Walking to this Rarity's place felt like the most awkward streaking session ever conceived. It wasn't fun, there were no cops to chase me, nobody (or should I say nopony? nah nobody is fine) was even gawking about me being naked. The world certainly felt real to the soles of my feet as I walked on the ground. Applejack couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at my unsteady steps and wincing at the gravel digging into my soles and making my steps unsteady.
"You tender-hooved or something?"
"I usually wear shoes" I remarked as I shook off some particularly pesky rocks from my feet. They felt like they would in my world, and yet visually they looked wrong to my eyes. My own body seemed saturated in this weird sunlight as well. I didn't look quite as cartoon like as the world around me but there was certainly something odd about how the light played against my skin.
"Ahm assuming when you say shoes you mean something different than what we got. I doubt those things could take nails"
I must of blanched pretty bad because she looked like she was going to bust a gut laughing as she tapped my thigh. "Relax sugar cube, nopony's gonna to hurt ya little claws."
"Feet actually"
"You mean like the measurement?"
"Yeah...wait, how did you get that word for measurements if you guys don't have feet?"
"Ya know...ah don't righty have the answer to that" She said as she tapped her hoof to her chin in contemplation.
There was a squeal from somewhere behind me. "The horror! The horror!" I turned around to see three ponies fall over on their backs and start twitching. I could feel my face burn at that, this was so humiliating I swear.
"Ah don't worry about them sugarcube, those three'll keel over if the wind blows on em too hard. My brother Mac and I got some suspicions about them havin some fainting goat in their family tree if ya know what ah mean."
The walk of shame, even though it felt like it would take forever finally came to an end at the sight of a quaint looking if not kind of small building. It was a perfectly round structure colored in pale blues and pinks with poles evenly spaced around it. It was kind of garish and girly and seemed like something I couldn't quite put my finger on
"Welcome to the Carousel Boutique sugarcube, home to one of the hardest working businessmares in fashion. She's opening up her third Story over in Manehattan believe it or not"
"Mane-hattan?" I asked incredulously "You're pulling my leg right now"
"What'cha mean?"
"Back home we have this city called Manhattan, its strange to hear another city in another dimension could have such a similar name"
"Ahm not too surprised there Mike. Your dimension isn't the only one us ponies heard about. Twilight went to another human dimension just a few months back."
"This is nuts"
"Speaking of nuts, lets get yours covered up" she quipped as she knocked on the door. Not going to lie that got me red in the face really quick with how flippantly she referred to my jewels. This was just way to much exposure in one day. I know they wouldn't be looking at me in any kind of sexual way cause of the whole different species thing but still it was far too much to handle.
"Hello and welcome to the GOOD HEAVENS!" Whatever the white pony was going to say as a greeting was cut off by her spotting my naked body towering over the both of them.
"Applejack dear, why is there a giant primate following you about?" the mare I assumed was Rarity asked the Cowpony
"Rarity, meet Mike, He's a human Twilight dun kidnapped from his home dimension"
"WHAT?! How scandalous! I would of thought her better than kidnapping."
"Ah think she was just in one of those moods with her magic, she seemed sorry enough about it. Our human friend over here apparently doesn't feel complete without some kinda garments covering his package, we figured you could help with that."
"Applejack!" I croaked out. She was lost in a fit of giggles again over my embarrassment.
Rarity rolled her eyes at her friend and gave me a once over sliding some glasses from inside the house onto her face. She had a clearly practiced eye for this kind of thing, but there was a glint of excitement there as well.
"This is a challenge, designing for a bipedal creature as tall as you is going to require a lot of fabric."
"The princess will be paying for this." Applejack added flatly
"I would assume so considering she's the reason he's here in the first place. Well come on in you two"
Applejack trotted in and I looked at the door. It wasn't so small that I couldn't fit, but the amount of maneuvering I had to do required me to sacrifice modesty for results. When I was finally inside I thankfully didn't have to stoop thanks to the ceiling being so far up.
"I see what you mean about his package dear, I imagine if stallions were wandering about on hind hooves all day their things would be flapping about like that as well"
"Could you guys not!" I said indignantly. I could not wait until I was finally dressed. Rarity was smirking but she had the decency not to laugh like her silently chuckling companion. Rarity's horn glowed, making me wince for a split second. the last few things that happened involving horns hadn't been all that swell. She paid it no mind and levitated me and measuring tape off the ground. She didn't look like she was straining to lift something twice her size at all, and that troubled me. Were all these ponies just capable of manhandling people like this? How many of them are there? What else can they do?
"Could you spread your arms please, I need to do measurements" She asked in a matter of fact tone. I nodded begrudgingly. I had already been pretty damn well exposed up to this point so just letting it all hang loose didn't seem to matter much now. Swiftly and precisely measuring tape was utilized and marked all over my body. I guess at this point I should just get used to having my face feel like its on fire cause who needs modesty am I right?
"I'm supposing you aren't looking for anything TOO fashionable, you seem like the practical sort like Applejack here"
"Mike sounds like a practical name to me" Applejack added now that she had regained her composure
"If you could make something to protect my feet too that would be great"
Rarity pondered that a moment "Hmm...I think I could work something out"
In about a half an hour Rarity had whipped up several garments at once. Seeing her work was rather amazing. Her mane was in a fairly beautiful style and the way here eyes shifted back and forth from what looked like the gradual manifestation of Pants, A long sleeve shirt, undergarments, socks, and cobbling together some shoes was impressive. I hadn't even given her designs, she had just figured out from the way my body was shaped what was supposed to go where.
Not going to lie, the fabric felt divine. The shirt was smooth as silk and a brilliant shade of red and the black pants and undergarments hugged to my body in the most comfortable way. The shoes slipped right on as well, not even requiring laces to stay snugly on my feet.
"Wow, you are a miracle worker Rarity" I said feeling the padding of the shoes how they felt like walking on clouds.
She made several dismissive noises in quick succession while waving a hoof "Please Darling, that was a purely function over style job, not even close to what I'm capable of. Still, working with such a vastly different body type than usual is an AMAZING SOURCE OF INSPIRATION!" She cooed out with excitement. "I can't wait to make more clothes for that body, Its going to be such a fun project!"
"And on the princess's tab too"
"But of Course Applejack, we got to make sure Twilight doesn't keep plucking innocent folk out of other dimensions like that. Ponies would start to talk!"
Needless to say, it was a godsend to have clothes covering my body once again. I could walk outside without a care and not worry about getting...
Something in my peripheral caught my attention as I stepped outside. I didn't know what it was until it was too late, and by that point a flying blue pony had smashed into me and cracked my ribs, entirely winding me.
"WHAT ARE YOU!? WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN RARITY'S SHOP!?" Barked out the rainbow maned pony on top of me, making me gasp in pain before Applejack forcefully got her off.
"Rainbow would you relax! He ain't a danger to nopony!"
me coughing up blood certainly affirmed that notion As the world started to grow foggy. It had splattered down my chin and onto the brand new shirt that was made for me. I think I could almost see where my rib cage had collapsed. That thing had hit me like a cannon ball. I didn't even stand a chance. What the hell were these ponies made out of?
"Whoa! Somepony get Twilight or a medical unicorn or Zecora, anypony that's closest! Quick! Hang on there sugarcube!"
Today was just going to be one of those days wasn't it. Laying prone on the ground, fighting to breathe at some surprise attack, blood sputtering out on my new clothes that I had walked all this way to get. Just...just a swell time indeed.