Chapter 5
Alex
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That had to be the most amazing kiss ever, I look up at the ceiling still holding Pinkie Pie's hoof. Our hooves are getting sweaty because its warm under these covers, but I don't care this is the first girl I have ever liked, and kissed...Yes I was a kiss virgin, I sure missed out on a lot when I was, It was so magical, the kiss, and it lasted forever.
Pinkie lets go of my hoof and leans over and puts her other hoof around me, cuddling me. I roll over to face her and put my hoof around her and hold her. This is so amazing, holding someone, err...pony, that cares for me so much. I close my eyes to go to sleep.
The Darkness surrounds me and I am panicking, "Help! Anypony out there? Pinkie?" I hear a yell and loud thump, I follow my ears through the darkness and I see a light shining, I go up to it and look in and I see another human, in the middle of a forest area, He seems to be scared, he looks around frantically, "Wait a minute, is that? Alex?" He turns in my direction, not seeing me. Holy crap did Alex find the portal also? Slowly the light begins to fade as he runs off into woods frantic as hell. I yell out "Alex! I will find you!"
I wake up with a jerk which wakes Pinkie up, I look outside the sun hasn't risen yet but the light is showing for dawn. "Alex." is all I can say. I let go of Pinkie's hoof, "Who's Alex?" She asks. I totally ignore the question and mumble to myself, "Middle of the forest, gotta find him." "Dean..." She says, "Gotta go find him." "Dean." "He's probably scared out of his wits right now." "DEAN!" "What?" "It was just a dream." She grabs my hoof, "It's not real." I look at her and say, "Can we at least go look to see? Cause it was the same place I came in at." She nods.
We eat breakfast before we head out, I doubt that Alex went far, He doesn't like new places that much, kinda creeps him out. We head out into the forest next to town and I find the spot where the portal dropped me, and where it dropped Alex in my dream. Pinkie speaks up and says, "Is this the place from your dream?" I nod and say, "We should sear-" I pause cause I hear a sound, a footstep on leaves, I look around and see a hand disappear behind a tree. "It's him, I told you he wouldn't go far." I whisper to Pinkie.
I creep close to the tree and I say out loud, "Alex?" I hear a shuffle behind the tree then the words "Aw, Shit..." "Haha, Alex you're so funny." I laugh. Silence. "Alex, It's me, Dean, from Poplar?" Silence. I groan loudly, "Alex don't make me yank you from that tree." Alex looks around the corner a bit.
Alex is a tall, skinny, he has short dark brown hair, he must have gotten it cut recently, He is wearing a jet black hoodie opened up, with a white t-shirt with the word dub-step under it, also wearing an LA flat bill cap. and of course he has his jeans down to his freaking ankles... talk about a stupid style of clothing, but I don't judge.
He takes one look at me and screams "NO YOU ARE NOT DEAN! YOU ARE A FREAKING TALKING HORSE!" I sigh, "Alex, freaking chill dude, look you are in a land called Equestria, I have turned into a pegasus." I flap my wings a bit. "Equestria, What the hell does that mean?" He says. I'm getting irritated at him. "How about we just show you. This is Pinkie Pie." She comes up behind me slowly, taken aback of how Alex looks. "So it wasn't a dream, it was more of a vision." He yells, "WHAT THE HELL, HOW THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING!" He is becoming very scared at this moment. "This is a dream I need to wake up from now!" He grabs the tree in front of him and starts slamming his head into it yelling, "Wake up, Wake up!"
"ALEX STOP! YOU ARE NOT DREAMING SNAP OUT OF IT!" I yell at him, he points at us, "I am going crazy, that's it...I have finally lost it." I walk up to him and slap him in the face, to the best of my abilities, since I am a pony, "Dude quit your shit." He shakes his head wildly. "Look I am Dean, if you don't believe me, ask me a question that only Dean would know." He stands there and ponders for a moment.
"What happened last Saturday night at 7:00PM?" I start to laugh, "Oh my god that was hilarious...Shaving cream trick for the win! Kif was so pissed at us!" He opens his eyes widely, "It is you..." he sits on the ground to review his thoughts. "Dude, I told you I was, I thought my voice would give it away."
We hear a loud woosh sound above us, I look up and see Rainbow-dash come down to see what's going on. "Hey guys, what's u- Who's that?" She points to Alex, he looks up, "My god there are more of them..." he says to himself. "Rainbow, meet Alex, Alex, Rainbow." Alex looks up at me, "Dean, What the hell is with the formal introduction?" "I just thought it would help." He rolls his eyes and stands up. Alex is a bit shorter than me but not much, when I was a human at least, now he's like a giant cause we are smaller.
"C'mon man lets take you to Ponyville." He starts to laugh loudly. "HA HA HA, Ponyville? What kind of name is that?" All three of us glare at him, "I'm just saying, it's funny cause the world is full of po- Ahh forget it lets go.
I walk alongside Pinkie, she whispers in my ear, "Alex is a bit odd, why does he have his pants so low to the ground?" I laugh "You know, I have asked myself that question about that too..." She giggles and gives me a peck on the cheek, and I hear behind me, "Woo! Get you some Dean!" I close my eyes and groan. "What does he mean by that?" Pinkie asks, I look at her and shake my head and say, "You do not want to know..."
I glance behind me to see that Alex is talking to Rainbow-Dash, talking about flying I guess. We see Twilight's tree house in view and we see Twilight entering. We arrive on the porch and Pinkie knocks before I can, Spike opens the door, "Hey guys..who's your friend?" "Alex." I say. Twilight comes up to the door, "Hey Dean, I was looking for you when you weren't in your bed, couldn't find Pinkie either, where were you guys?" I point to Alex, "We were looking for Alex..." "What do you have to do with this Rainbow?" Twilight asks. "I saw them down there and was curious." Twilight nods, "Come on inside and let's talk about Alex."
We walk in, Alex in the back, he has that look on his face like he's creeped the hell out. "It's okay Alex, nopony is going to hurt you." Rainbow says in a reassuring voice. His face lightens up as he looks down at the cyan pegasus. I think he's going to like it here.
"Dean, we never got to talk about how you got morphed into a pegasi. We were going to talk about it this morning but you were gone." Twilight says. "Sorry Twi, I had a vision last night about Alex's arrival and I wanted to find him before he killed himself in the forest."
"Hey! I can take care of myself..." Alex yells at me. I laugh and he just glares at me. "By the way Dean, why are you a Pegasus?" he asks, I shrug, "Dunno, sure was painful though..." I stretch out my wings, Alex stares at them, "Dude, I wish I could fly, that would be freaking sweet." he says, "Yeah, I don't know how to use these yet, so..." I frown.
We hear a knock at the door, Spike rushes over and answers it, "Howdy Spike, Twilight here?" AppleJack asks. "Yeah, everypony is here, plus we have a guest." Spike says, "Is it a nice guest?" Fluttershy asks timidly. Spike looks at Alex, "Why don't you guys come in and see." Spike moves out of their way. They all walk in, Rarity walks in last, Spike just stares at her, I laugh a bit. Little guy has a crush.
Pinkie Pie says "Hi everypony! Meet Alex!" Everyone looks at the tall human next to me, who jerks his head back in a 'whoa' type of way. "How many 'ponies' are there in this world?" Alex asks. "You are the only human Alex, right now." Twilight says. "Are you serious?" Alex says, his eyes widening. Twilight nods. "So no other humans.." his voice gets shaky.
Rainbow Dash walks up to Alex and says "Don't worry Alex, we can be cool too." he laughs a bit and Rainbow hugs his legs since that is all she can reach. He smiles down at her, "Thanks Rainbow, I feel better now."
Out of nowhere we hear this low grumbling noise, we all look around for the noise and we all pinpoint our vision to Alex, "What, I'm hungry..." We all are. Pinkie yells, "Lets go to the Café!" Alex and I look at each other, me and him are broke. Twilight notices our faces, "Don't worry guys, we will get you fed also."
We all head out to the Café in downtown Ponyville, everypony starts to stare at Alex and I, they don't know who we are, most of them are staring at Alex. "What are they staring at?" Alex asks. "Us I guess, you are a human, they don't know what that is. And I'm new to town, plus we are walking with 6 mares, doesn't that seem a bit noticeable?" "Hm, you're right."
We walk into the Café and we order, "Can I get a cheeseburger?" Alex asks. "Uh, dude, you do know ponies don't eat meat right?" I tell him, "What? Are you serious?" he frowns and crosses his arms, "I want my cheeseburger.." "I thought you knew that Alex." I say, "Well I know now.." he says, disappointed.
We look at the menu, "The Hay Salad looks good." I say, stomach growling, Alex looks at me, "Ew, hay? I'll just take a normal salad. Seems normal to me." We all order and sit down at a table, Alex asks me as we sit, "So how'd you get here after falling through the portal Dean?" "I didn't fall I jumped, and I got here thanks to Rainbow and Fluttershy." I nod to them in thanks, they smile back.
"So why'd you jump?" Rainbow asks Alex, he begins to tell his story "The portal? Haha, Well, I heard Dean was going down the forest, so I was going to prank him y'know, scare him a bit, well I was walking around and I saw a light, and I walked over to it, this white spot on the ground was shining and so out of curiosity I stepped on it, unbeknownst to me that it was a portal, I fell in, I landed on the ground in the forest and was out like a light, I wake up hours later to sounds of birds and stuff and I look around-" The waitress trots by and gives us our food, we all start eating.
Alex continues with his story "I look around to see where I was at and I had no clue whatsoever, so I freaked." He looked at me and Pinkie to his right. "That's when you guys found me. I didn't know what you were, that's why I hid." He looks down at his salad, "Hmm, seems legit.." He takes a bite and shrugs, "Tastes the same. Needs dressing though." "They don't make that stuff here." He stops eating and looks at me, "You serious?" I nod. "Ponies don't need dressing, they just eat it." I say "What's dressing?" Rarity asks. Alex puts a hand on his face and groans. I tell them "It's something we humans put on our salads to make them 'taste better'." "Well how do y'all make it?" Applejack asks. I shake my head and shrug. "I don't know."
We finish eating, and Alex says "That was actually rather good, better than any human can make. So where do we go now?" We look up at the sky, Sun is going down, but it's not nighttime yet. Alex nudges me "Hey bro in a few hours you'll be 18." "Heh, yeah, and I'm not home to celebrate."
"Well everypony, I should probably get back to the farm, nights'a comin." Applejack says, We all agree and we say our goodnight's. Rainbow hugs Alex again, I look at him and laugh. They both blush and fist bump each other before Rainbow takes off toward the skies.
Pinkie gives me a long hug, I hug back smiling. "I'll see you tomorrow Dean!" She leans in and gives me a kiss on the lips. After a while we pull away, and she hops off to her home. I smile as she bounces away. "So where are we staying Dean?" Alex asks me, "My place has enough rooms in it." Twilight states, I have one more guest room left, Dean's got the other." "Thanks Twilight." Alex says.
We go to Twilight's tree house and get ready for bed. "This sure was some crazy day, huh Dean? Alex says "I still can't get over the fact you turned into a Pegasus, it's funny." I shrug. "See ya later man I gotta get some sleep."
"Alright man, See ya." and we slug off to bed. "Night Twilight!" I yell, I wait a sec to see if she responds. "Night Dean and Alex! Sleep well!"
I climb into the bed and lay back on the pillow, I turn over to face the window, and close my eyes and fall asleep.
What is with this Darkness, I hear a loud yell, sounds like Alex "Who the hell are you! Get away from me!" I follow my ears and find a lighted room in the darkness and I see a shadowed Pegasus standing in front of Alex, who is laying on the ground, I watch as the shadow gains color. It has a dark blue coat, with a blue mane yellow stripe running through it, and a blue short tail with yellow tips. Alex says "What the shit?" The pegasus in front of him dissolves and the mist flows right through him.
I hear a loud scream which jolts me awake, I rush into Alex's room to see dark blue hair covering his body. He looks at me, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" He stands up and his arms and legs turn into a pony's. His hands and feet change, he falls to the ground. Wings fire out of his back and fold, a short stubby tail shoots out of his tailbone. He throws his clothes off and the rest of him morphs down to a pony size. He falls over and his hair changes color. Once the changes are done he looks like the Pegasus from the dream.
Twilight busts into the room with Spike, "What in the world?" Twilight yells, looking down at Alex who is passed out on the floor. I look at her and shrug. We pick Alex off the ground and place him on the bed.
"What should we do?" I ask. "We should probably go back to bed he's gonna be out for a while, cause you were out for a while after you changed." Twilight says. I nod and we go back to bed.
I see human Alex standing in front of pegasus Alex, I hear the human one say the same things my human self said. "...I doubt we will see each other again." Pegasus Alex gets up and charges after the human one and it fades, "I guess I'm just like Dean now." I hear him say. He flops to the floor and another voice appears from the Darkness behind him. "Yo, Alex, C'mon, get up!" Rainbow Dash appears and holds out her hoof to him. He smiles and grabs it. She walks him through the Darkness and she says something else, something Pinkie never said, "Don't worry Alex, you'll be okay." He nods and leans his head on hers." I wonder if Rainbow-dash is in his room, like Pinkie was with me. Rainbow and Alex fade.
It's morning. I wake up and wonder if Alex is awake. I get out of bed and walk to his room, I open the door slightly to see Rainbow Dash sitting in a chair next to Alex's bed. "Rainbow?" I whisper. She jumps a bit. "Oh you scared me Dean, sorry I just, uh, I came to check on Alex, and he seems to have changed also." Alex shifts in the bed a bit. "He's waking up." I say, she looks over at him and smiles, Alex opens his eyes and sees Rainbow next to him and he smiles.
She leans down and hugs him, "Glad that you're okay Alex." he looks at his hands and starts to laugh, "Dean look, I'm one too!" He starts to laugh uncontrollably. "Wow, this is some crazy dream man." Alex says. "Uh, dude, this is real." He stops laughing, "What? but what about my human self?" Apparently he either doesn't remember his dream, cause I was there somehow, or he doesn't want to talk about it.
"Sorry man we are both stuck as Pegasi." He just sighs and lays his head back. He looks at Rainbow Dash and smiles a bit which makes her smile. "Thank you for being at my side Rainbow." he says. She puts her hooves around him and hugs him. I smile at them, As I go out and close the door to give them some time alone, I see Rainbow lean in and kiss him. I close the door and go into the kitchen.
I see Spike making breakfast. Carrots, apples, and other assorted fruits and vegetables, plus water to drink. I go in there "Hey Spike." He waves his hand still working, "Morning." "Where's Twilight?" "She had to step out for a minute, she'll be back." He turns around with plates in his hand full of food. My stomach growls as I look at the food. Spike sets the table and says "How's Alex? Is he okay?" "Yeah, Rainbow Dash is in there comforting him." I say, he looks at me, "When did she come in?" he asks. I shrug, "I dunno, she was in there when I walked in to check on him."
We hear the front door open, Spike leans around the corner to see who it is, I look also. Pinkie bounces in first, which makes my heart flutter with joy. She is followed by Twilight, then Rarity, I look down at Spike to see him stare at her. I nudge him laughing, he shoves me and laughs. Fluttershy and Applejack follow lastly. "Hey guys, I got breakfast set up for everypony!"
Pinkie hops over to me and gives me a quick kiss, I think this means we are dating or something I don't know but, I don't mind one bit. I kiss back and I say "I'll go get Alex and Rainbow." They all look at me. "She came in during the night to check on Alex I guess." I walk toward the bedroom, open the door and they are both asleep on the bed, facing each other. I immediately think, oh boy they did something but the room is nice and cool and it doesn't smell of body heat.
I knock on the door, which jolts Alex awake. "Oh my god dude, you scared the shit out of me." He rubs his eyes. "Wake Rainbow up, breakfast is ready." He nods and shakes Rainbow, she wakes up and says "Hey Dean." "Breakfast is ready." I say.
We all go into the dining room and sit. I sit next to Pinkie and they sit on the far side of the table. We all begin to eat.
I wonder what we all are going to do today. I wish I knew why me and Alex changed, though I'm not complaining that much. Pinkie reaches down and holds my hoof. I turn to her and we smile. We all start talking to each other about random stuff.
Hopefully today goes well.
(end of chapter 5)