A Better Place

I didn't know what my father would think, didn't know what he would say or do. All I knew was that everything had gone black and that I couldn't move. I couldn't see anything except my own limbs and a small glowing dot in the distance, shining like a star on the darkest night. And then nothing. I couldn't feel and I couldn't see, didn't even know if I was awake or not. Thankfully I didn't have time to ponder.

When I woke up I still couldn't feel anything, which was probably a good thing at the time. The princesses were standing at my sides and I was on my back, Celestia to my right and Luna to my left. They both had this pleased and happy look on their faces, I wasn't sure why until they explained themselves.

"Hello Bryan I hope you slept well, you've been out for quite a while." Celestia said.

There was this smile on her face, this sweet and reassuring smile that would have put any nervous pony at ease, the only problem was that I wasn't a pony, or that's what I thought anyways.

"And h-how long has that been" I said groggily, my voice sounded higher than usual, I had a vague idea why but wasn't sure. Luna spoke next which was surprising to me for some reason. Her voice was quieter than Celestias but still just as kind.

"A couple of days actually, the....process takes longer with unicorns for some reason" upon hearing the words process and unicorn both my curiosity and fear peaked.

"Um....sorry but did you just say...unicorn?"

Both princesses giggled quietly at this statement which in all honesty made me rather annoyed "come on you gotta tell me something or just.....what process?" The two monarchs glanced at each other, I guess after thousands of years you develop the capability to have silent conversations, after a few moments Celestia turned to me and lit her horn, she lowered her head and touched it's tip right above my eyes. I felt a tingling sensation all across my body as feeling and the capability to move returned to me, and I immediately knew what the "process" was.

"Um I don't mean to sound.....uh brash but HOLY SHIT I'm a pony!" This evoked yet another chuckle from the princesses. "I mean what.....how? is that a horn!? Am I a colt!?" I raised my newly acquired hoof to my forehead and touched the tip of my horn.

"Yes Bryan you are now a unicorn, I assume you have quite a few questions so I'll start with why you need to be a pony and more importantly why you need o be a child, it's simple really. Think of this, how would the human race act if aliens landed on your planet. New species tend to cause.....unrest, and as for being a foal, it is my understanding that you do not truly know what you're special talent is. And then there is the matter of you learning magic" she smiled uneasily which did nothing to reassure me

"No no I mean I don't mind to be a pony, I'm actually very happy that I'm a pony, but.....why a unicorn" I'm not sure why I asked but I guess I was just curious, either way she gave me a very strange answer

"Well me and Luna have been watching you for a while and.....honestly you chose the form. It was you who always said you'd want to be a unicorn if you had the choice, wasn't it?"

I rubbed my chin with my hoof for a moment "Well you're not wrong. But I do have one question. You said I would be your equal in status, now not that I want to be, but wouldn't that require me to be an alicorn and an adult for that matter" The princesses glanced at each other again.

"Not quite," Luna said "you know prince Blueblood correct, he is our equal in status but thankfully not in power. Much like you will be." I nodded in recognition, I was well aware of who Blueblood was and I did not like him.

"Well I hope status doesn't go to my head like its gone to his" this drew yet another chuckle from the princesses, this time I smiled back though "so now that my status is settled there's one more question I have.......where and with whom will I be staying, oh and what's my name?" I asked because I thought it was important, I had no doubt Princess Celestia had already thought of it but I just wanted to be sure.

"You will be staying in the palace here in Canterlot of course, in this very room actually," Celestia said "you will attend magic kindergarten as well. And as for your name me and Luna thought about it but decided to let you decide, that is, if you want to."

I sat on my haunches for a few minutes, I tried to give it a lot of thought. I tried to consider my personality as well as what talents I already knew I had, not that that number was high but it was still important. In the end I decided I was really bad at names, especially my own "As much as I would like to create my own name I just can't, what were you thinking princesses?"

They glanced at each other and smiled, those glowing regal smiles always seemed to make me feel better, and I had only been seeing them for a few minutes. "Me and Luna have thought about it and how does Peppermint Snowy sound?" I started smiling, I liked that name, which is ironic because I've always hated the taste of peppermint candy.

"Hmm Prince Snowy, sounds good to me" I said with a warm smile. "Oh that reminds me, what do I look like?" I asked, curious.

"OH!" Celestia exclaimed "you're right, hold on just a moment" she turned around and quickly trotted into a little side room, a few seconds later she came back with a large, ornately decorated oval mirror that was as tall as she was, in her magical grasp. Upon seeing myself in the mirror I smiled, I was tan with a red and white striped mane and tail.

"Wow I'm......cute, I can see where you get 'Peppermint' from at least" once again the princesses laughed and this time I laughed with them. When we stopped giigling Celestia spoke.

"Well I'm sure you want to get some rest, I'm sure you're rather tired...ironically, so we'll let you get settled, oh I almost forgot is it okay if you start school tomorrow?"

I thought for a minute, on one hoof I was very excited to start my new life in Equeustria but on the other hoof I did not like school. Without really deciding I said "I guess that's okay, I am rather excited" I said with a smile, I looked around and saw my huge royal bed and my jaw dropped "okay that is the biggest bed I've ever seen" it was more like a mattress laid into a hole in the floor but was obviously a bed.

"I hope you like it," Luna said "it's a cloud bed and I weaved the clouds myself, go ahead and give it a try." I walked over and hopped in and I instantly wanted to just lie down and go to sleep right there, it was easily the softest thing I'd ever felt.

"oh wow, I wish humans had these" the princesses smiled.

"Well we'll let you get some rest, you've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow" with that they turned around and closed the large silver doors behind them. I laid down and closed my eyes, dreams of my new life filling my head.