//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 Stay the Night // Story: My Ponified Adventure // by VioletVixen77 //------------------------------// It was actually a surprisingly calm 30 minute drive to Zoran’s House, I saw Zoran waiting just inside waiting by the door, he had a jacket on and kept shifting it around looking uncomfortable Once he saw me pull into the driveway, he made his way to the van “Thanks for coming, Will” Zoran said “Don’t worry about it, that’s what friends are for, ” I said “We can talk on the way to Chicago I already packed my stuff” he said, holding up his backpack and computer bag” He looked back at the van and seemed to notice that no one else was in there and it was only me and 2 of my sisters “So…. Where's your mom and dad?” Zoran asked “She couldn’t come with but we needed to go, I was worried the entire time that I would get pulled over for being underage, but thankfully we didn’t, and now we have you to help us out in case we get pulled over in the future” I said “We should talk more on the way never know who may be watching” Thinking back on it I don’t think there was really someone watching us, and I was just being overly paranoid, but hey better safe than sorry right? Once we were in the van Zoran put it together quickly and said “So you’re all changing too?” he asked “Yep, Katie and Courtney grew pony ears and I grew a tail” I paused for a moment, “So what did you get Zoran?” In response he lifted up the back of his jacket to reveal 2 small blue, Dragon Wings? Strange “Am I seriously going to be the only unicorn in this group soon enough?” Everyone gave me a look “What? You all saw the news were all turning into our Oc’s and my Oc is a unicorn” “Well Pegasus are awesome” Katie said “Well, I think unicorns are equally as awesome, besides, I could always learn to build my own wings if we end up as full ponies” I pointed out I was about to start the car when I felt the familiar pain from earlier today when I grew my tail just not as painful as before I tried to look a good look in the mirror to try to see what else changed and saw that not all that much had changed other than that, my mane- or soon to be mane was slightly longer and was turning the same color as my tail at the roots of my hair and my forehead seemed to have a slight bump that was barely noticeable. I turned around to see if anything else happened to anyone else Zoran’s wings had gotten slightly bigger and his hair was turning Dark Blue and White, Courtney’s hair had some purple with black streaks in it and Katie was beginning to have some light aquamarine blue fur growing, We also noticed the very beginnings of wings growing in, the feathery kind this time not the scaly kind “Well, that answers one of our unasked questions” I said before starting the car and set our jeeps to take us to Chicago “Well, looks like it’s only 4 and a half hours to get there, this shouldn’t take too long” I said. *1 hour and a half hours later* As soon as those words left my mouth, I was mentally yelling at myself for forgetting one of the things I have learned, Never. Tempt. Fate. We were currently parked on the side of the road planning what we should do next, at first things were great we were making great time, then we saw the roadblocks “Dang it, why the hay is there roadblocks?” I asked no one in particular Out of the corner of my eye I saw Courtney look up, then continued whatever she was doing on my laptop “It’s probably the CDC’s checkpoints to make sure no one who is turning into a pony can travel” She said not noticing the look I was giving her “And why is it that you never mentioned this to me?” I asked She shrugged “I forgot to mention it, ” she said I sighed “Alright is there any road we could take to avoid the checkpoint?” I asked “Nope, not that I can see anyway all the other roads are closed for construction. And the fastest way if we turn around would take about a day to go around” she said “If we go around the long way, there’s no guarantee that we will make in time, and that’s assuming the other roads down that way are not blocked off as well” I said “Alright, here’s the plan. We’ll rest up here until it gets dark and then I do something I know for a fact will come back to bite us in the flank later, ” I said not liking the plan but not seeing any better options. “Goodnight Everyone” I said, closing my eyes and letting sleep claim me. I groaned as the alarm on my phone went off, I sat up and stretched, hearing my muscles pop I looked around to see that it was pitch black out, I cracked open the driver's door slightly letting the automatic lights come on and after a minute of searching, I found my phone and silenced the stress inducing alarm, I looked back to see that everyone else was still asleep except for me, Deciding to let them sleep in a little longer to check for any changes I looked backed to the front of the van and to my dismay I noticed I was already about a foot shorter and was beginning to have problems looking over the steering wheel “Well, this is going to make driving to Chicago more difficult” I muttered noticing my voice was a few pitches higher than it was earlier, I stood up on the chair to get a better look in the small mirror, my hair had completely finished changing color into a strip of aqua blue and 2 hot pink strips on either side of it and now it also came down to about below my shoulders and strangely enough 2 aqua blue bows just like the ones my Oc have tied my mane back into 2 ponytails, my face looked smoother and younger like that of a little girl’s and I’m not sure if it was the dim light that was playing tricks on me or not but my eyes seemed a fraction larger and were now a deep purple. I looked back at the others to see that they went through some more specie defining changes Zoran was in the same boat as me and seemed to be slightly younger and was getting smaller, his wings were definitely larger and seemed to be almost fully grown in, his hair was growing longer and was picking up patches of Dark Blue and White and I could see patches of Light blue fur growing on his neck. Courtney’s hair color was almost fully Black and purple Katie was getting the beginning’s of Dark blue and purple stripes in her hair, Katie's wings were larger and I could see a slight lump in the back of Courtney's shirt probably the beginning of wings It’s strange how it seems to be the changes for the special ability of each race seemed to be happening one at a time for some reason, although following that line of reasoning I would be growing a horn next Which meant the changes were speeding up and we really needed to hurry to Chicago before Zoran and I both grew hooves. “Alright everypony wake up!” I shouted waking them “Get your seat-belts on we need to get to Chicago but the checkpoint is in the way, let’s hope this doesn’t fail miserably and we’re all captured” I said getting my own seat-belt on straining to see the road I started the car wincing when I felt the lack of dexterity in my hands and figured the others weren’t far behind and we still had 3 hours left to go…..just great…… I checked to make sure there wasn’t any cars on the road before shifting into drive and pulled onto the road as soon as I was on the road and was lined up with the gate I slammed on the accelerator and didn’t let off I could hear the guards shouting at us to stop as the front of the van slammed into the metal fence everything was moving like it was in slow-mo for a moment I could hear my sisters screaming from excitement or fear I couldn’t tell which, the sound of glass cracking and shattering metal bending and snapping, sparks going everywhere and then it ended just like that, I closed my eyes to avoid glass and other shrapnel getting into my eyes, I didn’t know if they would send anyone to chase us but I wouldn’t risk it so I kept driving. I don’t know how long it was before I realized I was still driving when suddenly the engine started sputtering and black smoke started to flood the car Frustrated, I pulled over and turned off the engine and got out of the van after a bit of difficulty since by now I could barely move my fingers I looked back at the vehicle and sighed busting through the gate hadn’t helped the already old and battered car there was glass and mangled metal everywhere revealing the shredded engine, I’m actually surprised it made it this far looking like this I looked around to see a home down the road “Let’s go see if we can get some help from them” I said pointing a hand that was almost entirely a hoof by now, down the road at the house. As we approached the small farm house I turned to everyone else “stay here, I will check to see if it’s alright, if it’s safe I will call out to you” They nodded in agreement While I was walking towards the front door of the house I heard Katie silently chanting “Sacrifice, Sacrifice, Sacrifice!” Over and Over I took a deep breath and braced myself, then knocked on the door with a hoof when the door didn’t open for a minute I was about to leave when suddenly an elderly woman opened the door she smiled when she saw me “Hello” She said “Hi, our car broke down by the side of the road down that way and me and my friends were hoping we could stay here to rest up” I said “Of course you can, where is everyone else you were talking about?” She asked then noticed instead of hands, I had hooves, She seemed surprised for a moment before continuing “Oh, so you’re one of those people turning into ponies, I’m assuming you're going to that convention in Chicago correct?” She asked I nodded my head, “Yeah, we haven't been exactly lucky on our trip so far” “Oh dear, well go get your friends you can sleep in the guest rooms while I prepare something for you to eat you must be exhausted from traveling all day” she said “OK everyone, it’s OK” I called out “ She said we can take the guest rooms” I said “Oh, hello, these must be your friends, ” she said “My name is Amanda and the guest rooms are down at the end of the hallway, tell me if you need anything” She said “Thank you Amanda for letting us stay here, ” I said smiling politely “It’s no problem, now go get some rest you four look like you're going to pass out” I just nodded in response and headed in the direction of the guest rooms and soon as my head touched the pillow I passed out.