Chapter 2:

Early Morning Wake-up Call and Meeting Friends Prt 1

"I'm gonna beat you Sonic!" I was on Angel Island and racing Sonic;I was a whole lap ahead of him and the shrine was just around the corner, as I was about to drift

around, something had made me lose my balance, and made me come close to hitting a tree, but I woke up before that. Staring blankly at the ceiling I figured I was

in Fluttershy's I laid there, I felt something next to me, I turned to see Fluttershy with her head on my neck with a smile on her face. I couldn't help but smile at this

and went back to my thoughts. Then out of nowhere I swear i thought I hear her cooing, as she was waking up.I turn to face her and said,"Well good morning

sunshine." Her face turned redder than a tomato fused with a steamed lobster, yea that red, as she quickly hopped out of the sofa and said,"I'm so sorry!" And hid

behind her mane, I stare at her and say," What are you apologizing for exactly?" She then said," I thought you were a friend I just met yesterday!" I stare at her then

I grab my Onyx to check my reflection, turns out my fur and eyes changed color, from my usual darkish blue fur and red eyes, I changed to shining sky blue to light

lime green eyes. I explain to Fluttershy the details of my"powers" and she still apologized, i asked what for and replied,"I was kind of...scared to sleep by myself that

night, so I thought i could... bunk with you..." She hid behind her mane once again. I got off the sofa and sat next to her and said,"It's not a problem Fluttershy." She

was blushing again.I just sat there and gave a slight chuckle, but deep inside I felt a certain cold feeling just melt away from where my heart is, it was only a small

part but I could feel something warm. I wonder,"Could I have feelings for her? If I did, how could it work? She a gentle kind spirit, and I'm just some monster..." As I

finished my thought as if she read my mind she told me," You're not a monster Strider." I nearly jumped out of my skin as she said that. I said,"How could you tell

what I was thinking?!" She simply stated,"Your eyes told me, you had a look of sorrow and fear and that told me enough." She said with a smile on her face. I

breathe a small sigh of relief,"Thank god she didn't catch that other part." As I look around her cottage, which looks pretty nice and cozy, she nudges me and

says,"Ummm...two things, the first, would you like to meet the rest of my friends; and second, the color you got now, it looks much nicer on you." She blushed again

and I said,"You mean there's more of you,and thanks that's the usual reason I use this color swap for, but I guess I could stick with this look for a while, the old look

was getting tired." I got up and proceeded to the door, but before I touched the door knob my stomach let out a roar that could me heard from miles away. I blushed

and scratched the back of my head and asked,"Hey Flutter, before we head out can we eat first?" I said with a slight chuckle. she just laughed and headed to the

kitchen, and I followed. As I entered there were a few animals, a couple of blue jays were singing, some mice were eating their food, and a white rabbit tapping his

foot next to an empty bowl with a look of discontent. Fluttershy then approached the rabbit and gave him a salad, at first the rabbit denied the salad then

Fluttershy then gave the rabbit a stare that even put me to a corner, dang it was a bit scary, then rabbit proceeded to eat its food, she then approached me and

said,"What do you wanna eat, I'm going to assume daisy sandwiches and hay are out of the question." I then say,"You got any pancake mix?" She headed to her

pantry and pulled out pancake mix, eggs and water. "Awesome, I'll take it from here." I pull out the pans and butter and proceed with cooking, she then asked

me,"Are you sure you don't want me to cook them." I say to her,"Flutters, you took me in and patched up my two friends, I need to repay your kindness, and this is

just a start." She smile and just nodded her head, I then said,"Oh can you get the other two breakfast is ready." She nodded and brought the two chao into the

kitchen not even 10 seconds later. The table set and we proceeded to eat our breakfast. Just as I was about to finish my 3rd pancake, the rabbit tapped my leg, and I

just handed him a pancake, and he just hopped away. I giggle and try to grab another pancake but it seems my two little"angels" were victims of gluttony. I just

laugh and gather all the dishes and wash them."So, we gonna go see your friends Flutters?" She nods her head and we all proceed to the door. We are heading

toward the urban part of Ponyville. During the walk I ask,"Hey Flutters, where are we goin exactly?" She says" We're going to sugarcube corner."Sugarcube Corner

huh, sounds...interesting."Well after awhile we entered the town and jeez, after seeing half of these pastel colored grass chewers, my eyes started to hurt. In any

case, we arrived at Sugarcube Corner, and as she opened the door all eyes were on me. I felt a bead of sweat on my head, and I tensed up slightly, but proceeded

inside. I was then approached by a pink pony with an even pinker and with balloons on her flanks. She just stood there for a bit and quickly left Sugarcube Corner

slamming the door behind her,"Ooooook, that was...strange." Then I was approached by a white pony with a purple mane, she inspected my attire and she said,"My

word, your gloves and shoes, they're soo, sooo." But before she finished her thought, she saw my Onyx and her eyes glowed,"MY WORD WHAT AN AMAZING GEM

STONE! MY I SEE IT!" I hand it to her and she was just gawking at it, and I thought,"She doesn't sense any of the evil coming from the gem...thats right, the thing

has zero power." She then asked me,"Where did you acquire such a fine jewel?" I said,"Forged it myself, I didn't think I did that good of a job, not really a jewel

forger." She rebutted,"Oh but you did, it is the finest Onyx I've every laid my hooves on." Her eyes glowed again as she handed me back the Onyx. Man she was

beautiful...wait, come on now, no interspecies mingling dude focus. The next of the ponies I met I assumed to be the brains of the group,"Hi I'm Twilight Sparkle,

what's your name." I had forgotten to introduce myself to the other two, way to go dude,"My names Strider, and as you all can probably tell, I'm not from here."

Twilight and a cyan rainbow maned pony were eyeing me. I stared at the rainbow maned pony and she stared back at me. I noticed that her wings had stiffened and

she turn slightly red, I was confused but Fluttershy and the white unicorn sort of alerted her of her wings status and she quickly fix it. I asked the unicorn," I forgot to

ask, what is your name?" she replied,"Oh where are my manners my name is Rarity a pleasure." She said with a smile. Suddenly I smelled apples coming from the

kitchen and suddenly an orange pony with a blonde mane and a southern accent came out and said,"Come and get it ya'll."The others headed for the snack cart filled

with apple related snacks and she approached,"Howdy there partner, ya want somthin, I got apple pie, apple fritter, applecupcakes, and apple brown betty, not my

aunt."I merely laughed at the last bit and I said,"Can I get that apple pie?" She nodded and she got her rope and lassoed me an apple pie. It was pretty cool,"My

names Strider, and yours?" she replied,"Oh, mah name is Applejack a pleasure." she said with a smile as she held out her hoof. I shook it and downed that apple pie.

Just then a small purple dragon and a white unicorn with wings and a rainbow mane came through the front door along with the pink pony.