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// Chapter 7: The Encounter 
// Story: Dreams Really Do Come True! 
// by Dyno8man 
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Saturday
7:55 PM


Surprisingly, the bath went by much faster than I thought. 15 minutes, and I already smell like a clean dog. I told Mom that, and she laughed with me. My fur is still slightly wet in some places, but I don’t mind. But now, it’s time for dress up.

Well, it’s not really dress up. She told me that she was just going to fix my mane, and tail in a way that makes me look “presentable”. Mom was always the one to pick out what clothes we wear on special occasions because she has a good taste in fashion. I think she closely resembles Rarity because of that.

So, now I’ve gotta wait for her to finish styling my hair in a way that she thinks people would enjoy seeing when they see me. For one, she definitely brushed my hair. She tried to even out the hair on both sides of my head because it kinda liked to fall over on the right side. I always had to brush it out of the way because my right eye was my good eye, and it bugs me that I can’t see anything because of the hair blocking it. And after that was all done, I looked at myself in the mirror, and I started to blush a little bit as Mom said “Aw, you look so adorable!”

“Mom, it’s not like I’m going to a prom or anything.” I told her. Then, she ran out of the bathroom for a while, and I heard some talking. I think Mom was asking Natalie for something, but I couldn’t quite tell what. They were still too far away for me to hear.

About a minute later, Mom came back with a pink bow, and once I saw it, I moaned. “Oh, come on. Please don’t make me wear that…”
“Oh, you’re going to wear it, whether you like it or not!” Mom said, laughing.

I just simply sighed, and let her put the clip-on bow in my mane. Once she did, I looked in the mirror, and Mom was right. I looked absolutely adorable! I blushed once again.

“See? I know what I’m doing. Now, go ahead and say it.” Mom said. I know what she wants me to say, and I hate having to say it whenever she proves her point. I sigh, and smile, and decide to say it instead of rebelling again. “You were right, Mom…”

“Aren’t I always?”

I roll my eyes, and look at the clock. It was 8:00 PM. Wow, all of that only took 20 minutes? That went by really fast! We started the bath at around 7:40 PM, and we’ve still got some time to spare. “So, we still have only 15 minutes left. What do you wanna do until they arrive?” I ask Mom.

She puts her hand on her chin as she thinks, and she comes up with something. “TV and belly rubs?”

“Yes PLEASE!” I say with eagerness in my voice.

So she picks me up, and takes me downstairs to the living room, but not before petting my fur, which was soft as silk now. Mom sat me down on the couch, and she did the same right next to me. Natalie was in the dining room, working on a coloring book. Mom shouts over to her. “Natalie, do you want to watch TV with us?”

“No, I’m good! Thank you!” Natalie shouts back.

“Are you sure? I just got done making Reece look all pretty!” I look at Mom as if to say “Don’t call me pretty.”

“Really?! Okay, I’m coming!” Natalie shouts with excitement in her voice. A few seconds later, Natalie came in running to the couch, and she stopped when she saw me. Her face was priceless, she cooed. “Aww, she looks SOOO CUTE!”

I blushed a little, and she cooed again. “Aw, you look even cuter when blushing!”

“We’re going to watch TV until Reece’s friend gets here. Want to watch with us?” Mom asked Natalie.

“Boy, would I?!” Natalie said with more excitement.

Natalie sat to my left, and Mom to my right, as Mom scrolled through the guide to find something we would all enjoy. Then, I found my favorite show on MTV. “You two wanna watch Ridiculousness?” Mom asked us.

As if we were clones, Natalie and I said it at the same time. “YES!”

So Mom, Natalie, and I watched Ridiculousness for about 10 minutes before Krystal arrived with her parents. I looked at Mom with a little bit of worry. I needed her help. I couldn’t just walk out there, and tell them I was Reece. That would be insane! And bizarre.

“Natalie, feel free to keep watching it without us.” Mom told her. Natalie shook her head, and paused the TV to follow us. Mom looked at me as if to say “Stay inside until I say.” So I did. Mom and Natalie walked out to greet them. I kept the door open just a crack to make sure I could hear them clearly. I peeked through the curtained windows a bit to watch.

Krystal walked up to them. “Hi! Is Reece inside still getting ready?” She said, looking behind them at the house. Mom and Natalie looked at each other. “Yeah…about that…” Natalie said sheepishly. Krystal did a simple “Hmm?” as she looked back at them. “Could you bring your parents over here for a moment?” Mom asked Krystal.

“Sure. Hang on.” She said, running back to her car to tell her parents. About 10 seconds later, her parents came walking out of their cars, and over to Mom and Natalie. Krystal’s parents were always the nice kind of parents. They would always allow us to do things most parents wouldn’t. Well, they would allow most things. They were really understanding, and kind, so I’m sure they would understand my situation…I hope.

“Okay. So you three have to promise not to judge, or freak out in any way, okay?” Mom told them. The three of them looked at each other with confused looks, until Krystal’s dad spoke up. “Yes, we all promise.”

Mom then looked over at the mirror, telling me that it was time for me to reveal myself to them. So, I walked over to the door, and pushed it open, and allowed them to watch me, as I make my way next to Mom.

“You ready to go, Reece?” Mom asked me. I saw their eyes grow big as I looked over at Mom. “Yep. All set.” Krystal stared at me with her mouth open, and her parents looked at each other with shocked faces similar to Krystal’s.

“R-Reece?! Is that really you?!” Krystal asked me, sounding more concerned than I had ever heard before. “Yep, in the flesh. What did you expect? Prince Charming?” I joked around.

“I thought…weren’t you…didn’t we….are you…did you…” She stuttered, trying to find the right beginning to her sentence. I finish it for her. “Yes, I am Reece, and yes, I am a pony. I don’t know how, I just woke up like this.” I tell her, trying to sound as honest as possible.

“But, stuff like this doesn’t just happen!” She tells me, and my ear twitches as she does. “That’s exactly what my dad said!”

Natalie walks beside me, and explains some stuff to Krystal. “Yep, and just to let you know, she has already been given a bath, so she shouldn’t smell like anything except clean dog!” I blush as she calls me a “she” again. “Wait, Reece is a girl, too?!” She is absolutely shocked out of her mind now, I can tell, and it is hilarious, but I manage to keep it together. “Yep…I’m a girl now.” I tell her, while still blushing. “Well that explains your voice. I knew something sounded fishy!” Wow, she knew the whole time? Dang, she is good. I am no match!

“So, shall we get going, and stop wasting time?” I ask her, and she nods. “Oh, yeah right! But first…” Krystal turns back around to her parents, and introduces them to me…again. “Mom, Dad, this is my friend, Reece. I’m sure you remember him from last time, right?”

“Well yeah, but not like this! How is this even possible?!” Her mother exclaims. I see both Mom and Natalie shrug at them at the same time. I say the same thing that we’ve said before. “I don’t know! I don’t know how this happened, or how this is possible!” Yes, I continue to lie. They must not know about my wish. Nobody will find out, and I really hope that Mom doesn’t ask me about my wish.

“Well, this is Reece, and we all know that I don’t lie, so let’s get going then.” Krystal said, looking around at me, and her parents. Pretty soon, we were heading over to their car to officially get this sleep over on with! Mom and Natalie waved goodbye to me, and Natalie shouted. “See ya, Reece!”

I waved back as I got into the right side of the back car seats. The car had entered from the right of our house. Krystal’s parents hop inside the front of the car, and Krystal closes the door for me, since I don’t have hands to grab the handle. Then, she walked around to the side of the car facing the house, which was also the left side of the car, and got in, sitting right next to me. Pretty soon, we started driving away from my house, and to Krystal’s.

About half the duration of the car ride was silent, until Krystal looked at me, and smiled. “You know, I just can’t help but say that you look so gosh darn adorable right now!” She immediately hugged me after.

I blushed and smiled. “Let me guess, it’s the bow, isn’t it?” I ask her, pointing to the bow in my mane.

“Yeah, for the most part. But aside from that, you look even cuter when you blush like that!” She hugs be slightly tighter. I laugh a bit. “Typical of a girl to freak out over something as cute as me.” She looks at me, and makes a mad-happy face. “Trust me, if you were a girl, you’d do it too.” I stare at her, and look myself over. “But, I am a girl. So, your point?” She play punches me in the shoulder softly, and laughs. “Oh, be quiet!” I laugh with her, and I could have sworn I heard her parents laughing too.

About another 5 minutes later, we arrived at Krystal’s house. Krystal was the first to get out so that she could go over to my side, and open my door for me since I still can’t do it myself. After I got out, her parents made their way out of the car, and locked it. We then walked over to their house entrance. But before I could walk inside, Krystal walked in front of me. “So, first of all, we’re going to have to do the same thing your family did back at your place, with the introduction.”

I figured that there must have been other people in there, and I was completely alright with that. “Alright. Let’s head on in, then.”
So we did, and I walked behind Krystal to avoid being seen by the others. Krystal walked me upstairs to where everyone was. She told me to stay at the midway point of the stairs. There was one flight of stairs, then a much larger step in the middle for the turn, then the second flight of stairs. She had a nice two-story house. I heard her greet her guests. “Alright, everybody. Tonight, we have sort of a special guest sleeping here. I’d like for you all to meet…”

Here I go. This is my big moment…to show everyone what I am now, I mean. It’s not like I’m performing or anything. “Reece!” She shouted out, and I walked up the rest of the stairs, and immediately, they all started staring at me with lots of different looks. But what really caught my eye was a very familiar face. I took a closer look at him, and my eyes grew wide.

“J-Jacky?!”

“Reece?!”


Until Chapter 8…