I sat up in the bushes and stayed quiet, rubbing my eyes as I heard the bustle of the town outside the bushes. But this was strange. They seemed to all whisper about a monster that walked on two legs. They said it had a hideous hunched back, and it's eyes glowed in the dark. They said that it's claws were long and disgusting. I wished the voice in my head hadn't chimed in and told me that it was us. I could barely comprehend that without a sob. During the night, I curled up and nibbled an apple as I stared at the stars. I felt safe here, in the bushes. But I couldn't stay here forever. It took me an hour to work up the courage to just peek out of the bushes.
There were beautiful colored pastel horses. I felt my heart melt at the cuteness of the little fillies running around. They were doing things, random things. I smiled at the happiness of them. I wanted to join but when I gained any shred of courage, there was an intense wave of pure anxiety. I was always shaking. I clung to the courage. I hadn't talked to anyone in a few days. There was a second of time where I felt crushing loneliness. I made my decision now.
I waited until evening to leave my hiding place, whipping off my body and blanket from all of the settled dirt and the leaves and grass. I looked around and the only horse I saw was walking the opposite direction and into a house. The windows were still lit. I gave a smile when I saw a group of horses walking into the castle. One was flying with rainbow hair, and everyone else was walking, making a heavy clippity clop. They were whispering. I recognized one voice, an orange horse with a cowboy hat.
"Ah don't understand what a varmint like that would be stickin' around town. But those reports of a critter runnin' around at night makes it almost impossible to dismiss!" She had a southern accent, and I realized that that must be the pony I- "All ah know is that it left me a note sayin' it took a few apples off the ground at the farm! Can ya believe that?! It left a note!"
I flinched when I heard that, making the one in the air with a rainbow main freeze for a moment. She stared at me, and I was glad the shadows of the night hid me as well as they did. I couldn't believe that no one had noticed me. She slowly flew over toward me, and I froze up. Someone called out.
"Rainbow? Are you coming?" It was a soft spoken and quiet voice. The Pegasus turned to the source of the voice.
"Uh... Yeah Flutters, I'm coming!" She tore off at the speed of light, it seemed, and flew through the door of the castle, leaving it blown wide open. There was no movement to close it, and there was a quick whisper yelling match between the two voices. There was sounds of construction for a moment, and pink blurs of fluff and balloons.
I slowly crept around the railing of the stairs and began slowly creeping up the stairs. I walked on all fours to try and look less intimidating, but that seemed sort of silly. I sat right on the top of the stairs and pulled out a quarter full water bottle. I poured it on my face and tried to wash it, remembering some sort of manners.
I looked inside but didn't see anyone but a little purple dragon, standing still with an incredibly nervous smile on his face in the middle of the room. I looked in and slowly looked at him.
"What are you doing this far from the Dragon Isle little guy?" I smiled and took a few steps closer to the entrance, smiling as I looked at him. He gave a small whimper the closer I got to the entrance. "Hey heey… I'm not going to hurt you! Uh... Look, I got a gemstone! It's blue, I think it's a Sapphire. It tastes like blueberries, you want it?" I pulled it off my neck and looked at it, biting my lip for a moment when I got second thoughts.
He didn't move so I put away the stone and looked at him. I became worried. Maybe he wasn't old enough to talk yet? I took a few steps forwards, slow and cautious. He looked at me and his eyes darted to the left, and I glanced to the left and saw nothing. I looked back and he was farther away. I heard a sound of something like a 'ssss' and I tilted my head, searching for the source. I looked to the right and spotted a cannon right in front of my face, and the fuse was going out.
There was a color flash of light and an intense ringing in my ears as I was blinded by layers and layers of something. I was surprised I survived. I felt my limbs being secured by a thick and firm rope. I think it was rope. I tried to wipe my face off, but nothing happened. I couldn't move. I coughed up something that tasted like frosting.
"Great job Spike!" The ringing subsided slowly, and that was the first thing I heard.
"H... Help...! HELP, SOMEONE!" I thrashed a bit, blinded by black spots and different colors over my eyes. There was an intense gasp and a frightened squeak. I felt something tighten my arms to my sides and I began to panic. "You're hurting me! HELP!" I shook my head until the colorful substance over my eyes was gone.
"Shut it varmint!" I felt an apple get shoved into my mouth, and I blinked a bit, squinting my eyes to see the giver. It was the orange horse with her hoof outstretched towards my face after shoving the apple into my face. I blinked and did my best to use my hands to aide my mission to get the apple out of my mouth.
"Mm- mmPhm!!" I teared up and shook my head.
"AJ! Why are you being so barbaric?!" There was a white unicorn there, with a purple alicorn there next to her. She was looking at the horse with a look of extreme disbelief.
"It won't stop yellin' Rarity! What would you rather do?!" She looked slightly offended and I looked at her like I was scared. The pink fluff ball I had seen blurring around earlier was levitating upside down and looking at me with a detectives hat.
I giggled at her and pulled the apple out of my mouth after all my reaching.
"I'm not an it, my name is Savra! I followed the moon out of the forest, and I don't know where I am or who I was before I got here to this... Strange land." I trailed off and looked at my bag.
"Savra? That's a pretty name. You said you followed the moon?" She looked at me like I was a stranger telling her a story that she had heard somewhere before.
"Yes... I call the moon Luna though... It's a word from where I'm from... Wait a second why am I tied up?! Why did you fire a cannon in my face? Why is everyone saying I'm a monster outside?!" I looked at everyone with an angry look, confused by the lack of an answer. Her ears laid back and her cheeks tinted a bit lighter purple. The others cast glances at the ground around them.
"We have no time to discuss this now, it's late and I'm sure you're tired!" She had a flash of light and I was transported away and into a bed with a comfortable layout.
"... What's happening."