Chapter 1 – A dream, or at least I thought so, at the time.
"Ugh…" I groaned, my head aching so badly. I flickered open my eyes, only to have the sun shine right into my eyes.
"Ow…" I mumbled as I stood up, eyes closed, only to fall right onto my face. I attempted to sit up once more, yet, again failing. Something wasn't right… it felt…so different. I opened my eyes and realized I was outside. Wait, why was I outside? Why was everything so vibrant? The colors were so unbelievably bright and just, amazing! I put up my arms to hold my head that was still aching. But something felt different… weirded out by the odd feeling, I looked only to see two hooves in front of my eyes. Wait, hooves? HOOVES?!
"HOOVES?! What?!" I screamed and instinctively stood up managing to scramble a bit backwards, only to land on my rump once more. I looked down to see two more, that were in the place of where my legs were supposed to be. I gasped and started looking around nervously. I was, a pony?! How could this even happen? Last thing I remembered was lying in my bed trying to get some sleep! Wait a second… sleep? This was obviously a dream, yet it felt so real. I looked to my sides and saw wings. They were pink, a light pink, as was the rest of my body. The wind blew harshly, only to blow my mane in my face. It was a darker pink, almost like a red. It was almost, sparkly. As for the scenery around me, I was in a field. A field with grass that was a vibrant green, almost as if it were neon. It had few flowers poking from the ground that were a spectacular shade of pink, purple and blue.
I decided I would get up and hopefully start walking around, seeing what I could do. This was a dream after all, right? I stood up, managing to balance on all four legs. Huh, it was odd saying that. All four legs… I started walking forward into one direction hoping to maybe see some civilization. I noticed I saw some apple trees in the distance. Boy, I was a bit hungry… seeing this was a dream after all, why not just go pick an apple or two to munch on? I sped up into a full on sprint heading towards the apple trees. I stopped right in front of the tree, to see hundreds of more in the distance. I scanned throughout the land in front of me, and it sure was beautiful. Only one thing had caught my eye though. I squint to see further back…there was a barn! I forgot all about the apples I was going to pick and ran towards the barn.
I finally had reached the barn, I was exhausted. I definitely underestimated how far away I was from it. I walked forward only to see an orange pony. She had three apples on her side, and had a blonde mane, pulled into a low pony tail. How ironic.
"Um, excuse me!" I said trotting towards the pony, hoping to catch her attention.
"Why, howdy! I haven't seen you 'round these here parts, what's your name? Ah'm Applejack!" She said excitedly, adjusting her cowgirl hat.
I smiled back, and replied, "I'm Kate! Hi, I am new here, obviously, heh… you see, I am just dreaming, so I guess um, well…yeah! I'm sure you already knew that, or you didn't. Really, I don't know. I'll just be on my way, as I don't really see a point in asking for directions anymore… cause, this is a dream! Right?! Right. Heh, heh…" I was hesitating. After just being here for what seemed like half of an hour, it really felt too real. Too real to even be a dream.
Applejack stared at me, acting as if I were really weird, or just plain crazy. She replied with a 'what-the-heck' kind of voice, "Ah'm afraid you aren't dreaming, sugarcube…anyway, welcome to Ponyville!" She then walked away to attend to some apple trees.
What? That's nonsense. Just, crazy. I'm not dreaming? Was this true? I wish I could pinch myself right now, and wake up in my room. Sadly, I can't do that, because I have HOOVES!
"Wait, Applejack!" I said, running straight towards her.
"Huh? What do ya need, sugarcube?" She asked me, seeing that I was coming back.
"Well… do you know how I can get to…well… some other place? With more ponies, perhaps?" I asked.
"Well, head up that there path, and turn left, that's where most everypony is." She replied, while pointing towards the path to go on.
"Thanks, Applejack!" I yelled, running towards the path.
I wonder what everypony else will be like… maybe I'll even make a few friends!
