In the land of Equestria, supposedly peaceful and nice, yet filled with so many potentially fatal animals that it might be better called Australia Junior, was currently about to have a major revelation.
The sun blazed overhead, moving in a steady orbit on Celestia’s control. And today seemed like any other day to the casual observer. The land was filled with natural harmony.
Those halcyon days were over now.
Fluttershy was going over into the Everfree Forest, out of concern for the small forest animals.
Earlier in the morning, a large explosion had occurred in the centre of the Everfree forest, large enough to be seen from Ponyville. Her concern for injured animals was greater than her fear of the larger animals in there, and she had medical supplies on hand, in case of severe injuries.
“Oh my, I hope I’m not too late.” She was nearing the clearing where she reckoned the explosion had came from and found something unexpected.
Three ponies, in the centre of the Everfree, with some of the strangest appearances she had ever seen.
The largest and fittest looking was an Earth pony. He also looked, in Fluttershy’s opinion, to be the scariest looking of the ponies, with his narrow grey eyes. He appeared to have red eyeliner, arranged into thin streaks around the corners of his eyes. What was really strange about his appearance was his lack of mane, which was an unusual occurrence in ponies.
Maybe he shaves it?
His tail was long and bright red, and flowed like normal hair. His coat was a dark grey, further emphasizing the brightness of his tail. His cutie mark appeared to be a spear, with a Water Serpent wrapped around it.
The pony he was talking to was a unicorn, with a pale blue coat. He was skinnier than his companion, and there was something about his appearance that reminded her of Rarity- the way, even when angry, avoiding contact with dirt and mud. His black, faintly purple mane was arranged into curtains, covering both his ears. It was a very short and elegant mane, and his tail was similarly short and straight. His purple eyes were flashing with panic as he stumbled around, trying to avoid dirt. He had four feathers attached to his right eye- two red feathers on the top of his eye, and two yellow feathers on the far right of his eye. His cutie mark was a flower with four ‘petals’, resembling a peacock’s large tail.
The smallest of the new ponies was a Pegasus filly, bouncing around happily with wide eyes, taking in her new surroundings. Her mane was bubble-gum pink, and was short and, like the elegant unicorn’s covered her ears. A thin piece of the mane reached down to her muzzle, and her large, cheerful eyes were simply brown. The bright pink mane was an odd contrast to her blood-red coat. Her tail was shorter than the others, and was a simple straight line of colour. Her cutie mark was a double bladed battle-axe, with a stylised cats’ face on the blade.
All of them wore loose black tops, but the unicorn wore an orange collar with a sleeve on his right foreleg, and the filly wore an armband with a stylised yarrow flower on it.
They appeared to be unfamiliar with the forest, and seemed unable to walk well. Fluttershy was curious as to who these ponies were, so she listened in on their conversation.
“-YAY!”
“IT’S HORRIBLE! MY HORN MESSES UP MY HAIRSTYLE! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!”
“Yumichika, it’s part of your forehead. It’s not going to come off that easily.”
“Ikkaku! This is a beauty emergency! I need you to kick it off so that this travesty can be repaired!”
“Baldy, Girly, I’ve got wings! I can fly now!”
The two colts ignored the filly in lieu of their conversation.
“Yumichika, the horn is fine. Do you know what it is good for?”
“WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? IT IS MESSING UP MY HAIR! You wouldn’t understand, you don’t even have hair.”
‘WHAT?”
Fluttershy had seen enough. These poor ponies were out of their minds- they didn’t even know what the horns were used for! They were going to need some serious help. She turned to go, but accidentally stepped on a twig.
The audible snap coming from the trees stopped the argument. Yumichika and Ikkaku shared a glance, and then took off after the noise.
“Hey, Ikkaku, do you think that whoever this is could explain why we’re considerably less human than normal?”
“Well, if she doesn’t, I hope that we at least know two things: where we are and who we can fight!”
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