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// Horns, Wings, and Pony Things 
// Story: Lost and Alone 
// by Everfree23 
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Jacob had no desire to open his eyes. They felt heavy, and his head hurt too. He heard a twinkling sound, then a thud. Twinkle, thud. Twinkle, thud. What was going on? His eyelids slowly flickered open, revealing the wooden ceiling above him. Jacob smiled. That was his favorite sight in the morning. Wait a minute - what? His roof didn't have a wooden roof. Well, it did, but not like this one! His was wooden planks! Not a log! Where in the world was he?

He blinked his heavy eyes and turned his aching head. Beside him was a bookshelf, with more books that he had ever seen in his room. Or even in his house. Yep, he was defiantly not in his home. Twinkle, thud. There was that sound again! He turned again to see a lavender blob. His vision wasn't very good at the moment. He rubbed his eyes, blinked, ad looked again. This time, he couldn't believe what he saw.

It was a pony, a lavender pony. No, not a pony, a unicorn! This has to be a dream, this can't be real. Unicorns are fake! he thought. The unicorn's horn glowed, and a book was lifted off the shelves and thumped onto the table. That was obviously the source of the sound. The pony turned, and her eyes lit up as she saw Jacob. "Oh good! You're awake! I was hoping you might wake up soon, I have some things to do, so I want to at least keep you occupied. Do you read Harry Potter? I hear that's a human book, and I found a copy!" she rambled. "Who...who..." Jacob stammered. "Who am I? Oh, sorry! I'm Twilight Sparkle, and I'm a unicorn from Canterlot who moved here to Ponyville to study friendship." Twilight explained. "Canterlot? Ponyville? What?" Jacob stammered in shock.

"Hm, I suppose I should explain. See, I learned a new spell," Twilight started. "It picks a random human from the human world, and brings them into the pony world, and along with that, turns them into a pony!". Jacob froze. What was that last part? Was he...no...no...he...he couldn't be! He looked down at his hands. They weren't hands at all. They were bright, lime green hooves.

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Then, everything went black. When he woke up again, it was because Twilight was shaking him. "Human boy? Are you ok? Are you hurt? Are you sick?" she asked cautiously. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just...I'm so...so..." he felt sick. "Do you need some help getting up?" Twilight asked. Jacob nodded, and she lifted him off the bed and helped him to his feet. "Now I know this is awfully sudden, but I need you to make a decision. You can change your answer later, but just for now, do you want to be an earth pony, a Pegasus, or a unicorn?" she asked.

"Um, I guess I'll be a unicorn." said Jacob as a horn appeared on his head. "So...where will I live? I don't know anything about ponies! Where do ponies live? Is this...is this a tree? Do ponies live in trees?" he blabbered. "No, of course not!" Twilight spat back defensively. "Ponies live in houses, but I happen to live in a tree. Anyways, you can live with me."

"Sounds cool. Where's the bathroom?" Jacob asked, looking around. Twilight cocked her head. "A what now?" she questioned. "Nevermind, I'll handle it later. I wanna go see Ponyville." Jacob pleaded. "Alright, but be back real soon! There are some major tests I want to run on you. Do humans have names?" asked Twilight. "Yeah, my name is Jacob.". "Well, just so you know, nobody can know you're a human, okay Jacob? You need a pony name, and a fake cutie mark. Let's start with the fake cutie mark." Twilight rambled.

"I've got it! Okay Jacob, your new name is Emerald Spark. I'll give you an emerald cutie mark, and you can be on your way into Ponyville!". "Wait, I changed my mind! I think I want to be a Pegasus!" Jacob rushed. Twilight rolled her eyes, and her horn glowed, then, a cutie mark and wings appeared on Jacob, and his horn vanished. He smiled with satisfaction, and trotted out the door. It was time to fly!

Wait - How do you work wings again? Do you just flap them? But how do you do that? Jacob focused all his thoughts on moving his wings, and then, gave a light flap, and he was slowly moving up into the air. Then faster, and stronger, now he was flying! He couldn't wait to tell Dev - Oh wait, his brother wasn't here, his brother was at home. He soared faster and faster, until suddenly, he head a crashing thud, and everything went black. 

When he finally woke up, two big wide magenta eyes were staring into his. They blinked, and then widened even more. "Get off of me!" Jacob huffed, shoving the pony off of him. "Jeez, sorry! Calm down dude!" the pony spat back. "Sorry, I'm just...what happened?". "We crashed into each other, and you blacked out. Kid, you gotta control those wings, really. Anyway, I'm RAINBOW DASH!!!" she cheered for herself.

She blew a spike of yellow hair out of her eyes. "And you are?" she asked. "I'm Emerald Spark, and I'm new to Ponyville." Jacob answered. Rainbow Dash gasped and grabbed Jacob, racing upwards and throwing him into a cloud. "You gotta hide before Pinkie Pie finds you!" she whispered, flying off. Jacob was confused. Who was Pinkie Pie? "Who's gotta hide before I find them?" yipped a high pitched voice. That must be Pinkie Pie.

"Oh no! Fly Emerald!" Rainbow screamed, racing off. Jacob tried to race off, but instead, yanked himself out of the cloud and flopped face first onto the ground. Pinkie Pie gasped loudly, and raced off. Jacob peeled his face off the ground the sighed. He wanted to go home now. 

Jacob continued to walk through Ponyville. What was he going to do? First of all, he just wanted to at least go to the bathroom. He couldn't think straight when he had to go. He walked down the streets, looking for any kind of forest. Finally, he came to the edge of a small forest, and dashed in. After digging a hole and figuring out how to go as a pony, he walked back out and back to Twilight's house. "Twilight?" he called. Suddenly, his stomach twisted up, and he felt dizzy. "Twilight's I'm feeling sick. Can I...can I lie down somewhere?" he asked. And then, he passed out.