> What Have I Gotten Myself Into > by TheBronyJared > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 2: Ponyville > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I couldn’t tell you how much later it was when I woke up, but the first thing I noticed when I did wake up was that I was in a train. The steady rhythm of the wheels on the train tracks told me that. I opened my eyes and took a look at my surroundings, trying to figure out where I was. There was no one else to be found inside the part of the train I was in, although part of me persisted that I had somehow been here before. That was impossible though, I had never ridden on a train in my life, let alone this one. I tried to stand up and walk around the train, but for some reason I couldn’t stand fully upright for more than mere seconds. It was only then that I noticed that my hands and feet had been replaced my hooves and that I could distinctly feel a tail behind me. “No, No, No.” I thought to myself. “I must be dreaming, there is no way I am a pony.” Desperately, I tried waking myself up by slamming my head against the window, but the only thing that happened was that I developed a massive headache. “Well If I’m not dreaming than what the heck happened!?” I exclaimed to no one “ Things like this don’t happen in the real world. People don’t transform into ponies overnight, It’s impossible.” Even though I was saying those words, I didn’t believe them, I knew what had happened to me. It was the video link I clicked last night. That’s what had caused the storm, and the storm must have been filled with magic. The thing is, magic doesn’t exist in the real world, and this certainly was not some optical illusion, I was physically a pony in every way. Magic only existed in movies and TV shows. “TV shows” I thought, and suddenly I had a hunch I knew where I was, and that hunch was confirmed a few moments later as the train slowed to a stop. I walked to the front of the train and watched in shock as the doors opened to reveal the town of Ponyville. Everything was just like it was when I last watched the show. All of the buildings and businesses were right where they were supposed to be, I even saw some familiar faces walking, or trotting by. In a trance like state I walked forward silently. I had always secretly wanted to go to Equestria, but now that it had actually happened, I found myself in total disbelief that it had happened at all. I was still holding on to the fact that it could be a very intense dream when I was approached by a familiar light pink colored pony with cotton candy colored hair, bouncing as she talked. “Hi there, you must be new to ponyville because I know everyone in Ponyville and I’ve never seen you here before. My names Pinkie Pie, and I’m friends with everyone in Ponyville, what’s your name?” Pinkie pie started, taking my hoof and shaking it up and down energetically “You must be new and…..” she paused to gasp loudly. “be right back.” She finished as she zoomed off into the distance, probably to prepare a welcoming party. Still in my dazed state, I meandered through the city, looking at the various sites that were noticeable in the city. I knew for a fact that this wasn’t a dream now. In dreams you don’t feel pain, and I still had the headache from when I bashed my head against the wall. I was so caught up in my thoughts, that I didn’t notice the purple hued unicorn walking right towards me, reading a book as she walked. “Woah!” I exclaimed as we crashed into each other. “Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!” Twilight Sparkle said as she offered a hoof to help me up from where I was laying on the ground. “ Are you okay?” “Yes, I’m fine, thank you.” I meekly replied, still star struck from the fact that Twilight Sparkle was standing a few feet away from me when she wasn’t supposed to be real at all. “Say, you’re new around here aren’t you?” Twilight inquired with that curious look in her eye. “Yeah, I’m new around here.” I confirmed; If only she knew the truth. “What’s your name?” she inquired. “Jared.” I said simply. “Well, Jared, why don’t we go back to my library and you can tell us where you’re from. I’ve never seen a Pegasus like you before.” Twilight said. “Pegasus?” I inquired softly. I couldn’t believe I didn’t notice I had wings until now. “Well, yeah silly.” Twilight laughed. “come on, the library is this way.” Walking into the giant tree that was Twilight’s library and home in Ponyville, I noticed that all of the books were on the floor and a small purple and green dragon was working on organizing all of the books. I knew instantly who this dragon was, but allowed Twilight to introduce him anyway. “Spike, this is Jared, he’s new around here and It would be nice to show him around.” Twilight said with a smile on her face. “ Hi Jared, I’m spike.” The dragon said, taking my hoof in his claw and shaking it firmly. “Hi Spike.” I said meekly, still star struck by all of the things that were happening to me today. “Jared’s going to tell us where he’s from.” Twilight said happily “Although I’m pretty sure it’s Manehattan.” “No, it’s not Manehattan.” I chuckled to myself. “ It’s way farther than that. Twilight guessed all of the cities in Equestria, and when I said no to each one of those cities, Twilight sat on the ground with a puzzled look on her face. “But that’s every city in Equestria, where are you from if not from Equestria?” She asked. Sighing deeply, I began the tale on where I was from. I told her of humans and Earth, and what had happened that night and that when I woke up on the train I found myself to have become a Pegasus. Surprisingly enough, Twilight did not sit there open mouthed and shocked at what I was saying, she just stood there nodding at some parts and asking questions at other parts of my tale. “You don’t seem surprised by any of this, Twilight.” I remarked innocently. “It’s like you’ve seen this before.” “I haven’t seen it before, but I have a book on human lore that I have in my library.” Twilight replied. “ Although, I thought it was all a myth. I didn’t expect to see one in my lifetime.” “So you’re not going to kick me out?” I asked. “Of course not!” She replied, her face lighting up. “ It’s amazing what happened to you! The magic required to make such a spell would be tremendous!” “Is there a way to reverse the spell?” I asked, worried that it might be permanent. “Of that, I’m not sure of. It seems as if to reverse the spell, we first need to find out what the spell was and where it came from.” Twilight said. “I could study the books I have to try and find it, but it might take days or weeks or months.” “I have all the time in the world, I will wait as long as it takes to find a cure.” I said in return. “While I study the books, why don’t you take a look at yourself in the mirror upstairs, since it seems you haven’t had a chance to see yourself or try out your wings.” Twilight suggested as her horn glowed purple and a book flew out of Spike’s hands. Taking her advice, I walked up the stairs, eager to see what I looked like in Pegasus form. The site that I was met with was not what I was expecting. My body was a dark, navy blue, which contrasted my neon green straight mane. I turned around and indeed saw that I had wings the same color as my body. On my side was a cutie mark of a pencil and paper, probably for my love of writing and drawing. I was still looking at myself when I heard a knock at the door and Twilight’s voice say “Come in.” I turned around and walked down the stairs just in time to see the door open to reveal…..