Jade strained her eyes open. Her head was thumping, causing a loud sound in her ears, and her vision was blurry. It felt like she had only been out for a second but she was in a completely different place now. There was a soft cushion under her and she could make out many pairs of eyes staring down at her and a blur of colors that the eyes belonged to. Had she finally been rescued or was this the afterlife?

“W-where a-am I?” Jade asked drowsily.

“You’re in Equestria,” a voice from the purple blob answered. Jade blinked heavily and shook her head around, trying to clear her vision. Then she realized the problem.

“Where are my glasses?” Jade asked.

“Right here,” a different voice answered. Suddenly, the glasses were magically levitated onto her face. Jade would’ve questioned it if not for what she saw immediately after her glasses were put on. There were creatures staring down at her but none were human. There were about seven ponies some with wings, horns neither or both, and one small dragon, all staring at her.

“Are you okay?” the light yellow pegasus asked in concern. Jade tensed up and backed up against the couch.

“Have you been talking to me?!” Jade gasped.

“Yeah!” the blue rainbow-haired pegasus answered, “Why is that so shocking?” Jade’s arms and legs started shaking out of control and her heartbeat pounded in her ears. This had to be some kind of dream, or hallucination or maybe a cruel prank.

“But horses can’t talk!” Jade gasped.

“It’s PONY to you!” the blue pegasus replied.

“But you’re talkin’ aren’t ya?” the orange pony with a hat and ponytail asked.

“I’m not a horse!...er pony…” Jade answered shakily. The ponies all exchanged confused glances. Then the white unicorn with the pretty purple hair glanced at Jade.

“Um darling, maybe you should look in the mirror,” she suggested. Suddenly, a small mirror floated in front of Jade. She looked at her reflection only to see that it wasn’t her reflection. Instead, a green mare with red hair, blue glasses, and blue eyes stared back at her. Jade immediately looked down at herself only to see hooves instead of her normal arms and legs. She couldn’t deny what had clearly happened anymore. Hardly able to think straight, Jade let out a scream and leaped over and off the couch. She tried to stand on two legs and run away but she quickly tripped over her own hooves and landed stomach first on the ground. The ponies and other animal approached her with confused looks on their faces.

“WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!” Jade screamed.

“Nothing,” the rainbow mare answered, “That’s how we found you!” Jade’s heartbeat was pounding faster than it ever had in her life and her mind raced with so many thoughts so quickly she couldn't even process them all. Jade struggled to stand on four legs and backed up against a wall. The purple winged unicorn trotted towards her with a concerned look in her purple eyes.

“What is going on?” Jade pleaded, her voice trembling, “Why am I like this?” The winged unicorn had a look of sympathy in her eyes.

“You went through the portal to Equestria,” she began. Jade was immediately confused. The Wondercolt statue was a portal?!

“But then the portal was disconnected and you got trapped inside,” she continued, “And one of our other friends, Discord, he left before you woke up, teleported in and saved you.” Jade moved her hooves around nervously. I guess I should thank that Discord guy for saving my life.

“But...y-you can fix it, right?” Jade asked.

“I’m not sure,” she admitted, “And if I can, it will take time.”

“I, uh...don’t think I ever got your names,” Jade awkwardly changed the topic

“Oh, I’m Twilight Sparkle,” she answered. The other ponies walked towards her.

“I’m Applejack,” the orange pony answered.

“I’m Rainbow Dash,” the blue pegasus replied.

“I’m Rarity,” the white unicorn said.

“I’m Fluttershy,” whispered the yellow pegasus. She must be shy, Jade thought.

“I’m Spike,” said the dragon.

“I’m Starlight Glimmer,” The light purple unicorn answered. Jade sat down and put her hoof on her head. She’d never remember all these names.

“And I’m Pinkie Pie!” yipped the pink pony with the crazy mane, “And I’m your future best friend!” Jade jumped backward in shock. She hadn’t expected so much energy from one pony.

“And I’m never going to remember all that,” Jade deadpanned. Everyone burst out laughing, aside from Jade, who was left to stare at them in confusion.

“What is your name?” Pinkie Pie asked excitedly.

“Jade...” she replied awkwardly.

“Well, Jade we should throw you a Welcome to Ponyville Party!” Pinkie Pie gasped. Jade's eyes widened. No! Not a party!

“We should probably get her settled in first.” Applejack suggested. Jade nodded approvingly at Applejack.

“You can stay in my castle,” Twilight suggested.

“This is a castle? Your castle?!” Jade exclaimed.

“Yes, and Twilight is the Princess of Friendship!” Pinkie Pie replied. Jade felt her heart burst out of her chest. She was in the presence of a princess! Jade gulped nervously and tried her best to bow in her new form, making her feel stupid.

“You don’t need to bow,” Twilight replied awkwardly. Jade immediately stood up.

“Sorry!” she gasped, “So I guess you being a princess is why you have wings and a horn?” Jade asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

Twilight nodded, “I was born a unicorn but I earned my wings by finishing an unfinished spell which made me an alicorn.”

“A spell? Well that explains all the weird magic,” Jade replied, looking down at one of her new hooves.

“Doesn’t your world have magic too?” Fluttershy asked. Jade shook her head and everyone gasped. Jade leaped backward in surprise.

“How do you change the weather then?!” Rainbow Dash demanded.

“We don’t. It changes on it’s own,” Jade answered in confusion. Why is that so hard to fathom for these ponies?

“Pegasi control the weather here,” Rainbow Dash responded.

“In Equestria at least,” Twilight added. Jade instinctively looked down at her sides. To her dismay, she had two feathery wings on her sides.

“Don’t worry, we’ll teach you to fly before you have to worry about that,” Fluttershy whispered, supportively.

“Good,” Jade sighed in relief. Flying, magic, controlling the weather, talking animals, the thoughts whirled around Jade’s head.

“This is a lot to take in,” she sighed, putting her hoof on her forehead.

“I can imagine,” Twilight replied, “It was for me when I first went to the human world.”

“Hey...is it okay if I call it a night?” Jade asked.

“But it's five in the afternoon…” Rainbow Dash protested. Applejack looked at her annoyance.

“Of course! You can stay here, in my castle!” Twilight offered. Sleeping in a princess’s castle? What a huge honor! Starlight took a step forward.

“You can sleep in my room tonight,” Starlight offered.

“Oh no, it's fine,” Jade replied, “I can just sleep on the couch.”

“Alright then…” Starlight replied. Jade trotted towards the couch and laid down on her stomach, trying to make herself comfortable.

“Well goodnight, Jade.” Twilight said.

Jade nodded as the rest of the ponies trotted away. Looking around, Jade noticed a small journal and a pencil on the side table. Jade paused for a moment. Her handwriting was pretty bad. Her hoofwriting...mouthwriting? Maybe wingwriting? Whatever, it would undoubtedly be worse. With a shrug, Jade pushed the journal and pencil onto the couch in front of her. She pushed the journal open to the first page, which was thankfully blank. Jade attempted to hold the pencil in her hoof only for her to drop it on the floor. Finally, she grabbed the pencil in her mouth and began writing.

Dear Diary,
I've never actually kept a diary. Nothing in my own life has been interesting enough to write about. However, today was just so insane that I have to write about it. School was normal. Nothing interesting really happened but after school, things became strange. I was leaning on the Canterlot statue when I suddenly fell through it and ended up in a world of chaotic spinning rainbows! I thought I was going to die for sure and I must've fallen unconscious while I was screaming for help. It felt like I was only out for a second but suddenly, I was on a couch in a castle full of talking ponies! Yeah, I'm not making any of this up. I know it sounds hard to believe but this all really happened. There is a dimension full of magical, talking ponies, and now I'm one of them until the pony Princess of Friendship can fix the portal to send me home. My parents are probably worried sick about me at this point. They've probably called the police. I really wish this was just a dream. Possibly a fever dream...but I don't do drugs...

Jade closed the journal and slid it under her wing with her hoof. She easily passed out on the couch after a while.

Author's Note

I really hope the italics are working. Please comment if something is confusing because I'm writing Jade's thoughts and diary entries in italics so it's kind of important.