“Beep! Beep! Beep! Click.” I turn of the alarm and rub my eyes. It’s around 10:00 A.M. I hop of my bed and stretch, yawning quietly as I do so.
After stumbling my way downstairs to the living room, I noticed something strange. neither of my parents were up.
“Huh? They are usually up by now……. Eh, probably sleeping in.” I thought to myself.
Still half asleep, I walk into the kitchen. When I reached for the cabinet, I Found I couldn’t reach it. waking up slightly, I look up.
“How did I get shorter? ….. What the hell happened to my voice!?!” I yell out. My voice sounded like a five year old girl! I made a mad dash to the nearest mirror, which was in the downstairs bathroom.
When I looked into the mirror, I gasped. Staring back at me with light blue eyes was a little girl with the whitest hair i’ve ever seen. Her skin was a deathly pale. she was wearing a red and black lolita dress. all in all, she was adorable and creepy at the same time.
“What is that? ….. oh my god!” moving out of her back were four dark grey tentacles. one of the tentacles were holding a doll.
The tentacle holding the doll dropped it into my hands. I don't know why, but I could feel them trying to calm me down. The doll appeared to be a homemade one. It kinda looked like Lilo's doll from lilo and stitch...... kinda cute, actually
After pinching myself a few times, I realized I wasn't dreaming. Staying calm, I went to my parent's room. Upon opening the door, I was greeted with the sight of an empty bed.
"Okay..... Stay calm, just stay calm. They must have left to get some groceries." Walking out of the room, I went back to the living room. I turn on the TV and find that there is no signal. Sighing, I turn off the TV.
*knock knock knock.
"Huh? Who could that be?" I think to myself before walking to the door. I open the door and find three....... ponies? The one one the left was yellow with a red mane. It was wearing a red bow. The one on the right to it was white with a two toned lavender and pink mane. On its forehead it had a ..... Horn? Moving on, the last pony in the center was orange with a purple mane. On it's sides, I've noticed, were wings. All three of them were bigger than me
".... I don't even..." My right eye started to twitch. I slowly closed the door. After a minute to regain composure, I reopened the door and they were still there, just sitting on my porch in shock. All of us silently stared at each other for a few minutes.
I eventually broke eye contact and looked around to see if I can find where they came from. What I found the most disturbing, was that this wasn't even my town anymore. I did not have a giant tree/house down the dirt road and I did not have ponies running around anywhere near my town. Scarily enough, everypony nearby was staring at me with various expressions.
With wide eyes, I slowly closed and locked the door. I then made a mad dash up to my room and did the one thing that felt appropriate, hiding under my blankets, curled up in the fetal position, and hold the doll tight. Within moments, I heard a panicked shout outside.
"- What was that thing!?! -"
"- Ah don't know girls. Maybe we should get Fluttershy? It seemed kinda jumpy. -"
"- Whatever it was, my sister would love it. Did you see the clothes it was wearing? -"
"- Maybe we can get our cutie marks in helping it? -"
"- I don't think so, Scootaloo. Do you remember what happened when we tried to get our cutie marks in taking care of animals? I'll never look at bunnies the same way. -"
"- Point taken. We'll leave this to the expert. Let's go get Fluttershy.-"
"Strange, that almost sounds like ..... talking?" After the noises stopped, I realized what I was doing.
"What the hell am I doing? I am a grown man.... Who still lives with his parents.... What the hell is wrong with me?" I chided myself, throwing my blanket off me.
"Maybe its the body I'm in. New body, new feelings.....Right?" I sigh. " How did this happen? Eh... It's happening. Just go with the flow and hope for the best."
I take the blankets off me and get up and walk to my bedroom window, leaving the doll on the bed. Looking out, there were many ponies moving around. I blinked, off in the distance, a castle built on the side of a mountain. Across the street, on my right, was a giant tree with windows on it. On my left was a building that would make Hansel and Gretel have nightmares. Other than those houses, there was old style houses, like the ones you would see in villages in my fantasy books.
Looking back at the treehouse, I could see telescope pointed directly at my window from the balcony. Looking through the telescope, was a lavender unicorn with a dark purple mane and tail. Me being the weirdo I am, waved at the pony.
"- What! -"
Damn! I heard her from all the way over here! Next thing I know, there was a flash behind me then a scream. After slowly turning around, I see her held in the air by her legs by my tentacles. She gave me a dirty look and teleported to my bed. My tentacles made another move to get her, but I grabbed them before they got her.
"No! Bad! Be nice!" I scolded them. I don't know how but I felt that they were sorry.Letting them go, I look back at her and smile, scratching the back of my head.
"Sorry about that. These things move on their own and.... Uhhhh.... You don't understand what I'm saying do you?" I ask, seeing the confused look she was giving me. I sigh. Tarzan don't fail me now.
I put my hand on my chest. " Dakota." I point towards her, giving her a look. She looks thoughtfully at me. I do it again. I could almost see the light bulb above her head. She points a hoof at herself. "- Twilight -" she points at me "- Dakta -" well, at least she tried. I smile a little and nod. I point at her, " triwife." Her ears go flat against her head and she gives me a shaky smile.
"Grrrrrr....." My stomach lets out a fearsome growl. I look back and notice she's giving the universal, don't eat me, look, that I return with a blank stare. I shrug and walk downstairs.
"I knew I forgot something in all this 'excitement.' Breakfast. Now, what am I going to make? I've got a pony here so, most likely no bacon." I thought to myself
"- Where do you think you're going? Hey! -"
Ignoring her, I go back to the kitchen with her following. As if knowing what to do, the tentacles get to work. One opened the fridge, while the other pulled out the eggs. The other set pulled out the skillet. Next thing I know, there was a breakfast fit for a family of five.
"How did they make chocolate chip pancakes? I don't even have the chocolate for them. Probably don't want to question it, I want my sanity semi intact by the end of the day." I thought to myself, picturing me, held down in a straight jacket while the guys in white put a needle in me. Shuddering at the thought, I look back at Tri.
It would appear that she was amazed at how fast I made breakfast. Noticing I was staring, she levitated a pancake to her and eyed it carefully. After her horn flashes a few times, she takes a small bite, her eyes close.
"Is she.... Moaning?" Indeed she was. ignoring that weirdness, I grab a pancake and was about to take a bite when....
*knock knock knock
"Why god? Of all the guys in the world you chose me." Sighing and putting down the pancake, I walked to the front door and look out the window. Waiting on my front porch, was a butter yellow pegasus hiding behind her pink mane. Behind her were the other three ponies that showed up earlier.
"- You think it is still here? -"
"- ah think so. Why would it leave? -"
"- Girls, are you sure it is here? I think the pony who lives here would have come to me if some critter was in her home. -"
"- Fluttershy, the house wasn't even here yesterday. I think it lives in the house.-"
"- Maybe some unicorn magicked the house here. Remember when Twilight turned an apple into an orange? -"
"- I don't think it works like that Scootaloo, and even if it did work, how does that explain the creature inside? -"
After a quick internal debate, I open the door and was met with stares.
"-G...Girls? Is this it? -"
"- Yes, yes it is. -"
"- Do you know what it is Fluttershy? -"
"- Girls, I don't know what it is. I know all of the critters in Equestria, this isn't one of them. -"
After waiting for them to stop talking, I went up to the yellow one. She seemed to shake harder the closer I got. Noticing this, I just turn around and walk back inside. I went back into the kitchen and saw Tri still eating the pancakes, I grabbed a pancake and went back to the porch.
"Here, take it. The best way to gain trust is through the stomach, is what I always say." I ripped up the pancake into fourths and give them each a piece. The orange one didn't even attempt to examine it, it just devoured it right on the spot.
Everyone gave her a shocked look. "- What? It was my favorite kind of pancake. -" She said defensively
"- You ate it like it was the first meal you had all week. "- the white one deadpanned.
"- Hey! If you loved them as much as I do, you would have done the same. -" orange countered.
"- How good was it? -" The little yellow one questioned while poking her piece.
"- It tasted like love.... Mmmm -" the orange one drooled.
The other three gave her a confused look and looked back at me. I just shrug, It wasn't the weirdest thing I've seen all day.
"- okay, on the count of three, we take a bite. -" the white one announced.
"- One. -"
"- Two. -"
"- Three! ..... Mmmm -" they all let out a chorus of moans. Apparently, my tentacles can make a mean pancake.
"Come on, I've got too much to eat, even with my guest." They seemed to get the gist of what I said and followed me inside. Once we got inside the kitchen, they saw my guest. She was still chowing away at the stack of pancakes.
"- Oh, Twilight, what are you doing here? -" the yellow one asked as she was walking up to her.
"- Well, First, I was examining the magic burst that occurred this morning. But, at the center it was this house. Second, I saw this little thing inside. When it saw me, it just waved like it was a pony. I teleported inside and within seconds it made breakfast. -" Tri recapped. "-I kind of like it already.-"
I just tuned out their conversation, as I couldn't understand them anyway, and went to the dinner table. It seemed like the other three had the same idea, and followed me. I don't know how, but they each took a seat at the table.
"Okay, I'm definitely insane aren't I? It would explain sooo much." I thought while sighing. I was broken out of my musings by a plateful of pancakes and scrambled eggs the tentacles brought me. In the back of my head I could feel that they were trying their best to assure me I'm not insane.
"And these things are kinda cool. Though, why are they acting of their own free will? I don't want a Doctor Octopus incident in the future." I thought to myself.
One of the tentacles opened a drawer and brought me a fork. "Oh, uh, thanks." All it does is bob up and down.The other three tentacles moved to get the other three ponies' plates. The orange one, once she got her plate, just kinda... Dug in with just her face, moaning the whole time.
"- Ohhh, sweet Celestia! I don't know what you are, but you are about as awesome as Rainbow Dash in my book for sharing these. -" the orange on praised. Her friends giving me another look.
"Huh, OK? I don't know what she said, but it sounded like she was in love with me..... What the hell is in these?" I just smile and nod.
Taking a bite of pancake, I am hit with the taste of the gods and all I could think of is, "More. Good! Moar!" After mindlessly devouring the pancakes at a speed I thought only the flash was capable of, I woke up from the mindless haze.
"Whew, those things are dangerous.... Dangerously good!" I mentally cheered. I had tentacles that could make heavenly pancakes. I reach out and pet a tentacle. They seemed happy that I was happy. If they could keep cooking like that, I won't have as many problems here.
It's strange having tentacles that work separately from yourself. Its like having a person on your back and she can only communicate by her feelings. But these tentacles are acting like a mom that I've never had.
"Strange... I can't remember my parents..... Uhhh.... Don't panic, you have some photo albums in the living room,stay calm, you don't want to freak out the magical unicorns in the house. I'll just check them in a minute." I internally panic while on the outside I have a PokerFace. I walk into the living room, get the album and walk back into the kitchen, taking a seat behind the table.
Opening the album, I was met with pictures of a different family with the little girl I am in front smiling. She didn't have the tentacles in the first few pictures. As I went on, I noticed the other members of the family disappearing one by one. In the second to last picture, was just a woman lying in a hospital bed with the little girl on a seat beside her. The woman had no hair and was looking at the little girl with a weak smile. The little girl was giving the woman a small smile of her own, but her eyes, they told a different story they told of a girl who lost everything and was accepting it like she had no will to go on. On the bottom was writing.
Goodbye Momma.
Not liking that one bit, I move to the last picture. It showed the little girl standing in the same spot for all the other family photos. It was just her standing there, but she had the tentacles in this one. In her blue eyes I saw a happiness like when a survivor on an island was just been found and is being taken home. The tentacles were out and it looked like they were the ones taking a picture judging from them being out of the edges of the picture. On the bottom said, Mama's back. Shocked, I slowly closed the book.
".....Okay, what was that I just read? That was some dark stuff in this album. Why wasn't I in there? Am I really insane? I'm really losing it aren't I? "
"- Uhhh, Fluttershy? Ah think somthin's wrong with the critter. -" I was broken out of my reverie by the yellow one's worried tone. I didn't notice her get closer to me. I then noticed my face was wet, I was crying.
"- Really? what happened? -" the bigger yellow one trotted over to us with the other three.
"- Ah don't know. All it did was look in the book it was holding then it started crying. -"
"- The poor dear... Come here little fella. I will make you feel much better. -" the bigger one beckoned in a motherly tone. A tentacle stretched away from me and left the room only to return with the doll from earlier. I quickly grab the doll and hold it close, briefly realizing again I'm a kid.
"I'm fine...." I sniffle. "Really? You are a grown man, get it together! Besides, they can't understand you anyway." I mentally chide myself.
One of the tentacles moved to grab the album, only to be stopped by the purple one. "- You were reading this, right? If you don't mind... -" She says as she levitates the album over to herself.
The others surround her, trying to take a peek at the album. After a few minutes she was in tears. "- I.... I.... I need to send a letter. -" Says before teleporting away with the album.
"I guess that she went home?" I ponder out loud, my unexplained tears forgotten. "This is gonna be one of those days, isn't it?"