Sunny and I chatted until the sun began to set. I say my goodbye to her and turn to walk into the forest but before I could, I was abruptly stopped by a hoof on my shoulder.
"Are you crazy!? That's the Everfree forest! You can't go in there!"
"Huh?"
"Huh? What do you mean 'huh'?! You really aren't from around here, huh." She says.
"Calm down. It's just a forest and I'm not afraid of the dark." I say trying to reassure her.
"You know there are timberwolves in there, right? You know, the wooden beasts that tear apart ponies." She said with a mocking tone.
"Oh um.. err.. Yeah. I knew that hehe." I say, trying to recover my pride. I may be a pony now, and she may be a pony but this is really a dangerous world. What did I get myself into? I turn to the opposite direction and spot a park bench a few yards away. I point over to it and say, "Well that spot's not taken, right?"
"What? A park bench? I saw how much bits you had. You could just rent a hotel room."
Seeing as there is no portal back to Earth, I'm going to have to prepare myself for the worst. I might be stuck in this pony world and who knows how long I'll be here.
"Well I'm trying to save my money, what's the worst that could happen?" I say and as if on cue the rain came pouring down.
We arrive a few minutes later at a two floor cottage. In the distance, I was able to see a large village. One that I figured was Ponyville, a place of kindness and fun? At least that's what Sunny told me..
Sunny opens the door to reveal a small living room that was made up of: a small couch and coffee table that was placed infront of a fireplace.
"Well I guess you could stay here for a couple nights, but you're gonna have to sleep on the couch alright?"
"I really don't have to stay you know. I'm sure that I'll be alright." I try to reason,
"Yeah, sure, and freeze out there? It's gonna be winter in a couple of weeks." i really didn't want to stay. Not because the place was bad, heck this place is better than my apartment, but because it just didn't feel right having a stranger help you out in such a big way.
"Are you okay letting a stranger in your home?" I ask curiously.
"Nope. But you seem like a nice guy. Besides I'll be taking this." She says grabbing my short sword.
"Hey!" I yell.
"And I also have this." She says before placing a collar around me.
"Hey! What the heck is this!?" I shout as I try to shake it off.
"Don't worry it's just a safety precaution. You're a stranger remember? Besides even though I locked the leash to the stair rail you would still be able to reach te bathroom." She giggles. What kind of sick joke is this? Before I could say anything more, she ran along upstairs. I let out a long sigh as I tuck in my tail and fell asleep.
I wake up to the smell of freshly cooked pancakes. Ah, I haven't had pancakes in a long time. But before I could even move, a thick glob of sugary sweet syrup pours falls on my face. I try to wipe it off as much as I could but it only ended up spreading it more. I look back up again..
"Who the hell staples pancakes to the ceiling?" I say.
"Well they were really hot so I stapled them up there to cool." Sunny replies as she floats up a stapler and another buttery disk. I think it was then that I really noticed her horn. I guess the situation kinda made more sense now seeing as how unicorns should have magic right? but still.
'What the actual heck?' I thought. But then again it's not my house and I don't want to get kicked out so why question it. I spent my breakfast taking off pancakes from the ceiling and eating whatever I could salvage from them. After that, I head to the bathroom and got washed up. It took longer than a normal shower to get the sugary sweetness out of my coat. It's really weird going in and out of a shower without worrying about your clothes.
"Hey, when can I get this darn thing off?" I ask, raising up the collar and leash.
"Er.. I guess if you wanna go outside? I was going to build a rocketship today. You wanna come?" Sunny says.
Really? A rocket ship? So ponies ride rocketships now? Ah what the heck do I got to lose? We walk a bit down the road 'till we hit a trail that lead into the Everfree Forest. "Hey, I thought you said we weren't supposed to come here." I say a bit nervously.
"Don't worry this trail is laced with magic that repels timberwolves. You still want to be on the lookout though. It may repel them but it doesn't protect you." She says.
The trail then led to a great grass opening with a small lake nearby. Off the side was a large treehouse. "Cool treehouse, but I thought we were gonna make a rocketship?" I say as I was led up the ladder.
Sunny just replied with "Yeah, Yeah, I know. The toasters are up here though. What toasters? Before I could reach the top, a giant mass of shining appliances rained upon me. "There we got our ship parts! Let's.. Get.. BUILDING!!" She says dramatically.
How inthe world do you make a ship out of toasters? I begin to think that Sunny may really have more than just a few loose screws. It was really cute though, watching Sunny roll around the grass trying to bite toasters to death. How do you even get this many toasters? I imagine her holding other some pony and mugging them of their toasters. I climb to the inside of the tree house, this time to see what's inside. There was a telescope, a mini fridge, a microwave and a few sheets of paper with some pencils. How did you even get electricity here? However by the corner of the tree house was a ladder that led straight down into the tree trunk.
'I'm not really sure if I should be going down here but..' I think. At the bottom of the tree trunk was an amazing sight. An entire underground cave made of different crystals from rubies to emeralds. Round the room were random metal objects too and many tools. I guessed that this was Sunny's work shop. Just then Sunny jumped down here too.
"Pretty neat place huh?"
"Yeah, pretty neat."
"But you gotta promise not to tell anypony! Alright?"
I can probably see where she was coming from. This hidden place is probably her 'happy spot'. Everyone has one, right? A place to just wind down and relax. In fact mine used to be at my local coffee shop.
"Alright, alright. I won't tell." I say.
"Great!" Was the last thing I heard before coming in contact with another toaster to the head.