Tales of Equestria

                                                    Chapter 5: A Rude Awakening and a New Name

"Oh for goodness sakes boy! Wake up!"

A strange and rather loud voice dragged me from my deep sleep. "Huh? Wha? Who's there?" I asked groggily. I tried to get up, but my brain was still asleep (As usual). I had forgotten the fact that I now had four legs instead of two, thus resulting in me more or less flopping off the bed and onto the floor. I got up and shook myself in an attempt to fully wake up. My eyes fell to my hooves and I remembered that I was now a pony. I looked around for a mirror, and found an adequate one by the corner. I peered into it and "admired" myself for a second. Trying to remember everything that happened, while simultaneously trying to wake up (I was NOT a morning pers...err pony now I guess). I was just wondering if coffee existed here, when my reflection began grinning mischievously at me. I blinked and leaned forward to take a closer look, thinking my eyes were playing tricks. When suddenly it jumped out at me! "Boo!" It yelled popping out of the mirror. I stumbled backwards and tripped over my own hooves, sending me crashing to the floor.

My evil-looking doppelganger fell to the ground laughing, "HAHAHA! Oh dear! You should have seen the look on your face. Absolutely PRICELESS!" I got up, my heart still beating several miles a minute. "Who are you?" I asked what appeared to be myself. The mirror being stood up, and with a poof of smoke, turned into what ended up being the strangest being I ever met. He looked like a dragon of some sort with mismatched body parts and crazy pair of eyes. "Well my pony friend, I am the ruler of chaos Discord. And you must be that new pony, Danny was it? Yes, that's right, I all about you boy! You must be quite startled to suddenly change species like that. Oh we're going to have so much fun!" I was about to ask what kind of "Fun" he was talking about and what a "Ruler of chaos" was, when he continued talking. "Oh but enough about that, don't you have something to attend to? A breakfast with that royal stick-in-the-mud Celestia? I suggest you get going Danny! They're fixing to talk about you!" And with that, before I could ask what the HEY he was going on about, he dissipated in another puff of smoke.

I cleared my head, and remembered that I was indeed supposed to to be getting some info from Celestia about whats going on. With that, I stepped out of the bedroom into the main hallway, and started looking for the dining room (Or whatever it was called in a fancy place like this)  A nearby maid must have noticed how lost I looked and pointed me in the right direction. Throwing a quick "Thanks" over my shoulder, I dashed down the hallway. I soon I trotted up to a pair of doors that led to the dinning hall. As I got closer, I could hear two voices having some sort of discussion. Figuring it was rude to just barge in, I decided to wait outside for a bit. Soon however, my curiosity began to get the better of me and I quietly inched over to the doors and took a quick peek through the crack.

Sitting at the end of a long table was Celestia sipping something from a cup while talking to what appeared to be another younger alicorn. This one had dark blue fur with a lighter shaded mane and tail, and on her flank was a picture of a moon (No, I wasn't staring!).

"But sister!" The younger one that was apparently Celestia's younger sister said indignantly, "I'm not a defenseless filly! I could have helped!" Celestia merely shook her head and answered, "No Luna, I did not wish to put you in danger." She took a sip of what I was going to guess was either tea or coffee, "Besides, if something happened to me, you must be here to take my place." Luna sighed and began speaking again, "Very well, but I still don't trust this stallion you brought here. I tried to peer into his dreams, but something kept blocking me. And you know full well we can't be too careful with all the Changelings roaming around!" I realized she was talking about me, and that she must have been the one that disrupted that strange dream.

"He isn't a problem dear sister." Celestia answered, "As a matter of fact, I believe he is an answer."  I leaned closer to the door in an attempt to hear more clearly, when I abruptly learned a couple of fun fact about these doors. That one, they weren't completely closed. And two, that they were easy to open. The doors suddenly opened and promptly dumped me on the floor. "Speaking of which" Celestia said smiling and taking another sip from her cup, "Here he is now!". I got up and dusted myself off trying NOT to look like I had just been busted for eavesdropping. Celestia gestured for me to take a seat near her and Luna, which I gladly did. "Danny, this is my dear sister and ruler of the night, Princess Luna." Celestia said introducing me to Luna. She then smiled mysteriously and said "But you probably already figured most of that out by now. And by the way, eavesdropping is considered quite rude here. Next time, at least pick a better spot to eavesdrop from."

"Err right, sorry." I said embarrassed and slightly surprised. Luna just shot me a suspicious look, I realized this incident probably wasn't earning any trust points with Luna. But before I could give it anymore thought, a line of servants came from the kitchen and served us breakfast.

After a rather large breakfast that consisted of assorted fruits, salads, and baked goods. Luna excused herself with the excuse that she had "Somethings to attend to". Shooting me one last suspicious glance, she quickly exited. Celestia rose from her seat and gestured for me to follow her. We soon arrived at a large study of sorts. And after getting settled, Celestia began explaining where I was and what was going on. Apparently, things were getting out of "hoof" so to speak. Monsters were on the rise, Changelings were getting bolder and bolder, and strange things were happening everywhere. She then told me about a prophecy about a great and powerful darkness that woke every thousand years and tried to consume all of Equestria. And that a hero would appear to challenge that darkness. "And now we come to the reason why your here." Celestia said "I believe that you might be the hero that the legend speaks of. Please, on behalf of all of Equestria, will you help us?" Ok, my mind was officially blown to bits and thoroughly confused and confounded. I didn't know about the whole "Hero" thing, or even how much help I would be, but I figured I should at the very least try and help. Besides, this place was too cool! I didn't want to go back home just yet. "Alright" I said, "I don't know about being some "Hero" but ill help however I can!" Celestia seemed secretly relieved. "Wonderful" She said, "Now then, you will need a new "Pony" name." A new name? I guessed it made sense seeing as "Danny" wasn't exactly a normal name around here. Celestia then suggested the name "Blade Edge". After careful consideration, I gladly accepted the new name.* "Excellent" Celestia said, "From now on, you shall be called "Blade Edge"." She then rose and said "Come, there is much for you to learn if you are to be any help to anypony.". And with that, she led me out into the hallway.

(*  Danny has gained a new Title - "Blade Edge": A new name, a new face, a new world. A Title given to one who has been named anew. Special Note: This title changes the name of the character. From now on, everyone will refer to this character as this name.)