It was just another average Friday night. Kids played video games, parents made plans for the weekend, and high school students got into trouble. Only this time, the trouble would be a bit more... Interesting... than normal for a certain individual, because tonight, their life would change forever.

The Flarem family lived in a small house in the middle of nowhere. The trees hadn’t been trimmed in forever and the lawn was yet to be mowed. Others found the Flarems crazy for living in a small cabin in the middle of nowhere, but the Flarems didn’t care, especially the Flarem boys, Shane and Tyler, who enjoyed the peace and quiet. The windows and door needed some serious work, thanks to the father of the family’s ongoing construction projects. But they made do.

The thing with the Flarem boys is the fact that, even though they are complete opposites, they still are basically best friends. While Shane always wants to party and got into trouble, Tyler just wants to finish his studies and pass with straight A’s. Tyler and Shane did butt heads sometimes, especially when Tyler brought up that, even though he is two years younger than Shane, they were both in the same grade. So, when Tyler found out that Shane was going to a party and that he had to go too since their parents wanted Tyler to get out more (and keep Shane out of trouble), he wasn’t too happy.

April 13, 8:38 PM
Flarem House

Shane Flarem wiped some dirt off the car and onto his shirt, leaving a brown smudge on his light blue t-shirt. He knew that it would wash out and that his mom wouldn’t be too happy, but at least he hadn’t wiped it on his khaki shorts. He grinned as he saw that the car was spotless. Well, at least until he totaled it like the last car he owned. The car itself had a few problems, like the fact that the passenger seat belt was held together by duct tape and the airbag switch was very sensitive.

“Tyler come on, we’re going to be late!” Shane yelled to his brother as he moved his brown hair out of his eyes. “The guys will absolutely murder us if I’m late again!”

He could see his little brother walking out the door, wearing his torn blue jeans and that stupid lavender t-shirt he was always wearing. His brother looked a lot like him, even though they were complete opposites. The only way to tell the two apart was that Tyler’s hair was short and clean while Shane’s was long and greasy, and the fact that Tyler was about two inches shorter than Shane.

“That sounds like a you problem dude,” Tyler groaned while pushing open the broken door and walking towards the car. “All I have to do is just go so I’ll just stay in the car while you knock yourself out,” The frown on Tyler’s face made it clear how he felt about going to this party

“Yeah, I know. But you could just come in for a little bit and enjoy yourself,”

“Not happening. Anyway, let’s get this over with,”

“I’d change my attitude if I were you, lavender boy” Shane said nodding at the shirt Tyler was wearing.

“I happen to like lavender and just because you’re sixteen now doesn’t mean you can tell me what to do bro,” Tyler said with a grumpy look on his face.

“True, but I’m still two years older than you and I always will be. Also, Matt doesn’t like you already and wasn’t too thrilled that you were coming to the party, so at least try to look happy,” Shane said with a smirk. “Anyway, let’s just get a move on, and have some fun, shall we? It looks like it’s going to rain, and I don’t want to be caught in that,” Shane said while looking up at the cloudy sky

“What’s a little rain? I mean, it could be worse,” Tyler said.

“Why do you have to say things like that” Shane groaned as he pulled out of the driveway.

April 13, 11:08 PM
Somewhere on the back-roads

“Nice going dude. You just got me kicked out of my friend’s house!” Shane yelled at Tyler while driving home from the party. They had been on the road for about ten minutes now, Shane fuming with the fact Tyler got him kicked out of his friend’s house. “I can’t believe you thought that calling the party a, “stupid waste of time and money,” was a good idea!”

“You’re the one who wanted me to come in and “enjoy myself”, which, by the way, I didn’t,” Tyler shot back at his brother.

“And is your idea of, “enjoying yourself” making me look stupid and getting me kicked out of a party!?”

“Do you really want me to answer that?”

Shane sighed. “No,”

The brothers sat in silence for a bit as cars went past and they hit potholes in the road. After a while though, Tyler spoke up with tears in his eyes.

“I’m sorry I’m not the brother you wanted,”

Shane looked at Tyler, his eyes wide. “Why would you ever say something like that! Just because you don’t like going with me to parties doesn’t mean you’re not the brother I wanted!”

“I know, it’s just-”

“-It’s just what?” Shane demanded.

“It’s just that I feel like you don’t care at times,”

“Are you kidding? You’re the best brother I could ask for! I mean, sure, we fight a lot, but I wouldn’t want it any different! So, don’t go saying things like that alright bro?” Shane took his focus off the car for a minute to comfort his brother in a hug, accidentally hitting the button to turn the passenger airbag off.

“Okay,” Tyler said wiping a tear from his face.

“Oh, and one more thing. You owe me for getting me kicked out of the party, especially since-”

“LOOK OUT!” Tyler suddenly screamed.

Shane turned to see a pickup truck coming down the wrong lane heading straight for them. He slammed the brakes, but it was too late. They hit the truck head on, sending Shane head first into the airbag, while Tyler broke the seat belt and went flying out the windshield, over the truck, and disappeared into the nearby woods, hitting a few trees and rocks along the way.

“Tyler!” Shane yelled in fear.

Shane quickly inspected the damage to himself and his car. He had a long gash on his left arm from where the glass from the windshield sliced him, as well as some small bruises and cuts. The car, on the other hand, was missing the windshield and headlights and the engine was destroyed too. But that didn’t matter to him. All he cared about was his brother and why the man was driving in the wrong lane.

As the driver of the truck got out and inspected the damage to his truck, Shane got out and walked up to the man, who from what he could see was drunk, and punched him in the shoulder. The man then fell to the ground from the impact and started to say something before Shane interrupted him.

“What the hell is wrong with you! Do you have any idea what you just did!" Shane yelled. The man just sat there and stared at him with that oblivious look all drunks have. Shane then pulled out his phone to call the cops and his parents, but he then remembered something.

“Tyler,” he whispered to himself as he desperately ran towards the woods while calling the police and his parents.

April 13, 11:18 PM
???

As Shane slammed the brakes, all Tyler could hear and see was the seat belt ripping in half and the shatter of the windshield as he was thrown out of it. And the trees and rocks he hit in the process. He felt several branches scratch him and bones break as he went straight into the side of a giant boulder. The last thing he heard before he lost consciousness was his brother screaming his name.

April 13, 11:33 PM
Somewhere on the back-roads

About fifteen minutes later, the police showed up with Shane’s parents and the paramedics. Shane’s parents weren’t too happy about the car, but they were more concerned about their kids. Shane had had no luck finding Tyler in the dark woods without a flashlight, so his father went with the police to search for Tyler. The paramedics bandaged up Shane’s arm in the meantime and the remaining officers questioned Shane and then promptly arrested the drunk driver for driving under the influence and reckless driving

Shane and his mother were sitting near the side of the road while the search party was out. Shane had been crying for a while now, believing the worst and that it was his fault. His mother tried to comfort him, but nothing could stop his tears, or his parents for that matter, when the search party returned with nothing, but a small piece of blood-stained lavender fabric.

“No. No, he can’t be- no. NO! He can’t be- oh God why!” Shane sobbed into his mother’s shoulder. He knew what they all thought, but he couldn’t bring himself to believe it. His parents and a few of the officers had started to cry. The head officer then walked over to the grieving family, trying to comfort them.

“I know you don’t want to hear this right now, but without a body, he can’t be labeled as dead. So, he is considered missing, and we will continue to search the area and find what we can. As for that though, there isn’t anything more we can do except recommend grieving counseling and give you more info as it comes up,” he said with a sad look on his face.

“Thank you, officer,” whispered Shane’s father.

“No problem,” said the officer.

The officers and paramedics started to leave, but then Shane said something that shocked everyone.

“No problem, yeah sure. My brother is probably bleeding out in that forest right now and all you can do is search the area and offer counseling? You cops are all the same, search for a week and then give up.

The head officer turned toward Shane. “Sir, I’m sorry, but there is nothing more we can-”

“-I’m not done yet!” Shane yelled at the officer, causing him to flinch. “I don’t care what you pieces of crap think. Tyler is out there, and I’m going to find him, dead or alive!” Shane turned away from the officers and got in the car with his parents.

“He is alive. He has to be. And even if I have to travel to another fricking planet, I will find him!” Shane yelled before he slammed the car door shut.

April 13, 11:21 PM
Somewhere in the Forest

When Tyler came to, all he could see was his twisted, broken body. His right arm had a long cut while his left arm was clearly broken. He tried to stand up, only to realize that his ankle was twisted, and his right leg was broken. The blood covered leaves and grass below his leg suggested he had cuts and bruises across the rest of his body. He winced in pain as he crawled over to a pile of brush, looking for something to wrap his leg into stop the bleeding, or at least slow it down so that he didn’t die of blood loss. He had no such luck, but he knew being as smart as he was he could come up with something. He then looked at his torn and bloodied shirt, an idea forming in his mind.

“If it works in movies, it should work in real life. Hopefully,” he said to himself as he tore off part of his lavender shirt and wrapped it around his leg as tight as he could. He smiled a little as he saw the bleeding slow.

Tyler then tried to stand again, but then fell down a hill, new pain filling his body. He tried to stand again, but then he noticed something he had missed before. He had no idea how he could miss something so obvious... Unless it happened when he fell on the hill.

He had a tree branch impaled clean through his abdomen.

“Crap,” Tyler said while looking down at his now even more mangled body.

It was in this moment he heard something in the bushes nearby. He hoped whatever it was was friendly, or even someone who could help him.

“Hey! Hey over here! I need help!” he hollered in the direction of the rustling.

The only response he got was silence.

“Please help me! I need to find my brother!” he yelled again at the bushes

No response again.

“Hello? I need a doctor! I’m dying over here!” he continued to yell.

The mention of death seemed to get the attention of what or whoever was in the bushes. He then heard a voice respond back.

“Hello? I can’t see a thing in this here forest, ya’ll!” he heard a feminine voice with a southern accent respond. He sighed in relief that it was a person that had been in those bushes, and not a bear or wolf.

“AJ, what the buck are you doing?! He could be hostile!” he heard a second voice hiss. This one was also clearly a girl, but with more of a raspy voice. “You know we’re not even supposed to be here, and now you go start talking to one of them!”

Tyler suddenly had a confused look on his face. What did she mean by “one of them,”? But before he could question it, he heard another voice.

“Dash, come on, we have to at least try!” said a ladylike voice that sounded somewhat British.

“Yeah, I’m with Rarity on this one. We have to at least try to save him! He could have cupcakes!” Said a fourth, perky sounding voice.

Tyler was so confused now. What kind of names were Dash and Rarity? And why would he have cupcakes?

“Well, A’hm going to help him,” said the southern one (AJ?). “I don’t care which of ya’ll come with me either,”

“I’m right behind you,” said the Brit (Rarity?). “I think that we-”

“-Are all going to get ourselves killed?” said the raspy one (Dash?) “Because this sounds like something that would get us killed, right Fluttershy?”

And just when Tyler thought names couldn’t get any weirder, he a heard a fifth voice, female like the rest of them, but this one seemed scared and a little shy.

“I- I um... I th-think we sh-should help h-him,” she said.

“Me too! He might like a party!” said the perky one.

“Uh, fine. I’m in,” said Dash.

“So, ya’ll ready?” said AJ.

“Yeah, but if he attacks us, I won’t hold back on the, “I told you so,” front,” said Dash.

“So... are you done talking about me like I’m not here or what?” Tyler said jokingly. He could see the silhouettes of figures walking out from behind the brush. “And what did you mean by, “one of them,”? I mean it’s not like you guys are aliens or anything...” Tyler’s jaw dropped when he saw the figures up close.

They were humanoids, but they were far from human. They all had candy-colored fur over their bodies. They also had horse ears and tails, as well as muzzles and hooves for feet. He could see that two of them, the yellow one and the rainbow-haired one had wings poking out of their clothes, while the white one had a horn protruding from her head. The orange one was wearing a brown Stetson on her head, and, from what he could figure out, is that she was most likely the one with the southern accent. The last one, the pink one, was staring him down intently with her huge eyes like she was confused but happy at the same time.

As he started to lose consciousness again, he saw the creatures walk (or, trot, I guess?) over to him and start to drag him over to some white glowing rift in the air. The one with the white fur walked into it and just... disappeared.

“What... the... hell...” was all Tyler could say before he fainted.

April 14, 12:24 AM
???

When Tyler came to, he thought about what had happened in the forest with the alien horse things. He did a quick look around the room, checking to see if they were still there. When he saw that he was alone, he let out a sigh of relief as he took in his surroundings.

The room was completely white in color, with a small couch and some chairs in a corner. A table with what appeared to be medical supplies on it was in the other corner, near the door. Looking to his right, Tyler saw a bunch of wires and other things hooked up to him, including a blood bag, most likely to stabilize his blood flow and prevent him from dying of blood loss. The clock on the wall said that it was 12:24, meaning he had been out long enough to be taken to a hospital. But something felt off about this.

“Wha- what happened?” Tyler asked to himself, trying to process what had happened in that forest.

As Tyler thought about how impossible it was that there were anthropomorphic alien horses on Earth, as well as that weird rift he had seen before he passed out, the door opened and the five creatures that found him walked in, as well as another one that was most likely a doctor based on the fact he was wearing a lab coat. He quickly faked being asleep, hoping to get information about where he was, who they are, and what they are. It wasn’t hard to fake being asleep since he was in so much pain from being thrown out of the car and being impaled by a tree branch.

“Is he going to be okay, doctor?” said the white one with the purple hair and tail.

“I don’t know, ma’am. His condition is stable, but the branch has hit some major organs, including his liver and stomach, and is too close to the heart to be removed easily. But I fear if we don’t do something, he will be dead by morning,” said the doctor with a grim look on his face.

“WHAT!” Tyler yelled, having heard all of that, bolted straight up in the bed. The look of shock on the creatures’ faces that he was awake said it all. They had all thought he was asleep during that conversation.

“I-I’m go-going to d-die?” Tyler stuttered while wincing in pain from his wounds.

“Not for certain, but the blood loss could become significant enough that you could die,” said the doctor. Tyler finally got a look at his name tag, which said, “Doctor Horse”. Fitting. “The problem is if we remove the branch, it will hit other organs, and cause so much bleeding you would be dead in minutes. And that’s ignoring the fact that your anatomy is most likely different of ours. You got lucky that they found you when they did, or would already be dead,” he nodded towards the five women, or mares, since they were horses.

“I know, and for that, I am grateful. But right now, I’m more concerned with the alien horses in front of me,” Tyler said in response to the doctor’s words.

The mares looked at each other awkwardly, as if trying to say something without actually saying it. The white one with the purple hair, or mane as he came to realize, was avoiding the conversation, seemingly trying to stop an angry outburst. But it was the blue, rainbow-maned one that burst out in rage.

“We are not horses, you idiot! We are ponies!” she said with a tone that made the fact seen like something that should be obvious. “And if anypony here is an alien, it’s you,”

“Dash lay off. He’s in pain and is probably trying to process what the buck is going on right now,” said the one with the Stetson on her head. Tyler could see the tips of her ears poking out of some precisely made holes in the hat. But he didn’t question it. That was nothing compared to what else he had been through that day. He also made a mental note that the blue one with the rainbow-maned one was named Dash.

“Well, you aren’t wrong there miss...?” Tyler said with a confused look on his face.

“Applejack, but you can call me AJ,” she responded in her southern accent. She then nodded at the others. “That’s Rarity and Pinkie Pie over there, the one behind them is Fluttershy, and you already met Rainbow Dash,”

Tyler was finally able to study what they all looked like. Rainbow Dash had a blue coat and a rainbow mane and tail. She also had magenta eyes and was wearing what looked like running clothes, except with holes for her tail and wings.

Pinkie was, well, pink. Her hot pink mane and tail were a curly mess and her blue eyes gave Tyler chills. They looked happy. Too happy. She was wearing a blue and white striped shirt and a pink skirt that had three balloons on it.

AJ had an orange coat and a blond mane and tail with a red hair band at the end of each. Her green eyes barely were visible under her Stetson. She was wearing a white top and blue jeans, which gave Tyler the idea she was some sort of farmer due to her accent and the way she dressed.

Rarity had a white coat and a dark purple mane and tail that was curled neatly with not a single hair out of place. Her dark blue eyes matched her outfit perfectly. She was wearing a light purple skirt and a tight black top with three diamonds on it. She also had a horn on her head and an excessive amount of makeup on.

Finally, Fluttershy had a yellow coat and a long, light pink mane and tail and light blue eyes. Her wings were just peaking out from her green sweater. She was also wearing jeans, but unlike Applejack, hers were clean and didn’t have tears in them.

“I’m Tyler. Tyler Flarem,” he said to them since it was the polite thing to do, even if they were aliens.

“That’s a strange name,” said Pinkie.

“Yeah, well I could say the same about all of your names,” Tyler said with a smile that quickly disappeared. “But can we get back to where I am, what you are, and how to make it so I don’t die?

“Well, we already answered the second question. We’re ponies, and this is the major hospital in Canterlot, the capital of Equestria. And as to how you won’t die, I don’t know, I’m not a doctor, darling,” said Rarity.

“What’s Equestria?” Tyler asked.

“The name of this country,”

“But I’ve never heard of this country before, and I can name all the countries on earth-,” Tyler’s face went pale with realization. “Wait, are we still on Earth?”

“No Tyler, they had to take you through the portal that connects our planet and Earth to keep you alive,” said a new, regal voice that he hadn’t heard before.

A regal looking mare walked into the room. She had a white coat like Rarity and a flowing mane with green, blue, and purple in it, same as her tail. She had some sort of necklace around her neck, a white gown, and a crown on her head, which suggested that she was royalty of some form. She was a few inches taller than Tyler, thought the giant horn on her head added a few inches. As she walked in, the others all bowed, which set clued Tyler in that he was in the presence of royalty.

“Princess, what are you doing here?” said Rainbow Dash.

“I just came to meet our extraterrestrial visitor. It’s not every day five of my subjects sneak through the portal and come back with a dying human,” she glared at the five mares, who were all blushing.

The princess walked over to the side of Tyler’s medical bed, looking at the medical equipment and frowning. She whispered something into the doctor’s large ears, and he left the room.

“Excuse me, uh, princess? I never caught your name,” Tyler said to the princess.

“I never said it, but it’s Celestia,” she said with a half smile.

The smile quickly faded as her eyes drifted to the branch in Tyler’s abdomen. He eyes seemed to sparkle for a minute as she was deep in thought. Suddenly a light glowed around her horn and a clipboard of doctor’s notes on the table. Tyler stared in awe as the clipboard floated over in front of Celestia. He tried to say something but was at a lack of words other then stutters of gibberish. Celestia smiled and started to laugh.

“What’s so funny?” Tyler asked.

“What’s funny was your reaction to me using my magic,” the princess said with the clipboard hovering in front of her.

“D-did you just say m-magic?” Tyler said his eyes wide in curiosity.

“Yes. Why, is there no magic in your world?” Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow.

“No. And this throws all we know about science out the window. And as a scientist, this is impossible,” Tyler said as he put his hands up to face.

“M-magic is actually a s-science h-here, right?” said Fluttershy, finally speaking and looking at the others for support Celestia nodded to tell Fluttershy she was right. “So it technically doesn’t, “throw science out the window”,” Fluttershy then added.

“As interesting as this all is,” Dash said sarcastically as she looked at Tyler. “He is still dying from his wounds,”

Celestia the put the clipboard back on the table. She seemed to have an idea, but the grim look on her face didn’t reassure anyone that it would work.

“I know that look. It’s the same look my parents and brother have when they have an idea, but aren’t sure if it’s a good idea or if it will work. I’ve had to deal with that my whole life, so just spill alright!” shot Tyler who was crying in both sadness and pain. Celestia walked over and put her hand on Tyler’s shoulder and hovered over a tissue box. Tyler gladly took the tissues and wiped up his tears.

“Tyler. You are almost dead already. Your body is completely destroyed on the inside, and there is internal bleeding everywhere. The only way to save your life is to move your consciousness into a new body,” Celestia said with a frown.

“You can do that?” Tyler asked, his eyes wide. “Wait, what’s the catch?”

“I was getting to that. The catch is we don’t have the knowledge or resources to transfer you into a human body. The best we can do is use a transformation spell to turn you into a-

“-No,” Tyler shot with a glare. “I won’t let you do that. I’d rather die than lose my body,”

“You didn’t let me finish. We would temporarily make you a pony, take out the branch and fix your injuries using pony anatomy, and then turn you back into your old body, good as new,” the princess said. “It’s risky, but it’s the only option we have if you want to live. We’ll give you some time to think about it. Come on girls, we need to discuss you five going to Earth without permission,”

“Darn, I had hoped you forgot about that,” said AJ as she and the others walked out of the room.

April 14, 12:57 AM
Canterlot Hospital

Trying to process what had just happened and the offer he had received from the princess, Tyler tried to pull the branch out on his own, hoping to have it come clean out and not have to do what Celestia said needed to be done. Bad idea.

The branch almost came out, but the amount of pain and blood that sprayed the bed was enough to make Tyler stop. He didn’t want to die, but being put into a new body and put back into his old one sounded like the riskiest thing he would ever do. And he wasn’t one to take risks unless they were absolutely necessary. But at the same time, if this worked, this would be something for Earth’s history books. He had been to another planet and met sentient beings that were peaceful, and intelligent. His family was also probably worried sick about him since no one would find him on Earth. That thought of never seeing his family again was enough to lock in his decision.

“Hey! I’ve made up my mind! You can do the spell thing or whatever, as long as it means I can see my family again!” Tyler yelled at the door, waiting for them to enter.

The door opened slowly as Fluttershy walked in. The others weren’t behind her which surprised him a little bit. He wondered where the others were, but at least he could talk to one of them about this.

“Hey. Fluttershy, right?” Tyler asked calmly, assuming she was shy due to her name.

“Y-yeah,” she said quietly while moving a strand of pink hair out of her eyes.

“Where are the others?” Tyler asked curiously.

“The others are getting scolded by Celestia for going to your world without permission. She sent me to check on you and see if you made your decision yet,” she said while looking at the floor.

“Well, I’ve made my decision, but can I ask you something?

“Um, sure?” She asked looking up at him with an eyebrow raised. It was just now he realized how big their eyes were.

“Why did you five come to Earth in the first place, if you don’t mind me asking?”

Fluttershy frowned and looked at Tyler with tears in he eyes.

“Oh, sorry. If you don’t want to talk about it that’s fine. I was just curious,”

“It’s fine. We were talking to Celestia about the last attack on Canterlot and helping fix the damage in the castle when Rainbow Dash saw the portal and thought it was a good idea to sneak in and go through to the other side. When she went through, the rest of us panicked and went after her. We ended up in the forest and saw a human that seemed to be looking for someone so we hid in some bushes, and then you started to call out and... well, you know the rest,” she said, seeming to perk up a little. Then something she said caught Tyler’s attention.

“Wait, this human you saw, what did they look like?”

Fluttershy seemed confused at why this mattered, but she continued. “They had a strange brown mane that was like yours, only long and unclean. They had a blue shirt I think and tan shorts, I can’t remember for sure. You’d have to ask Rarity, she pays more attention to how ponies, or in this case, people look. Why do you ask?”

“Because before you found me in the forest I was with my brother Shane in our car when we got hit by a drunk, and this person sounds exactly like Shane,”

“Oh,” Fluttershy responded with a sad look on her face. “I don’t know what a car or a drunk is, but they sound scary,”

Tyler chuckled. “Can’t argue with you there,”

April 14, 1:06 AM
Canterlot Hospital

A few minutes after Tyler and Fluttershy talked about the girls coming to Earth and the car accident, Celestia and the others came in with a large book that looked old and had a lock on it, preventing it from being opened without a key.

“What’s with the lock?” Tyler asked.

“You see, this kind of magic is the forbidden sort that we don’t want the natural public having access to, so I have to keep it under lock and key in the restricted section of my library,” the princess said while pulling out the key to unlock the book. “Fluttershy told us your decision, so I figured we’d just get this taken care of as soon as possible,”

“That’s fine by me. My family is probably freaking out right now. I mean, with the last place they saw me being a car crash, they probably think I’m-” he stopped, not wanting to say the word.

“Happy? Sad? Nervousited?” Pinkie said trying to guess what Tyler was going to say.

“Pinkie, he was gonna say dead,” said Rarity with a serious look on her face.

“Oh,” her eyes went to the floor and her mane went flat. “Sorry,”

Celestia glanced over at Tyler. “Are you ready?”

Tyler nodded. “Let’s do it,”

Celestia nodded and unlocked the book and flipped to the page on transformation spells. Her horn glowed a bright yellow as she muttered the incantation.

Suddenly, her eyes went completely white and her horn started sparking violently as it shot a beam of light straight into Tyler, knocking him back into the side of the medical bed. She continued to mutter the spell, seemingly unaware of the chaos around her. Her light from her horn soon faded as her eyes went back to their natural pink.

When she had finished, nothing seemed to have happened. Then Tyler started screaming in pain.

Tyler could feel his body shifting and changing before his eyes. His eyes that were turning purple and growing to the size of grapefruits! Lavender fur had covered his body in a matter of seconds. His hair started growing down to his back and became straight and turn a bluish-purple with a hot pink and light purple streak in the middle. He howled in pain as his nose and mouth merged together into a purple muzzle while his teeth changed into that of an equine. His ears grew huge and covered in lavender fur and moved to the top of his head, just barely poking through his new mane and swiveling to the different sounds of the room. There was a throbbing pain on his forehead as a spiraled horn grew out of it.

The pain didn’t stop at his head though. Soon his feet were the center of attention as his toes merged together and rounded out into hooves. A tail that matched his mane then burst from the back of his pants. The back of his already ripped shirt was destroyed as a pair of wings emerged.

Thinking the changes were done, Tyler sat up and looked in the mirror Rarity handed him. He was impressed. He was actually a pony. But something felt off. He looked around at the mares in the room, and then himself. He looked like a... like a mare.

“Crap,” he said, instantly covering his mouth after hearing the feminine voice that came out.

It was in this instant the changes started again. He screamed in pain as his body shrank down to that of a girl. His hips widened and his waist shrank inward while his arms and legs became more slender. He felt pressure building in his chest as two mounds began to form. He groaned in pain as his manhood turned into a marehood, leaving him a she.

“I didn’t ask to become a girl!” she shouted in her girly voice at Celestia.

“I’m so sorry Tyler. I don’t have control over what you look like. I just pick a target and the magic does the rest,” she said in an apologetic tone. “But at least this is only temporary. I’ll go get the doctors so they can take out the branch and stitch you up,”

“Thank you, princess,” she said, cringing at her new voice. At least it was only temporary.

April 14, 2:13 AM
Canterlot Hospital

The surgery was a huge success. In the matter of an hour, the doctors had removed the branch and stitched up the new mare and cleaned up her cuts and given her clothes that weren’t ripped to shreds. She did ask to keep the lavender shirt though since it was hers. The doctors had given her a blue top with an image of a six-pointed star with a few other stars around it on the chest area with a belt that was to go around the abdomen area, as well as a lavender plaid vest and some black pants that felt a little tight, but Tyler didn’t care. She was just glad that this was only temporary since she wanted to go home and she was definitely not going home a purple anthropomorphic mare, that’s for sure.

While the six mares waited for Celestia to return from talking to the doctors about the results of the surgery, Tyler asked them questions about magic, which seemed to fascinate him more than it should.

“So, it’s the horn that channels magic?” she asked Rarity, who was stitching up Tyler’s lavender shirt.

“Yes darling, its the horn that channels the magic, hence the glow when we use magic,” she responded, lifting a piece of fabric over to her from her bag with her magic to demonstrate.

“And what about the whole, "magic is a science” thing that Fluttershy mentioned earlier? Are there like subtypes or something, like books?” She said with her ears twitching in excitement. “Also, this whole ears moving thing is freaking me out,”

“Well, you won’t have them much longer. It’s time to get you back into your body and send you home,” Celestia said walking into the room with the book of spells.

“Oh thank god, finally. This is hands down the weirdest thing that has happened to me. Its the kind of thing where you don’t appreciate something until you don’t have it anymore,” Tyler said

“I didn’t know you were into philosophy, Tyler,” The princess said with a raised eyebrow.

“When you read as much as I do, you pick up some things like that,”

“Understandable. I have so many books in my library I have yet to read them all. But then again, my job doesn’t exactly allow much free time, now does it?” she chuckled.

“Yeah, but can you change me back now? Like, right now?”

“Oh, yeah, sorry,”

The princess opened the book and Tyler closed her eyes and lay down on the bed as Celestia’s horn started to glow as she muttered the incantation to reverse the effects of the first spell. Tyler knew this would hurt, so she grit her teeth as she waited for the agonizing pain when Celestia finished the spell.

But it never came.

“Whenever your ready, princess,” Tyler said, suddenly realizing something was off. The last transformation hurt like hell, but there was no pain this time

“Uh... Tyler,” said AJ.

“Yes?” she said in her still feminine voice. She instantly knew what Applejack was going to say.

“It uh... it didn’t work,” Rainbow finished.

“WHAT!” Tyler yelled as she opened her eyes and bolted upright, looking at her body, seeing she was still a pony her eyes flew over to Celestia. “WHY DIDN’T IT WORK! YOU SAID IT WOULD WORK!”

“I don’t know, the spell should have reversed the transformation completely. Unless...”

“UNLESS WHAT!?” Tyler demanded, with tears flowing down her cheeks and into her fur. Pinkie and Fluttershy were trying to calm her down, but they weren’t getting anywhere.

“I need an honest answer from all of you. Did my eyes turn completely white at any time during the time I cast the original spell?”

"Yeah, I was confused about that, what was that?" Tyler asked, starting to look scared for her life.

Celestia looked away, putting her hands over her face. "So. There was a magic surge. That would explain it then."

"What's a magic surge?" Tyler demanded.

"Its basically magic's version of adrenaline. They happen randomly and cause magic to be more powerful than intended. And in the case of transformation spells, it's especially dangerous since it can cause the spells to be-"

"Be what?" Tyler asked in fear, since she had a good idea what she was going to say, but she couldn't bring herself to accept it.

"Permanent," Celestia finished as she turned to face Tyler, her expression grim.

That one word caused Tyler to burst into tears as she realized what this meant. It meant that she would never be human again, and would be stuck as a lavender pony for the rest of her life. Then, the question that meant the most to her came up.

"S-so, how am I s-supposed to g-go b-back to Earth like this? Tyler whimpered.

"That's just it. You can't," Celestia said bluntly. The collective gasp from the other five mares in the room made them all realize the gravity of the situation. "I'm so sorry Tyler, but there's nothing we can do. This is the new you," She nodded at Tyler's new body.

"No. No no no no no no no NO! I have a life on Earth, a family that loves me and has no idea where I am. I have a future there! And here, I have NOTHING! YOU HEAR ME! NOTHING!" she shouted at the sky and had started crying again and hyperventilating.

Fluttershy and Pinkie walked over and gripped Tyler in a tight hug, as they were also crying. Dash, AJ, and Rarity were trying to hold back tears as well, but they joined in the group hug as they tried to comfort their new friend.

The princess was standing aside trying to hold back tears as well, she but let one slip when Tyler asked the question that she could find answers to.

"So... what now? I have nowhere to go, no money - since I assume you have a different currency than I do on Earth-, no clue how to fly, and no idea how day to day life or magic works here. And to top it all off, I have to adjust to a new body "

"Well, I can give some bits- our currency-, a place to live in the town of Ponyville, and I believe the flight and magic can be found figured out through studying and practice," said the princess as she put a hand on Tyler's shoulder.

"Thank you, but I don't know where this, "Ponyville" place is or where to find books on this stuff," Tyler said with a frown.

"Leave the Ponyville part to us, sugercube," Applejack said. "All five of us live in Ponyville and would be more than willing to help get on your hooves. Right girls?" She looked at the other four, who all nodded.

"You guys..." Tyler sniffled. Her tears had turned into tears of happiness at knowing she wouldn't be alone. "But what about the research and studying I need to do? I mean, I have no idea where to find a library!"

"I wouldn't worry about that part," The princess said with a smile.

"Huh? said the other six with confused looks on their faces.

Author's Note

And so ends the first chapter of my first fanfic, so if there are spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors, don't freak out. I do plan on writing more on the story of Tyler and Shane, or, more specifically, Shane trying to find his missing brother and Tyler adjusting to his new body and life in Equestria. However, I have no real schedule for writing and posting chapters because, believe it or not, I have a life outside of this.

Anyway, thank you for reading this and yes, there will be more.

Sincerely,
Flame

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