My Little Download: Apple Calling (Preview) (Patreon)

Then there was a vibration from her phone and a light-hearted ding was heard. What was that?

She quickly looked at the phone, wondering what she just did now. The screen was now a bright orange, no other apps or anything visible at first. Then a simple phrase appeared: “MLP-ified” and a smaller tagline beneath it: “Powered by Friendship is You”.

The words vanished and a loading circle appeared in the center of the screen, spinning and spinning. Shelby only huffed. Is this an app or something? …why would I have this? MLP stands for My Little Pony, but I don’t even like that series!

Then another thought crossed her mind. Wait, what the hell could this thing be even loading? There’s no damn signal out here!

This was a surefire battery waster. She moved to close the app and go back to her current, pressing situation.

But then, it loaded.

Upon the screen, new words appeared: “Distress Mode Activated. Accessing Location…”

Shelby’s head tilted. “Loading… Loading… Location Found! Loading Match…”

What the hell is this non-

FWOSH! The screen exploded into light, almost blinding her on the spot. It was almost like being hit by a flash grenade. It was a miracle she didn’t drop her cell. She jolted her head away and clenched her eyes shut. At the moment she did, she missed it.

An orange aura radiated off her phone. It was faint, but grew ever so stronger. Her hand began to warm as well, the aura flowing onto it and encircling it.

Eventually, the light from the screen began to dim. Shelby weakly looked back at her phone, muttering more swears under her breath. She took one look at the screen, seeing nothing on it. Then she noticed the aura floating off it.

Then she noticed her fingertips. There was this light orange fuzz. Mostly at the very tips, but it spread down. There were her fingernails as well too. She had just got them manicure, yet they were much shorter and rougher. Plus, there was a dirty orange tint to them.

Orange fur eventually pooled into her hand, coating it completely. It spread further down, passing her wrist and to her bicep. It came to an eventual stop at her shoulder, leaving her with an even warmer feeling upon her limb.

Warm… so warm. Shelby managed to think, her mind frozen over by the sight.