Rainbow looks at Twilight's body and chuckles asking, "So, are ya gonna be sleeping like that tonight?"

She smiles and nods saying, "Yes I am, because I want to give them the best chance to find and fertilize my egg. Besides, the two of us will have to get used to growing to this size or getting even larger if we are blessed with more than one foal during a pregnancy. It is fairly common for a mare to give birth to twins these days..."

The pegasus stares at herself in the mirror with wide, fearful eyes saying, "Twins?!? If I carry twins, I will be twice the size you are now!" and imagines what she would look like with two foals inside her.

As I finish making dinner, I take everything to the table and call up to the girls, "Food's ready girls!"

After enjoying a good dinner, I turn to everyone and say, "Well, ah suppose we all should head to bed."

Rainbow looks at him and laughs, placing a hoof on his leg saying, "Nuh-uh pal, not with you still soaked in my fluids your not."

Twilight nods and then says, "She's right, off to the showers with you!" adding a giggle at the end to show she is in a good mood.

I sigh and then head up the stairs, collecting my pants from the other room and empty the pockets onto my dresser before tossing them and my soaked shirt down the laundry chute and ask, "Discord, could ya return my doorways to normal please?"

A moment later I hear a snap and then grab a fresh pair of underwear saying, "Thanks Discord." before grabbing a towel and setting it on the hanger on the wall.

As she follows Rainbow towards Roger's bedroom, she bites her lip and then stops outside the bathroom saying, "You go on inside Rainbow, I would like to spend a little time to ensure I bear a foal this season."

Rainbow laughs and says, "Okay, just make sure not to go too far you need to call on Discord for help to get through the door, HAHA!"

Twilight blushes as she laughs while entering the bedroom saying, "Don't worry, I won't let myself get that big..."

A few minutes later, as she gets comfortable while fighting against the urge to get up and race to the bathroom, she hears Roger and Twilight start going at it when Twilight moans loudly. Moments later, the urge hits her harder than before and forces her to jump up out of bed and hurry to the bathroom, then hold onto the toilet as she empties her stomach into the bowl.

I pause in my intimacy with Twilight as she has her front hooves up against the wall asking, "Are ya alright Pervy?"

Rainbow groans from nausea and says, "Uh-huh, just a bout of sickness due to being pregnant, no need to worry about me. I'm fine so go back to what you're doing with Twilight."

I continue pleasuring her and say, "Okay then, ah hope ya don't suffer to badly from it."

She smiles and climbs up onto the pot to relieve her bladder saying, "Thanks for showing you care."

When she finishes, she almost flushes and chuckles saying, "It would have been bad if I flushed, hehe."

Twilight pants with ecstasy at Roger's ministrations and says breathlessly, "Do it! Please Rainbow, flush it so I can feel the scalding heat!"

Rainbow blinks in shock for a moment before putting her hoof on the handle and asking, "Are you sure about this Twilight?"

She moans loudly as she is pressed up against the wall and shouts, "JUST DO IT PERVY!"

Flinching from her shout, she shrugs and says, "Okay then Twerky, you asked for it." then presses the handle down.

Twilight hears the toilet flush and waits for the scalding water to shower down upon her as Roger quickly holds her in the air with her back up against his chest, feeling the scalding water spray all over her body as she has another orgasm when she feels him fill her again shouting, "YES! FILL ME RODGE, FILL ME AND BURN ME!"

Curious, Rainbow looks in on the two and watches Twilight's belly swell even bigger as milk slowly drips from her teats, then backs away and heads back to bed saying, "Try not to spend all night in there, okay you two? There is one pony here that is trying to sleep."

About an hour passes as Twilight and I head to bed, me lying between the two mares on my back and slip my arms under both their heads with Twilight snuggling up against me with her back hooves wrapping around my left leg while her front left leg lays on my chest. Rainbow is on my right with her back hooves wrapped around my right leg and her right wing draped over my body, feeling both their teats pressed against my skin as I start to drift into the land of dreams.

A third pony enters Roger's house as a particular hunger drives her towards what she craves, following the scent to the bedroom upstairs to find the human with Twilight on his left side and Rainbow on the right. Using her wings to fly up and land carefully onto the bed, she stalks up towards the human's face. Carefully using her nose to lift Rainbow's wing up, she works her way under it and licks her mouth. She feels another wing lay across her and makes herself comfortable on his chest, purring lightly as she then opens her mouth, revealing two, pearly white fangs in her upper jaw.

I feel pain in my neck and see a tufted ear in my vision as well as a leathery wing, chuckling lightly and say, "Hello, my little bat. Here fer yer nightly meal?"

Flutterbat drinks from him, feeling content and very comfortable with the wings of Rainbow and Twilight laying over top of her protectively.

When I wake up to Rooster's crowing, I notice that Fluttershy had fallen asleep on top of me and lightly rub her ear between my left hand's thumb and forefinger.

Feeling her ear being played with, Fluttershy sighs contentedly and softly says, "Oh murrr..."

Pulling her head towards mine, I start to kiss her slowly, and gradually lead into a deep kiss to rouse her from slumber.

Fluttershy moans softly and opens her eyes to see and feel Roger deeply kissing her, feeling the wings of her friends resting on top of her and pulls away with a light blush saying, "Oh my...I didn't mean to fall asleep here, it was just so warm and...inviting."

I chuckle and then say, "It's alright Shy, but ah do need to get up and start on chores."

She nods and then carefully returns her friends' wings to their bodies and crawls off the bed, noticing how big Twilight's belly is and giggles lightly and softly says, "So it is Twilight's turn to fall victim to Foal Fever... It will be lovely for all of us to experience motherhood together."

I carefully climb out of bed and get dressed, saying gently, "This will definitely be an interesting year alright, ah can only wonder how many mares will end up carrying foals within a few weeks time of Estrus Season ending."

Fluttershy smiles and then says, "Well, I am certain you will make an excellent father to all of the children you help create."

I then look at the bed and softly say, "Those two are missing my warmth, why don't ya crawl back into bed fer a bit?"

She looks at her friend's wings searching for warmth and softly chuckles, saying, "Thank you, I am a little tired still."

Heading out of the room, I make my way outside to begin chores. When I finish those, I see that I still have some time and head to the shed where I parked my windrower. Starting it up, I take it out to the field that just got cleared of rocks and take a rubber mallet along with me so I can pull the stake and then return it after I mow the grass around it.

It takes me about an hour to finish mowing the field and look up at the sun saying, "Today is going to be a great day to make lots of progress!" when I remember the rocks that were cleared off and chuckle saying, "Ah'm gonna hafta get a pony to fly a quick letter over to wherever Pinkie Pie's family is at."

As Sherry slowly stirs awake, she is unable to make anything out as it is very dark with a gentle glow allowing her to just barely see that she is trapped in some kind of white cocoon and thinks, 'Oh fuck this, ah ain't gonna wind up as food or the prisoner of a cop with a freaking twisted mind!' and makes a fist with her hands, then starts banging away at the inside of the cocoon.

As the old one watches over the white cocoon, she sees it twitch. Focusing her attention on it, she then sees it twitch again and settles down near it to intently observe its every move, saying to her children telepathically, 'Go and secure the perimeter of anything that may wish to harm this being when they awake.'

She places her back up against the side of the cocoon and sets her feet against the other side and puts her strong legs to use by pushing against it, smiling when she hears a crunch and pulls her leg back to see white light pour in through the small hole saying, "Bless whoever came up with the idea for stilletto heels..." and then feels her other heel break through the shell.

The old one watches the being pierce the cocoon's hardened shell with a smile, making several more small, cylindrical holes in it before making a larger hole with an appendage having five digits on it, the creature's bark-like skin appearing to have the same coloration of the white bark on a birch tree.

Sherry puts her hand up to the hole to look at it closer saying, "What the heck happened to mah damned arm!?" then shakes her head of the distraction saying, "UGH, break free first, then freak out later about your arm." and then presses herself up against the side again and targets different spots of the shell, using her heels to perforate an opening big enough for her to crawl through.

The old spirit being watches with delight as the creature proves to have intelligence as it has spoken with rational thoughts in mind. The being continues to pierce the shell in a peculiar pattern, making a series of holes in a curving line around to where the appendage made a hole.

After making a large circle of small perforations with her heel, she rests a moment and gathers her strength before looking at her work and begins making a pair of lines through the circle. One going sideways and the other going from top to bottom, then rubs her hands together and begins punching away at the edges of the perforations to break out the pizza slice-shaped portions she made. When one of the pieces break away, she cautiously looks out through it to see a large clearing around her with no animals or humans in sight. Considering it safe enough, she goes back to knocking out the rest of the slices until there is enough space for her to crawl out of it, then takes a few steps forward to look at her new surroundings.

The old one looks at the being in shock at discovering that it is actually a Dryad, a race that died out during Discord's reign of chaos. Fighting to remain silent, she looks the creature over very carefully. Seeing that it has bark-like skin the same color of a birch tree, bright amber tendrils with green leaves and daisies growing upon each one that looks like the wispy branches of a Weeping Willow and hanging down well-past her shoulders. While the newly created dryad looks around curiously, she notices that her feet are different from that of what she remembers of the dryad's bodies. Instead of having two toes and a heel raising them off the ground a few inches, the new dryad has five toes with pearl white nails on each of them with a pair of strange vine-like wooden shoes with a long stick raising her a few inches. When she looks over the rest of the dryad's body, she notices that it is actually a female as she has a set of fair-sized bumps on her torso. Her bark-like skin on her torso is mostly hidden by a strangely patterned top that is tied in front of her body just underneath her bust with a red piece of cloth under it. The lower part of her body is covered by a very small piece of thick, light blue cloth that barely covers her behind, when she catches a glimpse of her face, she sees that she has a slightly almond-shaped face with beautiful bright blue eyes.

As she looks around, she catches sight of something big near her and quickly looks up at it. Seeing the creature has the form of a massive, wooden wolf made from various bits of timber, she sees glowing yellow lights for eyes and laughs saying, "Wow, someone sure had a wolf obsession when they built one this size and gave it glowing eyes, ah'm actually impressed at how real it looks despite being made from bits of bark, branches and leaves."

The old one chuckles audibly, startling the young female dryad and causing her to stumble back and land on her rear, saying in an elderly tone, "Do forgive me for startling you, young one. I will not harm you, so please do not be frightened."

Sherry then quickly gets up into a fighting stance and raises her fists saying, "Who are ya and why the fuck am ah in a forest?!"

The spirit smiles and lies down on the ground saying, "I am the caretaker of this forest which you have been given new form. Allow me to explain a bit more to ease your confusion and hopefully, your anger. I don't know what circumstances brought you here, but you were brought here by a half-living being created by a god of chaos named Discord. You see, this half-being was actually the remnants of a spell that was cast by Discord to fulfill a purpose of bringing some creature here from another world."

She pauses a moment and backs up a half-step asking, "Nice try, there's no way ah'm in another world, ah'm just in some sort of virtual reality gadget or just hypnotized. Ah'm not buying it so just fucking let me go!"

Sensing things are taking a turn for the worse, another spirit approaches from the forest's edge saying, "You've tried your best Efrit, please let me handle the rest from here as she does not understand what happened."

Both beings look at the white shape approaching them, having the form of a pony with a horn and wings, but no distinguishable features as the old spirit looks at the newcomer and smiles while happily saying, "MOTHER! It is so good to see you after so many years!"

The alicorn spirit looks at the young, newly arrived being and says, "It is good to meet you, Sherry. I know you are very confused, but let me show you what happened where you came from..." and casts a spell to show her what happened back on earth saying, "Watch as I show you what you experienced before you arrived, then I will show you what your uncle experienced before he came here."

Sherry flinches as a bubble appears in the air, which starts to shimmer and show her what happened to send her on her journey to live with her uncle. When she watches herself run towards the charred and melted Steiger, she tries to reach out and touch her uncle's body but gasps as she hears herself scream while flames erupt from her mouth. Her eyes start to water as she sees the Steiger, her uncle's corpse and hers all blow away into the wind and leave nothing behind but a set of four black track marks.

The spirit then shows her what her uncle experienced earlier, showing her how he crashed through a fence post and spoke to a little filly before stopping the image there saying, "I am sorry to tell you that there is no going back to where you came from, as your bodies are nothing but dust in the wind. You and your human uncle, Roger, are alive and well here in this world. Will you please calm down and give life here a chance? If you still believe we are lying to you, take a good look at your body and feel it for yourself."

She hesitantly raises her arms and carefully looks at them, running her fingers over each arm and feels their rough bark-like texture that behaves much like her own skin. Using her nails, she picks at some of the loose, flaky pieces on her arm as it starts to itch. Once she sees a sticky, reddish fluid ooze from her arm, she feels a bit of pain from where she scratched and asks, "Uhm...am ah...bleeding sap?"

The alicorn approaches her and prepares to heal her, looking her arm over and nodding saying, "Indeed you are. That reddish sap is your lifeblood, it flows throughout your new body. When your body could not be brought here due to there not being enough magic left over, the half-being had to find a way to reconstitute a suitable form for you to take. Once it found one for you, it had to find suitable material to alter it's very existence and merge it with your own. So you are now what is called a Dryad, though the others of your kind have all passed on during Discord's reign of chaos many millenia ago." then shakes her head saying, "Apologies for rambling, let me heal that for you." and casts her spell.

Sherry looks up at the strange creature and asks, "Just what in the hell are ya, and exactly where am ah?"

The spirit looks at her and says, "I am just the spirit that watches over the creatures of this world, I'm no god though. You are currently in the Everfree Forest within the land of Equestria, ruled by Princess Celestia and her younger sister, Princess Luna. Just so you know, magic is very real in this world. I am not sure if you know this, but Dryads are...or were, very gifted with wild magic, nature magic, and water magic. If you wish to know more about them, you could talk to my daughter about wild magic and nature magic. Though she knows some about nature magic, but very little about water magic. So you will have to speak with a well-read unicorn to understand more about what magic you might be particularly good at." She watches her start scratching at another part of her body and says, "I forgot how Dryads needed to keep themselves hydrated or they would start to scratch at the dry spots on their bodies. Follow me to a nearby stream where you can soak up some water and get rid of that dryness you are feeling."

She hesitantly follows her as she notices one of her strands of hair drift in front of her face and pulls some of her hair in front of her to look at it saying, "Wow, mah hair is really...bright red and covered in small green leaves and tiny daisies. Did the other dryads have hair like mine?"

The alicorn chuckles and nods saying, "A few did, but then again, they all had different types of foliage on their heads. Perhaps if luck favors us, the dryads might just return...with your help."

Sherry blushes and crosses her arms and huffs, "Now hold on, ah'm not gonna spread mah legs for just anyone!"

The spirit then laughs melodically and stops by a nearby stream saying, "Oh I didn't think you would, as I do believe you secretly hold a torch for your uncle, correct?"

The young dryad's face flushes crimson as she stammers and looks away asking softly, "Umm...how did ya know that?"

The alicorn smirks and says, "Well, it was in your memories dear, whenever a soul enters this world, I look through their memories to know just who arrived. Don't worry though, because I do that as a security measure, and I never share anything I learn with any creature."

Remembering what she said earlier, she asks, "Uhm, so...could ya tell me where ah can find mah uncle?"

She nods her head and says, "I can and will, once you soak up plenty of water."

Sherry hesitantly steps into the water and sits down upon a moss-covered stone, and is surprised when she starts to feel better and feels her arm. Finding her arm getting softer as she soaks in the water, she asks, "How in the hell do ah soak water in through mah feet!"

The spirit chuckles and shrugs her shoulders saying, "I have no idea dearie, that is just what I happened to learn about them when they were around. Just be sure not to soak so long that you become soggy."

She sighs blissfully as her itchiness goes away and says, "Ah'll make sure to keep that in mind. Would ya be able to tell me how long ah've been here?"

With a sigh, the alicorn nods and says, "Yes I can, you arrived two or three hours after your uncle did which was March 2nd, but you have been in that spell-created cocoon until today, which is presently Spring, March 18th, and is two weeks into Estrus Season for mares."

Sherry puts a hand on her cheek and groans saying, "Which means that there is one week to go. Is mah uncle the only male around or are there others?"

She chuckles and then says, "He is the only male in Ponyville that can easily be found, and he has already bred several mares these past two weeks. He is currently trying his best to get caught up with the spring planting season as he has had to acquire new fields to grow crops in. If he is going to help Equestria through the food shortage presently affecting them, he will need help with getting started."

As she waits for her body to be fully hydrated, she then smirks and says, "Then it's a good thing ah'm here, ain't it?"

The alicorn nods and says, "Indeed it is for I have heard that your uncle has big plans on getting two really large fields which would be 200 acres each."

Sherry looks over her shoulder at the alicorn with wide eyes and asks, "How many acres does he have currently, do ya know?"

She nods and says, "I do, he has a main lot of 150 acres, two smaller plots of 75 acres and two newly acquired fields of 110 acres."

The young dryad shakes her head and says, "Then his stuff must have been brought over because otherwise, he would never be able to do anything unless this world is as technologically advanced as where we came from. How advanced is this world compared to Earth?"

The alicorn thinks for a moment after knowing what he knew and says, "Uhm I would have to say...just before the Industrial Revolution."

Sherry then facepalms herself and groans, "Great, so the beings here have no idea of what basic machinery is, it's almost like we're back in medieval times."

The spirit then scoffs and says, "Oh please, they are not that far from where you humans were. They do have Steam locomotives here, you know?"

She then stares at her with wide eyes and tears up to tease her saying, "Oh god, there is hope for this world!"

The alicorn sniggers behind a hoof and says, "You both are terrible, you know that? At least I won't be bored for a while with you two running around in this world."

When Sherry feels her dryness fade away completely, she stands up and walks out of the stream asking, "So, what is your name?"

She looks at her and then says, "Well, I go by a few names, but the most common one for me is Equis at the moment."

She then smiles and holds her hand out saying, "Well Equis, it was nice meeting ya, but ah have an uncle to say hello and move in with since nothing of mine got brought here."

Equis then nods and looks over to where her daughter is at and says, "Oh Efrit, could you accompany dear Sherry from the forest and drop her off within sight of Sheridan Acres?"

Efrit makes her way through the dark forest and lies down near her mother saying, "It would be my pleasure, mother. I sure hope that we can spend more time together than we have lately."

The alicorn nods her head and sighs saying, "I would love to be able to do that dear, but with those nasty parasprite pests reproducing at such an alarming rate, I don't think we will ever have time to." then starts to head away, fading into the trees.

She smiles and says, "At least I am proud to say that their population within the Everfree Forest is well under control."

Sherry looks at the two in confusion and asks, "Uhm, what is a parasprite?"

Efrit looks at Sherry and says, "They are cute little insects that look harmless, but in truth, are monsters of the worst sort as they can eat food and then puke out another fully grown parasprite. One becomes two, and two become four then on and on until there are almost a million of them devouring anything remotely edible. It would be nice if a few swarms would come here so that the hungry bats can feast well for a while."

She looks at the large timber wolf and asks, "What does a parasprite even look like?"

The large timber wolf looks at her, then to a bush as a pair of wings can be seen above one of the leaves saying, "Well, let me show you, distant cousin." and uses her magic to grab the parasprite about to gobble up a berry and pulls it out before her saying, "This hideously cute creature is a parasprite, let me show you how quickly they can reproduce." then plucks every berry off the bush and holds them in the air near the pest.

Sherry watches the pink parasprite inhale two berries and then make a cute, coughing noise before hacking up a gob of food which turns into another parasprite. Watching in disgust as there are soon a couple of dozen parasprites within Efrit's magic barrier, saying, "Wow, they are disgustingly cute pests, ah'll definitely see what mah uncle and ah can do for ya about bringing more over."

Efrit then smiles wolfishly and says, "Here's my favorite part, watch this!" then spins them around in her magic and tosses them up into the air shouting, "Come and get it hungry flyers!" and watches with delight as a few bats zoom past and snag a few parasprites in their path.

She can't help but chuckle as the parasprites are quickly devoured, causing the bats to depart after doing a little dance around Efrit's head saying, "That was amusing to see, ah look forward to another show on a much larger scale when mah uncle and ah figure out how to bring ya more parasprites."

The old spirit smiles and says, "As do I, now shall we get you to your uncle's farm?"

Sherry smiles and says, "Yes please, ah've been missing him for the past few years."

Efrit lays down and then says, "Climb onto my back, just behind my neck and hold on. If you ever wish to learn about what I can teach you, just make your way to the Everfree Forest and call out for me. My children will notify me through thought and I will come to you."

She then climbs up onto her back saying, "Thank ya for letting me ride ya like this, ah'll definitely come by when ah've had a chance to settle in with mah uncle. Ah'm guessing mah uncle's farm is a ways from here?"

The spirit then rises up and starts trotting on all fours towards the west saying, "It's about 15 miles away or so to the northwest, but Ponyville is only a couple of miles north of the edge of this forest. We will head west for a few miles before turning north, the main reason being that ponies and a few other creatures traveling the roads react rather badly to timberwolves or anything coming out of this forest. A few creatures aren't afraid of entering the forest though, which I find rather curious."

As they make their way through the forest, Efrit breaks into a slow run as she tells Sherry a bit about Equestria and this world. When A familiar structure comes into sight, Sherry points to it happily and saying, "Ah recognize that Elevator, we're a few miles away from his farm!"

Efrit smiles and then gets down onto her belly saying, "I am as close as I dare to get to Roger's farm, cousin. I wish I could get you closer, but there are ponies out on the road and there is a loud machine running in the distance."

Sherry then hops off and lands on the ground, stumbling slightly as she loses her balance saying, "Oh that's alright, ah don't mind a little exercise to keep this body in shape!" then starts walking away and turns around waving goodbye to her saying, "Ah look forward to seeing ya again cuz!"

The spirit then chuckles and says, "So do I!" and remembers something her mother forgot to bring up and shouts, "Spring is your fertile season of the year, so be sure to drink Moon Water every few days or look forward to giving birth twenty-five or twenty-six months later!"

Freezing in her place, she turns around with a horrified expression on her face saying, "DRYAD PREGNANCIES LAST FOR JUST OVER TWO YEARS?! Just how fertile will I be during Spring and how long does it last exactly?!"

Efrit smiles and says, "Yes they do, and your fertile time will start the first day of Spring, gradually getting more fertile until the later part of the third month. If you are intimate with a male, pregnancy is pretty much guaranteed after the start of the second month."

Sherry stares at her in disbelief saying, "Three months of fertility and two years until giving birth are insane! I better start looking for whatever this Moon Water stuff is soon!"

The spirit smiles and turns around, then makes her way back to the Everfree Forest saying, "I wish you good luck in your search, or look forward to a long pregnancy."

She waves farewell to her as she trots towards the forest they just left, sighing and then turning around to start heading toward her uncle's farm saying, "Well Uncle Rodge, ready or not, here ah come."

As she walks through the tall grass, she brushes her hands along the tops of the grass when she hears it talk to her, pleading for someone to cut it so it can grow anew. Pulling her hands away in shock, the voices quiet down as she looks at her palms and returns to brushing them along the tops of the grass tops. The voices come back to her as she shushes them gently, saying, "Now now, quiet down, ah will talk to someone about tending to ya, but first, ah need to get to mah uncle's farm."

Understanding, the voices quiet down and just sigh happily instead as she passes, glad that their voices can be heard once more.

As a pony is looking for rocks in the next field, movement to her right catches her attention and scans the field to her right to see what it is. Unable to see far due to the grass's height, she shrugs and goes back to picking up the rock she found and then hands it off to a nearby pegasus for them to carry to the wagons.

Sherry continues walking through the tall grass, seeing small ponies in it picking up rocks and chuckles, thinking, 'Mah uncle must have hired them to do that since he is injured.'

The earth pony hears a light, feminine chuckle and looks back over to her right to see a tall bipedal creature with long, bright amber veins on its head covered in small green leaves and tiny daisies growing from each one. The creature has bright blue eyes and is clearly female from how their chest looks, her skin appears to be paper-like bark similar to that of a white birch tree. Wildly curious about what or who the creature is, she is unable to speak due to the shock of seeing a creature like that for the first time.

She continues walking through the field as ponies stop what they are doing to look at her and quietly talk amongst themselves asking each other who, or what she is. She then pauses and looks around at the ponies, then smiles saying, "Well ah'm what is called a Dryad, little ponies, and mah name is Sherry. Might any of ya be able to tell me where my uncle, Roger Sheridan might be found?"

One of the shocked pegasi looks up at the pretty Dryad and points to her left, saying, "He is in the yellowish-orange machine moving rocks to the road, it's hard to miss because it's so loud."

Sherry smiles at her and caresses the top of her head, rubbing one of her ears gently and then scratching behind it saying, "Thank ya miss." then continues on her way when she spots a glint in the distance followed by the recognizable color of her uncle's payloader as it heads back out to the field. Hoping that her uncle is inside, she starts jogging towards it as tears gather in the corner of her eyes.

I'm almost to the next pile of rocks when I spot a strange creature quickly jogging towards me, causing me to stop and set the bucket down, then set the brake and shift it into neutral before stepping out of the cab. The creature then begins to run towards me, with tears trickling down her face and climb down to the ground, walking around the back of the payloader and looking back to her asking, "Uhm...miss, what's wrong?"

She runs towards her uncle, throwing her arms wide and then wraps them around his body tightly, nuzzling her face into his chest while crying happily. Overjoyed to see him alive, she stands on her tip toes and kisses him passionately. When a small moan escapes her lips, she hooks her right leg around the back of his left and starts grinding her body against him. She pulls away and starts kissing along his neck saying in broken sobs, "Uncle...ah've missed ya so much these past few years."

Not recognizing who she is, I scratch the back of my head saying, "Ah'm sorry, but who are ya, ah don't recognize ya from anywhere."

Sherry pulls back and looks up at him with her bright, blue eyes as tears stream down her birch-white face, saying, "Ya don't recognize me? Ah'm your niece...Sherry, don't ya remember that time ah came to take care of ya? If ya can't remember that, then do ya remember the rodeos ya used to take me to with Silver Dollar?"

As her words spark my memory, I place my hands on her face as I start to recognize familiar features saying, "Sh-Sherry? Sherry, is that really ya, Bean Sprout?"

Giggling at his nickname for her, she says, "Yes it's me, Uncle Rodge." then nuzzles her face into his chest again.

I wrap my arms around her back and lift her up, then swing her around saying, "Bean Sprout, ah've missed ya too!" then stop spinning her and then set her back down away from me and look her up and down asking curiously, "Uhm, what in the world happened to ya, why do ya look like a tree? Shouldn't ya have grown more, yer the size of a young teen."

She then crosses her arms across her chest and huffs saying, "HMPH! Ah'm 22 years old, and ah haven't grown an inch since ah took care of ya a few years back!" then says, "When ah was kicked out by mah asshole boyfriend, ah decided to come live with ya and help ya tend to the farm. When ah came across the charred and melted remains of that Steiger ya love so much with the big cultivator twisted and melted beyond repair attached, ah ran up the steps to check on ya when ah suddenly screamed in pain as flames shot up out of mah mouth. As for why ah'm here, that is a bit of a story, so ah'll tell ya later. What're we doing?"

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