Kid Anon and Fluttermom Part 38

>You yell out "WAAAIIITTT!!!!"
>Rainbow Dash paused "What? What's wrong now, Anon?" she was getting a little antsy.
>You grasp her, and hold on tight. and take a breath and do your best to ready yourself. "N-nothing, I just wanted to get..erm..adjusted. I'm ready now."
>You didn't feel ready, and yet at the same time, you were excited. a mix of fearful excitement.
>Rainbow Dash prepares herself "Alright then, Ready, SET!..."
>You gulp again, here we go...the faithful moment.
>"GOOO!" Rainbow Dash blasts off to the sky as a quick pace, not even close enough to her top speeds, but enough for you to feel the force nearly force you back. If the belts didn't hold you, you were sure you'd fall.
>You grasp tightly as you scream. You don't tell her stop stop. You just close your eyes and yell as Rainbow Dash darts through the clouds to her first stop.
>You suddenly feel everything stop. But your still yelling. trying to at least be brave enough not to scream for help or for it to stop.
>"Anon" RD called out
>you still yell
>"Anon..." she calls again
>You still yell
>"ANON!" she yells out
>You suddenly stop yelling. and open your eyes the moment you realized you came to a full stop "who,what,where...wh..what?"
>Rainbow Dash snickered "What was all that yelling about? you already going chicken on me?"
>You gulp, that was just so sudden. But no, you couldn't admit you were scared. "N-no! I was just...yelling...for..umm...effect"
>""uh huh" Rainbow Dash said with certain disbelief "Well, we're flying above our first stop. The Everfree Forest. Take a look. "
>You take a breath. and look down. Before you was the vast magical forest. The Everfree Forest.
>Fluttershy had told you stories about it, and that you should never ever enter it on your own. from up here, it looked twisted and dank, and yet still beautiful in it's own way.
>"It's pretty big..." you marvel "I didn't think the forest was that big or..well...it looks kind of weird. Like, twisted in a few places."

>"That's because it ain't an ordinary forest. It's always changing. Also got a lot of monsters that are pretty tough. Nothing I can't handle but you should never go in there by yourself, no matter how brave you are." Rainbow Dash says
>You shift your eyes to different spots. it's a pretty dense forest "yeah, mom told me that too. Why would anypony even go in there?"
>"Well, it's not dangerous all the time. Plus you can get some pretty nifty things in there sometimes.And Celestia's and Luna's old castle is in there. It's a pretty spooky place." Rainbow Dash tells you, wow. she was being pretty informative
>"Spooky?...is it..haunted?"
>Rainbow Dash grinned and lied "oh, you bet. wanna go check it out?"
>you shake your head "No! No! eheheh....Remember, you gotta do all your training stuff too. no time to check that old castle out...haha..ha" you chuckle nervously.
>Rainbow dash let out a fake hint of disappointment "aww, oh well. Maybe next time. now, let's go check out Ponyville?...are you ready this time? it's gonna get bumpy!"
>You take a breath, and try to fill yourself with a little more courage to not seem like a ridiculous coward. You were going to try to do this with your eyes open. "Ready"
>"Ya sure? you aren't gonna scream or nothin?" RD said
>You nod "No, I'm ready. I'm sure of it this time" well, you hoped anyway.
>Rainbow Dash nodded, her next stop would be Ponyville's very own town hall.
>She blasted off again, towards Ponyville.
>you almost start screaming again. But you manage you clench your mouth shut. But unfortunately, you also cling and hug tightly to Rainbow Dash with your eyes shut as well.
>Rainbow Dash lowers her altitude to get close to the town hall before slowing to a stop. "And here's town hall. Where umm...important stuff happens."
>She pointed towards the large, rather symmetrical building. Seemed a lot of the roads in Ponyville led here....or atleast you would know that if you opened your eyes.

>Rainbow Dash held back her smile as she just came to the conclusion you had your eyes shut "Hey Anon, anytime you wanna open your eyes is fine by me, but try to be timely about it ok?" She almost burst into laughter from her own remark.
>you stopped? your ears were ringing a little from the speed she was going. and you were still scared enough to keep your eyes shut.
>You slowly open your eyes, "s-sorry, I'm just not used to it...I can be though. I just need to umm...another..try? maybe?" You didn't sound too sure. But what else did you have.
>Rainbow Dash was finding this cute now. Atleast it seemed you were trying "Don't sweat it Anon, I know you can manage it eventually. So..have you even met Mayor Mare yet?"
>you shook your head "No actually, I never...wait...why do we need a mayor if we have a princess? Thats kinda dumb."
>"Well yeah, Twilight is the Princess of Friendship who just happens to have her castle in Ponyville. Mayor Mare still takes care of the..." she couldn't think of the word "town stuff"
>Well, you had to hand it to Rainbow Dash. She did her best as a tour host. "What kind of town stuff?"
>She shrugs "y'know...mayor stuff. You'd have to talk to her yourself I guess if you want the details"
>clearly
> Rainbow Dash begins to float upwards"Alright, next stop. Sugarcube corner. Try to keep your eyes open this time Anon. And pay attention to the roads." She points over yonder, you can actually see the cottage in the distance. "This would be pretty pointless if you weren't paying attention how to get to these places from your house. I'll just give ya a moment to take it in."
>You focus on the cottage. If you were ever going to be able to traverse the town. You had to learn as much of the layout as possible if you were ever going to step out on your own. You scanned what you could see and tried to commit it to memory.