Chapter 1- Spike
My eyes opened once again, and still there was only empty darkness in what I knew to be an incredibly vast, empty cavern. It wouldn’t let me sleep. How could I, when my experience had taught me well that being in such an exposed spot was just inviting the innumerable predators of the night to discover your position? Biting my lip, I tried to turn around, planting my face in the cushy surface underneath me, gasping as it dented under my body. Holding completely still, I silently prayed to Frinjìon that the entire mass wouldn’t just give way below me. Thankfully, it held, but it took my hammering heart a few more moments to calm down.
“I-I wish you would wake up soon.” I whispered, casting my glance at the mountainous shadow of Twilight’s ‘bed’, a construct built for seemingly no other purpose than to hold her body one of her enormous hoof-lengths away from the ground… for whatever reason. Seriously, what was the point of that? To subject yourself to the feeling of falling to your death in your sleep if this softness crumbled away beneath you?
Maybe it was some kind of training for the ponies to steel themselves against fear.
I jumped off, spreading my wings to safely glide to the floor, feeling immense relief at the safety of firm ground. Then I gave the ‘pillow’ a glance, taking a shuddering breath as I observed it, then the markings on my coat. Maybe I wasn’t brave enough for the pony world yet…
The ‘bed’ loomed above my position like a collection of broken trees. Biting my lip, I stared up at the dark form of the pony, fidgeting in her sleep. I wanted to be up there with her, to feel her reassuring warm presence, but right now, she was as dangerous as anything else in this world!
Panic rose in the back of my head, but I vehemently shook my head, denying it control over my thoughts. I-I was a scout. If this world was new, then it fell to me to explore it's dangers. And since there was no way I could rest on these soft… things, I might as well start now.
As unnerving as this vast cavern was, it at least seemed to be empty apart from me and Twilight. I was atop some sort of angular wooden platform far above the ground, giving me a good, perched position to observe my surroundings from… not that it revealed much in the darkness, even less of it that I understood. There was a strange crevice in the wall, allowing starlight to shine into the cavern. Yet, floating inside that hole were strange markings, following a pattern of tilted, angular shapes. Rock formations that Twilight had called ‘crystals’ were gathered on the walls, in-between which stood boxes taller than she was. Somehow, she seemed to be able to store something inside of them, but where did she find such oddly-shaped hollow trees, and how in the gods names did she make them grow on rock?
Spirit powers, I thought to myself. Her might truly is incomprehensible to one like me…
Shaking my head, I jumped off my platform, gliding down toward the gigantic gate separating this cavern from the others. Framed by wood grown around more of these strange, floating squares, it seemed entirely unsuitable to keep anyone out. After all, a pony could just walk in-between the frame, and for me- well, there was a gap large enough that when I got on my stomach, I could just crawl under it.
For a moment, I thought I had entered the outside world, so vast was this space! Then I looked up, and realized my eyes still hit a ceiling. Swallowing dryly, I began to trot through this absolutely massive tunnel, and then there were more gates at the sides, which I now knew were each leading to another cavern… it wasn’t the first time the sheer dimensions in this world stole my breath, but realizing that my entire clan could live in here without one breezie meeting another for days? Taking a deep breath to calm my fluttering heart, I made sure to remember the way I’d taken. I did not want to get lost in this place!
Next, my exploration took me down a vast hillside, but none like I’d ever seen before. Instead of rolling down like an actual hill, this one went a bit straight, then went into a nasty t drop, before resuming straight again before leading to yet another drop. Again and again, dozens, if not hundreds of times. It made me so glad I was born with wings, else I could have broken my neck in that climb.
Eventually in my exploration, which seemed to have only brought up questions and no answers, I suddenly heard a rustle. I gasped, then slapped a hoof over my mouth as I ran back to a scruffy, firm, fur-thing on the ground, trying to lift it up so I could hide below. But no way, I couldn't even make it budge! Meanwhile, I felt the ground tremor as something heavy came closer.
“Hello?” A deep, guttural voice asked, causing my heart to leap. My first instinct was to run, but something tickled the back of my mind, the sound of the creature was familiar- right, the only word Twilight had taught me about the ponish tongue so far, a greeting! This must mean the whatever that was… was friendly?
“G-gentle winds to you.” I responded, biting my lip as I reluctantly lit my feelers.
And the light grew over claws, belonging to purple-scaled limbs, reaching up to a mighty form, ending in a head adorned with green spikes and a maw filled with sharp teeth. My heart skipped a beat as I realized I had just revealed myself to a predator! Screaming, I turned to run, hearing the thing’s strange words behind me as I sought to hide in the fur-thing’s strands. They were like moss, but much more resistant, slowing me down!
Then, the monster roared, and it’s voice caught my like a shockwave, slicing through my ears like a bee’s stinger. I immediately collapsed, holding my ringing ears, tears of pain and despair spilling from my eyes. I never should have come here, It was too much, the monsters too powerful-
Then, from the corner of my eye, I witnessed a flash of light. Turning my head, I saw Twilight, her majestic, mighty figure completely overshadowing the monster! Then she… my expression turned from joy to confusion as she didn’t attack! Instead, her mouth moved like she was speaking to it, and then the purple thing pointed a claw right at my position.
Next, I felt the gentle glow of Twilight’s magic surrounding me, plucking me from the not-moss-ground, floating me closer to the predator! It cocked its head, as if it was considering how tasty I’d be, before turning to Twilight, asking… something.
Then, she began to speak, and it took me a moment to realize that she was translating his words. “So, you are the breezie Twilight met?”
My throat too dry to speak, I merely nodded my head. Suddenly, the predators claw surged toward me and I let out a panicked cry- before it stopped just before me.
“I’m Spike.” Twilight translated again. “A pleasure to meet you.” After a moment of pause, she added more quietly: “take his claw and shake it a little.”
With my heart still thundering, I reached both of my hooves out, laying them around the tip of his claw, noting how much less sharp they were compared to how they appeared.
That was how I met Spike the dragon.
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Yes! A sequel!
YES!!
Come on, Twilight, make him a pony for a day. He needs the experience, and we already know you can do it!
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actually, all we know is that she can turn ponies into other things.
Hm. She would probably have sizing/ponifying spell for him.
Would she?
Would be pretty interesting to see his experiences for the same place and the same people while being a breezy and than while being a pony.
Thank you for the sequel!!!
9834367 Nope, she turned all of the Mane 6 into Breezies for that episode, so species is not a barrier to their OTP.
9834390
yes, that doesnt mean she can cast the same spell on a breezie to do the reverse.
9834392 Oh, come on. You can't daaaaw a little about the mental image of the two of them curled up inside a tulip bloom, sharing sips of nectar while observing the pollination process at extremely close range?
9834407
oh, thats not a problem. its turning Honeydew big that is the issue
yay!! chapter 1!! also, lol twi should have known better. silly filly that one..
Oh man I feel kinda bad for honey
that pic is great lol
*Sees cute looking romance fic with a tiny stallion*
*Sees E rating*
🙁
This'll be an awesome look on the lives of ponies, is this first chapter is any indication. Insta fave, will wait anxiously for more
9834826
Bah, you'll find just about anything if you search hard enough. Just slap an exclude everyone tag on.
9834966
Actually, not for breezies. We are sorely lacking for all sorts of stories with them, even in that category. If you were to look for it, you would find only 2.
Very nice, I actually prefer if honey stays tiny as this would provide an entirely new perspective of the world
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Thats the plan ;)
9835060
Well... the comment did say "a tiny stallion."
If all else fails, I suppose one could search on Derpibooru. The tagging system there is much more varied, and there tends to be thousands of images unless you're doing a very specific search.
This story is awesome! Even though this is just the first chapter, I still think it's amazing and it will be epic by the time it's done.
9835542
thanks. I like your stories too ^^
While I get it that Twilight was more than eager to actually sleep in her own bed at last, she probably should talk with Honeydew about his fears and get herself turned back to a breezie each night to keep him company. As for not being able to turn him into a pony, in this world of magic and wonders I'd personally consider this a "because writer said so" issue. :P
And yes, it might have quite some interesting implications, but I am eagerly awaiting a moment when she finally can / manages to get him to pass the "you have to be this tall to explore Equestria" sign without having to sneak around it.
Completely random thought that just occurred to me: If / when she comes around to testing spells to get him upsized, initially there might be a *tiny* misfire that makes him only foal sized and thus nearly cuddled to death and Twi nearly having a cuteness overdose. And then let him try ice cream. Feel free to steal this idea if you wish. ^^
9835800
that is a great idea, and I would love to do it, unfortunately I am in the process of dying from a heart attack because of how insanely well this sequel is doing (seriously, To Be a Breezie almost reached two-thousand views in a day, where the previous best didnt even reach five-hundred)
I wonder what Honeydew’s reaction will be when he finds a fridge....
9835962
...do... ponies have fridges? I cant recall from the top of my mind
9835963
Well, take Sugarcube corner’s background for example, they have ovens and other ‘electronics’
9835963
Fairly sure I seen those. Not sure they are actually electronic instead of magic, but I'm sure they have them.
9836033
oki doki, so there might be a fridge scene. but NO PROMISES
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I am now imagining a very, very tiny winter coat for a polar expedition to the icecream.
9836036
that is adorable and might happen in the Rarity chapter :P
9835804
That's fame for you. :P Feel free to celebrate, at least as long as you don't resemble your avatar.
9835962
"Twilight enslaved ice spirits to do her bidding, this is insane. Her might truly is incomprehensible..."
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I can imagine Twilight looking for Honeydew, hearing some clank or whatever from the fridge, opening it, and there he is braving the frozen wasteland to reach the holy grail of ice cream... Can we have Honeydew absolutely loving ice cream? It's, like, the ultimate victory over winter. "Taking what makes you miserable and turning it into something delicious".
9836145
Oh, I so would resemble my avatar if I didnt have to drive to work tomorrow... sigh.
If my working place didnt set my vacation for me (they're allowed to do that sadly), I would have totally taken off today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdvpRQF0vw8 So I saw this today... seemed like a semi appropriate place to share it.
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uhm...why?
Kind of want to see more of Fluttershy talking about the tale of Kalpyso, but I think another great moment would be Honeydew seeing a bottle of honey in Twilights pantry
Well it looks like things kind of went Rocky for honeydew he's still not used to the new world yet I mean they only got back for only a couple of days so he explore the castle which is pretty huge and seriously they need to put a sign or something so they don't get lost but then again it's kind of probably useless for honeydew because he can't understand English or ponisch whatever you want to call it but then he suddenly caught off guard by Spike when he went downstairs and he was in the Panic thinking that he would eat him but Twilight wants to reassure him that it's Spike is actually friendly like I said it was a rocky start for the him into the Big World