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// New Life 
// Story: Changes of Magic 
// by SeraphDarkfire 
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Jason was sitting on a small hill that over looked an empty grassy field. The field stretched on for miles and there was nothing to see in any direction. Several thoughts passed through his head, most along the lines of 'What am I doing here? It bothered him, there were no landmarks other than the hill he was sitting on. There wasn't even a single cloud in the bright blue sky.

Another thing that bothered him was that it was very quiet, no wind, not even the rustle of small animals in the grass. So it was all the more startling when he heard footsteps behind him, accompanied by the gentle voice of a woman "I've been to many dreams" she said softly "But this is by far the most interesting"

Upon turning around, he found an Alicorn standing over him. She was dark colored, nearly black and had a deep blue mane that rolled as if it was in the breeze. Jason could swear he could see stars within her mane. He could see the black tiara on her head behind her horn and as he stood up, he saw her cutie mark, a crescent moon against a black background.

At his full five foot nine height, he found that he was only slightly taller than her without the horn. It made him wonder what the size ration was between him and normal ponies. He assumed that a normal pony would come up to his waist, maybe a little higher. That would put the younger ponies at maybe the height of his knees or thighs.

"Ahem" she said, giving a slight cough to catch his attention "I do hope you are done staring at me"

He felt his face heat up "Ah..sorry Princess Luna" he said softly "This is all just new to me and I need to think about things to keep my sanity"

Jason saw the confusion cross her face "You know my name? How do you know that when I do not know yours?" she stared at him warily "Who are you boy? Where did you come from?"

"That..is difficult to explain..mostly because I am not sure how you will react" he didn't know why, but with her, he didn't want to lie. It was something about her "My name is Jason and I am from a place called Earth. I can't tell you how I know your name..at least not right now anyway" he scratched the back of his head "And for how I got here in Equestria, I really don't know"

Luna slowly walked around him examining him "I feel as though I've seen a creature like you before..but I cannot place it" she said softly "I will have to speak with my sister about you" she turned and began to walk away "I will return tomorrow night, please try to be on time"

And then she was gone, vanishing without a trace.

There was no transition when he awoke. One minute he was left standing on the hill, the next his eyes were opening to the sight of six ponies and a small dragon standing around the bed. Slowly sitting up and rubbing the sleep from his eyes "Well...this is an interesting way to wake up" he said chuckling a little.

"Oh my" Rarity said softly "He really can talk"

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes "So what? I can talk too and no pony makes a big deal about that" she said earning a glare from Rarity.

"It is fascinating, he is a creature we've never seen before and he speaks as we do" the white unicorn said, starting an argument over what was interesting or not. This caused Applejack to get between them, trying to break them up.

Jason was able to tune this out, spotting Twilight Sparkle just staring at him curiously "Am I that interesting?" he asked her.

She blinked and looked embarrassed "Well, I admit I was skeptical at first when Fluttershy told me about you, but then I did some research and...I found nothing" she shook her head "No two legged creatures fitting your description. Just what are you Mr. Jason?"

He smiled "Just Jason please" he said "I am a human, but I can't remember where I am from or how I got here, but for some reason, I know the names of every pony here" he started from the left "Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie" he paused, looking back and forth at the two Pinkie Pies "Um.."

"Oh sorry!" the first Pinkie Pie giggled as she moved over to the second one and put it on a small trolly "I forgot I left my dummy here" she pushed the trolly against the wall and smiled wide.

The raven haired boy chuckled "it is fine" he looked at the last pony "And Rainbow Dash" he turned his eyes to the little purple dragon "And of course, I can't forget Spike"

They all looked at him in surprise and awe. He chuckled "It really isn't that impressive, not compared to what I know you six can do" he smiled "I can tell you stuff about yourselves, but I can't do anything that you all can do"

He shrugged "I'm not strong, or fast, or super smart, and I certainly can't fly or use magic"

"Aw shucks" Applejack said smiling "Everyone's got somethin' special they can do"

"Yes" Rarity said "No matter how small it may seem to you, it could be useful later on"

Jason blinked, a little surprised at this. Though he supposed that he shouldn't have been, this was Equestria after all. He chuckled "Alright, you have a point" at this time his stomach chose to growl with hunger, causing everyone to laugh.

Rainbow Dash grinned "Come on, lets get you downstairs and get you something to eat, you must be starving after all of that sleep, I know I am. We can talk about all of this serious stuff later"

He nodded and slipped out of the bed and stood up, stretching a bit, hearing pops come from his body as he loosened up. Then he followed them downstairs, jumping a little when there was a loud "Surprise!" as he entered the living area.

He chuckled and rubbed his face. Of course Pinkie Pie would throw a party for him. He set out to mingle and get some of that delicious looking cake. If he was going to be here for a while, he might as well get used to his new life.