Screaming, I backed away from the Twilight. My whole body felt stiff, as if I had been standing still for hours without moving. Taking my eyes from her, I gazed around the room. Bookshelves adorned the walls and a gently sloping staircase led up to a loft where I assumed Twilight's bed was. A writing desk covered with stacks of paper and books was set against another wall. From what I knew of the show it was clear that this was Ponyville library. The room was much larger than I thought it would be, especially since it was the inside of a tree.

“Twilight I don't think the spell worked.”

Turning to find the source of the voice, I found myself staring at a small purple dragon. Even Spike is here? He gave me an appraising look and looked between Twilight and me several times.

“Unless your were trying to create a louder version of you," he said scratching his head.

“I know Spike, something went wrong, the spell wasn't supposed to make a duplicate of me. I'm not sure why it did,” Twilight replied. Her startled look upon hearing my scream turned to one of confusion. “You are me right?”

Wondering how much sanity I had left considering my hallucinations were now talking to each other, I started to answer when something she said stood out to me. “The spell wasn't supposed to make a duplicate of me.” Cautiously I looked down at my body fearing what I would find.

At this observation, I quickly realized why my body felt so strange. It was because it wasn't my body, it was Twilight's, or at least it looked like hers. No no no no no no this can't be real, it just can't be. Please be a dream, or a coma. Yeah a coma sounds nice right about now.

Four legs lay in my immediate field of view, each ending in a hoof where my hands and feet should've been. From what I could see purple fur covered my whole body from top to bottom. Crossing my eyes I could make out a muzzle in my lower vision, my nostrils moving slowly as I breathed. Glancing up I could just make out the tip of a horn extending past the bangs of a navy blue mane.

Tentatively, I raised a hoof up to touch the horn. The feeling was strange to say the least. I could feel my hoof run across the smooth surface through the horn. The sensation of feeling several inches from my head sent my brain into somersaults. Holding my hoof in front of my face I thought I could still feel my fingers. I had read somewhere that some amputee patients sometimes were able to feel limbs after having them removed. I tried bending my ghost digits and unfamiliar muscles in my hoof responded by contracting. Panic threatened to overwhelm me as I tried to make sense of this strange new feeling coming from muscles I wasn't supposed to have.

This can't be real, I'll take a coma over this any day. I don't want to be a pony.

Taking several deep breathes, I tried to calm down. This proved to be counter-productive as even breathing felt strange in this body. The feeling of my ribs moving as I breathed sent shivers down my spine as it was both familiar and alien at the same time. My whole body was wrong and every action I did reminded my brain of that fact.

“This can't be real!” I yelled scanning the room. I needed to distance myself from this situation as fast as I could. Were the walls getting closer?

Spotting a staircase in the corner of the room I darted for it. However my brain was bombarded again with another swarm of unfamiliar signals and conflicting senses as it tried to make sense of my new body. I didn't even make it three steps before I fell to the ground in a heap.

Resigning myself to the floor I curled into the fetal position. All right I can rule out this being a dream or a coma. This is all way too real to be either of those. Why would I pick this place for a coma anyway? I'd much rather go somewhere with a pool and some decent food at least. If it's not a dream and probably not a coma that means it must be real. Unless I'm insane, can an insane person know they're insane?

Rather than helping calm me, this line of thought sent a new wave of panic through me. If this was all real then how did I get here and why did I look like Twilight? How am I supposed to get home? Did I die in that car accident?No way, that shouldn't have been enough to kill me. Twilight's voice brought me out of my musings and I looked up to see her standing over me.

“Are you ok?” The genuine worry in her voice and her concerned expression was like a cold bucket of water being poured over me. Reminding me again just how real this situation was.

Turning away so I wouldn't have to look at her anymore, I shook my head as shivers began to wrack my body. I felt cold and tired as the adrenaline from my failed escape attempt wore off.

Twilight's horn lit up and warmth flooded through my body soothing my aching limbs and ending my shivering. Is this what magic feels like? Carefully, I uncurled from the floor and fumbled myself into a sitting position in front of Twilight.

“I know you're probably confused right now,” Twilight said concern still heavy in her voice. “I'm a bit confused myself. I cast a calming spell on you which will help relax your mind a bit. However, it will only work if you try to remain calm. If you start to panic again the spell won't hold, so please try to stay relaxed all right?” The sincerity in her voice helped calm my nerves a bit more and I nodded slowly.

“Great! Spike can you please go to the kitchen and fix us something to drink?” Without a word he hustled out of the room and down the staircase.

Paper and writing utensils flew from the writing desk, suspended in the air by Twilight's magic. She began to jot something down on the blank parchment, using her magic to guide the quill.

Not wanting to break the silence I glanced down and studied my new body again. Much to my disappointment nothing had changed since my observations a minute ago. Turning and looking at my back I could see Twilight's cutie mark emblazoned on my flank. Curious, I looked down between my hind legs to see if my worst fears would be confirmed. They were; I was one hundred percent Twilight physically, even down to the smallest most intimate details as far as I could tell without closer inspection. Not only was I a pony, I was also a mare.

“Um” I looked up to see Twilight watching me inspect her body, or my body for now at least. I blushed, the red showing through the purple on my cheeks. Pulling my hoof from where it had been wandering, I sat up forcing myself to meet her eyes.

“So,” Twilight began again, “I want to ask you a few questions, but first I need to make sure you're ok.” Without waiting for a reply her horn lit up again. Several waves of purple energy flew from it and passed through me leaving a warm feeling in their wake.

“Well that's strange.” Twilight said scratching a note down on the parchment.

“What is?” I couldn't hide the worry from my voice and I had to fight the panic that threatened to rise at the sound of my girly voice.

“Well I checked a few things just now. The first of these being, I had to make sure you weren't a changeling in disguise.” She gave me an apologetic look. “Second, I checked your body for residual magic and I'm not sure what I found.” She tapped the quill against her muzzle in thought. “You don't seem to possess any inner magic, at least not what a unicorn should have. I don't think you can perform any spells in that state. However there is a small amount of natural magic in you but I'm not sure where it's coming from.” She squinted at me and I felt another wave of energy pass through me. “I can also feel a spell running through your whole body. I think it might be the residue of the changeling spell I was attempting earli-”

“Wait” I interrupted her, my panic subsiding for the moment. “You caused this? You're the reason I'm a pony?”

“You mean you weren't a pony before this?”

“No!” I spat, feeling anger overtake panic completely. “Until a few minutes ago I was a normal human!” Twilight seemed slightly taken aback by my outburst and she mouthed the word human as if she had never heard it before. Likely she hadn't, as they probably didn't have humans wherever Equestria was. “Look, I know you have questions you want to ask me, but I'm really freaked out right now.” I brought my hoof up to rub the side of my temple. “Can you please tell me how I got here and how I became...” I paused gesturing at my body “this.”

Spike chose this moment to enter the room carrying a tray with several wooden cups on it. Steam rose from the cups and I could detect an herbal sent in the air. My new sense of smell seemed to be a lot more sensitive as I could pick out several other smells in the room. Dust and paper were the most prominent, though.

Setting the tray on the floor Spike handed a cup of the steaming liquid to Twilight who took a sip and set it next to her. Turning to me he held out another cup for me to take.

“I don't really know how to hold anything in this body.” I said, frowning at the cup in his claw.

“Oh” he said before setting the cup next to me. Taking his own cup from the tray he walked over to Twilight and sat down next to her.

Giving the cup a resentful look, I could ignore my thirst for the moment, I turned back to Twilight. “So?” I asked. “Do you know how I got here?”

“I think so, but in order to confirm my hypothesis I need to ask you a few questions. First you say that you’re a... hyoomon.” Her mouth fumbled over the word, “Does that mean you're not from Equestria? I've never heard of humans before and I don't know of any book that mentions them either.”

“Yes I'm from a planet called Earth. Humans are the dominant species there. I was about six feet tall, or about twice as tall as you are, give or take a few inches.” You moron she still has no idea what a human looks like and what makes you think they use feet and inches anyway. Wondering if ponies used the metric system or not I continued “Basically, picture a large monkey, but instead of fur all over our bodies we only have hair on our heads” And a few other places “We have two arms and two legs, and instead of hooves we have two hands and two feet.” I held my hoof up gesturing to it before remembering I didn't have hands anymore.

“Anyway, before I found myself here.” I said looking around the room. “I was driving my car down the road. It's basically a big machine with wheels to get from place to place.”

“You mean like a train?” Twilight said, her ears perking up. She had written down everything I had said up till then and she seemed excited at the prospect of something new to study and learn about.

“Yeah, but a lot smaller. I was driving it down the road when I felt a pulling sensation, like I was being dragged out of my body. Next thing I knew everything went black and I found myself here.”

Twilight's ears drooped. “Well in that case I think I was in fact the one who pulled you from your world. Though I'm not sure how exactly.”

Over the next hour I remained silent as Twilight explained the events of the past week. Discovering the spell in the old book and attempting to complete it. How her many failures had led her to try the method using a dimensional portal thing. Occasionally she would pause as if expecting me to ask a question about something she had said. However, for the most part, I remained silent. She might get suspicious over why I wasn't asking about things I should have no knowledge of. However, I didn't plan on mentioning that her whole existence was just a cartoon in my world anytime soon, not unless it might have something to do with how I got here and how I was to get home.

After she finished her story she gave me a sad look and stared at the floor, tracing the grain of the wood with her hoof. “I'll understand if you're angry at me.”

Taking another deep breath I broke the silence. “I'm not angry at you.” Her ears perked up. “I am angry, but not at you. As long as you weren’t trying to pull me from my world on purpose, I can't really be mad at you. Sometimes stuff happens that no one really meant to happen.” Being pulled from my world and turned into a pony is a first for me though. “Getting mad at you isn't going to help me get home either so why should I?” I sighed wondering if Twilight's calming spell was keeping me from flipping out. “All I want is to get back home and get out of this body as fast as possible. You can send me home, right?”

Twilight's mood seemed to lift considerably at finding out I didn't blame her for this situation. It was technically her fault, but she didn't mean for it to happen to me.

“Yes, that shouldn't be too difficult. If I can pull you here, I should be able to send you back.” Another wave of her magic passed through me. “I can still sense traces of your world attached to your mind as well. I should be able to use those to figure out where you came from and send you home. Though I might need Princess Celestia's help to do it.”

“Sweet.” As long as I could get back home I could deal with being a pony for the time being.

“We also might need to wait a bit to see if the spells that made your body have any negative effects. I don't want to risk casting anything else on you as it might cause those spells to evaporate.” She looked grim as she said that last bit.

“What would happen then?” I asked not sure if I wanted to know the answer or not.

“Well let's just say it might not end well.” She grimaced, “You should probably do your best to avoid any magic altogether while you're here. The detection spells I've been casting shouldn't cause a problem but there's no telling what effect another spell might have on you. We're lucky the calming spell I cast didn't have a negative effect.”

“So, are you saying there isn't a way to fix my-” I paused, glancing down at my hooves to hide my embarrassment. “What I mean to say is, you can't cast another spell to fix my...um...gender?” I looked up at her hopefully.

Twilight seemed confused “What do you mean? My detection spells said your body was perfectly fine. It's pretty much an exact duplicate of mine aside from the lack of unicorn magic. A perfectly healthy unicorn mare.” I winced at the word mare.

“What I mean is, you see, where I come from I wasn't a m-mare. I was male, the equivalent of a stallion in pony terms.”

Twilight's eyes opened wide as realization struck her. It was her turn to blush at the thought that an alien stallion now inhabited a body that was a copy of hers. Spike's laughter cut through her thoughts, though.

“So what you’re saying is” Spike tried to control his giggles. “You were a guy on your planet and now you’re a girl?”

“Yeah” I said not amused that the little dragon found my situation funny.

“Oh this is hilarious, Rainbow Dash is going to get a kick out of this.” Spike clutched his sides, rolling on the floor and laughing.

“Spike, this isn't funny” Twilight scolded. Though the more she thought about it, the idea of a stallion finding himself in the body of a mare did seem slightly amusing.

Staring between the purple and green nuisance rolling on the floor and Twilight grinning like a fool, I considered punting Spike into the wall. Though with my current coordination, I probably wouldn't be able to kick him very far and would probably wind up on the floor as well.

“I completely forgot, we haven't had proper introductions. I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is Spike.” She gestured towards the still laughing dragon. He did seem to be calming down though. “What's your name?”

“My name's Sam. It's a pleasure to meet you, Twilight Sparkle.” I extended my hoof and Twilight awkwardly bumped it in return.

“I have a million questions to ask you, Sam. However, we should probably wait till tomorrow as it's late and you're probably exhausted.”

“You can say that again. Do you mind if I stay here for the night? I don't really have anywhere else to go.”

Twilight looked taken aback. “Of course you can stay here. It's my fault you're here in the first place. I wouldn't kick anypony out who didn't have a place to go. I’d offer you the spare bed normally, but we had to get rid of it after a little potion mishap. You can sleep in my bed tonight and I'll sleep downstairs on the sofa.”

“No, please, you sleep in your own bed, the sofa will do fine for me.” She was about to object but I forestalled her. “I'm not going to make a lady sleep on the sofa in her own house.”

“Since you're both ladies now maybe you could share the bed?” Spike spoke from his place on the floor, his joke sending him into a new round of laughter. My eye twitched and I considered walking over and choking him.

“Well if you're fine with it I suppose that's ok.” Twilight stood and walked up the stairs into the loft toward her bed. I blushed thinking she was considering Spikes suggestion until I saw her carrying a pillow and some blankets back down. “Can you walk?”

Carefully I stood up, ignoring my brain’s protest that this was not what my body was supposed to feel like. “I can try, but I could use a little help down the stairs.” Twilight went to my right and I leaned against her using her body as support. The feeling of her warm body on my side woke up the male part of my brain even further and I had to fight away thoughts that started creeping into my mind. Now's not the time for that brain.

Spike quickly came to my left, within kicking distance, and helped support my other side. As much as I didn't like the little dragon right now for laughing at my unfortunate gender-reversal, I had to admit he was a good assistant.

Together, we carefully moved forward, one step at a time, down the winding staircase and into the main part of the library. Truthfully, I leaned on Twilight the whole way to the sofa. Without her there I wouldn't have been able to make it halfway, let alone down the stairs.

With her horn glowing, she spread the blankets out on the couch and helped me up onto it. Awkwardly I moved around trying to find a comfortable position for a few minutes before I settled with laying down and tucking my front hooves underneath me. This position felt especially comfortable to my pony body.

“If you need anything just call up the stairs and Spike or I will be right down.” Twilight said turning toward the staircase. Instead of heading up though, she turned back toward me and studied her hooves for a moment before speaking “I really am sorry Sam.”

“I said don't worry about it Twilight, we already decided it was an accident. I make a point of not holding grudges against people, that rule applies to ponies as well. I know it may seem a little unrealistic, but I've had close friends forgive me for things I did to them on purpose. If they can forgive me for that, it would be crazy for me not to forgive you for something you didn't mean to do.” I gave her a smile. “Just promise me that you'll find a way to send me home, ok?”

“Thank you Sam, I promise I will find a way to send you home.” Twilight smiled back and feeling better she turned and went upstairs. She still needed to send a letter to Princess Celestia letting her know what had happened and the night wasn't getting any younger.

Watching Twilight go I settled down onto the sofa, my smile turned into a frown as I thought of the day's events. Can I really forgive Twilight that easily? Sure I had just told her that but could I really forgive someone who took me away from literally everything I cared about? Yes I can forgive her, I have to, what kind of person would that make me if I didn't? Pushing these thoughts aside for now I drifted off to sleep. Who knows, maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and find this was all just a weird dream.

Knock-Knock-Knock

“Ugh” I moaned rolling over on the sofa. Sunlight spilled through the windows bathing the library in it's warm morning light. Yawning, I raised my hand up to my eyes to rub the sleep from them and was startled to see a purple blob instead. The memories from yesterday came flooding back, everything from my accident all up to when Twilight helped me down the stairs. I guess I can stop hoping to just wake up from this. Sighing I sat up on the sofa and felt some of my joints pop as I stretched the kinks out of my back.

The sleep seemed to have helped me adjust to my new body, as my brain didn't protest nearly as much as yesterday. Climbing down from the couch, I practiced standing in one place. It was still weird being in a pony’s body. As a human there would be no way for me to walk on my hands and feet at the same time without bending my knees or having my rear end sticking up in the air. The more I thought about it the harder it was for my mind to adjust though and I decided to suspend all comparison between my human body and my pony body for the time being.

Knock-Knock-Knock

Looking toward the front door of the library I thought about sending whoever it was away. “Come in” I said instead as I took several careful steps toward the door.

The door to the library opened and a pink and yellow head stuck inside inspecting the room. Oh no. Her eyes brightened when she saw me and she stepped the rest of the way into the library closing the door behind her. Before me stood a yellow pegasus pony with a slightly wavy pink mane. Her eyes looked like a cross between blue and green and shown with kindness as she approached me.

“Good morning Twilight. I'm just here to pick up a book before I go meet Rarity for our weekly spa trip. Are you feeling alright? You look tired.” She stepped in front of me and looked at the sofa with the blankets strewn across it. “Did you sleep here last night?”

“Um, yeah” not sure how to continue or what I should say. This was Fluttershy after all and I didn't want something I said to frighten her. The last thing I needed was scaring Fluttershy on my conscious. “I just got a bit carried away reading last night is all,” I lied. “Just let me clean this up and I'll help you find your book.” Turning to the sofa, I stepped toward it intending to fold the blankets. Instead, I tripped over my hooves and stumbled into it barely catching myself on the cushion.

“Twilight, are you sure you're feeling ok? Your legs are shaking.” Looking down I confirmed that my legs were indeed shaking from the strain of trying to keep me balanced against the sofa.

Stepping next to me Fluttershy helped me regain my balance and I settled to sitting on the floor on my haunches in a very pony-like fashion. I had to keep from leaning back though when Fluttershy brought one of her hooves up to my forehead. The motion being made awkward by her having to feel around my horn.

“You don't feel hot.” She said moving her hoof down to my cheek. I felt my face flush at her touch and I felt something building up deep inside me causing a slight pressure in my chest.

“Fluttershy?” A voice said from the stairs. Both Fluttershy and I turned our heads to see Twilight staring at us with a puzzled expression.

Fluttershy's reaction was immediate as she pulled her hoof away and backed up several steps from me. “What- there can't be- two Twilights?” Her voice got softer near the end of her sentence as she glanced from me to Twilight then back again. The fear on her face made my heart ache. I didn't want to frighten anypony, least of all her. I had been a little worried about what the ponies might do to me, but I hadn't thought of what effect my presence might have on them.

“Fluttershy it's all right, you don't have to be afraid,” I said putting as much sincerity and comfort into my voice as I could muster, I took a slow step towards her while trying to maintain my balance. It seemed to work as she didn't move any farther away as I approached. “Look, Twilight and I will explain everything to you so you're not confused, ok?” I reached a hoof out intending to guide her to the sofa.

The feeling of pressure inside my chest seemed to be at the breaking point and the moment my hoof came in contact with Fluttershy, it was like a dam broke loose.

The concern I had for her well being seemed to fill every part of me. A green mist appeared at the tip of my hoof seemingly dissolving it as it moved up the length of my leg. Shaking my leg, I fell backwards onto the floor, trying desperately to wave the green mist away. Within moments however I was completely engulfed by the mist and a pressure seemed to press on my body from every direction at once. It was like I was being pressed flat by hundreds of kitchen rollers and I couldn't even open my mouth to make any noise. I could feel every single hair that covered my body and the pressure intensified as I was constricted by the mist like a serpent squeezing its prey.

The horn on my forehead received the most pressure as an invisible hand seemed to push it back into my head leaving the space the horn had occupied empty. Small adjustments seemed to happen all over my body as parts shifted and moved slightly, making it feel like ants were crawling under my skin. My mane lengthened and I could feel it brush past the side of my face. The last feeling came as the pressure lightened on my back and I felt two appendages push out from around my shoulder area. After what seemed like an eternity, the pressure on my body slowly subsided. The green mist faded away, clearing my eyes and revealing the library once again. I was laying on the floor where I had collapsed when the green mist first appeared. Carefully I rolled onto my stomach and stood up onto my hooves. Hearing a soft squeak behind me, I turned toward the library door.

Fluttershy was staring straight at me, her large eyes were as big as frisbees. I saw she had backed all the way to the library door and had her back pressed firmly against it. So much for not making her afraid. That thought saddened me and I looked toward the stairs to see Twilight wearing a similar expression to Fluttershy's.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked even though I had a pretty good guess. My voice had changed again. It was a lot softer and even more feminine, if that was even possible at this point.

Twilight took a moment to clear her throat. “See for yourself.” A mirror that had been facing the wall in the corner of the library floated over and landed in front of me. Its shiny polished surface confirmed my suspicions. Standing in the mirror wearing a slightly shocked expression on her face and blue-green eyes was none other than Fluttershy.

“Just peachy” I said, inspecting my new pegasus form. Wonder what other curve-balls this day is going to throw at me.

Author's Note

Thanks to everyone who helped pre-read/edit this chapter with me.
CheesewedgeFTW, Edukas, Lyna_BrushStroke, RainbowDashie1001, Sandvich Brony, and Templar22
Any errors still in it are my fault not theirs

My favorite thing about writing is the feedback I get from people it's definitely a huge incentive to keep at it. I can't believe this story got featured. That was absolutely crazy. Anyway, I'll get started on chapter 3. Hope to have it up in a weeks time(maybe 2). I wonder how Sam is going to react once he get's over the shock of the transformation.

Oh, and enjoy that cliff-hanger