//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Dream of Flight // by Blueheartpegasus //------------------------------// Emily clicked the remote and her TV blared with the My Little Pony Theme song. She was in her room, laying on her bed, watching her television that was laying on her desk. It was a big television, she had gotten it from her uncle, who was very rich. On screen, an owl hooted at a purple-and-green baby dragon. she was watching an episode called, "Owl's Well that Ends Well". As she watched the owl fly, she wondered what it was like to soar. What would it bee like, she wondered, to fly, far above the clouds, so high that all troubles were forgotten, that all cries of responsibility were unheard, that fear and blame were far below? "If I were a pony, I would be a Pegasus." Emily sighed to herself. "I would corkscrew through the sky, fly fast enough to create a tornado, and kick holes in the clouds. I would be like Rainbow Dash." the more she thought about it, she wasn't at all like Rainbow Dash. In fact, she was more like a mixture between Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. She was very timid and shy, but when she was around her friends and family, she would act very silly. But, still, she wanted to fly. Flying would be a dream come true. Suddenly, her door burst open. He first reaction was to quickly hit the 'off' button on her remote. She even kept it a secret from her family that she watched My Little Pony. Her second reaction was to jump off her bed and run to the door and block the view of whoever it was until the TV shut off completely. "Emily, what in the world are you doing?" it was Emily's brother, Maxwell, or Max for short. "You woke me up!" "What are you doing, sleeping this early?" Emily asked, sure to block Max's view of her television until the sound faded. "Early?" Max showed his little sister his watch. "It's ten at night!" It was. Emily hadn't noticed how late it had gotten. "Already?" she asked, surprised. "I'd better go to bed." she pushed her way past her brother to the bathroom to brush her teeth. After she had gotten ready for bed, she glanced in the mirror. The face she saw there was slightly tanned- she spent a lot of time outside- with pretty gray eyes and brown hair. "What would I look like as a My Little Pony?" she asked herself quietly. She smiled at herself in the mirror, then went to bed. ---- Emily blinked her eyes open. She rolled out of bed. As she stood, she suddenly fell flat on her face. why couldn't she balance on her two legs? She lifted herself up on all-four. It seemed... strange. Like her arms and legs were the same length, so it was comfortable and natural to crawl like this. In fact, she did seem taller like this than she usually was when she was on all-fours. Something was wrong. As she raced across her carpet, a million thoughts ran around in her head. She could turn the doorknob, so she just broke down the door. She ran right for the bathroom, pushed open the unlocked door, put her hands on the sink, and lifted herself up to look in the mirror. Her heart froze. She was....a pony!!!