The Shape of Panic

That same afternoon

David wakes from his MRI in an unfamiliar equine body in a meadow near what appears to be Ponyville. He survives a timberwolf attack with unstable, instinctive unicorn magic and accepts help from two wary ponies, choosing to enter town rather than dwell on returning home. His arrival remains unexplained, his body and magic are still barely understood, and the ponies have not yet decided whether he is a danger or a person in need.