On a night like any other in the Everfree forest, a very strange occurrence was taking place. It was something unexplainable. Even Princess Celestia was baffled as to why it would happen. It had happened before. Every 1000 years or so, a strange creature would emerge and kill ponies in an angered rage. But the time in between each event would be so great, that many ponies would wonder if they were true at all. After some time, they became stories told from generation to generation. Fairy tales and legends used to keep young fillies and colts in line. All the stories that were told had the same moral: Behave or the Human will come and take you away.

A bright flash illuminated a path deep in the Everfree forest. When the flash receded, a car was flying down the path. The human driving noticed the sudden change of scenery and quickly brought the speeding vehicle to a sliding halt. The human inside was baffled at the sight. The second before he was on the highway and now he was on what appeared to be a logging road outside the town where he lived. He slowly took in his surroundings, taking in the sights of large trees all around him. His mouth was hanging open in surprise. Even more surprising to him was the fact it was dark. He stole a glance at the clock on the dash board. It read 3:43 pm. Figuring that the best thing to do was to get out of the car and make sure that the surrounding were in fact real and not a sudden case of mental illness, he got out of the car and walked towards the trees.

As far as he could tell he was not seeing things. The trees and bushes were actually there. The breeze he felt around him made him shiver and that was one more thing telling him what he was seeing was in fact real. Out of the corner of his eye he then noticed something on one of the trees. From a distance it looked like one of the trees had a face. Walking over to the tree he realized it in fact did have a face. It was somewhat startling at first but when he got closer he saw that it wasn’t moving and wasn’t going to suddenly come alive and eat him. Staring at the face for a minute suddenly brought a look of thought and a second later a look of denial.

“No it can’t be that.” The human said to himself in the dark night. Staring at the face for a few more seconds the human chuckled to himself. As soon as the sound came out of his mouth the face burst into a cloud of pink smoke.

Crying out in surprise the human suddenly fell backwards landing on his rear with a thump. All he could do was stare at the trunk of the tree that only a second ago had a face on it. After five minutes he was still on the ground staring open mouthed at the bare trunk of the tree. Suddenly snapping back to his senses, he got up and turned back to his car. Thoughts spun in his head. Thoughts about how he couldn’t remember doing any kind of drugs in the last couple hours. But in the back of his mind a song was being sung. Those words found his way to his lips. “Giggle at the ghostie.” He sang slowly to the night.

Figuring that all of what he was seeing was coming from a lack of sleep the human went back to his car and got in. It wouldn’t be the first time he slept in his car. As he settled in he thought about how what had happened and how he just wanted to surprise his family with a visit before his birthday. He had comfortable thoughts until he slowly slid into unconsciousness.

The next day brought sunlight over the car where the human slept through the night. The bright light hit the human right in the eyes causing him to immediately bolt upwards hitting his head on the roof with a loud smack. “Every god damn time.” He muttered to himself as he slowly got up and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked horrible. His hair was pointing in all directions and he had massive bags under his eyes. He looked normal enough to his own eyes. Being a university student he didn’t have much time for sleep so he normally looked this way. Flattening his hair as much as he could he slowly opened the door to the car. Stepping outside he noticed that the forest was extremely thick and that the sunlight that woke him up was only coming through a small opening in the branches above him. Looking around at the rest of the forest he took a deep breath. The air here was clean. No trace of smog or exhaust that was usually present everywhere he went. It was calming. It felt as if he was just waking up in a new world.

Suddenly realizing his hunger the human turned and started looking through his car for the food he had brought for the trip. Pulling out a sandwich the human began to eat. After the sandwich he pulled out a small cooler and pulled out a bottle of water. Thinking it maybe was a good thing he packed all that extra stuff for the trip.

After the improvised breakfast, he began to think of what to do about his situation. Should he stay put and wait for someone to pass? Of should he go down the path he was on till he found an exit? The last plan seemed the best so he got in the car and started the engine.

Driving in thick brush wasn’t a new concept to him. After all, most of the people in the town he grew up in owned trucks and made it a hobby to go “mudding.” But the car he owned was small. Going at the pace the tucks went at was next to impossible. So he always made sure to watch the path and make sure there wasn’t anything in the way that would cause him to crash. But the path he was on seemed like it was walked on often. The ground was hard and only had the occasional pothole. And the road was wide. Most roads in the woods were narrow. This one had enough room to drive two more cars alongside his! Not that doing that would be smart.

Soon enough he began to see the forest thin out and the path ahead become wider. Soon enough he was on the edge of the forest overlooking a great field. The land around him was generally flat with many hills around the edges and further off there was tall mountains. The beauty stunned him. The sights were some of the best he’d ever seen. All the grass, bushes and trees were a lush green and the sky was a deep blue. It was breath taking.

Coming back to the real world the human looked around the field looking for buildings or people. But he saw nothing. But off in the distance he could see a thin line of smoke trailing up into the blue sky. Seeing that as his best hope as to finding out where he was he began the drive towards it.

When he reached the source of the smoke he stopped short. It was a small cottage. But what was unusual about it was that it was made out of an entire tree. It was a lovely sight. And it must have taken quite some work to make it. But anyways it was a place where he could figure out where he was.

Stepping out of the car he slowly made his way towards the cottage. He was nervous. He wasn’t the type to normally knock on strangers doors without a good reason. But it was good enough he figured. As he continued his walk towards the cottage something started to bug him. He felt he had seen this cottage before. He just couldn’t place where.

Walking up to the door something was wrong. The door was small. It was big enough that he could walk through it, but it was considerably smaller than a normal door. Thinking nothing of it he quickly raised his hand and knocked three times.

Inside he could hear what sounded like someone getting up from somewhere on the other side of the cottage. After that he heard nothing for a few seconds. Then right on the other side of the door he heard a light clopping sound. It sounded like someone wearing hard soled shoes was taking a few steps towards the door. Slowly the door opened and he looked down at the figure that was standing before him. It was yellow and pink.

Standing in front of him, her eyes growing wide was Fluttershy. She was looking very frightened. All the human could do was take a slow step back and stare open mouthed. The human stared at Fluttershy and Fluttershy stared at the human. This exchange went on for a few seconds. The human then started opening and closing his mouth as if he was trying to say something but all he could say was a small “oh” before everything went black.