Sol's not from here

“What I’m gathering from this and correct me if I got this wrong Miss, I mean Princess Luna, you and your sister Princess Celestia who move the Moon and Sun, the most proficient with magic, do not know why I’m here, or why I’m a GODDAMN HORSE?” Sol only got progressively higher pitched towards the end of his dreamscape interaction with one of the diarchs of the unfamiliar land he found himself on. All he’d managed to gather so far was that he was in a land called Equestria full of...

“Well yes and again please Mr. Hamel we are not horses we are ponies, remember I said that word has an entirely different meaning here.” Luna said, interrupting Sol’s train of thought as he was trying to grasp what was being told to him and hoping this was a dream within a dream moment and that he would wake up as his human self in the morning but he’d bear with this for now not that he had much choice in the matter. “And when we awake I will inform my sister of what you have described to me.” Luna raised an eyebrow at him and tilted her head “and you’re absolutely certain that you remember nothing of your trip to Equestria or your change from a hoo-man to a pony?” She asked again as she was trying to figure out if what he was saying was true. Yes there was a magical disturbance hours prior but she wasn’t quite convinced what he said was true or if he was the root cause. Though, she would find out sooner or later if he was lying when he made it to Canterlot for questioning.

He rubbed the back of his neck, “I’m sorry about that Princess, still a little shocked I guess and please call me Sol” he waved a hoof to dismiss the formalities “but yes I have no recollection on how I got here, and it’s Human pronounced kind of like hue when referring to a color and then man. I’ll go into more detail later about my kind or former kind now.” He chuckled emptily “I'm just glad I have someone to talk to and that I know where I am. You said there was a town called Ponyville? Could you maybe point me in the right direction?” Sol let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding after he asked Luna about directions to a town, civilization of any kind was better than some old linens and cold marble in the middle of the forest.

“ When you wake you will cross the bridge on the west side of the castle where the sun rises and walk the path through the forest, worry not it will be safe and I will let Twilight Sparkle Celestia’s best student know of your journey from the ruins of our former castle, and she shall meet you halfway and escort you safely to Ponyville”. Sol slowly nodded at her as now that most of his questions were answered he had one more he wanted to ask but he was starting to feel the pull of reality taking him from his dream. “It is almost time for you to wake, but don’t fret, you will be safe and I will ask Celestia if she knows anything about this, until the morrow Mr. Sol” and with the final bow of her head, Luna was gone and hopefully for Sol this was just a nightmare that he would wake from and he would be back in the park at home in the fields by the playground. It would probably be late so he’d get an earful from his mom but at least he’d be home.

Sol jolted awake as the sun began to peak through the trees in the west, and Sol groggily went to rub his eyes to still feel hooves where his hands and fingers should have been. “So it wasn’t a dream within a dream thing, goddamnit” he swore under his breath as he got up and looked around.

“I'm sure the Princess will let this Twilight Sparkle know where I am soon enough. I should look around aaaand I'm talking to myself again” Sol mumbled and began to look around for anything he could use or read. Survival was essential to him and all but now that he had directions and a pseudo rescue squad meeting him half way he wanted to explore, if he was going to be stuck in Equestria he was going to explore the hell out of it. As he made his way back towards the room he took the linens from the day prior he walked into the room to see the mirror again and to look at himself a bit more in depth. He examined his mane albeit messy and dirty due to sleeping on the ground all night.

“I can’t wait to shower or bathe or whatever they have in this world” he thought. Sol then started to turn and noticed a mark on his flank, “That definitely wasn’t there on earth” he muttered with his rump now facing the mirror seeing a sun with a moon facing upward inside of it. “Man, a tattooed pony interesting… then again I believe Luna had something like this on her ass too” Sol began to recall the night's prior dream remembering Luna’s Moon on her moon and he chuckled at himself and blushed. Why was he getting flustered thinking about one of the rulers of Equestria's asses? Sol decided to that doing and thinking anything else were better for his beet red face. He then faced the mirror again, shook his head and glanced himself over again. Noticing nothing else amiss and he then went to check the room for any trinkets or,

“A book hell yeah” He galloped over to book on the nightstand next to the bed almost tripping himself in the process. “Ok so walking is ok, running's gonna take a little bit” he thought, stabilizing himself. He then went to reach for the book and then froze, and huffed in annoyance and mentally scolded himself,

“No Hands remember!”. As quickly as he was annoyed he was also excited when he remembered he could use magic now and what better way to get better than practice!

Sol spent the better half of 15 minutes trying to use magic again like when he lit the fire.
“Ughh there has to be a trigger or some trick to this since telekinesis seems to elude me” He racked his brain to try and replicate what he did for the fire, and for the next hour he sat on the ground and thought about what it was that helped him use magic before. Then it hit him like a bus, “so I had to apply logic from Earth! Light to fire and now it should be…” His horn lit up and the book began to float towards him off of the nightstand and he let out the least manly squee he had ever made himself and quickly raised a hoof to cough into it.

“Ahem uh yea let's put that in the good ol’ mental vault”. He’d applied what he’d known from Earth to utilize gravity and what he knew of the low gravity in space. Now whether or not he’d be able to control the density of the space his magic occupied was for another time. But it was an understatement to how overjoyed he was to get the hang of magic at least for now. He would have to ask about the specifics from someone in ponyville if he got the chance. He levitated the book above him as he pranced out of the rooms and noticed a golden bracelet laying next to one of the doorways. Using his magic he put it on his left hoof and saw some purple runes on it but thought it looked cool so he put it on his left hoof. Sol then continued on his way as he pranced out the front of the castle ruins to see the spot he awoke in the evening prior still sunk into the tall grass. Taking a deep breath he reminisced of his home and family on earth and shook his head and focused. The morning dew that coated the forests trees and grass combined with the fresh morning air filled his lungs and steeled him on his short journey through the forest, where hopefully the others were on their way to meet him.