The next day, Stormcloud was still recovering from the social interaction he had had with Rarity, as well as the realization that she had made yesterday. He had not removed the make-up from yesterday, but rather, he was careful not to. It was one of the few things that he found made him happy.
There was a knock at the door, causing Stormcloud to jump. He took a minute to prepare himself, then walked over to the door. But nothing could have prepared him for what was about to happen. When he opened it, there was a pink pony standing there, with a very bouncy mane.
“HI!” The pony said, with more excitement tha Stormcloud was ready for. “Who are you? I haven’t seen you before! I like your makeup! Why are there so many animals here? Where is the mare that lives here? Are you her coltfriend?”
Stormcloud was overwhelmed, but winced at that last statement. Though he wasn’t sure why. It was, just something about the phrase “coltfriend” that, when directed at him, didn’t sit right.
“WHAT IS YOUR NAME?” that finally shook Stormcloud out of his stooper.
“St- Stormcloud”
“Stormcloud? Cool! That’s the same name that the-“ the pony looked confused, and it looked like they were trying to figure something out. Then, something clicked for them, “Oh! You’re the mare! I’m Pinkie Pie!”
The feeling from before had returned. The joy from being called a mare. But it was not the only feeling that was true. There was also a feeling of fear. A fear of being seen as a stallion. He had never realized that that was what that fear was. It confused him greatly.
For now, he decided to just focus on the pink mare in front of him.
“N-Nice to m-meet you”
“Why did Rarity do your make-up?”
This caught Stormcloud by surprise. How did Pinkie know about that? But she was looking at him, almost intensely, so he thought of a reason why.
“I-I was wearing a dress”
“Cool! The dress must be AMAZING! Can I see?”
“Um… well… ok”
Stormcloud turned and walked towards his room. Towards his dress.
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A while later, Stormcloud came back downstairs, and saw that Pinkie Pie was sitting on the floor, waiting for him. Her eyes lit up when she saw what he looked like.
“Oh, my, CAKE! You look so PRETTY!!!”
Stormcloud blushed a little at that, a happy little dance was going on inside her.
“You look just like a mare!”
You look just like a mare. That was when it happened. When he finally realized what was going on with him. Why he liked being called pretty, why he hated being a stallion.
Because he wasn’t one.
She was a mare.