Chapter 1: Welcome to Equestria
You know you’re having a bad day when you wake up in a hospital bed, you know you’re having a weird day when you wake up in a hospital bed surrounded by ponies who eyed you down looking concerned but before we get into that let me tell you who I am, my name is Troy...Schitzkid. I hate my last name. Anyways, it had been a normal day for me, wake up get yelled at by unloving parents, forced to do most everything before leaving for school where I still had to worry about my angry siblings, be forced to walk home with them but like always, I was far behind them and as I started falling really far behind, I rushed after them as we were crossing a road, getting knocked down out by a car.
I just woke up a few minutes ago and when my eyes adjusted, the first thing I saw was a blue, flying, rainbow maned pony with red eyes and a tattoo of a cloud firing out a red, orange and yellow lightning bolt. At the sight I nearly screamed, the only thing stopping me was the shock, so much shock that I couldn't speak.
I slowly adjusted my body into a sitting position and saw five other ponies, but it is too much to tell you all at once so I will break it down. To my left there was another winged horse with a light pink mane and tail, with 3 butterflies on her rear and teal blue eyes.
Beside the winged-horse I saw a unicorn, yes unicorn, with a white coat, her mane and tail a violet colour, both of which were fairly curly. Her eyes were blue with light blue eyeshadow above them, the unicorn had 3 diamonds on her rear and air of elegance about her.
At the foot of my bed was a pink pony, with a vibrant pink mane and presumably vibrant pink tail, I couldn’t tell as the bed obscured my vision, but what I could tell is that there was duct tape covering her mouth. She had no wings or horn, her eyes were a lighter shadow of blue than the unicorns.
Near the pink pony on the right side of the hospital bed was an orange pony who, like the pony beside her, had no wings or horn. The pony had three apples on her flank, emerald green eyes and blonde mane and tail, and on top of her mane was a Stetson hat, behind her I could see my school bag and coat…and clothes.
Right beside me on my right was a lavender unicorn with magenta eyes and a purple mane, with a pink highlight in it, that carried on till the end of her tail, matching up perfectly, on her flank, there was a pinkish star with 5 smaller white stars surrounding it. This unicorn was the first to speak, yes speak, with worry evident in her eyes.
“Are you ok? We found you in the Everfree Forest unconscious, you’re not to hurt are you?” she asked, panic in her voice, and while I was feeling like my mind would explode about how much impossible stuff was happening, I didn’t leave the question unanswered.
“…Ok, I’m going insane, A) yes I’m ok, B) what is Everfree? C) What upside down world have I stumbled upon?” I said, back against the wall, my head throbbing, likely from impact with the ground.
“Upside down…never mind, to answer your first question, Everfree is one of the most dangerous places on all of Equestria, it’s lucky we found you.” The unicorn told me.
“Equestria? Never heard of it.” I said, shocking all the equines.
“Truly? I thought everyone knew of Equestria, it’s the most dominant continent on Equus.” The white unicorn told me before my eyes widened as I realised something.
“Continent? Oh god, don’t tell me Equus is the name of the planet?!?” I said, half hopeful and half freaked out.
“Ah’m afraid it is pardner, why?” the orange mare asked in a southern accent.
“Dammit. Never mind, anyways, I’m Troy, and you are?” I asked the group, before the lavender unicorn spoke up again.
“Well, I’m Twilight Sparkle, this is Applejack, this is Pinkie Pie, this is Rarity, this is Fluttershy and above you is Rainbow Dash.” Twilight said as she went in backwards order of who I described.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you all, but, is there any chance you know how long I’ll have to stay here.” I asked the group, but before they could answer, a masculine voice came from the door.
“3 more days, and I must say, you have recovered amazingly fast Mr. Troy.” said a pony with a grey coat, green eyes, a black mane wearing a doctor’s coat.
“Oh, Dr. Boneless, hopefully you have good news.” Said Twilight.
“Some good news, some bad I’m afraid, the good news is that Troy, as I believe he said his name was, is practically fully healed, the hospital just need to make sure nothing was missed, the bad news is that when troy is dismissed, there will be no place for him to stay.” The doctor said, a frown on his muzzle, before he left abruptly.
“Well, he’s not wrong, I’m pretty much an alien.” I said, regaining the attention of the six mares.
“Then we need to change that, personally I have a spare guest bedroom, feel free to use my house as a place of residence, free of charge of course.” Rarity said, before Twilight chuckled.
“You generosity really knows no bounds, does it Rarity” Twilight said while she was chuckling.
“Well, I suppose I don’t really have much other choice, I can’t live on the streets and I think an orphanage is a little too much for me.” I sighed.
“Too much for you, whatever do you mean by that, darling?” Rarity asked me as I started to stretch my arms.
“Just some head issues, I would rather skip over them.” I told her. I wasn't entirely comfortable with it.
“If you’re sure darling, anyways, visiting hours are nearing their end, we must go, though some us will visit you, I have a feeling you may need it.” Rarity told me, as she and the others said their goodbye.
As they left, I stood up, noticing I had a patient’s gown on, my only regular clothing being my boxers. I walked over to my bag and pulled out a rectangular object, which I pressed a button on and a light emitted from the screen, as I looked to an icon on the screen that showed a green battery with a symbol in the middle.
“Charging? How the hell?!” I muttered as I saw it, before swiped or tapped my finger on it several times, as I noticed several things. “Amazing Wi-Fi but there is no networks at all here…”
Eventually I set the phone down and an end table beside the bed and climbed back in, before using the rectangular device called a phone, managing to get up a book to read as I passed the time.
True to their word, the girls had visited all three days, and I got to know somethings about them, like how Rarity was an amazing seamstress or how Twilight was the personal protégé of the princess of Equestria, though there was apparently no queen.
On my final day, all six of the girls showed and we left, me finally clad in actually clothing, though Rarity didn’t approve as they were the most torn and beaten things she had ever laid eyes on, she said that I was getting new clothes when we finally got back.
As for what my clothes were, the consisted of and black Adidas top, grey McKenzie hoodie and grey McKenzie tracksuit trousers, my shoes were simple blue trainers, the only thing that wasn’t torn was my favourite part of my clothing, my black fingerless leather gloves.
I didn’t pay much attention to anything other than the girls, but I noticed that we were getting a lot of stares, likely due to me as I couldn’t see another human around.
When we finally reached Rarity’s home, which doubled as a boutique, the girls said their farewells and told me that we would explore Ponyville to get me used to it tomorrow.
As me and Rarity entered, I heard a bell ring above as we stepped into a reception area, before we headed through a backdoor to a living room with a comfy looking couch, armchair and coffee table, behind the living area was a kitchen, and then there was a set of stairs that we went up and passed a room that I was told was Rarity’s, we then stopped at the middle room, with a door on the opposite wall directly facing it, with a room right at the end of the hall.
“Ok troy, this is your room, just across is where my little sister stays when she comes up, at the end of the hall is the bathroom, I’ll let you unpack.” Said Rarity as I stepped into the room.
There was a four-poster bed in the middle of the back wall, with blue curtains. Beside the bed on the left was an oak wood desk, at the foot of the bed was a chest and on the right was a stand of sorts for figurines. All in all, I liked the room, the slightly pink wallpaper was a bit off-putting but I ignored it.
Certainly, tomorrow will hold some fun, but for now, I need to sleep.