A 16 yr old boy named Brad lives a pretty casual life until he came across a young, anthro Vinyl-Scratch
Just another stormy night like any other. Why expect it to be any different than the rest? But that's the thing. I thought it was just another one of those nights, but I was dead wrong when I saw what was in my shed. A small, pony/human hybrid thing that I had no idea that I was going to become the adopting father of. This is my story.
Here I am, home alone again, watching the weather as I ride out another sever thunderstorm. My name is Brad Hillis. Yeah the last name makes it sound kind of girly, but I don't care. Anyway, I am sixteen years old, an only child, living with my parents. The little twist about watching the news is that my parents are the anchormen for the weather channel, so you can assume I'm watching them right now. My dad is mostly British, with a slight British accent. I don't know how it's slight when he's like I just said, mostly British. His hair looks a lot like President Business from "The Lego Movie." He doesn't have a uni-brow though. He's forty years of age, and he has wrinkles written all over his face. My mother on the other hand is forty-two, and she looks as if she is still in her twenties!! Her blonde hair in slight curls is what gives her, her main attraction, along with her blue eyes that glow in the light pretty much. Metaphorically speaking that is. I mostly look like my mom, but you can still tell I'm a guy thank goodness.
Other than my parents, I do have a couple friends who I don't think are my friends anymore since they never hangout like they used to. The only one who does come over here and there is my friend; Chloe Mandez. She said she's gonna come and spend some time here tomorrow, but she never said when, so I'm not sure. I used to have lots of friends until my parents got their new jobs as anchormen a few months back, then we had to move. So many realities, are now turned to nothing but old memories which are slowly fading away. But who said life was supposed to be absolutely fricking perfect? Nobody. So with that said, I am now, just a loner who spends his time at home playing video games, watching T.V, going on Youtube, or looking up those silly Ermagherd pictures like this one: Ermagherd mershed perderders!! But right now, I find myself watching the news through this huge flupping thunderstorm. I lay back in the whiter armchair, and I lift my feet up onto the ottoman as I watch the loud flash of lights dance across the sky through the glass sliding door.
I watch the storm go by for a while as the gumball sized pieces of hail clink on the glass, and thunk against the walls, and roof. I turn my attention back to the T.V with my parent's faces on it, as mom goes on about how we should take caution through this storm, but they happen quite often here in Oaklahoma. Otherwise known as "The Melting Pot." I know the storms here get bad, but this one is rather terrifying. I turn off the T.V as the camera switches over to my dad, and I get up from my chair. From there, I head into the kitchen in hopes of being able to get a glass of water before a bolt of lightning strikes, and surges through the water stream, through the glass, and into my body. It's dark due to the fact that it's nighttime, and none of the lights are on. I head over to the towel on the counter next to the sink which has recently washed dishes sitting atop it. Right before I turn on the water, out the window, I notice the back gate is open, and so is the door to the shed.
"I swore I closed those" I muttered to myself, placing the glass back down on the counter.
I head over to the other side of the kitchen to the back door, where I grab my grab my black hoodie, and I swing it around my back. I shrug my shoulders forward to pull it onto myself, and I pull up the hood before heading out into the beating rain. Just a few seconds after exiting said house, I find myself being mostly drenched in freezing rainwater. The cold wind blows hard against my right side as I get pelted with hail. I make my way over to the gate as the grass and dirt make squishing sounds from beneath my steel-toed boots. I pull the gate shut, and I make sure the lock stays on this time. Stupid wind must have blown it wide open. Now I head towards the shed, completely soaked, and by this time, the hail has begun to sting my skin through the thickness of my hoodie. There is nothing too special in the shed. Just a few wooden boxes, cloaked with a green sheet draped over them, and a small lantern which sits up on a shelf. Like I said. Nothing special. Nooooottttthhhhhhiiiiiinnnnnggggg!!!!!
I walk up to the door to take a peek inside with barely any light at all to see with. The constant flashes of lightning give me short amounts of time to see well. Just as I said there is nothing but boxes a green sheet, and a lantern. I turn to walk out and shut the door, when there is a loud crack of thunder, which causes me to lose my balance a bit, and my ears begin to ring. I stumble forward a bit, but I'm able to stop myself on the door. But then I hear what sounds like...whimpering? Like a little girl made that whimper. Then another flash of lightning, and on the floor I see a black blanket covering the moaning figure. I take a step forward, now having regained my balance, but only for the black figure to move away, towards the back of the shed. But then it trips over a plank of wood I forgot to mention, causing it to stand, and fall backwards, revealing what was under that sheet,
"P-please don't hurt me." The voice says shakingly, probably scared to heck from the thunder, and lightning.
Once again with the help of the flashing lightning I begin to slowly make out who, or...what? This thing is. I see what seems to be a human child except for the legs, and the head. From what I can make out, they seem to belong to that of a pony, but...why just the legs, and head? I see two human arms with hands, and also something else on the head I see is...a horn?! I take another step closer, as this creature staggers backwards on it's back to get as far from me as possible. CCRRAACCKK!!. Once again, the little creature flinches from the magnitude of the sound. I notice another thing about this thing. It's soaking wet, just like me, well that's to be expected being out here in this weather. I also notice the hair on this thing has two hues of blue, and I see what looks like a tail that matches. This thing is so cute, and freaky at the same time I don't know how it works. It begins to softly cry now.
"Hey I'm not gonna hurt ya. How about I get you inside okay?" I ask reassuringly, reaching out a hand to the creature who is holding it's head in it's own hands. It stops crying now, and looks up to me with amazing, magenta colored eyes. It begins to stretch an arm out, but hesitates. "Come on. I'm gonna help you okay?"
It pauses for a second, then nods, and takes my hand in it's own. From there I pick her up into my arms. She struggles a bit, so I stroke her blue hair to calm her. As soon as I have her held in my arms, water squeezes out from her body, and onto my shirt when I realize this creature is covered it a white fur coat. It's shaking quite a lot, telling me it must be very cold. I reach over to the boxes, and I pull off the green blanket, and I wrap the small creature in it, as it begins to stare at me, scared. I pull a little bit of it over it's head to cover it. Then, I turn around, and I dash back to the house trying to avoid getting pelted by a rain of hail again. Oh wow, I just punned. And a crappy one at that too. I place the pony thing on the counter and I head over to the pantry to fetch some towels, and I turn on the light. I grab a stack of three perfectly folded towels, and I return to the weird pony/human hybrid.
"Th-thank you mister." The creature says smiling slightly at me, then falling to it's side on the counter, unconscious.
I know it will be fine, but for now, I'm going to get it dried. I pause for a moment realizing how it's sleeping like it naturally went to sleep, rather than passing out. I shrug it off as I set the towels on the counter next to the mysterious being. I take one, and I place it on the head, and I rub it back and forth, being careful of the horn. I make my way down it's neck, and to the back. After a minute or two of drying, the first towel is already soaked. I plop it down on the floor, and it lands with a small splash. I take the second towel, and I dry off the arms, and upper body, working my way down. I manage to get this towel to dry the rest of the body, now all that is left is the tail. I pick the creature up again, and I lay it by the sink so the tail drapes into it. I grab the tail in my hand, and already, water is running down my hand. I fold it in half, and I twist a little, and I watch as a waterfall runs down out of the tail. I do this a few more times until I can't get anymore water to drip.
After a half hour or so, I got it wrapped in blankets, and I had laid it down on the bed in my room. Well here I am again, sitting in the armchair, feet on the ottoman, with the weather news on. By now, the storm has died down a bit thankfully, and I see as my parents leave the set. So now they are done with work and should be home in the next hour. A few minutes later, my phone on the coffee table begins to vibrate. I pick it up to see my mother is calling. I answer it.
"Hey ma, what's up?" I ask in the most unsuspecting voice I can manage to muster up.
"Your father. and I are going to be home sooner than usual, just to let you know. say...twenty-five minutes?"
"Okay. Is that it?"
"Yes, I love you hunny bunch, ba baii!" And with that, I hear her hang up. I'm surprised we even got a connection in a storm like this. I hang up the phone, and I hear a little thump coming from my room. I get up, and I walk down the hall to the door at the end, and I open it ever so slightly. Thump, thump. thump. Goes the sound again. Just the hail against the wall. Then I hear the whimpering again. I make my way over to the bed to see the little creature, hiding in the blankets so only it's face is showing.
"Hey there. is something wrong?" I ask, as I put my hand down on the creature, and I rub it's side. Not like the way you sicko's might be thinking either.
"I-I'm scared, and I want my mommy." She pouts. I just assume she, due to the voice.
"It's going to be okay. Okay?"
"Okay..." The small child responds, and she uncovers herself, and throws herself onto me, hugging me.
"I'm here for you little one." I reply soft, and soothingly, as I hug her back. "Do you have a name?"
"Yeah." She says nodding against my stomach. "It's Vi...Vinyl-Scratch"
"Well isn't that a nice name?" I remove her from me, and I sit her down in front of me.
"I guess. What's your name mister?" She asks, sounding a lot better than before.
"Brad Hillis. Not as cool as your name though. How old are you?"
"It's okay. I'm seven." She replies smiling a bit. "If you don't mind me asking...what are you?" She asks, tilting her head in one direction.
"It's fine. I wanted to ask you the same thing, but I'm a human." I say, putting a hand on my chest.
"Well I'm a pony, or...at least I was." She looks down at her hands.
"You don't say."
"I don't know how I ended up here, and I just wanna go home." Vinyl sighs, looking down. W-why does that name seem to feel as if it comes from somewhere?
"I don't know either. Say, are you hungry?" I ask as her belly rumbles a bit.
"Yeah...a bit I guess." She replies blushing, rose red.
"Okay, how do pancakes sound, if you have ever heard of them."
"Are they round, and made of this doughy-like stuff?" She asks, bouncing up and down a bit on the bed.
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Because where I come from they're called haycakes. But I don't get it. Why are they called hay cakes when they aren't even made of hay?" She asks, lifting a brow, and looking up in a quizzical manner.
"Okay, well let's go. Just sitting here talking about it won't fill our bellies any sooner." I reply with a chuckle, as I get up from the bed. I watch as Vinyl scoots to the edge, and plops softly on her hooves, leaning against the bed. "Need any help?"
"No no. I...I got it." She replies, as she softly pushes herself off of the bed, and tries to stand, her arms flailing in circles as she tries to balance out. She said she was a pony, but now she's like, half human now, so this is new for her, so I guess I will have to help her when she needs it. She stands straight up now, and slowly takes a step forward. "This is harder than I thought." She chuckles a bit, and takes another step.
"Yeah, being so used to walking on all fours, then having to walk on just two legs must be a challenge." I reply with a smirk, as I lean against the door frame.
Eventually she gets the whole walking on two legs thing down, and we head for the kitchen. She takes a seat at the table, and begins to fiddle with her new appendages known as fingers. I have to admit, she's a little cutie. I smile a bit, as I gather the necessary items. Pancake mix of course. Pure vanilla extract which just so happens to be forty-one percent alcohol. Drink the whole bottle, and you'll get drunk for sure. A griddle to cook the pancakes on, and anything else I may need. I Follow the instructions on the box so I don't mess up. It has never failed that if I didn't follow the instructions I would fail at making whatever it was I was attempting to make. I make only four pancakes. two for Vinyl, and two for me. It takes me about five minutes to have them made. I glance quickly at my wrist watch. 9:45pm. they should be home in about another five to ten minutes. But what will they think of Vinyl? I hope they don't make her leave. She would have died most likely if I hadn't of gone out there when I did.
"Brad?" Vinyl asks from the table behind me.
"Yeah?"
"Th-thanks for...you know..."
"Helping you? I couldn't leave you out there. It wouldn't have been the right thing to do." I reply softly, as I head over to the table with two plates, each with two medium sized pancakes on each.
"I didn't think you would with me being...different." She replies, looking down at herself.
"Look. I don't care how different you think you are." I say kneeling down in front of her so we were at eye level. "I saw how scared you were, and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I left you there like that." With that, I pat her shoulder then I stand up, and I walk to my seat.
Just in case you're thinking, I poured syrup on the pancakes before bringing them to the table. I take my fork, and I cut my pancakes down into little half inch squares. I go to eat a piece when I notice Vinyl grunting with her eyes closed very tightly.
"Something the matter Vinyl?" I ask with a puzzled look strewn across my face.
"I'm trying to *grunt* use...magic *grunt* to lift...my *grunt* fork." She replies her eyes still glued shut, her hands balled into clenched fists, and I can see little sparks of what looks like a blue light go on and off, around her horn. Then suddenly her horn glows a full blue, and her fork becomes surrounded with the same blue aura, leaving my jaw hitting the floor. She opens her eyes, and sees her accomplishment. "Look I'm doing it!" She squeals, beaming from perked up ear, to perked up ear as her fork levitates over to her pancakes, and cuts a slice off. Then the fork moves closer to her as she engulfs the piece of pancake with her mouth.
"Yay you did it!!" I cheer, clapping my hands, while at the same time wanting to shoot myself for just being a witness to this. Then she gets up, and prances around the floor, her tail following happily behind her. After she finishes, she skips over to me, and wraps me in a tight hug.
"I did it! I really did it!" She says happily, as she snuggles her head into my chest. But the one thing that caught me off was that magic was actually possible. Magic has been a big belief since magic became a myth, and now, I get to be the first person to see physical magic actually be done.
"Did you really just use magic?"
"Yes, and it was my first time actually doing it too! It was so cool!" She coos, now playing with the fork via magic.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool wasn't it?. " I say approvingly, but her time of accomplishment has sadly been cut short due to the triple knocking sound on the front door.
"Brad, we're home!" I hear my mothers voice call out.
Suddenly I freeze, not knowing what to do, or how they'll react when they see Vinyl. What are they gonna do? Throw her out on her own? If it weren't for me, should would have most likely been dead by morning considering her condition when I found her. Cold, alone, shivering, and scared out of her mind. When I first caught a glimpse of her, I felt like turning back around, coming back into the house and contact area 51 if it was possible. But then I saw the terror in her eyes, and that it was just a young child, and I suddenly felt bad for her, so I took her in. Vinyl looks at me worryingly, the blue glow around her fork diminishing as it falls back onto her plate. With a sigh, I give Vinyl a small hug, and I walk over to the door. Before I get to it though, my dad beings rapping on the door.
"Brad! Open up!" My dad shouts in anger from the otherside.
I put my hand on the knob. Before I open it, I look back to Vinyl, who is sitting peacefully in my chair, playing with her tail in her hands. Turning my attention back to the door, I turn both locks, and I open the door halfway. Mom tries to walk in, but I stop her. I want to explain things before they see what I've brought into the house. I don't know why I'm so worried already. I mean like, that thing hasn't even been here for an hour. I know I should be concerned about this, but I didn't think I'd be this concerned already. I guess I get it from my mom because she's always pretty caring. I hope they'll just let Vinyl stay here until she can go back to whatever world from whence she came. I just don't want anything bad to happen to the poor thing. I'm brought back to reality when mom speaks up.
"Brad? What are you doing? Let me in." She scoffs, trying to get past me.
"Mom. Please, I need to explain something to you before I let you in. Please."
"What did you do this time?" Both mom and dad say in unison.
"Well, I didn't do anything. I did find a little girl out there alone back in the shed" I reply, pointing to the back with my thumb. "But the thing is..."
"What already?!" My father snaps, putting his hands on the top of his head in frustration. I sigh yet again, for maybe the millionth time tonight, and I move aside, revealing Vinyl by my side. They both gasp loudly, and dads angry face becomes that of a shocked, unbelieving expression, as to where my mothers face goes from frustrated to a sweet, cooing like face.
"H-hi." Vinyl Gives a small wave of her hand, then grabs onto my pant leg and buries the side of her face in it.
"Awwee!! What a cute costume!!" Mom exclaims, bending over to get a better look, but only coming to find that everything that she's seeing is legit, and not a costume.
Vinyl giggles a bit at moms reaction, until her face changes again, now being replaced by the same one my dad is wearing. She gasps again, and falls back, on her rear with a thud, making the floor shake a bit. N she isn't fat, it was just the force of the landing. From there she sits up, and rubs her eyes is disbelief, before re-approaching Vinyl. She reaches out slowly to touch Vinyl's cheek, and her right ear twitches a bit as moms hand inches closer, causing mom to hesitate. I can't help but chuckle at the scene that is unfolding right before me. I take a quick glance at dad who mouths these words to me. "What the fu-." I simply shrug and I watch as mom finally makes contact.
"This...isn't a costume...is it?" She asks.
"Nope!" Vinyl replies with a shake of her head.
"Wow." Mom says softly, now rubbing Vinyl's left ear, and Vinyl leans into her hand, accepting the affection. "You're still just so cute!!" Now mom completely wraps her arms around Vinyl, and pulls her into a hug.
"Wh-what is...that thing?" Dad asks, finally breaking his personal silence.
"Well, so far, she told me she's really a pony I guess, from another world, but now she's like a pony, human hybrid. So she has a horn since she was a unicorn, she has the head of a pony from her world since she doesn't look like any kind of pony from ours. Plus, as you can see, she has a white fur coat, a tail that matches her hair, and the hind legs of a pony. The human features are the arms hands, and torso." I reply, sounding very nerdy, as Vinyl nods to everything I say, still being held by my mother who is just, emotionally, and sometimes in this case, physically attached to whatever she thinks is cute.
"Where did you find the poor thing? She's shivering." Mom says, finally releasing her grip on the poor thing.
"Out back in the shed." I reply, and Vinyl resumes hugging my leg.
"It was so cold, and wet, and the hail really hurt." Vinyl pouts.
"Well, it's okay, I've got you now." I say smoothly, rubbing her blue mane, and scratching a bit behind her right ear.
"What do you mean you've got her?" Dad asks firmly, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Well we're gonna take care of her aren't we?" Mom asks in protest. "Like Brad said, she's not even from this world, who knows what she might be going through right now? Being surrounded by aliens who she doesn't know that she can even trust!" She stomps a foot on the ground, then steps over to Vinyl's right side so Vinyl is between her and I.
"We can't just let an extra terrestrial being into our home, it's just gonna make things a lot more harder than they already are." Dad States.
"What are we going to do with it then? Huh? Just throw it back out into the world like that? Who knows what could happen to her!" And now mom has begun to shout, and when she shouts, you aren't going to win the argument.
"I know, I'd hate for that to happen to her as well, I just-" He trails off, as Vinyl begins to cry, and she hugs herself closer to me.
"Don't let them make me leave Brad! I don't wanna go out there! It's...it's scary!" Vinyl cries, soaking my khaki's with tears. I can't help, but feel sad for her again, and I lift her up into my arms where she snuggles her face into my chest. Dad sighs.
"I...I guess we could work something out. It won't be easy, but you know." Dad shrugs, eyes the crying hybrid that lay helplessly in my arms.
"Oh thank you!" Mom squeals, tackling dad.
"Yeah sure, but I'm not sure about it staying permanently though." Dad says, hugging mom back
"Why not?" I ask, a slight raise of tone in my voice.
"Well...what of the government finds out?" He asks worryingly.
"You worry too much." I scoff, and I make my way to my room with Vinyl still in my arms, her crying gone down now to a slight sorrowful moan.
When I get into the room, I set her down on my bed, sitting up. She lifts a hand to her muzzle, and wipes it as she sniffs a little. What should I do about the fact that she's naked? Wait. I'm just realizing this? I know I've been slow on a lot of things in my life, but having a mythical hybrid creature in my home for an hour now, and I'm just noticing it's naked? God. Now I feel like a turtles brain pushed my brain out, and itself in place. I face palm. When I remove my hand from my face, I see Vinyl, holding her tail like a blanket in one arm, and stroking it with her other hand, running her fingers through the strands of blue hair.Back to thinking about getting her clothed, I believe I remember a small box in the closet in the hallway that has some of the clothes I wore when I was just seven. I think about this for a minute, when my train of thought is disrupted.
"Brad?" Vinyl asks.
"Yeah?" I respond, sitting next to her on the bed.
"Do you have a brush somewhere I could use to brush my tail with? And my mane? They got really tangled after being out there in the rain and what not, and when you dried me off, it probably made it worse." She continues to fumble with her fingers, flinching a bit when she pulls a few strands of her tail to hard.
"Yeah I'll get you one." I reply with a smile, and I rub her mane.
"Dooonnn't!" She giggles. "You're gonna make it get more messed up!" She chuckles a little more.
"Okay, I'm sowwy." I reply sarcastically, giving her cheek a rub, then leaving for the bathroom, passing mom on the way.
"Haii, how's our newest family member doing?" She asks cheerfully
"Better. I'm just going to the bathroom to get her a brush so she can brush her mane and tail." I reply, shrugging a bit.
"Okay. Mind if I just stop in to say hi to her?"
"You don't need to ask mom." I says laughing a little.
"Okay then." She replies, and she walks into my room, and I head into the bathroom.
I flip on the light switch next to the door, and the room gets lit up with an eerie white light. The bathroom is like on of those average apartment bathrooms, with the counter right by the door, and the sink in the center, the toilet next to the counter, and the bath tub slash shower on the other side of the toilet. I pull open the drawer on the left side of the sink, and the contents are, white hand towels, a hair dryer, a comb, a few shavers, and the brush with a purple, rubber handle. I grab the brush, and I head back out into the hallway, shutting of the bathroom light.
Next, I go into the small closet, and on the floor right in front of me is that small box. Just to make sure, I open it and there they are, all neatly folded. Three pairs of jeans and cargo pants and shorts, four sets of pajamas with various cartoon characters on them like Tinkey Winkey from the Teletubbies, bob the builder, and so on, and four going out uniforms. Well I shouldn't say uniforms, they are just average sets of clothes. Anyway, I grab the dark blue pair of pajamas with just a star on the center top portion of the shirt. The pats are a lighter blue than the shirt.Now, I head back into the room. Well that is bumping into mom again.
"What are you doing with those?" She asks.
"Have you not noticed that Vinyl is naked?"
"Oh yeah." She replies, face palming. Welp, I know where I got my slowness from. "I gotta go to bed. I have to go in early tomorrow morning, and it's very late as it is, and I suggest you go to bed too." She gives me hug, then walks off.
I enter my room again, to see Vinyl tapping her left hoof on the floor impatiently, and her arms across her chest.
"I'm back! Did you miss me?" I asks, giving he a silly smile, which causes her to face to turn red, then she spits out laughing, falling onto her back on the bed.
"Dang it! I wanted to look like I was mad!" She grunts, sitting back up."What are those?" She asks, noticing the clothes in my hand.
"Something for you to wear so you aren't nude." I reply with a slight chuckle.
"So, I take it it's normal to wear clothing in this world?" She asks quizzically.
"Yes." I reply, stepping over to her, and I set the shirt in the bed, and I help her into the pants. She allows me to, and places her hooves into each pant leg so I can just pull them up onto her. I look up to grab the shirt, when I see Vinyl blushing a bit, so, just to mess with her, i stare her dead in the eye.
"Hey! No staring!" She pouts.
"Well, I'm the one getting you dressed, so I'm gonna have to look!" I reply playfully. "Unless you want it to go down like this." I say, turning my head away, and closing my eyes. I flail my hands around in search of the shirt, on purposely poking Vinyl here and there, earning me a giggle from her. When I find the shirt, I rub it in her face up and down, left and right, when finally she pushes me away.
"Okay! I get it, I get it!" She cries out in laughter.
"Good." I reply, now slipping the shirt on. I pull the collar out so I don't impale the shirt with her horn. "There. Now you're dressed." I smile, giving Vinyl a small hug, which she returns instantly.
"Thanks." She says softly.
"Don't mention it." I reply.
"Are we going to bed now?" She asks, letting me go.
"Yeah." reply with a nod.
"Oh...okay. C-c-could I...sleep with you? I get scared sometimes sleeping by myself." She asks, looking up at me with pleading puppydog eyes. "Pweeaaassee?" She asks again.
"Did you think I was going to say no?" I ask going to the door and switching off the light before climbing back into the bed and crawling under the covers, and holding them up for Vinyl to climb under.
"Thanks again." She says, snuggling herself close to me. I rap my arms around her, and I give her a kiss on the forehead.
"Goodnight Vinyl." I say softly, holding her close to me so she would know she's safe with me.
"Goodnight." She replies with a cute little yawn, and she closes her eyes, and before long begins to snore.
When I awaken, I notice it's a lot earlier than usual because, it's usually dawn by the time I wake up. This time, I look out of the window, between the two curtains to see the night sky shining down on the floor. I come to find that a small shaking feeling has woken me from my slumber, and I can feel two small hands on my upper right arm. With a yawn, I stretch out my arms, and look to the source of the shaking which had been coming from that small child I found in the shed. Ah, what was her name again? Vinyl...something? Nevermind. My brain just isn't used to this, getting up so early. Judging by the placement of the light, I can guess it's around 2:30 in the morning. I take a quick peek at the clock on on the wall on the other side of the room, which is digital, and I can just make out 2:42 pm. I guess I was pretty close then.
"Brad?" I hear the small child ask, but something about her voice doesn't seem right.
"Yeah, Vinyl?" I turn my head back to the small humanoid unicorn who has tears filling her magenta colored eyes.
"I-I had a bad dream, a-and I can't get back t-to sl-eep." Said Vinyl sadly, with a sniff, as she wipes her muzzle when a tear begins to fall down her furry cheek.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Come here, and let me give you a hug." I reply, as I hold my arms out to her. Right away, she throws herself into me, returning my hug tightly.
"It was about m-mommy." Now she's crying, as her tears sink into my shirt, and wet my skin.
"It's okay, it was just a dream." I said softly, holding her close, as I stroke her mane. "Don't cry, your mommy still loves you, and I'm sure she misses you dearly."
"I know, and she's probably crying too." Vinyl replies, with another small sniffle.
I don't even know what to say. She misses her mom who she can't even she. She's somehow been transported from her world which must be very far away, and she doesn't even have a loving father. Whether he died, didn't care, left, or has never met him before. I wonder what's going through her head right now. How long was she out there anyway? Are these nightmares recurring, or do they lead off from one another, and get worse? So many questions I want to ask, but this isn't the time, nor would it make her feel better, which is I want to do. I want to make her feel better, but I don't know how. She continues to cry in my grasp, clinging to me, as if I'm all she has, which is pretty much true for the most part. Plus having her here, just makes me feel better, so I want to make her feel better.
"M-mommy, the day before I ended up here, told me that he killed himself since he found out mommy was pregnant with me. He didn't even want me!" She bawls, burying her face into my chest, which has caused my shirt to stick to my skin. The thought of being fatherless is just saddening to the core, but her reason for it brings tears into my eyes. Iclose them, as I take in deep breath, and let it out, making sure to point it away from Vinyl's face.
"That sounds so sad, Vinyl!" I tighten my grip on her a little. She moves her arms to go around my neck, her white fur is smooth against my skin.
"That's why mommy never talked about him, o-or refused to when I asked. S-she told me not to worry about it. She was right, I should have stopped asking her."
"Ok, but Vinyl, please stop crying. It's not going to change it. Are you thirsty? Maybe a small glass of water might help." I say softly, pulling her away from me. I smile slightly, as I raise a finger to wipe her eyes, which is harder than I had expected since she's covered in fur.
"Mmhm." She replies with a small nod, followed by another sniffle.
"Okay, but, just let me change my shirt, and I'll get you some water." With that, I sit up, which is also harder than expected since, yet again, I'm not used to getting up this early. With another yawn, and stretch of the arms, I somehow find the energy to pull myself out of bed.
I Slowly make my way over to the dresser which is located by the door, as I shuffle my feet. I'm too lazy right now to give even the slightest attempt to lift them even just an inch. My feet make a small scratching sound as I walk against the brown carpet. I reach out to the small aluminum knobs of the top drawer, and I pull, making it open, revealing a drawer filled with neatly organized, and folded clothing. Nope. It's a mess in here, and mom's been at me to fix it for the past week, so I just may do that today. I'll have all day since today is Saturday, and I don't have school. I pull off my shirt, and I throw it down on the ground. It decided to be nice, and smear the wetness along my neck and face as I pulled it off. I reach down for another shirt, and I slip it on. Just a plain white shirt. Yay.
"Okay, come on Vinyl." I gesture a hand for her to come to me, and she obliges right away, taking my hand in hers, She huddles herself close to me as if I'm her protector or something. D'aww the cuteness. I kneel down, and i scoop her up in my arms, and she giggles a little as I do. She puts her arms around my neck, and nuzzles her cheek into my chest.
"Thanks Brad." She says softly with a small smile on her face.
"It's okay. I'm trying my best to make you feel better. Now how's about getting you your water?" I ask kindly as I head out of the room with Vinyl in my arms.
I make sure to be quiet as to not wake my parents who are snoring loudly. I don't even know why I'm trying to be quiet because their snoring must drown out the sound of me walking, plus most of this house has carpet floors except for the kitchen and bathroom which are tiled, and the dining room has hardwood floors. The floor creaks a little from underneath my feet as I pass through the dinning room to get into the kitchen. I sit Vinyl down on the black marble counter tops, next to the sink, which is bathed in night time light from the window above it. I grab the same glass on the towel on the other side of the sink from before, and I turn on the faucet, and I hold it under the stream of water. I fill it about halfway, and I hand it over to Vinyl, who takes it happily with her magic.
"Thank you." She says with a smile before grabbing the glass with her hands, and bringing it to her mouth, tilting her head back as she downs it in two seconds.
"Well someone was thirsty." Is say sarcastically with a small chuckle.
"Yeah, I guess." She replies, wiping her muzzle again to get any excess water off.
"What's going on in here?" I hear a soft voice ask. I turn around to see mom with her arms across her chest due to the fact she's shivering a little bit.
"Oh. Vinyl had a bad dream, so I brought her out here to get her some water." I reply quietly.
"Awwee, come here, let mamma hold you." Mom says with a pouty tone, holding her arms out as she walks over to Vinyl who places the glass in the sink upon mothers arrival. She lifts Vinyl up off the counter, and holds her onto her shoulder, and Vinyl clings to her neck.
"Uh, did you just say mamma?"
"Yeah, is there a problem?" Mom replies, giving me a small glare.
"I already have a mamma." Vinyl says sadly, turning her head to look down.
"Well, I'm your second mamma then." Mom holds Vinyl a little farther down so her head is by her chest, and she wraps her arms around her into a hug.
"Okay." Vinyl replies, hugging her back.
"I've always wanted a daughter." Moms says happily, nuzzling the tip of Vinyl's nose.
"Seems that you have become pretty attached to her, ma." I say with a small laugh.
"Well, of course, she's like the garsh darn cutest thing ever!" Mom moves Vinyl so she's laying in her left arm, then she begins to tickle Vinyl's stomach.
"AAgh! Stop that it tickles!" Vinyl squeals, trying to push away moms hand.
"Never!" Mom shouts playfully, as she continues to torcher Vinyl with tickles.
"You're gonna make me pee!" Said Vinyl through her laughter.
"Okay, fine." Mom replies, putting Vinyl back down on the counter. "Well, you two enjoy yourselves because I'm off to bed. Too early to be up at this time because getting old. Or like you teens like to say, 'because penis'." Mom rolls her eyes, as she begins to walk off.
"Goodnight mom." I say to her before she gets out of sight.
"I can't hear you!" She replies sarcastically as she returns to her room.
I roll my eyes, then turn my focus back to Vinyl who it contently stroking her tail again like a soft blanket, or a kitten. I know she must be severely depressed from being so far from home, yet she seems happy that it this seems o be her home away from home. I've accepted her into my life, and I will try my best to help her until she's able to go back, that's if. Half of me wants her to be able to go back, where as my other half wants her to stay. She's a cute little adorable thing, and I'd like to know where she came from. I walk up to the counter, and I hop up onto it, and I sit next to her. She drops her tail, and hugs me, nuzzling my side. I put one arm around her back, and I use my other hand to rub my knuckles along her head.
"Should we go back to bed now, Vinyl?" I ask with a slight yawn, but to my demise, she shakes her head.
"Nope. I'm not tired. I wanna stay up and spend time with you." She replies, moving to sit in my lap.
"But, it's only three in the morning!" I protest smugly, dropping my arms to my sides.
"Maybe if we did something fun, then you might not feel so tired." She bounces on my right leg happily, giggling away.
"Like what?" I ask, raising a brow.
"Maybe a game? Something quiet though, so your parents can sleep." Vinyl says, just below a whisper.
"How about a board game?"
"Perfect! What do you have?" She beams with a wide smile, her magenta eyes glistening in the light coming from the window.
"Not many, but they are fun classical games." I reply with a shrug.
"Well let's go then!" She puts, dropping from my lap to the floor, then begins to pull on my pant leg.
"Nah, I think I'll just sleep here." I say sarcastically, making a fake yawn, and leaning against the cupboards, which is actually very uncomfortable.
"Ugh, forget it." She scoffs, then her horn begins to glow blue again, and I begin to feel all tingly, and that same blue aura surrounds me as I am lifted off of the counter.
"Okay! I was joking! Just put me down!" I plead putting my hands together as she raises me to the ceiling, while she's laughing her cares away.
"Say please." She says sticking out her bottom lip.
"Pleaaasseee."
"Okaaayy." Vinyl replies sheepishly. I feel myself being lowered to my feet, then the magical aura diminishes from me, and her horn. "Now let's go!" She takes hold of my hand, and begins to pull. Since she still has legs being that if a pony, she's actually able to tug me, almost making me give a nice hello to the floor with my face.
"Now you're trying to trip me? Is it your mission to make me feel miserable right now?" I ask sarcastically as she remains pulling me.
"Maaaybe?" She replies with a small chuckle, as we enter the room. "Now, what board games do you have?" She asks, as she flips on the light switch with her magic.
"Probably games you've never heard of." I reply, walking over to my closet, and opening the door, to see boxes, and shoes on the floor, and a little bit of trash. Dress shirts, coats, and sweaters hang on thin metal hangers from the rod.
"Well, no duh!" She scoffs with an emphasis on duh. I turn my focus to the shelf above the rod, and I see some extra crap, and three board games. Candyland, Monopoly, and Battleship. I want something fun, yet simple for her to play. Monopoly is out of the question. Too complicated probably, and candy land is simple, but gets boring, so Battleship it is. I reach up to get it, but I end up having to pull the other board games out to get to it. When I finally retrieve the game, I turn around, and close to two doors with my foot.
"I know that, but I think you'll like this one." I reply, showing her the box which has three ships on it, a few explosions, ad the game name a the top is Indy gold color. She cocks her head in wonder as to what the point of the game is.
"How do you play it?"
"I knew you were going to ask, but yeah, I'm gonna show you of course." I place the box down on my bed, I pull off the top cover, and I grab out the two blue thingies I have come to calling laptops since the open and close like one.
I hand her one of the laptop thingies, and she takes it in her hands curiously, not sure of what to do with it, as she looks at it from every angle. I chuckle to my self at her massive brain fart, so I open it for her, and her curious face turn into a "Dafuq kind of alien technology is this?" face. I show her the different pieces, and where which ones go, and when to use what piece. Like how the ships go on the bottom grid, and the white and white pegs go on the upper grid, and some red ones go on the individual holes on the ships, and what happens which each hole has a red peg. She seems to learn pretty quickly because she asks me exactly what to do, while she does it, like how to call out a spot where to fire.
After teaching her how the game works, I give her a simple tutorial of how to play. I start by placing on ship in the center of my grid, and I show her where it is, and I ask her to give the right coordinates in order to hit it. I know you're not supposed to show where your ship is, but this is just an example of what she would have to do in play. I had my ship at E, 5, and F, 5, and she calls out E. 5, so I put a red peg on the ship, and I asked her if she knew what do do, and she did. She took a red peg from the tray, and placed it on the E, 5 hole on the upper grid. Next, I asked her to hit the spot next to my ship so she would know how to miss. She calls out E, 4, which I tell her was a miss of course, and she uses her magic to lift a white peg out of the white peg tray, and places it next to the red peg on the upper grid. So with that, we begin.
USually when I play Battleship, I have a certain way, and setup of playing, so on average, I win seven out of ten games I play, but this time, I use a simple set up, and I take myself from a god at battle ship, to the level of a noob, which I find is quite hard. That's what I don't get. When you become good at something, it's hard to on purposely syck at it, because I have the urge to just wipe her out, but I can't do that to her. She looks so confident as if she'll never lose a battle, and I don't want that face to change. I will give her a little bit of a challenge to build up her skill, but I will lose, so I can boost that confidence. Simple things like playing boar games can have a bigger effect in a child than you may think, and I can see it now in Vinyl.
I'm sitting up against the head board of my bed, with the pillow in between me and the head board for comfort. Vinyl is laying on her stomach, staring at her thingy, while giving me a few smirks that tell me I'm dead meat here and there. She has her head propped up on her hands, her legs kicking ever so little in the air, her tail swaying back and forth from left to right. You guys have no idea how cute she looks right now. I'd take a picture if I could but...I don't have anything to take a picture with. About ten minutes into the game, I have her carrier, and that small boat sunk, while she has my submarine, my battleship, and my carrier sunk. So far so good. I don't know long I'll have her with me until her world comes to take her back, but hile shes here, I'm going to enjoy every minute of it.
After about another five minutes, she has me beat, and she had one ship left. I actually tried my best in the end because she was able to use her last ship against my two ships. I have no idea where she had it, either it was at an edge in a corner, or in the dead center, I don't know, but on my grid there were plenty of spots for her ship, so I won't get to accusing her of cheating, but nonetheless, it was a fun game. She squeals happily, banging her fists on the bad with laughter that she had just defeated the god of Battleship. Well, I don't think I deserve that title, but maybe just a really good pro we can leave it at. As we clean up, she sings her herself that she beat me, going "I beat him, I beat him!" I tell her yes she did, I ruffle her mane, then I give her a scratch behind the ear, which she tends to really love.
"Can we play one more time, Brad?" She asks cheerfully, with a big smile on her face.
"Not now, Vinyl it's only four in the morning, and we really have to get back to sleep." I reply with a yawn.
"Pleaaasseee?!" She gives me the 'garsh darned' cutest puppydog face I have ever seen, but somehow, I find enough will power to ell her no.
"Later okay? But for now, we need to rest." I sad, giving her a small hug, then I put everything back in the box, and I close it up, and return it to the shelf in the closet.
"Okaay."
"Now let's go back to sleep." I turn off the lights, then I get back in bed, and slip under the covers, holding them up for Vinyl, who snuggles herself close to me.
"Okay. Goodnight daddy." Viny said softly, with a small yawn.
"Vinyl?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you,,,call me...daddy?" I don't know if I heard her correctly, if she accidentally said it because the word was lingering in her head, but I swear I heard her call me...daddy. It feels as if a spark just went off inside me, and gave me this good feeling, better than anything I've ever felt before, I hope she says yes.
"Y-yeah. I won;t anymore. I'm sorry da-...Brad." She replies with a sniff, and begins to turn away from me. I stop her, and I hug her close.
"Oh, Vinyl, I could never be mad at you. That means so much to me that you would call me daddy." I can just feel the tears creeping into my eyes. Oh the feels.
"Re-really? You'd be my daddy for me?" Vinyl asks pulling away from me, tears in her eyes.
"Yes Vinyl. I want to be your daddy." I pull her back into me as she begins to cry a little but out of happiness.
"Thank you so much!" She tightens her grip around my neck, as she continues to cry.
"Just...one thing I want to know."
"What?" She asks, pulling away from me.
"When is your birthday?" I ask, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I-it's today." She replies in a whisper.
"So you're eight now?"
"Yeah. I bet mommy is really sad." She looks down, and away from my gaze.
"Well, me being your father can by my birthday gift from me to you then." I cup her chin in my hand, and I lit her head back up to look at me.
"It can?" She asks, with another smile.
"Yes, Vinyl. I'm your daddy now." I reply, hugging her tight again.
"Oh, thank you! I love you daddy!" Vinyl says cheerfully through her tears.
After a long night of sleep, and restful slumber, I awaken to the bright, early morning sun shining down onto the bed. It bathes me, and Vinyl in an eerie, light yellow glow, casting a shadow down onto the floor, where the light does not touch. She lay contently in my arms, resting peacefully, her head against my chest, and her ears folded against her skull. She snores ever so lightly, causing a small smile to make it's way onto my face. She too smiles happily as she remains dozing in whatever dream it is she may be having. By the looks of it, she may be having a good one. At least I hope so. She had a bad dream last night, so I hope this is a good dream, making up for the bad one she had.
I gently rub my hand into her two toned, blue mane as I try to recall the events that had taken place, late last night. My brain is very slow in the morning, well that's to be expected, but with me, it even takes me like two minutes to add two and two together. I give her a gentle kiss on the tip of her horn, which gives me a little shock in return, causing me to flinch. I see her horn begin to glue a light purple, rather than blue, before quickly fading away. Is her horn sensitive or something? Just to be safe, I'll be careful around it. Upon kissing her horn, she smiles a little wider, and snuggles herself closer to me. Maybe it makes some sort of a good reaction? Once again, I just don't know.
"I love you daddy." I hear a soft voice whisper, coming to find it had come from Vinyl.
Suddenly, I remember it all. Every detail of every second. She has woken me up due to a bad dream, (already been established) so I had taken her to get a small glass of water. Mom had come out for a minute or two to play with Vinyl before heading back off to bed. After then, Vinyl dragged me off, back into our room to play board games, which she had beaten me at. Most like she totally obliterated me in the end. After the game, she had said good night, but also called me...daddy. I didn't know what to think of it at first, but with what she had told me about her father, I decided to be a one for her. I gave her something she has been wanting since she was born. I gave her a father.
Soon my small, and simple smile grows into a wide grin as I am overcome with so much joy that I feel like crying. This little, half human, half pony hybrid that I haven't even known for a full twenty four hours has become something I've always dreamed of having. A daughter. I don't know what it's like to be a parent, but I know that this is my way of finding out. You may say that it's way to early on my life to be having a child of my own, and I agree, but this can at least make an exception. Right? But what will mom and dad think? I don't really care. She's my daughter now, and I'm her daddy, and with that said, I will never let her go.
I don't know how, but she has already filled an entire void in my life that made me miserable. But now I have something to be happy about. Tears are brought to my eyes due to how much joy I am feeling at this moment. I've taken in a sweet little alien into my care, and now I come to find that I'm already committing myself to being the father she wants, needs, and very well deserves. She may not be from earth, but all that matters is that I will do all that I can to raise her until she...no. I'm not even going to think of that. With my arms already wrapped around her, and hug her a bit tighter, holding her close to me, resting my head on hers. Then, I hear a small yawn.
"Good morning daddy." Vinyl says softly, gazing her mangeta eyes, deep into mine.
"Good morning to you too, Vinyl." I reply with a smile, and another gentle kiss to her horn.
"I had a good dream this time. It was about you." She nuzzles her muzzle on my cheek.
"What happened?"
"That you were my daddy back in Equestria. Like, instead of the one who...you know." She replies, trailing off.
"Awe, Vinyl. No matter what, I'm your daddy, okay?"
"Okay daddy." Vinyl gives me a small kiss on the cheek before returning to huddling herself onto my chest. By that, I mean I had been laying on my back, and she moved to lay on top of me which is too cute. "I'm at least glad that I ended up with some pony who cares for me."
"I love you Vinyl." I hold my arms around her back, with one hand stroking her mane.
"I love you too daddy. I'm happy to call you my daddy."
"Just like I'm happy to call you my daughter."
Just one thing that has been lingering in my mind is why did she open up to me so fast? It's as if she's known me for years now, but we've still got to break twenty four hours. I guess I kind of opened up to her quite fast as well. When I first brought her inside, I felt that I just may be the only one to care for her, with her being new to this world. It shocked me quite a bit when she first spoke, but I got used to that pretty quick. I'm still getting over that fact that she's a mixed breed right now from a different planet. But all that really matter ps is what's going on right now, and I'm spending time with my daughter, whom I love so much already.
"Are you hungry, Vinyl?" I ask softly, but only to get a simple nod, and another yawn from Vinyl who has her arms stretched out to the sides. "How about I get you something to eat then?" Still no verbal answer, but this time she shakes her head, before resting it on my chest, and closes her eyes. "Are you sure you don!t want anything to eat Vinyl? I don't want you to starve."
"It's okay daddy. I just wanna lay here with you and rest. You're very comfy, like a big pillow." She whispers with yet another yawn as she uses her magic to pull the blanket over her and I. I find it quite adorable that she just compared me to a pillow.
"Okay, we can lay here for a few more minutes. I need to give you a bath because all of that rain left a big odor on you." I say sarcastically, with a bit of a laugh. With that said, she holds an arm out in front of her muzzle, and gives it a wiff.
"You're right!" She scoffs from the stench, making a small gag from the revolting smell. "How about you give me that bath like...now. My fur tends to keep any stink that's on it for too long for about as long as up to four days, and just that sniff was enough for me. Plus I like my coat clean." She waves a hand out in front of her muzzle to try and waft the smell away from her as she removes herself from me. I sit up, and sootch to the edge before standing up. I hold my hand out to her again which she takes gracefully in her own.
I lead her into the bathroom where I sit her on the toilet so I can get a bath ready for her. Before I turn on the tub, I head back out in to the hall and into that closet to get some more clothes for Vinyl. I managed to grab a black, short sleeve shirt with...nothing on it, and black pants. I head back into the bathroom to see Vinyl playing with her tail again. Either it's a habit, or she just enjoys the fun of playing with it. None of my business anyway. Her body, she can do as she pleases, as long as it's reasonable. Heyy there you go! Already making parental rules. Well at least tattoos will be the least worry for me because I don't think a tattoo would look good on fur.
Upon returning into the bathroom, I pull open the drawer on the right side of the sink, and I take out two blue towels. I set one down on the floor, and set the other one stop the counter next to the sink. After that, I turn he water on, and close the drain. I make sure that the water isn't too hot or too cold, by having Vinyl put her hand under the stream of water until it's just right for her. No I didn't skip to hot. I slowly made it warmer and warmer until she felt comfortable with the temperature. Finally, I help her get undressed, and I set her in the tub. Being naked in front of me isn't a problem for her. It was her nature, plus she was nude until we went to bed.
Vinyl leans back against the rear of the tub, letting out a sigh of relief as the water rushes over her body. Her tail bobs just at the surface of the water as it slowly rises. I let the water flow until Vinyl says it's enough, which happened to be half way up her torso. Now just realizing it, I don't have any horse or pony shampoos to wash her with. Well it's just hair so maybe I could just use hair conditioner as a body lotion? I ponder over this for a minute as Vinyl lay silently in the tub, with a smile of relaxation. She sinks down a little further into the water so the water is up to her neck, and the bottom of her blue mane has gone under.
"This is very relaxing." Vinyl sighs happily.
"Yeah, I bet it is, isn't it?" I reply, getting up, and walking over to the cupboard in the wall, above the toilet.
"Do you have any real kids, daddy? Like, biological kids?" Vinyl asks with wonder in her eyes.
"Nope. You're my only one kiddo." I respond as I rummage through the cupboard for any kind of shampoo or lotion I could use to wash Vinyl down with.
"Oh. It seems like you know what you're doing, so I just guessed that you have had kids before." Vinyl says, making the water splash a little as she moves to a more comfortable position.
"Never had a kid in my life till you came along. I'm very happy you did by the way. Well, I'm sad that you're far from home but-" I begin to reply as I grab a bottle of Pantine hair conditioner.
"Dad, I know what you mean." She says flatly, cutting me off.
"You know, you're very smart for your age." I compliment, walking back over to the tub, kneeling down to Vinyl's level.
"You really think so? Everypony said I wasn't very accoomiulateed, or something, which I took to mean not very smart."
"No, you are very smart Vinyl. I can see it already." I reply as I squirt some of the shampoo onto my hand. I don't know why she says pony instead of body at the end of those words. Maybe it was a thing back in her planet? But who am I to judge? It's a whole other civilization with their own ways, beliefs and cultures. No two planets are the same.
"Thanks dad." She turns her head to look at me with a gleeful smile as I begin to lather the lotion into her mane.
"No problem kiddo." I smile back, continuing to lather the soap into her mane. Most people tend to just rub the lotion onto their hair, but I like to take the tips of my fingers to scratch it in there. Well not so much scratching, but it's just much more thurrough.
"Can I ask you something daddy?"
"You can ask me anything Vinyl." I reply as I move to the back of her head, making sure to get behind the ears.
"Well it's just that..." She trails off, looking down into the water as if it were a huge ocean, and she were about to sink into it.
"What?"
"Oh, never mind...it's just a silly question." She says sheepishly, wi a shrug, while twiddling her fingers.
"Go ahead. I won't judge." I say, putting more Pantine onto my hand, and I begin to wash her neck.
"I just want to know why you decided to take me in, and why you're okay with me calling you daddy." She looks away again, watching as the soap suds run down her, and into the water.
"Oh, Vinyl." I reply hugging her, ignoring the fact I just got myself soaking wet. "I told you I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I left you out there. And I'm okay with you calling me daddy. From what you told me about your...dad, I decided to take over and be the father you need, plus I kind if always wanted a daughter." I hug her a little tighter now, as I rub her mane.
"Really daddy? You really mean that?" She asks, as I pull away from her, tears lining her eyes.
"Every word of it, Vinyl. I'm your daddy, and you're my daughter. As simple as that." I reply with a smile, as I resume cleaning Vinyl. "I love you Vinyl. Don't you ever forget that."
Now this time, it's her turn to hug me as she jolts in my direction, a blur of white and blue, and I feel her two, wet, furry arms wrap around me. "Thank you daddy! I won't forget! I promise, and I love you too." She sniffs once, and begins to cry again, and I hold onto her just as any loving father would to their daughter.
"It's okay Vinyl. I'll always be here for you." I reply, planting another kiss on the tip of her horn, but this time a little spark erupts from it, but doesn't shock me.
"What was that daddy?"
"I don't know."
"It made me feel really good though."
"It did?"
"Yeah, like, I feel safe, and cared for, and...and loved." She looks up at me with the cutest sad/happy smile I have ever seen.
"That's because I won't let you get hurt, and I do care for and love you." I reply cupping her cheek in my hand.
With another really wet hug, I recontinue giving Vinyl her bath. I move from her neck, to her right arm, and her fur throughout the whole ordeal is just so darn soft! Her mother must have taken special care of her, and that I'm happy for. Oh God. I just realized something. She has been wishing for a father for as long as she can remember, but now that she has a father, she's without a mother. I'm not sure if she counts my mom as her second mom just yet, but still. Now that's just sad right there. When I get to her hand, I rub my finger in between hers to get into the spaces until she uses her fingers to take a hold of my hand, and she turns to look at me again.
"Thank you dad. For everything." She smiles now, and I grab her hand in return.
"Anything for my beautiful daughter."
"Now I kinda wish that you were the one that met my mom and had me. That would have been a lot better." She sighs sadly, letting go of my hand.
"Either way, Vinyl, I'm still here caring for you as if you were my biological daughter." I reply, grabbing her hand again.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." She replies with an instant change of mood, back to joyful and happy.
"Just try to look at the positives okay?" I ask as I finish up her left arm, and begin on her chest.
"Yes daddy, I will. I guess I just really miss my mommy." She sighs again, but then quickly reverts back to smiling. "As long as I'm safe, I know she'll be happy, so therefor, I am happy."
"You know, your fur is very soft, Vinyl. Sorry. Had to get that out." I say chuckling to myself a little bit.
"That's mom for Ya. She was constantly at me to wash myself right, and after each bath she would let me for ages, seeing if I had any spots that showed any sign of roughness or something." She replies with a shrug.
"Yeah I see. You're fur is softer than my grandma's cat, and that cats fur is reeeeaaaaaaalllllyyyy soft.
"I'll take your word for it." She replies smugly, which a slight smirk.
"Yeah okay."
When I finish washing her chest, I move on to washing her back. Squirting more lotion onto my hand, after using a good amount of what was in the bottle to wash this mythical talking unicorn. I apply the soap to her back, and I begin to rub in big oval shapes, making sure to get under all of that fur. Vinyl makes slight moans as to the fact that I'm basically giving her a massage right now as I wash down her back. I roll my eyes as I continue my way down her back. Using more shampoo, I start on her legs which is pretty easy. I get some soap onto one hand, share it with the other, then wrap my hands around the leg, and rub back and forth. Another five minutes later and all that is left is the tail.
"I just have to tell you that this is the best bath I have ever had. Like, ever." Vinyl exclaims happily.
"You don't say." I reply sarcastically. For the tail, I squirt the soap on my fingers, rather than my palms. I comb at her tail from the base, to the end with my fingers and after a minute or two, I can barely see any of the blue left.
"Yeah, it feels like I'm at a spa right now."
"That's cool." I reply, pulling the drain plug, and turning the water back on, but turning it to the shower.
I point the nozzle away from Vinyl until I can get it to the temperature again, then I begin to rinse her off. She just smiles at me as I rinse her, telling me I did a satisfactory job at bathing her. Now the stench is gone, and she smells like coconuts, and coconuts are my favorite nuts. Well technically they aren't nuts, but you know what I mean. After I have her dried off, I grab the towel from off the sink, and Vinyl stands up so I can dry her off. It takes longer than I had expected, but it got done. Next, I get her dressed, and she continues to give me the same smile. I'm knelt down to her level, and she throws herself at me for another hug.
"I love you daddy." She says softly, tightly wrapping her arms around me.
"You've said that so many times now, but, I love you too Vinyl." I reply, returning her hug before letting go to stand up. Luckily by now my shirt has mostly dried off or she would be wet all over again.
"I know, but I just can't seem to thank you enough."
"Oh, it's okay Vinyl. You don't have to thank me." I say, taking her hand in mine and we walk out of the bathroom to my father. His arms are across his chest, and he's tapping a foot on the floor. "I take it you heard what was said?"
"Yep." Dad replies flatly, and bluntly.
"Than I guess I have some explaining to do then, huh?"
"So what's all this daddy stuff I heard?" He folds his arms across his chest and a cross look adorns his face.
"Ok dad. I'm not gonna lie. But I would rather talk about this with mom as well. Wait a sec." I turn around quick to see if I drained the water from the tub, and sure enough I had forgotten to pull the plug. I mentally roll my eyes, heading back for the tub, and reaching down to pull the little lever and the water begins to flow down the drain.
"No, son. Tell me right now."
With a sigh and no choice other than to do as he demands, I tell him. "Dad, last night, Vinyl had a bad dream that was about her mother-" is all I get out before he cuts me off.
"I want to know why she is calling you daddy."
I sigh again, craning my neck so I can see the small hybrid, hiding herself behind me. "She had gotten into telling me that she has never had a father, and I could see that when we were about to fall asleep again she has bonded herself quite a lot to me, and she called me daddy."
"But you aren't her father. So why?"
"Maybe she thinks and sees me as one, but I myself have bonded with her and to tell you the truth...I want to adopt her." I reach my hand down and place it on her shoulder.
"So you're meaning to tell me that you want to adopt an alien that you came across just last night because she called you daddy?" He sighs.
"Yes. I want to be her daddy." Now I grab her, and pick her up, laying Cinyl on my arms and she wraps her arms around my neck to hold onto.
"No no no no no. I can't have this." He spins half way around, putting his hands on his head. "My son wants to adopt a...a...some human pony thing from outer space."
"Only if you know the hell she's going through right now." I say bluntly, walking past him, and out to the living room, and sit on the couch.
"Why does he have to be so mean?" Vinyl asks, leaning her head on me.
"He's not, he's just still shocked about housing a living being from outer space, and hearing me want to adopt it the next morning. Just don't worry about him okay?" I run my free hand through her mane with a smile.
"You...really want to adopt me?" She looks up to me with pleading eyes.
"Yeah, I do. I know it hasn't even been a full twenty four hours yet, but I've really gotten used to you, and when you called me daddy that first time, I was just really happy. Now that I see you, I think to myself, I have a daughter, and it makes me even happier."
"Really daddy? You really think that?"
"I would be more than happy to call you my daughter." I hug Vinyl close to me.
"I'd be happy with that, and to call you my daddy." She replies nuzzling my cheek.
"I love you Vinyl."
"I love you too daddy."
"Hey, are you hungry, Vinyl?" I ask, pulling the small hybrid away from me, and if her stomach knew what I had said, it growls loud, and deeply.
"I think that means yes." Vinyl giggles, pointing to her belly.
"Okay, let's see what I can get you." I set her down on the hardwood floor, her hooves making a little clop sound. I grab her hand and lead her into the kitchen. I open the refrigerator door, as a wave of cold washes over me. I scan the shelves for anything she could possibly eat. There is milk, orange juice, leftovers, and lots at that. There is spaghetti, meatloaf, and stuff. I wonder what her kind eats. She said that they are ponies from wh- wait. Ponies? Aren't ponies vegan? I think so, but I think I should ask, just to clarify. "Hey, Vinyl, what do you guys eat on your planet? Are you guys vegan?"
"Yeah, all ponies are." She replies sarcastically, with a roll of her eyes.
"So veggies and fruits and grains and what not?"
"Yeah. But, hey, what's this?" She asks holding out a bag to me. I take it from her, and I open it to see what's inside.
"Those are ribs from a cookout we had a few days ago."
"Wait. You...you eat...meat?" She asks shakily, slowly walking backwards away from me.
"Is there something wrong, Vinyl?" I reach out to give her a hug.
"Stay away from me!" She shouts, turning around, and running off. Shoot. Ponies dont eat meat. Now she's probably thinking I'm gonna eat her. With a sigh, I follow after her.
"So much for a good daddy." I hear my father scoff from the livi room couch as I pass throug into the hall way. I simply ignore him and keep moving. Now I hear the sound of what seems like crying, coming from my room. Maybe that's where she went. I reach my bedroom door which is closed and then I see mom pop out of her room in her robe, and rubbing her eyes.
"Hey, what's going on out here? I'm trying to sleep." She says groggily, with a sigh after.
"Vinyl thinks I'm going to eat her."
"What? Why?" She stares me in the eye, not an intimidating look, but I know she's demanding an answer.
"Well, do you remember how she said she's a pony? Ponies are vegan and we are omnivores, right?"
"Oohhhh." It took her a few seconds to process this, but she got it after a few seconds. With a shrug, I enter my room to find Vinyl moping on my bed.
"Hey Vinyl." I sit on the bed next to her. She lays curled up, holding her tail in her arms like a stuffed animal. "I'm not going to eat you okay? What reason do I have to eat you? Besides, why would I eat my own daughter?" I softly stroke her mane for reassurance.
"That's probably what you told those other critters you ate."
"If it was my choice, I wouldn't eat them, but are bodies need the protein to live. Plus I don't eat them alive. We eat them after they have died or have been killed by hunters."
"Yo-you're not a hunter...are you?" She turns her head to face me, tears staining her furry cheeks.
"No Vinyl. Come here." I reply softly, lifting Vinyl into me lap. "I wouldn't eat you if you were the last thing on earth."
"O-okay. I'm sorry I ran away daddy. I-i was just...scared. Please don't be mad at me."
"No Vinyl, I'm not mad."
"Okay." She replies softly. We sit there for a few seconds, me holding her and rubbing her mane. Then out of the blue, she shoots up. And hugs me really tight. "Thank you daddy."
"You're welcome Vinyl." I hug her back. "You smell good."
"Cause you kind of just gave me a bath."
"I know. Now how about we try getting you something to eat again?"
"Okay." She loosens her grip on me a little, but doesn't let go.
"Am I a good daddy?" I ask as I get up from the bed.
"Uh huh." I feel her head nodding up and down a couple of times.
"And I think you're a good daughter."
I step out of the room, and instantly I am overcome with the smell of eggs and French toast. I love that smell, it always gives me this good feeling inside, like Im in heaven. I feel my mouth beginning to water as I imagine sitting at the table with a plate of over easy eggs and perfectly made slices of French toast, drizzled in pure maple syrup. It's te syrup that kind of ruins the mood because I hate how much pure maple syrup costs. It's so expensive! Eighteen bucks for a small jar, twenty seven for a slightly larger bottle, and forty for a large jug. The large jug is only as big as a quart. It's kind of a lot, but the cost is just oh my god. Like I said, my mood just got ruined. Curse you overly priced tree sap!! Walking back into the kitchen, I happen to pass by dad who grimaces at the sight of me holding Vinyl.
"Okay dad, you are going to tell me what is so wrong with having Vinyl here! Ever since you came home last night you've been a big prick!! She's homeless, and helpless, and we might be her only hope!! Why do you hate her?" I shout in his face. He doesn't scare me. Heck I'm taller than him by two inches so why should I be scared? It just pisses me off how much of an ass he has become since he saw this creature.
"What's wrong? What's wro is that we are hear prong an alien life form, that you have come so attached to that you want to be a father to it! How do you know that's what it wants? What if it's luring you into some trick? Who knows? And don't you dare use that tone of voice with me, and choose your words carefully or so help me god I will-"
He begins to yell back, but stops for some reason after he draws an open hand back, threatening to slap me. Then I notice that me and Vinyl are surrounded in some sort of purple glow, and Vinyls grip has retightened its self. The. I see her horn is glowing. Did she put some sort of force field around us? Dad stumbles back, unsure of what to do, his hand falling back to his side. I reach my free hand to touch it, but I draw it back instantly after having an electrical shock delivered into my hand.
"What in the name of God?" Dad mutters softly, stumbling backwards.
"I won't let you hurt my daddy!" Vinyl yells as she cries.
"It's okay Vinyl. He won't hurt me. He wants to, but he can't. So you can let go of the force feild or whatever this is."
"No! Not until I know you're safe! I don't want you to get hurt"
"Vinyl, please stop crying. It's okay. I'm not gonna get hurt."
"..."
"Vinyl?"
"Okay." She replies softly, her horn stops glowing and the force field she placed around us slowly diminishes.
"I'm warning you Brad. That thing is. Nothing but trouble." Dad says as he hurries past me and into his room where he shuts the door behind him.
"I'm sorry dad." Vinyl mopes softly, sniffling a little.
"Whatever for?"
"He's right. I am just a lot of trouble."
"No Vinyl, you're not trouble. What makes you think he's right?"
"You said it yourself. Ever since you brought me here, thing between you two got really bad. I should just go somewhere else. I don't belong here." She attempts to pull away from me, but I bring her close into a tight hug.
"No, don't you ever think that. He's just being a big meanie. And as of right now, you belong here with me." She hugs me back, not saying anything, just sniffling here and there.
I resume heading to the kitchen where the smell of an early morning breakfast becomes over powering, and I find that I'm beginning to salivate. Not drooling, just eager to shove my mouth full of delicious food. A very light smoke is rising out of the pan on the stove as the eggs sizzle, and pop everyone in a while. Mom is flipping over the French toast on the griddle, or grittle? I don't know. Mom is making he eggs sunny side up, just the way we like them, and the French toast slightly over cooked. It gives them a little more crisp to each bite, and it soaks up the syrup better. I hate it when you put the syrup on, and it just flows off onto the plate. It's like hello! I put that on the toast for a reason! I'd like it to stay there! Thank you very much!
"Hey, what was going on out there?" Mom asks, turning to face me.
"Dad was being a jerk to Vinyl."
"Ohh come here." Mom says softly, putting the spatula down and walking over to me, taking Vinyl into her arms. "It's okay, momma's got you." She gives Vinyl a reassuring smile.
"It's nice you say momma and stuff, but since I do have a mom, and I miss her very much, i...just please don't say it." Vinyl sighs, and turns her gaze down to the floor. "We were supposed to go see the Wonderbolts perform today, then this happened." She begins to silently cry as tears flow over her eyelids.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I won't say it anymore. Who are the Wonderbolts?" Mom takes a finger and wipes a tear out of Vinyls left eye.
"They're like a group of Pegasai who perform stunts and everything, and I hear it was really cool. But I only heard that from other pegasai because they pretty much only performed for Cloudsdale which is a city in the sky, and not being a Pegasus myself, I can't see them. But then my mom told me that they were coming down to our small town called Ponyville to make a performance. I was really happy to hear that, but now I'm stuck here." Vinyls silent crying now has become a quite moping. "A-and today was sup-posed to be...my birthday."
"What? Oh Vinyl, I'm so sorry, I don't know what to say. I want to say happy birthday, but..."
"I-it's okay. Please don't make a fuss over me."
"Okay. Here Brad, hold her so I can serve breakfast. C-can she eats this stuff?" She asks as I take Vinyl from her.
"Yes I can. Just no...meat." Vinyl replies with a sniff.
We all gather at the table as mom sets up breakfast which contains bacon, eggs, toast and pancakes. She never was much of a cooker, but on certain occasions she will create one of the most delicious feasts you could be a part of. And by occasion, I think you know what I mean. It being my daughter's birthday and all. So I bet mom is trying her best to cheer her up, since Vinyl is rather stressed at the moment.
I know it may have been really sudden to be adopting her as a daughter by opinion, and I'm still getting used to being referred to as a father, which may go on for quite some time. Not only that, she had to be a humanoid unicorn from another planet. But even though those facts are true, I still enjoy having Vinyl here. Although, I wish I could send her back from where she came, because I know how she misses her mother.
I make sure to seat me and Vinyl on the opposite side of the table from dad, incase he tries to do anything to my daughter. Once again, it is weird to be calling her that all of a sudden, but I still have to take responsibility for her as a father. Along with the weirdness of having that title, it does feel nice at the same time. I don't know how long I will have her, but as long as I do, I will do my best to raise her right.
Vinyl sits in my lap, trying hard to hide her face from my fathers menacing glare. I really wish I knew why he doesn't like her. Vinyl doesn't deserve that stress on top of everything else she's going through. I hold her close to me, sharing the same face as my father to show that Vinyl isn't going anywhere. As an attempt to comfort her, I gently stroke her mane as mom serves us food.
"Oh, Harold, quit giving the poor thing the death glare, she doesn't need that from you!" She scolds him, dilivering a smack to his head.
"Why are you defending it?! It's probably trying to conjure up some twisted plot!" He protests, rubbing the back of his head where mom had smacked him.
"Look at her! What could she possible do?! She's lost and afraid and needs our help, so stop being so mean to her!" Mom huffs as she finishes serving up the first round of breakfast.
As they continue to rant at each other, I notice Vinyl beginning to tremble and shake in my arms. I can tell she's scared, and thinks all of this is her fault, I'm sure, but none of it is her fault. I stand, still carrying Vinyl.
"Can you guys stop arguing? It's just making her worse! Lets just eat, alright?" I snap at the two, with a stern voice, as I sit back down.
"Yeah, you're right dear. I feel bad for having to go to work and leave you here with him, Brad."
"You know what? I'm done!" Dad barks, getting up from his chair. "I guess being cautious to protect the ones I love is wrong, and it makes me the bad guy! Ever since that...thing came into the picture I feel I've been getting attacked! So, until I start getting some respesct, I'm leaving." With a huff, he stomps off, and heads to the front door.
I feel Vinyl squirming in my arms, as if to tell me to put her down, so I do. I watch her in off after dad to the door as he is putting his coat on. I watch nearby as she walks right up to him. From what I can tell, he hasn't noticed her yet, until I see her tug at his pants.
"What do you want?" He snaps at her causing her to recoil a bit. She says nothing in return for a second or two, Until I qt Ness as Vinyl hugs him around the leg.
"I'm sorry I make you upset, I didnt mean to! I just miss my mommy and I wanna go home" She begins to cry, and wipes her muzzle with an arm, as dad stands there shocked. "I don't know what to do! I'm thinking of just leaving because all I'm doing is upsetting you." She sniffles as tears begin rolling down her cheeks. "I-I know Brad isn't my real dad, but I love him as if he were. I want to think of you as family too, but it's hard when you don't...when you don't like me..."
Sorrow is all I see in this scene unraveling before me, and before I know it, I'm crying too.
"I...I..." Dad begins to stammer.
"I also know I'm different from you guys. What with being from another world and all. I know you guys weren't expecting me to come out of nowhere and suddenly have to take care of me. I guess I understand if...if you don't want to. I can just walk out and you guys won't ever have to see me again." She pouts, turning away from dad. "I...I just wanted a family to love and care for me, like how things used to be..."
With that said, I decide to intervene, but I'd rather not ruin this moment for her. I take a few steps closer, but not until I see dad reach out for Vinyl. He turns her around to face him and he hugs her tight.
"I...I'm sorry...I didn't know, I thought you-"
"Its okay, just don't be like that again." I see them both smile as they embrace their hugging.
"I love you grandpa." Vinyl says happily through her tears as she nuzzles his cheek.
I notice dad's facial expression go from one of guilt and sorrow, to a more confused and puzzled one. It takes aanother second for him to catch on, and he gasps with a slight smile. "I guess...I...I love you too." He smiles more and hug her closer, as he sits and takes her in his lap. "My beautiful granddaughter." He begins rubbing her mane, and kisses her on the forehead, and says, "I am so sorry."
As much as that was sweet, it was weird at the same time. One moment ago he's leaving cause of her and now he says THIS? Ah well. I knew he was bound to buckle sometime and leave her be. Now, this is where I come in.
"Daddy!" She chirps, running up to me as I approach. All of a sudden, it doesn't seem weird anymore. That time she said it, all I could feel was joy. With a smile, I bend over a lifts as she jumps at me, her tail swaying left and right.
"I'm very proud of you, Vinyl. Now give daddy a hug!" I lift her up, as she hugs me around my neck, her legs high in the air, as I begin to spin around in circles, making her giggle.
"I love you so much, daddy!" She coos as I come to a stop.
"I love you too. Now how about we get back to breakfast, I'm sure you're hungry."
"Mmhhmm!" She nods her head in agreement, as she lays her head on my chest. I notice mom standing nearby with a hand over her heart, and a sincere smile on her face. I smile back at her as I return to my seat.
Vinyl was hungry! I watch her as she wolf's down her eggs, and pancakes, and saves the toast for last. With a belch, she sits back against me with all her food gone. Within the time she ate her food, I hadn't even finished half of mine! Mom insisted for Vinyl to slow down, but I guess she was either too hungry and didn't care, or she didn't hear her. I chuckle a bit as I pat her belly, feeling her fur through the shirt.
I remember when I was her age, mom would give me belly rubs after a big meal like this, and I always liked it. Maybe Vinyl would. I decide to test it out. I lift her shirt up and begin stroking her blotrd belly, her fur is soft against my fingers. She smiles and moans a little, enjoying the affection. She places her hands on mine as I circle it around her tummy.
"Momy always used to give me belly rubs. I miss this a lot." She says contently, as she closes her eyes. Dad gives a shake of his head whereas mom is beaming with a big smile.
"I wouldn't mind doing this every now and again."
"Thanks dad." She turns her head to look at me with a smile.
"Just trying to keep my little girl happy."
"Thats so sweet!" Mom coos, just watching as I pet Vinyls fur. "Hey, Harold, now that she's a part of the family, we should adopt her! Or try to find some legal way of keeping her."
"That might take a while. But I'll try!" He says confidently with a look of determination.
"Wait... You guys... would... really adopt me?!"
"Why wouldn't we?" I ask the small unicorn.
"That would mean so much to me!" She chirps, turning around and hugging me tight. Then she begins to cry...
"Hey, why are you sad all of a sudden?" I ask, pulling the small humanoid child away.
"I'm not...I'm happy! You guys will do so much for me." She hugs me again, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Because we love you, Vinyl. Especially me being your father."
"I know. I love you too, daddy."
"And I love being your daddy. And I love you being my daughter. I wish you were my biological daughter, but I still love you as if you were, and more." I give her a kiss on the cheek, as I stroke her back.
"Youre the best dad ever!" She says excitedly, nuzzling my neck.
"And you're the best daughter ever."
Shortly after breakfast, mom had to go to work, and dad went out somewhere, I don't know where. Just leaving me and my precious little girl home alone.Shed asked for more belly rubs, so I brought her into my room for it. I'm laying with her on the bed, with the covers on. She's laying on her back, and me on my side. I hold her close with one arm and I use the other to pet her stomach.
"Daddy?"
"Yeah, Vinyl?"
"What if I went back to my world and you never knew?"
"I would be really sad. Loosing your only child is on of the worst things that can happen to someone. And If I lost you... I just don't know, because I would be so upset I wouldn't know how to be happy again."
"Daddy..."
The thought of losing my daughter , brought along so many depressing thoughts I don't feel co.for table in describing. That's when I feel the tears coming on.
"Please don't ever go, Vinyl!" I shout a little, burying my face into her chest as I hold her closer. "I don't know what I would do if I lost you, I love you so much, I... "
"Dad...please don't cry...I'm not leaving. I wanna stay here, with you daddy. Please don't cry." She pats my back and rubs my head.
"I know, I just... Youre my daughter, and I don't want to lose you."
"You won't lose me, daddy. I promise."
"Good." I wipe the tears from my face, and with a smile, I rub her cheek with a thumb.
"Want me to rub your belly, dad?"
"No...I'm good, but thanks." With that said, I go back to petting hers which she seems to enjoy an aweful lot. "Why do you like it so much?"
"My fur makes it feel a lot better."
"So I see. What if I scratched instead?"
"That would be even better!" She chirps
"Like this?" I push my fingers into her fur until I feel skin, and I begin scratching. Vinyl moans with pleasure.
"Mmhmm...you give really nice belly rubs."
"Only the best for my little girl."
"Dad, what made you love me?"
"When you first called me daddy. I just felt like some sort of spark go off inside me, and I loved you fine then."
"Awe. I'm lucky to have such a good daddy!" She cuddles into me, sighing happily.
"Same as I'm lucky to have to most precious daughterr to call my own." I smile widely as I hug her in return, enjoying our little daddy daughter bonding moment.
A few minutes later of laying the same way, Vinyl fell asleep. To get more comfortable, I roll onto my back and lay her on top of me, her head on my chest.
I wonder what it was that I might have don't to deserve such a wonderful gift. To have found a small human like talking unicorn in my shed was cool. I thought it was gonna be a "Thanks, you saved my life" situation, and she would have left. But nope.
Here I am with this adorable thing sleeping her cares away on my. Over night I became a father. And she became my daughter. No words can possibly express how happy I am to say that. Yes she is a different species from another world, but I love her like a father should to his daughter. The fact that I am a father keeps swirling around in my head, and it makes me feel good in every way.
Her becoming my daughter is by far the best thing to ever happen to me. The way she snores is so adorable. I chuckle a little as she brings her tail around to her head, and she takes it in her arms and nibbles on the end in her mouth. I wrap my arms around her and miss her on the horn again. This time it's a bright spark, that blinds me completely, and all I can see is white for a few seconds, then black.
When I wake up, I notice Vinyl isn't on my chest anymore, as the first thing. I begin letting around me with my hands, trying to feel for her, but I get nothing. Deciding to finally get out of lazy mode, I sit up, and look around for any signs of her. So far...this is not my room. First of all, this room is blue, and second of all, it's much smaller. Confused, I glanced around the room for any signs of my daughter, but I can't see her anywhere. And all there is for lightt is from a small window on the wall opposite from me.
I notice several posters on the walls that look like images of winged ponies. And most of the at the bottom say the word 'Wonderbolts'. Wait...isn't that this arial stunt team Vinyl was talking about? Besides the posters, there is a white door to my left with a mirror on it. I can't see myself from the angle I'm looking at it from. The bed is also much smaller, and the blanket has the image of a head of a yellow pony with a yellow and orange fiery mane, and it appears to be wearing a blue outfit. Andabove the hea. Is the word 'Spitfire'.
I'm starting to put Tue pieces of the puzzle together. Vinyl loves the Wonderbolts, and there is Wonderbolt merchandise everywhere, like miniature plushies. Plus the room it's self is different. Am I in her room? And where is she anyway?
"Vinyl! Time to wake up sweetie!" I hear a feminine voice call out from behind the closed door.
The door opens, and in walks in...a unicorn? She has a light blue coat of fur, and a flowing lavender purple mane, with a black streak running through it. The same thing goes for her tail. She then looks at me with a smile, and trots up to me, and rubs my head with a hoof. I am so confused right now.
"How's my little filly doing this morning?" Sh giggles slightly and nuzzles my furry cheek. Wait....furry?
I look my self over to come to find I'm in Vinyls body! Except im a quadruped. Well, if her pillow has ears,
Well, screaming into a pillow for a good minute at least, eased some tension. I've woken up in my own daughter's body somehow, and I'm in her room I assume. Not to mention that I'm a flipping female pony!! Well, manhood...it was nice knowing you. Same for my humanity. And my pride. And my dignity. Might as well play this out so whoever this pony next to me is, doesn't think I'm crazy. I just hope this is some lucid dream, that I'll wake up from really soon. Now preferably.
I lower the pillow from my face and back down onto the bed, seeing how my screaming left a wet spot of spit in the center. I take in long deep breaths to try and calm myself, so I really dont go crazy! Then mybrain decides to want to have a nervous breakdown. But I can't have that, I gotta stay calm and collective, and think things through. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.
"Vinyl, what's wrong, hunny?!" The worried mare asks, scooping me up into her arms, or...legs.
Standing on her hind legs, she begins to rock me back and fourth, sushing me and gently stroking my hair. But, what do I say? I'm aan alien from another world, who as adopted your daughter as his, and has now woken up in her body. Or that I just felt like screaming for no good reason? Neither of them would make sense. How about this?
"I...I had a bad dream." I manage to utter, with a shudder that it wasn't my voice escaping my lips, but rather it was Vinyl's. I should have known since I am in her body of course. "There was something chacing me, and when you came in, I...I thought I was still dreaming and you were the thing chacing me."
I know, I'm not the best liar, but I'm really good at convincing!
"Oh, I'm sorry, but everything is perfectly fine, now." She says in a smooth tone, causing a chill to crawl down my spine.
Perfectly fine? I'm not even in my own body!!
"I know I'm not as good as your mother with these things, but I try. You know that, right, Vinyl?"
I nod, because like I said before, I'm just playing along. Plus, if she isn't vinyl's mother, then who is this?
"Now, we need to get you ready for school!" She nuzzlez me again, then puts me down, and heads out of the room, but for only a second. "Well, aren't you coming?" She asks, with her head poking around the door frame.
I stand...lay there motionless, not saying a thing.
"Come on, Vinyl! I can understand your dream must have really spooked you, but it's no reason to he lazy. Now get your flank moving!" The mare barks, glaring at me.
What now? I can't walk in this body! Help me out brain!
Maybe get up and actually try walking?
You're no help.
I do have a point, though. If you're gonna be in this body for who knows how long, you might as well learn a thing or two.
Thanks a lot, for the poor advice!
Anytime, my friend.
Shut it, stupid brain!
Well, fine!
Bye.
"Vinyl Scratch, if you don't get up, I'm gonna take away your music pad thingy!"
Music pad? I guess brain was right. I should start moving.
I get up onto all fours, feeling oddly comfortable like that, but then again, I've beenturned into a quadrupedal creature. Now how am I supposed to walk? I don't have a clue because maybeeee...I don't know how! I'm standing there, looking like an idiot, just doing nothing. If this is a dream , I really want it to end! I take in a few deep breaths, as I prepare to make my first step.
Thump
My first attempt, lands my face on the floor.
"Ugh, Vinyl, quit being so stubborn!" The mare snaps, and places me on her back.
"I'm sorry..." I softly mutter. I can't tell her I'm some alien in Vinyls body, she'll think I'm insane! What is a man to do!? Well...I used to be a man...
"What is up with you? I know you've been really sad lately, and you've been having bad dreams, but you don't need to be such a spoiled brat!" She glares back at me, fear not sinking into my heart, as she carries me into the living room. I wanna burst out laughing, but what would happen then?
"I'm not spoiled. And maybe you have a part in my depression because of how you treat me!!" I protest. You may be wondering what I'm doing. I'm just trying tomake this weird dream worth while.
The pony sighs, and sets me down on the couch, and sits next to me.
"Look, Vinyl, I'm sorry." She begins to suck up to me, but I tune her out because I don't have time for her excuses. "Vinyl?"
"Yeah?"
The pony says nothing, rather, she holds me tight, and begins to...sob? God, my instincts are kicking in!! Out of piggy I hug the mare in return.
"I love you Vinyl." She says smoothingly.
"I love you too." Which felt weird to say to a pony in my dream when I have no feelings toward this mare in anyway.
"Do you want me to walk you to school, hunny?" She askss with a small sniff.
Maybe I should stick with her for a while. For protective uses. With a smile, I give a small nod.
"Only, if you want to."
"I want to. And I'm sorry for yelling earlier. I know how you're feeling and I really shouldn't have. Do you forgive me?" She stares at me with pleading, teary eyes.
I nod again with another smile.
I think I'm beginning to like this dream!
Dude, you're a chick unicorn.
For the most part. And brain, you only talk when I ask you to!
"Or am I gonna be the one walking cause you will be on my back since you don't want to?"
"No, I just need to go to the bathroom quick."
Another bad lie. Well, not really.
I get up from the couch, and plop down onto the floor.
Okay...I can do this. Giving walking a second attempt. First front leg out...hey I did it! Other front leg, then the back legs. I'm doing it! I slowly pick up my pace and the next minute I'm trotting without a hitch! The bathroom thing actually wasn't a lie, cause I really needed to go. But not anymore, really.
"What happened to going to the bathroom?"
"I don't need to anymore, we can go now."
"Okay, good." The mare smiles warmly, and we head for the front door.
But something is off about it. The closer I get, the brighter it gets. With each step, I have to wince my eyes more to see, but just a few feet, I can't see anything a few inches away from me. Although, Whoever this pony is, doesn't seem to notice it. IS he opens the door, and suddenly it's so bright I can't see! And when the light fades, she is nowhere to he found.
My eyes fly across what seems to be a playground, searching for any signs of that one pony, but all I see is a bunch of other fillies and colts. I also noticed I'm sitting on a bench, and I'm leaning against something cold and hard. I turn ado nd to see a wooden building, that's looks like some sort of school house, so this must be her school.
"Hey, look, it's Vinyl" I hear a snooty like voice come from behind me. I turn back around to see two fillies, one a light yellow with a purple mane and tail with ribbons in them. And the other is white with a pink braided mane and tail. "She's the one with the freakish red eyes, better stay away, because she's the devil!" The white one laughs with a snort.
"And her mane! just look at that mess!" The other one retorts. "Who would wanna be friends with her!?" They both begin to share in an uproarious laughter as they walk away.
Vinyl never told me she was getting bullied. I tilt my head in confusion. Is this just a problem with those two, or is there more? I decide to find out.
I get up from my spot on the bench, and head to the nearest group of fillies. One of them notices me, and I can see her whispering something to the others, and they all turn to face me.
"What do you want?" She snaps with an emphasis on my name. Or...Vinyls name.
"Beat it, cause nopony likes you!" Another one says.
"Go away with your stupid eyes!"
"Yeah!"
Soon they all join in on the fun, and soon a crowd begins to form, all of them pointing and laughing at...me. Oh, poor Vinyl.
"Evil eyes! Evil eyes! Vinyl has Evil eyes!" They all begin to chant, as they close in the circle. They get so close, I have to cower to keep from making contact. All their smug grins, and hooves pointed at me.
Suddenly I feel something bump me, and my defensive instinct kicks in. Without thinking, I throw a punc to whatever is behind me, the world becoming a blurr as I spin around so fast.
I take a look at what I just punched, acoming to find my instinct didn't serve me good. A large grey colt with a short red Mohawk mane, stands before me. My punch did pretty much nothing. I wanna cry. Not because I'm about to get pounded. But because this must have happened to Vinyl.
Everyone around gasps as they back away, and the colt towers above me, his muzzle almost touching min.
"Fight fight fight fight!!" Is what they begin to chant instead. I back away, trying to avoid him, my ears splaying back. Every bully has his henchmen, and they just so happen to be behind me.
"C-can we just talk this out like...civilized ponies?" I stammer, scared for my life.
"Yeah. But my hooves will be doing the talkin'!" Just after he said that, he dilivers a fast punch to my face, tossing me to the ground. "I'm gonna have fun with this little runt."
five minutes later...
"Fighting!?" The teacher scolds, "I'm ashamed of you two, you should know better!"
"She hit me first!" The colt protests.
"It was on defensive instinct cause all you guys were srroundingg me going evil eyes! Evil eyes! Plus im the one that got beaten up, my punch didn't phase you!" I shout at the colt. Normally in dreams you don't feel pain. You can't smell, you can't feel you can't read. I can do all just fine. Meaning I just had the worst beating ever.
My right ear is unresponsive, my left eye is black and swollen, two teeth are gone, blood drips from my lower lip, my chest feels like somebody is sitting on me, and my legs feel like jello. Also I can't move my right foreleg. It's not broken otherwise I would be still screaming my head off. It must be dislocated.
"Enough!" The caramel colored stallion shouts. "Youre both in detention for the next week!"
"What!? I'm the one getting picked on and beaten up here and you're gonna punish me!? And you call yourself a worthy teacher!?" I snap back at him. "Somebody like you two belong in the slammer, for the way you are! I did nothing to deserve this!" I watch triumphantly as his jaw hangs low.
"Vinyl, go home. You're suspended for a week instead!"
"Good and I won't have to deal with his shit, or yours!" I spit in his face and trot off as best I can in my current condition.
After I arrive home, that same mare is sitting on the couch, reading some newspaper.
"Vinyl, what happened, and why are you home so soon!?" She rushes over to me. "You got into a fight, didn't you?"
"I wouldn't call it a fight. More like an ambush. On me."
"Come here, let's get you cleaned up." She somehow defies physics as she grabs the wrong foreleg.
"Ow, be careful!" I pull away, rubbing I injured appendage. "I think it's dislocated."
She gasps "Wait here, I'll be right back." She runs off into the bathroom.
God look at me. What if Vinyl went through this? My little girl being picked on and beat up. Probably on a daily basis. I want this dream to end soI can hold her and try to make her feel better. This makes me wanna cry. My daughter getting treated like this, just because of her eye color.
My thinking is disrupted due to the ground suddenly begining to shake. I quickly get look of outside to see several ponies running down the road, screaming their heads off. Then the sky turns to more of a reddish orangish color. I look up to see little meteors falling to the ground.
"Vinyl, we need to go!" The mare snaps as she pulls me outside. Wasn't she in the bathroom? She hoists me into her back and joins the herd. No pun intended.
"Where are we going!?"
"For all I know, away from here. I guess those Wonderbolts won't be performing tomorrow. Sorry, Vinyl."
Wait. Vinyl mention something about seeing those guys perform on her birthday and that's tomorrow, but how did she end up in my world?
Once again my train of thought is ruined. Thanks a lot earthquake! Or would it even be called an earthquake because I'm not on earth anymore?
The mare trips, trying to avoid it, sending me flying through the air, into the other side, as the hole grows bigger. I try to stand But from that fight, and having to walk home, my legs give out.
"Vinyl!!" She screams as bits of the ground fall into the hole. I can only watch as meteors fall in the short distance, and the sound of ponies screaming, and the ground shaking violently beneath me. "I'm coming Vinyl!" She steps back, then begins to gallop towards me.
"No, you won't make it!" I try to warn her since the hole is at least twenty five feet wide and god knows how long. She keeps going, crying all the while when she reaches the edge, she jumps, pushing herself off with her hind legs.
Time seems to slow, and all seems to go silent from a nearby explosion. How did all of this happen anyway? I see the worry on the mares face, as she flies through the air. She makes it just enough to hold on with her forelegs. I push myself over to her, not caring that I'm weak. My right foreleg is still usless though. I grab onto her by wrapping my left foreleg around the back of her neck.
"Vinyl, go! It's not safe here!"
"What about you?"
"I'll be fine, I promise." She smiles as tears continue to leak from her eyes. With what little strength I have I try my best to lift her up to safety. Before I can, the ground beneath her gives out, and she falls in.
"Nooo!!" I shout as I watch somebody that Vinyl must have cared for a lot, falls to her death. And I couldn't save her. "I'm so sorry Vinyl." I begin to sob, laying there helplessly as more ponies run past, screaming and wailing.
The sound of fire begins go grow louder from above, and when I turn my head to look, it's a meteor coming straight at me. Well, life...it was good knowing you.
As it closes in, everything goes white, and the sounds of screams and the shaking ground fade away at once, and I close my eyes, preparing for the worst. But nothing happens, as all is silent.
When I open my eyes, I see I'm back in my room, Vinyl is sleeping on top of me, and I'm human again. And as all these facts behave proccessed, I realize what just happened.
I immediately sit straight up, causing my half pony daughter to wake from her sleep.
"Daddy, what's wrong?"
I stare at her for a moment thinking that a sweet child like her should never have to go through something like that. I do the first thing that comes to mind.
