I walked through what I could say felt like a long tunnel made of nothing but rainbow based crystals soon enough I had reached the other end as I was launched across what looked like a library, after I went flying through the air and crashed into a bookshelf as then the books decided to make an avalanche and bury me in a new type of grave, pulling myself out of the book based grave I began to hear footsteps with little thinking I found the a ladder and climbed up to the second floor to hide. A female had came in with a young drake next to her as I began to examine further she was different she had wings and a horn and was the color of a little lavender to a medium purple.
She looked oddly familiar to what the girls told me as she began to bend over and pick up the books I had accidentally knocked over as I examined the two I noticed that the women had a strange looking tattoo on her hands as then her horn began to light up, when she did that more books began to levitate and find there place in the bookshelf as then the two began to talk the drake asked the lavender colored women "so what do you think happened twilight?"
The women placed her finger to her chin and responded "I don't know spike but we need to find out soon, I think we should send a letter to princess Celestia and ask for some advice" as that was said the two walked out of the library and turned of the light.
As soon as the light was turned off the room was plunged in almost complete darkness except for the few windows that showed the outside world as it was night time, seeing this I walked towards the window and stared at the night sky and said to myself "the night here is very beautiful" as I then sat back on one of the walls then pulled my phone out and put my earbuds into my ears and began to play some music as I then began to fall asleep and was greeted by the dream realm where though I tried to escape my problems but sometimes always find a way into here.
The Dream Realm
As I began my journey into my subconscious and looked at an old memory when I was happy for my life before it all began, it started very nicely I was at the park and was playing with my big brother and his later ex-girlfriend as we used to play on the swing set all the time as I then launched myself off the swings then made my way jungle gym, where then my dream became worse where it then became a damn nightmare as it fast forward to middle school where I was in another fight with the school bully's as I was then picked up by one of them that was in high school who picked me up and then thrown me out door way and slammed my head against the lockers where I began to bleed from the back of my head. where I then tried to get up but was then then lifted off the ground as he had my head in his other hand and repeatably smashed my head into the locker where then one of the bullies pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed me in the stomach and began to pull to the side area of my stomach until I felt nothing. I then saw myself in a hospital bed and saw my mother crying as I was injured so badly that I had a concussion and passed out from blood loss as I began to examine the wounds on my stomach, as everything began to fast forward to yesterday with the fight with bulk where instead of him just beating me senseless like usual he had what looked like a blood lust behind his eyes as he then pulled out a butterfly knife then picked me up and put the blade to my throat as he was about to slit my throat I woke up in the library with a cold sweat and a bit of heavy breathing as I then looked out the window and saw that it was almost sunrise I then looked at my phone and saw that it was almost six in the mourning.
Canterlot Princess Luna`s Room
Princess Luna was standing at the balcony that she always stood at and started to lower the moon as her sister princess Celestia walked in and saw that her sister was looking faint as she then put her hand on her shoulder princess Luna was greeted by a warm smile from her sister but she then began to look out towards ponyville as princess Celestia asked her sister "what is the mater lulu you looked like you saw something drastic"
Princess Luna stared back at her sister and said "im sorry Tia but i was monitoring the dreams of everyone but one stood out the most was there was someone new down there he looked like the creatures that twilight was telling us about a human but his dreams looked distraught such as with all the violence that he has Endeared, he seems to wanting to get away from it all"
Princess Celestia looked at her sister and gave her a hug and began to reply "what ever is going on in that persons head there has to be away to help him" Princess Luna smiled at this idea as they both looked at the small town and said "what ever is going on his head he does not need to worry so we can help him with ever his problem is"
Twilight's Castle Inner library
I felt very groggy as I then began to pick myself up from the floor of the second floor area of the library and made my way down the ladder i then began to hear footsteps with no choice in the matter I hid behind the mirror, as then foot steps began to move on the other side of the door I began to sigh with relief as I then lifted myself off the ground and turned around, when I turned around I jumped back in shock at what i saw. I looked at the mirror and put my hand up and saw I had claws and fur all over my body as I then opened up my jacket and lifted my shirt and came to the conclushion that I was a wolf, looking at my face I began to see more distinctive features of which my eyes were now crimson and my hair was completely black as well my left ear still had its piercing, however my fur was brown with a few hints of grey, looking back at what I was turned into I felt my heart race as I wanted to yell in fear but held back the urge to. as I was done examining myself in the mirror I walked over and picked up my bag and made my towards the door but was then interrupted when the door began to open and on the other side was the same women from last night who had human but pony like features such as fur and her ears were on top of her head and had a bit of a cute muzzle as we looked at each other I began to say with a low tone but still audible with a small smile "uh... hi"
The girl began to scream until she then fainted as I looked at what happened I began to panic and said to myself "ah crap what just happened, did i just give her a heart attack?" I knelt down beside her and placed my ear on her heart and heard her heartbeat hearing that I sighed with relief as I was about to pick her up and bring her to one of the rooms to rest when something caught my attention as I began to hear running footsteps behind me when I then turned around I saw was a cyan blur until I was kicked in the stomach and went flying down the the hall and hit a pillar knocking me out cold.
As I awoken I found myself bound to a wooden chair with a rope wrapped around my torso and hands binding me to the chair, afraid of what was going to happen and in my head since watching enough scary movies I knew what was going to happen as I then tried to break free of my restraints and get out of there until a voice from behind me began to speak it sound familiar it sounded tomboyish "so what do you think your doing here?"
I began to look around and replied back "where am I ?" then one of the voices snapped back at me with a bit of seriousness but soon lost it with its question "we ask the questions around here, now answer this what kind of flavor cake you like?"
With that kind of question my eyes began to widen as I began to say under my breath "what the hell is going on?"
as then another voice came in with a bit of a country accent and said "not that kind of question pinkie" I then realized who was talking and asked "applejack?, applejack is that you?"
Then the same tomboyish voice groaned and said "great he knows one of us" as I then tried to look towards where the voice was coming from and asked "why did you girls follow me?" in the shadows the girls were looking at each other and started to whisper until one of them said with a bit of sweetness but a little bit of fire under the tongue of a divas accent "fluttershy please turn on the lights darling" as then we all heard a small but audible "alright" from the shy girl as then the lights came on with a blinding brightness. My eyesight began to adjust to the lighting as I then saw the same girls I saw back at school but more pony like as I then asked the six "so why did you follow me?" the girls began to look at each other and whisper as then the girl that fainted before walked up to me and asked "how did you get in here?" I then turned to her and said "I came through that mirror there" as I then tried to point the best I could to show her the mirror.
After I said that she then looked at me and asked me "so what is your name?" I looked at her and said with a bit of hesitation "my name is Tiberous" she then began to walk from my position and began to wonder what was going on, as she then spotted my bag and picked it up with her weird telekinesis when her horn light up as then the eggshell to almost a snow white skinned female came up to me and said "ugh why are wearing such rags you should fire your fashion maker" I then looked at her with a smile and began to chuckle until i finally answered "i actually bought these at a store i needed something to keep me warm" the women piped down as the the lavender women came up to me and asked "whats in here?"
I looked at her and said "please don't touch that, that's my personal property in there" as then the pinked hair party girl started to go through my stuff and began to fling my stuff everywhere until she stopped at my family photo as I then yelled "hey! don't touch that, that is very personal property"
She was about to handed it to the lavender women until all the girls surrounded what I assumed was pinkie pie as they all looked at each other the rainbow haired girl asked "so who is this?" I looked at the photo and said "that is me and my family" the girls looked at each other but there train of thoughts were broken as I then calmly asked the six.
"just please put it back and please just let me go" the girls started to look at each other and gave me the benefit of the doubt as one of them walked behind me and untied the ropes on my hands and torso were as I then got up and was about to walk over and pick pick up my bag I was stopped by the country girl who i then asked "please move" as I then tried to walk around her she put her hand in the way and began to move in that direction I moved like she was trying to block me until the party girl said "girls i think you should take a look at this"
As I then saw her looking through my sketch books and my journals. I tried to run over there until I was lifted in the air and was surrounded by a purple light as I then struggled to get out of it the girls became shocked and worried as they read my journals and saw some of my drawings as they saw the words and drawings of a depressed high school student as I was then let go from the light based energy they all came up to me with a group hug as they all began to cry as I began to question what they seen and read until I then looked and saw what they looked at it was a drawing of when I was in one of my biggest fights. With little hesitation i had then broke free of the heart warming hug and picked up the journal and put it away in my bag and started to put my stuff back in it as then the shyest of the group spoke up and asked "are you okay?" I then stood up and said "im fine, you don't need to worry about me"
All the girls looked at me with worry and sorrow painted on there faces as when I was done picking up my stuff they walked over to me and invited me to get something to eat, When I was about to denie there offer until my stomach began to growl load enough that the girls heard me as I began to blush as the girls began to giggle as one of them said "ill take that as a yes" as they then took me to the entrance of the castle and dragged me to a giant ginger bread house.
Sugar Cube Corner
I began to question why it looked like that until they all pushed me into the store and asked me to sit in a booth as then the party girl asked me what I would like to eat I then replied "a blueberry muffin and an ice coffee" she nodded and went over to the counter as I then pulled out my sketch pad again and grabbed one of my drawing pencils from my pencil case and started to draw myself on the edge of the forest and sitting under a tree watching the sunset. It didn't take long to draw most of the drawing as I was almost done with most of the drawing to then start putting major details of shading when one of the girls stole the sketch pad out of my hands and began to look at it when i saw who took it, it was the girl that kind of looked like rarity as she then began to smile and handed it back to me she said "that's very beautiful" as then the rest of the girls came back the country girl handed me my muffin and drink as she then said to me "here you eat up" I nodded and then began to eat my breakfast. We were eating in almost complete silence which I was kind of happy for I always welcomed silence it helped me clear my head it was like walking through a forest at night and I know some would say that is very dangerous but I generally did not care, Anyway the silence was broken as I then asked the girls their names as they all began to introduce themselves each girl was just like my friends from Canterlot High when I was done with my food I then got up and said "thank you for the food it was very generous of you all but I need to get going" as I began to walk towards the door a lasso wrapped around my arms and torso and launched me backwards towards the booth as the country girl said "now just wait there sugercube you a`int going nowhere yet until we get know you better" all the girls began to nod as I then got up and said "alright, alright ill stay, know what it is that you all want to know?" I regretted asking that question as they all bombarded me with questions on my life and what I was interested in.
Once they started to ask the questions I answered them all truthfully as they began to learn more and more about me they became more and more depressed and worried about me, it was a different feeling but there was certain details I left out in most of my life as I told them certain things of how my life was just in high school and left out most of my earlier life but did tell some happy memories before some of the worst stuff happened but i did tell them some things that happened and kept the worst memories under wraps as they kept pestering me about I told them that I would revel the rest when I felt more comfortable around the people in this world. soon as I was done answering all of there questions I examined each of there faces and saw that they were all worried and pinkie pie`s hair deflated and she became darker shade of pink as when I was about to say something they all surrounded me and dragged me into a heartwarming hug and began to cry as I then could not stop myself but smile and said "I guess there are people in this world that care" they all let go a bit and began to smile as they all started to crush me. When they finally let go I began to cough and started to take deep breaths and got my breathing back under control I could not stop myself from laughing as then the girls joined in, soon enough the laughter began to die down as I then picked myself up and said "thanks for listening to some of my past and thanks again for the food" as then twilight was about to respond rarity cut in and said "it was no charge darling its just to help out somepony with problems" I looked back and said "thanks again" until twilight then asked "were are you going to go? you got no were to stay" I became skeptical at first until it dawned on me I had no where to go and no money on that would work for there currency, with that in mind i clenched my head in anger and stared to bash my head against the wall in frustration until twilight came up to me and placed her hand on my shoulder as I then looked at her she smiled and said "you can stay with me in the castle until you find a job and get what you came here for" I smiled back at her and said "thank you, all of you at one point I will at one point tell you more of why im here" As we all exited the store we then headed back to the castle to find my room for now and as well get the lay of the land in this world.
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a New Life
There goes the freak flying through the air again, I said in my head as I went flying backwards through the school`s courtyard. I went and got myself into another fight with Bulk Biceps. For those of you who are wondering what the hell is going on let me explain. First off, I’m the newest student at Canterlot High, my name is Tiberous Silverfang. I just got to this school not even two weeks ago, and everybody is after me. I have no idea why, I think it's because of my hobbies or something. I’ve tried making friends here but it just ends horribly for me, so that’s why I’m in this fight. As I tried to get back on my feet, Bulk had grabbed me by my hoodie and kneed me right in the stomach. My insides wretched as I coughed up blood. With what felt like a stroke of luck he let go of me, but then kicked me in the jaw, sending me to the ground for the final time. He laughed, he laughed like he always did, and he made his way towards his car. Now that the fight was done, the crowd began to clear. After a minute of sitting in my shame, the only people that remained were six girls. Strangely enough, they seemed concerned for me, but as they approached I felt only dread.
“Are you alright sugarcube?"
Taken aback by the question, I tried to look up at its source. Through my blurry vision, I could just barely make out the speaker, a girl who looked as if she came straight from a farm.
It took some time to formulate my response. I nodded my head weakly and said “I’m fine, just need to rest.”
With that I pulled myself up and began walking towards the parking lot. I didn’t get far, the pain was too much and I stumbled landing flat on my face. I was surprised to find two of their number helping me back up, I thanked them quietly and then spat out another glob of blood. I reached for my cellphone and began to call my parents, but the girl in the fancy clothing moved to stop me.
“Come darling, I insist we take you home ourselves,” she said.
I was stunned but in no mood to argue. Soon enough we were all packed into her car, with me in the passenger’s seat. They talked amongst themselves trying to decide what station to turn the radio to, and when they couldn’t decide they asked for my opinion.
“I don’t care,” I remarked. “Maybe something with jazz?” With that, it was decided.
As we began our drive down the street I was beginning to look out the window as one of the girls asked me what my name was. I told them my name was Tiberous which seemed to bring a smile to their faces. They started to introduce themselves in response. First was the girl with frizzy pink hair who seemed as if she was in an eternal sugar rush.
“Hi I’m Pinkie Pie!” She shouted with enough force to make me cringe. She was cut off by the farm girl who stuck her hand over Pinkie’s mouth, transforming the rest of the girl’s outburst into ecstatic muffles.
“I’m Applejack, pleasure to meet ya. This here is Fluttershy,” she said as she pointed to the shy looking girl next to her who waved.
“And I’m Rainbow Dash, but I’m sure you already knew that.” The girl with rainbow colored hair was actually the captain of the soccer team. She seemed pretty cocky, but was polite enough. Her introduction was followed by the girl who looked as if she planned to be a fashionista. “Hello, I am Rarity, it’s good to meet you.” She never took her eyes off the road, but she smiled and waved all the same.
The last girl had red and yellow hair, she looked as if she wasn’t sure how to go about introducing herself, but finally she spoke. “My name’s Sunset Shimmer,” she made a weak attempt at an encouraging smile.
“Thank you all, for driving me home,” I replied. I shifted awkwardly in my seat as they all looked at each other and giggled.
“Oh we’re not taking you home just yet, dear,” Rarity said. This confused me greatly and I turned my attention back to the road to see where we were going.
We parked across the street from the town’s cafe. They all got out and motioned for me to follow them through the crosswalk. I still wasn’t in any shape to walk properly, so Rainbow Dash and Applejack helped me along. When we entered the cafe, I saw a handful of students who were there for my fight with Bulk Biceps. There was no way I could hide my injuries and most began to laugh as they saw the end result, while others were shocked at how badly beaten I was. They sat me down in a booth, and I groaned as I leaned into the leather seating.
“Would you like anything to drink?” Rarity asked me.
“Iced coffee please.”
My response got me to cough a tad more as I held up my napkin to catch the blood. By the time I had my drink in my hands, the fatigue was really starting to hit me. I tried to sit up more in my seat, but my muscles screamed in protest. I sat there slumped over my drink, sipping at it carefully.
“If only Twilight was here, I’m betting she could probably fix you up.” I looked over to Sunset with a curious expression on my face. “Twilight? Who’s that?”
This made the six girls pause and look amongst each other. “Ya might not believe us on this one,” Applejack said. The entire cafe felt as if it got just a bit more quiet.
“You’ve seen the statue in the front of the school, yes?” Rarity asked. I nodded my head in response as Rainbow Dash leaned in to whisper something. “It’s a portal to another world,” she said through cupped hands.
“So that’s where this Twilight person came from?” I asked. They all nodded in affirmation. The very idea sounded ridiculous to me. “That’s just crazy.” We continued to talk for some time, but after a while I finally looked at the clock and saw it to be five in the afternoon.
“Hey I really need to get home now, my parents will start to worry.” I managed to stand up on my own this time, but still required a little assistance getting to the car. Within the next twenty minutes I was on my front porch waving goodbye to the girls.
I walked up to my home and almost fell in the doorway. My parents were surprised to see me in the state that I was in, and my mom rushed over to help me.
“Where have you been Tiberous, we’ve been worried sick!”
“Sorry mom, I was at the cafe with some people.” Her expression changed from worried to relieved and I began to walk towards my room. Halfway down the hall my older brother asked, “Tough day at school?” I grunted and walked past, opening the door to my room. I fell on my bed to relax, and it didn’t take long for me to slip into a deep sleep.
About two hours later, I awoke to my parents knocking at the door. “Tiberous, is there something you want to talk about?” I got up, my back still a little sore and told them that I was fine. They didn’t seem quite convinced however, and it took some extra effort on my end. “I’m fine don’t worry. I can handle myself.”
After a time, they left, and I slumped back onto my bed. It was a lie, of course I wasn’t fine. I came back home everyday covered with new bruises and cuts, that school was a nightmare. I thought of running away a hundred times, but I always realized I’d have nowhere to go and no money to support myself. It was a crazy idea, but I even started to think more on what the girls said to me.
“That statue, a portal? That doesn’t even make any sense.”
Though, what if? I couldn’t stop thinking about that ‘what if’. It wasn’t long before I was spying on my parents. I found them watching television, completely oblivious to my presence. I hurried back upstairs, locked my door, and began to climb out of my window. When I was finished scaling the side of the house, I carefully made my way to the bus stop. I made it there just in time for the bus to pull in.
“Did you just trek outa Hell, kid?” I heard as the doors opened to let me through.
“It’s good to see you as well, Jordan,” I laughed. It didn’t take long for me to find an appropriate seat on the bus, and I settled in for the short drive back to the school.
When I arrived it was well into the evening. The air was crisp, and leaves scattered about the courtyard in the wind. I stood there, looking at that statue. It was made in the shape of a strong stallion, rearing onto its hind legs in defiance. “Now how the hell would someone climb out of that thing?” I asked myself. I looked to its base for my answer. There was a panel for each side that looked as if it was a cross between marble and glass, smooth and reflective, yet clearly made of stone. I worked my way around the statue, putting pressure against the panels until one of them nearly sucked in my hand. I yanked it out as quickly as possible and fell backwards in surprise. “Well… I guess that was it.”
It was then that I started having second thoughts, jumping through a portal that led to God knows where seemed like kind of a bad idea. Then I thought back to the past two weeks. Day after day was nothing but shame and agony, repeated failure to stand up for myself
“No, I need to do this.”
It took another run back to my house to get prepared, but I filled my duffle bag with clothing and other supplies, including some journals and sketchbooks. I’d been sure to grab a photo of my family and leave a note for them as well. I told them that I’d be back again one day, that I’d be stronger, and I asked them not to look for me.
There was one more thing that I had to do, one more note to write. When it was done, I taped it to the front door of the school.
Dear everyone,
I’m sorry to say this but I couldn’t take this world anymore. I’ve decided to go to a place where I might possibly become stronger in both will and muscle. I’m stepping through the portal and I will have you all in my heart. I know that I will return one day and I will hopefully return better than ever.
Sincerely,
Tiberous
Satisfied with my handy work, I turned back to the portal. I felt a little intimidated by what I might find, and a little scared that I might even die when I went through, but this was something that had to be done. As I stepped through the portal, I began my new life.
