> Concord of Destiny
>  by Zeta Dragon
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> Chapter One: The Last Gateway 
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CONCORD OF DESTINY 
CHAPTER 1 THE LAST GATEWAY





“Come on Anon, you’re so slow.” Finn said as he trekked over small shaggy bushes through the forest. 

You always loved the forest the smell of the trees giving off a natural musk, how the sunlight pierced through the treetops in a barrage of rays shining down glistening off the fresh dew of the rainfall from the night before. The small rainbows nestled where the air was thick with water droplets. Your friend Finn who you had been best friends with for a little over a year now came running into your small house claiming he found “Something.” At least that’s the best you could comprehend he was talking so fast, something about a gateway or something. You thought nothing of it as Finn had a habit of getting you two into hi-jinks all the time. It seemed you were either, running for your lives, exploring a deep dark cave then running for your lives, or exploring a deep dark cave WHILE running for your lives. Anyway Finn had found his adventure for the week for you two to embark on. 

“What is it this time Finn?” you ask

“Weren't you listening? I found something in these woods it was like a big shimmering portal thing.” 

“A big shimmering portal thing, are you feeling OK?” You ask not really inclined to believe that a “big shimmering portal thing” would just plop itself down in the woods just outside your small town. 

“I’m FINE!” Finn snapped back at you clearly seeing that you didn't believe him. 

“Well how much father we've been walking for miles.”  You say annoyed. You didn't have anything to do today but hiking through the woods with Finn chasing a portal thing wasn't at the top of your list. 

“We’re almost there, ya wimp.” Finn says as he continues walking using his arms to separate overgrown bushes in the way of the small dirt path.

You follow pushing the bushes back out of the way of your path. The pine needles of the bushes prick at your bare arms. Your push your way through as they leave you skin red and irritated. The tall slender trunks of the trees pass by you as you continue following your friend. He wasn't easy to lose since he had a bright red shirt on, you were thankful for this because he was pretty far ahead of you clearly eager for you to see his discovery. 

Eventually Finn stops and turns to beckon towards you to hurry up, you quicken your walk into a small jog as you run up to meet your friend. In front of you was a thick layer of bush that looked to almost seal off a part of the woods. The bushes were far thicker than those you pushed your way through to get here. They were lush and green with countless pine needles poking out in all directions. 

“It’s just past these bushes.” Finn said 

“How do we get through?” you ask “And how exactly did you find this?”

“Honestly……I tripped and fell through to the other side, there a small clearing where the portal is. We can push through, It is possible it’s not easy but it’ll be worth it trust me.” 

You wanted to trust your best friend but you were about 99% sure that this would lead you to a clearing with absolutely nothing in it. Using all you’re might you muster yourself up bracing for the onslaught of the pricks of the pine needles. You figure it’s best to get a small running start then just sprint through. Finn does the same; you both take a few steps back and give each other a quick glance. Finn nods as if to tell you again that it’ll be worth it and you should trust him, but at this point you just want to satisfy his little sense of adventure so you can go home. Finn holds up three fingers moving his hand in a countdown beat. One by one his fingers lower until he clenches his fists and you both charge headfirst into the relentless brush. 

You push through the bushes feeling the small swipes of the pine needles carve up your skin as you feel the resistance of the shrubs pushing back against you. Finally the resistance vanishes as you emerge from the bushes falling flat on your face. 

“OW!” you groan muffled by your face full of grass. This area looked different…it felt different. Where the forest’s dirt path covered in weeds now laid a plush field of soft grass. Each individual blade gently caressed you skin it was so soft it almost felt like a bed sheet. You raise you head and look over to your right where Finn had landed and was in the process of climbing to his knees. You tensed your arms and pushed against the ground lifting you up to your knees knelt down in the soft grass. Finn then put his arm around you and pointed with his free arm. 

“Anon…….Look!” 

When you tilted your head up to take in the sight your friend was pointing at……you could hardly believe it. In front of you was a large stone arch that wrapped around the top of a small hill. The arch was smooth with some texture near the top where the weather had worn away at the stone. In the center filling up the empty space between the arches was what looked almost like a mirror except it showed no reflection but a vast plain rich with grass and farmland. In the distance was a large purple snow capped mountain with a jagged peak. You could swear you saw something protruding from the side of the mountain; it almost looked like a castle. The sky was different through the “mirror”; the sky looked like normal cyan on a warm summer day. A light blue with a cascade of cumulus clouds making it look just like a painting. You tilted your head up even further past the top of the arch and saw that your own sky had changed from the sun shining through the trees to a Celestial Twilight of purple and gold the sun’s rays reflecting off the large puffy clouds yielding to the stars above. 

“See I told you there was a Magic gateway.” Finn smirked. 

“Finn what the hell is this?” you question. 

“If I knew why would I have brought you?” Finn said.

“Well we should be careful I have no clue as to what this thing is.” 

“I told you I think it’s a portal of some kind.” 

You saw what he was talking about the land that you saw within the arch did look like it had depth to it like you could almost cross over to the world in this ……portal.

You could barely move yet you found the strength to stand along with Finn as the two of you just looked at the massive portal in quiet awe. The world seemed to come to a standstill as you lost yourself in the world on the other side. The silence is broken however when you hear an eerie whisper seeming to address you. 

“Did you hear that?” You ask Finn 

“Hear what?” Finn says. 

“That whisper.” You say turning back to face the portal. 

“Anon don’t even try to scare me like that OK, you’re terrible at it.” Finn scoffed. 

“No I’m not joking I heard-” 

The whisper came again louder, you couldn't make out what it was saying but Finn finally heard it.

“Holy hell what was that?” Finn says. 

“See I told you.” You say. 

Finn suddenly pressed his hands to his head and began screaming.

“AAAAH It’s in my head!” 

“Finn what the hell is wrong with you!” you shout. 

Finn slowly began to walk towards the portal. 

“GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!” He screams.

“FINN WHAT ARE YOU DOING GET BACK HERE!” You scream.

Finn keeps walking towards the portal as you quickly sprint in front of him. You use all your strength to try to stop him but he pushes through you knocking you onto the ground. His eyes look dazed as if he isn't conscious. 

“Finn!” you yell again hoping to get his attention as he inches even closer to the Portal. Finn then takes his hands off his head and holds them out in front of him. 

“NO FINN DON’T!” you shout again.

No good Finn’s just now inches from the portal his hands fully outreached. You look to the top of the portal where you see rays of light beginning to form bursting from the world inside. Finn reaches for the portal. 

“FINN DON’T TOUCH IT!!!” You give one final shout but it’s too late. Finn’s hand comes in contact with the portal as the picture of the world ripples like he touched his hand to a pool of water. You then hear a loud whine as the lights at the top grow in intensity. You cover your ears unable to withstand the high pitched screech tearing at your eardrum, you squint your eyes. Within a second a white light flashes encumbering all of your vision shaking the whole world around you. You can’t even comprehend the feeling as you feel like ….nothing. You then look down and see that your feet are no longer on the ground as you’re ascending upwards to the center of the portal. You can’t control your direction and fight helplessly against whatever magic has ensnared you. You feel a force dragging you towards the massive ripple. As you pass through a massive sensation rocks your entire body as your feel yourself in free-fall over the great plain you were looking at a few moments ago. You feel the sting of the wind on your eyes and the pressure of the air on your body as you plummet towards the land. You pass through a few clouds that obscure the land in a fog. The great plain then reemerges into your view looming closer and closer. You now reach terminal velocity as you can barely breathe in the thin atmosphere at the height you’re at. You feel your heart thundering in your chest. You don’t know what happened to your friend or what’s going on. You now fall past the jagged peek of the purple mountain in the distance. Your assumption was right as you see a massive castle and what you guess to be an entire city protruding from the side of the great monolith. Your vision fades to black just before you hit the ground. 

You awake in a field much similar to that of the portal. Soft grass brushes your bare skin. You take a few deep breaths wondering if you’re dreaming, there was no way you could’ve survived that fall….could you? You place a hand to your head getting up on your knees. You look around. Sure enough you are in that scene that the portal showed. You landed in a field out in the middle of nowhere from the looks of it. You think you can see a small village off in the distance other than a few scattered trees and rivers the castle on the mountain is really the only sign of civilization. 

“Oh where am I?” you say aloud. “Finn, Finn!” you call out for your friend but no answer.

A soft yet strong breeze blows around you as you feel the wind whip through your hair. You vision begins to fade as your overcome with a dizzy feeling. You see a silhouette approach you but it’s not human. It looks more like that of some kind of animal. As it draws closer you squint, your brain trying to register every detail. You see that it is indeed an animal of some kind. It grew closer and its shape came into full view. It was an Equine being, Huge maybe three times your size. It had a horn on its head and wings on its back. You stood up still only coming up to about where its legs met its body. The creature’s coat was nearly pitch black as it spread its wings out to their full length. Suddenly its face changed as two golden eyes what you only assumed all they were, were golden spheres of fire that stared at you. You crunched up your body a little being intimidated by this creature. It flared its eyes sending a spark up its horn. Another flash of light erupted from its long curved horn as you nearly double took at the site. The creature split into seven copies of itself, each one with the same “Fire eyes” only different colors. All colors of the spectrum. They encircled you these giants preventing your escape from all angles. Suddenly you heard a Booming voice erupt from inside your mind. 

“WE ARE THE WATCHERS.”  The voice said. 

You somehow mustered up the courage to speak. Though you weren't sure where the voice in your head was coming from you believed it to be from these equines before you. 

“Wh-where am I.” 

“YOU HAVE TRESPASSED IN THE WORLD OF EQUIS!” 

“Trespassed?” you say unsure.

“YOUR KIND IS NOT MEANT TO EXIST IN THIS WORLD!” The voice booms again.

You are now starting to shake out of fear. Were these watchers going to kill you? Where were you? All you wanted to do was go home or wake up from this if it was a dream. 

“I ASSURE YOU THIS IS NO DREAM!” The creature boomed yet again. 

“How did you.” You stutter out.

“WE KNOW ALL, OUR LAWS ARE UNBREAKABLE. YOUR KIND WAS NEVER MEANT TO EXIST IN THIS WORLD, YET WE CANNOT ALLOW YOU TO LEAVE.” 

You now started to really panic. Here were seven monstrous creatures talking about how you were not supposed to see any of this or even exist here, and now they weren’t going to let you leave? It was too much you felt tears begin to swell in your eyes thinking that this was indeed the end to your life. 

“DO NOT FEAR YOUR DESTINY BUT EMBRACE IT.” The watchers said. 

“What? What are you talking about my Destiny?” 

“BECOME….WHAT WE ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE BORN TO BE!.........ANON!” 

Your eyes widen as your tears instantly stop. You look up in wonder as to how it knew your name, if they could read your mind though, and know everything about you…..? 

“And what is it that I was born to be?” you ask your face still bearing a worried look. 

The fire eyes of all the Watchers flared as they all cast a spark up their horns. The spell made a deafening sound of electricity crackling. You see the full rainbow spectrum of magic as it forms a prism above your head. You look up at the entrancing display of light when suddenly it fires down hitting you, piercing you all the way to your soul. The pain is so much it brings you down to all fours. You can’t take anymore as you scream out. 

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!” 

It feels as though your body is being ripped apart, your skin being torn from its muscles. You hear your bones cracking if being ground to dust. A throbbing pain lights up your chest as you feel your heart may explode at any moment. You feel different. You feel your ears being pulled and molded into a fine point. You feel your skull being re shaped as your face burns stretching to unnatural proportions. You open your eyes just a glimpse and see what appears to be a muzzle forming on your face. You grind your head down to your hands and see your fingers “retracting” into the base of your hands. As you feel the palms of your hands begin to harden. You whip your head down to your feet and see a similar thing. Your toes being pushed in while you whole foot changes shape into a more round premise, the watchers still unleashing the full power of their magic down onto you. You arch your back in agony screaming out again. From either side of your back you feel something growing protruding, puncturing what was left of your lower shoulder blades about midway down your back. You look to either side and see the new muscles continuing to grow in length. You feel your arms and legs getting stretched and new muscles filling them blazing to a heightened physique. You look at your hands again and see that they are now non-existent. They have instead been replaced by hooves, same with your feet. You can now see your new muzzle in the center corners of your eyes. It begins to puffin up a bit adjusting your face to compensate. You feel your chin getting more square and rigid, within your mouth your canines begin retracting and your teeth level out into a flat ridge. The pain begins to dull as you look at the twisted pile of flesh that you now are. You think your eyes are playing tricks on you when you see a golden hue applied to your entire body. You then feel a tickle throughout your whole person as you realize your growing fur! Bright golden pastel color fur! You feel the same thing happening on your head as you feel a streaming mane plant itself gently on your neck. You feel something brush against the back of your thighs as you turn your head and see that you’re growing a tail. Long and black with a blue stripe coursing down the middle. You catch a glimpse of the new limbs you have on the side of your body. Wings! Large golden wings. Cascades of feathers formed draping down like an unfurling curtain. You look back to the watchers. You think to ask them why they are cursing you with this fate. The prism of color that formed over you now dissipated into a sparkling dust. You lied there in the soft grass panting the pain still shooting through your body. The main watcher with the gold fire eyes that you first met sent up another spark. This time buckets of water came flowing from his horn as if a waterfall just appeared out of the air. The water cast a small rainbow behind it as it soaked the grass around you. However it was the reflection of you in the water that caught your attention. What you saw of yourself was that you were no longer a man….but a pony. 

You sighed at the reflection of yourself; there was no way this could be happening. The watcher ended the spell as the seven of them vanished one by one around you as you sighed deeply again. A sudden drowsiness washed over you as sleep claimed your helpless will. 

> Chapter 2 Perchance to Dream
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	A/N (The music is completely optional it’s just to add a little atmosphere.)

Concord of Destiny Chapter 2 
Perchance to Dream 

Your vision gently fades in. Before you, you see a long path of broken stone. The sky overhead hangs with a cool night as a brisk wind bellows through the trees. 

“Sister are you alright.” A golden voice chimes out. You feel strange as if you’re not in control of your body. You head looks to your left without your brain telling it. There you see a large pure white creature. She looks like one of the Watchers only different. She is radiating calmness and just being in her presence puts your mind at ease. A question popped into your brain though. Why did she call you sister? 

“Yes I’m fine” You hear another voice say, extremely close like the voice is coming from your own mind. That wasn’t your voice it was soft and feminine like a cradle of night. You still don’t understand what’s going on, if only you could get a look around. Using all your willpower you manage to just shift your gaze down a couple inches and see that you are no longer in your body. You strain even harder trying as hard as you can to wake yourself from whatever this is. You’re overcome by sudden and deafening whoosh as you feel lighter than air. You now feel in control of yourself again as you look at yourself and see that you look just like your normal self except your transparent.

“Am I dead?” you question out loud.

You look over and see another smaller creature that looks like the white one. The only difference is that this one is dark blue almost the same color as the night sky. Her mane flowed dotted with stars as a wavering cosmos. The white one had a mane too of a Celestial glow. 

“Hello!” you shout to them. No good they just keep chatting with each other completely oblivious to your presence. Off in the distance you see a large stone structure the looks like a temple of some sort. 

“We need to Move Luna!” The white one said. Luna; that must be the name of the smaller dark blue one. You note. 

“Celestia are you sure” Ok Celestia’s the name of the white one. 

“Yes my sister Tireks rein must end.” 

“But sister what if the rel--”

“Relax dear sister, it will show itself to us.” 

“And what of Demo-”

“You leave him to me he is far too powerful for you little sister. I will not have you putting yourself in that kind of danger.” Celestia said. 

The two beings began slowly trotting towards the temple at the end of the path. You watch as they grow smaller the farther they get from you. 

“Follow.” You hear a whisper, it sounded like Luna. 

Quickly you sprint after the two horse like creatures eventually catching up with them as the near the entrance to the temple. The temple was even larger up close. It had a circular base and dome top there were only two windows that you could see, one on either side of the massive black door that stood diligent against any intruders. 

“I sense darkness in this place Sister” Luna said looking up to her big sister 

“As do I Luna. As do I” Celestia replied. 

The two sisters traded glances before both lighting up their horns like the watchers did. Simultaneously the both fired a beam at the door which made it glow. The light from the door pulsed faster and faster until the giant door simply disintegrated, and faded to nothingness. 

“It’s time to end this sister.” Celestia said 

“For Equestria.” Luna softly replied. 

Cautiously you follow them into the temple. 

Inside the large temple you find that it is just a single room. A large circular room that looks a lot bigger on the inside. In the back there are three large stain glass windows where a single figure stands motionless in front of the center one. The room was dimly lit but you could still make out the creature on the other side. It was enormous with crimson skin and a mane black as night. However there was something different about it. It had hands and hooves. You recognized it as a creature from legend. A Centaur. 

You along with the two sisters slowly approached. The centaur heard their hoofsteps and slowly turned his head around. Its eyes looked like that of the watchers, two spheres of purple fire and an evil smirk occupied his face. You looked to Celestia who had a complete look of determination on her face. Then Luna who had the same look but you could see more fear in her eyes. 

“Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. I welcome such nobility” The Centaur said in a dark raspy voice. 'Princesses?' You question still with nobody hearing. You then notice that they do indeed dawn what appear to be crowns on top of their heads. You then went back to focusing on the Centaur. Just being in his presence made you spine shiver in fear. You felt your body tense up for battle your instincts sensed a threat and preparing you for the worst. 

“Tirek You know why we’re here. I will ask you only once. Surrender and return Equestria to its rightful owners.” 

“Hahaha Equestria is in the hands of its rightful owners, the Centaurs.” 

“I know not what evil has possessed you Tirek but I beg you see the light and embrace the virtues of Friendship.” 

“The Virtues of Friendship do not exist in this world there is only hate and corruption. I can sense it within you.” 

“I hold no such feelings!” Celestia bellowed.

“I wasn’t talking to you.” Tirek said turning his gaze towards Luna.

Celestia’s eyes widened as she dived for her sister “LUNA LOOK OUT!” too late Tirek raised his hand and instantly a bolt of electricity sparked hitting Luna square in the horn as she fell over in agony. The lightning knocked Celestia back from her dive as she recoiled getting back up. The energy lit up the room which was made completely out of stone. After a few seconds the lightning stopped and Luna simply lied there. Her eyes gently fluttered open as Celestia ran right towards you but instead of trampling you went straight through you. You turn and see her weeping for her sister. This makes you feel sad inside. You’re not sure why as you didn’t know anything about these two.

“Tirek what have you done.” Celestia said gritting her teeth and flaring her eyes at the centaur. 

“I have simply enlightened your sister.” 

“I WILL END YOU TIREK!!!” Celestia shouted.

“No I think that will be saved for another time. How about you take your anger out on my faithful apprentice.”
Celestia growled.

“Demontious!” Tirek shouted. Just then a large sphere of dark energy almost as big as the centaur himself began expanding right near him. A few seconds later it receded and left a large shadowy figure standing in its place. The large creature looked like Tirek though his body was completely covered in black robes, a long cape flowing down his back. His face was completely covered by a black mask with gold and red pin stripes. A crimson cross adorned his forehead rising up a few inches above the top of his head. The creature spoke.

“Yes Master.” You recognized that voice. There was no doubt in your mind that the voice you just heard was the same one that whispered to you and Finn back at the portal. 

“Demontious please deal with this pitiful horse that calls herself a princess” 

“With pleasure Master.” 

With that Tirek disappears in a similar void that brought Demontious here. You look over to you side and see that Celestia has now gotten up, Luna is still lying there injured. The look on Celestia’s face is that of sheer desperate anger. However she surprised you when she spoke in such a calm manner. 

“Demontious, please, please forsake Tirek's grasp. Come to us, we will welcome you with open arms, it doesn’t matter what you have done but for the sake of Equestria don’t let Tirek do this.” 

“You Lie Celestia, just as you lie to your subjects every day.” 

“Demontious I wouldn’t lie to you. Tirek is using you! Can’t you see that?” 

“All I see is a pathetic excuse for a Princess in front of me with her mule of a sister.” 

Celestia’s face turned from anger to sadness. 

“So you are truly lost then…..I’m so sorry.” 

“When I destroy you Celestia, there will be nopony to stand in the way of my Master.” 

“I will NEVER LET MY KINGDOM FALL TO THE LIKES OF YOU OR TIREK.” 

“We shall see Celestia, We shall see” 




Demontious reached out his hand to his side and another smaller vortex appeared. This time though instead of a Centaur coming through it was a giant crystal sword. The hilt was black metal carved in an ornate style while the blade was a colossus of jagged crimson crystals each sharp enough to rip through almost anything. 

Celestia’s horn glowed gold and a golden scythe appeared hovering near her. It was being levitated by what you could only assume to be magic. Celestia twirled her scythe that had an emblem of a blazing sun on it. You realized she also had this same emblem on her flank. 

Demontious raised his sword so that the tip of the blade was pointed right at Celestia. 

As if on cue the two charged right at each other. The massive sword swung down clashing with the scythe sending sparks flying out in all directions. Celestia and Demontious strained as Demontious clearly had the size and strength advantage. Celestia began sliding back on her hooves trying desperately to hold her footing. Fast as lightning she broke the hold and galloped around the back of Demontious who quickly blocked putting his sword over his shoulder while spinning around to face his opponent. Strike after strike rained down on the blades sparks showering the ground like raindrops as each clash lit up the room. Both of them separated each retreating to one end of the room. Celestia jammed her scythe in the ground and charged up her horn. She fired three bolts of golden fire at Demontious who twirled his sword before swinging at the three bolts deflecting them to all corners of the room. You run to a corner not wanting to get in the middle of this battle. You weren’t sure if you could be harmed seeing as you were pretty much a ghost but still. Celestia fired more bolts like the last ones and Demontious kept swinging and deflecting them as he slowly trotted closer and closer to Celestia. When he was just out of striking range he lunged forward to strike as Celestia spread her wings skyrocketing into the air. Demontious raises his sword and the two unleash another flurry of strikes and slashes against each other, again lighting up the room with flash after flash. Demontious eventually caught Celestia off guard but luckily she countered buying her time to fly away from him to the other side of the room. 

“You’re afraid Celestia!”

“I refuse to end a noble soul like you. I know there is still some good left in you”

“YOU ARE WRONG! ABOUT EVERYTHING GOOD NO LONGER EXISTS IN THIS WORLD!!!” Demontious raised his hand and much like Celestia’s horn and shot a bolt of lightning out from it at the ceiling directly above Celestia causing a large slab of rock to break off and smash onto the ground as Celestia dove out of the way just in time. Demontious continued to unleash his magic bringing the temple crumbling down around them. Demontious hit the slab right above Luna who was still injured as the slab came crashing down Celestia quickly flew in scooping up her sister just before the massive rock hit the ground and broke apart. Eventually Demontious stopped his magic assault again readying his sword. Celestia dropped off Luna right next to you in the small safe spot as she summoned her scythe and went back to battle. The duel raged on and on neither party showing any signs of fatigue. The two figures dancing and twirling to the sound of blades clashing on the field of battle. Again they got into a major flurry each unloading everything they had. Celestia begins to grow exhausted as she simply holds up her scythe to face the onslaught of Demontious’s attacks. As he continues his barrage of sword strikes he failed to see Celestia charging her horn until it was too late. She unleashed a bolt of magic that pierces him square in the chest causing him to grunt in pain and fly back on the floor. Celestia regains herself and slowly approaches him. Demontious is lying on his side clearly injured. His chest slowly rises and falls with his final breaths. 

“I-I Failed….” He barely whispered. You look at Luna who seems to be slowly recovering before running over to Celestia. 
“Demontious” 

“Y-Y-You fought well Celestia….Perhaps you have a chance against Tirek after all.”  

Your thoughts are shattered as you hear a loud ping and look up and see a bright shining white light. Celestia and Demontious see it too and tilt their heads skyward. From the light emerges a shape, an object. It looked like a diamond but it was more rhombus shaped and pure white just like the light it came from. 

A gentle smile crept onto Celestia’s face. As you looked back at Demontious it looked as though all hope and life had been drained from his eyes. 

The crystal descended coming to a hover near Celestia who wrapped it in a golden glow. She slowly looked back at Demontious. 

“T-The Relic….The Concord.” 

“Yes Demontious.” 

“You….You have won then.” 

“No Demontious. As long as Tirek still exists in this world….we will never be safe.” 

“F-Forgive me.” Demontious coughed clearly nearing the end. 

“I will take you back to the light Demontious.” 

“NO!” he shouted “It is too late for me. Just please do me a favor.” 

“Anything” 

“Finish me.” He coughed. 

Celestia tilted her head down you could swear you saw tears forming in her eyes. How a creature could be this forgiving baffled you. 

“As you wish” She simply said levitating her scythe over. 

Demontious gave a small grateful smile. 

Celestia then touched her scythe to the relic, to the Concord. The crystal pulsed as her scythe began to glow in the same bright light. 

“N-no” Demontious stuttered out. 

Celestia raised her scythe and closed her eyes. There were definitely tears now streaming down her cheeks. Using her magic she drove the scythe straight into his chest. 

You looked away so as not to see the gruesome moment. You hear the silent strike that ended it. After Celestia gracefully trots back towards her fallen Sister. A sad look filled her face as a reminder of the grim things that just transpired. 
Celestia knelt down near Luna. 

“Luna….Luna?” 

“Mm….Sister?” 

“Yes, I’m here….You’re okay now.” 

“Neigh sister I feel the darkness inside of me.” 

“NO Luna Please NO…” Celestia was now crying. 

“There is no Luna now…..only ……Nightmare Moon!” 

“NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!” Celestia screamed blowing you out of the temple as you felt you subconscious drift. 
You found yourself in an empty void simply floating through and endless plane. 

“What was that?” you ask to yourself. “What’s happening to me?” 

Suddenly from out of nowhere you hear voices. Gentle voices that caress your ears gently leading you back into the realm of consciousness. 

“Is he breathing?” 

“Ah don’t know” 

“OH I-I hope he’s okay.” 

“Should we get a doctor dearie?” 

“I don’t know I just found him like this.” 

“…I’ll have to throw him a party after he wakes up.” 

“Pinkie! SSSHH you may just want to start planning that.” 

You feel your vision returning. 


> Chapter 3 Baby Steps 
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Chapter 3 Baby Steps  

You awake from your memory as the dream fades from existence into your sub conscious. The bright moon shines down on you.  You feel different as your eyes and ears are still straining from whatever it was that assaulted you. 

“Hey I think he’s waking up.” A voice jabs at your ears. 

Your eyes slide open seeing that your lying in a soft meadow, a few trees in the distance as the dark blue night sky looms overhead. ‘OH CRAP’ you think to yourself as your memory blasts back what happened. You remember falling through a gateway or something. You remember meeting those strange horse creatures the watchers you think they were called. YOU GASP hitting the memory of what happened to you as you launch your body sitting straight up you double take at what you see. Standing in front of you are three horses….small ones….ponies. They look kind of like the watchers but more friendly, far less threatening. In the middle you see lavender Alicorn with a purple mane with a pink streak. To her left you see an orange mare with a Stetson hat and her long blonde main tied at the ends. On the other side of the Purple one you see a Cyan Pegasus slightly hovering in the air. The thing that caught your eye most was her rainbow colored mane and tale. Out of the corner of your eyes you see more creatures. You spin your head around and see three more ponies. There was one yellow Pegasus with a long flowing pink mane, another pure whit unicorn with a dark purple mane that looked to be styled almost and lastly a Pink mare with a curly pink mane. You spin back around towards the purple Alicorn and notice all of them are giving you a look of concern. Like something isn’t right. You reach your hands up to rub your eyes in disbelief. 

“AAAAAH!!!” You scream out making them all jump back in shock as before you, you see not hands but yellow hooves. You quickly toss your head around frantically trying to get any kind of glimpse as to what you are. A memory of seeing your reflection in the spell of the watcher sets in your mind but surely that was a dream right? Your eyes confirmed your fears as your appearance, no your whole body was transformed. 

“A-Are you ok?” the purple Alicorn said. 

You snap to attention at her as you feel your eyes widen, 'did she just talk?' you think. You must be going crazy there’s no way this can be happening. 

“Maybe he can’t talk?” the white Unicorn said. 

All of them continued to stare at you. You don’t know how you did it but you finally mustered the courage to speak. 
“Wh-what’s going on?” you ask, a strange question but none the less you had no idea what the answer was. 

“We found you out here unconscious. Actually Rainbow Dash here is the one that found you.” She said pointing to the cyan Pegasus next to her. You can see where she got her name from. 

“How did I get here where am I?” you start to panic as you feel your breaths becoming choppy and short knowing you’re in danger of hyperventilating. 

“Whoa, whoa calm down.” The purple Alicorn said “My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle…but you can call me Twilight.” She says pointing to herself. A princess you mean these things had a form of government, a society? The idea shocked you even more. 

“What’s your name?” she asks her voice sounding gentle. You are still reluctant to trust her since you still don’t know what happened to you or Finn for that matter, somehow though you sensed no danger in telling her your name. 

“A-anon” you say 

“Pleased to meet you Anon, these are my friends Applejack. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy” She said pointing a hoof to each of the mares introducing them. 

“Where am I?” you ask. 

“Why silly you’re in Ponyville friendliest town in Equestria.” Applejack answered. 

“Ponyville…..Equestria?” Your face yielded a confused look. 

“Wait you’ve never heard of Equestria.” Twilight asked. 

You stare blankly at them as they seem to have stepped a little closer to you. 
“This isn’t right.” You say. 

“What isn’t right” Twilight asks you the same confused look on her face. 

“Ngh, ME! YOU! THIS!” you gesture around with your hooves. 

“What do you mean” Applejack asked. 

“WHAT DO I MEAN? LOOK AT ME! I'M A HORSE!” 

The white Unicorn glared at you “Darling don’t you ever call yourself that!” 

“Yeah you look like a normal Pegasus Pony to me even if you are a bit nutty.” Rainbow Dash smiled hovering in front of you
. 
“Rainbow!” Applejack barked. 

You protest not believing that this is actually happening “But I’m not a Pegasus Pony! I’m a human a-a damn human!” 

Pinkie Pie instantly clouds your field of view “Ooh, ooh what’s a human ooh is it like a dog a cat a goat a chinchilla!”

“PINKIE!” Twilight yelled out as the pink pony looked at her sheepishly before backing away from you. 

Twilight stared at you as in deep thought “Some of our oldest texts briefly mention a race called homo- sapiens sometimes referred to as humans.”

“Yes, yes that’s us! ME!” You stumble getting the words out as a gleam of hope beams in your eyes. 

“Prove it!” Rainbow Dash says glaring at you and flying in close. 

“Rainbow!” Twilight yells out again. “I believe him.” 

“WHAT!?” The five ponies look to Twilight. 

A smile from ear to ear grows across your face, at least by some miracle some outrageous miracle one of these creatures actually sees that you’re telling the truth. 

“I’ll take him back to the Library where I can study him better I will also contact Princess Celestia and Princess Luna about this and see what they recommend.” Twilight said.

“Twilight ya really think that’s a good idea Ah mean he might well be dangerous.” Applejack said you notice she has a southern drawl. 

“Yeah, how can you be so sure he’s telling you the truth?” Rainbow said.

“Darling as much as I hate to say it I think I’d have to agree with them on this one. Why he’s almost more out of it then Screwloose.” Rarity said. 

Your hope quickly started to dim. The bright beams now candles in the wind. You were almost on the verge of tears….You were scared. 

Twilight stomped her hoof in a distinguished tone “I have made my decision.” The others sighed clearly disagreeing with her logic. However the hope came rushing back. 

“Can you walk?” Twilight’s voice brought you back into reality. 

“Wha…I I don’t know.” You say 

“Well only one way to find out!” Rainbow said flying over and grabbing you around your waist.

“Hey what are you do-“ before you could finish she lifted you up as your legs dangled down. She let go and you immediately felt the weight of your body being distributed onto your limbs. IT felt wrong being on four legs. It was unnatural to you. Your wings were also stuck out in random positions. You didn’t know what to do with your two extra limbs. You could feel your control over them. It was like having two extra arms except coming out of your back. For now you just let them flop around and do whatever, got to learn to walk before you can run, literally. You feel yourself tipping from side to side as you feel your weight shift with your wings. You put extra pressure on the opposite side to compensate. Slowly you raise your foreleg to take a step forward. Immediately you feel the imbalance as you lock your back legs to brace. You feel the front part of your body start to nosedive to the ground but quickly place you foreleg back down a little further ahead catching yourself. Slowly you bring up its companion back leg and then repeat the process on the other side. It was hard your mind trying to handle four limbs at once. But you did it. You have taken your first steps as a pony. Twilight and the others smile at your small accomplishment. You hear a few giggles knowing that you either look like a newborn foal or a pony that’s had one too many, you didn’t care, anything to get back home. Twilight and Applejack braced themselves against you to help you not tip so much. You continued trotting forward. 

“There you go you’re getting it.” Rarity said trotting alongside slightly ahead of Twilight. 

“He’s doing it He’s doing it!” Pinkie could barely contain herself as she ran over and wrapped Fluttershy in a tight hug “CAN YOU BELIVE HE’S WALKING!” 

Step after step you stared at your hooves trotting forward in a rhythmic pattern. After a few more slip ups but being caught by either Applejack or Twilight it all started to feel more natural to you. 

“I think I can do it by myself now.” You say letting your new confidence take hold. Actually you weren’t sure if it was confidence or just pure adrenaline, either way you felt you were ready. Twilight and Applejack nodded at each other and stepped away from you as you kept your momentum Just one hoof in front of the other only two sets to worry about, you thought to yourself. You were doing it trotting like a pro or at least enough so that you didn’t look like you were wasted beyond your mind. As you walked with the group you came upon what looked to be like a medieval village. 

“Welcome to Ponyville Anon” Twilight said with a friendly smile. 

“Ooh, Ooh After this is all over we need to throw you a Welcome to Ponyville Party!!!” Pinkie Pie jumped in your face bouncing. 

You gave her a shy smile but said nothing as you trotted on. Why was everyone so friendly? Especially to a guy who for all they know could be a raging lunatic. As you walked through the town you noticed dozens upon dozens of other ponies. All finishing up their daily business, shopping at the market chatting on a bench, eating at a restaurant. Speaking of eating you were getting hungry eh it can wait. You continue walking with Twilight and her friends through the town. 

“Here we are Anon” She smiles as you are lead to a large tree that looks to be hollowed out. There are windows and lights coming from it. Her horn lights up, which makes you flinch brining back memories of pain when the watcher cast a spell on you. Though Twilight didn’t cast this spell on you but on the door as it was enveloped in a lavender aura swinging open. 

As you step inside you see that the walls are lined with books. Clearly this was the library Twilight was talking about. Twilight and the rest followed you in as your hooves clopped on the hard floor of the tree. 

“Spike I’m Back” Twilight yelled from behind you. You turn around to her but hear the patter of footsteps coming from behind. You again turn around to where you were facing and see a small purple green lizard making his way down the stairs. 

“Finally your back I was starting to get worried” Spike says. 

You nudge Twilight and subtly point as what you assume to be Spike. “Uh is….is he a dragon.” 

Twilight giggles “A baby Dragon” 

“Baby key word there” Rainbow dash says flying overhead of you. 

“Stop calling me that!” Spike says annoyed as he crosses his arms “So who’s your new friend.” 

“Twilight presses a hoof to you shoulder “Spike this is Anon, Anon this is Spike.” She says introducing you. 

You flick your head acknowledging the dragon.

“So what are you in for?” he says. 

“I’m sorry?” you say confused.

“Twilight only brings new ponies back here if she wants to do some sort of experiments on them.” Spike says. 

“Spike!” Twilight barks. 

“What it’s true.” 

“Isn’t it past your bedtime?” Twilight says glaring at him.

Spike sighs and simply turns around running up the stairs. 

“Now then Anon you can stay here tonight we’ll get this sorted out Tomorrow” Twilight says.

“Twilight if you need anything just call.” Applejack said giving you a glare; you knew she still didn't trust you. 

“Don’t worry AJ I can handle it.” Twilight rolled her eyes. 

With that Twilight's friends left as Twilight used her magic to shut and lock the door. 

“Follow me” she said beckoning with her hooves. 

You start up again trotting across the room every step you take is a little easier than the last, But then you hit your arch enemy. 

“Stairs” you say in a meek voice. Twilight was trotting about halfway up when she stopped. 

“Oh yeah….right” she said with a small smile. “You think you can do it?” 

“I guess so” you say as you cautiously place your front hooves on the first wooden step. There isn’t enough room to have all four of your hooves on one step at a time so you’re going to have to keep going and not stop. Quickly you press with your front hooves bringing up your back ones while instantly reaching out and grasping the next step. You alternate from side to side slowly as you begin your ascent. One step after another you climb still a little unsure of your walking skill. You reach out again for the next step but find your front hooves collapse as you gasp in panic. Then you realize it. You’re at the top, you did it you climbed a flight of stairs as a pony. Your confidence went soaring through the roof though knowing that it wasn’t that big of an achievement you feel like you climbed MT. Everest. 

“Nice job!” Twilight says giving you a wide smile. 

“Thanks” you reply having a cheesy grin spread across your face. 

Twilight turns around and leads you into a smaller section where you see three beds. One is large with a purple sheet another is slightly smaller with a blue sheet across from the first and on the floor in the corner is what appears to be a dogs bed where Spike is sleeping soundly. 

Twilight enters and uses her magic to pull back the sheets on both the larger beds. She steps over to the blue one. 
“This is you.” She says “Sleep well and try not to worry…although I know that’s asking a lot…We’re going to figure out what happened though I promise. If you need anything just wake me.” She smiles, a feeling of comfort came over you. Why is she so friendly? Why is everyone here so friendly? It wasn’t like back home. You crawl into the soft sheets of the guest bed as your head hits the pillow. Twilight trots over and enters her bed and uses her magic to pull her covers up. You wiggle around in the bed your wings making it hard to lie flat on your sides or your back. You sit up and look over at Twilight who has her wings semi-neatly tucked in at her sides. Trying with all your might you can’t seem to get yours to fold in. At this point you’re thinking why couldn’t I have been a Unicorn or a regular pony? Seeing no other option you flip over onto your stomach and let your wings stand in the air. No covers for you tonight, which sucks because it was freezing out. You already feel yourself shivering.  You turn your head to the side so you wouldn’t be smothered to death by the pillow which your head had sunk a good three inches into, it was so soft. You turn your head to the side and breath in the cool night air fluttering in through a small open window on the wall. Outside you see the dark night sky lit up by a pale full moon. Your mind raced in its thoughts but eventually you felt your eyes getting heavy and sleep once again claimed you. 

The sunlight broke through the sleep encumbering you warming your body and bringing you back into consciousness. You open your eyes and find your gaze staring at the wooden walls of the Library; if any thoughts of this entire thing still being a dream existed…they were gone now. You’re cold as you wake even though the sun shines bright in the room, sleeping with no covers because of your stupid wings which seemed to have become a little more manageable as they were now draped downward spreading across the bed. You press into the softness of the mattress in an attempt to get yourself up and out of bed. Your new body was making this very difficult so you gave up and just decided to “gracefully” slide out of bed. While your hooves barely caught you, you were up and standing. You felt a little stiff in your wings, which still seemed funny to think about, however you knew that Twilight wanted to see you to talk about getting you home. You looked over to her bed and see it vacant with the sheets neatly made. You figure you should do the same to your bed so as not to be an impolite house guest. Since you didn’t use the covers they were still neatly folded back from Twilights spell from last night. This would be as simple as folding the sheet over to meet the bottom of the pillow.  You reach up with a hoof and grasp the sheet. 

“Well at least I can grab things with my hooves” you say making the bed. 

“I wonder where Twilight is?” 

You then hear noises from downstairs; you remember she wanted to meet with you to talk about getting you home. You then notice something about yourself. You can walk effortlessly now it feels like you don’t even have to think about it you can just go. 

Effortlessly you trot down the stairs and look around. You see that you are in a main room that is lined with books. You’re surprised you didn’t notice this last night but then again your mind was pre occupied with the fact that you’re a magic horse. You look around and see a few other rooms branching off from the main one. One appears to have a sink and shower in it. You make that your first stop going through an abridged version of your morning routine splashing some water on your face. A thought then hit you, on that made you blush “how do Pegasus stallions pee?” you look over at the toilet which looks similar to a normal human toilet. After a few minutes you find a way that works for you and you finish your routine washing your hooves and heading back out to the main room. You hear clattering coming from another one of the side rooms and investigate. There you find what you know to be the kitchen as there are counters and Twilight Is there casting a magic aura as several ingredients float around her. 

“Oh good morning Anon.” she smiles turning towards you.

“Uh good morning.”

“Well it seems your adapting to your new pony body.” 

“Y-Yeah I woke up this morning and could just walk. I could also pick up stuff” 

“The magic of Equestria is seeping into you. It will allow you to pick stuff up with your hooves.” Twilight says as she pulls out a large bowl of Salad and seven plates. 

A salad for breakfast you think. Oh yeah Ponies can’t eat meat can they. Why did a princess make you breakfast. 
“T-Twilight?” you ask.

“Hmm oh sorry do you want dandelions or daisies.” 

“WH-no you didn’t have to make me breakfast.” 

“Well I invited all my friends over to discuss your situation.” 

“As long as I can get home.” 

“That……may be a while.” Twilight says 

“What do you mean?” you say your voice going into a sense of worry. 

“Well I contacted Princess Celestia and ………she wants to meet with you in one week.” 

“A WEEK?!” You shout.

You then hear several raps at the front door. 

“Could you get that?” Twilight says, smiling slightly. 

Trotting out of the room you hit your wing on the wall.

"Oh why do I have to spend a week as a Pegasus" You say as you trot over to the door. "Why couldn't I have just been a Unicorn or a regular pony instead of these stupid wings." You look at the two limbs spreading out in random positions. 

Twilight giggles "Aww but then you wouldn't be able to fly." 

Your eyes go wide with a look of horror. "...Fly?" 
> Chapter 4 This Isn't Flying This is Falling With Style
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Chapter 4 This isn't flying this is falling' with style! 

You trotted over across the hard wood floor and grabbed the doorknob. Grasping the cold iron doorknob you pulled when your muscle had a spasm from an overwhelming force that pushed in making you fly back and stumble. You lie on the floor with a pink pony on top of you; her face occupies your entire field of vision as her blue eyes stare into you. 

“Hello Pinkie Pie.” You say with a deadpan look. 

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING ANOOOOOOOOOON!” she says way over enthusiastically.

“MMM I love the smell of waffles in the morning.” Applejack said as the rest stepped in. 

Twilight trotted out carrying several plates of waffles with flowers on top for flavor. 

Rainbow dash hovered over to twilight narrowing her eyes and nudging her friend.“He didn’t give you any trouble last night did he?” 

“Rainbow!” Twilight snapped “Anon was fine.” She said carefully maneuvering the plates around the Pegasus and setting them onto a small wooden table. 

“Oh this breakfast looks delectable Twilight.” Rarity complemented 

“Y-yes Twilight you sure know how to cook.” Fluttershy whispered. 

“Thanks girls.” Twilight said as everypony dug in. You stared at your food for a little bit seeing the inviting steam flowing off the soft waffle with a small dandelion on top. You wondered how you were supposed to eat this without any silverware and if just digging in would be the right table manners. You wondered why you were thinking this but for whatever reasons it seemed important to you. You take a quick look around and notice that everypony seems to just be digging in. Pinkie pie extends her tongue and literally licks up the entire waffle in one bite. Twilight being a princess is a little more proper using her teeth to tear off little bits. You shrug your shoulders and simply dig in tearing off moderate size pieces and scarfing them. You were hungry having not eaten anything since you were turned into a pony. You finish before everypony else except Pinkie and Applejack. Twilight then asks if you want seconds and you graciously accept. Twilight’s horn flashes and out of nowhere your plate looks like when she first brought it out. A wide smile presents itself on your face as you admire your meal. You dig in again. 

“So has the princess sent any word on Anon?” AJ asks 

“Yep she says she wants to meet with him a week from now.” 

“A week huh, well he ain’t ready to see the princess yet.” Rainbow dash said. 

“What do you mean?” Twilight asked. 

Rainbow got up and walked over to Twilight. She bent over and whispered something in her ear which made her try to hide a giggle which turned into a snicker. You and the others look towards the two to try and pick up any of what Rainbow said. 

“Ok, ok we’ll do it today.” Twilight said. 

“YES!!!” Rainbow shouted flying up with her foreleg raised triumphantly. 

The curiosity finally gets to you and you ask the million dollar question. “So what are you going to do today?” you ask.

Both Rainbow and Twilight look at you, eyes half lidded with devilish grins. 

---

After breakfast you were hauled outside by Applejack.

“Don’t worry partner it won’t be that bad.” 

Rainbow Dash had told Twilight she would teach you how to use those two extra limbs on your back to defy gravity and give her yet another new flying buddy. 

“NO, NO I can’t fly.” You protested as AJ casually dumped you on the ground. 

“Y-you are a Pegasus.” Fluttershy said meekly. 

“Yeah you’ll be a super duper flyer; you’ll be as good as Dashie here.” Pinkie said hopping up and down. 

“Whoa, whoa, whoa let’s not get carried away here.” Rainbow dash said. 

“What does learning to fly have to do with me meeting the Princesses?” You say.

“Nothing. But a Pegasus colt really should know how to fly.” Twilight said smiling at you. 

“But so what If I can’t fly. Aren't you ponies supposed to be all loving and tolerant?” You say gesturing with your hoof. 

“Whatever gave you that idea?” Twilight says smiling a little more menacingly. This pony’s definitely got a mean streak in her. 

“Well it’s just that ever since I arrived here you all have-“ you were cut short as a certain cyan Pegasus picks you up from under your forelegs skyrocketing straight up as you see the ground getting father and farther from your feet. Twilight giggles. “RAINBOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” You scream as you dangle from her. 

“I’m teaching you how to fly, duh what do you think I’m doing?” Rainbow giggles. You feel the wind streaming down your mane and coat as you frantically whip your head around and see your vision rising above the clouds. Higher and higher she took you. For a moment you thought you were going to go into space. You look down and no longer see the ground but a sea of puffy white clouds. 

“R-Rainbow t-t-this is high enough please put me DOWN!” you shout.

Rainbow stops her ascent and tilts her head down looking at you with wide eyes. “…OK” she says as she lets go of you! 

“Rainbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!” you scream as you feel your arms and legs flailing around you. The wind stings your eyes as you’re pulled towards the ground at alarming speed. The sound of the air is deafening.  You manage to look up and see Rainbow grasping her belly laughing as she rolls around in the sky. You manage to flip yourself over and see the cloud layer approaching quickly. Panic is making your body clench up. You’re skydiving without a parachute. You catch a glimpse of something in the corner of your eye and look over. Rainbow is falling beside you in a relaxed pose with her legs crossed and her forelegs wrapped as a pillow behind her head. She simply smiles at you. 

“Better start flappin’ those wings.” She says 

You look over at her and plead with her. You can barely speak as the air floods your throat when you open your mouth. “Rainbow I’m sorry I promise I’m not a danger to you or your friends.” 

Rainbow smirks “Oh I figured that out when you got this scarred of being dropped from 40,000 feet.” Rainbow looked down. “Uh by the way you might wanna brace yourself.” 

“For wha-“Your cut off again as your body slams into the cloud layer forming a hole in the puffy white sea. You cough up some cloud that you swallowed; it had a strange taste almost like butter. “I thought clouds were supposed to be soft and fluffy!” You say to rainbow.

“They are but not when you belly flop onto them.” 

The wind picks up as does your speed. The cloud slowed you down a bit but your still falling near terminal velocity. 

“Seriously though you should really start thinking about extending your wings.” Rainbow said. 

You tried all you could but your wings wouldn’t extend. This was it you were going to die, hit the ground and splat. No you thought to yourself. Your flexed your wings outward as hard as you could. You strain the muscles forcing them to extend to their full span.  The feeling was amazing, the wind caressing each individual feather.

“GOOD NOW START FLAPPING THEM!” Rainbow yelled. 

You nodded your head and began to flap your wings but were instantly stopped. The sheer force of the air resistance pushing up wouldn’t allow your wings to even go down. You try again to no avail. Your wings are bent up from the wind in an unnatural position.  Sweat was now starting to form on your brow as pure adrenaline took over. You managed to lower your wings a few inches but not nearly enough to let you obtain level altitude. The world around you was now blurred out you were going so fast. Each of your feathers was whipping helplessly in the breeze. Time seemed to slow down, seconds felt like minutes. You look down and see the soft green of the ground where five figures look up at you and Rainbow. 

“RAINBOW I CAN’T FLAP MY WINGS!” You shout to Rainbow who is now trailing you. 

“TILT YOURSELF DOWNWARD THEN RIDE THE MOMENTUM!” 

OK you thought to yourself this Is it. You lean your body forward which speeds up your decent. Almost immediately you feel a great weight being lifted off your wings and you quickly begin flapping them. 

“HARDER!” Rainbow yells. 

You strain closing your eyes and gritting your teeth. Before you shut your eyes you see that the ground is super close. You focus all your energy into your wings flapping them up and down as fast and as hard as you can. Up Down Up Down Up Down, that’s all you can think now. Suddenly you feel a light pressure coming from your underside. You feel the wind blowing on the fur of your stomach and chest. You look down and see nothing it’s as if the wind is carrying you. Your brain hits the realization and slowly you begin to ease yourself up. You see Twilight and the rest in the field and your heading right for them. Twilight ducks as you zoom over her head, her mane blowing in the breeze you created. You continue to pull up attempting to gallop on the air but stop as your wings do all the work for you. YOU’RE FLYING! 

“Ha hahahaha!” you begin to laugh hysterically having almost died. This new feeling, nothing compares to it. You have never felt so free. You feel the air all around you almost as if you’re in a pool of water swimming. You begin to climb up higher and higher from the field. You look down on six ponies Rainbow having landed and see them all cheering for you.

“DO A BARREL ROLL!” Pinkie yells out. 

You comply twisting your body as the world spins upside down then right-side up again. This was no doubt the most fun you had in your entire life. You can’t help but scream out feeling the air whip all around you. You look behind you and see that much like Rainbow’s colored tail; yours with its blue stripe is leaving a slight hue lingering from your speed. You let your feelings pour out. 

“WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!” You scream. Your voice carries over the thundering whoosh of the wind slipping past you. You feel the wind on your face and in your mane all the way back to the tip of your tail. You pull up more and do a small loop de loop before leveling out again. 

You figure it’s time to come in for a landing spotting the small field just outside the library you line yourself up. You ease up on the flapping and feel yourself descending. The ground comes closer and closer as you feel your hooves touch down sending you galloping across the field slowing yourself down. 

You were panting out of the sheer thrill of your first flight. You felt yourself tackled from everywhere by a different pony. The mane six, all embracing you in a group hug. 

“THAT…..WAS…..AWESOME!!!” Rainbow squealed “Did you see how close to hitting the ground you were! Then you were like ‘Nerrrrmmm’ and managed to pull up at the VERY last second! Am I a great teacher or what?” 

"And what if I didn't manage to pull up?" you ask her annoyed that she would endanger you.

"Oh I would've caught you your looking at the best flyer in Equestria!" she says.

“Oh darling you were just magnificent.” Rarity complemented you.

“Darn tootin’ he’s a natural.” AJ said. 

You sit there in the field with your six new friends. You wonder why you and Finn were brought to this place. Finn, what happened to Finn? Was he turned into a pony as well?” There were so many questions you still didn’t have answers to. What did that dream you had mean….Wait the dream you never told them about the dream. Maybe that was best saved for tonight. You were having too much fun to worry about anything right now. 

---

The rest of the day you spent outside with your new friends. You mainly spent it with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy as they both helped you refine your flying techniques. Night came sooner then you expected and this posed questions as to where you would stay. 

“Really I don’t want to intrude I can just sleep outside” you said. 

“Nonsense you can stay here as long as you like” Twilight remarked. 

“While that’s very generous of you ….” You stop to reflect on what you’re about to say. You hadn’t completely given up hope yet but the thought crept into your head. “What if Princess …..Celestia is it?” Twilight gave you a nod. “What if she can’t get me home? What if I’m stuck here for a long time?” 

You were about to keep going when Twilight silenced you by raising her hoof. “Listen to yourself everything is ‘What if?’ you can’t think like that. If you are stuck here for longer we’ll figure something out when that happens. Until then you just learned how to fly. You should focus on having fun and making the most of your experience here.” Twilight said giving you a smile. 

You thought about what she said. It did seem logical to enjoy what time you had here. Not to mention flying was extremely fun, still though you couldn’t get the homesickness to leave you. You thought back to your old life. You reflect on memories of you and Finn hanging out on a lazy afternoon. You think about that job interview you blew a few years ago. You think about all the things you took for granted sometimes even wishing them away in a ‘Why me’ sort of way. There was no doubt anymore that you missed those things. 

You say goodnight to the other ponies as Twilight wraps a wing around you and leads you into the Tree house.  

“So…” you say nervously, “All that flying made me hungry I don’t suppose you have any food.” 

“Oh sure thing I was just about to start dinner. Does mushroom salad sound OK?”

“Yeah sounds great!” you reply. 

About ten minutes later you and Twilight along with spike sit down to a small dinner. You and Twilight begin munching on your salads while spike is devouring gems. Looking at the spread of rare gems before him on his plate you wonder how much money that would’ve been worth back in you world. 

You look down at your meal in a small wooden bowl on a nice white tablecloth. Suddenly an image flashes before you, an image of a white Alicorn with a little sister. You stare up at Twilight wondering if you should tell her. If she was taking you to see these two Princesses in a week then you may want to mention the strange vision you had. 

“Twilight?” You say as she stares up at you using her magic to levitate a napkin and wipe her mouth. “I have to tell you something.” 

> Chapter 5 Cutie Marks and Nightmares 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

	Chapter 5 Cutie Marks and Nightmares 

“So let me get this straight.” Twilight says looking at you with disbelief. “You had a ‘Vision’ of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna doing battle against a Minotaur and this creature that was his apprentice?”

You simply nod your head.

“And this Minotaur did…something to Luna and then Celestia dueled with his apprentice?”

Again you nod your head. Twilight has her face propped up by her hooves on the table. Her eyes are glazed over trying to process your story. 

“You realize this sounds like something out of a bad fantasy book right?” Twilight asks. 

“Look I’m just telling you what I saw…or dreamt.” You say, at this point considering you’ve been turned into a flying talking horse and transported into a civilization of other talking horses you would believe anything. 

“And then this white crystal appeared and the dream ended?” Twilight asked. 

“Yup Celestia had that demon dude cornered bleeding out on the floor. He told her to end it and she did something with the crystal then…..killed him.” 

“That can’t be, Celestia would never hurt anypony.” Twilight says. “Unfortunately while I am glad you brought this to my attention I fear there is nothing I can do. I’m sorry.” 

You both finish your dinner and head off to bed. You shuffle around on your pillow when a voice whispers to you from across the room. 

“Hey Anon, you awake?” Twilight says.

“Yeah” you reply “what do you need?” 

“What was your world like?” 

“Well it was similar to this one. But there were more humans.” 

“Well I kind of figured that.” 

“To be honest I can’t really tell you all the differences, since I really don’t know that much about your world.” 

“Do you miss it, your old world?” 

“……I don’t know.”

“What do you mean you don’t know, surely you must have some feelings about it.” 

“Let’s just say it had some things I miss terribly and some things I could live without.” 

“Well don’t worry; I’m sure Princess Celestia will know what to do. We’ll have you home and back to normal in no time.” 
“Yeah, thanks….Goodnight Twilight.”

“Goodnight Anon.” 

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“AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!” 

You immediately shoot up in bed. That was Twilight! Quickly your eyes adjust to the darkness and you look across to her bed. In front of you stands a massive figure cloaked all in black with a crimson cross on a crown adorning the figures head. You had seen this figure in your dream. Demontious held Twilight by the neck lifting her off the ground with his colossal arm fully outstretch. With his other arm he extends it to his side and summons the jagged red crystal sword. With a thunderclap the sword instantly materializes in his hand. You try to get up but an unseen force holds you down. You strain but your muscles won’t respond. You watch in horror as Demontious brings the crimson blade up with the crystals reflecting Twilights pained and frightened expression. 
“STOP!!! TWILIGHT!!!” You shout and struggle. Demontious lifts the blade back the width of the sword almost as big as Twilight. Twilight screams at you 

“NO! ANON! HELP ME!!!!” She continues struggling as Demontious tightens his hold around her neck. Twilight choking barely shouts out “WHY ANON!!! HELP ME!!!!” 

You’re in tears trying to fight against the invisible force that pins you to the bed. It’s as though time slows down when Demontious inches back his sword then lunges it forward impaling Twilight as she screams in agony blood and tears flowing down her small broken body. Demontious lets go and Twilight’s limp body falls to the floor. Life fades from her eyes. 

Immediately the force pinning you to the bed breaks and you rush over to Twilight time still at a crawl. You wrap your hooves around her neck cradling her head. Your breath is choppy as you cough out the words “T-Twi-light….N-Noo-N-ooo please…NOOOO!!!” 

Slowly you turn your head to the side and gaze upon the nightmare of Demontious looming over you and Twilight’s body. His shadow casts over you both blocking out the light of the night and Luna’s Moon. 

Inside your stomach and in your heart a fire ignites as your muscles tense. The sadness is there in this surreal moment but is quickly being replaced by anger. You stare at the mask of Demontious again the crimson cross covering his face. Two dim white spots are what you only assume are the eyes of this abomination. 

“YOU MONSTER!!!!” you shout getting up and flaring your wings. You charge full speed at the creature and pounce like a wild animal. Hooves outstretched teeth bared anything you could do to cause pain. You can feel the evil presence of Demontious grow as you swipe in midair at him yet when you do he simply evaporates into black ashes with you passing through and face planting on the wooden floor of the library. 

You shoot up in bed gasping for air like you had been underwater for hours. 

“ANON WHAT’S Wrong?” Twilight says sitting up in her bed across from you. A stinging chill overtakes you, looking down you see your drenched in sweat almost like when a fever breaks. Your body shakes and spasms uncontrollably and you feel incredibly nauseous. “ANON WHAT IS IT?” Twilight asks again. 

“Twilight…is it really you, are you alright?” you say.

“Yes of course it’s me, I’m fine, but you look terrible.” 

“I don’t feel so good.” Your ears burst out ringing almost silencing the world around you.

As if reading your mind Twilight flips the lights on and levitates a bucket over to you. 

You fight back but can’t anymore, leaning over the bucket you empty your stomach into the steel. 

Twilight is almost immediately at your side patting you on the shoulder “Sssh Sssh, its ok just let it out, let it out.” 
Once you’re finished Twilight levitates over a cool washcloth to clean you up. 

“What happened Anon?” 

You regain yourself with your breathing returning to normal. “Bad Dream.” You say bluntly. 

“I’ve never seen a bad dream do that to a pony.” She gently strokes your mane with her hoof. 

“Damn, those weren’t special mushrooms on the salad were they?” 

“Heh heh No” Twilight says shaking her head.

“OH man…”

“Want to talk about it?” she asks giving you a look of concern. 

You thought about the dream and almost broke down. 

“NO.” 

“Are you sure, I’m here for you, Your safe.” 

“Thanks, but right now I just need to rest.” 

You get up and go to crawl back into your bed. 

“What are you doing?”

You turn and see Twilight. 

“I’m going to bed.” 

“But your sheets are wet you can’t sleep there you’ll get chills” She then smiles. “You sleep with me tonight.”

You would’ve spit out water if you were drinking some. “WHAT! No no no, I can’t do that. Just give me a blanket and I’ll sleep down on the couch.”

Twilight gives you an angry look but you still hold strong. You snatch up a pillow and a blanket and begin to trot downstairs. You suddenly feel as though you’re walking on air. You feel like you have stopped moving and tingle all over. You then look down and notice that you are walking on air and being levitated back towards Twilight. 

“Listen you’re getting in this bed whether you like it or not!” 

“NO!” you say stubbornly scrambling to no avail.

“You’re sleeping with me!” 

Realizing your useless struggle you give. “Fine.” You say annoyed. 

Twilight levitates you over and plops you down in her bed. The sheets caress your skin. A large quilt slides up and covers you. The warmth is a welcomed change to the cold dampness. Twilight crawls in beside you. She then turns off the lights and your eyes adjust you see she’s looking at you smiling in the darkness. You roll over facing away from her you feel another blanket wrap around you except this one feels rougher. You see Twilight has you wrapped in her wing. 

“Twilight No I’m not….. cuddling with you.” You say.

“Oh relax this way I’m right here and I’ll keep the bad dreams away.” She giggles.

You don’t know why but for some reason a warmth crawls into you and you embrace your sleep snuggling up closer to Twilight. 

Twilight giggles “There was that so hard.” 

“Twilight………..Thanks.” 

The two of you succumb to sleep. 

The next morning you awake and find Twilight absent from the bed. You get up and decide to clean up before venturing downstairs. You meet Twilight and she serves breakfast. She still pesters you with questions about your dream but you don’t give up any information. It was a nightmare just to hear it mentioned. You were still curious as to a lot of the aspects of this new world, with only a few days until you would meet the Princess and possibly get home you decided to learn everything you could about this new world. 

Twilight was all too eager to help you. As the town librarian she had a plethora of books on Equestrian history. You protested that you wanted to just start with the very basics. 

“Well Equestria was founded in the dawning of the second age by the……” After that you just lost track as Twilight went into what seemed like quantum physics. 

“Twilight that’s too complicated for me, can’t you tell me just the very basics.” 

“Hmm well I know someone who can but you may not like it.” 

“Who is it?” you ask. 

“Her name is Cheerilee she is a teacher at Ponyville Elementary school.”

“Doesn’t get much more basic then that.” You say. 

Twilight gives you directions to the school where you can talk to Ms. Cheerilee. You trot in the direction that Twilight pointed you. After a few minutes you see the large red tower with the school bell marking your destination. The school is just a simple red building surrounded by a small picket fence painted white. Near the building is a small playground where several colts and fillies are playing various games. You walk up to the entrance to the school house. 

“HAHAHAHAHA!” bursts of laughter shower your ears as you look and see that all the foals are looking at you pointing. 
Why are they laughing at me you wonder? I’m too old to be in elementary school but I could be an older brother. 
Two small fillies come running up to you, one has a tiara on her head. They both point and laugh at you “HAHA BLANK FLANK!” They both shout in unison. 

"Blank flank" you think. 

A dark almost wine color pony runs up to you. She quickly shoos the two fillies away with her hoof “Now now that’s not how we greet strangers.” She says.

The two young fillies run off to the playground to resume whatever it is they were doing. 

“I’m so sorry; those two can be such a hoof full.” The mare says turning towards you.

“Oh its fine but I must ask, what do they mean by “Blank Flank?” You ask.

The mare looks at you quizzically before realizing who you are. 

“Oh you must be that Stallion Twilight found. I thought I saw you flying around the other day.” She smiles. “I’m Miss Cheerilee, teacher here at Ponyville elementary.” 

“Anon, Nice to meet you” you say shaking her hoof. 

“Likewise, now is there anything I can help you with.”  

“Well there’s” 

“OH RIGHT!” Cheerilee interrupts you. “Blank Flank, well those fillies called you that because you don’t have a cutie mark.” 
“What’s a cutie mark?” you ask. 

“This” Miss Cheerilee says presenting her flank, on it was a mark of three flowers smiling happily. 

You then look back to your own flank and see that those two were correct your flank is blank. You look around the playground and see all sorts of marks adorning flanks of young fillies and colts. 

“Does everypony have a cutie mark?” you turn to Cheerilee 

“Yup everypony has a mark though some get it later than others, none are born with one, and they must earn it.” 
“Earn it, earn it how.” 

“Well each mark represents a pony’s special talent. Everypony is good at something and all those talents are what make us all so special. Each of us is unique.” Cheerilee smiles. 

“So how do they know what they were meant to do? How do they find their special talent?”
Cheerilee laughs at this “ha-ha you remind me of three young fillies.”

“What?” 

“Well there are these three young fillies who don’t yet have their marks, the made a group called the Cutie Mark Crusaders, They try everything to get their marks.” 

“And they still haven’t succeeded?” 

“Nope, but they never give up hope. I know they’ll find their talents someday and they do too. I truly believe that’s what makes Equestria so great. Determination, harmony...peace.” 

You really hung on to those words. If only your world could’ve shared those ideals. You and Cheerilee continued to talk; she taught you a few things about Equestria and its history. She told you of how Twilight and her friends are the elements of harmony and saviors of Equestria. 

“Well Anon it was lovely chatting with you but I must get back to teaching I’m afraid.” 

“Yes Miss Cheerilee; thank you for the knowledge.” 

“Oh you’re welcome dear. Here I’ll show you out.” 

With that you and Miss Cheerilee walk out the front doors of the school house, trotting down the dirt path to the fence you turn and say your goodbye to Miss Cheerilee. As you trot out into the square you notice it’s absolutely bustling with ponies. The stalls were all busy with business, ponies were sitting on a bench chatting and laughing. You decide to go back to Twilights when you bump into a pony wearing a cloak over its head. 

“Excuse me” you say apologizing for the bump. 

The pony in the cloak stops dead in its tracks and turns, you can’t see its face under that hood. Why would it wear a hood it was a sunny day out. You snap back to attention when the pony speaks. 

“You dropped something.” It says in a flat tone. 

Sure enough you look down at your hooves and see a small folded piece of paper on the ground in front of you. 
“I-“You look back up and the pony is gone. You look back down and pick up the note, going over to an unoccupied bench you sit down and unfold it and see what it says.

“Tonight, Ally behind Sugar Cube Corner, Come ALONE!!!” looked to be hastily scribbled on the small parchment. 

A feeling of panic comes over you as you repeat the words a thousand times in your head. What was this was it a trap? A million different scenarios played out in your head, should you tell Twilight, it said come alone though. Should you just ignore it? Pretend it didn’t happen? 

You walk back to Twilight’s, the rest of the day is spent helping her run errands in the town, meeting up with her friends, and most of all being nervous about the countdown to sundown when you would have to decide whether to meet the writer of that note. 
You were eating dinner with Twilight when your worries must have got the best of you. A knock came at the door and you jumped about a foot. 

“Anon are you ok” Twilight said answering the door to a small purple and green dragon.

“Y-yeah I’m fine Twilight thanks.” You say. 

“Tomorrow we travel to Canterlot so you can meet the Princesses.” 

You put a hoof to your forehead and wipe away some sweat. You were exhausted and let out a sigh.

“Anon, may I ask you a question?” 

You snap back to attention “Of course Twilight.” 

“Do you….want to go home.” 

Silence, as Twilight just asked the ultimate question. You thought of your world, and then you thought of this one. It was no contest as to which was better to you. But would you abandon your world just after a few days, were you really that weak willed. 

“I don’t know Twi.” You say with another sigh. 

“I’m not trying to force you to do something….but you could always stay here.” 

“And do what? How would I make a living! I-…………I’m not meant for this world…….but why don’t I want to leave.” 

“You would always be welcome here. I don’t know what your world was like, but it sounds like you didn’t deserve what it did to you.” 

“I don’t know Twilight.” 

Twilight and you head off to bed. Though this was just part of your plan. You had thought about it and decided to meet whoever wrote that letter. You didn’t know what you were getting into.

After a few hours lying awake in bed you hear Twilight softly snoring indicating that she is asleep. Gently you slide out of your bed and trot downstairs. Opening the front door you step outside into the cool night air. The moon was high in the sky while you walked to Sugarcube corner. Ponyville seemed a lot different at night. Everything was quiet and no pony was walking the streets. You see Sugarcube corner loom in the distance. Next to it you see the meeting spot, a small ally that runs behind it. Taking a deep breath you step in front of the entrance to the ally and immediately freeze up when you see the cloaked figure standing perfectly still in the middle of the ally. It’s hard to see but it looks like it’s smirking, like it knew you would come. 
You take a few steps in to the ally but the figure quickly raises a hoof to stop you. 

“That’s close enough.” It says 

“Who are you?” You reply.

“A friend.” 

“If you’re a friend then why all the cloak and dagger nonsense?” 

“Are you or are you not the supposed transformed human.” 

“What’s it to you.” 

“I’ve been looking for you is all.” 

“Yeah well what do you want from me.” 

“I just wanted to talk.” It says. This pony was really starting to piss you off. 

“Well we’re talking aren’t we?” you say trying your best to act tough when you really are afraid. 

“Aww is the little pony afraid of the dark.” The figure laughs 

“I ain’t scared of you or anypony!” You shout. “Now what do you want!” 

“ANON!” it shouts back, now you’re really freaked out. 

“H-how do you know my name.” 

“Why….Finn told me.” It said snickering 

“WHERE IS HE? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM?” 

“Oh I’d worry more about you then I would him.” 

Suddenly you hear the faintest hoofstep behind you, immediately acting on instinct you fly straight up into the air avoiding the grasp of what was behind you. 

“GET HIM!!!” the cloaked pony shouts. 

You fly as high as you can before looking back. On the ground was what tried to grab you. A giant Spider about four times your size staring up at you hissing with venom from its fangs. You then saw two shadowy figures flying after you; they looked like a cross between a human and a bat, almost like a gargoyle creature.  The screeched at you, kicking into high gear you flapped your wings faster and harder then you ever have before. It’s still no good the creatures are gaining on you. The cold night air stings your eyes making it hard to see where you are going. In an instant something flies past you. It looked almost like a pony. You squint your eyes trying to find the unknown creature. Again you turn around and see the two gargoyles closing in when suddenly they disintegrate as a magic pulse of energy hits them. You look up to see a dark blue pony. She has wings and a horn. Her cutie mark is a crescent moon surrounded by night. She turns to you hovering in the air. She then dives straight towards you too fast for you to react. She grabs you and lights up her horn as you scream. Looking around you realize you’re in your bed at Twilights house. Was it all just a dream? You look around, no note, nothing. It seemed so real. Seeing Twilight and Spike gently sleeping in their beds you roll over and close your eyes letting sleep embrace you.