I don’t think I have ever heard someone as timid and shy as her, but I don’t blame her. This place is scary as heck. Wait, why is she looking for someone called Angel when she is riding a horse, or a pony for that matter. I guess she’s an animal lover. I peered around the corner of the rock I was hiding behind. She was gone.
But that’s impossible! She just spoke only a second ago right after she stopped riding her pony. From what I thought, she had left her pony to stand there staring into the forest. In that moment, I noticed there was something strange about her pony. Something very strange.
She had a pi-- No, I was the cleverest person in my class, I need to do this properly. She had a light grayish gold coat with a muted-rose coloured mane. Her mane was gently brushed to the side with-- with… beautiful curls adorning the ends. Is it me or did her owner spend her time giving her make-up? Although she does look very pretty.
Wait, why does she look like she is scared? I asked myself. It’s like I can see raw emotion just by looking at her face, as if she were… human. “Angel, the forest if too dangerous for you.” the quiet and timid voice tried shouting. It spoke. I had never seen anything like it, a pony that could speak. So, there was no little girl, it was her! I decided it was time I got up from hiding, besides, my legs were aching from sitting in that painful position. I had completely forgotten that I was a human no more.
I walked towards her and asked “Excuse me, but do you know where I am?” hoping I wouldn’t scare the quiet and timid pony.
“Aah!” shrieked the pony that was supposed to be quiet and timid. “Oh, it’s only a stallion.”
“I’m sorry if I scared you, I just don’t seem to know where I am.” I said, reinforcing my question.
“Oh, you don’t need to apologise. But one thing is for sure; you don’t want to be here in the Everfree Forest.” exclaimed the washed out-yellow coated pony, “The moon’s almost up. You should come with me and rest in my cottage tonight, there's no time to discuss anything, hurry.”
I decided to follow her, even though I’ve never met her before. I was taught to never trust strangers, by someone who I had currently forgot. “Pardon me, but what did you say your name was again?” I asked.
“My name is Fluttershy, and I didn’t tell you my name until now,” Fluttershy pointed out, which I then blushed with embarrassment. “If you look just over there you can see my cottage.”
“Oh yeah, that’s the cottage I saw when I found my way out of the, Ever-- Ev-- the forest. That’s yours? Why do you live so close to such a horrible place?”
“I didn’t move here to live near the Everfree Forest, I moved here so I can live with the my wonderful critters and Angel Bunny,” explained Fluttershy, “Talking about home, here we are.” So that's who Angel is, a bunny. We arrived at her front yard. Wow, this pony is almost as sophisticated as us humans. She has a house, yard, garden, and she even has a chicken coop. She then invited me to enter the the cottage.
"Would you like some tea?" she asked. Umm, tea... I don't really like tea. What should I tell her? "Or would you like some herbal tea?" That sounds pretty good, besides, I've never tried it before.
I responded with "Yes, I'd like some herbal tea." A couple of minutes later, she came with both our herbal teas, which were on a tray which was in her mouth. So that's how ponies carry things, they used their mouths. "Here you go-- I'm sorry, I don't know your name." What! Oh sweet Luna, what do I tell her. I could come up with a name like her's but that would sound stupid. Wait a minute, who's Luna?
"My name is..." I struggled to come out with an answer.
"Yes?" Fluttershy asked. "What is it, and how did you end up lost in the Everfree Forest?" Great, a chance to change the subject!
"I really don't know how I ended up in the forest unconscious, because all I remember is that I woke up really confused with nearly all my memory gone. There are only a few things I remember, for example, I use to be… a human.”
“You were unconscious? Aw, you poor, poor thing.” she said, while sympathising for me. She then paused for a few seconds, I never knew why.
“Oh my goodness, you look like you have a huge bruise on the side of your head.”
“How can you tell? I feel fine,” I stated.
“No, you’re not fine. I can tell because you have a bump right below your ear and it’s very noticeable.” Fluttershy replied, “How did I not notice that before?” Wait, a bump? I lifted my hoof and felt the area Fluttershy said I had the bump on. Although it was hard to feel it, and my balance was being challenged the whole time I lifted my hoof, I felt it. The bump felt very familiar, and painful as I touched it. Slowly, a vision crept into my sight and I started seeing myself dragged into what looked like a tornado. I remember now! I was caught in a storm and then I blacked out. Still this doesn’t explain why I ended up here.
“Hello? You should go get some rest. You can go and sleep in my bed, I won’t mind.” Fluttershy suggested.
“Oh, okay thanks. Are you sure?” She nodded. So I went upstairs, which also felt very weird, and went into her bed. After a whole day of getting moments rushing in my head for no reason, my mind was blank. I couldn’t think of anything.