Chapter 3 Of Clouds & Bubbles: Trying to Adjust

Edited on 3/19/15.

Hello everypony, I'm back again and I'm so sorry about the wait! Damn school got in the way and had some relationship and family problems last year... I don't know why I keep making two authors notes. Just to let you all know, I'm gonna go back and edit the previous chapters, make sure that they're a bit longer and all that fun stuff. But, enough of me blabbering on and on, enjoy the show!

Chapter 3: Trying to Adjust and a Teeny Problem... (Cody's POV)

Of all the things that have happened to me, this one had to be the worst one yet. As I started to wake, my eyes just burned as soon as the sun hit them, my bones just ached constantly, and worst of all, I felt incredibly itchy! Slowly pushing myself up, the roaring headache that I had would not pass, which in turn, made me groan in annoyance. I then had the smart idea to 'gently' bring my hand to my forehead, which resonated with a loud clack... Wait... Something doesn't seem right... I look down at my... HOOF?! What the-? I just stared at the appendage that used to be my right hand, and saw it as a black hoof connected to a peach fur covered arm. Strangely enough, the sole of said hoof was a worn down crimson. I glanced at my left arm, and saw the same thing.

"W-w-what the h-hell?" I then started coughing. I guess that crash was a bit hard on my brain, since this is just bat-shit insane! I then felt two extra appendages on my sides, and when I looked down, I saw a pair of peach colored...feathered... wings. WINGS?! What kind of stuff did I take last night? I poked one of them and realized that, indeed, they were a part of my body, just as hooves were as well. I don't know how to react to this! What the hell?! All of a sudden, a 'not-so-amused' cough came from my right... And sitting at my bedside... Was Princess Luna. Her blue, starry hair just glowed in the slightly dark room, making my jaw drop. Here I was, in the same room, with PRINCESS- F#%KING-LUNA! My brain couldn't handle this! And, once more, I fell unconscious, but not before hearing a sentence from her that just confused me even more:

"If you wish to change back, do something human..."

...What?

It was too much for my brain to handle- someone that I've looked up to that -as far as I was concerned- wasn't supposed to be real was standing right in front of me, and I passed out.

As I began to fall into myself, everything went black… then I saw a light in the distance- a humanoid figure approached me, but he was backlit, and I couldn't make out his features. He sat down in front of me and began to speak- his words were melancholic.

"Listen to me, young one… give ear to what I must say… for none know the truth, and I am in need of one to remember it." He said, he held up his hand, and a purple aura began to come from him and was absorbed into my body… all the meanwhile, I heard whispering over my right ear.

"You do not understand yourself yet- in time you will, but allow me to guide you."

And in that moment, I felt as if something had awakened inside of me- it was the strangest thing I had ever felt… it felt as if he was communicating with me… using nothing but raw power. Images poured into my head of a life that was not mine, and back out again… then, he began to leave.

"My dearest child, when you awake, be not afraid for I shall protect you…"

I then saw his eyes as he turned to take one last look at me- they were a deep purple- and filled with sadness.

(Time skip: Some hours later)

My eyes shot wide open as that damned headache came roaring to life, making me lean forward into my lap.

"Ugh... What was that all about?" I start asking to myself. 'I wake up and find out I'm a pegasus, then I turn over to see Princess Luna… and then that weird guy shows up? Jesus Christ, what the hell was I on last night? Acid?' Surveying my surroundings, I realized that I wasn't in my room. It also wasn't the castle-like area that I was in before. It seemed like a normal bedroom, with orange colored wallpaper and yellow carpeting, there were a few pieces of furniture around as well, a table here and a desk there, with what seemed to be cookbooks, as well as random bits of mail to join in. Still, where the hell am I?

"Oh, you're finally awake!" I heard a voice coming from my left, and I saw the same mare from the other night, Who also happens to be one of my favorite ponies from a certain cartoon show: Ditzy Doo, or also known as Derpy Hooves. Ok, Brain, do a mental check to make sure I'm not dreaming... Hello... Anyone…

I then saw the man's eyes one more time, and that feeling of his energy passed over me.

(POV switch: 3rd Person)

Cody just stared straight at the screwy eyed Equine, and slowly raised his hand-turned-hoof up a little, and moved it back and forth slowly, as if he was waving to say hello.

"...Um... Hi?" he said, a little of uneasiness in his voice, along with what some would call a 'goofy smile". Ditzy just smiled and started walking over to the shocked teen, somehow making sure that the muffins didn't fall to the ground.

"So, how is your head doing?" she asked, putting the tray on a wooden desk that happened to be nearby. "If you remember, you fell pretty hard onto your noggin!"

"I guess that I did... Ditzy." She jumped back a few paces from him when he said her name. Her eyes were completely wide open in shock, and Cody cursed himself for letting those words slip out of his mouth, which resulted in a lump on his forehead after a loud clack resonated in the room.

"OW, OW, OW! Why do I keep doing that?!" As he grabbed his head once more, he somehow got stuck in the covers, so when the teen leaned over, he simply fell out of the bed and face planted on the carpeted floor below.

"DAMN IT!"

"Are you ok?", Ditzy asked in concern for her guest, even if the fact that he knew her name was creepy, it didn't matter at the moment.

"Yeah, just fine!" He then started to get up, but forgot that he was still tangled in the bedsheets, and once again fell flat on his face. "...for the most part... Can you help me out?" That shook Ditzy out of her daze, as she then started unwrapping the adolescent teen from the sheets that was impairing his back legs movement. During that time, Cody just stared in awe at how she was freeing him from the cloth prison, just asking himself how she was able to grab with hooves.

(POV switch: Cody)

I just sat there wondering how in the hell she was undoing the knot that mysteriously formed when I shifted around like a crazy person. I mean, seriously, hooves! How does that work?

"Hey, Ditzy?" I decided to get her attention, and sure enough, she looked up. "If you don't mind me asking, how are you able to do what you're doing? You know, with hooves?" She then silently raised her appendages up, and to my surprise, I saw them bend slightly... Freaky.

"I have a question as well." She replied after freeing my legs. I raised an eyebrow and motioned her to continue. "What are you?"

"I guess that you can call me a human... A lucky one at that." I whispered the last part to myself. I mean, I did fall from 2,000 feet, head first into the freaking ground... Wait, how did I survive that anyway?

"What was that?"

"Nothing!" I quickly said. "I have another question, are you expecting anybody around here soon?" Ditzy looked a little confused at what I said, before shaking her head in disagreement.

"Not that I know of... Why do you ask?"

"No reason. Just didn't want anyone to freak out. I mean, the fact that you have someone- I mean somepony strange in your house, somepony not around these parts, just randomly showing up is a bit odd, don't you think?" I finished, giving her a hint that I wasn't actually what I was. She seemed to understand what I was talking about as she walked away from me, and walked back to the plate of muffins... They must have been either blueberry or apple, because my stomach always grumbles around those types... I started getting up myself, but it was weird. I felt as if I were still human, but because of the way my body was, I just don't know how to explain it... All I know is though, when I stood up, a strangely familiar mist started to cover my body. It enveloped me in the same cocoon as before, but I could now feel clothing on my body, my hands balled into fists, and I didn't feel incredibly itchy.

"What the Buck?!" Ditzy shouted as soon as the black mist left my vision. I couldn't help but scream too!

"HOLY SHIT!" I came to my senses that I just freaking morphed back to my regular self, but the fact that I still changed shape was pretty freaking crazy! What am I, some goddamn Animorph or something? "What the hell was that?" I screamed out loud.

"I don't know, you tell me!" It seems like Ditzy was freaking out like crazy... Damn. I got a crazy idea and got on all fours, and sure enough, after thinking of changing my body, I got the same result as the blackish-purple mist returned. Before I knew about it, I had become a pegasus again... Out of the three pony races, why did I get stuck with the wings?

"What the Hell is happening to me?" I asked in fear. Ditzy had a confused expression at hearing that.

"That doesn't happen normally?"

"No, not at all. I mean, humans have some kind of magic, but I thought that it was complete BS..." I started thinking about my friend that had recently went missing almost a year ago. They said he just disappeared without a trace, nothing left behind but...

"Sir? Are you alright mister?" I shook my head as the mare in front of me was trying to get my attention. I looked up to her and smiled sadly. The thought of what happened to my best friend just kinda brought me in a depressed mood.

"I'm fine Ditzy, just had a moment... You ever had a friend that just went missing all of a sudden, and you haven't heard from them in a long time?" Ditzy suddenly looked really sad, as if she were remembering something that made her just... die inside. Trust me, I know that feeling.

"Yes, actually... I'm sorry that you feel that way. Now come on, Princess Luna told me to get you up so you could meet somepony!" My eyes shot open wide at what she said. Uh-oh… this could get problematic.

POV switch: 3rd person

Cody just stared dumbly at Ditzy for a few seconds before speaking, his voice resounding in a mix of amusement and agitation.

"And I thought that you weren't expecting anyone. What happened to that?" The gray pegasus just smile sheepishly, letting out an uneasy chuckle escape her mouth.

"Whoopsie..." Cody shook his head and took a step forwards, finding it easy to actually walk, as if he had been doing it his whole life. He then gave his new appendages an experimental flap, and accidentally send a few papers and letters flying off the tables nearby. This time it was his turn to grin uneasily.

"Sorry, shouldn't have done that... You mind showing me the way then?" Ditzy rolled her mismatched eyes and walked out the door. Cody followed shortly after, grabbing one of the, now cold, blueberry muffins on the way. After walking through the hallway, and down the wooden stairs, he looked at a frame that was on a small desk. It had a picture of a light brown stallion with a darker brown mane hugging Ditzy and waving towards the camera. What intrigued the teen was not only the hourglass cutie mark on his flank, but the tall, blue London police box in the background. His visible eye widened and turned to the mare next to him. But, before he could say anything, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Ditzy said, trying to rid sorrowful demon out of her voice. She then walked away from the surprised pegasus, and opened the door. Her sadness was replaced with happiness and excitement. "Oh, hello Twilight! Come in, come in."

To be continued...

Well, that's all for this chapter. Sorry again for the very long wait. Now that I actually don't have to worry about drama in school and at home, I've got a lot of time on my hands, so that means: more chapters, more interesting twists, and also new stories! So, in the meantime, keep looking at those Clouds, and Party On! Adios!