They've called me many things; Freak, monster, the devil. My most favorite is Angel of Darkness. ‘Cause that’s pretty much what I look like. You know those people who study and work with genetics? Well, I became their guinea pig a while back, one of the first ones. They said they developed the tech to spice me with other animal’s DNA, what they didn’t tell me is that it was just nanomites injected into my system, to alter my physical appearance. “It would give me special attributes.” They said, they didn’t lie about that, I was given sharper vision, quicker movements, and inhuman strength. They gave me the choice of which animal to combine DNA with. And I chose a Great Grey Owl. I had the idea that that experiment would give me wings, one’s made for silent flight. It did that, but it also gave me grayscale feathers around my body, talons for feet, and a fucking brownish beak, basically an avian furry. It has always been a dream of mine to soar atop the clouds,and to blend in during nighttime flight, and now I finally have it. Too bad I was made an outcast by society, people weren’t ready to accept something like me, fucking xenophobia. I wasn’t the only one to suffer at least, there were others, some chose to be dogs, cats, bats, lizards, you name it. More and more people were ‘tested’ on. I don't even know where they take them. They drugged me during the whole experiment. The number of transformations made it so there were an even amount of us versus people. I have to thank the egg-heads at the labs for not making us a minority.

At that point I thought it was all over, I would go about my business and that’d be it. I was wrong, if you can imagine that. Me, some people and other ‘Anthros’, as we’ve been dubbed, were randomly selected for a new experiment. ‘Project Remodulesh’ they called it, I received a brochure that explained what was going to happen. It said some type of teleportation using artificial wormholes. And I had no choice but to comply. They would send me to prison if I didn’t. And they pretty much abduct you from house and home without warning. Once again I was drugged to make me pass out, I woke up strapped to metal table, which was fucking cold, in a pure white room. As a side note, with all the feathers covering my body, I have no need for clothes, imagine how awkward it was the first few days… Anyway, I’m facing a large mirror.

“Test subject is awake, begin test procedures.” A one-way mirror apparently.

“What the fuck is going on!?” I’m more pissed off that scared at that point.

“We are going to find out whether our teleportation will take you somewhere or not.” That sounded very reassuring.

“And what if something goes wrong?” The answer is a little bit obvious in my opinion.

“Just sit still and stay quiet.” A loud whirring sound started emanating as large metal arms came from the ceiling and floor. Each carrying a different machine with electricity dancing across the surface.

*I’m fucked.* The machines get closer as a light blue field forms around me. I would like to try and break free and possibly escape, the nanomites I mentioned earlier gave me more than just a new look. They gave me enhanced senses and inhuman strength. But the thought of touching that field and possibly getting electrocuted kept me in place. My heart was pounding the field got closer to me. Just then I heard a very annoying beeping sound.

“What’s going on!?” they either forgot to shut off their mics. Or they don’t turn off.

“The fields destabilizing!”

“Well SHUT IT OFF!!”

“I can’t! It‘s unresponsive!!”

“I hope you all fucking die with me!!” I yell as a light as bright as the sun covers my vision. What happens next is something I don’t, nor will I ever, understand. The white light fades away to reveal an endless void, but instead of pure black. It literally looks like a river of the rainbow. Every possible color in strips, flowing all around me. Then a tingling sensation grips me. The sensations get stronger, as well as really painful, to the point where I pass out…

I don’t know how long I was out, but I don’t care. My vision coming back, meaning I might be still alive. My other senses return to me too, I can feel something like grass on my back. It also feels like I’m being dragged by my talon. How my wings are not hurting are not broken are beyond me. I try to look around, I can make out that I’m in some kind of grassy field, surrounded by a forest of some kind. I crane my neck to see who, or what, is dragging me along the ground. A fucking purple pony!? My brain froze as I continue to gaze at this creature. It’s not even touching me and it’s dragging me! Is it using some kind of gravity manipulation? All I see is a pink mist around my foot. Suddenly a blue blur rockets to my face, I just barely put my arms up to block it. Fucking hell that hurt.

“It’s awake!!” I peek through my arms. A blue pony is hovering above me, a pegasus? Where the fuck am I? “Knock it back out!” The force on my talon was diminished so I got up and moved out of the way as fast as possible. Just fast enough to avoid being hit by the blue one again. “You’re messin’ with the wrong pony!!” It wings flare and make one big flap. Rapidly propelling it towards me. I norrowly avoid it headnutting me in the chest. “How is it so fast!?” I grin.

“Cybernetics. What I don’t understand is why you conti-” I’m interrupted by it wizing by my head. “Continue to attack me when-” I jump to the side, avoiding another headbut. “I haven’t attacked you.” It’s a fair distance away, it’s using the distance between us to gain speed. This time I brace for impact. *I think I can stop it like this.* I think as it hits me, my talons dig into the ground as I’m pushed back from the impact. *Man she has a strong head.* “At all.” I push it back before it can land a hit on me. “Why do you continue to attack me!?”

“Because, you’re a monster!”

“If I was a monster, then why haven’t I hurt you, or your friends. I could kill you right now if I wanted to.” It’s nostrils flare and it’s digs a hoof into the ground.

“STOOOP!!” A delicate, yet loud, voice echoes through the field. Making the blue one freeze. I look to where the voice came from. The group of pastel ponies, which were watching the blue one attack me, are looking at the yellow one. Apparently it’s uncommon for it to shout like that. With a look of determination, it walks--or is it trot?-- up to me. I can see fear in her eyes. But there’s also a strong sense of determination, and kindness? Wow, you can read these things so well. “Um… I-im sorry for my friend. She can be a little, um… brash.”

“I can tell...” She chuckles in that soft voice of… hers. I think it’s a female.

“Um… Also, are you a monster.” I give her, it, my ‘are you shitting me?’ face. She smiles nervously and chuckles again. “Right.”

“Fluttershy! Get away from it, he’s MINE!!” Blue tries to get a hit on me again. It’s all in vain really, I think it’s tiring out. It’s breathing heavily.

“Can you please stop? If not attacking your friend here is not enough proof, I don’t know what is...”

“That’s enough Rainbow Dash.” A high, regal voice chimes. I look back to the group and a white one stepped forward. “I’m terribly sorry darling, like Fluttershy said, Rainbow can be a hoof-full a lot of the time.” She sighs.

*Hoof wha..?*

“But but, but!” ‘Rainbow’ stutters. At least I’m learning names. Don’t ask me how we’re speaking the same language. I never cared enough to find out.

“That’s enough Dash!” A southern-like voice pipes up. I turn back to the shrinking group to see an orange one walking to sit beside me. “I was studdyn’ this feller. And I didn’t ketch a single lie non ‘im.”

“Thanks?” I really don’t know what the fuck’s going on. I’m just glad, Rainbow's, not trying to hit me anymore.

“Anytime partner! Name’s Applejack by the way!” She hold out a hoof to me. I look at for a second before realization dawns on me.

“Nice to meet you. Names Ember.” All the, ponies, look at me.

“Ember?” They all ask in unison. Yeah, I know that’s a weird name, even by human standards.

“Yes, that’s my name. Excuse me for being born on a different PLANET again!” They flinch.

“Well, it’s not that we think it’s a bad name. It’s just... different. Right girls.” The ‘girls’ nod as the white one looks at them. Blue, or Rainbow, still hasn't moved, nor spoke.

“Whatever you all say. Anyway, I have a few questions; Where am I? Who are you? And what will happen to me now?” The purple one answers me.

“You are in the land of Equestria. My name is Twilight, these are Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and- Where’s Pinkie Pie?” Just them I’m tackled from my side by a pink blur. I tumble along the ground with the pink blob. It ends with me on my back, and a pink pony-thing sitting on my stomach.

“Let me guess, you’re Pinkie?” She nods enthusiastically.

“Hi! I am Pinkie pie!” She giggles. “Ember huh?” I nod. “That’s a funny name!” She bursts out into a intense giggle fit. Making Pinkie, fucking weird names, fall off me, and allowing me to get up and walk back to the group. Twilight having a face of slight embarrassment.

“Sorry about that. She can be...”

“Excitable?” She nods.

“Yes, that.” She clears her throat. “As for what happens to you… I’m guessing you don’t have a home?” I shake my head. “Hmm… Well, you can stay at one of our homes, if you want.” The others look straight to her.

“There’s no way I’m letting him stay with ME!” I can already tell me and Rainbow aren’t going to get along anytime soon. The others murmur in agreement with her, except for Fluttershy, I swear to fuck god these names are weird, she’s been silent this whole.

“Um… You can stay with me, if you want to...” I put a hand to my chin.

“Do you have enough space to where you and me can live comfortably?” She nods.

“I think so...”

“Are there any others living with you at the moment?”

“Well… I have all my animal friends...”

*Animal lover, cool.* “How many?” She puts a hoof to her chin.

“Um… About a hundred and twenty?” At that my eyes widen.

“Sorry, but I don’t do well with large groups of animals. But hey, thanks for the offer.” I try to sound grateful. I think she’s a bit sensitive… I motion for her to come closer, when she’s close enough I kneel down. “At least you offered. That means a lot to me.” I whisper to her ear. I stand back up and smile at her, she smiles back.

‘Thank you.’ She mouths, she then walks back to the group. I look back to Twilight.

“I guess that means I get to stay with you then.” Her face light’s up.

“Perfect! Lets go get you settled in!” She runs off at a slightly slow pace. I stay put and look back to the others.

“Don’t worry about it sugarcube, Twi gets all excited like that when stuff like this happens.” Applejack, I think that’s her name. Walks in the same direction Twilight ran off to, followed by the other ponies. I start to walk with them, but Rainbow gets a little too close to my face.

“I’m watching you! You hurt one of my friends and I’ll buck you so hard you’ll wish you weren’t born!” I don’t know how her ‘friends’ heard her threaten me like that. I just stay calm and still while we stare off. After a while I finally said.

“Good luck trying.” I step around her and follow her friends.

Me and these ponies have been walking in this forest for a while now. In silence, not awkward silence, just silence. It being frequently broken by the rustling of trees or slight wind. I couldn’t take it anymore so I spoke out.

“Where are going?”

“We’re on our way to Ponyville.”

“Ponyville?”

“It’s where we live!” Pinkie’s bouncing, instead of walking like a normal pony. For human standards any, I don’t know about this fucking place.

“Oh, are there other places close by?”

“The nearest place to Ponyville is Canterlot. Which is still quite the distance from here. By the way we’re here already.” I look ahead and see what looks like a small market place through the foliage.

“Oh, look at that. Looks pretty nice. Are you, girls, going to introduce me right now?” Twilight has a face of worry.

“Well, the towns ponies are still a little xenophobic after the whole ‘Zecora’ incident.”

*They have that word here? Interesting...* “Ah, I see...”

“But don’t worry! With us by your side EVERYPONY will like you!” Pinkie’s really good reassuring people. I like her!

“Y’know what Pinkie! I like you and your friends already!” I look to Rainbow. “‘Cept you.”

“Why me!?”

“Hmm… I don’t know. Oh! It’s for attacking me at FIRST SIGHT!!“ They flinch again.

“Whatever...”

“Anyways, so how do you plan to introduce to the… Towns ponies?” Twilight contemplates puts on a ‘thinking face’.

“Well, we can go the ‘Pinkie Pie rout’, or we can hide you until we get twin hall set up.”

“The ‘Pinkie Pie rout’?”

“It’s where I introduce you to the entire town right now!”

“Hmm… Does she do stuff like this all the time? And the whole town is used to it?” They all nod. “Alright lets do that then.”

“Okie dokie lokie!” She continues to bounce along with us. I’m just assuming these are females until I see more of these ponies. Or at least if they call each other any specific gender. We continue to walk along the path and as we reach to edge of, Ponyville. I think the names here are just fucking puns. When we get inside this place it’s busy with ponies milling about. Most of them look like the ones I’m with with few different looking ones. Different because one has thicker limbs, square muzzles, and different hair, or is it mane? Styles. I think there are males and females.

“So, you’re all girls?” They nod. “Ah, ok.” *So i was right all along!* One pony from the market place notices me, she’s pink with yellow hair and what looks like a lilac on her but. *Wait, they got tattoos on their asses?* I look at the girl’s backsides, they all have one. A star for Twilight, balloons for Pinkie, apples for Applejack, three… Diamonds for Rarity, a trio of pink butterflies for Fluttershy, and a cloud with a three-colored lightning bolt for Rainbow. *I need to come up with nicknames for these ponies, their names are really fucking weird.*

“MONSTER!!” The pink one shouts. The rest of the ponies freeze, look her, then me. And all hell broke loose after one solid second. Ponies started screaming and running in all directions. Things were knocked and crashing sounds could be heard.

“Does this happen often?” I ask while pointing at them panicking ponies. Twilight face… hoove’s? I think that’s the appropriate term…

“Yes… A little too often if you ask me.”

“You know how to stop them?” She nods.

“Cover your ears.” At that I go to high alert, spreading my wings and taking to the sky. The transformation also came with sensitive ears. Owls have that so I gotta be careful. I fly just high enough to when Twilight screams.

“QUIEEET!!”

*Still heard that through my hands! How did she do that!?* The group covers their ears with their hooves when Twilight screamed. It also did make the other ponies stop screaming and running amuck. I hoer back down to the ground. “Sorry about doing that without warning, sensitive ear and stuff.” They nod in understanding.

“So… ya got delicate hearin’?” Applejack asks. I nod. “Oh...” I look back to Twilight.

“How did you do that?”

“What?”

“Your voice was amplified tenfold. How did you do that?”

“Oh! I just cast an amplifying spell!”

“‘Amplifying spell’? Like, magic?” She nods. “You have magic here?” I ask a bit skeptically. She nods. “Really?”

“Why do not believe me?”

“There is no such thing as magic accept for tricks where I come from.” At that the girls gasp.

“W-what?”

“We don’t magic like your kind where I come from.”

“H-how!? Nothing can live without magic. How do your species live without magic!?” I smirk.

“Technology. You ponies may have advanced magic or whatever. But my kind have advanced technology that aid us with life.” They all have faces of astonishment.

“Wh-” Twilight was about to ask something, but a pony came up to her and tapped her on the side. “What?” It’s the same pink pony from before.

“T-twilight? W-what’s th-that?” She points a hoof to me, and she’s trembling harshly.

“Oh! That’s our new friend and resident; Ember!” Twilight introduces me to this pony.

“E-ember?” I nod.

“Nice to meet you.” I say slowly, would want another freak now would we?