Tim woke up from his sleep to a sudden flash of light. Tim was a musician who lived with his brother, Barney, who was the complete opposite of himself in almost every imaginable way. He was busy working in his room, practicing with his Cello one second with his brother practicing in the other room, then he found himself in an entirely different room altogether. He looked around briefly, seeing that he was in a room just as organized as his room, along with a matching Cello. But he could tell that not only was it a musician's room, but everything was gigantic! The door opened and he stared in awe on what entered: It was a pony!
The Pony was a light gray mare (sporting big eyelashes) with a darker mane color, wearing a pink bow tie, and, on both flanks, was a purple Treble Cleft. To Tim’s credit, she looked beautiful, but gasped as she approached him.
"What's this?" The mare asked in an elegant woman's voice "A human!?" Her right hoof quickly overshadowed him and he was picked up by the collar of his shirt. "What are you doing here!? Are you here to rob me!?"
"Uh..." Tim sputtered "What's-?"
"I hate it when you humans break in and try taking my stuff!" Her stomach then noticeably growled. "Ugh... I don't enjoy doing this, but consider this as your punishment for trespassing." She lifted Tim up and opened her maw wide. Tim watched as he was lowered into the mare's mouth, and he scrambled!
"W-Wait! Stop! D-don't eat me!!!"
"Oh please, don't struggle. I hate it when-"
"I don't wanna die! Oh god! My dream is to be a cellist!!!" This stopped the mare. Tim felt his legs inside the warm maw, but noticed that he was suddenly taken back out. The pony turned it's hoof around, turning her flat hoof as a platform for him.
"You... want to be a Cellist?"
"Y-yes."
"You're pretty small to be a cellist."
"...Well... you're huge."
"Touche." She smiled at him. Tim smiled back. The mare turned and saw the tiny cello right near where Tim stood. "Is that yours?" Tim looked down at the Cello.
"Y-yes." The mare carefully placed Tim on the counter. She then sat down on her haunches.
"Play me something."
"P-play something?"
"Anything. I want to hear what you know." Tim carefully stood up, picked up his Cello, took a deep breath, and played a tune that he had been practicing.
The mare closed her eyes and listened to Tim's music.
He really is a cellist! she thought. And quite talented, might I say. Tim finished his music.
The mare clapped her hooves together. Tim in return took a respectful bow to her.
"Th-thank you!" He spoke. "Never thought I'd make a pony happy... let alone a giant, lovely pony such as you." The mare noticeably blushed.
"Oh, thank you, sir." she replied "now tell me, how did you get in here? Did you come here to show me your talent?"
"Uh... neither, ma'am. I just... sorta appeared here."
"You just appeared here? Oh dear, you're new to this world, aren't you? Well, I apologize for trying to eat you, sir. Allow me to introduce myself: I am Octavia Melody. Can I get your name, sir?"
"Tim. Tim Note. And... why did you try to eat me? Other than thinking I tried to rob you?"
"Oh... well... you're in Equestria, a land of us ponies and other creatures. Your kind has been appearing around here, and... well... you're all delicious."
"...Delicious?"
"Basically, you all taste lovely, and we all enjoy eating you." Tim took a few steps back. "Don't worry, though. Your kind is unharmed in our stomachs, and... well... Sorry, but I'm quite surprised that you’re such a talented one. However, you still need practice.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Hm… well, I can make myself a quick sandwich, and you can live with me.”
“Live with you?”
“It has it’s benefits: you get a roof over your head, free lessons provided by me, and, the best one, I’ll be sure no one eats you, especially my sister, Vinyl.”
“...You… have a sister?”
“Yes. Aside from her loud music, she’s not much of a talker.”
“Oh, she sounds a lot like-” Loud wub music was then heard blasting through the wall.
“There she goes again, practicing for her next concert. Come, I’ll share my sandwich with you.” She raised her hoof up for Tim to walk on. Feeling rather comfortable around her, he jumped on. “Do you like daisies?”
“Uh, no, ma’am. Do you have Celery?”
“Of course.” She nuzzled him. Tim was caught off guard by that and fell on his bottom, but patted Octavia’s muzzle, laughing a bit on how ticklish her nose was. She carried him to the kitchen made themselves a sandwich.
Vinyl Scratch, one of Equestria’s most popular DJ’s and Ponyville’s local celebrity, was practicing on one of her new tracks, when unbeknownst to her, a human appeared right next to her glass of milk, along with a miniature DJ mixing board.
He had his headphones on and he was too busy making new beats for his new soundtrack to notice. He dreamed to one day make himself the next DJ star, so he didn't notice the large flash of light and the new environment that was just as filthy as his room back home. Vinyl wiped some sweat from her forehead, and, feeling thirsty, reached for her milk. She gasped as she didn't grab her milk, but a human.
“What the-!?” The human yelled. Vinyl dropped him. The human stood right back up, took off his headphones and now noticed the messy room, as well as Vinyl. “... Please tell me I'm on drugs.”
A human’s here? Vinyl thought. Huh… must be a newbie. Doesn't know where he's at. Her stomach then growled. She looked down at her belly, then back at the human,licking her lips. I should give him my Greetings.
“Relax, Barney,” The human spoke to himself. “This is all just some crazy dream.” Vinyl’s horn glowed, and Barney, was picked up while being surrounded by a blue aura. “OK, for a dream, this feels TOO real.” He was lifted up to Vinyl’s gaping maw, ready to accept him. “H-Hey!!! OH NO!!! THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!!! Horses don't eat people! Let alone Unicorns!”
Maybe where you came from, but my belly is empty. Perhaps I should have a little fun with him. She playfully dangled him around for a bit before finally lowering him further down into her mouth, her throat opening up to his presence.
“W-Wait!!! Stop!!! I don't wanna die! I'm THIS close to becoming a world famous DJ!!!” This got her to stop.
A DJ? Barney felt her stop and reopened his eyes. He was taken out of her maw.
“W-why did you stop? Y-you know what a DJ is?” She nodded. “S-so y-you’re not g-gonna eat me?” A shrug. She then saw Barney’s DJ board and pointed at it. Barney turned to what she was pointing at. “You… wanna listen?” A nod. She lowered him onto her stand and waved her hoof as to say ‘go on’. Barney got to his board and cleared his throat. “Alright, if it’s just so I can live for another day… guess it's time to drop the bass!” He began to play his remix.
Vinyl couldn't help but bob her head, enjoying his music. It wasn't like hers, but she knew that, even if she couldn't talk, she could teach him a few tricks on how to be a really good DJ.
Little guy's got Talent, I'll give him that.
“Whoo! Enjoyed that, miss?” Barney asked with some nervousness in his voice. Vinyl nodded. “Oh thank God! Can I get outta here?” She shook her head. “No!? How-” He was lifted in her magic and brought to a window, showing that it was getting dark outside. “Oh… guess that makes sense. Can I go after that?” another shake. “... A-are you gonna eat me?” She smiled and shook her head. She pointed at her board, then to her, then his board, and then back to Barney. “... Oh! You… wanna mix with me?” She nodded. She gestured to her room, finishing with her less than stellar looking bed. “You... You’re saying I'm going to live here for a bit?” She nodded again. “Huh… living with a giant Unicorn? That's something I never imagined would happen to me in a long time. Well… if we're going to live together, my name's Barney. What's yours?” Vinyl took a deep breath.
“Vinyl?” Octavia’s muffled voice called from behind the door.
UH OH!!! TAVI!!! I gotta hide Barney! She hates humans in the house and, and she's gonna hate me for keeping him! Think, Vinyl, think!
“Vinyl? Who's that?” Barney asked. Vinyl tapped her head and then had an idea. She pointed at Barney, gesturing him to zip his lips. “Be quiet? Why? Is she-?” Vinyl just picked him up and hid him in her mane behind the bang that hung around her ear. “What the-?” Vinyl hushed him and Barney closed his mouth to keep quiet.
Octavia stood outside Vinyl’s door with Tim and the sandwich on her plate.
“Oh! Almost forgot!” she gasped. “I'm sorry, but you need to hide. No doubt Vinyl will probably try and eat you!”
“Eat me?” Tim asked. “Why would she-?”
“It's something she always does. Just keep down and don't show yourself.”
“Yes, ma'am.”
‘I can’t let Vinyl know I’m keeping a human in the house. She’ll think I’ve gone soft.’ Octavia placed Tim carefully behind her ear, just before Vinyl answered the door.
“Good evening, Vinyl. I trust your last concert went well?” Vinyl nodded. “Ah, excellent. And I suppose you're hungry after all that, aren't you? Or did you have one of your fans again?” Octavia jested. Vinyl shook her head and rubbed her belly. “Well, I’m glad I here to fix that. Sandwich?” Vinyl grabbed the sandwich. “May I come in? I’d like to hear-” Without much warning, Vinyl shut the door. “Vinyl…? Hm… She’s never been THIS quiet before…” She shrugged. “She must be making ready for bed. Come Tim, let get us some sleep. I’ll make us a great breakfast in the morning.”
“Without me as breakfast I hope?” Tim asked.
“Without you as breakfast.” She giggled. “Now come along, it's getting late.” They walked into Octavia’s room. She placed Tim on her bed while she took off her bow tie for the night. Tim climbed onto her pillow, avoiding the mare as she lay down on her bed next to him. She gently grabbed Tim and held him in between her hooves, pulling him close to her chest. He could hear, and feel, her beating heart.
“Mm… your heart is very soothing, Ms. Melody.”
“Thank you, Sir Tim. Hopefully one day you can meet my sister.” She closed her eyes and soon fell asleep. Listening to the relaxing sound of her heart beat, Tim was too curious to sleep.
‘Wonder what does Vinyl looks like? And I hope Barney's okay. Oh, Barney, please be safe.’
Vinyl let out a sigh of relief. She took a bite out of her sandwich as Barney came out.
“You live with that Fancy Dame?” he asked. She nodded. “Classy. She reminds me a lot of my brother back home.” He paused. “Oh man… I totally forgot about him. I hope he’s safe. Hey Vinyl? Think you can help me find my brother in the morning?” Vinyl nodded, finishing her sandwich. “Oh thank you.”
She walked to her bed, holding Barney in her magic. She lay down on her back and placed him on her soft belly. The unicorn couldn’t help but chuckle at how ticklish having him there felt. “Good night.”
She took her shades off and placed them next to her lamp, to which she turned off. She pulled her blanket over them and closed her eyes as both of them fell asleep.
Sometime around midnight, Barney and Tim woke up in their sleep. Tim woke up from his curiosity on what Vinyl looked like, while Barney woke because of how loud Vinyl was snoring.
‘Vinyl can’t be that bad.’ Tim thought to himself. ‘Perhaps she even knows where Barney is...’
‘This girl’s too loud!’ Barney thought while shielding his ears. ‘Maybe her sister is a light sleeper..?’
Tim got up. As comfortable and warm Octavia’s fur was, his curiosity about Vinyl and the whereabouts of his brother got the better of him. He climbed out and slid down the bed’s spiraled legs’ which, while fun, was a faster way to get down. Once on the floor, he heard, muffled, yet loud(!), snoring coming from Vinyl’s room.
‘Sounds a lot like Barney.’ He hurried to the door leading out into the hallway. ‘I guess I’ll enter through the door. Hopefully I’m skinny enough to crawl under.’ He exited Octavia’s room, ran down the hallway towards Vinyl’s door, to see it slightly ajar. ‘Works for me.’
Barney carefully walked down Vinyl’s belly, though it was hard for him to keep his balance. It felt like a mix between a trampoline and a blow up castle. He worked his way to her thigh and slid down one of her hind legs, followed by sliding down one of her bed’s ‘legs’. He navigated through the mess around him and saw a mousehole.
‘Better safe than sorry. Don’t want to be crushed, or eaten, by her sister in the hallway.’ He entered the mousehole, very lucky to see that not only were there no mice around, but it led straight to Octavia’s room.
Tim entered Vinyl’s room, and gagged at the sight and smell of it.
“Ugh! Only Barney could sleep in a room like this!” he commented. He held his breath and navigated through a landmine of filth, heading to the loud & snoring white mountain called Vinyl. “Great... Please, just let this go well....” He made it to the bottom of the bed and climbed up a leg that, probably by accident, had folds that acted like a ladder. Quiet as a mouse, Tim climbed onto the bed. Then, very carefully, climbed onto Vinyl’s hind legs. He wobbled and nearly lost balance as she tossed and shifted position on the bed. Once it was over, he proceeded and climbed onto her belly. ‘There, now to quietly wake her up and-’
Vinyl let out a snort that made him freeze; this was a snort of someone waking up, or, in this case, a pony waking up.
Barney exited the mousehole and beheld the very clean & organized room. He whistled to himself.
“Man, Tim would LOVE this place!” He said to himself. He then spotted Octavia “And this one is a quiet sleeper. I like that.” He walked to one of the bed’s legs and shimmied along one of the spirals, being careful not to take a misstep. He found himself near Octavia’s hind legs, but, being very careful, walked silently next to Octavia’s body, seeing her in great detail. He stopped as he made it to her face. “Hm… maybe she won’t notice if I sleep in her mane? Or perhaps-?” He paused as Octavia’s mouth opened wide and yawned. Her eyes then opened. “Uh oh!”
Tim froze as Vinyl woke up. He saw that Vinyl had a horn sticking out of her forehead, which then glowed with a blue aura around it. It enveloped the lamp and turned the light on. As much as Tim wanted this, it was bad timing and there was no place on her bed to hide . Vinyl lifted her head up and gasped as she saw Tim and not Barney on her belly.
Unsure on what to do, Tim waved meekly. “Uh… hi.” He said nervously. “I’m Tim.”
Vinyl blinked. ‘Another human? Here?’ She thought. ‘Hm... Is this the brother Barney talked abou-?’ She gasped and jumped out of the bed. Tim was caught off guard and fell onto her bed, dazed but unharmed. ‘BARNEY!?!?!? Where is he!?’ Vinyl began to look everywhere around her bed. ‘Oh no! Where are you!?’ Tim rubbed his head and moaned. He watched Vinyl frantically looking around, searching.
“Did you lose something, Miss?” He asked. Vinyl turned to him. She let out a low growl.
‘YOU!!!’ Her horn glowed and she picked up Tim. ‘WHERE’S BARNEY?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!’
“WHOA!!!” He was brought near her eyes, which burnt with anger. “Uh… Miss? Is there something wrong? I-I’m sorry for waking you. I-I was just curious to see what you looked like and-”
‘Curious to see what I looked like?’ Her stomach then growled. She looked at Tim and got an idea as a smile crept across her face. ‘I’ve got a better idea. Since you won’t talk, you’re going to see what I look like ON THE INSIDE!’ She lifted Tim into the air and opened her mouth wide, her tongue rolled out and ready to accept her midnight snack. Tim began to squirm.
“W-Wait! Stop!!!” Vinyl snapped her teeth, inches away from Tim’s face. He screamed in fear.
‘Still not talking?’ Vinyl gave Tim’s face a nice, long lick. He shuddered as she moaned in delight. ‘Very well then. In you go…’ She placed Tim in her mouth and closed her lips around him, leaving his feet sticking out as she sucked on him like a lollipop. To Vinyl’s delight, he tasted like Strawberries. Tim began to hyperventilate. With what light was coming in, he could see the abyss being the unicorn’s throat with its dangling uvula. He was then pulled out, drenched all over in saliva. He coughed and wiped the spit off him in disgust. Vinyl licked her lips one more time and stuck him inside her mouth again, only this time she slurped him in whole. Using her tongue, she tossed Tim around in her mouth, all while moving her teeth to add some terror to the tiny. She then tilted her head up and, with the help of gravity, swallowed the human.
Tim screamed as her throat muscles caught his legs, and was abruptly silenced as he was pulled down her throat and, with a large push, emptied into Vinyl’s stomach.
Tim panicked. Not only was it nearly pitch black inside, but he could hear her body’s loud functions; from her stomach gurgling to the heart pumping, all at once, in addition to the walls & floor of her stomach always moving. He was disgusted as he was mixed in with the remains of the sandwich she ate earlier, which by now had become soup.
“LET ME OUT!!! LET ME OUT!!! SOMEONE!!! HELP!!!” He banged on the stomach walls. Vinyl felt him move inside, making her chuckle and rub her belly.
‘I’ll let you out as soon as you tell me where Barney is at.’ She thought. She climbed back on her bed and lay on her side, turned off the lights and went back to sleep.
Tim felt the gravity of the place move him around. Exhausted and overwhelmed by the warmth of the place, he slowly surrendered to unexpected comfort of his prison and fell asleep.
Barney froze as Octavia stared at him. Quickly, Octavia sat up and grabbed him, turning on a lamp in her room.
“What’s this!?” She asked annoyed. “A human!? In MY ROOM!!? Who are you?!”
“Uh… hi.” Barney replied. “I’m Barney. Sorry, but I just wanted to-”
“But nothing! You should be lucky that I’m in a generous mood tonight. Now, I’m going to-” she paused and looked around. “Where is he!?”
“Who?” Octavia got up and looked around her bed.
“Where are you!? Please, this isn’t the time for games!!!”
“Who are you talking to, Missy?”
“My friend!” She paused and looked at Barney. She lifted him by the collar of his shirt. “Where is he?”
“He? He who!?”
“Don’t play dumb with me! Where is he!?”
“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about, miss! I was with Vinyl and-”
“Quit your lying!!!”
“Lying!? How!?”
“Vinyl knows I don't approve of her bringing humans into the house! Now where is he!?"
“... I… I don’t know!” Octavia glared at Barney and then glanced down as her stomach growled. She eyed him again and smiled while licking her lips. “Oh no! Please!!! I’m telling the truth!!! Y-You gotta listen to me!”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t listen to liars. It’s very unladylike for me to have a midnight snack this late, but I’ll make this an exception… unless you tell me where my friend is.”
“Lady! I’m telling you the truth!!!” He was lifted right above Octavia’s mouth. She opened her mouth wide, ready to accept him. “ARE YOU CRAZY!?!?!? I SAID- AAAHHHH!!!” She released him and Barney fell into her mouth. Octavia closed her mouth and sloshed him around, savoring every taste of him before tilting her head back and swallowing him. Barney slid down her throat and landed into Octavia’s stomach, yelling and splashing around while trying to desperately climb his way back out. Unfortunately, the stomach walls reacted and pushed him back into the pool of acids, which was now a soup of digested sandwich and veggies. Octavia rubbed her belly, feeling Barney panicking inside her.
“Until you decide to tell me where my friend is, you’ll be staying in there for the night.”
“Y-You can’t be serious!!! I’m gonna die!!!” Octavia just ignored him and went back to sleep. Barney could feel the stomach move and heard her snore. “N-NO!!! HELP!!! SOMEONE!!!” Pounding the walls of the stomach to no avail, he finally gave up. Exhausted and overwhelmed by the heat, he soon surrendered to sleep as he accepted his fate in becoming some mare’s snack.
The morning sun hit both mares in their face and woke them up. They both got up and stretched, still feeling their human ‘prisoner’ inside their stomachs.
Both humans also woke up; their eyesights adjusting to the darkness. Upon once again seeing their new ‘prison’, they were surprised to see that they were still whole, unharmed and alive. They both braced themselves as their pony ‘captor’ began to move, ready to begin their day.
Both mares walked out of their rooms and joined each other down the stairs.
“Morning, Vinyl.” Octavia greeted, in a not so cheerful mood. “Had a pleasant sleep?” Vinyl simply nodded. “Breakfast?” Another nod. Both walked into their kitchen. Octavia prepared them some pancakes. Vinyl merely helped herself to some milk from the fridge and drank from the carton, the everyday thing Octavia got used to.
Tim was instantly drenched in a waterfall of milk as it entered Vinyl’s stomach.
“HEY!!!” Tim shouted, spitting out milk.“I’m still in here!”
Octavia’s ear flinched as she heard the muffled voice.
“Did you say something?” Vinyl shook her head. ‘...Must be hearing things.’ Octavia shrugged, going back to her pancakes. Vinyl punched her own belly, shaking Tim around to silence him.
Octavia soon grabbed herself a glass of milk as well and drank it, showering Barney as well in a waterfall of milk, nearly drowning him. He wasn’t much of a great swimmer and gasped for air as he struggled to stay afloat in a deep pond of milk. Octavia felt Barney struggling and, when Vinyl wasn’t looking, took a small piece of pancake and quickly swallowed it. Barney saw the pancake and quickly grabbed on to it, using it as a flotation device.
“Thanks.” Barney said with sarcasm.
“Don’t want you to drown.” Octavia replied. Vinyl gave her a questionable look. Octavia noticed. “Uh… I… don’t want you to drown in… in hunger. Pancakes will be ready soon.” Vinyl blinked but rolled her eyes. Octavia let out a sigh of relief and looked back down to her stomach.
“So… Care to tell me where he is?” Vinyl gave her another odd look. “Uh… Vinyl? Your boyfriend?”
“Seriously?” Barney asked. Vinyl blinked, but pointed outside. Neon lights, another unicorn, passed by outside. Though he was in his usual attire, he had a human woman on his nuzzle, one that surprisingly wasn’t afraid and seemed very happy being with him.
“...Huh... they seem happy.”
Both watched as the human gave Neon a kiss on his cheeks. He noticeably blushed and, using his magic, brought her to his lips, and kissed her back. He turned to unexpectedly see Vinyl watching him.
“Don’t worry!” He said “She’s a student of mine! Come on, I’ll bet you can drop a beat like me.”
“He… He has a student too?” Vinyl gave Octavia another questionable look. “Sorry, I… I had a student with me last night. He… never mind.” She sat down opposite of Vinyl. “How about you, Vinyl? Ever thought about taking in a-”
“LET ME OUT OF HERE!” Tim yelled. Octavia yelped, jumping out of her chair and nearly drowning Barney in a rough sea of milk..
“Hey! What’s going on out there!?” Barney yelled. Vinyl let out a ‘hm?’, finding herself looking at Octavia’s belly. Octavia covered her belly, blushing.
“Uh… it’s nothing, Vinyl!” Octavia replied, sweating. “Just… my stomach.” There was a brief silence. “Did… did you eat someone?” Vinyl just stared for a moment, but let out a sigh of defeat and nodded. “You did!?”
Vinyl then pointed at Octavia. “Me!? Eating anyone!? Uh… no.” Vinyl stared at her. “Vinyl, stop staring.” More staring. “Stop that!” She continued. “...OH FINE!!! I ate a human okay! His name’s Barney!” Vinyl’s eyes widened. “Wait… you… you know this human?” Vinyl nodded and then pointed at her. “Oh… Yes, I did... I didn’t want to eat him. I lost my new friend Tim and-” Vinyl’s eyes widened. “Wait...YOU ate him?” She nodded with a sheepish grin. “Oh dear!... We have to get them out!!” Vinyl nodded. Octavia hurried to the bathroom while Vinyl stayed at the kitchen table, forcing her hoof down her throat..
Tim felt the place shake, followed by him suddenly being pulled up a fleshy tube and into the sunlight.
“BURP!!!” Vinyl burped and Tim landed on the kitchen table, covered in milk and acids. He coughed loudly and was momentarily blind until his eyes focused and he saw the light once again.
Octavia grabbed a string dental floss and made a long rope out of it. She tied the one end of the rope around her hoof and swallowed the other. Still floating in milk, Barney soon saw the floss entering the stomach and, without being told, grabbed onto it. Octavia felt a tug as Barney grabbed onto his end and quickly pulled him out. Though it was painful, it was quick. She returned to the kitchen with Barney holding onto the floss and set him on the table.
Both Tim and Barney rubbed their eyes and then saw each other.
“Tim!?” Barney asked in shock.
“Barney!?”
Both teared up and gave each other a big warm hug, despite both of them being covered in stomach acids.
“Oh god!” Barney cried. “I was so worried about you!”
“Worried!? I was panicking! I visited Vinyl’s room thinking you were with her!”
“I was! But I left to sleep with Octavia!”
“You WHAT?! You were gone when I arrived?!”
“Yes… And… well… then she ate me...” Barney turned to notice Vinyl looking rather confused. “No offense, Vinyl. But you were snoring REALLY loud, and I needed some sleep..” Vinyl smiled and just shrugged. “You really thought I was with Vinyl?”
“Well that… And I was curious to what see what she looked liked, and then… well… she ate me...”
Both brothers were quiet for a moment and then shared a heartily laugh.
“Well, at least we’re back together again, bro!”
“Agreed.” Both Octavia and Vinyl lowered their heads and joined the brothers.
“I’m so sorry for eating you, Barney.” Octavia apologized. “I should’ve been more ladylike and listened to you....”
“...And I’m sorry for not saying anything.” Vinyl simply spoke. This got a weird look from all three. “...What?”
“Aw, it’s okay.” Tim replied. “Just don’t eat us again, okay?”
“Or eat anything else while we’re inside.” Barney added.
“Deal!” both mares answered in unison. Octavia and Vinyl grabbed their human friends and all four had a large group hug. Both mares stomach's growled with hunger.
“Let's… eat first, okay?” Octavia suggested.
“Fine by me,” Barney replied. “I'm so hungry, I can-”
“You might not want to say that.” Tim interrupted. Both brothers laughed while the mares blinked in confusion.
“Well,” Octavia added “I've already made pancakes, so we'll instead eat you both for lunch.” Both the brothers laughed at her remark, but it quickly died.
"What..?"
"For leaving us during the night, getting yourselves eaten and worrying both of us half to death. It's only fitting that you get punished for that." Octavia grinned.
“... Is she serious?” Tim asked.
“No idea.” Barney replied.
“You can have Barney this time , Vinyl.” Octavia said “Tim, I believe, will be an exquisite meal for me. We'll spit you both out before dinner… or keep you inside since you're both so filling.” Both mares giggled before setting the brothers down to eat breakfast. Both Tim and Barney stared at each other.
“Oh well... At least we're together again, bro.” Barney said with an awkward chuckle. Tim sighed.
“Hope this doesn't become our new routine from now on.”