Hi again friends! Hidden Lotus here. Here's chapter 2! Please enjoy, and don't forget to tell me what you think! I really like feedback.
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Chapter 2: Not Used to These Shoes
There was no way out. Nowhere to go, but down. Victor had accepted his fate. The ground was approaching him fast, and he couldn't stop it.
"It is not the end for you, Human." A voice spoke into Victor's mind. Victor was startled. He then realized that he was no longer falling, but he was suspended in the air.
"Who are you?" Victor said. He could feel the blood rushing to his head from being upside-down. He couldn't move anything, aside from his head.
"That is not important. All you need to know is you are needed in a different realm." the voice replied.
"What?" Victor asked. This voice was strange. He couldn't tell if it was male or female. It sounded like both, yet neither. Young, yet old. Powerful, yet only as strong as it needed to be.
"Another world is in danger, and you are the only one who can save it." Victor was shocked. He didn't know what was happening.
"You must go now." the voice said. Victor's world was resuming again. He was lurching forward, towards the ground.
"No, wait!" Victor yelled. He closed his eyes, and felt himself hit the ground, except, it didn't feel like pavement. It felt like grass, and he wasn't going as fast as he should have been. But he was going fast enough, as he smacked the back of his head against a rock and was knocked out cold.
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"Ugghh.." Victor awoke with sunlight blasting his eyes. He placed his left hand on his forehead, to block the sun, and his other hand on the back of his head. He felt around, and noticed that he couldn't move his fingers. He opened his eyes, and looked at his hand. It wasn't a hand.
It was a hoof.
"What?!" Victor yelled. He checked the rest of his body. Sure enough, he was a horse. But he was a small horse. He must have been a pony. His fur was pale white, and from what he could tell, his tail and mane were light blue.
"What the hell?!" Victor was trying to find an explanation for his new body. There was none.
"I-I have to find somebody!" Victor said out loud. He tried to stand, and immediately stumbled back to the ground. After a few more tries, he was able to stand without falling.
He took a look at his surroundings. It appeared he was in the middle of a small clearing in a forest. Tall grass surrounded him. He quickly chose a direction, and started jogging.
Or trotting, Victor thought.
Victor wandered the woods for less than an hour, before he eventually came upon a trail. He looked both ways down the trail, and saw a small house further down the trail. He started towards the house. As he got closer, he realized that the structure was actually a cottage, and it seemed to be covered in tons of little critters. This is straight out of a child's book, Victor thought. He slowly approached the door. He brought up his hoof, wobbled a bit from the unbalance, and knocked on the door. He heard movement inside, and the door slowly opened, until there was just a small crack in the door.
A blue eye peered through the crack at Victor. Victor looked back at the eye. He didn't want to make a bad impression on whoever was behind the door.
"H-hello?" the eye said. Victor could tell that it was a female.
"U-Um. Hi." Victor said. She just stared at him. "I need some help." Victor said.
She hesitated, but the door creaked all the way open, revealing the pony behind it. Except it wasn't a pony, it was a Pegasus. She had a yellow coat and wings, and a pink mane and tail. What the fuck is this place? Victor thought.
She stepped aside. "Y-you can come in. If you want, that is." Victor gave a small nod and walk past her. "There's a couch in the living room, i-if you would like to sit down." she quietly said. She was eyeing him cautiously. Victor found the couch, and attempted to sit down on it, but found that sitting as a pony is very difficult.
"I'll stand. Thanks." Victor said, not wanting to look like he was just wiping his ass on her couch. "So, what's your name?" he asked.
"F-Fluttershy." she replied.
"Ah. I'm Victor." He said.
She didn't say anything.
"Anyways, I need help." Victor continued. He scratched at the back of his head. "What is this place?" Victor asked.
Fluttershy had an odd look on her face. "I-I live on the edge of the Everfree Forest."
Everfree Forest? Victor thought.
"No, like, what would you call this land?" He tried. Fluttershy's odd look remained.
".. Equestria?" she said. Victor's heart dropped. He had never heard of this place.
"Listen, I'm not-" Victor was interrupted by a knock at the door. Fluttershy flinched, and quickly got up to open the door. When she opened it, a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail flew in, hovering a few feet off the floor.
"Hey Fluttershy! How's it goin'?" The new Pegasus said. She was also a female.
The Pegasus spotted Victor, and a mischievous grin spread across her face.
"Fluttershy! I didn't know you had a coltfriend!" she said. Fluttershy's face went from shocked, to red with embarrassment. Victor was also a little stunned at the comment, but not because of the same reasons. Coltfriend? Seriously?
The Pegasus approached Victor, and held out her hoof towards him.
"The names Rainbow Dash." she said. Victor didn't know what to do. He brought his hoof up and bumped it against hers.
"Victor." he said.
"Good to meet you, Victor." Success.
She turned around and went to take a seat on the couch. Victor noticed a strange tattoo on her flank. It was a white cloud with a rainbow colored lightning bolt coming out of it.
"Um.. Victor?" Fluttershy said.
"Yeah?" Victor said, turning to her.
"I-If you don't mind me asking, what does your cutie mark mean?" Victor was confused.
"Cutie mark?" he asked. She pointed at his ass. He looked back at his butt and found that he had an ass-tattoo similar to Rainbow Dash, though his was a blue clenching fist.
"Uhh. That's usually a symbol for rebellion." Victor said.
"So, your special talent is rebelling?" Fluttershy asked.
"Umm.. I guess?" Victor didn't really know what to say. So my tattoo determines what I'm good at? he wondered. "Where can I learn more about.. Cutie marks?" Victor cringed at the name.
"I don't know very much about the magic behind it, but my friend Twilight definitely does." Fluttershy replied. "She could probably help you more than I can. If you want, I can give you directions to her library."
"I can just walk him there!" Rainbow chimed in, almost too excitedly. "I mean, I was gonna head back into Ponyville anyways." Ugh, these names just keep getting worse, Victor thought to himself.
"If you're sure. But why did you come to my house in the first place?" Fluttershy asked. Rainbow Dash gave a nervous chuckle.
"Oh, you know. I was just flyin' around. Thought I'd stop by my favorite yellow, animal keeping Pegasus's house for a chat!" She replied. Fluttershy tilted her head.
"How many other 'yellow, animal keeping' Pegasus' do you know?" She asked. Rainbow Dash started shoving Victor towards the front door.
"Well, would ya look at the time! It's almost dark! Me and Victor better head out to get to Ponyville soon!" She practically yelled. Fluttershy glanced at her clock.
"It's not even noon!" She exclaimed. Although it was still barely audible with her whispering.
"Alright, well see ya Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash said as she shut the front door.
"Umm.. Thanks for your help!" Victor said, hoping Fluttershy could hear him. Rainbow Dash turned to him, a grin on her face.
"Whadaya say we race to Ponyville?" She said.
"You're supposed to lead me to Ponyville, you would win anyways." was Victor's reply. Rainbow whipped around and started down the trail.
"You're just scared you're gonna get beat by a mare." She said.
"I literally just said I was gonna lose!" came Victor's exasperated response. Rainbow looked back at him and smirked.
"Scared." She said. Victor just rolled his eyes and followed her down the trail, towards Ponyville.