//------------------------------// // The Spherical Forest // Story: The origins of Ditzy Doo // by Joshua PickleSmith //------------------------------// As we entered the forest we felt the sun slowly fade away in between the high branches that had grown as high as you can imagine. As we stepped further my Mom had to use her magic to light the way for us, as a unicorn she had that ability, sometimes I wish I was a unicorn, but instead I have these wings. These wings would be good and all, if only I wasn't scared of heights, actually that isn't accurate, I am not scared of heights, I am scared of falling and well, splat. Sometimes I wish I wasn't as smart as I am, maybe if I was dumb I wouldn't be so scared of hitting the ground hard. "Are you OK back there" I heard from directly in front of me, from where I was walking all I could see was the outlines of the grass and trees and the faint light creeping along my Mom's back. "I'm fine, are we nearly there yet." "I think so Ditzy" she said trying to hide her uncertainty. As we were walking I kept spying something from the corner of my eye, I knew it was nothing and probably just me being scared of a small animal such as a rabbit. "I think I see the house Ditzy" My mother said slightly louder than usual, you could tell she was relieved, and to be honest, I was as well, this place wasn't as exiting as I thought. I don't know how my Dad did it. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE." The instant I heard this I jumped to the floor and covered my head in my hooves. The voice came from all around us. "Ditzy cover your eyes" I heard my mother say, to this I didn't object. I didn't know what my Mom would do but the only thing I could do was trust her. "Oww my eyes, oww what are you doing." I didn't know what my Mom was doing but from what I could hear, it was obviously working. "You can open your eyes now Ditzy" I heard my mother say softly into my ear. I opened my none broken eye to find a ball of light flying slowly and being hidden above the high branches, I could see much more of the forest now, the forest was less scary than I thought. I could see small critters and plants along the ground which were earlier invisible due to the looming darkness. It was actually a nice place when it was lighter. "Show yourself" my mother said with her arms around my head, she sounded confident and controlling. "Very well, very well I will appear, just don't be surprised if I disappear" the mysterious intruder said. Talking in rhymes? since when was that cool? After she said this I could see a pony unlike any pony i have ever seen. She was covered in black and white stripes and she had a larger nose than other pony's. "Are you Zoruck's daughter?" "Yes I am I must admit, but you are someone a hit or miss." "Stop talking in rhymes and such, why'd you scare us like that?" I heard myself saying out loud "I was telling you stop you see, in front of you was a poison plant times three." she then pointed at what looked like a plant. After she said this I looked at the ground in front of us and I saw the plant she was talking about" "Thank you very much for helping us, can you lead us to your Father please," my mother said trying to act polite forgetting what just happened. "Of course I will guide you on your way, follow me and don't go astray." Me and my Mom looked at each other for a second but we decided to go along with her and see where she will be taking us. "Hey Mom" I whispered "Yes Ditzy" "Should we talk in rhymes as well? I don't want to seem rude."