>My sleep was dreamless.
>Sought of.
>It wasn't so much dreamless as it was that the dreams I did have were pointless.
>Stupid dreams about going to school or riding the train.
>I'll never understand why my mind thinks these things up.
>I slowly woke and felt consciousness return to my groggy body.
>My substantially more alien body, mind you.
>It felt like I must have changed quite a bit in my sleep.
>As I returned to the waking world just that bit more,  I realized that I currently had a face full of fur.
>Applejacks fur.
>I gasped, realizing what I was doing and froze in place.
>I had been spooning AJ in my sleep.
>I slowly and carefully tried to pry my foreleg away from AJ, but as I did, she grasped at it and >pulled it closer.
>“No… teddy don't go…”
>Crap.
>I honestly didn't want to remove my leg from her hold, but I knew I had to.
>She would never believe that she held onto me in her sleep and called me a teddy bear, that's the kind of thing that happens in shitty stories and fanfictions.
>Fuck it, I was comfortable like this.
>The explanation could wait until after she wakes up and realize she is hugging me, not me hugging her.
>Totally.
>I definitely didn't want to hug her.
>That's silly.
>And gay as fuck.
>Yeah.
>Applejack made a content humming noise and rolled onto her back.
>Her eyes slowly pulled themselves open and she looks at me with an innocent smile on my face.
>“Howdy, sugarcube.”
>My cheeks were glowing red.
>I yanked my arm away and tried to stand up in a hurry, only to fall back into the chair, forgetting I couldn't stand on two legs anymore.
“Uh, m-morning, Applejack.”
>I fiddled with my hooves, trying to look cool and collecting.
It definitely didn’t work.
>“Something wrong, Rara?”
“No! No, everything's… Perfect. Yeah.
>She yawned widely and lifted herself up from her lying down position.
>“Sure, sugarcube, whatever you say.”
>And my cheeks were glowing again.
>“Hey, you ok, Rara? You look kinda hot.”
>Me!? I looked hot?
>Holy crap, was AJ attracted to me too?
>She just said I was hot, so she must!
>“Woah. Best take the blanket off, Rara, you must be boiling under there.”
>...Oh.
>Fucking hell, Rara… Get yourself together.
>Stop jumping to conclusions.
“Uh, no I'm fine. Thanks for asking though.”
>I smiled at her warmly.
>She got up from the couch and started to head toward the kitchen.
>I got a full look of how far our transformation had gone now.
>Her forelegs were pony all the way up to the elbows.
>I couldn't see her torso underneath the clothes she had on, but I could only assume it was still human from the way it looked.
>Her hind legs, though, were a different matter entirely.
>It looked like they had been fully ponified, all the way up to her hips.
>I could also see something weird bulging in her pants…
>Strange, unless Twilight was lying and she wasn't actually turning into a girl, then that was a tail underneath her pants.
“Uh, AJ?”
>“Yeah? What's up?”
“I think you should check your butt.”
>“What?”
>She looked over her shoulder at her butt and noticed the bulge.
>She pulled down her pants and immediately my face flushed red.
>Oh god.
>I could see it.
>Not the tail, although that was there.
>I could see her.
>Her…
>Parts.
>Wait.
>Oh no.
>Her parts.
>She had mare parts.
>That means…
>I looked down at my own crotch and my face flushed an even deeper red.
>“Would you look at that. I got myself a tail.”
>She chuckled and swished it back and forth.
>“C’mon, let's see your tail too.”
>My tail?
>I pulled the back of my pants down and a beautiful tail fell forth.
>And that wasn’t even me being full of myself, it truly was beautiful.
>It was long, flowing, and suited my turquoise flank perfectly.
>I looked up at AJ only to see her staring at her crotch and crying.
>What?
“AJ, what's wrong?”
>“I… I have… Girl parts. I have… A vagina.”
“Yeah, I think I do too… Gonna miss my little guy. Oh well.”
>AJ sat in stunned silence, still staring at the unfamiliar parts between her legs.
>“C’mon, stop staring at it. Kinda creeping me out.”
>I chuckled nervously.
>She ignored me completely.
>Tears still flowed freely from her face and she began to laugh.
“Applejack? What's going on?”
>Her laughter grew louder and louder.
>She jumped up and hugged me tightly, flinging me around in joy as she danced, laughing the whole time.
>I tried to go along with it, but I was a bit freaked out.
>I did like it that she was holding me though.
>“I did it, Rara! We did it! I'm a girl! A real girl!”
>Oh god, I was stupid.
>Of course she would be excited about having mare parts, this is what she had always wanted!
>I truly felt her joy now and danced along, holding her as I did.
>I knew that she was happy, and that made me happy.
>As long as she was happy, I didn't need anything else.
>She was the only pony I cared about.
>She was my world.
>I pressed my muzzle against hers and kissed her.
 
 
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>Fuck
>You fucking idiot.
>Applejack stopped dancing and stared at me.
>Her beautiful green eyes.
>That were filled with confusion.
“Oh god, AJ. I'm so sorry. I'm… Oh god.”
>I pulled away from her and ran.
>“R-Rara, wait!”
>I didn't have anywhere to go, so I just hobbled as quickly as possible to my room, slamming it behind me and pulling my guitar amp in front of the door.
>It wasn't the greatest “lock” in the world, but it was all I could do to keep her out
>To keep myself from facing embarrassment.
>Why the fuck did I do that?
>How could I be so naive and stupid?
>This was clearly one of the happiest days of her life, and I had ruined it with my selfish actions.
>She didn't love me.
>How could she.
>I was a useless deadbeat with no prospects.
>I didn't even deserve to have her as a friend.
>I smashed my face into my pillow and sobbed.
>The female hormones rushing into my system had to be affecting how intense these emotions were.
>There was a knock at my door.
>I silenced my sobbing.
>“...Rara? Are… Are you OK?”
>I stayed quiet.
>“Look, I don't know… I don't judge you, okay? Please come out so we can talk about this, >please?”
>I stayed quiet for a little longer.
“No.”
>“Rara?”
“No. I'm n-not c-coming out.”
>I tried to put on a confident tone, but my sobs broke through my words.
>“Please! I… I need to talk to you about this!”
>She wanted to tell me she didn't want to be my friend anymore.
>That she wanted to go to Equestria alone.
>And I would be stuck here in this world as a pony.
>Alone forever.
“G-go away.”
>I cried into my pillow again.
>“What can I say to get you to talk to me?”
“Nothing. I-I don't d-deserve you as a f-friend. I don't deserve anything.”
>She was silent.
>For a while, all I could hear was the sounds of the wind outside and my own heart beating.
>“What if… what if I told you that I liked it?”
“You… What?”
>“The kiss. That's what it was, right? I liked it. I… I like you. A lot.”
>I was already at the door moving the amp away.
>I opened it up to see a watery eyed pony standing before me.
>Even when crying, she was beautiful.
“Applejack… I'm sorry.”
>“Don't be.”
“Well I am. You… I know you didn't want to kiss me. I forced that on you.”
>“That doesn't mean I didn't like it.”
>My heart was racing and my cheeks were on fire.
>I stared into her big beautiful eyes.
>I took in her smell.
>The smell of freshly washed hair and apples.
>It was so intoxicating and sweet.
>I needed her.
>I needed to feel those lips against mine.
>I slowly moved forward and glanced up at her.
>I was shorter than her by only about a few inches, but it still felt like I was looking up at a goddess.
>“Rara… I… I gotta be honest with you. I kinda saw this coming.”
“Wh-what?”
>“You were trying to sit closer and closer to me all of last night, you said that you didn't want to sleep alone, I woke up today with you hugging me, Rara.”
“A-actually, you held onto /me/, a-and, well…”
>“Uh huh. Sure”
>She smiled coyly and raised an eyebrow.
>“As I was saying, I saw this coming. All I can hope is that you didn't see this coming.”
>And with that, Applejack kissed me.