All sentient beings have imagination, some more than others. It can be a great and powerful tool, or a fun and enjoyable toy. As we go on this imaginative adventure, we will see things that are unimaginable. imagination is what caused me to create this story. As comic strip character legend Calvin (from Calvin and Hobbes) once said, "Why does man create? Is it man's purpose on earth to express himself, to bring form to thought, and discover meaning in experience? ... Or is it just something to do when he's bored?"
It was Friday. The day the hyper active 2nd grader Calvin Neal Semczuk (me!) had been waiting for all week. as the school day ended, he rushed down the block to his apartment building, hardly able to bear being away from his best friend any longer. His best friend is a giraffe, and his name is spelt differently (Girraffe) to indicate his difference between others. Also Girraffe can quickly morph into a stuffed animal to disguise his true identity.
Calvin ran up the stairs, bolted through the apartment door, and was greeted by Girraffe. In a not so pleasant way, if I do say so myself. KAPOW!!!! Girraffe slammed into Calvin, sending him flying towards the neighbor's door. Of course, the neighbors were used to that by now. "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT!? I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY TO SEE ME, BUT YOU DAN'T HAVE TO SEND ME REELING ACROSS THE HALL!" Calvin exclaimed
"Sorry, things just get so quiet when you're not around. I've also been reading a lot of Calvin and Hobbes lately."GIrraffe replied. Calvin was about to slug Girraffe in the kisser when he realized something that put a happy grin on his face.
"Girraffe, I just remembered! This weekend is 3 days long instead of 2! I don't have any homework either!"
"Oh boy!" Girraffe exclaimed. "An extra day off!"
"And since we have no homework, we can goof off all we want!" Calvin replied.
"What shall we do first?" Girraffe asked.
"I've got an idea! Lets go dimension exploring with the Awesome Pod!" Calvin replied
"yeah!" Girraffe said, clearly exited to go on this journey with his best friend.
"I made some adjustments to the portal option!" Calvin said. "C'mon, I'll show you!" Calvin led Girraffe into his room, and picked up the Awesome Pod. The awesome Pod was no more than a small soap bar box sized cardboard box with a paper screen, and five buttons, which say,"morpher", duplicator", "universe traveler", "teleporter", and "time traveler". There was a belt attachment, keyboard on one side, and now on the other side, a portal projector. "See, now you can project the vortex for the final three options!" Calvin said, a wide grin on his face. He demonstrated the effect by shooting out a random, green, and vertigo enducing portal on the "dimension traveler" section.
"Are you sure that portal is safe?" Girraffe said, implying the swirly portal in the middle of the room was dangerous. "It looks a bit... unstable. Have you tested It?
"Of course I've tested it! It's a great idea! Sit tight, will you, we'll be leaving soon," Calvin said angrily. he was checked some things on his iPod touch 1st generation (this takes place when I was in second grade, so 2007 or 2008), and then Giraffe noticed something.
"Uh... Calvin?"
"What? AAAAAUUUUUGGGHH!!!!"
The portal started to suck Calvin and Girraffe into it, along with the iPod touch and Awesome Pod.
After lots of struggling and hanging on to things for dear life, the pair couldn't hold on any longer, got sucked in, and the portal closed, sending the duo to some unknown universe.
The vortex sucked the pair in and immediately disappeared. "AUUUUUGGGGGGG!!!!" cried Calvin as he and Girraffe were sent spiraling through the wormhole.
"WHERE ARE WE GOING?!" Girraffe shouted.
"I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA!" Calvin replied.
If you've never been in a wormhole before, than you do not want to know how it feels. It's as if you're being stretched on one of those taffy making machines. It is NOT a good feeling. AT ALL.
They reached their unknown destination with a hard THUD. Girraffe shouted, "YOU said it was STABLE! YOU said you TESTED it!"
"I did... I just... just... Oh, never mind, you big sissy."
"Wait why are you... what just... WHAT ARE YOU?!"
Calvin looked down, expecting to see his feet, but all he saw where his hooves. Wait, HOOVES?! "WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?! AM I A HORSE OR A PONY OR SOME THING!?" Calvin had been turned into some sort of a pony, with red fur that matched the shirt he HAD been wearing, yellow spiky hair for is mane and tail, like his own hair, and for some reason or another, he still had his shorts on. The iPod touch and awesome pod were a few feet away from where they had landed.
"Wha... buh... this... this is probably a dream... yeah, I'm snuggled up with you in my bed having a dream... that's it..."
Suddenly he felt a hard hoof pound on his back. "You're not dreaming," replied Girraffe.
"OW!" Calvin exclaimed." What did you do that for?!"
"To see if you're dreaming! That's how it works you know." Girraffe said defensively.
"Whatever. Now, where are we?" Calvin said observing his surroundings. They seemed to be in a forest, with a small cottage nearby. They decided to investigate, but picked up the awesome pod and iPod Touch first. They noticed houses for a variety of animals, but it didn't seem as if it were a farm. They heard a voice in the backround, obviously arguing with someone. "Please eat more of your carrot Angel" said a soft, sweet voice. They peeked around the side of the cottage, to see a yellow pegusus with soft pink hair, arguing (if you could call it that) with a rather stubborn looking bunny. Wait, WHAT?!
"Ok, this is getting weirder by the minute" whispered Girraffe. The bunny suddenly noticed the two, and scampered to hide behind the pegusus.
"What is it Angel? Is something wrong?" The mare turned round to see a giraffe poking it's head around the corner.
" Oh my goodness, is that a baby giraffe?" The mare exclaimed. She rushed over to the pair and started hugging the life out of Girraffe, knocking Calvin over in the process. When she let go of the suffocating, purple faced giraffe, she finally noticed Calvin laying in the grass, and kindly helped him up.
"Umm... hello. My name is Fluttershy.
"What?" Calvin asked.
"Fluttershy"
"Umm... ok. I'm Calvin!"
"And I'm Girraffe the magnificent!"
"Oh shush you big sissy." Calvin replied.
" Who are you calling a sissy, muffin head!"
"Muffins..." said a voice in the distance.
"Who's a muffin head!" Calvin said angrily clenching his... umm... hooves.
"Wait..." Fluttershy whispered.
"Bowling ball butt!"
"Wait!"
"Fungus face!"
"WAAAAIT!" Fluttershy screamed.Soon Fluttershy had Girraffe's and Calvin's undivided attention. They were surprised at how loud the shy pony could shout.
"Yeah?" Calvin cautiously asked.
"Please stop fighting... I mean... if you don't mind" Fluttershy said quietly. Suddenly, a pink blur flashed in front of Calvin's face.
"What was that?" Calvin asked.
"HI! My name is Pinkie Pie! Omgareyounewyoumustbenewi'venevrseenyoubeforeomgomgomgandyouhaveagiraffeiveneverseenonebeforeOMGdoyouknowwhatthiscallsfor?"
"Umm..."
"A PARTY!" Pinkie shouted as she pulled a cart right out of thin air.
"Welcome, welcome, welcome a fine welcome to you! Welcome, welcome, welcome I say how do you do! Welcome, welcome, welcome, I say hip hip hooray! Welcome, welcome, welcome to ponyville today!!! Wait for it..." A cake pops out of the oven and confetti blasts out of 2 cannons on the cart.
"I... What did you... how ..." Calvin stammered in amazement and awe because of the formal greeting and how she pulled that cart out of THIN AIR.