Suddenly Starlet

I stayed there for a while, I wasn't doing anything. I just needed a moment to think things through, but I didn't know what to think about. It was getting pretty hard to think about anything with my brother just sitting there and staring at me. He hadn't even bothered to finish getting dressed.

“can you please put on your shirt? I never went around with mine off, can't you do the same.” wow, that sounded a lot snarkier than I meant it to. “sorry, but please put on a shirt. It's just nerves, this is getting to me,” I apologized to him. He simply nodded and put on the shirt, once he was decent I went back to thinking.

“so...” Corbin started, “your a pony.” he looked me over intensely

“yes, don't ask me any questions that you can't obviously answer yourself,” I warned, he was disrupting my thinking.

“who did you turn into?” he waited for an answer patiently.

At least it was a question I could answer, “my OC Starlet Mint.” I looked over to him. He looked to be thinking over my answer, he looked content with it.

“why are you like this?” do they all really follow essentially the same questions?

“i don't know why or how this happened, but it did and I need to fix it. So if you'll excuse me I need to go back to brainstorming” I turned back to my bed.

“how you gonna face guy?” wow, that was actually a decent question.

“i don't know, probably the same way I dealt with all of you.” no matter how good the question was, I still had no answer to it.

“How you gonna go places?” man does he ever shut up?

“look, I don't know, OK?! I'm trying to think, so stop with the questions.” I snapped

“yeesh, you on your period?” he put on a sly grin.

“OUT!” that was it, I was done with him, “NOW.” I picked him up in my telekinesis and lifted him outside the door. He looked at me in surprise as I unceremoniously dropped him outside the door and slammed it shut. Now I was left in silence as I heard him scramble up from the floor and go into the kitchen. I could only imagine that was where he went because he didn't try and come back in. I let out an aggravated sigh and looked over to my bedside clock, it read 10:27. unlike the oven and microwave clock I had set this one correctly, It wasn't even past noon yet and I had already had my fill of interaction.

What to do, what to do. OK, so let's get everything straight; I am a pony, and there are no other known cases yet. How would I even go about solving this, I don't even know what I would look for. I have read some fan-fictions where this had happened, but there was an explanation to it when they woke up. They had somewhere to go, a big city or something. They had someone tell them what to do, there was someone obviously at fault. But I had none of this information, not even another person to help me.

So what do I do in a situation like this? That is the question. Well since I have nothing better to do, I will continue with my life like normal. Well I need some fresh air and I need something sweet, I grabbed my wallet in a magical grip. I checked to make sure I still had some money, content with the contents (wow, that sounded really funny) I headed towards the door to the house.

“I'm gonna go get something, be back in a bit.” I headed out the front door, before I closed it it sounded like they were about to stop me. They didn't try to pursue me though, which I was grateful for. It was before noon so the streets were completely barren, one car went by in the whole time and I could see the driver was to busy texting to pay me any attention. wow, that guy's a real piece of work. Hope he doesn't hit anyone. I thought as he passed me.

The Shell gas station isn't that far, but it's not exactly close either. I was fairly surprised when I got to it without incident. There were no cars parked outside, it was a pretty slow day for the gas station. I walked into the Shell and saw no other customers, there was only a guy behind the counter.

“good morning” he didn't even turn as he said it, he just kept on doing whatever it was he was doing.

“morning” I walked over to the snacks to see what I wanted, I picked out two bags of gummy worms and a bag of peach rings. I also walked over to the drinks and floated myself out a green tea. I walked over to the counter, I looked at everything else to see if there was anything else I wanted. I looked at the jerky and I cringed, my stomach churned at the thought of eating me. new body, new diet I reminded myself, that's gonna take some getting used to. I walked up to the counter to see the guy was still doing whatever it was he was doing.

“I would like to make a purchase” I placed my items onto the counter.

“certainly mam, I'll be right with you.” he started finishing up whatever it was he was doing, it seemed to be he was stocking up the cigarette's behind the counter.

“take your time.” I just sat there patiently.

“OK now, what can I do for y-” he looked around in confusion, he looked everywhere but down. “where'd you go?”

“this is all.” I spoke up from just below the counter. He noticed me then, his eyes went wide and he stumbled back. “jeez, I'm just trying to make a purchase.” I rolled my eyes at his antics. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

“you-” he pointed at me, “you just talked.”

“um, yeah. Can I just buy these things? It's been a weird morning for both of us and I just want to get this stuff and get home.” I floated up a ten dollar bill, “I'll just buy these things and be out of your hair.”

he scrambled over to the phone and I could hear him yelling something about a talking animal and then I heard the address. I just checked myself out and left the receipt and a generous tip, but I wasn't fast enough cause by the time I was checked out there were cop cars and news vans all around me. I sighed as a police officer walked in, they had been waiting outside for a while.

“officer, I haven't stolen anything, you can check my receipt and the register.” I held my bag up in front of me. He was obviously startled by me talking.

“what are you?” he cautiously asked me, he put his gun away slowly. I was grateful; I mean there were still guns pointed at me, but one less is a good start.

“i am a pony, my name is, er... was Skylar. I am a pony named Starlet Mint now,” I hoped this was enough for him, but it obviously wasn't. The news crews started pouring in as he questioned me.

“what are you here for?” he asked, he must think I'm some alien here to invade.

“like I said earlier,i just came to acquire some items” I lifted up the bag in emphasis.

This time he took the bag, “sweets?” he questioned.

“i know they aren't good for you, but I was hungry,” I replied with a shrug.

He gave me a questioning look, “how did you get here?”

“I walked,” me being the smart guy I was, I probably shouldn't antagonize the police like that.

He gave me an annoyed look, “i meant how did you get here, on earth. You are an alien, are you not?” he glared at me.

I sighed, might as well give him a straight answer. “i don't really know, I mean, I didn't use to be a pony. I just sorta, woke up like this today. It's kinda new to me too,” I looked myself over, yeah I was positive this was new to me too.

He didn't buy the story, “you expect me to believe that you just woke up like this?” he gave me a raised eyebrow. He obviously wasn't impressed with my answer.

“um... yeah, I do. I mean innocent until proven guilty, right?” I just looked at him, he just looked at me.

“I'm gonna have to ask you to come with me.” he finally walked over to me, he looked down at me and motioned for me to follow.

“I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline,” I stayed where I was, “you see, I promised my family that I'd be right back, and I intend to keep my promise, I would love to answer more questions, but I more than likely don't have the answers your looking for.”

he looked at me with a glare, “it wasn't a request.”

“I'm sorry to hear that, but I really must be going now. I mean I don't want to worry my family,” I walked towards the door. The camera people followed my every move, hey camera's. That's it, the news! That could get my message out! I turned towards the nearest camera, “hello there world! Nice to see you! Now as I'm sure you noticed, I am a pony. But I highly doubt I'm the only one. Now if you find yourself in a similar situation, I would like to hear from you. I have a Facebook that you can reach me on, it is Starlet Mint. We may be able to fix this if we work together. I really must be going now though.”

I was walking towards the door when a familiar voice sounded out, “stop right there. I cannot allow a potential threat to leave,” he pointed his gun at me.  Looked closer, it appeared to be a stun gun.

“well, I don't think you can stop me. So ta ta,” with those words I picked up my bag and thought hard about home. With a flash I was gone, I appeared in my living room. I fell to the floor in a heap, long distance teleportation is really hard. I laid there for a solid ten minutes before I even attempted to move, and then I only sat up. I saw that the kids were all surrounding me, I just sat there with a cocky grin on my face. I felt to make sure the bag was still around my neck, it was.

“what did you do?” one of them finally asked, I couldn't tell who it was cause my head was still spinning.

“oh, you know. I just went to Shell, bought a few things; oh and then I escaped from the cops,” I smirked at how crazy it sounded. OK, in hindsight I probably shouldn't have done that, but at least I got a message out. Oh, and I got some snacks, can't forget the snacks.