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// Chapter II - Strange New World 
// Story: Moon Doesn't Care About Size 
// by McProky 
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Chapter II - Strange New World
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That feeling when you are travelling by a teleportation is unforgettable. You can feel the atoms in your body slowly disappearing into nothing. It doesn't hurt, it's not even uncomfortable. But this time, I never felt such pain in my body. I felt like my atoms were exploding and the only thing leftover was magma, or something else really hot. Thanks to the pain I fell unconscious for god knows how much time. 

When I woke up, I felt sick like coming home from an after party. It was dark. I felt dizzy, but not enough that I could puke. So far I had not thought about where I was. My head was more concerned about “trasndimensional hangover”. Yeah that’s the name. It took me a while to realize with this headache that I had expected this and took pills for really strong hangovers. After a while, I was feeling better and finally, I was able to put myself into exploring this unknown environment. I was in some kind of a forest. The trees were branchless and about 5 meters tall.

Was I really in Equestria? “Maybe,” I thought. “Yes, just in a place they never show on the show itself.”
“Hmmm, strange. There's something about those trees. Maybe....if I can..." I walked through some giant balls of dirt and dust to get closer to one of those branchless trees. When I came closer to one of those trees, I touched it. It didn’t feel like any tree I knew. Was it made out of fibers? I couldn't really see it properly, since it was dark. I climbed the tree and tried to look around.
I couldn't see anything, only a mountain in the distance. “If I get up there, I might be able to see more!" I said to myself.
I climbed down and took a path through the strange trees.

My walk took about 15 minutes and it was mostly uneventful. I sometimes heard some weird noises coming from somewhere really far away and I sometimes tripped over those dirt balls. When I finally made it to the mountain, I could see its details properly. It was smooth and cold, like steel. There was something odd about it though. The smell! Oh my god that smell was so beautiful! I stopped thinking and followed the smell up to the mountain. The mountain wasn't very steep, and I was able to climb with enough friction to hold myself onto it. 

When I scaled the mountain, I was shocked to find out that it was some kind of a volcano! There was really narrow ground, and there were some walls and more walls higher than the ones I initially saw. They were really weirdly shaped, and it looked like there were ornaments on it. Maybe it was a city? I couldn’t tell, since I couldn't see thanks to the darkness. 
Then the smell hit me again. It once again clouded my mind and with it, I tried to walk on the edge of the ground above the dark crater. But that sweet smell made me blissful, like I was drunk. Then it happened. I didn't pay much attention and tripped over the edge and fell into the crater. “This is the end”, I thought.

But before I could embrace death, I fell onto something soft. I opened eyes and found out, that the ground of this crater was soft! Like the softest thing you'll even feel in your life. And the smell was so strong! I looked around to find that all around me were those balls of dirt. There even were puddles of some sort of liquid. After 30 minutes of walking, climbing and falling, I felt really thirsty. I went to a puddle and formed a cup in my hands. I filled it up and smelled the liquid. It smelled salty, but it also was really sweet. It didn't smell like salt water though. It smelled more like a really good sweat. I always felt weird around these things and I liked it. I didn't hesitate and took a sip of it. It tasted much better than it smelled. Something like really sweet lemonade with some trace taste of vinegar. 

“Ahhh that hit the spot. *yawn* Oh, I'm so tired after all of this I better get some sleep." And with that, I fell asleep. What I didn't know was that a certain mare was about to rock the world of a certain creature, unaware of the consequences.