Introduction
I slowly opened my eyes to the sound of the wind roaring past my ears. When I looked down and realized what was happening I screamed, even though I knew it wouldn't help me. It was too late for help, I was falling, it would only be a matter of seconds before I hit the ground. Too late to be saved, too late to say goodbye. I closed my eyes and thought of my parents, my family, my friends. Then all was quiet, it was as if time itself had stopped. I was dead, or at least I thought I was.
This is the story of how I died, and of how I lived. This is the story of how I found myself in this strange world that I have come to love oh so much.
This is the story of my adventures with my dearest friends to discover who I really was. This is the story of my adventures in Equestria.
Chapter 1:
Awoken
Darkness, I was being pulled into an endless void of darkness, no sounds, no scenery, just pitch black darkness.
"Am I dead?" I thought to myself as I floated deeper into the black abyss.
"Well I wouldn't put it that way," said an oddly familiar voice, that sent chills running down my spine.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU, AND WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME!" I yelled.
"You need not know who I am, or what I want. The better question is who you are and where you'll wake," giggled the voice.
"Wha....what do you mean?" I asked "How do I not know who I am, and where else would I wake besides where I landed?"
"Wakey wakey sleepy head, Your time with me is up....... for now," the voice then laughed and faded away.
A sudden pain in my side made my eyes burst open as I gasped for breath. I sat up and shook my head as I examined my surroundings. I was sitting right outside a small cheerful looking town full of ponies going about normal everyday things.
"Where am I?" I thought as I continued to look around
"Um... are you ok?" asked a female voice removing my gaze from the scenery.
"Huh?.... Oh yea I'm fine.... I think, could you tell me where I am?" I asked as I turned around to see a rainbow maned pony.
The mare stared at me for a long while before answering my question.
"You're in Ponyville, speaking of which I've never seen you around before...... what's your name?" she asked.
"My name?" I thought "What is my name..... oh god why can't I remember my name?" I looked around trying to remember my name. "Come on think, think, think, what is my name." I looked down and saw the color of my coat, then looked up towards the sky. "Thats it!" I thought.
"Uhh.....Crimson....Sky," I said trying to sound as truthful as I could.
"Well Crimson Sky welcome to Ponyville name's Rainbow Dash, you'll never find another pony here in Equestria as fast and awesome as me," said Rainbow Dash
"Nice to meet you Rainbow Dash, hey.... you think you can do me a favor and show me around town? I guess you already know that I'm kinda new here and have no idea where places are located," I said.
"Sorry but when I found you I wanted to make sure you were ok so I watched over you, but you were passed out so long that I missed my daily nap. Gotta make up for lost time ya know. But you can head over to Sugarcube Corner and talk to Pinkie Pie, I'm sure she'd love to show you around."
"Um ok........ can you point me in the right direction?" I asked
"Yea sure, just head west from here and you should walk right into it," replied Rainbow Dash
I nodded and turned away to head towards the direction of Sugarcube Corner, when I felt a weird sensation run through my head as something on each side of my body stuck up into the air. Behind me I heard Rainbow gasp in surprise as I turned around to see what it was.
"You........ you have........ you have both a horn and....... wings," muttered a stunned Rainbow Dash.
"Wings?" I asked with a confused look on my face.
I turned my head to look at my back and sure enough I had a pair of wings sticking up into the air as if I was ready for takeoff.
"Strange," I thought "How can I be both a pegasus and a unicorn? It just doesn't make any sense at all"
"Your a.......Alicorn. But.... how? There are only three alicorns in Equestria and those are Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence." said Rainbow Dash
"An Ali what now?" I asked confused by what was going on.
"An Alicorn, your a mixture of both a unicorn and a pegasus." she answered.
"Is that supposed to be a bad thing?" I asked suddenly getting a little worried.
"Well.... not exactly.... I guess.... but if you want to know more about alicorns you'd better ask Twilight. I'm not into that kinda egghead stuff, Just keep walking down the road from Sugarcube Corner and you should find a large treehouse... that's where she lives. Now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna go finish my nap before it's too late, I'll just ask twilight for answers of how your an alicorn when I feel like waking up," she said.
"Wow she really must either love her naps or be extremely tired," I thought "Well hopefully we'll meet again another time, waking up in the middle of a field not knowing anything about who I am or what happened in my past, then discovering that I'm an alicorn when I didn't even know what an alicorn was, well..... it isn't exactly what I would call a proper introduction. I guess might as well make my way to this treehouse" I then turned and started walking down the route given to me
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A dark shadowy figure sat by the edge of the everfree forest, watching a dark red pony walk away towards the small town of Ponyville.
"Interesting," purred the creature "You have adjusted to having your memories erased rather quicker than I expected. You may prove to be a greater challenge to me than I thought. It matters not though, I will kill you in good time. Absorbing your strength will give me power that even those damn elements of harmony can't destroy. All in good time you will fall and I will rise, I will live and you will die."
The creature laughed as it sunk back deep into the everfree forest.
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Crimson walked along a small dirt road that led to a rather large and peaceful looking treehouse.
"Well better get this over with," I thought as I walked up to the treehouse and knocked on the door.
The door opened to reveal a lavender unicorn mare who looked as if she had just been disturbed from something extremely important.
"Hello, I'm assuming that you need my help with something?" asked the mare.
"Hi, my name is Crimson Sky. I'm guessing you're Twilight." I said
"You guessed right, but I have a feeling you didn't come here to get my autograph," giggled Twilight.
"Well.... no I didn't...... you see.... I'm.....well......I'm an alicorn" I said as I spread my wings.
Twilight's jaw dropped when she saw his wings.
"But......how.....that's not possible. The only alicorns left in existence are Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence." exclaimed Twilight.
"Who?" I asked giving a confused look to Twilight.
"What do you mean who? Our princesses, the rulers of Equestria, well... except for Cadence she's the princess of the Crystal Empire," replied Twilight
I remained silent while continuing to give Twilight a look of confusion
"Come inside. I have some questions I need to ask you," sighed Twilight.
I silently walked in and was lead to a couch and gestured to sit as Twilight sat in the seat across from me as she pulled out a notebook and a pen.
"Okay let's start from the top do you remember how or when you became an alicorn or were you one since birth?" she asked.
I thought for a moment and tried to remember how I became an alicorn but none of my attempts worked "Why can't I remember anything since this morning?" I thought. Finally I sighed in defeat and looked at Twilight.
"I...I can't remember," I answered.
"Do you remember your parents? Were they alicorns too?" asked Twilight.
I tried to think back again but it was no use I couldn't remember anything about my past.
"I can't remember Twilight. I can't remember anything before this morning. All I remember is my name," I replied.
Twilight sighed as she got up and put away her notebook.
"Well Crimson it's either you have some sort of amnesia or somepony used a memory deletion spell on you. As of why they would do so I'm not sure. We can travel to Canterlot tomorrow, the princess might know what to do,"
"Sounds good to me, also... are there any hotels or places where I could stay around Ponyville?" I asked.
"Well..... no. But I have a spare guest room here in the library if you'd like to stay here until you find a place to settle," Twilight said.
"That would be great. Thanks Twilight." I said.
"Uh......Crimson," Twilight said. "I just realized you don't have a cutie mark."
"Whats a....... Cutie Mark? I asked.
Twilight gave me a confused look before answering.
"A cutie mark is something a pony earns when they find they're very special talent. Mine for example is magic. Normally ponies find their special talent when they're fillies but...... not you."
I turned my head to look where my cutie mark would be and she was right, my flank was blank.
"Well I know one thing..... eventually I'm gonna be called a Blank Flank" I giggled as they both shared a laugh.
"Don't worry you'll be joining the CMC the first time those three fillies see you," laughed Twilight.
"Who's the CMC?" I asked wondering what or who she was talking about.
"CMC stands for the Cutie Mark Crusaders. So far the only members are Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom. Everyday they go out and try everything to see if they can get their cutie mark."
Just then there were several loud knocks on the door, causing them both to almost jump out of their skin.
"Ummm...... I'll be right back," said Twilight.
I watched as she walked over and opened the door to reveal an over excited pink mare with a giant smile on her face.
"Oh hi Pinkie wha- GAH!" screamed Twilight as the pink pony jumped over her and went straight to me.
"Hi I'm Pinkie Pie and your new here in town, It's my job to become friends with everypony and I mean EVERYPONY in Ponyville. We gotta hurry up and get your welcome party started so you can meet everypony here and ponyville. But I need to know your name tell me, tell me huh huh huh?" said an excited Pinkie Pie
"Uhhh......my name is Crimson Sky" I still said trying to process all of what she just said due to how fast she was talking.
"Where are you from? Manehatten? Los Pegasus? Baltimare? FillyDelphia? Dodge City?
"I uhhh...." I mumbled as she continued asking questions.
"When's your birthday? How old are you? What are your favorite hobbys?" continued Pinkie.
"Pinkie," said Twilight trying to get the mare's attention.
"What's your favorite food? Have you ever been to the Grand Galloping Gala?"
"Pinkie!" said Twilight again failing to get the mare's attention.
"Do you like books? Have you ever been in the everfree forest?"
"PINKIE!!" yelled Twilight finally getting pinkie to stop asking random questions.
"Yes Twilight?" Pinkie asked as she turned around to face her friend.
"Crimson can't remember much of his past before this morning. So a lot of the questions your asking him can't be answered," said Twilight.
"OHHH does he have some type of amnesia?" Pinkie asked
"We don't know Pinkie we're traveling to canterlot tomorrow morning to see if the princess can help," replied Twilight.
"Twilight?" asked a voice from the upstairs portion of the treehouse library.
The three of them looked up to see a small purple dragon walking down the stairs.
"I heard you talking to someone and was wondering what was going on, oh hey Pinkie," said the dragon
"Ah there's my number one assistant, Spike this is Crimson Sky. He's going to be our guest for a while until he gets a place of his own," said Twilight
The dragon's eyes fell on me, as he started walking towards my direction.
"Sup Crimson my name's Spike," said the dragon.
"It's good to meet you Spike," I said as we hoofbumped.
"OH golley it's mid afternoon already. I gotta prepare your welcome party!" said pinkie as she ran out the door.
"umm..... well I guess I'm gonna go have a nap before this welcome party starts I have a feeling I'm gonna need the energy," I laughed
"Okay, the guest room is the first door on the left upstairs," said Twilight.
"Thanks, Twi" I replied as I walked upstairs towards the guest room
As I walked closer to the guest room I could feel myself becoming weaker, the closer I moved to the bed the more tired I got. I climbed onto the bed and laid down, as I felt the rest of my energy fade away as I slowly blacked out.
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I woke up on the chair in my office, it was around midday and my buddy Stephan should be coming around any second for lunch break. Looking around my desk I found a letter, on the front it said "To Rick". I opened the envelope and read what the note said inside.
"Rick, I was wondering if you were going to bronycon with me and the crew. We're leaving on monday so contact us about this as soon as you can. On the other note how's the wife? I heard you guys are having a baby, Congratulations on that. Make sure you keep me updated on it ok, I'm your friend and I think I should be allowed to know about this kinda stuff. See ya at lunch.
- Stephan aka ADHD"
That's when I heard it. The voice in my head, always telling me to follow his command. But this time I wasn't in control.
"Hello again Rick. I see you found your friends little note, but no need to worry. I already took care of him last night," said the voice.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!" I yelled worried about what is about to come next.
"Let's just say.... I did this to him" the voice said with a giggle afterwards.
Just then my chair started to move towards the window, ropes came from all sides and tied me to the chair so I was unable to move. Soon the glass shattered and the chair stopped only an inch away from the edge.
"I have plans for you Rick, now why don't you just forget everything," said the voice.
I slowly felt all of my lifelong memories slipping away. It felt as if I never existed, as if my whole life was just one big lie. Everything was taken away from me, even my name.
"Now step one is easy," said the voice. "All you have to do is DIE."
The chair jolted forward falling over the edge towards the ground far below.
"Goodbye Rick, I'll see you in the other world," the voice said laughing as I slowly fell to my death.