Sometimes an author might decide to transport themselves into the world of Equestria as a self-insert. The result can sometimes be innocuous, sometimes really great, and sometimes it can be dangerous and unpredictable for everypony involved. But this one self-insert ran into a terrible misfortune that he couldn't have foreseen: he was discovered.

This story was written two years ago, originally as a joke for a group of friends (even though the story works outside that context), as I had no ambition of turning into a serious writer of My Little Pony fanfiction. However, things happened since then, and now this story serves, together with Cupcake Therapy, as a prologue for a big musical adventure, depicted in The Ponyville Rag.

Foreword: this story is not a commentary or critique of self-inserts and OCs in general, much less of any specific cases. This story was written solely as a joke at my own expense, and this is an important fact to remember in the future.