Luna's Crusaders

I slowly opened my eyes, the harsh white light burning my retinas after so long seeing darkness. When my eyes finally dilated, I opened them fully and took a look around as best as I could. Plain white walls with a steel door set in the side with a window. A softly beeping monitor that I was hooked up to next to my bed. Plain white sheets on a soft and comfy mattress. And yes, still a pony. I guess pony hospitals are better than human ones, as this one smelled... nice. That was a horribly inadequate word to describe the smells assaulting my senses with their new heightened awareness, but it was the best my brain could do in its current uncomprehending state. I shifted slightly to sit up more and the monitor started chirping loudly. Oh great. The door silently swung open and a light brown horse head poked in. His eyes widened in surprise at seeing me awake, albeit in a barely conscious state. The door closed and the loud chirping was replaced by the soft beeping every ten seconds or so. I could now hear voices on the other side of the door. The door reopened and the pony I had seen moments before walked in.

"I am guessing that this must be very confusing for you."

"Ya think?" was my sarcastic reply.

"Well, since nopony decides to tell the doctors anything, I'll tell you what I can to hopefully make this make a little bit more sense."

"Sounds reasonable."

"Six days ago-"

"SIX DAYS!" I yelled and sat straight up in the bed before collapsing back down from the flash of pain that shot through my chest. The doctor hurried over to check the bandages that I didn't realize were there before continuing.

"Yes, six days. You had lost a lot of blood. Princess Luna brought you here and told us to take care of you until you got better. You were stabbed about an inch away from your jugular, but even so you had lost a lot of blood. For a while we weren't sure if you would make it." All that had happened came flooding back. Turning into a pony, walking down into Pestilence's lair, almost being sacrificed, and getting stabbed and rescued.

"Is that it?"

"That's all I know. Because NO ONE seems to tell the DOCTORS ANYTHING!" He was shouting at the people, or rather, ponies, outside of my room. I'm guessing it's a sore topic for him. A knocking sound came from the door before it opened up to reveal a light purple pony wearing a tiara with a six pointed star on it and having a horn on her head. So they have unicorns here. Good to know. Her mane was of a darker shade than her coat, with redish highlights running through it. On her back on both sides of her flank were what appeared to be somewhat bulging saddle bags. They were a silvery-gray color and also had the six pointed star on it, but surrounded by five little ones. I could make out what appeared to be wings on her back as well.

"Ah, Princess Twilight, you're here. I'll leave you two here and maybe you can explain some more." The doctor lowered his head out of respect and left the room. What's with all these freaking princesses taking an interest in me?

"So, I'm guessing you're dying to know what happened. Luna explained it to me, or at least as best she could."

"No, I'm more like living to know what happened Princess Twilight."

"Oh," she gave a little laugh at my sarcastic remark before continuing, "And you can just call me Twilight. I’m not big on the whole princess title calling. A few months ago, a mirror was stolen from the Crystal Empire. It was the Equestrian end of the portal that connects this world to the other world. We had an idea of who stole it, but couldn't track it down until the portal was used due to the amount of magic protecting it by whoever stole it. Luckily, it was close by Canterlot and the Crusaders were able to stop Pestilence in time and save you. So, you came from the human world?"

"Yes. I fell through a statue at Canterlot High."

She got excited at that. "Really? Do you know anyone named Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, or Sunset Shimmer?"

"I know of Rainbow Dash more since she's the captain of the soccer team, and the other's I've heard of, but they're juniors and I'm a freshman."

"Huh?"

"They're older than me by two years." I guess they don't have high school here in the same way. Thank goodness.

"Oh. But is there anything else you'd like to know? We still don't know your name."

"It's Sky. Sky Breeze. I have a few. When can I go back home, where am I, and who are the Crusaders?"

"You are in the hospital in Ponyville, to answer the second. The Crusaders are Luna's elite task force sent out to protect the kingdom of Equestria. Most of what they do is secret, but someponies have heard about them, so it's no huge secret. As for getting back, the portal closed three days ago."

"WHAT?!" I leapt up, only to fall back weakly on the bed again after a spasm of pain shot through my body. The monitor didn't go off though. I guess they stopped that since I'm awake or because Twilight is with me.

"Are you alright?"

"No, I'm not. I've been turned into a pony in a place that I know nothing about and have possibly no chance of seeing my family again. Not that they were that great, but still. They were all I had."

Twilight laid a comforting hoof on my shoulder before continuing in a more friendly manner than the already kind manner she had been using. "The portal does open again, but not for another thirty moons."

I did the math. Roughly about two and a half years. Two and a half years to learn about this world I stepped in and become more familiar with my new body. Two and a half years to change how my life would be.

“Can I ask another question?”

“Certainly.”

“Is there a mirror so I can see what exactly I look like now?”

“Of course. I actually have a mirror here in my bags. I also have a few books, some paper and a quill, one of Rarity’s new dresses, a flashlight, glasses, some snacks, and the kitchen sink.” Each object was pulled out of her bags and started floating in the room, suspended only by a soft pinkish purple glow that matched the glow that appeared on her horn.

“Why do you have a kitchen sink?”

“For water of course.” She turned the faucet and somehow water started coming out even though it wasn’t connected to anything. I sighed, not wanting to get into how that was not physically possible.

“The mirror will be fine. But could you leave the book by here just in case I’d like to read it later?”

“Of course! I have the entire series at the library. Here you are.”

I grabbed the mirror with my hand, err, hoof and held it up to face height. No more pale skin staring back at me, which was a relief. Instead, my face and the rest of my body of a pleasant shade of light green. My mane, which extended over my head to act like hair, was four different colors that went from a somewhat darker green than my body to a yellow green, then a turquoise, and then to a darker blue, similar to that of the sky in the afternoon when clouds are overhead. My eyes were a dark royal purple. I liked them better than my plain boring brown eyes that I used to have. I tried not to notice the large white bandage covering part of my neck, even though it was hard not to. My gaze and the mirror traveled down to my chest, where I was somewhat surprised to see two wings poking out from under my body. I wiggled them slightly, feeling the strange new experience of having an extra body part. It felt extremely odd. There isn’t really a way I can describe having wings. It felt strange, but natural at the same time. I recall Pestilence saying something about me being a Pegasus, but I didn’t think that would have transferred over to having wings. Well if we have magic unicorns, why not winged ponies? “Well I look… different. Can I actually fly with these?”

She gave a small chuckle. “Yes, you can. I’ll get my friend Rainbow Dash to give you a few lessons when you’re strong enough. She helped me plenty of times when I was first learning to fly.” I then gave a big yawn and started to feel sleepy as my eyes began to droop slightly.

"I live right here in Ponyville, so the doctors can contact me if you need anything. Your case is an intriguing one that we'll have to proceed carefully with. Just call the doctors if you need anything. I’ve been appointed to be your guardian for the time being until things are settled better." With a departing smile, she left the room. The activities, short but taxing on my weakened body as they were, caught up with me and sleep quickly caught me in its arms, but this time, it was a natural rest.