Chapter 7:

I opened my eyes, still immensely tired. I sat up and looked around the room. I was lying on a mattress with Rainbow Dash lying across my feet and FlutterShy just above my head. I looked across to Golden Blast who had Pinkie Pie as a pillow. I searched for the remaining mares. Twilight was fast asleep with her face in a book, Rarity was sleeping on the couch and AppleJack was lying upside down on the table.

I stood up quietly and snuck across the room (as quietly as I could in this new body). I must remember to get Rainbow Dash to give me lessons on how to fly. After I thought I had gotten away from the mosh pit of bodies I started to walk towards the kitchen. God I was hungry. My mind was focused on finding food so much it didn't notice that there was a certain cyan mare floating around the house directly above me.

After I couldn't find any food in the kitchen I guessed Id wait until Twilight woke up. I turned around to go back out into the room with everyone else, and get some extra sleep. I thought I heard a noise behind me and turned back to the kitchen, to come face to face with Rainbow Dash speeding straight at me. She tackled me back down onto my bed knocking the wind out of me. After my vision had cleared I looked up to the mare, only just realising how truly beautiful she was, with her multi colour mane and her giant magenta eyes. "You're beautiful." I said to her as she stared back at me. "You're not so bad yourself stud." She said as she brushed my hair out of my face. Instead of replying I just started blushing like a tomato inches away from her face. She gently gloated off me and proceeded towards the doorway. "You want to come and get some flying in before breakfast?" "Uh…I can't fly." She just burst into a fit of laughter which I had to stop with my hoof to her mouth, to avoid waking the others. "Well do you want to learn from the best?" she asked. "Fuck yes!" I said, before following her out into the cool morning air.

"Okay, the first thing about flying is balance. You must always maintain your balance and aerodynamics whilst flying." She explained in an instructor like voice. After 20 minutes of falling on my face I could gently fly a few feet above the ground. "You're getting there." She said with a small smirk on her face. After another half an hour we decided to go back inside and get some breakfast. I could barely by now, just as long as it wasn't too fast.

We arrived back inside, to the smell of pancakes from the kitchen. It appeared that everyone was awake and getting ready for the day. FlutterShy was busy cleaning up her sleeping bag, Pinkie was jumping around bombarding Golden Blast with questions whilst AppleJack and Twilight cooked breakfast. Rarity was probably in the bathroom attending to her hair or something like that I guessed.

"Wow that smells great." I commented to Twilight and Applejack. "Yeh whilst we're in here busting our flanks you're out there prancin' through the sky." Retorted AppleJack. "Don't get your hair in a twist, I was just teaching him how to fly." Said Rainbow Dash. I was amazed that Rainbow Dash had already started to defend me. Her element was loyalty after all. "Getting a little defensive are we there sugercube?" teased AppleJack. "Got yourself a coltfriend there Dashie?" At this comment Rainbow Dash flew into the kitchen fists flying at AppleJack. It took both Twilight's magic and I to separate Rainbow Dash from AppleJack. It wasn't until after they had both apologised that I dared to let Rainbow Dash go.

Breakfast was served and It was delicious, some of the best pancakes that Blast and I had ever had. Coupled with AppleJack's sweet apples, It was amazing. I wolfed mine down in seconds and wasn't surprised to see that everyone else had done the same. After breakfast Twilight came in with a to-do list for us, for the rest of today. It consisted of: Finding a place to stay, getting a job, Twilight teaching Golden Blast some magic and finally Rainbow Dash helping me with flying.

First off, I prioritized was getting a job. "I've always got a spare spot down on the farm. Y'all can come an' work for me." AppleJack offered. I took her up on that, whilst Blast went to see if he could get a job down a SugerCube Corner with Pinkie Pie. Okay, number one down, next was finding a place to stay. Ill figure that out later, right now I feel like just going for a walk through the town. Everyone left the house off to their respective jobs. Rainbow Dash to go check up on the weather patrol, Twilight stayed back at the library, FlutterShy went to help some ducks down by the lake, Rarity went to design some new dress and Pinkie went to her job at SugarCube Corner with Golden Blast.

I left the house and continued through the main street. I saw some ponies that I recognized from the show on my walk. It was nice and peaceful. I walked for a few hours before I decided to go and check out AppleJack's farm. It wasn't too far a walk. And the Scenery was amazing on the way. When I passed through the orchards surrounding their farm my nose was bombarded by sweet smelling apples.

When I approached the farm yard a sweet young, creamy yellow filly approached me. "Heya there mister, What brings you to Sweet Apple Orchards?" she asked. "Oh I'm here about a job that AppleJack offered me." "Oh you must be that new guy that she was telling us about before. My names AppleBloom, pleased to meet 'cha!" "Hi there AppleBloom my name is Mist Chaser, where is your sister?" "Just this way, follow me." With that she started skipping across the yard to the barn in which AppleJack was attending to some apples. "

Heya there Mist, you coming on that job I offered ya?" AppleJack asked. "Uh yeah I could really use some…bits I think. When can I start?" "Three days from now SugarCube. That's when the next harvest is due." "Cool Thanks AppleJack." "Cya round Mist!" She called as I proceeded to walk back to town.

As I got back to town I noticed something was out of the ordinary, from what I could tell anyway. There weren't that many people out in the street. I approached one of the stores and inquired within as to why there were no people out in the streets. he said "There's been a few muggings and beatings this morning, everyone's tending to stay in doors to avoid this happening to themselves." As if on cue a group of 3 cloaked stallions walked through the street. They just looked menacing. The air seemed to hang still around them as they walked. I hoped I wouldn't run into them anytime soon.

I continued my walk quickly now, not wanting to be caught by the group when I heard a scream. I would have kept walking, trying to avoid trouble, except for the fact that I recognized that voice.

It was Rainbow Dash's scream.