>You are a maroon unicorn fluffy with a light green mane. >And you are discovering magic. >This strange device with moving pictures has been mesmerizing you. >There have been fantastic creatures discussing something called numbers. >You are learning there is a way to know how much of something you have. >You are learning that the magic openings are called doors and they have strange devices to open them. >But that is not the mystery you are exploring now. >You are trying to figure out why you smell Princess Princess when she isn’t here. >You have leaned up on the chair the stinky water monster sits on and are sniffing the strange device she was rubbing against Princess Princess. >You see the light brown fluff trapped in the prongs. >You smell her, see her fluff, but she is not here. >You shove the chair making the brush fall. >You walk over and sniff it, her scent I stronger now. >”When fwen pway wif Andwew!” >You turn and see Andrew sitting at the wooden barrier. >He is smiling and wagging his tail. >You start to trot over to him. >Your leg starts to ach through the cast and you can’t move it well so you hobble over to the fence. >”Dum dum stinky wa wa munsta keep Deadmeat hewe. Deadmeat go out soon.” >You look up at the latch and study it. >You just saw on the magic picture box that these things move and figure you can move it with your horn. >You hop up and pain shoots through your injured leg. >”AHHHHH! Deadmeat hewt!”, you let out as you fall on your side. >Andrew jumps up and paces nervously, “Fwen hewt? How fwen hewt? Andwew gif huggies!” >He runs into the wooden barrier and bounces back covering his nose, “Ahhhhh! Andwew get boo boo!” >You both set there crying for a few minutes. >”What’s wrong my little baby?” >You struggle up hearing the stinky water monster. >You hobble to the pet bed and try to get under the blanket to hide. >”Andwew nee huggies mommeh! Haf boo boo!” >He truddles off. >”Oh my poor baby! How did you hurt your nose?” >”Andwew nee gif fwen huggies mommeh! Fwen hewt, nee huggies!” >Why is she talking to him when he is talking to his mommy? >You nose up the blanket and crawl under it. >You keep an opening to the TV. >”Pwease wet Andwew see fwen! Andwew wan pway wif bestest fwen!” >”Ok, but just for a little bit. Sir William Reginald is hurt and needs his rest.” >You lay still hoping the monster forgot about you. >You hear paddering coming your way. >You feel something land on you and hug you tight. >”EeEEEeeeEEEEEEE!!!” >The pain in your leg is intense. >”Nuuuu! Andwew sowwy! Nuu mean hewt fwen!” >You feel the steps on your body as Andrew runs off you. >You kick a few times and roll out from the pet bed. >”Owie owie owie! Weggie hewt!” >The stinky water monster is walking toward you, “Mommy knows how to make her baby feel better.” >You shake your hoof at the monster, “Yoo nuu Deadmeat-“ *Squirt* >Your mouth was open. >You cough and gag falling backward. >”Ahhhhhhhh!” >Your leg jerks and spasms as you roll sending cones of liquid pain into your body. >You can’t help but to shed tears as the no pretty smell fills your nose and mouth as the pain in your leg intensifies. >”Oh my poor baby… mommy hates to see you like this.” >You struggle to your feet and wipe your eyes, “Huu huu huuuu… Deadmeat nuu wike hewties…” >”Its ok baby…” >You turn to the monster as she says, “here you go.” >She shoves a monster in your face! >The brown abomination is just inches away, its dead eyes stare into you. >”Munsta!” Is all you can yell as you instinctively try to stab it with your horn. >The cork keeps you from being able to hurt it. >It absorbs your attack never making a sound, you didn’t even faze it! >You jump back and start to run, “Saf Deadmeat! Munsta get Deadmeat!” >You waddle and limp behind the monster’s desk and try to hide biting back the pain in your leg. >You puff your cheeks and slowly peek around the desk the stupid piece of wood keeps you from making sparklies. >The stinky water monster is looking at you puzzled while Andrew and Princess Princess look on in awe at the monster. >”Mommeh get Siw Wiwwam Kotwipoo gudest toy…” >Andrew walks forward,” Andwew wan pway…” >The stinky water monster gently pushes Andrew back and comes at you with the monster in front of her. >”Its ok baby, it is just a teddy bear.” >You get in a defensive stance, “Dat ting gif Deadmeat biggest owchies!” >”No it won’t. It is a toy. Come play with it.” >She sets it just a few feet in front of you. >The beast stares at you unmoving. >The stinky water monster keeps speaking, “Don’t worry, it won’t hurt you.” >You sniff at it. >It is a new smell, something you haven’t smelt before. >You slowly close in on it. >You see the stinky water monster holding your friends back. >Good, you don’t know what this thing would do to them. >You get close enough to swat at it. >It falls back, now is your chance! >You jump forward and stomp its chest with one of your front hooves, “Yoo nuu get Deadmeat!” >You step on its body and notice how soft it is. >It just lays there at your assault. >”Sir William Reginald… it is a toy. You are supposed to play with it.” >Play with it!? >This horrible, soft, scary, vicious, soft, mean monster!? >You grab the soft thing and try and throw it but only manage to stumble and fall on it. >You whimper a bit from your leg hurting. >Its arm wrap around you grabbing you back. >You roll on your back still holding the brown soft terror. >You grunt as you grab it harder forcing its head next to yours. >Its soft body conforms to your grapple. >You huff holding onto the beast, “Deadmeat gif owies! Gif big owiee.. hee heehee!” >Strange, it feels good to hold onto this monster. >You hold tighter and realize… >”Munsta gif Deadmeat huggies?” >You start to realize the vicious beast is not trying to hurt you. >You squeeze it again and it leans into you once more, “Hee hee hee! Feew gud to Deadmeat!” >”That’s a toy baby, that’s your toy.” The stinky water monster is smiling at you. >Princess Princess looks on, “Mommy get bad fwuffy Siw Wiwwam Kwenitew toy… neber get Pwincess Pwincess toy…” >”Yay! Fwen haf vewy own toy! Andwew happy!” >The stinky water monster hugs Princess Princess, “You have mommy’s love and sleep with mommy, you have more than any other fluffy!” >”Moomeh make Pwincess Pwincess happy!” she hugs the monster. >The stinky water monster lets Andrew and Princess Princess go and they trot over to you. >They start hugging your pet monster and the three of you start laughing. >The Stinky water monster brings out a baby playpen and sets it up. >The stinky water monster comes over and picks up your friends. >She takes them and puts them in the pens. >They start to pad at the mesh walls, “Why mommeh put Pwincess Pwincess in saf howdy pwace!” >You limp up to the netting and pad at it, “Nuuu! Pwease nuu make fwens hewt fwuffies!” >The stinky water monster laughs, “Now why would you think mommy would do that Sir William Reginald?” >”Mommy will be right back babies!” The stinky water monster steps over the fence and walks away. >Princess Princess jumps at the side, “Nuu! Take Pwincess Pwincess mommeh!” >”Why Andwew nuu get ou’?” Andrew keeps walking into and batting at the mesh walling. >You frantically walk around the play pen hobbling keeping weight off your hurt leg. >You see no gates or openings. >You start to think hard, your head twinges. >Maybe your horn can do something to open the wall. >You start to look for a way to take the cork off when you notice your friends have got quiet. >Your friends have frozen and are staring behind you. >Their tails start wagging and smiles start to spread across their face. >Both Princess Princess and Andrew shout in unison, “Sketties!” >”Mommy’s back! And for my brave little fluffy who has save my little alicorn not once but twice, a special gift!” >”Deameat wan fwen out! Nuu put fwen in…” >You turn and face the monster and see she is carrying a platter of strange stuff. >She gingerly steps over the fence and places it on the floor. >Princess Princess and Andrew are now throwing themselves into the mesh, “Sketties! SKETTIES!!!” >”This is a special dish for Sir William Reginald honeys, he gets it first.” She smiles down at you. >You stare at the pile of pasta in front of you. >You are transfixed unable to turn away from it. >Your brain starts to grab at anything to describe what you are looking at. >You like what you see but have no clue why. >You point at it, “Dat… dat wowmies in boo boo juice!” >She is trying to make you eat bugs! >And for some reason your mouth is watering looking at them. >She keeps staring at you, “Don’t you want it baby? >”Andwew gud fwuffy! Wan sketties!”, “Pwincess Pwinces get sketties mommeh? Nee’ sketties!” >Why are your friends trying to get to these worms so bad? *smack* >You step a little closer, it doesn’t smell like boo boo juice… >The smell is… the smell is wonderful! >You step closer, “Yoo make Deadmeat… twy make Deadmeat eat wowmmmblehrg.” >Slobber is filling your mouth. >”What’s the matter baby? Haven’t you seen spaghetti before?” >You step closer, the odor of marinara drawing you closer. >Your eyes are locked on the platter. >The pile is about as big as you are. >The swirl of noodles are mixed with the sauce with even more sauce on top with garnishes of oregano sprinkled across it. >There are meatballs mixed in as well enticing you closer. >You walk over next to the platter. *smack*smack* >This is what these monsters have been trying to use to make you hurt other fluffies, used to lie to you, used to manipulate you. >You look up at the monster, “Wha munsta wan Deadmeat do!? Deadmeat nuu… nuu…” *smack*smack* >Your words stop as your mouth starts to dry nibble at the pile of spaghetti. >”You don’t have to do nothing baby… this is for you… eat all you want.” Her voice is soft and non-threatening. >The sounds of your friends fighting to get out of the play pen are drowned out as you lean closer to the spaghetti. >Your tummy makes rumbly noises. >You lean over and sniff the food. >The aroma is intoxicating and you salivate more. >You can’t help but to take a bite. >There is an explosion of taste in your mouth as the sauce fills your taste buds. >The soft noodles squish as you chew them. >You swallow hungrily as you take another larger bite. >You feel as though you are in nirvana as you chew the noodles tasting the goodness from this new dish. >You are smacking your lips as you chew on the pasta delight. >You swallow again and start to eat in earnest. >Not even taking your head away as you chow into the huge pile of spaghetti. >”It looks like you are enjoying yourself Sir William Reginald. Would you like your friends to join you?” >Share!? You just found this! >You can’t say anything from your ravenous chomps of this ambrosia that keep filling your mouth. *nom*nom*nom*nom* >”Ok you two, join your friend.” >”Yay! Sketties!” The alicorn and unicorn shout as they run up beside you and start tearing into the pile of pasta. >A meatball rolls to your hooves. >You set back and pad it up and take a bite of it. >It tastes something like the hamburgers you have eaten in the past… only better! >You look at your friends eating beside you. >Suddenly a tear forms in your eye. >It makes no sense to you.  ”Why Deadmeat have saddies?” >The tears start to flow. >The stinky water monster looks at you, “Oh no, what’s the matter baby?” >”Deadmeat nu know… Deadmeat am… Deadeat am happy… wahhhhhhh!” >The stinky water monster picks you up and cradles you. >”Its ok baby. You’re safe now. Mommy promises nothing bad will ever happen to you again.” >You let out sobs between your nibbles on the meatball. >For the first time since you can remember you feel safe. >And this monster has said nothing bad will happen to you again. >You let your tears of joy fall. >She promised you are safe.