The Misadventures of Ponified Friends

Chapter 1: A Misadventure Begins


Swirling.

Swirling.

Swirling.

Thud.


(Rob's POV)

My head hurt so badly. My body was aching. I stirred myself awake, groaning. That was the weirdest dream I ever had in my entire life. Period. But the thing is… why did it felt real? Hell, and why does every part of me hurting?

I was lying down. I had to blink my eyes to adjust at the sudden brightness of the room. I took a breather, and the smell of fresh air entered my nostrils. Must be a new air freshener? I don't remember buying one, though. I sighed; time to start the day I guess. I wonder if those two slept through the storm. I remember that we were supposed to watch My Little Pony. Did I just sleep earlier? Hmm…

When I tried to get up using my hands as support from my position, I didn't feel the light, comfy, and soft touch of my bed. Instead, I was touching something tough, soily, almost earth-like if I should say along with this grassy feel. And not only that, I couldn't feel my fingers. I looked around, surprising myself when I found out that I was in a forest, not in my apartment.

Funny. There's definitely not a forest in sight around our neighbourhood. And the forest nearest to us are miles away. Most importantly, why am I in a freaking forest? Did Lemuel and Hassan bring me here? Are they playing a prank on me? I suddenly remembered the "dream" I had. Was that just some hallucination? Did those two drug me so that I could fall asleep? I know I shouldn't think that, but they are the only ones (Especially Lemuel, that wealthy prankster...) I know that was with me back at my place. Man, this has gone too far!

I tried to stand up, but I quickly found myself struggling immediately. I tried to get my legs straight, but I fell down with a thud.

"What the hell?" I wondered.

I tried again but to no avail.

"Come on, legs! Stand up!" I yelled, almost begging.

And this is where I noticed something odd.

When I looked at my legs, my dizziness gone and vision clear, I couldn't help but stare at its condition.

"WHY DO I HAVE A HORSE'S LEGS?!" I screamed.

I attempted to grip my hair in shock, but I winced and got hurt when I felt something hard hit me in the head. I looked at my hands, or rather, hooves? Huh? I tested, moving my "hooves". Okay, for a second, I thought that those two put me in some sort of horse costume to make me look ridiculous. But my hooves felt really, REALLY real. And I could feel my body structure was reorganised, every bone that should not be in that kind of angle. Am I even me?

I need a mirror ASAP.

Somewhere in the distance, I heard a splash of streaming water, it could be a river. Absorbing the fact that I was not in my human body any more, I trotted on all fours towards its direction, falling and tripping down as I was struggling to keep my balance.

Once I was beside the river, I was scared to look at my reflection, for my change in appearance might actually be true. Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes, and I was facing now above the water.

I opened my eyes slowly, and I wished that this was a dream. I'm a HORSE. With the muzzle, ears and all. My coat was green, and multiple gold streaks of hair became one with my natural black. And wait. Is that a HORN on my FOREHEAD?

I chuckled in disbelief. I'm a Unicorn. This was no hallucination. I doubted that I was drugged. It all FELT real. The vortex last night had something to do with this I just know it.

I sat down on the damp grass. I wanted to sleep and pray that this really was a dream, a nightmare. But there's no time for brooding now. I need to find my friends.

"Lemuel! Hassan!" I called out, facing the direction of the forest. I wondered if they turned into horses too…

Then, I heard voices calling deep within the forest.

"Rob! Come out, come out where ever you are!"

"Rob! It's us! Lemuel and Hassan!"

After hearing their names, I couldn't help but smile in relief. They're okay!

"Guys! Over here!" I replied with a big yell.

"Rob! Is that you?" I recognised this voice, It's Lemuel!

"Yes! I'm right next to the river!"

I heard a stomping of hooves nearing my direction.

Wait. The stomping of hooves?

Then, two stallions jumped out of a bush.

Oh no… I was right. The two DID turn into horses.

The first one had a yellow colored coat and a blue, uncombed mane. I noticed that he had some kind of mark on his flank, a smiling ball of fire. Lastly, he had wings, making him a Pegasus. This must be Lemuel.

The other one was superior in both height and in build. His coat was grey and his mane was tied up in cornrows with a mix of silver and black, his tail braided with the same colours. He too had a mark in his flank, this time a silver-coloured spur. He had no wings or a horn whatsoever. There's no doubt that one's Hassan.

The two arrivals gasped as they took in my new look.

"See? I told you he's a horse too!" Lemuel said, "And look! He has a mark on his butt like us!"

Mark on my butt? Once I heard this, I looked at my own...uh, flank was it? And saw that I had a red star surrounded by a dozen blue rare diamonds that was encircling it. It reminded me of a supernova.

"Robert! We're so glad that you are OK!" Hassan dashed towards me at breakneck speed and tackled me with a hug, "Our path will be lost without you, my dear friend!"

"Gee, that's sweet of you Hassan!" Geez! I felt like my eyes were about to pop out at any moment!

"Bro! Stop hugging him! He's suffocating!" Lemuel alarmed.

Hassan realized this, "Oh! Sorry, my bad!"

"Nah it's okay. I would've done the same thing if I was in your position right now," I waved off the apology as the grey horse helped me up. I'm just glad that we are all okay. Except the turning into a horse part. That sucked.

Lemuel walked right next to us. "Okay, so since everyone is reunited, do any of you know why and how we ended up here?" He demanded.

"Probably the tornado-like thing last night?" Hassan guessed.

Tornado thing? Now I'm convinced that this is real.

"There's a chance that could be right. Before we got sucked up into that vortex I noticed that it took form inside my TV," I told them my observations, the yellow and grey pony listening intently, "And not only that, the DVD player was still on for some reason."

Both of their eyes broadened from some sort of realization. Lemuel groaned while Hassan began to shake his head in disbelief.

"Huh? Why?" I said, obviously.

"Remember the DVD I brought Rob?" Lemuel said nervously.

"Yeah?" I answered. What does that have to do with this?

"...and do you remember that the DVD is playing THAT show…"

Silence.

Then it hit me, "Oh god. Please don't tell me we're in-"

"My. Little. PONY!" Hassan intervened, and he then screamed in anguish, "So THAT'S why we're horses! No! Ponies! Ugh! It feels so girly!"

"Ok, just relax Hassan! The two of us are as shocked as you!"

"Why did we have to change into this-! This-! ANIMAL?!" Hassan glared at Lemuel, "You! This is all your fault!"

"Me?!" Lemuel scoffed in incredulity, "How is this my fault?!"

"If you hadn't put that cursed DVD none of this would have happened!"

"And how am I supposed to know something as crazy as this was gonna happen?!"

"I don't know! But if you had put in Civil War, we could be fighting alongside Iron Man right now!"

I stared at him in disbelief, and from the corner of my eye, Lemuel too. Really Hassan?

"Seriously?! That's what you're angry about?! And the digital copy won't come out till next month, you ape!" Lemuel rowed.

"APE?! Who the hell are you to say that I'm an ape, you talking stick?!" Hassan retorted.

"Who am I? I'm your BEST FRIEND! And we're going to having a friendly argument right now!"

As the two continued to argue, I tried to interrupt, "Uh…Guys?"

The two gazed at each other aggressively and continued to rain down heated words.

"Guys! Enough! Arguing with each other is pointless!" I tried to get in the way again, but the two was in a trance, a zone as you may call it.

Unconsciously, my patience has run out. I felt my head was about to burst. "I said, STOP!"

My horn glowed brightly as I roared, and shot out a powerful shock-wave throughout the forest. Hassan and Lemuel stopped and froze in their tracks, literally, for they couldn't move at all as a green hue surrounded them.

I felt tired after that burst of energy, "What…just…happened?" I said through pants.

"Your horn glowed and shot out something bright dude," Hassan answered, not moving from his position.

"Well, he IS a Unicorn, so magic will be a part of him," Lemuel added. "In short, you're the girliest of us all!"

I glared at him. Not a good time Lem.

"Heh heh, not the best time for clowning around, huh? What did you do to us, anyway?"

I wondered. "I just wanted both of you to stop. And well, you know what happened."

"So, when will your powers break us free?" Hassan asked worriedly.

I seriously had no idea. That was the very first time I handled magic. But eventually, the effects of the freezing spell wore off, so I had nothing to worry about. It must be weak enough to only last a few seconds.

The two ponies began to stretch their limbs.

"Okay, if we want to know what's going on, we need a place to think this through." I began to discuss. "Lem! If we certainly are in My Little Pony, do you have an idea for a place to settle in?"

Lemuel hummed, "Well, I did overhear some 'Ponyville' place back home when my sister was watching it."

I remembered that in the summary of the disc, this place was mentioned. "So where is this 'Ponyville' you speak of?"

"I don't know man. I never saw an episode of this show!"

"Then what do you think we should do Rob?" Hassan was looking for answers.

I sighed, "I don't know, but it's pretty clear that we have to find a way out of this mysterious woods and go there."

I sat down on the ground and began to think, Hassan and Lemuel, waiting for a solution right in front of me. For us to get out of what looks like a very thick forest, we need someone to go high and look for a way.

..and apparently, I know just the man, I mean PONY for the job.

"Lem!" I blurted out, startling said pony.

"Yeah?"

"You transformed as a Pegasus. Do you think you can fly up there and find a way out?"

Lemuel was unsure, "I'm not sure that I CAN. I mean I only had these wings for maybe an hour."

I bit my lip, "But can you try? Please?"

Lemuel looked at his sides, eyeing his two extra pair of limbs. I bet the time he got out of unconsciousness, bewilderment and recovered, he tried to move and control his wings.

"Okay, I'll do it."

My eyes glimmered with hope, and then I began instructing my friend.

"Okay! First, you need focus. Think about everything that makes you happy that could send you floating, and try moving or roll your shoulders to see if it would open." I said.

"Okay!" Lemuel began; his face scrunched and started to form sweat as he grunts in concentration. He moved his shoulders, and the wing did open up. This is a good sign!

"Think about levitating off the ground! Believe that you can fly! Believe that you can touch the sky!" Hassan added.

"Stop saying song lyrics!" Lemuel sneered.

"Sorry."

He concentrated even harder, following my instructions. His wings finally moved, flapping at a slow pace.

"You did it!" Hassan exclaimed.

"Excellent! Now, flap those wings faster AND stronger!"

After hearing the additional command, he willed his wings to wave faster. He managed to float a few inches above the ground, but his face started to contort and scrunch. Is he in pain?

"Hey, dude! You okay?!" I asked in apprehension. Both I and Hassan looked at him with fear in our faces.

"No! Not giving up! My friends depend on me! I can't let you down!" Lemuel declared in determination.

He raised his right hoof up in the sky and shouted, "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!" And flew five feet in the air, still increasing. The altitude was high enough to look past the tall trees!

Suddenly, his wings stopped flapping, and he felled face-first to the solid soil.

Hassan and I winced. That's got to hurt.

"It's all right, man! A for effort!" Hassan said with a smile.

"Are you okay, Lem? That's a hard fall," I helped the yellow pony up; his face filled with grass and dirt, eyes swirling.

"We can try that again when you've trained enough, you hear?"

Lem answered groggily, "Okay…"

But we need to get information somehow. "Let's head on and find Ponyville with our intuition!"

After the declaration, we began to march towards the north direction of the streaming river.

"Speaking about info, I heard this thing called the 'Everfree Forest'? The scariest place in this world as they say," Lemuel said after he recovered.

"You awfully know a lot about this Pony show…" Hassan looked at Lem suspiciously, "Are you taking a sneak peek when your sister is watching?"

"Our home theatre's VERY loud. I couldn't help it." Was the yellow Pegasus' reply.

"Now that you mention it, the trees in this place give me the heeber jeebers,"

"You mean the trees at the place we woke up in?"

"Yeah. They give off a scary aura."

I listened to the conversation at the back.

"Also, I heard that the forest was supposed to be filled with enchanted creatures and beasts and stuff like that."

Hassan gasped, "Then we need to get out here ASAP."

"What? You scared?"

Hassan tried to sound, manly, "No, I'm not."

"Oh yeah? Then why are you scared of trees? It's not like they can kill you or anything."

"I told you, they're creepy looking!"

I was glad that everything seemed to be back to the way it was, well at least our usual antics as friends. As Lemuel continued to tease the grey pony, I heard a loud splash in the river, and I checked it out of curiosity. Something big was emerging from it, and it revealed a ginormous purple dragon, with a moustache, and stylish orange hair. I would have laughed at it by how ridiculous it looked if I'm watching the show, but I didn't. I stopped, stared at the dragon in shock and terror with my mouth agape.

"A!-A!-A!" I was lost for words.

The purple dragon roared.

"DRAGOOOOOON!"

"OH SHIT!" I heard Hassan curse behind me.

"Would you look at that? A dragon with a moustache! That's cute!" Lemuel said jubilantly.

"YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?!" Hassan went behind Lemuel and bit the Pegasus' nape and dragged him away from the dragon.

"Ow! What the hell, man!?" Lemuel cried.

I never ran this fast before, but enough to only see me as a blur of dashing green past the two in tow.


We went on and ran for minutes until fatigue caught up to us. We didn't even care where we ended up in. I flopped down on the ground and soon after Hassan, who was still holding Lemuel on his neck with his teeth. Finally released from a tight grip, Lemuel began to rub his nape.

"You really need to loosen your grip, pal! I thought I was gonna break my neck!"

Hassan was about to answer back as he raised his hoof, but he was too exhausted, so it didn't matter now. For some reason, he felt stronger than before, being a stallion obviously and based on personal experience. But to possibly carry a 500-pound horse with his mouth? I would do anything to get this kind of strength.

After regaining my breath, I took in the new environment. No longer surrounded by wild trees and bushes, we are now in some kind of apple farm? When I looked at the distance, I could see a big red barn, right next to it a simple household with the same hue.

"Uh, Excuse me?"

A voice emerged right next to us, and we caught sight of a female pony. Her coat was orange with her blonde mane and tail in a simple braid. She had three apple marks on each side of her flank, and she wore a cowboy hat.

I quickly recognized her as one of the ponies in the front cover of the DVD case.

"May I help you? Do you have some kind of business here?" She demanded.

"Uh, actually we do need some help," I pointed at the two behind me, "You see, we're kind of new here, and we got lost in that forest over there."

"You went to the Everfree Forest? Glad you fellas are safe!" She said, "Some ponies say that place is full of monsters and scary creatures ya here?"

Monsters AND scary creatures? So the dragon wasn't the only one in that forest?

Hassan shivered at the back.

I chuckled, "Don't worry. We'll be careful from now on. So anyway, we're looking for a place called Ponyville. Do you happen to know where it is?"

The pony nodded, "Course I do! Just head out Sweet Apple Acres and turn left! You won't miss it!"

I sighed in relief, "Oh, finally! Thank you so much…uh…"

"Applejack! My name's Applejack!" She proclaimed as she shook hoofs with me vigorously. My whole body was shaking.

For a female pony, she was crazy strong.

"You heard that, guys? Ponyville is nearby!" I told them, rubbing my right hoof that Applejack just shook.

"Great! I could jump and run around out of joy if I wasn't famished!" Lemuel announced.

"Me too. We haven't eaten anything yet. Not even dinner," Hassan joined.

Great. I just realized that not only would we struggle to find the answers to our transportation here, but now we would have problems regarding food, wealth AND shelter.

"You haven't eaten yet? Well, we could share some of our baked goodies back home." Applejack offered.

I saw Hassan and Lemuel smiled at the invitation, but I declined immediately, "Oh no! No! It's okay! We can handle ourselves! And besides, we only just met."

"Oh, don't you worry. We have enough for every pony! You said the three of you are new around the neighbourhood so let me treat you as guests. It's the least I could do!"

"…Are you sure?"

"Absolutely! Now get off your flanks and let me show you the way around! We Apple's REALLY love to make new friends!" Applejack encouraged us as she started to walk towards the direction of the barn. We followed her.

"Gee, thank you for your hospitality, Applejack," I thanked.

"It's nothing to thank for- uh…I'm sorry I haven't caught your name yet."

"Oh, right! My name's Ro-"

Before I had the chance to introduce myself, Lemuel blocked my mouth with a hoof.

"Woah there wait just a minute! Huddle now!" Lemuel commanded, earning him looks.

"Come on, men!"

Hassan and I rolled our eyes.

"Here he goes again…" Hassan muttered.

"Hope you don't mind Applejack? My friend back there probably has something important to say." I said as I turned back to face her.

"Sure thing! I'll wait for you while I continue bucking some apple trees," She informed and took off. Bucking?

"What is it now, Lemuel?" I asked when I joined the huddle. I expect a good reason. It's rude to just interfere in a conversation you know.

"Look, I was thinking about this while you two were talking about a minute ago, but what if we use our pony names during our stay in this world?" Lemuel recommended.

"Pony names? Seriously?" Hassan raised a brow, "But why? What's wrong with our real names?"

"Our names are, I don't know, might sound weird to the ponies around here?"

"I don't really care, man. Applejack is a weird sounding name to me."

I agreed as I nodded. I think there was no need to change our names.

"Oh come on, guys! We're in a new world! And we need new identities! I already thought of mine!" Lemuel said with a smile.

"And what is that?" I asked.

Lemuel grinned, "Speedy Glee!"

"...Wow." Yes, I said that in a monotone, un-amused voice.

Hassan held back his laughter, "Seriously, bro?"

"What? When I saw the mark on my butt that's the first thing that came to my mind!"

"Really? That fast?"

"Yeah!" He looked at Hassan's flank mark. "What's that supposed to be? A shuriken?"

"I think it's a spur." I thought that too, Hassan.

"A spur? Why? Because you're a basketball player and your favorite team is the San Antonio Spurs?"

"Maybe?"

"Well, it makes a lot of sense actually," I joined in. "You know, I think Silver Spur fits you like a T."

"Silver Spur, huh?" Hassan looked like he would consider, "Well, I could go with that."

"Silver Spur it is! Though Silver Shuriken sounds cooler," Lemuel then looked at me, "How about you? Had a pony name yet?"

Did I really need to think about this? It seems childish, I know. It's one of those moments where you have a favorite TV show, and then you imagine yourself in it, or you have your own character interacting with the other characters. What was it called again? Original Character? Well obviously. I've heard one of the anime addicts in our class call it that.

I gradually accepted it. We have to blend in their way of life if we need to get out of suspicion later on in the future. I looked back at my mark. A red star. A dozen blue diamonds encircling it.

A supernova. Something came to mind.

"I already thought about that," I smiled, "Now come on. Applejack's waiting for us,"

We walked towards said pony, kicking apple trees with enough force that dozens of the fruit fell down. So that's bucking! I noticed that she already filled a dozen buckets full of apples.

"Wow. That's a lot…" I trailed off.

"Eeyup! Finest in all of Equestria!" She picked up three from a bucket and threw it at us. "Try some!"

The three of us looked at each other, shrugged, and took a bite from our apples. Our taste buds exploded.

"OH, MAMA! This is the best apple I ever had!" Lemuel praised as he devoured it in one bite, munching happily.

"It's so sweet! Like candy!" Hassan took small bites, savoring the flavor.

"You're right Applejack! You do have the finest apples!" I admired. The taste was something I never experienced before. The sweet, zestiness of the fruit was heaven. Also, this apple's officially the first animated food I've eaten.

"Aw shucks, thank you every pony. It's been this way for many generations." Applejack said proudly.

The apples almost made us forget the reason we were here.

"I almost forgot! Sorry about the intrusion earlier. Let me introduce ourselves. That yellow one over there is Speedy Glee. The grey one here is Silver Spur. And I'm Star Blast."

Each pony waved at Applejack when their names were called.

"Pleasure to meet your acquaintance! Now let me introduce you to the Apple family!"


Author's Note!

I'm having fun writing this.

So our three heroes ended up inside the show? Whaaaaaaaaaat?

They even created their own "Pony" names XD

As always, Fav it! Follow it! Review and tell me what you think!

Until the next chapter! – Super Bright Brat


DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING EXCEPT MY THREE OC'S!