Book 1: A New Element of Friendship

A New Element of Friendship

How I Became a Baby Again

        It was a clear afternoon with not a worry in sight. Collage was finally done, I had sent my applications for jobs on time and I had a steady girlfriend that I’m considering to marry sometime late in the year. I was kicking back and relaxing on my Xbox playing some Fallout and had my computer running some background music. My family was in good health and had jobs aplenty, even my brother (odd as the case is for him). I have heard of a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and how the Season 6 would be much more cooler than Season 5. I was curious and decided to watch the show online myself, after getting some work done in Fallout, of course. It was nearing night time when I finally got off my Xbox and chowed down on some frozen pizza. While I was eating, I decided to get the first episode at least started up so that I had something to do. What caught my attention, however, was when I got the episode and it just froze. Almost like a system crash, but I could still move my mouse. I just couldn’t exit out of my current tab or open a new one or even close down my Chrome. What happened next went too fast for a mortal eye to catch. All that could be seen even if done in frame by frame was me getting rapidly pulled in, shrinking to fit the screen’s video. No matter how you saw it, all that was left after it had happened was a pizza slice momentarily floating in the air before falling down on the plate. There were no signs of anyone leaving or even anyone living there to begin with. The computer then quickly shut itself down and closed out of all sites, leaving a shut-off screen.

I, on the other hand, was experiencing something else entirely. One moment I was watching a frozen screen and the next I was in a darkened room-like area with a spot of light that happened to be on me.

“What the the heck? Am I dreaming right now? I don’t remember falling asleep…” I said, looking around in mild surprise.

        “No, my human,” a feminine voice called out in the dark. “This is not a dream, rather a choice.”

        “Wha- What do you mean? Who are you? Where am I? Why am I here?” I panicked.

        The voice giggled a little at my reaction (which, in hindsight, was hilarious) and clarified. “All in due time. However, it should be kind to at least answer some of those questions now. My identity will be revealed soon, so I’ll introduce myself then. You are currently in a dead dimension where many other gods have given offers before and in fact this place was created for such purposes. It gets annoying to try and schedule everyone in. Do you know how long the wait times are? I mean, come on! I’m sure he didn’t need it for-” She interrupted herself, cleared her throat, and returned back to where she was before the rant. “My apologies. Anyways, you are here to make a choice that could affect many others. As to why… It will become clearer with time.”

        “What?” I said dumbly.

        “You do have functioning ears right. So help me if I got a deafened one…” She groaned.

        “Sorry, just got confused for a second. So, what’s the choice I’m making here?” I asked, a bit roughly. Give me credit, I was holding back.

        “Ah. Glad to hear that. As for the choice-” She was interrupted before she could continue.

        “Wait… did you just…” At that point I had an outlet for my nervousness and laughed at the pun this person made. “Nice pun there!”

        “*ahem* Can I please finish what I was about to say?” She pointedly asked.

        “Sorry. Yeah, if you please continue,” I quickly said, not wanting her to be angry at me.

        “Thank you. Anyways, here are your options: either get reborn into a better world or continue to exist in your current one. Both lead to a happy life in the end, but to be reborn is to experience a whole new world. The reason will be made clear if you choose to be reborn,” She summarized.

        “And if I choose to stay?” I questioned.

        “Then you continue to live your old life as always. If it helps any, if you choose to be reborn, I will erase your existence in the previous world so that none will worry about you,” She laid down the terms in an orderly manner.

        At this point, it came down to picking the safe, comfortable option of staying or the riskier option of being reborn. I asked just one question to clarify something.

        “Where will I be reborn?” I politely asked.

        At that point, the room lit up and the mysterious voice became a figure that was clearly defined. The figure was a tall, lanky… unicorn with wings? Interesting. She had a white coat, a red mane, some freckles on the right side of her face, huge wings, and a long horn.

        “You will be reborn into my world. A world called the Mythos, more specifically Equestria, the land of pony kind. I believe you asked for a name earlier. My name is LaurFastia, the creator goddess of this realm and one of the most powerful alicorns ever to come into existence.” She clarified and answered.

        At this point, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Talking with a creator of an entire universe? I must be one lucky bastard to be able to be in her presence, much less to speak with her. However, I summoned all of my courage to give my answer in a clear voice.

        “I choose… to be reborn into Equestria,” I decisively asked.

        “As you wish. Just know that you can never return to your realm and you will reclaim all of your human memories at the age of 18, including that of your human family. Are you prepared to accept this price?” Her tone brooked no argument.

        “I do,” I replied with strong conviction.

        “Then I wish you luck, my little pony,” She said and then started to charge some magic on her horn.

        It was only a moment later when her magic was flung at me. It soaked into me and began to change my body drastically. I slowly went onto all fours, my hands and feet turning into hooves, pains in my back as some wings grew out of me, and altogether my body changing to a more equine form. My hair had turned into a mane that was red with blue highlights at the end and a tail with a similar color scheme. I also began to shrink to the size of an infant and started to regress to the mentality of one. The last thing I remembered clearly was a bright light and me being held up by a doctor, who pronounced:

        “It’s a healthy colt!”

End of Prologue