The Tales of a Dubious Traveling Soda Salesman

Chapter 2

I was afraid to look at myself, fearing the obvious. I knew I would have to sooner or later, so I looked down at what used to be my hands. That’s right; I had become a pony, hooves and all. While looking at my han… I mean hooves, I noticed that I still had all my clothes on, which presented the first challenge: how to take off clothes without fingers of any kind.

It’s not that I didn’t like my clothes, but they were uncomfortable and probably looked ridiculous on me. They were made for a biped human, not for a four-legged equine. After a couple of unsuccessful tries with my teeth, I found that hooves were actually quite useful. They weren’t opposable thumbs, but hey, they were better than nothing. I got rid of everything except my hat and my watch; the hat because I like hats and think that they give more character to a person, and the watch because I like to know what time it is, and it was a keepsake.

I now faced my second challenge: what to do. I wasn’t going to do the “this has got to be a dream” crap. It was obvious that I was here, but what was I going to do? I mean, I wasn’t overjoyed like any Brony would be, but I was curious enough to check things out. My knowledge of the My Little Pony world was very limited. I knew the following from overhearing Bronies talk about MLP: I was now in the land of Equestria, which is ruled by two princesses: Princess Celestia and the other one, which I forgot. The Mane Six are as follows: Twilight Sparkle, the main character who seems to be the smartest, Rainbow Dash, really fast and tomboyish, Pinkie Pie, random and fourth wall breaker, Rarity, clothes pony who speaks in a British manner, Fluttershy, who is, well, shy, and Applejack, named after the cereal. They have a dragon friend named Spike, who receives letters from Princess Celestia via regurgitation…hey, I still don’t get this. They live in a place called Ponyville.

The Mane Six, as they are called by Bronies, have encountered some villain types, the most noteworthy being Discord, Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, etc.

In other words, I knew the basic stuff. On thought of this, I figured I needed to go to the nearest library to study up on history, law, and mannerisms of this world before I did anything else. One thing crossed my mind before I started off. “What is my…um…what was it called again…oh yeah, cutie mark!” (Kind of a watered-down name if you ask me...) I turned around to find my rear end stamped with this:

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