The Changeling Wars

Chapter 2: Equestria

I couldn't feel my legs, my head felt like it was spinning, and my back was in a lot of pain. It stung for a pretty long time. I could barely breathe. But right before it felt like I was going to suffocate. I wake up. This definetly wasn't Afghanistan anymore. The place was thick with trees and vines. It was so dark there. Was it a forest or a jungle? I tried to stand up, only to fall down and land on my back. I cried out in pain. "OW!!!!" My back was covered with shrapnels of metal. It was all cut open up and torn. It wasn't bleeding that bad, but it still could get infected.

"Hello?" I didn't have high hopes that anyone could hear me, but it was worth a try. I checked my body to see if anything else was wrong. There was a lot wrong. First off, I didn't even have hands. I had hooves! Then I looked at my body. It was a sort of pony-like body. It was a sort of maroon color. I looked behind me and saw a tail. The fact that I wasn't human anymore was almost overwhelming. I felt dizzy again. But I regained my balance. I had military gear on. But it's not by any human I ever heard of. It doesn't even look like it is human technology. But it was relatively similar. There was also a gun on my side, hanging by a strap. It looked like the M4A1, except the stock was bigger, and the magazine was more curved, as well as the trigger in a more roundish shape. I searched unsucessfully for a way out of the forest. I searched for what seemed like hours, only to lead to a dead end. But just as I was about to give up hope, a small beam of light illuminated into my eyes. It burned.

           I walked into a huge grass plain. It was beautiful. Green grass, healthy trees, and animals all covered the land. And in the distance, I could see a fairly simple town and on a huge mountain on the side was another city. It was extremely fancylooking. Near the front of the small town, there was a banner that said, "Welcome home, soldiers!" but the weirdest part was that there were ponies waiting in the front of the town. They all looked like me, except they all had different colors, some had horns, and some had wings. I was a little freighted, but I was a marine.

I walked up the dirt road that led to the town. All the ponies looked sad and some were even crying. But when one of them saw me, everyone looked up and began cheering. What's going on? As I got closer, the cheering got even louder, until I entered the town. The cheering was enough to destroy my ears. Then, a tall white colored pony came flying down. It had both wings and a horn. I read about these as a kid. I think they were called alicorns? I don't know. It was a long time ago. She walked up to me and said, "Welcome home, soldier. We are very proud of what you have done for Equestria." Where? Maybe that's the name of the land I'm in? She continued to talk. "Have you seen any other soldiers on your journey back?" I didn't see anyone to be honest, so I said, "No."

All the ponies suddenly stopped cheering. A feeling of dread washed over everyone. A purple unicorn with a dark-pink and purple mane had watery eyes and ran back into a tree. The alicorn asked me where I lived and wanted to personally escort me home. Too bad I don't anywhere now. "Mam'n, I don't live anywhere." "You do not have a home?" "No." She thought for a moment. Then said, "I may have an idea on where you can live. Provided that she let's you." "Who is that, if I may ask?" "My pupil, Twilight Sparkle." "Odd choice of name, but I can live with it, I guess."

We arrived at the same place that I saw that purple unicorn ran into. The alicorn's horn starts to glow, then a force knocks the door. Too lazy to knock the door themselves? How come they aren't fat looking? Then, a purple and green dragon opens the door. "Yes?" The alicorn begins talking to it, then she went inside, telling me to stay outside for a few minutes. There is a lot of crashing noises going on in there. Then. the alicorn opens the door, along with the dragon and the unicorn I saw earlier. Her eyes were watery and her cheeks are wet with tears. The alicorn spoke. "Twilight Sparkle has agreed to let you stay here while we find you a new home." "Thank you, mam'n." "I must go now. Princess Luna and I must discuss our next plan against the Changelings. I thank you again." Then she flew off.

I looked back the unicorn. Her eyes have instantly dried up. She was looking at me with squinted, focused eyes. "That's some peculiar magic I'm sensing. It's almost as though your using a transformation....spell...." She ran back inside. I could hear some arguing inside. Then, she came back outside. Her magic was holding a knife! "W-what are you doing?" "Who are you?" "What?" "Who are you!?" "I'm... I'm..." What name? What name? What name? What name! "Brave Hoof?" That was the first thing that popped in my head. "That does't prove anything!" She started swinging the damn thing at me! "What the hell are you doing!?" "WHO ARE YOU!?" She was really starting to get pissed. I swear her eyes are glowing red! I wasn't going to tell anyone, but unless I want to die, I guess I'm going to have to tell her if I'm going to live. "Look! Just stop and I'll tell you, but can we talk inside?" She looks down at the dragon, who looked back at her. Then they both walked inside. The unicorn looked back outside to me, motioning her hooves for me to go inside. I walked in. I almost tripped on the way in. I still need to get used to this.

She was sitting in a chair. Holding her knife. She spoke, quietly. "Now. Who are you? Are you a Changeling?" A what? What's a Changeling? "A what? No. *sigh* I'm a human. I have no idea how I got here." "A human!? I thought you were just a myth!" "You really never seen a human before?" I looked up and she was gone. Minutes later, she came back with a book. It was called: Myths and Tall Tales. She flipped through the pages, then stopped. She showed me a picture of a human. Or at least it said it was. It didn't look anything like any human I ever seen. It looked kinda like that famous Bigfoot picture! "Uh, that isn't a human." "It isn't?"

"No, that's Bigfoot. It's a myth in my world." "Oh. So what do you look like?" I looked up at my helmet. I took it off and searched inside for the picture of my family. I found it and showed it to the unicorn. "This is my wife, and that's my son." She stared at the picture for a long time. "Interesting..." "Just please don't tell anyone. I don't want anyone to know." "Is it ok if Spike knows?" "Who's Spike?" The purple dragon came in through the room door. "As long as he doesn't tell anyone, I don't care." Then, an awkward silence fell over the room. "I never caught your name, by the way." "I'm Twilight Sparkle. What about you?" "My human name?"  "Yes." "Matt Johnson. But just call me by that name I made up, ok?" "*giggle* Ok."