Trading Places

Chapter 3

        Ow. My head. What happened last night? Pinkie Pie really out did herself because that must have been some party. I moved my hoof to my head only to realize that my hoof had little stubs on it. My eyes shot open. I couldn't believe what I saw. What the hay is going on? The world lacked crisp, clean lines and was very dull and gray. There was also much more detail. In front of me was some sort of film playing, but I didn't recognize it. It was also in color! Well, what little color you could find in this gray world. I tried to locate the projector, but I couldn't find it. It seemed to be playing on some sort of machine. I made a note to myself do find out how this contraption worked.

        Then there was the matter of myself. I realized I was very cold. I looked down at myself and realized that I had transformed. I was some sort of hairless monkey. But I didn't have a tail. In fact, the only places I seemed to have hair were on my head and in between my legs. At least I still have a mane. I looked down at my chest and saw two very peculiar looking bags hanging from it. I lifted them up and let them fall. They bounced around and then went still. They must be part of me. On each of them was a single nipple. In fact, those were the only two I had. Only two nipples? Now THAT'S weird. I deduced that this must be how this creature lactates. The bags must be very large mammary glands.

        A sound then interrupted my thoughts. It sounded like a knock at a door. I stood up to answer it, only to fall back down again. It was hard walking with only two legs, especially considering they didn't end in a hoof. At the bottom of my feet were the weirdest paws I had ever seen. They were very long and very narrow and the fingers were tiny little stubs, with a fat one on the inside. The knocking continued. I stood back up, wobbled a bit, but stayed up. Slowly, I made my way to the door I heard the knocking come from. I reached out my hoof━uh, PAW━and turned the knob.

        Standing before me was another one of these hairless monkeys. It was wearing clothes. It had on a shirt garment and leggings. I wondered if this was normal for these creatures. It looked at me for a moment and then burst out in laughter. "Ha ha! Damn, Carl scored bigtime!" I suddenly had the urge to cover the bags.

        The creature walked in and spoke again. Judging by the voice, I deduced that this one was male. "Carl!" he called. No answer. "Carl?" he asked. After another moment of silence, he turned to me. "Hey Nudie," he said. "Where's Carl?"

        I suddenly found my voice. "Who?" I asked.

        "You know. Carl Jenkins. You're sleeping with him."

        What is he talking about? I'm single. I'm not sleeping with anyone. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

        "Well, if you're not sleeping with him, why are you naked in his appartment?"

        I guess being naked here is considered strange. "Sorry. I didn't know being naked was considered strange."

        He looked at me with a quizzical look on his face. "Did you take stupid pills this morning? How would you not know that?" He paused, then asked, "What's your name?"

        "Twilight." I said. "Twilight Sparkle."

        His reaction was the last thing I'd expect. He gave a soft chuckle. "Heh. That's a good one." After he looked at my face and saw that I wasn't joking, his smile turned to an expression of confusion. "How did you get here?" he asked.

        "Well, I was in my library, practicing a long-distance teleportation spell, but my concentration broke. Next thing I know, I'm sitting on that sofa."

        He just stood there, looking skeptical. We stayed like that for several minutes. Finally, a smile grew on his face. "Oh my god!" he exclaimed. "Twilight Sparkle in the flesh! Not exactly how I pictured this meeting, but who cares?" After looking me over again, he said, "Well, first, we have to get you clothed." I followed him into another room. The whole time, all I found myself thinking was, Wow. This world is weird.