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- >Come to, sprawled out face-down on the beach
- >Look up at the sky
- >Sun doesn't seem to have moved
- >Maybe out fifteen minutes?
- >Sigh; let my face fall back down in the dirt
- >Push myself up to a sitting position
- >See my arms
- >Blue as fuck
- >Look at hands
- >Blue as fuck
- >Also hooves?
- "Fucking heat stroke."
- >Try to stand up
- >Legs won't bend that way
- >Fall over backward and land on butt, hitting back on nearby tree
- "Dammit!"
- >Not really hurt, but I think I hit something funny
- >Can't quite tell what
- >Turn around to check
- >Fucking wings
- >Blinking
- >Blinking
- "Shit."
- >Look down
- >EVERYTHING's blue
- >Also, hooves
- "Shit!"
- >Get on four... legs, and look behind me, past my wings
- >Yep.
- >There's a tail past my ass and a globe on my... flank
- "Shit!"
- >Flap my wings a few times, trying to make them feel "right" before looking ahead and beginning to pace
- "Shit. Mierda! Scheiße! Merde! Merda, cazzo... perkele!"
- >Run out of exotic ways to tell myself I'm fucked
- >At least my tongue still seems to be working
- >Try to think things over
- >Kind of ruled out heat stroke by this point, but still kind of hoping it's just in my head
- >This should not, and can not, be happening
- >No idea what to do, since it still seems like it is
- >Decide to just go home
- >Realize there's nearly a mile between me and my house
- >Realize there's at least a quarter mile between me and my stuff
- >Stuff relevant for pony?
- >Plushie relevant to pony.
- >Consider how to re-cross reservoir
- >Swim?
- >Not gonna doggie paddle all that way
- >Take a boat?
- >Never known shit about boats, and hooves wouldn't help me at all
- >Walk across the dam?
- >It's right there, but it's highly visible, and as far as I know, I'm a dirty blue pony.
- >With wings.
- "Hrm."
- >Remember those flappy things on my back
- >Decide to take wings for a test drive across the reservoir
- >Turn toward the water, get a running start, flap my wings, and jump up in the air
- >Splash down in the shallows
- "Well, that didn't work."
- >Flap wings dry and try again
- >Run toward the water, flap my wings, and jump into the air
- >Splash down in the shallows again
- >Try to dry off before one last try
- >Gallop toward the water
- >Pump wings up, down; up, down
- >Leap into air
- >Flying
- >Shit, this is fun
- >Wait, I have no idea what I'm doing
- >How the fuck do I steer this thi... myself?
- >Heat rising off of reservoir
- >Pushing me up higher
- >Out of control
- >Panic
- >Crash into water
- >Paddle to dock
- >Wet, dripping pony
- >Wings soaked, mane clumped over eyes
- >Use a hoof to move my hair away
- >Pick up my pack with my mouth
- >Flying is hard
- >Just gonna try walking home
- >Make it back to my house uneventfully
- >Realize I've left my front door open all this fucking time
- "Whll, thht whs br'llynt."
- >Beats trying to fumble with the garage keypad
- >Drop my backpack for a minute to open the door with my mouth
- >Think I just stuck a cobweb and a couple dozen dead gnats in there
- "Fhkkhkng hyyt dhrrs."
- >Kick the door shut, drop my bag, and look around
- >Parents aren't home yet, and my sister's still gone
- >Home alone
- >With the cats
- >Cat hiding under bench by my front door sees my swaying tail and pounces
- "Ow! Stop that!"
- >He may just be playing, but, damn, it hurts
- >Try to keep my tail up out of his reach
- >He jumps up on the bench, and then onto my back, from where he continues to attack his new "plaything"
- >In no mood to play rodeo horse or chew toy for a cat
- >Lean to one side, put down one wing and thwap the cat with the other
- >Cat rolls off, and manages not to land on his feet
- >Never has been too good at that
- >Grab my pack, gallop up the front steps and down the hallway to my bedroom
- >Get to my bedroom, close the door, sigh in relief
- >The sound of pawing from the other side, accompanied by a "Mrow?"
- "God damn it."
- >Back to the door, take in my surroundings and try to figure out what to do next
- >Unmade bed, idling computer, unsorted laundry
- >A cat on the windowsill, basking in the sun
- >Freeze
- >Cat notices me, yawns, and goes back to napping
- >Glad both cats aren't kittens
- >Pick up my backpack and head over to my bed
- >Shit, when did it get so big
- >Climb onto my bed and lay down
- >Time to work things out
- "So, Victor. You're a pony. A filthy pegasus pony. You've turned into a pony, and you can fly."
- >Struggle to open my backpack
- "Everything you learned in physics and biology is now useless, or you're made of dark matter and probably... no, nothing makes sense!"
- >What was I going to say, I caught a virus from outer space than came in on a meteor?
- >There is no way I can convince myself I'm not living a B-movie or a nightmare
- >Succeed in parting the zippers on my bag
- >Pull out the brown-hared cotton stallion stashed inside
- "You are a blue marshmallow pony. Fuck. Where does a pony even go?"
- >A pawing sound continues from the other side of the bedroom door
- "Cat's all over me here. And I can't exactly let the neighbors realize they're living next door to a horse. Think it's a zoning violation, anyway."
- >Still hear the damn cat that wants to chase my tail
- "Of course, they might make an exception if they realized I was potty tra... shit!"
- >How the fuck am I going to go to the bathroom if I can't sit down right?
- >Shit in the woods?
- >I can't handle this
- >Bury face in hooves
- >Hug soft pony plush
- >Cry
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