Jade's Story: A Human in Equestria

Jade followed Fluttershy out of the cottage. She moved her wings around, as she walked. She was starting to feel more comfortable with the fact that she had the wings.

“How do we start?” Jade asked.

“Spread your wings.” Fluttershy instructed. Jade spread her wings as far as she could. Her wingspan was actually pretty wide. Experimentally, Jade pressed her wing against her cheek. The feathers were so soft Jade could barely believe these were HER wings!

“Um…” Fluttershy spoke up. “What are you doing?” Jade’s head jerked toward Fluttershy.

“What? They're really soft!” Jade insisted, spreading her wings again. Fluttershy chuckled and spread her wings as well.

“Now, the trick is to flap your wings hard, but not too hard.” Fluttershy flapped her wings, propelling herself off the ground after some flaps. She hovered just above the ground. Jade flapped her wings, but she got nowhere. Frustrated, she flapped harder. She wobbled clumsily before falling on her face. Fluttershy landed in front of her. Jade stood up.

“You have to flap them in rhythm with each other.” Fluttershy explained. Jade nodded. She spread her wings out again. Jade began to flap them in unison but they kept getting out of sync. She began to move forward, but her hooves were dragging on the ground. Jade let out a groan and let her wings droop.

“This is harder than it looks.” Jade commented.

“It will click eventually.” Fluttershy replied.

“Fly again. Maybe I'll learn better by watching you.” Fluttershy nodded and began to hover above the ground. Jade focused on the pony’s wings. They were in such perfect unison, like a mirror image. Jade lifted her wings over her back, matching each feather in a parallel image. She closed her eyes, and began to flap her wings in unison. After a few seconds, the ground disappeared from underneath Jade’s hooves. She looked down. She floating above the ground. Jade flapped her wings more, and she floated even higher into the air. Jade let out a gasp.

“I'm actually flying!” She squealed. Jade flew even higher and faster. “This is amazing!” She looked back at Fluttershy, who had an alarmed look on her face.

“Jade! Look out!” Jade looked in front of her to see a tree in her path. However, Jade was feeling dare-devilish. She spread her wings as far as she could, causing her to glide. Then with one huge flap of the wings, Jade was propelled upward, high above the tree. The wind rushed through her mane and tail, even her short fur was cooled by the breeze. The feeling was one of absolute freedom and well...life. Almost like riding a bike downhill, except she felt more free since she was off the ground! Finally, Jade stopped herself midair with her hooves. She continued to flap her wings as she looked down. She had to be about ten feet off the ground! Jade pointed her hooves inward, aiming toward the ground. Fluttershy trotted toward Jade as she landed clumsily.

“That was amazing!” Jade gasped, struggling to catch her breath. “Even better than how I wrote about it!” Jade straightened out her wings and folded them at her sides.

“Don't fly too much more today.” Fluttershy advised. “You don't wanna overdo it. You should definitely practice more tomorrow though.”

“I will!” Jade squeaked. “I'll continue to...defy gravity.” She winked. Fluttershy's expression turned to a look of confusion.

“Oh...right. You don't get human references…” Jade looked away. “Jeez, a world without broadway and movies?!”

“Oh we have movies.” Fluttershy whispered. “And Bridleway, I'm not really into it though.”

“Hm...well they probably don't have the same movies or shows that they do back home…” Jade thought aloud.

“Well...Twilight did say that your world is a parallel universe to ours.” Fluttershy replied.

“So my favorite movies, broadways, and books could potentially exist here? Just with ponies?”

“Potentially.” Fluttershy replied. “You should ask Twilight. She'll know.”

Jade nodded. “I'll do that the next time I see her.” She looked up at the sky. The sun was starting to go down. “Can you walk me back to Twilight's castle?”

“Sure.” Fluttershy answered. Jade flapped her wings, eventually hovering above the ground. She followed Fluttershy through the town. Suddenly, she grabbed something out from under her wing. “This fell when you were flying.” It was her diary! Jade grabbed the journal.

“Thanks.” Jade replied, through the journal. Once they reached the door of the castle, Jade landed and placed the journal under her wing. Fluttershy knocked on the door with her hoof.

“Twilight! It's Fluttershy and Jade!” Fluttershy called out.

“Coming!” Another voice called. After a few moments, Twilight appeared at the door. Fluttershy flew away. “Hi Jade. How was your visit with Fluttershy?”

“Good.” Jade replied, walking into the castle. Twilight pushed the door closed behind them.

“That's good!” Twilight replied. “By the way, I bought new materials to fix the portal but with my jam packed schedule, it will take a while for me to fix it.”

“It's fine.” Jade replied.

“I just have one question.” Twilight's tone was nervous. “Do you live with your parents?”

“Yeah.” Jade answered. Twilight's eyes widened with horror.

“And...would they have noticed your absence by now?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah,” Jade answered. “They've probably called the police by now.” Twilight's eye twitched. “Don't worry about it, Twilight. I'll come up with some excuse when I get home.” Twilight still looked petrified.

“Maybe I should...work on fixing the portal overnight.” Twilight was shaking.

“Don't do that!” Jade insisted. “You need rest!”

“But you need to get home!” Twilight argued.

“There's no rush.” Jade replied. “The worst that will happen is that I'll miss some school and my parents will be worried for a while. It's not like I'll die if I don't get home. I'm clearly in good…” Jade looked down at her green hooves. “Hooves.”

“That's….true…” Twilight replied hesitantly. “Alright I'll get some rest. If you will sleep in an actual bed instead of the couch.”

“Um...okay.” Jade replied. “Do you have a spare mattress?”

“Starlight does.” Twilight replied. “If you ask her, I'm sure she'll lend you it. I'll show you where her room is.” Jade nodded, and followed the purple princess through the hallway. As she walked, Jade flapped her wings. Eventually, she was able to hover just above the ground. Twilight looked over her shoulder, letting out a gasp.

“You already know how to fly?!” She gasped.

Jade nodded. “Fluttershy taught me the basics.” She replied. “I can't wait to fly more!”

“Well maybe tomorrow, me, you and Spike can go for a flight.” Twilight replied. “And Rainbow Dash will probably want to take you to Cloudsdale.”

“What's Cloudsdale?” Jade asked.

“It's a floating cloud city, the home of the pegasi.” Twilight answered. “Cloudsdale helps with the seasons here in Equestria.”

“Ponies control the seasons.” Jade scoffed. “Let me guess. There's also winged unicorns who raise the sun and moon.”

“Yes actually.” Jade stumbled around clumsily in the air before landing. “Their names are Celestia and Luna. Also, we're called Alicorn Princesses.”

“Why am I not surprised?” Jade sighed. “So there's only three winged-er...Alicorns and they're all princesses?”

“There are actually five alicorns.” Twilight corrected. “Celestia, the princess of the sun, Luna, the princess of the moon-”

“Ooh! Just like Apollo and Artemis!” Jade gasped.

“Who?” Twilight asked.

“Nevermind. Go on.” Jade replied rapidly. Of course ponies don't know Greek Mythology. Oh god, that must mean there's no Percy Jackson! Jade pushed away the awful thought.

“Cadence is the princess of love,” Twilight continues. “I'm the princess of friendship and then there's Flurry Heart.”

“What's she the princess of?” Jade asked.

“Well...nothing yet.” Twilight replied. “She's only a baby, and she's Cadence’s daughter. My niece.”

“Cool.” Jade replied. After a bit more walking, Twilight stopped in front of one door.

“Alright, here's Starlight’s room.” Twilight yawned. “Goodnight Jade.” She walked away, her wings drooping.

“Goodnight Twilight.” Jade replied, knocking on the door. After a few moments, a light purple unicorn with dark purple and light blue hair answered the door.

“Hey Starlight...Shimmer?” Jade guessed.

“Starlight Glimmer.” She corrected.

“Eh I was close.” Jade tried to act nonchalant but she was actually dying inside. She didn't have to guess her last name. She could've just stopped while she was ahead! “Twilight said you had an extra mattress. Can I borrow it?”

“Sure. I can lay it out in here for you.” Starlight replied, pulling the door further open. Jade trotted into Starlight's room, pushing it closed with her back hoof.

“Thanks.” Jade replied. Suddenly, the mattress floated out of the closet and onto the ground. Then a pillow and blanket were levitated onto the bed. “How are you doing that?!”

“Unicorns can do magic with our horns.” Starlight answered.

“Nice.” Jade replied. “What can earth ponies do?”

“They tend the land. You know, farming and stuff.” Starlight explained. Jade jumped onto her mattress and sat down.

“So they're like Demeter children. Man, they both got jipped!”

“Demeter children?” Starlight asked. Jade smacked her face with her hoof.

“What is it with me and Percy Jackson today?!” She whispered. Jade raised her voice. “Just some stuff in my world.” Jade laid down, pulling the blanket over herself. Starlight shrugged and leaped into her own bed. Jade grabbed her diary from under her wing.

Dear Diary,
This is day two of being stuck in Equestria. Twilight, the purple pony princess, set up a schedule for me to spend time with each of her friends on a different day. Today I spent time with Fluttershy, the yellow pegasus pony. She was really nice and she introduced me to Discord. He was a Draco Malfoy (I don't know how to spell the actual species name), a weird combination of animals and he can do anything with a snap of his ‘fingers.’ Thankfully, he's not going to wipe out half the world though. Fluttershy and Discord were really confused when I asked about that. I guess ponies don't know about Marvel. Or they haven't seen Infinity War yet (lucky clods.) After Discord left, Fluttershy taught me how to fly. Once I got used to it, it was amazing!

Once she was done, Jade put the diary aside and laid down with a yawn.