I am still in the bush, waiting for the blue pony to stop searching for me or at least for the sun to go down and let the moon take its place but I don’t know how much longer I need to wait for night to come since the sun is not moving. It looks like the mighty king of the sky has decided to stay still and not move a meter.
‘’... My mind still can’t comprehend what happened the last time, how does the fucking sun move like that?’’ I say, not taking my eyes off the sun in fear of the sun disappearing and the moon just casually strolling its way to the sky.
‘’No use just laying here in some bushes and doing nothing.’’ I mutter and gather myself to finally learn to walk… yes, learning to walk like a baby who is taking its first steps. I won’t be able to do much of anything while crawling.
Taking a quick look outside the bushes to see if Flutters is outside or if that blue one with wings is still looking around in this area, I can’t risk being caught with me lying on the ground like an animal… Okay, it looks like the coast is clear, good, I should be able to try getting up and walking.
Now, how does a horse get up from the ground? Hmm… I think it was the front legs first then slowly the hind legs. My legs are shaking a little while I’m trying to get the legs up annnd… yes! I have done it! Now I’m just sitting like Flutters while she was talking to the Bunny, it’s not much but it’s still progress.
‘’Yes!’’ I quietly shout to myself and this little victory brings me such joy that I can’t help but smile.
‘’Alright, now the back ones and then I can at least stand still.’’
I slowly and a bit wobbly get my hind legs up and now I am standing up just like a pony. Now when people see me they won’t think, ‘’Why is that pony crawling?’’ they will think ‘’Oh, just a normal pony’’
‘’Hahaha! Yes, yes, yes! Look at me world! I am still standing!’’ I say my smile a now full-on grin, barely holding myself back from shouting to the sky and making my presence known to Flutters or the blue one.
Now let’s try to slowly walk forward, so… uh… left front leg first? I move my left leg forward a bit then set it back down again and then my hind right leg? God this feels weird, I’m a human, not a pony I walk on two legs, not four. Alright, after that let’s move the front right leg and the hind left leg then repeat the process. Okay, okay… Nice! Now I am slowly walking while repeating the motions. Left front, right hind, right front, and left hind. Yep, I got it! Now I am a certified walker.
Peeking out the bush to scan the area one last time, it still looks like Flutters is inside and the blue one is nowhere to be seen. I slowly get out of the bush not crawling but by walking and god, that makes me so happy walking not crawling. Turning my head right I see the apple orchard and my stomach begs me for food once again.
‘’Now, let’s reward myself for the hard work eh?’’ Of course, I don’t take the main road there, that would just be an announcement to the blue one to come and take me away, I ain’t getting picked up and flown away to some weird horse hospital by a blue pony with wings, not here.
I steer clear of the dirt path and slowly make my way to the bushes and trees, they should provide the minimum amount of cover at least.
‘’Ow.’’ I fall but this time I get up albeit a bit slowly and with wobbly legs but I still get up.
The moment I am going through one of the bushes I hear a distant sound but it sounds like the flapping of… wings. Damn, the blue one is back again. I throw myself to the ground and hide amongst the leaves of the shrubbery. The sound is getting louder and louder as the seconds go by. It’s now like a fly is buzzing right now, is she… is she right on top of me?! Shit, shit, shit! I hold my mouth as if she can hear my faint sound of breathing.
‘’You are one sneaky pony ain’t ya?’’ I look up at the pace of a snail and can only hope that she is talking to herself. She leaves and the sounds of wings flapping get quieter and quieter and quieter… Now there is no longer any sound of her anywhere.
That was close… way too close! The realization hits me like a truck. The smallest of movement or any kind of sound and I would have been toast! It becomes harder to breathe, any kind of oxygen going through my nose becomes stuck there.
‘’No, no, no, calm down! She didn’t see anything, she just stopped here to look around!’’ I try to calm myself and it works, not a lot though, but my breathing becomes calmer. She wasn’t talking directly to me it’s fine, it’s fine… or does she already know where I am, and when she saw me heading into the orchard she went to ambush me there? No, that’s stupid if she knew I was here she would have already caught me why would she bother with a trap? It’s fine, I’m fine, I’m still not found…right?
Shaking my head and slapping my cheeks with my hand- oh yeah, I have hooves, not hands that hurt a lot more than I imagined they would. With one final look around to see if the blue one really did put up a trap or if she was around I get up and continue my journey to get some apples or whatever else there is in my stomach.
After a few minutes, I am now near the entrance of the orchard and once again hiding in some bushes. The entrance has a sign with an apple on it, wow, how did they come up with such an idea for a sign, looking down there is another sign with some writing on it.
‘’Sweet Apple Acres, huh,’’ I mutter to myself and then circle the fence around so that I can get to the apple trees without alerting someone.
Now how do I cross these fences? Maybe jump over it like a human? Yeah, let’s try that, I might fall a couple of times but that seems like the only way I can but not now since it is still da- oh would you look at that the sun is moving again… fuck me… and here comes the moon. In the span of a minute, all the light that the sun provided is now gone and the farm is slowly getting lit up by lanterns or small candles.
Well, I should still wait a while it just became the night the people over there are probably still awake. I lay on the grass and observe the place from my place of hiding not a bush but on the top of a tre- yeah no, maybe if I had actual hands I would be able to climb that but no, I’m still in a bush.
Looking out I see an orange pony now with a light brown stetson hat yeah, now we got pony cowboys, cowgirls… cowmares? I don’t even know man, oh and she has a dog… wait a dog?! Fuck! Please tell me that you keep that dog in the house at night time, you know terrible things happen at night you should probably keep the dog in the house, a terrible monster might come and eat it u-. Yes! The dog is in the house… hmm I still don’t feel comfortable enough, what if that dog is super-smelling and will just destroy me the moment I step foot in the orchard?
Can I fight a dog? No way, I got overpowered by a fucking small bunny no way in hell that I am going against a dog.
Oh! Maybe if I cover myself in mud that can camouflage my scent with mud, yeah, that can work.
Approaching the fences near the orchard the ground is a little wet probably from when they water the trees, it seems like the excess water flowed towards the fences and I find the mud I am looking for, now to roll in the mud like a pig… ‘’I am a human, not an animal, I am a human, not an animal this is just to get food no other reason’’ I reason with myself so that I can keep what dignity I have left.
That should be enough, I get up and yep, I am fully covered in mud that should at least cover my smell a little. Now to get over this fence. Getting on my hind legs I hold the fence with my arms an- woah!
‘’Fuck!’’ I fall down onto the ground, no wonder, my legs were all shaky. Okay, let’s try this again.
‘’Agh!’’ Once again I fall to the ground, well I’m getting even more muddier I guess that’s good?
‘’There we go.’’ Looks like the third time’s the charm, holding onto the fence post with both of my arms, I am now standing upright on my both legs, now, let's try to hop over this and one, two, three!
‘’Hyuup!’’ I jump over the fence and roll down on the ground causing some noise, getting up and looking over the house I breathe a sigh of relief when nothing happens, looks like the ponies are still asleep.
Walking stealthily as best as I can as a pony I go over to the apple trees and scan the ground for any fallen apple. Since I won’t be able to climb any trees like this the ground seems like the best choice to look for apples.
‘’Oh? What’s this?’’ At the foot of one of the trees, I find a bottle with a screw cap taking it with my hands I twist the cap off and sniff… is this cider? Looks like someone was slacking off the job and enjoying themselves. Oh yeah, I’m taking this with me. Taking the bottle with one of my hands really slows me down but I ain’t passing an opportunity like this if need be I can just throw it away.
There were only about three apples on the ground so I’m still moderately hungry but damn was those apple good. I should probably leave I can just come back tomorrow and gather some to eat again.
I roll the bottle under the fence and get ready to jump the fence to go back into hiding.
‘’Ahhh!’’ Suddenly I am tied with a rope and pulled down onto the ground. FUCK! Rolling over and looking up I see the orange pony from before with the rope on her mouth and the dog beside her growling at me.
…Well I’m boned.