An Awkward Awakening

The unfiltered rays of an especially yellow sun danced on Joakim's nose. However it felt odd; he felt the warmth of the suns light far further away from the rest of his face than usual. His face felt elongated and heavier than usual. He felt weak in his legs and... Wait! Where did his arms go? And what was that rod on his forehead forcing his Mohawk apart? He felt very weird. And even opening his eyes a tiny bit already opened his eyes to his entire surrounding area. What on Earth happened to him?

Panic gripped him as he tried to stand up and found himself barely able to stand upright. With a little bit of further eye-opening and a look down his side he could make out as usual, his vest and navy patterned pants, but what on Earth were THOSE? In a panicked state of mind he realised his arms were no longer arms and his feet were no longer feet. "Horse legs? What the actual flying fuck is this???"

The other band members were already awake and well on their feet, still struggling slightly to walk in this very unusual manner. "Well, this is really great, isn't it?" Hannes rolled his giant eyes. "How am I supposed to play the drums with THESE?" He clopped his hooves together to emphasise his point. And it was a very valid one at that.

"Well, we're all sort of screwed... You can't play guitar with hooves either, nor can you hold a microphone or play the bass." Pär looked sort of lost in this world. He had dropped out of school and devoted his life to music, how would he live in this strange new world they trod in now?

Joakim thought about the situation for a bit. What could they do, realistically speaking? "Guys, I think we should try to make our way over to that town over there. Maybe there's someone there who can help us." He dropped on all four hooves to have an easier time walking and led the charge of the now ponified Sabaton gang.

As they reached the village ahead of them they were greeted by a very jumpy and noisy pink pony; It was weird for the five to see a pony actually bouncing on its legs like this. It seemed very unnatural, impossible even. "Hello, friends," the pony blurted out in a very excited and giggly way with a humorously high-pitched voice. "Welcome to Ponyville! I'm Pinkie Pie and from now on we will be best friends!!!"

Joakim raised an eyebrow. This pony seemed insane enough to be a jester at some royal court. "Ok then... I'm Joakim and those are Pär, Chris, Thobbe and Hannes." The terrified Metal band members stood in a formation behind Joakim, trying their best to hide from this pink nightmare. "Would you be so kind to tell us where the fuck we are?"

The pink pony giggled to herself before answering his question. "I told you where you are, you silly! You're in Ponyville, the home of the Elements of Harmony, the best cakes you'll ever eat and Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship!" The pink pony had an ever-growing smile on her face that seemed indestructible.

"Ok, where exactly is Ponyville, if I may ask?" Thobbe just about had it with this obnoxious pink pony. "Please tell me this is just a dream..." He rolled his eyes at the situation and just wondered how it could have come to this. Probably a sensible thing to think about; it's not every day you magically wake up in a whole different dimension.

The pink pony rubbed her chin with her forehoof and thought for a second before pulling a map of what the five could only imagine was this strange world they were stranded in out of thin air. "You see, this is the map of Equestria and we are right..." she looked at the map for a second, "Here! Ponyville! About an hour from Canterlot by train." She pulled on the line at the bottom of the map making it roll up and disappear into nothingness.

Joakim and co were still confused as to where they had ended up until he looked at the plushie stuffed in the pocket of his Kevlar Vest. "This may be a stupid question, but are we still on Earth?" He couldn't think of any logical explanation for this situation, so this seemed like a good question to ask.

"Oh, of course! Or are you walking on air? Of course we're on Earth, you big dummy!" The pink pony laughed again. Was this pony trying to taunt them or did she just think she was super funny about it? Either way, the five shook their heads in disbelief at the answer they were given. It did make sense however, because after all they were walking on land.

Joakim went up to the pink pony and gave her a little shove at the chest level with his hoof. "Time to talk straight, young lady! Just bring us to someone who can explain in detail what the flying fuck is going on here!" Thinking he made himself very clear he looked the pink pony deep in the eyes until she broke out in hysterical laughter.

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha, stop staring at me like that! Alright, alright... I'll bring you to Twilight's castle so she can explain to you what happened. I'm not good at explaining thingies, but if you ever need a party to be planned, I'm the pony for the task! Keep that in mind!" She smiled at Joakim before turning around by 180 degrees in one jump and started bouncing back into town. The five newly transformed stallions followed her reluctantly, but right now she was their only hope at figuring out what had happened to them.