Why me?

Exhausted, I decided to take a sit against one of the many telephone poles lining the road. I take a look at my hands...feminine, skinny fingers replace the thicker, stubbier ones I used to have. Nor were my hands covered in a thin coating of midnight black fur. The stress forces them into fists as I find tears creeping into my eyes as I turn my gaze up to the full moon above. I've been rejected and cast off by my own father, and now I'm without a roof over my head, the loss of my dignity and manliness. I've lost it all.

I can't go back to school. They'd just freak out and not even listen to me, and my girlfriend. No chance she'd love me like this even if she knew it was me. I'd text her, but what would I say?

"Hey, babe! I only turned into a freakish, large breasted human horse mutant!"

Besides my phone died about an hour ago.

What hurts the most was seeing my own father point his gun at me. A big blow I'll probably never forget. The image of staring down his double barrel shot gun will haunt me for years to come.

I continue to stare up at the moon, at least glad that monstrosity has been quiet for some time. A few cars go by, I don't care if they see me. Everyone will just hate me in the end.

Eventually it began to rain. I only continued to sit there, even after an hour or so had passed. Or at least it felt like an hour. Probably only twenty minutes. To think this is what's come of me. I had it going great, too! Good grades, all above C's, some cool friends, a part time job and a loving family. Now look at me. As of now, I can only hope this is some on going lucid dream I'm having. Another desperate check brings me to the epiphany of my lost manlihood. Sad I lost even that.

"You know I can hear your every thought, correct?" Came Moon's echoing voice to which I roll my eyes.

"You do know you ruined any chance at a good life I had right?" I snapped back, thunking the back of my head against the pole.

"Yeesh, all you do is whine!"

Getting annoyed quickly, My body forces me to my....hooves and I begin to pace aimlessly, pondering what I should do next. For a while I did this, at least until all the weight of water in my clothes and fur is tiring me out.

"Are you insulting thy soft coat?!"

"Well yeah...I never had to worry about carrying five pounds of water in the fur I used to NOT have!!"

"Oh hush! A shiny coat is what gets a stallion to look at a mare!" Moon responded as I circle around the pole.

"Well, it's not like that here, Moon. Women don't like even a single hair on their bodies except their heads. Plus men want their women shaved."

"Lies! That's just ridiculous!" Moon snorted.

"Then why didn't my mother have fur, hmm?"

Silence...

With a low sigh and quietness again I continue heading down the road in the direction of the next town....since it's where my girlfriend lives. I just hope she'll be able to accept me. I trudge heavily through the muck and rain, each step getting more painful than the last. I got about ten steps when a familiar van rumble came from behind.

"Mother?" I ask automatically, watching as she quickly comes to a stop.

She scrambles out of the car, into the rain and swiftly made her way to me.

"Jake...please...come home..." She sobs, pulling me into a tight hug, despite the fact I'm a literal water faucet. "I can't bear it, knowing you're out here on your own!"

"But mom...dad will shoot me..." I mutter quietly, feeling wrong in saying so since it is no longer my own voice that comes from my mouth.

"Dear, Celestia, I swear all you humans do is cry!" Moon comments, seeming rather annoyed.

"He's gone...he left. W-we got into a fight a-and he just left! He said he's not coming back..."

I sigh, rolling my eyes. "He's said that many times, mom...he's always come back..." I look thinking I'll see my feet, but these soaked, furred breasts prevent me in doing so. Nor would it be feet if they weren't there.

Mother shares the same sigh. "Well...you can tell when somebody means something or not...but he packed a traveling case with clothes and stuff and he just looked...not even like himself he was so angry...he even threw off his ring..." Mom chokes out through her sobs, covering her face with her hands.

I stand there in shocked silence knowing now I'm the reason my parents have suddenly divorced. How can she still love me? Because of me she's lost her husband. Because of Nightmare Moon...everything we've built up as a family has turned to flaming rubble.

"How can you still love me?" I ask aloud accidentally, instantly hating myself for it, turning my head away.

"What? How can I still love you? You're...you're my son...my one and only child..."

"But look at me!!" I snap at her, gesturing to myself. My face. Nightmare Moon's face. "How?! What makes you think I'm even me?! I'm a female freak mutant horse! And because of me, you've lost your husband! I..."

"But you had no control over it, Sweetie! You never intended for this! And of course I know it's you because..." She smiles softly, placing her hands on my cheeks. "I can't exactly explain it, but a mother has a way of sensing these things...and I know it's not you I'm seeing, I know it's you that's in there. Yes, you're a female freak mutant horse as you say, but you're my female freak mutant horse." She smiles more and holds me close. "I love you so...so very much..."

I close my eyes, returning my mother's hug, glad to know she loves me no different, even in this form. "I...I love you too, mom...thank you..."

She kisses my forehead and begins to rub my back. "Let's get out of this rain, huh?"

I give her a slight nod. "That sounds nice."