The little town was quickly approaching with the unicorn hot on my tail firing off random spells trying to hit me. Thankfully I was much faster than her but then their was the pegasus who was flying and able to keep pace with me. Oddly enough she was trying to convince me to stop and try and talk to her friend. Of course that idea was completely blow out of the water when a random spell detonated directly underneath me, sending me airborne for a short while. Thankfully the closer we got to town the less the unicorn would cast spells. But this also meant she was aiming more not just spraying and praying. It would seem the town knew we were coming because the streets were deserted as I raced past windows I could catch glimpses of ponies peeking out in fear. As town square drew closer their was something unintelligible yelled behind me that was answered in kind by two voices somewhere before me. When I looked ahead their were two other ponies coming from the other sides of the square trying to box me in. Except they left a side street open, so naturally I went for it thinking I was home free. But the spells seemed to stop flying and the world around me went deathly silent as if the world were holding its breath waiting to see what happened next. As I neared the street time seemed to slow as I caught sight of movement out of the corner of my eye. Then one minute im running full steam ahead for the street and the next, their is a slight weight on my shoulders and im yanked backwards only to land jarringly hard on my back. My vision swam and my head and ears rang like a gong. But I could faintly hear hooves coming closer to where I lay and the rope get tighter, almost painfully so. When my vision finally cleared I could see I was surrounded by the two ponies from before and then four more. One was a light blue with a rainbow mane and tail hovering above me watching me like a hawk. Then their was the unicorn her coat was white as newly fallen snow and a mane of purple styled to perfection. To her left was a orange pony with a blond mane and old worn out Stetson sitting on her head with a the rope around my neck tied to her tail? And then their was the final pony who had a bright pink coat and a bouncy dark pink mane and tail her blue eyes were huge and glittering with interest as the stared down at me.
"Hi what is your name, do you like cake, do you like to party, what is you favorite flavor of ice-cream, oh oh what are you I've never seen anything like you before and I know Everypony in Ponyville. So that must mean you are new here and don't have any friends ill be your friend would you like to be my friend?" The pink pony said bouncing up and down in place positively beaming with excitement. I just stared at her for a long second before asking no one in particular.
"Is she serious or all of you just screwing with me."
All the ponies recoiled when I spoke all except for the two from before and the pink one. Then the white pony caught my attention when I saw her looking me up and down with a critical eye and said.
"Gracious me its not bad enough that it is a affront to everything fabulous but it can talk too what next will Discord save the world?"
I gave the unicorn a withering glance that made her shiver slightly but nothing more as she looked to the other unicorn and said.
"So what is this thing and what is it doing in ponyville and why did we need to catch it?"
"I can answer that" I said rolling over onto my feet and getting a solid yank on the rope in return.
"You had to chase me down and capture me because your friend here" I said motioning to the purple unicorn with a claw and a cold glare.
"She took one look at me and immediately labeled me a monster when I have done no wrong to anything or anyone on this world."
When I said this all the ponies looked at the unicorn in question with deep frowns on their faces. The unicorn looked between me and her friends her mouth agape.
"What it is evil I feel it from this things magic, its so dark and malicious what else could it be?" She said her voice broken and unsure at first but strengthened as she spoke and looked me accusingly.
"Misunderstood?" I said tiredly earning a annoyed snort from the Unicorn and a few heads shaking in disbelief. Again all the ponies looked at me with scowls except the pink one who was watching me with a curious expression. I let out a sad sigh and stood earning a squeal of fear from some of the ponies. The country pony yanked on the rope again aiming to pull me over again. Only to get a angry growl and a cut rope since I reached up and cut it easily with one of my clawed fingers.
"So are you all going to stand their like idiots or are we going to get whatever you captured me for done and over with?"
After I said that their was a loud gasp and everyone looked at the pink pony who was looking at her friends with a confused look and said.
"Wait why are we being so mean to him he hasn't don't anything wrong to anypony. Sure he looks a little scary but he seems nice enough."
"That's the problem pinkie" The purple unicorn said Twilight I think it was. " We just don't know what its intentions are so we have to get rid of it before it can do any harm to anypony."
"But what if we reformed him like Discord or took him before the princesses surely we don't have to get rid of him" The pink one said genuine concern and sorrow in her voice.
"Im afraid we cant take that chance pinkie we must be rid of it before it can hurt somepony." With that said they all turned back to were I was standing to find me gone. Had they bothered look up they would have seen my tail disappear onto a nearby roof. I spent the rest of that day dodging ponies in a attempt to get back to the woods and I finally made it around sunset and wandered until I found a simple place to rest. That night was no different from any other I had my usual dream until the end where again I heard that voice and song but this time their was also a light and. A silhouette of what appeared to be a large dark blue pony with a long flowing mane and tail, with both a horn and wings. The pony seemed to be looking at me and then its eyes lit up solid white and then I saw beautiful country side wrapped in gentle shadow's and lit by the pale moonlight then that voice came again much louder but still beautiful and it sang.
hush now dear children, it must be this way
To weary of life and deceptions, rest now my children
for soon we'll away, into the calm and the quite
Had anybody been passing by they would have seen a smile spread across my sleeping form. As I relinquished myself to the blissful embrace of sleep and this new dream thinking to myself.
tomorrow is a new day and bound to be better.
When the next morning came I awoke feeling giddy and refreshed though the feeling disappeared like mist before the morning sun. When the events of the last couple of days returned to my mind stripping me of any happy feeling and replacing it with a all to familiar cold disappointment. When Chrysalis told me of this place I had hoped a people ruled by friendship and kindness would be more open to the idea I wasn't a monster. But it would seem even the friendly are victim to the common rule of the world "If it seems evil it must be their is no other explanation". So it was with a sad sigh and heavy heart that I began again my quest to reach the edges of the map and live in peace for as long as possible.