Chapter 4

I stood up. I was not swallowed by the earth, if that’s what you’re thinking. It appears I fell down some kind of sink hole. By the looks of it, this sink hole was put here on purpose. Why would someone, or pony, do that? Trying to catch a pet? If so, that’s pretty Jurassic measures. Ponies…

“That’s gotta hurt.” Scootaloo said.

My head did hurt, may have a bump, or concussion, and I was half buried in dirt. Which still isn’t as dirty as you would think. I looked up to seen the three fillies and Fluttershy staring at me concerned.

“Are you ok?” Fluttershy asked shyly.

“Ya, my head just hurts a little,” I replied. Then from above, the sound of ponies jumping from a tree, and landing on the ground was faint. Fluttershy and the fillies backed away from the top of the hole. Then a large tarp thing was tossed over the hole, making it pitch black inside. What? I pulled myself out of the dirt as best as I could. Though, it was pretty soft, so my hooves sank in about an inch no matter what I did.

From across the hole, which was bigger than I thought, a flashlight went on. Which was flashed directly in my face no doubt. There were footsteps. The light came closer. I shielded my eyes from the light, while still looking for who was holding it. The light came closer. Somepony was holding the flashlight, with their hair. Pink hair. Very frizzy bright pink hair.

Gee, I wonder who that is. I thought sarcastically. But she wasn’t alone. There was another with her, who I could not make out.

“We know who you are.” Pinkie Pie said in a strange voice. She got up close to my face, she seemed to be staring into my eyes or something. Not like love at first sight, if that’s what you’re thinking. I mean, the look of “I think you’re evil and you should know it.” Don’t know what for though. I don’t recall demanding the wrath of the pink pony.

The other pony began making circles around me. I was really starting to get weirded out by these ponies. Is this how they usually welcome visitors? Or is it because they know where I came from, and somehow that’s a bad thing.

Suddenly, Pinkie pie turns the flash light off. “Hmmm...” she said partially disappointed. Then flashed the light back on. “Don’t think this proves anything. I know who you are.” She turned and walked away rather dramatically. I’m beginning to think that that’s typical behaver for that pony.

Pinkie Pie, sighed. There was still more proof that she could gather, to prove BDraw, was still the evil pony she knew she was. Twilight opened the top of the hole, which was the trap they had set, trying to get BDraw in complete darkness. Why? To see if her eyes would glow. The Princess of the Changelings’ eyes glow in the dark. Why not wait till night? She would have never stuck around long enough to let them see, she was who the good ponies feared.

“Well?” Twilight asked.

“Nope.” Pinkie pie shook her head angrily.

“Don’t let your guard down though, there’s still a possibility.” Twilit warned. “Well, I’m not sure if it would be better or worse if she was who we fear.” Twilight put her hoof to her mouth in thought.

Applejack ascended from the hole after Pinkie pie, BDraw followed, looking a bit stunned. Pinkie pie knew she was putting on some kind of act, she just had to be. But how could Pinkie pie prove it? Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind. She rubbed her hooves together, maliciously.

I have been here, in this strange world, for about five hours, and I have already made an enemy. And I’ve hardly conversed with any ponies! Am I really that terrible of a person? Or pony, as of the current situation. Which I hope won’t last much longer. I have not sat and doodled in five hours, I think my brain may explode. That is, if these strange ponies have brains, and not some kind of magical rock or something instead. Of course, that makes no sense. Well...

The sun light was brighter than it seemed when I fell in the hole. Then again, the hole was pitch black.

“Sorry about that.” A purple unicorn said to me. “I’m Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie here was just checking for a concussion. Hehe.” She finished rather suspiciously. Theses ponies check for concussions by angrily staring into another’s eyes? Gosh, these ponies are weird.

“So, what’s with the big hole in the ground?” I asked.

“We… have… lots of trouble with….. Timber Wolves.” Twilit replied also very suspiciously. For some reason, I was slow to believe her. “I’m sorry no pony warned you to watch for the holes.”

“It’s fine.” I sighed. All the ponies were quiet, staring at me nervously.

“My, it’s getting late.” Apple jack finally broke the awkward silence. “Twilit, don’t y’all know a nice place, our here friend could stay at?” she nodded at Twilight. Then Twilight nodded back. I think they thought I didn’t notice what they were doing. They were up to something, I could tell. These ponies are bad at hiding things.

“Oh ya!” Twilight squeaked, then began to walk the way Fluttershy and the three fillies had been guiding me. The whole trip was silent. Not one of the ponies spoke. Well, Applejack and Twilight seemed to be whispering to one another, and the three fillies were laughing at something. As for the other two, they did not speak. And none of them spoke to me. So it was a bit awkward the whole way. I also wondered why I needed seven ponies to take me to the place I was going to stay.

At random increments, one or two ponies would break off form the party, eventually leaving Twilight and I alone. We finally reached a door in the center of town. The building was simple and small, like all the other buildings in this town. The tallest was either town hall or the big tree library. She opened the door with her magic.

“Well, this is it.” Twilight pushed me into the building. “Have a good night!” then she slammed the door in my face. I know she probably did not realize that my face was two inches from where the door stops on its hinges, but it sure seemed like it.

After I blinked the disbelief out of my face, I turned to look at the place I’d been left in. It was rather large, considering what the outside looked like. Did they have time lord technology? The house was on the outskirts of town. Twilight had briefly explained that the building was brand new and completely vacant. She seemed rather relieved at that statement. I tried not to think about it too much. I had had a pretty weird day. I show up in a weird world, were nothing makes much sense, then having all the ponies act kind of rudely towards me.

The room had a small couch and a coffee table in front of it. No TV, which was going to make things that much more boring around here. I guess magic ponies don’t need TV for entertainment. They just have to look outside.

There was a mirror next to the door. I turned to look at myself. It was weird. Seeing a pony when one expects to see a person. I was yellow, my hair was blue with green and dark purple streaks. My eyes were green to blue ombre, and really big. Just like the other ponies. I really hoped I wouldn’t have to get used to seeing that pony in the mirror from now on.

There was a small stair case up to a loft place. I guess that’s where the bed is. Or am I expected to sleep on the couch? I walked up the stairs, a little wobbly. Those backward hind knees again. I found a nice little bed. When I say little, I mean LITTLE. Then I glanced out the window to watch the sun go down. Which took about five seconds, so it was just a glance. Then finally went to bed. Well, layed in bed more of.

Finally I fell asleep. Around 1:00am, if I were on earth I’d say. Then early in the morning, I was awoken by yelling and trotting. For a second I thought I was back home and the people up at the elementary school were making a bunch of racket like they always did. So I rolled over in my bed, stuffed a pillow in my ear and tried to go back to sleep. But then it occurred to me that I was sleeping on the floor. I opened my eyes to find that I had fallen off the tiny bed and had slept on the floor for most the night. I could tell form the sore muscles all over my body.

I dragged myself to the window to figure out what the racket was. My eyes went wide by what I saw. The house right across the street was in a blaze. I ran the best I could out of the house I’d slept in so I could help out. Ponies were running back and forth carrying buckets full of water in their mouths. That must hurt. Buckets of water are heavy, and to carrying them in one’s mouth. Crazy ponies.

Every pony seemed busy. It did not seem like there was anything I could do. Then I noticed, a small filly trapped on the roof of the house. It was surrounded by fire. All the pegasi, of which there weren’t many, were busy filling buckets with water. And the other ponies, moving the water. No pony seemed to notice.

“I wish I had wings, then it could fly up there and get that filly myself.” I said thinking of which pony to inform. They seemed so busy I doubted any of them would listen. That’s when a tingling feeling on my back started. I looked back to see what was up, that’s when I saw a pair of Pegasus wings materializing on my back. I stared at them wide eyed. They weren’t there a second ago. Or ever.