A Curious Tale

Darkness, one of the most feared things know to almost all the universe, as for me i welcome it.

"Wuh where am I"? I open my eyes, a mirror surrounded by darkness usual for the transition. I look into the mirror, a horse, no to small, a pony maybe, jet black body, blue and red mane and tail “interesting favorite colors of mine” I turn and notice I have a tattoo…on my butt? I note that it’s a question mark “figures” I also notice bat wings, sharp teeth, and red eyes. “Great I look menacing”.

Well that describes how I look, but were are my manners? You don’t know who I am, well I’m a transitioner, an alien from a dead planet. Every time we die we come back to life in a different world, a different universe, not a different dimension though that craps stupid. That happens one hundred times exactly the last one you end back home. I think I’m on my eighteenth time, ironically I usually start at eighteen everyone has a different age set some are different by ten years some by seconds. But the hardest part about it is the loss, first you make a life, then you make friends, then you love, then you age, then you die, lost love, lost life, lost friends. There might be others like me but I don’t know, I think I’m the last one. That’s how it works that’s my life, and this…this is the good part.

“Hey are you alright I need you to wake up” I hear a voice, it sounds but obnoxious, even a bit naïve like that of a child. A female by the sound of it. I open me eyes to one yellow eye and one…white? Huh how does- wait a minute I open my eyes all the way and see that it’s just a lazy eye, then I notice something else even at just seeing her eyes I can tell she’s nervous, why would she- right complete stranger in her home.

“Ummmmm hi my name is uh” think think what do I usually use, oh that’s right “uh my names Curiosity, and you”.

“M-my names D-ditzy Ditzy Doo but you can just call me Ditzy” she seemed a little more calm now that we’ve mentioned names but still a bit wary, likely because I’m some random dude in her house “so why are you in my house”, nailed it.

I tried to remember what happened last night, I usually start out in a new world in a drunken state, from getting used to the atmosphere, I remember seeing a blurry house and walking into it, hitting the door on my way in then tripping down some stairs and ending up on the ceiling were I am now, a little more awake than I was before, I can now tell that my wings are wrapped around me, I unwrap my wings and drop to the ground still right in front of her face I back up a bit to get a better look at her, even if she’s a horse, no definitely a pony I could still tell by the body shape that my assumption was right, she is female, she’s grey with a blonde mane and tail, but I notice something off, she has wings like that of a bird and not a bat.

“How come your wings are like that” I ask plain and simply.

She giggles a bit “This is your first time going more than a mile from the caves isn’t it” crap what do I say, what do I say!

“Yes” idiot, I am a complete idiot if I lie like that a I’ll get into trouble!

“Well today’s your lucky day you get to see the princesses, and be introduced to something amazing, we’ll discuss sleeping arrangements later”. What just like that? She already seems like a really nice person, Then I notice something else.

“Amazing you say, and how do know” I ask sarcastically.

“The princesses said it would be”, hah naïve as a child, I knew it.

“And why should you believe them” I asked with a smirk.

“They’ve been ruling over everypony” everyPONY really “for over one thousand years” is immortality achievable in this world I’ll have to look into it “I think they’re trustworthy” maybe she’s not as naïve as I thought. “Are you alright to go out in the day”.

“yeah I think so why”? because you’re a bat dumb-ass!

She gives me a weird look, well at least it seems weird, mostly because of the lazy eye, it’s like her normal eye is staring into my soul, judging me. “You are a bat pony aren’t you”, well that half explains the wings.

“Uh yeah sorry, my mind was elsewhere” and that was true I was in thought, I do that a lot, my minds the only friend I’ve been able to keep throughout all my lives, all 909 years. And  sometimes I feel like it can talk to me, and I can talk to it.

“Oh, ok well c’mon we can just fly it’ll be faster” boom first problem, well let’s see here I unfolded my wings from around me earlier, without any trouble which means it was a natural action, for me at least, which also means flying would be to. Boom problem solved.

“Um yes that sounds agreeable” as we wa- er trotted up the stairs I heard her whistle a tune I’ve heard before, I just cant put a finger, I mean hoof on it.

We reach the roof of her house, how we missed the main floor I don’t know. “You ready” she asks.

“Yeah” I reply unsure if I really was. I try moving my wings and just as I expected they move on command.

“Ya know you still haven’t answered my question, about being in my house”. Right, I can’t believe I forgot about that.

“I well, I can’t remember, sorry”, we started to take off and fly to some city built into a mountain. “What’s that city called” I half yell through the wind, mainly asking because it looks fancy even a little royal.

“That’s canterlot” of course that’s it’s name, of course it’s a horse pun “the princesses live there”

“What about a king or queen” I ask out of pure…curiosity

“I’m sorry what” she asks as if didn’t understand what I said.

“You know a king or queen someone to rule over a country, or continent”, she still seems confused “never mind” I say with a sigh, “by the way is there a bakery there”.

“Um yeah I think so why”, does she have to question everything I do?

“Well I’m rather hungry I would like to get a muffin or two” her eyes seemed to get bigger than I thought possible

“Did you say muffins” she asked a bit slowly.

“Um yes” she looked really excited by now

“Alright, but you’re buying” I would say I don’t have any money but she already flies off. I sigh this is gonna be a long day