A Mysterious Cyan Gem? What is this place? [Edited]

School has just ended as everybody is leaving to either go home or to the nearby fast food restaurants. But I on the other hand, like spend my time with my family and I have this passion to be a martial artist. My name is Augustine Juarez. I am 18 years old and almost out of High School. The days go by pretty fast if you ask me... I go to school for 6-7 hours, 5 days a week... I then walk home where I would spend my time with my family, practice martial arts with my father, do my homework, or just chill out in my backyard laying in my hammock, rinse and repeat. Life is great for me, but I got this feeling in my heart... Like it is telling me that I will become more than just another human on Earth. But I put those thoughts on hold when my phone vibrated in my pocket. I reached in to grab it and saw it was a friend of mine.

"Hello?" I said on the phone.

"Hey what's up Auggie!" My friend said on the other line.

"Oh hey Aaron, nothing much just walking home, what about you?"

"Oh well, I was hoping if you would like to join me. I got some ladies coming with us."

I sighed in annoyance before telling him, "Fine I'll go, but not to just talk with the ladies, just to hang out."

"Same old Auggie... When are you ever going to get a girl man?"

"I don't want just some girl, I want a girlfriend who we understand each other."

"Whatever man, meet us at the edge of the woods next to the abandoned house."

"Don't tell me we are going to the abandoned house."

"No, don't be silly... We will be hanging out inside the woods. Why? Are you chickening out?"

"I'm not scared, it's just a stupid idea."

"*buck buck bukock!*"

"Why am I still your friend by the way?"

"Alright alright... Well anyway, meet us there in a few minutes."

"Alright see you later."

"Bye Auggie."

"Bye."

With that, I sighed about my friend and his dumb idea. I then turned around to head towards the abandoned house. But I then got this feeling again, like my heart was telling me to go into the woods. Although, my mind was trying to conflict with my heart as I walked blindly past the abandoned house.

"Auggie!!" My friend yells out.

I snapped back to reality as I turned to see my friend and two girls with him. I sighed and made my way to the three that were sitting on a bench.

"Hey there Aaron," I said waving at my friend before turning to the two girls and nodded at them saying, "Ladies."

The two girls giggled at me in which I rolled my eyes in annoyance and turned back to Aaron.

"Mind introduce them to me?" I said.

"Oh right... Auggie, meet Anna and Beth," Aaron said motioning his hand to the two.

"Ladies this here is--"

"The names Augustine Juarez,"I said waving at them.

"Nice to meet you, Augustine," Anna said.

"You're cute," Beth said.

"Okay... So Aaron, what's this about going into the woods?" I asked.

"Well, you remember this old story that there is something inside the woods?" He questioned.

"Yeah... I heard that if you find this thing, there is no way for you come back," I said which made the two girls look at each other with a worried expression.

"Why don't you say we go and find the thing or whatever it is," Aaron said walking on the dirt road leading up to the inside of the woods.

"Are you crazy, no way!?" Anna yells out.

"Yeah, I don't want to get lost in there," Beth added.

But they were soon shocked when they saw me walking on the dirt path. I turned around with a confused look on my face.

"What's wrong? You scared?" I said giving them a smirk.

"Pff... Of course not Auggie," Aaron said.

"I was talking to the girls,"

"Oh..."

"Well, are you too scared?"

"This seems like a bad idea," Anna said walking up to us.

"If Augustine isn't scared, then I am not," Beth said as she walked up to me with a smile.

I sighed and continued walking down the dirt path. The three then soon followed behind me.

As we continued on our way, going deeper into the woods, the girls would cling on to me, while Aaron seemed a bit jealous of what he is seeing. The woods seemed different than usual, it felt ominous and... more creepy than the last time I walked in here. Birds would fly over our heads, and rustled can be heard from nearby bushes. The girls would freak out a bit from each and every noise, while Aaron and I kept a stoic expression and continued walking.

"Aren't you scared Aaron?" Anna asked.

"Maybe a little," Aaron replied looking around the woods.

I then motioned my arms like I'm flying as I bobbed my head back and forth like a chicken. The girls giggled at this while Aaron got angry and annoyed by it and said, "Thanks, Auggie."

While we slowly walked along the path, I turned around and asked the group, "Hey, do you guys know about this urban myth that abandoned house?"

"No," Beth replied.

"What urban myth?" Anna added.

"Well, it's about this lady who everybody thought she was crazy or something. She would take about spells and magic and that they are real. But nobody believed her... And one day, everybody didn't hear the lady saying about spells and magic as she was nowhere to be seen or heard. That house is the exact house of the lady I'm talking about," I explained.

"What happened to the lady?" Beth asked feeling a bit frightened.

"Nobody knows... Some say she died that day and that her ghost haunts the place... Others say she gave up and moved on to a different house and left town... I, however, think that she was on to something," I replied.

"Auggie, you can't honestly believe this myth?" Aaron questioned.

"You never know Aaron, I'm not saying I am a true believer, but I'm saying that every story can't just be made up on the spot. They all come from somewhere," I replied.

"Right... and are you going to telling me that bigfoot exists?" Aaron said which made me facepalm my forehead.

"You cannot be serious... I'm not even going to start with your dumbass, let's just see where we going," I said as the three followed me.

While walking through the woods, a growl could be heard from behind us. The girls looped around in a panic and hid behind me and Aaron. I looked around to see what made that noise, but couldn't find the source. Aaron was feeling a bit nervous and wanted to flee, but he wanted to show Anna that he wasn't scared. The growl was heard again and that is when I turned to the three and whispered to them.

"On my go, we book it that way!! No questions just go!!" I whispered as the three nodded their heads in fear.

The growls were then getting louder and louder until the bushes behind me were rustling violently. The three were panicking, while I stood still, waiting for the right moment.

"GO!!!" I yelled out as the four of us ran for our lives.

After a moment of us running away, out of the bushes came a fox. It looked at us as we were running but ignored that and ran off with its food.

As we ran, the three were sprinting for their lives while I jogged behind them, holding a snicker. I knew from the growl that it was something small, and pranking them was better than I expected. I was about to call them back, but I wasn't paying attention as I fell into a hole that made me scream as it echoed throughout the woods. The three turned around to see me disappear and were scared shitless.

"Oh my god!! Where is Augustine?!" Beth said in a worried but frightened tone.

"Auggie you better not be messing with us!! Come out now!!" Aaron yelled out.

"Guys, I think he's gone?" Anna said.

"No... He can't be. He is just messing with us!" Aaron said.

"Listen..." Anna said.

The three fell silent as they heard absolutely nothing. Not even a bird can be heard chirping in the woods. It was dead silent, which frightened the three even more.

"I-I think we should go looking for him?!" Beth suggested.

"No way, I've been hanging with Auggie for a long time since elementary school. He's pulled these kinds of pranks before," Aaron retorted.

"Then why didn't you call him out on that?!" Anna yelled out.

"This happens a lot and he always comes out laughing at everyone, but this time... I'm either sure he has something new planning, or... He really is in danger?" Aaron thought hard as he tried to figure it out.

"Well I'm going to go and find Augustine, are you two coming with me?" Beth asked as she was already walking away.

"Wait up!" Aaron yelled out as he almost tripped on a branch.

Anna followed soon and the three walked back where they ran and looked around to see if I either fell from a hole or in hiding around to scare them.

Meanwhile, after I fell down into a hole of some kind and slammed onto the ground. I got up in pain as I looked up at the hole which was roughly 10 feet high. I sighed as I looked around, but found that it was pitch black. I then saw a room that had something glowing inside. Bugs were walking everywhere which made me shiver in disgust, but I sucked it up and walked forward. I know yelling from the hole won't help because the three were either still running away or be terrified of something screaming in the woods.

As I continued the one path in the tunnel, this place has this creepy vibe that made me uncomfortable. But while I walked, deeper and deeper into this tunnel, Aaron, Anna, and Beth just walked past the hole as they called out for me. But while they called out for me, I was too far inside to hear anything from the hole.

As I continued down the path, I arrived at the spot that had something shining inside. That is when I saw a cyan gem sitting on a pillar as light from the torch that was still burning, hit it, creating the shine. I walked forward as I examined the gem and its shine.

"This place reminds me of Indiana Jones," I said to myself.

I was obligated to take it right off the bat, but this gem has something that is hard to resist. My heart was acting up again which made me frustrated until something shocked me. When I got closer, the cyan gem began to glow brighter. I made my decision and approached the gem as it glowed brighter with every step. I reached out to grab it, as the glow died down as soon as I touched it. It felt a bit heavy when I had it in my hand. But when I measured it, a doorway opened up on my right. It was pitch black as I couldn't see a thing. I then remembered I had my phone that has a flashlight, but when I pulled it out, I could see that the screen was crack. I groaned as it wouldn't turn on, not knowing what to do next. That is when the gem in my hand decided to glow brightly as it was bright enough to light the entire room I am in. I looked at it as I was skeptical of this object, but couldn't argue with the results as I then made my way to the doorway.

While I walked for a while, this place was covered in spider webs and moss as it felt a bit uncomfortable just looking at them. I then stopped at a spiral stairway as it showed that it was leading to what seemed like a way out. I don't know for sure, but I had to at least see where this leads me. Each step it would squeak and felt like it was going to break as I slowly continued on my way. I then reached to the top as a door with a knob was in front of me. I slowly reached over to open it as the door squeaked loudly when it opened. I looked around to see that it was a house that looked abandoned and old. The furniture was old and everything was covered in spider webs and dust. I wonder where I am as I had a look around this place. As the place looked like nobody has been here for year's, there was a picture of a woman that was smiling.

I was confused as I wondered, "Who is this lady?" I placed the picture back down and search upstairs. The entire house squeaked and felt like it could collapse on me any minute as I walked around. Not much was found as I looked inside the bathroom and closet. But then I entered the main bedroom which kind of made me scared a bit. This room had a lot more strange stuff than anywhere in this house. Lots of books were stacked across the shelf and some that were on the floor. I picked up one as I wiped the dust away to see the cover.

"Magic Spells."

I was skeptical about this as I cleaned the rest of the books and discovered the same subject, Magic. There were others that also has the subject, Ki. But these books looked like they were personal notes instead of a regular old book. I checked the front cover and saw a name that said, "Anzu Kaguya."

These books were so confusing but really tempting to read it as I picked up a couple books and stacked them inside my backpack. I then had enough of seeing this place as I made my way out of this house. As I exited the building, the surroundings looked familiar as I saw the entrance to the woods me and my friends entered. As I stepped to the sidewalk, I turned around and immediately knew this was the abandoned house. I couldn't wrap my head around this as I looked at the gem in my hand as it slowly died down. I put it in my pocket for safekeeping so I examine it later on.

Coincidentally, Aaron, Beth, and Anna walked out from the entrance looking tired and sad. I yelled out for them as their faces immediately changed and rushed over towards me. Beth was the first to get to me as she hugged me.

"Augustine!" She cries out.

"You're ok!" Anna added.

"Were you waiting here the entire fucking time?!" Aaron yells out, looking angry.

"No, I wasn't... I was behind you all when I fell in this hole," I explained.

"Why didn't you call for us?!" Aaron asked.

"Because your dumbass would still probably be running before stopping to see if I was behind you," I replied.

Aaron grew tired of this and gripped his hand as he threw a punch towards me. But I dodged it as I moved to the side and grabbed a hold of his arm and swung him forward to the ground. He groaned a bit from the hard landing as I pulled his whole arm back and kneeled on his back.

"Aaron, why do you even try?" I said sarcastically.

"Shut up! So what if you know that shit!" Aaron said as he breathed heavily on the floor.

"Enough boys!" Anna yells out pulling me back. I let go of Aaron as he slowly got up and rubbed the dirt off his clothes and cheek.

"Look were all glad you are fine Augustine... Lets just all go home for the day, ok?" Beth suggested.

"Fine by me, so long as I don't have to see this dumbass right now," I said as I turned around. Aaron then spat on my back leg as I stopped in place. Aaron was prepared for what was going to come as he tensed up for a fight. The girls felt scared and worried as they both knew they wouldn't be able to stop this. But the 3 didn't expect this as I crouched down quickly and grabbed the dirt on the floor and threw it into Aaron's eyes. He was blinded for a while, but when his vision re-focused again, all he saw was a fist in front of his face as he was then punched in the face and fell down on the floor. The girls rushed over to see him as he was knocked out cold and wasn't moving. They turned to see me as they only saw me from a far distance as I walked away from the scene. But while I walked away, I had the face of confusion as I stared at my hands and said to myself, "How the hell did I do that? It felt like a rush of energy overflowed me?"

Home

As I arrived home, I opened the door as I was greeted by my father who walked by. I smiled and made my way to my room, but I was stopped by my mother who was in the kitchen.

"How was your day Augustine?" She asked, not looking at me.

"Fine, just like every other normal day," I replied.

"Good, good, aren't you going to stay for dinner?"

"Actually I feel, really really tired right now. I was hoping I could get a quick rest," I explained.

"Oh, ok..." my mom said as I then made my way up the stairs and entered my room. My parents were then skeptical of my sudden need to rest, but put that thought on hold as they resumed doing what they were doing.

As I closed my door, I placed my backpack on the floor as I laid on the bed and sighed. I turned as I opened my backpack and pulled out the gem that was glowing slightly. I would inspect it for a while as I never saw this kind of gem before. I placed it down and took out some books about this Magic and Ki. I began read them all as it was about spells and Ki type training about focusing your mind and learning to use your energy for useful things. I had no idea what these books were talking about as half the pages were also written in a language that looked like Chinese or Japanese handwriting. But as I continued to read the books, a wave of tiredness overwhelmed me as I suddenly felt like I was about to sleep. I passed out on the bed right then and there as the gem fell on my head and landed next to my face. The gem then began to glow brighter and brighter as it began to shake violently every second. It then emitted a glow that engulfed me and the surrounding objects next to me. It then all of sudden went, Poof, as it disappeared along with me and my backpack.

Unknown Forest

As I woke up slowly, I sat up and rubbed the pain I had in my head. But when I realized something different, I had something protruding out of my head. I checked and felt it was a horn, but I then had no hands or feet but... Hooves? My body was like a horse or a pony... and my coat was a dark grey. I felt this bag behind me as I checked to see a satchel. There was a pond next to me as I got up slowly and made my way... but I couldn't balance myself as I fell into the pond. I got up from the water and saw the reflection of myself and began to panic. My hair was different too as it was messy and a bit spiky on the ends. I didn't know what was going on but I had to get out of this forest. Not long after trying to balance myself from walking, I see a way out. But as I tried getting used to walking, I heard a growling noise from behind me. I turned around to see 3 pairs of glowing yellow eyes staring into my soul. I gulp as I then booked it towards the light. I looked back to see if whatever that was, was chasing me, but as I looked back, a rock on the floor made my trip as I came tumbling down on the hill outside of the woods.

As I got up slowly, I could have sworn I heard an "Eep" noise as I looked around, but saw no one around. I got up slowly as I began to walk slowly as I was still not used to this body and looked around at my surroundings. This place was not familiar with my town as I began to panic a bit. I then saw a village or town over in the distance as I could see... Ponies?! I rubbed my eyes as I looked again to actually see ponies walking around. My brain exploded as I couldn't comprehend this.

"What the hell is this place?! Where is my house and why are there ponies?!" I thought to myself as I didn't know what to do.

I paced around for a bit before coming to a conclusion that I will have to see what this village has. I then walked slowly towards this new place and hope I could find a way to get back home.

Upon arriving at this place, it was a bit difficult trying to balance myself while I walked down the road. I was still shocked seeing a little girls fantasy world right in front of me. But I sucked it up and had a look around this place. Many ponies were having a conversation while others shopped at the markets. Fillies and colts would run around as they were having fun and the adults would laugh at some things they were being told. I couldn't believe this place as it seemed a bit similar to Earth, but a few centuries back. While I walked, some ponies would look at me and give me a weird look as they seemed to stare at my rear end. I would get uncomfortable as I noticed that every pony here has some sort of tattoo on their butt. I found a bench to sit down on as I did and sighed from this strange place. I looked up as I thought to myself, "How will I ever get home?"

But as I tried to clear my head, a happy feminine voice called out as she said, "Hi!"

This spooked me as I jumped a bit from this pony, she was a pink mare with a fluffy pink mane. She seemed to have three balloons on her butt which was weird.

"Um... Hello...?" I responded, trying to make my first impression.

"I've never seen you here in Ponyville? Are you new here?" Asked the pink mare.

"Y-Yeah... I'm new here..." I replied.

She gasps in shock as she then grabbed my hoof and shook it repeatedly and said, "Welcome to Ponyville my name is Pinkamena Diane Pie what about you mister?" in one breath.

"M-My name is Augustine... Augustine Juarez..." I replied.

"Augustine? I've never heard a be like that before?"

"W-Well, my parents gave me that name..."

"Its ok, you seemed like you're lost? Would you like a tour around Ponyville?"

"Um... S-Sure..."

"Sweet, come," Pinkie said as she grabbed my hoof and pulled me to follow her.

While we walked around this town called Ponyville, Pinkie would show me many different buildings ranging from a giant tower to a small school at the edge of Ponyville. But what still affects me strongly is that she seems so happy and joyful all the time. I've never seen somebody so happy like her. She would always jump around and hop each step she takes while she explains each building thoroughly as she seems to knows everything. We then reached to this building that looked like a giant gingerbread house.

"And this here is Sugarcube Corner, I work here," Pinkie explained.

"You work in a giant gingerbread house?" I asked, surprised.

Pinkie giggled as she said, "Uh-huh, here I work with Mr. And Mrs. Cakes." before asking me, "Say, are you hungry?"

"Um, yeah... I guess I could go for something to eat?" I replied.

"Sweet, come, follow me," she said as she grabbed my hoof and pulled me with her to enter inside this gingerbread house.

As we entered, I could smell something cooking as I then saw many cakes, cupcakes, and cookies on the counter and on tables. I was a bit shocked seeing so many sweets in one place. Pinkie giggled at my reaction and hopped over the counter and reached over to grab something.

"You just wait right there, I'll be right back," Pinkie said as she walked into the kitchen.

I obeyed as I sat at the table and waited for Pinkie. I then looked down as I didn't know if I should tell her that I am from another world or from another dimension or whatever I came from. But before I could come to a conclusion, Pinkie suddenly came back in a flash and laid out a variety of sweets for me on a plate. I didn't know what to eat as I only grabbed the cookie and took a bite out of it. I was surprised by two things... One, I was able to grab a cookie when I have no fingers to hold on to... And two, this cookie tasted so good.

Pinkie smiled as she sat down across from me and asked, "So Auggie, how come you don't have your cutie mark?"

"Cutie what?"

"Your cutie mark, you know, something that everypony here has when they find their special talent."

"Special talent?" I thought to myself as I then replied, "W-Well, I haven't found my, Cutie mark yet, you see?"

"That explains it, do you ever wonder what you could get?"

"N-No, not really. It will come to me when the time is perfect, right?"

"Uh-huh... say Auggie, you seem kinda down since I first met you? What's wrong?"

"W-Well... I just miss my parents, my family..."

"I see, feeling homesick?"

"So much, right now..."

"Don't worry Auggie, I know how you feel. I wasn't born here, but I was on a rock farm with my parents, and my two sisters. But I knew that I could be more and threw a big party for my family one day. And after seeing their excitement, I saw that I got my cutie mark from what I did. And that made me see that I must spread joy and happiness to all who is sad."

"Wow, that's a great story," I complimented.

"I know... Auggie, do you have a place to stay?"

"No, not really, I barely arrived here, so I got nowhere to sleep."

"You could sleep with me? Ooo! We could have a slumber party!"

"T-Thanks Pinkie...," I said as I then felt a bit sleepy and asked, "Pinkie you don't mind if I have a quick nap?"

"Oh not at all, come, I'll show you my room," Pinkie said as she went up the stairs. I followed behind her as I stumbled a bit from getting tired. As we made it down a hallway, Pinkie opened a door in which she entered as I followed behind her.

"Here, you can sleep on my bed, for now, I gotta do a few things downstairs with Mr. And Mrs. Cakes."

"That's alright Pinkie, thank you for this... all of this," I thanked.

"Awe it was nothing, have a good rest," Pinkie said as she left and closed the door behind her.

I was all alone as I took off my satchel and placed it on the floor as I laid down on the bed. I didn't know what was going on if I was dreaming or something, or this is all real. I rubbed my head as a headache hit me like a truck. I then felt so tired as I couldn't keep myself for being awake as I passed out on the bed.

Author's Note

Hey there!

I am finally back and ready to post some chapters!

I changed my approach since I realized I didn't like where I was going. So I will start with chapter one again.

Tell me if you like this new change.

Like, comment, enjoy!