"You are now Merlot" by swiftbitches

Something’s not right here, but you can’t put your hoof on it… it’s just not right…

You, a deep red mare with a soft white mane and teal eyes, can’t seem to shake the feeling that something is completely and utterly wrong. But it shouldn’t be. You’re with your herd, all your friends, and your babies and your smarty!

Shifting uncomfortably in your cozy little nest is beginning to wake your special friend so you decide to get up to go pee pee and clear your head. Once you’re far enough away you look back to study the little forest clearing your herd calls home. It seems so safe but something in you just tells you it’s not.

You shake your head and smile, you must have eaten some bad nummies, or a snail. Definitely a snail, you remember the last time you accidentally ate a snail and you had tummy ickies for a week!

After making your pee pees and calming yourself down, you return to your nest. Your special friend greets you sleepily as you carefully step back into your sleeping spot

“Whewe did 'ou go mewow?” He leans over and licks your ear lovingly.

“Hab to make pee pees.” You nuzzle him back and check on the tiny lumps of fur between you two, still sound asleep.

“Oh, weww, gewd night mewow.” He cooed and laid his head back down.

You mutter your good night and lay your head back down, trying to ignore the ever present nagging that something was wrong.

(3 Weeks Later)

You’re so proud! Your babies are so big and strong, they’ll be big fluffies soon. The one of the fillies has your colors, all except for her eyes, she’s got her daddy’s eyes. They’re a deep chestnut brown and you love them so much, you secretly call her bestest baby in your head.

The other filly is the same pale, dusty yellow as your special friends mane with a shimmering white mane and green eyes, she got those from your daddy.

Your only colt is an exact copy of your special friend…except his eyes…they’re so black. You were shocked when he first opened his eyes. They looked like little lumps of the dark time. Sometimes you caught yourself staring at them, just drifting in them…what if next time you didn’t catch yourself staring…what if you just kept drifting?

But that’s just a silly thought, that couldn’t possibly happen. He was just a baby.

(2 Days Later)

Something is not right with your colt. None of the other fluffies seem to notice it but you do. He’s wrong but you don’t know what to do.

He’s been staring at the fluffs that nest next to you, they just had 5 foals and he keeps staring at the foals as they play. You try to hug and snuggle with him…make him stop his staring but he just looks up at you, with those deep black eyes. You whimper as you let go of him and retreat back to your nest.

You feel the tears welling in your eyes as you crash into your nest. A sob escapes you as you make impact with the ground and the tears start pouring out of your eyes as your trying to wipe them away.

“Mew-mewow… awe 'ou otay?” A soft voice squeaks from behind you. You raise your head, sniffling, and see your special friend. He looks concerned.

“Awe…Awe 'ou huwt?” He looked so sympathetic and scared at the same time.

“It-it am ouw cowt,” You choke on the words, and you see his face soften into an understanding expression. “Aww he do am stawe, his eyes, why am dey so bwack? Am mewow bad mummah?”

The tears blur your vision making you unable to see your special friend’s confused expression.

“Mewow…cowt nebba hab bweafies, cowt been gone fow wong time.” You look up at your dusty, special friend, confusion filling your mind.

“But…but he wight outside!” You jolt onto your feet, running outside, ignoring your special friend’s protests and looking for your colt.

You spot him where he’d been before, staring at the other families foals. Running over you wrap your hooves around him and squeal “See, he’s wight hewe!”

Your special friend trots up besides you and frowns “Mewow…dewe’s no fwuffy dewe…”

You look down and see you little colt staring up at you. You think you finally understand.

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Nice! Short and sweet! I had a bit of a shiver at the way the ending was worded.

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