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// Chapter 2 
// Story: An Unexpected Trip 
// by Shadow Fall 
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   I stood there just staring at the ponies that milled about.  Of all the things I thought I'd see in my lifetime this would not have been it.  I was so shocked I felt like I could have stood there forever, and I would have if my stomach hadn't growled.

I suddenly thought of money.  I looked back and realized something I hadn't before.  I wasn't wearing any clothes.  I could clearly feel my cheeks heat up with embarrassment.  I turned my attention to the other ponies to see what they wore.  I felt both relieved and a little more embarrassed.  The didn't wear clothes either.

"Well that simplifies things,"  I muttered.

"What simplifies things?"  The sudden voice made me jump, scream, and fall on my back.

Three times.  Three times I've been looking at the sky today.  I thought just before a familiar pink face blocked my view.

"Do you always have to sneak up on me?"  I asked, not yet realizing the flood of words that was about to come.

"Oh no, not always though I can if you want me to.  Oh!  Right.  I was thinking of this great party for you since I've never seen you before so I was about to get everything ready when I realized I had no idea where you lived so I went looking for you and then I saw you and I ran over and I heard you say, 'Well that simplifies things,' and I asked, 'What simplifies things?' and you jumped and screamed and fell on your back and then you asked, 'Do you always have to sneak up on me?' and then I said 'Oh no, not really,' and here we are,"  She paused for a moment before continuing.  "I just came to find out where you live.  So, where do you live?"

My head was reeling with the sudden influx of words.

"Uh....  I um....  I don't - I don't have a home,"  I told her.  This seemed to shock her.

"What?!  Everypony in Equestria has a home."

"Well I don't.  I don't even know where I am or how I got here."

"Oh, well that's easy.  You're in Ponyville and you got here by walking,"  She said cheerily.

"No, I meant-"

"Don't you worry about a thing.  Your good friend Pinkie Pie will help you out," She said as she wrapped a foreleg over my shoulders.

"But I-"

"C'mon!  I know just the pony."  She said, pushing me towards the town.  I had a feeling that she wouldn't take no for an answer and I didn't have a better idea, so I followed after the bouncy pink mare with poofy hair.

  .  .  .  .  Wait....  Did I just think mare?

I groaned.  This was going to be a long day.