I woke up from what seemed like the best night’s sleep ever. However, this was the first time I had ever been dizzy from waking up, I could barely keep my head up. Apparently I had nausea too, I didn’t like long distant travels and it sure did feel as if that is what happened. From all this confusion, I decided to get up, only to find out my body had other plans.
I was kneeling on both my hands and feet. This didn’t feel right. Of all poses my body chose to autonomously perform, it chose this pose. Suddenly I realised my limbs were unnaturally long. I could tell they were long because my head was significantly higher than ever before. Okay, I thought to myself, I guess it’s time to stand up.
From all this dizzyness, I realised I needed support to help myself up, or I would just drop again. As I tried to get up, I looked down to see where I would place my hands for the added support, I lost my balance almost instantly and dropped anyway. Whatever happened to me must have been really potent. I think I may have been drugged! Whatever it is, I sure don’t feel like myself… wait a second!
My thoughts slowly became clear and the nausea disappeared. I was finally sane enough to move. But what I saw was no hallucination. “Oh my…” I spoke quietly to myself, as I stared at my hands. “Are these… hooves?” “Aaaaaaargh!” I screamed, at least that is what I imagined. I slowly got back up and decided to look at myself. I was standing on four hooves, what used to be my abdomen was much more bigger and bulkier, and I could finally see that I was some kind of horse.
I couldn’t tell if I was exactly a horse. From my memory, horses looked very different compared to what I was supposed to be. Also I was quite short for a horse; yet too tall for a human on all fours. If I remember correctly, I would say I am a -- a pony?! This was way too overboard for me to even comprehend what was happening.
Suddenly I heard deep rumbling noises not too far from where I was causing me to start taking notice of all the ambient sounds of my surroundings. The wind was whistling softly, there were thick and heavy trudges through what sounded like mud, and things were rustling through the leaves of the trees and bushes. And then it hit me -- it was way too dark in here.
I slowly took a few steps, which felt strangely casual, to wherever I could get myself to. It was way too dark to analyze the forest for a good enough route which could potentially lead me to the exit. I noticed I could hear hooves hit the ground making clap sounds so I decided to stop. The sound stopped with me, which gave me the indication that it was me. Phew! I was worried, I had never seen a place like this on Earth, nobody had.
As I was blindly walking through the forest, I had started to wonder why I was here in the first place, not to mention why I could barely remember anything. I couldn’t remember what I did the day before and I couldn’t remember my own family.
Moments later, in what could have been a forest, I was starting to see more clearly which meant there was a sky light not far from here. The excitement of actually finding an exit had gotten me trotting my way through the forest, but I still had the thought that this could have been a false lead. I had to keep my hopes up.
I made it! And I was correct, well almost. The results were much better than expected. I found the opening of what was actually lighting my way through the forest. It had a path leading to what looked like open hills, and a cottage. Wow, this place actually looks a lot better than how it looked like back home, or was I in the dark too long?
Clip clop! Clip clop! I knew that wasn’t me which meant somebody else was coming with their horse. If anyone saw a talking pony that used to be a human being, I would never live a normal life ever again, neither would anyone believe me. So I hid. Clip clop! “A-a-angel? Are you… here?” stuttered the quiet and timid voice.