In this fic Nagi doesn't dance and was never Nade! There are basically no callbacks to the actual story.

(There are so many things that I like to see in fanfics...but here I am with the old cliches)

Nagihiko's head was spinning...no, that wasn't quite it. He just felt discombobulated, like he'd been displaced and put on the back burner of his mind.

"I didn't mean to! You won't be displaced forever, I promise!" squeaked himself, somehow.

What...who? What's happening?! Nagihiko yelled, though it just came out as thoughts or something.

"The bonding was sort of a mistake!" himself shouted nonsensically.

Calm down, Nagihiko tried to say. He was anything but calm, but they weren't getting anywhere. Explain from the beginning.

Whoever was controlling his body took a few deep breaths. After a while, she explained quickly, "My name is Nadeshiko. I'm a pegasus. I went through a portal, but I almost hit you on the other side."

He knew most of that, even if it was kind of weird.

"So I, uh, activated the bonding spell to avoid hitting you."

P-pegasus bonding? That's what this is?

"Yes. I don't know a lot about it, but I think we can switch places, so I can be in the back instead," she offered.

Not to be rude, but can you...stop possessing my body for good? Nagihiko asked.

"...I don't know how to."

Nagihiko sighed. Let's try switching places, then.

In a moment, he felt something tugging at his consciousness. When he let it pull him, he felt like he was in an elevator going down really fast. Then it landed and he was back in his body.

It worked! Nadeshiko giggled in the back of his mind.

This was weird. So, so weird.

"Hey! Nagi!" Kukai walked into the clearing and saw Nagihiko on the ground. "Whoa! Are you okay?"

"Sort of." He brushed his hair out of his eyes and stood up. "It's really crazy, but I think I just got possessed by a pegasus."

It's called bonding! corrected Nadeshiko indignantly.

"I mean, bonded with a pegasus or whatever. She's in my head," Nagihiko attempted to explain.

Kukai scratched his head. "...Are you 100% sure?"

"Yeah. Do you want to speak to her?" offered Nagihiko.

"Huh?"

"The pegasus, I mean."

"I guess so?" Kukai still looked very confused. Nagihiko didn't blame him one bit.

Up went the elevator and he was in the back position again.

"Hello! I'm Nadeshiko," announced Nadeshiko in her high voice. "Nice to meet you. Who are you?"

Kukai backed up a little. "Okay, I think I get what you mean now. That is really crazy." He paused, then grinned. "But it's kind of cool. Hi, Nadeshiko! I'm Kukai, Nagihiko's friend." He stuck out one hand for a handshake.

Nadeshiko blinked. Apparently she didn't know what a handshake was.

He's greeting you. Put your hand around his and shake it, like up and down, Nagihiko instructed.

Nadeshiko slowly followed his instructions. Kukai shook hands with her enthusiastically.

That went better than expected, Nagihiko thought. Switch back?

"Already? Um, okay." They switched again. Nagihiko relaxed.

"What are you talking about?" asked Kukai.

"Sorry, she was talking to me," replied Nagihiko.

"You can talk in your mind? Cool!"

"I guess so," said Nagihiko. "It would be cooler if we knew how to break the bond, though. We're sort of stuck like this."

The two boys plus the pegasus in Nagihiko's head headed back down to the beach. Nadeshiko seemed to be thinking hard - that was the impression Nagihiko got, at least.

We can try to go to Cloud 41 to figure out, Nadeshiko finally suggested.

"She says we can try to go to - wait what?"

Cloud 41. The cloud where the pegasi herd lives.

"I'm not even going to question that. Cloud 41 it is, then."

Kukai looked skeptical. "How are you going to get on a cloud?" he asked.

Nagihiko shrugged. "Maybe we can portal there, like she did to get here?" He walked up the front steps of his house, purple key in hand.

"Makes sense," Kukai agreed, turning to head to his home.

Sorry, but only pegasi can go through portals, Nadeshiko apologized. We'll have to take the Rainbow Bridge. It's kind of far away, though.

Of course, the Rainbow Bridge. Another one of those legends that was apparently true. What, were they in a fairytale now? It was a good thing Nagihiko had always believed in those legends a little, or he might've been even more shocked.

"She says we have to go over the Rainbow Bridge," Nagihiko repeated loudly, for Kukai's benefit. Kukai, being the easygoing guy he was, just gave them a thumbs up before changing back into an otter and ducking into the sea.

One week in and I already regret a little

Flame me in a hilarious manner

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