The Savior of the Blanks

The sticks snapped as I stepped on them. Occasional mud puddle made my hooves muddy and uncomfortable. As I kept walking, my saddlebag swung from right to left, poking me in the side. I'm not made for jungles. I wasn't much of a outside pony either. Every single sound, no matter the origin, scared the living crap outta me. I don't seem to be getting any closer to the town, that the filly told me about. She did tell that she was walking back from a pony, or zebra, as she called her, named Zecora.

She describes her house as being built into a tree, surrounded by strange masks and herbs hanging from the tree branches. Soon enough, I see the house. Maybe I can ask her about this whole "bloody hooves" ordeal. Applebloom says that she has knowledge of the Unknown world and beyond.

*knock* knock*

Hm. No answer. But the door is open. I wonder if I should go inside... Wait... There's a note on the table.

It says, "Went to Ponyville for a remedy. Please go, don't wait for me."

"Well, that's just great. How am I going to find the town now?"

*crack!* *CRASH!*

What was that?, I thought. I ran towards the sound. It was a fallen tree. I must've fallen over. We can screw finding that town. How am I going to get out of here now? Suddenly, my eyes caught a pony running away from me, or at least I think she did. I ran after her. I dashed towards the direction the pony ran to. It was a road of cleared and chopped down trees. But there were no turns or openings in the trees, which made it easier for me to find the pony.

Hours later...

It's been hours and still no sign of the pony or the town. Maybe I should give up. Wait a minute, there's a light off in the distance. I headed towards the light to reveal a small town lit by brilliant and bright lanterns hanging from ropes. A grey stallion with a darker mane greets me with a warm smile.

"Hello, stranger! Welcome to our humble little town! We are more than happy to see a new visitor here!"

He seems nice enough, but he doesn't have a cutie mark. Now that I look around, none of the towns ponies have cutie marks!

"Um, excuse me," I said "But how come you don't have cutie marks?"

He looks at me as if I have grown a second head.

"Cutie Marks? What's that?"

Oh no... It's them. I have to get out of here! I started to walk away. But I guess they can teleport, because out of nowhere, one of them was behind me. It was that same stallion from before.

"Would you like to stay here for a while?"

With a rapidly dropping voice and nervous expressions, I said, "No, no... I'm fine. I was just here to... to... uh... I was just getting some remedies for Zecora?"

I saw two other towns ponies talking to each other. With my skill of reading lips, I could easily tell what they were saying. One of them was saying "He knows. The one called Applebloom has told them of our existence. The one that escaped. We cannot let that happen again. Get him."