Fire Runner

Autumn was running through ponyville, it was a typical day. She stopped at her favorite store, of coarse, a thrift shop. "Hmmm..." Autumn murmured as she searched through the shop. "OOOOOO..." Autumn said, stopping in front of a music box. "Hey! Star Strike! is this new?" Autumn asked, not taking her eyes off the music box." Yeah! just came in today!" a voice called from behind the front desk. Autumn became infatuated by the beautiful music box, the details were so precise... she had to have it! "I wonder what song it plays..." Autumn murmured, taking the music box off the shelf and attempting to open it. "ugh! its stuck shut!" she grumbled as she struggled to pry it open.

Autumn walked into her new class room.Even though she was only 17, she was going to be teaching an art class in the school. She placed a pile of supplies on her desk. "I wonder how many students I'll have... I hope not to many..." Autumn muttered to herself as she rearranged her desk.

@@jdor11, Autumn landed back in the cart next to Snowy and listened closely to the song. It sounded familiar to her, and soon enough, she was quietly humming along. Snowy spotted a rabbit in the and quickly darted after it, jumping out of the cart and into a bush. "Snowy! get back here!" Autumn called from the cart. "Don't make me use my scary voice." Autumn threatened, a stern look plastered to her face.

@@jdor11, Autumn frowned. "uhhh... i... uhhh... maybe some other time?" Autumn said, shuttering at the thought of fire. She had a deep fear of fire, it went all the way back to when she was just a filly. Autumn shook thee thought from her her mind and flashed Striker a reassuring smile.

@@jdor11, Autumn laughed at her little white fox. "Wow, she's taking a liking to you." Autumn said, flipping back over and landing next to Striker. "Yeah, it's like were that same pony somehow." Autumn said giggling. It was strange, all these new ponies she had met made her feel like for once in her life, she had friends.

@@jdor11, Snowy climbed off of Autumn's shoulders and into the cart. "yeah... nopony else." Autumn said, fluttering into the air and flipping upside down in front of striker. She looked kind of funny, her back hooves in the air and her long hair, falling down, obstructing Striker's view of the road.

Autumn went from a quick trot to a flutter. "i didn't mean to offend him..." Autumn muttered under her breath. Snowy looked up at Autumn and flicked it's tail in Autumn's face playfully. Autumn smiled and brushed the fox's tail away from her face. Autumn landed in Striker's cart. @@jdor11, "ummm... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to offend you..." She barely squeaked out. Snowy glared up at her for being such a wuss.

@@jdor11, "Ummm... no actually... I don't have a talent... and that's why..." Autumn stopped for a second "why i don't have a cutie mark..." Autumn finished. Snowy nudged Autumn trying to cheer her up." She shook her head to clear her thoughts. "I can walk, but do you mind carrying my saddle bag in that cart of yours?" Autumn asked.

@@jdor11, "Oh? Snowy? I don't know... it was sort of strange... i was just muttering as i was walking through the woods about five days ago, it just ran up to me like it was my best friend... I don't have the slightest idea why." Autumn said with a giggle. "Oh! I almost forgot! my Name is Autumn.I live or well... lived in Autumnshade Clearing just outside of Riften." She said as she adjusted her saddle bag again.

@, "Okay... so, this particular dragon... does it have a name? I'm just wondering... I've heard tell-tale that there are some dragons can be reasoned with... just like any other animal..." Autumn murmured, following Bright Spark. "Is it alright for me to join your company of ponies... i don't have anypony else left..." she added quickly.

@@jdor11, @, Autumn's smile died down a bit. "I've been living on my own since Riften was attacked. I heard the voices of ponies and couldn't help but see what was going on over here." Autumn said, flicking her tail back and forth and adjusting her saddle bag. "Now... I want to know... who are you ponies and why are you heading to Riften? there's nothing left out there..." Autumn said with a very puzzled look plastered across her face.

Autumn's ear twitched when she heard a dragon, then she heard the voices of ponies. "What do you suppose..." Autumn whispered to Snowy. she sneaked through the woods towards the voices. Autumn froze when she caught a glimpse of the ponies standing in the road. "why twitch my tail and call me crazy! ponies!" Autumn said as she jumped out of the bush she was hiding in. @, she landed on the shoulders of Bright Spark and then gracefully jumped down to the ground, a huge smile plastered on her face.

Curse felt like he was going to throw up. "disgusting!" he snorted, trotting away from all of the love-birds. He slumped over in a patch of flowers and sighed, memories from his past danced in his head like a wildfire to a forest. "when do we get to kill some undead? that's what i'm here for..." Curse whispered to himself.

"Well snap my stitching... this isn't going to be good." Curse muttered, quickly diving behind the closest pony to him, who happened to be Shade. @, "Can i just... hide behind you until this fight is over?" Curse asked, looking nervously at the two ponies who were arguing.

Curse kick the dust again. he didnt really want to kill anypony, even if zed pony was a changeling. He quickly glanced around at the various ponies around him. for some reason he felt so different... and all alone... what is with these ponies? they seem strange to me...

@, "im not... a friend sent me on this crazy adventure, i still can't believe she let me leave like that..." Curse muttered. "and if you dont trust me, you can always snip my threads and go on your way." Curse said, locking gaze with Paradox. "I'm a normal pony... just like you..." he added quickly.

"hey! wait!" Curse dashed after Paradox and Arrow. Curse stopped behind the two ponies panting. "please, can *pant* i *pant* travel *wheeze* with you ponies? i don't know anypony else..." Curse said... kicking the dust up by his hooves.he sighed deeply and lowered his head.

@@MelancholicMemory, "I... i'm sorry... i didn't mean no harm... i was just having a bit of fun..." Curse said as he recoiled from the Mare's rage. @, "i honestly didn't know this garden belonged to anyone...i'm sorry... it just reminded me... of home..." Curse said with a sigh. slumping over, Curse stuffed the loose stuffing back into his side and pulled out some red glossy thread from his saddle bag. He slowly, but not very skillfully, stitched up his side, then proceeded to stuff the thread back into his saddle bag.

@, "y-your garden? i mean... of coarse its your garden!" Curse said glancing around nervously. "I-uh stumbled across it, took a nap, now im gunna leave... so if ya' don't mind sistah, loosen the vines and let me go... you're going to squeeze the stuffins' out of me if you don't let go..." He said, no sooner than he said it, a stitch busted open and cotton stuffing started falling out of his side. "nicely done! now put me down before i loose all of it!" Curse said, struggling to get out of the grip of the vines.

Autumn parted her mouth in a large yawn. She lifted her head slowly and peered around Autumnshade Clearing. Beside the fact that she had to kill a Necromancer, a bear, and a saber-tooth cat just to stay in the small cave she was living in seemed crazy, Autumn enjoyed living there. She kicked a dead pony's bone out of her way (she didn't kill the other two ponies, they were dead when she got there) then stretched. Autumn had the sudden feeling that something was drawing her toward the abandoned city of Riften. Why should I go there... nopony is there... nothing worth adventuring out of my home for... She thought as she stood up and brushed the bits of moss out of her long auburn mane. She quickly grabbed her bow and some pitiful looking armor from one of the dead ponies. She stuffed some herbs into her saddle bag and raided the ponies' pockets for anything valuable. Suddenly a dash of white fur jumped onto her back. Autumn quickly threw the fur ball to the ground with a laugh. "Thought you could sneak up on me, didn't ya' Snowy?" Autumn giggled as she helped the white fox back up on its paws. The fox nudged Autumn affectionatly. "No Snowy, I can't take you with me, it might be too dangerous." Autumn said firmly, pushing the fox away. Snowy continued to nudge her. "Alright, climb aboard..." Autumn said as Snowy climbed up around Autumn's neck and wrapped itself around her like a fox furred scarf. Autumn grabbed a head band that was laying on the ground, it had belonged to her father. she tied the leather studded band around her forehead and tied the matching one (which had been her mother's) around Snowy's neck. "I wonder if we'll meet anypony out there..." she whispered to Snowy as she looked out towards the deep woods in front of her.

@@MelancholicMemory, Twisted fell back laughing and rolling in the grass. "Whew! that was priceless!" He said, wiping a tear from his button eyes. "I'm Twisted Curse, you ponies woke me u from a very pleasurable nap and i demand to know what you are doing in my napping spot." Twisted said with a stern yet confused look upon her brow. "nevertheless, who are you ponies?" He asked on a slightly my friendly note.

Twisted Cures was snoozing in a garden, he wasn't sure how he happened upon it, but it was rather cozy, it reminded him of home... He twitched his ear when he heard ponies' voices on the other side of the garden. Twisted smirked. I think I'll have some fun with this... I do look sort of like an undead pony after all... Twisted pondered with a devilish grin upon his face. He sneaked up behind a mare, she seemed pretty defenseless, then yelled "boo!" really loudly for everypony to hear.

Autumn followed Diego. she took a seat next to him and drank some over her cider, never loosing eye contact with the other pony. she smiled warmly at Diego before breaking eye contact with him in order to search through her saddle bag for her brush, her hair was a little messy. (OCC: I don't know )