Drifitng in and out of consciousness, I heard the strange creatures talking. They mentioned all sorts of weird things. Princesses, Manticores, Aliens, Myths, Fairy Tales, and everything in between. Finally, I felt something touching me...It was a little hard, but warm. I felt my arm being lifted. Too weak to fight back, too tired to protest, I layed there, limp, like a ragdoll. I heard them talking again, but I was starting to wake up, so their voices were much clearer.
"Is it dead?"
"No, I think it's breathing."
"Do humans breathe?"
"Apparently so."
"What's your book say?"
"Well, it only tells me about what it looks and acts like. It doesn't show anatomy."
"You should tell the Princess. Maybe she can help."
"I'll send a letter to her right now."
I slowly opened my eyes. It was still blurry, but I at least could keep my eyes open...I saw a pale yellow and pink blob of some sort. It was unclear what it was.The strange thing tended to me, checking to see if I was hurt. She finally left to do something else. Now that I wasn't being poked and prodded like an experiment, I took the chance to escape. I waited until I couldn't hear them anymore, then I got off the table, stood up, and ran to the door. I banged my head on the top of it. It was lower than I thought. I pusehd the doors open and ran out. The creatures must've heard me leave, because I heard them talking to one another, then run into the front room.
"It couldn't of gotten far."
"Be careful, Twilight. It might be scared. We should be quieter."
"Fluttershy, we need to capture it. We can't have that thing running around."
"Oh...Okay Twlight..."
I ran as fast as I could, but they were quickly on my trail. I was still groggy and a little hurt, so my run was less of a run, more of a blurry stagger down the streets. But it was faster than them, because I had longer legs and longer strides. I heard the creatures call in others to help out.
"Applejack! Rainbow! We need your help!"
"Whoa there, Twi. What's going on?"
"It's hard to explain, but there's a strange creature running through Ponyville, so we need to catch it."
"But Twi, we don't even know what it looks like! How are we supposed to catch something we don't know?"
"Trust me girls, you'll know it when you see it."
I ran faster now, I needed to get away from these strange creatures. My vision was still blurry but clearing up now. My run was faster, and I wasn't staggering. Now to escape. I ran as fast as I could, putting my track skills to the test. I had to do this once before, so I knew my stuff. I lept the river and ran towards one building. I lept to it and climbed the rain gutter to the roof, then started to leap from rooftop to rooftop. Finally, I jumped down and landed in a wagon of hay, and disappeared from sight. My mother told me that nothing good comes from playing video games, but look who was right.
Suddenly, I felt the wagon tip upward, and I fell out. 4 creatures stood over me. I got a better view of them...They looked kinda like horses. Only they were much smaller, they had no 'hoof' as I could see, and they were....well....different. Colourful, big eyes, different hair styles, and 2 even had wings! One had a horn. I just laid there, knowing if I did anything I might get hurt.
"What IS this thing?"
"It's a human. It's a creature that was thought to be only an old pony's tale."
"Is it dangerous?"
"We don't know for certain."
Okay great, so they can talk. AND they know my language. I noticed something though, they were 4 legged, meaning...I suddenly swung my arm and knocked their front legs out from under them, and they tripped. I stood up and kept running. Suddenly I felt a tight rope wrap around my ankles and I tripped. They slowly dragged me back, and tied me up. I just grumbled. I had nothing to say to these things.
"Come on girls, now that it's captured and awake, maybe we can get some answers."
They took me back to the tree, and they sat me in a chair.
"Hello, Human. I'm Twilight Sparkle."
I just stared blankly at them. I wasn't scared, I was just irritated.
"Can you speak?"
I just stared.
"Do you have a name?"
I nodded, but remained stoic. They looked at each other, then back at me.
"So it can understand speech...So that must mean it can talk..."
I just stared.
"Are you frightened? Is that why you don't want to talk?"
I shook my head. They sighed.
"Well, are you angry?"
I nodded.
"We're sorry for tying you up. Can you just please talk to us? We need to know more about you."
I just groaned.
"Fine." I said blatently. "What is it you want to know?" Twilight smiled and looked at her friends.
"Well, what's your name?"
"My name is Austin."
"That's an odd name."
"Your's isn't all that normal either, Sprinkles."
"Um, it's Twilight Sparkle...SPARKle."
"Whatever you say Sparky."
Twilight just blinked.
"So? What else?"
"Are you here to hurt anypony?"
"Trust me, if I was aiming to hurt you....THINGS....I would have already."
"Well, what do you eat? Are you hungry?"
"Okay, I'm omnivorous. I eat both plants and meat."
"Is pony meat one of your...meals?"
"Is that what you things are? Geez, I thought you were just crayon creatures."
They looked at each other, confused, then turned back.
"To answer your question, no. I do not eat 'Ponies'. Frankly, I don't imagine you'd taste all that good. Besides, I don't even like horse meat."
"What do you eat?"
"I'd rather not answer that."
"Are you scared of us?"
"I'm angry at you."
They just sighed.
"Twilight, we're getting nowhere with these questions..." the orange pony said.
"Sorry."
I just blew some hair out of my face.
"Well are you magical?"
"Do I look magical? I don't grant no wishes, and you ain't finding any pot o gold. So I'd appreciate if you untie me."
"You're not very friendly, are you?"
"Aw, sorry. It's just when you ponies tied my up and started interrogating me, it kinda ruined any chance of a friendship."
"Oh."
"Now, I'm done talking. I'll be waiting for you strange creatures to run a knife across my neck."
And with that, I went silent. They left and started to talk about me. I just reached into my pocket and pulled out my trusty butterfly knife. I sliced through my bindings and lept out the window. I am SO outta here. Once I'm gone, I'll go find someone who can get me back. Preferably, not a 'pony'. Though I am pretty hungry....Maybe I could go find somewhere I could get something to eat. I looked around, then spotted a giant house that looked like it was made of candy and cake. I blinked. I made sure no one was looking, then ran to it and snuck in. It was a bakery. What a shock. No one seemed to be around...yet. So I peeked at some of the treats.
Suddenly, I heard something I didn't want to hear.
"Hi!"
I jumped nearly out of my skin, and saw a pink pony. She just stared at me, almost oblivious that I was a human. That smile made her look completely innocent. I just glared.
"Um...Hello?"
"I'm Pinkie Pie!"
"I'm...Austin. Aren't you scared? Or confused? I'm a human..."
"No, I've seen plenty of humans~"
"Um...okay...can I get something to eat?"
"Well, I need money first."
"I'm broke."
"Ok, I'll let you have one on the house."
She was surprisingly nice. Almost TOO nice. She brought out a cupcake and smiled at me. I just looked at her, then at the cupcake. She just stared at me, and I felt extremely uncomfortable. I just slowly took a bite of the cupcake.
"It's gurd." I said with a mouthful of frosting and cake. Pinkie just laughed.
"You sound so silly!" she said between laughs. I just blushed a little and swallowed.
"It's good." I said to correct myself. She smiled and bounced back to the kitchen. I just finished the cupcake and left. Well, at least she didn't tie me up and force me to talk like a prisoner.
"This place isn't that bad...I should still lay low though." Suddenly, I heard the girls from the library.
"He's gone!"
"Wait, I think I see him outside!"
"Go get him!"
I just groaned and ran. As last time, they gave chase. Suddenly, I bumped into something hard, yet soft, almost like silk. I rubbed my head and looked up. I saw looking down at me was a 7-8 foot tall pony, white as snow, with a wingspan that was bigger than SHE was. Her mane was kinda like toothpaste, but it moved. I just stared at her. She stared back. Twilight and the others ran over.
"Princess! You're finally here!"
I went almost as white as the pony I ran into.
"Oh.....crap."