I don’t remember much when I woke up this morning, or maybe it was the afternoon. Who knows? All I could remember was falling down a great height from something and then everything went fuzzy then black after that. I do know one thing, I am human…or at least was.

Panic instantly swept over me as I looked at my hands, no…hooves, and the rest of my body. I must be sick or something because my body was unnaturally light blue. My new hooves were a light flesh color and had unshorn fetlocks. My face felt longer and my ears seem to have moved up to the top of my head and were pointy. The only welcoming changes were my new appendages: a pair of feather wings that were the same color as my body, and a medium-length, thick, yellow tail. I’ve always wanted to naturally fly, I mean what human doesn’t, and I’ve been curious as to what it would be like to have a tail. Still, I wasn’t completely comforted by these changes.

I flung the blanket off me as I frantically looked around the room, still in my panicky state. Everything looked so fuzzy and I couldn’t find the blurry, black rectangle that would be my glasses. I could make out that I was in someone’s house, most likely their living room. There was a staircase behind my head and the front door across from the couch I found myself on. There were various bird houses, cat climbing trees, mouse holes, and pet beds scattered throughout the room.

The couch I have been, apparently, sleeping on was quite comfy; I almost wanted to fall back asleep and forget this ever happened. But I couldn’t. This place smells really bad and I kept hearing a bunch of small critters squeaking, chattering, and rustling about. A bunch of birds were chirping both inside and outside and…was that a bear I just heard?

Well, no point in trying to go back to sleep. I sat up on the couch and examined my surroundings more closely. I instinctively looked down. Where did my equipment go?! I instantly covered myself up with the blanket and quickly looked around again to see if no one noticed.

Just then I heard a door open then close. “Hello? Are you awake?” Inquired a soft, female voice. It came from what I could make out to be a kitchen, at least from my angle. “I’m sorry if my animal friends were being too loud.”

A small, yellow pegasus appeared around the corner at the base of the stairs. She looked at me with her large, yet calming, aqua blue eyes. She had a bright pink mane that almost reached the floor, and a bright pink tail with its end dragging along the ground. I swore I saw something rustling about in her main, but I couldn’t make out what it was exactly; a bird maybe.

Was she the one who spoke just now? Am I seriously about to respond to a talking horse? Eh, I guess it’s not all that weird considering I’m technically a talking horse as well now. Still, I hope this can’t get any weirder. Maybe she could help me find some answers to help jog my memory.

I responded, “No, no it’s fine. I was just starting to wake up actually.” I rubbed my hoof on my head. I paused and looked at the moving critter in her hair. “This may be because I can hardly see, but I think there’s a bird or something in your mane.” I pointed at the indescribable object with my hoof.

“Hm? Oh!” She giggled. “Silly Melody has been doing that for about a week, I’m not sure why. I mean, I give her supplies for her nest and she uses them, but she’s been so keen with my mane lately that-”

My attention span was slowly slipping away from me, my head started to droop and my eyes were slowly closing. Geeze, her voice is so soft and calming it’s giving me tingles. Maybe this place might not be so bad after all.

“Um, excuse me?”

I snapped my head up and my eyes opened, somewhat dazed. We both screamed.

“Ah! Don’t do that!”

“Do what?” She asked, somewhat panicky.

“Stick your face up in mine?” I got a clear look at her face that time. I will admit she’s kind of cute, but I don’t need her face so close to me like that.

“Oh, I’m sorry I scared you.” Her head was slightly facing downward with remorse. Great! Now I feel bad.

“It’s ok…” I rubbed the side of my head with a hoof. “Agh! These things feel so…weird!”

We both were silent for a moment, the blanket still covering my nakedness and lack of nethers. The yellow pegasus still looked remorseful for what she did.

I broke the silence. “So…what’s your name?”

“M-my name’s Fluttershy,” she said after gaining back some confidence. “What’s yours?”

My head started to throb as I tried to remember my name. Why can’t I remember anything?

I told her what I knew, “To be honest, Fluttershy, I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“Nope…no idea. Must have messed up something up here,” I said pointing towards my brain with a hoof.

“Oh, well…we could see if my friend Twilight has any ideas.”

“Ok, you can go get your friend and I’ll just wait here.” Please don’t make me get up.

“Well, she’s been really busy lately after getting her new castle and her new ‘princess’ title.”

“You’re friends with a princess?”

“Oh yes! Actually, we were friends before she became a princess, though I haven’t been around her much lately. She’s recently been on a ‘by appointment only’ basis; that includes me and our other friends. She has made exceptions before though.”

“So then schedule an appointment for her to come over.” I really don’t want to expose myself.

“Erm…I can’t do that either, sorry.”

“Well why not?”

“She rarely leaves her castle these days, unless it’s an emergency. It’s the only place she can get any work done.”

“Well, then…” I started running out of excuses. I can’t go parading around in public in the buff. What if they see…well I don’t think it would matter since it’s gone, for some reason. Still, the thought of it all is just so…uncomfortable. Sigh. “Ok, let’s go then.” I got up from the couch wrapping the blanket around my region.

Fluttershy chuckled uncomfortably. “Um…why are you covering yourself with my blanket? And why are you walking like that?”

“I’m not going out there naked! And this is how I normally walk!”

She let out a short giggle. “Last I checked ponies don’t normally where cloths and they walk on all four legs.”

“Hm, I guess that makes sense. But I feel so…exposed.” I shuddered at that thought.

She gave another short giggle, damn that’s cute. “Don’t worry about that. Nopony’s going to look at you funny if you’re ‘exposed;’ though they will if you’re walking around on your hind legs.”

I let out a disapproving snort as I tossed the blanket back on the couch. As slowly as I could, I shifted my weight forward. Gravity took hold and my front hooves hit the floor with a loud clop. This…actually feels a bit natural, though walking with two extra legs will be a challenge.

I tried taking my first steps. I slowly took a couple steps forward, trying to coordinate my front legs with my rear ones, hoping that I wouldn’t get myself tangled up somehow. It was awkward, but I managed to get the hang of it.

“Awww, you’re like a newborn filly trying to walk for the first time,” Fluttershy teased.

I half glared at her but my face got warm as I heard that comment, much to her delight.

My new wings felt really weird on my back. I was able to close them before heading out with Fluttershy, but I’m starting to notice they’ve been opening slightly on their own. I shook my head. One thing at a time. There will be time to experiment with those later.

Still feeling uneasy about everyone, or should I say “everypony,” looking at me while I’m exposed, I headed out the front door with Fluttershy. Hopefully this “Twilight” can help me figure out how I got turned into a horse and ended up here. Next Chapter: Chapter 2 Estimated time remaining: 21 Minutes