//------------------------------// // A Long Way From Home // Story: A Self Insert Tale // by Eevee932 //------------------------------// Ugh…. Is it just me or is my bed harder than I remember and why can’t I feel my hands? Now that I think about it, I can’t really feel anything in bed. I open my eyes to discover that I’m not in my bed or in my bedroom but instead, I’m in what seems to be a castle and it’s a very familiar castle at that. I also try to get up but I quickly fall back down. I look at my body to see if I have any problems going on with me and…. I’m in a pony’s body and I quickly give a surprised shriek. This all makes sense now with the castle, I must be in Equestria!  I should be excited as I’ve always dreamed of being in Equestria but instead I’m confused and bewildered as how and why am I here. This should be a dream but this just feels all too real to be a dream. I try again to stand up, this time going for four legs instead of two and it feels much better this way. I look around, If I’m in Twilight’s Castle then surely someone must be here right?  Almost as soon as I thought of that I heard a voice. Maybe I was being a bit too loud. “H-Hello? Is somepony here?” I easily recognized the voice as it belonged to Spike, Twilight’s assistant/adopted brother. I soon start to panic.  What do I do if he sees me? I can’t just walk up to him and tell him that I’m a human from another world who just randomly woke up here! He might think I’m crazy! Maybe I should hide someplace. That might just work but then again, where am I supposed to hide? I see one of those crystal pillars and I quickly stumble over to it. I held my back against the pillar and took a deep breath. After what feels like a few minutes have gone by I heard his voice again. “Hmm, I don’t see anything. Maybe I was just hearing things.” I heard him walk away so that was a sigh of relief. I came out from the pillar before quickly falling back down a thud. I guess I’m still not used to being in this body, but before I could get back up I heard something. “I heard a noise again. I should check back over there just to make sure. Wait, who are you?” I look up to see Spike with a confused expression on his face.  Uh Oh. I’ve been caught. In a blind panic, I got up and started to run away. While I was doing so I heard his voice again “Wait! Where are you going?” I continued to stumble and I tried to find a way to get out of here. I didn’t know where to go as all of the hallways looked about the same. I even thought that I was possibly going in circles. After I ran for what seemed to be like hours, I finally stopped. I didn’t stop because I found the exit, I stopped because I bumped into something. I looked up when I bumped into the thing and saw a purple figure standing over me. I didn’t know who it was as it could have been either Starlight or Twilight but once I heard her voice I immediately recognized them. “Spike! I’ve told you before not to run around the castle. You.. could.. You're not Spike!” It was Twilight Sparkle. Spike quickly ran up to the both of us.. “I’m sorry, Twilight…. I heard a noise so I went to investigate…. Then I saw her in the middle of the castle….. Before I could do anything she just started to run away from me…” He was clearly panting as he talked  “Well, it’s good we have her with us right now. We ask her some questions and figure out why she’s here and what are her motives.” Twilight said, clearly looking at me. I think I might be in some big trouble. Maybe, I should lie to them and say that I came from the crystal mirror but then again, I might be sent back there and probably have a memory spell put on me. I should just tell them the truth…. Well most of the truth, I don’t know how they would react to me telling them that their cartoon characters in my world so I should just leave that detail out. “Ok, then question one. Who are you and where did you come from?” Twilight asked I sighed before telling them “Look, you might think I’m crazy or something but I’m not from this world. I come from another world and I just woke up here a while ago. That sound Spike heard was probably from me when I shrieked at my appearance.” “So you're from another world? Strange… Wait, why did you shriek at your appearance? Are you not a pony in your world?” Twilight asked “Well, In my world I’m not a pony. Instead, I’m a mostly hairless creature that walks on two legs.”  I made sure not to mention anything that sounds suspicious as I didn’t want them to know that I knew about their world. “Wait! Twilight, what if they came from the other world in the Crystal Mirror? There is a chance that may have accidentally fallen into the portal back at Canterlot High.” Spike asked Twilight “That is a possibility, but let me ask her that. Do you attend Canterlot High? Did you ever come near a statue a while ago?” She said to Spike before asking me. “No? I’ve never heard of Canterlot High, nor have I come near a statue lately.” I lied to them. I had to make sure that they didn’t know that I knew about the mirror world. “Well, that makes it harder now. What if, they're not from the mirror world but another world that's like the mirror world but not exactly. That seems to be the case right now but I’m not too sure. Right now, I think it would be best she stayed with us. I know Starlight just moved in a few days ago but there's nothing we can't handle.” “I guess you’re right Twilight. I should get the guest room set up for her. You should go tell Starlight about her.” Spike said before walking away It looks like I’ll be fine for now but I don’t know how long I can keep lying to them about what I know.