Meet Josh. Josh is your everyday teenager, doing regular teenage things, such as playing video games. Josh isn't by any means unintelligent, but he isn't an A student. Just a regular guy, all around... boring, right? Well, that's what he thought. He wasn't the only kid his parents had, in fact, he's adopted. With five other siblings, and him being the middle, quiet kid he is, he's often forgotten or left out. At school, it doesn't get much better. The fact that he's quiet, and a brick in the wall, seems to attract bullies. At first it was the name calling, then, racial slurs. Of course he'd be called names. He had no friends and was over all, uninteresting. Race however, was a different thing entirely. Being black, in a predominately white neighborhood, was bound to cause some issues. This changed when he played on his computer, more specifically, Garry's mod. In this game, he was whoever he wanted to be, and he was happy. He had tons of friends on steam and over 1000 hours on Gmod alone. Playing that game was what made him feel great. Which is what he was doing when it happened.
Josh was doing what he'd normally do, search the workshop on steam, for anything interesting, when something caught his eyes.
'A friend request?' He thought. 'Who would send me one? maybe someone from a server I played on.'. He went to check it, and what he confused him greatly. A person with the username theGM had sent him a friend request. 'Well, maybe he's cool. I'll accept it and message him.'. After accepting the request, he started typing in the chat. {yo who is this?} He wrote. Josh was honestly curious to find out who it was. {I have been watching you Josh.} Alarm bells went off in Josh's head. This guy knew his name, and that wasn't good. {Who is this???} Josh was getting nervous now.{I know how boring your life seems. How about I make it more, Interesting?} Josh was very nervous now. Did this person know where he lived? Was this person going to kill him and his family or something? {Have fun kid.}
Josh felt something tugging on him, like someone grabbing his shirt. He looked down, and what he saw, made him terrified. There was a black portal underneath him, and it was pulling him in. Before he could even think to scream, he was pulled in, and he knew no more. He looked around for something to grab on to, or anything that could help him, but he found nothing. Just then, the darkness around him, turned a familiar shade of blue, and he saw the Garry's mod symbol pop up in front of him. Josh knew he should have been freaking out, but, he was more curious. He went to reach for the symbol and immediately regretted that decision. Pain shot through his body, and he let out a cry, but as quick as it happened, it was gone. The world around him went black once more, and the next thing he knew, he was in a castle of some sort. Josh was without words. He had no idea what just happened, and right now, he needed to find out where he was, and see if he can get back.
Josh began to walk down the hallway of the castle he was in, and looked around. The purple walls and red carpet signaled royalty and wealth. He found two big doors at the end of the hall and stopped in front of them. 'I wonder if there'll be a boss of some sort behind this door. That's a scary thought.' He opened the doors, and, he had no idea what to expect, but ponies? And not just any ones, they were the ones on the workshop he downloaded months ago. There were seven of them, and all eyes were on him as soon as he opened the door.
He looked at all of them closely, and he could tell, this would end up bad for him in some way. He looked at the horse on the throne. It looked female, from what he could guess, and had a flowing multicolored mane, spotless white fur, and magenta eyes. This horse had wings and a horn, and he was confused by that alone. He knew intelligence when he saw it, it was pretty obvious this horse thing, was smart in someway. He looked at the others. The first one he saw, had pink fur, a bubbly pink mane, and light blue eyes that radiated happiness and innocence. The second one, had Blue fur, a rainbow colored mane, wings, and magenta eyes, and she was glaring at Josh. The third one had tan fur, a blonde mane, and a hat. This one wasn't glaring, but gave a look of caution and distrust toward Josh. The fourth one had white fur that looked very clean, a purple stylish mane, a horn, and blue eyes. This one was somewhat scared of Josh in some way. The fifth one had purple fur, a violet mane with a neon pink stripe running through it, and purple eyes that shined with intelligence, and the willingness to learn. This one had wings and a horn also, which again, confused Josh even more than the others. Finally, he looked at the last one, who seemed very terrified. This one had yellow fur, a light pink mane, and cerulean eyes that had fear in them.
Josh didn't think six ponies and a horse could help him get home in any way, so, he began to turn around and walk away, but nothing ever goes as planned for him. When he started to turn, the blue one rushed at him very quickly, and he just barely dodged in time by jumping out of the way. The flying blue one ran into the wall, and what happened next, surprised and confused him at the same time. He heard a voice say "Rainbow!". Josh looked around. Nobody had said anything because, he was the only human around. He looked at the ponies and the horse again. The ponies looked unhappy, and the horse had an unidentifiable look. Josh began to back up slowly to the door. "Nice mutant, horse thingies," He said nervously."Let's not do anything crazy, okay?"
"Ya hurt Rainbow Dash!" The tan one yelled at Josh. He froze. His brain couldn't process what just happened.
'What the hell?' He thought.'Did that thing just speak?' He was really nervous now. " He-Hey now," Josh stuttered out."No reason to hurt me, pony." Josh was panicking internally. He didn't know what to do. He heard a yell from behind him, and he turned around. When he did, apparently, the blue one wasn't out for the count. He was hit in the chest and flew backwards into the wall on the other side of the room. Josh groaned in pain, and did something he'd do when bullies hit him. Play dead. He struggled for a moment then, from his sitting position, slumped to the ground on his face, and stopped moving.
"Is it knocked out?" One of the ponies asked.
"I don't know," Another answered.
"We should lock it up!" A different one exclaimed.
"Let's do that first. Then maybe study it." One stated. Josh had a coppery taste in his mouth, and knew what he could do. He knew it was a dumb idea, but, it could help him. He heard them walk over to him. He then felt himself being lifted by something, and it didn't make sense. Normally limbs are used to move things, but he felt none. He opened his eyes and saw his arms had a purple aura around him. He looked at the group slowly, and spit the blood he had collected near them, which wasn't a good idea. The purple one panicked and dropped him. Hard. The yellow one screamed, the pink ones mane went strait, the small white one fainted, the tan one looked shocked, while the blue one froze, looking at the blood.
Josh pushed himself up off of the floor, and as he did, ponies with spears came running in. He attempted to stand, but was in too much pain. He groaned, strained, and finally stood up. He glared at the ponies, and started backing up. He heard a sound he couldn't recognize and felt something hit him. He was struggling to stay awake, and he was losing. Josh fell on his side, and his conscious knew no more.