//------------------------------// // A Village of Ponies // Story: Lost in Equestria // by Abstract Mural //------------------------------// Obsidian woke up in the middle of a forest. She got up and rubbed her head. #32 was waiting next to her, reading a random magazine. "Ugh, my everything hurts." Obsidian said. "Yeah, you should be talking." #32 said with a smirk. Obsidian laughed. "No, but seriously. Where are we?" She asked, looking around. #32 shrugged. Two other changelings emerged from the forest. "Oh, hey. Great, Ah'm stuck with you." #21 said, looking in #32's direction. He looked at her with a grin. She frowned in response. #37 looked at the two with confusion. "Are there any more changelings in the forest?" Obsidian asked. "Well, I think there's a few more." #32 said. Obsidian looked at the two changelings then looked around. A smaller changeling came after, talking to herself about something random. Obsidian turned to look at the new arrival then gasped. "Timberjack! What are you doing here?" Obsidian asked. #32 looked at her. "Hi mommy!" Timberjack said to Obsidian. She grunted. "How did you get here?" Obsidian asked, pushing further. Timberjack shrugged. "I dunno. I just followed you guys to Pony City and found some cake on a potato farm." she replied. Obsidian patted her head. "Okay. Stay here with your dad. I'm going to go see if I can find any other changelings in this weird forest." Obsidian replied. Timberjack took the order and sat next to #32. Obsidian wandered off into the forest. Obsidian came back with two other changelings, #14 and #7. "Sheesh, where are we?" #14 asked. "I'm not sure. I think I saw a village when I was flying through the air." #7 said, rubbing a leg, "Ouch. I think I landed so hard I must have broken something." She said with a pained look on her face. #32 looked at the new arrivals, thinking about doing something to mess with them. Obsidian shot him a look. "Well, I think we should check out out, if it really is there." #14 said, giving #32 a look. He only smiled nervously in response. Timberjack shifted her position. "Can I have some pie?" She asked. "You can have a mud pie." #32 sarcastically said. "Yay!" Timberjack excitedly replied. #32 giggled. "We should go check out that village." Obsidian said. She looked around, "Hey, where's #37?" "Oh he went to Pony Village." Timberjack said. Obsidian changed into a pony with a blonde mane and black fur. "Okay, let's go." She said. The others changed into their own disguises. "Alright, let's avoid talking to them Elements of Harmony, if they're here." #21 said. The changelings nodded in agreement. "Stick together." #32 said, looking at Timberjack. There was a low growl. "I really hope that was you, Timberjack." #7 said, looking around. "Nope! It was this puppy!" Timberjack said, breaking away from the group. She approached the young timberwolf that had appeared in the clearing. "Hi puppy, my name is Timberjack. I'm going to call you Woodwolf! Do you want a stick?" She said. She held out a stick for Woodwolf. He barked and took the stick. Timberjack looked at Obsidian with a grin. Obsidian motioned for her to come over to her. "Okay, Woodwolf, I think I need to go." She said to the timberwolf. He sat down and looked at her with concern. Timberjack only waved and walked over to the changelings. "I knew you were crazy, but not THAT crazy." #14 said. Soon after the group heard more growls. "Okay, let's get out of here before something eats us." Obsidian said. They all walked towards the village. "Ah don't really wanna be here. These ponies make me nervous." #21 began. "Too bad. We're just going to have to deal with it." #14 said. #21 rolled her eyes. "Can you quit it? You're just going to make my headache worse." #32 said, glaring at #21. She cursed at him in response. They soon reached the village. Obsidian tried her best to lead the others around the groups of ponies standing around, but occasionally got a hello here and there. Obsidian spotted a cake shop. "Well, I'm going to get some cake. Anyling- er, anypony want some?" Obsidian asked. "I hate cake." #32 stated. "We established this earlier." She replied with a smirk. He grunted and smiled at Obsidian. "Fine. I'll go. See ya!" He zoomed off. Obsidian shook her head and followed the orange maned pegasus to the cake shop. He was stopped mid-air by a cyan pegasus. "Wow, you're pretty fast." She said, "I'm Rainbow Dash. Wanna race?" "Uh, sure. We can fly to the bakery." #32 said, a little confused. "Sugar Cube Corner? Sure." She flew over next to #32, "One, two, three...Go!" The two sped off towards Sugar Cube Corner. "Well, that happened. I thought we were supposed to avoid the elements though." Obsidian said, shaking her head. She trotted over to the bakery. She finally reached her destination and noticed the two pegasi arguing. "I totally beat you!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "No, technically I landed first." #32 smugly said. "Uhuh but I got here first." "No, landing takes the win." "Yeah right, it matters if you get here first." "But it's official! I won!" "Nopony- and I mean nopony- beats Rainbow Danger Dash!" "Landed first." "Hey you? Who won?" Dash asked Obsidian. "Ah, well, you got here first, but he landed first. Since nopony set any rules, you both tied." She responded, smiling nervously. Pinkie Pie sprang out of the store. "Actually, I won! I was here first!" She said with a smile. "Oh, Pinkie...won?" Rainbow Dash said, slightly confused, "Hey, I've never seen you guys around, have I? What's your names?" She asked, pointing a hoof at the six changelings. "I'm Thunderwing." #32 said, a little smug. "I'm Sapphire Brightmane." Obsidian said. "Ah'm Apple Cinnamon." The green maned orange earth pony said. "I'm Timberjack." The black maned brown unicorn said, "I like french toast with fries." Rainbow Dash looked at the filly sideways. "Okay..." She said, clearly confused. "I'm Spectrum Swift." Said the black maned white mare. She waved to Dash. "And I'm Cloverhoof." The orange maned green pegasus said. Rainbow Dash looked at her with a smug smile. "Hey, are you fast?" Dash asked. "Not really. I don't race." Cloverhoof said, backing up slightly with a defensive look. Dash grunted. "Okay, fine. But you-" She turned to Thunderwing, "Owe me a rematch." He shrugged in response. Pinkie suddenly gasped. "Oh. My. Goodness! This means I can throw a welcome party!" She said, shaking Thunderwing. He pushed her away. "Alright, but you don't need to shake me." He said, "You just made my headache worse." Pinkie shrugged and giggled. "You all should meet me at that barn in about an hour. This'll be FUN!" Pinkie smiled and zoomed into of the shop. "Eh, don't worry about her. Hey, you guys could hang out with me for a while. You seem cool." Rainbow Dash said, knocking Thunderwing's shoulder lightly. "Sure, I guess." Obsidian said, shrugging. "Sweet!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She looked at the changelings, "So, what are you guys doing here?" She asked finally, raising an eyebrow. "Just visiting." Obsidian replied, shifting uneasily on her hooves. "Huh. Well, I'm going to race Thunderwing again. See ya in a few." Dash said. She turned to the stallion in question. He nodded. "You do know I'm a Wonderbolt, right?" He bragged. "Oh, really? We'll see about that." The two pegasi flew off into the distance. "So much for avoiding the elements." Spectrum Swift said. "Maybe if we keep up the act, we can befriend them. Then maybe they'll trust us." Cloverhoof said. "Not bad. Maybe that idea will work." Obsidian said, smiling. "Either that or find the hive." Swift said quietly. "I think we should stay here a bit and wait 'til we can go back." Cloverhoof said. "I guess that's our only option..." Obsidian stated to herself. The others nodded in agreement. "Well, Ah'm up fer some cake. Anypony in?" Cinnamon asked, raising a hoof to the door. "I love cake. It tastes like oranges." Timberjack said. Obsidian giggled at her. "Of course you do." She said, smiling at the unicorn. "I'll take some, I guess." Swift said. The others nodded. They then walked into the store. "Oh my gosh, hi!" Pinkie said, "Lemme go to the barn and set up some things. Is is totally going to be so much fun!" She suddenly gasped. "Mrs. Cake! There's somepony here! I'll be in Sweet Apple Acres setting up a party!" She shouted. Mrs. Cake looked around the door. "Oh, I see. I'll be right there." She said, looking once at the five changelings. She disappeared, humming to herself. Pinkie looked at Obsidian then ran out of the store. Obsidian smiled and shook her head at the pink mare. "Alright, what would you like?" Mrs. Cake asked, walking out of the kitchen. "Hmm. How about a few cupcakes?" Obsidian asked the others. They nodded and Obsidian turned to Mrs. Cake. "Alright, coming right up!" She said. She picked out a few cupcakes for the group. She gave them to Obsidian, who dropped some bits on the counter. Swift took the box and grabbed a cupcake. "Oh, these look good." She said, taking a bite, "They're just as good as they look!" Obsidian sat down and grabbed a cupcake. "So, what are we gonna do now?" Cinnamon asked. "I think we should hide out in the forest for the time being." Cloverhoof said, scrunching her muzzle. "Again, it's our only choice." Obsidian said. All nodded. Timberjack shoved her cupcake in her mouth, causing the others to laugh. Thunderwing walked in, talking to Rainbow Dash. "Then, I zoomed down, faster than anypony could ever imagine! Then, it happened!" Rainbow exclaimed. "Alright, you're fast enough to do a Sonic Rainboom once." Thunderwing joked. "I've done it three times. I can totally do it again any day!" "And that day is today." Thunderwing said, taking a cupcake. "Hey! That's mine!" Cinnamon yelled. "It's mine now." Thunderwing said, taking a bite. "Why you little-" "No. Stop it, you guys." Obsidian interjected. The two changelings in question hissed at each other. "Why do you always yell at everyling?" Swift began. "Because Ah can. It's none of yer business." Cinnamon stated. Swift rolled her eyes. The changelings sat in silence for the next few minutes. "Hey, where did Dash go?" Thunderwing suddenly asked, looking around. "She left a while ago, genius." Cinnamon said. "Oh, that's great." He replied with a sigh," It's about time I got rid of her." Obsidian giggled. "Carrot sticks. We still gotta go to that party." Cloverhoof said. "Ah great. Ah swear, if Ah have to hang out with them stinkin' ponies for one more second..." Cinnamon started. "I know you don't like it here, but we don't have much of a choice, do we?" Obsidian said. Cinnamon only grunted. "Fine. Let's go so Ah can get it over with." Cinnamon got up and walked out. "Alright. Let's go then." Obsidian said. The others got up and followed after.