IWSC: Camp Dependable Part 1
#3 of It Was Supposed to be a Costume
Tom's head felt like it was underwater and he held his head.
'I hate hangovers.' He thought but soon became concern that he didn't remember drinking or his bed being so hard. Opening his eyes he did not see the roof of his bed room and he wondered. 'What the hell?' Then he started to remember the last day. He lost a bet with jasmine and had to wear a Rainbow Dash costume but then that costume changed him now her into an anthro version of the character. Lifting an arm to see blue fur clinched it. It wasn't a nightmare. It was real. All of it was real, including those black clad guys. She shot up and looked around. She was in a large room with cots all around her, each with a anthro pony wearing bright yellow clothes. Looking down she saw that her own clothes gone. Replaced with the same bright yellow and on her left breast was a serial number, R412803. She felt constricted and dared lift her shirt. Underneath in was the band going around her middle lifting the back of the shirt she found her wings pinned to her back. Before she could think more on that she heard groaning and saw some of the others wake up. She went to the one next to her and saw a female with blue green fur and spiked dark orange and yellow hair.
"Hey you okay?" She asked the girl. The girl groaned again before opening her eyes.
"I feel like I have a hangover. The last thing I remember was chilling in my backyard when some guys in black showed up. What happened?"
"I think we've been kidnapped for something similar happened to me."
"Aw man! And I just got some vacation time to. I get to be Lightning Dust and I'm kidnapped before I can try to fly." Then Lightning Dust looked at her and said. "Ah I'm so jealous you got to be Rainbow Dash, they didn't have any of her outfits at the store I went to so I settled for the second fastest pony in Equestira." She frowned at that but before she could reply she heard a P.A. System turn on.
<I see you all are finally awake. That's good. Welcome to Camp Dependable. A recently reactivated military camp repurposed to house all of you who have been changed into these weird creatures. We have the basic amenities setup with more stuff coming in. You will be living here for the foreseeable future and will looking to cure you of this disease. Till then be comfortable.> The system turned off and a righteous fury came over her.
"How dare they! We are US citizens and they just lock us away because of this." She gestured to her body.
"They're afraid of this spreading." Replied Lightning Dust.
"Well considering we've only been like this for a few hours they can't have any real facts. I visited a doctor before being kidnapped and he didn't see any health hazard. I think this only affects those that were wearing those costumes only. I'm gonna get answers." She headed out the door that was nearest to her and looked around. The place had a wore beaten look to it but still had all the signs of a military based. The only things that looked new fences that seemed to be separating various bunk houses from each other. Seeing some guards she stomped over to them.
"How dare you do this to us! We have rights!" The guards seem to steel themselves and She noticed they weren't wearing army uniforms. Just the same black outfits with less armor on.
"It was done for the protection of all ma'am."
"Ah that's bull. You can't take away our rights just like that. You have no cause. A doctor let me and my girlfriend return home so he didn't think we were a health hazard so why should you?"
"Look ma'am orders were to put you here and guard you and that's exactly what we are doing."
"Those orders are illegal and you shouldn't obey them. What kind of solider are you?"
"I'm not in the military ma'am. This is an NSA job. Now I suggest you stop bothering me." He shifted his gun a bit. Tom Scowled in response.
"Well when this is all over I'm gonna bankrupt the NSA with my sue, COUNT ON IT!" She stomped away and her wings tried to unfurl but the band prevented that. That was freaking annoying.
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Meanwhile in Discord's home.
"Ah poo! I was hoping Rainbow Fake would start an actual fight with the guy. Still the fact that their government so quickly resorted to this ploy is very interesting. Oh! Now I wonder how this will go?" Discord munched on some popcorn and watched the show.
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Tom just walked on not thinking to where she was going Till she noticed a fence in front of her. Look up she saw it was a divider between her area and another. On the other side seemed to be all unicorns and then she noticed a certain white one with Purple hair.
"JASMINE!" The woman stopped and look to where Tom was and her eyes lit up in recognition. She ran over to the fence. "Are you alright?"
"I was wondering the same thing about you? When I woke up and you weren't there I nearly had a panic attack. Who are these people?"
"They're NSA. They are doing this for our 'protection'." She did the air quotes thing.
"How can they do this to us?"
"They can't legally. Someone high up is scared about us so out goes the law. I bet in there mind we are just animals."
"What can we do?" Tom thought on it for a few minutes then said.
"Don't cooperate with any tests and try to contact someone on the outside, preferably a lawyer." She then looked deeply into Jasmine's eyes. "Will you be okay Jaz?"
"I'm better known that you are here. Even if this fence separates us. A couple of my bunkmates are nice even though one looks like Trixie and the other is Fleur De Lis."
"You do realize I have no clue who those are." Jasmine gave her signature smile and replied.
"You know, you just might be the most interesting person here. A non brony that is now Rainbow Dash and surrounded by others that have been turned and are likely bronies." Tom sighed at that. Though nearly clueless on the show her girlfriend watched she did know the term 'brony'. This was going to be a painful stay. She then looked up in the sky and saw the clouds. The whole sky was filled with clouds but some to the left of them seemed darker. It may rain on them and she just had a gut feeling that her guess was correct.
"Jaz, It may rain soon so you should get inside. I'll talk to you later okay." She nodded and both went they're separate ways.
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Back in the bunk house Tom sat on her bunk and watch the rain through a window next to it. It's started a couple minutes ago and she noticed that all those turned into pegasi had left the outside before it got started. Did they have the ability to detect weather? Before that thought could get any further Lightning Dust landed on her bunk and Tom noticed that except for the band trapping her wings the girl was completely naked.
"Really Lightning?" Lightning looked over to her and asked.
"What?" Tom gestured to her state of undress. "Oh well with fur we don't really need clothes and I always had an interest in being a nudest so why not." Tom facepalmed at that. "So did you get any answers?"
"Yeah, this is an NSA operation and we were put in here for our own 'protection'." Tom just shook her head at that.
"Well at least you got to be your favorite pony right?"
"Um know, I'm not a brony, I barely know the show at all." Lightning looked at her bug eyed.
"You're not a brony?" Tom nodded and Lightning looked over her shoulder and said. "Hey Spits, you got to come over here and here this!"
"What Lightning?" Another woman asked. She was golden yellow furred with gold and orange hair and though still wearing something thankfully Tom could tell she was toned beneath it. Heck looking at all three of them they all had the tone fit look. Lighting pointed wither her thumb at her and said.
"Rainbow here is not a brony." Tom saw Spits to blink a couple of times before responding.
"Wow, never expected that here. You are a rare treat. So how did you end up in a Rainbow costume if you aren't a brony?"
"Lost a bet with my girlfriend."
"AAAWWWW, you're already called for? Bummer." Tom eyed her and asked.
"Why would you be interested or even think I bat that way?"
"Well I admit to being a fan of a minority of shipping Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash."
"Ship them to where?" Tom asked.
"Oh shipping means making couples among the MLP fandom." Tom signaled Lightning to continue. "The fandom is on the fence whether Rainbow is a lesbian due to her mane and the fact there are so many mares in the show to guys and I do bat that way so maybe it was just hopeful dreaming and you did say you have a girlfriend so you must bat the same way?"
"Um, no. Before all of this I was a guy named Tom. I honored my bet and wore this for my girlfriend's sake and now here we are. A man turned into a girl." Both Lightning and Spits were silent before Lightning said.
"Wow that's kind of messed up. You were one of the few decent guys out there going through that and end up a female character of a show you didn't watch." Tom just nodded and replied.
"I just want to be Tom again but the doc I saw before I was kidnapped said there was nothing he could do." Tom looked down, depressed at the loss till she felt someone next to her. Looking up she saw Spits with a comforting smile.
"Don't give up hope yet Tom. They might find a way to reverse it. Though if they did I wouldn't take it."
"Why is that?" Tom asked and Spits smirked.
"Because before this I was a fat middle age man. As Spitfire I'm young and fit as you can see. A gender change is an acceptable price for me." Spitfire held out her hand and said. "My Name is Anthony Clemens by I prefer Spitfire now, you?" Tom took the hand and shook it.
"The name's Tom Davis."
"And I was Jessica Quinn but I want to be called Lightning Dust now. Can we call you Rainbow Dash?"
"No for it's not my name."
"But it know longer suits you." Lightning said sadly
"I know but I don't really like Rainbow."
"Then how about just Dash?" Inquired Spitfire. Tom thought about it. She had to admit that Tom just wasn't a girls name in any form and Dash did sound much better then Rainbow. However she didn't want to completely lose who she was.
"I'll take Dash as a nickname, okay?" They both nodded with the air cleared among them.
"So what about your girlfriend is she all caught up in this?" Spitfire asked.
"Yeah, she's the brony and is here but she's a unicorn so we can't be together in this place."
"What does she look like?" Asked Lightning.
"Well she now has white fur, blue eyes, purple hair done in a stylized way, and three blue diamonds on both her hips." Tom or Dash saw her new friends look at her wide eyed then at each other before bursting out in laughter. Tom/Dash frowned and demanded to know what was so funny.
"Oh the irony!" Lightning manage to say before laughing more.
"The thing is Dash. In the show the character your girlfriend looks like was made to be convinced that a large rock was a diamond and in this delusional state she called it Tom. SO the fact your girlfriend is Rarity in looks and you her boyfriend was named Tom is ironically funny." Spitfire explained. Tom/Dash facepalmed again to the laughter of her new friends.
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They spent the next couple of hours getting to know one another. Lightning was a waiter at Hooters before all of this, which kind of explained her a bit. She was also an only child with no real family. But she seemed happy and perky and apparently had good friends. Must admit I like her. Spitfire or Spits was a bus driver and had plenty of nieces and nephews and except the the weight issue, which was now solved she was content with life. How she got a Spitfire costume? Well she was a big fan of My Little Pony and loved seeing the Wonderbolts which apparently were the shows version of the Blue Angels and wish she could be like them. She bought the out fit for laughs for herself. Then like everyone else here found some reason to not take the costume off, felt asleep and woke up changed. As for me. Well I worked at an office handling paper work and such. Was on good terms with my parents, no siblings, and of course had a beautiful girlfriend.
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The storm had passed as they talked and they were starting to get hungry when one of the doors to the outside opened. Dash as she came use to the name notice she hadn't really got the layout of the bunk house yet. Something to do later. "Alright ladies, supper time. I will show you where the mess hall is so you can find it on your own next time. Supper is between five and seven, breakfast between seven and ten and lunch twelve to two." They are started to get up to follow then he spoke up. "Hey you!" He pointed at Lightning. "Put your clothes back on!" Tom saw Lightning wilt. She reluctantly put them back on and they head off. All the the trip was was going past bunk house after bunk house though she did see a basket ball court. They past a fence to a stand alone building. Once she got in she saw large scale school cafeteria. They were allowed to mingle with the other types of ponies. Tom grab her food. All fruits and veggies. She sighed. She loved meat. Her new friends followed and Tom as she looked around then she saw a familiar figure waving her hand, She smiled and she said.
"Follow me girls." She headed over to Jasmine. Seeing her again and seeing her smile even with the new face brought happiness to Tom. Crap could be happening but it was always better when she was with me. "Jasmine meet my new friends, Anthony Clemens and Jessica Quinn though they are going by their character names. Girls, this is my girlfriend Jasmine Slate." They shook hands and everyone got seated.
"It's nice to not have metal between us."
"Agreed. I wish we were home. I was wondering if you been figuring out your horn?"
"Not really why?" Tom lean in close to her.
"Wanting to hedge our bets. If necessary to bust out of here."
"You think that is a good idea Dash?" Spits asked.
"Dash?" Rarity asked. "Did you Tom go native?"
"Well unlike your name, mine doesn't really fit this body so I'm accepting Dash as a nick name till we fix this." She explained then looked at Spits. "We are being illegally held Spits. While we might get someone to listen or someone outside raises enough stink I rather be sure we can get out on our own in the worse case. Since Jasmine's horn is magical she likely has the best chance in getting us out. I certainly don't know what pegasi are capable of besides flying."
"I do," interjected Jasmine. "I also agree with 'Dash'." Jasmine had that mischievous look again. She was going to have fun with that I'm sure. "The fact they just barged into our home and tranqed us is very disturbing. I will promise to try to figure out my magic without them seeing. As for what you can do Dash, as the pegasus you should be able to walk, sit, or lay on clouds. You can also destroy them. Create tornadoes, resistant to lightning. In essence you can control or harness the weather. Unicorns like me should at basic be able to lift things with our magic. Other then that the unicorns in the show usually focus on magics gear towards their talent. Rarity has been shown to be able to take some fabric and turn it into a dress and has the ability to find gems. More may be possible. Earth Ponies, the ones without wings or horns have the strongest and have the most stamina on average. Athlete ponies such as you and your friends can match them. They are also good in farming crops. Those are the basics." That smirked showed up again. "My Precious Rock." Tom was confused at first then she remember how Spits and Lightning reacted to her real name and what her girlfriend looked like now. She groaned and face planted on the table.
"Ow." She said as she isn't use to her heads new form and her snout stung a bit from that. That caused laughter from her friends and girlfriend. At least jasmine and my new friends seem to get along well.