Halloween; the one night where seven billion people can dress up as whatever they want, and no one will judge them for it. It was finally here again. I had just got home from school. I made my way into my room, set my backpack against the wall, and sat on the bed.
I thought about the route I would take this year as I remembered last year the houses that gave out full sized candy bars. But they may have changed this year. As I was about to lie on the bed, there was a knock at the door. I looked to the door to see who the visitor was. My mom. She had a smile on her face, and her hands behind her back. I looked up to her face with a smile.
"How was your day, Jessica?" Asked my mom.
"Great." I replied happily.
She made her way into my room.
"That's good. Also, I have something for you." She smiled.
"What?" I asked genuinely curious.
She brought her hands forward to reveal a folded brown lump cube in her arms. I stood up, and my brows furrowed as I got closer to the object in my mother's arms. She handed the object to me which -from what I could feel- had fur on it. A costume! But of what..? I unfolded it, and saw on both of the hips, a pencil crossing a paintbrush! I knew exactly what -or rather who- this was!
"Sketchy!" I cried joyously as I looked back to my mother who had a smile on her face.
"I knew how you said you wanted to bring your character to life, so I had it custom ordered from a costume shop." She replied.
I squealed, and hugged her tightly. "Thank you thank you!" I cried as I kissed her cheek.
She smiled, and hugged back. "You're welcome." She replied. We then broke the hugs we had on each other a moment later. She then handed me the head of the costume. I was surprised to see a unicorn smiling back.
Sketchy Sculpture, a unicorn, was a drawing of mine. An OC -Original Character- from the My Little Pony universe. A stallion who was fun loving, childish, and caring. Just like me. I myself, took the costume to the bathroom locking it to give myself some privacy, and hastily began to disrobe as I wanted to put the costume as fast as I could. But amidst all this excitement, I couldn't find where the zipper was. After I stripped down to only my bra, and underwear to make my first experience inside the suit as comfortable as possible, I calmed down slightly and slowly felt across the back of the costume for the zipper.
After I found the apparatus, I unzipped it, and stepped inside. My feet met the bottom of an inner lining of the bottom of a hoof. I stepped my other leg in, and shrugged the suit over my shoulders zipping up the back leaving just my head poking out of a furry body. Thankfully, the suit had hands so I could still do things like open a door, and hold my candy bag. I smiled as I grabbed the head from the seat of the toilet, and slipped it on.
The suit closed off from the outside, and it was warm and snug. I smiled as I gazed through the holes in the head which were the eyes. Rather lifelike emerald green eyes stare back at me through the mirror.
I decided I needed to take it off to eat as the head would get in the way, and also, get dirty. I did not want to get this thing dirty whatsoever. I reached around the back to unzip the suit, and step out, but to my surprise, I couldn't find it. I chuckled and thought it was the slightly larger fingers of the suit. I listened for some kind of slight jingling -as all zippers are made of metal- but did not hear any. I started to freak out, and paced around the bathroom which was the door over from my bedroom. I began to hyperventilate.
The zipper was gone!
Is this really how I was going to die? Inside a suit which would get unbearably hot from the carbon dioxide building up inside it? I looked back into the mirror. The first thing I noticed was the eyes. They looked so lifelike. I got closer to the mirror. They did look pretty lifelike to begin with, but this was just freaky. I then tried tugging at the back to try and get the head off, but I suddenly felt... Pain?! Like it was a part of me. What's going on here?! OK... I just felt pain from tugging on a mane from a suit. What else is new?
I open my jaw to see the jaw of the suit moved. I covered my mouth with my hands and stifled a yelp. I then moved my hands from my mouth to explore it. I moved it up and down again to see it moved in-time with me. I brushed my hand across my arm to feel a slight tickling sensation. "This is so weird..." I said softly. My ears perked up, and I looked back to myself in the mirror gasping and covering my mouth. Was my voice... Deeper?! "Ok... So, I'm Sketchy now..." I said to myself. I knew I should be overjoyed, but having it forced on me made it kind of scary. I didn't just bring Sketchy to life... I am Sketchy!
After the longest time of sitting on the seat of the toilet, my head in my hands, I mustered up the courage to exit the bathroom. I stood up, and made my way to the door. Taking a deep breath, I grasped the doorknob, and twisted. The catch of the door was released so I could open said door. I reluctantly opened it, and stepped out. My mom greeted me with a smile. "Oh, wow. It looks so lifelike." She said in amazement. But little did she know, it is lifelike. I nodded silently, and hugged her. My mom is 5'9. Pretty tall for someone like her. I was 5'7. Just a few inches shorter than her. But now, I appear to be 6'1! I hugged her and she hugged back. "Aren't you going to say 'thank you'?" She asked.
I remain silent for a moment as I have no idea how she was going to react to the new me.
"Thank you." I replied softly.
She looked at me. "You're welcome." She replied with a wide smile breaking the hug. I looked at her.
"Y- you're not freaked out that your little girl changed genders and is her OC?" I asked.
"Nope." She smiles and in fact, reaches a hand out toward my head. Her hand makes contact with my ear, and it twitches. She begins to scratch behind it. Being in a costume, I wouldn't have felt anything. But being the costume, I felt every scratch. I closed my eyes and began to calm down slowly.
After a while, she let my ear go, and rested her arm back down by her side. I reopened my eyes.
"You were enjoying it." She said, I blushed slightly which surprisingly, was visible under the dark brown fur. "I- I was not!" I protested. She cocked her brow.
"Oh really?" she asked with a giggle.
"OK, maybe a little." I replied as my ear twitched.
She smiled. "I knew you were." She replied with a smile. "Hey, you're a unicorn too." She said as she pointed to her forehead.
"Oh yeah! I wonder if I can do magic? Maybe this won't be so bad after all." I replied with a soft smile.
"Maybe." She said as she walked back downstairs.
I looked at her and waited until after she left. I then made my way back in the bathroom, and looked to myself in the mirror. "Maybe this won't be so bad after all." I repeated softly.
I then looked at the toothbrush. I focused on levitating it. Sketchy's horn aura was green. I know because I designed him. Now that I am Sketchy, I knew my horns' aura was going to be green. I then focused on the most simple spell: levitation.
I focused and focused. I then felt a soft tingling in my forehead! My horn!
I looked to the mirror and saw the aura around my horn definitely was green! I resisted the urge to yelp in excitement, but I definitely would tell my mom. Good; I got my horn glowing. Now to levitate my toothbrush!
I looked back to the object, and it inherited the green glow of my horn. And before I knew it, it was floating in the air! I yelped in excitement. In response to my yelp, my mom came rushing upstairs.
"What is it?!" She asked in a slight panic. I looked at her, and she looked at me, my horn, and then the floating toothbrush.
Her eyes widened. "Honey! That's amazing!" She said genially as she had never seen something floating! The object then floated toward her, and she took it. The glow around the item faded.
She looked back to me, and smiled as she put it manually back in the cup next to the sink.
"This is amazing!" I shouted happily. I then felt something on my lower back. I looked back to see my short tail wagging on its own. I used the muscles in my tail, and it stopped. I smiled widely.
My mom and I both walked out of the room together, and shut the door to the bathroom. I looked outside, and saw the sun was setting. The sun wasn't being controlled by some goddess, so it was setting on its own. I then looked back to my mom looking slightly scared.
"What is it?" She asked confused.
"I don't want anyone to judge me." I said, my ears folding down.
My mom smiled. "Aww sweetie, no-one's going to judge you. It's Halloween. No one will judge anyone." She assured me.
I nodded, and thought about the people in all sorts of ridiculous costumes and not even being judged.
I went downstairs, and smiled. I realized I forgot something up in my room. This was my time to try out a teleportation spell.
"I'll be right back." I said, I then focused as my mom looked at me.
"Ok." She replied as my horn lit up again. The same emerald green color as my eyes. Then, in the blink of an eye, I disappeared. I ended up back upstairs outside my bedroom door. I shouted with glee as I was teaching myself magic! Real magic! None of that sleight of hand stuff my dad would always do, but was pretty cool. At least until I figured out how it all worked.
I opened the door to my bedroom, walked into my closet, and came out with a dark grey wool trench coat, and a very long multicolored scarf from another of my favorite TV shows, -which I also have an OC for- Doctor Who. The coat seemed just a bit too small for me now as I changed gender, and as a result, gained a few inches in height. But I put it on anyway. It fit perfectly to my surprise.
I teleported back downstairs when I was dressed in a black Polo, black pants, black boots -which looked a lot nicer than the running shoes I was going to put on to go with the outfit as the shoes I had in mind were now too small for my hooves- and began visualizing where I wanted to teleport -in front if the front door to the house- in my mind, and when I opened my eyes again, I ended up there!
I then looked to my mom who had a wide smile playing across her face. I took a deep breath, and opened the door stepping outside into the cool crisp October night. I kissed my mom, and ran off.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" She asked as she held my candy bag in her hand. A blue box with the words 'Police public call Box' on the top filled my vision.
A TARDIS candy bag I had bought last year was levitated out of my mom's hand, and over to me. I clutched the black handle, and smiled. "Thanks." I replied as I began to walk into the cul de sac I lived in with a smile ready to go trick-or-treating.
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The next day, I wake up, and see that I have a message on my phone. I check said message, and see an image of an anthropomorphic Rainbow Dash. Her tongue sticking out while she flashes a peace sign with her right hand.
A message below it reading: 'How do you like your new costume?' with the name Jalyssa next to it.
I responded: 'You made this?!' with a surprised emoji.
The next text came a moment later. 'Mhm! You like it?' was her response.
'Yeah! But I can't get it off! How did you do this?' I responded. As I was waiting for another text message -as this one took a bit longer than the last- another picture came through.
The Mane Six: Rarity blowing a kiss to the camera.
Applejack tipping her stetson.
Fluttershy hiding behind her mane, but still giving a small wave.
Rainbow Dash flexing an arm, and a grin playing across her muzzle.
Pinkie Pie in mid-air. Her legs behind her and her arms extended. A wide smile on her face.
And Twilight Sparkle. Standing next to Pinkie with a smile. Her arms folded casually across her chest, and a purple haze all throughout the photo, and around Twilight’s horn.
They brilliantly captured their personalities down to a 'T'. I smiled, and saved it to my pictures.
Jalyssa finally responded: 'I work there.'
'Really?!' was my reply. I hadn't known this since forever. She must have put some kind of spell on it.
'Yeah! It's been a few weeks. Everyone there has actually been super nice saying I've been super productive. With me being a unicorn and all, I can obviously see why they'd think so. I've even gotten a raise!' was her reply with another surprised emoji, and an emoji where its tongue is the color of a dollar bill, and its eyes were dollar signs.
I smiled as I read the text typing back: 'In your first week?! That's great!' I replied.
'Mhm! Hey wanna hang out with us?' she asked.
'Yeah sure! Where are you guys?' I asked.
She replied with the address and a simple 'see ya there!' I smiled and decided to teleport over to the address as walking was too overrated. I knocked on the door and waited for a response.
A yellow bodied pink maned pegasus opened the door.
"O- oh. We weren't expecting you to get here so quickly. Come in." said Fluttershy as she opened the door wider. I walked into the house, and into the living room.
"Hey everyone!" I said with a smile.
"Hi!" greeted everyone in the living room in unison.
"I see you've gotten a hang of your magic." said Twilight as she made her way over to me giving me a hug.
"Yeah. Levitation, and teleportation." I nodded in response to her statement.
She smiled. "Well, that's great!" replied Twilight with a smile.
"Mhm." I responded with a smile of my own.
I then looked to everyone else in the room.
"Darling, we really should get you some clothes." said Rarity as she walked up to me, and began taking measurements with a measuring tape.
Rainbow burst out into laughter.
"She's gonna keep you for literal hours!" said the rainbow maned mare.
"Balderdash!" scoffed Rarity.
Rainbow laughed again. "Sure." said Rainbow sarcastically with a smirk.
After Rarity finished with the measurements, she happily made her way into a room. Surely one she had turned into her personal boutique.
Applejack then made her way to me sitting on a recliner chair pulled the wooden lever on the side. The front sprung up parallel with the floor. She let out a relaxed sigh, and tipped her stetson over her face to provide some artificial darkness as she crossed her legs, and lie there.
I chuckled with a smirk.
"You can't be taking a nap now, AJ." piped Pinkie with a giggle.
"Says who?" replied Applejack.
"Me silly. We've got a new friend." replied Pinkie as she gestured to me. To be fair, I kind of am a new friend as I had never met any of these people before they became ponies.
After we had all greeted each other, I smiled and sat on the couch. Rarity then burst back into the living room with a smile -that almost rivals Pinkies'- on her face.
I looked to the purple maned mare. "That was fast." I said as I stood up, and made my way over to her.
She smiled. "I hope you like it." she said as she handed me a folded -at least what looked to be- a two piece set. I unfolded the new textiles, and saw it was a dark brown suit with light blue vertical lines running up and down both the pants and the jacket along with a light blue button down shirt on the inside of the suit jacket.
This looked exactly like the one David Tennant wore as his tenure as the Doctor. Matt Smith was my favorite however. He was just so silly and quirky just like me. Eleven was also my favorite number thanks to him. Plus, he was really cute too.
I smiled and looked back to Rarity. "Wow, thanks!" I said with a genuine tone of thankfulness in my voice.
"You're welcome." replied the dressmaker.
"I'm going to go try it on." I replied with a smile as I made my way to the bathroom. Closing the door, I realized I didn't have any boxers. But being covered in fur, I really had nothing to hide. I slipped the pants on, then the undershirt tucking it in, and finally the jacket itself. I adjusted it, and found it fit perfectly. I looked into the mirror to find a rather handsomely dressed stallion staring back; me.
I smiled as I exited the room, and went back into the living room. Everyone looked at me as I arrived back into the living room.
"You look absolutely magnificent, darling!" said Rarity with a smile.
"Thank you." I replied as I latched onto the lapels of the jacket leaving my thumbs free to beat on the fabric. This was a that I picked up from William Hartnell; The first Doctor back in 1963 after watching classic Doctor Who on Netflix.
I then sat back on the sofa, and smiled. "So, what do you girls want to do?" I asked. Applejack was sleeping placidly on the recliner, Pinkie was in the kitchen, Rarity since went back into her personal boutique, Fluttershy was out in the backyard, birdwatching with a pair of binoculars around her neck, and Rainbow was sitting next to me. As the only other pony with seemingly nothing to do, I looked to her with a smile.
“Wanna go for a walk?” I suggested.
“Sure.” replied Rainbow with a smile as she stood up. I stood up too, and looked down to my suit.
“I’m gonna change into something more comfortable.” I said as I looked at her.
“Alright. Hurry back.” replied Rainbow as she smiled.
I teleported back to my house, and ended up back in my room. I opened the closet taking off my new stui and hanging it up.
I chose a green T-shirt with jeans and a pair of cream colored Converse. I smiled and made my way into my mom's room with a smile.
She looked to me. “You look so handsome.” she smiled.
“I’ll be with Jalyssa and her friends. I only met them five minutes ago. So, I’ll see you later.” I said as I hugged her. We then broke the hug we had on each other, and I teleported back to the address I had been given.
I saw Rainbow was nowhere to be found. I looked to the door to see it was open. I walked outside, and closed the door behind me.
“Hey, Sketch!” I heard. My ears perked up, and I looked around. My eyes finally fell upon the cyan bodied pegasus sitting on a cloud. She fell off the cloud doing a flip, and flapping her wings to slow herself down. she then landed gracefully on her hooves. she looked at me with a smile.
“Hey, Rainbow.” I said as I made a fist. We fist-bumped, and I put my hood up.
“Aw, don't be like that hiding yourself from the world.” said Rainbow as she put my hood back down. I retaliated and put my hood back up. “You were out on Halloween weren’t you?” asked Rainbow. I nodded reluctantly.
She smiled. “You were out in public. There’s no need to hide yourself.” she said as she walked off. I followed next to her.
“So what are you gonna do today?” I questioned. Rainbow looked to me.
“Oh, I don't really know.” she replied with a shrug but just continued walking.
I looked at Dashie, and felt something in me. Even though I used to be female before, the male instincts of the costume kicked in, and I felt a connection to her. “Dashie?” I called. She looked at me as she continued walking.
“What gender did you used to be before you put on the costume?” I asked.
“Male.” she replied.
“Well, I used to be female.” I replied. My deep voice obviously says otherwise.
“Oh, really?” asked Dashie with a smile. Her tail swaying.
“Mhm.” I responded with a nod. I took my phone out of my pocket, and checked the time. 3:00pm. I then put my phone back in my pocket.
Dashie then looked to me. “I want you to meet somepony.” said Dashie.
“Who?” I asked.
“Sorin.” she replied with a smile as she began hovering in the air.
“He became my boyfriend just after I put on this costume. I thought my life would take a turn for the worse, but he was the only one -besides my parents- that loved me for who I was. He didn’t think of me as a pony freak. We moved in with each other just two months after meeting, and our relationship has skyrocketed.” replied Rainbow.
Upon hearing that, I was crushed inside. But on the outside, I was smiling. “Oh, nice. It’s good to have a stable relationship.” I replied.
She nodded. “Mhm!” she replied with a smile.
“Our house is just over there.” she said as she pointed to a house at the end of a street which met a T-intersection.
We made our way to the house, and Rainbow giggled as he hopped up the stairs. She knocked on the door which opened a moment later to reveal Sorin.
His face lit up, and he pulled her into a hug. “Hey,” he said.
“Hey.” she said nuzzling into his neck.
Soarin smiled and kissed her cheek while running a hand through her mane. “I missed you.” said Soarin as he broke the hug.
Rainbow giggled and broke the hug she had around him. “I missed you too.” she replied as Soarin looked at me.
“Hello.” said Soarin as I followed behind Dash.
I looked to Soarin. “Hi.” I smiled as I walked in.
He closed the door, and Rainbow was already on the couch holding her arms out. “Baaabe.” she whined.
“Whaaat?” asked Soarin as he looked to the pegasus.
“Cuddle meeee…” she said as she looked at him with her large rose colored eyes. She did look really cute. Wanting affection from her boyfriend.
“We have a guest.” said Soarin as he gestured to me with a chuckle.
“Okay.” said Dash as she sat up and pouted playfully.
Sorin then looked back to me. “Would you like something to eat?” he asked.
As if on cue, my stomach growled. “Sure, thanks.” I replied.
Soarin made his way to the kitchen and opened the fridge. “Just a carrot please.” I replied.
Soarin nodded, and dove into the fridge resurfacing a moment later with a bright orange carrot in his hand. He tossed it to me, and I caught it in my magic’s grasp and levitated it over to me.
I took it from the invisible hand and the glow around it faded. I then took a bite out of it. A crunch filling my ears. I sighed happily as I hadn’t had anything to eat this morning.
Soarin chuckled and made his way to the couch. Rainbow acted quickly and pulled him down on the couch. “Woah!” yelped Soarin in surprise.
Dashie clasped her arms around him, and Soarin held her hands which met in the center of his chest. He smiled. “I love you, Dash.” he said as he turned around to face her. the instant Rainbow saw his face, she immediately began to shower him in kisses.
He laughed. “I love you too.” said Dashie in between kisses. Their lips finally met and they remained that way for about ten seconds flat. They then broke the kiss and looked into each other’s eyes. I sat in the chair just by the couch remaining unusually quiet.
Soarin took notice. “You OK?” asked the male.
I nodded. “Just thinking.” I replied. I had lied as I was thinking about Rainbow becoming my girlfriend. Honestly, I had wanted her to become my girlfriend as it was Sketchy’s love interest. But since it wasn’t going to happen anytime soon, I began to think.
Think about who I was going to date. If I was even going to even get a date. And the idea of an open relationship was out the window as they really seemed to love each other. I soon finished my carrot, and threw the top of the carrot away after walking to the kitchen and doing so. I’ve never really ever had a date either.
I also designed Sketchy to have his irises change color according to his emotions.
Red for anger, green for happiness, blue for sadness, and pink for lovestruck. I also designed it so the richer the color, the more intense the emotion. They could also mix too. Dark blue for extreme sadness, dark pink for lustful, and purple for angry and sad at the same time.
I stood up, and said: “I’m going to go outside to get some fresh air.” I then walked to the door opening it with my magic which was actually starting to turn blue. I sat on the porch. Head in between my knees. My eyes turning a rich blue color to indicate sadness. Tears began to flow from my eyes and I began to silently weep. My ears then perked up as I then heard the door open behind me.
“Are you ok?” asked Rainbow Dash. I looked up to her. My eyes red and puffy from crying. She then looked concerned. I was hoping this wouldn’t have happened. Me having to confess my feelings for her even if she’s already with someone else.
I reluctantly shook my head. “What’s wrong, Sketch?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I lied. She sat down beside me. “Something is wrong. Now what is it, hmm?” asked the rainbow maned pegasus encompassing her arms around me in a hug.
I hugged back tightly. “I’m in love with you, Dashie. I know I barely you, and I know you’re with somepony else.” I replied pouring my heart out to her. She broke the hug and stared at me for a moment.
I then put my head back in my hands. My ears folding back down in sadness.
That was when she did something unexpected. She kissed my cheek. I looked at her. My ears perked up in surprise as my cheeks flushed a bright red which caused Rainbow to giggle.
I smiled slightly at her adorable giggle. “There’s that smile.” said Rainbow as she booped my muzzle.
I smiled wider. My eyes starting to fade back to green. “Come here.” said Dash as she opened her arms.
I hugged her and closed my arms around her. Her tail wagging. My own tail began to wag and I smiled wider and decided to kiss her cheek in return. she giggled again and broke her hug.
We looked into each other’s eyes, and smiled. My eyes had since returned to their green color.
“Maybe Twilight will be willing to date you, Sketch. I’m sorry I can’t but maybe one of my friends will be willing.” she smiled and lightly punched my shoulder with a smile.
I pretended to look hurt. “Ow.” I playfully whined.
“Now, go, ya big baby.” smiled Rainbow. We stood up, and I began to walk away.
Sorin then opened the door. Rainbow looked behind her, and flew into his arms nuzzling into his chest. I smiled and teleported away back to the house she had first sent me. I ended up at the front door.
I opened the front door and walked inside. A smile on my face as if nothing ever happened.
Twilight was now on the couch reading a book. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. She peeked just over the top of the book to see me enter the house. “This place is so fascinating!” said the purple maned unicorn with a smile.
I assumed she was in character considering she is Twilight now.
I decided to get into character as well. “Yeah, it sure is.” I said as I sat on the couch next to her. My heart steadily increasing in speed.
Twilight had stuck her muzzle back in the book, and resumed reading. In my mind, I began debating whether or not I should get to know her first, or ask her out outright.
I decided to do the logical thing and get to know her first. “So, you read a lot, huh?” I asked.
She set the book down on the coffee table -spine up so she did not lose her place- and nodded as she looked to me. “Mhm.” she responded with a smile.
My heart sped up even more. I blushed softly which she thankfully did notice. She then looked to me. Thankfully, my blush died down as quickly as it appeared almost like magic.
“Where’s Dash?” asked Twilight.
“At her coltfreiend’s house.” I replied simply. Still feeling sad inside.
“Oh. Well, I’ve seen you for only an hour, Sketchy, and I’ve been thinking.” she said.
I looked into her eyes, and she looked into mine. “Your eyes. They seem... Lovestruck. Sad.” she said.
I looked away. How did she know?!
“I’ve been reading a few books on psychology while you two were gone. And I noticed you seem wanting.” replied Twilight.
I blushed harder. “Of what?” I asked.
“Of a marefriend.” she replied. My ears folded down, and I nodded.
She then approached me, and took my hand. The tips of my ears were surely blushing now.
She giggled. “Would you be my coltfriend?” asked the alicorn.
“Yes, your highness.” I replied with a nod.
She smiled and kissed my cheek. The tip of my horn then began to glow softly but I smiled back. Another design choice I had when I made Sketchy. His horn would glow as well as his normal blush.
Our hands remained in each other’s for the longest time. I hugged her close and she hugged back. I ran my hands gently across her wings. They twitched a bit and she gasped from the foreign contact. I smiled and looked into her eyes, and she looked back into mine.
Our lips then met in a passionate kiss. My heart soared. We then broke the kiss a moment later, and looked back into each other’s eyes. Mine began slowly -but visibly- shifting from green to pink.
Twilight looked confused. “Your eyes are changing color…” she said with a curious tone in her angelic voice.
“My eyes change color according to my emotion,” I replied.
“Pink must be the emotion of love.” she replied.
I nodded in reply to her guess. “Exactly. I love you, Twilight.” I said wholeheartedly with another passionate kiss as my arms wrapped themselves around her waist, and to the small of her back as if they had a mind of their own.
Author's Note
An UNOFFICIAL continuation of the story bt the same name by the wonderful Vinyl-ScratchDJ17
Chapter Two: Hearth's Warming
It had been a few months since Twilight had asked me to be her coltfriend. It was December which meant Christmas -or rather Hearth's Warming Eve- was coming up! And then literally just a month after was my birthday. January 25th. Twilight and I were sitting in front of the hearth at my house. I had put on my costume I had worn for Halloween this year. The wool trench coat with the very long multicolored scarf.
I had the scarf wrapped around both my neck, and hers. She lie her head on my shoulder, and I looked to her smiling warmly as I wrapped an arm around her waist. Watching the fire dance was so soothing along with the ever soothing sounds that come with it. A light crackling and popping. As long as fire doesn’t get out of control, it’s really soothing and warm.
Twilight wrapped her arm around my waist. I blushed softly as I still not used to her doing this. Even though she had put her arm around me a few times, I blush every time she does so. After a while if just staring into the dancing flame,
Twilight looked to me, and I looked to her. “Hearth's Warming is tomorrow.” I said as I looked to the clock on the mantel just above the fireplace. 6:47pm.
She giggled. “I know that silly.” she said with a smile. I kissed her cheek in return and she kissed mine again. We then locked our lips for a moment before intertwining our fingers.
We had also set up a party here for anyone who wanted to come. My dad had found out when he got back from El Paso on a business trip. I had gone downstairs to refill my green army canteen -I had found it a few years ago in my closet- and heard the door open as I refilled it. I thought it was mom, so I said the usual ‘Hi mom.’ as she was a stay at home mom. But she would go out sometimes with her friends sometimes.
I then heard a gasp. It sounded much deeper than her. It was my dad. As I turned around, and saw a shocked expression on his face. I had explained everything to him. How mom ordered the costume -which I can’t just seem to even describe how glad I am she did that- and how Jalyssa -who is now Twilight Sparkle- made the costume -and how she worked at the costume shop- and finally how she put a spell on it.
I hadn't told him -or my mom- we were dating, but he took the new me rather well which even I was surprised about. He just doesn’t see me as an anthropomorphic pony freak. We hugged it out, and showed him how I could now use real magic like levitation and teleportation. Not that fools magic like sleight of hand.
Twilight and I stood up, and looked into each other’s eyes. There was then a knock at the door. We made our way to the door together and opened it.
My mom filled our vision. “Hey, Jessi- er… Sketchy.” she smiled. I had told her she could call me whichever name she wanted, and she chose Sketchy as the name sounded cute to her.
Twi and I stepped aside, and she made her way in. But just as we were about to close the door, a hand stopped the door. A cyan hand to be exact with five others all wearing colored trench coats. Each of the colors of the wearers fur. With a darker colored trim of their fur around the edges of the coats -presumably made by Rarity- each with a scarf of the colors of their mane and eyes. Made of wool like mine.
They all made their way inside, and I shut the door. I smiled at their new -quite fashionable- coats. They all took them off, and I took them folding them and setting them on the coffee table with their scarves on top of them to save as much space as possible while still leaving room for coasters as well. Ten coasters in total were on the coffee table incase anyone wanted something to drink. A flat screen TV mounted on the wall just above the mantle. I didn’t really watch TV, so I didn’t really bother with it.
“It’s sooo nice to finally be out if the cold.” said Rarity.
“Oh, quit your fussin’. A little cold never hurt anypony.” said Applejack with a chuckle.
“Well, I’m sorry if I’ve been ‘fussin’ too much.” said Rarity in a mocking tone to Applejack.
She just laughed it off and looked to me. “Nice place ya got here, sugarcube.” said AJ as she looked around.
“Thanks.” I replied.
“Do you um. Have any animals?” asked a timid mare. Fluttershy spoke up.
I nodded. “Yes.” I said. I then whistled.
A small dog then came running down the stairs at my call. A blonde pomeranian named Tommy. He looked up at us all. His tail wagging.
Fluttershy gasped and knelt. “He’s so cute~!” said Fluttershy with a smile as she reached a hand out. Tommy sniffed it and licked it. Accepting her. She picked him up and cradled him like a newborn baby. He just lie there bringing his paws to his chest.
“All he wants is just love and affection. Never bites or growls.” my mom said with a smile. She made her way with tommy in her arms to the leather armchair which resided to the left -lengthwise- of the dark brown hand carved wooden coffee table and sat in it rubbing his chest.
Fluttershy looked into his eyes with a smile. “Who’s a good boy?” she asked him rhetorically. Tommy had no idea how to respond as he couldn’t speak. So he just lie there in her arms. His tail wagging happily as he enjoyed being pet.
“Well, while Fluttershy’s busying herself with him, why don't we get something to eat?” I asked.
“I’ll bake!” shouted Pinkie in her usual boisterous tone.
I laughed, and gestured to the kitchen. “Knock yourself out.” I chuckled. Pinkie being Pinkie took a boxing glove out of nowhere slipping it on.
“Pinkie!” I laughed. She looked to me. “It’s just an expression. It means ‘go ahead’.” I replied with a laugh.
“I know, silly.” said the pink maned pony as she took her boxing glove off and happily hopped to the kitchen. Naturally everyone laughed except for my mom who just looked confused.
“Is she always like this?” she asked. Everyone around her nodded in reply.
“She’s always this sporadic, darling.” said Rarity with a chuckle.
After what seemed like minutes, Pinkie had prepared a tower of small cakes and other desserts in a cone shape. She carefully brought the tray of cookies, cakes and other tasty treats over to the coffee table. I moved the trench coats, and set them seat in front of the piano my mom had inherited from her dad after he had brought it at a garage sale. It did look very pretty though, and was out of tune, but it was still playable.
“I’m pretty sure you know, Flutters, to not give him chocolate.” I said. Fluttershy looked to me and nodded.
“Oh, of course.” she replied with a smile as she held him up. All four of his legs dangling downward.
“You’re probably hungry aren’t you?” she asked him. He just blinked. He definitely wasn’t dumb or anything. She just smiled and sat his down patting his on the head. Tommy then trotted off toward his food bowl which was by the downstairs bathroom.
“Pinkie! These are awesome!” said Rainbow as she took a handful.
“Hey! Leave some for us!” said Twilight as she gestured to both herself and my.
“These are just so good!” said Rainbow as she stuffed her face.
“If you keep eating like that darling, you won’t have an athletic figure anymore.” said Rarity with a giggle.
“Well look at Pinkie!” she cried gesturing to the pink pony. “She eats like that all the time and look at her body!” she whined.
“Touché.” replied Rarity. Applejack laughed. Fluttershy stood up and made her way over to the coffee table, -which was only a single step from the armchair- and picked up a cookie from the tray eating it.
“Thanks Pinkie.” I said as I looked to her.
“No problem!” she said with a smile.
I smiled back and sat on the couch. Twilight sat down next to me taking my hand in hers. I looked to her, and kissed her cheek.
My mom looked to our hands to see our fingers intertwined. “Are you two dating?” Asked my mom. I looked to her. My ears folding downward. I then took my hand back.
Twilight however was reluctant to let this happen. She took my hand back and held it. “Yes ma’am, we are. It’s been two months.” said Twilight. I then braced myself for my mom to start yelling at me. But instead, she just smiled.
“I’m glad you’re happy.” said my mom.
This was something I hadn’t expected. “Y- you’re not mad?” I asked.
She shook her head. “Of course not. You always wanted a boyfriend. Or girlfriend now, and you’ve found someone.” she said as she hugged me. I hugged back with my free arm as my other arm was now wrapped around Twilight’s waist. My mom broke the hug she had on me and looked to us with a smile. Twilight lay her head on my shoulder and I smiled as I ran my other hand through her mane. My mom smiled back.
There was then another knock at the door. My mom got it, and saw my dad. “Hey, honey.” she said as she kissed his cheek.
He smiled and made his way inside to see six more anthropomorphic ponies in the house next to the fireplace munching on cupcakes and cookies.
“Uhh…” was all he said.
“Hello.” they all said in unison with a wave. My dad waved back.
“and I thought one was enough, but seven?” he said softly. Twilight stood up, and made her way over to him with a smile.
“Hello, sir.” she said as she extended her hand. He shook it awkwardly, and lowered his hand.
I stood next to Twilight and hugged my dad tightly. “How was your day?” I asked.
I tend to care about people’s well beings. “Good. Aside from finding six more anthropomorphic ponies in my house, it’s been alright.” he replied.
“You don't want us here?” asked Twilight.
“No, I do. It’s nice to have company. It was just a bit of a slap in the face is all.” he replied with a chuckle.
“Ah, well, in that case, welcome back.” said Twilight with a smile. A moment went by, and she looked to him.
“Oh, how rude of me. I didn’t introduce myself.” said Twilight with a light giggle. “My name in Twilight Sparkle.” she said. She then pointed to an orange pony with a stetson. “Applejack,” she said.
“Howdy.” replied AJ with the tip of her hat.
“Rainbow Dash,” she then pointed to cyan colored mare who looked to him. “Sup?” she asked with a smile.
“Rarity,” Twilight’s finger then moved to a white pony. “Bonjour, Darling.” said Rarity with a wave. My dad sheepishly waved back.
“Pinkie Pie,” said Twilight as she then pointed to a pink pony. “Hai!” she cried with a wide grin on her face.
“And finally, Fluttershy.” concluded Twilight as she pointed to a yellow pony who sheepishly looked to my dad.
“Hi…” she said softly.
After Twilight introduced herself and the rest of her friends, she sat back beside me, and took my hand in hers intertwining our fingers.
My dad saw this, -which I was hoping he hadn't, but I was hoping to keep it from him which mom already knew so she probably told him already- and looked to me. My ears folded back and I slowly let go of Twi’s hand looking to him.
“How long have you two been dating?” asked dad.
“A few months...” I said as I looked away from him.
My dad slowly turned my head toward him, but instead of anger, I saw a smile. I looked confused. “You’re happy about this?” I asked.
My dad nodded. “Of course, sweetie.” he said as he kissed my cheek. My cheeks flushed softly, and he smiled wider. I then looked back to Twilight with a smile as I took her hand this time and intertwined our fingers.
I then looked to Rainbow. “Where’s-” I began but was cut off by yet another knock at the door.
Dash looked to me. “Soarin.” I finished.
Rainbow giggled “That must be him.” she said as she made her way to the door opening it. Sure enough, Soarin filled her vision. Rainbow flew into his arms and the two hugged tightly after he was inside. Rainbow’s tail swishing happily. The two then broke the hug a moment later.
They took each other’s hands and made their way into the living room. “The more the merrier.” dad said with a chuckle. Now there were eight anthropomorphic ponies in his home along with himself and mom which made up the only humans in the house. Or at least full humans.
The hearth’s warming festivities then began. Presents began to be passed out through either levitation or otherwise. I had gotten a full metal replica of the eleventh Doctor’s sonic screwdriver from Twilight.
Four aluminium claws encased a deep green enutter. Four metal struts resided next to copper struts leading down to another copper piece that tapered outward slightly which led to a thin copper band which met the top of a hand stitched leather grip with a microswitch on it. The bottom of the grip met with another thin copper band which met an ivory handle. The handle finally met the endcap of the device.
It was originally supposed to be opened with a thumb, but they changed it last minute to a flicking motion. I’m glad they did as the flicking gave more life into the device. I gave my wrist a good flick. The collar section if the device shot outward a good few inches only to have the claws spring open around the emitter.
I held the microswitch down, and the tip of the emitter lit up a bright green. Twilight smiled and I then collapsed the claws around said emitter, and slid the collar back down until it clicked and stay there -supposedly held by a strong magnet- attached to the inside of the screwdriver.
I then looked to Twilight. “Thanks hon.” I said as I kissed her cheek.
She giggled and kissed mine in return. “You’re welcome.” she replied.
I had told her how much I love Doctor Who, and how cool it would be if I had the eleventh Doctor’s screwdriver. She of course had no idea what it was -not just because she chose to be in character- so I explained it to her. She’s seen a few episodes, and fell in love with the show. She also fell in love with Amy Pond. She liked Rose Tyler but thought she complained too much so Amy Pond was her next favorite companion.
I tossed the screwdriver in the air, and caught it after it spun twice. The emitter landed in my hand, and the end cap of the device pointed toward Twilight who took the device, and smiled. She scrutinized the device, and smiled.
“It looks really well made.” she said as she handed the device back to me after examining it.
Soon, all the gifts were handed out, and Pinkie made another tray of cupcakes and cookies setting them on the coffee table in front of both the leather sofa and armchair. Twilight and I were holding hands on the sofa as well as Soarin and Rainbow. Tommy -our dog- went back to Fluttershy who was petting him. Applejack, and Pinkie were chatting in front of the fireplace, and Rarity had a pencil and a piece of paper supposedly drafting up another dress or suit for either herself of one of her friends.
My screwdriver was resting on the coffee table just in front of the tray of cookies and cupcakes. Mom and dad were munching on some as well.
“These are really good.” said my dad in astonishment. He remembered the ‘best’ cookie he had had, but those topped them tenfold.
“Thanks!” chirped Pinkie with a smile as he took another from the tray along with mom who’s hands met for a moment.
They looked to each other and blushed softly. Mom then kissed dad’s cheek with a giggle. “What’s the matter? Never held my hand before?” she asked jokingly.
Dad swallowed the cookie in his mouth and responded with a shake of his head to tell her that they had done it numerous times. They smiled and kissed each other’s lips. Wrapping their arms around them. I kissed Twilight and Rainbow kissed Soarin.
“Aww!” we all heard a series of gushing ponies around us. We all blushed and looked to them.
“Shut it!” we all said in unplanned unison. We all then looked to each other, and everyone then laughed wholeheartedly.
“Who wants to have a snowball fight?!” shouted pinkie with glee and she stood up, and put her trench coat on. The other five of her friends put on their coats, and made their way to the door. I still hand mine on. I just stood up, and made my way to the door. My mom and dad joined us. I then opened the door with my magic.
Twilight and I held hands and ran out together yelling “Geronimo!”
After a fun time out in the snow, -we were all standing under a tree at one point except for Rainbow. She was up in the tree just above us. She flung a limb and all the snow on that branch fell off and covered us all- we were all back inside. Snow slowly melting as the fire reached us.
Rainbow laughed as she was the only one not covered in snow. “Th- that wasn’t fu- funny.” I said. My teeth chattering.
“You should have seen your faces!” she laughed.
We all glared at her. “Whaat?” she whined.
Sorin held Dash close running his hand through her mane. She leaned against his chest closing her eyes.
“Somepony’s a softie.” I teased. Rainbows personality is usually a hardened attitude. Not necessarily mean but more of a not soft attitude.
“Shut up!” Dash pouted.
“Aww.” gushed Soarin. He kissed her head and chuckled. “Don't listen to them.” he added.
Dash snuggled into Soarin while Twilight snuggled into me. I looked to her and smiled slowly running a hand up and down her back. My hand brushed her wing and she shivered slightly. Her left wing unfurled and wrapped around me. I smiled again and wrapped my arm around her waist. We both looked to each other and smiled before our lips met in a passionate kiss.
We broke the kiss a moment later, and looked back into the warm fire. “I need a job.” I said as I realized I don't have any money.
“Why don't you work at a restaurant, or a movie theatre of both? There’s this theatre called-” began Rainbow Dash.
“Flix Brewhouse. There’s one just down the road. Been there multiple times. You can eat while you watch movies. I actually have been thinking of applying there.” I said with a smile. Rainbow just smiled back.
“You want me to come with?” asked the lavender mare sitting next to me. I looked to her and nodded.
“I think one pony walking in a theatre full of humans would be enough for everyone. But I don't want to leave you alone.” I said as I kissed her cheek.
She giggled and replied with a simple “Alright.”. After which then teleported in front of the theatre -After Twi put her trench coat back on of course as it was freezing out- and we held hands and walked in together. A large bar to out left -with large vats to our immediate left and the bar itself beyond those- to our right, two machines you can use to buy your tickets then and there, or reserve tickets for another time. In front was a hole in the wall which led to the hallways which contained the different theatres, and a counter next to said hole in the wall. We made our way -hand in hand of course- over to the counter.
The person behind the counter looked to Twilight and then me but mainly focused on Twilight. The name on the pin on his shirt read ‘Spencer’. He looked to be at least eighteen.
“Hello there.” he said to the both of us.
“Hello.” we replied in unison.
“I’d like to apply for a job.” I said as I looked to the human.
He nodded and dove under the desk for a moment before reappearing with an application in hand which he set on the counter and I took.
I smiled. “Thank you.” I said. He smiled and nodded back. I was actually quite surprised. I was expecting him to freak out because of Twilight next to me.
“Do you have a pen by chance?” I asked. He nodded and took a pen out of a cylindrical grated holder. He smiled as I took it. Not with my hand, but with my magic.
That’s when he started to freak. Not in terror but in a fanboyish sort of way. “You can do magic?!” he shouted in astonishment.
From the shouting -which is what we were desperately trying to avoid- we got some onlookers from the bar. Twi looked to them. “Those people are staring at us. They’ll be seeing me run around anyway.” I chuckled as the pen began to write as if it were in my hand. My handwriting is a mix between cursive and print. Some had trouble reading it while others -including myself of course- could read it just fine.
The application was swiftly filled out and handed back to Spencer in about a minute. He looked astonished as he was not expecting it to one, be filled out in front of him, and two, be filled out so fast. He took the application and smiled.
“Thanks.” he said as he set the piece of paper on the desk. I nodded and smiled warmly at him. I took Twilight's hand with my right and extended my left.
Spencer took it and shook it. “It was nice meeting you, Spencer.” I said. The human looked to his nameplate and chuckled then back to me.
“Nice meeting you too…” he said but stopped. “Sketchy. Sketchy Sculpture.” I replied.
“Sketchy.” Spencer repeated.
I nodded. “Yep.” I replied. “See ya later.” I added. Just after, we both teleported off and ended up back in front of the house. “I should get a call from them in a day or two.” I said.
Twilight smiled. “Great.” she replied. We both then walked back into the house of course hand in hand.
My dad looked to the door. “How’d it go?” he asked.
“Went well. There was a brony there who was looking’ at Twi here.” I said as I pulled her close. She giggled and kissed my cheek. I smiled and kissed her cheek in return.
A few days go by and I finally get a call from Flix. I had been accepted into the crew. Spencer had called back and told me the news. I had also told everypony else the news. I could finally start making some money. I kissed Twilight’s lips softly before teleporting off to the theatre. I immediatly got some stares, but I didn’t care. I was too happy to care really. I walked in -holding the door open because I am nice- and made my way to the counter to see Spencer there with someone new.
Another guy next to him with the name ‘Ethan’. I smiled and asked where I needed to go as I had turned an application in the other day and was ready to get to work. They directed me to an office where I got set up with an arm mounted iPad which had the locations of the theatres listed on them. They told me the calling seat would light up blue when someone pressed the button on the counter, and that I was told to report to it and take their order, or their request for refills or the check 30 minutes before the end of the movie. I didn’t really need to walk as I could just teleport around and get around in an instant.
I looked to the iPad and saw everything was greyed out. They must not be seating now. I looked to the top center of the screen and saw the time was 3:00pm. I also saw something that said ‘Next showtime 3:30’. I smiled and waited for the time to pass. Quite a few of the employees came up to me and asked if I could do magic as they saw I was a unicorn. Ooh, a performance. I smiled and told them I could. They didn’t believe me of course as they said magic didn’t exist. I saw a basket they usually bought you to serve the food on, and levitated it. They all looked in astonishment at the floating basket.
“You’re amazing!” said a woman from the small crowd of eight people. I smiled and thanked her.
“You can be really efficient.” said a man in the front of the crowd.
“That I can. I can also-” I began, but in a flash of green light, teleported away and ended up behind the crowd. “teleport.” I finished.
The crowd turned around and looked at me in amazement and silence.They then erupted in a golf clap. I chuckled and blushed slightly in embarrassment. I had never gotten applauded for my tricks before. Time soon passed and I looked to the iPad on my arm. 3:29.
“Showtime!” I said as I clasped my hands together and walked out of the kitchen and waited as I looked to my arm to see which lit up first. Luckily, the theatre closest to the kitchen -theatre 3- lit up, and I made my way into the theatre. I saw a blue light on the back of it too so I knew where it was. I made my way up to the seat. A pen and a pad -to write down the order- floating in my magic’s grasp. “Hi, I’m Sketchy, and I’ll be your server. What can I got you?” I asked. Nothing but silence from the couple.
A few moments go by before they finally open their mouths.
“Pizza.” said the woman. I wrote the female’s order down.
“And for you, sir?” I asked.
“Same.” he replied.
“Two pizzas.” I smiled.
“Anything to drink?” I asked.
“Coke.” they replied. I wrote down ‘Two Pizzas and Two Cokes’ before replying:
“Alright. Any appetizers?” I asked. They shook their heads.
“Desserts?” I asked.
“Shakes.” they said in unison. I smiled.
“Alright. It’ll be out shortly.” I said as I made my way back to the kitchen. I then tore the page off the booklet and stuck it on a hook. A chef began making the pizzas, and a woman began making the shakes. A few minutes go by, and they have me a tray with the requested items on it. I levitated the tray so I could have my two hands free to do anything else. I brought the tray back to the couple and gave them their food.
“Enjoy your food.” I smiled and took the tray back to the kitchen with a smile.
The hours soon fly by, and the movie finally ended. I made my way back into the theatre to collect the bill -which came out to $38.90- and the tip that came with it. Which -in total- came out to $46.68 which meant they payed $7.78. I smiled and pocketed the tip money and made my way back to the kitchen. I waited for another movie to start which was at 8:00pm. I checked the time on the iPad and saw it was 7:04pm. I decided to practice some more advanced spells.
I looked to a woman. The name pin on her shirt read ‘Alayna’. I smiled to her. She looked to me smiling back.
“Alayna?” I called.
“Yes?” she replied.
“Would you like to be a test subject for a spell I’m practicing?” I asked. She nodded.
“Sure. What spell are you practicing?” asked the woman.
“Telepathy.” I replied.
“Oh, cool!” she said. I smiled and looked to the iPad’s clock. 7:05pm. I had enough time.
I closed my eyes and focused on Alayna. Specifically, entering her mind and communicating through her mind. Nothing really happened at first, but I soon managed to say a simple ‘Hello’ in her head. She gasped in shock.
“What did I say?” I asked clarifying to make sure the spell worked.
“Hello.” she replied.
“It sounded just like your voice, but echoey.” she replied.
“Awesome! Try doing the same. Just clear your mind, and think about what you want to say.” I said with a smile.
“Alright.” she replied. She too closed her eyes. I had no idea what she was currently thinking, but I soon heard a reply. A ‘How are you?’ in my head. The voice in my head sounded just like her voice, but an echoey version as well.
“And what did I say?” she asked.
“How are you.” I replied. She smiled.
“That is sooo cool!” she said with a smile playing across her face. I nodded in reply to her statement.
“Yeah, it is cool. I can talk with anyone really. I just need to focus.” I replied.
“Well, keep practicing. You can only get better.” she said with a smile as she looked to her iPad.
“Well, it’s time.” she said as she walked out and turned down the hall. I smiled and made my way out of the kitchen toward theatre 6.
The time flew by and my shift ended at 12am. I smiled and bid goodbye to the employees. I then put my coat and scarf back on, and teleported home. I smiled as I made my way inside to see everyone -well mostly everyone- still up. Rainbow and Soarin were on the couch asleep, along with the others nowhere to be seen. Probably in the guest room upstairs. I closed the door, and made my way upstairs.
I took off my new uniform, and counted the tip money I had made today. $35. I smiled and put the change in a glass jar, and the cash in my wallet. I then made my way to the guest bedroom to find Twilight -along with the others- sleeping together.
Twi thankfully was on the end of the bed, but it looked full. I made my way quietly over to the bed and softly kissed her lips. She opened an eyes and saw me. She smiled and kissed back.
“Wanna come to bed with me?” I asked. She nodded and carefully got out of bed not to disturb the others. We then linking hands and made our way to my bedroom. We then both climbed in bed together and began cuddling. My legs wrapping around her and my arms snaking their way around her waist falling asleep a moment later.
