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// Chapter 1: Welcome to Equestria 
// Story: Ponytale 
// by Inactive Pone 
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'Hello? Hello, are you okay?' A voice said.
Frisk was still a bit unconscious from the fall, but a minute later she opened her eyes a bit.
'(Groans) Where in the world am I?' She asked herself, scratching her eye.
As she tried to scratch her eye, she noticed it felt a bit different. It didn't feel like fingers touching the eyeball. She then looked at the rest of her body. Instead of arms and legs, she found herself having four hooves instead. She also found a horn on top of her head as well.
'Huh? What in the... What happened to me!?' Frisk was shocked, she turned into a pony!
As she panicked, another pony tapped her back.
'Ah, you're awake!' She said happily.
Frisk turned to her. She was purple, her mane and tail were magenta and dark purple, and she had beautiful wings. The pony's cutie mark was a six-pointed star, with a few smaller stars around it.
'Who are you?' Frisk asked.
The pony helped her to get up. Frisk was trying to walk in human form, but she was losing balance and was forced to stay on her hooves instead. She was still very confused to what happened.
The pony called her over and smiled. 'I'm princess Twilight Sparkle. But, just call me Twilight, that's alright.'
'Well... It's nice to meet you, Twilight.' Frisk stuttered. 'I'm Frisk Dreemurr.'
'Good! You're the one I was just looking for!' Twilight replied. 'I'm glad you came.'
The girl looked around to see her surroundings. It looked somewhat like the middle of a forest, an open area. The air was noticeably fresher and she knew this wasn't the human world, nor the underground either.
'Sorry, where am I anyway?'
Twilight kindly told her, 'You're in my magical world, Equestria. The land of the ponies.'
Frisk immediately sighed. 'Oh boy! Time to go over my entire adventure all over again! I know what's going to happen, you're going to try to kill me or some sort! What's next? Another princess shows up and shows me around or something? I know exactly what's going to happen now!'
Hearing all of that, Twilight was very puzzled. 'What are you talking about...?'
The girl realised. 'Oh! Sorry, that was a bit rude of me, wasn't it?
'It's alright. Though, I didn't understand what you said.'
So, Frisk told the princess everything that she went through, in a short version.
'I see. No wonder I've heard that you're deemed such a great person of the humans.' Twilight said. 'No wonder she told me to call you to the situation.'
'What situation?'
'Ah, that's why I called you here,' the princess began. 'Recently, there has been a very bad murder mystery spreading around Equestria. From our findings, she seems to be another human. Because of this, one of our other princesses decided that it will take another human to defeat her, because a pony could not stand up against her.'
'So another human came into this world?' Frisk asked.
Twilight nodded. 'You're the human that I chose to tackle this case. I'm really glad you came to help.'
'Well, I originally just wanted to go back to the cave I told you. But... That portal showed up.' Frisk replied. 'So... What now? We go and track her down?'
'Not yet,' Twilight said. 'I forgot that by entering through the portals between your world and mine, we can turn into humans and vice versa. So, I need to find you a way to turn you back into a human. But in the meantime, I'll ask my friends to show you around, and you can get used to your pony self.'
'Your friends? Where are they?' asked Frisk.
Twilight started to walk back to her castle. 'Follow me!' She told her new friend.


So, Frisk followed Twilight back to where she lives: her castle. The moment Frisk saw it, she was astonished by it's looks.
'I can't believe I am meeting a pony princess only minutes after getting here!' Frisk exclaimed.
Twilight opened the doors. 'You'll be more than glad to meet my friends as well.'
Spike was just behind the doors as the two walked in. He noticed Frisk and was curious. 'Hi Twilight! Found a new friend, I suppose?'
'Yeah, she's the one we have tried to find to solve the mystery we have.' She replied. 'Anyway, where are the girls?'
'They're in the throne room, just relaxing.'


When Twilight walked into the throne room, everypony was there. To make it a bit more formal, she thought it would be better to tell them first about Frisk.
'If I can get your attention, girls?' She began.
Everypony turned to her.
'So, I know we have been going through this for some time now, and I think the one we're looking for has finally decided to come over and help us. If you find her a bit weird, it's because she's originally not a pony.' Twilight explained to them.
'And that pony is?' Starlight asked.
Frisk came into the room, trying to keep a calm face even when feeling nervous.
'Hi everyone,' she began. 'I'm Frisk Dreemurr, but you can call me Frisk for short. I know I'm not technically a pony, but princess Twilight said that I am going to help you guys tackle the murderer on the loose once I get my original form back.' She waved to everypony.
Rainbow was confused. 'So... If you're not a pony, what are you then?'
'Well, I'm actually a human from my world.' Frisk explained.
'Exactly, you know, like the ones in the place where I went to? Canterlot high school?' Twilight added.
Soon, everypony understood what she's talking about.
As they held a little discussion to get to know more about Frisk, and to discuss the plans for her, Frisk brought up an interesting question.
'I was thinking... Who is this murderer you girls are talking about?' She asked.
'We don't know much about her,' Rarity answered. 'However, she really loves killing other ponies, although we don't know why.'
Something just clicked into Applejack's mind. 'Wait a minute! If she's a human too, then you two might've met before! You might just know who she is!'
'Very fishy,' Frisk said. 'Though, I do know somebody that's like that... Someone that's basically my evil counterpart... But, I can't be sure.'
Twilight took note of it. 'I see. Now, because I hope to work on the spell, and I hope Frisk can get used to her pony form, I'll be glad if you girls can show her around the place. It is a wonderful place compared to her world, as far as I know. Frisk can also make some friends along the way.'
'We'll do!' Pinkie replied excitedly.
'I guess I can give her a chance,' Fluttershy added.
'So, I guess you girls take turns to show her around Equestria? And Starlight, maybe you can teach her some magic skills? She is a unicorn after all.' Twilight suggested.
'Sure! I'm glad to help!' Starlight replied, smiling. 'What about everypony else? No problem?'
Everypony shook their head.
'Great! Let's start then!'
As everypony left the room, Frisk smiled at Twilight.
'Thanks for your hospitality, it's really nice of you,' Frisk commented.
Twilight chuckled. 'It's nothing. Just glad you're coming to help us in the long run.'
'Hope I can do it in peace, though. It wasn't easy going through my first adventure.' Frisk added. 'By the way... I was wondering, Twilight...'
'Yes? What's that?'
'We're best friends now, I guess?' Frisk asked.
'Well, just friends, I guess. But, I think our friendship will grow fast.'
After shaking each other's hoof, Twilight went to work on the spell, and Frisk is ready to explore the land.