I stared at it for awhile. Just me and this. The thick, green tail protruding from my backside. After about five minutes I snapped out of my funk and came to the one and only logical explanation that came to my mind.
"This must be a dream." I said aloud. And mind you, when I eat Mexican food before bed, I do end up with some pretty weird dreams. You may think you have weird dreams, but have you ever had a dream where your pants just suddenly explode into talking sparkle dust that kills every historical figure in the living (or dead) world? Yeah I don't think so. But enough with the dreams and Mexican food. How about we get back to the tail. I slapped myself.
"Ow!" Shoulda known that wouldn't work. My mind was trying its hardest to reboot. But so many questions were popping up and making it impossible for it to do so.
"Where did that come from?"
"What is it doing here?"
"Why me?" (well to be honest, I had an answer for that one. And yes, you're right again, it consisted of the words
"Because you're you Idiot.") But the question that nagged at me the most was
"How do I make it go away?" I began to panic. The bus would be here in 15 minutes, if I missed it, I'd have to walk. I struggled to come up with something, but I failed. I wanted it , no, needed it to go away I wished and concentrated and pleaded with myself, or the gods, or whoever could seem to be listening at the time. And then, just like that, it was gone. But, just as fast as it left, the spot beside me was filled with swirling green smoke. And then, I saw him. It was Loki.
I was stunned.
"you-but-tail-I-Wha?"
"My my, Fiorae, my little girl, you've grown so big since I saw you last"
"Wait... how do you know my name?"
"Why that my dear is a story for another day. However, I do see that you're handling my gift to you well..."
"Gift... wait you mean that tail back there? That was you?!"
"Oh my, that tail asyou said so harshly my dear, why that was only the surface. Think of an animal. Any animal, even unicorns, pegasi, a hippocampus even. Anything you want." And so I thought. I concentrated with every fiber of my possible being. And just like that, I was a pegasus. I stepped back, surprised at myself.
"I did it..." I whispered to myself, almost silently. Loki, who was now leaning casually against a wall looked me over.
"Well, well, well, I can see you are taking to it nicely, yes?" I just stood there, still marveling at this sudden onset of my now pegasus form. My mind snapped back to reality.
" I'm late for school!" I began to race around the house still in my pegasus form. Although, still being a horse, this body was surprisingly small and sleek, enough so that I could slip around corners, walls and tables without knocking anything over.
"My my darling, you don't have to race all over like that, I have it all taken care of." I slid to a stop. The moment of realization finally dawning on me.
" Wait a second. You're the god of mischief... First of all, what do you want with me, and second , what do you mean exactly by 'taken care of'?
"Oh, you needn't worry about that, I think you have bigger problems" He said as he looked out the window with a mischievous grin on his face. I craned my neck to see what he could possibly be looking at in my boring, old, ordinary neighborhood . And then I saw it. It was a big, blue, frost giant.
