Chapter 2: A second chance
Purgatory…
"God? But that's impossible," I said in shock.
"No I'm here and now I have some thing to talk to you about."
"Why should I listen to you, you have done nothing but fill my life with misery and pain. While my life fell apart you did nothing."
"I sent many things to help you but you misinterpreted their meaning. However that is not why I want to talk I know that you lost many things because of how your life turned out, your friends and happiness among them. I am willing to give you a second chance, a chance to make new friends and find happiness."
"You have got to be kidding, there are many other people who deserve this chance. I mean I've doubted your existence since I was in high school. Surely someone else deserves this chance."
"No I chose you and you will be the one to receive this second chance."
"NO! I refuse just send me to heaven and give this chance to someone else."
"If I send you to heaven you still will not be happy. You are going to have this chance even if you don't want it. I am sending you to a place you knew when you were in High School, a place you still know, you will start a new life there. And I mean life in the most literal way possible, you will be given a new body and you will be able to die or be killed. I will allow you to keep your memories of your old life when you begin your new life. You will look how I see fit however you will still be twenty years old."
"I don't see why I need to do this I had enough friends in my old life I don't need more. And I can live with the fact that I never found happiness on earth (I don't know if that's how to write this seeing how he's dead)."
"Close your eyes and you will be transported and begin your new life." I closed my eyes and disappeared.
Location: Unknown
Time: Unknown
I woke up with a massive headache, it took me a few seconds to realize that I felt what seemed to be hoofs on my face when there should be hands. Slowly moving my appendages from my face I realized that my hands had become hoofs, my hair had become a mane and that I now had a tail, wings and a horn. I was a pony, no I was an Alicorn, but it didn't matter to me I screamed and I'm sure they could hear me screaming back in the US. When I finally calmed down enough to think rationally I tried to think what happened and how I became a pony.
"Ok so God sent me to a new world to start a new life. He also said I knew this world so, based on what I know I must be in Equestria. Which also means he turned me into a pony so I could fit in around here and judging by how the forest behind me looks I'd say I'm at the edge of the Everfree forest." I then set out to find some place where I could see my reflection. After searching for awhile I found a river. I had become an Alicorn and I was about as tall as Princess Luna if my memory was correct, my mussels were showing slightly. My coat was gunmetal gray and I still had blue eyes, at least part of my body was the same. My mane was a combination of red and orange that made it look like fire and my tail had the same colors, both were short due to the military regulations on hair. I also noticed I still had my watch but couldn't tell if it still had the right time. "Not bad at least I'm not ugly. Now based on the Fanfiction stories I read I should give myself a new name, I doubt Daniel will be acceptable here, and the name should have something to do with either my body or cutie mark." As soon as I said that I dawned on me that I never looked at my cutie mark. I was sadly disappointed when I realized I was a blank flank, but I also noticed a saddlebag on my back but that was not important now. However now not only would I standout for being an Alicorn but now I would stand out for being a blank flank as well.
"Well this is just great I guess my name will be Flamingsteel, I mean it's not like a lot of ponies come to the Everfree forest so if I make my house here I'll most likely go unnoticed. Now I don't want to be to far away from the river and I don't want to live to deep into the forest where the more dangerous animals live." As I started to look at my surroundings I found a clearing with a tree in the center of it with a good view of the river and the hills that surround Ponyville.
"This is perfect I can build a shelter in that tree and still be able to see the sunrise. It also helps that there is no poison joke here. But first I wonder what's in my bag." I opened the bag and found schematics for a guitar, my iPod which had been changed it now held all my songs plus they lyrics and song sheets for all the instruments, some food, a picture of my squad and friends from the marines, some rations, and rope lots of rope. "Perfect I just hope this is enough rope to make a house. Now to find a rock too cut this with." For the next few days I built my home. It wasn't much seeing as how I only had rope, a rock to cut it with and what ever wood I found lying around. It had a roof four walls a window and a door. What I found most surprising was that I still had enough rope left over to make two blankets and a pillow. I never thought that learning how to knit in my High School art class would be useful. "Finally I can get a good night sleep, sleeping on branches was so god damn uncomfortable." I planed on living out my new life in solitude but God had other plans, big plans.