Right when she was about to step out the door, she looked over her shoulders and said, "Your father left to his brother's for a while." She paused and sighed, smiled and looked back. "Clean around the house and don't do anything stupid. Good bye, love you."
A gentle goodbye for the day. "Love you too," I replied. The door slammed shut, sending a slight shockwave across the living room. My dad was gone again, and it wasn't the first time he left. I knew better though; I knew that he wouldn't be coming back. "Goodbye to everyone," I softly muttered to myself.
I looked up tears starting to well up in my eyes. A black rectangle, or, rather, the 34-inch television caught my eye. I slowly picked myself off the ground, grabbing the edge of the cream couch beside me. I grabbed the remote and pressed the on button, I flipped through the channels. A My Little Pony marathon was on and I nearly missed the beginning of it. Good thing I had all day to myself.
As soon as the first episode started, the TV started messing up. The TV had been messing up like this lately by saying things that aren't in the program, but the effects never lasted for very long. What always caught my attention was when it would have someone say “We'll save you in no time” or “Get ready we gotta go". I wish I could go with them. I did certainly get scared at first but the more repetitive it was the more I just went with it.
I had told my mom about the TV mishaps but she just put it off, dismissing it with a "Oh, we'll get a technician in here to fix it up" or "Must be the antenna acting up again". I didn't complain because I knew that there were other things to fix and bills to pay. I retreated from my thoughts and continued to watch the My Little Pony marathon.
Before I had even realized it three hours had passed. I did a double take at the clock mounted on the wall, not believing the massive time change. It didn't feel like three hours, but I guess TV can do that to you. I turned my attention back to the bright colored ponies. It mattered not whether I payed attention to the TV or not because I've already seen every episode and both Equestria Girls movies. As I drew back to show, the TV started growing brighter. Confused, I grabbed the remote and made an attempt to turn the brightness down. The brightness continued growing and it eventually turned into a blinding white and I could feel a... breeze coming from it. No, wait. It wasn't like a breeze, but more like a suction, rather like a vacuum cleaner. My life had always felt Insignificant but at that moment it felt disappointing.
So this is how it ends? I thought to myself, completely baffled. Being sucked into a television during my favourite program? I made a slight effort to save myself, but my curiosity got the better of me. Maybe this is all a dream. I mean, it would make sense: snow day, Mom being relatively kind, and my just happening to not miss the beginning of the marathon, of my favorite show. I didn't even try to save myself. Dreams can't hurt... right?
I slowly let go of the rough couch, the familiar landscape of my living room giving way to a blanket of darkness.
Nightmare. Definitely a nightmare!
I was beginning to cry until someone started speaking. Well, actually two someones. A male and female. This didn't really help all that much as it just confused me even farther.
"Everything will be alright. I saw your plight, full of loneliness." The voice was feminine and strong willed.
"Who are you? Why am I here? Who planned this and why? Where am I?" Many more questions were running through my head like: am I gonna be stuck here forever? Why am I here alone? Why me? "Is this a dream?"
"There's no need to worry. Trust your instincts and watch your surroundings," the masculine voice called, having an equally strong tone as the female one.
"Wait, will I ever see you?" I squeaked, afraid of messing up in a dream. Especially with an unknown being.
"I suppose sometime yes?" they replied simultaneously, chuckling.
I nodded once, twice, three times, still unsure of where I was. My vision cleared and I found myself to be in a grassy field. It was very bright and my eyes were not adjusted. I felt... different, so I tried to stand up. I put one hand on the ground then another, then my feet. I screamed because at that moment I looked down and realized that I had no hands or feet, but hooves. I ran in a haphazard circle before I calmed down.
Calm yourself, Ashlyn. This is just a dream; a result of watching too much My Little Pony. I thought, taking a seat.
I then looked down the hill I was on. On the hill there was a very large and beautiful oak tree. It reminded me of one of the towns in Pokemon. Down below the oak tree was a vividly coloured town, all bright and friendly. I ran down because as scared as I was, the excitement was almost greater. I was a pony and that town was Ponyville. I was headed towards the castle when I stopped to look for a moment. All these background ponies weren't background ponies anymore.
Maybe I should be counted as one because I'm an alien compared to the ponies here. If they saw my true form who knows what would happen. I was soon outside the door of a very beautiful purple castle. I took a glance in the window, seeing a set of six thrones all sitting around in a circle.
Omigoshomigosh. It's...
But before I could finish my thoughts entirely, the door to the castle swung open.
