What If: My Second Life

CHAPTER 1: We're Not In Kansas Anymore

Author's Note: Wow! You guys are awesome! I didn't think this would catch on so fast but, daaaamn! When I saw 5 votes for 5 stars, and all those good comments, I swear I fist pumped for a good five minutes. Thank you all for being awesome! Oh yeah, I will be doing this from first person every now and then since Jace is based off of myself. Fair warning!

"Jace....Jace? JAAACE!" I could feel Coal shaking my body, trying to wake me up, but I couldn't talk. I was gasping for air as my eyes shot open to see Coal over me. "*GASP* COAL. *GASP* INHALER! *GASP* LEFT POCKET! *GASP*" I was starting to see blackness in my vision again, but I thought I could see trees around us.

Coal dug in my pocket and quickly got my inhaler out, putting the nozzle to my lips and pushed down the medication tin. I breathed it in and grabbed the inhaler like it was my life. I squeezed it good twice more before taking it away from my face and panting a bit, trying to regain my breathe. "*pant* Buck..*pant* My...*pant* Asthma..*pant*" "You alright there Jace?" Coal asked, pulling me off the ground. "Yeah..Thanks man..You might have saved my life.." I sighed and looked around. "Wait..Where are we Coal?" "Uhhh..Dunno...A forest..I don't know!" He said, giving me a look like, 'do I look like a tour guide to you?!'

I sighed, running my fingers through my long black and red hair, when I stopped and pulled a little mirror out of my pocket. Coal looked at me with a 'what the hell' expression. "You keep a mirror with you?" "Yes, now shush.." I pulled up my hair again to see that there were no signs of acne breakout at all. "What happened to your zits man?" Coal asked. I blinked and looked at him. "I should say the same for you..And your beard.." I pointed to his chin where Coal proceeded to rub. "Aww man! I've been growing that thing for a while now!"

There was a rustling from the bushes behind us and I froze. "Coal.." I whispered. "Get behind that tree." He said, pointing to a large tree behind us. He nodded and backed away slowly, getting to the tree and getting behind it. I was next. I moved slowly and carefully towards the tree. 'Nice and easy now Jace..' I said in my head (Ha! I'm a badass rhymer!) and kept moving for the tree. When the sound got louder, I panicked and ran up the tree fast, but made some noise.

"Hello?! Is any pony out there?! Say something!" We couldn't believe what we just heard. Coal looked up at me. "Is that who I think it is?" (Ohmigosh) I just waited and watched, frozen, eyes wide open. Out from the brush emerged a light blue pony with rainbow hair, and soft purple eyes. (OMIGOSH) In this position, I had a branch sticking me in the small of my back and had to move. I carefully moved up but caused the tree to shake.

The pony turned to the sound. "Who's up there?! Come down here!" I froze and looked down at the pony who I could see through the brash. (OH MI GOSH) It was Rainbowdash standing right there! I must be dreaming. I shook my head and smacked myself in the face. NOT A DREAM. "I SAID WHO'S UP THERE!" Rainbowdash stamped her hoof on the ground and growled.

"Hey now, don't get mad.." I said, then froze. SHIT. She knows my voice. "And why shouldn't I?! Give me one good reason!" She said, narrowing her eyes. "Well, one reason is that I'm not trying to kill you, so that's something to not be mad at me about." Rainbowdash raised a brow and sighed. "Just get your smart flank down here!" I sighed. "Alright but uhh.. I don't look like a pony..Fair warning.. Don't freak out." Rainbowdash just rolled her eyes. "Can't be that bad!"

I jumped down from the branch and was crouched down on impact. Rainbowdash's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "What in Equestria are you?!" She said, stepping back a few paces, err, trots...Whatever.. "I should ask you the same thing!" I asked. "Well, for one, I'm a pony..." She said. "One of the best fliers in Equestria actually~" She raised her head high and proud. "Well, best flier, can I get your name?" "Well, if you must know, I'm Rainbowdash...And do you have a name..Uhh..Thingy?" I stood up straight, a good foot taller than her. "My name is Jace." I said, looking right into her eyes. "And, I don't think I'm in the right world.." He said. "Me either!" Came Coal's voice from behind a tree.

It scared Dash a bit as she jumped up and landed on her haunches. "Ahh! Talking tree!" I just laughed at that. "No, that's my friend." I said, looking at the scared Dash. (SO. CUTE.) She lifted her head up as Coal emerged from behind the tree. "Two?! Oh great...What's your name?" Dash asked in a bit of an annoyed tone. "Uhh.. My name is Coal." Coal walked around to get a good look at Rainbowdash. "Uhm..If you don't mind me asking..What happened to your wing?" Rainbowdash looked down and sighed. "Oh. Well.. I was practicing some tricks last night and bright white light made me loose control and crash." She looked at the wing and sighed. "I've been in the forest all night and I'm actually lost.."

Coal smiled. "We'll help you get back to where you need to go!" Rainbowdash looked up with a smile on her face. "You will! Thank you so much!" I just about fell over when I heard that squeak in her voice when she got excited. "It's not big deal Ms.Dash." "Oh, just call me Dash.. So..Wait your, Coal.." Coal nodded and smiled at her. "And your...Jason?" "Well, Jace, but Jason works too. I also go by a nickname.." Rainbowdash looked at me and blinked. "A nickname? Like, a DJ name?" I blinked in astonishment. "You know what a DJ is?" She laughed. "Of course! We have a local DJ named Vinyl Scratch.. She goes by DJ P0N-3 (Fuck yes!) and she makes some awesome songs." I smiled. "Well, I don't mean to brag but I DJ on my spare time. Coal nodded. "I've been to one of his performances when I didn't even know it was him! He's seriously good!" Rainbowdash smiled. "Might have to introduce you to her but for now, we should get moving. Me and Coal nodded and we set off.

It was about an hour into the walk when Coal asked Dash if she wanted to ride of his back. She gladly took the offer and got up on his back. Coal was scrawny, but could lift Dash. I saw her nuzzle his back and just saw Coal beam with happiness. I walked up next to him with a smile. "Dude.. This is amazing!" I whispered. Dash had fallen asleep on Coal's back already and I wanted to be quiet and not wake her. "I am also mega jelly.." I said, seeing a sleeping Rainbow Dash on his back. "You mad bro?" Coal asked with a smile. I rolled my eyes and put my hands in my pockets and blinked. "Hey! I still got my Ipod! This just got less boring!" I put my Skull Candy headphones on and blasted my music, Coal barely hearing it.

A few more hours of walking, I could see Coal struggling. I looked at him for a bit and pulled off my headphones. "You want me to take Dash off your hands there pal?" Coal nodded. "That would be nice." He said, carefully handing Dash over to me and putting her on my back. "Gees..She's heavy for a little mare.." I said, walking along with Coal again. "Can you get my headphones up please? I can't really get them with my arms full of awesome.." Coal chuckled and helped me with the headphones. (Officially, best workout ever.)

After about four hours of walking, we soon came to the treeline and came out to see the lovely town of Ponyville. I smiled and looked at Coal. "Diffidently, not Kansas.." I said, admiring the scene around me. I put Dash down and shook her a bit. "Dash? Come on..Wake up! We're here.." She lazilly opened her eyes and looked up at me, greeting me with a big yawn. (My heart just melted from the cute, and I think Coal's did too.) She got up and stretched, looking over at coal. "Wait, which one carried me?" We both raised a hand and she smiled at us. "Thanks you two, didn't have to do that but, thank you!" We both smiled. "No problem Rainbow.. Well..We should probably leave now..Seeing as though we are strangers.." We turned to leave back into the forest when Dash stopped us. "No! Wait!" We stopped and turned to face her. "You two are too nice to have you living out there..Maybe one of my friends will take you two in..Hold on! I'll be right back.. Gotta get this wing fixed. Dash trotted off towards a tree cottage, I remembered it was Fluttershy's house.

When Dash knocked on the door, Fluttershy came out and saw her wing, and just bawled. They both went inside the cottage and left me and Coal by the treeline. I looked at him and at the same time, smacked each other. "OW!" "OW!" We both looked at each other and smiled big. "Not a dream!" We hugged each other and danced a little dance. "I don't know how, or why, but we're in Equestria.." Coal looked at me and then stopped me from dancing. "Alright, we don't want to act suspicious...Act like you know NOTHING pony lover!" I nodded and went back to my little dance.

About an hour later, Rainbow came out of the cottage and looked over in our direction. "Fluttershy! Come out here! I want you to meet some friends of mine! (Did Rainbow Dash just call us FRIENDS? BEST.DAY.EVAR.) Fluttershy peeked out the door timidly and went wide eyed. "Don't worry Fluttershy! Their not going to harm any pony!" Fluttershy reluctantly walked out the door and made her way towards us. She was scared but she was SO FUCKING CUTE. I let off a million DAWWWW'S in my mind before slowly walking up and kneeling down. "Why hello there.." I said in a soft voice. Fluttershy was shaking hard and looked like she was on the verge of tears. Then, the waterfall came. Coal was the first to react. He walked over to Fluttershy and wrapped her in a hug. "It's alright Fluttershy..We're not going to hurt you.." I gaped and so did Dash. "Coal! What are yo-" As I was saying this, I saw him kiss Fluttershy's forehead. Dash was speechless, so was Fluttershy. It made her stop crying though. "All better now?" Fluttershy nodded and Coal released her. "S-Sorry Dash.. I swear I wasn't doing anything bad..I was just trying to calm her down. Fluttershy moved over to Coal and slowly hugged him. I went wide eyed, not knowing how he got her trust so fast. "Wow Coal.."

After the little meet and greet, Rainbow Dash decided to take us through town a bit. We said good bye to flutter shy and moved on, feeling a light breeze on our faces. I looked back at Coal and went wide eyed. I stopped him and pulled him along next to me. "Were you checking out Fluttershy's ass?" I whispered. Coal went wide eyed and nodded slowly. I looked around. and looked back at him. "Never...Do that again.." He nodded and I let go of him, looking around. "Uhh.. Dash.. We're not exactly..Known around here.. Is there another way to take us?" She nodded. "Back path, no pony walks on them." I nodded and let Dash lead us on. "Oh, and you can feel free to call me Dashie. I only let my close friends call me that. (CLOSE FRIENDS? LIFE = COMPLETE) I nodded. "Alright then Dashie. Where are we going anyway?" She turned back to me and smiled. "Why, to see Twilight Sparkle of course!"

Author's Notes: Holy crap, that chapter was harder to write than expected! I tried to fit the minor details from the original story in there, but I also needed to add a bit of comedy. I don't know if this is where the chapter ended off, but I decided to end it off here anyway. Seemed like a good spot. How you all are enjoying the crossover you guys! I really liked seeing all the good feedback in the prologue and it just keeps me going! Next chapter will most likely be on Friday but I'm not to certain on that. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the first chapter!