//------------------------------// // How did I get here? // Story: Technological Revolution // by sgt Cutting Chipset //------------------------------// Hi, my name is David. I work in Warsaw as an engineer in one of technology companies. I live in nearby city in a flat on second floor. I have high paid job which i can afford to pay rent, taxes, food etc. My favourite thing in my spare time was watching playing computer games and watching MLP show. My apartment has about 240 square feet of area. It's quite big for a single person I think. Most time I spend is on watching news or scientific programs on TV or playing computer games. I have also a small office, bathroom, bedroom and kitchen, but it's fine for me. The biggest room I have is living room with TV combined with dining room and kitchen. But the most weird thing I will regret for eternity is a piece of my home equipment: the double-decked couch. Do you want to sit on top or bottom couch? I'll never forget. About twenty minutes after I came back home, about 5 PM I felt my stomach grumbling. I forgot to take my lunch to work. Again. But I was prepared in case of that situation. I took a pack of cheese pierogi from fridge. Meanwhile the pot was filling up with water. Then I put that pot on cooker to heat up water. Three minutes passed until I heard something weird. I couldn't recognize source of noise. *click* *click* *click* "What it could be?" I asked to myself. "A clock? Nah, I have only digital ones." *click* "And where is coming from?" *ping* Then suddenly in front of me red portal thingy appeared making loud groan. It was high enough to only to walk sneaking. Next thing I heard was voices. Feminine voices. "Are you sure this is safe?" One girl asked. "I'm not completely sure... But hope this portal works." Another one answered. I wanted to pass over dishwasher but portal was too wide to pass. "A portal? Huh, weird, but also interesting." I said to myself. "I wonder what it could be on the other side." I entered straight to portal. First what I felt was my body was moving against my will. I couldn't move nor speak, but felt something like I was forced to move on my legs and arms. Then my legs shortened, my ears moved almost to my hair which grew almost fifteen times as I normally have. My muscles around tail bone was able to move like others. Dark blue fur grew everywhere. I was even gifted tail which was similar to my hair. Last step was a strange force that gave me a cutie mark on my butt. It looked like a quantum CPU. Then something cone-shaped grew in front of my forehead. "Girls, move out and get down!" The second voice feminine shouted. "It's about to explode!" I felt something pushing me out of the chamber I was stuck for a while with great force. At the same time I was pushed out I saw portal exploding. I hit the wall and fell to the floor. "Gah, so painful..." I thought. "Is he alive?" One girl asked. "Lemme check-" I heard the... hoofsteps? I'm not sure because I can't move. "Yep, he's alive." "Take him to hospital. I think he needs medical attention." Hospital? NOT THE NEEDLES! After this thought I was out. Some time later I woke up in a bit hard bed. And it was blinding light in the room. I also heard some machine beeping in same time as my heart beat (wherever I have that heart). Is it a hospital? Yes, it is. Which room? I don't care. My task? Just get out of this hell. I was trying to move my fingers. I felt nothing moving. I checked my hand (or limb). No fingers. Checked second one. Also no fingers. This cannot happen. I checked legs. No fingers either. Wait, I have a fur? Check. Cutie mark? Check. I realized what happened. I was stuck in cartoon. And transformed to pony. Great. "Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!" ------------ "How long it will take until we can talk to him?" The girl asked. "He has only minor damages. I think you may talk to hi-" Doctor said until he was interrupted. Dammit! "-him now." ------------ A moment later I heard door opening. First, a magenta alicorn entered the room, later cyan pegasus with rainbow tail and mane, orange earth pony with hat, another earth pony, but now pink with messy mane and tail, white unicorn with fancy curly violet mane and yellow pegasus with pink mane. I recognized them. It was Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy. {"Errrm, hello?"} I said in my native language. No response from ponies. Just confused faces from them. "Iiiiis he OK?" "I don't know. He came from that portal, don't you remember?" Oh, I forgot. They don't speak Polish. "What portal? The red one?" I asked in English. "You speak Equestrian?" "What Equestrian? I speak English now." "No, it's Equestrian!" "Maybe it's a coincidence." "Yeah. Maybe." "Speaking of, did I get here through that red portal?" "Yes, is something wrong?" "That explains why I'm a pony instead of human." Then I heard doors opening again. "Did somepony said 'human'?" Light blue unicorn from doors asked grinning. Ah, it's Lyra Heartstrings. "Not now, Lyra. Maybe later." Her grin disappeared and closed the door. Rest of ponies were surprised. "How did ya know her name?" Twilight started to scribble on parchment she spawned a second ago. "I know names of most ponies living in Ponyville and some of them in other cities. You don't have to present to me but i will do. My name is Cutting Chipset." "Nice to meet you, darling." "Ah see you have own cutie mark. Would you tell me how did ya get this?" "Sure. My talent is in programming many kinds of machines and I found my destiny when I was a teenager." Twilight stopped scribbling. "Programming? Is it another kind of magic? If it is, I'm pleased to learn this kind of magic with you!" "It is sort of, but we have some difficulties." "What difficulties?" "I'm not sure you have sufficient technology to show it but I hope I could find a replacement for this." I heard someone knocking to the door. The Mayor Pony entered the room. "Good morning, I heard you finally woke up." "Good morning, I see I need to fill some paperwork, right?" "How did you know?" "A case?" "Oh, right. You just need to fill papers which I have taken before because you may not know how to use magic." "Let's see." I looked at piece of paper. "I wish bureaucracy in Poland was as simple as here. "Ummm... I cannot fill those papers because I can't write Equestrian." "I can help with this!" "Fine. So, what first?" "Name." "Cutting Chipset." "Date of birth?" "5th July 1978." "I think we have bigger problems than I expected."