“Evil goes where innocents stay, wherever evil goes, saviors shall follow.” It’s saying I always went by ever since I was forced to come here against my will.

For ten years I’ve struggled to survive in this world, I've been slaying beasts to prevent them from killing me. There were times I was forced to be a hero when lives were in danger, I never could ignore the plea for help otherwise if I didn’t do anything, it would weigh on my mind with guilt, knowing I could of done something since I have the power to do so.

At the end of it all, I would use the Stone Mask to vanish from their sights, becoming nothing more than a pony’s tale for others to talk about. There have been many times that the twin sisters tried to seek me but they would be unable to get past the Everfree Forest’s strong magic, they would always got lost and end up back in the main entrance, for some reason I am not effected by it powers and so I've used the Everfree forest as a hidden home while yes it is a cliche and dangerous place to be, it does has it's uses. I've been avoiding most of the pony population, they don't need to know about my existence nor do I belong here, thus I've been trying to find a way home and try to return to my former body.

Winter has arrived. For some reason, the Pegasus have decided to make it extra cold.
Tightening my red cloak and hood, I proceeded to follow a pair of tracks left by a rabbit that I was hunting for, the footprints lead a little ways from the Everfree Forest, I managed to finally track it down.

There in the distance, grazing away at what little grass it can manage, was a brown rabbit that would soon be my meal. I lowered myself close to the ground, then placed the Stone Mask to blend in with my surroundings, silently taking out my Hero’s Bow. I took aim, took a deep breath, and widened my eyes.

It’s ear twitched and it rose it’s head, making me freeze… Luckily for me, the wind was not blowing in it’s direction, thus my scent remain concealed.

I remained motionless until it redirect it’s attention back nature’s source of food. I released the arrow, allowing it to fly toward my target.

The rabbit fell and my attention was alerted by a loud gasp in the distance, I mentally cursed at myself. Luckly for me that I was still hidden thanks to the mask's power.

Slowly, a young yellow Pegasus flies over to the dead rabbit, she lands near it. “Oh gosh.. oh gosh, oh gosh!” she quickly pulls the arrow out, she gasps when blood begins pouring out of the wound, she picks up the rabbit and flies off. “D-daaadddy!!”

“...Great, I just scarred a Pegasus for life..” I mentally said to myself, looks like I’m gonna have to take my hunting else where. Why did that filly have to come so close to the forest?

I turned around and slowly snuck away, looking around every now and then.

I did managed to hunt down a more few rabbits along the way without any more witnesses, thus I returned to the Everfree forest. Eventually getting to the deepest area of the forest, I reached over and pushed a makeshift wall out to enter my small home, it wasn’t really much, just a fire pit, a bed, a cover to keep the rain and snow out although there have been times I had to reconstruct it.

I sighed before placing the dead rabbits nearby then got the fire going with a small spark of Din’s Fire, I cooked the rabbits and enjoyed my meal. I relaxed till the sun went down although I didn’t go to sleep just yet as I needed to be awake because the Timberwolves, they're always out and active at night.

I looked up toward the full moon and the strange pony figure on it’s service, I never did understand why though it had craters in that sort of formation, it was just one of many strange things in this world. I softly sighed to myself as I thought about my home, are my friends worried about me? No doubt my family is probably freaked out beyond reasoning, especially my mother.

I still remember the day I arrived here, it wasn’t just a simple ‘Black out and wake up somewhere else’. No, I was trapped inside a crystal and sent spiraling through the air, through space itself and finally crash landed into the Everfree forest, I’d be dead if the crystal shattered on impact.

Moments later after the crystal faded away, it took me a few moments to realize that I was wearing different clothes, my hair was a different color, I was wearing a clothes that weren’t mine. Further inspection revealed that my ears had gotten long and pointed like that of an elf, I was freaking out and hyperventilating, I had to find a source of water and see my reflection.

My face… wasn’t my own, I had the face of Link, although strangely I looked like a mix of three different versions of him that reminded me of Ocarina of time, twilight princess, and a link to the past.

This was bizarre beyond reasoning, I felt like I was sent into someone else’s fanfiction, and trust me I’ve read plenty of them, but to witness it happening to me felt very weird and it kind of scared me at first knowing this was really happening to me. I refused to accept it but my six senses pretty much won the battle when I tried to apply logic to this whole mess, leaving me no choice but to accept it.

You already know the rest of my troubles, I avoided every pony, I survived by killing, I lived off the land, only one of the twin sisters is still trying to find me to this very day, there have been a couple of close calls when I almost fell asleep at night, I’m not safe from the nightmare dream weaver.

Author's Notes:

This story has been on my mind for the past few mouths and has went through a lot of rewrites due I could come up with a good way to start it without it being cliche or worst mary-sue ish.
After many failed attempts, I think I've finally found an idea I’ll enjoy writing. Also to note: This displaced has NOT been around for a thousand years nor will he have knowledge of Equestria’s past, future, and present. Lastly: He has not been turned to stone. This story takes place during the filly era of the mane six.
As mentioned: This story is somewhat comment driven, so when you go to comment to determine the next event, please keep them reasonable, nothing over the top or anything that can contradict the story.