Chapter 1: Awakening
I dream of darkness, deep, crushing darkness. I stumble around, desperately searching for a light in the endless abyss for what seems like an eternity. Finally I spot one, a bright, shining star off in the distance. That’s when I heard the voice. It was warm and encouraging and I immediately could tell the source of the voice meant me no harm.
“Well, come on now it’s about time you awoke don’t you think?” the voice said. Eager to wake up from whatever nightmare I seemed to be living I ran straight for the light, not stopping until I reached it and its warmth surrounded me on all sides. And that’s when I woke up.
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I woke up with a start, not knowing where I was. Then I realized I didn’t know WHO I was. All I know is that I'm a girl and that something is terribly wrong. I somehow jumped out of the bed I had been sleeping in and quickly surveyed my surroundings. I was in a small bedroom with only the bed I had been sleeping in, a small dresser against the opposite wall, and a mirror in the corner. That’s when I noticed that something was being reflected in the mirror, but I couldn’t quite make out what it was. I tried to walk over to the mirror but ended up stumbling with almost every step. Finally I stepped in front of the mirror. Staring back at me from the mirror was a pure white pony, who was obviously female, with dark green eyes and a wavy blond mane and tail.
“Is that me?” I ask out loud. I tilted my head and the reflection did the same. “Yep that’s me I guess.” As I gazed at myself in the mirror I started feeling strange, like there was something I really should know but it was floating right outside of my reach. I shake my head to clear my thoughts. “Alright first off, how did I not realize I was a pony? Maybe I was just so panicked with not remembering anything that I didn’t notice…anyway I guess the next thing I should figure out is where am I and how I got here.”
Just then there was a knock at the door, I jumped, startled. “Come in?” I say nervously. The door opens and a dark, aqua blue pony with dark pink eyes and a black, short mane with bangs and a jagged, yellow streak running down it. Her tail was messy and raggedy, like her mane, and it was black as night with the same yellow streak . “The Streaks almost looks like lightning.” I thought. That’s when I spotted something fluttering nervously at her sides.
“H…How are you feeling?” she asks.
“You have wings.” I say in awe.
“Um ya? Haven’t you seen a Pegasus before?” she asks
“Ummmm well…no? Or at least I don’t think so….I…I don’t know.” I say struggling to remember.
“What’s the matter” she asks, seaming concerned “Your acting as if you don’t have any…..OH that’s it isn’t it? You have amnesia.” She says.
“I guess so…I mean I don’t even remember my own name…” I say. ”What’s your name anyway? And how did I even get here?” I ask.
“My names Lightning Dash!” She says like it was a name everyone should know. Seeing my confusion she sighs. “Let’s go downstairs and sit down, I have a lot of explaining to do.” She turns and trots out the door.
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Once downstairs Lightning Dash tells me to take a seat and if I wanted anything to eat. “Oh yes please!...well I mean if it isn’t a bother or anything.” I reply awkwardly.
She laughs “Are you kidding? I haven’t had anyone stay over here in Luna knows how long! Plus, I’m hungry, so don’t worry about it, give me a few and I will whip up something for us to snack on.” With that she flew out the door that lead to what I guessed was the kitchen before I could ask her who Luna is. Still amazed that she could fly I began looking around the room. It was simply furnished with the couch I was sitting on, and a few chairs arranged around a fire place. There was a trophy case against one of the walls containing a large assortment of awards, medals, and large trophies. There were also a few pictures of who I guessed where family members, along with a clock, hanging on the walls, which were by far the most interesting part of the room. All the walls, except the ceiling and floor, which were made of wood, were made of a strange white material. Curiously I got up and walked over to the nearest one and poked it with a hoof. To my surprise my hoof sank into it slightly before stopping. “What is this stuff?” I thought to myself. “I’ll have to ask her later.” I then went and looked out one of the windows. My mouth hung open as I saw that the entire house was floating on a cloud, a bridge of solid rainbow connecting it to the ground. “So that’s what these walls are” I realized “There some form of solid cloud…weird.” In the distance I could see a large town with the sun setting behind it. “Wow it’s that late already?” I thought, looking at the clock which only said it was 4:00 pm. “Her clock must be wrong.” I thought. I went on to look at some of the pictures. Eventually I came across one that looked especially old. In it a cyan Pegasus with pink eyes and a rainbow tail and main posed, flying in front of a huge castle, five other ponies posed on the ground beneath her.
“Oh that’s Rainbow Dash.” Lightning Dash says around a large tray of sandwiches grasped in her mouth as she walks in. “She’s my ancestor from around 1000 years ago. I’m named after her you know…well the Dash part anyway.” She continues, putting down the tray. “My parents thought I would be as fast as lightning, a lot like her. They were right. I’m the first pony ever since her to make a sonic rainboom.”
“What’s a sonic rainboom?” I ask curiously.
“It’s where you go so fast you shatter the light and sound spectrum to create a rainbow and a sonic boom at the exact same time. They're said to be magical, and whenever they happen, something that’s good for Equestria, which is the name of our world, happens. Actually I found you the same day I pulled off the sonic rainboom.” She says.
“Wait, really?” I ask. “Where?”
“In a field a few miles north of Ponyville, the name of the town nearby. You can see it from the window.”
“Yeah, I already saw it. By the way did you know your clock is off? Its sunset and your clock says it’s only around four.”
“Actually it’s correct. The days have always been shorter and the nights longer ever since princess Celestia died….” She says suddenly looking very sad.
“Who?” I ask confuse, I had no idea who this princess could be.
Lightning Dash sighed. “Here, sit down and have a sandwich. I’ll tell you what you need to know.”