Life as Equestrians

by Primus Pegasus

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life, Human, Alternate Universe
Length: 1541

Two typical seventh-grade boys from a small city in West Virginia do the scientifically impossible. Luke Elam and Seth Price travel to Equestria, a parallel universe hand-made by mad scientist Seth.

I plan on this to be an ongoing series…

Two typical seventh-grade boys from a small city in West Virginia do the scientifically impossible. Luke Elam and Seth Price travel to Equestria, a parallel universe hand-made by mad scientist Seth. Co-written by Seth Price (a.k.a. Primus) and Luke Elam.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-05-16 18:50:02 UTC

Part I, Chapter 2: Unprecedented Visitors

Part I, Chapter 1: A Parallel Universe

     Today wasn't like any other day.  Today was different.  Today, I was risking my life for something most people won’t give a shit about.  Today is the day my friend and I are doing the impossible.

     “Luke,” I spoke into the phone, “I need you to come immediately.  Don’t question me.”

     “Why?  I’m playing Rock Band right now.”

     “I said no questions.”  I hang up the phone onto the fax machine.

     Twenty minutes after the call, I hear Luke hastily pedaling down the road towards the small gravel pathway leading to my family’s farm.  As anticipated, he questions me.  Again.

     “What’s so important?!  I biked from Clarksburg to damn Taylor County, so what is it?”

     I pause for effect.  “Luke, I am attempting to do something that has been, previously, proven scientifically impossible.”  Luke just stares at me, expecting an answer.  “So what do you think it is?”

     “Um... time travel?”

     “Nope.”

     “Eh... wormholes?”

     “Close.”

     “What?!”

     “Just keep thinking.”

     “Seriously, just tell me.”

     “To put it in simplistic terms, a parallel universe.  Equestria, in a parallel universe.  Made by me.”  Luke just gaped at me in what I believed was horror.  Obviously not, because he burst out laughing.

     “Oh my God!  You’re killing me, Seth, you’re killing me!  Ha!”  I coerce him into finally following me to the shed about a mile up the gravel pathway.  He keeps laughing, calling me random things, almost dying.  I literally have never seen him this hysterical before.

     “And you really did?!  Holy shit, you’re funny!”  I fumble for my keys and unlock the padlock to the shed.  I flip on a generator, powering a light in the shed.  Luke walks in laughing his ass off, whilst I flip a few switches on a large control panel covering one wall.  When Luke finally comes to his senses, he notices the large array of strange equipment surrounding him.

     “Oh my God.  You’re being serious, aren’t you?”

     “What did you think, dumbass?  You have a--” The large black box the size of a French door refrigerator in front of us starts to hum very loudly, eventually leading to the loudness of a jet engine.  We have to yell over the sound to communicate.  “--choice!!  Go with me or get out of this place!”

     “Why should I go with you?”  I yank him into the box with myself and shut the door.  There is no light, but it is soundproof, deadening the deafening noise outside of the box.

     “Why are we in here?” Luke whispers to me.

     “Luke, phone.”

     “What?”

     “Turn off your phone.  Or everybody within a ten-mile radius of this place, including ourselves, will suffer radiation issues due to interference of the radio waves in the box.”

     “The fuck?”  He hesitantly hands me his smartphone.  I quickly open the door and throw it out onto the ground, closing the door before the sound makes us deaf.

     “We have about one minute until we’re transported.  Make sure you stay by my side at all times.” I say to him.

     “What?!  I need to--” Luke questions.

     “Do nothing.”

     “Why?  What did I do to deserve going to a God damned pony world?

     “You’re my only hope of surviving.  You can--”

     “Shit... I guess I gotta come, then...” Luke looks as if he is about to cry his eyes out.

     “You can turn back, but... never mind.  We have a few seconds as far as I can tell."

     "Until what?"

     "Until--" There is a deafening boom reminiscent of a nuclear bomb and everything turns to a blinding white.

Introduction

Part I, Chapter 2: Unprecedented Visitors

     From my point of view, everything was white and blank for about ten seconds.  All you could hear was the constant sound of what was like a jet engine.  After a while of this deafening sound I attempt to cover my ears, but nothing can move.  I can't feel.  Soon I see the main room of the Golden Oaks Library forming around me in blobs.  That's all I can remember before losing conciousness.

     I awaken but can barely muster the strength to open my eyelids.  As soon as I try to move my torso I cry out in agony and writhe at the pain.  What happened? I think to myself.  I look down and see that I am covered in blood, permanently staining my white polo shirt.  Pools of blood pepper the floor; the library looks like it was bombed.  Literally, I think it was, after that big explosion and whatnot. Burn marks everywhere; books littering the floor, some in mine and Luke's blood.  Where was Luke, anyway? I thought.

     I rotate my head to the right to find Luke in the same condition as me, but not awoken.  Was he still alive?  Was I responsible for the death of my closest friend? I thought.  That would be a million tonnes on my shoulders if that was the case.  Thankfully, it wasn't, for I heard a groan come out of him within a little bit of time.

     "What happened; I feel like shit," Luke said into the air.

     "No idea... just wait; there isn't anything else to do because I broke something and I can't move..." I told Luke.  As I said, we quietly waited for Twilight to come home.  I wonder if we were going to die soon for all the blood pooling out of our bodies...

     I woke up from a short snooze and found Luke asleep too.  Or maybe dead, I thought to myself.  I tried to clear that thought from my mind.  Suddenly I heard someone open the door.

     "Well, that's why--OH DEAR CELESTIA WHAT HAPPENED?!" Twilight exclaimed.  Twilight and Rainbow Dash came near us as I mumbled what I could.

     "Long story short: scientific experiment gone wrong and we ended up here injured," I said to the two ponies.

     "T-there's blood everywhere!" Rainbow Dash said to us.

     "I know, a-a-and--" My head reared back onto the floor with a thud; I was conscious but not able to move any of my voluntary muscles.  I heard Twilight and Rainbow Dash exclaim things here, there, and everywhere, and all of a sudden I felt bandages being wrapped all around me.  Where did Twilight get bandages?

     Twilight and Rainbow Dash conversed excitedly, Spike sometimes jutting in.  I felt terrible emotionally for having to spawned here and make Twilight bandage me up and whatnot.  All of a sudden I felt myself be lifted off the ground by some unknown force and carried somewhere.

     I finally opened my eyes on the hospital bed.  I saw Luke on the bed beside me in the room.  The television was turned onto some documentary on the history of Canterlot.  Wait... since when did they have televisions? I thought.

     "Hey," Luke feebly spoke to me from across the room.

     "'Sup," I returned.

     "I just got back yesterday.  We're in ICU as far as I can tell and Twilight just left because visiting hours ended."

     "How long have we been here?"

     "Two weeks."  I could have fallen face-first on the floor if it weren't for the fact that I was bedfast, covered with casts and bandages.  I saw one on my right leg and right arm; Luke had a cast only on his left wrist.  IVs were injected into both of our arms.  I had a large bag of blood labeled O- going into my upper right arm, which scared me because I'd have no idea whether or not pony blood would kill me.  We were both garbed in hospital gowns which didn't seem to fit us, considering the fact that this was a pony hospital.

     "I'm surprised we weren't taken to the vet for our appearance," I joked to Luke.

     "Yeah... the doc said that we may have to be here for another couple of weeks," Luke said.

     "Well I'm gonna be as bored as hell..."

     "Hey, the telly is interesting.  I've learned a lot about Equestria with this thing.  I didn't even think TV existed here."

     "Neither did I."  I watched attentively to what advertised itself as Ponyville Public Television.  The introduction to How Unicorn Magic Works, supposedly a documentary titular of itself, appeared.  I sat back and watched the show.

Part I, Chapter 1: A Parallel Universe

Introduction

Just a little foreknowledge to help you understand the story a little better.

Seth Price, the narrator, is a musician, scientist, and an avid reader.  He likes anything that has to do with science, mathematics, music, and, of course, My Little Pony.  He is twelve years old (as of the beginning of the story), turning thirteen within the next month.  Seth is not as social as Luke, but he still has many good friends.

Luke Elam, the second main character, is a musician, gamer, and everybody's best friend.  He likes to play Xbox, socialise with friends, read, and play instruments.  At least at the beginning of the story, he isn't a brony.  He is also twelve years old at the beginning of the story, turning thirteen two months after Seth.  Luke is calm and kind to everybody, which is why he seems to be everybody's friend.

Both Luke and Seth come from a small city in north-central West Virginia called Clarksburg.  They currently attend middle school as seventh-graders and share a lot of characteristic traits, especially their sense of humour and liking of music.  Seth and Luke are very close friends, and have been since the age of nine.