A Brony's Guide to Equestria

Written by TJ A.K.A InstantDashie

Prolouge

Sometimes we are presented with a life-altering choice. No matter what decisions you make, it seems that someone always ends up getting hurt. Guess that's my life in a nutshell. I'm not the smartest guy around... heck I'm probably not even close to that. Life has been pretty good, aside from a few incidents, but I can deal with it. Sometimes it's hard to tell who your friends really are, such is the case with me. There's very few people I could ever really call a FRIEND, and middle school did a great job in showing that. I guess becoming a brony was the high point of my life in retrospect, and I owe it all to Gary, now HE is someone I can call a friend. Ever since I started watching that show, my life has gotten a little better. Everything about it is just so entertaining and makes me want to laugh. Only problem is that some of my other friends aren't quite used to having a brony around. Especially at my house-warming party.

"Okay dude, something is definitely wrong with you if you think that abomination of a T.V. show is entertaining in any way!" Connor yelled in my face. Connor and I had been friends since 5th grade, and we ve had our share of arguments in the past, but none of them could compare to this. Let me get something straight about Connor. Within the 4 years I ve known him, I ve learned that he can be a bit too stubborn for his own good. He was the first one to find out about my new... well... he used the term obsession .

"Oh get over it, it's not like the world is going to end or anything," I replied sarcastically. If anything was going to end, it would most likely be his entire perspective of reality. But I had to face facts. He had his likes, I had my likes, and nothing could really change that. But, I figured it couldn't hurt to try and change his mind one last time. "I'll try and put this into terms you can understand. You've told me a thousand times in the past that you can't judge anything until you actually see it for yourself. And now your hating on me for something you haven't even seen. Sounds pretty hypocritical if you ask me."

Our argument got pretty large, and fortunately for me, Ollie stepped in. Ollie was a nice guy. He helped me out a few times in the past, but he did have some occasional moments where he became an oddball for no apparent reason. Thankfully, this was not one of those moments.

"Woah, lay off man! If he wants to watch a little girls show, let him!"

I wanted to punch him in the face so hard right then. I think he got the hint, because he quickly shut up and we got back to some fun. Two minutes later, my doorbell rang. This didn t strike me as odd, it was a party, more guests were welcome at anytime. Unfortunately, I was a gullible little fool. I opened the door just to be greeted with a pie to the face. I know what you're probably thinking right now: ha ha pie in the face its so funny! This wasn t funny, my eyes were burning and I could barely breathe through all that whipped cream in my face. The only I could really use right now was my ears, and I didn't like what they were picking up. All I could make out was the laughter of what sounded like a 20 year-old man, whom I was pretty sure I didn t know

"Consider it a house-warming gift, as in move out of this town if you know what s good for you! Later dweeb!" I could hear him yelling.

After washing my face off, I couldn't stand anymore company, even though it felt bad to do so, I had to send everyone home early. As soon as they all left, I bolted up-stairs to my room and put on the T.V. I did what every other brony would do: put on the one show that could actually make me smile. Just seeing the happy faces of those characters was enough to take my mind off of what had happened earlier. Just as the end credits were rolling a rock came crashing through my window, missing my face by near inches. It had a note attached to it. I sighed, switched off the T.V. and picked up the note, avoiding the shards of glass still surrounding it.

You ve got 3 days to leave, enjoy them .

I crumpled it up and tossed it in the trash bin. I'd normally respond, but I realized long ago that it was all a lost cause. I stared at the T.V. once again. That s when I came to the sad realization. This world was full of nothing but despair, nothing but people hating me. I felt a single tear run down my left cheek. But, that world in the show, Equestria, it all seemed so happy, full of love and friends, where nothing bad ever happens to anyone.

"Man, if I was given a chance to live there instead of this torture pit, I'd accept in a heartbeat. But it's not like that could ever happen. If only... what am I saying? It's impossible!"

I couldn t take anymore heartbreak and just collapsed on the bed, ready to welcome any dream that would appear in my mind. Anything beat reality at this point. Just then the T.V. flashed on with a jolt. That got my attention. I stared at it bewildered. I know I didn't turn it on. I suddenly heard a voice coming from it, a soothing female voice that was all too familiar to me. But no, that was impossible. She's from a cartoon; she couldn't possibly be talking to me. But, I couldn't help but listen some more to what the voice had to say.

"If you wish to escape your reality, your wish may as well be granted."

She didn't need to tell me twice. I quickly launched myself out of the bed and up to the T.V. Something was different about it though. The screen began to spin, creating what looked like a vortex. I was sure I was dreaming. I wanted to go back to bed and wake up but something was drawing me closer. I don't know why I thought this was a good idea, but I stuck my head into the spiraling screen. Smart, huh? Then the unexplainable happened. I fell in. I actually fell inside the television screen. From there, all I saw was white. I fell for what may have been hours. The only thing I knew was that something strange was about to happen. I didn t know what it was, but I had a strange sense of familiarity. Instantly I felt my stomach lurch and I blacked out.

When I finally regained consciousness I was lying on what appeared to be cartoon grass. I had to be dreaming. What was I thinking? Cartoon grass? Good one brain, way to surprise me. I tried standing up, but everything in my body felt... different in some way. I looked around to see if I was still alright.

"Ok, let's see here... legs... body... hooves..."

Wait a minute... HOOVES?

I thought I was going crazy. I kept looking around to see what else was different about me.

"Tail? Mane? What kind of crazy dream is this?"

That's when it hit me... I wasn't a human anymore... I was a pony. A cartoon pony. I also happened to notice I had some wings on my back as well. Great. Not only was I a pony, but I was a pegasus. The more I thought about it, the more familiar this place seemed to me. The trees, the grass, even the plants had been seen by me at some point in the past. Soon I figured it out, though due to overwhelming brony excitement, I had a little trouble controlling my emotions. I knew exactly where I was. My wish had come true.

I was in Equestria.