Strange Happenings
Midnight. They always came at midnight. The chimes from the old grandfather clock in the den jolted Daniel out of his restless dreams. It wasn't the chimes that woke him so much as the knowledge that They were coming. It was the same horrifying ritual, every single night.
The room was illuminated by an eerie pale green glow. Three figures in haz-mat suits stood around his bed. One of them held a large briefcase, another held a gun, and the third--the apparent leader, from the way he acted--was making entries into a large handheld computer. Daniel tried to escape, to run, to even move, but some unseen force held him in place, as immobile as the bed itself. The leader looked up from his computer and signaled to the one holding the briefcase, who set the case down and began to open it. Daniel strained to see its contents, but couldn't from his position. If only he could move...
The leader reached forward, grabbed the bedcovers and--
The shrill blast of Daniel's alarm clock filled the room. He'd had that dream again, the same one he'd been having every night for nearly a month. Except that it didn't feel like a normal dream. It felt more like a memory, but one that had been partially forgotten. Anyway, Dan had more important things to worry about, so he pushed whatever it was aside for the moment. Today was the last day of school, finally. All he had to do was survive his last few final exams, and he'd be home free. He wasn't about to let a creepy dream get him down.
***
Dr. DiCaoz glanced over his biology classroom. "Is anybody still working on the final?" he asked tiredly. He paused for a moment, then said, "If everybody is finished, you may talk quietly amongst yourselves for the remainder of the period." As the class erupted in chatter, he went back to nursing his hangover.
Daniel loved his biology class. It wasn't just that he was good at it, or that it was the last class of the day. By some bit of luck or fate, he happened to be in the same class as his four closest friends, Gassan, David, Pammy, and Jake. Gassan, David, and Pammy had become absurdly popular since coming to high school. Gassan was Lebanese and therefore "exotic," David was a star swimmer, and Pammy was a cheerleader. In retrospect, popularity was an inevitability. To the other popular kids, Jake an avid follower of the Furry subculture (he called it a craze, but nobody else did) and Daniel, the introspective writer, were social liabilities. Still, Gassan, David, and Pam never let their newfound "friends" keep them away from Jake and Dan. Privately, Daniel was grateful that he had managed to befriend the four people who appeared to be immune to high school drama.
"So, what'd you guys think?" Pammy whispered.
"I'm pretty sure Dr. Di is a nutcase," Gassan answered quickly. He was met with a chorus of approval from his companions.
"Anyway," Pam continued, "are we having our annual Thank-God-The-Schoolyear's-Over party tonight?"
"I can't go," Jake said, "I've got a convention."
"I can't go either," said David, "My dad's taking me camping. He's on a back-to-nature kick."
"I'm visiting my grandma," Gassan said. Pammy rolled her eyes.
"Alright," she sighed, "when do you guys get back?"
"Sunday"
"Sunday evening"
"Sunday, but it'll be late."
"So," Pammy continued, "is Monday night alright with everyone?"
***
The days passed quickly. By the time Monday arrived, he had gone an entire weekend without his mysterious dreams. He was mostly relieved, but part of him wished the visitors would come back so he could find out what they were up to.
The streets were charged with an eerie calm. A summer storm was coming. As Daniel reached Pam's door, he couldn't help but feel a strange foreboding. Something was decidedly wrong. He rang the bell.
"Come in," called Pammy. Dan opened the door and found friend sitting on the floor in a tidy circle. They were all staring at him, an unsettling hunger in their eyes. "We are playing Truth or Dare," Pammy intoned mechanically. "Please, join us. Truth or Dare?"
"Please choose Dare," Gassan said, in the same unearthly voice.
"The Truth is never any fun," agreed David, still in the same tone. Throughout the exchange, none of the four took their eyes off of Daniel.
"Is everything alright?" he asked. "You all seem...different."
Pammy answered in the same monotone as before: "We are collectively unnerved at a series of recurring dreams we have been having. Perhaps you too are experiencing these visions?"
"Yeah," Dan said, "but I'm not acting that weird about it."
"Perhaps," Pammy said, "All will be made more clear if you answer this simple question: Truth...or Dare?"
Written by Zodiac on 31 May 2008
Before school ends
“It´s been just a dream, just a dream…” Daniel muttered to himself, pacing around his small bedroom. His short hair was damp with sweat, his breathing coming out in small gasps.
“Just a dream…”
The problem was that Daniel didn´t even remember his dream. Only the unsettling presence of them, and that they wanted something from him. During the last few weeks, he had this dream again and again and he never remembered who they were or what they wanted from him.
Only that they wanted it badly.
Running his fingers through his hair, Daniel tried to calm down. It was just a dream, whatever it was about. It probably meant something in dreams theory too, something silly like internalized guilt for not studying hard enough for his tests. It was no big deal.
But he would be really glad if the dreams stopped finally.
Eventually, Daniel went back to bed. No point in loosing whole night worth of sleep over some stupid dream, he thought. He had chemistry test tomorrow, he should sleep a bit before it.
Written by lulu-illussions on 01 January 2018
Rest of the Week
For the rest of the week, Daniel didn´t have time to worry about his dreams too much. He had tests to pass and spent most of his time studying with his friends. It´s been so normal, that he brushed his dreams off as something unimportant and focused more on common life.
They were sitting in the school´s library, crunching over history books. Daniel was taking notes and reached for the book on the opposite end of table – “Hey, Pammy, can you pass it?”
“Sure,” Pammy said, pushing the book towards Daniel. She was twisting a strand of her perfectly golden hair around her finger, while listing through another book.
The others silently sat around, slowly browsing the books. Lebanese guy Gassan was leaning his chin on his hand and lazily stared at the pages. David was sharing the book with Pammy, despite they weren´t actually dating like everyone assumed just because they were the most popular boy and girl at school. Next to Daniel, Jake was turning pages of his book, a bit too fast to be actually reading it.
Daniel noticed that he was the only one who was taking any notes, but he didn´t pay it much attention. Later, when he was done and suggested having a dinner, the others just closed their books and stood up, in eerie synchronized motion.
“Everything´s all right?” Daniel asked.
“Sure,” Pammy retorted. “Why would you ask?”
It sounded like her, not to worry about anything and Daniel just accepted that answer.
Written by lulu-illussions on 05 January 2018
Dinner
They went to their favourite dinner place to have tacos. It´s been a while since they just hanged around like this, Daniel realized. Lately, all his friends were too busy. It was weird, because he didn´t feel like they had that many home-works. But the others acted like they were buried under the work to do.
“Hey, what about doing something the next weekend?” Daniel asked. “The tests will be over, we could go camping.”
“That´s good idea,” Gassan said to Daniel´s surprise. Lebanese was usually the last one to agree with outdoor activities and the others had to persuade him.
“Cool,” Daniel said. “Are you coming too?” he asked, turning to the others.
“Sure,” Pammy nodded and her golden locks waved around her face. “It would be great.”
“I agree,” David said. “We should go out.”
“So it´s deal,” Daniel said, knowing that Jake wouldn´t beak the gang. “I´ll talk to my parents, maybe they´ll borrow us van.”
“Don´t worry about that,” David said. “I´ll get us a car.”
They chatted some more about the details, until the camping plan was finished. Then they parted, to study some more at home and have some sleep before tomorrow´s test. Gassan and Jake left sooner to catch the bus, leaving Daniel with David and Pammy.
Written by lulu-illussions on 08 January 2018
Somwhere new
“I know about great place where we could go,” David said. “For camping, I mean.”
“Oh, I thought we would go to usual place,” Daniel said in surprise. They had favourite campsite in the mountains, it was barely 50 minutes of driving to get there and the location was really quiet.
“Not this time,” David said unusually seriously.
“I agree, we should do something different this time,” Pammy said. “The change is good,” she added in strangely flat tune, as if she was quoting something.
“Yeah, the change is good,” David repeated. “You´re gonna like it, don´t worry.”
Daniel shrugged. “Okay. We´ll see about it.” He stood up from the table and grabbed his backpack. “I gotta go, see you later.”
His friends bit their goodbyes and he left, heading home. All the way, Daniel felt that he was missing something, or forgot something, but he couldn´t quite place that feeling. Maybe it was something about school, he decided eventually and shook his head. That can wait.
When the next weekend came, Daniel couldn´t wait to get out of the town. He was stressed out because of the tests (hopefully, he passed them all) and his dreams were worse than ever. Every night, he would wake up at midnight, panting and trembling. And he would never remember why! He could only remember that they came to visit him again and led him into dark room filled with mirrors.
Written by lulu-illussions on 09 January 2018
Abandoned Military Complex
Daniel really tried to forget about the dreams, but it was hard. During the day, he would feel eyes watching him and when he turned, there was no one around. And yet, everywhere he went, he felt followed.
Hopefully, spending the weekend with his friends would help him to get rid of this paranoia. He was even glad that they were going to some new place. Change of the setting could stop the dreams. Or spending time with friends could. Either way, Daniel was looking forward to the weekend.
If only he knew better.
“Here we are,” David announced, when the car stopped at the wired fence.
“I thought we´re going camping,” Daniel said with a frown.
“We decided to play a dare,” Pammy explained. “And dare was to visit this place. It´ll be all right,” she added, when she saw Daniel´s puzzled look.
“What´s even that?” Daniel asked.
“Just an abandoned military complex, no big deal,” Jake joined the conversation. “No one was here for years,” he continued, “so we´ll have the whole place for ourselves to explore. Don´t worry.”
“Right, don´t worry,” Pammy and David said in unison.
“Okay,” Daniel retorted, still unsure. On the other hand, visiting weird abandoned facility could push his dreams away. In the worst case, he´ll have new nightmares to worry about. “Okay, let´s go,” he said, taking a deep breath.
Written by lulu-illussions on 13 January 2018
Enter a building
They all got out of the car and climbed over the fence, boys throwing the backpacks over. It was dark, gloomy place, but clearly vacant. Moss was covering some areas and the grass began growing though the gaps in concrete. There was no sign of anyone visiting here for years and Daniel tried to relax.
But the feeling of being watched was back and he couldn´t stop himself from glancing over his shoulder every now and then. Shaking his head, he tried to push that thought away. He was with his friends after all. Nothing to worry about.
“Here,” Gassan pointed to one of the buildings. “We should start here.”
“Yes, we should start here,” Pammy repeated mechanically.
Daniel glanced at her with a frown. It wasn´t like Pammy to act like this. She was proud to be unique and the centrum of attention, the most popular girl at school. It didn´t sound right for her to repeat things said by others.
Thinking about it, all his friends had been acting strange lately.
But this didn´t feel like right time to talk about it. He could ask them tomorrow. Maybe they were just tired after all the tests in school.
“So, here?” he asked, entering the building. “People?” Daniel turned around to check his friends. But there was no one behind him. He frowned and walked back to the door, but it slapped closed so abruptly that he jumped up.
Written by lulu-illussions on 15 January 2018
Creepy Voice
Swallowing, Daniel looked around. It was dark in the building, but he could see some light coming thought the windows. He tried to open the door, but the handle wouldn´t bulge.
“Guys?!” he called thought the door. There was no answer and Daniel felt his pulse speeding up. “Hey, it´s not funny!” he yelled, hoping this was just a stupid prank.
“It´s not supposed to be,” voice behind his said and Daniel yelped.
“Who are you?” he asked, spinning around. The room was empty, except of the opened door at the opposite end.
“Come here,” the voice ordered. It sounded like male voice, with foreign accent which Daniel didn´t recognize.
“Who the hell are you?” Daniel demanded, trying to sound confident. “Where are my friends?” he walked to the opened door, wanting to know who was talking to him. He carefully glanced though the door and gasped, seeing his own image staring wide-eyed from numerous mirrors.
“What?!”
Written by lulu-illussions on 18 January 2018
Enter the room
Daniel couldn´t stop himself from entering the mirror room. He needed to know what this meant. This was the place from his dreams.
Suddenly feeling frightened, Daniel glanced at his watches.
It was midnight.
He backed up, hitting the closed door.
“Let me out!” he screamed, banging his fists at the door, shaking handle to open it, but the door didn´t move. With the corner of his eye, Daniel noticed movement behind him and he quickly turned.
From the gaps between the mirrors, blue gas was emerging.
Staring in horror, Daniel watched the gas to fill the room. He was unable to move, completely frozen by the sight he knew from his dreams. This was it. They finally came for him. They got him. There was no escape.
This had to be just a nightmare, Daniel thought when the blue gas filled the room and consumed him.
It was his last thought before his vision turned dark and Daniel collapsed on the floor.
Written by lulu-illussions on 19 January 2018
White Horse?
“Daniel?”
“Daniel?!”
Someone was calling his name.
Wincing, Daniel tried to move, but his body felt too heavy. He heard distant voices. They sounded familiar, but he couldn´t fully concentrate on them. His head was hurting and heavy, sweet smell of the gas was lingering in his nose.
With a pained moan, Daniel managed to open his eyes. The room was dark, enlightened only by a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling. There were no mirrors anymore, only gray concrete walls. Realizing that he was in different room, Daniel flinched and tried to get up. His body, however, wasn´t obeying him and he collapsed back on the floor.
He wanted to call for help, but his throat was dry and he couldn´t take a deep breath. It felt like all his bones turned to hot liquid. Hurting, Daniel turned to his side and tried to curl. His fingers brushed something furry and he shied from the contact.
Was he truly alone?
The idea of being trapped in this nightmare with some wild beast was terrifying.
Rubbing his eyes, Daniel carefully lifted himself on his elbows and peaked into the shadows surrounding him. There was something pale moving at his feet. He tried to pull himself further from it, but it moved with him.
Only then Daniel noticed that the lower half of his torso wasn´t connected to legs anymore. Instead, there was something white and hairy and large. He stared in disbelief. Where his hips were supposed to be, he only saw horse´s body.
“What?” he croaked in small voice.
Written by lulu-illussions on 23 January 2018
Breasts?
Confused, Daniel ran his palms down his sides and flinched when his hands felt hairy horse body. Eyes widening, he tried to get up, only to stumble and fall at his back. Horse´s legs kicked up in the air and Daniel tried to push them away, to get rid of this weird horse connected to his waist.
It´s just dream, he thought desperately.
It had to be dream, this couldn´t be real.
“Daniel?” someone called in distance. He turned in the direction of the voice and saw shiny metal door.
Help, he thought, but couldn´t force the words out.
This couldn´t be happening.
Struggling to sit up again, Daniel noticed that not only his legs were different. His T-shirt was tight on his chest and two peaks were rising under it. He tried to brush them off, but his hand hit tender flesh and he yelped.
Just a nightmare…
Breasts. He had breasts. And horse body. And splitting headache, as if someone buried an axe into his head.
Written by lulu-illussions on 25 January 2018
Horn
Daniel pressed a palm against his forehead, startled by something sharp on his head. He touched it, suddenly terrified that there was knife stabbed into his forehead. He could be dying! Maybe he was dead, maybe they killed him!
What did they do to him?!
“This can´t be real,” he murmured under his breath, touching his changed body to find out anything that was different. There was horn at his forehead, long and with a pointy end, breasts on his chest and damned horse connected to his waist.
What did happen to him?
Why wasn´t he waking up? This couldn´t be real, could it?
“Daniel?” the voice sounded closer now and Daniel recognized it as Pammy.
“Pammy?!” he yelled, his voice still hoarse. “Help!”
There was noise behind the metal door and then the door opened. Sharp light blinded Daniel and he closed his eyes, covering his face.
Written by lulu-illussions on 27 January 2018
Everyone
“Oh, come here, quickly!” Pammy screamed.
Rush of steps and new voices.
“What happened?”
“Is that him?”
“What the hell?!”
Daniel tried to peak between his fingers. Pammy and David were standing in the opened door, the others behind them. They had lights and were aiming the light at Daniel, staring at him with wide eyes.
“Daniel?” David asked, with eerie calmness. “Is that you?”
“It can´t be,” Jake whispered behind him and Daniel flinched. Even his friends didn´t recognize him like this. He was monster!
“Go away,” he moaned, trying to push his long, furry legs away.
Pammy took a deep breath and then stepped into the room. “Stay calm, we´ll help you,” she said.
Written by lulu-illussions on 30 January 2018
They Know
“What´s happening?” Daniel whined, feeling his eyes watering. He was at the edge of crying. He was different, weird, monstrous. He wasn´t even human anymore!
“They did it,” Gassan said with disbelief. “I didn´t believe it was possible.”
“What?” Daniel gasped, hiding his face with palms again.
“It´s all right, just breathe,” Pammy said. She walked to Daniel and carefully touched the horn on his head. “Is it really you?”
“Yeah,” Daniel moaned. “But it´s not real, it can´t be…”
“It´s real,” David said. “They said they could change people. That´s the research that was performed in this facility before they closed it. But scientist who worked here didn´t want to abandon their life-work. They visited us too, but we weren´t compatible with the program.”
“You had those dreams too?” Daniel asked. He felt scared and surreal. There was nothing he could do.
“They visited all of us,” Gassan said.
“What did they do to me?” Daniel demanded.
David and Pammy exchanged quick glances. “We don´t know,” David said. “But…” he trailed off and looked over Daniel. “We didn´t know that they would be capable to do something like this.”
Written by lulu-illussions on 02 February 2018
Still Friends
“Like what, changing me into fucking monster?” Daniel didn´t realize that he raised his voice until he heard himself yelling.
“Hey, hey,” Gassan said, raising his hands in peaceful gesture. “Calm down, we´ll figure this out.”
“How?” Daniel tried to get up again, but he stumbled over one of his too many legs.
“Somehow,” David said. He crunched next to Daniel and grabbed horse legs to push them down, so Daniel wouldn´t accidentally kick anyone. “We should get you out of here first,” he said. “You should go home.”
“Home?” Daniel shook his head and Pammy quickly pulled away so he wouldn´t hit her with his horn. “I can´t go home like this.”
“You can´t stay here like this,” David reasoned.
Daniel looked at his friends, seeing their worried expressions. No matter what they did to them and what they truly wanted, his friends wouldn´t want him to get hurt. They were together for too long. He always could rely on them. And now, he had no one else to trust.
“What should I do?” he asked, unsure.
Pammy and David exchanged tensed glances again. Then David stood up and hooked his hands under Daniel´s arms.
Written by lulu-illussions on 07 February 2018
Get out of here
“Let´s get you out of here,” he said as calmly as possible. It took both him and Jake to pull Daniel on his legs. Once up, Daniel hand to lower his head to avoid hitting it against the ceiling, because he was taller than before.
Standing up, he finally could see more of his new body – white horse body started where his chest ended. His curved chest, with new breasts. He reached up and touched his horn again. It started right in the middle of his head and grew up in sharp, thin cone almost 30 centimetres.
“What the hell am I?” Daniel asked aloud, and for once, even David didn´t have answer for that.
Next to him, Pammy carefully placed her hand on his forearm. “You look like some sort of centaur,” she said. “Plus…” she trailed off, waving her hand around Daniel.
“Plus breasts?” he asked in high-pitched voice, getting even more panicked than before.
Pammy nervously chuckled. “Yeah. Plus long hair and, you know,” she shrugged, glancing at his head. “Plus horn. Sorts of like unicorn.”
The description hit Daniel like a ton of bricks. This wasn´t dream. It was really happening and he was real unicorn-taur. And female.
All four of horse legs gave up under him and Daniel fell over.
He heard someone calling his name, before the consciousness left him.
Written by lulu-illussions on 13 February 2018
Morning
When he woke up again, he was lying on the grass outside of the facility. The sky above was paling, so it had to be almost morning. Slowly blinking, Daniel turned his head to side and saw his friends standing next to the car, deeply in conversation.
Daniel began to sit up, but his body still didn´t fully obey him. When he saw the horse legs moving where his feet were supposed to be, he felt his heartbeats speeding up. It wasn´t a dream, after all. He ran a hand over his chest, flinching when it touched the breasts. He was still changed.
“Hey, you´re up,” Jake said, walking to him. He crunched down to Daniel and patted his shoulder. “How are you feeling?”
“Weird?” Daniel said unsurely. Snorting, Jake nodded his head.
“Yeah, sure,” he said. “It must be quite a change.”
“Sure it is,” Daniel said a bit harshly. “What will I do?”
“Maybe it´s not permanent,” Jake said, trying to be helpful, but both of them knew that it wasn´t very likely. With a sigh, Daniel managed to sit up awkwardly.
“What now?” he asked no one in particular. He wished that his friends would tell him that it was all just a creepy prank, one that wasn´t really funny. But they only stared at him, strangely calm, as if the sudden change of their friend didn´t freak them out.
Daniel, on the other hand, was freaked out enough on his own. He didn’t even notice when his friends came to his side until Pammy addressed him.
“Can you get up?” she asked, offering him her hand.
Written by lulu-illussions on 16 February 2018
With help
“I´ll try.”
In the end, it took help from both Pammy and Gassan to get him back on his feet. Once Daniel was standing again, he nervously looked around.
“Should I go home?” he wondered aloud. “What will my parents say? They won´t recognize me!”
“Sure they will,” David said reassuringly. “You still look like yourself, in the face, I mean. You´re only more… female and centaur. And with horn.”
“I´m a monster!”
“No, you´re not,” David said resolutely. “You´re just different. They said that it could be hard for you to get used to the change, but we´ll help you.”
Staring in disbelief, Daniel tried to comprehend those words. Did his friends really talk with the mysterious men who crashed his life? Why did they come? What they wanted from him, or from his friends?
“They talked to you?” he asked, his voice almost breaking.
“They visited each of us,” David said grimly. “I´m sure that you remember the dreams,” he added, looking aside. For once, he seemed to be the old David, ashamed for plotting behind Daniel´s back.
“It doesn´t matter,” Pammy said, taking over the conversation. “They chose you, you need to get used to the change. Just remember, that change is good.” Again, she said the last part as if it was some sort of mantra, but it didn´t sound as mechanical as before.
“So, will you help me to get home?” Daniel asked, balancing on his four long legs.
Written by lulu-illussions on 20 February 2018
Parents Accept It
“Sure,” Pammy retorted determinedly and Daniel felt somehow reassured by her confidence. It still felt a bit surreal to be suddenly changed into a mythological creature, but at least he wasn´t alone to deal with that change. His friends were still with him.
It took some effort to get Daniel into car, but luckily for him, David owned spacious sedan. They managed to manoeuvre Daniel into backseats, with his legs stretched out on the most of the space in the back. Pammy sat shotgun and Jake and Gassan agreed to stay behind and wait for David to return for them after he drove Daniel back home.
The ride was spent in tense silence, no one really knowing what to say.
Finally, they stopped at the backyard of Daniel´s house. With some more struggling to get Daniel out of the car, they were left panting and sweating at the doorstep.
“What will I tell parents?” Daniel wondered aloud.
With a shrug, David said: “That you changed.” It sounded very simple, but Daniel doubted that his parents would take it as well as his friends. After all, they weren´t visited by them. He frowned. They didn´t get his parents too, did they? He couldn´t be sure.
But he was sure that the following conversation with his parents was one of the most difficult things in his life. For the years to follow, he was never quite sure where he got the courage to finally enter the house and face them.
But he did and to his surprise, they were willing to accept their son´s new form.
Written by lulu-illussions on 25 February 2018
Collapse in Bed
Daniel wasn´t quite sure whenever he should be happy that they didn’t freak out, or to worry why were they taking it so well. It occurred to him that they probably visited his parents too, but he didn´t want to think about it.
In the end, he was left with his old room, awkwardly standing in the middle of it in his new body. He still didn´t know what to do. And even if his friends and family accepted his change and were willing to help him deal with it, he wasn´t sure how the world would accept a mythological creature suddenly appearing.
It was too stressing to even think about, so Daniel tried to push his worries to the back of his mind. Instead, he tried to explore his new form. Would he be even capable to live like this? He was half horse, for God´s sake!
“Oh, damn this,” he sighed, suddenly feeling exhausted. He dragged himself to the bed and collapsed on it, uncaring that his body was now too large to fit in it.
Written by lulu-illussions on 17 March 2018
Planning
That was another thing he would have to deal with. He wouldn’t fit into his clothes anymore! Groaning, Daniel rolled to his back as much as horse body would let him. How will he dress? Would it be hard to get a T-shirt over his head with the unicorn-horn? And what about other clothes? His ass was naked! He didn´t realize that before, but his pants were gone, his horse body completely bare. But it wasn´t like animals wore clothes. Should he wear clothes on his animal part? Or should he be satisfied with the fur?
The thoughts whirled in Daniel´s mind, while he was lying sprawled on the bed. Was he still Daniel? Or should he think about himself as about a girl now, considering the breasts? Frowning, he popped himself on his elbows to glance between four legs.
Cold sweat covered his back.
Yep, definitely a girl.
How was he supposed to accept all of this?
He was a girl now. And unicorn, unicorn centaur, or whatever. With a horn on his forehead. He would be never able to wear hats again. Or helm. Or simply get into a car of normal size. He was lucky that David had a big car and that his friends managed to push him into it.
Or her?
Should he change his name to something like Daniela and start acting like a girl?
It felt too weird to even think about.
And how will he even manage to move around the house? While talking to his parents, he had to stand all the time, because he didn´t know how to sit on chair. He even had a hard time passing through the door, because he was too tall now. This stupid centaur body was too big for moving in the buildings, Daniel thought bitterly.
He probably wouldn´t fit into the shower either. How will he even get to the toilet? Since he changed, he had other things to worry about, but now that he thought about it, he couldn´t focus on anything else than his bladder. He needed to go, preferable right now, but the idea of even squeezing in the tiny bathroom was depressing.
Written by lulu-illussions on 21 March 2018
Bathroom
But it was a challenge he needed to face without delay, so Daniel pushed his body back on its legs and carefully walked to the bathroom.
As expected, using toilet with large, horse body was impossible, so he had to relieve himself in the shower and then clean it.
If it went this way every time, common little things would be his biggest problem, not things like persuading his parents that it was still him.
It appeared that his worry was justified. During the next days, Daniel found out how many things he always took for granted. Including being a guy. But it appeared that mere living in the human house was a challenge now. Everything was either too small for him, or inconveniently shaped.
He had hard time sleeping in his own bed and his father had to eventually remove it from the room and have it replaced by a pile of blankets. David and Gassan built the outdoor toilet in the backyard. At first, Daniel was too ashamed to use it, but it soon got clear that he couldn´t use the normal toilet anymore.
Everything was different now.
And as the time passed, Daniel was slowly learning to live as Daniela. He didn´t visit the school, though. It didn´t feel right. Daniela wasn´t sure how would she fit into the building anyway. It was saddening thought, but it seemed that she would have to be satisfied with individual study program, because the normal classrooms weren´t adjusted to horses.
Written by lulu-illussions on 23 March 2018
Real World Issues
At least Daniela´s friends were fully supporting her and helping her to get used to the change. Pammy even took on the grim duty of explain menses to Daniela, so she would know what to expect from her new body. They assumed that the cycle wouldn´t be same as for human girls, because Daniela´s female organs were of a horse, but neither of them were sure what to expect, because Daniela was part unicorn, not just a normal horse.
As for the unicorn part of Daniel(a)´s transformation, it didn´t manifest itself too much. She didn´t have any magical powers, only the unicorn horn and sudden carvings for apples. Otherwise, she still thought as human and often had hard time to move her horse half around.
Being a unicorn centaur was difficult both physically and mentally.
Being a girl wasn´t simple either.
It took weeks before Daniela was even willing to get out of the house. Meeting other people like this was unnerving. No one except of her friends and family seemed to even remember Daniel. It was as if he never existed. There was no Daniel anymore. Only Daniela and Daniela was the centrum of the attention anywhere she went.
You don´t meet mythological creature every day, after all.
The unwanted attention was uncomfortable, but Daniela´s friends were always there to stand between her and the journalists demanding the interviews. They would answer the questions for her and make sure that no one got closer than it was acceptable for Daniela.
Written by lulu-illussions on 27 March 2018