Chapter 2: New Friends or New Enemies?
I gasped. This laugh was familiar…But, why? Could it have to do with what happened to me? If so, does that make one of them my attacker? I heard footsteps make their way towards me. I gulped and sprinted into bed, feigning sleep. I began breaking out in a cold sweat under the covers. If its Pinkie, do you think she knows I heard her? I heard her open the door and go into her bed, falling fast asleep. I, on the hand, couldn’t sleep a wink. I stared at the ceiling all night, wide-eyed, fearing the pony a mere couple of feet away from me.
“GOOD MORNING!!!!” two voices shouted at me. I jumped and fell out of the bed, hitting my head once more. I guess I dozed off for a few minutes. I rubbed my head at looked up at the four eyes staring me down.
“Oh my gosh! Are you okay? We didn’t mean to scare you! We just wanted to give you a friendly wake up call,” Pinkie Pie shouted into my ear. Gosh, is this her plan to attack me? If so, it’s pretty torturous.
“We made you breakfast because we realized we hadn’t fed you all last night and then we figured afterwards, we’d show you around Ponyville,” Twilight said kindly.
Ha, I laughed at finding her words kind considering she could easily be my attacker in disguise. I thanked them and took their breakfast. I poked around at it for a little while, deciding whether they could have poisoned it or not. My stomach began growling though, it had seemed like forever since I last ate, so I risked the odds and tried it. It was delicious! I scarfed it up quickly. We then left the house and began venturing around Ponyville. While I admit it was still hard to walk, it wasn’t as bad as last night. Twilight sure did a good job patching me up. Would someone who planned to kill me really heal me up this well? Or is it just a cover to convince Pinkie she cares? Despite my liking towards her, I couldn’t let my biases cast suspicion off of her. As they began showing me all the places around town, I began analyzing everything I saw hoping something—anything—would jog my memory, but to no avail. Eventually, we ran into a group of ponies.
“HI GUYS!” Pinkie screamed. “Everyone this is our new friend Swirls! She’s a little off at the moment because she lost her memory but I know she’ll get better under my super care!”
I couldn’t help but laugh at that comment as I gave a meek smile, “Hey guys. It’s nice to meet all of you. I hope we can become great friends.”
“Nice to meet ya! The name’s Applejack. I’m sure you’ll fit in just nicely,” an orange pony said.
“Welcome to Ponyville. I’m Fluttershy. I’m sure we’ll be great friends,” Fluttershy said.
“It’s nice to meet you darling! I’m Rarity. Oh, geez! What happened to you’re hair? It’s a mess! Stop by my place later and I’ll make you a beautiful pony,” a white pony said.
“Oh. Hey. Rainbow Dash here. Nice to meet you. Um, I gotta go though…Check ya later,” an odd blue pony said. Her eyes seemed to be wide at the site of me as she flew off into the distance.
“Hm…That was strange,” Twilight noticed. “What do you think has gotten into her?”
All the other ponies shook their heads. Could she have been my attacker? Did she expect me to be dead and the sight of me scared the bageebies out of her.
“Well maybe she has some important matter to attend to. I bet she’ll explain it all to us later. Anyway darling, would you like to come with me so I could fix up your hair?” Rarity asked.
She seemed kind enough and I had yet to have a reason to suspect her. I nodded my head. I wished I would never find a reason to suspect her as I followed her to her house. She kept telling me inside information about Ponyville and really made me feel welcomed. For a brief moment she was my closest friend as we got along so well. Yet, I knew I couldn’t get close to her—or anyone else. Everyone was still a suspect until proven innocent. After some time, we reached her house and walked inside. I was a lovely clothing boutique. We stood in front of several mirrors as she began doing my hair.
“So darling, any particular style you like?” Rarity asked. I shook my head. “Oh, that’s right. I’m sorry. But chipper up darling! I’ll think of something lovely. Don’t you worry! So how was you’re evening with Pinkie?”
“It was interesting…Is she always like that? You know, very loud and hyper,” I asked.
“Oh, yeah. Pinkie is known for that and her laughter. But don’t mind her darling she’s a very sweet pony,” Rarity responded.
Laughter? Could that laugh have been hers? I saw my opportunity and dove in, “So, it sounds like you know a lot about Pinkie and are very fond of her,” I asked.
“Of course, doll. She’s a terrific pony. Why, just yesterday afternoon she spent the day running around making cakes for all the little ponies whose birthday it was,” Rarity said.
Wait, she was busy ALL day yesterday? I mean, considering my wounds were fresh, they must’ve been inflicted yesterday. I guess it couldn’t have been her. She had no time. Dammit! I was really hoping it was her. But I guess she is kind…Just obnoxious. I sighed in relief that one pony was down. Yet, that Rainbow Dash did seem the most suspicious. It must be her. I began probing more.
“That’s so sweet! Would you happen to know what Rainbow Dash was doing yesterday?” I asked.
“Hmm? Rainbow? No darling sorry. I know she likes to race a lot. Perhaps she was racing some other ponies,” Rarity replied.
Racing? I flashed back to an image of me, running in fear. Fear of what? My attacker? I was running with several composition notebooks in my arm. All I could make out was the title said, “TOP SECRET”. I continuously looked back so see if she was following me yet, all I could see were dead bodies everywhere. They surrounded me as I fled a mysterious building. I could feel her growing closer, yet there was no sight of her.
I snapped back to reality. If speaking of Rainbow Dash made such strong memories appear, I knew it must’ve been her! I need a little more proof, or to eliminate a few more suspects before I could be 100% sure though. Rarity began finishing up my haircut and I looked in the mirror to find my beautiful, blonde mane completely in tact. I smiled manically. I thanked Rarity and began off on my merry way. I began contemplating everything that had happened today and I headed towards Pinkie’s house. I felt a little better knowing I can trust one person. Whoosh! Something flew past me and hit the ground. It was a crow with an arrow shot through its back. Yet strangely, there was also a piece of paper through the arrow as well. I picked it up.
“I told you to be careful. Stop investigating now OR ELSE!”
My heart skipped a beat. I quickly looked around everywhere. There was no one in sight.