Seeing things in a different light

‘Alright well laying on the ground isn’t getting me anywhere,’ I think as I try to stand up on my new hooves. I’ve already been here for about a half hour and all I’ve done is complain, feel sorry for myself, and scream about my new form. I walk uhhh…trot over to the nearby lake to get a good look at myself and luckily the lake is sparkling clean.

The lake confirms my suspicions and I can see a black disfigured horn, bug-like wings, holes in my new hooves, and black chitin covering my body. I am definitely a changeling from the show My Little Pony but now luckily, although I would never admit it back home, I know everything about the show. It took me a second to realize that I don’t know how changelings transform into somepony and I would definitely need that ability.

‘First things first I should learn how to fly and use magic so I can at least pass as somepony. I also need to think of a name because I’m sure Dave isn’t gonna cut it. Pony name…pony name…maybe uhhh?’ I kept trying to come up with a new name but I was never good at coming up with names. “I’ve got it” –I said realizing I was talking to myself- “My name will be Blaze. Just Blaze.”

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It took me a few hours but about an hour before nightfall I had finally learned everything that I should need to become a pony. It took about five minutes to figure out the disguise, about two hours with the wings, and learning magic took at least three hours but I finally felt I was ready. The only thing left for me to do now is get some rest and try to find a town in the mourning.

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I awoke when I heard voices. It was definitely a conversation but I didn’t think anything of it so I ignored it and looked towards the sun to check the time. If my military knowledge was still valid in this world then it was about ten o’clock. ‘I guess yesterday really took it out of me if I slept this long.’ I thought but decided to disregard it and make my way into town.

I took off to try and find town and apparently I wasn’t too far away from it because I could see what looked like a track. There were a lot of pegasi using it to build their wing muscles so I thought about turning into a pegasus but decided that magic was more useful in the long run. I concentrated and made a mental image of a blue unicorn stallion with a deep red mane and just as I had practiced I became said unicorn.

Right before my body was covered in the green transformation flame I realized what an idiot I was. I forgot one little detail. I was about twelve feet off the ground and unicorns can’t fly. The green flame surrounded my body and just like I thought I started falling. ‘Great not even two days in and I made such a stupid mistake. OWWW.’ I finished my thought just before I hit the ground.

I got up and made sure nothing was damaged too badly before turning and walking towards the pegasi I had seen earlier. On my trot over I realized that the track reminded me of something but I didn’t want to assume anything. If I were going to assume that everything from the show is actually going to happen then I would say I arrived just before the wedding.

I stopped in my tracks both from realization and due to me hitting the forest edge. ‘If it is before the wedding then I have to warn somepony about it.’ I stop thinking for a minute because that is way too much assuming for me so I look at what is around me. It’s a clearing and on the other side is the track I had seen earlier so I casually trot up to the track since staying put doesn’t get anything done. Of course being a fan of the show I can recognize Rainbow Dash even at this distance and she is talking to somepony.

As I get closer I realize that she is talking to Fluttershy and that’s when I finally remembered that this is exactly like the episode Hurricane Fluttershy. My mind instantly races so much that I almost ran into somepony but when my mind slows down I catch the last part of their conversation.

“I’m sorry, Rainbow Dash. I just can’t do it,” Fluttershy said as she was leaving.

I think somepony said something shortly after that but it was just too much of a coincidence for me to continue on a single train of thought. I saw everypony going somewhere so I just followed them and after a little bit of walking past some shrubs and a few trees I had finally found it. It was almost exactly as the show described but it had enough similarities for me to recognize the town of Ponyville.

I saw Ponyville and it gave me a great idea. How do you learn about a world that couldn’t exist? Easy you go to their school so after a thorough inspection of my surroundings I turned myself into a unicorn colt with a white mane with black streaks and a light blue coat. I was surrounded in green flames and I quickly looked myself over before going to school but the only thing wrong was my coat was a few shades darker than what I wanted.

Shortly after I walked into town I was dragged to the place I wanted to be by a police pony. I looked up at the sky again an it looks like it only took about two hours to get this far. All of the kids where out back enjoying recess I guess but the cop and the teacher who I recognize as Cherilee. They talked for a bit and Cherilee scolds me for a bit but then I get to join the other kids for recess.

“Hey,” I hear so I turn around and come face-to-face with an eager unicorn filly with a white coat and a half-purple half-pink mane and tail whom I recognize as Sweetie Belle.

“Hello,” I try to say as energetic as I can but I’m getting hungry and its being distracting.