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// Alone on a Hill 
// Story: From Earth to Equus: An Utterly Impossible Oddesy 
// by CarmenColor 
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​Normally a happy time, Christmas was a blur of celebration and presents. I don't even remember what I got. All I really remember about that day was brushing my hair. No, Christmas wasn't as dull as that. I just clearly remember what I discovered when I brushed my hair that morning. The tiniest bump was sticking through my skin. It was rather hard, but not quite like a rock, and I could feel the nerves when I touched it. It was a part of me, this...this thing. I didn't know what it was at the time. There was an odd blueish tint to it, but other than that, I didn't think it looked noticeable. My hair covered it rather nicely actually.

​It was that odd discovery that kept me from fully appreciating that Christmas. I remember distinctly going outside and running all the way to the big hill across the road. I lived on a farm, you see, and this hill was my favorite sledding place. It was so big that it took quite a while just to walk up it. I went alone to do some sledding on the very thin layer of snow that had accumulated over night. 

​After a while, I felt an itchy feeling in my back, right below my shoulder blades. I ignored it for a while, but then all the sledding and having my coat pushed against my back made it turn to aching. I went and sat down for a little bit, pulling my coat off my back to see if I could figure out what was wrong. There were bumps. Two bumps on my back. When I got to the house and looked in the mirror, I found that they were the same blueish tint as the one on my forehead. What was going on?

​I did not get an answer to that question for a little more than a week. The bumps never changed, and I never mentioned them to anybody. At least, not until the last day before my big sisters and brother were leaving. Lizzie was brushing her golden blonde hair when I saw it. A bump. Right on her forehead in the exact same place as mine. Hers was green tinted.

​"Lizzie, you've got a bump on your head," I whispered to her. She felt her head. Intrigued, we went into the bathroom, hoping to solve this mystery. "See it? It's a weird green color." I parted the hair above my own bump, only to find that it was bigger than it had been, and was now a solid blue. Still not big enough to notice with my hair covering it, but it was pure blue. "Look, Lizzie! What d'you think they are? I've got some on my back too." The bumps below my shoulder blades were pure blue too, but they didn't seem to have gotten any bigger. "Today is our first school day after Christmas break. We'll figure this out when I get back." I threw on a loose shirt and some jeans and ran down to the bus with my little brother. 

​I was so excited about having Mr. B as a teacher again that I completely forgot about the bumps. I had his class first hour, so I hurried there for class. I had this odd feeling about me though. Not a bad feeling, just odd. I'd never felt like this before. I figured that I must've just been excited.

​Mr. B welcomed us into his class and we started our first lesson talking about dreams. He said that some dreams could seem prophetic and that sometimes our dreams could be caused by stress or other emotional factors. I guess I dazed off for a while, because he had called my name twice before I looked up. "Huh?" 

​"I asked what you were daydreaming about," he said, a frown set on his face. I hoped I hadn't missed much. His stare made me blush and look down at the ground. My eyes found one of my notebooks to stare at as I talked.

​"Oh, sorry, I just..." My eyes widened. There was this weird aura around my notebook. There was only one thing I had ever heard of causing something like this. "I just..." I kept my eyes on the notebook, but reached up and touched the blue bump under my hair. I concentrated hard on the notebook, willing it to move. I smiled and lifted it up magically, to everyone's astonishment. "Woah, that's cool." Suddenly, felt the bump on my head grow. The ones on my back too. Wings bulged under my shirt. 

​A surge of magic rushed to my horn. It and everything around me glowed blue. The people in the room changed first, in all colors of the rainbow. Wings and horns appeared on some of my classmates. The bubble of magic expanded out. I don't know how far it went. I felt myself being lifted up by my magic, and I could see my new blue hooves in front of me. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was looking just like my alicorn OC. I closed my eyes, trying desperately to picture a few of my friends as ponies. I was not about to overlook this chance if I had it. Chance... I needed to do Chance too... Him and Sam... Mal... Who else? My eyes opened, glowing a bright white. Well, too late now. I cast the spell, everything exploding in a flash of white light.

​And both Earth and Equus would be changed forever...