//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Day Where It Began // Story: The Day I was Reincarnated To Equestria // by ItsAceHerobrineAS //------------------------------// *a faint gunshot outside...* Hello, I am Ace, a normal teenager living in a carefree life without problems. I may not have finished my online class projects, but It doesn't bother me very much. I sat down on the sofa, grabbed my phone, and played on a Minecraft server. I tried to invite my friend through discord, but he seemed to be busy. So I tried to play alone, and it's still nice. I lived in a mountain village, not really like mount Everest but a village with a lot of trees. It used to be fun playing around outside, but not anymore... Me and my neighbors grew up now. They danced infront of their phones, like they are looking for attention in the internet or whatever. Anyways. As I finished playing on my phone, I went to my computer in my bedroom to play some Skyrim (I really want to finish my main quests okay!). And I heard some banging on my door. "Why would they bang that hard? I didn't locked the door." I wondered as I turned my computer on. The banging grew louder and desparate. "Okay fine! I'm coming!' I yelled as I went to the living room and opened the door. It was horror... Something I never imagined to see in my life. My childhood friend was coughing blood and dropped on my feet. As she dropped to the floor, a mysterious man was behind her, pointing an assault gun at me. And I was terrified... ============================= Equestria, Earlier before the incident ============================= In a land filled with ponies... There was a flight camp in the clouds. And it was called as "Cloudsdale's Flight Camp". There was a young small yellow filly with small wings and a pink mane, she was bullied relentlessly. She was teased by some other colts. The colts were brown and they kept teasing the yellow one about her flying skills. After a while, a blue filly with rainbow hair appeared in the scene and tried to scold the two brown pegasi. But the blue one was laughed at together with the yellow one in the process. The yellow one tried to tell the blue one that it's fine, but the words were fallen in blue deaf ears as the blue one says that no one should experience that kind of torment, which made the yellow one glad for a bit. A few arguments later, the three pegasus decided to race to restore the yellow ones' honor. In the racing place, the other fillies were watching as the race is about to start. The three readied themselves. As the yellow one waved the flag downward, the three racers zoomed past her and fell down towards the ground. She was falling so fast that it could kill her without cushioning her fall. If you are wondering why the heck the blue one didn't saved the yellow one... I'll tell you that the time the yellow one fell, the racers are already far away, thus they didn't see her falling down. Anyways, back to the story. As the yellow one was screaming and pleading for help, she was close to the ground and was saved by a group of butterflies. She looked in amazment at the majestic creatures. She wondered who they are. She seemed to understand them, even they aren't the same species. While the yellow one is playing with the  animals on the ground. The blue one was racing. She was fast, she has precise turns on every checkpoint, showing no signs of slowing down in every turn. The last checkpoint was near the ground level, the most hardest checkpoint to reach for fillies. The racers didn't care at the consequences, so they tried to reach that checkpoint anyway. As they dived, the two bullies were too stubborn thus the wind were able to resist the two bullies thus making the two spinning to the air. But the blue one doesn't seem to be affected by the air resistance. As she go faster and faster, she manage to break the sound barrier and finally reached the final checkpoint. When she reached final checkpoint, she did something impossible... She released a shockwave of spectra of colors, it was vibrant and beautiful. It was a ponylore (folklore) coming to life... The Sonic Rainboom. She was very happy... Very happy... As the shockwave was about to spread throughout the land, a white glowing alicorn came out from the shockwave. It trotted to the air a bit and disappeared. ================== Back in the real world. ================== As the mysterious man pointed his gun at me, he pulled the trigger. And it killed me. It was painful, the bullet struck my chest... It was bleeding... "Dang it! I'm finally a grade 9 highschool student... Only a few years to go for college. And I'm here murdered, on my very home! Well, There's one question in mankind... What does it feel when I'm about to die..." I wondered. "I could answer that, but no one can hear me. My mouth won't function anymore. I feel so cold, I can't feel my body... The pain on my chest is still lingering." I finally closed my eyes, everything is dark. And I am having some flashbacks, I could see some of my cringy memories during this time. I was talking to myself, and my brain's functions is almost over. "Man, I hope the afterlife is pleasant. I may have some sins in this world... I may be judged and sent to the purgatory or hell... Whatever the afterlife is, I am ready to face it." As my brain died down... everything was silent... It was black... Blacker than the night. Few seconds later, I manage to open my eyes, and stand up like a healthy person. "What's going on!?" I yelled, as I stood up from my corpse. And I yelped a bit. "Damn, So I really am dead." I touched my own corpse but my finger passed through the head. I could see the the spiky blue hair and my clothes on my body. "So... this is the afterlife huh... Just a replica of your old world, black and white, and frozen in time. And the punishment in life is boredom-" "No, this is not the afterlife yet." When I was about to finish my sentence, a voice came out of nowhere. A white glowing alicorn with no eyes appeared from the restroom. "A HORSE!?" I yelled, I'm confused and happy at the same time. "Now now, It's a bit weird hearing the word horse." The alicorn replied. "So... what are you? What do you mean this ain't the afterlife? Why are you a horse? And why are you here?" I asked in confusion. "Now now, I know you're confused and all. Let me answer your questions one by one." The alicorn spoke, and I am still confused. "First, what am I? Well I don't know! HAHAHAHA" The alicorn laughed and I was deeply dissaponted. "Anyways, what I meant is that I don't have a name, but I know what Is my purpose. You humans have the "Death" right? The one who delivers and judges the dead or something." "Yeah, we have that." "Well, I kinda hate him though, he is always seriously on judging humans. Well, this is our little secret Ace, I will judge you to a place where I came from." "Well, that's kinda' weird- DUDE! HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME!?" I yelled in surprise. "Me and Death were like businesses partners ya know. I'm the goofball one and he's the serious one. So, of course we know your name. Anyways, What do I mean this ain't the afterlife... Well... I mentioned earlier that you will be judged to a place where I belong. Third, why am I a pony? Well, that's nature in my home dimension.-" The alicorn stopped as I was to make a statement. "Hold up, pony? You're telling me that I'm gonna be sent to a place filled with ponies? So I'm gonna be living in my whole life in a horse rodeo now." "Actually no, well it's true that you will be judged to a pony dimension, but you won't be living in a horse rodeo. Its just a dimension where humans are ponies, like that. Trust me, you will not regret it. Now, it's time for the final question... Why am I here? Well, I'm here to pick you up before Mr. Death-The-Serious comes. If he comes, you will be damned in life." "Wait what!? What are we waiting for!? Lets go!" I panicked, I don't have a heart yet but I could feel it beating so fast. "Now now, before that. I better give you this special luggage that I stole from an alternate dimension." The alicorn smiled and It didn't helped me calm down at all! I grabbed the luggage and my legs were trembling. "Now what!?" "This luggage is special, you can carry everything you have without feeling its weight. Which means, you can carry everything you need for the afterlife." The alicorn explained. I wasted no time. I grabbed all of my food from the fridge, and I was shocked that I can bring some things with me. I grabbed my clothes. But why would I abandon my gadgets? I should bring them with me. I unplugged my computer and put it in the luggage. My headphones, earphones, everything! I brought it with me. After grabbing my things, I approached the alicorn. "Everything is set!" "You brought your gadgets with you? Well... not really a problem, want me to give it infinite energies?" "Well thats a nice offer... why?" "The dimension where you will be sent doesn't have technology for charging your gadgets." "What!? Well I accept then!" The alicorn's horn was glowing with a different color, it was emitting some sort of pink aura. A cube with ten universal sockets appeared infront of me and it was floating on my hand. "Here, take this unknown object. But I know this is very important to you." "Don't tell me that you stole this from an alternate dimension or something." I was very skeptical at the alicorn. "Now now, it's not. Ijust made it when I looked around your house earlier." "What!?" "Not enough time for questions, he's coming now! Follow me!" As I was about to ask, the alicorn's horn glowed again, I was emiting a pink aura and I was leviatating. And I was riding the alicorn. "What do you mean follow you!? I am literally riding you! There's no point of following you!" As the alicorn galloped, I could see how devastated our neighborhood was. I'm not the only one who got killed. I prayed and payed respect for them that they will have a good afterlife. As we reached our destination inside the forest, there was a weird colored tree standing out in the forest. "Here we are, the portal to Equestria." The alicorn's horn is glowing again and the alicorn made a short chant. "Even that world has puns for a horse world." The portal opened. "Before you enter the portal, I will teach you a few things. Don't worry, this won't take too long. First, call the citizens here as 'Ponies', not horses, it's just like calling humans as homo sapiens, it's a bad etiquette. Second, respect everypony here. okay. Third, change your vocabulary a bit. Instead of everyone, use everypony, and etc. Fourth, you can tell ponies that you are reincarnated. But don't worry though, most ponies will not believe you. If they do, no worries, nothing will happen. Fifth, You will be granted immortality, you will never die through aging. But you will die in a murderous way. And Sixth, You can teach everypony about the ways you humans do. Don't worry, nothing will change in Equestria. Got all of that?" "I did." I replied. "Good luck Ace." As I was about to jump to the portal. The stupid alicorn kicked me inside the portal. And the alicorn also jumped. =============================== Equestria, seconds after the rainboom incident. =============================== We were falling from the sky, we could barely see the ground... "YOU STUPID PONY! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!?" I screamed in anger. "Now now, before you say that. I'm gonna show you something." The alicorn was very calm, and It's a bit annoying. The alicorn's horn emitted a pink aura and created a large mirror. I looked at it. And boy I was weird. "Dude what did you do!?" I asked in panic. "You have to look like one, what do you think if you see a monster in your city? You'll run right? And the government will hunt down the monster, right? "Oh okay, I understand now." I looked at the mirror once again. I am a light brown furry colt with a cube-like nose, a spiky blue hair that resembles like my old hair, a spiky blue tail, and a pair of blue, scaly, dragon wings. "Since you seen enough of your body, I'll teach you how to fly." The alicorn said as the mirror disappeared in thin air. "Now, do you feel your wings?" The alicorn asked. I massaged my wings a bit and I felt them. I feel that I can control them. "Yeah, I got a feel for them now. But this feels weird, it makes me think that  I have four hands." I answered. "Now, try to cushion your fall a bit. stretch your wings, enlarge your membranes. And flap!" The alicorn instructed me. I stretched my wings, I enlarged my membranes' size to it's limits. And I flapped, but my wings aren't synchronized. "No, you must synchronize your wings, if you don't, you will die and you will never have a second life anymore. Focus Ace, to save yourself." I closed my eyes... Opened my wings once again... And flapped. I managed to float in the air! It's something that I won't normally see in my old life! "I... DID IT!!" I screamed in joy. "You better be happy that I gave you dragon wings instead of normal wings." "What's wrong with my wings anyway? They look cool!" "For a reincarnated human like you, It's easy to learn to fly with membraned wings." "So that's why..." "Anyways, It's been a long day, let's take a rest. Your lessons aren't over yet." We flew down and went to the nearest tree. I grabbed my phone and my earphones from my luggage and listened some music. The alicorn's horn glowed again and created some chocolate ice cream. "Here, you must be hungry." The alicorn gave me food and I humbly accept. "So... ever since I see you, why do your horn glows up sometimes?" I asked in curiosity. "It's magic." The alicorn answered. "Come on man, are you joking?" "No, it's literally called magic." "Okay, can you give me one?" "Well, you already have one... flying." "You must be joking right now." "Anyways, my lessons for you aren't over yet. And you asked something related to the lesson right now. Okay, let me explain the magic in this world." "Well okay..." "There are five kinds of magic in this world. Earth Pony, Unicorn, Pegasus, Otherworldly, and Physics." "Well, the others make sense but the other don't" "Anyways, let me explain. -Earth Pony Magic, they will be given physical strength, and some other agricultural stuff. In gaming terms, the mastery of farming will be increased. -Unicorn Magic, they will be given psychic powers and such. They can cast spells and use it for their daily lives. Well, an advanced spells such as reading the mind or some sort are not available to average unicorns. Even some spellcasters are having problems with that. -Pegasus Magic, they will be given the ability to fly. Above average pegasi can  fly at high speeds. They can even break the sound barrier. -Otherworldly Magic. Well... they're hard to explain. But they are like magic where normal ponies can't get. But I'm sure you can find one soon enough. -And finally, Physics Magic. Well, it's kinda like your physics in your science class or something. But since you're grade nine already, I'm sure you knew i already. And this magic is really special, no matter how strong you are, you can't drain or destroy this kind of magic." The alicorn explained. "Well, I kinda understood it now. Looks like this world is living on magic... BUT HEY! I DON'T GET A THING ON PHYSICS ALRIGHT! I ONLY KNEW A FEW IN PHYSICS THIS YEAR BECAUSE I'M ON ONLINE CLASS!" I exclaimed. "My lessons for you aren't over yet, I will be back later. If you need help, just call me by calling me inside your head. Bye!" The alicorn faded away. "Wait a minute-" I was too late, he's gone already. "Looks like I have to take a small walk then..." I thought. I finished up my ice cream and put back my things in my luggage. And I strolled around carrying a luggage. I heard a voice of a young filly. I stopped and I listened to the voice. "Oh, I better go little animals, my friend is waiting at the clouds." The voice says it goodbyes at the animals "Clouds!? Is she gonna commit suicide or what!?" I wondered. I took a peek a bit, it's a young yellow filly with a pink mane. And she has feather wings. And what bothered me the most is that she has a butterfly mark on her flank. I better asked that alicorn later. I approached her and the yellow filly was afraid of me. "Uh, hello?" "H-h-h-hi." She was so nervous, Is it just me or she's just like that. "So, uh... What do you mean with 'Clouds'?" I asked "Please don't answer something related to death, I seen enough of it today." I thought. "C-Cloudsdale, It's a town in the clouds." She answered. She pointed her hoof to the sky and I found some cloud-like buildings in the sky. "Heh, looks like this world is filled with magic after all" I thought "Anyways, can I come with you?" I asked. "Y-yes you can, just please don't kill me." The filly nervously answered. "So... she has trust issues, I feel bad for her." I thought. As we arrived to Cloudsdale together with this yellow filly. We saw a blue coated pegasus with a rainbow mane, she was scolded by a dark blue coated pegasus instructor with a grey mane and a whistle. And she seems like those two brown colts called that instructor to scold that blue filly for something. "Oh Fluttershy! You're here! You probably need to come here." The blue one called this yellow filly named 'Fluttershy'. What a unique name, not gonna lie. Fluttershy was shaking in fear, and she hide her face in her mane. I honestly don't know what's going on, so I comforted her and come with her. "So, you bring along a colt with you. He seems like a poor flyer like you too." That light brown colt mocked me and Fluttershy. Man, It's been a while since I interacted with a bully ever since the lockdown began. But heck, his tone... Makes me kill him so bad. "Fluttershy, who's that?" The blue one asked. "I don't know, I just found him in the forest and he came along with me." Fluttershy answered. "Oh wait, It's a dragon-pony! What'cha gonna do? Turn me into a dragon food?" That dark brown mocked me. And I just stayed silent. "Enough! I heard enough!" The instructor regained control of the situation and we remained silent. "Okay, let me get this straight. First, Rainbow Dash." "Rainbow? Dash? So this is the name of the blue one..." I thought "You challenged these two to a race that it's not allowed for you fillies yet! And you! Fluttershy!" " 'And you!?' Are you joking!? You didn't included these two! Are you dumb and deaf!? These two literally mocked me and Fluttershy infront of you!" I was irritated. "You also took part in the race by giving them a 'GO!' sign. And you went on the ground without permission! That's it! Both are you are kicked out in this flight camp!" The instructor finished scolding Rainbow and Flutters. And both of them had their heads down. And the two brown bullies were giving us a satisfied smirk. It was very annoying. It reminds me of my elementary days where I was an outcast for being a Minecraft gamer in 2017. What a karen. Before Rainbow is about to speak, I spoke up first. "Hold your hooves there you stupid instructor. Don't you think that's how instructors should act?" I asked in a serious tone. And the three of them stopped and looked back. "So what? I gave them a proper punishment for breaking the rules. I know you are an outsider, I don't even see your kind in this place. You have no place to say that to me." The instructor answered back. "So? That's it? You abandoned the topic of about being a proper instructor. And went straight to racism. That's not how an instructor act either." I chuckled a bit, and made a smirk. Well... I'm gonna win this argument after all. "So what? Like I said, you have-" "You really are a broken record..." "Alright! What do you want to say to me." "Do you even realize how biased you are? Where do you get your ears and eyes from? Pawn shop?" "What do you mean?" "I said, are you deaf and blind!? You forgot to scold these two brownies!" I snapped. And Rainbow looked at me with amazement. "Hey! That's not nice!" Said the dark brown pegasus. "Look who's talking! You literally mocked me and Fluttershy when I came here! We don't even know each other! Did your parents taught you manners on respecting others!?" "Yeah! I challenge them to a race to protect Fluttershy! Because these two brownies bullied her!" Rainbow Dash backed me up. "Heh, you really stole my word. I just thought of that by looking at these brown colts." "Is this true Fluttershy?" The instructor finally sees the truth and asked her. The filly slowly stood up and slowly nodded her head. "That's It! Four of you are kicked out from this flight camp!" The instructor yelled in annoyance. "Fine with me! I already have a cutie mark!" Rainbow talked back with a smirk. But the instructor didn't care. "What is she talking about? I better ask that alicorn later" I asked myself. "W-well Rainbow... Looks like we both have cutie marks at the same day." Fluttershy said with a smile. "I swear, this is getting weirder. I will not ask them what they are talking about. Doing that just gives me painful memories at my elementary days." "Anyways, what's your name? I don't really see your kind around here." Rainbow asked me. "Please don't be racist... I hope. I had enough being treated as an outsider now. What should I name at my own race? They said they don't see some of my kind before... hmm... I swear I found one in the internet." I thought. "Hello, my name is Ace. And I'm a Draconid." It was silence. "Uh oh, I think there might be some fluffy dragon-ponies in this land already. Or maybe they're gonna judge me or something." I panicked. "Man! what a cool creature you are! Such wonderful wings! And you look so cool when you scare off Hoops and Dumbell!" Rainbow looked at me in acknowledgement. "And you look so fluffy!" Fluttershy hugged my fluffy hooves. "Well... This place is not so bad. Despite being weird, they are still kind to me. Looks like Fluttershy's personality towards me has changed. From a shy, nervous filly with trust issues turned into a brave filly who faces the unknown. The alicorn was right, I don't regret being reincarnated in equestria." We got into a little conversation... And went home. I don't really have a place to stay, so I decided to come at Rainbow Dash's house first. When Rainbow's parents were a bit disappointed when they found out that Rainbow was kicked out. But they were still happy that she stood up for Fluttershy and about the fact she earned a 'cutie mark'. I don't know what that is, but I bet it's something important to ponies. And her parents thanked me in the process and gave me fifteen bits. I don't know how much is that in pesos, but I'm still thankful. Now, we went to Fluttershy's house. Mr. and Mrs. Shy are very worried for Fluttershy that she got kicked out in flight camp. But they are very happy for her that she earned a cutie mark. Fluttershy told her parents to let me stay because I have nowhere to stay though, and I'm lucky that her parents agreed. Mr. and Mrs. Shy also told me that Fluttershy's little bro is such a hoofful that they also need to work to provide some income for the family. I understood their situation so I worked at their house as a filly sitter and a butler. (Not really too fancy okay, it's just someone who works around the house.) At the night, I was inside the bedroom that they provided for me. "Hey, alicorn! are you there!?" "Yes, I'm here. What seems to be the problem?" The alicorn asked through telepathy. "Man, I tried to call you earlier but you didn't respond. Anyway, I feel weird earlier. What do they mean with cutie marks?" "Well, Its an another lesson for you then. Cutie Marks are marks that shows what you're good at, your destiny, and something like that." "So, I am good at stuff. Why I didn't get them?" "The reason might be that you aren't a pony, or that the reincarnation process affected your cutie mark or that you have too many talents that your mark cannot form." "So that's why Rainbow's and Flutter's parents are so happy... They are like diplomas in life." "Yeah, like that. Anyways, have a good life. Bye" "Yeah, bye." My lesson session with the alicorn is over. And I didn't noticed Fluttershy was knocking on the door. "Uh Ace, dinner is ready. It's pancakes."  Fluttershy said, behind the door. "Coming!" I answered. "It's been a while since I ate pancakes. As a former Asian, the main dish is always rice and combine it with any meat or vegetable to make it more delicious. It's hardly for me to get pancakes." I went out from the room and went to dinner. And boy, it was good. Starting next morning, I worked hard. I cooked breakfast, clean the dishes, I cleaned the house, mowed the clouds, cook lunch, clean the dishes, buy some food in the cloudsdale market, cook dinner, clean the dishes, and sleep. I get payed ten bits every week and they let me rest on saturday and sundays. Even though I'm lazy, I am still working hard. It's weird, though. I don't feel lazy everytime I work. I worked, and worked for years. Untill I became a stallion and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy became mares. Untill one day, they asked me about the gadgets I've been bringing and using. I have to tell the truth. I told them the entire story, they doesn't seem to be disturbed or felt threatened. They are actually happy to have a friend like me. A stallion like me with a dark past, finally seen the light of the tunnel. They aren't just the only ones who are happy... I am too, very happy.