>“For many years, you’ve been part of the school system as a student, but now you’re learning to see the school from the point of view of a teacher”
>Be me
>Be at boring class at college
>Thankfully sitting next to my boyfriend Seth
>He’s yawning while checking /g/ on his mobile
>I think he’s the best thing that has happened to me since I met him back in secondary school
>He’s the only person I know who likes rubbish like ponies, 90s anime and collecting TV guides
>“You think you’ll be in the mood to meet with the two Nates tonight, or you’ll be too tired?”, Seth asks me
“I’m not the one yawning, dear. Wanna invite them to my place? Mum is visiting grandma so I have the house for myself”
>”Sure! I’ll text them”
>We met our only two friends, Nathan Soberman and Nathan Goodhill back in secondary school
>They’re both almost as autistic as we are so we get on well
“Tell them to bring something to drink, I’ll cook burgers with cheddar”
>”Remember you’ll be teachers soon, right Mr. Stevenson?”
>Suddenly I notice the teacher looking at me while some of the other students chuckle
“Uh… yes”, I say nervously
>Class is eventually dismissed
>Seth walks home with me with his Bluetooth speaker hanging perilously from his backpack while blasting Soul’d Out
>I buy some minced beef and prepare some burgers at my place while I yell at him to please turn down the music
>Our friends arrive
>After the mandatory hugs and handshakes, Soberman ironically shows us what he brought to drink
>”Look boys, I found this in the basement, looks super ole, who dares trying it?”
>”I tried to convince him not to bring it, I swear”, says Goodhill while showing us a bottle of root beer
>”Yeah I kinda want to try the sour wine”, my boyfriend says while I chuckle
>Soberman puts his best grumpy face
>There are few things more lovable than seeing a chubby boy all grumpy
>Goodhill, in the meantime, is the naivety in person – if naivety was 1.90 metres tall
“You could have taken the spiderwebs out of it Nate”
>I go find a corkscrew while the guys chuckle
“Seth, go put on some music. Performed in a Western language, if possible”
>”Sure!”, he says while the Nates giggle
>Gorillaz starts playing
>Dinner is served, and the wine is actually quite enjoyable
>After a while it’s time to say goodbye
>The house is just for me but it’s almost 1am and I’m tired so I go to bed
>…
>I wake up in the middle of the night
>Sweated as fuck
>Throat really dry
>I throw my shirt to the floor and limp to the bathroom
>I start feeling nausea
>I eventually fall on the bathroom’s floor
>Pain
>Lots of it
>It’s like a hundred degrees over here
>Still half asleep I don’t exactly know what’s happening, only that it hurts and that my limbs are moving without me having control over them
>…
>I wake up laying in the middle of the bathroom floor
>I must have passed out
>Feeling very weak and dizzy, I slowly try to get up
>Somehow I feel less tall than usual
>Oh no
>Bloody hell
>I limp towards the bedroom
>It’s obviously dark since I didn’t turn on the lights
>I can’t reach the lights switch
>Bloody hell * 2
>Please not be what I’m thinking
>I try to grab my phone
>Fail
>I try to press the power button
>It worked but now I have to input my unlock pattern
>Somehow my mobile didn’t take a hoof stomp as an answer
>Damn I’m a horse now
>I jump into the bed and stay there trying to accept what has just happened
>You’re so dead Nathan
>I remember I do have a desk lamp, so I try to jump into the desk chair to turn it on
>Thankfully it worked
>Now I’m super thirsty, tired, sweaty and turned into an animal but at least have some lights on
>I try to look at my new limbs with fear
>My hooves are big and I seem to have creamy yellow fur
>So this is it
>…
>I hear a loud knock on my house’s door
“WHAT THE FUCK”
>I instinctively jump off the chair
>I hear the knocking again
>Trying to reach the door, I realize I’m not tall enough to check the peephole
“Uh… W-Who is it?”
>”It’s me, Seth”
“Seth! It’s 5am. What are you doing here?”
>My heart can’t stop pounding hard
>”S-Something happened and I came here as fast as possible without thinking. Please open, for fuck’s sake”
>”I-I can’t, I-I hurt my hand and… and I can’t grab the key”
>”FOR FUCK’S SAKE”
>Before I could react, one of my windows shatters, filling the living room with glass
>I try to scream but I can’t
>Right in front of me, a brown winged pony broke into my house and is now laying in the floor
>He pants for breaths until he sees me
>”YOU’RE A HORSE TOO!”
“Seth?!”
>”When I saw myself in the mirror I was so scared the first thing I thought was coming here with you”, he tells me while trying to stand up
“How did you get out of your home?”
>”I broke my dining room’s window and came here flying”
>Yes, indeed. He’s an alicorn. I’d say he’s a cute, pretty small brown alicorn if I wasn’t so shocked about what has just happened
>”I’m really sorry about your window, I’ll pay for it. By the way, you could have used your magic to grab the keys and open the door”
“My magic?”
>I might be a horse but I still can frown
>”You have a horn. Come on, it’s just like in MLP”
“No, please, I’m still trying to accept it. Could you help me clean this mess and cover my window with something before a thief gets in?”
>”Sure, sure”
>His horn lights up
“In the traditional way, Seth”
>”Oh”
>Ironically, his unimpressed face makes me giggle.