--Earth - Day Zero--

-11:38 AM-

As I gain consciousness, I feel something warm wrapped in my arms. It's pretty big too, almost my size; and from what I can tell, I can feel... feathers? That's not right, nothing that lives in my home has feathers! I decide to open my eyes. All I can see is a yellow and... pink blur?

My vision clears up, not only am I on the couch from early this morning, but an all-too-familiar pagasus was in my arms.

So, if last night wasn't a dream, then the ponies I spoke with did come here for help... but why, and how? I sit up, only to become light-headed, and go half-blind. Dammit, why did I just have to get up too fast? I attempt to rub my eyes with my hand, only to be whacked in the face with... something hard?

"What the hell?" I softly asked myself.

Wait, that's not my voice; I mean, it was definitely me who spoke, but that isn't my voice! I thought to myself. I decided to look at my arms, only to see a couple light-grey forelegs.

I've taught myself to stay calm over the past few years, and this proved to be nearly impossible in this case. But just before I even have the chance to start panicking, something I hear grabs my attention. It sounded like, a door opening.

"I just want to see my son." I hear my mom speak up, sounding impatient.

"Look, I'm not going to stop you. Just, don't freak out, okay?" Spoke a worried Twilight.

"Yeah, you've already fainted once; we don't need that happening again." Spoke another familiar, yet raspy voice.

"Rainbow! She's already been through enough, just let her go downstairs! This is her home after all." Twilight said, sounding a little irritated.

Having put everything together as the three spoke, I'd decided to head upstairs and let my mother see me. However, getting off the couch is the first thing on the list, and it isn't coordination that was the problem. It was getting off the couch without waking up any of the other sleeping ponies around me; originally, I'd only noticed fluttershy. Now I see four other ponies: Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity, and Starlight.

Whilst looking around, I see something grey protruding from my new blue mane, but just barely in sight.

"I can bring her up if you want." Twilight says, but I didn't hear her.

Oh, good. At least Twilight, I think, made me a unicorn. I thought to myself. Maybe I could teleport? Yeah, sounds like it's worth a shot.

Before I know it, I'm in my mom's bedroom, on her bed, feeling very nauseated.

Dammit Twilight, you could've warned me.

"Jason, is that really you?" Mom questioned, sincerely worried.

"Yeah... Mom." I reply, now noticing how the new, and girly voice sounds.

"Are you okay? How do you feel?" Mom continued.

"I'm fine, and I feel fine." That answer seemed to calm my anxious mother.

My mom, who stood by the bed, walked over to me. I took this as an offer for a hug, and stood on my hind legs, resting my forelegs and head on her shoulders. I don't know exactly why, but she decided to scratch behind my left ear, making my right hind leg kick.

"Hehe," Mom giggled.

"Mom," I respond, "please... just stop. I just want a normal hug."

"Fine."

After the well needed hug, I'd decided to gather some information from a certain Twilight.

"So, Twilight, would you mind explaining to me why this is happening?" I asked.

"Well," she nervously laughed a little, "that's going to be rather difficult to explain." Twilight responded.

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-12:34 PM-

Twilight had sat on the edge of my bed, her lavender coat bringing in a little more colour to the blue and grey painted room. Huh, my mane matches the same blue on those walls. And my coat matches the light grey on the other two walls, and my bedding.

I could quite easily hide myself in plain sight. I slightly grinned.

"So, might I ask why you're here? On Earth, I mean." I spoke up.

"Well, we were sent here in hopes that we could find some help." Twilight began.

"Help with what?" I asked.

"Um... you see, the sun. It kinda, exploded." Said pony answered. Seeming nervous at that.

"So, you're telling me that your home star went supernova? We haven't got time to waste! We need to work on evacuations, shelter... those ponies need help out there! They can't survive that kind of heat, nor the radiation that must be out there as we speak!" I snapped.

"Actually, we have plenty of time here on Earth." Twilight said, quite flatly.

"Wha- How so?"

"Well, for every day that passes on Equestria, about a couple of weeks are supposed to pass here, on Earth."

"So that has something to do with gravitational time dilation? Assuming our worlds are a part of the same universe."

Wait, does Twilight know anything about that? I mean, she would be most interested in this subject.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

"Gravitational time dilation?" Twilight asked, giving a bemused look.

"Oh, no! It's- it's nothing!" I tried to cover up the idea, knowing what I'm about to get myself into. I am not discussing gravity with her.

"Um... okay. Moving on then."

"So, how do you expect to get help from Earth? And I'm assuming this would be for evacuations?" I was a little curious.

"Well, yes. It's for evacuations, but the evacuees need a place to stay. We've got about two Equestrian days to find a place for them, before half of Equestria, um... begins to freeze over." Twilight said, with a more depressed look on her muzzle

"What about the other half? They can't survive long out there, even if they've taken shelter underground."

"We don't have any safe ways of evacuation in that firestorm." Twilight looked at me with a somber expression on her muzzle; so solemn that it was in fact, probably the most sobering thing in sight.

"Well, we're going to have to come up with something. I'm sure we've got about six weeks before it gets too bad." I continued, but I'd rather stop at this point. Seeing tears build up in Twilight's eyes; and I'm sure that, as a princess, said pony must be very stressed about this. I'd hate to see her cry, but I'm sure she just needs to let it out, it's her choice. "Look, Twilight. If you're gonna cry, do it. I understand you must be very stressed about this, sometimes the crying helps. Just let it out already."

At that, the lavender alicorn began sobbing into my shoulder.

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-1:20 PM-

After about forty-five minutes of sobbing, Twilight cried herself to sleep. I'm sure she was already tired, possibly from being far off of her sleep schedule. That explains the 3 AM wakeup. I'd decided to walk over to the bathroom and see myself in the mirror; just a couple feet to the right of my bedroom door was the bathroom.

I saw what I can still barely see as myself, but I know it's still me. In the mirror, I saw a grey mare with a light grey coat. And I had a mane with two different shades of blue, a couple white streaks passing through it. My tail, wait... I'm still wearing the clothes I slept in! I slipped the basketball shorts and boxers off quite easily, but the white t-shirt proved to be problematic. After a couple of minutes of struggling with my hooves, I finally got the shirt off, only to reveal another surprise. Wings.

"Holy shit."

Not only do I have a horn, but I also have wings. Fucking wings!

But, I do notice something different about them, compared to Twilight's wings. Mine weren't alicorn wings, they were pegasi wings, and were slightly fading to blue at the tips of their feathers.

Pegasi wings.

Well, that raises even more questions.

Author's Note

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Thanks for any feedback! Until next time, everybody!