How I Met Your Mothershy
Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Monday Makeover at Rairity's
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI awoke to the smell of pancakes and syrup. I looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall. "7:30. I guess I should get up." I reached for my wheel chair, but it was to far away. After a couple of failed attempts I tried to get out of bed and walk to my support. When I put my whooves on the ground my legs began to shake. "Come on, I can do this." I groaned. " It's just walking... One fo-uh hoof in front of the other." I lifted my left front leg and motioned it forward, but tripped over my right leg. I fell with a very loud thud. I heard steps coming up the stairs. When the sound stopped Fluttershy was in the doorway looking at me with remorse.
"Oh my goodness. Are you okay? Do you need help?" She looked very worried.
"No. No. I'm alright. I just couldn't reach my wheel chair." I crawled, yes crawled to my support. I had Fluttershy help me with the straps, and led me down stairs past the living room to a dining room. On the table before me was a spread of what looks like yellow bacon, pancakes, and fresh squeezed orange juice. Fluttershy sat down on the opposite side of the table.
"I hope the food is to your liking. Twilight told me humans don't normally eat what we eat." She put some pancakes on my plate. "Would you like some syrup?" I nodded yes to her. She passed the bottle to me. I couldn't pick it up. She saw me struggling with the bottle and poured some syrup for me. I thanked her and began eating. No need for a fork I guess. I was halfway through my stack of pancakes when my curiosity got the best of me.
"What is that?" I pointed to the yellow bacon.
"That is hay bacon." She said with a smile. "I'm sure you will like it." She put a piece on my plate. I took a bite. It tasted a lot like real bacon, but with the subtle taste of wheat grass. I remember when I lost bet, I had to drink a pint of wheat grass. It was by far the grossest thing I have ever tasted. "Do you like it?"
"It is good. Thank you." I saw a huge smile came on her face.
"I am glad to hear that. We have a busy week ahead of us." She said, clapping her hooves together.
"What do we have planed?" I asked with a confused face. She told me that I was to hang out with one of her friends each day for a week to get me used to life here. Today I am so post to head to go to Rairity's to get cleaned up and learn about keeping myself clean for later preference.
"Oh. That's good to hear. I think I am starting to smell." My new fer felt sticky and I smelled like I ran laps around the gym at school. I finished my food and we headed to town. We passed a lot more ponies than yesterday. Fluttershy said they were off to work. I was taking in the sights when I spot something on the side of a mountain. It looked like a huge building. "Hey Fluttershy. What is that." I said while pointing at the obscure building.
"That is Canterlot Castle. Our rulers live there." So that is this worlds version of Canterlot. I wonder if there are other places here that our like this world. We continued our stroll till we stopped at a building with steam coming out of a vent.
"What is this place?" She told me this was the Ponyville bath house. We stepped in and I saw the white unicorn siting on a bench.
"There you are darling. I was wondering when you get here. I was waiting for about ten minutes." She said while getting off the bench walking to us. I could see her face scrunch up. "Uhh...I am sorry darling, but we need to get you in a tub soon." She began pushing me pass some double doors and into a huge room with a bunch of big tubs.
"They look a lot like hot tubs." I stated. They looked puzzled. "There from my world. It is like a pool, but they are smaller and have very hot water. They are used for parties or just relaxing." They looked like they understood. They walked me to a tub full of steaming water with a bunch of bubbles. I took off my support and started to go in and they were just standing there watching me. I thought that they would have left. "Why are you just standing there?"
"Is there a problem darling? Most ponies have at least one other pony help them with bathing." Rarity said.
"That is a little weird. In my world we take baths alone." I started to use some shampoo in my mane. then I tried to scrub my back with no luck. "Could one of you please help me with my back. I can't reach." Fluttershy walked up to me a started to wash my back. I could feel her hooves move around. It felt a bit like a massage, but then I felt her hooves on one of my wings. I jumped because it really tickles. She lifted her hooves off of me. "Whoa. That tickles a lot."
"Oh I must have forgot to tell you. Your wings are very sensitive. Just try to relax, and I will finish washing you." I calmed down, and she began again. I twitched every now and then. She finally was done scrubbing my back.
"Again this is odd, but thank you." I said. She walked back to Rarity. I rinsed my fur and mane, then I got out of the tub and back into my wheel chair.
"Let me get you a towel darling. You stay here." Rarity left and came back with a long towel. "Here you go. Now hurry up we need to go to my boutique next to get you something nice to wear. Twilight told me your kind wear clothes all the time."
"It is true. We don't go through town in our birthday suit. I kind of been feeling weird with nothing to wear." I said while trying to dry off, but I still don't know how to use my hooves. Fluttershy saw me struggling and helped me out. We left the bath house, and headed to Rarity's place. We stopped in front of a carousel looking house.
"Here we are. My store/house." We walked in and I saw a pile of clothes in the middle of the room. Rarity walked me to the triple mirror. She had me put on hundreds of shirts and pants. They all felt either too big, or too small. I was about to give up on the idea of having clothes when I saw a small dark brown top hat. I tried it on, and it felt just right. I heard Rarity say. "It looks smashing on you." I walked toward the mirror and I looked at myself for the first time as a pony. I saw that my mane was dark green with a whitish-blue lightning streak, my coat is a dark shade of blue, and turned around and saw a weird thing on my backside.
"What is this thing on my butt?" I asked while pointing at the NES controller tattoo looking thing.
"That is your cutie mark darling. It shows what your special talent is." Rarity answered. After some more explanation on cutie marks, I learned that getting a cutie mark is like hitting puberty. They said that it meant I was good at video games. I never thought that would be what I am best at. I usally just play for fun.
"Wait, so you guys have video games in your world?" I asked. They told me that they do, but not many. After some time passed it was starting to get dark. We said good bye to Rarity, and headed back to Fluttershy's house. We were about halfway there when I decided to talk to her. "I had fun today. Although it was strange, with the whole bathing with someone else and having a cutie mark." I said with a light chuckle. I saw a smile appear on her face.
"I'm glad to here that. I had fun too." She remained silent for a bit. "Hey Jesse."
"Yeah. What's up?" I said a little intrigued.
"I was just...umm...I wanted to ask if...oh never mind." She looked like her face was going pink. What could she of wanted to ask me. I wanted to say something, but she just said it was nothing again. We finally were at her cottage. When we ate dinner she wouldn't speak to me. i said goodnight, but she ignored me again. When I got out of my support I found that I could finally stand. "I guess I can return that thing tomorrow." I tried to walk, but I kept stumbling. When I was finally in bed I said. "Or maybe not."
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