//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 Where am I // Story: The Climbing Human // by Shark //------------------------------// OK so how do I explain this well, it was the middle of the night and I was going to my room to sleep I told all my family good night. I usually sleep early, when I went to my bed lay down and passed out right there. Not thinking about anything. I had a strange dream. I don’t remember much but all I remember is six ghost, it was blurry, to me it looks like a ghost but they were blurry all right, and then they started glowing, they glow so bright and it remind you like when you were little you point the flashlight towards your eyes. Everything was white and then I woke up. It was daytime, somehow I’m outside, I’m not on my bed, not at my house just outside laying down on a field full of grass. I jerked up, sit up and said the most normal thing in this situation. “HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE!” I stand up, looked around to see any landmarks that could be familiar. There was nothing. Just An open field of nature, i’m still questioning how did I end up outside, more specific how did I end up here. Then suddenly I hear someone talking, in my mind I was like, great there could be someone that can help me explain where am I, but I’m the other mind, wait are those the people who kidnapped me and brought me here. So I investigate, I followed the voices but still moving quietly for they won’t hear me, when I got to the voice, I was shocked, it was a Horse, no a pony, it was talking like a human, wait a minute, I squinted my eyes trying to see what the pony looks like, and I was surprised. The pony has human features, the eyes look human, have more movement than an actual pony, and it looks like you brought a League of Legends character to life. I was shocked, did I somehow entered into a fantasy world. My mind went back on the pony. The pony started to walk, she said something about something Ponyville. So I started following the pony but still moving quietly for she won’t notice me. When the pony left the forest, I stop and saw the village, this must be Ponyville, a strange name to give a town. I almost walked in the open, until I noticed the villagers, they were all pony, well I see a Pegasus and a unicorn and. “Is that a freaking dragon. THEY HAVE DRAGONS!” I shouted by accident by the excitement of seeing a fantasy, mythical, creature. My nerd side is geeking out right now. But back to the topic, after the excitement I realize that everyone in that village was just that. I don’t see goblins, i don’t see Warriors, I don’t see cat people, come to think of it I’m not seeing anyone who can walk with two legs, except the dragon some of them Are walking with two legs. I heard someone Else mentions about other towns also mention the other ponies living there. I was shocked surprised I am in a world filled with ponies. “Ah, now I know how Brent feels from the movie planet of the apes.” I looked around more in the village and more and more I look, the more I feel different, I always been alone even with big crowds, in high school I always sit alone, I mostly keep things to myself, but here I feel lost and alone. If I go towards the village then everyone would be terrified of me, they never seen a human before, so I decided to live in the forest, it’s gonna suck. A couple hours have pass and the sun started to set. I need to find a place to sleep. I stood still when I heard a wolf howl, that’s it I’m sleeping on the trees to night, I searched around the forest to find the right tree to sleep on. Until I found it, a large, thick tree big enough for I won’t slip off or fell off. I climb on the tree, and found the right position to sleep in. But I can’t stop thinking about my problem now, em I going to sleep on the forest for the rest of my life now, and what happened to my family, and why I’m here. So many questions but no answer. I slowly went to sleep. That dream came back but this time, the blurry ghost started to be clear but still blurry, I still don’t know what my dream means, but like before I woke up. It was morning but this time, there was a blanket wrapped around me, I was shock, “Did, did I have a blanket with me before, no I haven’t. Did someone gave me a blanket while I was sleeping.” I was curious who was the person who gave me the blanket. I turned my head and notice a green jacket hanging on a branch. It’s not just a jacket, it was my jacket from back home. “How did it get here, did someone brought me this too?” I put on my jacket and before I jumped off the tree, I look at the other trees. The branches looks like a jungle gym. I stayed on the tree, and began running, jumping on trees to trees like a monkey, climbing on big trees and swinging to other trees. While I was climbing and swinging around the trees, I feel like someone is watching me, I stop and looked around to see anyone is watching, but I don’t see anyone. The forest was thick, the branches and roots were blocking the area so I can’t see anyone, maybe it’s just my imagination playing tricks on me, so I climb and swinging away but someone was watching me but i didn’t noticed because that person was hiding. It was a hooded pony. “A strange creature, mmm, must keep an eye on this one.” Back home I climb around the house but in the forest there so many ideas for climbing. I was having fun, enjoying the excitement and thrill. I landed on a thick branch, on the edge of the forest. With my green jacket I blend in by the color of the forest. I looked towards at Ponyville seeing everyone leaving there homes to head to work, even seeing smaller ponies going to school. I want to get close but I don’t have a disguise, until I remember something, the blanket it’s long enough to be use as a cloak. It can cover my body. I pulled the blanket and tied the two ends around my neck like a cape but still wearing the hood over my head. My heart is moving really fast, I’m nervous but luckily my hoodie is long enough to cover my face and, I’m the same height as a two leg walking dragon, but maybe for good measure I should bend my legs just to be a little small. I jump off the tree landing on the ground and began walking towards Ponyville. I try walking in the areas where there’s not a lot of people. I was walking for 10 minutes and saw a big building. Must be town hall, I realized more ponies started coming out there houses. I climbed the town hall building, seeing the entire town, I looked around the town seeing everyone except this time I'm close enough to see what they're doing. Everything was going well until I heard someone mentions, food. My stomach started growling. “Yup, I’m hungry, I would like go for some some bacon and eggs.” But I realized I’m in a world of ponies I don’t think they have meat, maybe the dragons eat meat. I saw a dragon he said he’s hungry. In my head I was like perfect all I need to do is follow them and take there kill, but I was disappointed to see a dragon eating a Crystal like a candy. “Ok so maybe dragons here mostly eat Crystal, ah shit.” I looked around to any food and realized that there food is very similar to human food, did I say similar I mean the same. I don’t like it but it looks like I have to steal, after playing many games about sneaking around, I think I can do it. All I know people can be distracted very easily. Before I was about to throw a rock, I heard one of the shop owner said she’s going to the bathroom. In my mind I have two things one of them is like “AH THANKS GOD!” And the other is “OH COME ON, I HAD A PERFECT PLAN!” I climb down sneaking towards the shop and took as many food I can carry, I turned around ready to escape until I noticed a little pony kid was looking at me. I was shocked my eyes were wide open, I have no idea what to do. The little filly said “what you doing with all that food?” I look at the food I was carrying, I put the food on a table and took one. And two. Maybe three. Ok four. The little filly was still looking at me, so I did the most reasonable thing, I made a Jojo reference, I NIGERUNDAYO out of there. I ran and started to climbing out of there. The little filly was confuse. “What just happened?” I ran to the other side of town and saw a tree. I climb on a tree and sit down, I looked at the food I have, one apple, one bread, one cupcake and a sandwich. I grabbed the sandwich first, and before I took the first bite, I check what’s inside the sandwich. There’s nothing but just a flower between two breads. “Well can’t eat that.” I threw the sandwich away and just ate the cupcake instead, while eating I heard someone mention something about a Princess, after I finishing the my breakfast. I climb the tree higher to see the view. I saw the same ponies that mention about Princess and they went to the castle. “Princess, I guess this world is run by a monarch.” I was about to leave until I hear something about tea, and I am thirsty. "TO THE CASTLE!" “This could be the mostly stupidest thing I have ever did. But I’m bloody thirsty, TO THE CASTLE!” I jump off the tree and began running behind the castle. To be honest this castle is huge, I mean I know it’s a castle and castle are huge but this entire castle is made out of crystals. “Mmm neat.” So I began to climbing, I climbed buildings before but mostly, my house, my cousins house and my other families house but, never a skyscraper like castle, one mistake I could fall down and die, there goes the last human, so I have to be very careful. Lucky for me the castle was not that hard to climb there are so many things to grip on it’s like a climbing gym. I made it to the window I slowly open the window try not to make any noise, I climb The architecture inside the castle. I spotted the pot of tea and its fresh, I began climbing down. I was still surprised to see a Crystal castle, but I have no time looking at the castle, I came here to get one thing, the tea. I grab the tea pot and it’s filled with hot water, I can see the tea leaves, I’m going to enjoy this. I head to the window but I stop I still hear the ponies talking to each other, but they mention something strange happened. I got a little close to the voices but still hiding, the purple pony said something that could be something related to me. “Look something strange is happening, the map has been going off lately but it always lead us here in Ponyville, not only that someone told me there’s was a magic in the everyfree forest, so something is happening.” I turn my head to the map, I got close to the map it was the entire land and that purple pony was right. The map was glowing here in ponyville. I looked at the chairs and see the strange symbols they almost look like the ones in my dream but it’s not blurry. I started to have a vision. It was my dream but this time the blurry ghost are clear it’s the same symbols from the chairs. So this thing brought me here why, why em I here. The vision stop and my mind is still questioning everything. Until I heard one of the voices. “Twilight who’s that?” I turn around looking at a little dragon. “Spike what’s wron . Who are you and what you doing in my castle.” The map started to glowing brighter but I just ran out the window, I was running towards the forest, I stop and looked back at the pony, and continued running in the forest. “ah, that was stupid Ulysses, very stupid, why, why did I do that, for tea I like tea but, I almost got caught. Now that purple pony is going to go after me now. But what’s with the map, did the map brought me here, or something else. Ah I don’t know what to do.” “Maybe I could help you.” I got scared someone was here I turn my head and I saw another pony except this pony was covered in a thick hood. She took off her hood, showing her face it was a zebra. “Don’t be alarmed my friend. I’m not here to harm you, but instead here to help you.” “Were you the one who gave me the blanket.” “Yes I have, I saw you sleeping close by my home, you were shaking it was freezing at night.” “Did you also brought my jacket.” “Forgive me but I did not.” “You look tired come with me I have plenty of food for both of us.” "Your not going to kidnapped me, are you." "Why would I do that. Its your decision. If you want to come with me or stay." Looking at the zebra I know that she isn't afraid of me. She could help me, and plus I don't want to sleep outside again, so I agreed to go with her. “Ah, thanks by the way, what’s your name anyways.” “My name is Zecora, and you must be Ulysses.” "How did you know my name?" “I heard you talking to yourself. You mentioned your name.” “Oh yeah.” (nervous chuckle) “Have no fear my friend, you are safe.” “Hey Zecora do you live in that town.” “You mean Ponyville.” “Ponyvile yes.” “No, I do not. I make potions, and the ingredients are here in the forest.” “Potions. Is there an enchanted potion.” “Yes.” “Invisible potions.” “Yes.” “Lava resistant.” “Still a work in progress but yes.” “No way it’s real, every fantasy thing is real.” “You’re not from this world aren’t you.” “No, I’m not, by the way where am I, this world.” “Your in Equestria, and have no fear my friend, I will ask twilight to help us.” “Mmm, twilight, Is she a purple pony.” “She an alicorn but yes.” (Laughs nervously) “OH. I think we should find someone els-“ “You don’t need to pretend I saw everything, you broke inside twilight castle, try to take something but you found something else instead.” “Yeah sorry about that.” “It’s OK my friend, but promise me you will never do that to someone else’s home.” Me and Zecora made it to her home, to be honest it almost look like Yoda hut from the Empire Strikes back. When we went inside I was shocked how big the house is. Zecora showed me the guess room. “Yup this place is big alright.” “Tomorrow, we go to Twilight castle, she will help you, but now rest.” “Thanks Zecora.” “Your welcome Ulysses, good night my friend.” “Good night Zecora.” So stuck in a world called Equestria, and this twilight knows what to do. I hope she have the answers. I hope my family are ok. Well looks like my adventure just got started.