Giselle and you run off into the park, tails whipping behind you.
You didn’t even bother stopping. You just ran for the fun of it, enjoying the feeling of the wind whipping past your ears and tail.
"Whoa, kids! What is the hurry?" A voice said.
You stop and see the coachman that brought you to the island. He looked at your ears and tail and smiled.
"Enjoying yourselves, kids?" he asked.
"Yeahawww!" You say. "This place is great!!!"
"Got that right!" Said Giselle.
"Do you like your new additions?" The man in red asked.
“New?" You ask. "I always had tail."
"Me too." Giselle agreed.
"Then yes, I think you can help me. You see there are some boys and girls that aren't having a lot of fun over there, I want you to show them how much fun you are having." The coachman said.
"Yeeehaw Sir!" You say.
You and Giselle run towards the group of kids. You notice many of them have ears like yours and a few even have tails. But they weren't happy, they were upset.
"Heeeey You!"
You both guffaw and bray, and then move on, your tails swishing happily. Rounding a corner, you come across a big lad, who does have a tail, who is trying to break down a fence -but it's tougher than it looks. The boy swears angrily, turning away, then suddenly drops on all fours. Facing away from the fence and snorting noisily, he raises his backside into the air and kicks out with his legs with full force.
"Yeeehawwww!" you yell excitedly as his feet slam into the boards and two of them splinter. "Way to go, dude!"
The boy looks at you briefly and then bucks again, this time more fluidly -he's clearly getting the hang of it. As she does, his sneakers split, but he doesn't seem to care. All he's bothered about is breaking down the fence.
"Heeee Hawwww! HEEEE HAWWWWWW!" he brays as he bucks and kicks.
"Come awwwnn!" Giselle urges, taking you by the arm. "We do that too heee hawww! That FUN!"
You don't need any convincing. Doing whatever pops into your mind feels right. Fun. You notice the boy rise to two feet, apparently giving up, he leaves.
"Giseeeelle, looks like weeeeehaw have it to ourselves!" You do what the boy had done. When you drop to your hands and knees with your back to the fence, you can almost feel your mind emptying.
Being on all fours like an animal made you feel very dumb, but happy! Giselle was on the ground next to you.
"Let's do it!" she says.
You look back then you and Giselle kick with your both feet repeatedly. As you do, you can feel a pressure rising in your chest, realizing what it is, you happily let it out.
"HAWWWW HEEE HAW HEEEE HAWWW!' You bray as you kick harder and harder.
You and Giselle don't even notice when your shoes fly off. With a final bray you kick one last time, and feel your feet connect with the fence in a way you hadn't before, as if your feet were hard.
You hear the fence fall. Looking back, you see shiny black hooves at the end of your legs, feeling them with a hand, they feel so hard. Instead of panicking, this makes you happy.
"Giiiiseeeeelle! Looks like we won't need shoes again!" You say, noticing the hooves on the end of her feet.