An Electrifying Journey

Chapter 3 - The Everfree Forest

I woke up with a yawn, rubbed my eyes and sat up. I looked around the room to find the two mares and the filly still sleeping. I looked at the clock hanging on the wall opposite the beds. It shows 8 am. I got up to wash my face and took a shower and changed to the clothes that Sweetie Belle and Rarity made for me. I loved the shirt. It is sky blue in colour and has my name on it with a few more signs on beside it. Plain but i like it. I went back to the room to check on the ponies who were still sleeping soundly. It was 9 am already so I went to the kitchen to make breakfast, waffles.

Hmmm I wonder If they have peanut butter. I checked the cupboards for the ingredients and started to make waffles. When I was done, I placed everything on the dining table, including the peanut butter and chocolate and jam. I heard footsteps ... I mean hoovesteps coming down from the stairs.

I saw Rarity who looked at me with tired eyes.

"Just in time for breakfast. Good morning." I greeted.

"Good morning. I see you made breakfast. Thank you." she said gratefully.

I pointed at the waffles and told her, "waffles, we eat this back in my world. Come try some."

I heard more hoovesteps coming downstairs. I saw Fluttershy coming down with Sweetie Belle. I greeted them 'good morning' and they greeted back. I invited them over to the dining table and we started eating breakfast.

After breakfast I waved them goodbye as I headed over to Twilight's house.

When I was there I knocked on the door and after a few seconds it opened and I saw Spike poking his head out.

"Twilight! Davis is here!" he shouted.

"Let him in!" She shouted back.

Spike invited me inside and I took a look around her house. I saw large bookshelves and a huge pile of books stack in the middle of the room and Spike picked up two books and started to clean up the mess. I saw Twilight coming downstairs.

"Hello Davis! Your here early."

"Haha Yeah... I got nothing to do there at the boutique so I thought of coming here and start my lesson on my world." I explained.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about that lesson so shall we get started?" She asked as she used her magic to grab a quill and a piece or parchment and looked at me with excited eyes.

"Alright..." I sat with her on the sofa and began to tell her about the huge towers, the cars, the houses, the boats, the computers. This lesson took at least 3 hours because once I was done with my 'lecture' it was time for lunch.

Spike made sandwhiches containing hay and some flowers and I look around for anything I could eat and he brought in cupcakes and eggs into the dining table.

We started eating lunch and right after, Twilight sat on the sofa and signalled me to sit beside her to continue my lesson. I shook my head and walked towards the sofa. After another hour on her lesson she had an entire stack of papers on the side table.

"Interesting." she said as she scan through the notes she wrote. I stood up and browse the bookshelves for books to read until I heard the door open.

I turned around to see Fluttershy with a worried look on her face.

"Tw-twilight, D-davis I need your help!" she pleaded as she tried to catch her breathe.

"What's the problem?" asked Twilight.

"I-I checked my... chicken coop and ... I noticed t-that ... one was missing a-and I saw ... the Cutie M-mark Crusad-ders running into the ...E-everfree forest." She said, panting.

"Then we'd better hurry to get them back." Twilight told me.

"Ok Fluttershy, you stay here while me and Twilight go look for them ok?"

Fluttershy nodded and so Twilight and I quickly ran to the direction of the Everfree forest.

Once we were in the Everfree forest, we decided to walk instead to catch our breathe. I look around the place for any sign of the girls, but to no avail...

I was starting to get creeped out by the forest's sinister atmosphere until I heard somepony shout, "Here chick-chick-chicken!"

Twilight and I looked at the direction from which the sound came from and we ran to that direction and saw Applebloom looking around the place, I'm assuming she was looking for the chicken.

"Applebloom!" Twilight shouted and she galloped to Applebloom.

"Where's Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle?" Twilight asked.

"Here!" I heard Sweetie Belle shout from behind us. We turned around and saw Scootaloo holding a chicken using her mouth and Sweetie Belle just walking to us.

"We should be heading back, Twilight." I warned Twilight and she nodded and we headed back out of the forest.

But on our way out, I heard a deafening roar. I turned around and my heart skipped a beat from what I saw, A Manticore! And its heading towards us!

"RUN!" I yelled and Twilight and the fillies galloped as fast as they can. I looked behind and saw the manticore catching up. They won't make it at this rate! So I ran right and the Manticore followed me instead of the ponies. At least now they will be safe. I jumped over roots and small puddles as I try to lose the Manticore.

After 3 minutes of running, I hid behind a tree and catch my breath. I looked behind to see where the Manticore was and it was just a few trees away. I looked ahead to see a small structure. It must be where the mane six got the elements from but I noticed between me and the old structure was a deep canyon.

I heard footsteps approaching ... the Manticore. I had no other choice so I ran towards the canyon and tried to cross the old wooden bridge. The bridge began rocking from left to right, almost making me fall. I managed to cross over and I looked behind to see the Manticore also attempting to cross over.

I have no other choice. I took out a small penknife from my pocket and started to cut the rope that is attached to the bridge. When I cut the rope, the bridge fell, bringing the Manticore along with it. I looked down the canyon to witness it's death.

I thought of any way to cross the canyon but when I looked to the sky, I noticed that it was getting dark so I headed to the palace, trying to ignore the spooky trees and the creepy carvings on the wall of the palace. I went upstairs to find a huge hallway and I stayed inside one of the rooms. Once it reached around 7 at night, the room got very dark such that it was hard for me to see my own hand. I huddled in a corner and waited ... for Twilight and her friends to find me.

After what seemed like an hour of waiting, my eyes began to get heavy and I slowly closed them and slept.

BANG! A loud thud from downstairs woke me up. I decided to check what it was. I went down the stairs slowly and I heard hoovesteps coming up the stairs and I heard some ponies talking. I went down the stairs slowly and cautiously. When I turn a corner I came face to face with Twilight, which scared me causing me and her to shout.

"Davis! Im so glad your safe!" Twilight shouted and nuzzled me.

"Me too." I smiled and rubbed her mane.

I tried to see who was behind her and I saw Applejack and Rarity. Hmm they must have been there for their sisters.

"We should get going now." Rarity said.

Twilight and I nodded our heads. We ran out of the palace and into the dark creepy forest again. We came to the canyon and I noticed that the bridge was fixed back to normal. One by one, we crossed the bridge slowly. And once all of us had finished crossing we ran (they galloped) out of the forest.

We were finally out of the forest and I lay on the ground and thanked them for saving me.

"No problem! We'll always be there when ya need us!" Applejack said.

"Now, what must you say to Davis?" Twilight asked the CMC with a stern voice.

Each of them approached me and mumbled, "W-were s-sorry, Davis. We only wanted to help Fluttershy get her chicken back."

"B-but next time tell me then we could go ask for help ok?" Fluttershy told them.

"Ugghhhh ... I think I need to rest." I whined as I trudged into Fluttershy's cottage and fell on the sofa and started to sleep.

A few hours later I woke up and saw that everypony was gone and there was a blanket on me and I saw a pony right beside me sleeping, it was Fluttershy. I wrapped my arm around her and then I heard her talk.

"Davis? A-are you awake?"

"Yeah."

She turned around to face me and she said.

"I just want to say thank you, for what you did for me today."

"No problem." I smiled.

"A-and sorry for putting your life at risk."

"No worries, Fluttershy, anything to help."

She nuzzled my neck and I brought her closer to me and we started to sleep. Hmmmmm I've spent this 3 nights in ponyville, sleeping with Fluttershy. I wondered, recalling what happened today.

End of chapter 3 ( I really should stop sleeping with Fluttershy beside me. But i guessed it made more sense to sleep in her house since it was the nearest.)