Chapters What’s it like to cheat death?
Earth…was hell. The sky was on fire, the ozone layer being long since disintegrated. The ground was at a stage between magma and rock. A hellish red glowing from the large cracks appearing on the surface. The rock shook was like an earthquake, but the plates were also long gone…
There was no doubt about it, the core was collapsing, and this planet was dying…
Meanwhile you, Anon stood there in the metal bunker. Quickly gather everything that holds a connection to your life in a box. A photo of your family, friends, but they have all died in front of your eyes long ago..
“Are you sure this is gonna work‽” A voice yelled out to you from behind, the planet was letting out a deep and loud vibration, almost as if screaming in pain.
You turn around with the box in hand, there you see Twilight Sparkle, a magical unicorn pony from another world. Her eyes reflected yours, fear, uncertainty, and sadness.
“It’s not like we have any other option! Open the portal!” You demand as Twilight’s horn it up and a blue portal appears next to you both.
Then the vibration stopped, as what replaced it was a violent and morbid scream of the souls that had suffered, the sound was getting louder and louder. The bunker seemed to shrink but also morph, the core and the planet around it…was collapsing.
“NOW!” You yell and both you and Twi leap into the blue abyss. The hell opened and you could feel it on your body on the Earth side of the portal.
Then it all stopped, you went from about to die and met all the other 8 billion people that suffered on this rock…to now nothing.
As the portal broke the connections, you felt like you had lost all control of your body. Like if your brain had lost connection with the rest of your being. Your brain still worked, but it had lost all control….
You then fell into some cold water before passing out from the stress and panic of the situation….
***
Your mind was slowly coming back, but normally when you wake up, the rest of the body responds to the brain’s command to activate, but the only thing that wakes up is the brain itself.
You open up your eyes and see something weird, the grass in front of your eyes is more cartoony, then you realize what just happened.
Since your world was dying, and since Twi was your friend, you decided to instead escape to her world of Equestria. You essentially cheated death itself. You would pump your fist in succession to the fact that you are now in Equestria, if only you had control of your body.
Hold up, why can’t I control my body, then again, what CAN I control?
You do a body check, you can breathe, blink, swallow, you clear your throat and let out an “Ah”, you can also speak. Everything else…no response.. At least you still had the control of your body parts needed to survive.
You then hear another groggy tone come from next to you. You can’t move your head so you move your eyes, but unfortunately, the noise is coming from beyond the corners of your eyes.
“Auuugh…What..happe-” You hear Twilight say as she gets up before gasping. “ANON! Anon, are you alri-” Twilight said frantically, the noises of her hooves on the ground told you she was looking around for you before she trailed off as she saw you.
“Twilight, I don’t know what’s going on, I don’t have any sense of control or feeling in anything but my brain...It’s like I’m in a new body…”
“Y-...Yea…like you're in a new…..body…” Twilight said, almost like she was rubbing her eyes to see if what she was seeing was real.
“H-Here, let me…uhh…help you sit up.” She responded as she picked up part of your body and put you in an upright position. She still held you close so you wouldn’t fall down again.
Your brain gets confused by two things, one, last time you tried Twilight being a pony didn’t have enough strength to carry a human but yet she lifted you up with ease. Another thing is that you felt a numbing sensation on where her hooves were touching your skin.
“So….why can’t I control my body..” You ask, before Twilight does a “Well….”. That can’t be good.
“You know how you said it felt like you were in a different body? Well..” She said before letting go of her hoof below your chin, allowing your limp head to fall, thus causing you to look down.
Your eyes widened at what you saw. It all made sense now, what you saw was not a human body, but a pony body.
I’M IN A PONY BODY!?....no…NO….NO NO THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!
You try not to have a panic attack as you look yourself over, you are a human mind in a stallion pony body. Your coat was a light-ish green, and your tail color said to you that your hair was a dark green-ish black. From the angle you can see, you don’t see a cutie mark on your flank.
Twilight put her hoof under your chin again and lifted your limp head to meet her gaze.
“Anon, you’re in a pony body, the transfer to this world must have made your body…adapt to this place. You have no cutie mark, you have no control over your body…I know this is a lot to take in…but it’s going to be okay…I will be here by your side through it all. Because I am your friend…”
No…this can’t be real…You spent 16 years making your life on Earth from the ground up. Everything you worked for to get where you were, all the friends you’ve made. All thick and thin moments in friendships and family….
Everything you’ve done to get through 16 years of life….it was all worthless…all for nothing. Now you have to make a new life, in a new world, while still having the dark memories of the past. How the green beautiful planet you called home…was turned to hell itself…
You couldn’t hold your emotions back as you started to whimper as tears came down your cheeks and into the pond water below. Twilight wrapped you in a tight embrace, clutching you close while “Shhhh”-ing to you repeatedly while rubbing your withers with her hoof.
No….I can’t start all over….I may have cheated death….but now…I have nothing left…
Who am I now? A pony….or a human?....
Author's Note
I know this is gonna be a LONG story! Like at least 20 chapters....
(I also noticed how all stories of Anon being a pony, there were all about him being a young filly, so I decided to make Anon the right age and gender, to fit the story better.)
As a kid you were always told to not cry, to stay strong, that it makes you look weak. But honestly…fuck them all for that. What would they know? They're dead anyway! Besides, you would rather be here alive right now.
But then again, you're in a new world, paralyzed in a pony body, and you saw your planet die. Okay okay..maybe there were disadvantages to being in this new life…
You stop crying as your eyes become dry and dehydrated. Along with it came the feeling to die…
Twilight finally stopped her embrace with you and looked at you with a shy smile, you knew she was trying to reassure you that it will be alright, but you know that eventually you’ll be the one saying: “I told you so…”.
Twilight then stood up, causing you to fall backwards, but she used her magic to put you on her back as she looked behind her withers to meet your broken gaze.
“It’s alright Anon, let's get you to my house where we can get you something to eat..” She said before starting to walk out of the little bundle of trees where the pond laid, the entire time being slow to not tip you over…
You look around with your eyes, trying not to replay the visions you saw back on Earth. The general area was dark, implying you two are deep in a forest, but light, indicating that the sun is still high in the sky. You listen and hear Twi’s hooves, some leaves move in the wind, and also Twilight humming to herself, most likely to keep you calm.
Later your eyes are burned as you exit the forest. GOD PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON MY WEAK SELF! Your eyes slowly adjust and you find yourself walking towards a town. Since you watched the show before Twi came to your world, you knew that this is PonyVille. That reminds you of how she got into your world in the first place…
***
7th grade you looked out the window of the school bus taking you home…You were depressed, you felt lost and alone, sure you had some friends at school…but at home…nothing. Your two sisters had each other, your older brother was in college, and your parents obviously had each other, thus, you were always alone.
Yea sure you did always want to be alone, but it was because of how annoying your family gets, especially your sisters. You remember all the times your cousin slept over and how you felt happy back then, but you wished he was instead your brother. To always have someone who understands you by your side all the time.
You stood up while the bus stopped at your house, and you walked down the driveway and towards the little path to the front door. The autumn leaves make ruffling noises as your shoes crunched them like a bug. But then a new noise came…and you knew it was not normal-
Your thoughts are interrupted as your ride to the library stops, you open your eyes to see 5 mares all run up to Twilight and start yelling out questions and other things. The voices hurt your disheveled mind, but you know who they are..You feel a little smile get to yourself at that…but none of that now, why are they yelling at Twili-
“WHAT WERE YOU THINKING TWILIGHT!? Going BACK to Anon’s world? Why would you ever do that? There was no point in going back to that….creature!” Dash yelled at Twilight causing her to back up. None of them seem to have noticed you yet, but still…
Ouch…thanks sooooo much for helping my already crushed self esteem Dash….
Since you were on top of Twilight, you could feel her breathing, she stood still and calm like, but you feeling her heavy breathing told you that those words angered her deeply. Makes sense, she and you were very good friends on Earth.
You decide to blow your cover before Twi breaks…
“Y-You do know I’m right here you know?” You say, causing Twi to turn a bit to reveal you to the rest. Now that they finally noticed you, confused looks from all…
“Twi…who’s that?” AppleJack questioned, mimicking the same look from all the others. Your positions on Twi’s tilted body almost make you slip, but Twilight uses her magic to prep you back up on her body.
Twilight’s ears flop back as she pointed a hoof to you.
“T-This..is Anon..” While it sounds cliché, you literally saw their jaws hit the floor. Then came the bombardment of questions, you can't deal with this right now, you need rest…
“H-How? I thought Anon was a human, and how is he here-” Dash tried to speak up before you cut her off.
“After Twilight left my world the first time…my world…turned into death itself…then Twi came. The planet was about to die and explode, so I escaped here..and now…im paralyzed in this new body…” You answer with your eyes closed, trying to hold back the images in your mind.
“J-Just..get me to the library…I need rest..” You say trying to get sleep to take over you, but it doesn’t…being fed all the memories of all the lives of humans. All 8 billion lives are playing in your head, and they all end the same way….a gruesome death..
As Twilight and the girls began walking, your mind finally let sleep take over as more and more memories filled your mind…
***
Twilight hates this, she hates how every time she looks on her back lies a broken Anon. She remembers how when she was first on Earth, their technology was amazing, and Anon was the best person she ever met.
Anon was a caring, happy, kind human. Always there to help her out in his world. But that just makes her even sadder now, now Anon is…a quiet, scared, alone human. The second time she came to his world, he was like a different person entirely, like he was hiding a darkness inside him ever since she left for the first time.
Her heart tells her to ask him, Are you okay? How did your world turn to hell? But she can’t ask him, she knows she will cause him to just break more, so why does she want to ask. She knows why, to help him, to give him a second life in this amazing world. If only he told her the truth of everything.
Twilight finally noticed her blurry vision and wiped her messy tears away with her hoof before keeping the walk to her library. Remembering the Anon she used to know, it brings her back to when they first met….
***
You turned around from the noise. Yes you heard tree nuts and squirrels go past the autumn leaves. But this noise was different. You couldn’t tell what you were looking at, it was like the entire world decided to show you its power and beauty.
A purple flashing light was upon you, you didn’t know whether to be honored, or confused…
Then the light faded away, and showed…..what..? You know her, Twilight Sparkle, she's from that show you watch! But…HOW? Are your world connected, is she real or your depressed mind tricking you...
It's really….her…shes..in my world…my dark, cold, and evil world….
Twilight opened her eyes, but her back was facing towards you. Besides all the questions in your mind, you wonder if drivers passing by will see it, wonder if they’re on something or hallucinating, and then questioning whether or not they should be driving right now.
“Hm, so this is where Celestia sent me.” Twilight said to herself while looking at her surroundings.
Celestia sent her here? Why? How? Well…magic, dumbass….
Twilight then turned around and both of your gazes locked onto each other as you both stared, an awkward silence building up. You knew the ponies from the show had big eyes, but damn, this is a whole new kinda big. After a while of silence, you see Twilight’s pupils expand a bit, as if she has calmed down and sees there is no threat.
“Um…hello?” She said, trying to get more knowledge on you.
You simply mouth three words in response to her speaking to you.
What the fuck?
“Don’t worry, I come in peace… Maybe I should explain.” She said before clearing her throat.
“My name is Twilight Sparkle, I’m a magical unicorn from another world known as Equestria. I am the star pupil of Princess Celestia, my world’s ruler. She tasked me to go to another world, take notes and learn from the world, and also spread the power of friendship to our places. So…looks like this is where I was sent…”
You had more questions than answers now.
***
Twilight and her friends walked into the library, as the girls tried to take this all in, Twilight put Anon down on a nearby couch. Spike, who was reading a comic, looked up and instantly walked up to the sleeping pony, looking at Twi with a “tf?” expression.
Pinkie’s demeanor then slowly went to a big smile as she got an idea.
“OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOOOSSSHH! ANON IS NOW IN OUR WORLD! LET’S HAVE A BIG PARTY-” The pink mare said while hopping, only for Twi to place a hoof on her mouth.
“Shhh! Not now, Anon is already having a rough day, worse than any of you could think.”
“Wait a second! This is Anon?” Spike said, pointing to the sleeping huma-...pony…on the couch.
Twilight only responded with a sigh as she teleported in the box Anon brought with him through the portal. With her magic she opened it up and lifted one picture frame from the pile.
It was a photo of her and Anon in his bedroom. Twilight, being in the moment, was happily making faces at the camera, while Anon only smirked at her behavior. Twi gave a small smile remembering those amazing times. She looked up to see someone she knew, on her couch.
He’s here…in her world….he’s gonna live with her and her friends now…
Twilight would be ecstatic at this news…If only the reason for him being in her world was…different. She sighed again, not tearing her look away from the photo as she deadpanned, trying not to mourn over her friend’s situation.
“Spike, I want to send a letter to Celestia…”
“O-Okay.. Spike said nervously, still not taking his glance off Anon as he took out a parchment.
Twilight took a deep breath, stopping her whirling thoughts and stopping tears from flowing again.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I have come to inform you that I am once again back in Equestria, however, I have some bigger news to share.
The human Anon, from his world, was forced under some…” She hesitated, “Circumstances to escape into our world.
He is now here in our world, and he is now in a pony body. The connection between our worlds is gone now. I don’t know why just yet, but once Anon reached this world, we discovered that he is currently paralyzed, and will be until future letters.
I am sure you or Luna will want to know more about this, in that case you can talk to me, or Anon, if you’d like.
I will be taking care of him for the time being, so I will not be able to do missions or friendship lesson letters to you from now on, I hope you can understand.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle.”
Twilight let out a shallow breath as she finished, not ever once taking her eyes off the photo, she intended all the girls to hear it too, to understand her pain right now. She remembered the old Anon before he changed, she misses the old him that she knew before his world became what she saw the second time she went to it.
She silently made a note in her head, like a to do list in this new chapter in her life. The list will certainly grow over time, but this first one is definitely her new goal.
Goal 1: Bring the old Anon back
Spike finished his letter before wrapping it up and breathing on it with fire, the particles going out the window and towards the grand city in the mountains.
Twilight finally put the photo down and closed the box, just to look up and see Anon. His limp body was the same, but his face was that of fear and agony, as his breathing became shallow.
“Oh no…why now?”
***
Anon knew he was in a dream the second it started. He knew because he was back on Earth…the hell one.. He quickly realized that this wasn’t a dream or nightmare, it was a memory, one he wanted long to forget and push to the back of his mind, but his brain decided to be a bitch today and use his current broken mental health as an advantage.
Human you stood there in the red field. The grass was dead and decayed, a nearby nuclear reactor tower broken and releasing tons of crimson smoke into the air. Because this was a memory however, you were forced to relive it, and thus, you couldn’t do anything to change this nightmare but only watch the memory again.
“Anon! Where are you?” a female voice cried out from the broken building. You knew that voice, it was the one of your own mother. You wanted to hug her tight and cry in her embrace, being that just two days ago you saw your closest cousin die right in front of you…
You start running towards the building ruins, the face of your mother becoming more and more clear. You get close enough and try to wrap her in your arms, but a pulse was heard and..nothing. You open your eyes to see the horror yourself…
What laid in your arms…was anything but your mom. It was a pile of blood, organs, veins, and only a few bones and skin remaining. The pile slowly fell to the floor, you began panting heavily as you looked in horror at the amount of blood on your shaking hands. Your knees couldn’t take the lack of oxygen as you sat down, and began violently sobbing.
The memory stopped, and you were in a void, but then you looked back to see faces everywhere, all looking at you. Their screams of agony rang in your head, a black claw reached out and began pulling you toward all the screaming faces..
Their screams…t-they..they got louder…and louder AND LOUDER AND LOUDER AND-
“ENOUGH!” You hear a voice called out, you now stood in the void again, alone, but you were now in your new body. Being a dream, you were able to actually move in this pony body. Thank god…
You stood up to see a light coming from above, before landing on the ground and fading away..revealing a blue alicorn standing there and looking at you. A Mix of comfort, worry, and sorrow in her look.
Princess Luna….
“It is alright mortal..it was only a nightmare created by your mind…” Luna said, walking up to you before she dropped her princess mask. “I heard about you from the letter Twilight sent us, your Anon, aren't you?”
“Y-Yes…I’m assuming you saw..everything..” You sigh while burying more memories.
Luna saw you with sorrow, she never confronted one like she was their mother. Ponies were so childlike after all, but Anon needed the most comfort right now.
“Come, I would like to talk to you, I would recommend for your mind that you stay close.” She said, sitting down with her legs under her. You walked to the side of her and sat down as well before Luna draped one of her wings on you.
I knew ponies were soft, so I rub Twi’s fur once. But this one is so…relaxing.
You do a bold move, you snuggle up to her side, seeking more comfort as the images replayed in your mind.
Luna never thought she would be here right now, comforting a pony as if they were her own sister. But those images she saw in Anon’s nightmare…they made her sick to the core, and gave her horror like never before…
“Anon, I know this is a tough time for you, your people are gone, and you feel alone right now. As my duty, it is that I would always protect my little ponies from the darkness within them. I would know, I had to deal with my own darkness for a millennia. But I can sense your darkness is different, images I wouldn’t bear to see again, even though you were the one to have them. I’m truly sorry for everything you’ve lost, but along your journey... in this better world. I will be there.”
Luna used her wing to pull you tight and nuzzled your little pony cheek. That got a blush out of you, you never thought somepony as serious as Luna would turn into such a softie. But you can’t blame her for this motherly comfort, you needed it, much more than anypony now could know.
A light appeared in the void, both you and Luna looked up at it. Luna turned to you, a shy smile on her face.
“You are waking up, go, enjoy your new life Anon, make sure to cherish it as much as you can.” Those words hit you like a truck, after all, who knows what will happen, will this world suffer the same fate as your-
“Don’t think those negative thoughts, it will only make your recovery worse, I promise, that I will try as best as I can to be there every time your slumber comes.”
“Y-You don’t….” You trail off, no matter how much you don’t want to be a burden, you need company, and you know you can’t convince her otherwise. So, you look at the growing light, it takes you in, as your slumber ends…
“Till the next night, Anon….”
Same Moon, Different Meaning...
You slowly go back into the world of realty. You try to move but forgot that you're no longer dreaming. You can still sense Luna’s warm and comfy embrace around you, even though you're awake.
You smile at that, it's like Luna is worried over….you..yeah dumb thought…
You creek open your eyes to see you're still lying on the couch. From the window, it looks to be that the sun has begun to very slowly set, must be a little after noon then.
You then notice Twilight sitting next to the couch on the floor, reading a book and taking notes before looking at you, a small shy smile formed on her face when she saw you looking back at her. The embrace around you vanishes once Twilight knelt down next to you to meet her gaze, as if Luna was sure that Twi now can take the lead on this.
“Hey…” Twilight said with a calm tone, “You alright?”
You only respond with a “Mhm..” as your eyes get used to the light. “I’m getting hungry…” is all your weak brain could say right now.
Twilight nods, using her magic to keep you sitting up right on the couch, leaving you and Spike alone as she went to get some food. In the corner of your eyes you can see Spike still has a cautious expression on him about you.
What was going on in this world the entire time? Might as well get some small talk.
“S-so…How do you know me?” You ask, that got the dragon’s eyes to light up a tiny bit. Turns out he wanted small talk too. Might as well make some new connections in this second life…
“Well, a better question would be how could I not know you?” He looks you in the eyes, a small smile coming up, revealing his not shy side.
“The first time, Celestia tasked Twilight with going to a different world, so that of course made the headlines. Twilight coming back also became the top word of the mouths. Twilight kept saying how great your world was.” That got your smile to break, you shake those thoughts away, Luna told you not to think about Earth right now.
“But then Twilight came to your world a second time, without any reason or saying anything before,” That got your eyes to widen. What? “So when she came back AGAIN, with you this time, you should expect everypony to know your name.”
Your mind keeps wandering about what the dragon said. When Twilight went to your world a second time she never told anypony about it, without reason? Jeez, no wonder Dash was mad…
Twilight walked in with some food on a plate, she seemed to focus all her magic to hold the plate up and forgot about you. You felt the magic aura around you go away as you start to tip over. Just before you fall off the couch the aura returns and sits you up again. Only to see an embarrassed Twi.
“Sorry! Sorry, I just haven’t used my magic on multiple things at once in a while.” Twilight pleaded as she sat in front of me on the floor. She then used her magic to lift up a fork with a piece of food on it and put it up to you, a smirk on her face.
Even when paralyzed, you still felt your pony ears fold back and a blush appear on your face.
“Oh, come on! Really?” You rebuttal, causing Spike to chuckle.
“Well, would you rather Spike do it?” Twi’s smirk only grew bigger. You bring a heavy sigh and look at the ceiling to not see Twi’s smug face along with the laughing dragon next to you.
“Make it quick…” You're too defeated to care anymore, you swear you can hear Luna laughing in your mind…
***
Now your hunger is gone, but your redness still remains on your face. Spike goes to bed, the sun going down the horizon. Twi picks you up in her magic as she walks to her bedroom. You stay floating in the air limply.
“Aughhhh...I feel like a baby..” You admit, you can’t do anything but stay limp. Twi put you in her bed as she climbed in too, you stay there looking at the ceiling, then a thought came to your mind.
“Ey Twi, why am I paralyzed?”
“Well… I don’t have a definitive answer yet. But I think the reason is that you’re trying to control your body as if it was still human. You’re so used to moving your human body that you are trying to move your new body as if it were the same. I assume you don’t know your anatomy then, tomorrow I can start teaching you your anatomy, then later we can try making your mind know how pony bodies move and work..” Twilight said, while reading a book with her magic.
Yea..that does make sense, if you tried to move a right hoof as if it were still a hand, nothing would happen.
“So…if I learn how this new body works..I just need to learn to walk..again?” That only got a chuckle from the book horse.
“I assume so, just learn your physiology, then learn to walk again as if you were a child..”
“Gee…thaaaanks… I already feel like a useless child right now..” You say sarcastically. You don't get an answer though, your eyes move to the side to see that the mare has already fallen asleep.
Damn, that's a new record…
Your staring contest with the ceiling remains, more thought wandering in your mind. You never thought you would have a breakdown in your life, but now…add that to the list..
What if this world suffers the same fate as mine? Am I a human or not? If I die, humans will be extinct, but do I still count as one? If I have kids, will they be humans, ponies, both? I can’t be the reason all 4 billion years of Earth were for nothing!
I should make books, write tales from the beginning to the end of my planet. The empires, the wars, everything. But will I do it in time? Who knows how long I have left. I already cheated death, so will the reaper come try looking for me?
You keep trying to push those thoughts away, but they come back in a stronger force, the pillow soaks more of your tears as you go deeper in the downward spiral. But just when it seemed like your mind was gone to the spiral. That warm embrace went to you again.
“Shhh…don’t think those thoughts, mortal…Just let sleep take over, I’ll be there for you… Please, do not wander to those questions right now…” Luna said in your mind.. The embrace slowly calmed you down, the scent of ozone filling your mind, as you slowly let Luna’s comfort take you to unconsciousness…
But, What about the girls?
Fluttershy laid in her soft plant-like bed. Looking at her bunny, Angel. Who seemed to be giving her the “stop lying” face.
“I’m telling you Angel, he was there! Anon is in our world, it was him in there!” Angel only turned her back to the mare.
“I’m not lying to you, I swear! I saw Anon, he is here. Just wait, I’ll show him to you one day. Then who will be laughing?”
The mare yawned as got comfy in her blankets, Angel close to her side as they both went to sleep.
***
Rarity couldn’t have cared less about the news. She was too busy in her bed drawing more fashion designs for her business. But the thought of him still laid in her mind every time she saw a stallion base.
***
AppleJack laid there with her hat on her chest as she also had a staring contest with the ceiling. Just for Winona to poke her snout at her, sensing her rambling thoughts.
“It’s alri’ girl… Just thinkin’ bout our new company.” Winona gave her a questioning pout. “Yeah yeah, I know. It’s gonna be weird trying to make him part of the group. But, any friend of Twi is a friend of mine.” AJ rubbed Winona’s head, causing the dog to lick her face with tickles.
“Haha! Alright girl! I get it! I’ll try to make him my friend, alright! Hahaha! Stop it!”
***
Rainbow Dash laid in her bed, legs sprawled out, she had a tough time going to sleep. She looked around her room, the Wonderbolt posters, the trophies, and Tank next to her bed.
Our lives are about to get a lot more complicated, but Anon and I need to have a talk later. How our best friend chose HIM over US!
Dash only laid there, clutching her pillow tight, as angry tears broke out from her eyes…
***
“I can’t believe it!? The party pony said, “Anon in our world! I can’t wait to throw him the BIGGEST PARTY EVA!” Pinkie said practically hoping in her bed. Only to be met with the blank wall-eyed stare from Gummy.
“Aww, come on Gummy! What's with that look?” She said to the silent lizard, the lizard didn’t respond but only liked one of his eyes with his long tongue.
“Sigh. Yea, I know, I know. Can’t throw him a party yet, paralyzed and all. I could tell from his tone that he's bummed out.” Pinkie’s mane started to fade into a darker shade of pink, before poofing out again and almost glowing pink.
“Oo! Oo! I know! I should get his happy spirit back, then I will have a friend, and a happy stallion! Brilliant, is it?” Gummy stared at her.
“I knew you would agree! You always do!”
Author's Note
We made it through Anon's first day in Equestria!
He's in for a whole lot more Fuckery...
:)
Two- or...three in a void...
Everypony was sleeping through the beautiful night. Unbeknownst to them that this night for a few ponies, was special, as it started a new age…with a new catalyst for everything having arrived at their world.
But you have bragging rights now to shove in the faces of all the bronies you are a part of, because you are in the dream void, in an embrace of the princess of the night. Both of your bodies faced the same way, just that because ponies were smaller than alicorns, you were basically moved up to sit on her lap (don't even ask how that works, pony land is weird), and she has her big wings draped around your frail body.
***
Luna sat there in the void with you, she had two screens on both sides of her, one was basically a camera that could see anyponies’ dreams to check if any were having nightmares, she couldn’t exactly dreamwalk right now with her new guest. On the other screen lies Anon’s dream. It was complicated, both of them being in the dream void, but yet still Anon was able to dream without Luna being in it as well.
She soon sensed some red darkness seep from Anon’s screen, he was spiraling down, the dream he was having slowly morphed into memories, faces, screams, all from Earth. Luna’s embrace around him tightened, then slowly caused his dream to go back to normal.
Really? I can’t believe you're doing this! Why are you comforting him like he’s your son?
Not now Nightmare, you saw those images too, and he needs this just as much as I do.
Why would you need any of…this?
Well…Anon, unlike most of our subjects, is more mature. Probably being a human and all, but he also carries his darkness from his past. So, I feel like he…gets me..
Pfft! Get you? Hahahaha! Lulu, don't tell me you're going to try and make one of your subjects your friends. Everytime you try to make friends, all your subjects run away-
A scowl went across Luna’s face as she disconnected Nightmare’s voice from her mind. She is still in agony after all these years of being free of her, because the elements (for some reason) instead of killing that beast…decided to lock her up in Luna’s mind, forever torturing her. But now…she has somepony, or…someone who feels her pain…
***
You slowly wake up from your dream, well “dream dream”, and still find yourself in the dream void. Yea it's complicated, it took a long time for Luna to convince you that you can have a dream while being in the void during dreaming.
You turn your head upwards, careful not to poke Luna with your horn, and see her smile facing back down at you. That gets you a tired smile in return.
“Rest well, Anon?”
“Mmm..” Is all your tired brain could respond, but then your tired smile disappeared from your face as your mind started to wonder.
“Luna,” You deadpan. “I need to show you something. It’s one of my memories, it's something I never wish to show anypony, but yet…I can’t handle it anymore.” Tears started to make your vision blurry as the wings around you wrapped around your small body more as your voice started to break. “I need to get it out of my system, so, I need to show you it.”
Now Luna has you in an embrace of not just her wings, but her forelegs as well. She uses her feather to wipe your tears. With a flash of her horn a big screen appeared in the void in front of both of you. Saying “Memory input required”.
“I understand, Anon. This is a hard time for you, you can show me it if you want, but if you start spiraling down, I will be here to bring you out of it.” You look back up with your semi blurry vision to see a face with genuine care and comfort. You only nod before closing your eyes and taking a deep breath. Letting those memories in the back of your head reach the screen at full force….
***
A virus from space, that was all that it was, but yet it infected ALL humans on Earth. There were only two types, light and severe. The light version made humans have a need for chaos, but eventually a vaccine was made and eventually eradicated. But the severe….never got a cure, because of how rare it was, out of all 8 billion people, only around 200,000 people had the severe type, and your friend was one of them…
The severe type made a human have an INTENSE bloodlust. Wanting to see the life drain from a person’s eyes as they slice their throat open to taste the spraying blood.
You run into an abandoned house, hiding from the red smoke that plagued the landscape. You sigh before you realize that you were in a room full of dead bodies, and your friend was in the middle, looking at his next victim as he stabbed him in the stomach. He looked back at you with that twisted smile, blood coated his skin and clothes, he smile of insanity was so big that blood came from his gums and stained his teeth in a reddish pink.
“W-Why…why hello there Ano-” Nothing, your friend was launched back to the end of the room lying in his own blood. You stand there with your hands shaking and breathing shallow. Sweat all over you as you hold the gun you just used. Out of shock and realization you drop the weapon and run for it…
***
Luna quickly broke the connections and began to hug you tightly. You instinctually turn around to hug her back while staining her chest floor with your tears, while putting your small pony muzzle into her ozone scent.
So what were you saying about him being mature?
You saw the memory too, Nightmare..
But you have to admit that the ponies nowadays are so…weak.
Well is Anon a pony?
Just look at him you idio-
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PHYSICALLY!
Well…if he’s not a pony or… what was it…human, then what do you think he is?
I know, he’s a soul. A soul and nothing else, he only transfers his soul into other bodies.
Try saying that to him, then we will see how this “make Anon your friend” plan will work out…
Luna only sighed, while the pony she embraced went back to a calmer state. Then the light in the void appeared again.
You feel something tapping your side and you look to see Luna’s feathers pointing towards something, turn around, and it’s time to wake up. But you can’t just leave without at least saying something.
“T-Thank you Luna…I needed to get it out of my system.” You say before letting the light swallow your small body…
Author's Note
Took long bc school and a little burnout. Promise more will come by inter break.
I'm thinking of making more chapters longer, should I?
Reconstruction - Part 1
Wake up, warm embrace remains, and-.....what was that? You felt something new along your body, like a cold pin and needles type of feeling. Look to one side, Twilight is not on the bed. Alright, commence panic mode. Look to the other side…
Twilight is standing on the side of the bed, her eyes closed and her horn glowing, though you don’t see any items in a magic aura as well, and you weren’t in one either…so what was happening? Also what is this feeling?
Twilight finally opened her eyes while looking right at you. Her deep pools of violet care seep into your soul, you now notice the feeling of a stupid grin on your face, which Twi copies right back.
“Morning, don’t worry about that feeling. I’m just doing a body check, gotta make sure that your paralyzation isn’t due to any breakage or damage.” Twilight said before eventually finishing the check with a flash of her horn. The aura was gone and that crazy feeling went away, to be replaced by that familiar paralyzed numbness.
***
Twilight lifted a book of pony anatomy with her magic. In the corner of her eye she saw Anon’s smile falter back. It wasn’t until that happened when she realized what she just saw.
What she just saw…was the real Anon, not the broken and quiet person now, but the kind, caring, and the best friend in both their worlds. Just for a moment, he was back. As she looked back to the book, a thought came into her mind.
Why not take him to the hospital, they are more experienced than you. They can get him to learn how to gain control then you can just teach him magic.
She knows two answers to that. One, just sending him to the hospital to let them deal with them will make him feel alone, they only will provide physical help, but Anon needs mental help too.
The other reason….was a bit more selfish. She wants to spend more time with him, to get closer to her friend, just to try and get his story out of him. She knows that it will come at a risk of ruining their friendship, but she is willing to try regardless of the cost, just to try and get him to tell her what happened. How the friend she knew changed before her eyes, different from the beginning.
***
After Twilight had appeared before your eyes, you soon realized you need to get back inside, you can’t have your parents think you were not dropped off by the bus. So after a bit of explaining, you tell her that you will help her mission, you take Twilight under one arm and walk to the door.
“Uhh, is this necessary?”
“Look, if anyone sees you, they will freak out and you will go to a lab or something. You have any….invisible spells or something?” You answer while looking at the mare. She flashed her horn and disappeared, but you still felt her weight on your arm.
That is super fucking trippy…
After leaving Twilight in your room and unpacking from school, you walk back in to see Twi feeling your soft carpet like a little kid. Fucking adorable sight to see. After noticing you, a blush appears on her after you just saw what she did.
Eventually you both sat on your bed. You still can’t believe this is real, Twilight, thought to be nothing but a cartoon character, is real, must mean that all of Equestria is real then…
“So, let me guess this straight.” The unicorn said, looking up at you and around the room in confusion. ”You will give me a place to stay, while I get information out of this world?”
“Y-Yes…” You fidget, “What's the reason you're on this ‘mission’ again?” Twilight almost choked on her own breathing.
“Well, since I am the student of our ruler Princess Celestia, she sent me on a task to spread the power of friendship to another world.”
“The fuck does that mean?”
“Firstly, language.” Fuck you too, book horse. “Secondly, Celestia told me that she had access to go to different worlds. She said something along the lines of….’I can feel a lot of negative emotions from a lot of other worlds.’, so she wanted me to bring peace and happiness using the power of friendship.”
“Well that sounds cliche.” You lean back on your bed.
“Eh, maybe it is. So she teleported me to a random world with negative emotions, and now I’m here.” You stand up from the bed at the timing of Twilight’s stomach grumble.
“Alright, I’ll just let you get used to the room, I’m gonna get some food.”
“Thanks, I’ll come wi-”
“No, you’re staying here.” You deadpan back, turning around for that extra effect.
With that, a pregnant pause appeared between you two. You swear you can hear the birds become silent for the show, maybe even have some popcorn to eat.
“Uh…You see, if anyone sees you, they will freak out. Send you to a lab or something, or just shoot you on sight. Plus this world is…well….kinda bad as well as some people being genuine monsters. If you need a place to stay safe, this is the place.”
You wait for a response, but are met with the air reaching your ears. You only walk out the room leaving an understanding, but skeptical magical pony remaining in there.
You stand there in the kitchen going to get a bag of chips. The best offer, cause why would a middle schooler know how to cook? You mind still races, is she real, what's going on, why were you the one she appeared at?
You also have to play dumb, always act like you don’t know about her and her world. If you accidentally reveal too much, like how you know her world, her name, heck, she was even skeptical how you didn’t get scared and run away at seeing her. If at any moment she starts getting skeptical, she might find out too much, and ruin everything, might go away from you and go into the big and scary world.
Heh, this is reminding you of the My Little Dashie fanfic, but that chuckle goes dry, if she finds out about the show…. No, you will keep her safe from this world, keep her in the dark. Yea it's bad and selfish, but you want her to be your friend, she could be a way to get you out of your depression. You then sigh as you walk up the stairs to your room again.
***
Twilight walks downstairs with you in the magic aura again. She places you on the couch next to Spike, who was reading a comic. He seemed to be pretty chill about your presence now. But you can still feel that occasional glance of caution.
Soon after AJ came through the door with a basket of apples on her back. The scent of apples going across the room within seconds, making the purple dragon peek his eyes above the comic page. She walked up to the little table before letting the basket fall onto it with an audible thud.
“What’s this for?” Twilight said, looking away from the bookshelf which she was getting anatomy books from.
“Eh’ jus’ wanna give our new partna’ some good old Equestrian apples to fill ‘er up!” The country mare said, tipping her hat to you. You would nod to her, but no control of your neck, body can’t go limp with Twi’s magic aura keeping you upright. You only give a weak smile to her as she walks out the door.
“Lucky," The dragon said, bringing his comic page back up to his face, "their family's apples are the best in both of our worlds.” Okay, a little uncalled for…
“Hm, never had them.” You say as Twi came back with a little pile of books on the ground.
“What? Oh, then you were missing out!” Twilight remarked as she lifted an apple close to your muzzle, the overwhelming scent of honeycrisp (somehow) filling all 5 of your senses. You take a bite, and it felt like for just a second all of Earth’s past WASN'T in your mind.
For a split second you swear you teleported to the clouds and saw Celestia herself smiling at you…..then you appeared back in the library.
“Jeezus fucking christ…” You whisper. Twi only chuckled, before she would be a little offended by your words, but she has gotten used to it.
Your mind chuckles in itself at the time your bad words got to Twilight for a bit on Earth, one time you heard her reading a book then the bookmark slipped out. She screamed the F-Word louder than any YouTuber could compete with. Luckily at that time you two were home alone, since your family often went out while you preferred to stay at home…
After a bit of eating, Twilight got next to you on the couch and opened up a book, showing it to you.
“Let’s start with the full body.” Her magic flipped the pages to a full anatomy of the pony body.
Holy shit, this is way more complicated than I remember…
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