Idea for an upcoming Vogonverse story. · 8:22am Sep 6th, 2014
I've had this scene in mind for a while... So... here's a very early, very raw, and still likely to change, sneak peek at a scene from a story with the tentative title of:
A Brave New World
"Mom, I'm just going to be visiting Gala, Michael, Ambroshia, and Anna!"
"I know, but my little Strawberry Pie isn't going to be in the house for an entire week! I need my huggles!"
I rolled my eyes as mom squeezed me. Dad was in the doorway, watching, and giving that knowing smirk of his. He knew what it was like to get a mom hug, a Pinkie Pie hug. I looked over at my brother Onyx. He openly laughed. I watched his curly pink hair disobeying the laws of gravity, seriously, how did that work? Him and mom both! Their hair looked at the natural laws, laughed, and went on their merry. How does that happen? And why am I the normal one?
"Why didn't you do this with Onyx?"
"Silly Billy I did! I huggled and cuddled my wittle Onyx before I ever let him out the door! He just like the huggles and cuddles. Sometimes you act just like Maud."
My Aunt Maud, I've heard so much about her. She's supposed to be a geologist, from what Mom says all of the time, and mom says that I take after her more. I wish that I could meet her. Mom finally stops hugging me and I walk toward the Elevator with Dad.
"Do you have your net tablet?"
"Yeah, I packed it."
"Good, Igor already has it's registration on file, so when you connect to the net with it he'll be there to help."
"I know Daddy... Daddy, why is Mom the way she is? And don't I act more like her?"
"Strawberry, your mother is just being your mother. She is the way she is, and trying to understand it will drive anyone insane. As for why you don't act like her... Actually, in some ways you do. Pinkie is very protective of all of us, just like you are of Onyx. I've seen you stand between him and those protesters."
I nodded.
"They were being mean."
"I know sweetheart."
He let out a sigh and then a moment later we were at the front door. We walked out and climbed into our SUV. I felt it rumble to life and soon we were heading toward the train station.
"Dad, why are we so different? I mean it's not just me and Onyx... But Gala, Michael, Anna, and Ambroshia are different too. It's like we don't really fit in anywhere."
I felt the SUV stop and I looked at Dad.
"Don't you ever believe that. You, your brother, and your cousins all fit in. You're meant to be in this world. If you weren't then you wouldn't be here, but you are, and I know that all of you have the potential to go on and do great things."
I sit there for a moment until we get to the train station. Finally I look up at him.
"I... I just kind of wish that I was prettier. You know, like Mom."
"Sweetheart, you're beautiful. What's this all about anyway?"
I feel my cheeks getting warm.
"Nothing!"
I get out of the SUV and we walk into the train station together. He presses his thumb to the ID reader and a moment later a ticket pops out. When it does he hands it to me.
"Okay, first rule, stay in your compartment. They will bring around a dinner cart. Order from it, but don't leave your compartment, or at least your train car, for any reason until you get to where Aunt Applejack is picking you up. If you need help along the way you get your tablet on, and you tell Igor what you need. He'll get the help several times quicker than the train's helper."
I nodded.
"That's my good girl. Be careful sweetheart."
I watched as the train stopped, and several armed men got off of the top, and came out of another car. I walked over to the car number my ticket said, walked in, and found my compartment number. I looked outside the widow and watched as the train station started to disappear.
(Like I said this was something that I've had rumbling around in my head for a while. I need to finish up I See Pink, and I'd like to get a little more done with An Apple in a Bushel of Peaches, and Plowed Fields before I do this though.
This looks like an interesting story! I give my approval, especially if Maud shows up.
Lol a kids of the cast thing? I like.