Soul Ties
Chapter 2-Coming to terms
It had been about twenty minutes since I had seen my new body, a Pegasus 'stallion'. I had gone into a short fit of rage after the events, which I had felt guilty about shortly after as I had gone and made the yellow horse faint after yelling and accusing her of being some sort of mad scientist, or something along those lines. She had been out cold for about 5 minutes, and I had eventually calmed down as I knew it would be better to think logically than to screech a lot and have another emotional breakdown. Laying on my side wasn't getting me anywhere, and I figured mobility would be needed if I was going to find out what the heck had happened. "Okay, first things first." I uttered to myself. "learning to walk might come in handy." I raised my back into the air with my hind legs. I then tried to lift myself with my front legs, which felt bizarre. Instead of the feeling of arms it was more like having an extra pair of legs sticking out of just below your chest. I lifted my right leg and set it on the ground in a position I decided was going to work before I emulated it with the left leg. "Okay, seems simple enough so far..." I assured myself. It was the actual lifting up of my front that was hard. As soon as I had gotten myself up, I felt my balance swaying before collapsing on my left side. "Oh boy, this is gonna be a pain, I can tell." After a few more frustrating tries I managed to actually stand on my new legs, which, I will admit, I was quite proud about. "Right, next step." I glanced over to the sleeping pony, whose name was... Fluttershy I think she said. She was still out of action. I wished I hadn't of gotten so riled when I did.
Pondering about I how I was going to go about the stage of walking, I set my front right foot (or is it 'hoof'?) forward, followed by my back left, then font left and back right. I was aware I was standing on soft grass, but the ivory stumps that replaced my normal appendages had little to no sense, which just deepened the bizarreness I was going through. It felt incredibly ungainly, but I had managed to move forward roughly two metres. repeating the process again was just as awkward, but I was starting to get used to the feel of my new limbs. Gradually, I tried to pick up the pace, saying each leg as I did so. I was eventually able to move along at a normal pace, but any faster and I found myself in a mound of hooves and bracken. I sat down as I would normally to no avail when I found myself staring up at the glaring sun yet again. I righted myself before slowly sitting as I thought would work best, by folding my hind legs down to my sides with my forelegs supporting my chest and head up. It seemed to work, but again felt extremely unnatural for me. I glanced back at Fluttershy, who seemed to be slowly regaining consciousness. Just to prove one more time that I definitely wasn't dreaming, I lifted a hoof and smacked myself across the muzzle. "Agh!" I cried out from the short spark of pain. Ok... this was certainly not a dream. I was relieved and agitated, my brain rested from the trial of fantasy vs. Reality, but I was angered slightly again as I realised I was taken away from my human life for no reason I could figure.
Another rough five minutes passed, and I could notice Fluttershy was starting to come around. Better not seem like a fool when she does wake. Just keep it cool and calm. I was starting to talk to myself in my head, providing me some more confidence. When I thought about it, I was nothing more than scared. There was no denying it, I had just appeared out of the blue in a strange world as a strange pastille tinted pony, what else was I supposed to feel? I focused back on Fluttershy as I heard her stirring. How am I going to confront her about what was going on?
I sat down next to her, I still felt myself swaying unsteadily on my new limbs. It was going to take a while for me to get used to it completely, I was sure. The wind circled through the surroundings, the grass swaying to the soft melody of the tree's rustling leaves. Hope she wakes soon. I stretched out my right front leg slowly, staring at the thin lining of new fur that was coating my body. I twisted it, examining the appendage. I couldn't help but feel a sense of interest spark in my brain. It may be interesting to see how this turns out for a bit. It soon hit me how parched and starving I was, how long had I been here? I thought of what options I had, glancing over at the puddle I had seen my reflection in. Is it safe to drink from a puddle? Seeing I'm now an animal and all... I considered it, staring into the clear aqua. It seemed clean, so slowly reaching my neck down, took a sip of water. The cool liquid seeped down the back of my throat, relieving the dry buzzing that was clenching my neck. I drank more, till I was sufficiently quenched. Phew, that feels a lot better. Now just to check if she has woken. I returned from the pool. After a few murmurs, she raised her head, her large teal eyes slowly opening. "Umm... are you ok? sorry if I got irate. I was just a bit... shocked." Aw, come on! You make her pass out from shock and you expect her to take that? I felt like a total idiot. She just stared for a bit, I guess she might have still been coming to her senses. "Y-yes. I'm fine." she eventually replied in a whisper. She slowly stood up, before staring at the grass beneath her. "I-I'm sorry too... I must have shocked you..." She continued. Well done, you've gone and make her think she is the problem now. Nice going, chucklehead. "No, I'm the problem. I know how brash I acted, and I hope you can accept my apology." I finished off with a weak smile. She smiled back, shyly. "It's okay... please don't worry. It's happened before multiple times, so I'm getting used to it." She murmured. "Do... do you feel hungry? Because I have some food if you would like..." I was reminded by my stomach growling. "If you wouldn't mind." She turned before guiding me to her abode, a small cottage with what looked like a chicken coop outside.
She opened the door for me, I thanked her for it. "Just sit by the table, will a sandwich be alright?" She queried, undoubtedly still jumpy. Perfect, something light to tide me over. I smiled. For an animal, she sure knew how to make a stranger feel welcome. "That would be amazing, thank you." She left into the kitchen of the quaint little house, with me standing by the table. I made my way over to a window, and proceeded to stare through it. The scenery was picturesque, the soft green of the grass contrasting the deep blue of the adjacent sky. I must have gone into a trance, because the next thing I knew was that Fluttershy had re-entered the room and set a plate with a triangle cut sandwich on the table. "Thank you." I went to pick it up, which ended as you would expect, its stupidly hard to actually pick up an object without fingers. I must have looked ridiculous, attempting to slide an arm beneath it before it flopping off back onto the plate, before snapping my (now hoof?) back in utter disgust when I realised I had been standing on them. In the corner of my eye, I noticed Fluttershy was staring in bafflement at what must have looked like the most incompetent attempt at lunch she had seen. Taking this into account, I put on a sheepish smile before settling on bending my neck down and taking a careful bite. My eyes snapped open. That tasted amazing! It tasted mildly sweet with a soft sour after taste. Before I knew it, I had eaten the first half. "Umm!" I murmured through a stuffed mouth. "That was great! What is it? Jam? It had jam, right?" She looked over, a smile on her face. "Oh, I'm glad you like it. It's nothing special, just a daisy sandwich..." I almost choked. Daisy sandwich? I had gone and ate a flower stuffed into a bun. And it actually tasted somewhat decent. No, it tasted amazing. What the heck is wrong with me? If someone becomes an animal, they have to eat what that species eats too? Well, I guess it would make sense. Of course it would, you fool! "Umm... Is everything okay?" She said, cocking her head. I swallowed the chewed mouthful I had been holding while I thought. "Uh, yes thanks. Just... pretty sure I didn't eat this before I came here. I felt a small bead of drip down my forehead. This was starting to get more odd by the minute.
I pushed the other half of the sandwich tentatively away, the first half would do for now. I spoke up. "Thank you for that, I really appreciate your hospitality." She smiled. "Oh, you're welcome. I'm always glad to help those who need food or shelter." Her eyes widened slightly. "Oh, where are my manners? I forgot to ask your name. I am sorry." Oh come on, she's blaming herself for what you should have done to start with. Wasn't it bad manners not to introduce yourself? I shook the self addressed thoughts out of my head. "No no, it's my fault." Anyway, my name is..." I trailed off. Oh, please no... Of course, I didn't know. Oh, this could only get better, couldn't it. I slammed my head into the table, causing the young mare to jump. Think, think, think, think, THINK, THINK, THINK! I thought to myself with every knock. Trouble was, I couldn't. I didn't remember a thing. All that was there was the vague memory of 'I am human' and nothing else. What my life was before was just a fog shrouded silhouette, what I looked like was a shadow in the back of my mind. I had no idea whatsoever about anything. "I don't know..." I replied, staring at the floor. "You.. you don't know?" She replied. "No... All I can remember is this not being my natural form... but everything else is gone." Her eyes lit up slightly, as if remembering something. "Oh, you said something about that! Umm... if I'm not mistaken that is..." Her voice quietening out at the end of the sentence. I thought for a moment. Yes, I was definitely human before. Well, most likely. probably... maybe... I spoke up. "Yes, I think I was a human before this, but I have no memories of when I was one." The puzzled expression plastered itself back across 'Shy's face. "Oh, this seems very odd. I've never heard of such an event. Well, only once... But it didn't create any physical changes." I nodded. "I just want to know what happened to me, and how I can deal with it. Would you have any ideas?" Her face lightened up. 2Oh, thinking about it, I have a friend who may be able to help you with the memories! That is if you don't mind..." My eyes widened. Already, a chance to find out what the heck is going on. "Yes! I would love to meet your friend. Where is this friend and what is their name?" "Her name is... umm... Twilight... She lives in the library in Ponyville. We could go see her now if you want." I couldn't help but snort slightly. Could there be a more cliché name than Ponyville? Oh well, if this pony 'Twilight' could help me, I may as well give it a shot. "Yes, I would appreciate that." Soon after, she opened the door for me before I stared at the shadows of a village in the distance. That must be Ponyville...