A dream come true...sort of
A cup of tea in my hand, a night full of stars, and a hard day behind me. It's these kind of nights that make everything better. Standing just outside my home, I looked up at the night sky letting my mind think of nothing but the stars and the endless space of space. I cracked a smile at my silly joke.
My name, is Ian Hunts. I’m a Scottish 16 year old boy and I’m a student plumber and brony. Well a little brony, there's already like, what, 6 seasons out? And in the middle of season 2! And the worst part is SPOILERS!!! To name a few: changeling invasion, King Somdra sucks, Twilight is a princess and fights Tirek like Goku, Time travel thanks to… Glimmer? I think her name was Glimmer, The CMC get their cutie marks (That spoiler made me rage my b***’s off) Dragon lord Ember . Anyway, I’m getting off topic, I live with my mum, my step dad, my little brother (little devil) and my dog Snowy (he’s a white husky). I love and hate them with all my heart and they me.
They all know I’m a brony, and they don’t care. Sure there was my brother giving me the ‘HA GAY!’ every time I brought it up, but he warmed up to the show after some time. He even made his own OC (the most mary sue guy you can get) just like me (minus mary sue…I think).
I laughed to myself at the thought of all the crap we came up with.
Suddenly, I heard a crack, it was so quiet I almost missed it. I looked left…nothing…’crack’ I looked right…nothing… ‘crack’ Okay I’m a little creeped out now, whatever that is I don’t trust it.
‘CRUMBLE’
I looked, down…it might have been dark, but I could see cracks all around me, in a nice circle with me in the middle.
“what the-“’CRASH’ I couldn’t finish my sentence for the whole ground gave in and I fell into the black.
I screamed, fear taking over my mind as my limbs flared all around me trying grab ahold of anything to stop my fall.
“HELP PLEASE SOMEONE HELP I’M-“’BONK’ my plea for help were silenced by a hard stone to the back of the head, after that I fell into nothingness.
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The first thing that came to my spinning head was that I was lying down on a hard surface. I couldn’t feel my hands for some reason I didn’t know ‘did I sleep on them?’ I thought. I wasn’t on my bed, that much I knew, I felt no blanket, no pillow, no pajama’s… but there was a sound, that I knew well ‘are those… cricket’s??’. Did I fall asleep in the garden, bet the others were laughing at me ‘Jerks’ I thought. Still that didn’t explain the ground swallowing me a minute ago… hour ago, last night? I don’t know how long I was out.
Speaking of out cold, it that very moment my head, so kindly reminded me, that I took a stone to the back of the head.
‘Oh god! That’s going to leave a mark OW!’ I was lying on my belly and I tried to bring up my arm to rub my skull splitting pain, but my arm gave me the F-you and didn’t comply. ’Great just what I need, what’s next?’
Then I thought it was time to wake up, slowly I licked my lips and- ‘what the hell?’ my tongue seemed to be block by a… something in my mouth. Trying to figure out what it was, I followed it to the bottom and-…. Wait, is that a fang in my mouth? No! that’s crazy because, uh, if it were real it must be… attached to my gums! So with that said I brought my tongue back up to feel that this “fang” was clearly a fa-… nope, its real. I checked the other side of my mouth to see if I had another one…yep I do.
‘Okay that’s kind of freaky’ I thought as my heart sank ‘W-what’s next? Bat-wings? heh heh’ thanks to the shock of having a new body part, my eyes shot open. It took me a while for my eyes to adjust to the early night light.
Looking ahead of me I could tell I was no longer in my garden, I was under a bush of some sort. I’m no plant expert.” Okay world, you’ve lost me” I said to myself. Okay, so I’m in a bush in god knows were, I’ve got mutated fans coming out my mouth, I have no bloody clue how I got here and to top it all off I’ve got a skull splitting headache.
“there’s no way in hell this can get worse!” I said angrily… how wrong I was.
Finally having the energy to move my arms again, I brought my right arm under my chin to rest my head on (still lying on the ground) “Okay it’s starting to get dark, no point in lying around here I suppose.” I said as I lifted my finger to scratch-
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I’m moving the muscles for my right index finger, and nothing is happening. Okay let’s try all my fingers………… nothing. ‘There’s no way this can get worse’ ‘you just HAD to say that didn’t you Ian!’
I felt fear, fear for whatever cruel fate, psychopath, lord, animal has done to my hands.
Slowly I looked down at my for limbs…. blink….blink….blink….’Gulp’ what I saw in front of me was not human in any form.
Were my hands ones were, lay in their place , flat, night black… hooves.
Any normal person would scream their heads and go in a mad frenzy.
However, I was to shocked for any of that. I just ley there staring at these strange limbs-‘no, my limbs.’ I thought in horror. Looking at the rest of my arm, I saw something mind-blowing and…. A little, expected. I had night black exoskeleton with holes on the side of my arms.
It was a look that I knew all too well. I somehow turned into a changeling.
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“Okay I’ve just turned into a f***ing fictional changeling from a show for little girls, and odd guys like me. Fan-f***ing-tastic”….. “wait a minute! when I swore, did it just get censored?!” true enough, a loud beeping noise kept coming every time I swore.
‘Seriously, I got turned into a dam Changeling and I’m more concerned about swearing! Ian what’s wrong with you!!’ I though angrily to myself. With all that shenanigans over with, I decided to get out of this bush and get home… or indoors it’s starting to get darker buy the minute.
‘So if I’m a changeling, then I should have four leg’s’ with that said I tried to crawl out of this dam bush and proceeded to figure out how my back legs work. Surprisingly it’s not that hard, it’s like crawling all over again.
Now that I’m out of that bush I can see where I am and, it’s not my back yard. “Oh, I’m in some random forest now too. Lovely…” I said to no one in particular. Now I’m not even scared, this is just getting old real fast. I’m in the middle of some forest in the middle of who knows where, behind me there’s that bush I woke up in a minute ago. In front of me, there were trees, there were more bushes, some noises and some more plants I had no knowledge of. This place had a little uneasy feeling about it. “Okay this is starting to get scary again” I said to myself (It helps me calm down and relax).
It felt extremely odd being here, this place felt very familiar. It also looked like something out of a kids show. As I looked up to see how late it was (you can imagine the look on this guy’s face when he sees the moon).
As I looked up… I saw the moon………….no not THAT moon! THIS MOON
I looked in horror and amazement at the moon I knew from back home. I didn’t know how to feel, scared?, joyed?, worried?, thrilled?! One thing is for sure. I. Do. Not. Feel all right about this.
“Oh no… Oh SSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH****************************T!!!!!!” I shouted to the sky as I ran back and forth. “Are you serious? Are you f****ng serious?! What the hell I’m I going to do? I’m a Changeling now so am I the bad guy?! How do I go about this?! I’m I going to live here forever!? I’m owned by Hasbro now?! Should I be happy that I’m here or-‘THUD’
My panic attack was short lived thanks to a hole in my hind leg getting hooked by a conveniently located root poking out the ground, resulting in me falling face first in the dirt. “if this gonna be a running gag, I’m not amused!” I groaned to myself. After picking myself up and after wildly shaking my leg free (I looked like an idiot) and dusting myself off (surprisingly without falling), it was only then that the holes in my forelimbs were not as the others in the show. Both were mirrored to the other, I had one hole that was a fully rounded shape at the end of my hoof, the others were all half circles, that was because they were all at the side of my elbow and formed three hook like spiky bits. “Whoa, just like Batman!” I said in amusement. Upon further inspecting I saw that there were tiny holes, as big as marbles, making a line of holes from my hoof to my shoulders. “Okay, what’s up with these holes? Do they have a purpose or are they just for show?” I then lifted my right “arm” close to my face for a closer look “cuz if it was, I’d say I would look…’holy’ awesome!”…..
‘cricket’ ‘cricket’
My cocky smile left my face and was replaced by a frown at my own pun ‘Yeah, that sounded way better in my head’ I thought stupidly. A gush of wind past by making me shiver “ Oh yeah, it’s getting dark and I’m in a kids TV show lost in a forest” I then decided to check my surroundings for any signs of a trail… I didn’t find any, but, at least I know where I am.
“The Everfree Forest… OF COURSE THE EVERFREE FOREST, WHY NOT!!!” I shouted in annoyance. ‘right, here are my options: #1 I can stay here and get eaten, or turned to stone #2 I can find Ponyville and risk getting in trouble by the cops guards… and meet my favorite characters… turned to stone… get some answers… have the ponies attack me for being a Changeling, or worse… #3... Find Zecora and…Uh… NOPE, bad idea! I remember the spoiler from the time travel crap! She might kill me!’ After thinking over my options, ALL of them being very risky, I came to a decision.
‘#2 sounds good, because I could get some answers AND hang out with the others AND… its better than this dump’. So with that said, I began my quest for Ponyville!!
Only one problem….
“Where is it?”
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After walking for, what, 30 minutes? I can say I’m getting impatient. “Okay! It should right here!” I said as I turned a corner of the natural path I found. nothing.(10 minutes later) “Riiiiiight here!” I said as I looked over a hill. Nothing.(another 10 minutes later) “Where the Hell is it?!” I said as I walked past a river hoping it would past Fluttershy’s house or Ponyville itself. Nothing.
Another 10 minutes later.
“Right, I’m out of ideas! If this don’t work, I’m gonna be P***ED!!!” I’m now climbing the highest mountain I came across so far, with a last ditch plan to find Ponyville. Just before I reached the top of this mountain, I stopped, and took a deep breath and calmed my head. “Okay, I’m going to close my eyes-” I closed my eyes and moved to the top. “- and when I open them up… it’s going to right here in all its glory!....”
Nothing.
“Oh come on! It’s a whole bloody town for god sake! It’s not like it just ran off!!!” this is just great, I’m lost, I’m cold, I’m cranky and I don’t know how to PEE as a Changeling! I DON’T KNOW HOW TO PEE!!! I grit my teeth at how stupid that sounds and grumbled.
“What! Can go wrong now!” I know saying that in this place is bad luck, but I don’t care anymore!
‘Thunder Clap’
I looked up at the sky to see the moon was blocked out by a big black cloud. That only meant one thing. “Bloody rain…” I groaned. Deciding that staying out in the upcoming rain (As much as I like it) was not a good idea. I remember a cave opening on my way up. ‘Il just wait in there’.
A minute later I’m in the cave. It’s not much of a sight to say. But it’s not ugly in any way. It had no signs of anything living in it, so, I ventured in. “HELLOOOOO!!!”……. And just like the Ponyville search, nothing (but my echo). The cave will keep me out of the surprisingly heavy rain and wind, but it was still cold. The cave opening was no bigger than my fire place back home (I think it was no bigger than that, hard to tell when your four legged). But the inside was much, much bigger. I can’t see much further than 5 meters, it was an open, rounded space with a cartoon floor (by that I mean it was fit for a house) with a little hole in the right wall. Where does it go? I don’t know. All I cared about is getting out of the rain. At the back, there was a thin pathway that led to darkness. ‘well that's not going to give me nightmares at all’ I though with sarcasm trying to lighten my cranky, lost mood.
I crawl in a corner and take a deep breath and take in what has happened to me so far. I’m lost, I’m cold, I’m confused and I’m…I’m…I-I’m scared. I don’t want to say it but I’m scared. The last though going through my mind before falling asleep was home.
“Home… ‘sniff’… I want to go home” I then proceeded to cry myself to sleep.
