Hot Summer

1/4
>Hottest summer on record.
>Grass is dry and hard for fluffy ponies to chew.
>Fluff is hot and uncomfortable in the sun.
>Stray fluffy ponies suffer intensely.
>Sources of drinking water are few.
>Some neighbors take pity, leave water out for them.
>Others are happy to see them die.
>Still others leave auto coolant out where fluffies can drink it.
One hot day...
>Hear scratching at front door.
>Group of tired fluffy ponies.
>16 adults, plus foals.
>"Pwease watew?" "So hot." "No watew...thiwsty!"
"You're not coming in here, fluffy vermin."
>Fluffy ponies whimper and cry.
>"Pwease...so hot...so thiwsy." "Mummas no can make miwk fow babees."
"Look, there's a pond out back. You can drink pond water."
>Fluffies cheer and hug.
>"Yay!" "Mistaw good, mistaw nice!" "Can new daddy be?"
"Don't push your fucking luck."
>Open backyard gate for fluffy ponies.
>Group scampers happily into your yard.
>Worst mistake ever?
>Don't worry...you know what you're doing.

2/4
>Entire yard boarders on pond.
>Fluffy ponies take 10 minutes to locate pond.
>Damn these things are stupid.
>At first, fluffy ponies are scared.
>Fluffy ponies drown easily.
>Even these little numbskulls know this.
>Braver ones nervously creep toward water.
>Muzzles dip into the pond.
>Tepid water quenches parched throats.
>HUGE explosion from water.
>Powerful reptilian jaws snap shut on unlucky pegasus.
>She squeals in agony.
>Pelvis & left back leg already smashed.
>Front hooves flail in terror.
>"Hewp! Hewp fwuffy! Munsta got fwuffy!"
>Other fluffy ponies flee in terror.
>Fleeing in no general direction.
>Running aimlessly.
>Crashing head first into stuff.
>One even runs straight into the water.
>Alligator takes her time.
>Slowly backs into water.
>Screaming pegasus fluffy is dragged under and seen no more.

3/4
>Fluffy ponies are now terrified of the water.
>Only three actually got to drink.
>Minus one who just got eaten by the alligator.
>Terrified and crying, they can't find their way out of the yard.
>You closed the gate...they're trapped.
>You stay inside.
>Air conditioning, cold beer.
>Watch fluffy pones for a week.
>Grass is dry but provides sustenance.
>Thirst is maddening.
>Fluffy ponies are terrified of the water.
>They don't understand what lives there...it's just a "munsta."
>Very little shade for fluffy ponies.
>Too hot to play or hug.
>Deprived of playtime and huggies, fluffy ponies become depressed.
>Hungry foals cry constantly.
>Even older weaned foals try to suckle for any moisture.
>"Hungwy" "Miwk!" "Pwease mummy!"
>Occasionally, a desperate fluffy dares to go down for a drink.
>A few get away with it.
>Just enough to fill the others with cruel hope.
>Others get snapped up by alligators.
Night-time...
>Darkness brings horrors for fluffy ponies.
>Too afraid to sleep, they huddle together and whimper.
>At night the monsters come out of the water.
>Fluffy ponies have terrible night vision.
>Never see the alligators coming.
>Fluffy ponies are snatched right out of the huddle.
>"Noooo!" "Pwease don' eat fwuffy!" "So scawy dawk!"
>Their cries go on all night.

4/4
>End of the week.
>Only three fluffy ponies alive.
>Foals died of starvation/dehydration.
>Crows scavenged the corpses while mothers watched...too weak to move.
>Alligators picked off fluffy adults one by one.
>Finally go outside.
>Last three fluffy ponies beg for help.
>Their babbling usually makes little sense.
>Weak, with parched throats it's little more than pained croaking.
>Fluffy pony eyes are crusted up with dried tears.
>Walk past them.
>Take long drink from hose.
>Heartbroken fluffies look on in disbelief.
>It was right there all this time.
>Easily within fluffy reach.
>Not even difficult to open the valve.
>Even a fluffy pony could do it.
"You've had a week, did you drink from the pond?"
>"M-m-munst-a...in...wa-wa-watew...pwease...watew."
"Well, that's too bad. Time for you to go."
>Chase thirsty fluffies out of the yard.
>They're too dehydrated to cry.
>Painful gagging noises come from parched throats.
>Lock the gate.
>Fluffy proof fence...they're not getting back in.
>Water lawn...it needs it.
>See three fluffy ponies in neighbor's driveway later on.
>Dead near a pan of green coolant.
>Fluffy ponies filled their bellies with antifreeze.
>Even for fluffy ponies, that's a bad way to go.
>Crack another beer.
>Damn it's hot.