//------------------------------// // Chapter Three (Edited and fixed) // Story: Beyond The horizon // by Cobalt Shine //------------------------------// Chapter 3 1800_SCREWED (Actually makes sense now) It was a strange night. Dreams I never had anything like before were flowing through my mind. It was incredible and amazing, but somehow I couldn't comprehend them. "Why aren't I dreaming about human girls?" I asked myself. Feelings I could not understand were flooding my mind. "This is so strange," I went on. "Why are there ponies in my dreams?" The next morning, I groggily awoke to the smell of apples. I was confused, but also enjoyed the smell of fresh apple pie. I could almost swear the smell made me drool. It consisted of pastry, apple, whipped cream, and apple juice. The smell was...DELICIOUS. I immediately got up and followed my nose. The smell was intoxicating. The further I trotted, the more intense the smell grew. Trotting downstairs, I noticed Big Macintosh eating apple pie with whipped cream. Drool dripped from my mouth. I quickly said, "Is that apple pie...for breakfast?" "Eeyup," he replied. "C'mon down. ‘Ave a seat," Applejack insisted. I flung myself at the table. In front of me was a delicious apple pie with whipped cream, alongside a glass of apple juice. "I’m starting to like it here," I quickly thought to myself. Looking at the apple pie I realized, "Oh no. How do I eat it?" Confused, my eyes quickly darted across the room. I noticed Applejack picking it up with her hoof and taking large bites out of the pie. So I tried, and failed. I knocked it off the table onto the floor. No pony noticed. I bent down, and while no one was looking, I put my mouth straight into the pie, eating it like a dog. Food was all over my mouth, but I didn't notice. it just tasted so good. I sat back up at the table, with food all around my mouth. "I –urrrr - need to go wash my face," I said, my voice starting to grow more feminine. I quickly rushed off to the bathroom next to the room which I had just slept in, and washed my face with an apple imprinted flannel. By the time I got back, everyone had left the table. Only Applebloom was left behind to wash all the dishes. "Hi! Name’s Applebloom. You don't talk much do ya'?" she said. "Oh, well, I’m just new around here and not really adjusted to my surroundings," I replied. "Why were you left here to do all the dishes by yourself?" I added in. "That’s simple. Y'see, I’m little, and I can’t buck apples like my big brother and sister, so I have smaller jobs to do so I won’t get in the way. Besides. I like the dishes because they’re really easy.” “Huh, is that so?” I was surprised, because at home, I hated doing the dishes. I started trotting off outside the barn and noticed Applejack and Big Macintosh bucking and collecting apples. “Thanks for having me stay and have some of that delicious pie. I’m sorry, but I have to go see Twilight.” “T’was no problem. Y’all come back soon, y’hear?” I pulled back my wings, trying to remember what Rainbow Dash taught me. Successfully, I took off with no problems whatsoever. It was incredible. The wind was in my mane it was like nothing I had felt before. “Surely the visit can wait. I’ve gotta try flying around first,” I thought. So I began to fly around ponyville. The feeling was so incredible. I was amazed. As I flew up higher, I noticed what seemed to be a floating city. My natural instincts told me to explore it. Immediately, I did. The buildings all seemed to look like roman gods had created them. It was unbelievable. “No. I mustn’t get sidetrack, I must see Twilight,” I thought, when I was tackled by who other than, Rainbow Dash. “Hi again,” I said, trying to sound cheerful. “Heh...sorry ‘bout that again," replied Rainbow with an awkward smile. I groaned. “Ugh. It’s ok. So, what are you up to?” I inquired. “Well actually, I was hoping you could join me and Fluttershy. We’re going to a club. No stallions allowed,” replied Rainbow Dash. It sounded weird. “I mean, shouldn’t I be a stallion?” I thought. “Sure, sounds like a plan,” I said. And with that, Rainbow Dash literally pulled me off my cloud, and then flew me to the club in upper Cloudsdale. I looked around. Like Rainbow said, there were no stallions there. We both sat down at a table. I felt a little awkward, not knowing how to break the ice. As I was thinking that, Fluttershy walked in. “Hi Rainbow. Hi Crystal. What’s up?” Rainbow Dash quickly broke in. “Hey Crystal, I think that mare over there is giving you the eye.” Anypony could have instantly worked out that that Rainbow meant she was a lesbian. “Are you serious?” I stuttered. “Why? What’s wrong? You scared of other mares?,dont worry, just because it's a mares only club dosen't mean im a lesbian, or anypony else for that matter,sometimes stallions can be a bit obnoxious and annoying,” Rainbow said “What?! No-but-no! Why would that mare be on to me?!” I said losing my grip on the conversation. Rainbow Dash cracked up laughing. “Don't worry about it. I’m only joking. I know the mare, she has a stallion mate ” A sigh of relief escaped my mouth. I started blushing. Fluttershy giggled. “Rainbow’s only joking. She wasn’t trying to be mean.” I was silent. Two hour’s had passed. It was now 12pm midday. “Oh my god! I think- no it’s not possible... I don't believe it, I HAVE A CRUSH ON RAINBOW DASH!!!” I thought. In this sudden awkwardness, I started blushing again. “What’s up?” said Rainbow, which only made my blush go on further. “Uuuuuhhh, nothing. I - I have to go...” I said before bolting out the room. I had lost my bearings of where I was by the time I left Cloudsdale. All I had to do was search for this big tree on a hill. “There it is,” I said with a quick sigh of relief, no sign of Rainbow Dash before I started flying towards it. “I don’t believe it, one day is all it took to get a crush on Rainbow Dash,” I said to myself before landing on Twilight’s doorstep. I knocked on the door. I was answered immediately, almost as if she had been waiting there for me. “I can’t find anything,” she said in a mumbly tone. “Pardon?” I asked. “I CAN’T FIND ANYTHING!” she screamed. “You mean, I’m gonna be like this......forever?!”I exclaimed. “Maybe. I don’t know-Wait we could go to canterlot and ask Princess Celestia for some aid!” she said happily. “Great ide-”I started before getting cut off by Twilight. “WHERE’S THE NECKLACE?!” “What do you mean? It’s right around my neck..., HOLY SH-CELESTIA!”I swore. “What just happened? Why can’t I swear?” I thought. “Oh no oh no oh no oh no. Where do you remember having it last?” said Twilight. “Well, in Cloudsdale, I guess,” I replied before blushing, remembering Rainbow Dash. “Great. Now we have two things to do,” said Twilight, slightly angrily. End Chapter 3 Find out what happens next chapter. OOOHHH I love cliff hangers, don’t you?