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// Good Idea, Bad Idea. 
// Story: Rebirth of Magic: Izzytastic! 
// by JimmyHook19 
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The sun eventually rose over Equestria, slowly beginning to bathe all who lived within it with its wondrous and beautiful light. This I know because of information I picked up later from my friends, whom of course I haven't met yet. When we last spoke I had settled down to sleep in a cave off the beaten path worn smooth by years of horseshoes going back and forth on it. Do we wear horseshoes? I don't think we do. I certainly don't. Perhaps that's specifically an earth pony thing.

Anyway, the sunlight soon began to enter the cave, and this caused some of the rocks in the walls to begin glowing. My sleep was disrupted by a spectral purple light that shone within the cavern. I sat up as I slowly gained consciousness, my eyes looking closely at the world through blurry lenses, I realised the world was beginning to awaken, and bright sparkle floated through the skies.

The effect inside this place was incredible. The golden light from outside and the purple light inside was absolutely incredible to witness with my own two eyes. To see a place like this was remarkable. True, I had been to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky once, but even those caves lacked bioluminescence! To see this sort of thing amazed me.

Perhaps I should work for the tourist board of Equestria. I bet you of the other world would love to travel here if you got the chance. Most bronies do, I believe.

I relaxed as I got up, knowing I was in no danger from the beauty surrounding me. I chose to take the slow path out, emerging into the light with a grin on my face. Once I was out, I took a look around and noticed something in the area before me. In the dark of the night the previous night, I hadn't spotted it at all.

On the road was a badly faded signpost, so I trotted over to see what it said. The text was worn by the passing of time and both sun and rain (the humidity suggested to me I was somewhere fairly far south), but there still seemed to be some of the former blue and gold colour left in the signwork itself. I stepped in to take a closer look, and saw the text was still there somehow, clinging on despite the elements. It was time to see what it said.

Unfortunately, the text was just a series of squiggles. It was completely illegible, making it impossible to read.

I then realised why. "Oh! Silly me! Forgot to put my glasses on!" I reached into my bag and slapped my glasses on over my face. I needed these to read things, but not to walk. Try to travel whilst wearing these and I'd fall over.

It seems that some thing don't really change, even when you're a human stuck in a pony body on the other side of a screen. I scanned the text and found that, to my amazement, I could read it.

Maretime Bay, 30 miles, the sign read. Perfect! I could maintain an average speed of eight miles an hour, so I would be there just before lunch. I could arrive there, go meet Sunny, and then we could have lunch at her house. My microwave was hopefully working, and I sincerely hoped earth ponies liked mac and cheese.

I had my course set, and off I went into the great unknown that lay before me. The path soon began to change as well. It wasn't much like the rocky outcrops and flat plains I had been traversing for much of the previous day.

Gradually, the landscape began to give way from the rolling fields and mighty boulders that had been my constant companions. The landscape shifted to coastal pathways and sheer cliffs that fell away for miles below towards the sea. What an incredible sight. Granted, I had lived next to the sea in the past, but the Equestrian sea was something else. It was such a pure shade of blue that I almost put on a pair of sunglasses to try and avoid getting dazzled. It was, not to put too fine a point on it, one of the most beautiful things I had witnessed yet. And to know that very few ever would experience it made me a bit sad.

So, to stop being sad, I continued on my way towards Maretime Bay. The town was starting to come into view. The buildings stretching out along the coastline like a series of... well, a series of somethings, but I'm not too sure what. There were also ponies roaming about on the ground, and they seemed pretty happy as well.

I turned back towards the path, travelling past the local lighthouse. I paused to look at the lens. It appeared that the light gear had been removed, but the lens was still in place. "That'd allow the light to be sent a long way."

I then trotted towards town, before an earth pony spotted me.

He screamed, and bolted for it, alerting his friends. "GUYS! IT'S A UNICORN! RAISE THE ALARM!"

"Oh boy, here we go," I said, and continued on my way into the path. Ponies were running and screaming as they sped away from where I was, which was a bit odd to witness in first person. I wasn't that scary, right?

I finally made my way under a bridge, and spotted her heading the other way. I had found her! I had found Sunny Starscout! She looked more confused than anything else, and I quickly made my way over before she got knocked to the floor and dazed.

As she woke up, I stopped in order to let her eyes recover and see me properly. I had practiced for this moment all the way here, and I hoped she'd be happy I was here. After all, it was her biggest dream to meet a unicorn, right?

I grinned. "Hi, Sunny. Long time no see!"