The New Heralds of Harmonyby Dusty StarChaptersPrologueChapter 1: GoodbyeChapter 2: A New BeginningChapter 3: What Happened?Chapter 4: The Mane SixPrologue“Owen!” Eric ran towards me as soon as I entered the room. “Did you finish the assignment Ma’am Bea gave us?” He had a piece of paper clasped in his right hand. Eric is a tall teenage boy a year older than me. He is always better than me, but there are times that we are equal which is what makes us close friends. He was finishing his assignment as I came into the classroom. “Oh, uhm…” I paused for a moment trying to think if I actually did my Math assignment. Then I checked my bag as I sat down on my chair. “I think I finished it last—” Eric took my paper from me after I found it in between a novel about magic and my math book. “Hey!” I took a firm grip on my paper as he tried to yank it out of my bag. “Come on, I haven’t finished mine yet,” said Eric. “Our first period is Math! Ma’am Bea will be furious again.” He stood in front of me, begging like an orphan boy left out in the streets. “Sheesh.” I finally let go of my grip and let him take my paper. “I just can’t believe that our teachers still gave us assignments when it’s four days till Summer!” I went over to the door and made my way to the bathroom. “Just put it back in my bag right after you finish.” “Yes, boss!” Eric said cheerfully. Oh, how could I forget to introduce myself. I am Owen Star. I’m fourteen years old and I live in a city called Greenfield which, as the name suggests, is a very grassy town. I go to a school called New Hope High. There’s nothing really exciting here, just a plain old school with normal activities. Sometimes, they do have activities that are fun to do, but that’s it. I don’t really want to talk about my parents because they don’t want to talk about my parents. Yeah, I mean my real parents. My “step-parents” never really told me a straight answer whenever I asked them about my real, biological parents. But let’s change the subject. What you are about to read is a story about how yours truly found a new chapter to write in the story of his life. And back to the story… After school, Eric and I decided to meet at his house to play a few shooters on his PS3. “Yo, Star!” I heard someone calling out my name as I walked home. “Are you going on a date with your girlfriend, Anna?” He laughed idiotically but unfortunately, nobody noticed. When I turned around, I saw that it was Brutus Sylvester, our official class bully. “Shut up,” I said turning my back on him. “Aw, come on,” he said looking considerate. “Can’t you bring her back from the dead using your books about magic? Hmmm?” He was picking up a novel about a person with a magic secret that fell down from my bag. “Give that back,” I said, sounding so tired. “And she didn’t die, she just disappeared without a trace.” The girl he was talking about was Anna, a fourteen year old girl who went to the same school as I did four years ago. We were really close friends at that time. But then the tragedy happened. Two years ago, she suddenly stopped going to school. That’s when we found out that she disappeared without a trace. Her parents told me that she wasn’t in her room one morning and was never seen again. All they found was a note which I managed to get my hands on. It said, “He has returned. The New Heralds shall be found,” in a very well-written manner. I never really understood what it meant, but it was the only thing that I could hold on to. “Whatever.” He threw the book back at me as he ran towards his friends. I slipped as I caught my book and everybody laughed at me. As usual, I ran away in despair with a tear running down my eye, the same as I did with all the embarrassing times I’ve experienced. That’s because I can be very bashful at times. But let’s move on with the story. When I got to Eric’s house, I took off my shoes and put it on the shoe rack before I ran up the large staircase with a majestic grand piano inconspicuously hidden under its shadow. His house was very big, despite the seemingly small-looking stature when you look from outside. That’s why I always think, “It’s bigger on the inside!” whenever I go to his house. The living room was amazing; it was large but looked kind of messy giving off that feeling that his family used to own a mansion but went bankrupt. Once you get to the rooms, you’d be pretty disappointed because they were mostly small despite the large area occupied by the living room. His room was tight and I could hardly believe that his older brother was sleeping in that same room. But their beds were a double-decker anyway. I never really minded the small space as long as it was comfortable. We just sat back on the small, comfy sofa and opened up Call of Duty: Black Ops on his PS3. We were so tired from all the schoolwork that we had so much fun playing. It took us two hours playing until we eventually got tired and watched TV instead. Luckily, Fairy Tail was on and the episode today was the one about the Grand Magic Games. It was already 6:30 in the evening when my mom called me. Three days later, it was finally time for our farewell party. I can’t go into much detail about that because there is too much to say, but all I can say is that I had a lot of fun. The next day was finally the start of our summer vacation. Rather than waking up at six in the morning, I woke up at eight instead.. But when I looked closer at my digital alarm clock, I noticed it was already ten in the morning. After I looked at my clock, I immediately dashed to my calendar and looked for the date today. It was the fifth of April. "Hmm... Yeah, I better go get breakfast already," I said with a hoarse voice, just as always in the morning. I went down the stairs and headed for the dinner table.... I walked past mom on my way to the table and I didn't even notice her because I was kind of lazy at the moment, the usual morning lazy. She was just sitting on the sofa and watching TV along with my Uncle Will and Eric. I realized both of the visitors were there after I finished eating. "Oh, morning, uncle. Hey, Eric," I said in a very tired manner followed by a yawn. After that, I decided to go back upstairs to clean myself up. "Owen..." Mom called for me right before I went up the second step of the staircase. "Do you have anything important to do today?" she asked with her arms crossed. Now I know something is wrong. That was obviously a sarcastic question meaning that I obviously forgot to do something today, which also has something to do with uncle and Eric. I stopped for awhile and thought deeply, but nothing came up. "Uhm..." I tried to think deeply again. "You know what, maybe I'll remember after I take a bath." I started walking up the stairs again. "Yeah..." Eric stopped me. "I don't think there's time for that. Uncle has to get back home before lunch." "Yeah, sure." Clueless, I simply waved goodbye at uncle and continued on upstairs, "Bye, uncle!" "Oh come on now, Owen. Let’s go! We’re going to be late for lunch! It’s a long drive you know” He stood up and picked up two large bags which I didn’t notice until now. “Hehe,” he giggled, “looks like you forgot again, didn’t ya?” Eric snorted. “What.” I simply stood up in the staircase staring at the two bags. Fifth of April. April 5. April. Five. Oh Yeah! Today was the day my uncle, Eric, and I were supposed to go to uncle’s home where we’ll spend our vacation at! “Oooh… Wait!” I ran upstairs toward my bedroom. Then, I realized I already packed. I had one large backpack filled with all sorts of stuff and one trolley filled with my clothes and others. Hehehe. I forget things really easily. There was one time I went to school thinking that I’ve taken a bath, which I did, and later realized that I didn’t use any shampoo or soap. I just simply walked into the shower room, turned on the shower, and drenched myself. One minute later, I simply walked out thinking I cleaned myself properly. Luckily, I didn’t smell that bad for the rest of the day. Anyway… After I put my bags in uncle’s van, I took a bath. It was a fast and hasty bath. I was too excited that I’m finally getting to go to uncle’s old home back in the Malaya Forest after all those years. After I got out of the bathroom and fixed myself up, I ran straight out to uncle's car, where uncle and Eric were waiting. Now this was the start of a brand new adventure together with my uncle and my best friend, Eric. Little did I know that this little trip is going to be more than just a little vacation. Chapter 1: GoodbyeIt was a bright and sunny day with my best friend, Eric, out at my Uncle Will’s house. Uncle Will is a fat but fit man who is in his seventies. He retired from his work to live in his faraway house which was near a beautiful forest. Eric and I decided to spend our summer with him to enjoy the outside after a school year in the city. After we had breakfast, my uncle took us hiking in the forest to explore it a little more since the last two years we visited it. “Hey, Owen!” yelled Eric as he was looking at a peculiar flower that had a rainbow-ish color and large petals. “Look at this, you don’t see a rainbow colored flower every day.” “It’s probably just because of the sunlight,” I said as I walked towards him. When I looked at the flower, I noticed a large tree on the other side of the forest. “Huh, look at that.” “What?” he said still looking at the flower. “That large tree over there, it has a large, dark branch sticking out of it,” I giggled as I went closer to get a better view. “That’s weird.” “Wait, Owen! NO!” “AAAAAAAHHH!” I struggled, holding onto a thin branch after I fell down a cliff I didn’t notice before. When Uncle Will heard the racket he quickly leaped over to see what happened. “What happened here?” Uncle Will said, feeling very nervous. “He was looking at that tree, but fell down this cliff because he didn’t notice it,” answered Eric. “Alright. Owen, you okay down there?” “Yeah, I’m fine.” “I’m gonna get some rope to pull you up. Eric, Owen, stay right here okay?” said Uncle Will right before he ran back to the house. “Owen, you’re gonna be alright, okay?,” Eric said in an attempt to comfort me. “Yeah,” I said sarcastically. “I’ll just hang on.” Minutes later, the branch started to crack due to my prolonged weight on it. “Crap, I think I’m gonna fall.” “NO! You’re not going to die!” Eric yelled. “We’re best friends okay, I won’t let you fall to your death. Here, take my hand.” He handed out his hand while trying to reach me. As I tried to reach out my hand, the branch started to break more. I struggled as I tried to reach Eric’s hand. Moments later, the branch finally snapped but I managed to push myself up enabling me to grab Eric’s hand. “There,” he tried to pull me up as much as he can. ”Wow, you’ve really put on much weight.” “Shut up.” “Oh sh-“ Our hands seemed to sweat and started to slide. “Argh!” Eric yelled. “I can’t… let… go…” We struggled to hold on to each other as Eric tried to pull me up. “It’s no use,” I said. “I don’t think uncle will be coming soon.” “Ugh, but… I… can’t let… you… fall.” “It’s okay. I’m not much of a use to other people most of the time anyway. I may be able to help people all the time, but I’m probably the shyest person ever. I don’t really do well when around people. At least, back in our city I won’t be a bother anymore. I still think we’ve only met each other halfway; it’s been a five years since we’ve met. It’s better to- “NO!” Eric shouted before I can finish my statement. “That’s why you have me… your best friend. Friends… are there to support… each other, right?” He struggled while trying to pull me up as much as he can. “You are more than meets the eye. That’s why… I am always with you… to help you improve… as you do with me. I won’t let go. I will-“ Our hands finally gave in letting me fall freely. “OWEN!!” Eric shouted, hoping that this was all a dream as I was falling to my doom. Soon after, uncle finally arrived, realizing he was too late. He looked down together with Eric, crying. “Well, I wonder what’ll happen to mom and dad once they find out about this,” I thought. “And also lil’ sis, I think she’ll just mess with my room. I guess everyone in school will probably forget about this quickly - if they find out about it. I’ll miss going to that forest right by Uncle Will’s house, and especially with Eric. Eric, I hope he will never forget about me. Well, life is short –“ Before I can finish that thought, something hit me really hard as if it was running. The last thing I remember before completely blacking out was seeing a bright light accompanied by a loud whoosh. Chapter 2: A New Beginning“Yo, Star!” I heard someone calling for my name. “Come here and solve this equation.” I looked over and saw it was Brutus. “How about no,” I tried resisting his need for help. “Aw, come on, I won’t tease you anymore.” He’s definitely bluffing. “Ugh, alright,” I said undesirably. “But promise not to humiliate me with my name.” I went to his seat and analyzed the problem. Just when I was about to give up because I couldn’t understand the problem, I realized that he put glue on my seat and I fell for the prank. “Haahahahahah!” He laughed really loud at me. “Got you again Star. But you still gotta do that equation though.” “Aw, come on!” I yelled as I tried getting off of his chair. The chair slipped and I hit my head really hard knocking me unconscious. “Wake up! Wake up! Come on, wake up!” I felt someone shaking and yelling at me. “Oh, it was just a dream,” I thought as I weakly got my sense back. “Ugh, where am I?” I finally woke up and as I rub my eyes I saw what looks like a horse but I really couldn’t see clearly because the sun was casting a shadow over it. “R-Red, is that you?” she gasped as I tried to stand up. “What?” At that moment I realized that the horse creature was talking. “What the? What did you say?” “I said is that you, Red,” she said. “A talking horse.” My mind was officially blown. When my eyes were finally able to adjust to the light, I was able to get a good look at it. I noticed it had a smaller stature much like a baby horse. It had a bright orange color and yellow mane. Another thing that made it look vaguely strange was that it was wearing a hat. “To be exact, I’m a pony, an earth pony.” She smiled at me. “Waaaaaaah!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. Well, almost. “What are you? What is happening?!” I tried to get away from it. “Calm down, calm down.” The orange pony was slowly walking closer to me. “It’s fine. I know this sounds a little strange to ya, but you have to calm down now.” She lowered her voice. “Somepony’s gonna hear us,” she said after she put her “hoof’ on my mouth. “W-wait”, I tried to remove her hoof as I resisted her from pinching my face. I raised my hand to try to push her away, but I didn’t see my hand, what I saw was a hoof. “What the?”, I yelled seeing that I had a hoof instead of a hand. I also realized that not only had my hand been changed but my whole body also. Additionally, I had a dark yellowish-brown color and a red mane. “What the hell happened to me?! Why am I a pony too?” “Well not exactly a pony...” she raised her hoof towards my forehead. That’s when I realized I had a horn, “but a unicorn.” “What is happening to me?” I exclaimed. “Maybe, ya’ll understand better if I take you to Twi. Follow me. Oh, and by the way, the name’s Applejack and welcome to Ponyville”, she said smiling then gestured me to follow her. “Alright. But wait, I don’t know how to walk or trot or whatever that is you do while walking, using all fours.” “Uhm, it’s just like this.” She tried to show me how to walk like a pony and also added some other stuff I needed to learn on being a pony. Luckily, I’m a fast learner so we were done in no time. “Thanks.” “Aw shucks, it’s no biggie. It’s a pleasure to finally see you again, Red.” “Oh, my name’s Owen, not Red,” I said. “Huh? But your real name when you were born is Red, Red Star. I guess they used a different name when you were brought there.” “What are you talking about?” “Huh? Oh I see. Hehe” she chuckled, “I guess you were never told. Well you see, you were born a pony, not a human.” “What?!” “That’s not all. I’ll just have everything be explained by Twilight in a jiffy when we get to her house. It’s right o’er there.” She pointed to a large tree with many attributes of a house. “She’s great at explaining stuff… as long as you’re used to long, dull lectures,” she added. “Don’t worry, I’m way sure I can handle boring lectures” I said rolling my eyes. I imagined that this Twilight person… err, I mean pony would be similar to my math teacher who was exactly like Applejack described Twilight. Except Twilight’s a pony and Ma’am Bea is not. Chapter 3: What Happened?“SPIKE!” The purple pony yelled while writing furiously on a scroll. “Where’s my book about flying turtles?” “Here!” The little violet dragon took a thick book from a shelf labeled Uncommon Animals. He’s pretty impressive, seeing that the whole house is full of books and he just took the book from one random shelf like it was saying out loud that it was there. It’s like he knew the house on the back of his hands, err, paws, uhm hands? Nevermind. Applejack lead the way to Twilight’s house. By the time we got there I was left speechless. Her house is a treehouse. Twilight’s house is a humongous treehouse. Wait. Let me rephrase that. Twilight’s house is a Tree House. The house is a tree itself! HaHaHaaa! It’s got a telescope on a terrace and everything! Brilliant! As soon as I got in I saw what was kind of like a library. Well, according to Applejack, it is a library, hehe. Anyway, The house was full of books. Books here, books there. Some were scattered all over the floor. Looks like somepony’s been busy here. “Howdy, Twilight,” Applejack said as we entered the room. “Hi Applejack,” she replied without taking her eyes off her scroll. But that didn’t stop her from noticing who she’s with. “Oh, it seems you’ve brought a newcomer.” She stood up from her book. “Hi, I’m Twilight Sparkle. This is Spike, my–“ “Her number one assistant!” Spike said, interrupting her short introduction. “Thanks, Spike,” she said half-mad and half-tired. “Hi, I’m Red Star. Nice to meet you.” I scratched my foreleg anxiously. “Nice to meet you too.” She got back to her work, “As you can see, I am doing a research on flying turtles for Rainbow Dash.” “How about I add that he’s from the human world?” Applejack said raising her eyebrows. Twilight stopped from her writing. Eyes widened, she stood up and asked, “Oh, well is he one of them?” “I’m not sure yet.” “Well let’s find out then.” Twilight headed towards a small shelf in between two large, blue shelves. “Ugh… What are you talking about?” I asked. “Oh you haven’t told him yet?” Twilight asked Applejack. “We were going to ask you to do just that,” Applejack answered. “Well then, have seat.” She went back to her place and started to tell the story. I sat on the floor uncomfortably as I sipped on the apple juice Spike prepared. A year after my coronation as the new princess of Equestria, our scientists have found a way to use the mirror that leads to other worlds and use it to hop into other worlds at will. They have also formulated various spells to be able to transform ponies into humans and vice versa, at will. But then, a very powerful force of evil has risen to conquer Canterlot and the rest of Equestria. Once again, Princess Celestia has called for the aid of the Elements of Harmony. Hale, a fiendish pony with a dark purple mane was not a normal villain you would face every day, he has conquered many worlds with his lust for power. He possesses magic that can manipulate ponies’ memories, create powerful and almost-indestructible illusions and even create his own army of ponies he called the Teridians. These Teridians were mechanical ponies infused with organic parts of ponies that were given souls. An earth pony Teridian specializes in strength. A unicorn Teridian had more knowledge of other spells and slightly strengthened magic. A pegasi Teridian had strengthened flight and speed. Now, he holds the Black Camellia, an odd, flower-shaped pendant that strengthens your own powers greatly, but brings tragic misfortune to the bearer, though he disregards the latter. He draws his power from the darkest nightmares of ponies – similar to how Chrysalis gets her power from the love of ponies. Years ago, I have requested that a hundred fillies and colts be sent to the human world and be changed to human form so that they will be safe from harm. With the fillies and colts safe, we have defeated him and banished him deep into Tartaros, void of contact with anypony. With that, his . slowly became weak, forcing him to stay in the shadows. Ten years later, our sources found out that he has broken out of his imprisonment to once again take an attempt in conquering Equestria. Unfortunately, we found out that he is stronger than ever and we do not know how he got back his powers. As the citizens of Equestria found out about this grave news, they fell into a state of panic. In an attempt to calm them down, Princess Celestia announced that she has found a way to defeat him. A prophecy about six younger ponies, three mares and three stallions, who are capable of wielding the Elements of Harmony, in the stead of the original bearers not being able to wield it strong enough. After hearing the uplifting news, the citizens have finally calmed down and began wondering who might these mares and stallions be. She also added that three of these ponies are from another world, telling that they are one of the fillies and colts sent to the human world. In a meeting with Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadence, we discuss about how we will find the rightful ponies out of all the one hundred sent to the human world. I suggested that they send some volunteer ponies into the human world to find and observe the one hundred ponies and find the rightful ones described in the prophecy. Out of concern for the safety of Equestria, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy volunteered to be one of the ponies to find the chosen ones of the prophecy. Chapter 4: The Mane Six“So, what you mean is that these new elements of whatever are a replacement of you guys?” Twilight nodded sarcastically. “Yeah, that’s one way of putting it.” “But not exactly replacements. We can still use the elements of harmony, though. We just know that we can’t beat Hale even with our powers combined, so we followed what was described in the prophecy to defeat Hale because it says in there that they have the ability to defeat him,” she added. “So what do I have to do with this?” I really wondered how strange it is for someone like me to be included in something so big considering that I’m not that confident in myself. “I don’t really know” she said, “but we will find out if you really are part of the prophecy.” “I doubt that will happen.” I started having a strange feeling of anxiety and jealousy. “Oh, don’t look so down on yourself, sugarcube,” Applejack said, “I know that there’s more ‘bout you than ya know. You’ll find your true calling in due time.” Haha! Sad but true. But if I don’t even know my real parents, how does someone like me, a shy and weak guy, find his own destiny? But to be honest, I think I’m starting to like it here in Ponyville, the people are so nice to each other. Yeah, maybe I will find my calling here… maybe. “So, have you found out ye-“ Before I can finish talking, streamers came crashing inside the room and loud horns roared across the whole room. Now the whole room was filled with a fun and exciting mood making me feel nostalgic. It felt like an instant party and reminded me of the few parties I’ve been invited to in the past.. “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!” A pink pony came in through the door and started to make some noise. She was holding some kind of cannon that shot streamers and balloons instead of cannonballs. “Hey, Pinkie Pie!” Twilight and Applejack said simultaneously. “What are you doing here?” Twilight asked. “Well, as soon as I saw Applejack go to your house with somepony I didn’t know, I knew that I had to welcome a new pony into the town! I also brought Fluttershy and Rarity who will be coming late.” The pink pony turned to me restlessly. “Anyway… I’m Pinkie Pie and welcome to Ponyville! You are?” she said grinning in front of me. “Oh, I’m Owe- I mean Red Star. Nice to meet you Pinkie Pie. It’s very nice here in Ponyville.” I said feeling a bit more comfortable and energetic. “Yay! Nice to meet you too, Red. Now let’s get this party started right!" She quickly fired some streamers from her “party cannon” around the house. Spike also prepared some punch. Fluttershy brought some cookies when she arrived, while Rarity brought me a new saddlebag. “Welcome to Ponyville, darling! Here’s a new saddlebag I made for you, it’s specially made for somepony who’s… relatively new to ponies,” Rarity said after she gave me my new saddlebag. I did have some difficulties handling, though. “Thanks a lot!” I said with a big smile. “It’s green, my favorite color,” I said while struggling to put on the saddlebag. “How’d you know?” She helped me with the saddlebag. “Well… I know exactly what everypony likes.” She winked, then Spike hummed happily in the background. Later I saw a delicious-looking plate of cookies held by a light pale gold pony with a pink mane by the table. I moved closer to ask for some. “Excuse me, are you Fluttershy?” I asked. “Oh… Yes, I am.” She smiled. “Hi, I’m Red Star. Nice to meet you Fluttershy.” I smiled back. “Nice to meet you too, Red. Uhm… Would you like some of my cookies? I made them myself.“ She raised the plate filled with cookies towards me. ”Oh sure,” I took one and took a bite out of it. Surely that was a time to remember. I told her the cookies were definitely delicious and unique. She simply smiled back. As we were all talking peacefully, the ceiling suddenly crashed down like a giant just stepped on the house. Now the house was all covered in dust. “Hey everypony, I’m here!” a blue and rainbow-maned pony said right after it crashing down the ceiling. “Rainbow Dash, I told you to go through the door next time!” Twilight said while couching from the dirt and knocking off some debris that’s fallen on her. “Sorry, I came as soon as I saw Fluttershy a while ago.” Fluttershy whimpered. “Well anyway,” she turned to me, “I’m Rainbow Dash, nice to meet you.” She raised her hoof and initiated a brohoof. I smiled faintly after responding to her brohoof. “Nice to meet you too, I’m Red Star.” After that, we partied till the sun went down. We all had fun in my welcome party. As soon as everypony have gone home, Twilight escorted me to my temporary room and helped me with my bed. “Oh yeah, you haven’t told me yet if I am part of the prophecy” I asked. “Let’s just wait for that until tomorrow, I’m pretty tired. Pinkie Pie really put in some effort into your welcome party,” she answered “Yeah, me too. Alright, good night.” “Good night.” She went out of my room and headed for hers.
Prologue“Owen!” Eric ran towards me as soon as I entered the room. “Did you finish the assignment Ma’am Bea gave us?” He had a piece of paper clasped in his right hand. Eric is a tall teenage boy a year older than me. He is always better than me, but there are times that we are equal which is what makes us close friends. He was finishing his assignment as I came into the classroom. “Oh, uhm…” I paused for a moment trying to think if I actually did my Math assignment. Then I checked my bag as I sat down on my chair. “I think I finished it last—” Eric took my paper from me after I found it in between a novel about magic and my math book. “Hey!” I took a firm grip on my paper as he tried to yank it out of my bag. “Come on, I haven’t finished mine yet,” said Eric. “Our first period is Math! Ma’am Bea will be furious again.” He stood in front of me, begging like an orphan boy left out in the streets. “Sheesh.” I finally let go of my grip and let him take my paper. “I just can’t believe that our teachers still gave us assignments when it’s four days till Summer!” I went over to the door and made my way to the bathroom. “Just put it back in my bag right after you finish.” “Yes, boss!” Eric said cheerfully. Oh, how could I forget to introduce myself. I am Owen Star. I’m fourteen years old and I live in a city called Greenfield which, as the name suggests, is a very grassy town. I go to a school called New Hope High. There’s nothing really exciting here, just a plain old school with normal activities. Sometimes, they do have activities that are fun to do, but that’s it. I don’t really want to talk about my parents because they don’t want to talk about my parents. Yeah, I mean my real parents. My “step-parents” never really told me a straight answer whenever I asked them about my real, biological parents. But let’s change the subject. What you are about to read is a story about how yours truly found a new chapter to write in the story of his life. And back to the story… After school, Eric and I decided to meet at his house to play a few shooters on his PS3. “Yo, Star!” I heard someone calling out my name as I walked home. “Are you going on a date with your girlfriend, Anna?” He laughed idiotically but unfortunately, nobody noticed. When I turned around, I saw that it was Brutus Sylvester, our official class bully. “Shut up,” I said turning my back on him. “Aw, come on,” he said looking considerate. “Can’t you bring her back from the dead using your books about magic? Hmmm?” He was picking up a novel about a person with a magic secret that fell down from my bag. “Give that back,” I said, sounding so tired. “And she didn’t die, she just disappeared without a trace.” The girl he was talking about was Anna, a fourteen year old girl who went to the same school as I did four years ago. We were really close friends at that time. But then the tragedy happened. Two years ago, she suddenly stopped going to school. That’s when we found out that she disappeared without a trace. Her parents told me that she wasn’t in her room one morning and was never seen again. All they found was a note which I managed to get my hands on. It said, “He has returned. The New Heralds shall be found,” in a very well-written manner. I never really understood what it meant, but it was the only thing that I could hold on to. “Whatever.” He threw the book back at me as he ran towards his friends. I slipped as I caught my book and everybody laughed at me. As usual, I ran away in despair with a tear running down my eye, the same as I did with all the embarrassing times I’ve experienced. That’s because I can be very bashful at times. But let’s move on with the story. When I got to Eric’s house, I took off my shoes and put it on the shoe rack before I ran up the large staircase with a majestic grand piano inconspicuously hidden under its shadow. His house was very big, despite the seemingly small-looking stature when you look from outside. That’s why I always think, “It’s bigger on the inside!” whenever I go to his house. The living room was amazing; it was large but looked kind of messy giving off that feeling that his family used to own a mansion but went bankrupt. Once you get to the rooms, you’d be pretty disappointed because they were mostly small despite the large area occupied by the living room. His room was tight and I could hardly believe that his older brother was sleeping in that same room. But their beds were a double-decker anyway. I never really minded the small space as long as it was comfortable. We just sat back on the small, comfy sofa and opened up Call of Duty: Black Ops on his PS3. We were so tired from all the schoolwork that we had so much fun playing. It took us two hours playing until we eventually got tired and watched TV instead. Luckily, Fairy Tail was on and the episode today was the one about the Grand Magic Games. It was already 6:30 in the evening when my mom called me. Three days later, it was finally time for our farewell party. I can’t go into much detail about that because there is too much to say, but all I can say is that I had a lot of fun. The next day was finally the start of our summer vacation. Rather than waking up at six in the morning, I woke up at eight instead.. But when I looked closer at my digital alarm clock, I noticed it was already ten in the morning. After I looked at my clock, I immediately dashed to my calendar and looked for the date today. It was the fifth of April. "Hmm... Yeah, I better go get breakfast already," I said with a hoarse voice, just as always in the morning. I went down the stairs and headed for the dinner table.... I walked past mom on my way to the table and I didn't even notice her because I was kind of lazy at the moment, the usual morning lazy. She was just sitting on the sofa and watching TV along with my Uncle Will and Eric. I realized both of the visitors were there after I finished eating. "Oh, morning, uncle. Hey, Eric," I said in a very tired manner followed by a yawn. After that, I decided to go back upstairs to clean myself up. "Owen..." Mom called for me right before I went up the second step of the staircase. "Do you have anything important to do today?" she asked with her arms crossed. Now I know something is wrong. That was obviously a sarcastic question meaning that I obviously forgot to do something today, which also has something to do with uncle and Eric. I stopped for awhile and thought deeply, but nothing came up. "Uhm..." I tried to think deeply again. "You know what, maybe I'll remember after I take a bath." I started walking up the stairs again. "Yeah..." Eric stopped me. "I don't think there's time for that. Uncle has to get back home before lunch." "Yeah, sure." Clueless, I simply waved goodbye at uncle and continued on upstairs, "Bye, uncle!" "Oh come on now, Owen. Let’s go! We’re going to be late for lunch! It’s a long drive you know” He stood up and picked up two large bags which I didn’t notice until now. “Hehe,” he giggled, “looks like you forgot again, didn’t ya?” Eric snorted. “What.” I simply stood up in the staircase staring at the two bags. Fifth of April. April 5. April. Five. Oh Yeah! Today was the day my uncle, Eric, and I were supposed to go to uncle’s home where we’ll spend our vacation at! “Oooh… Wait!” I ran upstairs toward my bedroom. Then, I realized I already packed. I had one large backpack filled with all sorts of stuff and one trolley filled with my clothes and others. Hehehe. I forget things really easily. There was one time I went to school thinking that I’ve taken a bath, which I did, and later realized that I didn’t use any shampoo or soap. I just simply walked into the shower room, turned on the shower, and drenched myself. One minute later, I simply walked out thinking I cleaned myself properly. Luckily, I didn’t smell that bad for the rest of the day. Anyway… After I put my bags in uncle’s van, I took a bath. It was a fast and hasty bath. I was too excited that I’m finally getting to go to uncle’s old home back in the Malaya Forest after all those years. After I got out of the bathroom and fixed myself up, I ran straight out to uncle's car, where uncle and Eric were waiting. Now this was the start of a brand new adventure together with my uncle and my best friend, Eric. Little did I know that this little trip is going to be more than just a little vacation.
Chapter 1: GoodbyeIt was a bright and sunny day with my best friend, Eric, out at my Uncle Will’s house. Uncle Will is a fat but fit man who is in his seventies. He retired from his work to live in his faraway house which was near a beautiful forest. Eric and I decided to spend our summer with him to enjoy the outside after a school year in the city. After we had breakfast, my uncle took us hiking in the forest to explore it a little more since the last two years we visited it. “Hey, Owen!” yelled Eric as he was looking at a peculiar flower that had a rainbow-ish color and large petals. “Look at this, you don’t see a rainbow colored flower every day.” “It’s probably just because of the sunlight,” I said as I walked towards him. When I looked at the flower, I noticed a large tree on the other side of the forest. “Huh, look at that.” “What?” he said still looking at the flower. “That large tree over there, it has a large, dark branch sticking out of it,” I giggled as I went closer to get a better view. “That’s weird.” “Wait, Owen! NO!” “AAAAAAAHHH!” I struggled, holding onto a thin branch after I fell down a cliff I didn’t notice before. When Uncle Will heard the racket he quickly leaped over to see what happened. “What happened here?” Uncle Will said, feeling very nervous. “He was looking at that tree, but fell down this cliff because he didn’t notice it,” answered Eric. “Alright. Owen, you okay down there?” “Yeah, I’m fine.” “I’m gonna get some rope to pull you up. Eric, Owen, stay right here okay?” said Uncle Will right before he ran back to the house. “Owen, you’re gonna be alright, okay?,” Eric said in an attempt to comfort me. “Yeah,” I said sarcastically. “I’ll just hang on.” Minutes later, the branch started to crack due to my prolonged weight on it. “Crap, I think I’m gonna fall.” “NO! You’re not going to die!” Eric yelled. “We’re best friends okay, I won’t let you fall to your death. Here, take my hand.” He handed out his hand while trying to reach me. As I tried to reach out my hand, the branch started to break more. I struggled as I tried to reach Eric’s hand. Moments later, the branch finally snapped but I managed to push myself up enabling me to grab Eric’s hand. “There,” he tried to pull me up as much as he can. ”Wow, you’ve really put on much weight.” “Shut up.” “Oh sh-“ Our hands seemed to sweat and started to slide. “Argh!” Eric yelled. “I can’t… let… go…” We struggled to hold on to each other as Eric tried to pull me up. “It’s no use,” I said. “I don’t think uncle will be coming soon.” “Ugh, but… I… can’t let… you… fall.” “It’s okay. I’m not much of a use to other people most of the time anyway. I may be able to help people all the time, but I’m probably the shyest person ever. I don’t really do well when around people. At least, back in our city I won’t be a bother anymore. I still think we’ve only met each other halfway; it’s been a five years since we’ve met. It’s better to- “NO!” Eric shouted before I can finish my statement. “That’s why you have me… your best friend. Friends… are there to support… each other, right?” He struggled while trying to pull me up as much as he can. “You are more than meets the eye. That’s why… I am always with you… to help you improve… as you do with me. I won’t let go. I will-“ Our hands finally gave in letting me fall freely. “OWEN!!” Eric shouted, hoping that this was all a dream as I was falling to my doom. Soon after, uncle finally arrived, realizing he was too late. He looked down together with Eric, crying. “Well, I wonder what’ll happen to mom and dad once they find out about this,” I thought. “And also lil’ sis, I think she’ll just mess with my room. I guess everyone in school will probably forget about this quickly - if they find out about it. I’ll miss going to that forest right by Uncle Will’s house, and especially with Eric. Eric, I hope he will never forget about me. Well, life is short –“ Before I can finish that thought, something hit me really hard as if it was running. The last thing I remember before completely blacking out was seeing a bright light accompanied by a loud whoosh.
Chapter 2: A New Beginning“Yo, Star!” I heard someone calling for my name. “Come here and solve this equation.” I looked over and saw it was Brutus. “How about no,” I tried resisting his need for help. “Aw, come on, I won’t tease you anymore.” He’s definitely bluffing. “Ugh, alright,” I said undesirably. “But promise not to humiliate me with my name.” I went to his seat and analyzed the problem. Just when I was about to give up because I couldn’t understand the problem, I realized that he put glue on my seat and I fell for the prank. “Haahahahahah!” He laughed really loud at me. “Got you again Star. But you still gotta do that equation though.” “Aw, come on!” I yelled as I tried getting off of his chair. The chair slipped and I hit my head really hard knocking me unconscious. “Wake up! Wake up! Come on, wake up!” I felt someone shaking and yelling at me. “Oh, it was just a dream,” I thought as I weakly got my sense back. “Ugh, where am I?” I finally woke up and as I rub my eyes I saw what looks like a horse but I really couldn’t see clearly because the sun was casting a shadow over it. “R-Red, is that you?” she gasped as I tried to stand up. “What?” At that moment I realized that the horse creature was talking. “What the? What did you say?” “I said is that you, Red,” she said. “A talking horse.” My mind was officially blown. When my eyes were finally able to adjust to the light, I was able to get a good look at it. I noticed it had a smaller stature much like a baby horse. It had a bright orange color and yellow mane. Another thing that made it look vaguely strange was that it was wearing a hat. “To be exact, I’m a pony, an earth pony.” She smiled at me. “Waaaaaaah!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. Well, almost. “What are you? What is happening?!” I tried to get away from it. “Calm down, calm down.” The orange pony was slowly walking closer to me. “It’s fine. I know this sounds a little strange to ya, but you have to calm down now.” She lowered her voice. “Somepony’s gonna hear us,” she said after she put her “hoof’ on my mouth. “W-wait”, I tried to remove her hoof as I resisted her from pinching my face. I raised my hand to try to push her away, but I didn’t see my hand, what I saw was a hoof. “What the?”, I yelled seeing that I had a hoof instead of a hand. I also realized that not only had my hand been changed but my whole body also. Additionally, I had a dark yellowish-brown color and a red mane. “What the hell happened to me?! Why am I a pony too?” “Well not exactly a pony...” she raised her hoof towards my forehead. That’s when I realized I had a horn, “but a unicorn.” “What is happening to me?” I exclaimed. “Maybe, ya’ll understand better if I take you to Twi. Follow me. Oh, and by the way, the name’s Applejack and welcome to Ponyville”, she said smiling then gestured me to follow her. “Alright. But wait, I don’t know how to walk or trot or whatever that is you do while walking, using all fours.” “Uhm, it’s just like this.” She tried to show me how to walk like a pony and also added some other stuff I needed to learn on being a pony. Luckily, I’m a fast learner so we were done in no time. “Thanks.” “Aw shucks, it’s no biggie. It’s a pleasure to finally see you again, Red.” “Oh, my name’s Owen, not Red,” I said. “Huh? But your real name when you were born is Red, Red Star. I guess they used a different name when you were brought there.” “What are you talking about?” “Huh? Oh I see. Hehe” she chuckled, “I guess you were never told. Well you see, you were born a pony, not a human.” “What?!” “That’s not all. I’ll just have everything be explained by Twilight in a jiffy when we get to her house. It’s right o’er there.” She pointed to a large tree with many attributes of a house. “She’s great at explaining stuff… as long as you’re used to long, dull lectures,” she added. “Don’t worry, I’m way sure I can handle boring lectures” I said rolling my eyes. I imagined that this Twilight person… err, I mean pony would be similar to my math teacher who was exactly like Applejack described Twilight. Except Twilight’s a pony and Ma’am Bea is not.
Chapter 3: What Happened?“SPIKE!” The purple pony yelled while writing furiously on a scroll. “Where’s my book about flying turtles?” “Here!” The little violet dragon took a thick book from a shelf labeled Uncommon Animals. He’s pretty impressive, seeing that the whole house is full of books and he just took the book from one random shelf like it was saying out loud that it was there. It’s like he knew the house on the back of his hands, err, paws, uhm hands? Nevermind. Applejack lead the way to Twilight’s house. By the time we got there I was left speechless. Her house is a treehouse. Twilight’s house is a humongous treehouse. Wait. Let me rephrase that. Twilight’s house is a Tree House. The house is a tree itself! HaHaHaaa! It’s got a telescope on a terrace and everything! Brilliant! As soon as I got in I saw what was kind of like a library. Well, according to Applejack, it is a library, hehe. Anyway, The house was full of books. Books here, books there. Some were scattered all over the floor. Looks like somepony’s been busy here. “Howdy, Twilight,” Applejack said as we entered the room. “Hi Applejack,” she replied without taking her eyes off her scroll. But that didn’t stop her from noticing who she’s with. “Oh, it seems you’ve brought a newcomer.” She stood up from her book. “Hi, I’m Twilight Sparkle. This is Spike, my–“ “Her number one assistant!” Spike said, interrupting her short introduction. “Thanks, Spike,” she said half-mad and half-tired. “Hi, I’m Red Star. Nice to meet you.” I scratched my foreleg anxiously. “Nice to meet you too.” She got back to her work, “As you can see, I am doing a research on flying turtles for Rainbow Dash.” “How about I add that he’s from the human world?” Applejack said raising her eyebrows. Twilight stopped from her writing. Eyes widened, she stood up and asked, “Oh, well is he one of them?” “I’m not sure yet.” “Well let’s find out then.” Twilight headed towards a small shelf in between two large, blue shelves. “Ugh… What are you talking about?” I asked. “Oh you haven’t told him yet?” Twilight asked Applejack. “We were going to ask you to do just that,” Applejack answered. “Well then, have seat.” She went back to her place and started to tell the story. I sat on the floor uncomfortably as I sipped on the apple juice Spike prepared. A year after my coronation as the new princess of Equestria, our scientists have found a way to use the mirror that leads to other worlds and use it to hop into other worlds at will. They have also formulated various spells to be able to transform ponies into humans and vice versa, at will. But then, a very powerful force of evil has risen to conquer Canterlot and the rest of Equestria. Once again, Princess Celestia has called for the aid of the Elements of Harmony. Hale, a fiendish pony with a dark purple mane was not a normal villain you would face every day, he has conquered many worlds with his lust for power. He possesses magic that can manipulate ponies’ memories, create powerful and almost-indestructible illusions and even create his own army of ponies he called the Teridians. These Teridians were mechanical ponies infused with organic parts of ponies that were given souls. An earth pony Teridian specializes in strength. A unicorn Teridian had more knowledge of other spells and slightly strengthened magic. A pegasi Teridian had strengthened flight and speed. Now, he holds the Black Camellia, an odd, flower-shaped pendant that strengthens your own powers greatly, but brings tragic misfortune to the bearer, though he disregards the latter. He draws his power from the darkest nightmares of ponies – similar to how Chrysalis gets her power from the love of ponies. Years ago, I have requested that a hundred fillies and colts be sent to the human world and be changed to human form so that they will be safe from harm. With the fillies and colts safe, we have defeated him and banished him deep into Tartaros, void of contact with anypony. With that, his . slowly became weak, forcing him to stay in the shadows. Ten years later, our sources found out that he has broken out of his imprisonment to once again take an attempt in conquering Equestria. Unfortunately, we found out that he is stronger than ever and we do not know how he got back his powers. As the citizens of Equestria found out about this grave news, they fell into a state of panic. In an attempt to calm them down, Princess Celestia announced that she has found a way to defeat him. A prophecy about six younger ponies, three mares and three stallions, who are capable of wielding the Elements of Harmony, in the stead of the original bearers not being able to wield it strong enough. After hearing the uplifting news, the citizens have finally calmed down and began wondering who might these mares and stallions be. She also added that three of these ponies are from another world, telling that they are one of the fillies and colts sent to the human world. In a meeting with Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadence, we discuss about how we will find the rightful ponies out of all the one hundred sent to the human world. I suggested that they send some volunteer ponies into the human world to find and observe the one hundred ponies and find the rightful ones described in the prophecy. Out of concern for the safety of Equestria, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy volunteered to be one of the ponies to find the chosen ones of the prophecy.
Chapter 4: The Mane Six“So, what you mean is that these new elements of whatever are a replacement of you guys?” Twilight nodded sarcastically. “Yeah, that’s one way of putting it.” “But not exactly replacements. We can still use the elements of harmony, though. We just know that we can’t beat Hale even with our powers combined, so we followed what was described in the prophecy to defeat Hale because it says in there that they have the ability to defeat him,” she added. “So what do I have to do with this?” I really wondered how strange it is for someone like me to be included in something so big considering that I’m not that confident in myself. “I don’t really know” she said, “but we will find out if you really are part of the prophecy.” “I doubt that will happen.” I started having a strange feeling of anxiety and jealousy. “Oh, don’t look so down on yourself, sugarcube,” Applejack said, “I know that there’s more ‘bout you than ya know. You’ll find your true calling in due time.” Haha! Sad but true. But if I don’t even know my real parents, how does someone like me, a shy and weak guy, find his own destiny? But to be honest, I think I’m starting to like it here in Ponyville, the people are so nice to each other. Yeah, maybe I will find my calling here… maybe. “So, have you found out ye-“ Before I can finish talking, streamers came crashing inside the room and loud horns roared across the whole room. Now the whole room was filled with a fun and exciting mood making me feel nostalgic. It felt like an instant party and reminded me of the few parties I’ve been invited to in the past.. “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!” A pink pony came in through the door and started to make some noise. She was holding some kind of cannon that shot streamers and balloons instead of cannonballs. “Hey, Pinkie Pie!” Twilight and Applejack said simultaneously. “What are you doing here?” Twilight asked. “Well, as soon as I saw Applejack go to your house with somepony I didn’t know, I knew that I had to welcome a new pony into the town! I also brought Fluttershy and Rarity who will be coming late.” The pink pony turned to me restlessly. “Anyway… I’m Pinkie Pie and welcome to Ponyville! You are?” she said grinning in front of me. “Oh, I’m Owe- I mean Red Star. Nice to meet you Pinkie Pie. It’s very nice here in Ponyville.” I said feeling a bit more comfortable and energetic. “Yay! Nice to meet you too, Red. Now let’s get this party started right!" She quickly fired some streamers from her “party cannon” around the house. Spike also prepared some punch. Fluttershy brought some cookies when she arrived, while Rarity brought me a new saddlebag. “Welcome to Ponyville, darling! Here’s a new saddlebag I made for you, it’s specially made for somepony who’s… relatively new to ponies,” Rarity said after she gave me my new saddlebag. I did have some difficulties handling, though. “Thanks a lot!” I said with a big smile. “It’s green, my favorite color,” I said while struggling to put on the saddlebag. “How’d you know?” She helped me with the saddlebag. “Well… I know exactly what everypony likes.” She winked, then Spike hummed happily in the background. Later I saw a delicious-looking plate of cookies held by a light pale gold pony with a pink mane by the table. I moved closer to ask for some. “Excuse me, are you Fluttershy?” I asked. “Oh… Yes, I am.” She smiled. “Hi, I’m Red Star. Nice to meet you Fluttershy.” I smiled back. “Nice to meet you too, Red. Uhm… Would you like some of my cookies? I made them myself.“ She raised the plate filled with cookies towards me. ”Oh sure,” I took one and took a bite out of it. Surely that was a time to remember. I told her the cookies were definitely delicious and unique. She simply smiled back. As we were all talking peacefully, the ceiling suddenly crashed down like a giant just stepped on the house. Now the house was all covered in dust. “Hey everypony, I’m here!” a blue and rainbow-maned pony said right after it crashing down the ceiling. “Rainbow Dash, I told you to go through the door next time!” Twilight said while couching from the dirt and knocking off some debris that’s fallen on her. “Sorry, I came as soon as I saw Fluttershy a while ago.” Fluttershy whimpered. “Well anyway,” she turned to me, “I’m Rainbow Dash, nice to meet you.” She raised her hoof and initiated a brohoof. I smiled faintly after responding to her brohoof. “Nice to meet you too, I’m Red Star.” After that, we partied till the sun went down. We all had fun in my welcome party. As soon as everypony have gone home, Twilight escorted me to my temporary room and helped me with my bed. “Oh yeah, you haven’t told me yet if I am part of the prophecy” I asked. “Let’s just wait for that until tomorrow, I’m pretty tired. Pinkie Pie really put in some effort into your welcome party,” she answered “Yeah, me too. Alright, good night.” “Good night.” She went out of my room and headed for hers.
