//------------------------------// // Ch 1: Prologue // Story: Well... That Happened // by Alaeth //------------------------------// What! I’m trying to get some sleep! I told you I- hey, what’s that thing? Why would I- ouch! Okay! Fine. Testing, testing, one two three… to the owner of the blue sedan, you left your lights on. You don’t have to understand what that means, if this actually does reach another human, they’ll probably know what it means anyway. Sorry about that, Twilight is insisting that I use this automatic write it up paper to record what has happened to make me end up where I am now. So, if you are getting this, whoever you are, that means that Twilight was correct and I might be able to get some help, if not, then well… That doesn’t matter right now, what does matter is that this reaches any other sentient being that might be able to help me with multi-dimensional travel. Enough of that though, now, let’s start from the beginning. In the beginning there was… sorry, got a little carried away, how’s about I start with where this whole began. I’m a relatively average guy by my standards, though if anyone else were to say that anything were normal or average, I would ask “compared to what?” I mean seriously, what sets the standards for “normal”? Sorry, I occasionally get sidetracked. Anyway, as I said I’m a relatively average guy, nineteen years old, about six foot two, skinny, and dark brown hair. I have a steady job, a cute girlfriend, a lot of great friends and a family that I love. That’s enough about my life though, this is about how I ended up in this place they call Equestria. So, let’s get to the night that it happened. I was just leaving work on my way to meet my girlfriend for what must have been our millionth date. It was pretty late at night and my car was being repaired in a nearby auto repair shop so I had to walk. I was crossing the street when suddenly… nothing out of the ordinary happened and I crossed the road unscathed. For most of the walk I decided to challenge myself, I started to walk with my eyes closed. Almost immediately after closing my eyes I got the sensation I was falling… before I opened my eyes and found that I had stepped off of the curb. I stepped back onto the sidewalk and everything suddenly went black… then I could see again, the city had experienced a power flash. As the restaurant came into sight I was hit by a flying pony. Now I know what you’re thinking, how could a pony be flying? Well as it turns out here in Equestria the top of the food chain sentient creatures that run this planet just so happen to be ponies. That’s not all, there are three species of these ponies, there are pegasusese-- ouch! Okay! Pegasi, happy? They’re pretty much just ponies that can fly and have wings. Then there are Unicorns, who, as you may have guessed, can perform magic! And lastly, we have the non-special ponie- ouch! Stop hitting me Twilight! Fine! Earth ponies! Are you happy yet! Okay, anyway, then there are Earth ponies. They, instead of having the ability to fly, or perform magic, have more stamina, endurance, and are generally superior when it comes to most types of physical activities. Anyway, I was hit by a flying blue rainbow haired pega- really? I have to say it like that? Fine, I was hit by a flying cyan colored pegasus with a rainbow mane whose name is Rainbow Dash. Back to what I was saying, one second I was walking along the sidewalk, next thing I know I was sent flying through the air from a pegasus hitting me head first at the speed of sound or faster. Now I know what you’re thinking, I should be dead right? Well I think I should to, but these ponies don’t like things dying, so I was put in a hospital seconds after I appeared here and was kept alive miraculously. Who knew a rib stabbing through your spine was deadly? Now here comes their part of what happened. Firstly, there’s this pony named Rainbow Dash, who, as I mentioned earlier, is a rainbow maned, cyan pegasus. She can apparently fly fast enough to break through the sound barrier, I don’t know how, but she can. Now, she was talking to her friend Pinkie Pie, she’s a bright pink earth pony with a darker pink mane. Anyway, Rainbow Dash was talking to Pinkie Pie and she suggested that Rainbow Dash should try to break the sound barri- really? Fine, perform a Sonic Rainboom, with herself riding on Rainbow Dash’s back, to add the color pink to the rainbow that follows. Long story short, they pulled it off successfully, somehow managing to break through the dimensional barrier for a split second, hit into me, then go back through carrying me along for the ride. Now that the background is covered up, let’s get to what happened after my arrival. I slowly regained consciousness, though I didn’t remember losing it. I could hear a quiet sniffling just to my right. “What the heck is that noise?” I wondered. Moving was a fruitless effort so I began to use my energy to force my eyes open. To my surprise they actually opened, and to be honest, I wasn’t expecting what I saw. My eyes opened to see three ponies, the first one was a yellow pegasus with a pink mane, who I later found out was named Fluttershy, she was staring at me with wide eyes filled with tears. The second was a bright pink pony by the name of Pinkie Pie, she had one of those loud party whistle thingamabobs in her mouth and an askew party hat on her head. Lastly, was the Rainbow maned pegasus that hit me, she was also glaring at me angrily. Next thing I knew the pink one was in my face speaking faster than I could interpret. From what I could, I heard party, your favorite, oatmeal, and cupcakes. Though even if she would have slowed down considerably, I wouldn’t have heard it, mostly because I fainted. Now before you judge me just think, how would you feel if you would have suddenly gotten hit by a flying blue p- ouch! Flying cyan pegasus traveling at about a million miles an hour, then woke later feeling terrible, just to find a talking pink pony bouncing you? Most of the rest of what happened was pretty boring honestly, the yellow one cried again after I passed out, the pink one set up more party decorations and the cyan one left. I was in the hospital for about three weeks after that and ended up sleeping most of it, which is why it was pretty boring. That was a summary of what has happened so far, I am recording this on my hospital bed currently. Now I know what you’re probably thinking, why is this Twilight pony hitting me if I’m in the hospital? Well it’s because I can be a bit blunt at times, and apparently ponies don’t appreciate bluntness. Anyway, this scroll is running out of room so I guess this is it, either this will work or not, either way, I have to find a way back home.