A Pony for a Day

When I woke up, I felt all dizzy and my head was buzzing. I had a hard time moving, because my whole body ached. I lay some time, just getting used to wake up and trying to get a grip on my buzzing mind. I slowly noticed, that I was in a bed. A nice soft bed with a big cushion and a warm blanket. I slowly opened my eyes, only to notice a colourful pony staring at me. The sight startled me, and I made a little jump. This seemed to startle the pony more, that she had startled me. She seemed to hide her face behind her mane and low voice: “I... I’m really sor... I didn’t mean to star.. y..” - I felt my jaw fall unto the bed. I couldn’t believe it. I remembered from yesterday, or whenever I fell asleep (or fainted), that I had seen myself as a pony, but to sit in front of one you know so well, but again, one you know so little and also one of the least possible ones to meet was just WTF?!?.

At the end of the bed stood no less than Fluttershy... and shy she was. She had a very caring look on her face, but at the same time it you couldn’t avoid seeing, that she wasn’t comfortable talking to a stranger. “Fluttershy?!?” I asked rather loudly (it sort of fell out of me). “Y-y-yeah, that’s me, but how do you know my name?” she shyly asked (with a voice almost too low to hear). How should I start describing for her, that she was one of my favourite characters, from one of my favourite TV shows? Also, how was I going to tell, that I wasn’t really a pony, but a human... I didn’t really know how. But in midst of all the thinking she interrupted me to tell “you have gotten yourself a bad concussion and also you have a broken rib”. I must have looked awkward, since I was still in aw, sitting with my mouth all open, just staring. Some time passed and I saw that she started to feel awkward too, so I said to her, “I have a lot of explaining to do, and questions to ask...”, but she interrupted me “Now that you are awake, I’d better fetch somepony, who can help. You just stay here and relax.”

Fluttershy trottet out of the room, and I lay still in bed just thinking about what dream this could be, for this couldn’t be the afterlife, could it? Then I realized. “I’m a pony, so what kind of pony might I be?” I checked my flank, but didn’t see any wings so I was definitely not a pegasus, but I couldn’t help, but to let out a smile, when I felt a horn with my hoof. I was a Unicorn. I definately had to learn magic, if that would be possible. I looked around the room. Fluttershy had some nice flowers at the nearby desk, an old clock at the bedside table, with golden exteriour formed as vines crawling up the sides. Also at the desk I noticed a tea cup, still smoking hot. Flutterhy must have been sitting for a long time next to the bed, since she sat here with tea, I thought. I looked at my hooves. It was weird having no hands. How do the grab and hold things like cups? I quickly put that thought aside, when I heard somepony downstairs.

I heard Fluttershy talk gently with another pony about my situation. Then she entered the room and I noticed that the other pony was the purple mare from the library. “Hi! I’m Twilight Sparkle. What’s your name?” “I’m Phillip” I said. “Fluttershy told me you have had a terrible accident and you had hurt your head and ribs bad. I’m really sorry to hear that.” “Nah, that’s okay. But you are possibly the best to explain this to.” I said. “Explain what?” Twilight asked. “It’s quite a long story actually”. I saw both ponies find a pillow and sitting down. “I love stories” Fluttershy silently said “is it a good one?” “It might sound weird, but really I’m not a pony. Or I might be now, but before that, I was actually a human.” The two ponies jaws fell to the floor. They looked at each other and then looked back at me and Twilight said “A human? You sure look like a pony to me? How did you become a pony?” “I don’t really know, I hope you can help me out.” I said and then continued, “The last thing I remember from my world, was two lights coming towards me in the mist. I don’t know what happened then, but I woke up in a dark place suddenly falling through what seemed space or something. Then the last thing I remember before waking up here, was me seeing myself as a pony before fainting of fatigue.” “It all seems quite unlikely.” Twilight said. She looked at Fluttershy, who didn’t know what to do or say. “Haven’t read about that before...” Twilight mumbled for herself while falling into deep thoughts. I smiled at how perfectly accurate their personalities were in comparison to the show. Should I tell them, I thought? Maybe not the best time. I better first find out, how this all happened. I interrupted Twilight’s thinking with the question “What am I to do? Can you help me?” She looked up at me and said “I haven’t read about a human being in Equestria before. In fact we don’t have much literature about humans at all.” She sat back thinking for some seconds before telling “I think I’ll go look through the library to see if I can find anything.She then looked at Fluttershy, “Fluttershy, will you continue taking care for Phillip, while I go looking for some answers?” “Sure I will Twilight, but I don’t know anything about humans.” she muttered. Twilight looked at her “He’s a pony for now I guess, so just take care of him, like you would for anypony.” Twilight smiled at me as a gesture of saying farewell and did the same to Fluttershy. When Twilight was gone, Fluttershy went over to me, “It’s really exciting to meet a human. I have never met one of you before.” She suddenly seemed overly interested, like she always do, when meeting new creatures (in any case in the series). I didn’t know what to answer her, so I just said to her, that I had not met a talking pony before. She then continued to ask some more manageable questions, still with her quiet tone: “Is the bed alright? Do you need another pillow? I can make you some tea or some soup if you want? My soup always makes everpony better you see.” I thanked and said that soup would be great. I was hungry. I hadn’t eaten for what seemed like days, and I could feel the emptiness of my belly. Fluttershy left the room, and I heard some noises from the kitchen. Soon the smell of soup wandered up the stairs and my stomach grumbled. In a moment I would be eating a nice hot bowl of soup, while being able to talk to Fluttershy. The more I thought about it, the more awesome it felt and I couldn’t resist smiling.