Author's note:
As absurd as the concepts of hucows and ponygirls are, I tried to take them quite seriously, to delve in the psychology of a hucow or a ponygirl and her owner, in search of what these admittedly strange fetishes mean, at least to me. Therefore, beside the tropes of the genre (kinky sex, humiliation and de-humanization), you will find the musings of a young girl who chooses to become a cow in a quest for true love and a place in the world.
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15. Winning life and whinnying for the wife
That night, when I dropped the good news, I got exactly the reactions I expected. Cream Pie let out a loud moo of congratulations and clapped her hooves. Cupcake stood with her mouth open for a few seconds, then she gave me her unmistakable "holy cow!" look and finally hugged me tightly. Later, as we went to bed, I was spooning Cream Pie and she was spooning Cupcake. I waited for the first to fall asleep, I got up and crawled to the latter. Tears were glittering in the darkness on her cheeks. Feeling cornered and caught, she just looked at me: her eyes were sorrowful. So I bent over and began to kiss away her tears.
I knew perfectly well how she felt, because I felt the same: now that I knew exactly what the future held for me, namely at least a couple of decades spent in that very stable, producing good milk, we both had the certainty that one day we would have to say goodbye to each other. Soon I began to tear up too and we found ourselves whining softly in the hay in each other's arms. While Cream Pie pretended politely to be still asleep, Cupcake told me that maybe she could stay too. I replied that nothing would have made me happier, but I wanted her to be happy too and it did not seem that being a cow was giving her the joy it gave to me. She nodded and gave me a tender kiss.
A week after, I was brought to the main building. Aidan had suggested a small, but meaningful ceremony to make our union more official. As things stood, every year I would have had to meet a person in charge of checking that my contract had not been breached and whether or not I wanted to rescind it. The idea of spending the next twenty years or so assuring somebody that I was not being kept against my will kind of put a damper on our romance. Fortunately, there was a way out. After the first visit of said inspector, I could put someone I trusted in charge of his job for what concerned me. So, Aidan had arranged an appointment with the inspector a little earlier to allow me to nominate a guy that Aidan trusted and I, of course, did not really know. He would not do any inspection at all and submit all the proper papers every year. That way, he would really own me: like a real cow, I would finally cease to have any saying in the matter.
I could not wait for it! Yes, I know how it sounds, but I felt like I had just won the game of life. Before becoming a hucow, I knew that I would spend the rest of my existence in pursuit of happiness and, whenever I would find it, it would be just a fleeting moment, because that is the very nature of human life. Nothing ever stays the same, all is in constant turmoil. Living is like running with a panicked crowd: we live in a complex society and other people's choices inevitably yank us to and fro all the time, ruining our expectation, spoiling our projects and compromising long-term happiness. It was not for me, I could not bear the idea of fighting all the time until I died. So, I just decided that I was not part of that mob anymore, I cast myself out becoming a cow: I had found my little corner of happiness and it would stay the same for many many years to come.
As I entered the main building of "Milk 'Em and Shake 'Em", I began mooing a little uneasy, looking around.
"I know, I know, it is a strange place for a cow to be, but soon you'll go back to your stable, I promise." Aidan said, beaming, leading me by pulling my bull ring.
I knew he would appreciate me showing discomfort and I mooed reassured. We entered an office that would have been mine, a lifetime ago. Two men were waiting for us. One, balding, probably fifty, with square spectacles and a nice suit, looked at me utterly unimpressed, maybe even a little bored. He had to be the inspector. The other one was younger and reminded me a little of Aidan, if he had had more Nordic features and been less handsome. I guessed he was the replacement for the first man. I noticed that a camera was recording us.
"Alright..." drawled the official, reading a note "Gumdrop. You already know your new inspector, Mr Larsson. If you want to make yourself comfortable..."
I mooed yes, as Aidan had instructed me. Since it would have been inappropriate for me to sit like a person, I just stood. Aidan looked at me proudly and I smiled at him.
"Well, alright. First, let us do our interview. You requested for your mooing device not to be removed at this instance, so we will use a code for yes and no. Knock with your right fore-hoof for yes, with the other one for no. Do you understand me?"
Yes.
"Are you aware that, if you want, you can come with me immediately and interrupt your working relationship with your owner, with no negative consequence for you whatsoever? Knock several times if you want to take these options."
Yes and, of course, no!
"Good. Have you been mistreated or has your contract in any way been breached?"
I had no idea of what my contract entailed, but I answered no.