//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: A whole new world (literally) // Story: What a Better Way to Live Life (sort of) // by alpha_ //------------------------------// "Urk... my head hurts like hell." I say as I open my eyes only to be blinded by a light. I close my eyes for a second then re-open them back to adjust to the sun. After that I slowly got up but felt a sharp pain in my back. "Arrrgggg! Owowow..”I hissed softly as the pain slowly subdued. I finally got a look around my area to find that I'm in a grassy open field. Looks like near a forest area in the small distance which confused me greatly. "Wait a minute.. wasn’t I in my car? How the hell did I get here!?" Suddenly head pounding headache cane back but this time it was even more painful then the last. I hiss in pain and try to ease it with my hand but as soon as I raise my arm. A blunt force truck my head. Making me yelp in pain and the headache worsen. “Owww.. fuuuu..” I look to see not my hand, but a hoof instead. I felt my eyes widen as I shake my arm. Wondering if it really was my own arm. “What the hell..? What.. am I?” I ask out loud before turning my attention to my surroundings again. I squinted my eyes as I realized I couldn’t see very much far ahead of me. I cursed softly as I looked around for my glasses. Finally spotting them next to me, I slowly reach out with my weird hooves and carefully picked them up from the ground. After successfully doing so after a few failed attempts, I put them on my face. However as I put on my glasses, I noticed my face felt weird. It was longer, as well as my nose and jaw. ’A muzzle? I really need to see what I am.’ I thought as I look down at myself and felt my jaw drop. My body changed. No longer my human self but something else entirely. My legs were now hooves as well. It hit me as my body was in the shape of a small equine. With a black tail included. One thing I found weird however was a mark on my rear. It was a pencil with a line around it as if it was drawing a line. I shook my head. “Today keeps getting weirder and weirder.. I must be in some sort of coma..” I tried to reassure myself. Even though it didn’t help me at all. I tried to stand only to fall on my belly. I sighed as I struggle to use my new limbs. “This could take awhile..” Okay I've been walking around for 10 minutes and I think I've gotten use to this. I looked over to the pond and walk over to it and to see a pony thing as my reflection. I still have my black hair (did I mention I have a black tail too?) and a light brown coat, my glasses, but something is different. My eyes are blue. My eyes use to be a hazelnut brown, and a horn. "So I'm a horse..? Just great. Well at least I know what I am I guess." "Now where can I find civilization?" I looked around to see a forest in the far left so I decided why the hell not cause no bad things will happen in a forest. Right? After making my decision, I head into the forest to find something or someone to help me. Before I left I notice something of the corner of my eye. I walk over to it, surprised to see what it was, my jacket that my father gave me and my necklace that my mother gave me when I was very little. How in the name of God did my items get here? Guess I'll never know. I notice that some clouds were gray and moist was in the air.'Well at least it's better safe then sorry.' I quickly put on my jacket (which was gray and had a hood) on and my necklace and walked in the forest. Somewere else in the same forest..... "Dag Nabbit Rainbow! You got us lost!" "What? No I didn't! I just uhh...didn't pick the right direction!" "Yeah the direction to get lost! Ya know, we wouldn't be in this here situation if ya hadn't done that 'stunt' that lead you to wind up in the Everfree! Plus ya sprained yer wing!" Two mares walking in the forest one is Applejack and the other, Rainbow Dash. The two are arguing on how Rainbow Dash tried to do a new trick while Applejack was watching. Said pony was almost finishing her stunt until she sprained one of her wings during flight and crashed into the Everfree Forest and Applejack followed without thinking to help her. The two were still arguing, not paying attention to their surroundings. Until they heard a growl. If they had been arguing any louder they would've missed hearing it. "D-did you h-hear that?" Applejack asks nervously to which Rainbow nods, becoming nervous as well. They turned around were the source of the growl is and saw not one, not two, but three pairs of glowing green eyes. "Uh AJ?" "Yeah Rainbow?" "Run?" Rainbow asks with a gulp. "Run." Applejack replies back in an instant. The two mares began running as three Timberwolves gave chase to make them, wanting to make their meal out of them. They hear growls and snarls of the Timberwolves behind the orange and cyan blue mares as they ran as fast as they could. They ran for what felt like hours, breathing heavily as they grew tired, but kept running, even though there muscles ache and begged to stop. Sweat beam on their coats from all the running and the Timberwolves were not taking a break any time soon. They ran until the mares and Timberwolves came upon a closed section of the forest with no way through the thick vines. All breathing heavily for how long they ran. "Ah just great. Just what we needed, We're trapped, and three hungry Timberwolves on our flanks to boot!" Applejack says, slowly hyperventilating, breathing fast until a cyan hoof slaps her across her face. "Get a hold on yourself Applejack! There's only one thing to do left!" Rainbow Dash said. "What?" "HELP! SOMEPONY HELP US!" I continued walking in the forest for what felt like hours, it was raining, it was cold, I was tired, hungry, until....... "HELP! SOMEPONY HELP US!" That made me yelp in surprise and look around frequently to see who shouted for help. "HELP US PLEASE!" This was a different voice, more like an western accent. I don't know if I should help them or be a dick and leave them? I don't know. Maybe they can help me find civilization? Maybe there aren't very friendly. I was broken from my thoughts as I heard another scream of one be in pain. It hurts me to hear someone get hurt so without thinking I head towards the voices. Something about this whole situation didn’t sit right with me. But I pushed that aside, thinking maybe it's just the new weird pony body. Right?