It would probably be best if I played it cool, first...I see an apple farm over there, anyways.

     You cross through the field that you landed in toward the large apple farm. The benefit to THIS plan is that you won't really have to sneak around; it will be hard for anything to see you in a forest.

     After about a half an hour of travelling, you're...lost. This was a bad plan. No, wait, I hear something over there. You quickly take cover and watch the scene play out.

     A stampede of cows rumbles down a dirt road past you. Herding them is...a canine of some sort. A dog, maybe? Yes, a dog, must be some sort of farmer or something. Eventually, she leads them into a pen, which she locks after the last one has entered. Panting happily, she turns to trot away.

     You take on the form of a male dog and walk toward her, "Good afternoon"

     She stops and growls, "Y'all shouldn't be here...this is MY territory"

     Oh dear, a territorial species...you'd better smooth talk this bitch. Get it? Bitch? Female dog...nevermind, my humor is wasted on you.

     "Hold on, hold on,"-you hold up a paw as a sign of peace-"I'm just a wanderer, Ma'am, not here to take your land"

     She stops growling, but maintains her defensive stance, "Traveller? We don't get many of y'all around here...where ya from?"

     You shrug, "Far away..."

     She gets up and starts stiffing you, "Hmmm...y'all smell like...a fox"

     Looking into her eyes, you see a glimmer of excited hatred in her eyes, "Er, no, I've just been out in the wild for a while"

     "But...you're clean...like ya just took a bath or something" she continues to interrogate.

     Struggling, you wonder if you shouldn't just turn into a bird and fly away, "Eh, well..."

     "Winona! Where are ya, Girl? Winona!" you hear a voice call off in the distance.

     She wags her tail excitedly and starts off toward the noise, "That's my master! Nice meetin' ya, Stranger, don't loiter here, please"

     "Wait!"-you run after her-"What do you mean by 'master,' are you a slave or something?"

     She gives you a funny look, but continues running, "Slave? My master is my best friend! We work together as a team!"

     You raise an eyebrow, "Then who's your-"

     "Winona!" you look forward, seeing...a horse of some sort.

     That's...odd.

     "Master!" Winona yipes in excitement as she jumps on the horse thing and starts licking her face.

     "Aaaw, shucks, I love you too!" she says as she pushes off her dog and looks at you, "and it looks like ya found a friend! I hope you too got along alright! Winona's a feisty girl"

     You roll your eyes, "Yes she- Er, I mean, bark?"

     Winona's master stares at you for a moment before shaking her head, "I coulda sworn you just...aw, nevermind! Are ya lost, Little guy?"

     "Ruff ruff...bow wow..." you try unenthusiastically.

     She smiles, "I'll take y'all to my friend Fluttershy! She knows all about little Critters like y'all!"

     You roll your eyes. Great. Just great. You're a dog among horses. The next chance you get, you're shapeshifting into one of those horse things. Well, then again, it might be best to be a dog for now; you can observe the culture of these strange horse things without drawing much attention.

     Walking down the path, Winona starts to sniff you again, "...you sure y'all aren't part fox or somethin'? I swear I smell fox on you..."

     You shake your head, "Nope! The woods I came from had a lot of foxes, so maybe I picked up some of the smell there"

     "Hmmm...oh well. Whatever ya say" she shrugs.

     Walking down a path from a farm to the town, the horse smiles, "Welcome to Ponyville, Dog...wait, why am I sayin' that?"

     Plot convenience...

     "It's weird, Dog, I feel like you're a regular pony...huh" she raised an eyebrow and looked at you expectantly.

     Oh dear. Sometimes creatures subconsciously see through a Kitsune's disguise...you'd better have some grade A acting skills.

     You sniff her butt, "Ruff ruff...bark...growl"

     She grimaces, "Well...I guess that settles that..."

     Making your way through the city streets, you notice many more of these horse things- Er, what did she call them? Ponies? Ponies, right. They're all different colors, but have weird pictures on their hips...maybe that's some sort of tribal tattoo or something.

     Suddenly, a pink pony drops down from a roof top right in front of the pony leading you, "Applejack!"

     Applejack jumps back in shock, then chuckles awkwardly, "Oh, uh, hey there, Pinkie Pie. How're you?"

     "Absolutely fantabulous!" she almost screams, "I saw you walking here so I decided to follow you and surprise you but then I decided I couldn't wait so I was gonna surprise you earlier but then I saw these two dogs and-"

     Applejack sighs and puts a hoof over her friends mouth, "Breathe, Sugarcube, breathe..."

     Pinkie pants in exhaustion for a few moments before quickly shaking her head and staring at you, "Who's your new friend, Applejack?"

     "Huh? Oh, right, this is...uh...I guess he doesn't have a name" she shrugs.

     The party pony almost pees herself in excitement, "Well we can give him a name! And we can throw him a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party!"

     Applejacks raises an eyebrow, "If you threw a party for every animal that showed up in Ponyville, you'd probably never stop partying"

     "Hmmm..."-Pinkie examines you-"he doesn't SEEM like he's an animal...it seems like he's a pony!"

     Applejack's eyes go wide, "You feel it too? Golly, I thought I was goin' crazy..."

     Both of the ponies stare at you expectantly, "Um...bow...wow? Ruff ruff. Bark, growling, howling...uh, I don't know what other sounds a dog makes..."

     After a long pause, Applejack shrugs, "Seems legit..."

     Pinkie tightens her gaze, "I don't know, he seems kinda...fishy..."

     More like FOXY! Sorry, bad pun.

     You start sweating...wait, dogs can't sweat, you start panting as she stares into you sharply, before she finally pops back to normal, "Oh well! What are you gonna do with him, Applejack?"

     "I was about to take him to Fluttershy, actually, did ya need something?" she asks politely.

     Pinkie smiles, "Not really! But I know where Fluttershy is! She might be done with lunch, now, but if we hurry we can still catch up to her!"

     Applejack nodded, "Alrighty then! Let's go!"

     After quickly galloping to a cafe, you all ALMOST miss Fluttershy, but get to her right as she is walking out the door.

     Pinkie tackle-glomps her, "Hey, Fluttershy! What's up!?"

     Fluttershy whimpers as she's viciously cuddled, "Oh, um, not much, Pinkie"

     The energetic mare immediately gets up and points at you, "This is...uh...Steve! Applejack found him out in the woods, and we were hoping you could help him!"

     "Oh you poor, poor thing..."-she gets on your level, but stops dead in her tracks-"...um...it feels like I'm talking to a pony..."

     "Um, I'm a dog, nothing to see here" you announce unsuspiciously.

     She raises an eyebrow, "Did you just-"

     "He needs a place to stay, Fluttershy, will you keep him at your cottage?" Pinkie grins whilst bouncing up and down.

     Fluttershy blinks, "Um, sure, that's fine, but I think he just-"

     "I'd better get back to the farm, those apples ain't gonna buck themselves," Applejack said, trotting away, "see you girls later!"

     "But he-" Fluttershy tried.

     "Bye Applejack!" Pinkie waved enthusiastically.

     Hm. It seems that..."Fluttershy"...knows your secret. Maybe you should stay with Applejack, she's kind of ignorant. On the OTHER paw, Winona probably won't take kindly to another dog, and you don't wanna mess with her...

Choice:

1. You run after Applejack as she trots away. Fluttershy might dissect you or something anyway. Click here

2. Oh well, free housing, good enough for me... Click here