Howl at the Moon
My New Home
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIt took all of us about thirty minutes to reach my new home. As we walked down the path, nothing was talking, though you could here the trees rustling and whispering around us. They were talking about me, I knew it. When we passed the place where the manticore had attacked me, I stopped and turned to it.
"Now, you, go kiss the tree and say your sorry for throwing me into it. Then go to your house." I say, pointing to the shed that has now appeared. I shrug at the new addition, and make my way to the front door.
"Hey, who has the keys by the way?" I say turning to the girls. Twilight digs into her pocket of her pants and grabs the key, levitating it over to me. I take them and unlock my door. As we walk in I notice the very nice wall of glass on one side of the house, to the left of the door across the living room. To the right is a doorway to a small library, filled with what looks like all the books I have ever read. Inheritance, Deltora Quest, Guardians of Gahoole, and many many more besides. Other books looked to be history books or other stuff pertaining to Equestria. Twilight immediately gravitates into here, and starts pulling out books to look at.
"Do you mind if I rearrange your library, and borrow a few books. Some of these books I have never heard of." She asks me, not taking her eyes of the books floating in front of her.
"Sure, just bring them back in good condition and you can borrow them anytime. Rainbow, I might have a book that you will like, just let me find it real quick. Aha, here it is." I then pull out a small paperback book with a dinosaur on the front.
"Raptor Red. Its about a Utahraptor, a dinosaur of my world. It tells about its life from the raptors point of view. Lots of blood, gore, and fights, mixed in with long sections of filler that is interesting in its own right. You should borrow it. You can trade a book for a book if you want."
"Sure, I guess I will try it out. Where can I sit to read?" I look around and see a little alcove in the wall, a little circle shaped patch of wall pushed in with a cushion inside to sit on. I point to it, and she walks over and starts to read. A few seconds later, her eyes get wide and she starts to ruffle her wings. I can only guess, but I believe she is at the attack on the Astrodons. I leave her and Twilight to the room, and the others have been looking at the living room. They notice a china cabinet in the room, full of little knick-knacks and decorative knives with etched scenes in them. I make my way to the kitchen, and see Pinkie Pie moving around baking something. Surprisingly, for the amount of flour and batter that is on her, there is nothing on the counters or floor. I just chock it up to Pinkie being Pinkie, and head on to the rest of the house.
I head down the hall and see that their is two rooms. Opening the first door leads to a small room that can be used for whatever. The second door leads to the master bedroom, which isn't extremely large, but is big enough to house a queen size bed. It looks to have a small walk in closet, roughly 8' deep and 5' wide, with a light inset into the ceiling. It also has an array of drawers and cubbyholes for storage. Heading to the room, I see that I have a queen bed, and a hutch with two side pieces and a topper, that you can slide and position as you want. I notice a small walkway on the right side of the room from the door to the room and is right next to the closet door. I head through it and find the master bath. It has a tub to the right as you enter it, with a tall ceiling. I see some nobs on the tub, and investigate to notice that it's a whirlpool tub, or a small Jacuzzi, with jets set into the side of it. There is a small alcove with a sliding door with a toilet inside, and just outside the alcove is a sink for washing your hands.
In the far corner of the room is a door. Noticing that it looks suspicious, I head over and open it. Inside is what looks to be a shower.
I step inside. Suddenly the door closes. I rush to it, and try to open it, but it doesn't budge. A sound like a jet engine starts to assail my ears, and I turn around. I see a note taped to the wall, and walk over to it, reading.
"You might want to take off your clothes, and prepare for water to fill the room."
I take a second to process, and suddenly I get it. Quickly requipping out of my clothes, I prepare for a dive. Just as I finish, the jets start to gush water into the room. The room starts to fill quickly, and I start to panic a little, before taking some calming breaths, and preparing for a dive, as the water is starting to reach the top of the room, and I am floating by the roof of the shower room.
As I duck below the water, I see that the note is perfectly fine. I swim over to it, reading it as best I can underwater, finding extremely clear and easy to read. It doesn't seem to be blurry as your vision usually is underwater. I see that the note now says something else.
"Breath."
I don't immediately do so. I don't want to take the chance of it being a chance by someone to kill me, or Discord coming back for round two and just going straight for the goal. I'm scared, not wanting to breath but desperately needing to. Finally, my lungs win, and I open my mouth and breath in.
Air. It's just air. I am not breathing in water, but air. I see no air holes, I am not wearing any sort of oxygen tank, yet I am still breathing normal air. And I am underwater. It slowly, and I mean slowly, starts to dawn on me what this actually is. It isn't a shower, but it is. More like, the Shaman took another universe, then placed it in this room. Then, she made it to where only the outside of my body was in said universe, while my organs and inner parts of my body where still in the universe I currently was in. That way, I could wash my body, and swim and have a lot of fun doing so in this room, and not die from lack oxygen. I start to get giddy. It's to good to be true. It is just to good. I then start to wonder what would happen if I were to open the door. As if provoked by this thought, the note starts to glow ever so lightly, and I see it change again.
"Go ahead and go out. The room will stay the same. However, do know that whatever clothes you wear into here, will get wet. Also, you should have waited for the fish. Though they will be here for you when you get back."
Hearing that it their is more to the room than the normal disregard for physics that would give Twilight a heart attack if she were to find this out, I make my way to the door, finding that it now opens. Stepping out of the room, my feet touch the ground, and I almost fall, as I was just weightless seconds before. Dripping with water, and feeling as though I was going to explode with happiness and joy at this new and amazing room, I grab a towel on a rack near the door, dry myself off, and requip some clothes on again. I then head to the kitchen, smelling something amazing coming from that direction.
I walk out grinning, and all the girls eventually pick up on the fact. Rainbow Dash, brave as always, asks me what is making me so happy.
"I just found my favorite room in this house. That's all. And no, I will not tell you about it. It's all mine. You get to use the Jacuzzi if your ever invited over."
All of them stare at me. Well, all of them but Pinkie Pie, that is. She just looks at me, gives me a knowing smile, and goes back to cooking more food for us. I happily ignore the looks at me, boring into me with unasked questions, and tuck in to the food. It looks to be a chicken Ala king dish, with an assortment of veggies to go with it. I then turn to Fluttershy and ask.
"Um, Fluttershy. Do you have any books on how to care for manticores as pets? I'm going to need them if i'm going to keep him. I need to think of a name for him though."
"Why don't you let your readers name him for you. And don't worry about what i'm saying. I know what I am talking about. You just eat and go to sleep tonight. I bet you will have a good name tomorrow when you wake up. So, comment on what you want the name to be, put them down, and the author will pick the best one. Now, lets get back to eating. Rainbow Dash, I think you were about to comment on the book Cameron picked for you?" Pinkie Pie says, making all of us wonder what she means. Her final statement brings us out of our dumbfounded torpor, and rainbow exclaims excitedly.
"YEAH, I was! So far it's really cool! How did you know that I was going to like that one?" she says.
"Just a hunch. I liked it a lot, and I am also ADHD like you, so I know what it's like to read boring stuff. Somethings take forever to get to the good stuff, while others put you right in. You looked to be one of the people who likes action and adventure, so I thought I would give you something with less action, and more story, while still giving you the tension a battle scene in an action book gives. Someday, I will give you "Eragon. That, is a good book. And it is slow at some points, especially the fist book, but it still makes you feel a sense of wonder." I finally finish.
Twilight looks at me, saying, "I saw that book, but didn't look at it. Do you mind if I borrow it? And others in the series, if it is a series?"
"As I said earlier, you can borrow any book you want, just bring them back in decent condition. If you get smudges on it, that's fine. Just don't disrespect it. If you do, their will be retribution. Hey, what time is it? I just noticed that it is dark outside."
Applejack checks the time on a clock above the stove, and see's that it's almost midnight. "Well I'll be. We've been here for over eight hours. We need to get home. Our families might be wondering where we are." She says.
"No, don't go. You can stay the night here. Let me find some stuff for us to put out for you guys, and you can send a message to your families. I can take them, as I can actually see at night. All of you just need to find some sheets and blankets for us to use. Or I can just get them when I get back to town. Make a list of what you want and I will get it for you when I give your letters to your families. Fluttershy, your going to have to let your animals know what I need to take. Just write a list and I will get everything for you. Hurry though, I do want to give your letters before we have people getting hurt searching for you."
"That sounds fun. SLEEPOVER AT CAMERON'S NEW HOUSE! YAY!" Pinkie shouts with glee! everybody starts to tell Twilight what to write down for me to get, as they themselves write notes to their respective families. As soon as everyone is finished writing, they hand me the papers and I head outside.
I get a funny thought in my head. What if Pinkie where to pull out the mask that Eugene uses to scare Courage in Courage the Cowardly Dog and scare Fluttershy. And when she screams, she looks just like Courage does, with his mouth wide open and screaming just like he does. That would be hilarious.
At that thought, I start to giggle. As I continue to think of that beautiful image, I start to laugh a little harder, continually getting louder and louder with my laugh. As it starts to get to where I am not fully breathing with how funny the idea is, I transform.
The girls all see me and stare in awe at my glowing neon form. The pink and blue standing out in the darkness, glowing brightly. I howl with laughter at the image of Fluttershy in my head. Fluttershy starts to giggle as well, as I tell her in laugh about what I thought.
"I agree, that is really funny. Well, maybe not in actuality, but on paper it is. Have a safe run." I laugh a goodbye, before turning and running off into the darkness of the forest. I rush down the path, leaving a contrail of blue and pink neon in my wake. In roughly ten minutes, I arrive at the edge of Ponyville. I first make my way to Sweet Apple Acres, as it is the closest to the path to my house. As I run up, I see that Applejacks grandmare is on the front wraparound, sitting in her rocker. As I approach, I transform out of my beast form and walk up to her.
"Hello, ma'am. I have a note for you from Applejack. It is a list of what she needs, as well as telling you she is staying at my place for the night, as it's just a little to dangerous to walk through the Everfree this late at night." I hand the note to her, and she smiles before saying.
"Ya don't have to call me ma'am. My names Granny Smith, but most people just call me Granny. You can too."
"Sorry ma'am, but I was raised this way. Even if you tell me to stop, and I have done this before, I will still call you ma'am. However, if you really wish it, I will try to stop."
"Aw shucks, at least you have some manners about ya. What do you want me to do with the supplies she wants?"
"Just put them in a small pile and I will be back in a bit to pick it up. I have a few more notes to deliver."
"Well, alright then. You go and do what you need, I'll get the stuff ready."
"Thank you. Um, Granny, I think you are missing your teeth?" I say pointing to the little table were they had been moments before.
"Dagnabbit, where in tarnation did they disappear to!?" I proceed to help her look for them, finding them just a few feet away. Picking them up, I then give them to Granny Smith before Quickly hopping the porch railing, turning to watch her. She gives me a confused look for a second, wondering what the hurry is, before putting in her teeth. All of a sudden, her mouth starts to clack as the teeth start to move on their own.
I start to crack up, I quickly say I'm sorry before I transform into a howler. I had replaced her regular teeth with a pair of clacker teeth. Her real ones are just in her lap. I run off before she can get after me, and proceed to the next objective, the library.
As I head to the library, I see Spike looking around nervously. As I come up, he yelps in surprise, before starting to run for the library. I just transform back into my human form and call out to him. He stops and I hand him Twilight's note, before telling him to get it all ready for me to come pick it up. He says he'll do so, and he then trips and falls face first onto the ground. I start to laugh good nicely, and quickly transform back into a howler. I then run off to Rarity's boutique. As I get their, I see that there is one light on inside. Hoping that means someone is still awake, I run up and transform back into a human, knocking on the door. It takes a moment, but eventually Sweetie Belle answers the door. I hand her the note, before telling her that I will be back shortly. She just stares at the letter and nods, saying she'll get everything ready for me. She then proceeds to close the door on her muzzle. She cries out in pain, and I again start to laugh. I say sorry before transforming into a howler. She gapes at me as I run off into the night, heading for Fluttershy's cabin.
I get there and see that all the animals are still awake, which surprises me, as most all of them are not nocturnal. I transform back, and go up to the door. Before I can knock though, the door is thrown open and the angriest little bunny I have ever seen comes out. I start to back away from it, pulling out the letter from Fluttershy and handing it to the angry Cuniculus. It reads it, and then looks at me angrily before charading to me that he will have everything ready for me when I get back. I then thank the bunny, before looking through the window, and ask if any of the animals can give me a good laugh. The bear raises it's paw in answer, and I just bust out laughing at the sight. I had never seen a bear do that before.
I then run off to Sugercube Corner. I look and see that the shop is closed, before making my way to the back door. I knock lightly, and wait for one of the Cakes to answer. Pinkie had told me to do this, so I am. Mrs. Cake is the one to answer, and I hand her the note. She reads it, and then hands it back and leads me to Pinkie's room. I thank her, and take a quick look around, looking for the things she asked me to grab. I try not to poke around to much, as I do respect the privacy of my friends, but it is hard. Eventually, after making my way through all of her things, to my pleasure and displeasure, I finally have grabbed all of her things into a small duffel pack. I leave her room, knowing more about Pinkie than I had wished. I really didn't need to know what she had kept in her party chest. I DEFINITELY don't want to know why she had so many of them, though I also wondered when she used them, and what type of party she would have thrown that would require them.
Shaking the thought out of my mind, I head out before turning back to the gingerbread house bakery. I see something that Pinkie told me to look for, and it immediately makes me go into a giggle fit. As it devolves into fits of laughter, I transform again. Having seen the weather vane is a statue of Pinkie in a chicken outfit will do that to you. I then pickup the duffel and throw it on my back, before heading off to Fluttershy's. I run up, and the angry bunny and bear come out, carrying a backpack full of the things their caretaker asked for. They toss the pack on, and I nod a thanks, before taking off with a fit of laughter, aimed at the bunny. As I start to get to far, I just see him start to rage at what I said. I then head to Carousel Boutique.
Arriving, Sweetie Belle, has kindly packed everything for Rarity in three suitcases. We somehow get them to stay on my back, and I just hope that they will stay that way until I get back home. I give her a nod and a lick, and run off with another laugh. I run towards the library, careful to keep everything on my back. Spike is waiting for me with a pack for Twilight, and one for himself.
"I'm coming with, if that's okay? I can help you keep everything on for you, if that will help?" he says, to which I nod, and get down as far as I can. It takes a moment to scramble onto my back, but he makes it, and I give him a laugh in warning, before taking off for the orchard, my final stop before home. When I get there, I see Applebloom and her older brother, but not Granny Smith. Then, out of nowhere, a cane comes whipping down onto my head. I yelp in pain and stumble to a halt, looking to see Granny Smith standing by a tree, cane in hand. Applebloom is laughing at me, and her brother is chuckling, grabbing Applejacks duffel bag and tossing it to Spike.
"That's fer the prank ya pulled on me. Now, you run on home. You need to sleep to, and we need to go to bed as well." I give her a lighthearted lick, and laugh as I head off, back down the path to my home. I make it back in about twelve minutes, as I was heavier than usual thanks to the load I had on my back. The whole trip had been an hour and a half, and It was about 1 o,clock when I made it back in with everyone's stuff. They thanked me, and got ready for bed. They had already figured everything out while I was gone, so they didn't take long to get done, and everyone was asleep moments later. I made my way down the hall to my room. Without thinking, I requiped my clothes into a simple bra and panties, before slipping under my new sheets, and falling asleep.
Author's Note
Thanks Pinkie, for issuing the naming request, it lets me put more down here.
Your welcome.![]()
As she said, name in the comments. Now I need to get to bed, it's three in the morning.
Have a Jivin night!
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