"Oh I can't wait for you to see my friends we're going to do, so much together like bowling or playing tag or maybe you can help us find our cutie marks who knows!?" wow today just turned from bad to great in a matter of hours I mean at first I just wanted to just stay in my house and just rot for the rest of my life, but now.....I just want to show everypony my new friend! At least I think his my friend, the note did say that who ever came through the sign would be my friend, but........he doesn't seem to act like one.......or talk like one....wait how do I even know if his a guy anyways?
Well his body structure is pretty broady and from all the fairy tale books I've read, it's always a guy in shining armor.......or the princesses.....Eh I'll just go with it I don't want to spend to much time thinking about it right now I just want to find my friends. If I head up this road it should lead to Ponyville or should I go to SweetApple acre and meet them at the club house......they should be there since it is our hang out.
I thought about it for five more minutes until I......heard something coming from the far distance it was weak, but I think it's.........some pony saying.....something I can't tell what it is maybe I should speed up a bit and when I'm closer I can hear it better, so I quicken my pace just a little bit.
There I can hear it again it's stronger this time and I can make out a few words......ok it had an.....S.....and a C I don't know what it means, but if I hurry up a bit more I can catch the pony doing it or you know here him or her a bit better, so I sped up a bit more.
Ok now I can hear it better, it's now saying scoots.......wait scoots...could it be about me, but who would be calling me....the only people I know is rainbow, twilight, fluttershy, rarity, applejack and pinky pie, but there all busy with there own thing, so that would leave........oh shhhhhh-shrimp I forgot that my friends come running out after me when I bolted out of the classroom and I didn't tell them were I was going!
"Ok Toby we are going to have to run a bit if that's ok, why you ask it's because there's something I forgot to do, so I hope you can keep up!" silence as usual, so I'm going to take that he understood me and is ready to run., "In the count of three we run, one......two.....three go!" and I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me and I ran all the way up to the small hill in front of me and stop for a bit for a quick breather.
"Ok now where can they......oh there they are!" I can see them there not, so far from where I am and are walking up to my direction. Huh I guess they managed to keep for a bit before they lost me seeing that their taking the road that leads to my small make shift home. Now I just need to get there attention I took in a deep breath and filled my lungs and cheeks with as much air as they can carry....well I let out some air from my cheeks since they started to hurt.
I place two of my hooves in front of my mouth and shouted, "Hey guys I'm over here!" dang it, now I'm out of breath I hope they heard me. I lowered my head down to take some pretty heavy breath of air since I ran and shouted........anyways once I was done I picked up my head to see if they were heading my way, and just my luck....they did. They heard my call and were running my way......they seem to be running awfully fast......no actually their running really, really fast.........oh man I better...."Aagghh!".
I fell to the ground with a nasty thump, I weakly roll around on the ground with pains coming from my head to my back, it really bad, I wanted to get up and yell at them for running to fast and hurting me like that, but.....I can hear crying coming from them......and I think I know why.....oh man they really make it hard to stay mad at them.
So I suck up the pain and try to get them to calm down a bit, "Hey...guys..erh please don't cry I..." I tried to finish my sentence, but AppleBloom said, "Where...were you Scootaloo!" (Gulp) maybe I should of told them were I was going.....or you know....talk to them atleast..."Look AppleBloom....I-I didn't mean to worry you like...." she interrupted me again, "Why didn't you tell us where you were going, huh, we looked all over town trying to find you....we didn't know if you were going to be ok or....or..." she couldn't finish her sentence her tears manage to catch up to her before she could say anything.
SweetieBell place her hoof on AppleBlooms back to try to comfort her and she looks up to me and says, "Look we're just glad that we found you and....you're ok.....just..." she places her other hoof on my shoulder, "Don't do that again...please we are your friends....all we wanted was to help you." I look down to the ground feeling ashamed at myself for making my friends worry like that and having them look all over town just to find me.....it's just....(Sigh) wanted to be alone.
"I'm......sorry."
They both look at each other and both accept my apology AppleBloom says,
"It's ok Scoots just don't do that again ok...remember we are always their for you."
"I know..."
"So....(Sniff) let's just move on from this ok all that matters is that you're back and unharmed, so do ya mind telling us where you were?"
Oh crude......how do I tell them that I was in the EverFree Forest I'm sure they would freak out if I told them...think, think what can I use to change the subject....
"Hey Uh...instead of me telling you were I was how about I tell what I found?"
Smooth Scootaloo very smooth, I'm sure they'll go for it.
"Um....I guess?"
Hehe knew it.
"Well you are never going to guess what I found today he is extremely cool looking, and.......doesn't.....say much....but he looks amazing here he is.......drum roll please..." Complete silence, "Oh never mind, here he his my new friend....Toby!"
I move out of the way, so that my friends could get a better look at him and bask in his glory.........still waiting........still waiting......still....ok what the heck what's taking, so long for them to gasp in amazement and shock? Wait a minute his like......ten times my size they should of seen him a mile away from.....
"Uh Scoots.......there's nopony there.."
"Wait......what!?"
I immediately turn around to find, what I thought would be a tall, fully armored being standing behind me to nothing, but dirt and grass with a soft breeze....."How the heck did I lose something like that....where the heck could he be!?"
Some where deep in the EverFree Forest
I can't believe Scootaloo left me behind in this forest she lost grip from my hand and didn't seem to notice that I wasn't behind her anymore it would be easy to track her down if she didn't go off the path and saying Oh don't worry Toby i know where im going this is a short cut. Now I'm lost in this forest with no way of finding the path and the deeper I go the thicker the trees seem to get.
(Sigh) it's fine though I'm used to getting lost in strange places I always seem to find my way out....and with some new equipment as well, but I doubt there's anything of value in here there only seems to be nothing, but trees and animals that keep giving me this weird look like I don't belong here or that I might eat them.
Now the forest its self is even stranger I keep having this feeling that I'm being watched.....and yeah I know nothing different, but it's not from people or pony's or even the animals, it's like the trees themselves are watching me.....like there keeping a close eye on me just encase I might do something.....I don't know I think I'm just being paranoid.When I think about it the forest kinda reminds me of Darkroot gardens except with out the killer shrubs or the giant stone warriors.
Where the heck could the path be I should of found it by now I don't think we traveled that far off.......wait do I hear something? I stop in place not wanting to move any further then I need to. I can't tell what it is, but there is now......voices except it's more like a distant chatter that's fading in and out.....then some weak yelling, and..........shouts of pain.......this.....is getting weird.
I continue to stand still not wanting to move until I find out what's causing this....so I wait and listen....not making any slight movements.....then I saw it.....a white fog made from nothing, but air......and the fog........started to take shape into a......hand, a very thin and feminine looking hand........I believe I.......know what....it is. I extend my right hand out and try to.....reach for, to....grasp it with my own hand...,but as soon as I made contact it just lost shape and structure and faded back into.....nothingness.
Why did I do that.....if I just left it alone I could of......but I didn't stop from there more white fogs started to appear, all of which were taking their own shapes and designs, some where tall with a muscular build, others were short with a slender look, and all of which look like........people. People having conversations, people fighting with one another, or fighting against. I believe, I know what......they are could they really, here?
Except one of them was different from the others it had glowing green eyes coming from behind the trees except the fog hasnt taken any shape I drew myself closer and closer to fog trying to get a better examination of it and the closer I got I started hearing a low growl coming from it.....could be from a dog? Strange I don't remember anybody having dog companions traveling with them, so what could this be?
I didn't see it coming it happened, so fast I was barely able to block it's attack it lunged at me with a furious bark and latched on to my left arm trying to sink it's teeth deeper in my armor. Luckily for me I managed to block it's bite with the armored part of my arm rendering it's attack pretty useless, but it sure didn't stop it from trying. This dogs are nothing I have ever seen it's entire body, even it's teeth are made from wood.
I place my foot right under it's stomach and pushed it right off of me and right into one of the trees with a loud thump and cracks being heard. The dog fell to the ground motionless and it's green eyes no longer glowing, either I knock it out or killed it doesn't matter, what matters is that Scootaloo might still be in this forest with this.....things still out there probably already hunting her down I can't let them get to her, but.....where do I go?
Well first off I need to find the path again if I find it then it'll probably lead to her.........I hope, but as I started to walk away from the wooden corpse laying on the ground.....I failed to notice that it's green eyes were lighting back up.