//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: (You) are lonely. // by Saint-Mercy //------------------------------// "Nice name." Twilight tells you. "Odd by Equestrian standards but still nice." She said. "Next question, what are you exactly?" "Like species?" You ask the Alicorn. She nods her head. "Human, scientific name, homosapien. If you want to get a bit more sciency were also bipedal." You say feeling proud of yourself, turns out all those days in school weren't completely wasted. Twilight nods her head and looks back up at you. "Are you related to apes, you sort of look like some hairless version of one." She says to you. Ouch, that kind of hurt your feelings, what would some horse know anyways. "Kinda, their like our cousins..eh." You end trying to change the subject but completely failing. "Come on you have to know!" Twilight stated eagerly. You shrug your shoulders at her. You see her form slightly slouch, she then mutters something under her breath, but it was too quiet for your ears to pick up. "Imma ask you a question, how do you speak english?" You ask Twilight. "English? What's that?" Twilight said. "Whats English!" You state, you stand up and flail your arms around a bit as you speak. "You're speaking the language right now!" You half shout at her. "Nooo, I am speaking Equestrian, just like you are." Twilight states to you as matter of fact like. "English!" You state. "Equestrian!" Twilight retorts. Her quill, ink and parchment were placed on a table. "ENGLISH!" You actually shout, as you shout you throw your hands straight up. "EQUESTRIAN!" Twilight screams at you. As she scream at you, your brain has a flashback at that yellow pegasus screaming at you, you didn't know if just that pony could scream that loud, or was it all of these ponies, you take the safe side and step down. "Okay, Eqestrian." You say softly, trying your best not to anger the purple mare in front of you. "Ehem." Twilight clears her throat and reclaims her documenting items, she looks back at you. "Well now I know you humans have a temper." "Vice versa." You state. You quickly receive a glare from Twilight. You shut the hell up right then and there. "Are there any more of you here?" Twilight asks. "I-I'm not sure, I'm not exactly from here." You state. Your mind begins to race. Were you the only human in this world? If so could you ever get back to home? If not then how will you survive here! Questions began to fill your head. The more you thought about it the more questions came, the more questions that came, the more answers were not answered. It kind of made you sad. "Where are you from?" Twilight asks you. "Earth." You say flatly, your mind still wondering off to the worst case scenarios. "Do you know how you got here?" She asks. "I was just strolling through the park woods when I got lost, I tried to make my way out of the woods but I quickly realized I wasn't even in the woods after an hour of walking.' You say. You didn't mention the lion like thing that chased you either. "Next thing I know, I'm stuck in some dark and gloomy forest." You finish with a sigh. "Awww." You hear Twilight say, her voice sounding like a girl who just found an abandoned kitten on the side of the rode. You are quickly bolted out from your thoughts. "What do you mean aw?!" You state angrily, if there was one thing in existence that you hated, it was pity. That feeling. It makes you cringe internally. Pity, it was disgusting. Pity, it was useless. "I just..kinda feel sorry for you." She states. "Getting lost in the woods, than ending up on a different world, I'm surprised your coping so well." Twilight finishes. Your eye twitches slightly, you hands curl up into fists, your skin tightens and gains goosebumps, your breaths become short and sharp. Twilight's pity was seriously getting you angry. "Do humans normally do that?" Twilight asks you. "..." You take a deep breath, trying your best to calm down. "I guess not?" Twilight says. Your body returns to it's state of normality. "Are there any more questions, or am I free to go?" You ask. "I don't want you to just simply leave, but technically I never could have legally held you here." Twilight says to you. You grimace at your own idiocy. "So I was free to leave at any moment?" You state through your clenched teeth. The mare nods. "Well, I'll just be doing that now." You state as you head for the door. As you reach out for the door handle, said door slams into your face, the door didn't stop either, it kept opening until you were firmly pressed behind the door and the wall. "Twilight! Ya would nevah guess what ah saw!" An extremely southern voice shouted. "It was sum sorta ape!" The pressure against your face is alleviated, you hold the door close, making sure to keep it there for cover so the new pony won't see you. "Yeah, I've heard, the entire village was bullying him." Twilights states. You feel something inside of you grow a bit as she said that, but you don't exactly know what it is, but it feels different. "We weren't bullying em' it was antagonizing the entire town!" The southern mare said. "Applejack, haven't we learned anything from Zecora?" Twilight says. "But he was going to.." Applejack "Applejack, you can't judge a book by it's cover remember?" Twilight said. You found it incredibly girly...yet true. "A..ah need to apologize don't ah?" The Southerner said. "You're the element of honesty, what do you think is right?" Twilight said. You laugh to yourself silently. 'Way to guilt trip her.' You think to yourself. "Well he's right behind that door, so do what you think is right." Twilight the treacherous said. "H-he is?" Applejack said. The door slowly opened to reveal you. You stood their awkwardly. You see the pony. The brown stetson hat laying in her head. "YOU THREW ROCKS AT ME!" You shout at the country pony. "No! Ah just stood next to the pony that did!" She retorts at you. "YOU MIGHT AS WELL OF THREW THE ROCKS YOURSELF!" You shout, moving sideways a bit. "Ah-Ah'm sorry!" She says to you. Another thing that truly pissed you off. "I'm sorry doesn't take back anything!" You shout. What did 'I'm sorry.' Ever fix. Nothing! I'm sorry was the most useless phrase that has ever been said. "Come on, no need for ang-" Twilight tried to finish her sentence but you cut her off. "And YOU! You have no right to think your not like them! If it wasn't for me being new and exotic, I bet you wouldn't of even bothered with me!" You shout. You could feel your cheeks burning with anger. As you finally shuffled sideways far enough, you turn and sprint out the door. "WAIT!" You hear Twilight scream after you. You know what she can do with her horn, but you keep running. You head straight for the dammed forest. After ten minutes of avoiding the Twilight and Applejack you manage to get into the forest once again. . . . This damned forest, it frightens you. Yet, you remain here. Why? You don't know. Was it because you were afraid of those ponies? They did cut you pretty deep with a rock. They would of chased you out of the village anyways. Only reason you stayed there any longer was that damn Twilight. As you make your way through the forest you spot an hut. No, not some small cottage home, a small mud hut. It reminds you of the indians hut you read in the history text books. You wondered what kind of pony would live within this forest. You sneak up to the window and see a Zebra inside, stirring something inside a pot. Something that smelled delicious. Your stomach growls. "You traitor!" You whisper to your own belly. "What is that I hear? Somepony hungry is near?" You hear the zebra say from within the hut. Her voice and rhyming words reminded you of indian tribalists. "Umm..yes?" You say unsure of yourself. Should you try to get a free meal? Should you just leave and not risk another accident? "Come within, and dinner will begin." The zebra rhymes again. 'Is that all she does?' You think to yourself. "Thank you." You say as you enter the hut. You know the risk your taking, but your stomach is hurting too much for you to focus. "Carrot stew, I've brewed for you." The Zebra says to you as she dips a bowl into the pot. She places the bowl down on a table that was in the center of the room. You noticed their was only one chair, so being polite you stood next to the table. You pick of the ceramic bowl and tilt it towards your mouth. The delicious taste is very welcomed on your tongue, the warm sensation makes its way down your throat takes refuge in your belly. "Mmmm, delicious." You say as you lower the empty bowl back down onto the table. The Zebra grabs it once again with her mouth and dips it back into the pot, than heads back to you. As she places the bowl back onto the table she looks at you. "Not to be rude, but what are you?" The zebra asks. "I'm a human." You say, you then raise the bowl and drink from it again. After finishing the bowl once again you decide you have had enough food. "Thank you for the food." You state simply. "Do you have a place to sleep, I have enough room for three." The zebra says. Your taken back a bit at how generous this zebra was being. "I don't want to intrude on you, you have already been nice enough for me..I think I should take my leave." You say. You think about your sentence for a second. Were you rhyming? Seriously? Must be contagious. "You won't impede, trust me." The zebra says. "How can you be so nice to me? You don't even know my name." You say. "Zecora is my name, I'm not a fan of fame." Zecora says. 'Zecora?' You think to yourself. Was this the pony Twilight was talking about?...it had to be. And not a fan of fame? Either she ran out of rhymes or she was talking about the incident at that little village. "Not to push you, but can I know your name too?" Zecora asks you. "Oh, of course..My name is-"