Our Journey

And now it is Wednesday, two hours after the mark of noon. We make our way across this field, north-bound. The backpack I carry feels much lighter after the time we've spent walking. My eyes are drawn to a singular tree in the distance. It stands tall and strong upon the top of a green hill, surrounded by poppies and many other colorful floral plants. We don't stop, and our legs push on toward that tree, until we reach it's base and now stare of over a massive valley, and a deep blue stream the calmly runs across the center. The valley is adorned with hundreds of thousands of bright red poppies, and trees. At the other end lies what seems to be a forest, though obviously not part of Everfree, caution is always necessary. "It's gorgeous!", Rarity exclaims. "Couldn't of said it better mah self, sugarcube", Applejack responds. "Aren't you glad you came along now, Rarity?", I asked playfully. She shot a quick glare at me, although I'm sure she didn't mean anything by it. I just laughed a bit, and promptly leaped from the side of the hill top, sliding on the soles of me shoes as I swiftly descended into the poppies below. Those six mares and the young dragon followed promptly, laughing all the way, and we proceeded.

Pinkie picked the poppies as we moved along, skipping around us, joyously giggling, tossing pedals into the air. The way they flowed on the soft breeze reminded me of the cherry blossoms back in my homeland, dancing in the wind, glowing in the light of the Celestial sun, that sunk down into the west as we neared that northern forest. A cyan feather falls from the sky, and i gaze into the air to spot Rainbow Dash, just gliding lazily along, letting the wind carry her. Her feathers glowed in the sunlight like fire, that of burning phoenix of blue and multitude. I take her feather in my hand, and gently stroke along the soft bristles before pocketing it. I consider it a gift from a friend.  She majestically banks to the left, and slowly descends in a circular motion as we approach the entrance of the forest, where she lands just ahead of me. "There's a path here...", Spike noted as we stopped. It wasn't a dirt path, but rather a grassy line the pierced through the trees of this forest that stood high above us. We were not scared, save for Fluttershy as she trembled upon following me into the plethora of trees and leaves. The light of the sun shone through, and lit the way. "It sure is might brighter than the Everfree forest", Applejack stated. "But just as scary", Fluttershy added as she whimpered and held on to pinkie, who giggled softly and stroked her mane. We came to a stopped when we found ourselves at the arriving end of an old stone bridge. It had no guard rails, no markings, just a slab of rock jutting from the earth and stabbing into the other end of the water filled chasm it stood over. Dash took the first step, cautiously walking along the center, her wings ready in case it collapsed. Inch by suspenseful inch, and she proved it safe. We followed her example until we were all on the other side. Spike was the last to cross, following closely behind Twilight.

We continued on until the trees began to lessen, and a gravel path formed beneath us, my shoes and their hooves, crunching the ground. We stopped again and I can see want paused our progress. It welcomed us, and without hesitation we approached the village.