A Shimmering Transformation
Manteo, North Carolina.
As always, Jimmy was spending time at home. The summer holidays had finished a few weeks ago, but he could still have fun, specially during weekends.
At the moment, though, he was sitting on his bed, pondering about something curious: during the last holidays, he had experienced the same chain of events sometimes. He would find any element, interact with it, and then...
Whatever happened later, he couldn't even remember it. The only thing he knew is that, after grabbing anything he found, he ended up being teleported back home. It felt like nothing had ever changed. And that was the most confusing thing from the whole chain.
"I can't be the only one, right? I mean, I know it's really strange, but I can't be the only one," he said.
Out of curiosity, Jimmy had used his computer to check on the Internet for information, just in case something similar could have occurred to anyone else. After a while, he didn't find anything. And that meant he was the only one in that situation.
"Huh... Well, I should have known."
Trying to make anything else at home proved to be a bit complicated, as Jimmy was feeling afraid about what could he go through if he touched anything.
"Hold on a second. What am I doing? I have no reason to be worried. It's just a rare case with me. I know what I'm gonna do now: go outside and keep living as if it didn't exist," he thought for himself.
After his own motivational speech, he got a few things ready, and put them inside a bagpack. The funfair at his town would stay for another month, so he could go there and have some fun.
"To the funfair!"
Some time later...
The roller coaster finally stopped as people left the attraction wearing happy smiles. There were a few friends talking about one of the loops, and two children feeling excited, even if one of them was looking a bit more pale than usual.
Jimmy got out of the attraction as well, and he looked around, thinking about which attraction would be the next one to visit. And he chose the Haunted Mansion Visit.
The big building had a great design on the outside, although it was obviously better on the inside. People had to enter the mansion and get past all the traps inside until they managed to reach the exit and get out. Like an obstacle race, but traces of both horror and comedy.
"Like old times... Time to survive the mansion's ghosts!" Jimmy said, before walking to the attraction.
Half-an-hour later, Jimmy got outside. The route was difficult not just for Jimmy, but for the rest of people as well. However, everyone had a fun time as ghosts appeared at some moments. They looked scary, but they always ended up doing something that would make people laugh, so the race got better. Jimmy got to the finishing line in third position, and the others gave the three winners a nice applause.
Outside, Jimmy explored other places of the funfair, until he found something behind the ferris wheel. It looked like some kind of bracelet, black-colored, and fitting enough for his wrists.
As he was looking at the bracelet, he remembered something: the dreaded chain of events. He wasn't sure about wearing that "bracelet", as he already knew what would come next.
However, it had happened other times, and so far he hadn't suffered any damage. There was only the thing about him being teleported back home and not remembering anything else.
Jimmy keot pondering about that, as his eyes stayed still, focused on that "bracelet" as he grabbed it. It wasn't shining or doing anything special, but still...
After a minute or two, Jimmy sighed, "You know what? I'm not gonna just leave it here. Whatever may happen, I'll let it happen, no matter what it is."
Just then, he started playing with It, making it roll over his arms like it was a ball. As soon as he finally made that strange bracelet surround his waist, the famous chain got to the next step. Jimmy's body started going through a lot of changes, as his male identity disappeared and a female one got created.
Skin turned completely yellow and hair grew longer, brown transforming into red and yellow, the mighty colors of fire. Male attributes became part of the body as the female ones emerged.
Her eyes went cyan, and the glasses she was wearing broke, the glass pieces turning into glitter for a dress which was getting formed from the old clothing she was wearing, as the jacket sleeves got separated and turned to some kind of accessory for the arms. Socks and shoes went taller, covering her legs as they changed into leggings and boots respectively.
And finally, the last three details. A black diadem with a few small spikes got over her hair, as a pair of pony ears replaced the human ones. And the "bracelet" moved on its own, locking itself around some of her hair, which had grown a bit longer.
"Wow... The first time I turn into my Friendship Power form and I don't even know where I am..." Sunset said, looking at the funfair.
"Oh... my..." someone muttered, not too far. Sunset turned around, discovering three familiar faces staring at her.
"I guess we went through the similar routes, right?" Twilight asked.
"I'm not sure about that. But I don't understand anything! I mean, what's this place?" Sunset replied, feeling confused.
"Trust me, dear: none of us is able to understand whatever is happening. The only thing we know is the same thing went for us," Rarity said.
"Well... I may have a theory... although I don't think it could be that..." Twilight added.
"What is it, Twilight?" Sunset asked.
"If every single one of us are being teleported together to another world, maybe there's something... or someone causing that?" Twilight explained.
The girls thought about that possible situation as they stood there, waiting for the next girl to appear...
