AnonPone - part 5 -

>"Anon. Pinkie. Sebastian. Whatever. Are you seriously considering staying a pony?"
>You shrug
"Just for a moment."
>"Listen to me, man. Either you stay a pony and stay here, and people in the real world will miss you. It's possible you'd never be able to come back. Or you come back to the real world as a pony. Do I need to explain to you why that would be catastrophic?"
>His words pierce your heart like tiny stakes covered in razor wire
"...I..."
>You curl up into a little ball
>Cover yourself with your tail
>He pets you
>You expected his fingers would tangle in your curls
>But instead they run through your now smooth mane
>"If it helps, man, we can still be buds after this is over. And...hey, who knows? Maybe Twilight can help? She does owe us both a solid, after all."
>You close your eyes and relax
"I...I'd like that. And maybe."
>The two of you spend several hours in silence, cuddling
>He truly does feel like he cares for you
>Your stomach grumbles
>Violently
>You blush
>"Heh. That's right, we haven't eaten since we got here, have we?
>You shake your head
>He holds up a finger in a sort of 'hold that thought' gesture
>Gets off of the bed and goes out the door
>You shrug and just wait
>Apparently that's what he wanted
>You stare at the wall-mounted clock
>Five minutes pass
>Then ten
>Then the door opens again
>It's Anon!
>And he's carrying a tray of delicious food!
>Deviled eggs
>Hay
>Turnips
>A cupcake
>Glass of OJ
>Glass of milk
>Glass of water
>With straws
>Your eyes widen
"Ohmigosh! Is that for me?!"
>You jump up and down
>"Heh. Yeah. I'll go get my own food now, be back in a bit!"
"Wait! You forgot the meat!"
>He blinks
>"Uh...you know ponies don't eat meat, right?"
"Oh."
>He can pinpoint the exact moment when your heart breaks
>"Hey hey, relax. You have different taste buds now. This is probably going to taste A-ok."
>With that, he leaves
>You roll your eyes and look at the stuff on the tray
>Your stomach rumbles again.
"I guess it looks sort of apetizing..."
>You poke the hay with your hoof
>Same texture as it's always had in the human world
>Reluctantly, you take a bite of it
>Oh lawdy lawd
>It tastes heavenly
>Fresh and crispy
>Aww yiss get in me you saucy bastard
>The hay is gone in a snap
>You wash it down with some OJ
>It's the perfect combo!
>Like the opposite of toothpaste and OJ
>You move on to the eggs
>Those you've always liked
>And they taste just as delicious in this world
>You wash those down with the milk
>And now the turnips
>Eh
>they're so-so
>But they're food
>Down the hatch
>And then the water
>You lay back on the bed
"URP!"
>You instinctively cover your mouth with a hoof
>Turns out a hoof accelerating at a considerable rate towards your mouth then coming to an abrupt stop is kind of painful
>Oh well
>Anon comes back
>Surveys the scene
>"Hah. Damn, you were hungry, huh? How was the hay?"
"It was really super duper yummy! You were right!"
>He smiles
>"I'm glad, then."
>He sits down with his own tray
>Lots of different fruits and vegetables
>A glass of water
>He sighs
>"You know, I kind of wish I had pony tastebuds now"
>You stifle a giggle
"You're missing the meat too, huh?"
>"Yeah, and I don't think hay works for me"
>You smile
"Hey now, it's not so bad. At least fruit tastes good. And it makes you taste good"
>You wink
>He keks
>"Well then, there's an upside I can live with"
>He chows down
>When he's finished, you speak up
"So hey, uh, what is this place anyway?"
>"Oh. Uh, far as Twi explained it, it's a sort of a house in ponyville reserved for her research specimens. Like us. It's fully stocked with food and necessities."
"Oohh. Wait, hold up, we're in actual, factual ponyville?!"
>He nods
>"Yeah. Although...Twi would probably we not go out, at least not too much. You are after all Pinkie's döppelgänger. That could be kind of troublesome."
>You sigh
>It's a cute sigh
>You're allowed to say that since this isn't actually your voice
"So, what, we stay here either forever or until she sends us back?"
>Anon rubs his head
>"Well...I'm human. Clearly not a pony. And I think Twi has informed the ponies here of what humans are, and what she's doing here. Besides...I think there's another human in town."
>You blink
"Say what again?"
>"Yeah. I saw him while I was preparing food."
"Then...huh. Maybe we ought to try and get twi to come here and explain?"
>He laughs bitterly
>"Yes. Let's just bother the princess willy-nilly. I'm sure she'd appreciate that."
"Hey! She's not just a princess. She's not just her wings. She's the pony Twilight Sparkle, a disheveled nerd with a heart of goddamn gold!"
>A moment of pin-drop silence
>"..so I take it Twi's in your top three waifus, then?"