Friends Can Be Found In Strange Places

What Could Go Wrong?

It was lunch time at school. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were sitting together. "What should we do today?" Apple Bloom asked. "I got nothing." Scootaloo boredly replied. "Hey guys!" A voice interrupted them. Two fillies trotted over to them. "Hey Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon." Apple Bloom greeted. "What are you two doing here?" Sweetie Belle piped up. "We're lonely at lunch time." Diamond started. "We were wondering if we could sit with you." Silver added nervously. "Of course!" The CMCs replied.

"So, uh, what do you want to talk about?" Silver asked while Diamond looked uncomfortable. Seeing the strange looks, Diamond decided to speak up. "We're not used to sitting with other ponies." They nodded in understanding. "How is your mother doing?" Sweetie asked Diamond. At this, Diamond tensed up. "Di?" Silver asked, concerned. "It's nothing!" She quickly replied. The bell rung, signifying the end of lunch.

~Le Time Skip~

The five of them walked through the forest. "I'm starting to think this is a bad idea." Diamond mentioned as it got dark. Dark, darker, yet darker. The darkness keeps growing. Diamond stopped. She wondered if she was going insane, hearing voices in her head. Apparently not. "Who's there?" Scootaloo shouted. ... No response. "Maybe we heard something." Apple Bloom said. "All of us? That seems unlikely." Sweetie said nervously. Silver said nothing, simply shaking.

"HEY! YOU MYSTERIOUS VOICE JERK! YOU'RE UPSETTING MY FRIENDS!" Diamond yelled at the darkness. Everyone was quiet. "Uh, Di-" Silver Spoon was cut off by a rustle in the bushes. Diamond's burst of bravery left in an instant. Everypony backed off and- "Bark! Bark!" A fluffy, white puppy emerged. They all let out a sigh of relief. Then emerged many, many more figures unrecognized to them. They ran.

All five were running the fastest they could. Their hoof beats echoed through the forest like thunder. "They can hear us!" Diamond said as quietly as possible, hearing noises from behind her. "We gotta hide!" Apple Bloom responded. Sweetie motioned towards a bush, and they all jumped in, flattening themselves close to the ground. They feared this was the end.

"Damn it! Where'd they go?" A voice yelled. It sounded slightly like Rainbow Dash's, but louder, rougher, and aggressive. "HELLO? HUMANS? WHERE ARE YOU?" "P-Papyrus, those ar-aren't humans. Th-they're p-ponies." "yeah. c'mon paps, don't be such a numbskull." "NYEH! SANS! I'M TRYING TO FIND OUR POTENTIAL FRIENDS, AND THEY'LL NEVER TRY TO SEE US IF YOU MAKE TERRIBLE PUNS!" "AUGH! Shut it you two! They probably ran away because they're scared of us! Frisk won't scare 'em! Frisk, do you have an idea of where they are?" A small movement was heard, before an appendage stuck its way through the bush. The panic continued.

They jumped out of the bush and started running again, but Sweetie Belle stopped. "Trust me." She said, trying to sound brave. They stopped with her. One of the group walked forward. She didn't seem to have fur. She was a light tan with shoulder length brown hair. She adorned a blue sweater with two magenta stripes, and had a kind expression on her face. "Hello." She said softly.

"Do you understand me?" Nod. "...Are you afraid of me?" Hesitant nod. "Can you speak?" Nod-"Yes." They said, afraid. "I'm Frisk. I'm a human." She introduced. Nod. They didn't want to speak more than necessary. "I'm actually not surprised to see colorful, talking ponies. Do you have a ruler or anyone for me to talk to?" She asked. Before they could nod, the dog pounced on Frisk. "Hehe, Toby, what are you doing here? You should be watching the group!" Frisk giggled. Toby jumped down and tried dragging Frisk away. He (somehow) succeeded. "Let's go!" Apple Bloom called.

"We can't! Frisk seems nice, and I don't know what a 'human' is, but I don't think it should matter. I'm staying here." Sweetie stood her ground firmly. "I can go see if I can get Twilight over." Diamond offered. An agreement went through them, and she stuck to her word.