Chatper one: Strange Light
It was a cold winters night, on December 24th - Christmas Eve, I was walking home, from my village’s local bar, I just went there so see my mates, have a few drinks and come back, nothing else, I got to my door, shivering in the cold, about to unlock it, but then I saw a light, and a shadow… A strange shadow.
I saw a shadow of a horse, a horse about ¾ of my height in my shadow, I turned around, and I saw a stone floating in the air., showing off light, it was bright as the sun, I couldn’t see anything, but the stone itself, the stone stopped shining and fell to the ground, luckily there was a street light nearby my house so I could find it more easily, I picked it up, and took it inside my house.
When opening my door, the lovely warm air blasted to my face, I felt relaxed after being outside, that’s better… I took off my coat and hanged it on my coat hanger, I still had the stone in my hand, because it was small, about the size of a AAA battery, but round, as it was night, and I had a few drinks, I wanted to go to sleep, with the stone in my hand, I took it to my room.
I walked into my room, and put the stone on my desk, where my computer was, when looking forward to Christmas, I had to be quiet, because I arrived at my mother’s house really, and she was asleep , I had 1 brother as well, a younger one, I knew he would get a lot of gifts because he’s 10 years old, and likes playing games, this year… his Christmas list was filled with games he would like, Like Call of Duty Black Ops 2, and Halo 4, and some Xbox 360 Kinect games as well, like Rabbids.
As I got into my PJ’s, I thought of that shadow I saw, why didn’t I see a human? Was my mind playing tricks on me? I hope so, once I got dressed, I turned on my TV, to see what was on… nothing interesting, I popped on BBC news, just to get a look at the latest headlines, again, just boring David Cameron doing this and that, really? He’s putting up pathetic useless stuff that the country doesn’t need right now, I turned off my TV, slowly, I put myself to bed, still thinking about that shadow… and that stone, a floating stone out of nowhere? I couldn’t believe myself from a small bit of what happened…
“Ready your new life…”
I opened my eyes, after that voice, was I thinking? Or… whatever, I looked at my window, morning already… and since I’m a deep sleeper, I would have been woken up already, I tried to move myself, but my body felt heavy, I got out of bed, and walked downstairs, my brother, Jacob, opened his door, “Hannah!” called his voice, I stopped, at looked at him, “Can you… wake up Mum?” he asked, “Sure… it’s Christmas, isn’t it?” I replied with a friendly smile, I went back upstairs, “Be quiet“ I asked him, I quietly opened my mothers door, my brother followed, “On 3, you go wake her up shouting “It’s Christmas!” Ok?” I asked Jacob, he nodded with a smile and before I started counting, he jumped on top of my mother shouting “MUM, WAKE UP! IT’S CHRISTMAS!” Jacob bounced, and tried to pull my mother out of bed, “Ok… ok… one moment, just let me get out of bed” my mother replied to Jacob.
Jacob ran downstairs, and started unwrap his presents, of course, he didn’t open any of mine, mine was small, just some upgrades for my computer is what I wanted, my mother got out of bed “Hey Hannah… Happy Christmas, go on, start opening, but please turn on the kettle” my mother asked me, “Sure, I’ll do just that” I replied.
I walked downstairs, not thinking about what I saw last night, again, my body felt heavy, I must be ill… I quickly went to the Kitchen and turned on the kettle, then of course, helped Jacob find his stuff to open, while searching for mine as well, wow Jacob, how many games did you buy? This is just too much, why would you want 17 games? Once I found my presents, I opened them, just 2 games, Metal Gear Solid HD collection and Skyrim, and my computer stuff, a new processor and the GTX 690.
I quickly ran to my room, shouted “Thank you so much!” to my mother, I quickly opened up my computer and installed my new devices, and was really looking forward to great gaming at around 160fps, however... The graphics card was huge, I couldn’t fit it in! so I just leaved it on the table.
Nothing interesting happened that day, just the same old boring family Christmas time, so I kicked off myself to sleep earlier then normal.
I woke on Boxers day, feeling awful, and numb, I couldn’t feel my fingers, nor toes, in-fact, I felt smaller, and it was still dark outside, so I couldn’t see anything, I made an attempt to move, but my body didn’t agree to the way I wanted it to go, I turned myself over to get out of bed more easier, I tried to stand up human-like, but trying that made me fall over to my side, what the heck is going on here? I saw my stone glowing like it was before, but dimmer, it was shining my whole room, and blinding me, instead, a very dim glow, I try to grab it, but after falling on my side, I thought I couldn’t.
My body… feels different, all of it, my head, my torso, everything from the toes to the hairs, like my body transformed itself, after seeing that shadow on Christmas Eve, was that what I became? A horse? Maybe, but I feel something different… I didn’t feel anything human like!
I’m not sure what gender I was to be honest, because I don’t feel like a male, thankfully, I felt different, I tried to get on my feet, or was it rocks? I got no idea, I don’t even feel like the same person anymore, what the heck is going on? I tried to crawl to the stone, and managed to get it off the table by reaching for it, the stone fell on the floor, still glowing, and no damage after it fell, I looked at it, endlessly, I waited for something to happen, but nothing…
After hour’s of trying to walk, I finally got the hang of it… I seemed to be walking on all 4’s, I tried to open my door… should I use my teeth? To open the door? I opened the door with my teeth, the handle was cold, but that doesn’t matter right now, I walked downstairs slowly, and quietly… it feels like I’m walking on 4 stones, and I’m forced to walk like a 4 legged animal, I went to the front door, opened it, quietly, and closed it without trying to make a sound, hopefully no one heard me leave, I walked away from my house, scared… but surprised I’m walking outside without a coat on, and no chill’s… like I’m already wearing a coat.
After 10 minutes of walking, I finally walked right without any problems, I got to the frozen lake… but it looked like a giant mirror, thankfully, I tried to look at myself under the nearby streetlight, I managed to get the shape of my head… I’m a pony? I got to be dreaming, but this feels so real, I couldn’t look anywhere else, I also saw a horn on my head… I got to be a unicorn… “What are you doing out here?” said a woman, in a big coat, no idea why she was walking at this time of night…
“Oh… it’s a pony…” said the woman, I couldn’t speak, I was wondering what was going on… not knowing if I should speak to her, “You got a lovely coat, I love the colour of your hair” I’m in trouble here… I walked away, with my head down… in shame where I belong after what happened to me, how could this ever happen?
That I do not know the answer to.
After 30 minutes has past, of me walking and walknig, it was finally sunrise, and I was walking on the side of a country road, I was still warm, I should be cold, understanding of what I am now, I’m shocked, what’s going to happen when my mother see’s me missing? How will my brother grow up and get advise though secondary school? I’m going to miss out on a lot here, and I don’t want to, this shouldn’t happen.
While walking down the road, I was scared for my future, I wanted to do what I wanted to do for ages, get a job, live life, die with grand children, not spend the rest of my days as a pony, I don’t want to live anymore, I saw a police car drive by me, the police car stopped.
“Hey, Rick, look, a horse walking all alone, ha ha…” laughed the police officer, “Dude, that horse seems lost… I’m getting someone to take this horse someplace safe” Rick replied, “Rick, why? It‘s just a stupid horse and can be someone else problem”, “Zack, Don’t give me any of your jokes, we need to get this horse someplace safe”, “Are you guys fighting over me?” I asked them, my god… that voice, is that my new voice? Oh god… THE SHAME!
“Rick… did that pony just talk?”, “I think it did…”, I didn’t want to say anything, I didn’t want to get in anymore trouble, I started to walk, and move a little faster as I moved, “I’m going to let the police know, Rick, your driving” worried Zack shouted, he must have been scared seeing that, the car drove away, could be going to my mother’s house, which is more likely, I don’t care, I’m gone, I’m someone else now…
