History Fanfic / WhenAPonyCalls

* TakeThat: When Soren makes a ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' reference, Lyra immediately stops him: Pinkie is ''nothing'' like that.

* AdultFear: Not only is Soren's mom having to deal with the fact that her son is now a unicorn (and a female one at that), but she almost loses him to a pool accident.

Assuming she is really just a random fan role-playing, he says what the hell and agrees. Then his computer blows up in his face, and he wakes up from his daze to find he is in Lyra's body, as his parents run up to see what happened. It all goes downhill from there, as Soren's life goes straight to hell at every turn. This fic was updated from July 28, 2012 to Feb 28, 2013, and has a completed sequel, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85005/the-alchemists-heart The Alchemist's Heart]]'', which now has its own [[Fanfic/TheAlchemistsHeart page]].

Warning: mature content.

* AdamAndEvePlot: Played with. After explaining the Christian creation story, Rarity and Fluttershy point out that it sounds mostly like their version. Which is apparently the same story, but with Celestia, Luna treated, and Discord, swapped in for Adam, Eve, and Satan, respectively.

* AttractiveBentGender:[[spoiler: Soren's gender swapped body.]]
* AlchemyIsMagic: Equestria is revealed to have this. [[spoiler: Soren decides to take this up in the end, to hopefully find a cure for Pound Cake.]] This is also revealed to be Luna's favorite art.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Soren's niece certainly does. All Soren put it: "I don't think she understands that I'm her uncle Soren."
* TheAtoner: Lyra tries her best to make amends with Soren.
* BabiesEverAfter: Lyra and Bonbon. Though how it happened is a little... squicky.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soren has no hope of getting his body back, he never see his family again and they have all but disowned him and are left in denial of disappearance, Pound Cake was turned to stone, and Soren will likely be shunned back in Ponyville after almost killing Twilight. On the bright side though, Soren has excepted his fate, Lyra and Bonbon are having a baby, and not all hope is lost for Pound Cake.]]
* BodyHorror: In both her appearances, the physical forms of Lyra's memory implant are this,[[spoiler: but in very different ways. First, she appears as a horrifying, giant, and deformed version of Lyra that tries to devour Soren. But in her second appearance, she appears as a scared and pitiful little copy of Lyra, with whole chunks of her body missing.]].

* CassandraTruth: Soren tries to worn Twilight that [[spoiler: Pound Cake has wandered into the woods,]] but since this was after she found out about the Sanity Slippage kicking in... Also, everything could have been avoided if Soren hadn't assumed Lyra was just a random fan trying to play a game when they first came into contact.
* CombatPragmatist: Soren manages to even the odds in his duel with [[spoiler: Twilight]] through impractical use of a piece of glass.

* CerebusSyndrome: Starts out lighthearted enough, then we learn that unicorns have backup memories and Lyra's is thinking that Soren's subconscious is some kind of parasite and is trying to overwrite his memories. And that's nothing compared to what happens later.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Soren vs Twilight.
* DeadpanSnarker: Soren has his moments.
--> Soren: "And now you used up your leverage, if you didn't eaten that grape, you would have gotten more."

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: After successfully sneaking into the bathroom (MakesSenseInContext) Soren celebrates a little too soon.

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. Most of the characters are called out for whatever they did wrong and earn their forgiveness.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Soren gets to Ponyville, he notes that his body's skin seemed brighter and later, his ears look pointier.

* GoingNative: A surprisingly tragic example. [[spoiler: After Soren realizes getting his old life back is a hopeless endeavor, he decides to just accept life as a pony.]]
* HeelRealization: After Soren realizes how harsh he's being towards Lyra.
* HumiliationConga: The whole story is a tragic one for Soren.

* LossOfIdentity: Soren faces this after [[spoiler: Lyra's natural memory backup begins to overwrite his mind.]]

* ShoutOut: Soren's dogs are named Sodom and Gomorrah.
* OhCrap: Both when Soren's dogs get out and when his niece catches him.

* SanitySlippage: Happens to Soren, as [[spoiler: Lyra's memory backup eats away at his mind, on top up switching bodies with a pony of the opposite sex, and failing to save a child.]]

* SympathyForTheDevil: Soren towards Lyra's memory implant.

* TakeThat: When Soren makes a ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' reference, Lyra immediately stops him: Pinkie is NOTHING like that.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Soren temporarily goes mad. It isn't pretty.

* WhatTheHellHero: Soren gives several to Lyra for getting him in this mess.

* DavidVersusGoliath: Soren vs Twilight. Many readers were expecting a CurbStompBattle.

* KarmaHoudini: Some readers wanted Lyra to get some very serious come up-pings for essential ruining a young man's life. [[spoiler: She gets off scot-free, and even has the baby she always wanted, in the end.]] Though to be fair, it was an accident that she was genuinely sorry about.

* WhatTheHellHero: Soren gives several to Lyra for getting him in this mess. The readers also called Twilight out for giving Lyra the untested spell in the first place.

* DeadPanSnarker: Soren has his moments.

* InfantImmortality: Sadly subverted with [[spoiler: Pound Cake, who is turned to stone by a cockatrice.]]

Warning: Mature content.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: Sorin's niece certainly does. All Soren put it: "I don't think she understands that I'm her uncle Soren."

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soren has no hope of getting his body back, not only will he never see his family again, but they have all but disowned him and are left in denial of disappearance, Pound Cake was turned to stone, and Soren will likely be shunned back in Ponyville after almost killing Twilight. On the bright side though, Soren has excepted his fate, Lyra and Bonbon are having a baby, and not all hope is lost for Pound Cake.]]

* CassandraTruth: Soren tries to worn Twilight that [[spoiler: Pound Cake has wondered into the woods.]] but sense this was after she found out about the Sanity Slippage kicking in.... Also, Everything could have been avoided, if Soren would didn't assume Lyra was just a random fan trying to play a game when they first came into contact.
* CombatPragmatist: Soren manages to even the odds in his duel with [[spoiler: Twilight]], though impractical use of a piece of glass.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Soren threatens to to eat a steak while in Lyra's body, if she shaves off his goatee.

* DreamWalker: Luna uses this ability to help Soren's SanitySlippage. [[spoiler: It's also what allows him, to resolve the situation with Lyra's memory implant.]]

* Foreshadowing: After Soren gets to Ponyville, he notes that his body's skin seemed brighter and later, his ears look pointier.

* GoingNative: A surprisingly tragic example, [[spoiler: after Soren realizes getting his old life back is a hopeless endeavor, he decides to just accept life as a pony.]]

* InfantImmortality: Sadly subverted with [[spoiler: Pound Cake, who is turned to stone by a cochatrice.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: In his showdown with [[spoiler:Twilight]] Soren uses a highly reflective glass shard to blind her, so he can get the upper hand.

* KarmaHoudini: Some readers wanted Lyra to get some very serious come up-pings for essential ruining a young man's life. [[spoiler: She gets off scott-free, and even has the baby she always wanted, in the end.]] Though to be fair, it was an accident that she was genuinely sorry about.
* LossOfIdentity: Soren faces, after [[spoiler: Lyra's natural memory backup, begins to override his mind.]]
* MistakenForAnImposter: Do to a combination of his SanitySlipage and blaming her spell for what happened to [[spoiler: Pound Cake]], Soren mistakes Twilight as a changling.
* MoodWhiplash: TheReveal that [[spoiler: Soren's human body is morphing into a Pony as well,]]. comes while Soren and Lyra are laughing at their table, as Soren's laughter turns into crying.
* MundaneUtility: Apparently, unicorns can double as mobile WiFi hot spots.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twilight puts a spell on Soren to keep him from leaving after his SanitySlippage starts: to keep him from leaving town.[[spoiler: This is what stops Soren from saving Pound Cake.]]

* OhCrap: Both, when Soren's dogs get out and when his niece catches him.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The whole thing with Sorin and the memory could have been avoided, if they just had a way to communicate properly.
* SanitySlippage: Happens to Soren, as [[spoiler: Lyra's memory back up eats away at his mind, on top up switching bodies with a pony of the opposite sex, and failing to save a child.]]
* SatanicArchetype: Discord is treated at this.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Soren does this after [[spoiler: being bitten by his own dog,]] while in Lyra's Body.

* TakenForGranite: This is what happens to Pound Cake, after he wonders into the woods and has a run in with a certain creature.
* TakeThat: When Soren makes a CupCakes reference, Lyra immediately stops him: Pinkie is NOTHING like that.

* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Soren challenges Twilight, in order to expose her has as a changeling. [[spoiler: It's just part of his delusions. Though he still wins.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Soren gives several to Lyra for getting him in this mess. The readers also called Twilight out, for giving Lyra the untested spell in the first place.
* YankTheDogsChain: The best example is after Soren gets to Equestria and makes up with Lyra. There may be the whole [[spoiler: memory imprint destroying his subconscious thing,]] but if nothing else he'll still get his body back right? [[spoiler: Nope, as it turns out, his non-magical body doesn't react well to a magical land, so his human body is also slowly turning into a pony. And just to rub a little more salt into those wounds: His body's not turning back into a male..]].

"[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/41119/when-a-pony-calls When A Pony Calls]]" is a Comedy/Tragedy fanfic created by Fimfiction writer [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Seven+Fates Seven+Fates,]] dealing with an inter dimensional incident, from the perspective of a young man who accidentally switches bodies with a certain human-obsessed unicorn.

Assuming she is really just a random fan role-playing, he says what the hell and agrees. Then his computer blows up in his face, and he wakes up from his daze to find he is in Lyra's body, as his parents run up to see what happened. It all goes downhill from there, as Soren's life goes straight to hell at every turn. This fic was updated from July 28, 2012 to Feb 28, 2013, and has a completed sequel, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85005/the-alchemists-heart The Alchemist's Heart]], which now has its own [[Fanfic/TheAlchemistsHeart page]].

Assuming she is really just a random fan role-playing, he says what the hell and agrees. Then his computer blows up in his face, and he wakes up from his daze to find he is in Lyra's body, as his parents run up to see what happened. It all goes downhill from there, as Soren's life goes straight to hell at every turn. This fic was updated from July 28 2012-Feb 28 2013, and has a sequel, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85005/the-alchemists-heart the-alchemists-heart]], which now has its own [[Fanfic/TheAlchemistsHeart page]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Soren has no hope of getting his body back, not only will he never see his family again, but all they have in terms of closure is a vague finale message, Pound Cake was turned to stone, and Soren will likely be shunned back in Ponyville after almost killing Twilight. On the bright side though, Soren has excepted his fate, Lyra and Bonbon are having a baby, and not all hope is lost for Pound Cake.]]

Assuming she is really just a random fan role-playing, he says what the hell and agrees. Then his computer blows up in his face, and he wakes up from his daze to find he is in Lyra's body, as his parents run up to see what happened. It all goes downhill from there, as Soren's life goes straight to hell at every turn. This fic was updated from July 28 2012-Feb 28 2013, and has a sequel, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85005/the-alchemists-heart the-alchemists-heart]], which now has its own [[page Fanfic/TheAlchemistsHeart]]

Assuming she is really just a random fan role-playing, he says what the hell and agrees. Then his computer blows up in his face, and he wakes up from his daze to find he is in Lyra's body, as his parents run up to see what happened. It all goes downhill from there, as Soren's life goes straight to hell at every turn. This fic was updated from July 28 2012-Feb 28 2013, and has a sequel, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85005/the-alchemists-heart the-alchemists-heart.]]

%% * ButtMonkey: Poor Soren.

%% * CombatPragmatist: Soren is this.

%% * GoingNative: A surprisingly tragic example.

%% * InfantImmortality: Sadly subverted.

%% * LossOfIdentity: Soren faces this.

%% * SanitySlippage: Happens to Soren.

%% * WhamLine: There's many of these.