“Q!”
No answer.
Damn! Wait…
“Jean-Luc Picard, Serial number: SP 937-215!”
My god! I can talk! I am a talking pony!!!
Picard looked around him, he seemed to be inside a small forest, there was a pond nearby that he decided would be a fine source of water to his (after all that happened) dry lips. It would also provide a way to see what he looked like, now that he was an equine.
He stopped at the margin of the pond and stared a few seconds.
A light-brown colt stared back, he didn’t have any hair at his head, but down his neck there was a gray-silver mane, his tail was also the same shade of gray. His muzzle was squared and his eyes were still the same.
Piccard noticed that he was still wearing his clothes (though modified to fit on his new body) and still had his comm. badge with him. He checked his belt (now located ¾ of the way to his flanks) and founded that he also had his phaser.
Now, how am I supposed to use a phaser without thumbs or fingers?
He took it with his hooves and aimed at a nearby rock, it proved to be virtually impossible to fire and aim at the same time, but by using the two forward hooves, in a quick motion it was possible to fire with the same accuracy as if he was still human.
Much better.
He leaned forward and drank a few sips; the water was fresh and felt reinvigorating.
“Q!!!!”
Still no response.
“Q!!!”
He wasn’t around, or he was but wouldn’t show up.
“WHERE SHOULD I GO?”
Silence.
Damn. Guess I will have to pick at random.
He looked around, at his front there was the pond were he drank the water a few moments ago, to his back, the forest seemed to grow so thick that no light went through the tree tops. To his left, the forest was less thick, but seemed to go on forever. To his right, it seemed to get sparse.
Right it is.
He started to walk.

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“Okay Twilight! That was the last one.” The baby dragon said, sliding an red book into the bookshelf.
“Thanks Spike! We did it, the library is impeccably clean!” The lavender unicorn mare said, a smile in her face.
There was a knock on the door.
“Come in!”
A pink pony, with pink mane made her way from the door to Twilight, hoping all the way.
“Hi Twi! Would you mind if I borrow a book?”
“Not at all Pinkie! Which one will it be?” She said, walking towards the cooking section.
“Two actually! The quantum mechanics of the multiverse (by Sheldon Hoofer) and Bending the space time (by Gordon Freemane)!!!”
Twilight stared blankly at Pinkie, whose smile didn’t move an inch.
“Pinkie dear, why on Equestria would you need these books???”
“I don’t know!” She started to hop around Twilight, as if orbiting her. “But my knee cramps and ear flops seem to think it is important that I know!”
Her Pinkie sense is acting again. Celestia help us all!
“Okay, Spike! You heard the mare.”
“Right away!” The small dragon said, walking towards the physics bookshelf.
He came back in a few seconds, with two heavy looking books under his arms.
“Here! Hope you can understand it.”
“Okie-dokie-lokie!” She took the books and put them inside her mane. “Have a nice day!” And she made her way to the door, bouncing as though there were no tomorrow.
After the door was closed, Twilight turned her head to her assistant and asked.
“Spike, do we have extra copies of those two books?”
“Yes, why?”
“Get them.” She started to walk towards her studies desk. “I want to know if there is anything there that is dangerous and can be done by a pony”
I just hope she doesn’t explode the universe…

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Picard had been walking for about five minutes now; he tried calling Q with no effect and decided he would find him somewhere ahead.
The path was in the middle of the forest, and the number of trees was reducing at a small, but constant rate.
I will be out of this forest in 10 minutes, if it wasn’t all just part of a Q’s joke, I could even have enjoyed this walk.
It was, indeed, a beautiful place, it reminded Picard of his childhood in La Barre, the only thing missing was a vineyard and a fine bottle of wine.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?”
He immediately looked to the source of the voice. Q was lying down at the side of a bush, still in his human form, reading a book called ‘Pinkie’s mind: A Q’s guide to organized chaos’
“Q. This is pleasant and all, but I must go back to the Enterprise at once.”
“Oh Picard!” He got up and the book disappeared with a small flash of light. “I already told you. The Enterprise will be safe; besides, it’s always nice to go on a stroll”
“I prefer to have my strolls at vacation or at the holodeck, thank you!”
Q closed his eyes and started to rub his forehead with two fingers.
“Picard, let me show you something,” He snapped his fingers and began to glow, much like Picard did when he arrived, but without a sound. After it was done, there was a thick mist around him.
“This is how I look like here.” The mist faded away
“Q, what ARE you?”
It was, indeed a strange creature, Picard would have expected one of those Pegasus-unicorn hybrids of the door. Instead, it was the strangest thing he ever saw. It was a combination of many body parts from different creatures. His head was horse-like, with a deer antler on the right, a goat horn on the left, one long fang, different-sized pupils, a snake tongue, and a beard. He had the right arm of a lion, the left claw of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, and the left leg of a goat. In addition, he had a bat's right wing, a Pegasus' left wing, and a snake's tail.
It was the living description of chaos
“Beautiful, isn’t it? They call me Discord, the God of chaos around here; I ruled this place for 3000 years before Celestia and Luna overthrew me.” He scratched the back of his head. “Well, overthrew isn’t exactly the correct term, as I decided to lose. After all, I felt my little ponies deserved freedom after keeping me entertained for so long. I even came back a while ago to see how they were doing, let them defeat me again, but it was worth it”
Picard was still at the same spot, he didn’t know what to say.
“Q?”
“Yes?”
“Please tell me you are joking.”
“I am not! I think it’s the first time I tell you the truth right away actually…”
Picard face-hoofed. A small amount of dirt was left on his forehead, as he remembered that he walked on all four limbs now.
“It’s hard to let go an old habit, isn’t it?”
“You know the Enterprise will come looking for me. What are you going to do about that?”
He scratched his chin.
“I haven’t actually thought of that, if they insist, I think I will just bring them along.”
“Don’t you dare do that Q?”
“Is that a challenge?”
He sighed.
“Fine, what do I have to do to go back to the Enterprise? Dance?”
“You will have to figure it out yourself!”
Q grinned sarcastically and disappeared in a bright flash.
“Q!”
Merde, ce maudit!!!
Then Picard proceeded with his walk, towards the exit of the forest. Behind him, a small white rabbit had a puzzled expression, and started running on the same direction, but making sure that he was not seen by the strange stallion.