I awoke to find that I was still in Ditzy's house. "So I guess this isn't a dream after all, huh?" I thought as I pulled myself out of bed. I wondered why Ditzy was being so kind to me, but quickly dismissed the thought as I went downstairs.

Ditzy had asked me to look after her daughter and take her to school. I didn't know why she trusted me so much, but I went and dropped Dinky off at school and then went to walk around town to meet some ponies.

I had wandered around town a little bit before I bumped into a cheerful-looking pink pony. She told me that her name was Pinkie Pie, and I told her my name as well. "I'm sorry I bumped into you. I was zoned out for a bit there." I apologised. "Oh, it's ok." Pinkie said. "Uhh...” I mumbled, pawing at the ground with my hoof "I came from a distant land, and I'm new here. So, do you by any chance know where I can get some money?"

"There's a job board in the middle of town." Pinkie replied "You could try there." I thanked her and set off for the job board.

On my way there, I found a coin on the floor, so I decided to go and buy myself a snack at a nearby apple stand. I said hi to the orange pony behind the counter. "Well, howdy!" She said cheerfully "I haven't seen you around these parts before. You new here?"

"Yes, I only got here yesterday." I replied. "Well, welcome to Ponyville. The name's Applejack." She smiled. "My name's Ellz." I placed the coin on the counter "Uuh, could I have an apple please?" I asked. "Sure, sugercube." Applejack said as she took the coin and handed me an apple. "Thanks!" I called as I trotted away with my apple.

The first job I found was to help a pegasus called Fluttershy move a bear to a new cave. I went over to where the board had said her house was. A yellow Pegasus was standing near a tree. I walked up to her and cheerfully said "Hello there. You must be Fluttershy. I came here looking for a job." Fluttershy turned to look at me."Oh yes. Um, the job is a bit dangerous. Are you sure?" She whispered hesitantly. I nodded. “My name is Ellz, by the way.” “Nice to meet you…” Fluttershy replied quietly. “Um, the bear’s this way…” She started to walk away, beckoning me to follow. “Uh… so, Fluttershy. How are you doing today?” I asked to break the tension a little bit.

“W-well… I met a unicorn called Twilight Sparkle today, but I was too shy to talk much. I-I’m very shy around ponies I don’t know, and I have trouble talking to them…” She replied quietly. ”Well, you’ve never met me before, so how come you seem so comfortable around me?" I asked. "I really don't know why to be honest." Fluttershy responded. “I just get the feeling that I can trust you.”

After a while we had taken the bear to the new cave. "Thank you, Ellz. I’ll see you later." Fluttershy said as she paid me. I then wandered off to see what else there was.

Later on, I had gotten little job helping a unicorn called Rarity to find some gems. She didn’t want to damage her hooves as she had gotten a manicure or something, so she found the gems with her magic and I dug them up for her and put them in a cart.

When we brought the gems back to Rarity’s shop, she paid me handsomely.

"So this place is both your home and your shop?" I asked. “Yes. I've lived here for as long as I could remember.” The white pony replied. “Why do you ask?"

“It reminds me of an old friend of mine, that's all." With the day’s earnings nestled snugly in the saddlebags Ditzy had lent me, I set off back to Ditzy’s place for a well deserved nap.

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Apparently there was some sort of celebration thing going on in the mayor’s building and everypony was there to see Princess Celestia make the sun rise. As I made my way inside, I thought “Maybe Princess Celestia knows something about why I'm here.”I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something bad was going to happen.

I was right.

An evil pony called Nightmare Moon appeared and plunged the world into an endless night and everypony was scared… but since I didn’t really know how to react to the situation I just stood there and she noticed me. She fired a bolt of lightning at me. A burning pain seared through my body as it struck me, and I fell to the ground. I could see Nightmare Moon escaping, and I was powerless to try and stop her.

And then everything went black.

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Ditzy had found me collapsed at the party and had woken me up. I asked which way Nightmare Moon went. Ditzy told me that she had gone in the direction of the Everfree Frorest. She told me that I shouldn’t go after her due to my wounds, but I went anyway.

I galloped straight into the forest, with no worries at all.

That was until a manticore sprung out of the bushes and tried to kill me. But I managed to sooth the savage beast to sleep with my violin. I pressed on.

When I came across a raging river, a sea serpent emerged from the water and helped me across.

As I continued I came across a broken bridge, and with no means of crossing, I sat down and tried to think of some way across.

I was still there when Twilight Sparkle and the other ponies came along. “Why are you here, Ellz? You look like you’re hurt.” Twilight asked.

“I wanted to defeat Nightmare Moon, but with no way to cross this chasm, I was about to give up.” I sighed. Rainbow Dash flew to the other side of the gap to try and fix the bridge. While we waited, Twilight explained to me that she needed to activate the Elements of Harmony to stop Nightmare Moon, so I decided to go with her plan.

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We trotted into an abandoned building. Twilight and I stayed inside while everypony else left. Out of nowhere Nightmare Moon appeared and started to battle us and I came up with a plan of attack.

“How about I charge at Nightmare Moon and you teleport to the Elements of Harmony?" I suggested to Twilight. She nodded in agreement and I charged and Twilight teleported. Nightmare Moon fired a bolt of lightning at me, sending me flying across the room and knocking me out again.

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I woke up to find I was in the hospital. The doctor said I was lucky to have survived and said I had to spend a week in hospital to recover. Ditzy and Dinky came in to see if I was okay. They told me that Nightmare Moon had been defeated by Twilight and her friends. “Your sacrifice made everything possible.” She said. I was curious as what she meant. I noticed that the lightning had burned my tail off and left burn marks on my cutie mark. As disappointing as that was, I was glad to be alive.

And with that, I said goodbye to Ditzy and Dinky and snuggled into the crisp sheets of the hospital bed.