Defect

Falling through the sky is the first thing I remember. My body had locked up, and the wind was basically assaulting my ears. I could barely remember what had happened to me beforehand. But, the clearest image in my mind was that of a merchant carrying a giant backpack with a small stand on the sidewalk. I paid him and took a necklace with a small crown dangling from it.

Suddenly, a loud noise echoed in my head as a small banner appeared on the right top-side of my vision.

Information! Use your wings to avoid hitting the ground!

The noise was the notification sound effect from the Kingdom Hearts series. It usually appeared during special events or when there were special conditions to winning a scenario. The sky was so blue and filled to the brim with stars. I've never seen anything like it before. I was used to seeing gray skies covered in clouds. It was a miracle to see the blue part of it. So, my mind started to process things.

"I'm falling," I mumbled as I started to look around. Suddenly, my mind clicked, and I understood my situation. "I'm falling!" I yelled as I rolled and opened my arms and legs to slow the fall.

Information! Use your wings to avoid hitting the ground.

"Wings?!" I exclaimed while looking back on my body.

I had Sora's vest, shirt, and his pockets from the third game on me. The pockets were attached to my hips. All of my limbs had turned into equid legs. But there were no wings on my back.

Information! The user's species has been wrongfully formed! The User's form is defective! Attempt to grab a cloud to avoid the fall!

Grab a cloud?! Fuck it! I concluded while frantically searching for a cloud beneath me. As soon as I saw one, a yellow reticle appeared on it. In the game, that's a sign of something being a breakable object. But it also indicates to be within range for one of the attacks. I tried to mimic how people navigate sky diving during action sequences in movies. However, I don't know how to do that. So, I missed my target. And then, I faceplanted on the next cloud. Which, from above, looked like a part of the cloud of my missed target.

I hugged the cloud with all my might while gritting my teeth.

Information! Call for help. Someone might hear you!

"HELP! SOMEBODY! HELP!" I screeched without an ounce of hesitation.

"Uh, what-?!" Someone exclaimed from above me.

"I'm down here! Someone help, please!" I yelled while grabbing the cloud tighter and shutting my eyes.

I heard the sound of wings flapping. I kept my eyes closed while grabbing the cloud as firmly as I could.

"I don't know who you are! Just, please! Get me to solid ground! I'll do anything!" I begged while holding the cloud as if it was a piece of wood in the sea.

"Just open your wings. You should be able to fly down easily," A raspy voice said as I trembled at the idea of having my body squashing on the ground.

"I can't! I don't have wings!" I argued while burying my face on the cloud.

"Well, of course, your wings wouldn't work if you had them tucked away inside clothing. Who makes clothes for pegasus without holes for the wings?" The voice said in an annoyed tone.

"I really don't have wings! Please, get me down!" I countered while keeping my eyes shut.

"Dude, you can't hold or walk on clouds if you aren't a pegasus pony. Of course, you have wings," The voice retorted.

"I beg you. I'll strip if I have to. Get me to solid ground, please! We can argue all you want when I'm not about to die!" I said while raising my head with my eyes closed.

There was a sudden stop in our argument. I could still hear the flapping of wings. Suddenly, I felt a breeze for a couple of seconds. And then, the breeze stopped.

"Just, just hop down the cloud. I don't want to see your scrawny body," The voice said as I slowly opened my eyes. I was still on a cloud. But I was near the ground.

I struggled to unlock my limbs. However, I managed to climb off to the ground. I turned to face the flapping sound. There was a cyan pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane flying near me. Their face was tinged red and she kept pouting while looking away from me.

"Thank you. I thought I was about to die," I said while feeling my legs trembling.

"Why are you standing on your hind legs?" The pegasus said while taking a glance at me before turning away.

I then realized I was balancing on my back legs. So, I decided to act as if I was crawling. This felt weird, but my back wasn't acting up because of my posture anymore.

"Sorry. My bad," I quickly quipped while hopping a couple of times to get a feel for these new limbs.

"Don't wear clothes that impede your wings from functioning," The pegasus said before taking the cloud and zipping away at high speed. It then rushed back to me just as quickly. "I'm Rainbow Dash. The town is that way," Rainbow said before zipping towards the direction they pointed out to me.

"Thanks," I said to no one as I stood there in the middle of the road. After a couple of seconds, I realized that I was alone. So, I decided to poke around my head to see if anything would happen.

I had the Information tab from the game. Maybe I have some sort of system to tell me what I have? I mused before another tab appeared, occupying all of my field of view. Ok. I have a menu too. No ailments detected? I guess this means I'm not sick? Statistics? It's comparing me to Sora? It says that I'm on par with Sora's starting condition at Kingdom Hearts one. He wasn't the strongest back then. Wait, we are never shown how strong Sora was before the dream sequence in the Station of Awakening. Defenses? It says that I have a bit of resistance to light, dark, and wind. But there are no numbers here. Skills? Oh, I can open this one. I have the scan skill. And Light & Dark? What the heck is this doing here? And that's about it. Damn it. How do I close it? And it's gone.

I looked around and started to walk towards the general direction Rainbow had pointed me.

"What the hell is going on?" I mumbled while walking down the road.