just broken its shell and fallen out of the nest ......" Fluttershy broke off for a moment, as if realizing that it was rude to describe a lady in this way, he struggled with it and chose to continue the topic, "Honestly, I often take care of animals, so I can detect your uneasiness ...... I guess it's because your skin is different from mine and the other adult animals? I noticed that you are rather similar to the newborn cubs."

"Oh no, I'm the real deal adult." Hearing this, I was abruptly struck with a broken heart, knowing that in my cat's eyes I had always been a strange hairless naked skinned two-legged upright ape draped in fabric, and I guessed it would be similar in the pony's eyes, but I still had to speak up for my true age —— being naked was hard enough, and then treated as a cub? my shame will not be able to bear it and explode , which would have resulted in my instant death —— social death, "Please don't treat me like a baby, that would make me very distressed."

As I demonstrated my desire to talk, Fluttershy narrowed his eyes pleasantly and pulled away from me a little as his tone became cheerful:"Yes, I won't deny that, Ms. Smith."

As he moved away, I felt a little better and had a bit of a mind to see him.

He does not differ much from my memory, but the limbs look stronger and more powerful than in the animation. I can see a light pink hooves in the long hair at the end of his four feet are hidden. His hips have what seems to be a tattoo sticker like three cute butterfly patterns, I'm a little curious, I wonder if these are naturally floating on top of the fur, or really similar to a tattoo or something. The tail that I didn't see before is also pink, but not some flashy Barbie pink, a fresh pink that is easily reminiscent of flower petals, and unlike the mane, the length of the tail trails directly into one on the grass, with the end playfully sticking up.

"You have the wonderful voice of a mature lady, Ms. Smith, and I, being a stallion, can still distinguish it clearly." The pony who called himself Fluttershy moved his limbs nimbly, his hooves hitting the ground with a light and stealthy clatter, and this one's voice had a special soft intensity,"I think any pony would think you were an elegant beauty if they only listened to the sound."

What a cute little pony.

Listening to the stallion's sincere compliments, I thought, like my cat suddenly talking, if it were a different scene, I would have been happier to communicate with him.

"I have to say though, the way you're sitting blankly on the grass really reminds the pony of baby animals." Fluttershy turned his head away, I could now only see the pink mane on the back of his head, the fur just looked so soft, and I certainly didn't ignore him shaking those furry pointy ears, his voice took on a smile,"That's really very cute."

"You could have just admitted that I had a stupid expression on my face." I sighed helplessly, when in fact if I hadn't had this creamy yellow pony leaning over, I really would have thought I was dreaming and was ready to sleep again to see if I could return to my room.

Unexpectedly he actually refuted my statement,"That was just helplessness to unknown circumstances, you can't say that about yourself." Fluttershy turned his head, his lake green eyes gazing earnestly at me through his pink mane,"Any pony would have been soft for you then, you were so soft and you looked over in ignorance, I would never have ignored a poor wet baby bunny ——"

Comparing me to a bunny was a long overdue experience. Even my closest friends don't talk about me like that anymore, I thought with amusement, not bad for a child-oriented work, with such silly —— I mean, childish words.

But why didn't he continue?

Lifting my head, I turned my eyes from the grass on the bottom of my feet to the pony, Fluttershy, and then noticed, to my new surprise, that the pony, he blushed —— I swear there was no exaggerated grooming or anything at the moment, his face, literally, turned pink throughout.

It was the first time I saw the shy performance of a ...... animated character not through the screen, but directly witnessed.

Fluttershy now looks a little overwhelmed, he stopped and inclined his head, this action makes most of his face hidden in the drooping mane, his left front hoof rubbing the right, grunting out some words that I can hardly hear, he now this look is in line with my memory.

"I didn't mean anything else...I mean ...... I'm sorry ......" he stammered up, the gesture embarrassed and very endearing.

Seriously, I really, really enjoyed such a magical scene: the forest was so lush, the air was so fresh, the birdsong was so pleasant, and the creature I was talking to in front of me was so dreamy and lovely.

If only I wasn't fucking naked.

I could feel my face must be expressionless at the moment, and then I felt the coolness of water dripping on my body, and my mood got worse all of a sudden.

Great, strange forest, with me naked and not knowing when to put on clothes, and now it's fucking raining again.

I've never felt so close to nature, I thought through gritted teeth.