//------------------------------// // An End Once and For All: The Happy End // Story: A New World // by Dream Searcher //------------------------------// I was lying in my bed, thinking about the decision the ponies would have to make. It had been two weeks since the storm and it seemed that Rainbow’s wing was almost back to normal. This was the last week that the spell would be active, the ponies needed to make a decision and fast. I want them to stay, because they are my friends and I can’t leave Rainbow. But on the other side I want them to leave, they have friends and family in their world. If I was trapped in their world, then I would want to return to my world, I would want to go back to my friends and family. It’s not an easy decision, that I know, but it has to be made real soon. Knowing that I wouldn’t sleep anymore, I quietly got out of bed and went to my kitchen. I needed a drink, but no Scotch or I will pass out again. I went to the fridge and opened it. It seemed there was some Red wine that will do. I took the bottle and a glass, poured the red liquid in the glass and sat on the couch. When I drank I heard hooves stepping behind me. I turned around and saw Rainbow with a smirk on her face. “Well, well, well, are we drinking again? If you don’t die from alcohol poisoning than I don’t know how you will die” She giggled and sat next to me on the couch, she laid her head on my lap. I stroked her mane, she liked that. “Do you want to get rid of me?” I replied with a playful grin. She looked up at me with a sad expression on her face. “No, not at all, but I’ve a feeling that things will change soon.” Her eyes began to water, she began crying. I pulled her into a hug, it seemed to calm her. “I know Rainbow, I know. When it’s morning we’ll go to Twilight, we’re going to think of a solution.” She gave me a false smile, but deep inside I knew there wasn’t a solution, I had to let go of her. “Alright then, now let’s get some more sleep.” She pushed me down on the couch and laid herself on my chest. It felt good to have her on my chest, one last time. ***** It was 7 AM and Rainbow and I were walking towards Twilight’s house. We haven’t eaten anything, we were too nervous. We knocked on Twilight’s door and to our surprise it instantly opened. We went inside and saw that Twilight was reading a scroll. It was the scroll with the spell on it. She went towards Rainbow and hugged her; it seemed that Rainbow was crying. “Do we… really have to… leave?” She said between sobs, Twilight also began to cry. I just felt my stomach turning. “I’m sorry Rainbow, but we have to. Who knows what happened in Equestria? Not to mention that our friends and family are probably worried sick about us. As much as I love being here, we just have to...” With those words I knew that this was my last day with Rainbow. My eyes began to water by just thinking how empty my life would be without her. “Now, I want you to leave and enjoy your last day with Jack. You need to be back here at 7 PM, then we’re going to… leave.” “Ok. Come on, Jack. We’re going to enjoy our last day together.” She walked out of the library and I followed her, I could hear Twilight sobbing lightly. We really enjoyed our last day together. We first walked in the woods, it was her last time she would see the nature of Earth. After our walk we drove to the place where Hugo died, she wanted to say goodbye to him and it felt good to be there again. Thanks to the ponies I managed to accept Hugo’s dead. I also took some lunch with me since it was a two hour drive. When lunch was over Rainbow showed me her famous Sonic Rainboom, and the shockwave knocked me to the ground. She flew down and helped me to get up. “Wow, I didn’t know it was so strong.” I said, taking her hoof and slowly regaining my balance. She laughed a bit. “I know, I don’t do it much, only when people ask me to or in an emergency.” We walked towards the car. When we arrived at the car she stopped. “Can we now do something a little more romantic?” She looked at me, a blush appearing on her cheek. “I thought you would never ask.” We both hopped into the car and began kissing. ***** It was 6.45PM when we arrived at my farm. I looked at Rainbow; she had tears in her eyes. I gave her a hug and a quick kiss and we both hopped out of the car. It was quiet during our walk to the library, the intense silence only to be disrupted by Rainbow’s sobbing. I knocked on her door and Twilight opened. Rainbow and I went inside. I looked around, everypony was there, but there was a pony extra. I looked at her, she was that white alicorn from my dreams. “Princess Celestia, what are you doing here?” Rainbow asked, her tears stopping and she bowed. “My dear Rainbow Dash, I have just informed Twilight about a disaster in Manehattan. I told her that Equestria needs the elements of Harmony and that everypony needs to return.” Rainbow eyes began to water, she then flew into my arms. “I don’t want to leave him.” She hugged me and I hugged her back. “I know, and that’s why he’s coming with us.” She smiled at me, but my mind was still progressing what she had said. “But I don’t want to leave… wait, what?” She stopped hugging and looked at Celestia. “What?” Was my reaction. This was followed by the other ponies in the room and Spike. “What?” “He will go with us to Equestria, but not how he is, I will need to transform him a bit.” I cocked an eyebrow at her. “Transform how?” I had a pretty clear idea what she wanted to do, but I wanted to make sure. “You’re going to be a pony, you silly.” Pinkie spoke up, I felt I was going to faint. Rainbow noticed this and jumped to the ground. “Um Jack, you don’t look so good.” I replied by shutting my eyes and falling on the ground. ***** It was dark when I opened my eyes. I was still lying on the floor, but I could see the moon shine through the windows. Well that was weird, the windows looked much higher. I turned my head to the right and felt like I was just hit by a truck. Rainbow stood next to me, she was nuzzling my face. I wanted to stroke her mane, but I couldn’t move my arms. When I managed to bring my arm next to my face, I looked at it. “Look, my arm is now a foreleg.” I was still a bit sedated due to my fainting. It took me 10 seconds to realize that something was not right here. “AAAH, MY ARM IS A FORELEG!” I screamed out, the energy came back to me and I began to move everything of my new body. Rainbow laid down on me, to calm me down. “Shh, you’re just a pony.” I looked at her, at her warm smile. That calmed me down. “Rainbow, this is not me, I’m not a pony, I’m human.” She came closer to my face. “Not anymore, you’re a pony and you’re my pony.” She kissed me on my lips. One side of me told me that this was all wrong, but another side of me told me I had to embrace it. I chose the second side. I embraced Rainbow and heard some d’awwws. All the ponies, except Celestia and Spike, were melting from the cuteness that was displaying itself in front of their eyes. After our little intimate moment Rainbow got off me and I tried to stand up, but realized that I couldn’t. “It will take some time to get used to your 4 legs and your wings.” Celestia said when she saw me struggling to get up. “Wait, what wings?” I looked at Rainbow, she grabbed the wings, that were now on my sides, and opened them, that felt good. I looked at my now opened wings, they had to be at least 2 meters in length and it seemed it was feathered, just like birds. I contracted my wings. “Do you want to do that again?” She chuckled. “When we’re home, Casanova.” I now looked at Celestia. “Well, now that the display is over,” I blushed a bit at that and so did Rainbow. “Let me tell you what I did to you. As you have probably realized by now, you’re a pony, a Pegasus to be exact. Because you have a relationship with Rainbow Dash, I decided to take you with us to Equestria, because I hate to break the hearts of my subjects. You shall learn how to walk and how to fly in Equestria, because we don’t have any time to lose. I will speak the spell in 5 minutes, if you need anything from your house, then ask Rainbow Dash to retrieve it.” When she said that, I looked at Rainbow and motioned her over. “Could you get me my picture of Hugo, the picture of my parents, my bottle of Scotch and the handgun of my father?” She nodded and flew off. When Celestia heard handgun, she tried to stop her, but Rainbow was already gone. She looked at me. “Normally weapons are forbidden in Equestria, but because it’s your father’s, I’ll let it slip this time, do you promise not to use it?” “I promise.” She nodded and went back to preparing the spell. After 3 minutes Rainbow was back. In her hooves were the pictures I asked, the lovely bottle of Scotch and my father’s gun. She laid everything in front of me. I now noticed that I was lying next to a mirror, I decided to see how I look. I was a light brown Pegasus with a dark brown mane and tail and brown eyes. Rainbow lay next to me and then I noticed that I was slightly taller, but I also noticed that my flank was blank, but I had time to worry about that later. I heard that Celestia was ready and I slowly crawled towards the door, wanting to see my own world for one last time. And there it was in all its glory, I watched it for a moment, a tear rolling down my cheek and looked towards Celestia, I nodded and she nodded back. I grabbed my stuff and Dash grabbed me, then I could hear the princess of the sun speak the final words. There was a huge white flash which lasted for 5 seconds. After it was gone I could see I landed on some dirt in a colorful world, a new world. To Be Continued Here