A lone human magically ended up in Equestria (cliché, I know), but he wasn't normal, he had the power to make his imagination into reality, but is it a blessing or a curse?
A human magically ends up in Equestria, more specifically, the Everfree Forest, and that human is me.
Yeah, I know, it sounds cliché, but please hear me out.
I don't know how I ended up here, but I noticed something weirdly different about me: I have the power to make my imagination come into reality. It's crazy, I know, but it's true! With this power, I can have SO much fun in the land of Equestria!
...But somehow, I think the locals aren't very fond of me or my powers, saying that I'm some kind of Discordspawn...
Takes place after Season 3 and the first Equestria Girls movie.
I awoke to the sounds of the wind rushing and bushes rustling, groaning in tiredness all the while. I turn over to get more comfortable only to notice that I'm laying on solid ground. I quickly sat up and looked around, finding myself in some kind of creepy forest, naturally, I formed the only response that I could.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Scream like a little chicken-shit.
Wouldn't you?
I hyperventilated like air was going out of style as I gazed upon the situation I was in. How did this happen? I never had a history of sleepwalking, and I sure as hell have never seen this forest before. I tried to calm myself down with little avail and began thinking of how to get out of here; I seemed to be sitting in a pathway of sorts for these woods, so I have to follow it where it goes, but there's a catch, if I go the wrong way, the path will take me deeper into the forest.
Thinking about this kind of reminds me of the forest theme from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest for SNES.
Suddenly, I felt my stomach rumbling, wondering how nice it would to have a chilidog right now...
...Only to find a chilidog appear in my hand.
"Ah!" I panic at first, but remember not to look a gift horse in the mouth, "Uh...thanks, I guess." I say to no one in particular and take a bite of one of my most favorite foods.
It was delicious.
I decided that standing around wasn't gonna help me, so I began my trek out of the forest and to find civilization. The music in the background helped me calm my nerves, believe it or not, it was a good song and it took some of the creepiness out of these disturbing woods. Then I heard the bushes rustling again, but more violently, and saw...I don't know what they are, three wolves made completely out of wood? They growled and snarled at me, thinking I was their next meal, which I wasn't gonna let happen.
I turned tail and ran with another piece of music playing from my imagination.
I run as fast as my partially tired legs can carry me, but the wolves were gaining ground and quick. I needed something, anything, to put this chase to an end. But what? I suddenly see a light at the end of the forested tunnel, but I knew no predator gives up on its prey so easily, that even if I made it to the exit, they'd still hunt me down.
Then, out of nowhere, a tall pole with a target mark in front of it and a barrel at the bottom of its shaft appeared at the mouth of the forest. I knew exactly what that was and believe it was my only lifeline away this race for survival. I gave myself an adrenaline boost and rushed to the pole; if I jumped high enough to hit the target, I might get an item, but I don't care about that, I wanted to live, so I just long-jumped to the target and hit it.
The barrel went up like those strength games at carnivals and went back down, not hitting the item up top. I turn back and see the wolves frozen in a freeze frame, taking the opportunity, I run out of the forest and into the sunlight. I breathe in and out, taking in the fresh air, I stop to notice a little cottage at the edge of the forest, wondering who in the hell would live next to a dangerous place, I turn my head to the left and see a weird-looking town in the distance. I smile as I finally found civilization and picture yet another song in my head.
As a wave of nostalgia hit me, I remembered this theme acted as background music for a level in a game and clear screen. I then noticed something floating above me, saying: LEVEL COMPLETE. Just for the hell of it, I did a little victory dance and proceeded to the town with a little bounce in my step.
Oh yeah. I'm gonna milk this power for all it's worth.
Fluttershy was on her way back to her cottage after leaving the Crystal Empire for the Princess Summit. The newly crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle had her crown stolen, which also acted as her Element of Harmony, by a pony that goes by Sunset Shimmer, a former student of Princess Celestia. After one crazy adventure, Twilight and her assistant, Spike the Dragon, had just returned from the world which Sunset now currently resides in with her crown in tow and told them all about her journey into a new world. Fluttershy knew she would've been scared to death if she had to go through all of that, but she was glad her friends were alright.
"Wait," she said, "is that...music?"
At that moment, she saw a bipedal figure strolling along the path into Ponyville and ducked into a bush out of fear. She could hear the figure humming the song as it played from nowhere, confused by how it works. She then noticed something important, the figure looked vaguely similar to the creatures Twilight and Spike saw in that other world. The music began to fade as the figure went on his merry way...towards Ponyville.
Panic gripped her like an icy claw and she flew back into town, but careful enough not to alert the figure to her presence, with one thought screaming in her mind.
After arriving at the edge of town, I swapped the music to play the map theme for Donkey Kong Country, just because I can. The homes there looked pretty nice, but some looked like they were impossible to stay up without some kind of support. Regardless, I waltzed into town with a little spring in my step, letting the happy music ring in my ears as I strolled.
Strangely enough, I didn't see any people out and about. In fact, when I was on my way here, I thought I heard sounds of panic nearby, but I could barely hear over my music. With that in mind, I hastily used my "Power of Imagination" as I decided to call it and shut off the music.
Honestly, I was better off leaving it on.
The place was completely empty, almost like a ghost town, and the newfound silence didn't really help matters either. With careful steps, I looked around the area for any signs of life, but after at least an hour of searching, nothing and no one turned up. I then noticed something out of the corner of my eye; a sky blue blur speeding through the sky and coming right at me.
Wait.
COMING RIGHT AT ME?!
I swiftly threw my body onto the ground and narrowly dodged something akin to a speeding bullet. I raised my head and saw that it was turning around and coming back. I knew right then and there that whatever that thing was that tried to ram me was alive.
Somehow, I involuntarily initiate the boss theme from DKC, probably believing this was some kind of boss fight. The blur came at me again and tried to land on me, I barrel rolled out of the way and got a good view of my attacker; it was some kind of winged horse with sky blue fur, rainbow colored mane, rose colored irises, and a cloud with a red, yellow, and blue lightning bolt under it on both flanks.
Eh, not the weirdest thing I've seen all day.
But compared to those wood wolves, this thing seems to be more of a challenge, if its glare on me is anything to go by. It appears that I won't be able to run from this fight.
"So," it spoke, "you're the creature Fluttershy saw, huh? Well, if you think you can come and terrorize Ponyville, you got another thing coming!"
Fluttershy? Ponyville? What is this thing talking about? More importantly, WHY IS IT TALKING?!
I didn't have much time to think as it rushed me again with its hooves out, ready to take my head off. I wasn't going to give it the chance as I got up and jumped over her, running to a different area of town to see what I can use as a weapon.
"Oh no you don't!" it called out, giving chase.
The horse was gaining on me much faster than those wolves, I could almost feel its breath on the back of my neck as I ran for my life. What could I do to slow it down?
Wait, I have the power of imagination! Duh! I thought as I slapped my head at my sheer stupidity.
I pictured myself going faster, faster than the horse tailgating me, and so I did. I saw that my legs were moving quicker than normal and looked back, seeing my pursuer fall behind. I wasn't going to let it catch up as I imagined a brick wall popping out of the ground with the horse ramming straight into it, leaving a rather comedic looking indent on the other side of it. I tried to stifle my laughs as best as I could while I continued my sprint.
I made a hard turn left and hid behind a building, trying to catch my breath from running so much. Now I needed a weapon. With my power I tried to conjure a sword that never breaks nor loses its edge, and predictably, a 24 inch short sword in a scabbard appeared on my back with a single strap over my shoulder. I drew the sword and examined at it thoroughly; the blade was made of pure silver, glistening in the sunlight, the rectangular handguard was bronze, the handle was chiseled oak wood, and the hilt was a gold round end with a ruby adorning the center.
As majestic as the weapon is, I couldn't waste any more time dilly dallying. I looked past the corner of the house I was hiding behind and saw five more horses prying winged one off the brick wall I created. Eventually, they got it off and plopped onto the ground, shaking the stars out of its vision.
It growled, "Where is it?!"
"Rainbow." the purple one tried to speak.
"I'll make it pay for making a fool of me!"
"Rainbow! Calm down!" the purple one said, "If this thing is what I think it is, we might be able to send it home."
The blue named Rainbow grumbled, "...Fine. But if we see it, I'm taking it down!"
Oh boy. I think ticked it off real bad.
"Hold on a second!" the pink one declared, "Does anypony else hear that music?"
CRAP!
"Y-Yes," the yellow one spoke, "I-I heard it before, but t-this one sounds c-c-creepy."
DOUBLE CRAP!
"It sounds like it's comin' from over yonder." the orange one says, pointing my direction.
Man, I'm having the worst luck today.
"Follow that music girls!" the purple one ordered.
Oh, so they're girls, which means they're mares. Okay, I think I have a clear grasp on—wait, WHAT?!
"There it is!" Rainbow yelled.
Run, man, my subconscious said, which I most happily obliged.
I ran as fast as my newly quick legs could carry me, I may have the power of imagination, but there's no way I stand a chance in a 6-on-1 fight. Out of all of the six mares, Rainbow seemed to be the only one to keep up with me.
"Wait! We just wanna talk!"
I heard one of them shout to me, but I couldn't make out what they were saying, I was too far ahead of them. Either way, Rainbow obviously had a beef with me, so I couldn't let them catch me. I continued to run until I reached the edge of town just near a mountain and left the seemingly deserted area.
"Yeah! And don't come back!"
"Rainbow Dash!"
I didn't any more of their argument as I ran towards the mountain and began to climb it, reaching a cliff to catch my breath.
After playing my little victory tune, I returned to scaling the mountain, trying to get to the city atop it.
"Rainbow Dash!"
Rainbow turned to her friends as they caught up to her. Princess Twilight walked up to her with a scolding glare that sent shivers down Rainbow's spine.
"You didn't have to chase him out of Ponyville! We could've sent him home and that would've been that!"
"Well, HE made some kind of wall appear in front of me while I was flying!"
"Flying AFTER him!"
"Whatever!" Rainbow huffed and crossed her fore-hooves.
"Darlings," Rarity cut in, "I hate to be rude, but that human boy is climbing the mountain directly toward Canterlot."
I decided to play the mountain theme from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble for SNES. Wow, I'm playing a lot of DKC music right now. Maybe when I reach the top I'll change it to something more original. But I digress. The only reason I'm scaling this thing was to get away from the crazy, talking mares, I had enough craziness for one day. Maybe there's some human beings within the city at the top. As I climbed, I saw a cave that had train tracks trailing into it, and close by, I can hear a train whistle.
Mustering all of my courage, I climb on top of the mouth of the cave and waited for the train to pass by, when it did, I jumped onto it, tumbling a bit as I tried to regain my bearings and grip the locomotive for dear life. After what seemed like hours, the train began to pull into a station, letting all of the passengers off, which all of them looked to be technicolor horses.
Geez, isn't there any other human besides me in this wacky place? I thought.
I banish the thought as I jump off the train and hide out of sight. Sticking to the shadows, I sneak into the glamourous looking city.