Unforeseen Anomalies

Chapter 1: Unforeseen Anomalies

It was an early Sunday morning in south-west Michigan. The sun was shining and the birds were singing, it was a beautiful day. At Noon today, which is in 3 hours, my Twentieth birthday arrives! I’m so excited! My name is Anon, I am a college student currently studying graphic designs. You see, I want to become a Video Game developer once I got out of college. I was a straight A student, I loved designing video games. In fact, I’ve gotten so good at it that I am able to write out a long string of text and make a basic functioning video game before I actually test the code to see if it works. That takes a lot of time and skill.

I was in my college dorm room when I heard a loud bang on the door. “This is the police! Come out birthday boy! Or else we’ll have to come in there ourselves!” It was my roommate, Johnathon. He has pulled this trick three times now. The first time he pulled it on me, he found himself with a fist in his face; mine.

I step out into the hallway with my hands up. I see John holding a plastic Nerf gun. I get rushed by all of the other people behind him. They all start congratulating me on turning 20, I haven’t officially turned 20 yet, still got another two and a half hours left.

One guy sneaks up behind me and wraps a blindfold around my eyes and the guy begins pushing me away from my dorm room. I hear the other kids rush past me, I hear them running down some stairs. Them doing so, makes it sound like a military training exercise. After all of the kids are gone, its just me, my roommate and the guy that initially blindfolded me.

“This is going to be so fun Anon, I can’t wait for later, we’ve figured out when you turn 20 and we are going to do a countdown!”

“Sweet! I can’t wait for that!”

“heh heh, yeah, be careful we are about to go down some stairs.”

I nodded and he helped me get down safely. After a minute, we reached the bottom and he led me to the gymnasium. I had a good idea of what awaited me when the blindfold was removed. My suspicions were validated when the blindfold was taken off and suddenly I see at least 50 people jump out of their hiding place and yell “SURPRISE!”

I grinned, I ignored all of the people in the gymnasium as I scanned the room and locked onto a few presents on a table, there weren’t that many, half of the kids here didn’t bring a present… not that I wanted them to or anything. They were my friends, some more than others, and they knew they didn’t have to get me anything.

I weaved through the crowd towards the presents that are stacked on a table. Before anyone could object, I ripped one open. Before me was a plastic CD case with the words “My Little Pony” written on the front.  Below those words, in much smaller print, said “All 4 seasons”. Truth be told, I like the show, my favorite pony is Princess Luna. John approached me and stared at the CD case with wide eyes.

“Dude… you… like… My little Pony?”

I turned to him. “N-n-no I d-don’t!”

“Then why are you stuttering?”

“I…” I sigh. “You caught me… I do like the show.”

“Uh huh.” He leans in and whispers. “Who’s your favorite pony? Mine is Applejack.”

“Princess Luna”

“Ah! One of the Princesses huh? That’s cool.” He looks at the clock, noticing that we only have an hour left. “Wow, Time sure does fly by quickly. Put the presents away, let’s go mingle with your other friends.”

I notice someone in a hoodie walking towards the gift table, holding a wrapped present. I don’t think I’ve ever noticed him before… John looks at him too with a raised eyebrow. But shrugs it off and walks around the party. I spend 30 minutes talking with friends before I return to the present table and take all of the presents I can see. The present that hoodie guy had was nowhere to be seen. I set them on the floor and I start unwrapping them one by one, giving a personal thanks to the person who gave me each item. When 5 minutes remain, the hoodie guy shows up again, holding his present and gives it to me.

“Open it in 5 minutes. You will see why.” He walks away, and as he does I fail to notice him pulling out a small, shiny device with a small button on the top of it.

4 more minutes pass, I am sitting infront of the clock with the present in my lap.

“TEN, NINE, EIGHT” I start pulling off the bow on the top of the present.

*CLINK*

“SEVEN, SIX, FIVE” IT takes me a minute to realize what that noise could be.

“FOUR,” I feel John’s arm pull me in for a hug as his excitement grows by the second.

“THREE, TWO, ONE!” for a single second, everyone is quiet. In the eerie quiet, I see the hoodie man push a button on the

shiny device as he pushes the door open and leaves.

*CLINK*

“ZERO!” Time seemed to slow down as everyone started cheering for me in the corner of my eye I see a spark of electricity emit from the present the hoodie man gave me. John’s arm is still around me as I push the device off of my lap. The second it touches the ground, the brightest light I’ve ever seen erupts, very likely damaging my eyes to the point of blindness.

It had been an explosion. The hoodie man blew us all up.

I hear everyone scream as they were shoved backwards from the force of the blast. John tightens his grip as he is launched away, dragging me with him. When we land, we are both still conscious. We look at each other and I weakly smile. “Best friends forever”

With the rest of our energy, we both clench our hands in a fist and we bump them together.

“Bro-hoof”

Another explosion erupts from the room, sending a piece of debris our way. Before I close my eyes I feel a slight tingling sensation. Is this what death is like? Between the cracks of my eyelids I see that my body is encased in an orange glow. As my body falls limp, my hand touches John’s and his body is too, encased in an orange glow.

And then I promptly pass out.

I open my eyes again to a strange sight. I appear to be hurtling backwards at ungodly speeds, away from what seems to be a castle of sorts… but it is on the side of a mountain.

“Oh this must be a dream. I can’t be in Equestria…” Thinking about it, I realize the unlikeliness of me realizing that I am dreaming. I move my hand… or an orange stump… to… to… “Do I have HOOVES?”

I turn my head, realizing that I am not alone on this journey to my death. Being flung this fast sure cant end well. It’s a pony…

Without thinking I grab the pony and I hug him close to me. Not a moment too soon. Just as I secure him to me, I feel a god-awful feeling travel along my back as I realize that I am somehow plowing a trench in the dirt. To any normal human, something like that would tear their bodies to shreds.

“Oh my goodness!” I start to faint. The last color I see is yellow.

When I wake up, I realize I am inside of a wooden building… filled almost to the roof with various animals,

I try to sit up but I feel pain erupt in my back. I gasp from the sudden pain, “Oww!”

A second later a yellow… Flying... pony… comes flying down the stairs. “Thank Celestia you are awake! I have no idea as to who you are but you are definitely royalty so I went and told twilight about you… not sure what to think… What’s your name?”

“I… don’t know my name. The last thing I remember was a giant explosion… then… dying...” I look up at the pony to see her expression. Her face showed pure horror for what I just said.

“You… died? But… but how? If you are dead, then how are you in front of me? Don’t lie to me Missy, you may be royalty but that doesn't excuse lying.”

“What do you mean by me being royalty?”

“Well, you obviously have a horn and wings on your back, so OBVIOUSLY you are royalty.” She rolls her eyes.

Wait… did she just say that I have… a HORN and WINGS? I need to find a mirror. “Uhm… miss…”

“Fluttershy” she responds

“Miss Fluttershy, do you have a mirror I can go to?”

“Yes I do, it’s in the restroom.”

I get off of the couch and I try to stand on my hind legs, but find that my center of balance has changed, causing me to fall forward. I put my hooves on the ground, and I take a step forward, almost falling on my face. I eventually make it to the stairs where I am faced with the challenge of hiking up these stairs. “Uh, where exactly is the restroom at?”

She rolls her eyes and helps me up the stairs and toward the bathroom. She pushes open the door and I walk inside. Fluttershy’s bathroom layout is very similar to my own… back… home…

Memories come rushing back to me. My roommate John, the blindfold, the gymnasium, the party, the explosion, and that strange orange glow.

I looked into the mirror. Displayed before me was an orange pony with two wings and a horn on its head. The pony mirrored my every move. Trying to decide if the pony displayed in the reflection was me or not, I put a hoof between my legs, expecting to feel a big, long stick of meat, I feel… nothing…

“Am I a female? Er… a mare?!”

Stunned at my reflection, I quickly wipe my eyes in a fruitless attempt to try to dispel the illusion that I was hoping I was seeing. I look away from the mirror and down at my own body, then back to the mirror.

“Yep, I’m a mare alright”

I study myself closer, before an odd thought hits me. Am I in the body of my OC character that I made back on earth?

Am I… Princess Reise?