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// We're Not Safe Here.. 
// Story: This Isn't a Game! 
// by Zap-The-Pegasus 
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As I open my eyes, everything seems blurry, and all I can see is something blue in front of me. As my vision clears, I see who is standing before me. I blink a few times, thinking I'm still dreaming. But nothing seems to change.

"You ok?" They ask, their voice is surprisingly calm, yet they seem frightened to.

"I...I think so.." I mutter. As I try to stand up, they hold out their hoof as I climb to my feet..Wait a second..hoof?

As I look at there face, I can see who they are, their fur is dark blue and their short hair is orange with pale blue streaks. I don't recognize them, but whoever they are, they seem fairly keen on helping me.

"I'm Hurricane." He smiles. "Who are you? Can't say I've seen you before." He seems friendly, but I'm not sure whether to trust him or not. He seems rather on edge though, whether that's because of me or because of are location I don't know. But as I start thinking of what to say, I realize I'm not on Earth anymore, and if I am, then something strange has happened.

"Umm.." I mutter as I think, If I am where I think I am, then I can't really use me real name, since it wouldn't really work, so I decide to go with what I'm known as over the Internet. "LittleWood." I say, my voice barely audible, but he still seems to hear me. He nods but then starts looking around, the smile on his face disappears, and he suddenly seems very nervous. "What's wrong?" I ask. He looks at me as if I'm an idiot. Something's not right, and as I look around, I notice that were standing in what looks like a desert, but the sky is grey and it looks like it might start raining at any moment.

"You sure your OK?" He asks, still giving me that odd look. I nod, and he sighs. "We've been standing around to long, it's not safe here, we need to move, before he comes for us.." He says, his voice suddenly sounds rather weak and his eyes are filled with fear. He turns to the right, and flies into the air, hovering above me. I look up at him, now even more confused than I was before. "Ponyville's about a mile from here, I could fly that distance in less than a minute, but you can't fly, so you'll have to run alongside me." He shouts down to me. And as I register his words, I start feeling rather nervous. Run.. I can hardly stand.

"Maybe I could just walk." I call up to him. But he doesn't seem impressed. He mutters something under his breath but I can't hear what he says. He sighs before landing beside me.

"You walk if you want, but I'm not waiting for you, I need to get home or my mum won't be happy about me staying out so late. It's nearly dark, and when night falls, the monsters come out. I don't really want to be killed." He says, starting to sound rather annoyed at me, I can tell he's scared, but this is starting to sound allot like a video game, with monsters coming out at night and what not. I'm frightened too off course, but that's mainly 'cos I don't know where I am. And if I'm the only one here. But as he looks at me again, he notices something. "You've got a sword?". He says, sounding rather amazed but also confused. I look at where he's looking, and he's right, I do have a sword, attached to what looks like a leather belt. I nod, a smile appearing on my face. "You've been trying to stop the monsters haven't you?" He asks, suddenly very cheery. "That's why you were out here on your own." I nod again before replying.

"Well, yeah, you could say that." I lie, but I can't really tell him the truth, or at least, not yet.

"Cool, but why is it blue, is it paint? I've only seen swords made of iron and other metals before."  He says, and then I realize that the sword has the sapling logo engraved on the wooden hilt, so if its blue, then it must be..

"Lapis Lazuli." I smile. He looks me in the eye and blinks.

"But I thought Lapis was a gem stone." Now he's stumped. I nod as I speak.

"It is, but I've always been fond of the stuff, so I had a sword made of it, it's rather strong, believe it or not." And the moment the words come out my mouth, I regret it, what if it isn't that strong, and it breaks the moment I hit something with it. All I can do, is hope that it doesn't.

I can tell he's about to say something, but a load growl, coming from behind us, cuts him off. He turns around quickly and takes a few steps back before jumping into the air.

"Come on LittleWood, we have to go! Now! The monsters are coming! Lets go!" He yells as he flies ahead. He remembers my name, I guess that's a start. I look behind me, and I see what he means by monsters. What looks like a zombie is slowly walking towards me. An arrow lands by my foot..hoof..and I jump back.

"Skeletons.." I mutter. All too familiar noises fill my ears. As I start to walk, the sounds get louder, I speed up, and slowly start to gallop. It seems so natural, I don't feel unsteady, but I've lost sight of Hurricane, and since he flew there's no foot prints I can follow. I just hope that I'm going the right way..