The Spirit Trilogy Sneak Peak

Sneak peak at a story rewrite I'm doing.

I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and water flowing downstream. I tried to open my eyes, only to close them moments after as sunlight flooded into them. After a few seconds, I tried again, much slower, with better success. Finally able to see, I looked around the clearing that I woke up in, trying to remember how I got here. A few moments passed before I realized that I couldn’t remember anything at all, not even my own name. This realization caused a burst of horror at the implications of what that could mean.

Thankfully, I was torn out of my thoughts my as I felt a slight tickling sensation against my sides. I turned my head to the offending sensation only to see a pair of feathery wings against what seemed like my barrel. One part of me was saying that the wings weren’t mine. The other, however, was convinced that they are. After I finally took stock of my situation, I managed to rise onto my legs, albeit slowly. I moved a hoof forward only to faceplant the moment I dropped it.

Ok, how do I go about moving? I asked myself in frustration after a few more attempts. A few minutes later, I instinctively knew what to do, as if some outside force was passing me information. I moved my right foreleg forward, followed by my back left, front left, and finally, back right. Slowly, I made my way to what seemed like a river, occasionally faceplanting when I got impatient and tried to increase my speed. After what seemed like hours, I finally managed to get to the river, where I saw my reflection.

I saw what I recognized as a pony with sunflower yellow fur and a orange mane with yellow highlights, a horn (which wasn’t noticeable if you didn’t look) poking through the mess that was my mane, and two ears on the top of my head, pointing this way and that at every sound that I heard. I also had electric yellow eyes that looked like they could shock someone if they touched it.

As I continued to look at my reflection in the water, my hunger and thirst made themselves known as my stomach growled and I noticed that my mouth was shockingly dry. I lowered my head into the river and started to drink the water in an attempt to quench my thirst. A couple minutes later, I finally satisfied my thirst’s demands before I started to search for something to satisfy my hunger. After some searching, I managed to spot a bush of blueberries that seemed freshly ripe. I was about to pick some when I heard a roar somewhere behind me, causing me to jump in fright before I turned around. What I saw caused fear to swell up inside of me. I saw a large, lion-like creature with bat wings and a scorpion tail. I was torn from my shock as it roared and charged me. I immediately turned and started to run in the opposite direction.