Somewhere in the Everfree forest, a creature, not native to the forest was wandering aimlessly through the forest. It walked through the forest, almost as if it were looking for something.

It tripped over something, mumbled, got back up then looked to see what it had tripped over. It didn’t see anything, but it knew better, and upon closer inspection it found something resembling a thin piece of wire.

It looked around, then up, but saw nothing. Still feeling uneasy, it continued on its way. After about five minutes, the creature was surrounded in a purple aura, then floated four feet above the ground.

The creature grumbled again and looked around for the source of this magic. Out of a few bushes came a magenta alicorn, her horn lit with magic. She looked at the creature for a moment before taking a quill and parchment from her saddlebags. She wrote something down before speaking to the creature.

The creature had no idea what the alicorn in front of it was saying, so it snapped what appeared to be claws, and the creature slowly began to understand what the alicorn was saying. “…so I’ll have to take you to the princesses,” the alicorn finished.

The creature blinked.

The alicorn didn’t notice, her horn glowing brightly, before flashing. The creature blinked a couple of times to get its vision back, and looked around.

They were in a clean looking hall, made of what looked like marble. The alicorn walked to a pair of double doors, and when they opened the creature saw two more alicorns, one with a pure white coat, and a multicolored mane that waved, as if there were wind in the giant room. The other was slightly smaller, and had a coat that was dark blue, with a mane that looked like the starry night sky.

The alicorn with the multicolored mane spoke, “Well, what do we have here?”

The two alicorns looked at the creature, and the creature looked back at them. It blinked once, before speaking,"So, can I please be let down now?"

The magenta alicorn's horn lost its glow, and the creature landed. The creature looked around the room, before saying, "Nice place you have." The alicorn with the white coat smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. But, all pleasantries aside, I have to ask, who and what exactly are you?"

The creature grinned, and slightly tilted its head to the side, "Straight to business, huh? I don't mind. What I am, well, I'm something that could easily be mistaken for something called human. As to who I am, just call me Red. Now then, I told you my name, why don't you tell me yours."

The alicorn with the white coat smiled again and spoke, "I am Celestia, princess of the sun. This is my sister, Luna, princess of the night."

"And her?" Red asked, pointing to the magenta alicorn. Celestia smiled once again, and said, "She is Princess Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student."

Red grinned again, and said, "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you all, but, I'm gonna take a guess and say that you didn't bring me here for just introductions."

Celestia looked up in mock thought and said, "Well, there might be another reason for bringing you here." Red smiled, and asked, "Really? I'd be delighted if you told me."

Celestia nodded and said, "That's good to hear. The other reason that you're here is that I have a test for the Elements of Harmony, and you are just the one to help." Red grinned for the third time and said, "Really? And why would that be?"

It was Celestia's turn to grin as she spoke, "Because, I would like to see how they would react to something they've never seen before live with them."

Red pondered this for about ten seconds before he grinned, "This should be entertaining." Celestia smiled and nodded, "My thoughts exactly." The way she said it made Red think that she might have planned this test for a while. "Well then, where am I heading?" Red asked.

Half an hour later, Red was walking with Princess Twilight, in a town he learned was called Ponyville. As he walked with Princess Twilight, he saw a quite a few ponies looking at him strangely. He couldn't say that he wasn't used to that look.

After a few minutes of walking, they exited the town, and at first Red was slightly confused, then remembered that he didn't know who he was going to stay with for the time being. After a couple more minutes, Red saw a small cottage at the edge of the forest he recognized as the one he was walking around come into view.

He thought it was strange for any of the inhabitants here to be close the forest, since he saw some of the natural predators that lurked within it. As they drew closer to the cottage, he heard various animal sounds come from the cottage.

When Princess Twilight knocked, Red heard a faint voice. When the door opened, Red saw a pegasus with a yellow coat and a pink mane, and at that moment, Red thought the level of adorableness she had would give him a heart attack. She greeted Twilight, and after a few moments, she saw Red.

Saying that she was scared at that moment would be an understatement. She pulled Twilight in, closed the door, and Red heard an array of different locks click. He heard the two talk for a few seconds, and moments after, he heard the locks again, and the door opened. Red heard a faint voice say, "Come in."

When he got inside, the pegasus closed the door again, and he saw Twilight levitate a quill and notepad out of her saddle bag with her magic. She wrote something down, and told him, "Sorry, I probably should have told you, she's a little, actually, very shy."

"It's alright," Red told her. He turned to the pegasus and said, "Hello, my name's Red, pleased to meet you, what's your name?" The pegasus shrank back and said, "I'm Fluttershy..." Red couldn't quite hear her and asked, "Sorry, I didn't hear you, could you repeat that?" The pegasus shrank back further and said, "Fluttershy..." Red still couldn't hear, and looked to Twilight and raised a brow. "This is Fluttershy," Twilight told him, "I'm sure the two of you will get along just fine." And once she finished, she left. Next Chapter: The First Day Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 25 Minutes