Beat galloped as fast as he could towards the bright white light. He heard shouting behind him. "Fall back!" A colt yelled as he got to the mouth of the cave. Beat slowed to a canter to catch his breath and wandered the forest for an hour or so. He came to a pond and saw his reflection for the first time. His reflection was shattered four ways, and he only saw two pieces. One was a grey unicorn with red eyes, a blue tail, and a pink mane. The unicorn had a rest note as a cutie mark. The other was an all grey Pegasus with cuts and bruises all over his head. He had a speaker for a cutie mark. Beat looked at his wings and wondered how a reflection could split like that.
He started to notice the sun setting and started trotting in that direction, hoping to find some sort of civilization. He tripped on a tree stump and dropped his saddle bag, spilling it's contents all over the wet grass, noticing a potion. It was clear like water. He put his belongings in his saddlebag, and tried to read the label of the potion, but the letters swirled and tangled in his mind. He suddenly got really thirsty, and decided to drink it. As he drank it, he noticed a crisp smell, and the taste of apples. He put the potion back in his saddlebag, and felt pins and needles in his wings. He flapped them once and rocketed into the air.
He soared above the trees and let out a yelp at the new sensation. He saw a large cluster of buildings and wanted to get over there, and as soon as he thought it, he was soaring in that direction at such a speed, he couldn't open his eyes. He tried desperately to slow down, but to no avail as he slammed headfirst into a tree.