I walked to the top of my castle, MY castle, and looked out at the world. The trees, the mountains, the trees, the trees...the...um, trees. And Ponyville. Ew.
AVAST! On the side of a mountain, another castle! It was white with a golden trim. It was actually not painful to look at. Quite inviting to tell the truth. I wondered if the creatures there, probably ponies, were as cruel as the ones in Ponyville. Looking around, I realized there wasnt much here for me. Maybe a look around wouldnt hurt. Just a quick look.
5 Minutes Later
Everything in this world hates me.
I slid under branches and jumped over roots as I whizzed by the trees, being chased by some animal. They were unbelievably fast and agile. My speed and agility was the only thing that gave me the edge in Ponyville and these things basically leveled that playing field. Why were they even chasing me? All I did was throw a rock at them!
Hm. OK, yeah, maybe that wasnt the brightest idea.
One of them jumped for me. Its jaws snapped shut mere inches from my ear. I could hear its teeth clash from behind me. Images of what it must have eaten ran through my head. I could heal and all, but pain was pain; and that looked very painful. Their teeth snapped again and again. Eventually they grabbed onto my cloak and tore a piece out. It was evident I couldnt out run them so I looked to the sky and begged this not to hurt so much. At that moment, I saw a rainbow. It reminded me of in Ponyville when I stopped dead to shake Rainbow Dash off of me.
With that in mind, I dug my heels into the dirt. The animals ran right by and slid as the tried to stop themselves. They turned around and looked for their prey. Too bad it didnt occur to them to look in the trees! Stupid animals! After a few minutes of searching, they followed the trail back to where they came from. I had to remember to thank Rainbow for that one if I ever saw her again, and between gasps for breath as I would run away. I decided trees were the safest route and followed them to the castle until I came to a clearing. The birds here were actually very nice. A few of them led my way out of the forest since it was hard to see through the leaves.
The ground ahead was lush with emerald grass that reflected light from the sun. The few patches of dirt were dry and bugless. It would have actually been a nice spot to lay down for a while, maybe have a picnic. That sun though. MAN, is it bright here! The clearing must have stretched for at least a mile. At least I got to enjoy the scenery while I roasted. Come to think of it, once you get past the burning hate and burning sun, this world is actually pretty. I never fully appreciated nature back home on account of all the buildings. Even the nights were beautiful. Unlike the stary sky back on Earth where you only saw some stars and that was it, here you saw the stars and everything else. The oranges and purples of other galaxies, the blue clouds, the...green? Never knew there was green in space.
My feet began to grow weary as I drew closer and closer to the rock face the city was perched on. Maybe I should have stolen some shoes back in Ponyville. Then my feet wouldnt look like balls of dirt. After wiping my feet in a patch of grass that had retained its dew, I marched my clean feet through the filthy dirt until I came to the cliff. More climbing. Joy.
2 Hours Later
The things I do sometimes. By the time I reached the bottom of the city the sun was way far away, close to sunset now. he first traces of sanguine and orange leaked across the sky and stained the clouds. I dug my fingers into the smooth rock of the under city. It was like a bowl sticking out of a wall but instead of cereal, a mini Camelot.
I had begun to debate with myself on if I should be wasting my time doing this, but then I decided that I had nothing better to do. Halfway through my self discussion on whether cold fusion would be a better alternative than having a bunch of people spin a giant wheel or not, I finally reached the edge of the city and attempted to pull myself up--DONT SLIP! NO! NO! NO! HOLD ON! NO! OK, its cool. Its fine. Strangely nopony noticed me screaming at the top of my lungs or climbing over the edge of a city. Oh well.
My hood made nice cover when I walked through the city. I observed all the ponies through my own little window. There were the same mix of races as in Ponyville but these all looked much higher class. Some actually wore clothes. Finally, I didnt feel so alone. This place seemed like a OK place to hang out so far. Even the ponies were nicer. Well, not nicer, but they answered my questions thoughtfully to uphold their reputations. I wondered what they would say if I took off my cloak. Better to play it safe than sorry though.
It was funny when I looked into the streets. There were carriages being drawn by, you guessed it, horses. Strong horses too. Most of the ponies I had seen had looked thin if not flabby; those ponies pulling the carriages were RIPPED. They pulled those things so fast. Really fast. They couldnt even see a little filly run into the street chasing a ball she dropped.
"Watch out!" The crowd echoed.
The filly looked up and screamed, immobile, frozen in fear.The stallions tried to stop but the carriage kept rolling. Naturally as a hero, I ran out and knocked the filly out of the way.
"Run awa--"
My world tumbled. It was shaken, flipped, inverted, blacked out, then too bright. Loud, then quiet. My body was tossed like a rag doll in the crash. Wood splintered wheels popped off, through windows into shops or other carriages. Suddenly it all stopped.
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The streets were dead silent; the only audible sound being the scarlet river dripping onto the cobblestone. The ponies looked up The broken carriage had one long piece of wood pointing at a angle into the air with a strange ape-like creature on it. It hung there, face blacked out, wearing a torn cloak.
"You're welcome..." it said in a weak voice before its arms fell to its sides and stopped twitching.