I had hardly taken five steps from the castle, when Prince Blueblood cut me off my path.
"What in Equestria are you? Why were you in the castle, when it's clearly for royalty such as I. Whatever you are, you have no sense of class."
I wasn't deterred by his crude talk, as I was looking past him. He tried to cut me off again, but I blocked his attempt. I sighed, as I pushed him away from me. Blueblood was somewhat horrified at a 'lowly' creature touching him. He called over a few guards to deal with me.
"Do you know who I am? I am the all-fabulous Prince Blueblood! You are a mere peasant compared to me!"
I scoffed at him, "Oh? I am filth? Well, it's no wonder Celestia's the ruler and not you, she actually has class. That, and she's fair to anypony, she doesn't judge much. Now, Prince, lemme tell you a little secret..."
I grabbed him by his mane and whispered into his ear, "The strong are held up by the weak, so we 'peasants' are more powerful than you. You are merely a figurehead, and a poor one at that. Fare thee well, little filly of a prince!"
I let him go, as he was in shock and wide-eyed. He probably wasn't expecting anypony to mess with him, he was a tool.
I smiled as I walked down the main street leading out of Canterlot. Although everypony gawked at me, I was proud of telling Blueblood off. I took a break once I reached a bridge, and looked into the water. I had on light clothing, and had a random baseball hat on. I took my jacket off and tied it around my waist. I haven't ran in quite a while, might as well get there faster.
I snapped my neck to the right side, and stretched out my legs. I stretched out a few limbs, ready to make an all out sprint to Applejack's farm. I dug my legs into the ground, and took a breath. Exhaling, I made a quick burst of speed and blazed through Ponyville, leaving a small trail of fire behind me. The scenery zoomed by, as I felt the wind rushing past my ears. Applejack's farm was within sight, but I noticed a small green mare out in the middle of the orchard.
I stopped my run, and went toward her direction. I got closer, and saw that this pony had a horn on its head, with a minty green and white mane. I hid behind some trees, and saw her turn two of her hooves into hands. Wait, is she trying to turn herself into a human? I thought my appearance was the first sighting of a human in Equestria. In deep thought, I knocked down an apple from the tree I was under. It fell with a audible thud, loud enough for the unicorn to look in my direction.
She saw me, and her eyes widened. I knew this wasn't going to end well, as I slowly walked toward her. The unicorn stared at me in awe, refusing to move from where she stood.
"I take it that you are fascinated by me? It's no surprise, for I am the first human to come to Equestria. My name is John, what's yours?"
She broke out of her daze, and put her hand out. Really? She expects a handshake? Well, I guess I might as well do it... We shook hands, as she spoke, "My name is Heartstrings, but my friends call me Lyra. I've been studying your kind in books, I admire you. You use your brains to make things we ponies do with magic. Like motorized carriages and airplanes."
"Ah, so you know about humans? That's very interesting, I know quite a bit about you as well. You have studied magic for years, and live with your 'friend' Bon-Bon. You enjoy actually touching the instrument with your hands, rather than using magic. I could go on, but this is just relying on information from certain stories I read about you."
"Stories?"
"Well, we can cover that another time, right now I have to meet up with Applejack."
"Wait! We haven't even covered-"
"I think that you need to clear your head, after all, I am the first human you've met. So go home tonight and write in your journal about me or something. I need to be going, bye!"
I sprinted away from Lyra as fast as possible, wanting to avoid talking about humans for several hours. I jumped over the gate, and walked up to the Sweet Apple Acres. The place was relatively quiet, aside from the light breeze in the air. The scent of apple flavored foods filled the air. I could get used to this... I waited at the gate for a few minutes while I looked at the acres of apple trees. No wonder they are busy all year. An orange pony walked up to the farm, carrying several baskets of apples with her. The load seemed extremely heavy, as she was sweating profusely. I walked over to her, and took two baskets to lighten her load.
The mare spoke, "Well, thank ya for helpin' me with carrying those apples." She dropped the baskets down. "I don't know what you are, but I don't care for long-winded hullabaloo."
I put down the two baskets and turned around to face her, "I don't care for it either, my name's John. What's yours?"
She took off her hat and shook my hand with vigor, "Name's Applejack, I heard somepony new was going to stay with us, but I never expected a thing like you."
"I thank you for not staring at me like a complete meanie face, unlike someponies in Canterlot."
"I try not to judge people, but to be honest, I was a bit freaked out when I saw you."
"Well, at least you're honest about it. Anything else that I can do to help you?"
"Nope. You can relax right now, since you are the guest of honor. I have to get the Apple family together to welcome you. Just relax for a bit."
I sighed with relief, having walked over three miles in the middle of summer. I watched Applejack walk off, and I looked at the sun in the distance. Man, this would make for a great picture, too bad I don't have a camera. Staring off into the distance, I could have sworn that I saw Lyra watching me from the orchard. I disregarded this as a hallucination, as I fell asleep against the gate of Sweet Apple Acres.