Chapter 1: Discovery

Daniel waved back his long black mane slowly as he stood outside his new home.

"Looks about right," he said. Daniel saddled up his backpack and lifted his brown leather suitcase and entered his house. As he stepped inside, the smell of cleaning supplies and baked goods made its way into his nostrils. It was if the open house was not that long ago. The entire house was ,of course, empty, uncomfortably silent, and poorly lit with only the sunlight pouring in from the window. The floorboards creaked and moaned as black sneakers treaded lightly across the living room floor. Daniel dropped his bags to floor with a loud thud as an unexpected knock on his door caught his attention. Daniel once again combed back his mane as he wrapped his hands around the knob, curious of who his visitor was since he had just moved. Outside was a bright pink mare with hair like cotton candy wearing pink denim jeans and a sky blue tank top. What happened next might have killed him, a loud explosion followed by a rain of confetti nearly gave him a heart attack.

"Helloooooooo!" She cried with overpowering enthusiasm. Suddenly all went silent as she dawned a confused expression and stared deeply into his eyes.

"What exactly is your name?" She asked.

His finally slowed down as he rose back up from the ground. "Daniel," he said, "Daniel Flint."

"I'm Pinkie Pie," she answered, " I live upstairs in SugarCube Corner."

Daniel looked as Pinkie pointed to what seemed was a house composed entirely out of sweets. I wonder if she'll become diabetic anytime soon? Daniel thought.

"What is SugarCube Corner exactly?" he wondered.

"It's a bakery, silly." Pinkie answered.

"Oh. I kind of like bakeries." A shock wave of fear and surprise came over Daniel as Pinkie Pie actively took Daniel's hand and began sprinting toward SugarCube Corner with the biggest smile on her face.

"Once you meet me and my friends, you'll like love bakeries forever!"

SugarCube Corner was an unexpected stop for Daniel but it was worth it. The atmosphere of the inside was warm and friendly and Pinkie's friends seemed like the nicest ponies in the world. Fluttershy possibly was most hard to understand since she was shy and was whispering half the time about she cared for animals. Twilight was the first princess he had ever met and Rainbow Dash was a fast flyer, according to her perspective. Applejack sadly kind of bored him since all she talked about was her farm, family, and apples. Rarity had a great sense of fashion but she kept suggesting clothes for him to wear.

"Where'd move from, Danny?" Asked Rainbow Dash as she took a drink of her strawberry milkshake.

"From around Equestria and back," Daniel said fidgeting around with a chocolate éclair.

Twilight raised a curious eyebrow, as the answer to question to the made no sense. Pinkie Pie once again actively took Daniel's hand again and led him into the kitchen where a blue mare with hair like the frosting atop a cupcake was focused on icing a tall cake.

"This is Mrs. Cake. She and her husband run this place." Pinkie announced. Mrs. Cake took a while before she took her eyes off her project and looked at Pinkie and her new friend.

"Why hello there she said," her voice reminded Daniel of his mother's in a strange comforting way. "You must be one of Pinkie Pie's new friends. What's your name?"

"Daniel Flint," he answered. As he shook her hand a wave came over Daniel, a wave he had experienced many times over. Daniel cringed his eyes and shook his head, though he was used to this 'wave' it still had a sort sting that he hated.

"Are you okay, Daniel?" Asked Mrs. Cake. It seemed as if something upset him, but she didn't know what. Before he could answer a bell sounded from the counter taking Mrs. Cake's attention.

"A customer," she announced , "don't destroy the cake while I'm gone ." Pinkie left the kitchen but Daniel's ears and mind kind of blanked out as he began slowly began walking toward the cake. He picked of the frosting and then it began. The transformation was a process he had grown quite accustomed to. His light brown coat slowly transferred to a sky blue and he felt his eyes change from green to pink .The long scar had faded from his lefteye as he grew perky eyelashes. Daniel's black mane rose up and slowly wrapped itself in a cupcake like form as it changed to pink while his body shrunk shrunk a few inches in height. The transformation was done and work on the cake began. The basic design flew into Daniel's mind and came out perfectly as he slowly and gracefully iced it putting every last detail of the design on the cake nearly better then Mrs. Cake had planned to do it. Daniel stood back and looked at the masterpiece as he slowly took back his original form. His mane fell down and his coat turned from blue to brown again and his eyes were their usual green. He turned exhaled as he turned around to see Pinkie standing there with her eyes opened wide in surprise.

"Uh, Daniel?"