Humanized... Ponies?

Your eyes wearily open, the almost mandatory yawn perching at you lips as you slowly drag yourself into a sitting position on the bed.

Beside you is Luna, happily snoring away, undoubtedly exploring the dreams of fillies and colts. (That sounded way worse than you thought it would.) You look to the window opposite to the room’s door. The sun already drifts on its daily path through the horizon.

You carefully pry the blanket from your body, passing by the sleeping form of the moon princess. One of the big things that got Luna and yourself bonded happened to be your sleeping schedules. You tended to explore the countless corridors of the internet, often going into the dead of the night, and even seeing the sunrise on multiple occasions.

You make your way down the halls of the sanctuary, before climbing down the staircase leading into the main lounge area. Unsurprisingly, almost everyone happened to be seated there, save for Lily. You let the cool embrace of the couch take you in before opening your eyes and addressing those assembled.

You sigh, instinctively covering your eyes, completely forgetting the humans state of nudity. The hand slides down, and you simply grin and bear it.

The humans assembled all look at you with varying expressions, most notably, confusion.

Flash gives you a look of concern. “Are you alright Anon? Do you feel sick?”

A headshake and a hand wave. “No, I’m fine.”

She raises an eyebrow. “Are you sure about that? Something clearly seems to be bothering you.”

You open your mouth to just tell them that it was nothing again, before it closed as you realized something. Ponies happen to be natural nudists; therefore, they would not have any problem with naked humans. If they were not told of how humans wore clothes and why, then they would just keep doing it.

“Actually, yeah, something is bothering me a bit. It’s just… I’m not entirely certain that you would understand why it happens to be bothering me.”

The gathering leans forward as you prepare yourself.

“The thing is, I have a problem with your… well, nudity.”

Curiosity is quick to turn into confusion, as the ponies just give you odd looks.  Shield gives you a slight glare. “What’s THAT supposed to mean?”

You shake your hands in front of you. “No, that’s not what I’m saying.” You lean forward, getting comfortable for the inevitable long discussion.

“If you were to be randomly teleported to my world, you wouldn’t see countless numbers of humans walking around the streets naked. Humans from where I come from happen to always wear clothing.”

Lyra raises a hoof. “Whoa, hold on. So, what your saying is that humans ALWAYS wear clothing?”

You nod. “Pretty much. There are, of course, occasional exceptions to that, but for the most part, you hit the nail right on the head.”

Bonbon gives you an odd look, a strange mix of confusion and awe. “But, why? What is the point of wearing clothing all of the time?”

You rub the back of your neck. “Well, I know a bit about why humans wear clothing, but why don’t you tell me why ponies wear clothing?”

The humans turn to look at each other, looking uncertain, before Study looks to you.

“Well, its speculated that ponies started making clothing soon after they gained sentience, mostly to combat the bitter cold winters they had to endure. Soon after, some ponies began to wear extravagant clothing to show their social status. And, really… it hasn’t changed much from then.”

You nod. “Well, that pretty much explains why humans started to wear and make clothing. The only thing is, the whole ‘just wearing clothing for showing off’ thing, kind of caught on. Not only that, but it became so common and accepted that it became taboo to be caught naked, and later became illegal to be seen nude in public.”

The ponies turned humans looked appalled.  Shield grimaced. “But, why? And how in Equestria did it become law?”

“Well one thing that pushed it forward was that usually the only time in which humans are naked together are during more, uh, sensual moments. So when humans were seen naked, it became attributed to more sexual thought.”

A couple humans blushed, some looking anywhere but everyone else, and one particular stallion began to have an issue. He began to get a goddamn boner in front of the entire group. His reaction didn’t help either, as he just stared at it in horror, trying to cover it up with his hands, only to pull away when it felt weird. He got some dirty looks, and Shield’s body began to glow, before she stood up.

You sighed, having a feeling this was eventually going to happen. When you first got to Equestria, you began to do some research on the ponies, just to see if they were similar to horses back on earth. Sure enough, they seemed nearly identical, save for the fact that they looked like they were made out of marshmallows.

This of course, means that they happen to share the same reproductive systems. They had sheaths covering their dicks, keeping them from flopping about, and can control when they happen to get erect.

As for Shield and why she happened to be standing up, this was actually something interesting to learn as well. When you realized that ponies just parade around in public in the nude, you wondered if it was considered wrong to have erections in public, considering how ponies can control such things. After some discussion with Celestia, and a brief visit to the libraries’ law section, you discovered that having an erection in public was seen just as badly as its human counterpart.

“Stop, Shield! This is actually another reason why humans wear clothing. Just… sit down, And Nail, put a pillow over that thing.”

After the two did what you said, you sighed, trying to think of the best way to put this.

“Okay, so the reason that Nail is erect is not because he WANTS it to be. Humans don’t have control over when they become erect, it just happens whenever they happen to think about anything related to sex. Occasionally, it might also happen for no reason, which I have had happen to me before.” You receive a couple of horrified looks.

“What?! So, one of us could get an erection at any time?!” Study looks upstairs, presumably where Lily happened to be. “But, what about Lily? She doesn’t even know about this kind of stuff yet!”

A sigh. “Sorry, but that’s one of the major reasons humans happen to wear clothing. We don’t exactly have the best anatomy for running around in our birthday suits.”

You get up from the couch, stretching your back. “I’ll be calling over a tailor as soon as possible to make us some clothing. If you have any questions that you want to ask in private, just talk to me. I’m heading back to bed.”

And with that, you leave the horrified ponies to stare at the spot you were just sitting in.

Somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice could be heard rolling around, clutching their sides.

***

“So, how do I look?”

Hoof meets chin as Sassy Saddles looks at the odd human, humming. Before her stood Lyra, clad in a white tunic, which flowed down to her thighs. The outfit came with a belt and a pair of brown sandals. Your eyes move to Bonbon, who was currently covered in a small blanket, looking at Lyra with a massive smile.

“It could use some better stitching, this IS just a template after all. But, of course, it is not my design to judge, that would be the designers job.” Her eyes drift towards yours. “Well?”

After some contemplation, you nod. “It’s the best we can do at the moment, plus, it covers everything up, so we have a winner.” In all honesty, you barely even knew how clothes were made, let alone some good designs for them. Thankfully, Luna asked for clothing during the time of the myths you had told her, and you went with that idea for everyone.

“I must say Anonymous, these clothes are incredibly simple. Are you certain that they are not to be decorated?”

You shake your head, looking to the rest of the humans with you. “No, I would prefer these to be as simple as possible. We have ten humans to clothe, so we need something done as quickly as possible.”

She nods, pulling the tunic off of Lyra, forcing you to look away. “Alright…”

***

You happily sigh, sinking into the couch. Sassy Saddles managed to make everyone tunics in record time, getting all ten done within a few hours. You seriously don’t know how ponies do it, but this wasn’t the worst you’ve seen. That title goes to Rarity, who managed to make a brand new suit for you, without prior knowledge to human anatomy and with a deadline of less than a week. You walked out of the Boutique fifteen minutes later, brand new suit folded on your arm.

As the group chatted away, you contemplated. These were not the normal humans of earth, at least psychology wise. They still happened to have a pony mentality, and were incredibly kind to you, compared to home. If these were the humans to lead on their new species, what would their culture looks like in one hundred years? Five hundred? A couple thousand?

You get up, looking to the group before you. All heads turn towards you.

“Everyone, I have a bit of an idea. For the past while, I have been thinking on our current situation, and I have come to a conclusion: that the humans in this room are nothing like the humans back on earth. While that makes itself somewhat evident with your skin and hair colors, it also is noted in your minds.”

You look to each one in turn, as you continue to speak. “So with this in mind, I would like to call our new species something other than human, as it seems a bit odd to me just to call all of you human, even though I have seen the contrary.”

A couple of confused looks are shared, but no one speaks up, and simply continue to stare at you. “While it seems a tad unoriginal and weird, I was thinking of something along the lines of Poman. So, if no one has any better ideas, we will call ourselves Pomen from now on.

With no one saying anything, you nod your head. “Then it’s settled. From now on, we will call ourselves: pomen!”