My backwards world

  I sit there for another moment on my bed realizing that now my whole family knows one of them has somehow impossibly turned into a pony. I grab my phone off the dresser and check the time. It's 6:00 in the morning.  I get up and walk over to my shelf of clothes on the other side of the room, and I grab a pair of jeans, a blue aeropostale shirt, and a hoodie. I have to shove my tail I guess into my pants so it won't be noticed. I grabbed the ugliest hoodie I had which I don't know if it's green with gray stripes, or gray with green stripes. I chose this one because I'm actually the 5th most popular girl in my school, and I hope this will protect me from any attention, and drive people away from me.

  I change out of my night time clothes and into my terrible outfit. I check the time again on my phone. 6:15 in the morning. It took me longer to change cause I was doing it with my eyes closed so I didn't have to see myself. After that I go to the bathroom and look at my new face in the mirror. I do have to be honest, because my hair is amazing!! That's all I like so far about this. But the rest of me is revolting. I go pee, then I head downstairs. My dad is by the door already wanting to leave.

  "Get your coat on Marie, we're going somewhere." He tells me.

  Where is he planning to take me like this? I just do as he tells me, and I put both my hood's up as far as possible, and I pull my hair, or mane in back of my head so it doesn't show, and I put my boots on since shoes will just fall off. We walk out to the black Chevy Malibu in the driveway.

  I sit in the passenger seat in the front, like usual when we go anywhere. It's raining outside and I can hear the pats of drops hit the window as we drive. I rest my head against the cold window looking down at the ground. I'm surprised my dad is taking this so easily, as a matter of fact, he doesn't seem too stunned at all his daughter is a pony. We drive for about 10 minutes, then turn to an unused mud road which leads to a cliff, which is where we stop.

  "Where are we?" I ask turning to look at him, pulling down my hood.

  "This is where my father would take me when we ever needed to talk about something, so I figured taking you here would be good for talking."

  "What are we gonna talk about?" I ask as he takes a deep long sigh, and he cups his hand on my left cheek.

  "I know you're scared and confused about this, so that why I brought you here." He tells me.

  "Okay."

  "Is there anything in particular you are scared about?"

  I look down, and sniffle a bit. "My boyfriend." I say quietly.

  "You have a boyfriend Marie?" He asks me sounding a little shocked.

  "Yeah." A tear falls down my cheek cause I'm sure he's gonna make me break up with him now. "If he finds out about me being like this, I'm sure he's gonna break up with me." I say sadly.

  "Well, if he really loves you, he shouldn't break up with you."

  "Thanks dad. I guess. I thought you were gonna be mad."

  "No, I'm not mad. But look. You don't have to worry about me not loving you. You're my daughter. I'm supposed to love you no matter what."

  "I love you too daddy." "Let's get you to school so you're not late. I don't want you to, but your mother does."

Words can not explain how I feel right now, but I hope nobody finds out. I can hear the windshield wipers go back and forth, washing the rain off of the window, and the pitter patter of rain hitting the glass. No words can express how scared I am right now. Like, what will people think if they see me? Will my boyfriend want to break up with me? Won't everyone want to pick on me? These are just a few of the questions I don't have answers to, that I hope don't get answered.

"Marie?" Dad asks.

  "Yeah?"

  "You gonna be okay?"

  "I don't know." I say shrugging. "What do you think of me now, that I'm...you know. A pony?" I ask struggling to get the words out of my mouth.

  "Well I don't see you any different, you are still the same Marie inside, so I see no reason to think differently of you."

  "Okay."

  "Put your hood up, were close to your school."

I look up out the window and see my school in the distance. I put my hood up, as far as it can go to hide my face.

  "I still love you no matter what. You know that right?"

  "Yeah dad."

  We come to a red light and he leans over and hugs me. I can feel myself getting teary eyed, and I hug him back.

  "I love you too daddy."

  He lets go as the light turns green and we turn onto the street of my school.

  "I'm going to drop you off in the back this time cause there's a lot of kids in the front. On a normal basis, I would plead for him to stop at the front, but this time, I'm very happy with this decision.

  "Good idea." I reply softly.

  We pull up to the curb and he looks me in the eye.

  "Even if you are a pony, that looks like it came from a cartoon, you are still my daughter okay? Nothing will ever change that." He hugs me again, and kisses me on the forehead.

  "Thanks dad. It means a lot." I manage to make a slight smile, and I hug him. We sit there for a few moments when he lets go again.

  "Okay. I can't stall you anymore, so you should get going."

  "Okay dad." I un-buckle myself and begin to leave the car.

  "Keep your hood up no matter what okay?"

  "I know dad."

  "Bye I love you."

  "Love you too dad." I close the door, and he drives off. I turn towards the school realizing what I'm about to face.

  I enter the rear door, and see a crowd of kids going to and fro from every direction possible. I would normally cut through, but this time I'm gonna stay to the walls. I begin walking to the direction of my first hour and an announcement plays over the speakers.

  "All students report to their homeroom classes. All students report to your homeroom classes."

  Great I think to myself, cause now I gotta turn around. Passing time is only five minutes, but it took me 7 to get to class cause I'm still trying not to be seen. I walk into the room, and I see Jacob. He's talking to one of his friends so he doesn't see me. I hurry to the seat in the corner of the room and rest my head on the table.

  The teacher doesn't seem to notice me either. Good. I don't want anybody to see me. Another announcement plays over the speakers.

  "We will be letting students down to the gymnasium by grade for an assembly, starting with the seniors who can head down as soon as attendance is taken. Thank you."

  Frack, an assembly? The whole school too? Soon I hear feet, and voices of students in the hall. About 3 minutes later, the juniors are sent to the gym. Next, for some reason the skipped sophomores and went to freshman. Don't know why. Five minutes later, we get called down. It's time.