Crossing the Threshold

by Dark_Star777

This isn't what the brochure said it would be...

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My name is Daybreaker, and this is my story.

Ever since the last decade or so, there had been something unusual in the air, and when humans like us first made contact with this strange world of... ponies, things got weirder. Since that day, we've been allied with the peaceful race of pastel colored beings, some even choosing to live in the human world, while humans themselves have also been living in the other world as well. Personally, I've never once understood it myself, but from what a few friends have told me, it's something that you can't possibly expect to understand unless you find it out for yourself.

With that in mind, I now stood at the bridge between the two worlds, essentially a bus station into a completely different world altogether. In order to be allowed to cross through, you had to be at least eighteen years old-or have a guardian of that age escort you through-and have a legal passport. Thankfully, I had both, and went through everything in purchasing a two-way pass to come and go into this strange new world whenever I could. With that in mind, I was soon sent to walk through the rift and enter into this strange world called Equestria.

Walking through the portal was like nothing I had ever gone through in my life; it felt as though my entire body was being warped into a new shape, completely changing things into something I had never once known myself. Needless to say, I was dizzy and seasick to the point where I frankly had no idea what was happening to me. Eventually, I passed through a light and soon found myself falling.


When next I awoke, my entire body felt odd. It didn't feel as though it were mine, but to be fair, it didn't feel like things were right to begin with as was lying back on a bed in what looked like a medical ward of some time.

"Oh good, you're awake" said a feminine from nowhere. Looking around, I found what appeared to be a humanoid looking individual, but with a few... additions. Her body looked similar to that of the ponies I had heard of, but didn't seem to be much of an equine at all, looking more like those furries they have on the internet. Her hair was a dark pink color, and her face was much more akin to the picture I had seen of ponies before.

"What..." I weakly croaked out, immediately noticing something was wrong with my voice. Rather than the masculine baritone I was known for having, it was instead higher and sounded purely like it was some woman's rather than my own.

"Most humans cross the path rather well, but after successfully crossing through yourself, you went and fainted for some reason. To be fair though, you've got it a lot better than a few other humans. My name is Nurse Redheart, by the way" she explained, making me feel at least somewhat better. She soon stood up and approached me, the sounds of what I could only assume were her heels clacking against the floor as she helped me up and adjusted the ice pack I apparently slept with on my head.

Before I could try and give my name though, I noticed right away how my chest suddenly felt heavier, and looking down, I was shocked to find a pair of breasts jutting out of the front of my shirt, and big ones for that matter. It was just that I had noticed being different, as a phantom feeling from around the bend revealed a fluffy, brown tail the same color as my hair.

"Why am I.... How is this... What is going on?" I panicked, only further frantic from hearing the sound of a female voice coming out of my mouth. Redheart soon put her hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eye.

"Don't worry about this, it happens to all humans to enter the portal. The basic idea is that the portal is laced with magic to make certain whoever passes through has a body appropriate for what's needed to survive in the other world" she went and explained, trying to keep me calm.

"But do they all become women, too?" I asked, albeit with a little more emphasis than I originally wanted.

"You weren't a mare before?" Redheart asked with a concerned look on her face that made my heart sink. I soon got up and pushed her aside to look at myself in the full length mirror. Just like I has seen, my chest was now incredibly swollen with breasts, my body being covered in a very thin layer of cream colored fur the same color of my skin. My normally messy brown hair was slightly wavy, and reached down to my shoulders. My hips had also expanded, being full and round like most of the girls I know. I even turned to see my ass had even changed, becoming as round and generally shapely as my chest, with a tail sticking out that was the same color as my hair. My feet were even different, having been turned into thicker looking hooves instead of actual feet. What really broke me though was easily when I pulled open my jeans and saw that everything that made me a man was gone, replaced by a pair of fleshy lips that made me cringe when I inspected it. I dropped down to my knees with a thud, completely crest fallen as I fell onto my hands and teared up inside and out. It wasn't until I felt Redheart's palm on my shoulder that I was able to think of anything other than soul crushing misery.

"While I am indeed certain that this is very strange for you, there are still many things that can come of this. Just cross back into your own world for the time being, and I'm certain that you can return to the same way you were before" she told me with a friendly smile, unintentionally flashing a look at her modest cleavage. Of course, I was still concerned about my lack of a penis at the time, but even then, I had seen it.

I soon stood up and tried to gather my thoughts, thinking to follow her orders and simply return home and try again. With that settled, I thanked Redheart for what she had done and went on my way. Upon the trip to the station, I quickly noticed just how different things seemed to be here. This town had apparently been stationed in some old fashioned looking village, with all kinds of different beings just like my current form and Nurse Redheart. Each of them were dressed in different ways, but most were designed to look really casual. More importantly though, I felt so much less self conscious about my body, up until I started feeling eyes on me.

As I walked, I felt lots of attention being garnered, but after looking down, I quickly found what it was they staring at. My breasts wound up bouncing and swaying about with a practical mind of their own, completely unrestrained by anything. As such, lots of the men here and even lots of women were staring. My tail actually came up beside me, making me push it back into the same place it was before anything else. All I wanted to do was go home, and that's what I focused on as I worked my way down to the station, only to be interrupted by a security guard.

"Sorry, ma'am, but the transport here's under maintenance right now" he told me right off the bat, greatly surprising me.

"You've got to be kidding" I asked, only for him to shake his head in response.

"Afraid so. Sometime after you arrived, the portals began to malfunction. We had no other choice but to shut them down before anything bad happened to the people. Until this time tomorrow, the portals will be shut down" he explained. I sighed and soon walked away as I thought about what it was I could to try and make some use of this opportunity of mine. Sadly, not a thing came to mind as I approached a public bench and sat down upon it, giving a sigh as I leaned my head back.

"Something the matter there, Sugarcube?" asked another feminine voice, this one being possessed by a clearly southern accent. I looked up and found what looked like an old fashioned cowgirl, dressed in a flannel shirt and tight jeans, wearing a brown leather Stetson upon her blonde hair. I looked deeply into her emerald green eyes and found myself struggling to say anything. After a few seconds of me stuttering like an idiot, she soon got a realizing look and chuckled before sitting down beside me.

"First time in Equestria, right?" she asked, to which I nodded. "I know it's a pretty big step and all, but ya can't just let it get to ya. It was for me my first time in your world" she told me, patting my shoulder before wrapping me up in a big hug from the side. "Name's Applejack, and you are...?" she asked.

"Daybreaker" I answered, my eyes fluttering.

"Nice ta meet' cha" Applejack said, smiling ever so brilliantly in the afternoon sun. "So, how ya liking things so far?" she asked. I took a good look at the world around and found things feeling awkward with how I knew nothing about this world.

"I guess I haven't been here long enough to gain an opinion" I chuckled, ribbing the back of my fluffy hair as I blushed ever so slightly. Applejack seemed to find that funny though, patting my back rather harshly.

"Don't worry, things'll get better sooner than ya might think" she promised. "Guess if ya need somepony Ta talk to, ya'll can head on up Ta Sweet Apple Acres sometime" she said before getting up and heading back off, giving her the perfect view of her curvy ass barely hidden behind her blonde tail.

"Ooh, I see ya like AJ" giggled a high pitched voice that made me nearly jump. Turning behind me, another girl sat there. Her body was pink and her hair was really puffy and messy, being colored darker than her body. Her eyes were blue and she wore a dark pink t-shirt with blue shorts on and sat with her elbows propping up her face as she looked at me with a knowing look.

"How did you-"

"I'm Pinkie Pie and I'm so happy to see a new face after so long!" she interrupted as she came up and embraced me right away, smelling of cotton candy all over as she practically shoved her breasts into my face, giggling to herself as she let me breath soon after. Her tail was swaying cutely as she looked me in the eye, expecting me to say something back to her.

"I'm...Daybreaker" I introduced, making her squeal and soon drag me off somewhere, jabbering all kinds of nonsense I couldn't understand.

Honestly, I didn't know what would become of me, but I pray it's nothing bad.


Author's Note

Just the beginning of a hopefully decent story I've been messing with. I apologize if things aren't really as good as my previous stories, this is just something random that I got inspired by a little while before submitting this. Either way, I'll be regularly trying to update this in my spare time.

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