The Shadow of a Marine

I woke up with a start -- I was in the middle of a town of well Ponies. I noticed three things off the bat. No one was looking at me. My arm (well, leg now) was still the same. And a pink pony was bouncing on me. I rolled over and said to her, "Will you get off of..."

She cut me off and said, "Hi my name is Pinkie Pie what's yours'?"

I said in reply, "Shadow my name is Shadow now will you please get off of me."

She got off and said, "What's wrong with your leg?" I looked down and noticed the Arcane vessels were visible.

I said, "Its a long story and I don't have the time to tell you. I just need to find some place to stay until I find out where I a..."

Pinkie said, "You're in Equestria dummy." I was about to say where IS Equestria, but I kept that to myself.

I asked her, “Where can I find a house to live in?” She pointed me to a recently constructed house, which I got for free (Yeah, for FREE): another oddity. I just decided to plop down and look for some work.

HOURS LATER

I got a job at a farm. Hard work but it’s.. rewarding. No pony seems to trust me due to the fact they can see the damn arcane energies in my leg. The farmer, Applejack was her name, said I could keep working because I never complained. I thought to myself well: being a marine, complaining doesn't fly.

I got to know a few others: the weather pony, named Rainbow Dash, the animal caretaker named Fluttershy, and then the dressmaker named Rarity who made me a leg cover: YEAH! It’s covered up now, so its not so DAMN COLD ALL THE TIME! THESE four, plus Pinkie, strike me as odd, but hey -- I am a foreigner; every thing is odd.

Well, they said the anniversary when a Pony named Nightmare Moon was banished. So I got off. Might as well join the damn party. I suppose no ponies enjoy my presence. A new pony named Twilight Sparkles who just arrived thinks something bad may happen. I've got no details, but it sounds bad. I think I might try to find her and strike a conversation with her. My gut is telling me to do something other than… nothing.