//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Fluttershy's Adventures in the Alternate World // by RikaChan //------------------------------// I shot back as Twilight's ray of magic hit me. "Fluttershy!" Applejack shouted. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screeched Pinkie Pie. "Twilight!" Screamed Rainbow Dash. Everypony stared at her. "Twilight?" They said in unison, confused looks playing on their faces, having momentarily forgotten about me. "Yeah, duh! She was the one who shot the ray! She- she..." "She what?" Twilight walked over to her, an icy glare on her face. "I am the princess of Magic and you shall respect me and treat me like royalty, which I am. You, on the other hand, are just my subordinetes, or as I think of you, slaves." Everypony now changed their direction and turned to stare at Twilight. Rainbow Dash grimaced. "She's a changeling!" she blurted out. "Twilight was killed in Canterlot when the changeling attacked! But I didn't want to hurt you, so we agreed not to tell you guys!" "What?!" "You knew all this time, and yet you didn't tell us?! How could you! You betrayer! I- I.. I thought you were the element of loyalty!" Rarity screamed. That pierced Rainbow Dash straight in the heart. Did her friends really not trust her? They thought she was betraying them?! They had no idea what she had been through, how much she had sacrificed to even admit that it wasn't actually Twilight! Rainbow's natural brashness came in before her common sense, and she just said the first thing that came to her mind. "I said, she's a changeling! And who are you to tell me that I'm not the element of loyalty?! I don't see how on earth YOU are generous! If you were really that generous then you would have pushed Fluttershy out of the way and maybe even gotten yourself killed! But no, now Fluttershy has to deal with the consequences! It's all YOUR fault!" Rarity gasped and starting sobbing, as she ran into Apple Jack's forelegs. That earned her a few glares from the others. "Now there Rainbow sweetie, I can't have you fighting like this. You need to get along with your little friend right there. And the others, of course, but they don't seem to be half the trouble that you two are, and I would like to keep this as simple as possible, which means no fights or huge arguments, and no physical contact." That was hard for Rainbow Dash, because she way she showed her anger was through physical contact. Twilight, who seemed to have been reading her mind, said "Now now Dashie, calm down before I get serious." She grit her teeth, unable to stand Twilight talking to her as if she was a little foal. She ran at Twilight screaming, but never quite got to tackling her before a purple aurora surrounded her and she was frozen in place. Then suddenly there was a 'poof' and Rainbow Dash was gone. Looking up, I asked myself, "Where am I?". All around me was green...miles and miles of green, and a few flowers here and there. I looked around, parched. What I would do for some nice and juicy apples... But there weren't any around, so I would have to wait a little longer. Where was I anyways? There was no way I would ever be able to tell without a map, I wouldn't be surprised if I was on another planet called 'The green planet', or something, where there was nothing but green grass and a few flowers. Speaking of flowers... I was so hungry I could basically go around eating grass and flowers. I mean, hay is technically just dead grass, right? So it couldn't taste that different. The instant that I tried to get up, I realised something different about my body. I looked down at my forelegs and screamed. I wasn't a pony anymore - I was a creature with hands! At first I considered the fact that I could be a monkey or something, but that wasn't possible. I wasn't that hairy. I tried thinking about other animals with hands and arms like these, but nothing came to mind, so I decided to eat something before I starved to death. I was hungry, thirsty, and tired. Oh so very tired. Exploring would have been fun and interesting, but I was afraid that I would have just collapsed on the floor right there right then if I went to far. Plus, I could just go to bed and wake up here again anyways, right? I tried standing on my hind legs but I gave up and just started crawling on all fours. I tried eating some flowers, and ended up gagging in disgust. My taste had changed along with my body. "That's awful!" I said trying to spit it all out. That's when I saw a figure walking torwards me, a black silhouette. I figured that I should have probably called for help, but I was so tired that I just collapsed on the floor right then, and right there. The figure started running towards me, but I couldn't tell anymore. They were shouting something in a frantic voice and shaking my body, but it all just sounded like a faded murmur. I woke up in a totally different place. No grass, no flowers... Ugh, I was so thirsty. I really just wanted a glass of water... I coughed as I realised that I was lying on my back. I never slept on my back. I rolled over to the side, and stupidly fell of the bed. "OW..." I muttered, rubbing my head. I looked around, frowning. I must have been in someone's house. Wait a second... My eyes widened in shock as my mind registered what had possibly just happened. "Was I kidnapped?!" I head was racing, eyes darting around panicked as I looked for an exit. The door. I ran towards it just in time to crash into someone. Someone walked up to me and asked me something. I couldn't hear it, but it sounded worried. My mind was too concentrated on finding a way out without any further conflict to actually translate what she was saying. I think she could tell that I was panicked, because she shook my shoulders and started telling me to calm down. I took a deep breath and tried to get ahold of myself. "Where am I?" I asked, my voice trembling. "You are in my house." I breathed in and out a few more times before flailing my arms in frustration and wailing. "Can I pleaaase get out of here..." I cried. "Um... Sure, I suppose you can get some fresh air. You must be hungry though. let's go to a restaurant." "I don't want food from a stranger! What if you poison it?" "I... won't be the one making the food. The chef will be cooking it. I'll just pay for it." "Fine," I grumbled, still suspiciously glaring at her. After she explained that she had helped me and not kidnapped me, I decided to start a friendly conversation. " Um... I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Fluttershy." "Oh my! I'm sorry for not introducing myself either. I'm Coco Pommel, but you can just call me Coco." "Hi... Coco. Um... Is everyone a um... what exactly are we?" "Uh..." she looked confused, but shrugged it off. "We're humans." she answered simply, before suddenly changing subjects. "Have you... suffered from a concussion or something?" she asked, a slightly worried look spreading across her face. I sighed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." "Oh, I've been told a lot of different things." she stopped me before the words were even out of my mouth. "And I have time, so it doesn't matter if it's along story." "Okay... If you say so."