the long winded first chapter.
“Hey, let's look something up!” Charles said to me. I had nothing better to do. I nodded and walked over to my desktop. "Look up something spooky, like... magic... and, I don't know, werewolf?" I typed in “werewolf spell” into the search bar. It was a few hours before halloween night and since we weren't trick or treating, so we were board. The browser loaded, and a list of youtube videos came up. I scrolled until I found a non-video result. I clicked on it, something called “spellmatrix.com”. There was a PDF file called WerePspellinstructions.pdf, Along with a long winded description of the “spell.” I right clicked on the pdf file, and selected open.
“What dose the “P” in “WereP” stand for?” I asked out loud.
“Dunno Njeri.” Charles replied. I know, Njeri is a weird name. It gets weirder. My middle name is Ujk. So my middle and first name is “Njeri-Ujk”. It means… I’m not sure what it means actually. We should look that up.
I clicked on the PDF, and it opened up. It was a picture of some sort of ancient tattered scroll, but I could read the text on it.
“It says… you have to read this ‘incantation’ on the day before a full moon, tonight’s a full moon!” Charles said, an evil grin on his face.
“Fiiiiine… I’ll cast the stupid spell.” I groaned, So, I began to read the spell. “Magicae. Facientque mihi paululum equus! Facientque mihi paululum equus! Facientque mihi paululum equus! FACIENTQUE MIHI PAULULUM EQUUS!!!” I read, in a mock spooky sorcerer voice. I wiggled my fingers at Charles for “affect.” The light flickered as I finished the chant. Charles looked around, worry briefly crossing his face. I began to laugh.
“It’s just a flickering light man!” I said between laughs.
“Why do I feel like we screwed up?” Charles asked.
Me and Charles walked through the woods behind our houses, as a shortcut to some Halloween party on “the other side.”
Sure it was the other side of the woods, but just saying “other side” made it sound more creepy.
“Better get a move on, or the crusaders will turn up.” Charles said. The Crusaders were three local kids who were SUPER into “My Little Pony,” even naming their club after… after… I don’t know, it was something in the show. I’m not sure, but I think one of them even goes by one of the character’s name! I looked up at the sky, the clouds parting to reveal a full moon.
“Hey Charles, when do you think I’m gonna turn?” I asked evilly.
“Any minute now.” He replied laughing. Then, the cramping started.
“Gah! My stomach!” I cried. Charles walked over to me.
“Hey man, you OK?” He asked. Suddenly, I felt hot. REALLY, hot. I wasn’t sure, but I thought I could feel something coming out of my mouth.
“Wha? Wha do a faa so waa?” I asked, it coming out way different than what I was wanting.
“Dude put your tongue back in… no homo.” Charles said.
“Oh yu…” Wait, my tongue was out? I bit down a bit, and my tongue was indeed out of my mouth. I tried pulling it back in. But… it wouldn’t go… And nobody better say “that’s what she said!”
“Dude! Your tongue's orange!” Charles shouted, stumbling backwards. “AND YOUR HAIR’S RED!!!” I quickly reached up and grabbed some of my hair, and pulled it out far enough to see it. It was red. A tingly good feeling crossed over my face.
“WHAT THE HAY!?!” I screamed, covering my mouth. I had meant to say “hell,” but it came out hay!
“Your eyes!” Charles started backing away. Then it hit me.
“I’m a werewolf!” I realised. “Oh my god that spell worked!” Charles looked at me.
“A werewolf, with red hair.”
“Ok, then I’m a were something. Wait… how am I talking?” I asked. Charles looked at me.
“You have a muzzle!” I moved my hands to my face, only to feel a fuzzy muzzle. Charles opened his mouth again, but this time I knew what he was gonna say.
“Yes, fur, I know.”
"It's... Blue." He stated flatly. "Dose... Does it hurt?" He asked. "Not really," I shook my head. "It just feels weird... kinda good." Speaking of feeling weird, I felt it in my hand. I raised it up and looked at it (expecting a claw) only to see a stub.
This surprised a small scream out of me.
"Isn't that... A hoof?" Charles asked.
"Why yes, I believe it is." I responded. Ok, we sounded way more calm than we actually we were quivering with fear. A tingling, and an audible crack from my spine sent me to all fours. "GAH!" That's when my pants fell off, revealing a pony's but... With a full moon tattoo. "Don't." I shushed Charles. He was going to make some joke about it, and I am NOT having that. More tingling filled my new horse body. I moaned as the world started to spin.
"Hey! What's happening?" I asked.
"Dude, you're shrinking!" Charles said. Then, everything stopped. "Nigey?" Charles asked.
"I think... I'm gonna be sick..." And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, it happened.
The crusaders showed up.
"Oh... my... gosh! Crusaders!" One of them said in a southern accent. She was dressed in a cowgirl outfit. The others were in costumes too. One was dressed as a motocross cyclist... only on a scooter... and the other was a princess... or a rich person? I don't know, she had some fancy dress on, anyways. They three of them were toting around a wagon for their candy. It was connected to the motorised scooter teh motocross one had.
"It's a pony!" The cyclist shouted.
"We should take him back to the clubhouse." The cowgirl said. Instinctively, my ears drooped... wow was that a weird feeling. No one really knew where the Crusaders' clubhouse was, so if the took me there, no one would be able to find me! I would be... their pet... for the rest of my life... Then it struck me that I was an animal for the rest of my life, no matter what happened next.
"We should braid his mane!" The princess(?) exclaimed. The three of them started to close in on me. I started pushing at the ground to move backwards. You try running from little girls when you're in an entirely new body. Just then, Charles snapped out of his shock. He stepped between us.
"Ok girls, that's close enough," He said, crossing his arms. The Southern accent one began to laugh... wait, wasn't that Charles' sister?
"How are we gonna carry it back to the clubhouse from here?" She asked sarcastically.
"You're not," Charles said simply, staring her down.
"And why is that?" The Scooter one asked, a bit of anger in her voice. Charles stayed silent.
He didn't think this through did he? "That's what I thought." The same one said. In the next few seconds, they walked around Charles, put me in the wagon, and raced off, without us having any time to react.
'Alright, enough of this.' I thought to myself. But just as I started to climb out of the wagon, one of the other two jumped on me. It didn't hurt, but I couldn't get up. I began to panic. So, I did the sensible thing, and started flailing around under the surprisingly heavy kid. Either she weighed a (literal) ton, or I was REEEALLY weak. The latter made more sense.
"Stop squirming!" The Southern voice said, putting a hand on my... mane... and began petting me. It... was surprisingly calming. I closed my eyes, and just let her pet me. That... sounded really really weird.
I guess I blacked out, because when I opened my eyes again I was in (what I suspected to be) the crusader's clubhouse.
"What, where am I?" I asked, raising my head. I had curled into a ring shape (like an actual horse) and had a red blanket over me. The door on the far side of the room opened, and the crusaders entered. They had a tray, with what I guessed was fruits and vegetables on it. I noticed cowgirl and motocross had taken off their head-wear. They slowly walked over to me, I guess not to freak me out. Cowgirl keeled down next to me.
"Hey," Southern accent said without the accent. "Sorry if we scared you back there, we just wanted to get you to safety."
"I was safe where I was, thank you very much." I said angrily. "Who are you anyway?"
"I'm Jessica," Southern accent said, causing her friends to give her a weird look. "And this is Sarah and Sammy."
"Actually, I go by Scoots." "Sammy," the motocross interjected. That's it! It was Scoots that was from that cartoon! I nodded in understanding.
"And I go by-" Sarah started, before she was interrupted by Jessica.
"Sarah." She said, as if she wanted her to remember something she said earlier... when I was out. They looked at me expectantly, waiting on my name. I opened my mouth, but then realized something... it would be humiliating if word got out that I was in a little kid's club house... especially if it were involved that they over powered me, and they literally dragged me here against my will, and I was powerless to stop them (no one would tell/ believe the "being a pony part"). So... I came up with a fake name.
"I'm Sky Breaker." I said. It was the coolest name I could think of... you come up with something better in 2 seconds!
"You're a chubby pony." Sarah (the princess[?]) said. I looked down at my belly... and they were right. I know, as a human I wasn't the most physically fit... but come on! I wasn't near... this! OK, so I wasn't "morbidly obese" but I was a little pudgy. "Scoots" smacked Sarah in the arm with the back of her hand.
"Don't say that! You'll hurt his feelings!" I rolled my eyes at this.
"I think I can take a little girl calling me 'chubby'." I stated flatly. Jessica cleared her throat.
"So, Sky, what are you doing here?" She asked. "I mean, on earth. Shouldn't you be in Equestria?"
...
Equestria was the princess... right? No... that doesn't make sense... unless the show decided it was TVMA now. Then, I came up with a lie.
"Actually... I'm... trying to get back! Yeah, that's it. I'm trying to get back to Equestria... and I was almost there until you three came and abducted me!" I said. Look, I'm still a bit sore over the fact that a little girl was able to pin me down.
"We're awful sorry," Jessica said, her "country accent" sneaking back in. I use the quotation marks because her family is from New York... not Texas... and also Texans talking like that is a stereotype. I lived there for a year, no cowboys. "We didn't know..." She was clearly about to cry.
"Hey hey... It's OK. It was a long shot anyway." I said, patting her on the shoulder. What? I'm not made of stone, you know. She looked up,
"Really?" She asked. I smiled at her, but then my stomach growled. LOUD. The three girls giggled. I smiled to.
Jessica pushed the trey over to me. It was a salad, with lettuce and carrots... with ranch dripped on it. It was in a bowl... and a pretty big bowl. I don't think I can eat all that (partly because I'm to too keen on salad)! I was about to ask for a fork, when I remembered that ponies ate with their mouths, because they can't pick things up with their hooves. So, I leaned in, and took a bite. It was...
Amazing.
It was the best thing I've ever had!
"Mmmm!" I moaned, tasting the salad. I'm not sure if it was the carrots, or the ranch on it, but it was awesome!
"You like it?" Jessica asked. I nodded immediately. Then, I shoved my muzzle in the bowl and started packing it away. The girls started laughing, but I didn't really care.
Once I finished the salad, I leaned back on my haunches, and patted my stomach. I think I could get used to this! I looked around the room. It mostly bare wood walls... they were too bare. The closer I looked, the more it looked like things had been put up there... and had been taken down fast.
"What was hanging on the walls?" I asked, mostly out of curiosity. The three of them froze when I said that.
"How-" Sarah started before Scoots covered her mouth and interjected:
"Nothing was hanging there." I narrowed my eyes. Weren't they all fans of that show that Scoots got her name from?
"It was 'My Little Pony' stuff wasn't it?" I asked flatly. All three of them sighed, busted.
"Yeah," Sarah said.
"We just didn't want you to freak out, seeing all this stuff from your world." Scoots explained.
"Please, I think I can handle some pony merch." I scoffed, waving a hoof dismissively.
BAM! The door was suddenly kicked down and Charles busted in... wait... was he holding a gun!?!
... Wait... no, it's just a nerf gun we spray painted black.
"I'm here for the pony!" He shouted, in a gruff voice. Scoots and Sarah stood defensively.
"Charles?!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?!" Jessica and I shouted at Charles.
"I'm here to... to..." Charles stuttered. I face hoofed.
"Nice job, my knight in shining armor." I said sarcastically. Jessica looked at me for a moment.
"Sky Breaker... you know my brother?" Jessica asked. I nodded.
"Yeah he was the first human I met when I came here from Equestria." I said, looking at him, giving him the hint. He nodded at me after a moment.
"That's right! And I found a way to send you back!" Charles exclaimed, a little too obvious that something wasn't real here. Hoping that what he said translated to "you can turn back," I acted on it.
"That's great!" I exclaimed in excitement.
"You'll teleport back when the sum comes up, but you have to be alone, so girls do not, follow us. Do you understand?" the girls nodded in response.
"But... sunrise is a long time away... do you have to leave right now?" Scoots asked. I looked at Charles.
"I guess an hour couldn't hurt." I shrugged. Charles face palmed.
The Epilogue Chapter: One Month Later
"Didn't Charles say Sky would come back tonight?" Scoots asked Sarah.
"Well yeah, he's AB's brother, not mine." Sarah (or Sweetie as she was known to the other Crusaders) said.
"Didn't Jess say we should go by our real names, in case sky knows the actual Crusaders?" Scoots asked rhetorically.
"Then why do you go by Scoots?" Sarah prodded. "Scoots" was saved by "AB" entering the club house. She was carrying a tuffa-where tub of salad.
"What's with the salad?" Sarah asked.
"I figured, that since Sky liked it so much last time, he might like it this time." Jessica said, smiling. Scoots and Sarah looked at each other, and started oohing.
"You like him!" Scoots teased. Jessica rolled her eyes.
"Yes, I'm totally into a pony, I also look at triple x pictures of them too." Jess said sarcastically. Sarah gasped and Scoots slapped her in the arm.
"Don't say things like that!" Sarah gasped. Jess just rolled her eye some more.
"Clop." Jess said in Sarah's face. Sarah held her hand over her mouth, stifling a laugh. "Clop clop clop clop CLOP!" She began chanting.
"You mean like the sound I make when I walk?" Sky's voice abruptly said. Jess turned pale.
"Ahuh! That's exactly what I meant!" She said nervously. Sky sniffed at the air.
"Is that... salad I smell?" He asked. Glad of the topic change, Jessica held up the tub, and Sky grinned. "Good thing I forgot to eat before I came over." Jess laughed, and the four of them talked. Good thing Njeri decided to catch up on some "recent history" before the next full moon. He even formed a few head cannons on the "history" he watched. And hey, he was a pony, who'd argue with him? Certainly not the three girls.
