I took a moment to compose myself before I went back into the classroom. Not that it mattered anymore. Maybe I could just pretend that they all didn’t exist? It had never worked before, but who knows. Maybe this time they actually would leave me alone if I ignored them.
I took my seat at the desk and kept my focus on the blackboard. Cheerilee had drawn out a calendar on the board, and it was complicated. After I’d heard that there were one thousand days in a year I’d expected that the lengths of months would be similarly round numbers. Perhaps ten months of a hundred days each? That would have made sense. Instead, there were twenty four months in a year, each with either fourty one or fourty two days, plus another seven days at the end of the year that weren’t part of any month at all.
Rather than being ahead of other ponies my age, I found myself unable to even remember the months of the year. I really hoped I wasn’t going to be called on again to answer a question, since I would certainly make an even greater fool of myself.
This lesson was about how to calculate the number of days between two dates on the calendar. The example was calculating Twist’s age in days. She was eight thousand three hundred and fifty three days old.
Wait a minute.
If I’m eight or nine years old here, and a year is a thousand days, that means a year here is worth like... three earth years. A bit less, since it was three six five rather than three three three on Earth.
I lamented that I didn’t have the dexterity with this body to write out the math, but I could still estimate easily enough. Three eights were twenty four. Three nines were twenty seven. A bit less because slightly more than a third, although if I was eight or nine I could still be nine and a half.
My age hadn’t changed. It wasn’t that this body was younger than my body as a human, it was just that ponies aged painfully slow.
Though it hardly mattered, I realised that I actually could figure out when my birthday was in this world by calculating the number of days I was alive as a human, and adjusting it to this world’s calendar.
I was making a number of assumptions here. I knew they used twenty four hour days here, and sixty minutes in an hour, sixty seconds in a minute. I could tell that by looking at the helpfully labeled clock which had both minutes and hours labeled (no doubt to teach foals how to read an analog clock). How long was a second? Was it the same as earth? How could I tell how long a second was? They felt the same subjectively. If acceleration due to gravity-
“Pssst.”
My eyes were closed in concentration so I didn’t see who was trying to get my attention. I ignored it.
“Psssst.”
I was suddenly reminded of the episode where Diamond Tiara tricked Applebloom into getting caught passing notes, and a flare of anger rose inside of me.
Snapping my eyes open I turned to face the direction of the sound, only to find myself glaring at... Applebloom.
“Green, you can’t sleep in class,” Applebloom whispered, “You’ll get in trouble.”
I swallowed and nodded, feeling guilty for the look I’d just given her.
At the end of class Cheerilee motioned to me with her head like she wanted to speak with me again, but I pretended not to see it. I didn’t want to talk to her.
The Crusaders were taking their assignment of guarding me perhaps a little too seriously. As we left the schoolhouse they made sure I was at the center of their little herd. It made me feel awkward to have one of them walking behind me, but whenever I lagged too much, Scootaloo would circle around behind me again. Her face was still bruised, and I wanted to keep her where I could see her.
“What are you doing here?” Applebloom accused.
Somehow Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had managed to sneak up on us without me noticing. Diamond ignored Applebloom and spoke directly to me. I felt my temper flare again.
“Mrs Cheerilee says I have to apologize to you.” Said Diamond Tiara.
“Ok.” I tried to keep my voice neutral.
“Aren’t you going to accept my apology?” She asked
“Please never speak to me again.” I said
Diamond Tiara huffed.
“Wow, I thought maybe you were cool but-”
I wanted to break her stupid face. In that moment, she was every bully I'd faced in my life.
“Fall down a well, Diamond Tiara.” I interrupted
She smirked.
My chest felt like it was going to burst if I didn’t scream. My coat stood on end. My eyes stung, and I felt like I was going to cry.
A painful spark arced from the tip to the base of my horn, and a pulse of air blew back Diamond’s mane for a moment.
My body felt numb. I was going to pass out.
Breathe. Don’t lock your knees. Focus.
Okay, kneel then, but don’t -
The grass was so soft.
Just don’t close your-
“Green,” said Applebloom, “Are ya alright?”
Why was I on the ground? Oh right. I fainted.
Embarrassed, I quickly got up. The world was spinning a bit and I felt nauseous.
“I’m fine.” I said. “What happened to Diamond Tiara?”
“She, uh,” Said Scootaloo, “She kinda called you a blank flank loser and went to tell Ms Cheerilee that you attacked her with magic.”
My horn hurt.
“Great.” I said.
“That was so cool,” Said Scootaloo, “Your eyes were all glowing and then it was like wumf and everything got blown away from you and even I could feel the magic and I’m a pegasus! I think Diamond was scared there for a moment.”
I sighed.
“All I’ve done is show her that she can make me so upset that I faint.” I grumbled.
“Why do ya hate Diamond Tiara so much?” Asked Applebloom. “Ah mean, ya’ve only just met her.”
“I don’t like bullies.” I said. “I thought maybe I was over it, but whenever I see a bully, it just comes back.”
I wanted to cry again.
“Don’t worry Green!” Said Sweetie Belle, “We’ll help you find your cutiemark and you won’t have to worry about getting bullied anymore.”
“Were it so easy.”
First time I ever comment. Good luck with your treatment. I hope it's everything you need it to be.
Good luck.
Nice chapter
The picture of the Green olusgy made me literally daaawww out loud. NEAT!
I guess Green has the setting
'no magic'
&
'burn it all in one go'
I wish you luck.
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the only two acceptable settings XD
I should know ;)
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How so?
I prefer a nice balance over a one shot wonder...
Is she hurt physically? No. Is she hurt mentally? No, unless you count being frightened. Was she attacked by magic? Not really. Green just did a display. Maybe the equivalent of cracking your knuckles then cracking you neck side to side twice.
Who knows what Greens experience and knowledge from the human world could amount to when employed in the fields of Equestrian Magics. I feel she’ll become an interesting figure in Equestrian history should she follow through with Luna’s offer.
Hope the treatment goes well mate!
I have to say this, I do not like how this story is progressing, as it makes me both question the main characters sanity, as well as my own. But I am so enraptured by your writing at this point I can not stop reading. Damn you greenhorne, damn you to horse heck. And good luck my friend on your treatment, I hope you get better.
I want that plushie
I think Green needs psychological counseling a bit more before she is pushed into these things. She is not reacting well to many things and this will not help her in the long run if she is not given some time for herself.
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from the way I see it we should be questioning greens sanity because it isn't going to be all fine and dandy in a persons brain if they get turned into another species against their will and then sent to a place out of reach of their home.
Hope your treatment goes well! Great to see your work is still as amazing as ever. I always want to read more. Ah well, I’ll take what I get. Till the next one!
Wow!! You are lucky to recieve the medication and got legalized!! Well it is alright when its short but it is progress nonetheless.!
It doesn't matter how much time passes between two updates, as long as the quality stays the same. Besides RL is always more important. I Hope your treatment goes well and you getter soon. :)
well that answers that question. nice chapter.
the fucking halo references man, your killing me
Good luck with your treatment, hopefully it all goes well.
Why is there a spring in that thing?
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I guess it is a single use item: The spring puts the syringe needle inside after use, to minimize the risk of injuries and ease disposal.
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I need psychological counseling even without being torn from my life and placed in a new world, so Green sure as heck needs some help in Equestria.
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That's exactly it, yes.
Honestly what a horrible chapter. I hate everything to do with this author and especially this shit story, but whew, does this chapter take the cake for this shitskrieg.
>she smirked
This is honestly an example of such poor characterization that I think I’m going to explode. All this does is show off the authors inexperience and naivety for the entire reading base to see. It’s such a shit like that I don’t even have to explain why it’s bad, it’s so fucking self evident that it shows for itself. The fucking ametureness reeks from this one line alone. Honestly I could get the most retarded, brain dead person on earth and shove this line in their face and they would be able to explain what the fuck is wrong with it, that’s how bad it is. It’s fucking engrained in human nature to realize the shittyness of this line, yet the brain dead author “greenhorne” can’t seem to fucking figure it out. What a fittingly horrible name for a horrible person and a horrible author, I hope you die in a fucking hole, you piece of trash.
Edit:
https://youtu.be/Mf0BrxpGEfY
Is good chapter, thank you, and here's to hoping your medication works!
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Oof, sounds like someone would get along swimmingly with Diamond Tiara.
Green: I desperately need therapy and for my old body back. Or, at the very least, my sex being changed back to male.
Ponies: Best I can do is forcing you back into preschool.
Psychological trauma being brushed under the rug aside, the fact that ponies have 3x+ the lifespan is something very interesting. Only one other HiE fic I've read has done that, My Life As A Bipedal Quadruped. It's a really cool solution to the age thing, and living longer is always a plus!
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It was apparently an inside joke between Greater Glory and the author, Greenhorne
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You’re not supposed to spoil it SMH
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bro you just posted cringe, that wasn't very g*mer of you.
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I will neither confirm nor deny the truth of this statement, but as an observer of the exchange in which said joke was made, I can safely say that Greater Glory does not, in fact, want Greenhorne to fell bad about their story. In fact, the poor person sent numerous messages ensuring that Greenhorne knew that the comment was a joke.
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If I remember correctly, I believe the story Distorted Fate did so as well, and it is a pretty cool proposal. It also adds to why friendships are so significant to them, since they'll be spending far longer with other people and living a lonely life will therefore be far worse.
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I read that not too long ago, you might be right. But I think the MC in that was like 12 years old, too. I remember them saying their age was actually extremely young.
Man, I really like this story. I will say that the line "she smirked" is an absolute blunder, but it's the only problem I have with this chapter, everything else about it in the story is top tier. Love you, and I hope your treatment goes well.
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Wow, congratulations for being the first person I have ever seen on fimfiction to jump the gun. Tbh, I've seen some arguments, but usually, they have some heated debate beforehand.
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I don't understand why it's a blunder, care to explain?
Dupixent, huh? I've been seeing ads for it left and right in the US: didn't realize it was taking so long to get approved elsewhere. I hope it works well for you!
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Get stick bugged
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To condense the assessment, basically, s u c c.
It doesn't actually, I'm playing off of Greater Glory's assessment of your story.10710786
I thought I remembered the MC making a "joke" in the class about being 27 and from an alternate universe, before internally being like "well, at least that's a truth". I could be wrong, though, I don't fully remember. Maybe I'll reread, I've been meaning to read it's sequels anyway... But I digress, it is a pretty interesting idea, and it makes Princess Celestia way older too, so that's interesting.
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Who hurt you?
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I can’t fucking take it anymore
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Bro, no. Leave the dumb comment up, it's an inspiration to us all.
Great news for you! I'm genuinely glad that this new drug may help you. Great chapter too.
I hope the new medicine works alright!
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No, he’s amongus
Best wishes with your treatment.
Eh, not a fan of Ponies taking 3 times as long to age. Like, I despise that. I was fine with Green being de aged, but now it turns out he wasnt. Ponies just take forever to age.
Everything else is great though.
More importantly, congrats on getting your medicine. I hope everything works out. I know you said it was experimental, so just know Im rooting for ya.
Good luck with the treatment! I hope it works for you. My oldest child suffers from that also, been a long road of different medications and fighting with insurance to try and get it under control.
Wow, I loved this story, great job! I wonder what it would be like if Green stayed with Fluttershy instead though. It would be nice to see her relax for once, maybe interact with the animals or even have some fun with Discord. (Assuming she has an easier time around males given her previous life).
Also thanks for mentioning "RAD". Years of psyquiatric treatment with heavy medication and not once this disorder was mentioned and it's description, symptoms and causes fit my condition to an uncanny level. I knew there would probably be other people like me but knowing this is an observed condition makes me feel better and a little hopeful. For years I've been feeling like I'm barely human and terribly afraid of how I can't feel anything towards anyone and how easy it was for me to let go of several friends I had without feeling a slight hint of sadness. Even when my mother died, I was so unphased by it, it made me wonder if I was a psychopath or a sociopath. Hopefully with this condition name in mind I can receive better treatment, so thank you.
Also also, good luck on your own treatment, I'm glad you got the meds and I hope they work wonders! Keep up the good work!