Braveheart got worried. He'd never been alone with a pony besides Twilight before, but if Twilight trusted Pinkie Pie, then he could too. Pinkie showed him around Sugarcube Corner first. She showed him the kitchen and then where most of the parties were held. She even mentioned that most parties were her idea. She then introduced him to the Cakes. She decided that she's shown him everything in Sugarcube Corner, so she decided to show him around outside of Sugarcube Corner.
There wasn't many things to see in Ponyville. Now that he's walking through it, Braveheart realized that Ponyville was really small. It seemed like the town where everybody knew everyone. If something happened, word would get around just like that. Anyways, Pinkie showed him about every house in Ponyville, and named the ponies that lived in each house. There was no way Braveheart could do something like that. How could Pinkie Pie know every single pony here? Is she really that friendly?
"Next I'll show you the market next." Pinkie told him.
They walked on for a few feet until Braveheart stopped. He noticed what seemed like a forest on the outside of Ponyville.
"Hey Pinkie Pie, come here." Braveheart said.
She turned and saw that he stopped walking.
"What is it?" she asked when she got to him.
She looked in the same direction he was and saw the forest.
"Oh that's right, I haven't showed you that yet. Lets go!"
Pinkie started towards the forest, but Braveheart stayed put. Pinkie turned and said, "What's the matter?"
"Don't you think we should stay out of there? I mean, it looks a little creepy, don't ya think?" Braveheart asked.
"Don't worry, everything in their is completely hilarious. C'mon!"
She grabbed his hoof and dragged him towards the forest.
They stood at the entrance to the forest, staring into complete darkness. It was so dark, you probably couldn't even see your own hands-or hooves for this matter.
"This is the Everfree Forest. This is the place where me, Twilight, and everyone else found the Elements of Harmony." Pinkie explained.
'The Elements of Harmony were found in here? How could something that could bring peace and harmony be hidden away in a place so dark and spooky?' Braveheart thought to himself.
They heard a stick snap. They jumped when they heard it. They turned and saw a tiny squirrel running across the field. Braveheart followed it until it went behind a tree. Braveheart tried to move to see it again, but he saw something else. He saw a tiny house in the middle of a field, but that's not all that surprised him. Animals, of all sorts, surrounded the house. Rabbits, birds, and ,was Braveheart crazy, or did he just see a bear? Pinkie noticed him looking at it.
"You sure are observant, that's Fluttershy's house." she said.
"Fluttershy?" Braveheart said. He remembered Twilight mentioning her. She said that Fluttershy liked animals, but she didn't say that she liked them this much!
"Yea, ya know her?"
"Well, I've heard of her. From Twilight, of course." Braveheart answered.
"C'mon, I'll introduce you to her, but she is kinda shy though." Pinkie said.
She led him across the tiny bridge that led to her house. They got to the door and Pinkie knocked a couple times. No answer. She knocked again. No answer.
"Hm, she must not be home. Oh well, I guess Twilight can introduce you to her some other time, but for now, lets go to the market area." Pinkie said.
They made their way back into town, but this part of town looked different. A lot of carts were set up with various food items. Ponies were everywhere. Some were buying things, others were talking to the shop owners. They were walking through when Pinkie asked, "So how did you and Twilight meet?"
"Oh um, I'm her cousin. I'm here visiting." Braveheart answered.
"Oh ok. Where are you visiting from?"
"Um, Manehatten."
"Oh, the big city. It must be fun there." Pinkie said.
"Uh, yea. Heh, heh, fun."
They kept walking through when Pinkie stopped.
"What is it?" Braveheart asked.
She didn't say anything for a few seconds. She then grabbed Braveheart's hoof and pulled him towards a cart. Braveheart made out that it was an apple cart. He recognized the shop owner. It was Applejack, but she had a customer at the moment. Applejack pushed some apples over to the customer when she realized the two of them running to her cart.
"Oh hey Pinkie Pie, I see ya met Braveheart." Applejack said.
The customer turned to see who Applejack was talking to. She had a yellow coat and a long pink mane.
"Hey Applejack, but we came for Fluttershy." Pinkie said as she pointed toward the customer.
"Oh, m...me?" Fluttershy asked.
"Of course you. I wanted to introduce you to Braveheart." Pinkie said.
"Good timin' too, I was just tellin' Fluttershy about the way Braveheart got Granny Smith's purse back from that burglar." Applejack said.
Braveheart came beside Pinkie and introduced himself to Fluttershy. She did the same.
"So Fluttershy, is this all ya need?" Applejack asked her.
"Oh yes. If I'm gonna have the three little fillies over at my house tonight, I want to make sure that they have something to munch on." Fluttershy answered.
"Say, where are they anyways?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, there right over there." Fluttershy pointed to the three fillies. If Braveheart remembered correctly, their names were Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. The one who was staring at him, Scootaloo, seemed to be on a scooter. Made sense.
"Hey, what's that pony selling over there?" Sweetie Belle asked her friends.
"I don't know, but lets go check it out." Applebloom said.
Applebloom and Sweetie Belle ran while Scootaloo had her scooter. She rode off after them, but she noticed that Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and...Braveheart looking at them. Her face went blank again, and stared at Braveheart. She could've kept staring until she ran into a watermelon stand. Watermelons rolled everywhere. The store owner looked at her.
"Uh..." Scootaloo started.
She realized that everypony was looking at her now, Braveheart was still staring too. Her face got red. She picked up her scooter and drove off as fast as she can.
"I wonder what's gotten into that pony. She's been actin' weird lately. I wonder why?" Applejack said.
"Oh, well, I best be off. I'm gonna round up the fillies and get going." Fluttershy said.
"Hey, what was that all about!" a voice screamed from behind the apple cart. All four of them went to see what happened. They saw a young filly hunched over scared from what was above her. A blue pony was standing above her, screaming at her.
"I...I'm sorry it was an accident." the filly said. You could hear the fear in her voice.
"How do you accidentally throw a tomato at me, you did it on purpose!" the blue pony said.
"No, me and my friends were just playing and.."
"Yea right, wait until I tell your parents!"
"N...no please." the filly said. She started to cry.
"Oh, man up! Don't cry! Crying is for wimps!" the pony yelled.
"Oh great, what's she goin on bout now?" Applejack asked.
"It doesn't matter, but I'm going to put a stop to this." Braveheart said.
"Uh, sugarcube, I don't think its a great idea to stand up against..." Applejack started.
But Braveheart was already on his way. He had no idea what he was getting himself into. He wished he could turn right around and go back to his friends, but that was after he said, "Hey!"
The pony turned to see him and she said, "What do you want?"
Her coat was blue and she had a mane of many colors. She seemed to be a Pegasus.
"Leave. Her. Alone." Braveheart said.
The pony's eyes widened.
"Who are you to tell me what to do?" she said.
"Who are you to scream at someone smaller than you? You should pick on someone your size!" Braveheart said. Now he was raising his voice. 'This isn't exactly the way to be making friends, but I couldn't just stand there.' Braveheart thought to himself.
"You mean like you?" The pony poked Braveheart's chest with her hoof. By now, a crowd of ponies gathered around to see what was happening. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy were in the front of the crowd. Fluttershy and Pinkie were looking in another direction, and Applejack covered her face in her hat. It seemed like Braveheart was on his own on this one.
"I'd rather you pick on me than pick on her." Braveheart finally said.
The pony seemed amazed at all this more than Braveheart. She seemed like the pony that no pony would stand up to. Did Braveheart make a huge mistake?
"You shouldn't pick on ponies that are younger than you, you here me?" Braveheart said.
The crowd of ponies cheered and stomped their hooves. The pony looked around and realized they weren't cheering for her. Braveheart went to the younger filly. He lent out his hoof to help her up. The filly lent her hoof out too. They were about to grab hooves when the pony rammed into Braveheart, knocking him to the ground. The crowd gasped. Applejack put her hat back on and ran out to Braveheart.
"Ok that's enough. Braveheart, you ok?" she asked.
"Ugh, yea, I'm good, but..." He stood back up to face the pony, but Applejack held him back.
"So that's your name? Braveheart? Hah! What a pathetic name for a pathetic pony." the blue pony said.
"What!" Braveheart shouted.
The blue pony smiled when Applejack went up to her.
"Hey, you shouldn't be doin' these kinda things. You're better than that." Applejack said.
"Oh yea, and what are you gonna do to stop me?" the pony said.
"Hang on...who are you?" Braveheart said.
"My name's Dash, Rainbow Dash." the pony said.
Braveheart's eyes widened.
"Rainbow Dash?" he said.
"Yea, what's it to ya?" she said.
"Uh...it doesn't matter who you are. Say you're sorry to this little filly." Braveheart said.
"You know what, I'll make a deal with you. I'll say I'm sorry if, you beat me in a race." Rainbow Dash said.
"Fine, I'm a pretty fast runner." Braveheart said.
"I'm not talking about hooves. I'm talking about..."
Suddenly, two feathery wings spread out from Rainbow Dash's back.
"Wings!" she finished.
They both took their marks at the starting line. The race was a straight path. Just two miles away. Braveheart thought it would be far away, but with wings, you could get around faster. Speaking of wings, Braveheart barely even noticed his wings while he's been in Ponyville. He only noticed him on his first day as a pony, but he hasn't really had any use for them, up until now. A crowd of ponies were all around the starting line. Braveheart's friends were in front again, but then he realized another pony coming up to them. He knew he was going to get a talk after this.
"Hello everypony, what's going on?" she asked.
"Oh hey Twilight. Nothing much, just a race." Applejack said.
"Oh." Twilight looked around Pinkie. "Uh...Pinkie...where's Braveheart?" Twilight asked.
"Out there." She pointed towards the starting line. Twilight finally realized who was racing. Rainbow Dash and Braveheart.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no! He's not ready!" Twilight said.
"On your marks..." a pony near the starting line said.
"What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked.
"Get set.."
"He can't..." Twilight started.
"Go!"
Rainbow Dash soared forward, but Braveheart went straight up. Ponies had confused look on their faces.
"Fly." Twilight finished.
Rainbow Dash looked behind her to see her competition, but realized that there was none. She started to slow down, but there was still no sight of him. She sighed and started to head back.
"Braveheart get down!" Twilight shouted up at him.
"Uh...how?" he shouted down.
He had no idea what he was doing, but he continued to go up. He knew this was a bad idea. He didn't know how to fly, so why did he accept a race when that's all it was? Suddenly, Braveheart was pulled down at a great amount of speed. He landed on the ground on his stomach. Four, blue hooves landed in front of him. He looked up and saw Rainbow Dash over him.
"I thought you were a bad flier, but I didn't know you were that bad. What kind of Pegasus is dumb enough that they don't know how to fly right?" Rainbow Dash said, but then she noticed Fluttershy. "Uh...no offense." she told her.
"Braveheart!" Twilight said running up to him. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." he said getting up.
"Hang on, Twilight, you said he can't fly, all pegasi can fly, well most all of them, why hasn't he learned?" Applejack said.
The four of them surrounded Twilight and Braveheart. The two of them looked at each other and sighed.
"Ok, you see. Braveheart isn't my cousin. He isn't from Manehatten. He isn't from..." she gulped. "This world."
The ponies had confused look on their faces.
"C'mon Twilight. Somepony from another world." Applejack said.
All four of them laughed, but Twilight and Braveheart weren't.
"Heh, heh. Uh, why aren't you laughing?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"Because it's true. The day after my one year anniversary, Princess Celestia called me to see her. While I was there, we heard a crash outside in the Canterlot Gardens. I went to see what happened and their was a huge crater in front of the entrance to the labyrinth. Inside the crater, Braveheart was there, laying unconscious. I took him back into the castle where we waited until he woke up. When he did, he had no memory of his name, or past life, the only memory he had was that he was a human."
"A...a human?" Rainbow Dash said, amazed at what she was hearing. All the ponies were amazed.
"Yes. Princess Celestia asked me to teach him how to be a pony until we figure out what really happened to him. I had Pinkie Pie show him around Ponyville today, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal, but I guess I was wrong." Twilight said. "I shouldn't have let you go, I somehow knew you would get into trouble. Why did you even accept a race when you knew you couldn't fly?"
"Because Rainbow Dash was picking on this filly and I couldn't stand there and watch it happen. I had to stop it, know matter what." Braveheart answered.
"Uh, yea, about that. Listen Braveheart, I'm sorry for the way I acted. I guess I did over-react just a little bit." Rainbow Dash said.
"A little?" they all said.
"Ok a lot, but if you'll excuse me, there's someone else I need to say sorry to." Rainbow Dash said.
She spread her wings and took off into the sky, off to find that young filly.