Follow Me

by catluvr2

A New Beginning

I woke up with my right arm over my head, and my left arm down by my side. I started to get up, then I noticed that I couldn't feel my fingers. That's odd, I thought. Did I have an accident? I opened my eyes and got a glimpse of a deep red velvet-covered couch. I don't remember having THAT in my apartment, I thought. Then I looked at my arm. It was orange. Suddenly the events from the past few hours came back to me. I was in another world and apparently another body.
I looked around to see what this... place... was like. I saw musical motifs everywhere, and I swore I saw some sheet music from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in a frame.
Think, I thought to myself. This has to still be a dream. You're from Ashefilly, and you've seen stranger stuff before. I paused, confused. Ashefilly? Where did THAT come from? I tried again. You have an aunt who lives in Whinnyngton, the Flight Brothers made their first flight in the Outer Flanks, and all that happened in North Canterlina. I stopped again. Something is OBVIOUSLY messing with my mind, so I'm just going to roll with it. I finally realized that I was still lying on the couch, so I got up. It was a bit difficult, as I still wasn't used to my equine form. Finally, I walked into the other room, where the two other ponies were.
"Oh, hi, Yarn Purl. We were just talking about you," the green pony said. "Oh, by the way, my name's Lyra Heartstrings, and my friend here is BonBon." BonBon waved. "So I guess you're wondering about how you ended up here?" I nodded. Lyra continued. "Well, this apartment used to be rented to a unicorn who was doing experiments having to do with other dimensions. One day he disappeared, and nopony knew where he went. Since we found out, I've been trying to find others who might know him. So far I haven't had much luck, although this was the first time I found a unicorn..." She glanced at my horn and winked at me. "Anyhooves, I hope you'll meet with the other ponies I've brought here?" I had to say yes, how could I not? I had to meet with other people who had been brought here thanks to Lyra and the mysterious unnamed unicorn.

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"I see that you're pretty much all set, I'll just let you talk with the others to see what they know." With that, Lyra left the library where she had all of us meet. There was a tan Earth stallion with a brown mane and an hourglass on his flank, a yellow coated Earth mare with a curly orange mane and carrots on her flank, and there was even an older white Earth stallion wearing sunglasses. He had a black mane that looked familiar, as well as a microphone on his flank. Finally there was a blue Earth stallion with a black beard and mustache with something that looked like a television on his flank. The white stallion and the blue stallion seemed familiar somehow. Maybe I had seen them as humans?

Author's Note:

On dA: A New Beginning

Asheville, Wilmington, Wright brothers, Outer Banks, North Carolina. I had to work those in.

Comments

[artofwar77]

I'm liking this so far. The narration feels a bit rushed and jerky (just a little), but that made it very effective at capturing my attention.
It leaves me wondering what happens next. Nice hook.

Perhaps format your paragraphs a bit? Maybe fit a blank line between each one? It would improve readability.

Looking forward to reading more.

[strijer987]

why is lyra doing this?

[catluvr2]

2254844
Because she's trying to find the pony who created the portal between worlds, and as she has no idea what he looks like, she's bringing random people through and hoping that they're the right one.

[strijer987]

2259594 so why doesn't she put them back if they aren't the person she is looking for?

[catluvr2]

2281088
Because the portal never goes to the same place twice.

[strijer987]

2281313 so let get this straight, lyra brings the humans to ponyville and they cannot get back and they have to live there lives there unless they find the person who made the portal and then lyra puts the humans back where they belong....something like that yes?

[catluvr2]

2281356
Yes. Although it may take a while to find that pony/human...

[strijer987]

2284123 one last question if i may ask, does lyra think they were ponies on the other side?

[catluvr2]

2287279
Well, the creator of the portal turned into a human when he went through the portal, so she's not really sure.

[strijer987]

2287380 makes sense in a way, so is she thinking that all or most of humans were originally ponies?

[catluvr2]

2287651
Well, she's not really sure, so she's going by a "trial and error" way.