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- “How am I supposed to know if it worked?”
- >There's a snicker on the other end.
- >You glare at your smartphone briefly before returning it to your ear.
- >”Don't worry, she'll tell you. The mares always know.”
- “Okay, how long will that take? It's already been two days...”
- >”If not by tomorrow, it probably failed. What are you going to do in the meantime?”
- “I don't know, I don't like leaving them alone at night.”
- >”Bewwy okay, haf Wightnin'!”
- >God, these things are so cute.
- >”I'm sure they manage better than a regular fluffy. They know you're coming back.”
- “Still...anyway, I wonder how hard alicorn pregnancy is.”
- >”Shouldn't be anymore difficult than usual. You've dealt with it before.”
- >You doff your watch cap to scratch the top of your head.
- “Yeah...poor foals that nobody loved.”
- >”You're too sentimental, sis.”
- “Hey! I care for living creatures!”
- >”Yeah, yeah. I've gotta go, Whitney wants to talk to me.”
- “Okay, later.”
- >Lightning and Berry have been looking at you intently during the whole conversation.
- >”Wucy, who talkies to?” Lightning asks.
- “Huh? Oh, that was Sarah.”
- >Berry cheers. ”Sawah! Sawah come, bwing widdle fwuffy fwiends?”
- >You can't help but smile.
- “I'm afraid not. How are you feeling today, Berry?”
- >”Bewwy happy!”
- >She says that every time you ask her.
- “I mean...how does your tummy feel?”
- >She looks at you for a moment, confused, before poking her tummy with a hoof.
- >”Tummy happy too!”
- >Of course.
- >Well, it's time to eat something anyway.
- >You don't even have to bother telling them to behave.
- “I'll be back with nummies, okay?”
- >”Yay! Wuv Wucy!”
- >You grab your bag and head out the door.
- >It sort of bothers you that they don't call you mommy like regular fluffies do.
- >Honestly, the thought of having a breeding farm of these things at all is rather offputting.
- >Still, it can't hurt to try it out. You can always go back to how things were later.
- >Today feels like a Chinese day, so you make the walk down the street.
- >Ignore the Thai place. You may never eat there again.
- >There's a little cage in the window there now.
- >Five fluffy foals waddle around in it, leaning up when they see you and yelling something you can't hear through the glass.
- >Keep walking keep walking keep walk--
- >Up ahead, something very, very shiny catches your eye.
- >It's an enormous red car coming down the street.
- >A Bentley Mulsanne.
- >Oh fuck.
- >It's mom.
- >You duck down behind a parked truck until she passes.
- >After a few seconds, it becomes apparent that she didn't see you.
- >The car stops in front of Sarah's shop. You watch as the driver comes around and opens the door.
- >She gets out and turns around, helping a stately silver fluffy pony out onto the ground.
- >You can barely see her horn from here.
- >When mom comes to see Sarah, she doesn't usually bring Taiho along.
- >You wonder what the special occasion is.
- >You watch until they go in and then breathe a sigh of relief.
- >”Excuse me, miss...”
- “Gaaah!”
- >”Sorry,” a grizzled looking man says, “But I need to get in my truck.”
- “Oh! Right. Pardon me, aheh...”
- >You take uneasy steps away from the truck and continue on down the sidewalk.
- >Twenty minutes later, you've got a bag full of deliciousness.
- >Hopefully, alicorns like wontons...
- >Mom's car is still down the street. Good, she's talking to Sarah.
- >Only when you get to your storefront do you realize this is incorrect.
- >Taiho is pressed against your plate glass window, babbling something you can't make out.
- >When you make eye contact with mom, she freezes you with That God Damn Annoyed Look.
- >Meekly, you walk inside.
- >”Wucy back! Bewwy fin' new fwuffy an' hooman fwiend!”
- >”I see your trust fund is going towards maintaining an empty building,” mom says, arms folded and glaring.
- >You just point at the alicorns, so intimidated that you can't even form words.
- >”I see the mutant fluffy ponies. What inane time-wasting idea have you got this time?”
- >You set the bag of food down on your desk and try to collect yourself.
- >Taiho is freaking the hell out.
- >”Mommy! Meanie munstas! Wun 'way! Wun 'way!”
- >”Oh, quiet, Taiho. They're just as dumb and harmless as you are.”
- >”Wightnin' no dumb!” he counters, standing up and puffing his cheeks. “Bewwy no dumb too!”
- >You watch as your mother stares down the blue alicorn, but he doesn't budge.
- >”Smartass,” she growls. “Like those damn smarty friends I keeping hearing about.”
- >Taiho paws at the glass, her blue mane and tail waving with the motion. “Wan' go 'way! Munstas scawy!”
- >You still haven't managed to say a word, and it's beginning to annoy her deeply.
- >”Talk! What's going on here?”
- “I-I'm doing a br-breeding experiment...”
- >”Oh, Christ. Did you go back to school to get some other useless degree without telling me?”
- “N-no, I'm...”
- >She begins tapping her foot. Clack, clack, clack.
- >You feel like you're about two feet tall, withered by her soul-melting glare.
- >That's when it happens.
- >”Meanie hooman go 'way! No be meanie to Wucy!” Berry says, spreading her wings to look as imposing as possible, which isn't very much.
- >”You certainly have a vocabulary, don't you?” mom says, her voice dripping with condescension. “Shut up before I have you turned into fluffy pony khao phat.”
- >”Stop be meanie! Bewwy no wike you!”
- >”No wike hooman!” Lightning reiterates.
- >”Wow. I'm having an argument with fluffy ponies.”
- >You've screwed up just enough courage to say something when the door opens behind you.
- >”Mom, I warned you about bringing Taiho in here...”
- >Sarah walks in, an idle smile on her face as she looks at the panicking silver unicorn.
- >”Thank god. Come talk some sense into your sister, please. And make her get rid of these damn fluffy ponies!”
- >”I'm sorry, the fluffies are mine. She's working with me on a business venture."
- >She looks between the two of you, utterly disbelieving.
- >”Sawah! Hewp Wucy! Meanie hooman make Wucy sad!” Berry calls.
- >Sarah smirks at her before returning her attention to mom. “Cat got your tongue?”
- >Mom has regained her composure, but still looks mad. “And you weren't going to tell me this?”
- >”It's my money, and therefore none of your business,” Sarah replies flatly.
- >Mom looks at you for a long time before speaking again.
- >”Fine. Make sure she makes something of herself before I grow old.”
- >With that, she departs, Taiho running quickly out the door after her.
- >Sarah sighs, smoothing her hair back. “I tried to warn you, but it went to voicemail.”
- “Thanks...what is she even doing here? I thought she was still in France.”
- >”Checking up on us, she says.”
- >”Yay! Sawah make meanie hooman go 'way! Sawah fwiend!” Lightning cheers happily.
- “I wish I could say 'fuck you' to her face...hungry? I just bought lunch.”
- >”Sure, why not.”
- >You and she begin dividing up food, and that's when you notice it.
- “Berry? Are you all right?”
- >She looks up at you with tears in her eyes.
- >”Bewwy...Bewwy haf babeh feew in tummy...”
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