A new world.

“Houston I’m ready to reenter the atmosphere.” I said.

It was 1961 and I was one of the first Americans in space.

“This is Houston point retrograde and burn when ready.” A man said. “Oh and we’re getting some strange readings over here, so you better burn quickly.”

“Roger I’ll talk to you when I land.” I said. As I was pointing retrograde a strange light covered the capsule. It started to shake and I was knocked out. When I came to, I looked out the window and saw a planet. It wasn’t earth I knew that, so I tried the radio. “Houston do you read?” I said. “Houston do you copy over?” I tried for an hour but got no response. So I did what I had to do I pointed retro and did my deorbit burn. I decoupled the deorbit stage. And waited. As I came down it seemed normal. The red glow from the air was there I was told about. After my speedometer was below mock 1 I opened my parachutes. I felt the gravity take effect. I looked out my window and saw it was night. “Looks like It has a day and night cycle like earth.” I said to myself as the parachutes opened. I checked the gauges, and everything seemed optimal for life. “Wait till the boys at home hear about this.” I said to no one in particular. As I was falling, the capsule tipped to the left and slid before falling down and stopping. “Must have landed on a slanted roof.” I said. I looked though the window and saw that I wasn’t on the ground. “Great, now I’m stuck.” I said to myself. I also noticed it was getting brighter outside. I once again tried the radio. I switched to different channels until, “This is the emergency broadcast. Please do not interrupt or face jail time.” Said the announcer.

“Great, now I have to wait till I get rescued.” I said. I waited for an hour before I got bored. “What is taking them so long? I guess I have no chose but to use the emergency broadcast.” I said to myself as I turned on the radio.

“This is the emergency broadcast. Please do not interrupt or face jail time.” Said the announcer.

“This is astronaut Jim lunar, I request to be rescued.” I said. I heard a sigh.

“You do realize that you are going to jail, right?” Asked the announcer.

“I know, it’s just I’m stuck on a side of a building and I have no way of getting down.” I said.

“How did you… never mind, do you know where you are?” Asked the announcer.

“I have no clue. But you cant miss what I’m in, big black capsule with parachutes stuck to something, can’t miss it.” I said.

“I’ll see if we can find you. Did your skydiving trip go wrong?” He asked.

“I wasn’t skydiving. I reentered the atmosphere and wound up stuck to a building.” I said.

“Yeah right, no pony has gone to space before.” He said.

“Pony? Don’t tell me that’s the main species of this planet.” I said worriedly.

“How do not know about where you are?” He asked.

“Well I was pointing retro and was about to do my burn when I went though a wormhole, I think.” I said.

“So wait, your telling me that you were in space and went though a wormhole?” He surprisingly said.

“I may be no space expert, but that is what I can piece together.” I said. “By the way how goes the rescue operation?”

“Well, we found you stuck on the clock tower. And we will get you down, though it might take a while. By the way how heavy is the thing you’re in?” He asked.

“Around 500 pounds why do you ask?” I asked.

“We need to know the weight before carrying you down.” He said.

“Makes since, by the way is the ruler here? I want to talk with him/her.” I said.

“She is own her way as we speak.” He replied. “She’ll be here in around 30 minutes. And you are coming down in 10 minutes.”

“Good to hear.” I said. “Well, guess I’ll wait till then. Any good radio stations I can listen to?”

“Sorry, but there is only the one you’re talking to right now. The radio is just for emergencies only right now.” He said.

“Well, it looks like I’m going to have to wait it out. It’s been a pleasure talking to you.” I said as I turned the radio off. As I waited, I kept looking out the window and seeing flying ponies go past. After the 10 minutes went past I wondered why I wasn’t on the ground yet. I looked out the window and saw that in fact, I was slowly going down. “They must’ve unstuck the parachutes.” I said. After touching the ground, I opened the door. After I got out of the capsule I saw many ponies on the ground.

“Great to see you off of the clock tower, but you will have to go to jail after you see the Princess.” Said what I presumed to be a guard.

“I completely understand. I broke the law here, and I am willing to serve my sentence. Which is how long?” I asked.

“30 days.” The guard replied.

“First time in jail, and it’s on a different world. But hey it’s not long.” I said. “Anyway got a deck of cards? I want to play a short game of solitaire.”

“Sorry, but you need to pay for the cards.” A guard replied.

I face palm myself. “ New world, new currency, I am an idiot.” I said. “That and I don’t have any money on me in the first place. Whelp time to wait for the Princess. Princess, Princess, Princess, a monarchy perhaps? Rambling! Sorry, I happen to ramble from time to time.” That’s when a thought struck me. “FUDGE!!!” I said loudly. “New world means no medication!”

“What do you mean? Do you have some illness?” A guard asked worriedly.

“Not really, my stomach doesn’t keep food down all the time.” I said. “Without my meds, I won’t be able to keep food down.”

“Well that would be a problem if we didn’t have that medication.” A guard replied.

“So your telling me you have medication for stomach problems? I was not expecting that. But I can’t afford it either.” I said.

“Medication is free in prison. As long as you don’t misuse it.” A guard replied.

“Okay, I don’t see how I can misuse it, but I’ll follow the rules. Anything else I should be aware of?” I asked.

“Not that we know of.” A guard replied.

“Good.” I said. After around 15 minutes, I saw a chariot carrying 3 alicorns, 2 regular, 1 unicorn, and 1 Pegasus.