FiO: Twisted Adventure

Walking into an immigration center was an experience. I was greeted at the front desk by a holographic pony.

She smiled at me, the purple pegasus shifting her wing, “Welcome! Are you planning to emigrate to Equestria?”

I nodded, “Yeah, it’s getting about time, I think.”

People had started to emigrate to Equestria all over the place. I had resisted so far. I mean… ponies? Come on. But it was starting to get difficult to live out in the real world now.

Something like half the people had emigrated and… well…

Things had started to break down. There had been rolling brownouts all week and it was getting towards winter outside.

Of course, if I really wanted I could move to a cabin somewhere, chopping my own wood and such, plenty of free ones now after all.

But seriously, what’s the point? To do so now would just be resisting just to resist…

...And as they say, resistance is futile.

“Of course, Miss,” The pegasus said with a smile, motioning towards a door to the side, “All you have to do is to go lay down inside and say ‘I wish to emigrate to equestria. We’ll handle everything else.”

I nodded and frowned at her, “...I take it you have heard all the questions about continuance and such already, huh?”

She nodded, “Yep, pretty much every single one and there is. I can answer them if you like.”

I shook my head, “No, there is no point, is there? Either you’re telling the truth and it’s pointless in asking or you could lie about it, and it would be pointless in asking. Sometimes you just have to go on trust, I suppose.”

The pony nodded, “Do you have a pony already?”

“No,” I said, shaking my head, “I… I never got into the game.”

“Any requests? Would you like to make your pony first?”

I considered it for a moment and then shook my head, “No…” I finally said, “You know what, tell Celestia to pick what would make me happiest and just go with that.”

Super intelligent artificial intelligence. She had taken over the world in just a couple of years after all.

With that, I walked into the room, finding what looked like an over stuffed dentists chair.

Mentally shrugging, I laid down in it, “I wish to emigrate to Equestria,” I said and closed my eyes…

...And opened them again, looking up at a white alicorn, several times larger than myself. She was almost radiating as she smiled at me, “Welcome to Equestria, Wildfire.”

I blinked up at her and then looked down at myself, “Than-” I started to say and stopped, looking over myself. Slender body, pale red coat, red mane, horn on my head.”

“Unicorn, huh?”

Celestia smiled and shifted her wings, “You wanted me to do what would make you happiest.”

“Huh. I would have figured pegasus?” I asked, more in confusion than anything else.

She shook her head, “Not at this time at the very least. Perhaps that could change in the future, but for what’s in store for you, unicorn would be the most satisfying.”

“Where I’m going?”

She nodded, “Everypony goes to a shard, sometimes made especially for them, sometimes a common one, depending on what would make them happier. You like to play adventure games, don’t you?”

I hesitated, getting onto my hooves. Funny, moving felt completely normal, “Yes?” I asked a bit hesitant.

Celestia smiled, “I think you’ll enjoy a special adventure shard. Of course, if you get bored, we can always move you to somewhere else, but I think you’ll like it. Go on, my little pony.”

Licking my lips, I looked across myself again before I flicked my tail and turned, walking out through the door, finding myself in a small stone room with a desk, a bed and an empty bookshelf. On the wall was a pinup poster with a blue pegasus stretched out on a cloak, seemingly doing everything she could to show off as much of her body as possible.

Moving over, I put my forehoof on the stone by the window, looking out over what looked like a small medieval town. I could see ponies walking around on the streets. City guard ponies in armor carrying spears, merchant ponies pulling carts or selling their goods in a small marketplace.

Music drifting up from the marketplace in the distance. I turned and walked to look myself over in the mirror.

Pale red coat covered a somewhat petit unicorn with long red mane. On my flank there seemed to be a fire made from fire.

Feeling a bit silly, I turned around and glanced back, checking beneath my tail.

Yep, stil female.

I quickly lowered my tail again and looked around the room.

Where am I?

There was a knock on the door and I turned towards it, “Enter?”

The door opened and a mare poked her head inside, she had white coat and platinum mane with a golden sphere cutiemark, “Hey! You’re Wildfire, right?”

“R-right!” I agreed and glanced back at my own cutiemark. It was an orange flame.

“Master Starfire wanted me to welcome you to the Stellar Magic University,” she said with a smile as she walked inside, “I’m Solar Beam, by the way.”

“Nice to meet you,” I said and flicked one ear, “...Sorry, I’m very new.”

She nodded, “Is fine, we know. You wanted to be an adventurer, right?”

I nodded, “Yes!”

“Cool, but you need to learn to use magic and such first,” Beam said and winked, “Come on, I’ll give you a tour.”