It was a cold and rainy day in the graveyard.
The funeral was ending, people were walking away, but one woman stood, staring at the tombstone.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry I couldn't help you..."she said softly as she read the tombstone again for the thousandth time.
SARAH HART
BORN: AUGUST 12th, 2007,
DIED: JULY 7th, 2015.
Beloved Daughter.
The woman cried, there wasn't anything else she could do, she stood in the rain, not caring how wet she got. She had lost her daughter, she was taken away from her by a disease that no child should have to suffer through.
There was nothing she could do, nothing the doctors could've done. Her husband had left them months ago, and she had no immediate family, she was alone in the world.
"Are you all right, miss?" A voice asked and she turned to see a man dressed in a black coat with short slightly curled black hair looking at her. He glanced at the tombstone and frowned, immediately understanding. "Oh..."
"What are you doing here?" The woman asked of the strange man.
"Can't a man pay his respects to the dead?" The strange man asked. "You look like you could use someone to talk to."
"I don't need your pity," the woman said and walked off.
The man watched her go, for a moment his eyes changed to yellow with red pupils. He sighed, perhaps this woman was the one he was looking for.
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The woman from the cemetery, Violet Hart stood on the balcony of her apartment, looking down at the city below. She looked like she was contemplating something as she stared out at the cars going past.
"You know, death isn't necessarily the answer," a male voice said, that made Violet jump. She turned to see the same strange man from the cemetery.
"How did you get in here?" Violet demanded.
"I have my ways, my card," the man said and handed the woman a business card.
DISCORD,
LORD OF CHAOS.
"So what's going to happen now, is this where you offer me a deal for my soul or my marriage or whatever?" Violet asked, glaring at the now identified Discord. "Go ahead, I've got nothing left to lose."
"Deals? Oh, you think I'm the Devil then?" Discord said with a chuckle. "No, I'm not here to make a deal with you, I'm here to make you an offer."
"Unless it involves bringing back my daughter, I'm not interested," Violet said indignantly.
"If only I could, I'm the lord of chaos, not a miracle worker," Discord said and shook his head. "Instead, I'm going to offer you a second chance. There's someone who needs your help, and I think you need her just as much."
Violet paused, this man was offering her a chance, but did she dare take it? At this point, she really had nothing left to lose. She had sold everything she could to pay for her daughter's medical bills, and even then she was so deep in debt she'd probably never pay it off.
"Will I ever come back here?" She asked.
"Only if you want to," Discord replied and held out a hand. "Will you do it?"
"I'll do it..." Violet said with a nod.
"Good, then lets go," Discord said and snapped his fingers and in a flash of light they were both gone.
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Violet's POV.
I was blind for a minute, all I could see was darkness, but the world quickly came rushing back to me. I wasn't in New York anymore, I was in, some sort of small town with buildings of different varieties, but they all looked pretty old-fashioned.
What struck me next was that I felt shorter than I did before, not that I was exactly tall to begin with, but I felt strangely closer to the ground. I looked around, there wasn't any people but there were... horses? Well, that's what they looked like at least, but they were colored in different shades, and it seemed like they were all staring at me.
"Uh, hi..." I said nervously.
"LOOK OUT, COMING THROUGH!" A child's voice shouted, I turned and saw a scooter being ridden by a small orange horse with wings barreling towards me. I tried to get out of the way, but I just tripped over my feet.
Luckily for me the out of control scooter came to a stop before it hit me. The horse jumped off and ran up to me.
"Hey, are you alright?" She asked.
"I'm, fine I guess," I said and got to my... hooves? I examined myself, and realized that I was one of those, horse-things too, a purple one with wings.
I did what anyone in this position would do, I fainted.
Author's Note
Okay, yes its another human in Equestria story, but its something I wanted to write. I really like Scootaloo and I wanted to write a story that focuses more on her.
Also sorry for the POV switch, its going to be doing that a lot.
Third-Pony P.O.V.
Twilight Sparkle levitated a book off the top shelf of the library in her castle. The lavender colored Unicorn was having a quiet enough day as she got ready to head for Sugarcube Corner.
"Hey Twilight, Lyra's at the front door asking for you," Spike said as he poked his head in. "She says its important."
Twilight sighed as she put the book down and trotted out the door. Starlight was off visiting Sunburst in the Crystal Empire, so other than Spike she had the castle to herself and had been hoping to do some research.
She stepped into the entrance of the castle where Lyra was waiting nervously. "Hey Lyra, what's wrong?"
"This might sound crazy," Lyra said nervously. "A purple Pegasus appeared in the middle of Ponyville, she was nearly run over by Scootaloo, and then she fainted in the middle of town."
"What, exactly is so strange about that?" Twilight asked. "Pegasi come in and out of Ponyville all the time."
"Well, that's the thing, she didn't land or anything it was more like she, appeared out of thin air," Lyra said.
Twilight looked at Lyra strangely, that was unusual, even for Ponyville.
"Where is she now?" The Alicorn Princess asked.
"Ponyville General," Lyra answered.
"Lets go then!" Twilight said as she galloped out the door. She wanted to know exactly what happened with this Pony.
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Scootaloo's POV.
This was one heck of a birthday so far. I nearly ran over a Pony, but why did she faint? It was like she didn't recognize her own body. I was sitting outside her hospital room, waiting for someone to tell me that she had woken up.
It was weird now that I thought about it, she could've easily moved out of the way but she tripped like she wasn't familiar with her legs. Why would a Pony her age trip like that?
"Hey Squirt," a familiar voice said, I looked up to see a Rainbow Dash looking at me with a smile. "Everything okay? You're missing quite the party."
I couldn't help but smile, Rainbow was the closest thing I had to family, and had always been there to encourage me and mentor me. She was my like the big sister I always wanted, but never had.
"Yeah, I wanted to make sure the mare from before was okay," I said, something about this whole thing felt weird. I explained to Rainbow what had happened in town, she listened closely and nodded when I finished the story.
"That's weird," she said and tilted her head in confusion. "And the other ponies said that she just appeared out of thin air?"
"Yeah, that's right," I said with a nod. "Lyra went to get Twilight in hopes that she might be able to help."
"Sweetie Belle said you didn't want to go to the party, is everything okay?" Rainbow asked as she wrapped a wing around me.
"Yeah... its, complicated," I said, I didn't want to talk to anyone about it, even Rainbow Dash. "I don't want to talk about it."
"Everypony's worried about you, Scootaloo," Rainbow said. "If you don't want to go to the party, that's fine."
I paused a little at that, I did want to see my friends, but I didn't want to celebrate my birthday, it was just a painful reminder of what happened to my parents. I hadn't told anyone before outside the Ponies that ran the Orphanage. I sighed and looked down at my hooves, what was I going to do?
"Hey Scootaloo," Twilight said as she trotted in. "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," I said and shook my head. "I'm just waiting for her to wake up."
Twilight nodded. "Did you see anything unusual?"
"No, though, my scooter went out of control when I was heading towards her," I said, it was rather unusual, my scooter wasn't perfect mind you, but I usually could keep control of it. "Then it just, stopped before I ran into her."
Twilight was looking thoughtful when I told her that, like she was trying to put two and two together on what was going on. I wasn't sure what was going through the Princess' mind right now, I was starting to get worried, something about this mare was definitely strange, but what would attract the attention of a Princess?
Twilight and Rainbow Dash exchanged glances as if they were coming to realize something.
"You don't think he'd..." Rainbow started to say, but Twilight gestured with her hoof and gestured for them to talk away from me.
After a few minutes, Nurse Redheart stepped out of the hospital room. I got up from my chair and Twilight and Rainbow Dash turned around to talk to her.
"She's awake," Redheart said. "If you want to talk to her, right now would be the best time."
I nodded and trotted in with Twilight and Rainbow following close behind. The mysterious purple Pegasus mare was sitting up in bed and looking at us strangely.
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Violet's POV.
I woke up in what looked, strangely like a normal hospital room, only there was another one of those Horse things dressed like a Nurse that was checking on me. I checked myself, I was still a purple winged colored Horse creature. I sighed, this was going to take some getting used to.
"How are you feeling?" The nurse said as she examined my eyes.
"Okay I guess," I said, I had a headache, but that was about it.
"Well, you seem to be in good shape," the Nurse said. "There's a Pony outside who wants to talk to you, are you feeling up to it?"
"I guess so," I said, I didn't know anyone, here, also Ponies? This felt like some sort of weird kids show. The nurse nodded and went back outside.
I sighed and laid back in the Hospital Bed, I wasn't sure exactly what was going on here, I had gone from living a rather, ordinary life to... whatever the heck was going on here now.
The nurse came back in followed by a purple Pony I guess with a dark blue mane and a pair of wings and a Unicorn horn, a cyan colored winged Pony with a Rainbow colored mane and tail, and the small Orange Pony who nearly ran me over.
"Hi, I'm Twilight Sparkle, this is Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo," the Pony who introduced herself as Twilight said. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay I guess," I said. "Its just..."
I took another look at the three Ponies, it was weird, even though I had never met any of them before, it was weird but there was something familiar about at least one of them.
"Where am I?" I asked, the two older Ponies exchanged glances while the younger one came over to me.
"Uh, you're in Ponyville?" Twilight said. "Where did you come from anyway?"
"Uh, New York," I said, I wasn't sure exactly what else to answer that question with. "Where on Earth is Ponyville?"
"What's Earth? Like, Earth Ponies?" Scootaloo asked.
Twilight on the other hand seemed to be less surprised by that when she spoke up, "This isn't the Earth you know. What's the last thing you remember before you arrived in Ponyville?"
"This weird guy that called himself Discord made me an offer and then, I don't know, I wound up in Ponyville," I explained. "I know that sounds crazy."
"No, that sounds pretty normal for Discord," Rainbow Dash commented and shook her head.
"Sorry, we've had some dealings with him in the past," Twilight said. "Though why he sent you here is beyond me."
I wasn't sure either to be honest, it wasn't like I had ever met Discord, why did he send me here? I still wasn't sure what to make of my new Pony body, I wasn't even sure what to make of these wings.
"Scootaloo, can you stay with Nurse Redheart and... what's your name?" Twilight asked me.
"Violet, Violet Hart," I said.
"Violet while we go try and get some answers?" Twilight asked.
"Sure," Scootaloo said with a smile.
"Is that going to be okay, Violet?" Twilight asked me, I nodded quietly as the two Ponies left the room.
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Third Pony POV.
"Do you think she comes from that alternate universe you told us about?" Rainbow asked Twilight as they walked down the hall and into a common area. "And why would Discord send her here?"
"I don't know," Twilight admitted. "Why does Discord ever do anything that he does?"
Rainbow looked like she was about to say something when she closed her mouth and shook her head. "That crazy Dracoequues, how dare he take some poor Pony and just deposit her here for no reason?"
Twilight was about to say something when there was a flash of light and a grey and brown serpent-like creature with mismatched body parts appeared, his ears were literally on fire, he looked at the two with a smile. "Oh, my ears are burning, were you two talking about me?"
"Discord, you have a lot of explaining to do!" Twilight said. "Why did you take that poor woman out of her home universe?"
"What, can't a lord of chaos do a good deed every once in awhile?" Discord asked, which got stares from the two Ponies. "Oh right, you don't know do you?"
"Know what? What are you hiding?" Rainbow demanded.
"You'll see soon enough, believe me, this is the best for both of them," Discord said with a laugh as he vanished again in a flash of light.
"By Celestia that guy drives me crazy!" Rainbow said and stomped a hoof. "Doing a good deed, what a load of..."
"Rainbow, calm down," Twilight said and placed a hoof on her friend's shoulder. "I'm going to send a letter to Princess Celestia, you go check on those two, okay?"
"Okay, I'm on it," Rainbow said as the two parted ways.
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Twilight trotted towards her Castle as she passed through Ponyville. At least nothing strange or chaotic had happened here, but what was Discord's game? Why would he take that poor mare out of her home and send her here?
"Hi Twilight!" The hyperactive high pitched voice of Pinkie Pie said as she jumped out in front of Twilight. "Did you talk to Scootaloo? She's missing an amazing party!"
"Uh, yeah, I talked to her, but she's at the hospital," Twilight said.
"What? Is she okay?" Pinkie asked, suddenly looking worried for the little Filly.
"She's fine, she went there with a new Pony who showed up in the middle of town," Twilight explained.
"A new Pony?" Pinkie asked. "Wow, she must've been sent here by Discord or somepony else from another universe like the one you chased Sunset to!"
Twilight just blinked, she could never understand how Pinkie could figure these things out, but she had stopped trying to understand the crazy pink Pony a long time ago.
"Is it just me or are things getting weirder around here?" Twilight groaned and rest her hoof on her forehead. "What's next, time travelers from the future in a blue box?"
"Nope, that's in one of the other stories, I think she's trying to do something more... oh wait, I've said too much, spoilers and all" Pinkie said, this just got a weird look from Twilight. "What?"
"Uh, never mind, I need to send a letter to Princess Celestia," Twilight said as she started back towards her castle.
"Okey dokey lokey!" Pinkie said and bounced off.
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Scootaloo's POV.
Violet seems nice enough, but I can't help but feel like there's something about her that she's not telling me.
"So, umm..." Violet said. "What's Ponyville like?"
"Oh, its great!" I said. "Everypony in town is really nice, well, most of them. I've lived here for five years, maybe when you can leave, I can show you around town."
Violet gave me a smile, she had a nice smile. "Thank you Scootaloo, I'd like that a lot."
"Hey Scoots, Violet," Rainbow said as she trotted in. "The Doc says that you're healthy, do you feel up to leaving?"
"I, guess," Violet said as she got to her hooves and got off the bed, she took a tentative step forward and nearly fell over. I rushed over to try and help her stay up, she gave me a smile. "Thanks Scootaloo, sorry, I'm just not used to being like this yet..."
I blinked at that, was she not always a Pony then? What, exactly was she before then?
"Its, kind of a long story," Violet said. "So, how about that tour you offered?"
"Sure, lets go," I said with a nod and we both walked out of the hospital.
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Violet's POV.
I had to admit, Ponyville was a nice town. It reminded me more of a Victorian era town, though it was kind of strange that it was still kind of modern here and there. Actually I had to wonder exactly how ponies were able to use some of these items without the use of opposable thumbs.
I looked down at Scootaloo who was walking (trotting?) next to me. She was a nice kid, or, filly I guessed, she kind of reminded me of Sara actually. I sighed and a tear fell down my face as I remembered Sara.
"Are you okay, Violet?" Scootaloo asked, she looked up at me with those purple eyes of her's. "Why are you crying?"
"I'm sorry Scootaloo... its, complicated," I said with a sigh. "You, just remind me of someone, that's all."
I couldn't dump all my problems on someone... somepony so young. Besides, its not like she would understand, right? I was just a woman from, some other universe I guess at this point, there was nothing that I could have in common with a little winged Pony.
I noticed that a building that looked like it was some sort of a bakery or cake store, it looked like there was a party going on inside with several ponies outside and inside.
"Oh... yeah, that's Sugarcube Corner," Scootaloo said, finally speaking up again.
"Looks like there's quite a party going on," I said, I wasn't normally one for parties, though I wasn't sure about a Pony party.
"Yeah... its for me," Scootaloo said, her ears lowering as she looked at the ground. "Today's my birthday, but I don't really feel like celebrating."
"Its okay, if you don't want to go, we can go look around some more," I said, trying to reassure the Filly.
"No, its okay... my friends are there, I probably should go," Scootaloo said. "Will you come with me, Violet?"
"Sure thing," I said and we headed towards Sugarcube Corner. This wasn't too bad at least, I just have to try and get used to my new body.
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Third Pony POV.
Twilight opened the door to her Castle, she was concerned, if Violet was from the same universe that she had visited before, she had to wonder exactly why she was here. Spike came in a minute later.
"Spike, I need you to send a letter to Princess Celestia for me," she said.
"Got it, what do you need to send?" Spike asked as he took out a piece of paper and a quill pen.
"Dear Princess Celestia," Twilight dictated to Spike. "Today a Pegasus Mare named Violet Hart appeared in Ponyville. Discord claimed that he had sent her here from another universe, perhaps the one that Sunset went to, but wouldn't elaborate on why. I was wondering if you might have any insight on what's going on, or any information on the mare. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
Spike finished writing and went to an open window and breathed fire on the paper, sending it to Princess Celestia.
"Is there anything else? I really want to get to that party," Spike asked and looked at Twilight.
"Sure, go ahead, I'll be along shortly," Twilight said and Spike headed out the door. Twilight walked up the stairs and picked up a book. She opened it up to a blank page and started writing a message to Sunset Shimmer in the universe that she had visited before.
"Hey Sunset, I was hoping that you might be able to help us with a situation that's come up. Today a woman appeared out of nowhere and claimed to be from another universe, having been sent here by the spirit of chaos Discord. While I don't know if you'll be able to get any information, her name is Violet Hart and I was wondering if you might be able to help us out. If anyone in your universe by that name went missing recently, it could help us figure out why she's here. Thanks in advance, Twilight Sparkle."
She closed the book and put it in her saddlebags before leaving the castle, she could only hope that Sunset would be able to get some sort of information.
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Violet's POV
The party was surreal, you haven't seen a party until you've seen a group of multi-colored ponies partying. What was really strange was there was a Unicorn that was running what seems to be DJ equipment, that, just raised a lot of questions about exactly how it was made.
"Scootaloo!" Two voices called out and two more fillies ran up to us, one was yellow with a red mane and tail with a bow tied to her mane while the other was white with pink and purple coloring.
"Hey, who's this?" The white filly asked as she looked at me curiously.
"Uh, hi, I'm Violet," I said sheepishly, I wasn't quite sure what to make of these fillies just yet.
"Nice to meet you Violet, I'm Sweetie Belle," Sweetie Belle said.
"An' Ah'm Apple Bloom," Apple Bloom said in a southern accent, which surprised me a little bit. "And together we're tha..."
"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!" Those two and Scootaloo said together.
"What's a cutie mark?" I asked, that's when I realized that all three of them, and the other ponies for that matter, had symbols on their flanks that were different from each other.
"You don't know what a Cutie Mark is?" Scootaloo asked, she glanced at my flank, I looked back and realized that I didn't have one of those symbols. "Everypony has one, it represents our special talent or destiny."
"Huh, I wonder why I don't have one..." I wondered out loud as I looked at my blank flank.
"Well, what did you do where you come from?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"I was a Veterinarian," I said, though I wasn't sure what good that would do me here, while I knew about horses sure, I didn't know how much different physiology was for Ponies.
"Huh, Ah wonder what kind of cutie mark that would give yah," Apple Bloom said curiously.
"I don't know," I admitted with a shrug, or as close to a shrug as I could get with legs instead of arms.
"Hey, maybe we can help you, I mean that's kind of what we do anyway, we help Ponies get their cutie marks," Sweetie suggested.
"That sounds great," Sweetie Belle said, the two looked at Scootaloo.
"Sure, sounds good," Scootaloo said with a nod. "I'd be glad to help you."
There did still seem to be something weird about Scootaloo, like she was trying to hide something, even from her friends. I was about to say something when a pink Pony bounced, I kid not, actually bounced up to me.
"Hi, you must be the new Pony!" She said in a cheerful, high-pitched voice as she took my hoof and shook it vigorously. "I'm Pinkie Pie, I'm a party pony who works here at Sugarcube corner, its nice to meet you!"
What the heck was up with this Pony, did she constantly eat sugar or something to keep herself this hyper?
"Umm, hi, I'm Violet Hart," I said.
Pinkie Pie got up right in my face and looked at me right in the eyes, I wasn't really sure exactly what the heck she was looking at.
"Yep, just as I thought!" She said and bounced off, leaving me looking perplexed.
"What just happened?" I asked as I looked at the three fillies who just shrugged.
"That's Pinkie Pie fer yah, she's, Pinkie," Apple Bloom said.
"Trust me Violet, don't even try to figure her out, I gave up on trying to figure out Pinkie Pie a long time ago," Twilight said as she walked up to us. "Are you doing okay?"
"Yeah, its not too bad here," I answered. "I mean its kind of, weird, but I can get used to it, I hope."
"Well that's good, just relax and enjoy the party," Twilight said with a smile before heading into the crowd.
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It was pretty late by the time the party was finally over, at least Scootaloo seemed to have fun now that she was with her friends once again. Finally we were the only ones left with Pinkie and Twilight.
"Have a good night all of you, and Violet we'll have a party for you very soon!" Pinkie waved as I left with Twilight and Scootaloo.
"I had a great time tonight, thanks Violet," Scootaloo said as she jumped onto her scooter and took off.
"Hey, do you have a place to sleep tonight?" Twilight asked, it took me a minute to realize she was talking to me.
"Well, uh, no," I admitted. "I mean I kind of showed up here today."
"True, well, why don't you stay at my Castle at least for tonight?" Twilight offered. "I have plenty of room."
"Sure," I said with a shrug as we headed towards her castle. When we reached it I was surprised to see that it was a huge castle that seemed to be built out of a crystal or rock tree, the door opened to reveal the large, opulent design of the entry hall.
Twilight showed me to a room that while nice, was still pretty non-descript. I sighed looked out at the night sky, at least while I was here the stars were a lot more visible than back home.
My thoughts went back to Sara... I missed her so much, and being here, it felt almost like I had abandoned her. I still had to wonder why Discord had sent me here, it seemed like a strange move on his part.
I was tired, but there was one more thing I wanted to try, I spread out my wings and tried to flap them to get some lift. I managed to lift off for a few seconds before falling to the floor again, but I guess it was too much to ask for my first try.
I yawned and laid down in the bed that had been provided for me, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
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Scootaloo's POV.
The trip back to the orphanage wasn't very eventful. I went inside and went past a few of the other orphans.
"Hey Scootaloo," Sandy said as she came up to me. "Did you make it to your birthday party after all?"
"Yeah," I said. "Well, after I met this Pegasus named Violet who, kind of appeared out of nowhere."
Sandy looked at me strangely at that. "Uh, how did she..."
"I, don't know honestly, magic?" I said with a shrug. "She seems nice though, but she seems to not be from around here."
"I see," Sandy said. "Do you think she might adopt you?"
I paused at that, I had to admit that the thought hadn't actually occurred to me. While Violet was nice enough, I wasn't sure if it was something that was going to happen, at least not until I got to know her better.
"I, don't know really," I said with a shrug as we stopped by my room. "I'll see you tomorrow, Sandy."
"Night Scoots," Sandy said as she kept going down the hall.
I looked out the window, I had a perfect view of the stars and the castle in the distance. I wondered what Violet was doing at that instant before I went to bed and closed my eyes, hoping that at least I could have pleasant dreams, for once.
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Third Pony POV.
Twilight sighed as she started to get ready for bed when the book she had written in started to vibrate. She took it out and opened it up to find words written from Sunset.
"Geez Twilight, really, Discord is involved somehow? The last I heard, he was still trapped in stone. Anyway, I've got, well, the other you looking into it, she's better with computers than I am at least so if anyone can find out any information, she can. I'll let you know if we find anything. Talk to you later, Sunset."
"Well, that's, something at least," Twilight said with a shrug. Celestia hadn't answered back yet, there wasn't anything left to do. She sighed and headed to bed, hoping that tomorrow would have more answers.
Author's Note
Well, that's chapter 2, and I'm sorry if I didn't get any of the character details right, I'm not really used to writing these characters.
