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How I became Vinyl Scratch

by The Darling Cookie

Chapter 1: Ch. 1 - David

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Life as David sucked, probably the worst life I had ever. Whoever is reading this would argue that that is the only life I would ever have. Being mediocre at everything wasn’t exactly my life plan or my life’s joy; I would never be the President by being “ok” at it or get the job by doing “ok” at the interview. It seems that quite often luck is against me, as almost everything in my mediocre life. Oh boy, if I only knew the irony of what I just said back then.
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“Hey David wake up! You’re gonna be late for work!”

I knew the voice belonged to my mom but my body resisted my brain’s command of “WAKE THE FUCK UP IT’S YOUR MOM”. Nonetheless, with a bit of struggle & groans I finally got myself up.

“Honey are you up?”

“Yeah I am” I replied.

I rubbed my eyes, trying to get all the eye-boogers out before brushing my teeth. Once I accomplished that task, I sulked over to the restroom & squeezed the toothpaste tube and watched the white paste cover the head of the tooth brush. I sighed as I looked at myself, noticing how tired & defeated I looked. I forced a smile and the reflection did too, both of us saying “It’s gonna be a good day.” I put some water on my toothbrush & brushed my teeth and rinsed my mouth once I was done. I switched off the restroom’s light and walked over to my grim-looking closet. I opened the closet and grabbed my work clothes, changing as fast as I could. Once I was done I left my room, grabbing only my watch, phone and headphones and headed downstairs. I was then greeted by my family, whom were all at the dining table.

“Good morning honey, how are you?” my mom asked.

“Hey David! Good morning!” my little sister Maise said smiling.

“Good morning guys-I mean women. Hey Maise! I’m doing good mom.” I replied.

“Sit down honey and get some breakfast before you head out.”

I did and I took a seat next to my little sis, who was eating her cereal but playing with one of her toys as well.

“Whatcha got there Maise?” I asked her.

“Rainbow Dash hehe.” She replied, smiling broadly at me.

The toy was true to its name; it had rainbow colors on it and a very small cloud image with a rainbow lighting bolt.

“So it’s a he or she?”

“It’s a girl, like me. Duh!”

She giggled & I softly chuckled, smiling at how adorable she can be sometimes. I started eating my breakfast & to everyone’s surprise, I finished way before either of them did.

“Slow down next time honey, you scare me when you eat like the Flash.”

“Eh it’s okay mommy, I’m still alive aren’t I?”

My mom gave me a wry smile and nodded her head.

“”I guess you’re right. Well you should get going to work. I love you darling.”

I got up and walked over to where she was sitting and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“I love you too mommy. Have a great day! You too Maise, love you too!”

I gave both of them a hug and waived bye at them. Maise stuck out her tongue at me and I did the same at her & we both laughed at the same time. I said goodbye one more time before I opened the front door & left for work. As I was walking to work, I couldn't help thinking about how much I love my family. To me, my family means everything & they’re the reason I wake up every morning to fight the world. They’re the reason why I still work at my sucky job at Bargain Stop. I know that I won’t have a future working at a store like that which led me to go to college, which is hard because when I’m not working, I’m studying & learning. I struggle with both work & college but no matter what I always do my best because I know one day I’ll get a good career & I will be able to give my sister and mom everything they could ever want! I felt tears almost coming to my face as I thought about how proud my mom would be & how she would never worry about money ever again. However, I was sucked back from my thoughts to reality as I stopped in front of the eccentric store.

“One small step at a time, right?” I said to myself.

I took a deep breath, relaxed my shoulders & entered the store, clocking in for work and going on my register. My coworkers greeted me as they usually do; with a monotone completely void of emotion. I sighed & got on my station ready for the first customer, whom came pretty fast.

“Hi how are you doing? Did you find everything you needed today?” I said, with an almost cheerful tone.

As usual, the customer said yes & I checked them out as quickly as I could. The rest of the day was like this, nothing out of the ordinary. That is until around 1:11 pm when a man came into the store looking rather suspicious. All my life I have always been somewhat aware of my surroundings, I guess that could be attributed to all the zombie films I've watched over the years. This man however was looking around the store frantically, almost like he was “scoping” the layout of the store. At first I thought he might be lost or something but what made me think otherwise was the sweat forming on his brow, the nervous twitches of his hands & his frantic habit of pacing back and forth in thought. I looked around to see if anyone noticed this man’s strange behaviors but it seemed I was the only one. I looked back at where the man was but he was gone.

“What the hell?” I thought, thinking about if I had imagine the man.

My thoughts were interrupted by a deep voice speaking to me.

“Hey mister, where’s the bathrooms?”

I looked to my right and there he was; all jittery and nervous.

“Just go down aisle 2 and take a-“

But before I could finish, the man reached inside his jacked & pulled out a pistol. My heart started pounding rapidly as I stared down at the metallic fiend.

“Open the register & give me the money. I ain’t gonna ask again.”

I was terrified inside but managed to keep a calm appearance. I slowly rose up my hands to open the register & I took out the money slowly, praying that someone noticed. I looked back to see if anyone did but the man pressed the pistol to the temple of my head, discouraging me to do so. Eventually I got all the money from the register & held the wad of cash tightly like a dead man’s hand. I stared at him and he stared back at me for what seemed like forever until he made the first move for the money. He reached for it and tried to wrestle it out of my hand but failed to do so.

“Boy if you don’t give me the money, I will shoot ya!” he hollered.

But before he could pull his trigger, a man behind him grabbed him in a head lock & flung the pistol out of his hand. I saw where the gun landed & I ran for it however was grabbed from behind causing me to fall. I looked behind and the robber managed to get out of the head lock and made a run for the gun. I tripped him and the both of us kept hitting each other, trying to stop the other. However my efforts were futile; not only was the robber much bigger than me but he was stronger, resulting in him reaching the pistol first. He got up and so did I but he kept his distance from me this time, grabbing a child and holding a gun to the kid’s head.

“Look, you don’t want to do that-“

“Like I fucking care!?” he protested angrily.

He looked at all the customers with a face completely immersed in anger.

“You know I served this country. And for what? No job, no family, no nothing! All my friends died in Afghanistan for fucking nothing!” he screamed.

The store was completely quiet except for the child’s labored breathing. The robber shuffled his feet, keeping his most hateful stare on the store’s customers and employees and a strong grip on the child.

“Mommy!” the little boy uttered.

The robber stiffened his grip on the child, preventing the little boy from speaking out loud again. Flashes of my life ran through my mind as I ran towards the robber, my brain telling me no but my heart yes.

“No, stop. Stop!” the robber yelled, unable to stop me verbally.

The robber brought the pistol up in my direction, firing at me. I managed to avoid 2 shots but the 3rd and 4th ones hit me. My leg and chest exploded with pain as I hollered but I didn't slow down at all, grabbing his shooting arm and wrestling the gun out of his hand. My vision started becoming blurry because I was losing a lot of blood but I managed to train the gun at his head in time & I fired, his head rocking back and his grip on the child gone. The little boy quickly ran over to his mom, hugging her tightly as he watched me. I felt the strength in my legs starting to give out, forcing me to land on my knees. My hearing was also dimming, the screams of shock and surprise becoming more and more distant. The gun slipped out of my hand, its thud echoing in my ears.

“….Someone call….911!...Hurry!...He’s…losing a lot…of blood!”

My head started to dangle like a limp doll and my back started to slouch as well. This was it; I was about to die. I thought about Maise and my mom once again and I used all the strength I had left to say “I love you both so much”. I thought about the time when my mom took me to get ice cream for the first time, when my sister was born and all the times we spent together every day in the living room as a family. However all that was quickly fading away as my fight for life was ending. My limbs lost life and my body came crashing down in the pool of my own blood. The corners of my vision were pitch black as I struggled to breathe my last breath. Pretty soon the world started to fade and the only thing I could hear was my last breath before everything became pitch black and eventually, soundless.
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BEEP!

.............huh?....

BEEP!

What was that?

BEEP!

Is...that a sound?

I couldn't believe it but I was hearing something. Was I alive? As to confirm my suspicions, I could feel my eyes again and my body, although something felt off about it. I was scared to open my eyes but I reluctantly did so, becoming overwhelmed with vibrant colors. I was in a room although there was something off about how everything looked as I looked around slowly, my eyes slowly gaining vision. I noticed when I moved my head I felt weight on it shift, as if I had hair which I didn't really have. I brought up my hands to rub my eyes which were closed & I was surprised when two hard objects bounced against my closed eyes.

“Ow..what the hell-“ said a female’s voice.

I looked up immediately to see who just spoke, the weight on my head shifting again. I didn't see anyone & just shrugged off the voice. I brought my hands to my sides so I could get up from the bed I was in but for some reason I couldn't feel my fingers stretching out. In fact, I couldn't feel my fingers or toes at all. I panicked slightly, desperately trying to wiggle my digits but failed to do so. By this time my vision came back fully & I looked down at my hands to see what were wrong with them.

“AHHHHH!!!” a female’s voice shrieked.

My hands weren't my hands anymore, they were...well...hoofs, like those a horse has. I started panicking even more, hyperventilating as I looked at how white my limbs looked and almost fainted when I saw the rest of my small body. I even had a tail, which ran between my legs and had a vibrant electric blue and cyan color. It wasn't until then when my brain finally realized whose voice I heard earlier; it was mine’s. Not the deep voice I had before but a tomboyish, somewhat obnoxious female voice.

“Oh my…I’m…I’m a…chick?” I said to myself, not believing that female’s voice was mine.

I managed to get up from the bed and sat on the ledge, staring at my hoofs and dangling tail for several minutes before setting my…two hoofs on the ground. I barely just noticed I was naked except for the fur on my body and I also noticed that I truly was a female; my male genitalia was completely gone, in its place was a vagina. I stared at it in utmost unbelief before fully putting all my weight on my two hoofs. There was a mirror in the odd-looking room and I truly saw how dramatically shorter I was; I was the size of a small horse or pony. But what also got my attention was the cartoonish face staring back at me, completely flabbergasted and shocked. I couldn't believe the girl pony looking back at me; her eyes were lovely, a warm deep purple. I saw her eyes looking around as I noticed what looked like a horn on my forehead. I touched it and was shocked at how sensitive it was. I also noticed what looked like her hair & it was beautiful; a luxurious electric blue and fluorescent cyan styled in a cute manner, almost like a rocker chick’s hairdo, the same colors as my tail. I brought up my hoof to the reflection and the reflection did the same thing too. I squinted at the girl pony and she squinted back at me. I then made a goofy face sticking my tongue out in a goofy fashion and to my constant surprise, she did as well.

“Woah…This is crazy….I must be dreaming…” She- I mean I said to myself, still in disbelief of my own new voice.

I looked away from the mirror, almost losing balance as I struggled to find my new center of gravity.

“Where am I?” I uttered to myself, my voice lacking its former masculinity but embracing its new femininity.

I saw how cartoonish I looked but never noticed the room I was in did as well; I looked like I was in a children’s cartoon show. I kept blinking my eyes as if I would wake up from a dream but I never did. I..walked to the other side of the room towards the doorway and I was about to walk out before a voice stopped me.

“Hey where are you going silly? You just woke up! We have to make sure you’re ok!” a voice called out.

I looked over to the direction of the voice and I saw..a…pony…”walking” over to where I was. The pony had a green body with white hair and a tail and what looked like a tattoo of a medical cross on her left thigh. Her eyes were orange and she was wearing what appeared to be a nurse’s hat.

“Come back inside the room dear so I can see if you’re good to go. Ok?”

She looked up to me because she was on all fours while I was not. I nodded and she gestured for me to go back in and take a seat on the bed again. I did and she proceeded to exam me, not finding anything bad about my health.

“Well it seems like you’re one healthy mare. You’re good to go, Mrs?-“

She stopped talking as she looked at me for an answer. I hesitantly looked around, at the floor, at my hoofs and my body, noticing I had a tattoo like the nurse but of a double music note. That’s when I thought of my dad and how much he loved music, especially vinyl records.

“Vinyl-“I started.

I struggled to come up with a last name, still shocked that the nurse spoke my language. Nonetheless, I thought of my uncle who was a DJ and when he taught me about “scratching.”

“-Scratch” I finished, pleased with the name I managed to stutter.

“Vinyl Scratch? Wonderful name Mrs. Scratch. May I ask what your occupation is? It seems when you were found in the fields of Ponyville and you did not have any identifying marks so you’re not actually in our records.”

I thought about what she just said about me being found in the fields of “Ponyville” but I answered her question.

“A DJ…” I lied, thinking about my uncle.

She nodded her head and wrote down what I just said on paper using her mouth to write.

“So..you said I was found?” I asked her in a curious tone.

“Yes Mrs. Scratch, I believe a pony named Rainbow Dash found you.”

“Rainbow Dash?” I said with conviction, as if it was a name I knew.

That’s when it hit me; I did know that name because it was a name for one of my sister’s little pony dolls. I then finally realized where I actually was; I never had really watched My Little Pony when I was human but I was familiar with the show, thanks to my little sister Maise. I looked down at myself again and realized I was transformed into one of those ponies from the show, although I definitely wasn't one of the main characters like Rainbow Dash. The nurse looked at me and could notice the look of confusion in my ponified girl face.

“Yes Rainbow Dash. Do you know her? She’s a pegasus, I’m sure if you go down to the center of town you can find her and give her your thanks.”

“Ok” I said wryly, nodding my head.

“You look like you just discovered where you are. You do know you’re in Equestria right?”

Equestria, that’s what this place was called. Makes sense considering everyone and myself are ponies. I nodded my head at the nurse in response to her question & smiled at her, noticing that even my smile was different than my old one. The nurse smiled back at me and wal-I mean trotted over to the door.

“Alrighty then Mrs. Scratch, make sure to check out once you‘re ready in the lobby.”

I nodded again & she smiled once more, leaving the room rather quickly. I was once again alone in the room and decided to use it as an advantage because I was still getting accustomed to my new body. It was so unbelievable; the room, the pony nurse, hell even me! I mean deep inside I was still David & I could even recall most of my memories, even the one where I died. But on the outside I wasn’t David; I was Vinyl Scratch, a female pony who’s a DJ and apparently a unicorn. I looked down at my hoofs & I just couldn’t help feeling so lost and disconnected from reality. Not only that but I felt so tiny and fragile in this small body; I was no Goliath when I was human but I certainly wasn’t this small. Emotions that I normally don’t feel started surging, raging behind my eyes and throat as I felt tears forming. I thought about Maise and mom and how I would probably never see them again, causing me to finally let the tears flow. I wept & wept, my girly sobs engulfing the hospital room.

“Dammit, dammit, dammit!” I cried out softly.

At the moment I could only think about how I was trapped and especially at how misplaced I felt, being in a world of not only cartoons from a children’s show but also being a pony and a female one at that. I don’t know if I would ever get used to that; being called Mrs. instead of Mr., ma’am instead of sir and finally girlfriend instead of boyfriend. My sobs eventually began to die as I wiped the tears from my eyes, thinking about how my sexual preference had never changed. That’s when I truly realized at how remarkably lucky I was; I was really still myself inside, nothing had changed about that and I was blessed that I could still have memories of my family with me. I frowned at the fact that my family would only be just memories and nothing more. I missed them greatly but I knew my family would always be close to my heart; there was nothing that could change that. I gulped and got off the bed, checking the mirror to check if my eyes were still red. Fortunately my purple eyes were not & I stared at my new reflection once again. All I saw was a young mare with white fur and with such beautiful twinkling purple eyes, her hair softly draping down the sides of her neck & framing her small pony face. This was me; I was that somewhat terrified looking young pony who didn't know where she was. I swallowed and decided to practice walking on all fours, surprised at how quickly my body learned to walk that way as if I had done it my whole life. It just felt so weird to walk with what I thought were my hands but were now hoofs. I decided it was for the best if I walked on all fours & I left the hospital room, my hoofs softly clacking against the hard floor. I looked above me, my hair bouncing around as I read the signs which led me to the lobby. I slowly stopped once I got to the lobby, looking around and seeing many ponies like the nurse and I. I looked to my left & I saw the receptionist, who was wearing a nurse hat just like the nurse. I approached the counter trying to make a smile, softly burping to myself. I looked around to see if anyone noticed that I had burped but it appeared no one or should I say no pony did. I took a deep breath and I spoke out loud to the receptionist.

“Hi ma’am, I’m ready to checkout.”

The receptionist looked up from her busy paperwork and smiled at me.

“And your name is?”

“Umm...Vinyl..Scratch..”

Oh yes Mrs. Scratch. Nurse Rossi told me about you. Yes Mrs. Scratch you’re all set to go.”

I gave her my thanks and trotted towards the doors, which automatically opened. I was blasted with the sun’s rays as I stepped outside, my eyes squinting in an attempt to see my surroundings. At first I thought my eyes were lying to me but I kept blinking, the image of a town with wooden houses & dirt ground unfaltering. I raised one of my hoofs to shield my eyes so I could see better and I saw several ponies trotting by, all friendly and smiling and greeting each other. I looked to my right and saw a wooden post nearby, stating that the town square was there. I remembered what the nurse told me & I decided I should go over there not only in order to thank the pony who found me but to find out if she knew how I ended up here, being that I had died on Earth not too long ago. I then started trotting towards the town square, unaware of all the looks I was getting. I could tell from the looks of bewilderment that every pony in this town clearly didn't know me and knew I was a newcomer. Eventually I saw a cream yellow pony looking at me shyly & who had wings, like a pegasus. Her hair or rather mane is what you would call it, was pink and framed her face nicely. I noticed that she started to head in my direction, looking at the ground as if she was carefully planning each step. When she finally approached me, she started talking, looking at the ground.

“Hi…you look lost…..” the cream yellow pegasus quietly said.

“Oh hey…yeah I kinda am” I replied, smiling at the shy pegasus and chuckling somewhat nervously.

I wasn’t much different than this pegasus; for a long time I struggled with socializing and not being shy, even though I naturally was shy. However, I started getting somewhat better at talking to others, thanks to having a job that required it. The only thing is I wasn’t working right now; I was speaking to a pegasus, whom from the looks of it took a lot of courage to talk to me.

“I can..I can…h-help you…” the cream colored pegasus continued, stuttering slightly, her now visible cyan eyes looking upon me.

I gulped and nodded my head while shuffling my hoofs & speaking back to her.

“Umm yeah that would be great!” I replied eagerly.

She smiled nervously at me, her eyes unfaltering from my purple eyes. I stood there for probably a minute before I realized she was waiting for me to ask for what I needed help with.

“Oh right sorry heh..still trying to get used to being a-er I mean heh acquainted with…um…Ponyville. Do you know someon-I mean somepony named Rainbow Dash?”

“R-Rainbow Dash? Yeah, she’s m-my friend. She’s really nice. She found a pony the other day and helped that p-pony to a hospital.”

She took a good look at me, invoking a feeling of flattery from me as I felt my cheeks blushing slightly.

“You must be the pony she found. I’m s-sorry I didn’t recognize you.”

“Nah its ok I mean I wasn’t conscious so it’s all good heh. I wouldn’t remember you so no harm done.” I replied, lifting a hoof in order to scratch my head.

“O-ok. I’m Flu-Fluttershy, what’s y-your name?”

I thought about my old name but seeing how that wouldn't suit me anymore, I decided to go with the one I used in the hospital.

“Vinyl. Vinyl Scratch.”

“Vinyl? O-ok. Nice to m-meet you, V-Vinyl.”

“Nice to meet you too Fluttershy.” I replied in a pleasant tone.

We both smiled at each other for a while until she spoke again.

“S-so Rainbow D-Dash is in the town square. I can t-take you there if you’d l-like.”

“That would be awesome! Thank you!”

I smiled again at her while she turned around and beckoned for me to follow her. I did follow her and I noticed that she had a tattoo on her hind leg much like mine. In fact, almost every pony we came across had them, which naturally made me ask about them.

“Hey Fluttershy, I wanted to..uh..ask about these..tat-I mean marks on our legs.”

Fluttershy looked back at me to see where I was pointing. She looked back up to me and answered.

“C-Cutie marks. D-Don’t you remember getting y-yours?”

So that’s what they were called…Cutie marks. That was what the nurse had too & almost every other pony. However her answer led me to think that the cutie mark must’ve been a sign of adulthood, coming of age if you will. I thought about lying but I didn’t know what to say; my…cutie mark had combined eighth notes, like the ones I used to read and play when I was in band in middle & high school. I searched my memories, looking for an instance where I fell in love making music & I realized when that happened; the first time I played an actual song on a trumpet back in the middle school. Oh how it didn’t seem forever ago when I was in Mr. Kitchen’s class, completely unaware how music would shape my life.

“Umm yeah I do, what pony wouldn’t right? Pfft” I lied, sounding extremely nervous.

Fluttershy nodded her head and smiled softly at me, waiting for me to tell her how I did.

“Well back when I was a-“I started, looking for the appropriate word for a young female horse. Filly. That was it. Thank goodness I read a lot of books as a kid. I continued with what I was saying.

“-a filly I umm..played in band. It was my first year playing a trumpet and I was in Mr. Kitchen’s class. I remember how it was barely our second week and he decided we knew enough notes from the previous week to piece them together & play a song. So we all did, myself included and every other student. You know Fluttershy, when I brought up that trumpet to my lips & took a breath and blew, I was completely blown away at how amazing it felt to make...well music! Never before in my life had I actually made actual music & the warm feeling in my stomach and heart delighted me to continue. For sure that’s when I got my cute mark; you’ll never forget an experience so remarkable.”

I wasn’t lying all the way; it was true I did love band when I was in grade school & even went to my uncle to learn how to DJ a little after high school. I thought about how enthusiastic Mr. Kitchens was & how he strived to make sure we knew that band was the right decision for us. If only he was here so I could personally thank him for giving me such a wonderful memory. Then again, he probably wouldn’t recognize me anymore and would be completely unaware that the mare he saw before him was his former student.

“N-Nice story, you must l-like music a lot.” Fluttershy said in a quiet tone, interrupting my thoughts.

She smiled at me and kept trotting towards the town square, my hooves right behind hers. I gave her my thanks & the two of us eventually reached the town square. I immediately heard several ponies call out Fluttershy’s name and pretty soon, several of them headed over to her and me.

“Hey Fluttershy!” a tan pony whom was wearing a straw hat shouted out loud.

“Hey Fluttershy how are you?” another white pony said out loud.

“Hello Fluttershy!” a purple pony said out loud as well with a pink pony behind her saying the same thing. Eventually all the ponies came up to greet Fluttershy and myself as well. But before I could actually meet them, a certain excited voice rung out loud, yelling in delight.

“FLUTTERSHY!!!”

I looked up & so did all the other ponies, all of us looking at the blob of blue hurtling towards us from a distance. I knew who it was without actually seeing for sure; it was rainbow Dash & from the sounds o fit she sounded very excited to see Fluttershy. I was right because as soon as Rainbow Dash got close enough from the sky she landed in front of Fluttershy & immediately hugged her.

“Hey Rainbow D-Dash, nice to see you too.” Fluttershy chuckled softly.

Pretty soon Rainbow Dash was done with her hugging of Fluttershy and noticed I was there. She gave me a look of curiosity, as if she was looking at me for the first time but her look changed to that of remembrance.

“Woah…those are some really purple eyes! I like your eyes!” Rainbow Dash said to me, causing me to blush a little.

The other ponies backed up a little as Rainbow Dash came up to me, looking at my face and my body in its entirety. She squinted at me and trotted over to my side & looked at my cute mark. She then returned in front of me where my face was & spoke again.

“Yeah you’re definitely the mare I found yesterday.”

A sigh of relief escaped my body and I was happy that I finally found the mare who could at least give me a clue on how I ended up the way I did.

“So what’s your name?” she asked me, smirking at me.

I saw how intensely she was looking at my eyes as if she was trying to see who I was inside. If only she knew…

“I’m…Vinyl Scratch.”

“Oh cool nice name! I’m Rainbow Dash and I guess you already met Fluttershy.”

She flipped her mane as she looked over to Fluttershy and the rest of the ponies.

“Well this is Twilight Sparkle” she said, pointing at a purple unicorn. Twilight sparkle trotted up to me and smiled at me.

“Hi Vinyl, I’m Twilight Sparkle, or you can call me Twi. I noticed something strange about you and I think I know what it is. You’re not actually from Equestria are you?”

My eyes widened as Twilight Sparkle saw who I truly was inside.

“Yeah..I’m not from Equestria..” I said, noticing the looks of surprise from the other ponies present.

“Humans when they enter our world become…well ponies in order to be able to exist in this reality. However it depends with each and every human what their final form is. I can tell from how you are behaving and how you move that you were the opposite gender then what you are now.”

My cheeks became very rosy red as I got embarrassed at how the way the other ponies were looking at me. I hoped that no pony would notice but it seemed that was way too late now.

“Yeah I was…I was a male when I was human..it’s really weird being a..girl.” I choked, looking at the ground.

Twilight Sparkle gave me a look of reassurance and trotted up to me, giving me a hug which made me have such conflicting emotions, those of embarrassment and of relief. Dammit why am I so emotional!?

“It’s ok Vinyl, no matter what a pony’s origins are we welcome any and all ponies to Equestria!”

Right away the rest of the ponies all circled around me, each and every one of them giving me a hug of reassurance. They all collectively told me that I was welcome and that it would be ok and how they would help me adjust to my new life in Equestria.

“Thanks…it’s just all so new to me and I really appreciate it. I’m so lost but it’s great knowing you all are here.” I sniffled, smiling at all of them.

Twilight and the rest of the ponies smiled back at me, with Twilight beckoning for me to follow them.

“Come Vinyl, let me show you where you can stay where we can help you.”

I nodded and followed all the ponies towards the houses in the town, the sun starting to set in the background, casting it’s most glorious golden rays over the town.
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"So here we are. Welcome to Apple Farm. Make yerselves comfortable!" Applejack said to all of us.

Apple Farm really did live up to its name; the entrance itself was an orchard decorated with the reddest apples I have ever seen. White picket fences characteristic of farm life were present, bordering the entire vicinity of the farm itself. Behind us I could still see Ponyville and the distant clamoring of pony folk but this farm suggested that a whole new way of life was still preserved here with the rolling fields of trees and grass everywhere. I saw to my left what appeared to be barns; to be honest they weren't much different than the ones on Earth, save the fact that they were cartoonish in appearance. To my right I saw a small, quaint house with a sloped roof and tan in color. I figured out that was where we were going to stay at least.

"So, any of y'all hungry?" Applejack asked us.

The other ponies shook their head no but I couldn't because of the loud rumbling of my stomach.

"Well looks like we got a customer hehe" Applejack chuckled at me.

She caused me to smile and in return she smiled back at me. I turned to the other ponies and they smiled back at me, however Twilight Sparkle stepped forward to say something.

"Well Vinyl you can stay here for the night. We'll come back around in the morning to take you to Celestia. I know she'll be able to help you or at least guide you" she said to me personally with a nice dainty smile.

"O-ok" I stuttered, smiling back at the rest of the lot.

Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the ponies then turned around, trotting back to Ponyville.

"Oh shoot I forgot to say bye to them. Bye!" Applejack yelled right next to me.

We both then chuckled, attempting to yell bye at the now distant ponies. I looked over to Applejack and just smiled, having probably the first good time I have had yet in Equestria.

"Well darlin' let's head inside. I bets Granny's got somethin' cookin'."

I nodded and trailed right behind Applejack. As I did, I couldn't help but noticing how beautiful the farm really was; there were just tons of rolling hills all around the fields, littered with trees full of apples.

"This is a nice farm. Kinda reminds me of the ones I used to visit when I was a kid on Earth."

"Is that so? Well I reckon you'll like this one even more" Applejack boasted with her chest, earning a good chuckle from me.

We came up to the door of the house and opened it, immediately greeted by who I presumed as Granny.

"Oh Applejack honey who's this? Never mind that, I bets she's hungry right now!"

"Vinyl darlin' this is my Gran-gran, Granny Smith. She's the kindest, honest pony I know"

Granny Smith smiled at me, her hoof shaking from age as she extended it towards me.

"Nice to meet you Granny Smith. I'm Vinyl Scratch" I politely said, shaking her hoof and trying to sound as respectful as I could.

"Oh honey no need for that fancy Manehattan talk. You can just call me Gran-gran sweetie boo."

I smiled back at her, amazed at how parallel Equestria's country talk was to Earth's country talk. I thought about how similar Granny Smith was to my own Grandma but I was interrupted in my thoughts by a deep voice speaking behind me.

"Howdy gang"

I shifted my hooves to look behind me and saw a new pony, a red one in fact. I searched for the word for a male version of a horse in my mind until it came to me; he was a stallion.

"Hey big brother!" Applejack cheered out, trotting up to the red stallion and hugging him.

Applejack then turned to face me, speaking to me with such delight.

"This is my big brother Big Macintosh!"

"Eyup!" was all he said in response.

I trotted up to him and smiled at him, noticing he was significantly bigger than me because I had to look up to him.

"Hi I'm Vinyl Scratch"

"Eyup. Nice to meet ya'."

I chuckled slightly, sensing that he wasn't much of the talking type. He then just trotted over to the dining table and sat down, awaiting his dinner.

"C'mon Vinyl, let's sit down and get us some dinner!" Applejack excitedly said to me.

I nodded my head to her and followed her, sitting down right next to her. I could really feel the "homey" feel of the country as Applejack, Granny Smith and Big Macintosh all talked amongst each other, not at all shy with their Southern accents. Well to them it wouldn't be Southern; it was just considered probably country here in Equestria. Pretty soon Granny Smith finished preparing all the plates for everypony and served it to us with such love. It was soup and I started sipping it with such care, making sure I was not at all loud. However, the rest of the ponies were not at all quiet; they were rather loud and sipping the soup quickly.

"Mmmhmm, I done made this soup correctly!" Granny Smith said, sipping her soup hungrily

"Eyup!" Big Macintosh replied.

I smiled at them, smirking at the thought at how similar they were to my family in the South, especially my Grandma.

"Hey Vinyl how are you liking the soup? It's goooood isn't it?" Applejack asked me.

I nodded at Applejack, finishing the soup as fast as I used to on Earth. I wiped my mouth with a nearby napkin and waited patiently for the rest of them to finish, which did not take long at all.

"Ok looks like it's time for y'all to head to bed. Now go on, go to sleep!" Granny Smith said while smiling.

Big Macintosh nodded his head and headed out the door. All of us called out to Big Macintosh a good night and all he responded with was a "Eyup!". I looked over to Applejack as to where I would go to sleep and Applejack showed me where I could go.

"The couch in the living room. We can both sleep there if you would like. Well I mean not together you know just nearby.." She said, nervously chuckling as she stopped speaking.

"I know what you meant silly. It's all good, it's all good" I said back to her, smiling.

Her cheeks slowly became red by my response as we stared at each other for a while. However that was cut short as Granny Smith came in between us.

"Come here darlin's. Come here. Alrighty now, good night the both of you. I better not hear none of you'se makin' noise or playin' around m'kay?"

"Okay Gran-gran" Both Applejack and I said in unison like we were young fillies again.

"M'kay now, good night!"

"Good night!"

Granny Smith smiled at us and headed over to her room. Applejack and I headed to the living room and took places across from one another.

"Hey Vinyl." Applejack whispered to me.

"Yeah?" I whispered back, noticing the glint of her emerald eyes in the dark living room.

"I'm not that much different than you Vinyl. I had to find myself too when I was a young filly and I found out that was me being on this here farm. I guess for you it was being who you are now. I guess you were always meant to be Vinyl Scratch, you know?"

I couldn't really make out her expression in the dark but I could tell she was smiling sincerely at me based on how her voice sounded.

"Yeah, I guess you are right AJ" I smiled back, earning a chuckle or two from her from using her nickname.

"Good night then Vinyl, sweet dreams"

"Good night AJ, sweet dreams to you too"

I closed my eyes, blackness shifting around my closed eyes until I finally fell asleep for good.

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