Breach of Privacy

by Ashfur


Cloud Storage

There are lots of things that are unpleasant to wake up from a nap to in the middle of the afternoon.  For most people, it's something simple, like a weird noise from outside or discovering the dog needs to be let out.  Chris was not that lucky. He woke up from his nap to discover clouds. Everywhere.

"RAINBOW!"

Chris angrily clawed his way out of the clouds covering his bed, clambering over them to try and find the floor.  He noted that he was interacting with them as though they were giant pillows, which could only mean the cloudwalking potions he had been using for his cloudsdale vacation last week were still in effect.  Growling at his bad luck, he tore the clouds away from the door and pushed it open… only to have it barely budge from the clouds behind it. "Oh, you've got to be kidding me. I'm gonna pluck all her feathers when I get my hands on that mare…"

Barely squeezing his way through the doorway, he realized that the clouds were even more compacted together in the hallway!  Testing the bathroom door right across the hall had a similar result, the sheer amount of cloud managing to turn on the sink halfway across the room.  Deciding that it was pointless to try and fix that, Chris decided that the fastest route out of the house, straight through his living room and to the front door, would probably be the easiest way out.  Gritting his teeth and grabbing a fistful of cloud, Chris began to tunnel through the fully white clouds pressed together in his hallway.

It was slow-going, with the soft, pillowy tunnel he had created leaving Chris in a tight space a few times, but he ultimately managed to claw his way into the living room.  He thought he did, at least, since the clouds started to squish together a bit less, which implied much more room to move in. Emboldened by this, he redoubled his efforts to get out, digging through his room with newfound determination.

"Are you sure Chris will be okay with this, Rainbow?  We packed these in really tight."

"Don't worry Twi, Chris is my buddy.  He won't mind, and as soon as we clear these out, he'll never even know!  Thank goodness he's out of town this week." The voices of Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle resonated through the clouds to reach the irritated human.

"Oh, really?!  Because I got back from Canterlot YESTERDAY!  Why is my house filled with clouds?!"

Rainbow stepped back in shock, stammering out a response.  "Wait, I thought- you were supposed to- Twilight, say something!"

"Ohmygosh, I'm so sorry, Chris!"  Twilight wailed as she dashed to the wall of clouds, starting to dig through them.  "Rainbow needed to get rid of this cloudbank before the weather inspector showed up, and this was the only place she could think of!  Don't move, once I figure out where you are, I'll teleport you out!"

Chris grumbled.  "My house is not a storehouse for your clouds, Rainb- huh?"  He paused, rubbing his head to confirm what he had just felt.  "Uh, girls? I just felt a drop. These wouldn't happen to be rainclouds, would they?"

"What?  No! They'd only start raining of you poured water on them, Chris.  I wouldn't expect you to know weather pony science, though. See, at the moment, these clouds are roughly at 73% saturation, which means that-"  Twilighr was about to go into a lecture as she noticed the wall of clouds darken and start to drip. "Okay, now they look more along the lines of 95% saturation… Chris, what's going on in there?"

"Shoot, the sink is running in the bathroom!  Twilight, do something! It's getting cramped and soggy in here!"  Chris desperately clawed at the clouds before noticing that he wasn't making full contact with them anymore… the cloudwalking potions must be wearing off!

"Aw, shoot, C!"  Rainbow poked at one of the clouds to how damp it was.  "Don't move a muscle! These things are so packed full of water now that the slightest impact will set 'em off!"  She tried to gingerly move a cloud aside, but alas, it was at that moment that Chris's cloudwalking came to an end and he fell three feet straight down through the dark clouds, belly-flopping into the living room floor with a loud THUD.  To Twilight and Rainbow's horror, the clouds began to quiver… the last thing they saw was a wall of water heading right for them.

Not too long later, Twilight, Rainbow, and Chris regained their senses, waking up on the soggy, mud-soaked ground in front of Chris's house.  The poor human took one look at his house, now a prime example for water damage. Several windows were busted, the carpets were drenched, furniture was tossed about by the torrent of water, and there was a duck swimming in what used to be the small front garden.  "Hey, Rainbow?"

"Y-yeah, C?  Buddy? Pal? Best friend?"  The pegasus grinned sheepishly, taking a few tentative steps backwards.  She tried to flap her wings, but they were covered in mud and wouldn't be able to fly until she cleaned them.

"I'm gonna give you a ten second head start to start running… and it started nine seconds ago!"  Chris lunged for Rainbow, and she galloped off with him in hot pursuit. Twilight simply shook her head, and wondered how she was going to explain the bill that would inevitably result from this to her economics committee.