There was the sound of chatter outside my room as I began to wake up. It must've been rather early seeing as how I felt like falling right back to sleep, yet the sound of talking nearby seemed to keep me from doing just that. It sounded like two people talking, I think both sounded female, though I didn't recognize any of their voices. I guess normally this might bother me, but at the moment, I wasn't fully awake. I felt too weak to get up and investigate, so all I could do is listen.
 
"…and you found him all alone?"
 
"Yeah, he was in a basket in the middle of town. He seemed to be abandoned intentionally. I'm just happy that I found him.".
 
"Oh my, who could possibly abandon such a sweet and innocent foal?"
 
Wait, foal? What are they talking about? I thought to myself as I listened in on the conversation.
 
"Well, are there any clues to who might have done this?"
 
"None that we saw. I can't think of anyone in town who was expecting a foal. He just seems to have appeared."
 
"I still can't believe how quick you were to take him in. It's such a selfless thing what you a Blue Mist did. Most ponies out there would be rather hesitant to take in a foal so suddenly"
 
"Oh, it's no trouble for us at all. I mean, we found him. I suppose we feel obligated to give him a good home."
 
This is kinda weird conversation I thought to myself. Did I leave the TV on or something?
 
"And you say Blue is at the mayors office right now?"
 
"Oh yes. We need to fill out some paperwork in order to be his guardians for the time being, but from what I understand, if nopony comes forward in the next three months, we can legally adopt him."
 
"I hope you're both prepared for this. Having a foal is a big step forward. Trust me, I should know"
 
Oh, I know, and we're both ready to take care of him, even if it does turn out to be only for a little while, we at least want to make sure he's taken care of properly."
 
"Sometimes I wish I had your bravery Pita"
 
At this point I finally had the strength to wake up. I had to admit this conversation was nice to listen to, but I needed to start my day.
As I opened my eyes, I was surprised to see what appeared to be bars in front of my face, but as I turned my head, I noticed they are surrounding my bed.
"Am I in a crib?" Is what I would have said, but instead some sort of high pitched gibberish came out of my mouth. This is when I started to panic. As I tried to remove my blanket, I was greeted with the biggest shock of my life. In place of my hands were two tiny cinnamon colored hooves.
 
My mind at that point was racing. There was no real room to think straight. As my mind went into full on panic mode, trying to figure everything out, I felt the irresistible urge to cry. I didn't try to suppress it, there was no way I could, and as my eyes began to tear up, I couldn't help but scream out as well.
 
"Oh my, looks like he's awake now"
 
The next thing I know I feel myself floating off out of my crib, and opening my eyes to see the smiling face of a pony in front of me. At that moment, any feelings of sadness or anxiety were completely washed out by sheer amazement. Here, right in front of me, was an actual pony from MLP. Unicorn to be more specific. She was a sort of whitish tan color with a brown mane, certainly one I haven't seen in the show before, but still amazing none the less.
 
"Aww are you scared? Oh, it's going to be ok. You're going to be living with us for now"
 
While the tears stopped falling from my face, I still looked at her wight he most dumbfounded expression I could possibly make. Here I was, actually with a talking pony from one of my favorite TV shows. I tried to say something but again, all that came out was some unintelligible baby talk.  As my mind began to put the pieces together, everything suddenly started to make sense. Somehow, I had not only become a pony, but I also seemed to have regresses to the age of a foal as well.
 
It was too much to take in. So many emotions started to fly everywhere inside my head. Part of me felt scared, another curious, another excited. As that began to happen, my eyes began to tear up again. What was I going to do? Am I going to be like this forever? What about back home? With all of those concerns filling my head, I was just about to cry again until I felt myself swinging in the air. It felt incredibly relaxing, and as I felt the mare humming a soft tune, it seemed as all of my cares where beginning to slip away.
 
She did this for a few minutes before another pony came over. This one I actually did recognize. It was Mrs. Cake.
 
"He really is a handsome young colt, isn't he?"
 
I then heard a door open up, and and saw a another pony approach us. This one was a light blue pegasus with a curly white mane. He too wasn't a pony I recognized, but I could assume that he was with the mare who was currently caring for me. He also seemed to be caring a few different bags with with filled with all sorts of things.
 
"Oh good he's awake!, he said in a very excited tone. He trotted closer as he looked down at me.  "Hey, it's alright kiddo, Pita and I will take real good care of you as long as we need to"
 
I then felt myself being levitated down to the ground and place right in front of everybody. it was so strange, seeing everybody looking so tall in front of me. I stared in a sort of wonder for a moment before the stallion pulled something out of one of his bags. It was a rattle.
 
"Here you go, I got this just for you" he said as he placed it on the ground beside me.
 
I didn't know what to think at first, but I felt as if I didn't want to disappoint him by not at least playing with it for a bit. I picked it up with surprising ease, considering I had hooves now, but I didn't really think much of it. Shaking it was actually quite pleasant. Hearing the noise come out of the rattle was enough to get me hooked on it. I couldn't really explain it, but something about shaking the rattle really brightened me up.
 
"Well, I guess I should leave you three together. You certainly have much to do, and I still have to get back to my foals as well" said Mrs. Cake as she got up
 
"Thank you so much for coming over this morning and helping out" said the mare
 
"Oh don't you worry. You know you can always ask me a Carrot Cake for help with anything if need be"
 
"We'll let you know right away" said the stallion
 
They said a few more goodbyes, and with that, Mrs. Cake left.
 
"Well I guess we should introduce ourselves. My name is Blue Mist, and this is Pita Bread. We're going to be your guardians for the time being, alright?" He said with his face leaning into mine.
 
He gave a large grin which made me giggle a bit before standing back up and pulling some papers from one of his bags.
 
"Here we go, they need a few signatures from you and we're set."
 
"Sounds easy enough" Pita Bread stated as she floated the papers and towards her
 
"There's one more thing we need to"
 
"What's that"
 
"A name"
 
"Oh my, I was so busy this morning I hadn't thought about that"
 
"Well let's see what could we name him?"
 
I forgot about my speech impediment for a moment and tried to tell them my name, but as usual, all that came out was the some gibberish as before
 
"Well, have you thought of anything honey?" ask Pita Bread
 
"Well I thought about naming him Jet Stream after my grandfather, but I don't know, he really doesn't look like a Jet Stream to me."
 
"Well how about Sourdough? After my grandfather? That could work"
 
"Hmm, I could see it" He then leaned into my face again, and in a babyish tone said "What do you think, do you like that name? Sourdough? Do you like that name?"
 
I thought about it for a second. I never really had a pony name for myself, unlike a lot of my other friends online, and with me being unable to suggest something myself I suppose I could go along with it, especially if that means I was going to be living with these ponies for the time being. I let them know of my approval by giving a big smile and shaking my rattle intensely.
 
"I think he likes it. Sourdough it is!"
 
With the papers signed, both Pita Bread and Blue Mist began setting up a whole bunch of baby stuff. I have to admit, I felt a little guilty at first not helping out, and even at one point almost attempted to help out on instinct, but then realized that being in the position I was in, I really wasn't at liberty to do much of anything at the moment. I felt a little frustrated at first, and then started getting bored. Lucky for me I suppose, they finished putting together a play pen and put me inside. It was filled with several toys, including a teddy bear, a toy train and some blocks.
 
All of a  sudden, I got an idea. The blocks seemed to be alphabet blocks.
 
"I can communicate with them! All I need to do is spell something out and they'll be sure to notice." I thought to myself as I began to think of what to say "Oh, I can't wait to see their faces when they see-"
I stopped for a moment as I looked at the blocks and realized one big problem.  I couldn't figure out what any of these letters meant. They looked the same as letters back on Earth, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember how to put them into words!
 
"Oh God, have I forgotten how to spell!?"
 
I started having another panic attack. I frantically search my brain to figure out what else I may have forgotten. I could still remember a lot of big memories, like my graduation, or my first job, or certain moments with my family, that was all there. I remembered my favorite foods, movies, books, the things I learned at school-
 
"Math! I can't remember anything about math either! How could I have forgotten something so basic as math and reading?"
 
I tried to keep myself together. I didn't want to cry yet again.
 
"Come on, get it together. Just because I'm in a foals body doesn't mean I have to act like one"
 
But no matter how hard I tried to resist, I couldn't do it. I needed someone with me. I felt so helpless and alone. I wanted my parents. I wanted my mommy more than anything in the world right now. I finally let it go after what seemed like an eternity of holding back. Within seconds however, I felt myself being lifted up into the and place in someone's hooves. I looked up to see that it was Pita Bread. She looked down at me with a concerned look on her face as she rocked me back and forth.
 
"Oh, what's wrong honey? Are you ok? You must still be shaken up about living in such a strange new place, aren't you?"
 
She levitated a pacifier and put it into my mouth, and almost instinctively, I began to suck on it, and with that, everything else in the world seemed to go away. It was just me and her. It was like as long as I was with her, nothing bad would ever happen. She continued to rock me for what seemed like hours until I had finally calmed down. I couldn't explain it, but as she was cradling me, she really did feel like my own mom. Everything about her felt so motherly, so warm, I could really tell I wasn't just some foal falling into her life, I got the feeling that she truly cared about me. Eventually, I started to get really tired. As I began to dose off, she put me back into the crib and gave me a kiss in the forehead.
 
"I love you" I heard her say as she walked out of the room
 
"I love you too" I caught myself thinking as I finally fell asleep.