I woke up, resting on something uncomfortable and pointy.
Strange.
I opened my eyes. Around me was a gigantic crater, filled with blue crystal. It was like I was in some colossal geode.
Doubly so.
I got up onto my hooves, then fell back down again.
Obviously not ready yet. What happened?
I wracked my brain with no result. Like, absolutely no result. Well, one word seemed to stand out in my mind. Sidereus
Well, this is utterly inconvenient.
I got up, carefully placing my hooves in the correct positions, and examined myself. I was a dark blue, almost black pegasus colt, and my mane was even darker. All that seemed rather familiar, except it felt strange being that small.
I examined my surroundings. I appeared to be in a dense forest, well, in a clearing now due to the crater. Two paths led off in opposite directions.
Well, probably one path that I just interrupted violently.
I looked back into the crater, looking for clues to how I got there. There wasn't even a flat spot where I landed. All of it was uninterrupted crystal. Although there was another thing odd about it. It was almost perfectly spherical.
Well, hemispherical, technically.
I looked at the forest surrounding me. It was rather dark, considering that the sun was out. Fortunately, it looked like it was around 8:00 AM according to the sun. At night, this forest would be a nightmare to navigate. At least the path was pretty clear.
Howls sounded in the distance.
Aren't wolves nocturnal?
Anyway, I didn't want to stay there for long. I started down one of the paths. It couldn't possibly be worse than almost breaking my legs on these jagged crystals. Seriously, walking on that stuff hurt.