Even as the sun hangs overhead and bears down comforting warmth and light, that still doesn't make your current predicament any easier. After a series of sudden, booming noises emerged close to the edge of the Everfree Forest (spooking that animal caretaker, Fluttershy, that you've seen around town), a town hall meeting was held to see if it was a problem. As this was a new sound, unheard of by the denizens of the town, particularly curious and intelligent ponies were chosen to investigate this new phenomenon in case it was a danger to Ponyville. And, being that you are a Pegasus, of course you could cover ground safely, hanging over the area instead of sifting through it. You gave yourself a little pat on the back for the bird's eye view at first.

Still, even with your eyes peeled and your body hanging over the treeline, there was still an unnerving sense in the air. The Everfree Forest acted on it's own, without your kind even touching the weather within the area. And as much as this normally put you on edge, there was a more ominous feeling. As though the Everfree Forest suddenly grew more dangerous. It wasn't usually directly harmful, but there was this subtle change in the air. While you couldn't see anything yet, that feeling gnawed at you like a rabid dog, and it pulled at every thought.

Eventually, after about three hours of searching, ponies were pulled back with an all-clear sounded by Mayor Mare herself. You could see Unicorns and Earth Ponies coming back to town while your fellow Pegasi just flew back home. You had gone a ways out, so it took you a second to make it to the precipice. But when you did, a glint from the treeline suddenly caught your eye, dazzling and distracting you. You stopped in your tracks, and turned your gaze for a closer look.

The shining metal was gold in color, you could tell even from this distance. But what it actually was, you weren't sure. You almost shook off the curiosity. After all, it was still in the Everfree Forest, odds were good it was strange and unnatural, whatever it was. Still, it was better to investigate and keep Ponyville safe then it was to leave a weird shiny thing alone. And if you got to see something cool along the way, hey, that was a bonus! So, flying down and making your descent, you went towards this object.

When you landed, the sun had moved behind the shade of the leaves of the trees surrounding you. It was the middle of the afternoon yet the ground was turning into a field of grey dirt anyway. Still, you steeled your resolve and went looking, which didn't actually end up taking too long. Right where you saw the shiny object, stabbed into the ground head first, was an arrow. Last you heard, there wasn't exactly any local archery competitions in Ponyville, and it didn't look like it was even forged around town. It had a golden shaft, and when you went over and, with your teeth, pulled it out of the ground, you could see the actual arrowhead was also gold with a silver tip. The arrowhead had the carving of a beetle of some type as decoration, and the whole item looked intricate and beautiful.

Still, looking at a decorated arrow in the middle of the Everfree Forest didn't dissuade the curiosity of where this particular item actually came from, nor why it was at the edge of the Everfree Forest in the first place. Furrowing your eyebrows, you turned around and began heading to the library in town. It had to have information of this somewhere, and if not, the librarian living there (you think her name was Twilight?) was bound to remember something. She seemed like the kind of Unicorn that knew things barely anyone else in town did. You had left the Forest when suddenly, the arrow began to slip from your teeth. You tried to clench your jaw to grab it, but it feel from your mouth and landed, point first, right on your outstretched hoof.

You yelped in pain and shook the injured limb, shaking the arrow off of you as it landed point-first in the dirt. You were sure you had a grip on it, that it wouldn't slip. It was as if it just moved out of your grasp instead, but you shook that thought off quickly. You brought the hoof to your mouth to stem the bleeding from the wound and instead began to make your way to the local doctor. It would be a bit of an embarrassing story to tell, really. How you found an arrow, stabbed yourself with it, then went to get it patched up even after it healed on the way...

Wait, what?

You looked back down to your left forehoof. There wasn't a scratch on it. And thinking back, in your panic, no blood actually trailed past your lips and muzzle. It was as if the wound never actually pierced. Your skin was untouched, no blood on your hoof. You, perplexed, turned back around to grab the arrow. Mid-walk, though, you felt something. An odd feeling streaking through your veins, just like the foreboding part of you that pulsed through the Everfree expedition. It was like you came down with a fever, except the fever was pulsating sheer unease instead of heat. You were about to turn back around to go see the doctor about this ailment when suddenly, the world became lighter. Literally, purple and golden light suddenly seemed to engulf your vision. The light flashed over you, almost bringing you down to your knees from the sheer staggering spectacle of it. When it finally did fade away, everything seemed normal, still. Not a pony out of place. But there was something new, that no one seemed to notice. A floating Pony without wings that was given no pause by anyone.

...What in Tartaurus?

Author's Notes:

So, yes, Comment Driven story! Woo!

Now, as this first chapter is a bit unorthodox for the format, instead of every comment being considered, you are instead being given a couple of guidelines, and the comment that fulfills them with the highest amount of Likes is chosen.

For this chapter, your involvement will be the Stand's Name, Ability, and it's Color-Scheme. All I've added is that it's a humanoid (well, pony-noid) Stand, this is your first call.

What is your Stand?