Alternate Reality: Pilot

Story by Fangor Lycra on SoFurry

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#1 of Alternate Reality Series

This is only a pilot for a story. If people like it, I will write more. If not, then I won't. It is a story about a guy waking up to something completely alien to him...


"Do you ever wake up and automatically know something is wrong? Well that is what has happened to me."

On December, 21st 2012 I woke up. This day is the fabled day where the world was supposed to end. All the fanatics were in their bunkers preparing for the worst. To me, it would have been a normal day; those are the things I didn't get caught up in. When I woke up however, that would change. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around, instantly noticing something was different. I am able to pick out individual pieces of dust and other specs floating around the room. As well, they seemed to be stuck in place. I found this quite odd.

I lifted my covers up and pulled them off, swinging my feet over the edge of the bed and looked around; it seemed to be like that everywhere. I looked down at myself to make sure that nothing weird happened to my body, which I knew would be ridiculous.

Hi my name is Tony. I was just a normal guy; I'm 26 5 foot 8, 180 pounds, I liked to work out so my body was well toned, but not overly muscular. My hair was kept very short, and the colour was a dark brown. My skin was tanned but only enough to give off that healthy glow. My body hair grew quite long, so I'd spend every second week taking the extra time to shave my chest and back. As for my room, it had a 4 drawer dresser with a 32 inch plasma t.v on top. My bed was a queen, and quite comfortable with an extra thick duvet to keep me warm during the winter time. I had a closet on the left wall, with the doors being made of mirrors.

I walked over to the dresser and opened it, noticing something odd. There were two sets of clothes; One that was mine, and the other distinctively female. Now I started to really worry.

"What the fuck is going on here!" I practically yelled.

I sighed and picked out my own clothes. they go through them however, and am unable to pick them up. "What the fuck?" I continue to try and pick up the clothes, but am unable to. I am however able to pick up the female clothes; which I find really odd.

"Ok.... Derrick! This better not be one of your stupid pranks!" I yelled.

I knew that he would be unable to hear me however since I lived in the basement. Luckily I had been wearing pajamas, and it was a Saturday, so for now I decided to just wear them. It was just a plain shirt, with pajama bottoms, no socks however, which I thought would be a problem. I opened the door to my room and headed out. And almost stumbled when I came out, it seemed like there was double of everything. Well it was all the same furniture and everything; but there was two of it, overlapping each other.

I got dizzy just looking at it, my hand went to the door jam and used it for support; something definitely was different. Once I was able to gain my composure, I stood up straight and decided to head up stairs.

On the right of my bedroom; I had my desk, with my computer on it. Behind that was my bookcase, with an assortment of games and books. On top of it was my boom box. I turned left however and walked past the laundry room on the left. On the right of the room, a section was dedicated to a TV area; with a couch and a couple of chairs.

I turned left and went into the bathroom and looked into the mirror on the right wall. Placing my hands on the counter I just stood there, trying to take in everything that had happened. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding in and turned on the tap. I put my hands in the water and splashed it into my face, making sure I wasn't still asleep.

After doing this a couple of times, I stopped and turned off the tap. Turning around, I took a towel on the towel rack and dried my face. I was about to take off my clothes to take a shower, when I stopped; halfway taking off the pants. Pulling them back up, I sighed in relief. I didn't want the same thing to happen to these clothes; then I would be left completely naked, I thought. Instead I left the washroom turned left and headed up the stairs.

While I headed upstairs, I hoped that in some way things would be better up here. However I was completely wrong. There were still duplicates of everything, however by this point I was a little used to it and didn't have to hold onto something. I turned right going past the living room, instead I headed into the kitchen. Which is where I stopped dead in my tracks; double of everything I was able to take in. However what I saw next was just shocking.

My parents were the strict kind, always wondering what I was doing. Snooping around my room looking at things they shouldn't be looking at and such. Not only that but they were clean freaks as well. God forbid there was a messy plate in the sink. My mom was not too tall, about 5 feet 4, shoulder length brown hair, petite women in her late 50's. While my dad had fine greying hair, with a medium build standing at a height of 5 foot 9, not much taller than myself.

What is truly bizarre, is that they are completely frozen in place... Well that isn't true, they are going really slow; Movement every millisecond or so. That wasn't what really caught my attention. What caught my attention was the bunny sitting at the table. She had long bunny ears, which extended about 2 feet up from her head; she wore casual clothing, a t-shirt with the band queen on it, and short shorts. She looked to be about 5 foot 5 inches, so not much taller than my mom. She seemed to be oblivious to the fact she was sitting inside of my father; somehow occupying the same space at the same time.

"Ok... now this is really getting weird." I said; my hand moving to the countertop, using it as support. The bunny looked over in my direction and noticed that I was looking at her.

"Wait... you shouldn't be able to see me..." the bunny said looking scarred and fear coming into her eyes. She dropped her cup of coffee on the table, and it tipped over; spilling the remainder of the coffee onto the table.

"Bruce!" she yelled.

Tony Was wondering who this Bruce guy was... that is until I heard the pounding of footsteps on the floor upstairs, and then coming down stairs. A few moments later a very large husky bull appeared in the kitchen.

"What is it Claire" He said looking around, too see if there was any trouble. He had heard the coffee mug hit the table, and the fear in her voice meant that something was wrong.

I was stuck in place. If you compared my parents to myself, I looked as if frozen in place as my parents were; which is why Bruce didn't notice me at first. He was 6 foot 5 inches, hairy brown hair covering his body. He wore a polo shirt and jeans as well.

I saw the bunny... Wait, what did the Bull say her name was? Oh yeah, Claire. I saw Claire move her hand... no paw up and point at me. I saw him turn his attention to me finally; And had a confused but angry look on his face. At which point I thought it was a good time to faint.


"This has never happened before... No human has ever seen us."

I groaned as I started to come to. My head hurt, so I moved my hand up to my forehead, and felt a distinct bump, followed by pain "ow!" I quickly moved my hand away and started to slowly open my eyes. The voice I had heard was Claire's; who was on my right. While the bull, Bruce, was on my left. Standing beside Bruce was someone Tony hadn't seen yet, a mouse; who looked to be a doctor.

"Ah" the mouse said... "He seems to be awake"

I turned my head to look at Claire; a look of concern could be seen on her face. With a hint of fear that could still be seen. "He will be fine" the mouse said. "He just sustained a bump on his head, nothing more."

"Oh thank god... Thank you so much for coming. I know its your day off Daisy." Claire said.

"Oh it's nothing, whatever I can do to help a friend." The mouse said with a smile. Daisy was wearing a plain blue shirt with jeans. She looked to be small, standing at only 4 foot 8 inches. She was pale white in colour, with big round ears.

"Well if that's everything, I must get going." Daisy said before heading for the front door.

"Thank you so much again Daisy!" Claire exclaimed.

I couldn't see much, but I heard the sound of the door opening and closing. I really was confused, dazed and a little afraid all at the same time. I had no idea what was going on, and it scared me.

I heard another voice coming from somewhere that I couldn't see. I could barely make it out; but it sounded like another female talking to someone on the phone.

"Wha... whats going on" I managed

"We don't know much more than you do. This has never happened before..." Bruce said. Just at that moment I heard the phone being hung up and a vixen walked into the living room. I was on a leather couch with a pillow under my head.

" Alright, I just got off with the council. Due to it being the weekend we can't see them for another 3 days."

I managed to lift my head and gaped. Not only was there a vixen standing there infront of me. She was 6 feet tall, red fur, modest 34d breasts and a tuft of white fur where her slit was. She was completely naked to boot. I felt like I was living in a weird fantasy right now.

Alice was wondering what I was staring at until she realized I had probably never seen a naked fox before. If she didn't have fur on her cheeks, I would have been able to see her blush.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I'm just used to walking around naturally." She ran into the hall way and up the stairs. I figured she must be going to put on some clothes.

I go to move up to my elbows, but Claire puts her paw on my shoulder.

"It's better if you stay down...Well..." Claire said "you've met everyone now. There is a lot to explain, since you are new to all of this. I have never explained this situation before, so I don't know where to start.

I decided to try and get comfortable, sinceI wasn't going anywhere... and if I was, I wouldn't know where to go... with the way things were going at the moment. Instead I listened to Claire.

"My name is Claire; if you haven't already guessed. There are two realities; one where humans live and the other one where we live."

I guess she meant us as in furies.

"The way the two realities co-exist are; your world goes a substantial amount slower than ours does. This makes us able to live in the same space as your kind. For instance, I have been sleeping in your bed at the same time you sleep in it." Her right hand moved to her left arm and rubbed it as she said it; clearly embarrassed.

"You are unable to interact with the other realities objects. Well... anything that isn't moved for a very long time anyway. Like a couch or a TV. These are items both realities can touch."

"So..." I said "So that is why I am seeing double?" Things were starting to make a little more sense. Well I was still totally confused, and still not sure why I was in this predicament.