Same Place, Same Time, Different Body

I woke up, yawning.

'What time is it?'

I looked around, and it was evening, probably around 6-7:00.

'That's not too long,' I thought. 'Not much could have happened.'

I peeked over the side of my cloud (which was over my house by the way) and saw an uncountable number of cars parked all along the streets, in driveways, everywhere that someone could possibly fit. Some people even walked to whatever event was happening. Camera crews were set up as well, camera's pointing at my cloud. People had their cell phones and video camera's out to take photos.

"Dangit Rick, I KNEW I couldn't trust you." I said to myself in disgust and regret. Should've never gone with him.

I lowered my cloud a little bit, and stuck my head over the edge.

"There it is!"

"It's awake!"

"Turn on the cameras!"

SERIOUSLY? HOW was I going to get away from all of this. This is exactly what I wanted to avoid. I flopped back down on my cloud to try and fall asleep, but all the ruckus kept me awake.

This is bad. This is really bad. Even worse for the fact that I'm at my house. They probably figured it was just a random area though. If anyone did find out, then we would be  bombarded with reporters all the time. Probably have to move houses, but even then media does find it's way to figure out your location. Reporters were standing outside my house, with the camera crew focused on them. One started talking, and I could hear her well enough because she was fairly loud.

"...Several reports of seeing this creature have been issued, but only one of them has been real so far. Here's the photo that an anonymous user took." Photo? Great. He just didn't tell somebody, but he TOOK A PHOTO! He even gave it directly to the news crew. I could tell because they said "Anonymous User". I waited a little longer, and the reporters were just talking more and more about the situation. I could predict what was happening, because I've seen the news before. They were probably conversing with the anchorman about if the photo was actually real. It was real, and I was about to show them.

I 'wheeled' my cloud over to where it was closer to the news crew, and I was about to do something I would both regret and be thankful for. Talk to them.

The reporter was shocked to see the cloud slowly move over to them. They were actually scared of me. Haha, that's just silly. A little pony isn't going to hurt you. Unless you hurt him. Then he will set you on fire and spray you in lighter fluid. Hehehehe.

She started to talk a little bit faster and with a little nervousness.

"...A-as you can see, the cloud is slowly moving towards us. I can't expect what it will do, if it can talk our language, or it will *blahblahblah*..."

It's my time to strike. Not literally though.

I hopped of the cloud and landed right in front of the lady. She just stood there, mouth hanging open like she was trying to catch bugs in her mouth. Ew, that's just a nasty thought. I stared back at the lady, and she didn't say anything. I started to back up a little bit, and then everybody's cameras were flashing, cell-phones taking photos and videos, and everybody was pushing and shoving to get a better view. Some people were in some of the trees that leaned over the street.

'Why is everybody so desperate to see me?' I thought in desperate confusion.

'Oh wait, never mind. Duh.'

A fight broke out in the crowd, and I was starting to be circled. I closed my eyes, everybody was pushing and shoving around me, lights were flashing, everybody was yelling, shouting and talking. I started to shake, and I wished I was dead. This was the worst day of my life. The day I became everyone's center of attention. I didn't want anything but to be dead, and I wished it never happened. But then again I'm happy that it happened, but I wish THIS never happened. But it was going to eventually.

'Better to get it over with now.' I thought.

"ENOUGH! ALL OF YOU!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Everybody fell silent, staring at me, eyes wide open. They all backed up slowly, not sure of what was going to happen. I didn't know what to do now either, so I did what anybody would do in peril.

Cry.

I cried like never before, hoping that I would be left alone. I would be left on this street to die a lonely death, as a pony. Not a human as originally planned, but a flying and magic-using pony. I cried as I thought about my family. I cried when I thought about my future. I would no longer go to college, and be successful. My whole life is ruined. I will be followed by social media forever, or turned into a lab-rat by scientists and doctors. I was just a normal, average kid, who had already been put through enough bullying, betrayal, stress, worry, and death.

"It's not over yet, Jack." said a voice in my head.

"It's not over yet."

"There's a reason for things that happen in this universe, Jack Sovner, and this is one of them." the voice said.

It was very calming, and heartwarming. It made me feel greater than before, feel happy, and no longer upset.

"You will make a great difference in this world, Jack. You have your whole life ahead of you to fulfill."

"It's not over yet..."

"It's not over."

I stopped crying at this, and lifted up my head. My eyes were bloodshot, my mouth shut, and tears streaming out of my eyes.

'It's not over yet.' I thought to myself.

All the reporters, camera crew, people gathered around, and children too, had a look of sadness on their faces. A look of regret.

'It's not over yet.'

I lifted up into the air, very slowly, and turned around away from them.

"Wait!" someone called out.

"What's your name?" they asked.

I turned around again, this time my eyes weren't bloodshot, my face wasn't red, my tears were gone, and I had a small smile on my face.

"My name..." I said looking at the crowd.

"Is Jack..."

"...Jack Sovner..." I said dramatically.

I spun around as fast as I could, doing a 180 and disappeared in a small flash of light.

'It's not over yet.'