//------------------------------// // Where are my fingers and Toes?! // Story: The Day I woke up as Applejack // by butterfield pancake //------------------------------// Chapter 1. Where are my fingers and toes?! Hello There I'm a human named Andrew James Ng, I live with my mother, who has luckily already left for work. I awoke to my alarm clock being switched on. I had assumed it was going to be a regular Wednesday, a day full of weekly store flyers, taking out the garbage, and recycling. Its also pay day, the weekly deposit of money from work brightening the day somewhat. But was the world going to give me a normal Wednesday? Not bloody likely! When I finally looked over at my alarm clock it read 11:30 A.M, I hadn’t been lucky enough to wake up before the alarm this time, but I had set it so I couldn’t blame it for doing it’s job. I went to turn off the alarm clock, not knowing it at the time but since I had hooves I ended up knocking the alarm clock off the book that had become my bedside stand. I finally became aware enough of my surroundings to realize I had awoken upside down. Truthfully I've done that on numerous occasions, tossing and turning in my sleep. I have even woken up stuck behind my bed, stuck between it and a desk. I wasn't able to move for several hours. Not a fun experience. "Um ah’ll pick that up later.” I told myself, working up the alertness to take my shower and brush my teeth. In my tired haze I didn’t notice my clearly southern American accent and high pitched voice. I'm not the most alert person in the mornings, usually I take a morning shower before I can really do anything since I am still half asleep. I also hadn't noticed when I got out of my warm bed, that I was walking on all fours. Like I said I'm not alert in the mornings. When I got into the shower I subconsciously used my hoof to turn the water on. The water woke me up pretty darned fast before I went to dry myself with my green towel, suddenly noticing that I have no fingers. A quick look at my feet confirmed I have no toes either. I then assume its part of a dream, heck I often have dreams of turning into a pony so I try to pinch myself and of course it failed due to not having fingers. I end up face-palming myself which ends up turning to a face hoof and I unbalanced myself entirely, falling over onto the cold tile. For a moment I tried to convince myself I am just having some sort of odd dream. I must have dreamed I turned into a pony. I then noticed I very much have a pony tail and I realized that it was not a dream at all, I obviously was not human anymore but a little pony. After a moment I finally yelled out in that same southern drawl "What in tarnation happened to me!?" I then gasped as I recognize the voice I just spoke in. I had spoken like my favorite pony from MLP Friendship is Magic who is of course Applejack. I turned my head to my or Applejack's flank and sew her three red apples. "So ah’ve been turned inta Applejack." I said with a sigh; “Ah just cant catcha break now can ah?” This was strange, easily the oddest thing that had ever happened to me but also at the same time its not entirely surprising, I do have a tendency of being far too honest and it has gotten me and my friends in trouble before. I then think of my niece Kassie, she would probably end up calling me peaches, her nickname for Applejack. My tired mind finally kicking in, I figured I'd better check the newspaper to see if I am the only lucky guy, or mare, but I face-hoof myself again as I then remember my mother cancelled the newspaper delivery for our house two years ago. I finally decide to check the internet, source of all bizarre news and knowledge. I had a little difficulty using the keyboard due to having hooves instead of hands so I ended using a plastic stick and holding it in mouth to press the keys. After starting a search on “My Little Pony” I clicked on a link that sent me to an interesting article about the producer of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, Lauren Faust. She had apparently become Princess Celestia and she had said "If any of you find yourself to be an Element of Harmony, I need your help. You need to come to New York." "Oh Dang nabbit that there is gonna be a problem fer sure." I mumbled to myself. For starters that was in another country seeing as I live in Canada, perhaps I could have gotten my mother to buy me a plane or bus ticket, and seeing as I am now an Earth Pony and as such I cannot use magic or fly. On the other hand, or hoof, my mother will not get home for at least another four hours and its impossible to get to New York city on foot, or hoof, in one day or even a week. I had no choice but to wait for my mother to get home. I was sure she would do something to help me when I really need it. My train of thought got interrupted by my growling stomach, I realized I hadn’t eaten lunch yet so I trot downstairs, having forgotten my dog Marcus has never seen a pony. He ended up growling at me aggressively. "Hey! Stop this here raht now! Whoa there Marcster let me through okay?" Finally, one he had heard his beloved nickname, he obeyed and went retreated to the boot closet to take a nap. I made my way to the kitchen and used my teeth to open the fridge. I forgot it closes on its own if you don't hold the door open, so the door ended up smacking me in my snout and boy did it hurt. I was determined to get something in my stomach so I scooted over the stool from by the microwave and used it to prop the fridge door open. I then used my teeth to drag open the bottom most container which happened to be the fruit crisper. Finally I take out two apples and eat them in a few quick bites. Maybe this wednesday wouldn’t be so bad after all.