Alex's POV
While Ed was watching the show and giving a weird commentary, I was more focused on watching to get answers, because yes, some of the occurrences I have seen pertain to the show, and Ed was not giving me any answers or at least not without blowing it out of proportion. (Note to self don’t ask about cutie marks) But although I felt that same type of off-ness that I felt during yesterday, which judging by the number of phone numbers Ed had gotten, seemed like I had missed quite a party. It was not until the last episode that something strange happened. I was watching it while Ed had suddenly needed to go get some air for a reason I didn’t know. As I watched it,it was like a home movie that you don’t remember making. The last episode was strange because it took place in the space of two days. The first day introduced a mare by the name of Spaz and a stallion named Fractal all throughout the first part of the episode, it showed me and fractal in ponyville walking the streets, enjoying the country air, and getting away from our home in Manhattan. We visited the town hall and the famous windmill. We also visited the park, it was there that they saw Applejack's apple cart and bought a few apples, and then they went to the house we had rented for the season. After that I was watching some mindless banter about possibly moving into ponyville. It was here that something unexpected happened, as I was trotting back to the house after having to quickly get some chocolate milk and some macadamia cookies (It was Fractals’ favorite.) I saw a strange creature slither away from our house. It irked me but when I got to the door I saw Fractal in a bad mood
“What's wrong?” Spaz asked
“The mayor heard that a math pony of my caliber is in town, and she wants to ask me a few questions on how to balance her town budget, I tried to tell her that I was a professor of theoretical mathematics, not an accountant, but she insisted and has even promised to pay for my services.”
“I wonder if that’s normal here.”
“It’s not. I should know, a friend of mine visited here a while ago, and was not bothered by the mayor, then again, he was here to talk to the elements here because of ‘various circumstances’.” He stressed his words like he had air quotations. As he sat down on the couch, I trotted up to him and said.
“Well it can't be that bad. Tell you what you go do that thing, and I will visit you tomorrow with lunch. After that we will put a sign out front that says do not disturb!” Spaz said with a twinkle in my eye
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After that, the second part of the show never mentioned either Fractal nor Spaz ever again, because it focused on Discord’s betrayal when he was in ponyville. I felt sick to my stomach. I could not watch this again. As I heard the screams from the TV, I heard a faint voice cry out
“FRACTAL!”
My heart flipped and my stomach turned. I turned around and I saw Spaz frantically spin around trying to find Fractal, only to be told that even Discord didn't know the name, no one did, not the mayor no one. Then I was picked up by Discord. I spat in his eyes, and he dropped me. I felt pain and shattered ribs, I had to get away. I ran over the couch in front of me my ribs hurting so badly. Hearing Discord’s laughter, I crashed into a wall that I don’t remember ever being there. It was white and it was as if I was in a house. Discord’s laughing still. I was disoriented and ran for outside to the trees, my legs hurting. Why am I running on only two legs?!? What happened to my hooves!?
“HA AHA HA!” cackled that sick twisted demented creature. I suddenly lost my balance only to be caught by someone.
“Whoa there Spaz, watch your step!”
I looked up. It was another one of those creatures. I kicked away from him and ran further away, all the while still hearing that draconequus’s laugh. I suddenly felt a tug at my tail and turned around. It was that other one. He grabbed me by his alligator claw as I struggled to get away from him, the word started to swim things got fuzzy then ….
“Five score divided by four,
Your head will be muddled your body befuddled.
Cast off to a land far away and it is there you will stay.
You’ve had your fun but now mines begun,
So little pony run run RUN!” I heard that demented laughing as it faded to black.
“GAHH!” I jolted upright. Why was I in bed? The last thing I remember was Ed going outside for some air, and then… blank. When I looked around, I was in my room with the lights off. As I looked around, there was barely enough light to let me see basic shapes. All of a sudden my bladder was telling me that it was full and needed to relieve itself soon, or a premature release was bound to happen, so not arguing that I got up and walked to the door. It felt weird though, like I was tiptoeing across, as I exited my room I went straight for the bathroom and found the toilet. Taking the pants off was a little funny because my hands didn’t want to work, but I did anyway , that was when my bladder released, not because of pressure, I wish it did, then I would’ve made it to the toilet, no it relieved itself out of shock, horror, and just utter stoppage of active thoughts. I looked at my lower half in disbelief. My manhood was now (if Ed was referencing it right) a marehood. I let out a muffled eep, and consequently that’s when I noticed the reason I was tiptoeing all over the place. I had hooves for feet, and a dark blue pelt of fur covering my now equine legs. I looked at myself in the mirror. What I saw horrified me, my eyes were larger than they should have been, my hair was completely blue and green, my irises were red and blue, and my jawline was completely messed up. I gave a shriek that would have made any damsel in distress think of taking lessons from me. I soon heard Ed’s voice through the door, and it sounded higher pitched and nasally too. “Is everything alright in there Spaz?”
I didn’t answer. The sight was horrifying. I was some sick twisted creature. Part horse, part human, part Crayola factory disaster on Three Mile Island. What would Ed say if he saw me? I mean, I wasn’t a guy anymore! For Celestia’s sake, what's happening to me!?
“Come on out of there Spaz, we have a lot to talk about. Apparently my first idea didn’t work too well.”
“STOP CALLING ME SPAZ!” I cried out. That’s not my name my name is Alexander Wright. I worked at Chuck E Cheese. I lived in Pensacola and I am a GUY!
“Yeah yeah yeah, just get out of there you tortured soul, I can explain everything a bit better now that my wonderful world shattering transformation is complete”
What was he saying? I decided I might as well face him, so I slowly opened the door, and what I saw was part comedy, part lovecraftian horror, a mix match of different creatures standing about as tall as a basketball player. He opened his mouth and said “Follow me if you want to understand all this.” So I did.
When I sat on the couch I crossed my legs not wanting to show my, uh…
“Its called a…”
“I know that! Wait how did you know what I was about to think?” I snapped back.
“Simple. As a creature of chaos I do see a lot of different things all at the same time, including a word for word script of what everyone thinks, what everyone sees, and… wait a second the editor missed a period hold on…” At this , he poofed something out of thin air that seemed to be a script, and taking a pen scanned it, poked it, then it disappeared in a flurry of feathers
“There we go, next time I hope he doesn’t make the mistake of that obvious grammar error, I swear the author needs more editors!” all of a sudden a shimmering light appeared near Ed, and suddenly a megaphone appeared and a voice came through it that was very irate
“I do NOT make mistakes!” As it blew into Entropy’s face, causing his ears to fly around like a storm wind, then it suddenly disappeared in a puff of yellow smoke when Entropy snapped his fingers. I looked at the space where the megaphone was in a very puzzled fashion, before looking at Ed, one eyebrow raised in a discombobulated expression.
“That’s Way too far above your head to worry about for now, Spaz. As I was saying, I see a lot of things and I thankfully found out what happened, but no doubt you already know, you just won't accept it.”
“How can I? Do you really expect me to believe that I’m a pony that got poofed to earth to live 25 years, only to return and have this discussion with a ,a…”
“Draconequus” Ed said while blowing a bubble pipe overflowing with some sort of ooze. He obviously was deep in thought at what i just said.
“That! Why that’s absurd! Its crazy! Its loony bin material! No, what happened to me was that this is all just some really bad trip, that you or someone last night slipped me a large dose of Lsd or roofies or something in my drink!”
“Really? Then in the words of a particular caterpillar” He cleared his throat, and somehow was sitting on a mushroom smoking a hookah while blowing bubbles out of his mouth. “Who Are You?”
“My name is Alex I work at Chuck E Cheese, I live on the corner of Long Trot and Carrot in Manehattan, and my coltfriend is named Fractal!” I quickly put my malfunctioning hand to cover my mouth. Did I really say that?
“Hmm, that name again, I heard you cry out that name during your little episode, but i dont seem to recall it.”
“Why not, you can see everything right?”
“ I said I see a lot of things, not everything, because if I did see everything that would make me a full fledged god. No, I am more of an immortal with chaotic powers”
“Then change me back!” I screamed. “I want to be human again, not some strange equine creature that looked like a child picked my colors. I wanted normalcy again, I was happy (for the most part) as a human, a guy human!” As I huffed, catching my breath after that outburst, Ed looked at me with sad eyes that told of trickery and wisdom.
“It’s not that simple, Spaz.”
“Why not?” I asked.
“Dont you want to know why i keep calling you spaz. Even though you never met me?” Ed had said, completely derailing the conversation.
“What are you saying? I know you. You’re Ed, not some sort of strange beast” I replied, knowing that Ed was not going to answer my question.
Ed looked at me with a glint in his eyes.
“That is where you are wrong my dear little pony!” He said with the biggest grin i had ever seen.
“Human!” I corrected him.
“Pony.” Ed corrected me.
“HUMAN!”
“Po-ney.” Ed said with a anatomically impossible grin.
“Alright, how do you know my “name”.” I said defeated.
“Simple, I met you before.”
what that doesn't make sense.
“I thought that you could see all” i replied.
“I’m not Magenta.” Ed had answered “I can't “see all” like you say, but I can see a lot. Names, however, are forbidden. Unless I already know the name. Which begs the question, I know you are Spaz,and my name is Entropy. Does that ring any bells?”
“No, except for Spaz”
Disgruntled he sat on the couch, scratching his chin with his bear claw. Finally he gave up. Now was my turn to ask questions.
“So, you have not really answered any of my questions.” I said.
“Oh, and hows that?”
“Well, you didn't explain Why I am turning into a pony.”
“Not into persay, but back into. You were a victim of Discords’ “curse”. A curse that transported you, mind and body, to this world much like mine. Unfortunately your transformation is accelerated because of my chaotic radiation, hence the reason you look like some anthro that got stuck with a very twisted artist.” As he said that I felt my jaw. The way it was so deformed I was amazed I spoke at all.
“Alright, that out of the way. You said you met me ...Spaz, some time in the past. Care to elaborate.”
The draconequus in front of me smiled, showing his overbite of sharp teeth, and said, “I shall!”
He pulled a screen projector out of nowhere and without warning a film countdown appeared and it filled my vision.
We were hovering over a store in what looked to be the Manehaten from the show. All of a sudden I saw a familiar sight that was welcoming, yet alien to me. It was a small tea shop. I looked down, I saw that Spaz from my memories, or rather who i was turning into, or back into. Gah! This is too confusing.
As I watched from my vantage point, I felt that there was something important about this day but I just could not put my hoof on it.
As Spaz moved in closer to the shop the door almost opened on my face. As the door finished opening I saw the poor… wait was that Entropy? Down there, who opened the door it was his horns and such were obvious he wasn't even hiding it! Yet why don't I remember that?
“Oh, I am so sorry Mam. I am rather clumsy.” Entropy said holding a small bag of cookies in his mouth. Why was he using his mouth his hands or claws were empty?
“Oh it’s ok, I was wondering when my near miss would occur today.”
“near miss?” asked Entropy
“I always seem to have at least one near miss a day, and I haven't had one yet. So this counts as it.” I explained.
“Well I am sorry to have troubled you.” Entropy said. Before he left, I saw myself looking at Entropy with some sort of look. What it was I could not tell because of my viewpoint, but what ever happened I asked if he wanted to share a table. He accepted and after I got a scone and a cup of tea I found Entropy sitting at the table ,which was way too small for him, sipping a bottle of chocolate milk along with the cookies. It was like watching a strange case of deja vu, but yet not. I expected to see somber, handsome, very intelligent stallion with big beautiful eyes.Instead, it was this strange beast from who knows where sitting next to me without a care in the world. And I was blind to it! I wanted to go down there and slap myself silly so she could see who she was with.
“So, might I ask your name?” I had asked the pony in front of me.
At this the draconequus looked up and said, as the world literally stopped.
“And thats the memory I have, its the last one before my battle with Discord I had. And according to my memory, I am missing a good 3 years of my life! Which is nothing to an immortal but it makes me scratch my head.”
I looked at the table Entropy sat at. In my earlier episode with the past I knew Fractal liked macadamia nut cookies and chocolate milk.
On the table, in front of Entropy, sat a bag of macadamia nut cookies and chocolate milk.