When I turned my head from the window to face Applejack, she had a "what-the-hell-is-going-on" look on her face. What have I done? What if she finds out who I really am?
I have no idea what to do. In fact, I'm screwed! I gotta think of something to say, fast.
Amazingly enough, Applejack didn't seem to make much of it. I just absentmindedly said that I know my way around her farm, even though I've "never been here before". To be honest, I know everything there is to be known about the farm.
During those long, tormenting months without Dashie, the only thing that calmed my nerves down was reading about Ponyville. I know absolutely everything there is to know about the place!
I just have to keep my stubborn mouth shut! If I keep on lying like this, nothing good will come out of it. I hope you know why I'm not telling the truth to Applejack... If I tell her the truth, It'll probably shock the "Jack" out of her, or she'll just call princess Celestia and get her to... banish me...back to Earth, "the world of eternal torment".
"A-ah don't understand...You jus' said that you were new around here...How in the world would you know your way around the farm?" Said Applejack suspiciously.
"Well...All Farms in Equestria...h-have....similar Architecture..?" What a lame answer. Hey, you try lying to Applejack, the queen of honesty.
Applejack lowered her head, low enough to see the lonely orchards through the window over the rim of her hat. She stood there for a while, just looking at the floorboards. She then lifted her head up a bit and started gently tapping her fore-hoof on the hard, wooden floor.
What IS she doing? Is she thinking about something? I don't know...I stil know almost nothing about the ponies' character yet, except that they're always happy, or something like that...Yeah, right...
Applejack lifted her left hoof up and slowly wiped her nose with it. Okay...I gotta break this awkward silence, before something...odd...happens.
"Well, Applejack, thanks for taking care ofme for so long. I appreciate all your help, but I think I really must be going...Got things to do!"
"Ow, sorry hon', Ah' was just thinkin' about sumthin'. Ah' remember seeing a stallion, much like ya', at our farm when ah' was jus' a filly'" Said Applejack, with a noticeable smile stretched across her face. "Maybe it was you? Hehe!"
I can't believe she's mistaking me for another horse, or stallion...Whatever, It's better than the truth, I guess. I know I can't keep this secret forever, somepony's going to find out sooner or later.
"If ya' need any help with navigatin' aroun' Ponyville, or anythin' like that, feel free to ask me! I'm always here."
She kept staring deep into my eyes...Awkward...? She blushed, smiled once again, and turned her head around to face the open window.
Who's this other "stallion" she was talking about? Maybe it was Dashie's real father...? Doubt it... But really, who else could it have been? Why would he be in Sweet apple acres? Okay, never mind that. I have to make my way towards Ponyville.
I slowly walked, or trotted, towards the doorway. *CRASH!*. Great, I forgot to tuck my wings in! It sucks that I don't know to do that...I guess I can try to...walk through...sideways. Crap, this isn't working! If I keep this up, I'll probably break something else. I'm amazed at how Applejack is so calm about...Everything! I mean, I've probably knocked over a hundred vases and lamps, not to mention a few old-looking books.
"Need sum' help there, hon'?" Said Applejack. I was so busy trying to get out of the bedroom, that I hadn't noticed Applejack's sudden movements. She already managed to reach the other side of the room, and was standing right beside me! My own ignorance always amazed me...
"Oh, um, I'm sorry about...whatever I did"
"Oh, It's all right! Ah' got a thousand of those vases!" She chuckled. "Now, let's jus' lower ya' through that window over there. ah'm pretty sure you can flah'! he-he!"
She thinks this is funny...Haha. Yep, you guessed it. I can't fly for jack (pun not intended). In fact, I always had a very distinct fright of...heights...You might think I'm pathetic, but even YOU might find it hard to fly when you have no control over your own wings (if you even have them).
Applejack crouched, and leaped over my outstretched, stiff-like wing, and firmly placed her hooves against my flank and started pushing me towards the giant bay window on the far side of the room. I can't believe it! She's going to push me out of the window?! I can't even fly yet! And I sure as heck can't fall from a second story window! Wait, she doesn't know I can't fly...yet! What do I tell her?
I struggled to turn around, but her strong, apple-bucking legs easily overpowered my hopeless movements.
"STOP!" I screeched. "I have...uh...wing cramps! I can't...fly!" Applejack stopped pushing me and picked up her fore-hoof to wipe the sweat off her damp forehead.
"wah' didn't ya' just say so? Sweet mother of Celestia, you sure are a heavy fella! Even mah' brother, Big Macintosh, is a tad lighter than ya'! Ya' know? Ah' think somepony might help you with those nasty wing cramps! There's a sweet little pony, a good friend a' mine, who lives in Ponyville. She's extremely shy, especially to strangers, so I don't know if I'll be able to get her to meet you."
She probably just mentioned Fluttershy. How in the name of Celestia will Fluttershy help me? Doesn't matter, I guess. I always wanted to talk to Fluttershy, mostly because she's so adorable!
"Oh, you mean Fluttershy?" I said, while STILL trying to tuck my wings back in.
Applejack put her hooves on her waist and looked at me from under the rim of her hat. "Ah' swear...It's like ya've lived here before! Ya' seem to know everythin' about Ponyville!"
"yeah, It comes...naturally..." (What a liar!)
You can't really call watching a show meant for little girls "natural". I swear to God, I probably know almost everypony in Ponyville!
Applejack clapped her hooves together, creating a silly "clop-like" sound, and said: "Well, ah' guess ah'll go get Big Mac, He'll help 'ya get over to Fluttershy's!"
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A cart. I'm in cart filled with hay. How embarrassing! Thank God I'm covered with it. I can't risk anypony seeing me, especially my own daughter. There's almost no chance that'll happen, but I always have to be cautious.
I don't know what Fluttershy will do to help me, but it should help my supposed "wing cramps".
I never expected Equestria to be so...Beautiful! The wind blowing through my hair, or mane. The colorful birds chirping in the trees, the Big, warm Celestian sun! The road, the trees - everything seems to have it's own...spirit! Everything seemed to be, in a way, alive!
Did I fail to mention everything seemed to have "cartoony" look to it? I thought that it wasn't this simple, and that the "real" Equestria was just like our world (if there even WAS a real Equestria). I was wrong. Apparently, I was too ignorant to realize the obvious. I'm in a different dimension, right? So if the dimensions are different, why shouldn't 3D turn to 2D? Third dimensional, Second dimensional. How did I not realize this earlier? I know it sounds crazy, but it makes so much sense!
The cart stopped. I guess Big Mac finally reached Fluttershy's house, on the edge of the Everfree forest. I poked my head up out of the hay, just to make sure that we were actually in the right place. I examined every single detail of our surroundings, but Fluttershy's house was nowhere in sight. In fact, we weren't anywhere near the forest. Looked like we were in the central plaza of Ponyville!
Out of nowhere, I heard a high pitched, annoying voice babbling some unusual sounds, which barely sounded like words. That voice... It sounds so familiar! In fact, I do believe it's PInkie Pie's! Why the heck would she stop to talk to to Big Mac? I turned my head around, just in time to meet the gaze of Pinkie Pie herself, who somehow managed to park her flank right in front of my face in a split second. That's Pinkie Pie for you... Always doing the impossible!
"OHMYGOSH! Dashie! what are you doing here? Why are you in Big Mac's haystack? Is it comfy? Are you hiding from somepony? Who are you hiding from?! TELL ME TELL ME!!!!!"
Great, not only are her crazy antics drawing attention to me, but she thinks I'm Dashie!
*CLIFFHANGER FTW!* don't worry, more coming tomorrow!