Equestria...
The day started with the first rays of sun that passed over the huge mountains circling Equestria. Ponies started to get out of their houses for their typical chores. Canterlot city started to bloom with life as everypony got to the streets.

As for the palace, the solar guards started to replace the night guards. The last ones greeting the first ones with a smile and their thanks for their labors. Luna stopped her royal duties as she started to settle up to sleep, while Celestia woke up in order to start her royal duties.

Everything seemed peaceful in everywhere.

That was, of course, if they were to take in account prince Blueblood’s private chambers...

As usual, Blueblood woke up, only to find another random mare sleeping with him. He just smiled as he could add another mare to his harem.

It was natural for him: getting a mare to like him, bed them and add them to his harem to enjoy them every now and then. He got up as usual, leaving an enticing invitation behind to be with him for the rest of her life.

He got out of his bedchambers and headed out, with the ideas of getting to spend the day with another random mare, fool her and bed her. It was almost routine for him.

But such a pleasant routine it was. However, he suddenly got another idea. One that would change his life forever.

Meanwhile, in another universe...

Mark groaned as the alarm started to sound. Stretching his arm, he started to knock blindly everything in his commode. The fact that the alarm wasn’t in the commode, but in a small shelf on the upper part of his bed, distract him. It almost seemed as forever before his head finally poked from between the sheets, desperately looking for the clock.

Almost as if it were a routine, he got up from the bed, only for his head to end up hitting against the small shelf.
“Argh! It’s the third time this week!” He shouted as the damned clock finally was found. Setting the alarm off, he just sighed as he turned to see the shelf.
“... I have to find a better place for that.”

Almost by routine, he got up and started to get dressed for the day. After all, it was an important day: he was going to meet with some friends in a safe part of the city.

No worries about his neighborhood for that day, and it was something that he was grateful for. Everyday, it was the same: people being robbed, fights, murders every now and then… It was getting old.

To make things worse, all he could do was at least try to help. And that saddened him.

But that day would be different… It would be on that day that he would change his life forever.

“... Oh, my dear fellows… you have no idea...”

Equestria.

Blueblood got into his royal carriage, waiting for the driver to start. He was ecstatic, to say at least. He had planned everything. Not even Discord would dare to do something like that! And, considering his status, nopony would be able to touch him! It was perfect!
“Where to, my lord?” The driver asked, putting the straps of the carriage.
“... To Ponyville.”

The driver, being a pegasus started to flap his wings to get off the ground. He wasn’t that excited about it. Being Blueblood’s driver meant to hold on with his stupidities and lusty affairs. He really didn’t like to say it, but he hated his job. Not for what he had to do, but for his boss. He was the perfect example of an egocentric idiot.

With no saying about it, he just flew toward Ponyville. Suddenly, an ache on his wing made him to stop flapping for a few seconds.
“Hey, commoner! What is going on!?” Blueblood’s angry voice sounded from the inside of the cart.
“Nothing, my lord! It was just a cramp!”
“Then stop losing MY precious time and get to work!”
“Whatever you say, my lord.” The driver just rolled his eyes as he started to fly down again.

However, that didn’t stop him from getting nervous. Those cramps on his wings had been increasing constantly on the last week, thanks to his lord business wide and far through Equestria. He went on a consult with an unicorn doctor, which didn’t give him good news: if he would press himself too much, his wings would just stop working for a while. And no work meant no food for him or his foals.

He did his best to try to ignore the pain, but soon, he became unable to hold it. With a yelp, he felt one of his wings go numb, making the carriage to fall.

The driver did what was on his power to stop the fall, but his wing wouldn’t just simply comply to him. On the positive side, the driver thought that he might die happy at hearing the so-called prince yelling like a filly when they were falling.

Suddenly, he felt once again with his wing. As soon as he felt it once more, he started to flap his wings as much as he could. Finally, he felt his falling starting to stop. Sighing in relief, he just turned his head to check if the carriage was safe.

He turned just in time to see both straps breaking apart, letting the carriage fall to the ground with a loud snapping sound.
“Oh, shit!” The driver dove into the air, in hopes of seeing that he wouldn’t be accused of murdering a prince.

Between the piles of what was a carriage, he saw a white hand. Taking out the small pile of broken wooden pieces, the body of Prince Blueblood was found. Stretching his hand to touch the prince’s gut, he tried to feel his heart beating.

There was none.

In the distance, the bell of the city’s hall started to sound, signalling the 12 o’clock.

Parallel universe…

As usual before exiting his house, Mark took his jacket and his keys, along with his wallet and cell phone. Making sure that all the windows were properly closed, he just walked toward the door.

Taking a glance outside, just in case any unwanted last-hour guest wanted to pay him a visit, he started to walk outside.

What he saw took him completely by surprise. He was used to see all sort of gangs walking around there. But not that day.

The street was almost empty, giving it a peaceful atmosphere.
“Huh… looks like I won’t be having problems today… Sweet!” He thought to himself.

He closed the door and started to walk.

A while had passed, and now, after two busses and a subway journey, he finally was in the dated point. He looked around, searching for his friends. To his surprise, they were nowhere to be seen.

He checked the hour, thanks to the clock attached to a lamp post. He chuckled as he discovered that the concerns that his friends wouldn’t see him there got away as he observed that he was almost half an hour earlier.

Seeing as he had nothing to do, he went to a nearby shop and bought a capuccino coffee. After that, he took seat in a nearby bench. Sipping his coffee at peace, he suddenly felt something small hitting him on his foot. Looking down, he saw a small ball.

Almost instantly, he looked up to see a young child staring at him, almost with fear. Mark took the ball on his hand and left the coffee on the bench, before getting up. He instantly started to bounce the ball on his feet in an impressive show of agility. The little kid just smiled as Mark turned to him and kicked the ball on his direction. Almost instantly, he turned around and started to run back with his friends.
“Hey!” The kid turned to him, giving him a questioning look. “...be careful! There’s the cars.” He said, pointing to the street, which was full of cars.

The kid nodded his head and resumed his running. Mark, by his part grinned as he felt satisfied with himself. Many people had already tell him of his serious face, which was, according to them, somewhat scary.

He sat again on the bench and started to sip again his coffee. He started to look around, looking for his friends. It was almost time, so they had to show up at some moment.

Suddenly, something caught his attention. Some people were shouting and making signs to someone with their hands. He instantly got up and walked to the people shouting.
“Hey there. What’s going on?” He asked casually.
“There’s a kid in the middle of the road!” One of them shouted, pointing at the lone kid standing in there. Mark instantly recognized the same kid of before.

Anyone clever would have waited for the cars to stop moving, but Mark wasn’t that clever in comparison to the rush he always felt to help other people.

Almost by instinct, his feet started to move on their own.
“Hey! Come back here!” The woman shouted at him, trying frantically to reach for him.

Mark just kept running, turning his head in time to see vehicles running straight toward him and avoid them, and see the kid whimpering in the same place as before, with a look of fear on his face.

Mark just kept dodging the cars that almost flew in front of him. After some seconds, he finally got the kid into his arms. He turned his head in time to see a bus going directly toward them. Rushing to dog it, Mark went to the next road, only to see another car coming closer.

With no time to lose, he pushed the kid with all his might. The screeching sound of the car’s wheels trying to break and the image of the kid landing next to a lady who helped him to get to safety were the last things he saw and heard.

The people of the street just watched in awe and terror as the car couldn’t stop in time. The body of the young man flew a couple feet back, before falling limply to the ground. Some curious people started to approach to the unmoving body of the young man, while other called for an ambulance.

A man from between the people got closer and stretched his hand to touch him in the neck, in hopes of finding his pulse.

There was none.

The clock in the lamp post started to play a sweet melody of bells ringing, marking the 12 o’clock.

Somewhere else…

A hooded figure started to walk out of the shadows into what seemed to be the hall of an ancient castle. Its eyes were closed as it seemed like if he were meditating deeply in something. Suddenly, he opened his eyes sharply, revealing a set of white lifeless eyes. His skin could be compared to that of a rotting corpse. His hands, one of them holding closely a scythe, were bony, with almost nothing of flesh on them.

In front of him were two souls, with no form or color or something. They seemed like two white orbs that floated in the space in front of him. In a cold voice, he started to chuckle, seeing the two of them at the same time in the same place.
“...Ugh… what happened?” A voice emanated from one of the orbs.
“... Where am I?” The other one also emitted a voice.
“... You, my friends… you are… here...” The hooded figure stated as he stretched one hand to make his point.
“Holy mother of- what happened to your hand!?” The first orb asked with concern on his voice.
“Ugh! That’s repulsing! Get that thing out of my sight in this moment!” The second one said with an irritated tone.
“What the!” The first orb said. “What’s going on in here!? What’s that light in front of me!? Wait… What’s going on with me!? I can’t feel my arms or my legs or anything! What’s going on!?”
“Agh! What happened to my beautiful body!? I can’t see myself! I can’t see my beautiful face!”
“... Peace, my friends… I do not intend to harm you in any way...” The hooded figure spoke. while walking toward the two orbs.
“Who are you? What is this place?” The first orb spoke to him.
“... I am known by many names… Hades… the grim reaper… Death… pick your choice…”
“Wait, Death!? I’m dead!?” The second orb asked with fear growing on its voice.
“I’m sorry to say it, but yes… both of you, my friends… are dead...”
“... Alright… officially, I’m freaked out.” The first one said with fear growing on his voice, but still with calm on it.
“Agh! I can’t be dead! Not yet! I had so many things prepared for today! It was going to be a wonderful day!” The second orb said in a panicked voice.
“... ha! Now we’re two.”
“What do you mean?”
“I also had great plans for this day… ”
“Oh, commoner plans… not of my concerns...”
“What!? Commoner!?”
“That’s what I said. MY plans are far better and more important that yours, commoner.”
“What do you mean with commoner? What, are you of nobility or something like that?”
“Of course I am! My name is Blueblood, prince of the magical land of Equestria!”
“Pfeh, yeah sure...”
“What did you say!?”
"If you’re a prince, then why did you die? Didn’t you have IMPORTANT matters to attend to?”
“I HAD important matters! But the carriage in which I was travelling fell to the ground… with me on it! Do you have any idea of what it feels like to die!?”
“Of course I do! I died trying to save a child from THIS guy over here!”
“Do you think I care how you died!?”
“You should! You should take care of your people’s lives! That’s what nobility is supposed to do!”
“Oh, really? What do you know of nobility!?”
“Enough to say that I would do better than you! And I don’t even know what that kingdom of yours is, or what people live in there or that stuff!”
“Really? Do you have any way to prove it!? huh!?”
“I do.”

Both orbs shut up at the voice of Death, who had been standing in there for the whole time they argued.
“You do? How?” The first orb asked curiously.
“... To be honest, being Death is boring… deadly boring...” Both, the first orb and Death chuckled at his joke. “So, I do some… things every now and then.”
“What kind of… things?”
“... Things like giving second chances...”
“Second chances? You mean...”
“... Yes… I can give you your lives back...”
“Wonderful! Simply wonderful! Let’s do it!” The second orb shouted gleefully.
“ What about you?” He asked to the first orb.
“... I don’t know… maybe...”

Death just nodded while taking his scythe with both hands.
“It’s settled then. I will return you to life.” The two orbs shouted with glee, that was until Death spoke again. “On one condition...”
“What is it?”
“... No one must know about this...”

Suddenly, the two orbs started to vanish into the air.
“Hey! Wait! Know about what!?” The first orb shouted, but Death didn’t hear him.

Finally, the two orbs finally vanished.

Equestria…

Unicorns did their best at trying to revive the fallen prince. As much as they wanted, there was no way he would survive to that hit. Therefore, they just looked at each other as they nodded in comprehension.

They started to set back their medical equipment and set the prince in a stretcher, ready to take him to Canterlot. That was until they heard a loud gasp.

They all turned to see the prince breathing lightly again. They all gasped as they confirmed what other ponies couldn’t believe.

The prince was alive.

A couple days later…

The prince started to move on his bed. Groaning, he finally opened an eye, only to close it once again due to the lights in the roof. After a few moments, he finally got used to the bright lights and opened an eye.

Suddenly, the prince started to look around, not knowing where he was.
“Oh, you’re awake.” A soft feminine voice sounded at his side.

The prince turned his head slowly, only to find the source of the voice behind a curtain.
“Ugh… my head...”
“It’s only temporary. It was due to the hit you suffered.”
“... a hit?”

Suddenly, brief glances of his memory made him remember what happened. But something was missing… something that he considered important.

Trying to remember, he took a hand to his forehead, trying to relieve the pain that surged through it. Suddenly, he felt something on his forehead.
“... HOLY MOTHER OF- WHAT’S THIS!?” The prince shouted. The curtain soon was removed as the nurse turned to him.
“Prince! Are you alright!”
“THERE’S SOMETHING STUCK ON MY HEAD! TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF!!!”
“Umm… prince.. that’s your horn… you need it to live.” The nurse said, getting closer to him.

However, just as the prince started to remove his hand to get a better look at the nurse, he saw his hand.
“HOLY SHIT! MY HAND’S PALE! Wait... ” The prince sat on his bed, revealing the rest of his body covered by a hospital gown. Just as he removed a part of his gown, he saw his body.
“OH, SHIT! SHIT! WHAT’S THIS!?”
“Prince Blueblood! Please, calm down!” The nurse shouted as she tried to calm him.

Suddenly, the prince turned to the nurse with his mouth opened to say something. However, at the sight of the nurse, the prince’s jaw fell, as well as his eyes opened widely.
“... What the hell are you?”

The nurse gasped, as well as she got a frown to her face, seemingly offended.
“What do you mean with that?”

The prince just stared at her. She was something like a human, but seeing her better, she had fur, as well as a muzzle, which reminded him of equines. She also had a tail. But what caught more the prince’s attention was her hourglass figure, well-defined and almost perfect.
“What are you staring at!?” The nurse shouted as she covered her breasts with her hands.

The prince got out of his daze, and turned his eyes to the nurse’s face, which was adorned with a blush and an offended expression.
“Oh… umm… sorry, I didn't mean to offend you...” The prince said as he turned his head.

Suddenly, the nurse gasped.
“... You… Did you just… apologize to me?” The nurse asked, her frown replaced by surprise,
“... Yeah.” The prince said in a flat tone. “What, were you expecting me to just keep staring?”
“... That’s what you usually do.” The nurse said in a matter of fact tone.

The prince turned to her again, frowning. He had never felt that insulted before. In all his life, he would have never thought about keeping ogling a woman like her. It was so disrespectful!

Suddenly, his brain reacted, returning him the last moments of his memory. He remembered when the car hit him, and then his meeting with Death. He also remembered the jackass who was with him in-
“Wait a minute…” The prince said as he turned once again, staring deeply into the space.

The nurse just stared at him with curiosity, seeing the prince’s lost gaze.
“... Prince Blueblood… are you alright!?”

The prince turned to her with a confused expression.
“... What did you call me?”

The nurse suddenly gasped as she took her hand to her mouth.
“... Please, if you excuse me...” And with that, she got out of the room, leaving the prince alone.

The nurse ran toward the main doctor’s office. Once in there, she didn't even bother to knock.
“Doctor! There’s an emergency!”
“Nurse Redheart! What is this commotion!?” The doctor said as he changed his eyes from the folder in front of him to the nurse standing in front of him.
“It’s the prince!”
“Oh.” The doctor then returned his gaze to the folder. “What is he flirting with another nurse?”
“No, he’s-
“Is he already bucking her?”
“No, he’s-”
“Did he steal something?”
“No, but-”
“Then, there’s no problem and-”
“Will you just shut up and listen to me, please!?” The nurse shouted, earning the doctor’s attention again.
“What is it, Redheart?”
“... The prince… He has amnesia.”

The prince stayed in his room, still examining himself. As he thought, he wasn't human anymore. Instead, he was some kind of equine. However, he also seemed like some kind of anthropomorphic being.

His hands being the same as a human, as well as his chest, lower torso,and part of his legs. His feet had been replaced for hooves, and his face had this form of an equine. Using the window as a mirror, he observed his new face. All his body was covered by a well maintained white fur, and his hair- or mane- was the purest blonde, also well maintained.

All in all, he didn't look that bad. In fact, he would dare to say that he seemed handsome.

His thoughts were interrupted as he heard the door opening. As he turned around, the same mare of before entered in the room, being followed closely by another anthropomorphic being like him. Both of them just stood in there, watching him. Soon, an awkward silence filled the room.
“... So...” The prince said, trying to break the ice.

The doctor started to walk slowly toward him.
“... Sir. Do you remember who you are?”

The prince opened his mouth to say something, but shut it when he remembered something.
“... No one must know about this...”
“... No.”

The doctor turned his head to the nurse.
“Redheart, please, fill the forms.” He then turned to the prince. “Looks like he will be staying in Ponyville for a while.”

Author's Notes:

While working on other projects, I keep my mind distracted with other things. So, to clear my head, I come with new stories. Here's another one.
Comment, and help me to improve.
Thanks!