The Misadventures of Ponified Friends
Prologue: How It All Began
It had finally come to this.
After all the hell we've endured and tolerated throughout our high school life, it was finally coming to an end.
Finals week was starting tomorrow, and even when I started studying in advance for a month, I was still nervous. This test would decide our future, and the first step to a new beginning.
I reminded myself to take a deep breath, and say to myself, "You got this, and always stay positive."
But... I wouldn't say that about my friends though.
It was one cloudy, stormy night in the city of Oklahoma. The thunderstorm just happened quite suddenly, considering that it was just in the middle of spring. The rain was abnormally strong, and the streets were flooded in a nanosecond. I was forced to let my two friends stay over my apartment for the night, and I already predicted chaos.
We closed ourselves inside my room, where we just studied. They practically begged for me to help them out, and as a friend, who am I to say no to them?
It was only a matter of time before we got bored. The loud wind and torrents of rain outside didn't help out either.
"I know! Let's watch Frozen!" My friend Lemuel suddenly declared that made the two of us jump up in surprise.
Lemuel Adams was an optimistic, fun-loving, and thrill-seeking idiot. He was considered as the clown of our trio for he kept sneaking in puns, unnecessary comments and pranks for the laughs. He was in the scrawny side, a stature that you wouldn't expect for someone too energetic. He was pretty tall too; maybe an inch above me, and lastly, his so-called signature uncombed blonde hair.
"Come on guys! Please?" Lemuel continued to beg.
I heard my friend beside me groaning in annoyance. "I swear, if I'm going to watch another Disney musical I'll be sick."
The man who commented was Hassan Ndaye. He was a transfer student all the way from South Africa around our sophomore year in middle school, his parents hoping that he could get a good education in America. Hassan was the most athletic among the three of us, standing at a six-foot-seven stature and still growing. Around his first year in our school, he was quickly promoted to Team Captain of the basketball team when he first tried out, so it was pretty easy to say that he's got a future in the NBA. Speaking of, his favorite team was the San Antonio Spurs, and his favorite player in the team was the rising star Kawhi Leonard (based on what Bleacher Report said). The first thing he did to pay tribute to his idol was by arranging his hair into cornrows.
"Please? Can you not see the atmosphere outside? It's like the end of the freaking world. So, I'm suggesting that we watch a fun and heartwarming movie! Like Frozen!" Lemuel added jovially.
"Look, we know you like cute, fluffy things and all, but please can we watch something different for once?" Hassan demanded.
"Nah, too tired of action and Sci-Fi movies. Comedies are out of the question too, especially drama!"
"Well then, I suggest that you keep quiet and entertain yourself."
"Nope! Not gonna happen!" Lemuel then turned to face me, "Hey Rob! You got anything to watch in here?"
"Sorry. I don't really like watching movies too often so I never had one for a while." I replied.
Now that I was mentioned, I think it's time to introduce myself.
My name is Robert Andersen, but my friends usually call me Rob. I'm quite reserved, and I always thought my words through before shouting them out to the world just to be sure. Look, I see myself as an introverted person, but my parents always say that my good and matured attitude made me get along with everyone. Ironically, I'm not always shy but I was still very anxious. Do I really need to say my physical attributes? Well, I have an average build, average height, fair skin and jet black hair.
"Is that so? Then I have no choice but to whip it out…" Lemuel stood up and walked towards the window, peering in the apocalyptic-like storm. Hassan and I looked at him.
"He's probably going to do or say something stupid again…" Hassan whispered to me. I just nodded back in agreement.
"I know you guys are gonna hate me for this." Lemuel began. "There's this thing that I've been curious about. It's this show that I've been wanting to watch, and for some reason, I just can't and I need other people's approval."
"What's this? What are you rambling about?" I asked in confusion.
"Yeah. What is this show? Is it a porno?" Hassan asked bluntly.
Lemuel quickly replied with an embarrassed blush, "WHAT?! Heck no! Why would I want to watch porn?!"
"Uh, because you said that you wanted to watch it secretly?" Hassan deadpanned.
"Ugh! No I'm talking about-" Lemuel walked towards his bag that was lying in my bed. He opened the bag and pulled out a pink hued container the size of a shoebox. "-THIS!"
He stretched out his hands to show the DVD closer for us, and it was something that Hassan and I didn't expect.
"Wait, wait, wait. So you're talking about My Little Pony?" Hassan interjected, his eyes narrowing in suspicion as he looked at the scrawny teen.
"See? Look at your reactions right now! So… what do you think guys?"
"We have the freedom to watch anything that catches our interest, but seriously Lem? Are you really that childish to watch colorful ponies?" I said to the flustered looking Lemuel.
"I told you that I'm just curious! And don't you want to find out why men our age adore this?" he questioned.
I found myself actually considering. Why did teenage boys like this so much? I became aware of this phenomenon back in early 2012.
Bronies, I believe, is what people call the fans outside the target audience of My Little Pony. I never paid much attention to it and focused on much more serious matters. I'm not that quick to judge, but I still found it weird that somebody their age could fantasize such things.
The only thing I knew about My Little Pony is this rainbow haired pony that I often see in the internet and it's just a toy line of Hasbro alongside the Transformers.
"So, you're suggesting that we are going to watch that?" Hassan crossed his arms. He motioned Lemuel to give him a DVD.
"Get your muzzle out of those books and make some friends.' that's what Princess Celestia tells Twilight Sparkle. She maybe the smartest Unicorn in all of Equestria, but she gets an incomplete on friendship... She goes to Ponyville on a mission where she meets five special ponies who take her on exciting adventures and teach her the most powerful magic of all- the magic of friendship...What the hell is this? Are you seriously making me watch this?"
I gave him a look, "Well, it wouldn't hurt to try. Besides, it's just the three of us in here. No one will ever know that we watched a show meant for little girls."
He shot back a look of disbelief, "Are you serious Rob? You're the most intelligent and respectable man that I met in this country. Will you really watch this show with airhead here?"
"Hey! Who you calling airhead?!" Lemuel shouted in offence.
"I'm sure that it's just a harmless cartoon full of ponies going on adventures. Look at the cover," I pointed to the front cover of the DVD, where six, smiling, multi-colored ponies were located. I presumed those were the main characters. "Now, what do you say?" I encouraged, and I swear that Lemuel was nodding behind me.
Hassan probably guessed that he was on his own so he sighed defeatedly. "Oh all right. Just one quick question though. Where did you get that DVD, Lemuel?"
"I…uh, borrowed it from my sister."
With no interruptions, Lemuel went over the player, plugging it with the TV's. Lightning crackled loudly and thunder roared, and I noticed that the volume is increasing, which was strange. I stood up from my position and looked outside my window. I checked more closely, and it was like the storm was isolated in the area of my apartment. The streets were buzzing with people, and none of them wore any protection or garments for a rainy night. They were just walking along, and continued to ignore the downpour.
What the hell?
"My Little Pony! I used to wonder what friendship could be!" I heard the theme song of the show blared out in the stereo.
I heard Lemuel giggling. "Oh my god! This is so cute!"
"Keep it down, man! Someone could hear us!" Hassan told him.
"Who cares? And in this storm? No way!"
My eyes kept staring out, observing this bizarre and weird scene. It was raining, but why did it look like the people down there weren't getting drenched?
"Hey Rob! Get over here and let's get this over with!" Hassan announced, but I remained still.
"Hey, you alright man?"
I turned my head to face him, "Yeah…But…I just have this weird feeling that something bad's going to happen…"
"What are you talking about?" Lemuel intervened, taking his eyes off the screen just when he was going to play the first episode. "It's just a thunderstorm! It's a part of nature! It's perfectly norma-"
We all saw a flash of white, followed by an ear-piercing boom. We ducked and lay on the floor in shock as we covered our ears.
"JEEZ! That was loud!" Lemeul was yelling... I think. My ears were still ringing.
"What the hell's going on out there?!" Hassan said under the sheets of the bed. How did he get there so fast?
I stood up and once again looked out.
"Hey, how come everyone down there is acting as if they're ignoring the rain?" Lemuel observed.
"Do they not see this huge storm?" Hassan added, wondering.
What I suspected was right. We were the only ones experiencing the storm. But why? Was there some kind of paranormal like event? No, that wouldn't be possible.
I looked at the sky, and saw a huge cloud hovering over our building. Streaks of lightning and thunder boomed and rung out of the dark cloud.
"This is SPOOKY!" Lemuel shouted.
The clouds above started to glow, and as each second passed, the glowing sensation increased along with the lightning storm, which had become more intense and stronger than ever before.
We started to hear a whistling sound that felt terrifying.
"What's that noise? In fact, what's going on Rob?!" Hassan demanded.
I had no idea. "How should I know?!"
"You're the smart one here!"
"I don't know what's happening. But, based from what I'm seeing in that cloud, it's like charging. Storing energy to blow up or something. A pipe bomb."
Lemuel gulped. "What do you mean by pipe bomb?"
When I was about to answer, the sky glowed so bright that we had to squint our eyes. The whistling sound started to pierce our ears.
"By charging, you mean DETONATING?" Hassan screeched. "Screw this! DOWN NOW!"
He pulled the two of us down on the floor.
The whistling sound finally stopped.
There was a loud explosion
Then, there was darkness.
I saw nothing but pitch black when I opened my eyes. Scratch that, I couldn't even tell if my eyes were open or not.
"You guys okay?" Hassan's voice was trembling.
Lemuel groaned, "Okay? You freaking pinned us down! Do you know how much you weighed?"
I rolled my eyes. Classic Lemuel. He always ignored the most serious situations. Did you know that he was playing Pokemon Go at his grandfather's funeral?
Somewhere along the darkness, I could see a developing light that was shaped like a swirling vortex.
"Hey guys? Are you seeing this?" I pointed.
We all stood up and walked closely to the vortex of light, which was growing in size. Everyone would agree that it is wrong to get too close to an unidentified object, but curiosity got the better of us.
"I think I've seen enough weird shit today," Hassan commented.
"Language!"
"Don't go all Captain America on me, Lemuel! This is not a laughing matter!"
Once we've gotten closer, I noticed that the vortex took form in the middle of the TV, and weirdly enough the DVD player was still operating.
How come the DVD player was still on when everything around us was enveloped in nothingness? Even the outside world was covered in black. The only light we could see at the moment was the vortex.
"Say, do you think it's some sort of portal?" Lemuel guessed, walking more closely to it.
Hassan began to panic. "Seriously man! Don't go near that thing! It's too dangerous!"
Lemuel snorted. "Come on man, live a little!"
"We don't know what's happening, Adams! Leave that thing alone until we figure out what that thing is!" I ordered, my face stern.
"Okay! Fine! Sheesh!" Lemuel began to turn around.
But when the tip of his finger touched some of the vortex's matter, a sudden force pulled Lem's left hand into it.
"Guys! HELP!"
"Lem!" I ran toward my friend, grabbed his waist and began to pull as hard as I could. Lem felt as if his left arm's going to get impaled from his body.
We both tried our hardest to pull but we couldn't budge. At this rate, half of Lem's body was sucked in.
"HASSAN! DON'T BE A SCAREDY CAT AND HELP US!"
Without hesitation, Hassan dashed quickly and he wrapped his arms around my torso and pulled. But even with the added muscle, it was too late as Lem's entire body was engulfed into the vortex.
I was scared. I knew that vortex was going to suck all of us in it no matter how hard we struggled to get out.
There was no turning back, I'm afraid.
If this thing WAS a portal, I wished that it would take us somewhere habitable.
The only thing I could do was close my eyes, and pray for our safety.
Author's Note!
Never in my wildest dreams I see myself writing a FanFic about this show. But after discovering that it was SO good about three months ago, I officially became a brony (at least 70%)
I know there is a TON of MLP FanFics concerning OC's transported to the colorful Kingdom of Equestria, but thinking about it as a trend, I decided to write one my self. Although I have three OC's
Guys, let me know what you think about the prologue.
I'm new to the fandom so bare with me. BROHOOFS!
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See you guys in Chapter 1! LUMINOUS FADING AWAY...
DISCLAIMER: MLP:FiM is owned by Lauren Faust, Hasbro, Hub network and Discovery family.