Chapter 2: Clean Slate

It was a sunny morning, as the sunshine rays seeped through the forest floor. Butterflies fluttered, birds sang throughout the forest, and small squirrel critters scurrying across the green grass. The wind was still, as the heat from the ray of the sunlight seemed to focus itself onto a lone figure curled up on the cool grass. Small birds seemed to be perched on top of the figure as it lay there as if it were sleeping. The figure slowly started to awaken from its slumber, causing the bird to quickly fly off of it into the trees.

(Ugh…my head…)

The body moved across the cool grass as it slowly opened its eyes. As its eyes were bombarded with bright colors of what looked like a forest to it.

"What…?" It slowly raised its head to view its surroundings "I'm alive?"

As it was about to move one of its limbs, its head quickly darted downward to look at its body.

"Wh-wha!" it yelled "What- it can't be- my hands?"

The figure was Nano. Nano BlutHardt. As he frantically examined his new body in fear as he moved his alien limbs that now resembled to be hooves. He turned around to see his backside and his eyes widened in awe. He could see a tail! He had a long bushy yet frizzy black tail; it looked much like a horse tail.

"No…no, this can't be happening! ...I'm dead…I've died…and I turned into a horse…this must be heaven…or hell…or…I don't know!" Nano was scared by the fact that he had turned into some horse He had tan fur with a black bushy horse tail.

"Where are my clothes?" He looked around but wasn't able to see anything that used to belong to him.

He slowly got up with his alien body, but was surprised that he was able to control his new limbs. As he stood up he looked under himself to examine his new appendages.

"Okay Nano…this is…a dream-NO wait I'm dead! It has to be…I fell to my death…but…it feels so real…too real."

He then looked back up and viewed his surroundings it was a thick forest with bright green trees and colorful flowers below. He took a step forward and was amazed. It's almost as if he knew how to move with his new body, it just came naturally.

"This…is insane…"

He slowly walked when suddenly he could hear faint noises coming from through the woods. He couldn't make out the noise but it sounded inconsistent with the trees blowing in the gentle breeze. He decided to follow the noise.

Nano still in awe of what happened he needed to find someone, anyone that could explain to him where he was. The sound was getting louder and it sounded like voices…sounded like people! Nano was excited that he started to gallop towards the voices. After a short while he stopped and could see through the thicket of the forest a town! What caught Nano to his surprise was the town was swarming with horses just like him!

"Oh man…what have I gotten myself into?" He stayed behind a tree as he watched them trotting along with wagons and bags, some were walking with two talking to each other laughing and sharing stories.

"They all…can talk…they look like me…except some are…colorful."

Most of the horses he saw were of brilliant colors of blue, pink, yellow, white, and many more. He could see the homes, the fountains, the wagons filled with hay. Close by him was what looked like a restaurant, it had tables set up outside, chairs and umbrellas too. There were a couple of horses there sitting on chairs eating their lunch.

Nano had seen enough, and it was time to confront them.

"If they look like me…then…I guess its okay for me to look around." He murmured

Nano slowly approached the restaurant and walked toward the yellow horse and he then spoke in a timid manner.

"Excuse me…?"

The yellow horse turned and looked him in the eye and said "Sorry, but I'm in the middle of my lunch break, I don't have time to talk to somepony like you now" she then continued to bite her apple she held with her hoof.

Nano looked at the horse dumbfounded and simply just shrugged and went off to try and speak to another one.

(Did she just say…pony?)

As soon as Nano passed by the yellow pony she took a glance at his flank and her eyes widened and let out a loud gasp as she did, the apple she held close to her face had been sucked in. She was choking on the apple and made gaging noises. Nano turned around and saw the face the horse was making he knew those sounds and quickly ran back behind her and wrapped his hooves around her stomach, he felt for what he thought was the tip of the sternum and proceeded to thrust against it. Once, twice, and pop! Out goes the apple core from her throat.

The yellow pony coughed and as soon as she drank the glass of water that was there on the table, she turned and stared at Nano.

"Oh thank you so much!" She said with a happy tone.

"It's no problem at all." Nano said

"Wow, it looks like we have a little hero here in Ponyville." Said a voice from behind.

Nano turned around to see that a white pony with pink hair tied up in a bun, she had big blue eyes and had a face that looked gentle and kind.

"Not a lot of ponies know how to do that in just three thrusts, a lot of them do it wrong but you did it perfect. I haven't seen you around my office at all for lessons; did somepony teach you how to do that?" Said the white pony

"Uhh…no, I learned it a long time ago, and… ponies?" Nano said timidly

"Are you kidding? You're a pony too y'know, your new here right? My name is RedHeart I'm the Nurse here in Ponyville."

(I'm a pony…? No way, this is too unreal…")

"Ponyville?"

"You're joking right? This town you're in. Did you come from Canterlot-?"

"He has no cutie mark." The yellow pony broke in

"What?" Nano as he turned to face a little pony examining his flank side.

"No cutie mark? A Stallion like you, hasn't gotten their cutie mark yet?" Redheart walked around Nano to confirm if it was true, and it was. Nano had no mark on either of his flanks.

"Oh! I'm late for my work! Thanks for everything, bye!" the yellow pony ran away

Nano was left there with RedHeart, still examining him.

"Tell me, what is your name?" she asked

"It's Nano. Nano BlutHardt." He replied

"I've never heard a name like that before; tell me Mr. BlutHardt, where did you come from?"

"From the forest, I don't remember, all I remember is that I was falling and I thought I was going to die, and…next thing I know…I wake up like this."

"Oh…y'know what, why don't you come with me back to my office. It's not far."

"Okay I guess."