Just a Normal Day

by Inotovis

Chapter 2: Ponies

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Princess Luna ran down the hallway leading to compartment 10. She had already begun to cast the counter-spell in hopes that it wasn't to late to save the poor soul. Dr. Birdsteen who was only a few steps behind was cursing under his breath for his luck. The 2 had reached the door to compartment 10 right as they went to open the door however, they froze for a brief second. Coming out of the small window in the door was an eerie red and blue glow. When the shock had passed they flung the door open to reveal and disturbing scene.

On the bed lay a body approximately 6 feet tall. The arms and legs were spread as though the person had been trying to make a snow angel. The red an blue glow that had been seen from the window was emitting from the figure. The person on the bed was covered in a blue/red glow that seemed to replace the skin. The most disturbing thing to Luna however wasn't the glow, it was the red colouring which she had identified as blood.

The princess and the doctor scanned the body quickly for any signs that the person was indeed still alive. It was during this check that Birdsteen made a shocking discovery.

"Luna, I don't remember you saying anything about physical changes to resemble my kind," said the doctor

"I'm not sure what you mean doctor. I know there was the possibility of the magic changing the unlucky soul to change into, or adapt features of a pony but not any changes regarding Bird-men," replied the Princess of the night uncertain what her companion meant

"Well then take a look at the wings. As far as I know those are bird wings not pegasus wings,"

Luna slowly walked over to Birdsteen to see what he meant. She fell back a few steps upon the sight of 2, glowing red, eagle wings laid limp next to the human. Another check to see spot any other changes revealed that he had a pair of pony ears. Luna had begun to cast the spell that, in theory, would bring the human back to Earth from where ever he was currently. Assuming that it didn't kill him, his body would revert back to normal. It looked as if it was going to work, the red and blue slowly started to fad away, finally showing the skin and hair underneath. Luna almost dropped the spell in shock when she saw his skin. It had huge gashes running up and down his arms, legs and chest. His head was bruised all over and his neck was burned to a black. The spell was almost finished when an other-worldly scream filled the room.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" the scream appeared to have originated from the man lying on the bed. However the scream had caused the night princess to lose her concentration on the spell, which in turn caused the room to flash red and blue blinding the doctor and Luna. When the two had regained their sight the body on the bed was gone. All that remained was bloodstains on the sheets and a few bloodstained feathers.

"Greg, I'm sorry," apologized Luna "I thought the spell had worked. The scream made me lose it."

"It's fine Luna," replied the doctor in a defeated tone "I only hope he is still alive over in Equstria. Go, I remember the time differences so even though it's been about 10 minutes here I'm pretty sure it's morning back there. I'd hurry back, I'm sure your "Elements" have found his body. It might be wise if you were there to explain some things if he survived."

The room was filled with another flash, this one being white, as the Co-Ruler of Equestria teleported back to her home.

"I never should have trusted that damned pony."

                                                                ~Back in Equestria~

(3rd Person)

Twilight and her friends stared down at the mangled figure at there feet. They had been walking through the Everfree towards the ruins of the old castle when they hear a blood-chilling scream ring out. They ran for a good 5 minutes until they stumbled upon a giant crater. In the centre of the hole was a body. The girls had determined that figure on the ground was a male but they could not figure out what he was. At first glance they thought he was just another pony, the body shape was similar and he had dark grey pony ears. When they got closer they were shocked to discover that the ears were the only similarity between it and themselves. They had seen wings coming out from his back when they arrived.Naturally they thought it was a pegasus who had injured a wing at a high altitude and fell, but the wings were more akin to a eagle or a griffin.

"What do you think he is?" asked Rainbow Dash

"I'm not sure. He kinda looks like us ponies but he has griffin wings and feet," replied Applejack

"Twilight dear, are you even sure he's still alive? Come look at his throat there are slits on each side," said Rarity

The unicorn in question walked over to the head of the body and bent down. Rarity was right, she discovered three slits running down each side of his throat. For a minute Twilight thought they might have been fish gills but dropped it when she saw a fine trickle of blood drip from one of them. "He's still alive all right but just barely. Come on girls we need to get him to the hospital before he dies!" With that said, Twilight began to levitate the body and they took off running towards Ponyville hospital.

                                                                ~Inside Tyler's mind~

Is this what it's like dying? It's actually not too bad. I can't even feel the pain from before. My only question now is, do I get into Heaven or am I cursed to Hell. Probably the latter. I should have left right then and there. Why did I follow through with those orders? While at least I know if I go to Hell so is he. Hopefully the others made up for the mistake unlike me. I still wish I could have warned them, helped them to safety. Oh well, what's done is done. Can't go changing it now.

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