My name is Lisa. I'm fifteen years old, and...that's about it.
No wait! Don't go! I haven't finished yet...
I was just a normal girl, living a normal life. Until one fateful day, or technically two, my life would never have been the same.
Lisa POV
"Sigh..." I sighed as I lay on my bed. I lived in an old orphanage. How I wound up there was indeed a sad story. I was only twelve when it happened. My parents were both loving souls. Only one fateful day had killed them in a car accident. The only thing I have left of them is my mother's necklace and a sketch book and colored pencils that my father had bought for me when I was young. My heart never felt such sorrow, and to make matters worse, it looked as if I may never have a family. I had bee living in the orphanage for three years now, and not one person who stepped through those doors wanted to adopt a teenager. Usually someone would be looking for a young kid to raise. It seemed as though my life in the orphanage was set.
I sat there on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "Hey Ericka." It was Ms. Crystal, one of the workers at the orphanage. "Hey Ms. Crystal." She was kind enough, always making sure that every kid was happy and healthy. "Lisa, you should really go outside and get some fresh air." She said in a calm, sympathetic voice. "I don't know..." I moped. "Come on, everyone feels better once they get outside." She said. "I don't feel like it." I replied. "You've been sitting in here for days, rarely getting any sunshine. Your skin is looking pale too." She said. I sat up and finally gave in. "fine. I'll go outside for a little while." I said. "That's a good girl." She smiled. I turned to leave the room. "Hey, what's this?" She asked. She looked down at a sketch I had laid open on my desk. It was a picture of a flower, only starting to blossom. "It's just a drawing I made." I replied glumly. "It's beautiful." She replied. "Thanks." I said.
I slowly walked outside, hood over my head, sketchpad in my hands, and looked around. I saw other kids playing happily on the playgrounds that they provided for them. Only that was just it, I felt left out. I was too old for this place, and signs around me only reminded me that I didn't belong. "Sigh..." I put on my headphones and played Live Life by Crush 40. I sat beside the wooden fence. I listened to the music, worked in my sketch pad, stared up at the sky. I never liked to show sadness around the other kids, but as time went on, I felt even more depressed. My family was taken away from me, and worse of all, no one wanted me. No one cared that I existed.
"Hmm..." Don't lose hope. A voice said. "Huh?" I looked around, no one was near me to say that. I re-winded the music a little to see if it was the music. But the only recent lyrics were: "Take a look inside your heart." "Who said that?" I asked silently. The voice spoke again. It will be alright, don't worry. Then, I felt a sudden urge to head into the forest behind the orphanage. "Huff... Puff..." I said catching my breath as I headed into the forest. "Who was that?" I asked myself. I looked around, but nothing was there. "...Maybe I'm starting to hear thi-" "Come closer." The voice spoke cleared and louder. I turned around only to see a white glow. "Huh?" The glowing white orb kept coming closer and closer. "Uhh..." I was getting scared. The abnormal was in front of my very eyes. Suddenly, everything around me started being pulled towards that thing. "What the-Ahh!" I was being pulled in myself. "Huff...Puff..." I grunted as I was running for my life. But it was no use. I jumped and grabbed a nearby tree branch. Now, my whole body was being pulled towards that thing. Whatever that thing was, it started pulling on my backpack. "No-nooooo!" I cried as the tree branch gave away. I saw sent flying into the mass of energy.
Hours later...
"..." For a moment in my life, I felt great pain surging through my body. "...Arg..." I grunted as I woke up. "Wh-Where am I?" I felt the soft grass underneath me, but there was a slight breeze flowing. I opened my eyes to see I was no longer in a forest, but a bright green meadow. "This...This isn't...ah!" I cried. I tried to stand up, but a sharp pain prevented me from standing on two legs. "Arg...okay...oh...my head..." I reached to rub my head, but a tall horn stabbed my hand. "Ow!" I cried as I had stabbed my...hoof? "What is going on?" I asked myself. I looked over my body. I saw I was no longer human, but a green unicorn, with a light blue mane. On my butt was a slanted paintbrush with a wave of colors coming from it. "What the heck is going on? Am I dreaming?" But no, somehow, I wasn't dreaming.
I looked around at my surroundings. "Huh? Hey..." I walked over to an old backpack that was laying on the ground. "This is...How did this get here?" I asked. I checked inside, all my stuff, including my art set,was in there. "So if I'm no longer on earth...where am I?" I looked around. I looked and saw a nearby town. Having no other options, I decided to go explore it.
This small town was filled with other ponies. Some unicorns, like myself, others were normal ponies, and some pegasai. "GASP!" I heard someone cry in excitement. I looked and found a pink pony with poofy hot pink hair in my face. She had two blue balloons and one yellow balloon for a mark. "Uh...Hi?" I said awkwardly. "Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! I know everypony in town, so when I saw your face I went: 'GASP! There's a new pony in town! So I just HAD to come over here and greet you!" This pony seemed to speak a mile a minute, like she was on a sugar hide. ...Pinkie Pie, huh? I'll have to remember that. "So what's your name?!" She asked rapidly. "Uhh..." ...What is my name? This is that weird world that I hear bronies talk about. So if her name is Pinkie Pie...I have to come up with a unique name. Oh think, Lisa, think! "um, my name is uh...Viridity..Pastel." I said awkwardly. "Nice to meet you Viridity, we're going to be the best of friends!" Pinkie Pie then started shaking me as she said that. "U-u-u-hhh ok-a-a-a-ay..." I replied as she was shaking me. "Ooo! I have to introduce you to all my friends! C'mon!" Pinkie said excitedly. Seemed like I didn't have a choice, before I knew what was happening Pinkie Pie was pushing me to join her. Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into?
Pinkie Pie guided me first to a nearby boutique. It was really shiny and pretty looking. Pinkie knocked on the door and then headed right on in. "Rarityyyy!" Pinkie Pie called. Soon, a white unicorn with curly purple hair entered the room. She had three light blue diamonds on her flank. "Oh hi, Pinkie Pie. Who is your friend?" She asked. "Rarity, this is my new friend Viridity Pastel! She just got to Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie then pulled me right next to her. "Uh, hi." I said. "Pleasure to meet you, Viridity. I'm Rarity." The refined unicorn introduced herself.
Soon, the door opened again, and a little purple dragon with green spikes on his head and back walked into the room. "Hey Rarity, Pinkie Pie." He greeted. He then looked at me. "Hi there, I'm Spike." He introduced. "I'm Viridity." I replied. "Let me guess, you just got here?" He asked. "Uh, yeah. How did you know?" I asked. "Pinkie Pie always introduces a new friend to everypony she knows." Spike said. "Oh." "C'mon! I have more friends to introduce you to!" Pinkie Piesaid as she zoomed out the door. "Uh, see you guys later I guess." I said. "Cya, Viridity." Spike said.
I was walking with Pinkie to a small cottage by a river. She opened the door of that cottage and said, "Hi Fluttershy!" Inside the cottage were many many different kinds of animals. A yellow pegasus with light pink wave hair was handing a bowl of food to a small rabbit. Her mark was three pink butterflies. "Hi Pinkie Pie..." She said quietly. "Fluttershy! You have to meet my friend, Viridity Pastel!" Pinkie then shoved me in front of her. "Um...Hi." I said awkwardly. "Nice to meet you, Viridity. I'm Fluttershy." She said. The rabbit she was feeding looked up from his bowl and came over to us. He had a kind of grouchy look. "Oh, and this is my pet, Angel." She said as she picked him up. "Hi there, little guy." I smiled at him. The rabbit gave me a small glare. "Uh, he doesn't really like being called 'little guy'..." She informed me. "Oh, sorry." I said. Angel then smiled in forgiveness. "Okay, next us is Sweet Apple Acres!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "So how many friends of yours are we meeting, Pinkie?" I asked. "No worries, only three more." She said. "Alright." I replied. "See you guys later." I said to Fluttershy and Angel. "Bye Viridity." She said as we walked out the door.
Next stop was a giant farm near Ponyville. "Viridity, this is Sweet Apple Acres." Pinkie Pie informed me. I looked and saw an orange earth pony with blonde hair and a brown cowboy hat hauling some apples into her barn. "Hey Applejack!" Pinkie Pie said. Applejack looked over at us. "Oh hey Pinkie." She said as she removed the strap for hauling the apples. Pinkie and I walked over. "Applejack, this is Viridity. She just got to Ponyville." Pinkie Pie said. "Hi there." I was about used to having Pinkie introducing me by now. "Howdy, Viridity. Welcome ta Ponyville." Applejack said. "Thanks." I said. Soon, a little yellow earth pony came outside. She had a purple red and pink shield with an apple and heart in it on her flank. "Hey Apple Bloom, come over here and meet you new friend." Applejack called to her little sister. "Howdy there." Apple Bloom said. "This here is Viridity. Pinkie Pie hyas been showing her around town." Applejack said. "Nice to meet you Apple Bloom." I said to her. "Same here." She said. "Okay, only two more ponies I want you to meet!" Piunkie Pie said to me. "Alright. I have some more work to do on th' farm. See ya two later." Applejack said. "Cya." I replied.
Our next stop was a big crystal castle near Sweet Apple Acres. Pinkie Pie headed right in as I followed her. "Twiiiiliiiiiight!" Pinkie Pie called. Her voice echoed through the halls of the castle. "C'mon! She's probably upstairs." Pinkie Pie said a she started heading down a hallway.
Pinkie Pie led me to a big room with six thrones and a giant crystal table in the middle. On a chair with a cloud and a rainbow lightning bolt, there was a blue pegasus with a rainbow mane sleeping in the chair. "Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie yelled. "Ahh!: She asoke as she fell out of her chair. "Silly, what are you doing on the floor?" Pinkie asked. "Ug...well I was taking a nap..." She said annoyed. "Well rise and shine sleepyhead! We have a new friend to introduce!" Pinkie Pie said as she sat and placed a hoof on me. I only gave an awkward smile and a wave, not meaning to have woken her up. "Oh hey. Sorry, stuff like this happens all the time." She said. "Gotcha." I replied. "Rainbow Dash, this is Viridity Pastel. Viridity, this is Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "Hey, Rainbow Dash. Sorry we woke you up..." I said. "It's fine." She said.
Soon a purple alicorn entered the room. She had a magenta glow around her horn and another glow around a book that was floating in front of her. "Okay, so if they add the dragon scale to the mix..." She was quietly reading aloud. "Twilight, you've got to put that book away." Rainbow Dash said. "Huh?" The alicorn said as she looked up form the book in confusion. "Oh, hey guys. Sorry, I was getting caught up in this book here." She said and placed it on one of the chairs. "Twi, this is Viridity." Rainbow Dash said. "Nice to meet you, Viridity. I'm Twilight Sparkle." She introduced herself.
"Yo, Viridity. Where did you come from anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked as she sat back on her chair, crossing her back legs and chilling. "Uh...I...I don't really live anywhere. I mostly just travel around..." I fibbed. "How long have you been traveling around? Seems like you'd need to have some place to stay, and be able to eat a lot of food." Twilight asked. "Oh...um...I've mostly survived off food I found in the wild.." I replied. "You what?! Why would you do that? If you can't afford to stay anywhere, where did you live before?" Twilight asked. A sorrowful face found its way upon me. "I...I used to live in an orphanage. But I was getting too old anyways..." I said. "Getting too old?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Yeah, most ponies want a little filly to take care of. Not a grown pony like me." I replied. Twilight walked over to me. "I'm sorry, Viridity." Twilight said. "It's fine..." I said wiping a tear starting to form under my eye. "You know, you could stay here in the castle if you wanted." She said. "Huh?!" I then looked up at her, whom had a smile on her face. "We have plenty of rooms in the castle if you want to stay here." She offered. "I...I can't accept..." I said. "What? Why can't you?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Well...I don't want to be a bother. I've always hated having other pe-ponies doing things for me. I can't accept." I replied. "Whether you like it or not, I'm not letting you survive in the wild off of berries and things. It's really not a problem for you to stay here." Twilight said. ...I...I'm not sure I like this idea...but maybe it wouldn't hurt to stay until I learn more about this world. Whether I return home or not that remains a mystery, but I need to get on my feet. "Well, since you put it that way, thank you for the offer." I said. "Great. I'll make sure that your room will be ready." She said.
"I have one question though..." I said. "What's with the six thrones in the center of the room?" I asked. "Oh. This one is Applejack's," Pinkie said pointing to seat with three apples on it, "This one is Fluttershy's," She said pointing to one with three butterflies, "Rarity's," Three diamonds..., "Twilight's," a pink star with white stars around it, "Rainbow Dash's," The lightning bolt..., "And finally mine!" And the three balloons. "Did you ever hear about when Tirek was going around?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I'm afraid not..." I said. "Oh. Well, every one of us had one key each, unlocking new powers for the elements of harmony. We defeated tirek with our new powers, and this castle appeared." Rainbow Dash explained. "Okay?" I understood almost nothing except for, there was a bad guy, good guy in bad spot, good guy receives something to defeat said bad guy, and bad guy go boom.
"Hey, Viridity, let me show you to your room," Twilight said. "Alright, thanks," I replied. "What are you two going to do?" Twilight asked Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. "I'm gonna continue my nap." Rainbow Dash said as she sat comfortably in her chair. "Sugarcube corners has a lot of orders that need to be done, so I have to get going! Gotta dash!" Pinkie said as she zipped out of the room. "Hey! That's MY line!" Rainbow yelled at Pinkie, earning a chuckle from me and Twilight. "Lets go." Twilight said. "Ok." I replied.
Twilight led me down two halls from the main room and entered through a door on the left. "Woah..." The walls were made of crystal, like the rest of the castle, and there was a twin-sized bed against the left wall. In front of the door was a window with a view of a castle on a mountain. "Do you think this would work for you?" Twilight asked. "Are you kidding? This room is awesome!" I said. "Hehe, glad you like it. I prepared a few guest rooms just in case I had some visitors. Feel free to stay as long as you'd like." Twilight said. "Thanks..." I replied. "No problem. Well, I assume you want to settle in. I'll be in the library if you need me." Twilight said. "Ok." I replied.
I set my backpack down. "What did make it to this world anyway?" I asked. I couldn't use my hooves right, so I was forced to use my mouth. Inside the bag was a music player, my art set, a pair of headphones, and a little bit of money which changed into this world's currency. "I don't get it though." I said as I glanced out the window, "Why am I here?" I asked as I stared at the mountain. ...Twilight did mention a library around here...maybe I could learn something... I thought to myself.
I exited the room and went to search for the library. "Maybe it's down here?" i asked myself." I continued down the hall to this big door. I opened it up and saw rows of books in the other room. "Hey Viridity." Twilight said from behind a desk. "Hey Twilight. I said. I started looking around at all the books. "Do you have these books sorted in a specific way?" I asked. "Yeah, there's a sign on one of the shelves." She said. "Thanks." I replied.
I wandered into a section filed with history books. there were some interesting titles, The Mare in the Moon, Starswirl the Bearded, The legend of Lonestar Alamo, The Royal Sisters in Discord, but nothing that really stood out. I looked on one of the higher shelves. There was one book titled: "The Elements of Harmony." ...Rainbow Dash said something about the elements of harmony, right? It was a little high for me to reach. I jumped and tried to knock it out with my hoof, but no luck. "Hmm...Hey Twilight?" I asked. "Yeah?" She asked. "Think you can help me reach that book up there? I can't get it..." I said. Twilight walked over and looked at the book I was pointing to. "Couldn't you just use your magic?" She asked. ...my magic? "Huh?" I asked. "You know, your magic. Like this?" A magenta glow surrounded Twilight's horn, then the book, and it levitated off of the shelves. "Oh. I've never learned how to use magic to be honest..." I admitted. "You haven't?!" She asked in surprise. "Yeah...No one ever taught me how. I never knew any unicorns who could teach me." I said. For hiding my true identity, I seem to be doing an ok job. "I can help you if you want." Twilight said "You don't mind?" I asked. "Not at all. We'll start tomorrow." She smiled. "Thanks."
It was getting late, so after a light dinner, I headed off to bed. "Sigh..." I stared out the window at what was left of the sunset. "This world isn't that bad...but why am I here?" I asked as I watched the sunlight fall on the horizon. "I'd better get some sleep...maybe this wil become more clear in the morning..." I walked over to the bed and crawled in.
Alright, there's the beginning of chapter 1! Now to get you guys interacting with this story, I'm gonna ask a question at the end of each chapter.
Ok, here's the question: If you suddenly woke up in equestria, what would you do and how would you react?
I suppose that's 2 questions, but whatever xD Thanks for reading guys and hope to see you next chapter!