I was at a gaming convention for the first time, I was dressed as Terry from Dragon Quest 6. My older sister came along as well so I “behaved”. She frowned “Mike, calm down. Mum would kill me if you got hurt.”

I rolled my eyes “I’ll be fine as long as I don’t run off, what is the worst that could happen?”

We walk through the conventions several others in their own costumes, the large hall had several stalls selling various things. My eyes widen as I spot a replica of the Sunderbolt Blade, the one thing I am missing from my costume. I point to the stall, a blond woman wearing Samus’ power Armour stood there with a smile “Let’s go over there.”

My sister sighed “Alright Mike. Just don’t get too carried away.” We go over to the shop, I am eyeing the sword.

The woman smiled as she pulled it out “$20 for it, it’s hobby so I don’t charge much for these.”

My sister smiled “That’s really cheap.” I smile as she places the money on the table, I take the sword and suddenly I feel strange as if I had fallen into water. I find myself next to a pond strangely dry, I look in it and see Terry’s face staring back at me. I blink in confusion, I look around to see a dark green forest around me. I see the scabbard at my side, I pull the sword to reveal the actual Sunderbolt Blade.

I laughed to myself “This is so Awesome!” I sheathed my blade as I walked along, I hear a squish sound as I walked through the vibrant forest. I ignored it as I look at the forest around me. Drops of water glisten on the leaves, I walk over to another tree and take a seat “This place is beautiful, to think I missed all of this playing video games all day.”

I frown as I hear screaming, I stand up and run through the forest in the direction of the sound. I find a two black maned equines with grey coats in a clearing. A huge grey lion with a scorpion’s tail and dragon wings had them cornered. I raised my hand drawing on my knowledge of games, I brought a bolt of powerful lightning down from the sky striking the beast.

The creature was smoking as it turned to me and leapt towards me. I dodged out of the way and drew my sword cutting into it’s side. I grit my teeth as it turns around and roars at me “Damn it! Why is it still standing!” The creature rushes at me cutting into my side (I shouldn’t have gotten distracted.)

I turn around and generate a huge ball of flames throwing at the beast. The beast roars in agony as I reach for my side, I wince as I feel the sticky sensation of my own blood, I then smirk as the beast is no longer moving. I stagger over to the duo who are standing next to a large bunch of firewood “Are you alright?”

The smaller of there two spoke in a feminine voice “We are thank to you, my name is Snow Crown and this is my husband Tremor. Come join us at our home.”

I noticed the horn on the mare, I took a deep breath before frowning “I have never seen a unicorn before. Your kind doesn’t exists back home, equines don’t have the intellect to speak back home.”

Tremor shrugged “You must come from a very strange place. Still you are welcome here, our son is still at home.” They picked up their firewood. They then helped me out of the forest into a vibrant plain with a few wooden cottages, each with a garden growing veggies. They took me to their cottage, they opened the door as a young colt with a horn galloped out.

He looked up at me “Who is this?”

I smiled weakly “My name is Mike. How about you tell me yours?”

The colt cheered “My name is Starswirl and I’m going to be a great wizard one day!” I smiled as I staggered into the cottage, he was a nice colt and would do great things in the future. Tremor helped me to a seat as Snow Crown levitated out a bag, she then levitated out a small bottle and some bandages.

I winced as she bandaged my wounds, I smiled when she was finished “Thank you for the help.”

Snow Crown smiled “It is no trouble, after saving our lives it was the least we could do.” She then sighed “I wish we didn’t have to go in there but medicine is so expensive that we need to make it. Unfortunately the medicine ingredients can only be found in that forest.”

I frowned “I’m honestly surprised you don’t find me strange?”

Snow Crown raised an eyebrow “A sapient simian is not that strange, much of our world is still unexplored.”

I frowned “I’m going to be honest with you, I’m not from this world. Magic is seen as fiction, this isn’t even how looked in my world. The abilities I used were things that I knew were from fiction.”

Tremor shrugged “It means nothing to us, we are simple farming folk. As long as you don’t go shouting it at the top of you lungs that’s fine. Those in the capital might cause an issue.”

Snow Crown nodded “Sadly most unicorns live in the capital and tend to see themselves as superior to Earth Ponies. I think it is ridiculous but they that’s the way of it, they take most of our yearly production.”

I raised an eyebrow “You are a unicorn aren’t you?”

Tremor frowned “We’ll talk more about this upstairs.” He looks to Starswirl who nods with a smile. I follow Tremor and Snow Crown up the stairs.

We entered the large bedroom with a single closet, two beside tables and a large bed designed for two ponies. Snow Crown sighed “My parents threw me out as soon as I got married to Tremor, since then they have been cracking down harder on us.”

I gritted my teeth “Bastards, why would they do such thing!”

Tremor spat “The old unicorn superiority, after the Pegasi escaped their control in the last revolution they have cracked down on us!”

I scowled “I think it’s time for a revolution of your own! Bring these bastards downs a peg!”

Snow Crown grimaced “If only it were that simple, Earth Ponies are separated into small settlements. Any sign of resistance will result in it being crushed.” I grumbled to myself, we will see about that.

Author's Note

He is displaced as Terry from Dragon Quest 6.