//------------------------------// // New World, New Body // Story: Twilight Sparkle's Otherworldly Misadventure // by ScrimpyMule //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle stood in her home in Ponyville. Preparations for the first test-run of her latest spell were nearly complete. Four months of pensive study had led her to the moment of truth, which was upon her now. She had calculated all the possible outcomes and knew that in the unlikely event that something went wrong, she could correct the problem with minimal difficulty. Twilight had developed a new, long-distance teleportation spell. This new technique could take a pony from one end of Equestria to the other, instantaneously. With more work, it may even take a pony halfway around the world. These were distances that even Princess Celestia, the most powerful magic user in the world, couldn’t manage. On emergency visits to Ponyville, the Princess simply teleported from Canterlot, but this was very near the limit of her abilities. Twilight was about to develop a new spell that had more applications than she could wrap her mind around. Emergency-response teams, such as the Royal Guard and other organizations not found in local areas, would be able to respond to far-away incidents five hundred percent faster. Not to mention the possibilities that would open up in the way of travel. The mere thought of what this might mean, not only for unicorns, but all beings, made her positively giddy. It was now time perform her first test run. She decided that it would be best to start out small. If she were to teleport to Canterlot, a distance of about forty miles, that would be more than adequate. She decided that since she hadn’t seen her parents in a few months, now would be the best time to do so. She closed her eyes and imagined her parents’ living room clearly in her mind. She concentrated on her new spell and what she meant for it to do. She strained harder and harder as her horn began to glow. In an instant, with a bright flash, the library was empty. Twilight appeared in her parents’ living room not even a full second after leaving the library. She opened her eyes and was mortified by what she saw. Her parents were staring up at her from the floor, having been interrupted in an act that no child should ever see their parents in. They were committing the very act that had brought her and her brother into existence, in a place where it shouldn’t be committed. “G’ahhh!” Twilight screamed. She wanted to get away from what she had seen, and fast. She closed her eyes and focused on getting away, despite her parents’ pleas for her to calm down and let them talk to her. She just wanted to get away. She didn’t care where she went, so long as she could get away from the nightmare that would certainly plague her for a long time to come. She strained and let her spell do the rest. Something was wrong, though. The spell wasn’t working the way it had previously. The air around her was crackling with sparks and it seemed that a small tornado was surrounding her. Something was wrong, but before she could open her eyes and cancel the spell that she had unwittingly altered, she lost consciousness. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twilight opened her eyes to find herself looking up at the autumn sky. It had been around noon when she had performed her experiment, but now dusk was approaching. She went to put a hoof to her pounding head and was shocked by what she found. Where there was once a foreleg, there was now an arm with a hand and five fingers. She sat up abruptly and looked at herself, ignoring the throbbing in her head. She had two of these arms and two legs, fully equipped with a foot and five toes at the end of each. Fearing the worst, Twilight felt her head and realized that her horn was missing as well. She closed her eyes and tried to perform magic, but to no avail. Whatever that spell had done to her, it had taken her magic. After several moments of shock, she realized what she was, a human. She didn’t know how this was possible, because humans didn’t exist. They were in books and occasional stories, but everypony knew they weren’t real. This was impossible. Twilight eventually decided to try and comprehend her newfound form later. Right now she needed to figure out where she was and what she was going to do to stay warm tonight, as the air already had a sharp chill. She studied her surroundings, seeing that she was in the middle of a field of some sort. The field had born some kind of crop that she couldn’t identify because the crop had been harvested, leaving dried stalks strewn about in the field. She then noticed the sharp pain all along her backside. She had been lying on these stalks and the result was scrapes all along her back. After several moments of attempting to gain balance with her new bipedal figure, she stood and felt the same pricking under her two bare feet. She could see a road of some sort in the distance, about fifty yards away. She didn’t want to walk the distance, but it appeared that she had no choice. Before she could take her first step, however, she heard a strange sound and looked to her far right, shocked by what she saw. It was a vehicle of sorts, but this vehicle was far sleeker than anything she had ever before laid eyes upon. It was barreling down the road at speeds that she could have never fathomed reaching without the aid of wings. Another human was piloting it. Twilight thought she must have been dreaming, that was the only explanation. The operator of the vehicle looked to his left and then back to the road nonchalantly. Then he did a double take, nearly swerving into the ditch on this right. He stopped his vehicle faster that what Twilight thought was possible and got out of the vehicle, making his way toward her. She thought it would be best to simply stay put, not knowing what this other human’s intentions were and being unable to run in her current state. She simply did her best to keep her fragile balance, waiting for whatever may come. The man got within ten feet of Twilight and stopped, glaring at her without a word. Twilight decided that she might need to be the one to speak first. She smiled at him and said, “Hello, I’m Twi”- The man interrupted before she could complete her introduction, speaking with a harsh voice. “Alright, there are about a thousand questions going through my mind right now. Questions like: who are you, why are you wandering out in the middle of nowhere, why are you cosplaying as Twilight Sparkle. But I think I’ll start with: why are you naked?” Twilight was shocked. He knew her name. How did he know her name? And what did he mean cosplaying? She was also shocked by how he asked about her lack of clothing. Clothes weren’t exactly a common sight where she came from. “Well?” the man said impatiently. Twilight eventually worked up the ability to tell him what was going on. “My name is Twilight Sparkle. I was performing a spell at my parents’ home in Canterlot, but something went wrong. The next thing I knew, I was here. I wasn’t wearing any clothes because before I performed the spell, I was a pony and had no need for clothes.” The man stared at her as though facing a lunatic. “No seriously, tell me the truth before I call the cops.” “I AM telling you the truth. My name IS Twilight Sparkle and I’m a pony from Equestria. Where am I now, anyway?” The man’s expression didn’t change, but he answered her question. “You’re in the middle of a corn-field in Southwest Kansas.”