My eyes darted open, to find me in my bedroom. It was exactly as I remembered it. “Oh thank God,” I whispered. “Just a nightmare, a very realistic nightmare.”
I got up out of my bed and started my morning routine. Take a shower, though I could swear the shower water was yellow. Put on some clothes, all of which were bright green. Walked down my sideways stairs. Entered the kitchen which had a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. I walked past my sink with liquid rainbow coming out of it and went over to my sky blue coffee maker. Poured myself a cup of coffee and took a whiff. “This coffee smells like shit!” I said.
“It is shit Timothy…” Somebody with a british accent said.
“Good, it’s not just me then,” I said and took a sip. “It’s a bit nutty.."
Then I finally realized something, “Something ain’t right here.” I looked around my very abnormal house, “I don’t think I took any drugs.”
“Indeed you haven’t,” I jumped at the regal voice somewhere in the room. I turned towards my living room to find a dark blue pony amongst dancing furniture. She had a flowing starry mane and a horn. She also had wings, so I have no idea what kind of pony she was. “You’re dreams are very chaotic. It makes me think you and Discord would get along nicely.”
I was about to ask who she was when I realized what she said, “Wait, if this is just a dream, then am I actually a dragon still?” She nodded, “Dangit!”
She looked confused, “I was going to ask you about this...form you seem to be in right now.”
“Wait, I just wanted to ask real quick, who the heck are you and why are you in my dreams?”
“Oh, of course, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Luna, Princess of the Night.” She bowed her head slightly, she was so formal.
Princess of the night? Where have I heard that name before, seeing as how she was a talking colored horse, I had to guess she was from the show. But, I feel like I should know more. Cassandra made me watch some episodes with her. Not that I liked them…
“Ah, I know who you are now!” I exclaimed.
She made a funny face, “You do?”
“Yeah! You were introduced in the first two episodes as Nightmare Moon! Then you were blasted with the rainbow beam!” I said excitedly.
She looked sad. Oh crap, must be a touchy subject. Great job Timmy. I walked up to her, “Hey, I don’t really know much about the show, but you don’t seem like a bad pony, though, how come you don’t use that strange way you spoke in the show?”
She looked happier now, “Oh, because I finally learned to speak in the modern tongue! Though, what do you mean by this ‘show’ you speak of?”
Oh shoot, should I tell her she’s from a cartoon show on my world? Dang, that’s still going to take some getting used to, me being in another universe and all. Oh well, I shall tell her! Though, I’ll have to start from the beginning.
“Well, in order to tell you this, I’ll have to tell you some other things too. But first, I want to ask you a couple things,” I said.
“Of course,” Luna said.
“First, why are you in my head?”
“Because, my sister wanted to know more about you, considering you knocked yourself out before she could really ask anything, so I took the opportunity to enter your dreams.”
“You can do that?” I asked incredulously.
“Yes, it's one of my duties as princess of the night. I traverse the dreamscape and vanquish nightmares invading ponies dreams,” she said proudly.
“Wow, what else can you do?” I asked as I took a sip of my coffee, it tasted like bananas.
“Well, I raise the moon of course,” she said.
I spit out my coffee. “Wut?”
“You mean you didn’t know?” She asked.
“Well where I come from, the moon orbits the Earth.”
She actually laughed at that statement, “Oh, that’s funny, thank you for giving me a good laugh.” Then she saw my poker face. “Surely you can’t be serious?”
“I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley,” I said.
She scrunched up her face in confusion, both at my joke and the whole moon thing. Then it was my turn to laugh.
“Wow,” she said. “You’re mean.”
“Actually, I was being serious about the moon thing, your face was just so funny!”
“Where do you come from then? And what is this Earth you speak of? Does this have something to do with your form?”
“Wow, so many questions! I hate to break it to you, but I wasn’t originally a dragon, I was a human,” I pointed at myself.
Her eyes widened immensely, “You were struck by a conversion spell?”
“A what now?” I shook my head, “No idea what that is, all I remember is that this maniac cop shot me and I woke up as a dragon in the sky.”
“What do you mean by ‘shot’?” Luna asked.
Crap, should I tell her about guns? Have they even had wars here? Screw it.
“Well, I mean, there are these weapons called guns, and these guns, which are handheld, shoot little projectiles called bullets at high velocity. Now, I don’t know how it works that much on the inside, but what I can tell you is this, they are deadly. I got shot by one,” I explained.
Luna sat on her haunches to process this information.
“Why make such deadly devices?” She asked.
“One word, war,” I said.
“You’ve had wars too? Where are you from?”
“I think I might be in a different universe, at least a different planet,” I said, tapping my chin.
Her eyes widened again, “You’re joking right?”
I shook my head, “I don’t know a lot about what’s going on, but I know I’m not from here.”
That sentence made me realize something, how would I get back home? What about my family and friends? Are my friends even alive?
I walked over to the only non-dancing chair in the room and sat with my head in my hands. Then I started crying. How the heck could this have happened? I hate that cop! If I ever find him, I’m going to-
“Are you okay Mr...I just realized. I don’t know your name!” Luna exclaimed. I couldn’t see her face, but I could tell she was worried.
“It’s Timothy, and no, I’m not okay! My life has been taken away from me by a single jackass!” I said angrily. Suddenly, I felt something stretch around my back and to my right shoulder. I looked up to see Luna next to me, giving a warm smile. “Wha...what are you doing?”
“I’m trying to comfort you, is that alright?” She asked, her tone was much more relaxed than ever before.
“Yeah, I guess...but why? Why help a stranger?” I asked
“Two reasons. One is a duty of mine, to get rid of nightmares in the dreamscape and make sure ponies have a peaceful night. The other, well, I just want to. I feel like it’s the right thing to do.”
I stared at her, no stranger had ever been this nice...was this common? Snapping out of it, I said, “Thank you, as for the reason I’m sad, it’s quite the story.”
So I relayed the story of my fate to Luna, how I was with my friends and the car accident happened. I had to explain to her what automobiles were, she was shocked at the severity of the situation. Then I told her about the cop. To say the least, she was appalled by the cops actions. I was too, to be honest. Peace keeper my ass. Once I finished, she stood there for a little bit, then finally spoke.
“So you have reason to believe your friends are either dead or dying?” She asked.
“Yes,” I said sadly, “Why?”
“This is just speculation, but I have reason to believe your friends are still alive, and maybe are in the country,” Luna said. I stared at her for a second.
“What? How?” I asked.
“Do you remember how, all three of your friends disappeared?”
“Yeah, I even saw Cassandra vanish right in front of me.”
“Do you also remember when Quick Letter er...the messenger pony came to tell my sister that three other meteors crashed throughout the country?”
“Yeah. But...wait, you don’t mean…?” I finally caught on.
“I do, we have reason to believe that the other three meteorites are your friends. Cassandra, Jon, and Jeffrey. The fact that the cop actually says he transported them to another dimension is proof enough.”
“Well, what are we waiting for? Wake me up, let’s get them!” I started to stand.
She put a hoof to my chest and gently pushed me back down, “I cannot let you go for two reasons.”
I sighed, “What?”
“The first is that I don’t know how the citizens of Equestria will react to the dragon who attacked my friends just flying around,” she said.
“What do you mea-oh, because of me breathing fire, right?”
“Exactly, I do not blame you since I now know it was your first time in that body, that leads to the second reason. Your body is reacting strangely to the conversion for some reason. Until I know why, I don’t want you leaving the castle infirmary, spouting fire until it was depleted didn’t help.”
“Alright,” I said dejectedly. “Just hurry.”
“I will,” she said, though her face showed concern.
“They’re not in danger are they?”
She was silent.
“Are they?”
“The one in Cloudsdale will probably fine, but the other two landed in the Everfree Forest and The Badlands. The Everfree is notorious for it’s many deadly creatures.”
“And the Badlands?”
“That...is Changeling territory. We don’t know too much about what goes on there, but most hives don’t take kindly to trespassers. Some will, but…”
“But what?”
“The meteorite landed near Chrysalis’ hive.”
“Chrysalis?”
“The worst of the evil queens. She drains creatures of love and nearly kills them. She traps them and keeps drainig their love. It’s despicable.”
“And one of my friends is near her?!”
“Sadly, yes.”
“Well hurry!” I was getting really nervous at this point.
“Do not worry yet. My fellow princesses are on their way to each location.”
“O...okay,” I calmed down. “What about you, and how will the other princesses know what to do?”
“I am positioned in the castle to protect you. As for the other princesses, I am sharing a mental link spell so they can hear my thoughts. That way, they know exactly what’s going on.”
Okay, that was awesome. Then I remembered something, “Hey, you wanted to know what I meant by the show, right?”
“Of course!”
“Okay, well let me start to explain what a T.V. is first.”
I started to explain a television is, how it works and what it does. The shows and movies that play on it. Sadly she hadn’t caught on as to why I was explaining the concept.
After I finished talking about the trivial stuff, she asked, “I’m sorry but, where are you going with this?”
“Well, there’s a certain show that certain people watch...it’s called...My Little Pony.”
She was confused as to what I meant by that at first, but as soon as she realized it, her expression turned to shock. “Y...you mean?”
“Yes, there is a show about you guys, the main plot follows Twilight Sparkle and her friends.”
She sat there for a second, I now realized why she was silent a lot, she was talking to the other princesses. Then she spoke up.
“We are slightly disturbed by this information,” she said. “It feels like we’ve been spied on.”
I waved my hands at that, “Nono, it’s not like that. It’s probably just mere coincidence that your world is on a show from my world.”
“I suppose, but might I ask, were you a fan of the show?”
Shit...now I had to tell her that I was never really interested. I tried to skirt around it, “I haven’t really watched it.”
“Why?”
Damnit, really?
“I just…” I sighed. “Cassandra showed me a couple episodes and...I’m sorry but I never really liked it. Not that I thought it was bad, I just, you know...didn’t um…”
I got so nervous I started to sweat. Would they hate me now? Would she hate me? Then I felt a hoof on my shoulder, there was Luna smiling at me. A warm smile.
“Don’t worry, I-we don’t hate you for disliking the show.”
I sighed in relief. “Thank you.”
“Your welcome…”
We sat there in awkward silence. I took another glimpse at Luna and noticed her...what was it? Cutie Mark. Of course it was a crescent moon. Just like Celestia’s is the sun. To be honest, I haven’t really been paying attention to the cutie marks. But for some reason, I couldn’t stop staring at Luna. She was, pretty, in a way. Wait, what?! Did I just think that? There are two reasons that’s a nono. One, I have a beautiful girlfriend, and two, she’s a freaking pony. Sentient, but still…
“My sister has found one of your friends…” Luna spoke up.
“She has?” I immediately sat up.
“Yes,” Luna smiled. “She’s a pegasus.”
“She...Cassandra?!” I said excitedly.
Luna nodded, “Celestia is speaking with her now.”
I sighed in relief, then remembered something, “I hope Jon and Jeffrey are okay too…”
“I’m sure they are…”
Cassandra’s POV
I felt really tired for some reason. My back also ached quite a bit. I moaned, I didn’t want to get up, but why did I feel so...different? What happened yesterday? I went shopping, stopped with Jon to meet up with Timothy, Jeffrey ran up to us and...that’s all I can remember. Weird. Then unfamiliar voices came from outside the room.
“...miracle she survived let alone didn’t break any bones.” A masculine voice said.
Robbers? My first thought was. Though something felt off, my bed didn’t feel right, nor did my body. Then there was that annoying beeping. The door to my room opened and I kept my eyes closed for some reason.
“Where’d she come from?” Another voice asked. Female. “Anypony come to see her?”
Anypony? Wait a second…
“No idea where she came from Spitfire, she just landed right into the bleachers. Also, nopony’s come to see her yet.”
Spitfire? It can’t be. Am I dreaming? Then I remembered! The car crash, the crazy cop, and me being shot in front of Tim! Oh God, Tim! I shot up from my laying position as I opened my eyes. It looked like a hospital room, had I survived? Where was Jeffrey and Jon and...Tim…
I stared at the two ponies in the room. One was fairly recognizable, Spitfire of the Wonderbolts. She had her fiery hair and blue Wonderbolts costume on. The doctor I didn’t know, he had blue fur and a green mane. His lab coat blocked his cutie mark and he had a stethoscope around his neck.
The doctor cleared his throat, “Well, you seem healthy, Miss…?”
It took me a second to regain my voice, “Um...Cassandra…”
“Cassandra, huh?” The doctor repeated.
“Quick question,” I said, gaining their attention. “Where am I and why am I here.”
“You’re in the hospital because you fell into the bleachers, though you seemed to have sustained no injuries, which is odd.”
This garnered more questions, “What bleachers?” Then the realization of what was going on hit me, “Why am I in a freaking hospital room talking to two ponies.”
They gave a quick glance at each other, then Spitfire talked to me. “Are you okay? You do know you’re a pony too, right?”
“What? Don’t be silly,” I said, though I was starting to sweat, this was too real for a dream.
The doctor gave me a concerned glance, “I’m serious, you’re a perfectly healthy pegasus. Though I’m starting to believe you developed amnesia.”
My blood ran cold, I brought my weird feeling arm up and froze when I saw yellow fur. I rapidly looked around for a mirror and saw one on a metal table next to my bed. I snatched it up, ignoring the fact that I could hold it in my hoof. I brought it up to my face and...I really was a pony, with a red mane and tail. My friends are most likely dead and if the fanfictions are anything to go by, I’ll never see my family again. That’s when I started to cry.
Then I felt a hoof on my shoulder, “What’s wrong?” I looked up to see Spitfire looking at me.
“Why do you care?” I sniffled.
“Because, you landed in the bleachers during my performance. No one has come to see you yet. Besides, I just feel it’s the right thing to do. Now please, tell us what’s wrong,” Spitfire pleaded.
I sighed, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”
“Just give it a shot,” she said.
“Okay,” I said. I was about to start when I heard more hooves coming down the hall. Then the door opened and I saw the pony I was least expecting. Princess Celestia. Spitfire and the doctor both bowed.
I was contemplating whether I should bow as well when she spoke up, “Rise my little ponies.” She looked at the doctor and nodded her head towards me, “Is this the pony that fell from the sky?”
“Y...yes Princess,” he stuttered.
“May I speak with her alone?” Celestia asked, her voice was as professional as ever, she has had centuries of experience. At the moment she had on a complete poker face.
The doctor just nodded and said, “Of course Princess.”
“Thank you,” she said and Spitfire and the doctor left. I looked her over, she was just like the show described her. She was basically the size of an average adult horse, while regular ponies looked between 3-4 feet high. She had a flowing multi-colored mane and tail, her horn was about a foot in length, and of course she had her sun cutie mark on her flank.
“How are you feeling?” Her question snapped me out of my stare. I blushed a little and she gave a small giggle, “Relax.”
“Sorry, I’ve just never seen you in real life,” I said, though I mentally slapped myself. She raised an eyebrow at that, “Er...I mean…”
She laughed wholeheartedly this time, “Don’t worry, I’ve already been filled in by your friend.”
“Who?” I asked.
“Timothy,” she said with a poker face.
I immediately shot up, ignoring the fact that my pony body was somehow able to sit like this, “He’s here?! Alive?!”
“Not here here, but he’s alive and well in Canterlot, I assume you know that place since you’re a fan of the show?”
“H...how…?” I managed to stutter.
“Like I said, Tim filled us in with everything. The incident, the show, you and...Jon and Jeffrey…”
I was about to yell in joy when I realized she hesitated at the mention of Jon and Jeffrey. “A...are they alright?”
She bit her lip, “We don’t know…” She admitted. My heart sank.
“Why?” I asked, hesitant to know the answer.
“You four fell from the sky...and Jon and Jeffrey landed in the Badlands and Everfree.”
The Badlands were Changeling territory, and the Everfree was just packed to the brim with monsters. I was getting very worried.
“As we speak Twilight and Cadance are searching for them. So hopefully they will find them.”
“Yeah, hopefully…” I didn’t know Jeffrey too much, but he was nice. Of course Jon was a good guy too. I just pray that they’re alright…