//------------------------------// // Chapter One // Story: Equestria: the Land of Acceptance // by Tracelander //------------------------------// As I walked home from work, I could feel something, a stalker, perhaps, who followed my every movement. I trekked into my apartment, and proceed make a sandwich with some chip on the side of course, turn on the TV and began to watch the television show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"; A show to which bares a fandom that has made my heart elated, and has made me feel accepted as a person. But this pleasant night shifted when I heard a sound come from behind me, turning my head, I took in a breath and held it...waiting. Nothing, I turn my head back to the TV and breath-out a sigh of relief as my favorite episode began. It was the 100th episode of the series; an episode filled with background characters and laughter. After a half an hour of my favorite episode I decide to watch another one, but this episode was one with the character Discord who was a previous villain to which was reformed. I love the character, but he is only second to a Princess name Luna. After another half hour I had shut the TV off and got up to get some sleep, when a voice whispered out from the corner of the room, "I see that someone else enjoys the chaos I spread." I gasped and spun around seeing in the darkness a tall looming figure who had a mismatched body. "DISCORD!?" I cried in disbelief. "Well now who else would it be?" said Discord as he stepped farther out in to the dim light of the living room. I stammered saying the only thing I could thing of " But But your a cartoon character!" "Oh my, am I now? Are you sure?" Discord said with a raised eyebrow. " I know you didn't do the best in school but you aren't an idiot, Eliza." My jaw dropped "How did you know my name?" Well now I've been watching you for quite sometime now. I would be so silly as to not learn your name now would I?" "I guess not? It's been you! Your the one whom I've felt watching me these past few months!" Discord smiled almost sinister like "Of course, ever since I found this world I decided to find a person who suited my list and I think I've found her..." My heart rate started to go up in alarm at his words because I felt that he was going to do something that I didn't think I'd agree too. "You have a list for what exactly?" I asked almost not wanting to know the answer. "Oh you know this and that and that and this." "That doesn't make sense!" "Well if course not! What fun is there in making sense?" I thought for what seemed like minutes then replied "Not too much, I guess. But there isn't much fun in endless chaos is there? You have to have both in harmony." Well done, Eliza! You have just finished the last requirement for the list. I guess I won't have to spend anymore time here. Have a nice trip, Eliza." Have a nice trip?" I questioned as he just smiled and snapped two of dragon claws together. Suddenly all I saw was white and I had the strange feeling that I was getting condensed into a smaller form of some kind but I also at the same time realized that I felt like I was being expanded. Then every thing went black. "Arggh." I said as I started to wake up. "Well then that was a intelligent statement," Discord said snickering. I cracked my eyes open and saw two hooves in front of me. I flexed one hoof and put my head on the grass and sighed "I'm in Equestria aren't I?" "Yes, yes you are." I thought about it for a minute "Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all? I could have a better life here and maybe I could have a new start? I pulled my feet underneath me and started to get up. Opening my eyes, I inhaled a breath at the beauty of the countryside around me. "Well, well, well. I might have turned you into a pony but I didn't turn you into that!" I looked up confused "Huh?" then I realized I was more than just a pony I was a Pegasus. The Discord's voice cut through my mind. "Your an Alicorn." All I could think was "Oh crap. The bronies are going to hate me. "So am I going to have to explain to Celestia how I'm not only from a totally different world I also am an immortal Alicorn?" "Oh, Tia's not gonna mind! Well probably." "That's what I thought. Well its dusk so we had better get to explaining why I'm here before we spend all night talking about it. Do you think you could teleport us to Cantorlot? Oh, and disguise my horn and wings will you?" as I spoke I realized that I should probably create a name for myself and to do that I should look at my cutie mark. I turned my head hoping that there was a cutie Mark and there was, on top of my dark purple fur there was a white star and on the white star was a dark blue flower. Starflower! I though, My very uncreative name shall be StarFlower. "Equestria to Eliza!" "Huh? What did you say?" just now realizing that Discord had said something. "I asked if you wanted to look in a mirror before we leave so you can see what you look like?" "Oh! I'd like that very much." I replied gratefully. Discord snapped his tail together this time and a large mirror apeared in front of me. I gasped "How beautiful!" looking at my dark purple fur with matching mane other than two stripes of blue with a light grey in between them and my mane was styled in an elegant style of dense curls. My tail matched my mane in style and colors. "Are you ready to go?" asked Discord. With a deep sigh, I said "Yes."