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[Deshi Bashara 6]

"That's ok." Cole assured the unicorn. "It'll probably all come back soon. Maybe those cracks wiped part of our memories, or at least hid them temporarily."

Edited March 9, 2012 by Deshi Bashara

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver turned around at the sound the loud voice. "Come on somethings happening." He said to the Arty.

 

He turned around and walked through the bushes again to see what was going on. He saw the peach-pony and approached her. She seemed to know what she was talking about and looked like she had a good knowledge about the area.

 

"Who are you, and what's going on here? One moment i'm asleep in my bed and the next moment i find myself out here." He said, only realizing afterwords how silly he was saying that. This perso-erm... pony had no idea what had happened here. She couldnt possibly believe them.

 

Silver still couldnt get over the fact he was talking to a horse.

[Aureity 3,055]

Crystal Flame had finally walked back to the group of ponies (he wasn't getting better at walking anytime soon), and awkwardly stood behind the circle, trying to listen in without being intrusive. He couldn't hear much at first. Probably cause I'm on the edge, he thought sarcastically to himself. Doesn't seem like horsies have that acute hearing. Further attempts to listen more closely, however, were loudly-very loudly-interrupted by a booming welcome, from a most unexpected source, a peach-ish pony that he had taken to be quiet. He almost fell over from surprise, but managed to steel himself in the nick of time. He took the opportunity to further integrate himself into the group, until he was no longer standing at the edge.

[PeachPalette 1,000]

A "hi"! This pleased her. She pushed herself down into a pouncing position as her tail waved back and forth. She giggled she she propelled herself up into the air and landed again gracefully. It was as if the laws of gravity did not apply to her what-so-ever. She grinned at the pony that had finally greeted her while another loud high pitched tone came belting from her.

 

"Sorry if I startled ya!" She placed a hoof to her face as she chuckled some more. "I just get soooo excited when there are new ponies in town!"

 

She looked to another one that had made his way to the small group she'd greeted before. His question interrupted her just as she was going to ask the other pony's name. A darker pony, he was. "OH! Are you new too?" She asked tilting her head almost completely up-side-down in question. She didn't give him time to answer her question. Clearly he was. Instead, she answered his. "My name's PeachPalette, but you can call me Peach," she said with a snort and a laugh. "Everyone else does at least." She brought her hoof to her lips again, this time in thought. "Erm...what do you mean 'what's going on here'?" Her hyper persona seemed to simmer for a moment as she raised a brow a bit confused.

Edited March 9, 2012 by PeachPalette

[Legendary Emerald 622]

Serah watched as the ponies began to gather around the newest addition to their herd, a feminine looking unicorn who's obnoxious greeting should have woke Serah up if there were any justice in the world.

 

"No justice in dreamland, though."

 

Serah hobbled over towards the newcomer, just barely able to cross even the short distance on her back hooves. She fell in rank with most of the others, forming a ring around the unicorn.

 

"I'm not going to involve myself, but there's no reason I can't listen in."

[SuperTheAwesome 199]

Speed dashed over to the new pony. The pony looked like she belonged in this colourful world. Speed had to ask her something. "Hello, Peach," She started, "Do you know the way to town?" She forced a smile onto her own face, trying to be as kind as possible.

 

Oh, gosh. This pony seems insane. Or maybe she's normal. Maybe everything's insane here. Maybe I'm insane. That's it! I'm insane! No wonder I'm a horse! All these thoughts were rushing through her head while she still forced herself to smile. She knew she didn't look convincing. What other things did ponies do to show happiness? Wiggle their tails? Speed started doing that. Hop up and down? She also did that. Hmm, I have wings. Lift them? Her wings shot up into the air.

 

She knew she was trying way to hard to look happy, but maybe she could pass as normal. After all, everything seemed insane in this place...

Edited March 9, 2012 by Queen SuperTheAwesome III

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Her attention was turned again to the new pony who addressed her. She took a moment to watch her, study her, as she did random things. It was as if she were taking her body for a test drive. Peach found this quite odd, but entertaining none-the-less. So many new ponies! This was so exciting!

 

"You mean Ponyville? Oh, that's right down that path there," she said as used her head to point in that general direction. She snapped her head back with a huge grin. "What's your name?!" She hopped again in excitement, the cart behind her creeking and josseling around as she did. It's no wonder nothing had fallen out yet. It was pilled quite high.

Edited March 9, 2012 by PeachPalette

[SuperTheAwesome 199]

Speed froze. She didn't know her name. What's a good name for a pony? I'm fast, I have wings... Sonic? She laughed at her own guess for a name, No, that's awful. How about Speed?

 

Speed started in a soft whisper, "Speed... my name's Speed..."

[Electrobolt 2,069]

The lime-green pony couldn't help but chuckle at the energy Peach was giving out. *Talk about hyper...* he thought to himself, still chuckling a bit. When she asked her question, though, he slowly stopped chuckling. The only name he could remember was... *Electrobolt... Maybe... That could be my name...?* he pondered to himself, his facial expression not having changed much. Finally, he spoke up, "My name is... Electrobolt..."

[PeachPalette 1,000]

"Well!" She exclaimed as she rose up on her hind legs and clopped back down on the ground. "Speed and Electrobolt...welcome!" She turned her attention behind her to the path that lead into town. "It's a shame that I have to get all of these things home before I can join you ponies in town again, " she said hushed. More so seeming to talk to herself rather than the others. She turned to them again. "HEY! Maybe we ca-" She froze again as if time had stopped her. Her expression instantly changed as her ears pulled back, her eyes got a bit wider, her head dropped down low.

 

"I-I hope I'm not being too annoying," she squeeked as her yellow eyes scanned each pony, landing on Electrobolt. Her demeanor had changed totally. "I...tend to do that." She took a little step back, unsure of what to do now. A totally different personality coming through.

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver stepped forward, a litle bewildered by her sudden personality switch. "Hey don't worry. We are all just confused here. We all seem to have found ourselves here unusualy." He began explaining. "Perhaps we could meet up with some one incharge of this town or village? We would appreciate it if you could take us there." He told her.

 

He felt bad, and thought it may have been his fault for making her suddenly so down in the dumps. He decided to shake it off for now and focus on cheering her up and getting things figured out here.

Edited March 9, 2012 by SilverArrow

[Aureity 3,055]

Ponyville, eh? Crystal Flame wasn't sure exactly why he wanted to go there, but a town full of ponies seemed like an ideal place to start for...for what? You still have no idea what's going on. You think you can find help? Glancing around at the other ponies, he shrugged it off. A few of them seem rather...off it. I saw one a while back that kept tripping every three feet. Maybe something strange is going on. For a second, he thought hopefully that he wasn't the only one who had woken up as a pony with no clue as to what had happened, but he dismissed the idea rather quickly. If he was insane, he didn't need confirmation from talking horses.

 

Turning his attention back to the peach pony who had startled him earlier with the booming welcome, he listened to her chatter about the names of a few ponies, and a greeting. Then she seemed to change midsentence, and droop her head in embarrassment as she mumbled something about being annoying. No, you're not annoying, take us to Ponyville, please! he thought, wanting nothing more than to explore the town. He was about to say something, but another pony beat him to it and echoed his thoughts exactly out loud. Crystal Flame was pleasantly surprised, especially when the pony mentioned everyone's unusual arrival in this location. Could it be? But it didn't matter now, he just wanted to explore.

[Flow 1,624]

"No! you're not annoying, please take us to Ponyville" Arty said sharply, looking at the peach pony with bright orange eyes "I-um we're actually lost in this dream or world or whatever this is, oh yeah, I'm Arty, and we need to get to this Ponyville town", said the white unicorn and continued "We'll feel better once we get there, so come on, let's go, we really appreciate the offer that your leading us to Ponyville, so please, if I have to!" He bent his head "Please!"

Edited March 9, 2012 by Narutardedscum

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

She nodded in vague agreement to Cole, her thoughts all but vanished now at the sight of this... colourful new individual. Another unicorn? And this one was insane and female? Somehow, she did not find that hard to believe. There was something she found annoying about this newcomer. Though she was frightened by her outgoingness and then sudden change of pace, she was moreso beginning to become irritated with this entire situation now. She didn't even know her name, and she was in a weird place surrounded by horses...

 

Trying to avoid the other's gaze, she turned her head to look at her behind again... irk. It still had a tail. And a strange sort of marking. She noticed that all of these small horses - ponies? Peach had called them ponies, after all... and they lived in a place called Ponyville. She rolled her eyes in derision. How unoriginal. But anyway, she had noticed they all had odd marks on their flanks. And she was no exception. Her mark made her think of a vague and distant name... it seemed almost Artsy...

 

...Artsy? That sounded a lot like her actual name. Artsy... Artsy what though? Something with a d... d... Daysbalm? Dean? Dreams? No... it needed more. She knew her name was a lot longer than that. Suddenly, a new word popped into her head. Dreamscapes! Artsy Dreamscapes!

 

She knew it wasn't her name, but it was close enough. The newly named Artsy would go with it for now.

 

Feeling oddly confrontational, she glared at Peach distrustfully. This entire thing felt so surreal that she didn't really feel like acting as her usual quiet self. Maybe because the entire thing felt like a dream. "You are... sort of bizarre... Are you really sure we should go to this place? Why should we trust you when you are rather... ah... I'm not sure what the word is. Ah... I just won't say it." The burst of confrontationalness left her as she turned red in the face again and felt her ears pressing against her head.

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

Things were going faster than He expected and it seemed that everyone was rather willingly not thinking the situation through plus most of them ignored him something that annoyed him but still he go the information he needed. It appeared he was right most of them had no memory of their name and yet still didn't give it much though just thinking up new one. "Idiots I am stuck with idiots BUT then again I too came up with one without noticing...Lionheart..It seems familiar with the one I forgot." He mumbled to himself. But then a spark appeared. Two ponies weren't completly absent minded about the situation and were discussing what happened instead of circling the newcomer that appeared to be a native.

 

The newcomer was a female unicorn apparently named Peach. Lionheart didn't pay her all that much attention and Walked toward Cole and Arty. "I believe it not a temporary thing. This world doesn't seem to like our sudden coming. I think it is trying to assimilate us by making us forget the past and planting new things. I find it highly unlikely that we all came up with such names so easily as if it was the most natural thing to do." He stopped talking in the deep tone he spoke before now his voice sounding more natural."It a very strange thing. People here keep saying they were in their beds before this happened yet we touched the cracks. This means that either they did too but they don't remember it or something else that I haven't figured it out yet."

 

"Call me Lionheart by the way. It feels strangly familiar to the name that I can 't recall." With that line he turned his gaze to the Native girl. She seemed different now. She wasn't active any more and she though she was annoying."Why would she think that."He thought before speaking. "Peach was it ? Are there any sort of weird things happening lately around here. See we are new and don't know much about this area."

[Deshi Bashara 6]

Cole had blinked as the peach colored pony arrived. Now he cocked his head curiously. Ponyville? he thought in confusion. That sounds like an amusement park for little girls. But if this horse was telling the truth, it would be a good place to get some answers or piece together what happened. At least, he hoped so.

 

He stopped and thought about what just went through his mind, and almost laughed at how ridiculous it sounded. Debating if a talking horse was being honest...if Cole had pondered that issue a few days ago, he would have laughed and forgot about it. But now, it seemed like the best course of action to follow her.

 

"What's Ponyville like, exactly?" he asked Peach.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Deshi Bashara

[Electrobolt 2,069]

Noticing how Peach had backed away slowly, Electrobolt felt a bit sorry for her. "No, it's alright..." he responded *But Ponyville...? Am... Am I dreaming, or is this really happening?* he thought to himself, still keeping the same worried expression on his face. Just then, a thought came to his mind. "Hey, do you think you could give us a quick tour of Ponyville? When you have the opportunity, that is..." he asked, having seen the huge pile she was carrying in her cart.

[Marcato 2,143]

Silver was getting an adventurous feeling, which seemed all too familiar, and made up his mind about something. "Well since we don't seem to be getting anywhere fast, i'm going exploring."

 

He turned around and began walking into the forest. "Let me know when its time to go." He called over his shoulder. He continued walking away from the others, a little discouraged at the progress made so far.

 

He took this oppurtunity to put the pieces of this strange puzzle together. The one pony...Lionheart was it? Said that they all seemed to have made up their own names. He had a good point. Something about this world was changing them... More than just their bodies of course.

 

We also all found ourselves here from somewhere else, and woke up at the same time. Stuff like that just doesn't happen... He shook his head and chuckled to himself. What am i doing? Getting worked up over something that probably isnt even real.

 

But he couldn't make himself agree with that. There wasn't that usual haze that surrounded dreams, and physics still seemed to be working properly. Other than the fact he had become a freaking HORSE.

[PeachPalette 1,000]

Peach took a few steps back. So much attention was directed at her now. She didn't know how to deal with it. Well, not at her current state of mind which had flip flopped as it often did for her. "Well, I-I..." She paused as her eyes scanned them all in a panic, and fell on the pony that was blanketing her with an accusing stare. "I...don't see any reason why I couldn't be trusted. I-I mean...I couldn't harm a fly," She said in a whisper that they could just hear if they strained. "I really don't mind taking you all to Ponyville." Her passive eyes turned behind her to her cart, still hooked around her. "I guess I could just take this with me," she said as if to herself as her ears flopped lower than before.

 

There were more questions to be answered as she focused on the last new pony to speak to her. Her front right hoof stirred in the dirt. This wasn't something she liked talking about. "Um...I'm surprised you haven't heard," she said as she turned her gaze to the side to avoid his strong eyes upon her. "Discord is free again. Things haven't been as bad as they have in the past, of course. But...certain aspects of our lives have been made harder...different. It's as if...he's toying with everypony. He can do so much though so I'm not surprised why everyone fears him. That much power scares me." Her head popped back up remembering an event that happened the day before. "Oh! He appeared in the SKY! Everypony could see him throughout all of Equestria!" She exclaimed in a whisper that had more volume to it. She paused only to look at her hooves. "He said something like, 'I only grow stronger every moment I am free, and soon, not Equestria, nor the universe can stop me!'," she said almost mimicing the way he'd said it. She cringed and closed her eyes tightly as the memory of his laughter rang in her mind.

 

The was a moment of silence around her which made her open her yellow eyes again and look up. "Do you...still want to go into Ponyville? He...hasn't seemed to stir up too much trouble there as of yet. So far, it's still the best little town in Equestria." She'd hopped that her words would not heard by Discord.

Edited March 9, 2012 by PeachPalette

[Aureity 3,055]

Crystal Flame had no idea what a "Discord" was, nor why it would choose to harm ponies, of all things. Still though, he had a lot to lean about this world. Until I wake up, he corrected himself. Which I will, soon. He had his doubts, but he pushed them to the back of his mind as he eagerly chimed in when the peachish pony looked hesitant, "Yeah, we'd love to go! A discord-thingy won't deter us!"

Although... he really wasn't sure why they needed a guide in the first place. She had said, after all, that the town was right there behind her. And all they had to do was follow the big, obvious dirt road. Even still, there was safety in numbers. He hoped that by appearing as part of a tour group, he'd be able to attract less attention, and less awkward questions about where he was from.

[Flow 1,624]

Arty was thankful that Peach had a change of mind, the fact that she will lead the way to to Ponyville. He hopes it would be a nice place, but after hearing about who Discord is, he said, "I fear that this Discord guy is a dangerous fellow, from what he said, he was freed from some kind of prison more than once," Then a bit of fear filled his mind, he thought "Wait, would he destroy Ponyville? Oh no Arty, be optimistic, yeah, he would never do that, right?" He hopes nothing will go wrong, he would picture Ponyville as a nice little town in his head to get away from the fear that Discord had done something.

[Electrobolt 2,069]

When Electrobolt heard Peach mention Discord as if it was a living being, he was confused. *What? Discord isn't a living thing...* he thought. *But then again... We're all ponies now... That is what she called us, right? So I guess it could happen... But still...* He cleared the thoughts out of his head when Peach spoke again. Upon hearing her question, Electrobolt answered, with a small smile showing on his face, "Yes... I would love to see Ponyville."

[SuperTheAwesome 199]

Speed was going to ask about Discord, but decided against it. She didn't want to startle the Peach pony. "We'd love to go to Ponyville," Speed said, trying to calm the pony down. She smiled at the pony, not wanting her to feel uncomfortable. Let's hope that Ponyville place isn't filled with maniacs...

[PeachPalette 1,000]

A little smile inched along her face at the kindness she was being shown. Her ears pulled themselves back to attention and her body followed suit as she now felt a little more comfortable. "Alright," she squeeked as she began to turn herself around slowly. "Please be careful. Oh! Watch your hooves there! So sorry," She addressed each pony that might be hit by the cart as she lead it behind her and out of the circle. She began walking slowly, the wooden wheels to the cart creeking behind her. She kept her eyes ahead of her, and fell silent. She'd hoped that Ponyville was as she left it anyway. Oh, that would make me look terrible! Her ears fell back at the thought of everyone shunning her if Ponyville had been thrown into any kind of disarray. Oh please, oh please let everything be normal! She made a wish to herself as only the sound of clopping hooves along the road filled the air.

[Legendary Emerald 622]

Serah had watched the pony who'd introduced himself as Silver turn and walk away from the group, and now Peach was preparing to leave as well. She pondered who she should choose to follow, but didn't care much for either of her options.

 

"As long as I'm playing along, I could either follow the adventurous one, or go to 'Ponyville'. What a terrible name for a town; more suited for a brothel. But this Discord character sounds interesting. If this dream can provide me with an opponent, then maybe it won't be such a waste of a night after all."

 

Serah made up her mind. She would follow Peach and the other ponies.

Edited March 10, 2012 by Legendary Emerald