My arrival wasn't as smooth as I had imagined. Getting thrown out of magical gateways won't be my favourite means of travel any time soon. I felt really dizzy and sick as I was lying on the ground face down. Soon I felt my strength return to me and I stood up wobbling. I had a bad headache from the landing and it was a bit hard to focus on anything for more than few than a few seconds. "Note to self, never do this again. EVER." I muttered to myself as I held my hand against my head.
I took some time to look around where I was, though I couldn't really make it out. I must be somewhere around the borders of Ponyville. If I'm not mistaken that there must be the Everfree Forest, and if so i'm not far away. I started walking through the plains, admiring the view as I went. Everything is so green and peaceful. This world is so much different than what I'm used to. No pollution, no vehicles, no noise. I was happy that I finally found a place I could actually enjoy living in. Happy? That word couldn't explain what I felt. I felt as if my all my emotions drained over the years had returned into me in a few minutes.
I stopped for a moment and took a deep breath of the fresh air. I could smell the green grass in the wind, the beatiuful scent of the flowers and then suddenly something drew my attention away. I heard a scream, and soon after that the howling of wolves. "Wait. I'm near the Everfree Forest, that must mean... ooooh shit. Timberwolves!" Someone must be in trouble. I have to go and check it out. I turned to the source of the sound and ran towards it. Soon I could see the borders of the forest and I saw that I was correct. I saw someone running from two timberwolves. I had to find a way to help.
I ran towards them and I suddenly felt something I've never had. I never was this fast in my entire life. Come to think of it, I've been running for a couple of minutes already, why am I not feeling tired yet? Maybe this is what the old man meant back then, but it's not the time to think about this. I switched to sprinting speed. I could feel I was much faster than a normal human being. I ran about three times faster than the speed i could achieve in my world. As I was getting closer and closer I noticed something. That hat. It's Applejack!
My thoughts were spinning around in my head like a roller coaster. If the old man's ritual inreased my speed I wonder if it affected my strength as well. Well, now I've got a chance to find out. I was still running but with every second I got closer and closer, then I was finally in range. With a shout, I raised my hand and I punched the first timberwolf in my sight with all the force I could gather up. I thought because of the fact that timberwolves are from wood, my hand would shatter like glass dropped on the floor, but the opposite happened. I heard a loud crack and the timberwolf's skull shattered to pieces and it's limbs flew in several directions from the hit. I could barely stop myself and I almost tripped over because of my speed.
I turned to face the other timberwolf. We were staring at each other for a few seconds, both of us waiting for the other to make a move. The timberwolf was growling angrily, as it was growing impatient. Then it charged at me with a loud growl. I dodged it's bites one by one. It wasn't hard, I have learned how to dodge knife attacks in my world, and my increased speed and agility even made it easier for me. But I can't keep up evading attacks forever, I had to retaliate somehow. The wolf charged at me again but this time I stood my ground and as it tried to bite me, I grabbed it's jaws and strained every muscle to pry them open. There were sounds of cracking wood and finally the timberwolf's skull yielded and broke in half, and it's body fell to the ground lifeless.
Now I felt a bit exhausted, but all in all that turned out better than I thought it would. I turned around to see if Applejack was all right, but what I saw surprised me. She wasn't like what I saw in the show. She had human-like attributes, like hands but she still resembled a pony. I guess this is what the old man meant when he said the world I saw could be different from this. He was right.
Applejack was in a half-lying position on her back, she must have tripped over when she saw me fight off the timberwolves. I extended my hand to help her up, she grabbed it and stood up.
"Are you all right?" I asked her while looking for injuries.
"Ah'm fine thanks. Ah don't know who ya or... rather what ya are, but thank ya kindly for savin' mah flank."
"Don't mention it, I just saw you were in trouble, and I rushed here to help you. Name's Jack by the way." I introduced myself as I smiled at her. "And I'm from a distant world you might not even know about, but I can explain everything later, I think we should head to a safer place."
"Ah agree with ya. Ah'm -
"Applejack, i know."
"How'd ya know me? Ah can't recall ah've met ya before, but ah guess ya can start explainin' on da - WATCH OUT!"
I heard the beating of wooden paws as I turned around, but it was already too late. A third timberwolf charged out of the woods and it bit my left arm. I screamed up in pain and I aimed a kick at it's front leg. The kicked reached it's target and the timberwolf's leg crumbled under itself, pulling it's body down, along with it's head. It was still holding my arm, and when it fell, it tore chunks of flesh out of my arm, but eventually it's grip loosened on me and I could get away. There were several deep wounds on my arm and it was bleeding heavily.
I turned around instantly and ran towards Applejack, grabbing her and throwing her on my shoulder, and I ran as fast as my legs allowed me.
I heard the worried voice of Applejack as I was running away from the forest. "Where exactly are ya takin' me, pardner?"
"Any place that's safer than this..."