Nopony knew how it happened, but it did. What was a normal day in all of Equestria, it was suddenly turned when, out of nowhere, humans appeared out of nowhere. Everypony was confused, some creeped out, others finding them cute, but all had no idea what they were and how they got here. The humans themselves were also confused, but were frightened by the giant ponies around them, many running and screaming for their lives. It took a while, at least a week, but the humans, also called "Tinies" to the ponies, due to how small they are, were calmed down. Many of the ponies found the humans to be a chance at being friends, others found that they could be like pets, and others just not really caring but finding humans as just another part of their lives, more acting as talking insects than anything else.
As time passed, the ponies helped the humans made their homes in select areas to be villages, and the humans, in return, helped the ponies in whatever they needed help with. Many of the tinies helped the ponies by giving them hoof massages, others scratching behind their ears, getting something in an area that neither their hooves nor magic could fit in, or just be being a friend to them. Everything was going perfect, and though the humans tried to find ways to get back home, they were pretty content with the giant but friendly ponies. Whatever was taking them to Equestria was still going on, and the new humans, though lost & confused, were greeted gently by the ponies and humans alike, welcoming them to a new life that none of them expected. But, all things changed on one day, one that made the humans fearful and the ponies to act as something they never were before: predators. It all began with a certain cyan pegasus that just wanted to save a human.
It was a typical day for Rainbow Dash. She'd cleared the sky in her usual time, done a bunch of trick exercises, and she was taking one of her usual naps. As she was enjoying her perch on a nice thick branch, something caught her attention. Her ears swiveled instinctively toward the sound as she kept her current position hoping it was nothing and she could continue her nap. At first it was, there was a group of voices under her tree. The group was almost loud enough for her to wake up, considering its size, but she let it slide, preferring to continue her nap. No, it was the second thing that her ears swiveled that woke her up. There was somepony falling out of the sky, she could hear them screaming. "Woohoo, hero time!" She said as she took off to save whatever it was.
She flew up quickly and looked around, but she couldn't see anypony falling. Still listening, she pinpointed the source of the screams. A Tiny was falling; how it had got so high up in the sky was beyond her thought, most likely teleported there like the others. "Doesn't matter! Don't worry little thing, Rainbow Dash is on her way!" She sped towards the falling human, grabbing it with her hooves, but the human freaked out and squirmed out of her loose grip. Dash came at it from a different approach, flying under it to once again attempt to grab the human. "Stay still I'm-!" She was interrupted as it fell right into her mouth. Now normally Dash would have just landed and let the little creature out, but in this case there was a bit of an exception. She froze and her body tensed up as a strange sensation came to her, followed by a taste that not only made her drool, but her eyes closed halfway. "Mmm, ih tashts sho goohd."
She started rolling the human around in her mouth, tasting at it, pushing it up against her palate, finding it's struggling to add more taste, and then, she swallowed. "Oh! That feels so go~od!" The little human squirmed as it traveled down into her stomach, and continued to squirm and struggle. She couldn't explain why it was so great a feeling, it just was. She slowly hovered her way back to the tree, in a practical state of bliss. However, before she got back to her branch to settle down again, she noticed something, that group making all the noise underneath her. It was more humans. She licked her lips as her gaze became predatory. "Oh sweet Celestia! I want more!!! COME HERE!!!" She yelled excitedly.
In a series of rapid swoops, the group was quickly swallowed by the speedy pegasus. Though it was quick, she got an enjoyable taste of each of them. Only one remained, running as fast as its little legs could carry it. She landed near the human, pressing it gently below one of her front hooves. It continued to struggle, turning to her in fear "Ah, don't worry. I won't bite." She leaned down on the last one catching it by it's shirt with her teeth. She flung it high and Caught it with her mouth. "Mmm!" She savored this one the longest, and explored the little creature more thoroughly with her tongue. As soon as she had enough of that, she swallowed and returned to her perch. She laid down again and started to sleep, but she heard the human's little cries from within her."Oh my gosh..."
"TWILIGHT!!!!!" Dash screamed as she tore towards the castle. She sped towards a window which suddenly opened with a purple glow. As soon as she was in the castle she slowed to a hover, all the while cradling her stomach. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She whispered to the humans in her gut, knowing she wasn't making much of a difference in their lives, that hopefully, they weren't being turned into mush as she spoke. She looked around quickly and saw Twilight standing there with a skeptical look on her face. "Twilight! Oh, you've got to help me!" She explained what occurred at a rapid fire pace that threatened to out do Pinkie Pie.
"Woah, slow down there Dash." Twilight spoke "now explain it again, slowly this time."
"Okay, so I was taking a nap, in my favorite tree, when I heard something talking. Normally I don't pay much attention to that and just go back to sleep, but this time I heard some screaming, and I was like 'Woah, where's that coming from, I better go save them,' so I did, but it turned out to be this human that I kinda caught in my mouth, and it tasted AMAZING, so I ate it. Then I went back to my tree to take a nap, but then I noticed the group talking was a bunch more of them so I kinda ate them too, and now they're all scared and screaming and squirming and I'm going to digest them and feel so horrible SO YOU GOTTA HELP ME!" Dash finished up, breathing heavily before realizing what her stomach may be doing to them, so she returned to cradling it and apologizing.
Still skeptical about the whole predicament, instead of asking questions, Twilight trotted right up to Rainbow and placed an ear next to her stomach. Sure enough, besides the gurgling of her stomach and her breathing, she heard the screams, cries, and pleas of a group of humans from within her friend's gut. "Oh my gosh! Don't worry in there, I'll get you out! Oh Dash, how could you do this?"
"I- I didn't know what came over me! I couldn't think straight other than 'Eat them'! I- I knew that they tasted good, like amazing good, and I- I!" Dash burst into tears and slumped to the floor. "I'M A MONSTER!!!"
"Dash, stop! I don't know how with your athletic metabolism, but they're still alive in there, and... well, I could be wrong about a few, but I heard quite a few in there. Just stand still, I think I can get them all out with a teleportation spell, but I need you to be as still as possible; one wrong slip, and I'll be teleporting you instead of them." Her horn charged, telekinetically searching and grabbing every member of the group she could find, while Dash practically stopped breathing, holding as still as she could, which is an amazing feat for RD in all respects. Soon, every one of the creatures Dash had swallowed was on the outside. They all grouped up hugging each other, some coughing hard & breathing in the fresh air, and cheering. They turned to their rescuer, and the one that ate them. The humans huddled up in fear, waddling to Twilight as Dash gave them an apologetic look. Twilight lifted them onto their backs. "Hold on... you said you ate them in the afternoon? That was about 2 hours ago! Yet, none of them are harmed. This has got to go to Celestia and needs to be examined!"
Twilight, after a couple of minutes of writing, sent a letter to Celestia. All of Dash's fears that she'd harmed them were relieved, but Twilight's curiosity rose, was when Princess Celestia had scanned them and determined that there was some strange sort of magic on them that protected them from being harmed when in any pony's digestive system. Whatever it was, it allowed them to breathe inside the stomach, prevented them from moving along naturally with anything they ate before or after, and, above all else, nothing, not even their clothing, would melt away. Though the humans were glad they'd be unharmed, they felt betrayed when Twilight, the one who saved them from Rainbow Dash, ate one of them out of curiosity, enjoying their taste before swallowing. "Oh my gosh!" Twilight spoke, feeling the human inside, currently trying to climb it's way out. "Everypony needs to know this!"
Quickly the news spread to all of the cities, towns, and villages of Equestria that the humans were not only delecious, but wouldn't be harmed when eaten. Special mention was made that the Humans were delectable and came in a vast variety of tasty flavors. Just like a domino effect, everypony started to eat humans; friendships were now practically one sided, ponies chased and swallowed any human they saw, and the humans themselves became frightened beyond belief. Ponies hunting humans now became a normal part of life, but new rules were made during the first weeks. One of them was that nopony was allowed to swallow members of the youth, fifteen years old and below, with some allowance for extenuating circumstances such as accidentally swallowing them, protection from any danger, or if the child asked if they could be swallowed for any reason. Another was that no pony was allowed to chew, or otherwise, kill them, and that the set up human villages would be safe zones, where humans within them were not to be eaten. Of course, ponies were allowed to visit them, but only to meet with a friend, be peaceful, make a deal, or, for the most time, drop a human off a human after having them in their stomachs for an entire day or night.
Everypony else had their own things; some think of this as the ultimate diet plan and/or a way to get a full meal without eating anything. Other ponies find the act of eating humans as something barbaric and that the humans should be treated as themselves. Others are in the middle; they loved to eat humans every now & then, but also treated them with respect. Many of these ponies controlled themselves pretty well, but will eat any human lost, far from a village, or are willing to be swallowed whole.
Finding all this out, RD no longer regretted her actions, and decided that one of her new goals in life would be to swallow every human in Equestria at least once. Fluttershy built a village near her home so she could care for as many as she could, with the slight hope that they'd allow her to swallow one of them every so often, if it was okay with them of course. Applejack and Rarity both decided that as long as they didn't attempt to steal food or supplies from them that they wouldn't snack on them, much. Twilight, the ever curious pony, immediately began searching for answers to their mysterious predicament, looking for a way to protect ponies from similar fates involving the larger creatures in their world. As for Pinkie Pie... humans tended to vanish very quickly around her, and are quite often never seen again, though it is said that there's an entire human village contained within the pony's stomach, partially attributed to the fact that she's been seen swallowing cakes several times her size, yet only expanding for a few seconds before the cake completely disappears without a trace.
Meanwhile.
On Earth, the author of this chapter finished it up and looked it over before sending it to the publisher of the story. As soon as he clicked the send button, he found himself being dragged through the monitor and into a very wet, dark place. The place suddenly turns bright, revealing itself to be a giant mouth. The author rushed, trying to escape, but the mouth slammed itself shut, and he was swallowed. "Please, no pony out does Pinkie Pie. You here that in there? Nopony!"