Chronicles of Merion
Chapter 1: Inconvenient Awakenings
Darkness, all he could see was darkness. He could not feel anything, nor see anything, nor hear anything. A thought crossed his mind, "Am I dead?" His body shook, trying to recover from what ungodly happening had just occurred. His body was in conflict with the excruciating pain and numbing waves that gushed across his limbs and chest, simultaneously. His eyes shot open to a blinding light. “So much pain." After a few short moments, his eyes adjusted to the exposure. However, everything was blurred. He lay in pain for what seemed like an age until he was finally able to move. He slowly stood up and his head felt like it was about to cave in.
"Err rough night I guess..." His tongue felt like sandpaper writhing against his teeth. His memory was vague and confusing. Rationality placed it down to a simple theory: "Must have had a little too much cider this time, aye? Hmmm... wa-agh-ter... way-ter... water. I need water." Ignoring the shooting pains that had been plaguing him, he frantically looked around for a water source. His eyes refocused and a saddle bag appeared in his view. "Dude, you're an idiot-" he paused, "Did I just forget my own name?!" His eyes widened in panic and disgust. He then shrugged. "Whatever. I guess it's just water now and amnesia problems later."
His maniacal desperation took hold of him and he searched the bag immediately discovering a full canteen. His dry and scratchy throat was in bliss as he drunk it all in one gulp. He then instinctively observed his surroundings. The nearby trees served their purpose in informing him of where he was, in a forest clearing. "Everfree? Oh wait, so I am able to remember difficult geography but not my own name. That makes perfect sense." His eyes rolled and a sarcastic tone was all that could be heard. His delicate, precise hooves delved deeper into the mysterious saddle bag hoping to discover more treasures and luxuries. They gripped around several odd shaped items that he drew out. The items were sharp, they pierced his delicate skin and under closer inspection he [realized] that they were stained window pieces like that of which you would find in a Church. "What the fuck is this?!" He exclaimed.
Just as the thought crossed his mind, he heard voices
"Why are we walking through the forest again?"
"For the fifth time we’re visiting Zecora."
He frantically dove into a nearby bush.
"Why do I have to come?"
"You’re the bloody reason we’re going."
He managed to get a glimpse of the two unknowns, he carefully poked his head out of the bush to get a better look, he saw a small unicorn filly, it had mildly white coat with a perfectly straightened velvet and white mane and tail and a pair of large hipster spectacles, the other figure had a very fluffy white coat and an abnormally long neck 'What in Equestria is that.' He thought.
"Did we pack any peanut butter?" The filly questioned.
"Out of all the things you could've said it happens to be snacks… why am I not surprised." The fluffy creature stated with a very irritated tone.
"Oh my dear Henry you can read me like a book." The filly said with a sheepish smile.
"Yes, a short and crudely written one at that." The creature said.
"Smart ass." The filly muttered.
'What’s the worst that could happened?' He thought to himself as he punched the bush aside and approached the two creatures.
"Um... hello?" He said cautiously. The filly quickly turned around franticly with a brief look of terror in its eyes but slowly faded to curiosity, the tall creature did the same.
"Eh... hi." The tall creature responded, eyeballing him.
“A-are you ok?" The filly asked nervously.
“I think so." He stated.
"Well.... mynamesRubyandthisisHenryhe'sallama!" The filly yelled at an unsettling pace.
"Ruby we've told you time and time again it’s not polite to greet someone by destroying their ear drums." The creature said angrily.
“I apologize for my little friend here, she was dropped one too many times as a newborn." The creature said with a smirk.
"Putting that aside, my name is Henry Aston but by all means call me henry." The creature said extending a hoof.
"And may I ask what you are doing in the middle of Everfree." Henry said cocking an eyebrow.
"I-I don’t know." He said.
"You... you don’t know." Henry stuttered.
"You’re in the middle of Everfree with no recollection of why you're here?" Ruby said with a concerned tone.
“I kinda just... well, woke up here.” He said.
"Well that’s never a good sign." Henry said with a very concerned tone.
"You should come with us to Zecora's place she'll know what to do... um... right Henry?" Ruby question.
“I hope so." Henry sighed.
"Would you mind joining us to visit Zecora... um I never caught your name sorry." Henry asked.
"I’m afraid I don’t remember." he said.
An awkward silence rained upon the trio for a time none of them could measure.
"Ahem." the unicorn filly cleared her throat.
"I’ve... uh been having some memory problems lately." he said.
"No worry." the llama said.
"Zecora must have some kind of remedy for that.” the llama said matter-of-factly.
"Well I don't know about you guys but not much is gonna get done eyeballing each other." the filly said while trotting off.
The llama and Pegasus shook their heads in sudden realization that they had been staring at each other throughout the entire encounter.
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Not much was said amongst the trio other than the filly’s constant complaints about not having any peanut-butter packed let allow any snacks which the Pegasus found quite amusing.
"Why couldn’t Wednesday come with us?" The filly asked.
"I’ll be sure to bring her next time we want another forest fire and public nuisance charges." The llama added sarcastically.
They approached what appeared to be some kind of hut with peculiar mask lining the outside.
"She has an odd taste decoration if I might add."
The filly approached the hut cautiously and slowly, she then reached for door and knocked on it.
"Yo! Freaky! Zebra! Lady you there!?" Ruby cried
"Please young equine silence" a voice said on the other side of the door the door opened suddenly to reveal a very fatigued zebra.
"14th time this week young filly, a new record indeed!" it said in an annoyed tone.
"I’m just full of surprises aren't I" Ruby said with a toothy grin.
"Along with other things" henry said with a smirk.
I didn't delay my mid-day nap to hear you’re smart arse comments henry" the zebra said in an irritated tone.
"Well, when you're done bonding I believe we have some business to attend to"