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// Adjusting  
// Story: Far From Home 
// by Donner Texas 
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It was the longest four days of Miles' life. Derpy was his roommate suffering from her most recent "accident". As much as he enjoyed her company, she wasn't much for conversation. So he was left mainly left to his own devices. He started assessing his situation. The first time he saw himself in a mirror he almost panicked. No longer could he see a 5"9' Texan pole vaulter. His hazel eyes were now auburn, his body orchid, and his short brown hair was replaced by a choppy sea-foam green mane. An orange streak highlighted the right side of his mane. But what surprised him the most were the wings. He was a pegasus, he always liked the pegasi the most; but never dreamed he'd ever have a pair of wings. He even had a cutie mark. An angled horseshoe with a wing, like the track emblem; ponyfied.
He didn't have the first clue how to fly. It took a half hour just to figure out how to walk on four legs without looking stupid. Once he mastered movement on hoof he turned attention to his wings
They felt like an extra pair of arms, yet not as heavy. He spread them out to full length, almost knocking out a lamp in the process. "I could get used to this," he commented to himself. "That's a nice pair you've got there." Miles furled his wings so fast a zephyr tore through the room. He looked up with a nervous grin and could feel his face light up in embarrassment, he met Cloudchaser's almost maroon eyes as she walked into the room. He felt his face not cooling down but heating up, he tried to speak but, no words came. "You look like you're doing a lot better..." She commented, letting the last syllable draw out in hope of drawing a response. 
Taking a hint, the open mouthed stallion answered " yeah, though I may need some flight training." Taking the comment as a joke Cloudchaser just laughed. "We can try some beginner stuff, but nothing too crazy. You've just started walking." Miles grinned and replied "yeah I'll probably look like it's my first time..." Cloudchaser gave him a funny look "with wings as strong as I saw a second ago, you'll be fine. You look like you could carry a griffon with those." Again feeling self conscious, Miles quickly looked at his wings, then hers. They were noticeably larger than hers. "Yeah they look pretty strong, but I don't.. Uhh.. remember much from before you found me." He was certain Cloudchaser saw through his lie. Her eyes narrowed for a second, then returned to normal. "How about that flight lesson then?" She asked, breaking the tension in the room. "I thought you'd never ask, " was his response as he followed her out of his room and into the hall.