Welcome to Equestria

The Magic of Friendship

Chapter 1

It was a chilly November day in the Midwestern town of Cedar Falls, Iowa. I was wearing my usual outer wear: blue jeans, a coat, and a short sleeve shirt, under my coat as the high school is quite warm at this time of year. I had walked outside to wait for my bus, not needing to do so since my bus driver is the one waiting for me. The bus ride home was somewhat annoying as the kids on that bus are crazy or just plain rude. I was relieved when I got to my house. I had a few hours alone at home while my mom worked at two jobs. So I took off my coat, my shoes, and my backpack, putting them in their respective locations, and going to my computer. I am quite the technology whiz myself, so being able to build a PC all by myself was a big accomplishment. It seemed like a normal afternoon. It would turn out not to be.

We had just bought one of those vintage rotating mirrors a few weeks ago, which kinda looked like the Mirror of Erised from Harry Potter. I went downstairs to the bathroom to fill up a water bottle with ice water, by which I mean water with ice CUBES, not frozen water. The kitchen sink was filled with dishes, so what else COULD I do?

I had "friends" (I use the term loosely) in school that never hung out with me, the usual slipup in grades, and worries galore at home, which I tried to push in the back of my mind. The water bottle was filled and I turned to exit the bathroom. On my way out, I examined the rotating mirror. Something didn't feel right. I edged a little closer to it, the mirror glistening with my reflection (as most mirrors do). I noticed what looked like a speck of dirt on it so I went to try and rub it off. Just then, I lost my footing and fell, but instead of landing on the mirror, I fell THROUGH the glass. Before I knew it, I passed out....

Chapter 2

I woke up in a field outside what looked like a small town. I tried to get on my feet, but that did not go well. I ended up back on my hands in a few seconds. I was confused. "What the..." I thought to myself. Immediately I felt something on my back. It was a keep pack of some sort. Countless tools were inside. I could not begin to comprehend what was going on. I shook off my confusion and continued on to the town, which was farther down the hill.

About halfway across the top of the hill, I came across a large farm of some sort. There was a sign hanging from the arch, which I figured to be the entrance. I read the sign. "Sweet Apple Acres." I said to myself. I had no clue where I was now.

A figure I couldn't quite make out was sitting in the shade under a tree near the gate. I continued on my way. "Hay there." A voice said. It had a Southern drawl to it. "Wh-who said that?" I asked. I entered the gate, confused at what had just happened. "'Ah did." The voice replied. I looked around and saw no one else there, so I deduced that it must be coming from the figure. "Haven't seen ya around these parts, sugahcube." The figure said. Just then, clouds separated from around the sun, causing the figure to be fully seen from the light. It was a pony. A yellowish-orange pony. "That's because I'm not FROM here." I replied. I honestly didn't know why the pony was worried. "'Ah figured." It replied, lifting its hat to reveal its eyes, which looked to me like an emerald color, but a little brighter. I then noticed the eyelashes, going out on a limb and guessing that the pony was a mare. "Welcome to Ponyville." She replied. I went to the fence surrounding the edge of the gate, and looked down at the town below. Ponies roamed the cobblestone paths, colts and mares alike. I was speechless.

"Wh-where AM I?" I asked, amazed at the sight I had just seen. "Didn't 'ah just tell you, sugahcube?" She replied. "Yes, I mean what IS this place?" I asked again, hinting the entire land this town was a part of. "Oh, now 'ah get what ya are sayin'," she replied. "This, sugahcube," she said, "is the land of Equestria." Equestria..... "A land full of ponies?" I asked. "'s right," She replied happily. I OBVIOUSLY had not put two and two together at this point. Even if I HAD, my jaw still would have dropped. I looked surprised. Equestria.... Where had I heard that before? "You ok, sugahcube?" The female pony asked. Her question was immediately answered with a thud. For I had become so speechless I fainted.

Chapter 3


When I woke up again, this time it was in somepony's home. Animals surrounded me left and right. I sat up, rubbing my hoof to my face. There was one problem: It wasn't a hoof. It was a hoof, like horses have. "OK, now I'm getting confused." I said to myself.

I looked around. The room was quite well-kept, as opposed to my room at my real home. "Something tells me we're not in Kansas anymore, Toto." I said, amazed at what I was seeing. "Um.... what's Kansas?" Another voice said. This one was not like the mare from before. This one was gentler and higher. A new mare walked in, this time colored light yellow and adorned with a long pink mane.

"I'm, um, glad to see you're awake." She replied. "I don't understand this at all." I thought to myself, as it was pretty obvious by now that no one knew me. "Are you, um, from around here?" She asked me, sitting right next to me. "No." I replied.

"Well, nice to meet you either way." She replied back. "My name is.. Fluttershy." She said after a while. Something about her told me that her name wasn't kidding.

"I'm-" I paused, thinking for a second. Fluttershy? Equestria? Ponyville? Sweet Apple Acres? The hooves? Walking on all fours? It finally dawned on me where I was. Three words: My. Little. Pony. The inside of me was in love with the place already. The outside of me, however, wanted to just get home.

Little did I know, however, that when I fell in, the old box of heavy hubcaps my father collected before he died fell on the mirror, flipping one of the legs over, causing it to topple to the ground. The glass shattered. So I COULDN'T get home. I was destined to be here forever.

"I'm... Spark Sprocket." I replied. I wasn't used to this much attention. It made me shy. I looked at the reflection of the floor under me. I looked exactly like my OC of the same name. Well, at least I can keep low here in this body, as I was the one who created him, I thought to myself.

I turned to the door. "Well, I think... I'd better get out of your.... mane." I said, going to the door. "Thanks for keeping me here while I was unconscious." She faintly smiled. "No... problem... It was the least... I could do...." Fluttershy replied. I exited her cottage, and was immediately greeted by sunlight. Alright, who's next? I thought. The answer to that question took about 10 seconds. Flat.