Amber Wood
As I ran through the dark forest I chose to avoid touching any and all plants I could.
I had heard enough about the Everfree Forest to know that I should avoid touching anything that seemed at all magical.
Eventually I came across a patch of blue flowers with an unnatural look to them that seemed to grow in a similar way to poison oak.
I may not have been sure of what they were but they could not be good.
For now though I just wanted to find a place to sleep.
Finding what looked to be an abandoned burrow under a tree.
I would likely be attacked if I went back to kirin form so I would have to remain angry in my sleep, since most creatures would probably avoid provoking a growling ball of fire.
Yawning as dawn came I considered what to do before setting out.
First thing first I need a source of clean water and food.
I also wanted to avoid going too deep into the forest so I decided to stay near the edge.
Looking to the sky I started to see a trail of dark smoke.
Worried for the inhabitants of Ponyville I looked for a vantage point to get a view of the town.
From the look of it their was nothing wrong with the town and the smoke seemed to be coming from the top of some nearby mountain.
I noticed that it there was a cottage of some kind and that the owner of it was one of the two ponies who fed me the apples.
It appears that she is in charge of caring for a multitude of different animals.
Like a bear...
A bear...
She has a bear.
And that rabbit seemed to have personality issues of it's own.
Since even Trixie had noticed that my new body was that of a child I would need a legal guardian of some kind.
In that case I would prefer someone who lives on the edge of town, so I can run off if I need too.
But I would need a way to introduce myself.
As the yellow pegasus headed towards town I began to imagine how I would introduce myself to her.
*Fading ripple transition*
Fluttershy
I stretched as the Sun shined through my window and stood from my bed.
I took a deep breath and made my way to the kitchen.
After making a quick breakfast I washed up and took my rabbit out of it's cage to join the others as I feed them.
Going into the front yard I had my little rabbit join the other veggie eaters as I gave them their food.
After them I fed the nut eaters I started to feed the fish when I noticed that it had gotten strangely quiet.
Looking back at the veggie eaters I saw it.
Snacking on the veggies was something that looked like the nirik from before.
Amber Wood
Of course I will end up running the risk of getting mauled by a bear, but it is a bear.
Seriously how can she just stand so close to a bear like that.
Did she raise it from a cub or something?
And that rabbit.
If I choose to stay with her then I would have to deal with that rabbit which seems to have a problematic personality.
It is not hard to imagine it causing trouble and blaming it on me.
That seems like a very cartoon thing to happen.
So I will avoid making that place my home for now unless I had too.
Returning to the forest I took a look at what other parts of town were boarding the forest.
And as it turns out I found that the only other property bordering the Everfree Forest was an apple farm of some kind.
Well I guess that means that I won't starve.
Especially since it looked like no one has been by this portion of the farm to recently.
But I could not rely on my first impression only.
What tipped me off that some pony comes by here is that the grass was not over grown at all and there was a lack of weeds.
So for now I will have to continue finding safe places to sleep in the Everfree Forest.
Nocking a few apples down from a tree at the edge of the tree line I ate my fill and headed back out.
Investigating the areas near the edge of the Everfree Forest I came across what appeared to be some kind of swamp.
As I investigated the swamp I began to notice signs of an absolutely massive serpent like creature. It did not seem to be completely serpentine though.
Not wanting to get stuck in the mud I avoided the waters edge.
There are plenty of other places I could get water from that were much cleaner.
As I was finishing up my investigation of the first part of the swamp I noticed that the mound of some kind that was in the water disappeared.
"Ya... No."
I was not sure what was in the water but it was absolutely massive so I really did not want to know.
As I continued to investigate the surrounding areas of the forest I started to hear growling.
Looking to the source of the sound I saw three absolutely massive wolves.
Though the biggest difference between them and normal wolves was that they were made of wood.
This would scare me but...
I am quite literally on fire.
Ya that did not end well for them.
When they had pounced at me I caused a burst of flames around myself.
The first one had over half it's entire body covered in flames while the other two mostly had flames on only their faces and front paws.
Fortunately for them we were near some water that they started running towards.
As I saw that the day was beginning to end I headed towards the apple trees in order to have something for dinner.
When I finished eating the sky had turned already turn dark.
It always throw me off how fast the transition between day and night was in this world.
Since it was now night I could probably investigate this farm at my leisure.
Switching to my kirin form I snuck through the trees.
The first structure I actually came across was a dilapidated treehouse.
Definitely an idea of where I could potentially crash for a while if needed.