Chapter the Thirteenth
Space... I like space. Not to go ‘Space Core’ on you guys, but seriously, I am a huge space fan. It’s just so... I don’t know, open? Mysterious? Calming?
Come to think of it, I don’t really know why I like it. I just know that I do. Which is good, because I’m floating along in it. Or is it falling? I mean, technically, the weightlessness in the space station isn’t because they’re in space, but it’s because they’re falling forever, caught by Earth’s gravity at just the right place that they fall just as fast as they orbit. Or was that something else? I think it’s the space station...
Anywhoozle, all I know is that whatever this is, it’s nice. There’s some music or something in the background, but I can’t really make anything out aside from an odd note or two. A little irritating, since I love music, but at least there’s something there, even if I can’t make it out. Sounds like a lullaby of sorts, if I had to categorize it.
Wait, why am I here? How did I get here? This doesn’t make any sense... Meh, since when is making sense any fun? I mean, I read nothing but fantasy, so that kinda proves that I don’t like sense, because I like stuff that isn’t real, and then-
Dang, how do my thoughts get so derailed so easily? My thoughts aren’t a train, are they? I mean, I know one of my favourite songs says we’re all a locomotive under the big, hot sun, but come on!
Where are we going?
Oh, don’t you even start with me, Brian, I am not in the mood!
Yeah, because you ever are in the mood... Chill, would ‘ja? I thought dreaming was supposed to be relaxing, but here you are, stressing out about trains worse than that one kid in second grade who randomly exclaimed every other time you talk with him ‘I like trains!’
I... you... We swore never to mention Evan ever again! He was the bane of our existence! How could you betray me like that?!
... Huh. Well, very easily, apparently... That’s not good, Brian mused. And I used to be so trustworthy, too... Oh well. I blame her!
Her who?
“Huh? Thou art not the third intruder! What hast thou done?”
My blood froze as my eyes widened. I knew that voice. She was back, and I was so dead. This might be a dream, but considering all of the insanity I had borne witness to for the past day or so, it wouldn’t surprise me if she could kill me in my dreams or something. We’re dead, we’re dead, we’re dead, we’re dead, we’re dead-
I was mentally bitch-slapped by Brian, whose non-existant hands grabbed- Wait a second... hands? Would they still be hands, or would they be paws now? I mean, yeah, he’s my brain, so one could argue that they were paws now, since I had paws, but on the other hand, I wasn’t a Pokemon mentally, only physically, so he could still have hands if he were human, but then that would mean that we’re in different bodies and stuff, so I should be crazy, which means-
Whelp, at least I still have my mental breakdowns on tangents like I did when I was human. That’s one good thing, at least. Now, where was I? Oh, right, getting bitch-slapped by Brian.
Keep it together, man! She’s just another paper or essay final! Just keep a straight face and BS your way out of this! You can do it!
“Oh, Princess Luna, how nice of you to visit.”
... Wow, I need to have more faith in myself! That actually sounded intentional and respectful and stuff! I just might survive this after all.
“We assure you, We did not intend to visit you tonight. We were merely on our way to find the third... guest that arrived earlier this day.” Luna said regally, looking down at me with her larger frame.
Now, I want it said right now: I actually liked having to look up at someone when they were talking for once. Do you know how hard it is to take someone in authority seriously when they’re shorter than you? Not just by a couple inches, but by like half a foot or more? Yeah, for some reason, it’s hard to take them seriously, so it was nice to be on the shorter side for once. I mean, I never asked to be a tall giant! To be considered on the small side was nice, if only for awhile. I mean, I was still a bit bigger than the average Flareon, but it’s not like I was as big as a stallion! I was, maybe... I don’t know, three-fifths Luna’s size, if I was generous? So it’s not like-
She’s so cute!
What?! Brian, you do not think that a pony looks cute! I refuse! That’s just sick, dude! Come on, pull yourself together!
Not her, you dork! The little Eevee on her back! And I didn’t mean cute like “You should totally hit on her brah”, I meant “D’aww, that’s precious” cute! Come on, who do you think I am?!
... As someone who has taken law, I refuse to answer that question. Now, who do you-
Yeah, Brian was right. The little Eevee was absoballyfreakinglutely adorable. I mean, regular Eevees? Pretty cute, honestly. A pink Eevee, though? Bitch, you’d better get out mah way cause I am so giving it a hug!
~Aww... She’s so adorable!~
Yes, I just said that in a sing-song voice. Don’t judge me, you weren’t there! You didn’t take a full load of adorable to the face without warning. Her cuteness knows no bounds! I regret nothing!
“Halt! What are thine intentions?” Princess Luna asked warily, trotting backwards to keep me away from the little Eevee. Meanie-head.
“I just want to give her a hug!” I whined, giving her my puppy eyes. “She’s like a mini-me, except that she’s a girl... and pink... and an Eevee, instead of evolved like me, and-”
“Eevee? What is that?” Luna inquired, arching an eyebrow.
Oh, you wanna play this game? I’ll play this game! Bring it on! It’s time to get me mah hugs for the day!
“Something for something,” I sang, grinning. Brian absently told me that I was wagging my tail slowly, but I didn’t care.
“Thou wilt not touch her whilst she’s sleeping!” Luna exclaimed, raising a wing protectively.
... Okay, not gonna lie, that hurt. She made it sound like I was some sort of sick pedo or something! I am not! I just like petting animals, okay? I like silky fur! Is there anything wrong with that?!
Well, considering the fact that she is just a little girl, I would have to say-
Shut up Brian! Not helping! Whose side are you on, anyways?!
Good question! Since the answer isn’t 42, though, I honestly have no friggin clue. Want some pizza?
I’m on a diet, jerk! You know that! just... Gah! Just shut up and stop making fun of me! Damn! I had to deal with that enough in school, you have to do it to me yourself?
Hey, you asked for that one, bro. Not my fault if you walked straight into that one.
... Dammit Brian... Just shut up...
“... You know what, you’re right. Sorry, that came out kind of creepy,” I agreed with Luna, sighing as I sat back down. “Forgot that I was a furry dog now, and not a human anymore. A shame, because she’s just the right size to fit on my lap to be brushed... Whelp, guess I should start talking, right?”
Luna blinked, before nodding, laying down carefully, as to not drop her precious cargo. “Verily. Thou may begin when thou art comfortable.”
“Great, awesome, perfect, comfortable, I can do that, right,” I rambled to myself, trying to get my control back.
Um, to get something back don’t you have to, I don’t know, kind of have it to begin with?
... Brian, for the last freaking time, shut up, before I dropkick your ass quiet. Capiche?
I laughed, shuffling nervously as I tried to get comfortable. “Um, first of all, about yesterday, or earlier, or whatever that was, um, the last time, yeah. About that, I just wanted to-”
“We just want thou to get on with the explaining. We already deduced that thou were not in thine right mind.”
Oh thank God... I mean, from what I can tell, Luna is pretty damn powerful, and the last thing I needed was a princess with a grudge. “Thanks,” I stammered gratefully, my heart already slowing down. “I still didn’t... sorry. A-anyway, um... What do you want to hear first?”
Luna thought for a moment, before looking back to me. Dang, was she always so serious looking? She needs to lighten up before one of her subjects goes all Joker on her ass and... Wait... Crap, that’s probably racist here or something, isn’t it? Hell if I know... But then what are their butts called? Err... haunches? Sure, let’s go with that. That’s what they use in Spyro, so close enough, right?
Crap, where was I? Right, Luna talking to me. “Start with what thou art called, where thou camest from, and so on.”
“Oh. err, alright, I can do that, I suppose. Let’s see... My name is Glenn Winters, and I’m what’s called a Human, or Homo Sapien Sapien, I think is the scientific mumbo jumbo. This is a Flareon, one of hundreds of species of Pokemon.”
“And what is a Pokemon?”
“In all honesty? It’s a fictional race created by either a video game company, or a card company. Seeing as how Nintendo used to be a card company, I guess they count as both. Anyway, the creatures were based on animals, like mice, birds, dogs, and so on. Most of them had elements attached, because what’s the point of a game without there being rules, or tactics? So like fire is weak to water, but strong against grass, so on and so forth.
“Regardless, not only that, but most Pokemon can also ‘evolve’ so to speak. Once they get strong enough, or under certain circumstances, they grow, usually larger, but also stronger. For example, your passenger is an ‘Eevee’. Eevee is a fan favourite Pokemon, because, firstly, they’re adorable. Of course, they’re normally brown, not pink, but whatever. Eevee is most famous for having multiple forms to evolve into.”
“But thou said that once they get stronger they evolve, so how would one Pokemon evolve multiple times?”
Crap, I didn’t explain that well. Okay, take two.
“Well, some Pokemon do evolve more than once, though no Pokemon as of yet has more than three forms total. However, how Eevee does it is through the other way I said they could evolve: other circumstances.
“There are certain magical stones imbued with the power of the elements that can facilitate the evolution of certain Pokemon. The stones only work on a few Pokemon. Eevee, however, so far has seven evolutions that we know depending on different conditions. The first three discovered were Jolteon, a spiky, electric dog of sorts, Vaporeon, a water, cat-fish Pokemon with a long rudder and fins, and finally, Flareon, what I am. The three use, in order, a thunder stone, a water stone, and a fire stone.
"Now, later on, as the series became more popular, they slowly came out with more evolutions for Eevee. Espeon is what that Pokemon who showed up in the throne room was. They’re a purple, psychic cat, basically, and they evolve from Eevee when they have a high affection for one or more Pokemon or person, and gain a great amount of experience during the day. Then, on the other paw, you have Umbreon, wh-”
“Wait, what didst thou just term the next one?” Luna interrupted me, her eyes growing wide.
Okay, so the name sounds familiar to her. Sounds legit. I mean, she visits others in their dreams, she’s got a moon tattooed on her butt. Okay, whatever...
“Err, Umbreon?” I said slowly, trying to drag the word out to make sure she heard it properly.
“Is it white, with circular blue rings?” she asked eagerly, leaning forward.
“White? Umbreon are black... I mean, blue rings sounds right if it’s a shiny Pokemon, as the rings are normally yellow, but... Why do you ask? You found one, I take it?” I asked slowly, trying to think. “I mean, the only way I can see that combination happening is if the Pokemon in question was like an Albino, but since it’s just a game, the question of albino Pokemon existing has never really been answered in canon, so I don’t know.”
Oh great, I was rambling again. Still, a shiny Umbreon with a white coat instead of black? Sounds like a bad OC out of a Pokemon fanfic or something. I mean, even in the game, the odds of a shiny Pokemon existing is one in almost nine-thousand. I’m sure in ‘real life’, the odds are much lower than that, so for one to appear like that would be...
“He says that he was a pony before. Dost that maketh a difference?”
My ears perked up at that. A pony that had turned into a Pokemon? Do tell! “I... have absoballyflippinlutely no idea!”
I watched as she got angry, her face darkening, and it was only then that I realized that I had my shit-eating grin of stupidity (trademark) on.
Aww crap... Whelp, Brian, this is the end. So long, and thanks for all the pizza!
Don’t give up yet! Come on, backpedal! Backpedal backpedal backpedal!
“W-what I mean by that, Princess Luna,” I said quickly, trying my best to stay on the quiet side, lest I wake up Luna’s passenger. “Is that I don’t know! I can’t! Pokemon were fictional in my world, okay?! They didn’t really exist! They were just a game, that’s it! I don’t know anything about that because I don’t know anything about... well, any of this! You have freaky magic! Like Hell if I know how that works! You’re asking me to know something about so many things that don’t even exist in my world, and that’s not fair! I’m trying the best I am, but let’s see how you deal with being turned into another species that isn’t supposed to exist, being dumped into another world, where you’re smaller than everyone else, and you can’t talk to them, and they treat you like a pet, and- and-”
Oh... Well, okay, I guess it’s finally time for my mental breakdown! Woohoo!
Although... If you don’t mind, I’m going to skip the embarrassing, emotional parts, where I’m a wreck, and trying not to go crazy, and Luna alternatively smacking me around and comforting me in equal measures. As funny as I’m sure it would be to you, that... Just no. Don’t ask me to share that, because I ain’t never tellin’ another soul.
.o.O.o.
“... ‘m sorry.”
I was curled up into as small a ball of fluff as I could, embarrassed and ashamed. Honestly, I was kind of surprised I was still alive. I hadn’t exactly said any nice things to Luna after my breakdown. Heck, I think I blamed her for some of the things that had happened.
“We know,” Luna answered calmly, both of her wings slightly raised, trying to keep the now-restless sleeper from the land of the conscious. “We admit that, perhaps, We had not thought about what thou hast gone through. We are used to ponies knowing who We are, but you are not of our country, our land, or your own species. Perhaps it was too much to expect for thou to... Regardless, We are willing to start over, if you will accept our apology.”
“... I think I’d like that,” I answered quietly, trying to grin.
“Hai!”
Holy crap! I nearly jumped out of my fur and urinated all over it! Well, I didn’t succeed in killing myself through suicide of insulting royalty, so perhaps Brian was trying to kill me via heart attack? I wouldn’t put it past him...
Oh dear God... She’s awake. She’s awake, energetic, and she’scomingstraightformeohfu-
“Oof!”
Dayum. Since when do little girls weigh, like, ten tons?! Seriously, I wouldn’t be shocked if her tackle fractured half of my ribs! So now I’m breathless, have near-broken ribs, while having a heart attack. Woohoo! Come on, Brian, what else can you throw at me? Bring it on!
“Oh my goshness hai! A Flareon! I can’t believe you’re real, and you's right here! Hai! I’m Kaye! You, you is fluffy!”
Ha! Kid called you Fluffy too! You must have a collar with a name-tag on it or something!
I put a paw on her muzzle to shut her up for just a second, trying to sort out my feelings, before I finally realized something. You know what? I don’t care. In one way, if I don’t keep my name, I might go crazy, but on the other... I’m also different now. If I change my name while in this body, maybe it’ll be easier for me to handle psychologically. So, you know what, Brian?
I grinned haphazardly, nodding as I agreed quietly, “Yeah, I am Fluffy. Nice to meet you, Kaye.”
“Will you be my friend? Will you play wiv me?” she begged, her tail wagging slowly as her eyes threatened to water.
“Oh, I don’t know,” I answered, putting a paw to my chin as I pretended to think about it, winking over her to Luna. “What do you want to play?”
Oh my God... She is setting new levels of cute. her face scrunched up in serious thought, before she jumped in place, bopped me on the nose, then ran away, yelling, “Tag, you’re it!”
I sat there for several seconds, trying to process what just happened. I... she... Wait... Did... she just bop me on the nose, and then started a game of tag?
Yepper Peppers, bucko-boy. What-cha gonna do about it?
I think, I replied slowly, standing up as I began to grin. It’s time to start thinking positively, and relax a little bit. Look out, kid! Here comes Fluffy!
We must have played for... I don’t know, an hour, at least, but I couldn’t tell how fast time was passing to really know. In the end, she started yawning widely, barely able to walk.
“I’m... gun catch you, Fluffy,” she murmured, crouching down to pounce, but only managed to jump about a foot into the air.
Of course, I was watching her, so I rolled myself under just in time to be ‘tackled’ by Kaye, falling heavily on my stomach as she started to mumble her victory speech.
“So I claim mount... mount Fluffy to be mine, and I will hug him, and brush him, and he will be my Fluffy...”
I snorted softly, not wanting to disrupt the dozing child. “I think that Sweetie Belle would like to contest that, but whatever. I’m sure they’ll learn how to share, or something.... Sleep sounds nice...”
With Kaye asleep on my back, I too laid down, stomach down, and curled up only slightly, allowing my eyes to close as the weights attached to my eyelids grew more and more leaden. As I fell asleep, I was left with one last, random thought. Wait a second... aren’t I already asleep? What happens when you fall asleep when you’re already asleep?
I never did get that question answered... Unless you count the soft snores of Kaye and myself, but you know. Whatever. Can’t win them all, I guess...
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Sunovabitch that was adorable.
This scene reminds me of the times I had to play babysitter for my younger cousins…all four of them. At once.
2443921 Yeah, I'm just a big kid at heart. You know why? Because no one ever really grows up. We just learn how to act in public. (And even then, some of us chose to ignore that as well, so...
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Well said.
you should have done the Abominable Snow Rabbit one.
OMG I WANT A POKEMON NOW!!!! ACTUALLY PROBABLY AN UMBREOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS STORY SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2444355 Done the who what now?
But I hate it when fantasy makes no sense. You can have both!
DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW levels overlode...error error shutdownhdmn xdmhdxbgmn
Nice to see that Luna and Fluffy are starting over, and are getting on better terms. The ending was cute.
2444422 I believe he meant the Bugs Bunny bit.
Also love the utter randomness of Fluffy's mind!
2448097 ... Yeah... No, I don't do loony toons. Haven't for, like, at least 10 years, and that's so vague that I'm surprised ANYONE knows about that.
Also... That's how my mind works, sadly. I was NOT lying when I said I had ADOS syndrome.
2448097 Thank you for the explanation, and sorry for the vagueness of it.
2448134 Some things just get lodged in my brain despite my best efforts to remove them. Don't believe I've even thought about that for 8-9 yrs myself.
He's going to wake up with Kaye on his back, right?
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i ask myself that everyday
that was unbelievaby cute.
awwwwwwwww, i love kaye!
3177775 Oh good, I'm doing it right then. X3
Well, if this chapter was an accident, then it was a happy accident.
I wouldn't exactly say 8192 qualifies as "almost nine thousand", though...
4631141 Yes, but I'm trying to make things realistic, and that means screwing up details here and there. Memories aren't perfect, and you're going to find that, when it comes to details, Fluffy isn't the greatest at remembering technicalities. X3
Okay this is a "i kill you if you don´t act like i want" Luna we have here right?
Okay that eeve is a sweet one and i think after i had read the whole thing, i give Luna a change, i mean Luna is one of my favourite.
5681687 Not... quite. I'm more going for the over-protective Luna type of thing. The Luna that cares very deeply for her subjects, or anyone she considers her ward. (It's why the ponies not enjoying her night hurt her so deeply. It felt like the ultimate betrayal, and she could only handle so much.)
Keep in mind, she knows nothing about these creatures aside from first impressions, and Fluffy did NOT give a terribly great first impression.
LOOOOLL!!!!!!
What is going on???
*Inception bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*
"One new thing you'll know, for every solid blow."
Should I go with the Looney Tunes reference or the Finding Nemo reference?
9942811
Likely the latter, but some of the former.
you get that last part from dory?