Yesterday at the lighting of the Hearth's Warming tree...

"There's your sister," Apple Bloom said, looking through the crowd.

"Sis I'm...," Sweetie Belle started to call out but then.

“Citizens of Ponyville, before we light the Hearth's Warming tree, I would first like to introduce to Richard, he is a human from another world,” Twilight said pointing to him.

Sweetie Belle gasped, looking at the human as he stepping forward and started talking. She remembered that Rarity used to talk about him a lot when she came back from Equestria.

She thought to herself looking worried.

Rainbow swooped in and landed next to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.

"Hi girls, did I miss it?" Rainbow asked them.

"Na yer just in time," Apple Bloom said with a smile.

“Alright everypony this is the moment you have been waiting for,” Twilight said, walking up to the tall evergreen tree. ”Let's light up the tree on the count of three!” She said in a loud voice.

“ONE,”
“TWO,”
“THREE!”

Twilight's horn glowed bright purple and then shot a blast of magic that enveloped the tree. The lights on the tree lit up bright and started to twinkle different colors. Richard walked to Rarity and they kissed each other.

"Hehe, your sister is really snogging him," Rainbow said with a smirk elbowing Sweetie who looking horrified.

"I got to do something before he takes her away Apple Bloom," Sweetie said walking with her friend.

They both spotted a crowd of ponies with their children standing in line.

"Why not ask Santa?" Apple Bloom looked at the line up.

A wood fence surrounded an area with large red and white candy canes in the snow. Also, there were decorated trees and a large red sleigh hooked up to four pegasus ponies dressed for the holidays. There was a large lineup of little ponies waiting for a chance to sit in Santa's lap to ask him for a gift. Sitting in a large green chair was Discord dressed in a Santa suit with a large white beard looking bored. Another pony jumped in his lap and looked up at him.

"Santa, I want a jumper, a toy train, my own tree house." The young yellow colt asked him.

"Ho, ho and ho again, why yes little one, I will see what I can do, now run along," Discord said with a fake smile as the colt jumped off him.

Sweetie Belle had an idea what she wanted to ask and squeezed into the line.

The next day outside of Rarity’s home…

“I’m not a pony, this is ridiculous,” The light brown pony complained.

He shivered in the cold, even with his jacket that Rarity altered to fit his new body. It now it had bright blue colored sleeves, yellow and purple stripes down his back and the front was a light green color. Richard tried to stand on his new pony legs that wobbled like a newborn. Rarity was on his left and Sweetie Belle was on his right helping him stand.

“Isn’t this great now you can stay in Equestria,” Sweetie Belle said with a smile.

“But I don’t want to stay in Equestria,” He said stumbling.

“Richard please look at my legs and follow my steps,” Rarity said looking his way.

She started with her left hind leg forward the left front leg, right hind leg and then right front leg before repeating. Richard counted her steps one at a time and then looked at his legs.

“1-2-3-4,” He said, moving forward between them, “1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4,” Richard said again stomping his hooves in the snow.

Sweetie Belle was giggling watching him walk like a Royal Guard. He looked at her and she whistled like nothing was wrong. After a few minutes Richard tried walking on his own around the house a few times counting his steps, his walking improved to the point that at least he was not falling down.

“Let’s get you to the doctor for a checkup,” Rarity suggested and walked in front of him leading the way.

Richard couldn’t help but noticed her lovely purple tail swishing from side to side as she walked. Sweetie looked over and watched him gawking at her’s sister's backside and grumbled, looking back at the snow on the ground and got an idea. She tossed a snowball at him, which smacked him in his side snapping him out of his gaze.

“What?” He asked looking over at the small unicorn, shaking the snow off.

Sweetie puffed her cheeks out frowning at him as they walked down the trail.

The doctor's office.

“Say Ahhh,” Doctor Horses asked the light brown pony.

“Ahhhhhh,” Richard said, opening his equine mouth.

A glowing tongue depressor pushed down on his tongue and the doctor took a closer look. Rarity sat patiently watching the doctor checking out the light brown pony sitting on the examining table. On earth, Richard was the one taking care of her, but now the role was reversed.

“Doctor, did you find anything?” She asked him.

“Hmmm, what we have here is a perfectly healthy pony, besides the lack of a cutie mark, I can’t find anything physically wrong with him,” Doctor answered and started to put away his instruments.

“But I’m a human,” Richard protested crossing his front hooves.

“I’m a doctor, not a psychiatrist,” Doctor said, closing his medical bag.

“This was a waste of time,” Richard said and hopped off the table.

He put on his jacket and walked a few steps on his rear legs before remembering he had four and dropped down. Richard then pushed the door open and left the office grumbling.

“Thank you, doctor,” She said and then quickly went after him. “Richard!” Rarity called out as she stepped outside.

His legs felt cold walking in the snow, this new body didn’t have a chance to grow a winter coat yet.

“Ok legs now forward,” He said looking at his hooves. “One left hind leg, Two left front leg, Three right hind leg, Four right front leg,” Richard said starting to move forward.

Rarity quickly caught up to him looking concerned.“Richard, where are you going?” She asked him.

“1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, To see Twilight, 1-2-3-4,” He answered in a stern voice and keep counting.

Rarity sighed, feeling that Richard was now more concerned about himself than her. He kept on counting as he walked stiffly like a soldier. Nearby Peaches Melody was wandering around Ponyville when she noticed the light brown pony walking like he was a royal guard. She pulled out a mirror quickly brushed her green mane. When he got close enough, she made her move.

“Hi there cutie,” Said the peach colored unicorn that stepped out into the path that Richard was walking.

“1-3, Crap, I lost count… again, 1-2-3-4,” He grumbled, pushed her aside and kept on moving.

“How rude!” She said looking at him walking away.

“Peaches! I mean Princess Peaches what are you doing here?” Rarity said as she stopped in front of her.

“Rarity?” She said hearing her name and turned to see her. ”It is you, please just call me Peaches, as you can see I’m not a princess anymore,” She said, turning to her side to show that she was missing her wings.

“Oh, I am so sorry,” Rarity said looking.

“Princess Celestia asked me to spend Hearth's Warming here in Ponyville, she thinks that I can make friends or something,” She said rolling her eyes.

“Well sincerely I hope you can, sorry I can’t stay, I need to catch up with my boyfriend,” Rarity said and then quickly ran after Richard.

“Sure, why not, just leave me here, it’s not that I needed company anyways,” Peaches said kicking the snow.

Sweetie Belle pulled a cart full of cookies and milk. She walked up to Fluttershy’s house and looked around to see if anyone was watching.

“Santa, I’m here,” Sweetie Belle called out.

Discord appeared in a flash dressed as Santa sitting a red sleigh with some random pegasus ponies attached by harness looking confused.

“Ho, Ho, Ho,” Discord said with a goofy smile, holding his belly as it shook like a bowl full of jelly.

“Here Santa, I brought your some cookies,” She said unhooking the cart from herself.

“Mmm, perfect for my figure little one,” He said, grabbing a claw full of cookies and started stuffing himself.

“I wanted to thank you for changing him into a pony, now he can stay in Equestria with my sister,” Sweetie said smiling.

“Yes, and do you know what the best part is?” Discord said, licking his claws clean.

"No?" She said looking up at him.

"I'm, not don't yet," He smiled tugging on his white bread with a grin.

“I made it!” Richard said and looked up at the large crystal castle. He stood up and knocked on the door with his hoof. “Twilight are you in there?” Richard called out looking at the door.

The door opened slowly and Spike came out and looked at unfamiliar looking pony wearing a jacket.

“Can I help you?” Spike asked him.

“Spike, it’s me, Richard,” He said trying to balance on two legs.

“Richard is a human and you're not, now if you want to make an appointment there is a form you can fill out in town,” The young dragon said.

Spike started to close the door but, then saw Rarity running to the castle. He quickly pulled out a mirror, checked his face and popped in a breath mint.

“Hi, Rarity!” Spike said waving.

“Richard, why didn’t you wait?” Rarity stopped right in front of him sounding angry.

“Sorry,” He said, dropping back down on his hooves.

“Hey, I know you, your Richard, right?” Spike said teasing.

“Spike please, is Twilight home?” Rarity asked him.

“Yes, but she has been busy getting ready for the Hearth's Warming Eve Pageant,” He opened the door letting them inside.

“Eeekkk, I forgot about the pageant, but there’s no time, how am I going to remember my lines, my life is over,” Rarity yelled out and ran around panicking and fell back into Richard hooves catching her just in time looking surprised.

“Relax Rarity this year Starlight Glimmer will play Princess Platinum,” Twilight walked out of a room dressed up as Clover the Clever.

“Please let me help with the costumes,” Rarity pleaded, standing back up on her hooves.

“I thought you wanted to spend more time with… who are you?” She pointed at the light brown pony.

“Hi I’m Richard the pony also formally know as Richard the HUMAN,” Richard said standing up.

Minutes later in Twilight laboratory...

Twilight was now dressed in a white lab coat, she placed a helmet full of sensors and wires on Richard’s head which also covered his eyes. The wires went to a machine with meters that measured magic activity. Rarity sat there watching her examine Richard.

“When did you notice that you changed into a pony?” She said as a notepad and pen floated in the air.

“This morning when I got out of bed,” Richard answered not able to see anything.

“So you went to bed as a human and then woke up as a pony… interesting,” She said, scribbling some notes and then looked up at him. “Did something happen last night?” Twilight asked him.

“Umm, maybe…” Richard said, clearing his throat.

“You need to be more specific than that,” She said looking at the pointer on the meter fluctuating.

“Do I have to, it’s kind of private,” He protested.

“Richard, if you won’t tell her I will,” Rarity said and stood up.

She then walked up to her and whisper in her ear, Twilight eyes opened wide and steam seemed to shoot out of her ears.

“SERIOUSLY!” She yelled out.

“You sound like my mother,” He said remembering something.

“So the trigger was direct, mmm... contact,” Twilight said as she wrote something on a notepad.

Richard felt a tingle in his nostrils and tried to rub them with his front hoof, the feeling that he needed to sneeze was getting stronger.

“Ya is was...Ahhh, Ahhh...” He yelled trying to hold back but then. “KA-chooo!”

There was a bright flash of light from Richard which surprised Twilight and Rarity.

“Ooh, that’s better,” Richard said with a sniff rubbing his nostrils.

“Now is unexpected,” Twilight said, looking at him.

“What is something on my nose?” He said, wiggling his muzzle.

“No dear, it's on your head,” Rarity said, taking out a mirror for him to look at.

Richard still looked like a pony but now had a horn on his head.

"WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" He yelled out touching his head.

Author's Note

Another chapter complete.

Thanks for reading.