The Light of a New World

I woke up in that same field of flowers in my dream and I immediately felt like screaming. I knew what was going to happen, it wasn't scary or anything it was just annoying. So I just did what I would have done in the dream. I stood up and just like in my dream the bright colors brought with it a sense of happiness and peace. I walked through the field for a little while until I noticed movement to my right. When I looked I found nothing to be there. I began to look around for any indications that someone is with me. I turned back to the field and notice a silhouette in the distance, it's features unrecognizable in the glare of the sun. I knew I wouldn't catch it but, that didn't stop me from trying. I quickened my pace and switched to an all out sprint. It seemed that I could go on for hours without any fatigue. As soon as I would think I was beginning to  catch up everything would immediately shift to pitch black. Knowing what came next I simply walked in the darkness until I could see the light I had seen many times before. It wasn't long before I could see the light at the end. As I was approaching the light, I immediately halted my movement and stared down at the same silhouette I saw in the field of flowers and my previous dreams. I decided to call out to him/her to see if I could get any information. But this time I wasn't afraid. I wanted answers.

“Hey! How do you know so much about me! Who are you!” I yelled with a surprising amount of anger in my tone. The silhouette didn't seem fazed by my anger though unlike from my dream the figure spoke softly and longer.

“You may call me a friend, I have watched you for many years. Not long ago I heard you say that you didn't belong in your world. So I have come to bring you to another.” The voice of the figure was calm and soothing, almost motherly. I recognized the voice now! But it's impossible! She's not real! Nonetheless I didn't say anything for fear of being wrong and looking like an idiot.

“This has to be another dream. You aren't real and it's not possible to jump worlds”

“Maybe not in your world alone but, with the help of magic from my world I can bring you to my world. And I can assure you Jacob that you are definitely not dreaming although this is the dream state and the only way I could contact you.”

“Do you honestly think that I would believe anything a dark silhouette says? I don't even know who you are.” That may have been a lie and I didn't like it but, there was enough confusion in my voice that made it believable.

As if what I said triggered something in the silhouette's mind she nodded and began to glow in a blindly white light. I had to shield my eyes from the light and when it was gone I stood there in complete shock. There standing in front of me with the tunnel of light behind her was Princess Celestia.

“Who, Wha- a- huh?” Was all I could manage. She had told me I wasn't dreaming so this should be impossible!

She only giggled a little and stepped closer to me. She looked better than she did in the show. Her white coat sparkled with the light from the tunnel and her cutie mark was noticeable from where I stood. Her head came up to my chest and her horn made the extra height so she was only slightly shorter than me.

“Relax Jacob. You are not hallucinating or dreaming. This is real.”

“So... What you are saying is... You are going to take me...” I couldn't form full sentences with the way my brain was right now but, Princess Celestia seemed to understand what I was trying to get out.

“Yes Jacob, I am going to take you to Equestria. You may already know of it from the television show you watch and all of the events that would take place, along with all my little ponies living there, but they do not know you. So before I am to take you from your world I am going to have to erase Equestria from your mind.” As if something clicked I realized that I am talking to my future Princess and something in my head told me to get my act together and be respectful.

“Yes, Princess I understand. If I may ask though what will I look like when we arrive?”

My behavior startled even myself. I had never spoken like that before.

“I cannot be certain what form you will take once you arrive, however, I am going to be sending you somewhere close to me, but I am not entirely sure where so you can be sure that you will take the form a pony.” Her words immediately made my heart race. I could meet Fluttershy! Or Applejack! Wait. She said she would erase my memory. Will she erase everything? Or just what I know of the show? I had to ask.

“Princess, when you erase my memory will I forget everything or just what I know of your world?”

“You can rest assured that you will remember everything about yourself.” As she said this there was a flicker and I raised my hand to see that it was transparent. Princess Celestia continued with a hint if urgency in her voice. “You must make a decision now. Will you come with me or stay behind. I know you will miss your family but, you will have a chance to contact them again. Make your choice quickly we do not have much time.” I could sense that she felt sorry that she was taking me away from my family, but she did say that I could contact them and maybe I could tell them that I am fine. I had made my decision.

“Princess, I will go with you.” And with that I felt a sudden lurch in my stomach and I doubled over. My entire body was now feeling like it was being stretched and pulled in every direction. As this was happening I noticed the princess pull something dark from behind her and drop it on my back. As soon as it landed the pain intensified and I passed out.

As I was gaining consciousness the first thing that came to me was pain. Lots and lots of pain. It started from my head and spread throughout my entire body. I tried to move but, that only resulted in more pain.

“Uggh, make it stop.” I said through clenched teeth. Slowly the pain started to go away and I decided to make a check of my body. I tried opening my eyes but, I immediately shut them from the intense light coming through the slight opening I made. I mentally told myself to try that again later and moved onto my arms and legs. They felt heavier for some reason and I moved them to rub my eyes but, all I felt was something hard come into contact with my eyes. Confused, I began to try to stand up on two feet, but instantly fell on my face. Groaning from the extra pain I just inadvertently given myself I tried opening my eyes again. I started slowly only allowing small amounts of light to filter through at a time. When I managed to open them without damaging my corneas again the first thing I noticed was the colors. They were more defined than I was used to, the second thing I noticed was that I was in a forest. 'Huh? I was just in my living room a second ago. How the hell did I get into a forest?' I thought. I was still lying down on the grass so I decided to try to stand up again to get my bearings. Big mistake. I fell down again, but this time I tried to break my fall with my hands and noticed that I didn't have them anymore. I had hooves.

'Hooves?! How do I have hooves?!' I looked at my legs and sure enough I had hooves there as well. Before my mind could shut down I looked at the rest of my body and saw that I was no longer a human. I was a horse. It was at this point that my mind couldn't process what my body was telling me so I did the only logical thing I could do in a moment such as this. I screamed.

“AAAAAAAAHH! What the hell happened to me! I am a fucking horse!” That's when I did a double take and realized that horses don't talk. “Wait a sec, how can I talk? Horses don't talk. Am I dreaming? I have to be dreaming.” With that said I decided that this was a dream and I could make the best of it. Since I had four legs it was obvious that I was a quadruped and had to walk with all four instead of two. I had to try several times before I could properly stand on four legs albeit, shakily. 'Alright now that I can stand, it's time to walk. Heh, easier said than done.' I thought to myself. I took slow tentative steps, keeping in mind that I had to coordinate my front and rear hooves properly. After walking, or is it trotting? Whatever. After trotting around the spot where I woke up a couple times, I decided I needed something to look at myself with. I began to trot (still feels weird to say that) through the forest. It wasn't long until I heard the sound of rushing water. 'Yes! Now I can get a drink and get a better look at myself.' I began to trot a little faster, while still looking at the ground so I don't trip. I made it to what looked like a small stream and lowered my head to the water and immediately my jaw dropped. Staring back at at me was a dark grey snout, looking higher I realized that my eyes had changed colour as well, they were now baby blue and stood out against my grey fur. My hair, or mane rather was a deep black and was quite short. Similar to how short it was as a human. That's when I noticed the horn on my head and thought 'A horse with a horn? A unicorn!'  I turned to my side so I could get a look at my body in the water as well. I had the same dark grey fur on my body and I could make out a darker patch on my back. Taking a closer look I found it be a wing. 'A wing? Am I a pegasus? Or a unicorn? A pegacorn?' With that thought in mind I decided that I must be a pegacorn. Taking another look behind me I saw a mark on my.. flank? It was wolf howling at the moon. 'Hey that looks like the tattoo I had on my shoulder! Heh, well at least that came with me too.' I thought to myself with a chuckle. My tail was rather short as well, it was a little curly and came about 5 inches off the ground.

“Well now that I know what I look like, I need a name. It can't be my human name because I am not a human anymore. Hmm... Maybe if I ever meet anymore talking horses I can see the way they name themselves and think of something then.” It was after I had said that did I hear a rustling of a bush behind me. I slowly turned around and saw to my surprise three wolves made of... wood? They slowly came out of the bushes and made their way towards me. They were indeed made of wood and leaves, held together by what looks like tree sap. The one on the right had a slimmer build and a shorter snout, leading me to believe that this was a female. The one on the left was smaller but still came up to my chest in height. Leading me to believe that it was just a pup. Now, the one in the centre was obviously in charge. He was almost twice as big as the female and practically towered over me.

I was about to begin to step back when the larger wolf suddenly stopped, causing me to do so as well. He looked behind me and tilted his head in confusion. 'Huh?' I thought until I looked behind me to see the wolf tattoo on my flank. I turned my attention to the wolf and the look of confusion on it's face still remained. I felt a sudden urge to talk to it but, I didn't know what to say. I was shy enough around other people but, this is a wolf!

“Uhmm.. uh hi? Y-you w-wouldn't be able t-t-to show me to the n-nearest town would you?” I said to the wolf with fear clearly evident in my voice. I had read somewhere that wolves can sense fear and will attack if they had sensed it, but this one just continued to look at me. Maybe these wolves were different, I mean they sure do look different.

What happened next surprised me a great deal. I was not expecting the wolf to do what it would just now. It talked. Before it did though I felt a presence in my head.

“You have the mark of the elders. Who are you young one?”