//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Beginning of Something Truly Excellent // Story: The New World // by jt45fan //------------------------------// Chapter 1: The Beginning of Something Truly Excellent My alarm should have gone off by now. The sun was all ready up, but I was still asleep. Some thing was wrong. I rolled on to my side and opened my eyes, and instead of seeing the my alarm clock, I saw a mint green unicorn. It looked familiar but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Oh, I’m in Equestria. Wait what. I blinked multiple times, but the unicorn remained in my field of vision. And it was not happy. Or maybe it was, I couldn’t tell. “I wanted to summon a human, not another pony.” it said in a clearly feminine voice. But I wasn't sure. Any good multiverse traveler knows the until you know the rules of a new universe anything can be true. But what was more important was she, I’m going to go with that for now, said. “I am not an equine.” I responded to the pony in front of me. “I’m a human.” She then walked up to my bed and said in a rather serious tone, “I’m Lyra Heartstrings, top human researcher in all of Equestria. I know what a human looks like. You are a pony.” She then looked over me and then continued. “A pegasus by the looks of it. so unless you can somehow prove your human, I’m not buying it.” Ok to a few new things. First, I knew she was familiar, also that supports the Equestrian hypothesis, as well as the female one. But once more what else she said was slightly more important. She said the I was a pegasus. I rolled out of the bed I was in and attempted to stand up, to show that I was indeed, a human. It didn’t work out as well as planed. I got up on my legs and quickly tumbled over. I stuck my hand out to catch my self in the fall, which I succeeded in doing, despite the shooting pain in my wrist. But I then noticed that I didn’t have a hand, it instead being replaced with a blue stump. I stood up and walked over to a mirror on the other side of the room on all four legs. “What do you know, wings, and a tail.” I said. Not only was this unexpected, but it was actually welcome. Oh how I had wanted to come here. But the unexplained question was, why was I a pony? Lyra grumbled something as she left the room. I turned to face her, and caught the last of it. “... summon six ponies instead. I just don’t know what went wrong with the spell, was it...” Her words were cut off by the door closing behind her. Now that is a bit of useful info. Perhaps I wasn’t the only human here. I looked back into the mirror. I was now a navy blue pegasus with a lighter blue mane. I still had the same light blue, almost gray eyes. On my flank was a two-tone blue saber. As I opened my new wings for the first time, a groan from behind me caught my attention. Out of another bed fell a gray unicorn mare with a long black mane. “Who are you?” I asked. The mare opened her mouth without opening her eyes and said “John, you know who I am.” It was my girlfriend Diana. I then saw the internal machinations of her head begin to turn. Her eyes then shot open. But instead of seeing a human, she saw a blue pegasus. “John where are you! And what are you doing in my room!” she then yelled. “I’m standing, directly in front of you.” was my sarcastic response. Good thing we were in a cartoon world. Diana’s jaw quite literally hit the floor. “Am I a...” she was cut off by a sharp nod from me. I then gestured towards the mirror. She looked in to it and saw that she was, in fact a pony. That was the first chance that I had look at her cutie mark. It was a purple quill, which fit perfectly with her love of writing. “I’m just glad to see that you were one of the five others.” I said. Her head spun around to look at me. “There are others?” she inquired. “Yes. We are in the house of Lyra Heartstrings.” I said to her. She nodded, recognizing the name of the human obsessed pony. She may not have watched the show, but she kept up with the fanfics enough to know who everypony was. “There are two things. First is that she doesn't believe that we were humans. The second thing is that she mumbled, as she left the room, four others. I’m more concerned about who the others are.” At that point the door opened and in walked Lyra. “I’m sorry about earlier.” she said to me. “I was just a little frustrated that...” She stopped in mid-sentence, after noticing that Diana was awake. “Oh good your awake.” She said to her. Before Diana could respond, Lyra said “Let me guess, your a human too. Of the other ponies up, all of them are claiming to be humans. I think that you all are just making fun of me.” sounding depressed. Diana leaned closer to me and whispered in to my ear “Let me handle this.” She walked up to the saddened pony and asked “Why do you think that other ponies are making fun of you?” Lyra looked back up. “Because, most ponies don’t believe that humans exist. I’m one of the few that do. And when other ponies find out we believe that humans exist, the ridicule us for it.” The mint green pony was on verge of tears. “I thought that you all were just making fun of me. I'm sorry.” This time I stepped forward. “There is no reason to be sorry. I know where you’re coming from. When I was a human, which I will prove it after this and we meet the other new ponies, I was in the same position as you Lyra. I was made fun of, and when I was, I lashed out at others. Trust me it’s not a place you want to be. Instead take it in stride. Then the haters can do nothing.” “You know what your right. Now come with me. I’ll show you to the other ponies and then you can prove that you’re human.” responded the formally disheartened unicorn. She then began to walk down the hall. “You were the last up, but nopony else has left their rooms yet.” They reached another door in the hall. “The two in here have been complaining about not bring unicorns and such for some time now” she said as a warning as she opened the door. “... ok you can go as...” An earth pony on the other side was cut off in mid sentence. He was short and had a sandy colored coat, with a mane slightly longer than his coat, of a slightly darker color. His cutie mark was in the shape of an atom of Helium. The other pony in the room was also an earth pony, with a deep green coat and a brown mane. His cutie mark was buzzer like they use on Jeopardy, and on the local inter-school quiz competition, Masterminds. The two groups stared at each other for several moments before I broke the silence. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” I said out loud, in shock. Standing in front of me were two of my friends from Masterminds, Ryan and Devlin. “No way. You were brought here too.” responded Devlin. He walked over and we gave each other a high five. Ryan was still in amazement at the two other new ponies. Lyra then piped up. “Maybe you should meet the other two as well.” We all agreed and followed the green unicorn further down the hall. Before they even opened the door a voice familiar to all the former humans present radiated out from the door. “I don’t care what you think. You can’t tell John about this if we ever get back!” It belonged to Mo, yet another member of the Masterminds team. I nodded to Lyra and she opened the door soundlessly, revealing a yelling pegasus, with an almost black coat and long red mane, and a single star as his cutie mark. The other pony in the room was a unicorn. He had a jet black coat and mane, which was longer then all but Diana’s, and was unkempt. His cutie mark was a green swirl and he was trying to not laugh. Mo’s back was to the door, and the other pony, I had a hunch on who it was, was trying to not laugh at the fact that he knew that John was standing right behind Mo. “Are you listening to me Shamus! Not a word to John!” It was at that time I decided to step in. “What are you afraid that I would find out you were a pony?” I said, lacing my voice with sarcasm. Mo then jumped into the air and flared his wings, slowing his decent. “Looks like you got the hang of your new wings.” I said laughing. “Oh hey John, how are you doing today?” was his response, looking guilty of something. Lyra the spoke up and said, “Now how are you going to prove that you are humans?” “Let me get my evidence” I responded to Lyra’s inquiry. I then walked back into the room that me and Diana woke up in. Looked on the table that was next to my bed, which was transported from earth with me. Sitting on the table were several things that could prove my past as a human, my cellphone and my I-Pod, both of which had several pictures of my and my friends as humans, my Nintendo DS, which had my copy of Pokémon Black in it, and a picture of me and my friends Ben, Sam,and Amir, as well as Diana at Ben’s graduation party two years ago in a drawer. I grabbed all four of the pieces of evidence and rushed back to the room where they were when I left. They weren’t there, but I heard talking coming from down stairs. I rushed down the stairs and walked into the room where they all gathered. They were all there as well as another pony, this one having a similar coat color to Ryan and a purple and pink mane that curled at the front. On her flank were three candies. By using the evidence available to me, via the physical appearance of the pony, and where we were, I guessed the new pony was Bon Bon. As I walked in to the room Bon Bon looked at me. “And who is this!” she yelled at Lyra. “I already explained to you I tried to summon humans, but instead I got ponies.” was Lyra’s response, but from the look on Bon Bon’s face it appeared to be inadequate. Bon Bon then walked out of the room. As she walked by me she grumbled, “ Why does she keep doing stuff like that. I mean serous-” She was cut off as the front door of the house closed behind her. Lyra then walked up and said “Do you have your ‘evidence’ for proving that you’re a human?” She made air quotes around the word evidence. “I actually found my I-Pod and cellphone on my nightstand that you some how took with me.” I fumbled around with my I-Pod with my new hooves. I finally go the thing on and on the photo page. The first picture was of right after the final Masterminds meet of the year. It was me, Ryan, Devlin, Mo, Shamus, and Diana at Theodor's, a local hot dog stand. We were celebrating winning the league championship with the rest of the team. Lyra’s jaw hit the floor. Once again, good thing we are in a cartoon world. I scrolled to the next picture, and so on. Lyra was engrossed by the pictures of my life as a human. She looked from my I-Pod after the last photo and said “I really didn’t believe you until now.” She walked over to my friend with me. “But we have a slight problem.” “What would that be?” I inquired, expecting her to say something about our transformation. “No it’s that I can’t send you back to your world. The spell I used to get you here was one way.” was her response. Mo then stepped forward, slightly angry. “You mean were stuck here!” he yelled. Lyra looked slightly depressed and said “Yes I’m sorry.” But then an idea formed in my head. “There my be another way for us to get back home.” I said. The rest of my friends looked up. “Shamus, who, in fiction or not, knows more about interdimensional travel?” “The Doctor, why?” was his response. “Ryan, Devlin, where is the doctor right now?” I then asked some of my other friends. They looked at each other and Ryan said “I don’t know?” “He’s right here, in Ponyville. Remember Doctor Whooves?” I responded t othem, with a smile on my face. Not only would I meet ponies today, but The Doctor as well. “Lyra do you know where to find Dr. Whooves?” I then asked the only native of Ponyville there. “No” was her rather definitive response. “But I know somepony who would.” She then said afterward, as if remembering about somepony. “Well then what are we waiting for.” Mo said as if he wanted to leave as so as posible. Lyra lead us out the door and we followed. ______________________________________________________________ The walk through Ponyville was like a dream come true. I saw all of the landmarks from the show. In the sky above me was the cloud home of Rainbow Dash. We had walked by the Town Hall and the Library, which we had to physically restrain Ryan from entering. Just to the north of town hall was a large sugar coated pink building. It took me a moment to realize what it was. By the time that I realized what it was it was too late the brace for impact. With in moments a pink pony was in the middle of our group, asking Diana what her name was. Diana was struggling to come up with something. Soon after we walked out the door, I warned my friends that ponies knowing that we were human could have disastrous consequences. I then answered for her. “Her name is Bookworm, and mine is Blueblade. Now if you don’t mind we have somewhere to go so if you wouldn’t mind letting us go there, you can through a welcome party for us latter Pinkie.” She looked at me and said “Okey doky loky. I’ll see you later Mr. Blueblade.” As she was walking away Lyra stopped and asked “How did you know her name? And how did you know she wanted to throw you a party?” “It’s a long story, and I’d rather explain it later.” I responded to her inquiry. After walking through Ponyville some more we reached a cottage on the other side of town. Lyra walked up and knocked on the door. To tell the truth, when the door opened in fangasmed. On the other side of the entry way was Derpy Hooves. And Lyra said that she would know where Dr. Whooves was. But then it got better. From her living room walked a brown colt with an hourglass cutie mark. The pony walked to the door and said “I been waiting for you six.” he said as he grabbed me and Shamus as he dragged us into the room, the other five ponies following with Derpy welcoming them in. “Now why are you here?” “Well, Doctor you see were actually humans.” said Shamus. “Well I know that. What question were you going to ask me?” he responded. “Do you know how we can leave here.” said Mo, still not happy with being a pony. “You can’t.” was his response. We were shocked once more. “This universe is like a multiverse black hole. You can enter, but you can’t leave. Mo stood up, and in a rather Sweetie Belle like way, said “Oh come on!” I looked around and said “At least were trapped in a good universe.” Dr. Whooves looked at me and said “Not all is as it appears, and you will be the center a new disturbance.” He then shoved all seven of us out of the house. “Well that was awkward.” said Devlin. Meanwhile Ryan was talking with Derpy who had left the house. “Sorry but the Doctor says that you have to go home. He said something about causing a paradox, I really didn’t understand much of it.” she said. I looked at my friends and said “We should do as he says. Last time somepony didn’t, it nearly ended the universe.” The walk back to Lyra’s house was uneventful, but when we went inside there was a sight we didn’t expect to see. The princesses, Celestia and Luna.