Soul Ties
Chapter 1-What’s happened to me?
There was a light breeze. Birds were singing in the trees. dewdrops fell idly off the leaves of the trees, the scent of fresh grass filling the air. The sun beat down on the green forestry, feeding the plants light so they could photosynthesise. “Uh... my head...” I tried to lift my head, but my body felt suppressed, clamped down. “Oh no... I think... I’m losing...” All I felt was my body letting go, as if drifting into a deep sleep.
“Okay Angel Bunny, I got you your breakfast!” Fluttershy placed a large red apple outside her rabbits home. When the creature failed to come out, Fluttershy began attempting to coax Angel out. “I got you a beautiful royal gala today, freshly picked yesterday from sweet apple acres just for you! You know how important breakfast is for growing bunnies such as yourself.” Her soft voice enough to calm any creature. Soon after, Angel appeared, glancing up at the yellow Pegasus before scrutinising the fruit; placing an ear against it, tapping it with a knuckle, measuring it with his paws before staring up at his owner in disgust as if to say “You woke me up from my lay-in for this?” He continued to emphasise his displeasure, turning his back to Fluttershy, arms crossed. “Oh, Angel. We go through this every day. What don’t you like about the food you are given? I bought myself one too, it was gorgeous, I assure you, you will love it.” Angel turned around, frowning as he stretched his neck to scrape off a pathetic amount of skin from the apple. He chewed it slowly, exaggerating each movement of the mouth before swallowing slowly, his face contorting as he did so. “Oh Angel, don’t be so silly. That apple is delicious! If you don’t like it, I’m afraid you will have to make do with what I give you. Now, finish it up whilst I give the other animals their food as well.” She nuzzled the rabbit who wiped the area in horror, like a child wiping off a mothers kiss. “Anyway, I had best feed the hedgehogs next... Oh my, what's that over there?”
“Oh my! Excuse me sir, are you alright? Oh... what do I do?” The voice seemed muffled and distant, as if it were behind a wall. I could feel my body aching, like I had been bruised all over. “Sir? Are you okay? Oh no... please don’t be dead...” The voice continued. It was soft and sounded much clearer now. My head still felt like it had been hit by a sledgehammer, and what made it worse was a sudden flash of light that blinded me and left me dazed from the sudden switch from dark to light. Slowly, colours began to form in my vision. The first thing I saw was a yellow face looking over me. “Thank goodness, your awake! I got worried that something worse had happened!” I tried to lift my head. The yellow thing was a... pony? That could talk? The first thing that entered my drowsy brain was shock, before calm when I figured this must be another dream of mine.
"Umm... sir, are you okay? You look a little dazed, you poor thing." The butterscotch animal continued. I just continued to stare, this 'dream' was starting to feel a bit too... realistic. I could feel the wind in my hair, the birds singing softly in the trees and the detail of it all seemed too... explicit. "How about you come back to my home, a nice cup of tea would make you feel better." She offered with a small smile. "Who... who are you? And where am I?" I queried. She was taken aback by my questions. "My name is... Fluttershy, and this is the boarder of the Everfree forest." She replied warily. Something snapped in my mind, and a undeveloped form of panic began to form. Everfree forest? What's an Everfree forest? And aren't ponies just supposed to 'neigh' and eat grass all day, not approach you and suggest that you're the one that's weird and dazed? "Ponies can't talk! How are you pulling that off? Only we humans are supposed to speak!" I blurted out, my mind clogged up with confusion and panic. "You some kind of scientific experiment, or something?" Hoping that was the case so my mind could be put at rest at a feasible explanation. She flinched and stared at the ground briefly before slowly returning to my gaze. "Human? I'm sorry for misunderstanding, but humans do not exist in Equestria" The small horse continued. Now the panic started to truly grip me, feeling a 'tad' unnerved now. "Well, it would seem that rule has been broken, 'cause you're looking at one right now." I replied, slightly arrogantly. "Oh, I'm sorry sir, but I don't understand what you mean. I have only met one human before, and that was outside of Equestria." She replied, a puzzled expression laid across her face. "Well, congrats! you just met your second!" I butted in, with my eyes shut in attempt to further deepen my side of the argument. There was a silence as the yellow one was averted her line of sight to the ground. "Uh... I'm sorry in advance sir, but you don't appear to be a human, not from what I remember." She murmured. I attempted to raise a hand to rub my face out of thought to find I couldn't. That was when the penny dropped.
"No. No!" I cried, turning my neck around to reveal two medium blue wings. I tried to stand up on my hind legs as I normally would to find myself soon collapse in a heap on my front, my head planted roughly in the grass. I stared at my 'arms' in horror, now positioned down in the direction of under my chest instead of were they should be, on the sides of my shoulders. where my hands would naturally be were replaced by solid flat stumps. I crawled over to a nearby puddle, unable to stand up. The only limbs I could move were my back legs, my front legs not reacting to my nerve signals that would normally cause my arms to flex. As I stared into the water, I expected a peach coloured face to look back up at me, but instead I was greeted by a blue muzzle, a somewhat messy brown mane replacing my hair with a few yellow streaks ripping down the length of it. I broke down into hysteria at the realisation of what had happened to my body. I had become a pony. of all things.