Equestria.

As everyone knows, A country's boundaries have to end somewhere.

In Equestria's case, the 'somewhere' was a loooooooong drop to the actual surface of their planet.

While some countries that Princess Celestia knew about were connected to the surface, Gryphus, Equestria, and the Hive were unconnected. Like the Floating Island in Sonic, if you would.

Celestia, or Luna, or even Chrysalis couldn't figure out why they were still airborne. And the Griffons weren't talking.

But anyway...

At Midday, about three miles south of Appleloosa, right above a sand dune, a portal opened up.

The two cowponies nearby would've thought nothing about it. After all, Teleportation was becoming very common. This, however, was different. This portal was door-shaped, not to mention several dozen feet above the desert.

One cowpony, being a complete pansy, immediately vamoosed, and because he fled, he didn't see the figure emerging from it. The other one did, though.

"That's one small step for Cyclonis, one big step for wrecked CycloniAAAAAGH!"

Granted, Master Cyclonis wasn't expecting a parade, but neither was she expecting a thirty foot freefall. Headfirst. Ouch.

She simply lay there, in the small crater her unneeded skydive had made, before sitting up and pouring the sand from her ears.

"Ow...wait, Where am I? What's my name? Cyclonis. Good. Place of Origin, Cyclonia. Good. Background...none. None? Crud. Memory besides my name? Also none. GREAT!"

Hey, Cyclonis? Hellooooo? You in there?

Cyclonis immediately took this as a sign she was going insane. Sane people do not hear voices in their heads. Sane people have quiet heads, who just stay there, quietly. Presumably her head didn't get the memo. Sane people do not also lose their memory. Her brain also didn't get that memo.

It seems you landed in sand. Did you go to a hair salon? Haha! Get it? Because you landed in sand, and some people have sandy hair?

Her head also made awful jokes. Why her? What did she do to deserve this?

She spotted a rockramp thing and walked up to the edge of the ledge (Rhyme time!) and looked out into the desert. She may have imagined the Star Wars that played at that moment.

Better hope Luke Skywalker shows up, eh? Or better yet, Old Ben! But seriously, you're in the desert, the mighty desert, You've done messed up, alright!

Cyclonis ignored the paraphrased singing, and stood up.

"Interesting. A desert. I don't think i've ever been to one of these."

Are you deaf? I just said you were in a desert! Hey look, there's a town over there.

"To state the obvious..." Cyclonis ("What a wierd name." she thought) decided to ignore the voice-who-annoyed and focused her eyes on said town.

"Howdy Pardner. You done get lost?"

Cyclonis turned around and immediately concluded she was insane.

A pony in a cowboy outfit was right in front of her.

Braeburn (not that Cyclonis knew that) looked at her with a cocky expression and squinted eyes, which was probably to make him look awesome, but actually made him seem that he had a few screws loose.

"Did ya hear me pardner? Did ya get lost?" he asked.

Cyclonis simply stood there dumbfounded.

"I haven't seen your kind around these parts," he said, "You some kinda wildlife?"

He definitely had several screws loose.

"Equine...cowpony," She started, "I am most definitely not an animal, NOR," She cut in before the pony could say something, "Am I bandit."

"Whatever floats your boat, witch." he remarked, and immediately retreated a few feet before Cyclonis could throttle him.

"Say it again. I dare you." She hissed.

Let's not tick off the natives, Cyclonis.

"Ok then. Whatever floats your boat, witch." Braeburn said, and immediately beat a hasty retreat for town.

"Eh. Stupid four hoof cowboy, can't stand up to a single Cyclonian." Cyclonis said, and continued surveying the landscape. Then she heard the sonic boom.

She immediately turned around, to see a bright rainbow arch through the sky.

"A rainbow. How...bland." She said, before she noticed four things.

One, the rainbow was abnormally bright.

Two, There wasn't a cloud to be seen, and there wasn't a drop of rain to be seen.

Three, it was headed right for her.

Four, it was screaming.

"LOOK OUT! GET OUTTA THE WAY! I CAN'T STOP!" The Rainbow shrieked.

"Oh. Shi-" Cyclonis didn't get the time to complete the vile Cyclonian oath, as the crash landing rainbow smashed into the rock, sending Cyclonis on another unneeded skydive.

"Hey...hey...you alright?" The voice came out of nowhere.

Cyclonis could only think, "Certainly not, you idiot." Before she let unconsciousness catch up to her.

Chapter one is complete. Poor Cyclonis.