My Life as a Little Pony

Monday, 6:55 A.M.

"Are you sure that you should go to school?" I asked Seth, who was currently in my room writing his Shakespeare paper that had to be done by today. I was currently having problems of my own, namely how to keep my tail from popping out of my jeans and how to ensure my shoes stay on my hooves. And right now, I would really like to switch spots with him.

"Of course, we practiced having you act like a human, remember? And we disguised you too." Seth said, not moving his face from the computer. He was still wearing his pajamas, but I assumed he'd change into a black shirt and blue jeans, which were laid out neatly in front of his bed.

"I only got to practiced for an hour because someone wanted to watch Equestria Girls for the fifteenth time," I complained, starting to sound like Twilight. "Which wouldn't have been so bad if we found a website that could have turned me back into a human, but nope! All the sites we found were total frauds!" I put on my hoodie, thankfully the easiest part of my disguise, and looked at the monstrosity in the mirror. A face with tan painted fur, a baseball cap, a hoodie, jeans, and shoes were on my pony body, and it didn't feel right. They felt wrong, almost like unnecessary weight.

"Yeah. Anyway, we should probably get to school soon," Seth replied, printing out the paper. "And today, I'm gonna help you find a site to help you, no matter how far we gotta dive into the Internet."

"I'm still not sure I should go," I said nervously, kicking my hoof. "I mean, I'm pretty much the real version of E.T., except I'm a pony and I doubt police will point radios at me."

"Come on, just one day dude!" Seth said, obviously trying to cheer me up. "Besides, don't you wanna see Rachel again? I'm sure that she'll still love you based on what I learned from movies. So, can you do it? Please."

I rolled my eyes, knowing that movie events like that don't actually happen in real life. But, he did have a point. I should at least check on Rachel and tell her to cancel the date, or at least move it. So, I went along with it. Besides, it's just one day, right?

After a twenty minute walk that seemed to last longer due to me constantly falling on my hooves, we eventually made it to the school a few minutes before we have to go to our first period. No one seemed to notice me, or at least they didn't notice anything wrong with me. To them, I probably looked like an androgynous girl wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap. Hopefully, this illusion will keep them fooled.

Walking to my locker, a pain in the ass due to my body, I wasn't paying attention as I bumped into someone. Luckily, my hat didn't fall off. Unfortunately, the person I bumped into was my girlfriend Rachel.

As I expected, she looked absolutely beautiful. Her hair was as silky smooth as always, and her eyes were still as shiny. Her simple white shirt and blue skirt looked magnificent on her. Luckily, she didn't notice anything strange about me.

"Hello there Tyler. Did you do something with your hair?" Rachel said, pointing to some of my showing mane. "It looks foreign."

"Yeah! I mean, um, y-yeah!" I said, trying to make my voice sound masculine. In actuality, I was probably making my voice crack, which would be more believable than what I did. "It's, um, a new style. Toothpaste?"

Rachel giggled at my lame attempt at a joke while we walked to my locker. "So, are we still good for that date tomorrow?" She asked. "I've always wanted to dine at Pastel's, especially with a cute boyfriend. And now, it's gonna happen."

"Actually... something came up, and I was wondering if we could move it to Friday," I said. I didn't specify why I wanted to move it to then. Simply put, I wanted more time to try and either return to normal or train to act more human.

Rachel nodded. "Sure, if that works out better for you," She said smiling. "Well, see you on Friday!" She waved goodbye and left,aallowing me to have a miniature internal party. Running on a lucky streak, I grabbed my stuff and headed to my first period class, English.

Most of my classmates were already in class, but I wasn't late. Being careful not to accidentally sit on my tail, I sat down and tried to pull out my paper, a near impossible task due to my hooves. But, I wasn't going to risk using my magic in public. I soon got my paper out, just in time as the teacher entered. She collected them and started her lesson on Hamlet, which I chose to ignore in favor of trying to figure out who transformed me and why.

I assumed the voice, or rather its owner, transformed me, considering what happened yesterday morning. It was also female, probably, and must've had knowledge of My Little Pony since I was now Lyra. I tried coming up with a scientific explanation for my changes, but stopped after realizing that I highly doubt science could explain a human male turning into a female cartoon horse.

With one explanation ruled out, I turned the next most possible reason: magic. Specifically, Equestrian magic. Over the next few classes, I continued to pay less attention to the lessons and instead focused on finding out what used the magic to transformed me. Figuring the magic was at least on an alicorn level, I had a couple options: Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, and Discord, maybe even more. So, no specific culprit, but it was a start. I wanted to continue to think, but I started blacking out occasionally.

After spending four classes trying to solve the case and getting flashes of black, lunch period finally arrived. Due to my new tastes, I had to order a salad and sat next to Seth at our usual spot. Instead of our standard topics like the brony fandom and the horrible life a high school student has to suffer through, we discussed about who could have changed me.

"So, let me recap what happened to you," Seth started. "You got a strange Skype call from someone with a Celestia pic, you woke up to the sound of Celestia's voice, and you turned into Lyra. Am I missing anything?"

"No, you got down everything strange that happened to me," I said, taking a bite of my salad. "And I think I know who changed me. All the evidence points too..."

"Discord!" Seth interrupted. "It has to be him, that sneaky freak."

"Discord? Why would it be him?" I asked, confused.

"Duh, who else could pull such a prank?" Seth said. "I mean, really, who would?"

Sighing, I decided to let him think he's right. But, in actuality,the evidence pointed to the least likely culprit: Miss Sunbutt herself, Princess Celestia.

"So, say Discord did change me. How could I reverse this?" I asked Seth. "It's not like we have the Elements of Harmony or anything. And the sites we found were just frauds." I started to panic, fearing I would be stuck like this. "What do we do Seth?" But no response came. I went to look at Seth, but he wasn't there. In fact, I wasn't in the cafeteria anymore, but in a black nothingness all by myself. At least, until a figure stepped out in front of me. An equine figure, with wings and a horn, as well as a flowing multicolored mane.

Princess Celestia.

"Hello, my little pony, how has your day been?" The alicorn asked. "I'm honestly surprised at what you humans have."

"You really think this is funny, bitch?" I asked angrily.

Celestia giggled. "Guess my work isn't quite done yet. I'll have to update that tongue of yours. Ponies don't curse after all."

"I know," I started. "But I'm still human, in terms of my mind. Anyway, what do you want? And why did you change me?" I asked, hoping to get some answers, even though I expected to get none.

"I wanted to show you a new life, one better than this one," Celestia explained, smirking. "But before I procede, I need you to get used to the body. Simple as that."

"But why Lyra?" I asked. "Since you're from Equestria, she has to be in your world."

Celestia sighed. "You'll find out in due time. For you, you should be up from your slumber in three... two..." As she said one, I arrived back in the cafeteria with only one or two of my questions answered, and more questions gained.