It Was Supposed To Be A Costume Chapter 4
#50 of MLP
Tom's and jasmine's Life in Camp Dependable
Tom didn't sleep well that night. The bunk she had sucked. She wanted her bed, she wanted her freedom. It's bad enough that she was a female of a formerly fictional species but to be held here with this bed. She had righteous anger and had to keep a lid on it for now. She stretched then relieved herself in a morning routine. Man does going to the bathroom different now. Thank God this was a single gender house or she would have made a very easy mistake. Still has to get use to not see urinals in there. While she washed up her hands she look at her image in the mirror. Her hair had the ragged look but grab her attention was the form her image had. The cyan fur covering a muzzle with a pair of eyes bigger then they really need to be and the rainbow colored hair with a pair of horse ears. She took a deep breath to prevent her from punching the mirror.
"I will be me again." She said allowed but it sounded hollow. The doc's findings bouncing around in her head. She was afraid, afraid that this is the image she will see in every mirror for the rest of her life. Before she go further down that path she went to the hand dryer thankful that this place had them. Just imagine trying to dry her hands with paper towels.
At breakfast she and her new friends met Jasmine's room mates. They never gave their human names. It seems that they like her new friends are abandoning the life they had. It kind of bothered her a bit but besides call her Dash they didn't try to force her to join them in the idea.
After breakfast, which was pancakes by the way. YYYUUUUMMM! She was summoned to another building. It was part of the larger group of buildings that had no fences around it She saw only humans in this area as well. She was directed into a room that was illuminated by a light bulb. She saw a table with a pair of chairs, one occupied by a nerd looking man, She took the other seat and looked coldly at the guy.
"Welcome R412803. Now I want to start with some questions about how you were changed so we can run some proper test for all of you."
"Well you are out of luck I'm not answering any." She replied folding her arms and glaring at him.
"Please R412803 we only want to..." He started to plead.
"First off my name's Tom Davis though I'm accepting Dash as an alternate. Not this R41 whatever. I'm a person not a thing and I have rights. You violated those rights I don't help you. You let us all go and then it's a different story."
"That's outside my control. You are here for your prot.."
"That's bull and you know it. That's an excuse you made to violate the law. I saw a doctor before you goons kidnapped me and he wasn't worried about it spreading from me. This isn't some disease. This is the result of putting on a costume changing me to this. The fact you aren't in a hazmat suit means you don't think so either. So the question becomes, why kidnap us? Somebody in your agency thinks we have value somehow and want us. From what I heard from my girlfriend on our potential, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the interest. So again till you release ALL of us we have nothing to discuss." She looked away and waited for his move. He just sighed and pressed a button and she heard a buzzer go off. A guard opened the door and looked in.
"She won't cooperate with us. Take her back to the others." With that they left the room then the building and was escorted back to the pegasus area. Once there she thought of what to do. Staying by her bunk would be just boring. She started walking around. Most of what she saw was several bunk houses till she gets to the basket ball court which was available to all stuck here in the same shared area the cafeteria was in. Though She noticed a heavier guard presence. She noticed the building next to it seem much more active then others. Curious she decided to check it out. Going through the door she saw exercise equipment throughout the building.
'Nice! Might as well see how strong I am now?' She went over to the area that had the dumb bells and chose a size. It felt too light so she tried another. She had to do this two more times till she found one that felt a little heavy. Sitting on a stool she began her reps. She did one arm for five minutes before switching arms. After an hour her arms ached a little but she was surprised how long she did it at the weight. No way could she lift those weights before her change. This was a fit body now. The first plus she can think of since this whole thing happened. She decided to go check out equipment to exercise her legs and hoped Jasmine was doing okay.
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Jasmine just got done with her interview and she refused to cooperate unless her attorney present. After a couple minutes she was escorted out and she decided to head back to her bunk. Once there she noticed a handful of her fellow ponies but it was hard to get privacy here anyways. She took out a hair brush and put in on the small dresser she shared with Trixie. She then closed her eyes and focused on the image of the brush. She imagined the aura she seen on TV surrounding it and lifting up into the air. She heard a hum and she looked to see the hairbrush floating the the air.
"Yes!" She cheered and then the hairbrush dropped back onto the dresser. She slumped at the site. 'Drat, I have to keep up concentration to be Rarity level. I have a lot of practice ahead of me. She cleared her head and tried again.
* * * * *
Back at Discord's
"Well those two certainly have spunk. Much prefer that Rarity the the one here. Their plan also sounds interesting. Oh the chaos of an break out will be so delicious. I'm really liking these ponies." A alarmed ring and he look over at a clock. "Oh Time for tea with Fluttershy. Will have to DVR this." With a remote coming out of no where he presses a few buttons and with a snap of his talons he leaves for time with his dearest friend.
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Camp Dependable one week later
Dash was stretching her legs in preparation of a jog. She gotten use to be called that name and since she started running and working out it fitted more and more. A lot of the times Spits and Lightning joined her in her workouts and jogging but she always look forward to certain jogging times and she smiled as she saw the reason walking towards her. Jasmine was walking towards her in the late afternoon sun. She had to admit, even in her current form Jasmine was a gem. Her white fur radiant in the sun and her hair was dazzling. Even her blue eyes sparkled. She remembered fondly when she asked her to join in the jogging.
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4 days earlier
Tom to a seat across from Jasmine. "Hey Jasmine, how's your project going?"
"Making progress, don't need to concentrate as hard as I use to. I even convinced Trixie and Fleur to try on their own. How about you?"
"The workout is actually fun. I'm much stronger now then before everything so that should help if we have to do it. But there is one thing missing." Tom took a bite of her meal. Grill cheese sandwich this time.
"And that is?" Jasmine asked curiously.
"You." Jasmine blinked at that before asking.
"Me?"
"Yes you. I want to spend more time with you then breakfast, lunch, and dinner. You're my girlfriend and I want to spend time with my Precious Jewel." She took another bite and waited for Jasmine's response.
"Oh I don't know..." Jasmine began and Tom pulled out all the stops and stooped to the puppy dog eyes. Jasmine look at it for a bit, then snickered. She tried to contain it as the look continued. Then she giggled. "Oh Tom all you're missing is the paper with the hug written on it with a question mark. Fine I'll go jogging with you." Tom jumped up and cheered.
"YES!" Unbeknownst to her Jasmine watched in amusement.
'That's my precious rock.'
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Jasmine did some small stretches since this was the only thing she did as far as physical exercise and soon they were off on a circuit around the shared area.
"So have you heard the latest?" Jasmine asked.
"No, gossip is your area not mine. The only thing I know is that they brought some more like us in."
"Well that did happen but those that have cooperated with the doctors have news of our condition?"
"And?" Jasmine took a minute to answer.
"Well it looks like there is no going back. This is who we are now. They did DNA work and such and everything points this. We have some human DNA the percentage between it and the pony DNA is 30% to 50% with 10% being completely unknown. And the human DNA didn't match what they had before they were changed."
"What about where the suits came from?" Dash was doing her best not to freak out at the news and grasping at straws.
"Absolutely nothing. While camera's did show that the store's did exist but then just disappear when Halloween ended. From the sounds of it even the paperwork is just not there."
'So that's it then. No one knows how to reverse this and the only lead is just gone.' Her jogging faltered and she felt Jasmine touch her. She looked over and saw a concerned look from Jasmine.
"I'm right here for you Tom."
"Just....just let me hold you okay?" She nodded and was then held by the former male. She took comfort in holding her love and ignoring the world around her for a time.
* * * * * *
Night was starting to fall when she let go of Jasmine.
"Thank you Jaz, I really needed that."
"Will you be okay?"
"For now yeah. When we finally get out of here I'll really face this and deal with the ugliness of it all. Getting out is more important for if what you heard was right then I don't want to spend the rest of my life in this place."
"Okay then let's get something to eat." She nodded and started for the cafeteria which should be in the final hour of supper. "Tom, just promise me that you will include me when you do face that issue." She looked at Jasmine and gave her a sad smile.
"I didn't imagine it any other way." She held out her hand and Jasmine took and they went hand in hand to supper.
* * * * * Discord
"Gah! What was that? I nearly lost MY supper. When did this start going down that Twilight Saga route?" The Master of Chaos took a deep breath. "Okay, going to take a break from this and go prank Luna. That will cheer me right up." With a flash of light he disappear for his pranking.
Report will say his pranking drove Luna to have a slight relapse as Nightmare Moon. As the Mare in the moon she chased Disocrd for half the night before being too exhausted. Being the good sport he actually brought her back to her room and tucked her in. To everypony's relief she reverted back to Luna in her sleep and Discord lowered the moon for her and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
At least till Luna unleashed Pinkie Pie on him.
* * * * * Camp Dependable
After supper Dash said goodnight to Jasmine and headed for the bunk house. Once there she noticed Lightning was missing and asked.
"Hey Spits, where's Lightning?" The fire theme pegasus looked back and said.
"Some of the heavy guard guys said that they wanted to talk to her again. It's been awhile so she should be back soon." Dash frowned at that but before could say anymore the door nearest them to the outside was opened by a guard. He looked over the pegasi in the room while her left the door open for two of his buddies. They were carrying something and it took a moment for Dash to see it be another one of them unconscious. They laid her limply on the empty bed across from Dash then left. Dash went over to the girl and took note of her features. First she had a horn so that raised an eyebrow. Except for certain areas they kept the three types of for lack of a better word ponies separate so why break that now? Have they run out of room in the unicorn area? The girl also had lavender fur with a dark blue hair with a purple and pink stripe in them. Spits got close and gasped.
"What is it?" Dash asked.
"That's Twilight Sparkle!"