I began walking through the town of Ponyville, joyfully taking in every possible sight. It was simply amazing. A world that was previously thought to be nothing more than a story was real! And I was here! In that world! Everything, by the way, seemed a bit different than what was depicted in that show. For starters the color scheme wasn't as…well…cartoony. They were much more realistic. Closer to what we see in our world. The ponies, all the different kinds, were still multi-colored, which I was quite happy to see. The ponies were all busily bustling around town doing what I assumed was last minute shopping. You see, I hadn't quite realized just how slow I had been walking until I saw the beginnings of twilight forming in the sky. It had been mid-afternoon when I had begun walking from the hospital, but with the evening’s soothing call approaching, I picked up the pace as I hurried towards the unicorn, Twilight Sparkle’s house, nearly causing two ponies carrying a large mirror using their magic from their horns, to lose their concentration and almost tripping over the infamous cutiemark crusaders.
The golden twilight had just finished covering the sky when I approached the house of Twilight Sparkle. The tree house seemed to be the center of tranquility in its given area. At this point the crickets began to chirp signifying the now official start of the evening. At this I began knocking on Twilight’s door. I was immediately greeted with a loud proceeding of crashes, thumps, an occasional “Ouch!” then finally a, “Hang on!” at this I simply shrugged and patiently awaited the opening of the door. Not but a few moments later, the door opened and I saw the purple unicorn with an exhausted look upon her face. She then turned her attention towards me saying, “Sorry about all that, I-“ she was, now looking straight at me, completely shocked to see me, for reasons I could make only guesses at. “You-you’re that strange pony we found in the forest!” she said with clear astonishment.
“Oh, so…were you the one who took me to the hospital then?” I asked her.
“Yes I…well, we did. My friends and I, I mean. But you don’t really make any sense.” I looked at her utterly baffled.
“I make no sense? Well, if you only knew what exactly I am,” I laughed, “then I’m pretty sure you’d be way more confused than you already are. I know I am.” She looked at me with sheer confusion.
“What are you talking about?” she stated. I was now assuming both of our minds had…well…let’s just say it…exploded twice, as neither of us seemed to believe what we were seeing in front of us. After a moment of awkward silence, I decided to speak first.
“Well… can I…come in to tell you?” I said rather awkwardly, “It’s uh…getting late and I uh…” To make a long story short, I was at a loss for words due to the fact that when I was a human, this was the pony I had a crush on. I’m not entirely sure why this was exactly. I mean, I considered myself to be most like her personality wise. So to have a crush on her is quite…eh… disturbing to say the least. But at any rate, seeing this particular pony standing before me, illuminated by the thin, golden veils of twilight in the evening sky, made me quite uncomfortable and also made it hard for me to speak to her. Fortunately for me however, I didn't have to wait long as she answered me quickly with a gleeful yes and I was then shown inside. As I took a look around the rather spacious library, I immediately noticed everything was as depicted in the show. The foyer was a wide open space where books lined the shelves that were placed around the circular room. In the back of the room there was a staircase that made an upward curve to a balcony where there was a door leading to the bedrooms, while on the left, there was a door which led to the laboratory and a smaller room filled with books, lastly there was a door on the right wall of the foyer which led to the kitchen.
“Come on in and make yourself at home,” Twilight said with a smile, “then we can discuss how exactly you got here, and more importantly who you are.” As I entered the room, she closed the door behind me and invited me into the smaller room to the left, and then into her laboratory. As we descended into the laboratory, I began to see all the beakers, test tubes, and other various devices she had set up.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on a minute,” I said nervously, “What in the world are you gonna do to me?!”
“Calm down,” she said with a soothing tone in her voice, “I’m not going to hurt you if that’s what you’re worried about. I just want to get some blood work done and some other things about you written down to see if you’re healthy. You see…I can’t help but feel I’m responsible for bringing you here.”
“What do you mean by that exactly?” I replied.
“Well, the day we found you, there was a massive tower of light that appeared in the sky. Everypony everywhere saw it, and they were all scared out of their mind. That tower of light caused most cities to go dark from the clouds that surrounded the beam. All the weather went crazy too! There was lightning everywhere! Here in Ponyville alone, there were thirty houses destroyed! The worst part was when the entire right side of Cloudsdale, the city that sits high atop the clouds, collapsed and came tumbling down. When my friends and I were called to go investigate it, we found that it originated in a far off section of the Everfree Forest. When we got there, we found you covered under a large pile of fallen tree branches. We thought you were dead, but somehow you were still faintly breathing.” By this point Twilight was sobbing, “But you see, the other ponies don’t know it yet, but the night before that tower of light appeared, I had found an old spell book that looked interesting and in had started reading some of the spells in it. I eventually came across a very difficult looking section of spells and started trying those out. That section contained inter-dimensional transportation spells. And, well, I started trying out some of those spells and managed to bring several species of plants as well as various metals to this dimension from all across the universe. But then I found two spells that could transport living creatures across dimensions. One of them just simply teleported them to my location, but the other really caught my attention: this one took that creature and, while transporting it, took it through a sort of rainbow colored filter. This filter then took that creature and transformed it into whatever the final destination’s planet’s primary sentient life form was and converted it into that species. I didn't intend to cast it, but my assistant fell from a ladder and startled me into accidentally casting it. And I think that’s what brought you here. I’m terribly sorry if it did…I promise I’ll try to find a way to reverse it.”
“Don’t worry about it.” I reassured her. “That may be what happened but, in all honesty, you did me several favors. For starters, you proved one of my two theories of the universe correct.”
“And what’s that?” she said with a look of interest
“That anything anyone has ever thought of exists somewhere somehow. You see in my world, this whole place is a television show. Nothing but a story. But now I can see that it truly does exist. All the pain I've felt since arriving here proves that. But most importantly, Twilight, you've brought my life happiness and joy again. I haven’t felt as happy as I am now in years. You see, my family is dead and I've been living in a run-down apartment for the past five years. All my friends are dead too. My only companion was my dog but…she died last month. I haven’t been able to figure out what to do with my life since then. The show about this place and the fans of it, have been the only thing keeping me sane. If I wasn't here, I would still be trapped in a vicious cycle of depression. So thank you Twilight. Thank you for doing this. Even though it was an accident, I still greatly appreciate it. But you need to tell Princess Celestia about this. She needs to know. And so do your friends.”
“So, let me get this straight: You know all about our world because, somehow, in your world, we exist as a Television show?” she asked, utterly baffled.
“Yeah,” I chuckled, “Pretty strange isn't it. And yet, so fascinating. I mean, think about it: could it truly be that all things and all worlds have a subconscious link to one another in which information of things contained within each world is transmitted though some kind of invisible relay system, and then directed into the thoughts of randomly selected individuals? And then, if that’s the case, are the individuals that have been chosen to relay that information to the public really chosen at complete random? Or is there some kind of higher authority directing exactly to whom the information should be relayed to?” I said with a confident, philosophical tone
“Hmm,” pondered Twilight, “That could make for an interesting experiment one day. But for now let’s get what we came down here to do in the first place done. I still need to know if you’re healthy.”
“Alright, if you insist.” I replied. After I had sat down and had my blood drawn, she told me to relax while she did the blood work. While I was sitting however, I began to feel a slight tingle down my spine. I just shrugged it off due to the fact that I was used to having chills run down my spine. As Twilight was examining my blood she began commenting on how strange Alicorn blood cells looked compared to other forms of blood cells. Once again, I felt the same tingle down my spine. Once, twice, and as of the third consecutive time, I had begun to worry. “Umm…Twilight? I’m feeling kind of…strange.” Just then I heard her gasp and I quickly turned towards her with just enough time to see a quick flash of electrical energy leap out from under the microscope where she was examining my blood,
“No that…that’s not possible!” she yelled with clear astonishment,
“What’s not possible?” I asked, very scared at this point. It was just after I had said this, that I began to light up with the same electrical energy which then shot off of me in all directions. I wasn't even able to scream in pain. In fact, I couldn't say anything, or even move. It felt like my entire body was being ripped apart from the inside out. But this pain cleared after a single minute, even though that minute felt like several hours. When the light cleared, I was awoken by Twilight. As I looked around, I could see that the massive amount of energy I had put off had shorted out every single one of her devices. “Twilight? What happened here? What happened to me?” I asked both with pain and worry.
“Well…as for what happened to this place, I’m not entirely sure. But…um for you…well…take a look” she said with a kind, reassuring tone. Upon saying that, she lifted a mirror over with her magic. And upon gazing into it I realized my appearance had completely changed. I was no longer an Alicorn. I was a simple blue unicorn with pink eyes and a seafoam green colored mane.
“How could this have happened? I-I don’t understand it.” I said utterly confused.
“Well I do have one idea of what might have just occurred. You see, while I was viewing your blood cells, right before you changed the blood cells began to violently shudder and then spark. After that they too had changed. I think this has something to do with how you got here.” She stated
“What do you mean? How in Equestria could this be related to how I got here?” I halfway snapped back.
“Well I think that maybe, somehow when you were brought here, maybe I messed the spell up and in doing so, I may have made your physical form unstable. It might be reversible, but I wouldn't have the faintest idea where to start looking for a way to reverse the effects.” Twilight replied.
“Well what about the palace of the two sisters? You know the old castle deep within the Everfree Forest? Maybe there are still some old books left in there that might have a way to reverse it. OH! Or what about the Star Swirl the Bearded Wing in Canterlot! I’m sure he must have figured something out!” I said with a yawn.
“Hmm…it sure is getting late isn’t it? Well I have a guest bed up in the bedroom you can use. We’ll get a jump on this in the morning okay?” said Twilight.
And with that it was a simple quick agreement and we were off to bed. But at the same time, I began to feel a sort of pressure, a pressure of something dark and powerful in the distance, something reaching out for me, trying to pull me out of my newfound home. Little did I realize that far off from the little town of Ponyville and the great capital city of Canterlot, a storm was brewing. A storm far more destructive than the storm that was created when I first arrived, a storm that would lead to the demise of all things in this quiet Utopia of a country, a storm that I myself brought upon them.