Back in Equestria…

The light in the center of the six unconscious ponies still shone brightly when the glowing orbs. A total of six of them; each one flew into the body of an unconscious pony and the lifeless corpses glowed slightly. The light from the center circle began to fade, and the six ponies fell back to the ground and lay there.

Spike, who had been watching in the safety of the corner, was not sure how to approach the situation. Should he walk up and wake them all up? But then how would they react if they saw a small dragon talking to them nonchalantly? How will they even react to the fact that they’re in completely different bodies now? Will they be scared? Confused? Shocked?

Fortunately for Spike, he didn’t have to decide, as Applejack soon began to stir. Letting out a slight groan, Applejack- or rather whatever was in Applejack’s body- shook its head in order to clear the stars in its vision.

“W-what just…” it began to mutter, before it felt that something was wrong. Horribly wrong. It looked down and saw that it was standing not on two legs, but rather four… hooves. It took a second for its mind to process this tidbit, but when it did, it nearly fainted from the thought.

Spike decided that enough was enough and stepped out of the shadows of the corner, extending out his claw in a manner of friendship. “Why hello there,” he said pleasantly, “My name is Spike the dragon, and I’m here to greet you to the magical lands of Equestria.”

The… thing looked at Spike and once again took a while to process what he had said. “Sp-Spike?” it murmured. It looked around and saw the five other ponies still laying there. Slowly but surely, the creature was beginning to understand where it was. And… it smiled a bit and turned back to a now confused Spike. “Hey, um, would you happen to have a… mirror anywhere around here?” it asked politely, Applejack’s southern accent completely gone but her voice still remaining.

The dragon was a bit taken aback, as it had not expected this kind of a reaction. “Um, sure, it’s right over here.” He ran over to a tall mirror that was standing up against a wall and brought it over to the still smiling pony. The creature examined itself, and its smile grew more and more as its eyes started to twinkle.

Spike, still horribly confused, tried to ask, “So, you don’t mind that…?”

Suddenly, the orange pony jumped into the air and shouted, “Aw hell yeah!” It landed back down and started examining itself. “This is just like in the show! Granted, I still have no idea why I’m here, but at least I’m in the best pony’s body! Woohoo!”

Spike could only stand there with his jaw agape as the creature danced around in Applejack’s body, so pleased and content that it made Spike sick.

The creature would’ve continued to dance around if it had not noticed the cyan pegasus begin to stir as well. It trotted over to her, knowing that if his hunch was correct, he would be talking to a very familiar person when she woke up. Under her breath, just loud enough for Applejack to hear, she was murmuring, “When… wake… up… gonna… murder… Gavin…”

The orange one’s eyes lighted up once again as it galloped over to the pegasus’ body. “Oh my God! Michael, Michael, is that you?!”

“That voice… sounds familiar…” Rainbow Dash muttered as she began to open her eyes. But it wasn’t Rainbow Dash in that body anymore, it was a crazy individual who had only moments before beaten up his co-worker. Its eyes came into contact with the orange ones’ and it jumped up, now awake and in sheer fright.

“What the hell?!” it shouted in the pegasus’ voice, “Is… are you… Applejack?”

“What?” the one in Applejack asked confusedly before it looked at itself again, “Oh! Oh no, it looks like it, but its actually me! Ray, your friend! And while I’m Applejack, you’re Rainbow Dash!”

“Wait… Ray? What do you mean I’m…” Michael said, but as he looked down at his new body, he stopped mid-sentence and stared in wonder. After a moment or two, he looked back up at the grinning Ray in Applejack’s body. Suddenly, he got a deep frown on his face and shouted, “Wait a minute! This is bullshit! Why did you get to be Applejack, but I didn’t get to be Fluttershy?”

Ray began laughing and fell to the floor, only helping in deepening Michael’s scowl. By this time, the others had begun to get up and notice their little condition.

“Holy shit?!” screamed the one inside of Rarity, “What the hell is this?!”

“I don’t know, but this is fucking disturbing and creepy!” commented the one in Twilight, observing his new body in a disgusted manner.

“Wait, who are you?” inquired Rarity.

“I’m Geoff, but what about you? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you before.”

“Geoff? Is that you? It’s me, Jack!”

“Jack?” The two looked at each other for a while, before Geoff broke out into an insane laughter, “Holy shit! You look like a fucking beauty queen or something.”

“Wait, what do you mean?” Jack quickly pulled out the mirror, only to see how glamorous he looked in Rarity’s body. “What the fuck?”

“Damn, you’re looking good there, Shannon,” teased Geoff, poking fun at his friend’s middle name.

“Hahaha, good one, Geoff,” a pink pony interjected.

Geoff and Jack looked in confusion at the newcomer. “Um, do we know you?” asked Jack.

Pinkie hoofed her face, which actually should’ve hurt more considering how tough pony hooves are. “You numbskulls, its Gavin.” The British accent was still present in Gavin’s speech, but with Pinkie Pie’s voice, it was actually pretty hilarious. The two ponies fell to the floor laughing, leaving a very disgruntled Gavin steaming mad.

“Why are you two laughing at me?”

“It’s probably because of how stupid you sound,” Michael commented, walking over to his friend’s side and giving him a pat on the back.

“Well you’re not too better,” retorted Gavin, “All of you sound just as stupid and squeaky as I do.”

Jack quickly got up, his laughing subsiding a bit before talking, “I think-hahaha- Gavin’s right. Where the hell are we and why are we like this?”

Ray came up behind the white unicorn and shook his head. “Jack, you don’t know yet, do you? Well, you’re in our world now. The land of magic, friendship, and harmony. Equestria!”

“Equestria?” Jack thought the name sounded familiar, but before he could figure it out, Gavin groaned loudly and did another face-hoof.

“Argh, are you god damn kidding me? You mean we’re stuck in your stupid little brony world?”

“How dare you call Equestria stupid! It’s beautiful!” shouted Michael.

“Oh shit, I thought you looked familiar Ray,” Geoff commented, “You’re in the form of that pony doll you have on your desk back at the office.”

“Yeah,” Ray said rather proudly, “Applejack. The best pony.”

“More like the best background pony,” muttered Michael.

“And if you’re a character from the show, then that must mean…”

“Yep,” Ray interrupted, “You’re all characters from the show. Jack, you’re Rarity, the most fabulous and majestic pony in Ponyville.”

Jack bowed his head in what seemed like shame.

“Geoff, you’re in the form of Twilight Sparkle, master of magic and ringleader of the Elements of Harmony.”

Geoff seemed to perk up at this a bit, possibly because he knew he could still order around his compadres even in this world.

“And Gavin, you’re Pinkie Pie, the… the…”

Gavin seemed confused, “What’s that, Ray?”

Ray seemed to think for a bit, before giving up. “Ah, fuck it. Point is you’re Pinkie Pie. And then that would make Ryan…”

Everypony looked over at the only pony who hadn’t spoken yet, which was the shy yellow pegasus. He stood a bit off to the side, still kind of dazed from the transformation. He seemed to perk up at the name ‘Ryan’ and look around, becoming aware of his surroundings for the first time. He looked at the six ponies, the down at himself, then back at the ponies, then back to himself. Quickly, he trotted over to the mirror, looking over himself for a good minute or so. Finally, he turned back to his friends, opened his mouth and said quietly, “Shit.”

Everypony fell to the ground laughing, leaving Ryan to bow his head in shame.

By this point, Spike the dragon could not have been more baffled. You would think that waking up in a body that was not your own would be at the very least shocking. But these… things were treating it as if it were some kind of game.

Disturbed by the men-turned-ponies’ actions, Spike slowly started to back away from the group, thankful that none of them were paying any attention to him whatsoever. Slowly but surely, he backed away towards the base of the stairs. Unfortunately for him, Michael noticed the small dragon and decided to have a bit of fun with the unnerved assistant. Suddenly breaking from the group, he quickly flew over in front of Spike, blocking his descent up the stairs to safety, and gave the poor bud a big toothy grin.

“Spike, where are you going?” asked Michael innocently, “The fun’s just starting, buddy.”

Spike screamed in fright and turned around, now facing Michael and backing away towards the group. The others looked in anticipation, waiting to see what exactly Michael had in mind for him.

“Spike, don’t be scared,” Michael said, slowly creeping towards Spike with his unnerving smile plastered onto his face, “After all, it’s not every day a tasty little dragon comes along for us.” A larger gasp sounded from Spike as he bumped into the group of ponies behind him, whom by then had caught on to the joke.

“Yes, it has been a while since I had dragon-tacos,” said Jack, rubbing his hooves together.

“Oh man, with a bit of garlic and pepper, he would cook to perfection,” said Geoff, slowly walking towards the little dragon.

“Are you kidding me? It all depends on whether or not we got any BBQ sauce in this world,” interjected Ray, also closing in on the dragon.

Spike now found himself trapped by the ring of ponies looking at him. The ponies that had once held the minds of his friends, now holding the minds of creatures that wanted to eat him. He was quickly running out of options. Suddenly, he was lifted up into the air. Spike looked up and was terrified to see Ryan holding him up, gently flapping his wings to keep a bit airborne and held Spike a couple feet off the ground. Turning the baby dragon over and inspecting him, Ryan rubbed his chin in thought.

“Hm, he certainly seems fat enough,” he said aloud quietly, “And with all the scales he has for insulation, the meat underneath is sure to be slim and juicy.”

Spike was now frightened beyond belief, but he figured he could at least try some fast talking. “Nononononononono. You wouldn’t want that. As a matter of fact, it’s a well known fact that dragons are actually quite dull and stringy, not at all tasty in any way shape or form.” He gulped as Ryan contemplated the idea, before bearing another wide grin. “Nice try, but it’s not gonna work.”

Ryan then turned to the others, held the dragon way over his head, and said, “Men, tonight… we dine like kings!” Spike screamed in his shrill little baby voice, and the others burst into laughter, once again taking to the floors in sheer hilarity. Spike was now very confused.

Michael got up from the floor, wiping the tears from his eyes before facing the dragon with a more serious look, “No, but seriously, you’re not going anywhere until you tell us how this happened.”

Sighing in both relief and defeat, the dragon was lowered to the floor by Ryan and walked over to the group and began explaining.

“Okay, so basically, my friend Twilight Sparkle...” Spike cast a quick glance at Geoff, who stood in the unicorn’s body, “...wanted to cast a spell that would allow other beings from other dimensions to communicate with us. Unfortunately, the spell requires six ponies to basically give their bodies up in order for those other beings to… um, take over their bodies.” The men-turned-ponies looked at the dragon in confusion. “Yeah, I know it sounds really weird, but that’s magic sometimes. Useful in some ways, random in others.”

“Kind of like Gavin,” said Ray, “Except actually useful and not downright retarded.”

“So then you’re friend cast the spell and teleported us here?” asked Jack.

“Yeah, and now that you guys are here, I can start to get to know you and where you come from,” said Spike, “Now, who exactly are you?”

Ray was about to speak up, but Gavin jumped up and stood next to Ray as he began to talk. “Well, this here is Ray Narvaez Jr., resident Hispanic and has one hell of a boner for men. The one in the lavender coat is none other than Geoff Ramsey, a man with many goals in life but absolutely no ambition (otherwise known as my roommate). The one in the pretty white coat is Jack Pattillo, the generic beard-faced monstrosity of a man. The one in the light blue coat is my little boy Michael Jones, constantly red-faced from all the shouting he does at the office. The one in the yellow coat is Ryan, serial killer and animal abuser and proud to be both. And me, I’m Gavin Free, the best and most handsomest English man ever to roam the world. And together, we are...” Gavin paused for a moment to leap into the air, “THE ACHIEVEMENT HUNTERS!”

The room stood silent and still for a moment, each person processing what they had just witnessed. Finally, Ray was the one to speak up and say, “That may actually be the worst introduction I’ve heard in a long time.”

“Seriously, you made it sound as if we were some mighty hero group. You know we aren’t the Avengers, dumbass,” said Geoff.

“Well, come off it. I was trying to make it sound as cool as possible!”

Spike stared in half-shock and half-amusement as the men-turned-ponies argued and exchanged bitter remarks. “Man, these guys have some serious problems,” he said to himself, but managed to get overhead by a still nearby Ryan.

“Naw, they’re just being them,” said Ryan, approaching Spike from behind, “This kind of stuff goes on in the office every day.”

“But aren’t you guys supposed to be friends or something?” asked Spike.

“Of course we are, it’s just that… well… just because people argue a bunch doesn’t really make them bad friends,” said Ryan, evidently finding it hard to put his thoughts into words, “We still maintain a good relation with each other, it’s just that… the relation tends to show itself in special ways.”

“Hm” was all the young assistant could muster. He got what Ryan was trying to say, but still didn’t really grasp it. How could fellas with such strong words and opinions of bitterness towards each other be friends?

“But, in all honesty, that’s the least of my worries right now,” said Ryan, once again turning towards the more serious subject, “How long do you think we’ll be stuck in these bodies, little guy?”

Spike thought back before the experiment to when Twilight was explaining to him how the spell worked. “I’ll say that you guys have about a day until you can return to your own dimension.”

“A day?” asked Geoff, slamming his hoof into his face, “Great, just great. What are we gonna do for a day?”

“C’mon Geoff, it’s not that bad. I mean, look at me,” said Michael, unfolding his wongs and letting them expand to full size, “These bad boys are going to serve me well to explore a bit. C’mon Ryan, let’s go on an ADVENTURE!”

“Wait, why…?” Ryan started before Michael abruptly grabbed ahold of him and flew off, up the stairs, through the library, and out the door. All that was left was a faint rainbow trail, and even that dissipated after a while.

Gavin turned and looked at Ray, an idea forming in his head, “Ray, you know what this means, right?”

“That I finally get to know how females strut their stuff without having to worry about a wanker in tow?”

“No, think bigger. Haven’t you always wanted to become X-Ray?”

“Wait a minute… you don’t mean-”

“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean,” Gavin exclaimed excitedly, “In a world of magic and stuff like that, we can finally become the superheroes we’ve always dreamed of becoming: X-RAY… AND VAAAAAAAV!”

“Um, Gavin… sorry to burst your bubble, but we we’re Earth ponies. We don’t use magic,” Ray pointed out.

“Really? Well, what the hell is the use of being an Earth pony?”

“Well, for starters…”

“There’s no time for that, Ray.” Running up to his friend, Gavin grabbed ahold and quickly led him up the stairs. “If we can’t use magic, then we must think of something else. Let us be off, boy!” And with that, the two wannabe superheroes disappeared.

Jack let out a long sigh. “Well, I guess that leaves just you and me, Geoff.” He turned to look at his friend, but didn’t see him. “Geoff?” His eyes scouted the room and found the unicorn also at the base of the stairs, preparing to go up. “Wait, where are you going?”

“I’m going to find myself a bar,” responded Geoff.

“I thought you were trying to limit your drinking habits.”

“Well Jack, desperate times call for desperate measures.” Geoff flashed him a sly smile and added, “Plus, it’s not my body I have to worry about.”

“W-wait for me!” Jack shouted as he chased after his long-time companion, leaving Spike totally alone in the basement of a treehouse. He yawned and stretched, the also proceeded to head up the stairs.

“I think it’s time for a much-needed map on my part. I’ll let those guys roam around for a bit before the spell wears off. I mean, how much trouble can they possibly get into?”

Author's Note

Oh boy, I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. There's just something about the the idea of the six lads and gents running around in Equestria that makes me smile.
Also, don't expect the next chapter to be out soon. My first sophomore semester is quickly winding down for me, and I need to keep my grades up if I want any chance of getting into the good college.
Hope you enjoyed, adios amigos!