It's been two days since I got fired and things are starting to get really weird around here. It hasn't rained but there's this permanent rainbow now. It's also still really warm so I'm heading up to the lake where I used to play as a kid to take a long overdue swim. I can't remember the lake all that well, but what I do remember was the crystal clear water that gently reflected the trees and the sky. But what I don't remember is a mossy green lake almost like grass with a brown strip of who-knows-what running down the center of it. I walked along the shore for a while, I think it was about an hour or so when I came upon a rope swing. I tested it's strength before I clamored up a tree and swung in.

The water was cold but that was to be expected on a nice day like today. "I think I can see what's causing the water to be a greenish-brown color," I thought to myself as I swam back up to the surface. I just floated there for a little while I lost track of time, before curiosity got the better of me I took a large inhale kind of like Fluttershy did in the sonic rainboom episode from season one and dove down. The further I swam the more endless it seemed. Suddenly there was a flash of light then it was just black. I don't know what happened, was I dead? As I floated through, who-knows-what, I couldn't help but feel that I was still alive and that I was going somewhere but where? Why?

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I awoke to a sweet, strange but somehow familiar voice asking "Are you okay?" I don't know why but my throat felt a little hoarse all of a sudden.
"Fine, at least I think," I responded but my voice sounded a little off. It was a slightly higher tone than it normally would have been.
"That's good, we were starting to worry." A male's voice chimed in calmly with a hint of happiness. When I looked down at my hands and feet, I wasn't prepared for what I had seen there in front of me... I had hooves!
"What happened? I can't remember a thing ever since I was swimming. Then I looked up at the two figures above me. " Pr-Princess Cadence? and Shining Armor?" I could have sworn I was dreaming. "There's no way this is actually happening." I stated while trying to not lose it.

Cadence looked at me and I felt like she was looking straight through me.
"So what's your name?" She asked.
"Oh well my name is," I start, "Studs my name is Studs."
Shining armor fidgets a little bit before saying "Well you should come back to Canterlot with us. We were going to go to Ponyville, but I think that can wait for a little while given the circumstances. I'm certain that my sister would understand." With that we began the walk back to Canterlot. Princess Cadence, Shining Armor and myself talked about me the whole way there. I think they were generally clueless of what to think. I had explained my old life to them and we also talked about what I would possibly do for a job given that I was probably going to be here a while.

Author's Note

Hope you like that awful pun I threw in this chapter :)