Twilight Sparkle wakes up one morning to a harsh dose of unreality. She is stranded, without her friends, on an island which matches no known locale on Equestria. Surrounded and harried on all sides by the alien and the dangerous, she will find her mettle sorely tested, and find perhaps that the best friends you will ever have in your life are the ones you make when your back is to the wall...

Thanks to CedricBale and noobie56xx for tracking down the name of the artist so I could give them credit.

Tasked on her first lone assignment since her apprenticeship ended, an auditor takes up the monumental task of heading to a war ravaged planet to help soothe relations between its liberating forces and the native people, all while insuring the proper reconstruction of the civilization.

However, much of that sounds ridiculously easy on paper.

This auditor will learn that not all is as easy and as kind as she knows.

The galaxy is cruel, and sometimes, you have to be crueler.

After the Battle of Los Angeles in our world a portal appears and six marines as well as some of their comrades appear in a whole new world where their same enemy is invading it.

Rated Teen for Cursing and some gore.

Need editor.

Special thanks to ConfusedTexanDreamer for giving me some ideas on how to make the story better.

Edit: Some chapters will be posted daily, others will be posted when I finish editing them. Vielen Dank.

Armin suffers from a rare degenerative bone condition which will result in the end of his life if he doesn't take drastic measures soon. Thankfully, advancements in robotics and medical technology have provided him with a new option: The Meta-Frame. This technologically advanced exosuit will repair his body and stabilize his condition, but he will never be allowed to take it off ever again.

With the help of his robotic friend Pinkie Pie, Armin decides on the new exosuit identity he will wear for the rest of his life, wondering if perhaps he should join his pony pal with a body similar to hers...

Along the way, they'll meet other robotic partners based on famous retro television shows like Doctor Who, explore what it means to be human, and learn how to survive an identity crisis which will either be a rebirth of self or a repression of who Armin really is. Then again, perhaps things are not as clear-cut as they would seem...

Edit (Jun 23, 2016): Thanks to some plot developments starting in Chapter 5, including slightly more mature discussion, this story rating has been raised from "E" to "T" and the new tag "Romance" has been added, because it's gonna happennnn. Nurse Redheart has also been added as a major character tag. :P

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Edit 6/25/2016: Supplemental Universe Timeline Written: http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/646776/supplemental-timeline-for-equus-metamorphosis-thank-you-to-all-my-readers

I was around before this world was born and before the old war turned my world to ash. I may not know everything, but I will tell you what I remember and what I learn.

I've learned two things so far. People don't come back from the dead, and Hell has no vacancy. I stood at the edge of a black hole, stared deep into its maddening core and saw that redemption was dead. I saw galaxies burn and topple and felt the weight of billions in my heart. I feel dead inside. There's no waking up from this nightmare. But even ghosts can find purpose amidst this burning cosmos. Phantoms pass through me each day, those who went before me, asking what it's all for. I don't know. I don't want to know. But I know I want her dead. I want Princess Celestia dead and gone. Maybe then I'll be able to rest in peace.

Totally inspired by the new Death Stranding. Kojima's trailers have away of inspiring people.

"Hey, uh, Rick, what did you want me to, uh, write down here again?"

"Look, Morty, it's not that urp complicated, just, just write down a generic description of what we did."

"But Rick, we did a lot of things!"

"Then figurp it out, Morty. Christ, and here I thought you were getting at least a bit smarter. Just, write down something about, uh, 'Rick and Morty Get Stuff From Horse Land'. 'Morty and Rick and something something horse pun'. I dunno, something."

"I want to go back to the ponies..."

"Oh, I bet you would like that, huh, MMMorty? Go back to the girly dimension full of urp friendship and magic and all that. Look, just give it here, I'll, uh, just put it up as it is."

Now with coverart by some guy named Shadow Bolt

Fooling around with magic is not usually a very smart thing to do, but for Twilight Sparkle it comes with her keenness to learn new things. After over-estimating the power flux in one of her spells, she and her friends are transported to our world: Earth.

At first no one is sure how to react to these cute little 'aliens', but due to lucky circumstances (and certain administrative influences) they are quickly welcomed by international community and adopted by the millions of die-hard fans as guests of honor.

Now, armed with diplomatic passports granting them free passage into most countries, and along with their human guide Andrew in tow, the Mane Six visit our world to try and learn about us, our various cultures, our past, our present, our ways, the differences between their world and ours, and also to find a way back home.

One day a man wakes up in a pony's bed. For the next several days the two of them try to discover why such a thing happened.

They don't do a very good job of figuring anything out but they do cuddle a lot.

This story is a sequel to The Sphere

Note: This story takes place directly after the first. The event's in the movie "Equestria Girls" do not apply here.

Twilight has done it. She has broken through the surface into a whole new world. But what will she find there? And what will find her?

Edit: Omg, featured on 9/16/2014?! You guys are the greatest!