- >Shit.
- >Why did you have to go and do this?
- >All you wanted was a peaceful walk.
- >In retrospect, the Everfree forest isn't the best place for that. But Ponyville is just too...
- >...Crowded
- >Well you know what they say.
- >Hindsight is 20/20.
- >It would have been a perfectly good walk too.
- >If you hadn't gotten lost.
- >So know where do you find yourself?
- >Wandering aimlessly about the Everfree Forest.
- >Oh, and it's getting dark.
- >Fucking sun. Always setting at the worst possible time.
- >You pull out your iPhone and tap the home hey.
- >182- FUCK! you hit the 3!
- >182- GODAMMIT!
- >182- FUCKING FINGERS!!!
- >You should have gotten this thing upgraded to iOS7 when you had the chance.
- >Don't exactly have the chance anymore do you?
- >1825.
- >Finally.
- >Your fingers flips the screen the the left a couple times, then taps the flashlight app.
- >The camera light turns on and you shine it around yourself.
- "Jesus fuck!"
- >All around you.
- >Eyes.
- >Red eyes looking at you from the shadows.
- >Following your ever movement.
- >ThisishowIdie.png
- >Commence running.
- >Running cannot commence because Running.exe is already open.
- "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
- >Okay. So you're running through the forest.
- >Being pursued by all kinds of horrible nightmares.
- >Terrible. Monsterous. Slimy. Evil.
- >Oh god.
- >As you run, you glance behind you.
- >There's a set of light blue eyes floating right behind your head.
- >Fun Fact. Running while looking backward is the leading cause of tripping in adults.
- >Wheeeeeeee! I'm flyiiiiiiing.
- >Whoops, no. Gravity works.
- >You must have slide a good twenty feet on your face.
- >Gonna have to measure the skid marks later though.
- >Right now, pain.
- >You roll over and grip your knee close to you, groaning in pain.
- >The flashlight app on your phone is still going and the phone is laying on the ground.
- >Thank you Otterbox for your amazing phone-saving powers.
- >But the biggest deal right now is not your phone, but the being currently staring at the light.
- >It looks like... A pony?
- >But not quite a pony.
- >Like, a mix of a pony and something else.
- >It's a bit smaller than a normal pony and quite a bit fluffier.
- >It has large cyan wings with different colored spots all over then and a sky blue coat.
- >It's mane is a light pinkish red color with fluffy antennae sticking out from the top of it's head.
- >And currently, it is staring absolutely transfixed at the light shining from your phone.
- >You reach out and pick up the device and watch as the being's eyes follow the light.
- >You wave it back and forth and the thing's head follows the phone.
- >Tapping the home key, you unlock the phone and turn the flashlight to shine a from your screen.
- >The camera light turns off and a dull glow begins to emit from the screen of your phone.
- >The creature blinks and shakes it's head like it just came out of a trance.
- "Hello?"
- >It looks at you with wide, scared eyes.
- "D-do you want the light turned back on?"
- >It slowly nods it's head at you.
- >You turn the brightness of the screen up and set the phone on a rock in front of you.
- >Staring between you and the phone it looks confused.
- >"But, the bright one."
- >It sounds really dejected.
- "Sorry. The battery's almost dead and I kinda need it to help me see later."
- >At that, it seems to get a little less sad.
- >"Oh. Ok. I like this one too."
- >It stares a little harder at the screen.
- >It's honestly kind of adorable. Like a kid with something it doesn't understand.
- "So, uh, do you have a name?"
- >It looks at you again and seems to contemplate something.
- >"Yes. My name is Sen."
- >So. Yeah.
- >You're walking along a trail you completely missed about five minutes ago.
- >With a bit of begging (And mostly the promise of turning the bright one back on) you convinced Sen to lead you out of the Everfree.
- "So Sen. Uh, not to sound rude or anything but, what are you?"
- >She turns to you with a confused look.
- >"I'm a Mothpony, duh. Haven't you ever heard of a Mothpony before?"
- >You sigh and shake your head.
- "No, actually. No one has ever even mentioned their existence before. Are there more of you?"
- >She stops and drops her head.
- >Oh god, now ya done it.
- >You can see tears hitting the ground.
- >"Th-there are. *Sniff* Somewhere."
- >Oh shit.
- >"I d-don't know where."
- "Did you get, uh, separated from them or something?"
- >She sits down and starts to sob quietly.
- >"A-about three days ago I was walking around a clearing and saw something off in the woods."
- >You sit down next to her and set the phone in front of the two of you.
- >"I went to see what it was and I found a cave. Deep in the cave I heard a sound, like a song, it was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard."
- >Add siren caves to the list of things wrong with this world.
- >"I went into the cave to try to find what was making the noise when I found a room. It didn't look like the kind of room you'd find in a cave. In the middle of the room was… Something."
- "Something?"
- >"I can't remember what it was. I only caught a glimpse of it before I blacked out. All I remember was it was really pretty. And when I came to, it was night outside and I couldn't find the clearing. I've been wandering around since then."
- >You take in these details.
- >Somewhere in the Everfree is a cave with beautiful music and strange rooms.
- >You are currently sitting next to a lost Mothpony, whose species you didn't even know existed before today.
- >Said Mothpony is crying.
- >Said crying Mothpony is homeless.
- "Welp. Only one thing for it then."
- >With a small sniff, Sen looks up at you as you stand up.
- >"What?"
- >You reach down and pick up the fuzzy ball of sad.
- "You're staying with me tonight and first thing tomorrow, we're going to find your family."
- >Sen looks at you with genuine happiness.
- >"Really?"
- "Really."
- >The small fur ball squeals and wraps you in a big hug.
- >"Oh thank you so muck Anon!"
- >You turn back to the path ahead and begin walking, transferring the pony from your arms to your shoulders.
- >You feel good.
- >But now you have to figure out how to find Sen's family.
- >Eh. You'll cross that bridge when you come to it.
- >For now, you need to get home and get some sleep.
- "So Sen. Tell me about Mothponies."
- >You awaken slowly.
- >Your room is mildly blurry as you begin to take stock of the world around you.
- >There is a large multicolored blob on your wall.
- >What?
- >You blink a few times and your vision gets much clearer.
- >It's Sen… On the wall… Asleep.
- >You shrug it off and slide out of bed, mentally preparing yourself for the day ahead.
- >Padding into your bathroom you make a list of the things you will need to do today.
- >First. Gotta check some shit with Twilight.
- >Second. Gotta buy some shit for the trip.
- >Third. Gotta plan this thing. Don't want to just rush in without thinking.
- >Finishing up with the daily SSS, you make your way to the kitchen.
- >Sen is still asleep on the wall.
- >It's freaking adorable.
- >Breakfast is nothing too fancy. Just eggs, pancakes and hash browns.
- >Heat up the oven a little bit to keep Sen's food warm.
- >Eat quickly.
- >Now just gotta pass the time until Sen gets up.
- >When in doubt.
- >You pad into the next room and sit down at your piano.
- >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJP-iZYPmk
- >You let your fingers run lightly across the keys.
- >Slowly working the melody.
- >Flowing around the room.
- >A feeling of quiet bliss overtakes you.
- >That feeling of calm.
- >Of contentment.
- >The world around you fades out, leaving just you and your friend.
- >Making music.
- >"That sounds really good."
- >The sudden sound causes you to jump roughly 4 feet into the air and 2 feet backward.
- >You topple over, sliding across the hardwood floor to stop at the feet of Sen.
- >"Ohmygosh are you okay?"