"Trigger"

As mom drove, I stared out the window at the tall building hat seemed to have reached the clouds, thinking. Thinking of how grateful I am to have Alexis. I wish I knew who it was who accommodated me with such an awesome gift so I could thank them properly. I look in the side view mirror, a small smile on my face. She's all I see now when I look at my reflection. It's a nice thing to see.

Two weeks ago if you told me I'd be turning into an anthropomorphic unicorn of the opposite gender, I'd of called you crazy! But it's happened, and I'm glad it has. I know I haven't done much as Alexis, but I hope to soon be making putting bad guys in jail a lifestyle. I truly enjoy having this new ability and I don't mind turning into a pony. Alexis is one amazing pony.

I pull an arm out of my sleeve, and I let it change as I peek through the collar. I watch as my arm warps to that of a female shape and how my beige fur grows along it. I rub my arm gently with my other hand.

"Hey, mom?" I ask, petting my arm.

"Yes, David?" mom replied as we came off the highway.

"What if I told you I wanted to become a cop or something and stop bad guys?"

Meh. It's as close as I can get.

Mom sighed. "That's nice and all, but could you do something that isn't you know....so risky?"

"I dunno....putting bad guys in jail seems like fun..." I continue to pet my arm, my fur feels just as soft as a baby's bottom.

"What makes you want to get into such a dangerous career, anyway?" she asks firmly, in such a tone she's hiding the fact she doesn't want me to. "You know how we hear about all the shootings these days and with the second amendment to the U.S constitution granting everyone the right to have a firearm, you never know who will pull a gun on you."

Heh, last time I had a gun pulled on me, I whooped the punk's ass!

"I guess you're right, but it just seems so cool!"

I just wish I could tell mom about Alexis...it's killing me each day she worries about the night it happened because she doesn't know what happened. I want so bad just to tell her. I don't think she'd take it very well at first. If I do tell anybody, it'll just be mom, but I'll make sure she keep it from dad until I'm ready to tell him, too.

"I don't want to end up like most other teens, working at fast food places...I want to do something unique, mom."

"I know, David. I know. I can't stop you in choosing your career. I just hope you'll be careful, okay?" mom comes to a stop again, but this time at the school.

"Okay, mom." I make my arm change back and stick it into the sleeve.

"I love you, David."

"I love you too, mom," I opened the door and exited the car.

I wave to her as she drove off before turning towards the school. Heh...all these kids and I'm the only one that has the ability to become a badass pony. I smile a bit at that thought, realizing how different I am now from the rest of the students. I'm urged to turn into Alexis, go in and say I'm a new kid.

I head up the walk way towards the school, kicking a pebble along the way, thinking how big a part of my life Alexis has become. I can't stop thinking about her after last night and it's hard NOT to think about her when my reflections and shadows take her form, although it's obvious everyone else sees my reflections and shadows.

As I pass through the halls, I see all these kids...how...normal they are. I honestly feel bad for them. Everyone really. They're all eventually going to sift into the life of scraping by to pay bills, doing the same thing everyday pretty much. When I'm out and about, I study these people, wondering what their lives are like. So different, yet so similar. It's like they're all a bunch of fruits being put into a blender. They're different, yet end up in a similar situation.

As I head into the cafeteria which has its walls in different colors, yellow, green, blue and orange, these things still nip at my mind. The world has become too bland. I've been thinking about all this in different aspects since I began turning into Alexis. Maybe there's somebody else out there like me? Or am I the only one?

I sit at a random, unoccupied table, gazing down at Alexis' shadow which is drawn across it.

Maybe I'm thinking about these things too much?

A low sigh escaped my lips as footsteps neared.

"Sup, loser?" came the tomboyish female voice of my friend Veronica.

She plops down next to me with her tray along with Brock. No, not the Brock from Pokemon, either.

"Nothing." I shrug. "Just got here."

"Anything fun happen over the weekend?" she asks, her blue eyes glistening slightly in the light, moving her Magenta dyed hair out of her face. She's got those freckles on her cheeks.

"Meh, nothing really."

"Your parents still got you grounded, huh?" asked brock.

"Yeah, sadly. Two and a half weeks to go," I sighed heavily.

"Damn," Veronica takes a bite from her veggie burger. "Your pahrants are jerksch." she says with her mouth full.

Brock looks at me quizzically. "And how come you won't tell anybody what happened? You said you weren't raped, so what went down that night?"

I look down. "Nothing you guys would really understand..." I watch the shadow of my tail flick left and right form under the table.

Brock runs a hand through his short blonde hair. "What makes you say that?"

I sigh again.

"It's just not something I'd like to talk about, okay?" I snapped back a little too much. Brock and Veronica flinched.

There was silence for a few minutes.

I love Alexis, I love being Alexis and nearly everything about it, but what worries me is how my friends and family would react if I showed them. I truly enjoy being a pony when I change into Alexis, I just wish I could be her around others without having to worry. As happy as I am with this, it kills me that I'm so afraid at the same time. I don't mind being female, I don't mind the breasts, change of genitals and species, rather, I enjoy all of that. I'm not normal anymore. I'm special! But this kind of special, I can't just up and change and go;

"Look at me! I'm a talking unicorn in lingerie!"

Not that I'd do it like that. I just hope my parents will understand so I can turn into Alexis more often when I'm home. Being a pony is actually really fun, even if I'm an anthropomorphic one.

I give a light sigh as the school bell rang.

"Well, time to go, Veronica gets up. "Hope we didn't upset you by asking again, David. We're just really concerned about you." Veronica hugs me gently. "Laters."

Brock gets up and leaves with her. "Take care, buddy."

I nod as I get up as well, watching them walk off.

*****

Later, in 5th period Algebra, we were taking notes to start as usual as well as a few practice problems. I've never been good at math.

Never.

I groaned to myself as I copied down the notes which will serve no purpose to me, feeling like I'm sitting here, wasting my time.

Then all of a sudden, the fire alarm goes off.

EEEE! EEEE! EEEE! .......... EEEE! EEEE! EEEE!

"Great." I mumble to myself.

As I got up with the other students, the intercom turns on.

"Attention teachers and students!" Came the principle's voice. "This is not a drill! Please escort your students to the nearest exit immediately!"

There were gasps.

"Alright, everyone!" said the teacher.

I don't like how his beard is blonde. As if that's totally relevant.

"Keep calm and head down the stairs to your left and out the door and cross the street!"

Nobody listened. Instead of filing out in a single line, they grabbed their belongings and ran out the door. I sighed as I was the only one leaving calmly. Once out into the hallway, there was black smoke along the ceiling. Food's class is just a couple doors down, so I can only assume some idiot forgot they were cooking and now the school's on fire.

Dumbasses.

Once outside, which was about five minutes later, there were still no sirens in the distance, so fire trucks and the old school, made mostly of wood sees most of the second floor is engulfed in flames. Fired reach out of the windows as if it were a prisoner kept inside and was fighting for freedom as black smoke raised into the sky.

"HERE!" I called out as the teacher called out my name.

"I've got a student missing!" said another teacher down the sidewalk.

Just at that moment, my legs began running for me, back to the burning school. I heard the teachers call out to me to tell me to stop, but there is no time.

Once inside, out of view, I become an orb of shining orange light as I once again, become Alexis.