Author's Note

Just a silly little idea that popped into my head at one point.
Eventually i started writing it down and this happened.

Edit: This was my first attempt at writing fanfiction. The first few chapters will be rough because of that. But, if you can get past this, then I hope that you will enjoy the story for what it is^^

Chapter One

It was morning; she had just brought up the sun, its light shone across the land. It was Celestia’s favorite moment of the day. It was also the only time of day that she had a little time to herself before being drowned in the duties that followed with being a princess.

She could hear the faint sound of someone galloping, slowly it grew louder before stopping before doors of her personal chamber. The captain barely had time to knock before she opened the doors to let him in.

“Your highness” he said with a swift bow. A sense of urgency could be detected in his voice.

“Yes lieutenant?”

“We received an emergency report from whitetail woods. There’s been an incident at the research lab located there. A team has been sent to investigate and treat anypony that might be injured.”

The research lab located in whitetail woods also served as a vault for certain objects. Any object with unknown properties or origin was located there. There had been a few problems over the years involving some artifacts located there; nothing too major but the possibility was still present.

“Inform the court that I will not be attending today. I will personally join the investigation.”

A small flash of light and Celestia was gone, leaving a slightly confused guard behind.

Celestia appeared at the entrance, frost covered the ground around it and a pair of oddly shaped frozen footprints was going into the woods. She could hear hoof steps coming from inside, the team must have already arrived. Entering she saw that the entire complex was covered in frost with a few exceptions here and there. Entering the main room she encountered the team.

In the corner she spotted several of the guards and scientists that were posted here, most of them were completely frozen. One of the unicorn guards was using a heat spell to slowly melt the ice and to warm up the victims. Celestia directed her horn towards them and cast a spell of her own. A brilliant light shone upon the frozen ponies and the ice melted almost instantaneously.

“Y…your highness”

“At ease captain. Have you discovered the cause of all this?” she said with a bit of urgency in her voice.

“Not yet your highness. We just arrived; we were setting up a safe perimeter and focusing on thawing the ponies caught in whatever this was.”

“I see” she turned and spoke to the guard standing by the victims. “How are they?”

“Surprisingly well. All of them are alive, unconscious but alive.”

She released a breath she hadn’t noticed she was holding. “Take them to the nearest hospital immediately”

“Of course your highness” the guard said and began levitating them out along with a pair of pegasi guards.

Going further into the complex she noticed how the temperature were dropping and unlike the entrance that was only artially covered in frost, here everything was almost entirely covered in snow and ice. She always had a passive magic active to keep her warm, a little signature spell of the sun goddess, but it seemed to be of little help here. Her breath turned white as she continued. It didn’t matter how much magic she poured into the spell, this cold was different. It was a special kind of cold, a cold that seemed to not linger and flow freely as it normally does. No, it attacked with a fury, sending shivers to the very marrow of her bones. But she did not falter, she had to see what caused all of this, after all, it was her job to protect her little ponies.

After a little while she came across a little room, a room she remembered. It was the very reason that this complex was built here of all places. She entered the room, no door to open as it was seemingly shattered.

NO

In the middle in the room was an egg. A huge egg, that was as high as Celestia herself, and it was shattered. They had found this egg among other things in the complex many years ago, abandoned. The plan was to move the objects of interests to the royal lab to study but there had been one problem. That egg. It had a soft azure color with black lines covering it, and it was impossible to move. No method would make it budge an inch; no spell would make it falter. It was the single most mysterious object that had been discovered in centuries, and since they could not move it they might as well create the study around said object.

This very egg was now in pieces, scattered across the room. Celestia hurried up to the middle where it had remained for so many years and lowered her head, her horn shining brightly. She sensed magic. Incredibly powerful forbidden magic and she recognized it. It was unmistakable, it was the very magic that she had created and forbidden after experiencing the horrors that it could create.

She hurried back outside; both to check up on the wounded and to swiftly start tracking down whatever creature came out of that egg.

Arriving at the entrance she spotted a carriage flying away in the distance. `At least the wounded are taken care of’. She thought.

The captain quickly noticed the princess and immediately bowed.

“Your majesty. We have gotten important knowledge regarding this incident. One of the guards stationed here gained consciousness for a short while before being shipped off to receive medical attention. He reported that a shockwave came from one of the inner chambers knocking out most of the ponies inside the complex before an intense cold came over them. Still barely conscious he spotted a tall creature of sorts making its way outside, and he managed to hit it with a tracking spell before passing out.”

This was good news, the princess thought. It would make the search a lot easier.

“That is great news captain. I want two of your men to stay and guard this complex while you take the rest of your team and find this creature. ” The princess said

“Of course your highness. We will depart at once.” the captain said as he did a salute with his wing.

“Oh and one more thing captain. Bring it in alive and unharmed if possible; we have no idea of what we are dealing with here. If it overwhelms you and your guards, retreat and contact me immediately. I will then deal with it myself. Stay safe captain.” She said added the last part with a smirk. She knew he hated that line.

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I woke up feeling rather refreshed, ignoring the pain in my back, but falling asleep while leaning against a tree will do that to you. It was the closest to a proper night’s sleep I had gotten in months; I can’t believe that I had actually managed to escape that horrid place. On that thought I immediately started shivering in fear. I forced myself up; I needed to get further away. I needed to get help. Taking a moment to look around I noticed that I had reached the edge of whatever forest I was in. I didn’t really take in my surroundings yesterday. I got a chance to escape and I took it. Now that I think about it, the lab had looked a lot different than I remember, not that it mattered. All the guards had been frozen for some mysterious reason and I thank whatever force that helped me on that one. After quickly making my way outside I ran, I have never run like that in my life and I don’t know where I got the energy from, but I simply ran until I collapsed from exhaustion.

The sunlight was shining through the treetops and a slow breeze was making the leaves on the ground rustle, from the amount and color on them I was guessing that it was somewhere in late fall.

It was beautiful. I was standing outside the forest just gaping from the view. There was a mountain in the distance, with several waterfalls coming of the sides of it and what looked to be city!? It wasn’t much of a choice, since it was the only sign of civilization that I could see. Perhaps I could get some help there; all I had to go by was a single name, Celestia or princess Celestia rather. That crazy unicorn had by more than one occasion rambled on how this Celestia had destroyed his research and banished him for it. He clearly deserved that for what he did to us… I wonder if anyone else managed to escape. I couldn’t go back to check, to help. I had seen others that had managed to escape before and what he did to them.

I knew that I wasn’t on earth anymore, I could only remember bits and pieces of it but this wasn’t earth. Looking down at my arms and feet I sighed. And I’m clearly not a human anymore either.

He had done several sick experiments on us, some where it looked like he had a specific purpose and some where he was just curious to what would happen, and whatever he had done to me it looked to be successful.

My arms were covered in silvery scales, where my fingers used to be I now had claws. It was the same with my legs and my feet were a little bigger than they used to be, they too ended with claws, only three though. Those silvery scales seemed to cover my entire body; I haven’t had a chance to check my face so I can only guess. I also appear to have both a tail and a couple of wings now, won’t complain about that one. I have always wanted a tail but the wings are nice to I guess. I don’t know how to use them so I kind of just drag them along. The tail had dark blue spikes on it, which seemed to stop once it reached my back.

After an hour or two of walking I thankfully come across a pond of water. Dropping down to my knees and lowering my head I drink to my heart’s content, I have just walked since I woke up but I feel so weak. If you have been to the hospital for some reason and gotten forced to stay still or lay in bed for a lengthy period of time, then you know the feeling. It was like that just a lot worse. As if that wasn’t bad enough I was beyond skinny. Close to no visible body fat, or muscle at that, no wonder I felt like I could collapse at any given time.

Bringing my head up to breathe I finally got to have a look at myself. The same scales that cover my body are there as well. My eyes had a snake like pupil with an ocean blue iris. My teeth appear to be a lot sharper but at least I got to keep my tongue. My ears were more elves like then anything else. The last part I notice is my hair, where I used to have dark blonde, it now is simply white and rather long to, almost reaching my shoulders.

`What the fuck am I supposed to be, some kind or cross between a lizard and an angel!?’ At least I still got to keep this scrappy excuse for a pair of pants.

And yes I had already checked, everything that was supposed to be down there, was still there. `Thank god’

Continuing towards the castle in the distance, another issue arose, food. It had been a couple of hours at this point and I was starving. With how weak I was at this point I doubted that I could catch anything. Berries, roots or fruits would be a better solution, had I recognized any of the plants I had come across this far that is. I had stumbled across some berries at one point, but they were obviously poisonous or something as I spent the next 30 minutes throwing up. They also made my throat sore as a motherfucker, just normal breathing hurt at this point. Talking was out of the question, anything I tried to say sounded like some sort of grunt or growl.

After another hour or two I came to a sorry looking plain. It was little to no grass, just dirt with the occasional rock sticking up. I found a rather big rock after a little while; it was bigger than me and angled in such a way that it would provide at least a small amount of shelter. It was getting late and I didn’t care enough to find something better, so I just sort of collapsed there, so tired and hungry. Leaning against the rock was kind of awkward with the wings, so I was just lying down on my stomach while using my tail to rest my head on.

After a little while of just lying there and doing nothing I spotted something, something was shining in the ground just next to me. Being the curious bastard that I am, I decided to check it out.

No fucking way I was holding what appeared to be a small ruby in my hands.

No, just no. you don’t simply find rubies or other gems just lying around. That’s just silly

It was beautiful, it gave a small glow from the evening light that reflected off it. It just looked so delicious.

Wait what!?

I know that I am beyond hungry, but this is stupid. It’s a stone. It’s just so……

I hadn’t noticed yet, but I was drooling. Hard.

I threw it into my mouth and bit down.

……………………….. brain.exe has encountered an error and will now shut down

It was so good. It was beyond good. It tasted like a combination between a strawberry and a mango. I wanted to take my time and savor that godly flavor, but my mouth had other plans. In just about 5 seconds I had finished chewing and swallowed. For being such a small gem it was surprisingly filling, I was still hungry but it was just a fraction compared to how it was a little while ago.

For the next couple of hours I simply laid there, thinking about this new world. I had come to the conclusion that this was all real and not a dream or something a long time ago, all the things that happened in the lab proved that much at least. My eyelids began to get heavy. I looked up to the moon and smiled.

“I will find a way to get home Charlie. I promise” I said with a raspy voice as I drifted off to sleep.

Completely unaware of three large beings that had been watching me for the last hour, and were now closing in.