Equestria, March 18, 2015

I felt... warm. I was very comfortable in my waking... wait, my bed's never this warm...why was I warm? Had I finally achieved a non-dreamless sleep? Even better, had I managed to achieve a lucid dream, where I was supposedly able to interact with the world however I wished, even fly?
I finally decided to see if I could open my eyes, only to find myself in a burning... room that wasn't mine? Wait, why am I in a burning room? Why did this room look vaguely familiar, yet I had never been in this room before? How did I even get here? Wait... why does my head tingle? Wait... I think my hair is on fire.... I shouldn't worry, it is a dream, after all.

I got up and began looking for a mirror to see what I looked like... wait, I'm on the ground again... I decided that apparently I was unable to stand in this dream and began to army crawl to the mirror that I had finally spotted on the far wall. As I brought up my left hand to begin, I had expected a fleshy hand with gripping fingers... but I found instead a light-red/orange cross-colored... hoof?

So my first dream had turned out to be a pony dream, it seemed. I get up on all fours, wobbling to keep my balance in my new quad-pedal pony body, and waddle over to the now soot-soaked mirror that had seen the room's fire for some time now. I wiped most of the soot off with a hoof and took a good look at my body.

Flaming mane, kind of expected from the tingle. Light orange/red coat, already found that by my hoof. Flaming tail, expected because of mane/tail relationships. Deep orange eyes, not quite my style but okay. Flaming comet for a Cutie Mark... whoa, that's awesome. Wings and Horn? Looks like I'm an Alicorn, even better.

After finishing studying myself in the mirror, wiping new coats of soot off of it occasionally, I decided to find a way to not make my mane/tail catch everything ablaze, so as walking wouldn't spread the fire.

At the thought of that, my mane and tail almost instantly turned to an orange celestia-style flow. Ok, THAT is a cool feature.
After willing it back and forth several times in admiration, I finally quit and left the room to explore the rest of the place. I wanted to intake all I could of this dream before I woke. This place seemed so familiar, but I shrugged and set the thought aside as an aspect of the dream. The place looked worn down, and it was HUGE.

I got lost several times, and eventually found my way to a large room with two rotting banners that symbolised the... two Alicorn sisters, Celestia and Luna? Well, at least I was able to confirm I was in the Castle of the Two Sisters, as I had seen this place quite a few times in the television show. I left the castle via the door opposite of the banners.

I looked around as I was walking the Everfree, staying aware for danger. About a mile later, my suspicions that something would attack me were true, as I suddenly found myself surrounded by a pack of Timberwolves.

I had no idea of what to do, as I hadn't learned how to use magic, was still very unsteady on all fours, much less trying to buck my hind legs, and flying wasn't an option as I hadn't figured out the wings yet.

As I clumsily dodged around the Timberwolves, barely managing to not get bitten by any of them, I heard a voice in the near distance that sounded like, "Why do we have to go to the pony sister's castle again?"

With a separate voice replying, "Because there's smoke. And where there's smoke, there's fire."

I suddenly had an Idea. The Timberwolves were wood, right? That means I can burn them. I willed my mane and tail to flame and started swiping my head around them, feeling like I looked stupid by doing so.

One of the Timberwolves attacked. Wrong choice.

I whipped my head in his direction and faced the ground. The poor wolf disintegrated as it pounced into my fiery mane.

The rest of the pack stopped and began to step backwards, apparently rethinking their actions. At the same moment, the voices from the distant became not so distant anymore as the bodies that the voices were attached to became visible. It was a purple dragon on a purple pony. Spike and Twilight Sparkle, as I knew them from the show.

The duo took notice of the hesitant Timberwolves, then at the pony with the flaming hair (me), and when they noticed the flaming hair, both Twilight and Spike widened their eyes in surprise and worry.

They just HAD to have a bucket of water, didn't they?

After running off the Timberwolves and dousing my mane in water, putting me in agonizing pain... wait, pain? That’s not supposed to be in a dream... then if this wasn't a dream, what was it? How did I get here? Especially, why was I okay with fire but hurt from a water dowsing?

I quickly thanked them for running off the Timberwolves and trying to stop a fire even though it hurt... a lot... and asked them what their business in the area was, pretending like it was my first time meeting the two (which was in reality true, but, well, TV shows nowadays for pete's sake.).

"Well, it seems the Pony Sister's Castle caught fire, and..." I trailed from Twilight's explanation and went into thought... oh crap... I forgot about the fire.

"...so me and Spike are heading to the castle to douse the flames... wait, your hair was on fire... also... wait you're an ALICORN??!?" Twilight realized as she finally got a good enough look at me.

"I-I guess?" I stuttered in confusion.

"We must get to Canterlot immediately... after dowsing the fire you made with your mane, of course." Twilight replied, further confusing me.

Author's Note

I swear, Autum works too fast. Four chapters edited within a single hour... The dedication definitely shows.