Equestrialand Saga : Adventure in Equestria {ZLS x MLP}

What Happened To Our Bodies

Sakura blinked her eyes, feeling dizzy and trying to adjust her vision. She was confused when she woke up and found herself surrounded by a forest, with green plants and animals that quickly fled when Sakura tried to get up. She heard a scream, "Ahh!!! What happened to our bodies!?" Sakura turned around and saw... a unicorn wearing Ai's clothes? "Ai-chan, is that you?" Instead of answering, the blue unicorn with a mane and Ai's version of horse clothes asked back, "Sakura? Is that you? I'm Ai," she asked and stated at the same time that she was indeed Ai. Sakura was stunned and puzzled, "What's wrong with you... of course, I..." Her words stopped when she looked at her body, horse hooves, a body or rather ivory yellow fur, but luckily her mane remained the same and she was still wearing her clothes.

As they both examined their bodies, Sakura and Ai heard Junko's voice coming from behind the bushes, sounding confused. "Is anyone here? Sakura-san, Ai-san?" Ai tried to stand on her hind legs but couldn't, so she ended up standing on all fours. She was a bit confused and tried to walk but ended up stumbling. "Ouch! Oh my goodness, I hope we find a way back soon and we can get our human legs back, especially our fingers!" Ai complained while trying to stand on all fours again. She heard Sakura, who was already beside her, walking awkwardly and still paying attention to her steps. Junko emerged from the bushes, easy to recognize with her soft hair and clothes, but this time Junko appeared as a pony without a horn like Ai and plain like Sakura, but with a whitish metallic gray color.

They noticed that Junko walked smoothly on all fours, and Ai represented the thoughts in her head and Sakura by asking, "Junko, how can you walk so smoothly with these horse legs?" When Ai asked, Junko blushed slightly and answered shyly, "When I was a solo idol, I often watched horse racing shows and sometimes paid attention to how the horse's legs moved or ran, so I tried to imagine and practice it, and it's quite easy once you know the rhythm of the steps," explained Junko, which was followed by nods from Ai and Sakura. Ai tried to walk again but started to lose her steps again. Junko turned around, walked, and extended her hoof to help Ai. "Thank you, Junko. I do know how to dance, but I don't know how horses walk. Can you show me, Junko?" Ai asked, seemingly desperate with the way horses walk. Junko smiled and nodded, lifting one of her front legs and when she wanted to step, she lifted the corresponding hind leg and repeated the process with the other legs, and she sat down by folding her hind legs. "Like this, and once you know the rhythm, Sakura-san, Ai-san... If you can't stumble, you'll get used to it soon," she explained and smiled.

Sakura and Ai started to imitate Junko's way and counted to remember the rhythm of the steps. "1, 2... 3, 4" they counted while taking steps with their legs. They started to walk smoothly without counting the rhythm. Ai even sped up her steps and Sakura said, "Wow, Junko-chan, we did it! You're really good at being a horse," Sakura said happily. Junko blushed hearing that. "It's nothing, Sakura-san. Ai-san, friends should help, right?" she replied. They walked somewhere while looking for their friends.

As they walked through the forest, they also noticed that the animals there were quite unique and interesting. Sakura, who noticed the awkward situation, tried to start a conversation. "So, Ai-chan, Junko-chan, do you think this is real? I mean, turning into horses and unicorns is not something normal," Ai and Junko looked at her, and Ai sighed before speaking. "I don't think this is a dream. The idea of us rising as zombies and not dying was already strange enough, and now we've turned into ponies? Oh my goodness," Ai shook her head, while Junko, who had been walking behind them, stepped forward to join them. "I also hope we find our friends soon, especially Saki. She's the one who got us into this mess. I wonder what she did," Ai continued, sounding frustrated. Junko finally spoke up, "It seems like Saki-san did something with that book. She looked panicked, and it seems like our friends are separated quite far from us."

After they said that, they heard the sound of a galloping horse. When they turned around, they were surprised to see Sakura suddenly being attacked by a horse. "Sakura!!" Ai and Junko shouted in concern and rushed to Sakura's side, recognizing the horse version of their clothes. When they heard a snort and saw the black mane and violet skin that matched Tae, they realized it was Tae. "Tae!" Junko exclaimed, realizing it was Tae, who then turned around and leaped towards Junko. "Wow, it seems like you've met some new ponies. Are they your friends?" a voice that seemed to belong to a woman sounded, startling them. They were taken aback when they saw... a zebra walking and talking. The zebra had a mane that matched its skin and stood tall, adorned with golden bracelets on its ankles and a golden necklace. It even wore a cloak. Ai decided to ask the zebra, "Who are you? And where did you find Tae?" Tae herself ran towards the zebra. The zebra pulled out something that looked like food, and Tae immediately devoured it eagerly, just like eating dried squid. The zebra looked at them and smiled. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Zecora. I found this pony running wild, so I took her to Ponyville. I also met her two friends, one is an elegant adult female pegasus, and the other is young and cheerful. They seem to be looking for their friends... I met them before Tae," Zecora revealed, walking ahead, and they decided to follow Zecora. Sakura and the others wondered who their friends could be, thinking of two people, or rather zombies, but now they thought of pony ponies. "I think..." Sakura started. "It's Yugiri-san and Lily!" they said in unison, and Zecora turned to look at them and smiled, while Tae seemed to agree with a growl. "It seems so. The little pony called herself Lily, so I believe you're right," Zecora confirmed.

Zecora walked, followed by the four confused ponies who were searching for their friends. "So, Zecora-san, where are they?" Sakura decided to ask Zecora, and her question was nodded in agreement by Ai and Junko. Zecora answered after a moment of recollection, "I met them in the swamp near my home..."