Tim woke up with a slight buzzing in his head and a loud ringing in his ears. “What happened to me?” He thought. He tried to stand up, but couldn’t as he could find his balance properly. He then thought “maybe I should try to open my eyes”. As he tried to open his eyes, he found himself shutting them quickly as the light stung his retinas something fierce. A few minutes had passed by, and he did nothing but think back to what had happened to him on that sidewalk.
He then heard a familiar voice, “Open your eyes, they should be adjusted by now”. Tim decided that the voice hadn’t led him wrong yet and opened his eyes more slowly this time to allow them more time to adjust. The light still stung his eyes as they opened, but not as badly as before. With his eyes opened fully and adjusted to the light, he decided to look around and was slightly surprised by what he saw.
A land full of color, and it felt more alive because of that. Tim felt a smile crawl onto his face and feeling of peace crept over him as he laid there on the ground. He then remembered to find out why he could stand up before. He looked at his legs to find out why he was still on the ground and was shocked to find that he didn’t have feet anymore, only what looked like a horses hooves. His legs had changed to a more horse-like structure. He then looked at his arms and found they were pretty much the same as his legs, changed to a more horse-like structure.
Tim then noticed another feeling of peace creep into him and he felt at ease again. Jokingly he thought “That explains why I can’t stand”. He let himself chuckle at the thought. He then noticed a small lake nearby, and he said to himself “I should go see how much I’ve changed”. He then got up onto all four of his legs finding that the position felt somehow natural to him. As he walked over to the pond, he began to smell the telltale odors of a small pond. The humidity doing wonders for his sinus’, as it was somewhat clogged.
As he got to the pond, he looked into it, and to his surprise, wasn’t surprised at what he saw, his entire body had taken a horse-like form. He then noticed something glowing from his forehead, and realized “Am I a unicorn?” it was then that he took notice of a pair of wings folded up on his sides. “Oh, how could I miss those.” More stating than asking.
It was then that he realized what had truly happened to him. He let the thought echo into his mind for a while. “I am an alicorn, I have become a pony.” Shortly after his epiphany, the glowing figure appeared on the lake in front of him. He started to ask a question but found himself hushed by the figure as it started to take on a form similar to his, only a little less than twice as tall. Being that the transformation had reduced his height to that of an average pony, about four feet tall or maybe about 1 to 2 meters at the top of the mane line.
The figure then said “Welcome to your new home. It is up to you to determine your new name in this world, find your place and then fulfill your true destiny.” Tim then asked, “Why have you brought me here?” The figure only chuckled and pointed its hoof in a direction saying “In that direction you will find a community called Ponyville, at the library you will find a young unicorn mare by the name of Twilight Sparkle, She can help you. Oh,” the figure laughed “and she’s about your age.” Tim just blushed slightly and the figure disappeared before Tim could ask another question. He remembered the direction to the Town, and started walking to it. He then said to himself “She didn’t say how far it was.”
While walking to the town, Tim had time to think about his new body. “Ok, I’m thinner than I was, which is a blessing in itself. I’m a teal blue alicorn with a dark blue mane with dark green streaks running through it. Once I get into town I should just act natural so I don’t draw any unwanted attention.” He then thought “HOW DO I ACT NATURAL?!?!?!?!?!”
He came into the outskirts of what he believed to be Ponyville, as he had passed what he instantly recognized as Fluttershys rustic, but humble house. Walking over a hill nearby Fluttershys house, Tim caught his first first-handed glimpse of Ponyville. It was quite the idyllic little town. He walked into the town trying not to notice some looks he was getting from some of the other ponies in town. He was walking around town for about an hour before he realized, “This is getting me nowhere fast, I’ll ask someone for directions.” He then took note of an earth-pony walking in his direction that he instantly recognized as Applejack. He walked over and asked “Excuse me, but do you know which way to the library?” She replied in her thick country accent “’Ah sure do, in fact ‘ah was just headin’ there maself. Why don’t ya come with me?” Tim replied “Sure, thanks.”
While the two were walking to the library on the other side of town, Applejack asked “’Ah ain’t seen you before, Ya new in town?” Tim replied, “You could say something like that.” She then asked “What’s your name?” Tim paused for a moment, and replied “I don’t know.” Applejack looked back at Tim with a look of confusion on her face “Ya don’t know you own name?” Tim just shook his head. Applejack then said “Maybe it is a good thing ya were headed fir the library, Twilight’ll definitely be able to help ya’ with your memory.” Tim simply said “Hopefully.”
Of course that was a lie, he knew his name was Tim, but he didn’t want to give away the fact that he wasn’t from this world. And that would definitely not be helpful in finding out why he was brought there in the first place.