Ugh, my head...

What the hell happened to me? All of my body hurts. My head is thumping like it's a construction site under construction, there's aching everywhere as if I fell from a, I don't know, two-story building? F-fuck... I groaned loudly, wishing that I was back home hugging my pillows or something else that would be comfortable. At the very least, it'd make this damn ache more tolerable...

Alright, I need to recollect the events. Right, right, right... What was I doing? That is the main question I should ask. First, I was driving... Then some drunken asshole crashed into me! Wait, that was a month ago. Nah, not the case in this, uh, case. That asshole got imprisoned, though... Drink-n-drive don't really go together. Fortunately, I wasn't hurt that much. A few bruises, a cut, and I think that was it.

Ficus. I mean, focus. I need to remember what happened. It's pretty hard to do with my head hurting so fucking much...

Oh, I was struck by lightning! That hurt! Oh wait, that never took place. Why am I even suggesting that? Only a few people have ever survived being struck by lightning, and something like this would leave them scarred and in the hospital for some time. I don't smell any kind of hospital stuff: no alcohol, no other particular smell. Just... grass? Huh...

Anyway, why am I in pain? I remember that I was walking from my home to the nearest shop to buy some food and then... Everything went black. What happened? Why? So many questions... I bet I was mugged. Hit over my head pretty hard, as if someone stuck a hot metal rod right in the center of my forehead.

I squirmed in place, trying to make the pain go away but not succeeding in the slightest. Fucking hell... I'm never going outside ever again, ugh!

...

After a few moments of gathering my strength, I opened up my eyes and saw a forest all around me. Great, I was kidnapped and beaten up. Perhaps. Maybe not. Okay, it couldn’t be the case. Why would anyone do that? I'm not something special. An "average" face, neither ugly nor too handsome. Black short hair, stubble that I've never bothered to shave off completely. Roughly one meter eighty centimeters tall, fit body... Well, not really fit, more on the skinny side. However, I am into keeping myself healthy, and it means that I don't smoke or drink. So, no alcohol poisoning or bad cigs... Certainly no drugs. Alright, so those things couldn't possibly be the case for my... case. Argh, words!

Wait... I think I see something. Some pale-gray, uh, stuff right where I was used to seeing my nose. What is it? I tried to shake it off but it didn't come off as if it was a part of me. And there is a short layer of fur on this thing. What is this thing? Did someone glue something on my face?

I tried to stand up but failed. I look at my... hooves. Okay, what? No, what the hell? No, WHAT THE FUCK?!

...

Okay, I need to calm down and think. I closed my eyes to get that image of seeing hooves instead of my hands out of my aching head.

So, what can it possibly be? Some kind of a very strange lucid dream? Crazy experiment by a mad scientist that kidnapped me for their twisted pleasure? Possessing a body because I became a ghost after my sudden death?

*Sigh.*

My head hurts even more just from thinking about it.

I tried to stand up again and I finally was able to see that I became... very small. Perhaps a meter tall, maybe less, maybe more. No taller than a very young child, that's for sure.

Okay, who the hell turned me into a small equine that a seven-year-old girl would hug to death on sight? I swear, if I find the one who turned me into a, uh, small horse, I'm going to kick their nuts! Four times for each nut! I don't want to be a small horse-pony-whatever-thingie!

Now, I need to find a reflective surface that will allow me to fully see myself. I need to know what the heck I am. Thankfully, there is a small pond nearby.

Wait, how do I walk?

After about half an hour of frustration, I finally learned how to walk. Walk slowly, of course, but it's better than nothing.

*Sigh.*

I hate being quadrupedal. How do they do it so easily? Two legs were much easier to manage.

Alright, here's this pond...

Oh god! I look like a woman. A horse-woman. A woman... Wait... My private parts!

...

Whew. I’m not a female. My man stuff is still down there, thankfully!

Well, now I have pale gray fur, fiery red mane and tail, huge eyes of mixed purple and pink, and... A horn and a pair of wings!

Isn't this great? I will fly one day! I'm not sure what to do with a horn, though... Stabbing something? Or is it just for shits and giggles? What purpose does it serve?

I’m a fucking disproportionate unicorn-pegasus hybrid. What am I, a result of incest? Ugh...

"Damn!" I yelled. Wait, I've just made a human sound, albeit childish. That means I can speak! "Shit, dick, ducks, cucumber!" I yelled, then laughed hysterically. Wow, it's so good to know that I wouldn't just neigh or whatever else horses do. Well, not horses but ponies, seeing that I'm really small.

I looked around to see where I could go and... I don't have any idea, not even the faintest one.

Wait, is there... Holy crap, clothes! My favorite hoodie!

Now understand that I'm naked. Oh. Oh. OH!

After quickly putting on the hoodie (I'm unsure about how I managed to do it), I finally felt less exposed. The hoodie no longer fits me as well as it used to, but who am I to complain? I'm now a small horsie, after all.

Wait, the hoodie doesn't even cover my private parts. Damn.... Well, better have at least something than nothing at all. However, my wings aren't too comfortable in their new wool-walled prison. I think I'll have to cut holes in my hoodie for them at some point.

Wait, there is something inside one of the pockets... Something rectangular, quite heavy for its size, too. My smartphone! Good, I won't die from lack of good music if it happens that those who live here listen only to pop or rap. Those things always made my ears bleed.

Somehow, I managed to pull the phone out of my pocket and bring it to my eyes. The black rectangular thing was bigger than it used to before, or it seemed to be so. My headphones were still attached to it, though they became different from what I could remember. Their shape became more an oval than a circle, they were connected to each other from behind, and there are rubber bands that would probably keep the headphones on each of my ears. There was no cord, but I don't think I had any Bluetooth headphones before... Well, if these headphones sound the same or better than those with cords, it'll be fine.

Holding the phone using my hooves, I tapped one of its buttons with my muzzle. Wow, the smartphone still worked!

Each time I had to tap I had to do it with my muzzle. It wasn't as fast as with fingers obviously, and neither was it as accurate. After all, my muzzle was wider than any of the fingers I used to have.

Well, it looked like everything in its place. No internet or any kind of mobile communication, though. That was definitely bad, but considering that I became a half-unicorn half-pegasus, it wasn't my real problem, obviously.

My phone told me that it was sixteen past one in the morning. It didn't make any sense, it was obviously midday here! And the date was... Thirteenth of October. That didn't make sense either! What was the date before I turned into a pony?

I don't remember.

Well, there’s nothing I can do now, so I’ll better move it.

Putting on the headphones, I turned on Powerwolf — Lupus Dei. Oh sweet music of metal, we meet again, at last! The company I still have.

Why do I love Powerwolf? Well, this music is epic! That organ, guitar, texts! Orgasm to both my ears, human or not. It's even better this time! Like, more detailed! My ears and wings are now four things that I don't hate about my body.

As the song ended, I put on another of my favorites, Armata Strigoi.

Well, time to get out of this forest. With music in my ears, I started walking.

After about an hour of wandering around, I finally saw signs of civilization — a village. It looked like a medieval one: thatched roofs, wooden frames, houses with no more than two stories in height. Yep, a pretty generic medieval village, at least from my knowledge of history, which... Well, it was never good.

I saw ponies walking around, all of them colored differently. They looked bigger than me, especially the stallions. All of them -except most of the foals- had some kind of mark on their flanks. A tattoo? I had yet to find out, but it seemed to be very popular among adults: all of them had marks. A different tattoo culture? It would be interesting to discover. My human body was untouched by the needle, after all.

I don't have a mark. Well, I don't think it makes things any different for me. I look like a foal, and most of them don't have it, so I suppose I will be safe.

There also were more mares than stallions around, though I could see more of the latter out in the fields outside the village. I guessed that they were the strong ones. Working in the field, growing food while others were working in the village itself, probably selling goods, watering flowers, smithing, whatever else they could do.

Walking into the village, I caught a few glances thrown my way, mostly focused on my headphones and hoodie. Well, I suppose they weren't as popular as they were in the human world since no one but me wore anything. They didn't have to wear clothes anyway; there was fur to keep them warm. I had fur but I was much more comfortable with my hoodie than without it.

And everyone's nude. Oh. Well, I just have to imagine them NOT being sapient ponies. Just stupid, smelly horses, no mind at all.

That doesn't work; I'm a pony, like them. Fuck!

Suddenly, something pink zoomed in and gestured. It seems... she wants to talk to me. When I took off my headphones, the pink mare started speaking.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! What’s your name?" she asked me. Well, she has a strange name. But pink she is, so I think her name fits her quite well.

"Uh..." I'm a little bit shy when a stranger speaks to me. To make matters worse, I don't know if my name will fit here. I must come up with something, and quick!

"Don't be shy, silly! I make friends with everyone who comes into Ponyville!" So that's what the village is called. "And I can tell we’ll become great friends! Oh, and let me guess who you are!" Nodding in agreement, I allow her to speak. after closing her eyes for a few seconds, she said, "Well, you came from somewhere else entirely. Oh! Let me guess! You are a being from another world who doesn't know how he appeared here, and has good taste in music!"

What. WHAT?! How did?..

Human.exe stopped working. Take him to a nearby human service center to get him fixed up.

"Nah, that's just silly." Pinkie Pie shrugged. "Anyway, what's your name?"

I think I’d better pretend she didn't say anything before.

"I am..." the name, I must come up with it! "Flame Metal."

Well, better than nothing, right? I still don't think that the name Michael Black would fit, that's for sure.

And my new name sounds like a sub-genre of metal. Well, duh, what can I do? If you give me a kid, I would probably name him like something really common, like George or John, or something stupid, like what I came up with now. Well, it's not like stupid names are rare here. Pinkie Pie is not really a name that a human could come up with, not a sane one, anyway. But who said that she is sane? The village could be filled with insane ponies!

God damn it, I should've watched the village from far away to determine if what I just thought is true.

Oh, Pinkie Pie was speaking the whole time I was thinking. And she's speaking really fast. Uh…. Awkward.

"...and that’s how Equestria was made!"

What?

"Nevermind, scratch that, I was blabbering about something unimportant again."

I hope so.

"So... where do you live? Where are your parents?"

"Uh.." dammit. My parents are living somewhere on Earth, and I now live nowhere. Dang it, dong in the fucking tree! "I don't have parents and a place to live here..."

"You're an orphan?!"

"No, no! I didn’t mean it that way!" I shook my head furiously. "They are not here, in this, um, place. They sent me here to learn about the world, and, um, well, I don't have anything with me right now."

"Well, if you are alone here, I can fix that!" Pinkie Pie said before hugging me. That feels comfortable. Wait, is that a cannon inside her mane? What the fuck is it doing there? "See? Now you're not alone!"

If all ponies are like her, I'm going to die of insanity here. Well, good thing that she's not some crazy maniac that wants to eat my arms. Or a crazy Kazakhstan horse-eater... Ugh.

...

"Uh, miss Pie?" I ask her after five minutes of hugging.

"Oh, right, sorry!" she smiled sheepishly when she released me. That wasn't bad, though, I haven't experienced a hug for a very long time. I forgot how comfortable they are. "And you can call me just Pinkie, by the way."

Suddenly, my stomach grumbles. I forgot how long it had been since I ate or drank.

"Are you hungry?" Pinkie Pie asked me. I nodded sheepishly. "Well, do you want to eat with me? I work at the bakery. There is some tasty stuff that needs to be tasted!"

Who would decline free food?

Oh, I love cakes and muffins! they are all so incredibly tasty! Godly delicious! Pinkie Pie sure knows how to bake things!

"Pinkie, these are the best I've ever tasted!" I grinned.

"Thank you soooo much!" she grinned back. "So, what will you do now?"

"I... don't really know." I realized that this is true. What do I do in the new world? I have no place to live, no money, nothing but my hoodie and smartphone -with headphones, the latter is currently resting on my neck-. "This place is new to me."

"I can help you figure out what to do! Do you know anything about Equestria?"

"Equestria?"

"I’ll take that as no." she said, still smiling. "You know nothing of Equestria, do you?"

"Yeah..." I folded my ears in embarrassment. I didn't know that my ears are that flexible, though. Neither did I know I could control them. Well, another surprise.

"Well, school starts the day after tomorrow, and I can help you get there. They will help you learn everything you need to know."

School again.

Sigh.

I hate being a child.

"Uh, I don't really have a choice, do I?"

"Of course you do, silly!" Pinkie Pie shook her head, grinning. "You can go on an adventure to fight monsters, or you can go traveling! But you better wait to do it until you know at least something. And the outside world is not a playground for colts. Everypony needs somepony to back them up!"

"I suppose you're right, Pinkie."

A little later I learned that Equestria is a country where mostly ponies live. Pinkie Pie decided to give me some basic information that I would need.

There are three pony races: Earth Ponies, Pegasi, and Unicorns. There is also a mix of all three, Alicorns. They can do everything that all of the three races can, and are much stronger than any of them. Only two Alicorns are known: Princess Celestia and Princess Cadance.

Wait... All Alicorns are in power...

ALICORN MASTER RACE! HEIL CELESTIA! SIEG HEIL!

I feel a Hitler style mustache growing and my right foreleg rising to make a nazi salute...

It seems that my German roots are speaking within me.

Ahem.

Princess Celestia has been the sole ruler of the country for a thousand years. Yep, that long. I guess Alicorns are either immortal or ageless.

So, Celestia controls the sun and the moon, bringing harmony for all the land. I don't know how she does it, but... Magic. It explains everything.

The second Alicorn is Mi Amore Cadenza, the princess of love. Nothing more is known of her, at least that’s what Pinkie Pie said.

Tomorrow is the longest day of the year. It’s when the Summer Sun Celebration takes place. Princess Celestia will lower the moon and raise the sun. I don't know why is this day so important when, well, she does it every day, but I really want to see her doing this. I still can't believe the sun isn't moving on its own. Until I get proof of this, I'm not going to believe it.

"Oh, there’s a new pony in town!" Pinkie Pie suddenly exclaimed. "Be right back!"

How does she know?

Two minutes later she returned.

"There is a new pony in Ponyville, and I'm going to throw a superduperful party just for her! Everypony will be invited! Oh, I'm so excited!"

"Uh, why are you throwing her a party?"

"Because she has no friends here, silly!" Pinkie Pie replied. "That means she must be lonely. But that will change after I throw her a party! Oh, and you’re invited too!"

"Wait, me?"

"Of course, silly! Everyone in Ponyville is already invited. And you’re in Ponyville!"

That makes sense in a twisted way. If making sense in this place was even possible. I do remember a phrase that I've heard from somewhere: 'What fun is there in making sense?'

"That is great, but I’m not really into parties..." I said to her, rubbing one of my legs against another.

"You’ve just never partied with me!"

I think it’s pointless to resist.

The party was really great, even with me hiding most of the time. A couple of hours, I think...

Imagine that, the pony whom the party was thrown for didn't really party with everyone else. And her mane literally turned into flames after she drank a little hot sauce!

I don't get why ponies stared at me when I drank half a bottle in one go. That hot sauce stuff is tasty.

Well, now it is time to go to the place where Summer Sun Celebration takes place. It’s about four in the morning. At least I think so.

Five minutes later, Pinkie Pie and I were there, waiting for... something.

"Isn't this exciting? Are you excited, 'cause I'm excited, I've never been so excited— well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went *deep gasp* but I mean really, who can top that?" the mare of fun talked to the purple Unicorn.

Fanfares sounded as the mare who -I assume- is the mayor of Ponyville started speaking.

"Fillies and gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!"

Ponies started cheering. But something tells me that things will not be as they’re supposed to be... Oh boy. There’s tension in the air, and something's not right...

"In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria..."

It's time to see Princess Celestia, I suppose. I watched the curtain which she is behind, waiting for them to open.

"...Princess Celestia!"

The curtains open, and... there’s no one behind them.

Shit will hit the fan soon. Fuck, I came here, and everything is crazy! Does this happen here on an everyday basis? Or am I the cause?

"This can't be good..." the purple Unicorn muttered. Oh, you don't say?!

"Remain calm, everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!" the mayor spoke. I don't think she's right.

"Ooh! ooh! I love guessing games! Is she hiding?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"She's gone!" a white Unicorn mare with purplish blue mane spoke. And she's damn Captain Obvious!

Ponies all gasped. No, really? They didn't think about that?

"Ooh, she's good." Pinkie Pie muttered. Good at hiding?

Suddenly, something appeared out of blue smoke. A tall Alicorn mare of black, clad in silver armor. Her eyes are serpentine and of teal color. Who is she?

"Oh, my beloved subjects," she spoke with a voice that of a mistress. It is dark and nice at the same time. "It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun-loving faces."

"What did you do to our princess?!" a cyan Pegasus mare with rainbow mane yelled, trying to fly closer to the black Alicorn. The orange mare with blonde mane held the pegasus by her tail. Wait, wouldn't that hurt?

The Alicorn chuckled: "Why? Am I not royal enough for you? Don’t you know who I am?"

"Ooh! Ooh! More guessing games!" Pinkie Pie, no! NO! The hell is wrong with you?! There is a damn ALICORN standing before you! Quickly stuffing my hoof in her mouth, I don't let her continue. She muffled around my hoof as I stopped her from continuing her insane blabbering

"Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?" the Alicorn spoke, getting angrier.

"I did." the purple Unicorn spoke. "And I know who you are. You're the Mare in the Moon – Nightmare Moon!"

What a twist! Wait, who's Nightmare Moon?

"Well, well, well. Somepony who remembers me." Nightmare Moon smiled a bit. "Then you also know why I'm here."

"You're here to... to..." the Unicorn gulped.

Nightmare Moon chuckled. "Remember this day, little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!"

She was about to start laughing, I guess maniacally, but I stopped her.

"Wait!"

"Who dares to interrupt me?!" Nightmare Moon looked over the crowd.

"Me!" I raised my hoof. I think I will regret this, but everything she said is illogical! And... she's still searching for me. "I'm near the pink mare with puffy, darker pink mane." she still can't see me. "Ugh, the colt in the black hoodie!" now she does.

"Why do you dare to interrupt me?!" she yells at me. Ouch, that's loud.

"Plants can't grow in the dark! They will die if “eternal night” comes. There will be no more life in Equestria!"

"The plants grow even in the darkest night!"

"You are wrong, Nightmare Moon!" I objected. "If you place a plant in a dark room, it will die if you keep it in there for too long. The sunlight is as essential to plants as water!"

Murmurs of agreement echoed through the hall. Ponies are on my side. Or maybe they know that plants indeed need sunlight to grow.

"Is that true? Will plants die in my beautiful night?" Nightmare Moon seemed to become sadder.

"It is." I nod. "And why do you want to bring eternal night?"

"Ponies sleep through my night, not seeing its true beauty! I made it everyday for them, and none cared!"

"Not everyone sleeps through the night. I do not." I said to her. "A few love to be awake at night, enjoying the moon and stars. But their love is far more powerful that the love to the sun. While the sun gives us warmth and light, it is only one of countless stars across the sky canvas. It is not the most beautiful one, even if it keeps us alive.

"The light of stars brings us dreams of all kinds. The light of stars is far more beautiful than the light of the sun. The starlight doesn't hurt our eyes when we look at it. It is calm and soothing, it makes us relax.

"The moon is always beautiful. It is not plain white as the sun, it has more details like a piece of art.

"Lots of people from my land call the night the most beautiful thing in the world." I kept speaking. "Many enjoy it, yet they cannot be awake at night. All creatures need to rest, and sleeping under the night sky is the best thing in the world. Some even call it romantic. There are many songs that praise the night and the stars that we all can see."

"Are thine words true? Do any of other ponies enjoy my night?" Nightmare Moon asked.

Many ponies murmured in agreement to my statement. I guess I was right after all.

"You love my night even if you sleep through it?" the alicorn became even angrier. "What you tell me is a lie! You cannot love something if you haven't seen its true glory!"

Her horn started glowing, and a bolt of lightning struck me.