Quiet Days

by AlphaDidAlotOfThings

Day 1, Everyone's Gone.

May 23th, 2015

There are so many better ways to wake up than I did today, like coffee, or an energy drink. I don't even like either of those things and yet they're still better than waking up like this…

I called for mom. "Mom, you home?" Nobody answered. Well, okay maybe she decided to work overtime or something. She does that sometimes.

But that was the least strangest thing that happened.

My whole body felt sore, When I tried to get up I don't couldn't stand up like I normally do, did my body magically get smaller or something? No, that's not possible…

I stood up, tumbled off the bed and fell onto the floor, right in front of the bedroom mirror. But instead of seeing my normal usual human self, I saw somebody else… No, something else…

A small light black horse with wings, a light gray mare with purple stripes in it, and royal purple eyes that were staring right back at me…

I would've thought this was some strange dream, but dreams don't usually last this long. And of course, if it was a dream I wouldn't be here writing this right now.

Y'know, most people would freak out at a sight like this. But not me, I remained cool as can be! (Ok, maybe I panicked a little.)

The next logical thing to do was check if anybody else was still here. If mom wasn't home then Alyssa should definitely be here.

It's surprisingly not that hard to walk on all fours 24/7. I stumbled a bit at first but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. It felt oddly natural…

Low and behold, Alyssa was indeed here. Seems like she fell asleep in my mom's room. She walked out at almost the same time as me.

We just kinda stared at each other for a hot minute. "Emile, is that you…?"

Would you believe me if I told you she burst out laughing the moment she saw me? Because that's what she did. "Just look at you!"

Seriously, the nerve of her… I swear she could laugh like that even if world war three happened. Well, I guess that's one thing good about her, is that she'll stay cheerful no matter what. At least she still looks like herself, except she's more red, and blonde… Oh and the fact that she's a small horse now too, can't forget about that.

She had this weird tattoo on her butt- Er, flank I think it's called…? I don't know much about horses. (Or animals in general for that matter)

It looked like a guitar. I guess that's another thing she's good at, music.

When both went out the house to investigate there was nobody outside. Like absolutely nobody. It wasn't like some bloody disaster happened, everything was like it was before. (Aside from the obvious lack of people.) It was like everyone just vanished… But how would that even be possible? How could everyone in a city with over 1 million people like Delaware just disappear? God, do I know.

Me and Alyssa spent about a half hour just walking down the street of our small neighborhood, even going to the local corner store if there was anybody there. But of course, there wasn't a soul there.

The last thing I figured I should do was call somebody. Hooves are hard to use, so I used my wings instead. (I'm what they called a pegasus, right?) I called mom, no answer. I called my uncle, no response. I called 911, "Sorry, all our operators are busy at this time."

Alyssa seemed pretty cheery today, like she thought this was all just some silly dream. But after that when I told her "Nobody answered." She changed… That red coat of hers grew pale…

Dammit… We may have retreated back inside for now, but we have to do something. We have to figure out what happened. What kind of awful disaster even caused this?

Y'know what this is like, Ragnarok in norse mythology. Except I don't think that said anything about everyone turning into horses, and there's no gods.

If we really are the last people on earth we'll have to stock up on supplies and all that good stuff. We actually did get some stuff at the store, mostly just things to make food and some snacks. But that obviously won't last too long.

Oh yeah, and before you ask we checked the internet. It seems like everyone stopped posting at the same time, we should've expected that one.

Alyssa seems to be doing okay right now, I know she has a brother she's probably worried sick about. I have a family too: My mom…

I hope she's doing okay… She's probably a small horse too, that's assuming this happened to everyone though.

If things don't go back to normal tomorrow we'll check the school, somebody might still be there.

This was supposed to be just a personal diary but now I guess it's a "record in case things go wrong™" (I can trade mark that since everyone else is gone, right?) I could probably make a story about this: "The Two Last Best Friends On Earth." (Nah, sounds too cliche.)

Well, Once again this is yours truly signing off, peace.

- Emile

Author's Note:

The actual beginning, you ever just wake up with everyone else gone? Yeah, I hate that too.

Comments

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Oh hey, didn't expect to see one of these stories after so long. Wanted to say a few things as I read. Part of me wonders if there's a point, since you've already written a whole novella's worth at the time I say this. I'll stop and say this much though: your writing is plenty better than some of the sidefics I've seen. Crossing my fingers I'll see the start of whatever conflict you're setting up in the next chapter or two.

A million people wrote derivatives of the original PaP when it came out, and the ones that really stood out were those that did something interesting with their conflict. Let's see where yours goes...

[AlphaDidAlotOfThings]

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Holy shit I didn't expect you to comment. Hearing you call my writing good from you of all people really means alot to me.

I'll be honest and just say this entire story is kinda like one really really long prologue. I have ALOT planned for this and most of the beginning of this is just so I can set up that.

[Alvsecret]

May 23th, 2015

It should be may 23rd

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A small light black horse with wings, a light gray mane with purple stripes in it, and royal purple eyes that were staring right back at me…

Mane not mare

[Alvsecret]

Pretty lacking here, they became small horses, what happened to their clothes? The lack of panic as well, and how did he write this?