I woke up the next morning feeling very groggy. Ugh, why do I have this headache. I only had one drink of alcohol punch. That must have had very hard liquor in it. Need to remind myself not to drink the punch if Berry Punch made it. I rolled out of bed to get ready for the day.

*THUD*

"Oww." I landed on the floor hard. Did not think my bed was that high off the ground. My balance must just be off. As I began to push myself up, I noticed something different. I was in a pony body, but this one was different. It had a green coat. I sat up and rubbed my eyes with my hooves to get them to focus. I then noticed something was very off. Everything in my room was bigger than normal. I walked to the mirror on the back of my door and saw my worst fear. The room did not get bigger. I shrunk.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I was now in the body of a colt, Earth pony with a green coat and black mane. I also saw my cutie mark was also gone.

Al opened the door a dew minutes later. "What is with that wake up scream. You ruined the dream I was having." He said as he looked for me. He then spotted me in my new form. "Hey there little guy. What are you doing here?"

"Shut up Alvin. It is me, Bob."

"Bob, is that really you? Why did you transform into a colt?"

"I DIDN'T! I WOKE UP LIKE THIS!"

"Have you tried changing forms?"

I facehoof myself. I began to do my shadow transform back into a human. Ok, nothing. Let's try my real pony form. I tried again and still got nothing. "Al! I Can't Do My Shadow Transform Jutsu!"

"Check your other abilities to see if they are working."

I went down the list. Basic jutsu, check. Wind jutsu, check. Water jutsu, check. Earth jutsu, check. Fire jutsu, check. Lightning jutsu, check. Ki energy, check. "Everything else is working. Why can't I do my Shadow jutsu?" Just then, the doorbell rang. "Shit! I can't let anypony see me like this. You answer the door."

"Alright, Alright. I will get whoever is at the door to go away. You just need to stay quiet."

As Al headed downstairs, I stayed at the top so I can listen to who is down there. Al opened the door to see who was there.

"Morning Al! I was wondering if Blaze is up for our rematch race. I think I can now beat him." Rainbow Dash said.

"I am here to cheer Rainbow on. So where is Blaze?" Pinkie Pie said.

"I am sorry girls. Blaze is not feeling to good. A little under the weather." Al said.

Out of reaction, I shouted, "I HEARD THAT!"

"Funny, he does not sound sick. Are you afraid I am going to beat you?" Rainbow said.

Without warning. Rainbow flew past Al and was making her way upstairs, fast. I ran to the bathroom and closed the door and locked it. There was banging on the door soon after.

"Go away Rainbow! I am not feeling well to race you." I said while trying to sound sick.

"Just open the door so I can SEE how sick you are. Unless you want me to go around Ponyville and say you are ckicken to race me."

Chicken? CHICKEN! Out of impulse, not thinking of my condition, I quickly open the door. "Nobody, I mean NOBODY, especially a PONY, CALLS ME A CHICKEN!"

"Is that really you Blaze?" Rainbow starts to laugh on her back. "Oh My! You are a little kid! This is HILARIOUS!"

Al and Pinkie Pie finally come upstairs. When Pinkie saw me, she too joined in the laughter. "Oh man Blaze! I never expected it do to this to ya!" Pinkie said while laughing.

"Wait. You did this to me!" I shouted.

"Um." They both said as they have stopped laughing.

Before they could get up and escape, I performed a wood jutsu and had a piece of wood pop out of the floor and wrap around their chest. Pinning them to the floor. "Alright you two. Time to talk." I said where they could see me.

"I ain't talking!" Rainbow said.

"Please Blaze. This is not funny anymore." Pinkie said.

"It is also not fun being turned into a young colt against your will." I said.

"It kinda is Blaze." Al said.

"Shut it. Thinking back on it now, you two must have put something in that cupcake to cause it. What was it."

"We never though it would do that do you. Just some simple joke." Pinkie said.

Hold on. Joke? Did they put Poison Joke in that cupcake? "A joke? I am beginning to recall a plant I read about in the EverFree Forest. What it a blue flower that acts like poison oak, but the result on the infected is some kind of a joke?"

"Buck! He is on to us." Rainbow Dash said.

"And you just confirmed it. That cupcake had Poison Joke in it. I have one more question, why?"

"BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PRANKING US AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET YOU!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Oh cruel irony. What comes around, goes around." Al said with a smile.

I pointed a hoof at Al and sent a ki ball into his face. It went off and now his face was covered in black soot. He coughed some out. The girls laughed at what happened. I joined in the laughter and realize that it was funny that this happened to me. I released the wood jutsu and allowed them to get up. "Ok, I do see how funny it is. Please tell me there is a cure."

"There is. We were exposed to that also while you were gone. You just have to take a dip in a special herb bath." Rainbow said.

"We are sorry for doing this to you. Do you forgive us?" Pinkie Pie asked with her pouty face.

"Aw, I could never stay mad at you gals. I forgive you. I also want to say I am sorry for the way I reacted. I was having an adrenaline rush trying to figure out what happened." I said.

They both bent down and gave me a hug. Al was just beside himself, making some awe sounds. When the hug session ended, Rainbow Dash said, "Let's go and get you cured so we can really race. We will have to stop at Twilight's place to pick up the book with the cure."

"Fine. Guess some more laughter is to be expected. Let's just keep this knowledge between our close friends. Not like we have to inform everypony in Ponyville of what happened to me."

When we stepped outside and made our way to Ponyville, I heard a faint laughter. That sounds like the Princesses. I looked around in the sky for their peep portal. I found it and reacted quickly before they could close it. I did my Icy Water Jet Jutsu and aimed it at the peep portal. I let it go for a few minutes, until I now heard a scream in the distance. When the jutsu ended, I turned to the others as I could tell they wanted to know what I was doing.

"What were you hitting at with your jutsu, Blaze?" Al asked.

"Just somepony that I thought they were going stop peeping in on me." I said.

Just then, a letter magically appeared before me. It rolled out so I could read it.

Dear Swift Blaze,

Another point to you for hitting my sister. I told her not to as she promised you to stop. Now her mane is filled with ice. I take you have found out with her Royal Voice laughter. I think she will take down the portal spell now so you don't have to worry about it.

Sincerely,

Princess Luna.

I did a Fireball jutsu at it before the others could read it.

"So who was this pony that was spying on ya. Anypony we know?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That letter was from them and they promised to not do that anymore. I think I got that pony good with an icy water blast this time."

"You are not going to say who it is." Al said.

"Nope."

We continued our journey to the library, with no other hiccup. Once there, Pinkie Pie knocked on the door. Spike showed up and answered the door.

"Morning Pinkie, Rainbow, Al. What brings you here?" Spike said.

"We need the book that has the cure for Poison Joke. Another pony has come into contact with it." Rainbow Dash said.

"Who is it! What funny thing happened to them!"

"You laugh and I will zap you." I said in a low voice.

"That you Blaze? When did you come into contact with the plant?"

"You can blame it on these two jokers. Gave me a laced cupcake with it."

Spike was doing his best to hold back his laugher. I just stared him down. "Alright, come inside and I will get you that book."

We entered and I heard Twilight speak up, "Spike who is at the door? We don't open for another hour." I saw her coming down from the living quarters that were upstairs.

"It is Rainbow, Pinkie, Al, and Blaze. Blaze got infected by Poison Joke by Rainbow and Pinkie. They are here to get the book that has the cure." Spike said.

"Did they not learn their lesson when it infected them? Wait where is Blaze?"

"I am right here." I said.

Twilight just burst into a laughter when she saw me. Spike could not hold it in and joined in the laughter. I just sat there with my arms crossed as they laughed, waiting for them to finish. Once they were done, Twilight regains her composer and said, "I am sorry Blaze. That plant really pulled a big joke on you. Instead of getting the book, how about we go and visit Zecora. We are going to have to see her to get the ingredients anyway."

"Let's get going then. I want my human body back."

As we left the library, we bumped into Applejack as she was pulling her food cart to the market. "Howdy everypony. What are y'all up to?" She asked.

"We are on our way to see Zecora. A certain somepony got infected with Poison Joke." Twilight Sparkle said.

Applejack had a shiver run down her spine. "I never want to go anywhere near that dang plant again. So who is the pony that got infected?"

"Take a wild guess." I said while sounding annoyed.

"Blaze? You are a little colt? How in tarnation did you get infected?"

"That credit goes to the pranksters of Ponyville. Gave me a cupcake yesterday that was laced with it."

"Now why would you two do something like that?" Applejack said, now sounded angry.

"We already are sorry for it. Was suppose to be a harmless joke. You know, change his hair color, mess with his abilities, something harmless." Pinkie Pie said.

"We never expected it would change him into a young colt." Rainbow Dash said.

"I reckon he is about the age of my little sis, Apple Bloom." Applejack said.

"I don't want this to go any further than the ponies here, Al, Spike, Fluttershy, and Rarity." I said.

"Of course. If Apple Bloom does see ya, I think she will want you to join the Cutie Mark Crusaders."

"The what now?" I said acting dumb.

"It is a club that my sister, Rarity's little sister, Sweetie Belle, and an orange Pegasus filly named Scootaloo. They go around and try to get their cutie marks at everything they can think of."

I saw Al snicker a bit of the thought of that. You are lucky these ponies are around or I will give you another beatdown. "Well let's get to Zecora before they see me."

We continued our trek to Zecora's place in the EverFree Forest, now with Applejack in tow. We soon came near Carousel Boutique. As we walked by, the door to the place opened and I saw Fluttershy and Rarity was coming out. Guess they are on their way to the spa. Oh great, they saw us and are coming over. Better get this over with.

Fluttershy was the first to speak. "Morning everypony. Who is this little colt? He is SO cute." She said. Before I could stop her, she picked me up and began to rub my belly, causing me to laugh."

"Umm, Fluttershy. That is Blaze you are holding." Twilight said.

Fluttershy 'Eep' and quickly put me back down on my hooves. "How can this be our darling Blaze? Was it another magic overload, Twilight?" Rarity asked.

"It wasn't. Pinkie and Rainbow gave him a laced cupcake of Poison Joke."

Pinkie and Rainbow were feeling sheepish again for being blamed of my condition. I caught them both back up as to what happened and of today's morning events. They decided to come with us for moral support. Once we entered the forest, they decided to share what happened to them when they were exposed to the plant. It did cheer up my mood as I laughed at what happened to them. Al joined in the laughing.

We soon arrived at Zecora's hut. Twilight walked up to the door and knocked. Zecora came to the door and said. "Hello Twilight Sparkle and companions. Seeing you here so soon brings me quite a confusion. For what do I owe for this visit" She said.

"Hello Zecora. A friend of ours got exposed to Poison Joke. It turned him from a human to a little colt as you can see." Twilight said as she pointed to me.

Zecora looks at Al and said, "Ah, so this is what a human looks like of what you said we last spoke. I must say they are more unusual than they look." She then turns towards me. "Pray tell how did this little one get infected? You all know what Poison Joke will do to those affected."

"It was suppose to be a harmless prank. He as gotten us several times and we could never get him. Until now." Rainbow Dash said.

"We already said we were sorry for what we did and he did forgive us. Can you make another bath to cure him?" Pinkie Pie said.

"I would if I am able to, but I am out of the ingredients to make the brew." Zecora said.

"Great, how long is it going to take to get them?" I asked sounding frustrated.

"A few days to a week perhaps. You will just have to deal with it, those are the facts."

"That Long! I just got my human body back! Now I am stuck as a pony! AGAIN!"

"Hey, look at it this way. You get to have fun as a child to replace those bad memories. Think of all the fun you could not do back on Earth. What can go wrong?" Al said.

"Actually, being around Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom's age. He is going to have to go to school." Twilight said.

I looked towards Al and said, "You just had to jinx it by saying 'What can go wrong?'. There is your answer."

"Um, another thing is the Gala is not this Friday, but next Friday. If you want to know." Fluttershy said.

"I AM NOT GOING TO THE GALA LIKE THIS!" I shouted.

"Calm down there, partner. I am sure Zecora will have the ingredients by then. Just enjoy your time off from big pony things. Though, we can't really call you Blaze for obvious reasons." Applejack said.

"I need time to think. Let's head back to Twilight's library. I promised everypony that we talk about what happened during training. Specifically, finding Al, that book, and how my other forms changed. Zecora, will you get started on gathering what you need to change me back?"

"I shall and don't you fret. You will be back to yourself in no time. That you can bet." Zecora said.

We l

eft Zecora's hut and headed back to Ponyville. The girls and Al were talking about something, but I did not listen. I was deep in thought of what I am going to do. Great, I am stuck as a colt till Zecora can make the cure. Worse, I have to go back to school. All because of my size. I am going to need to come up with a name for me as I don't want everypony to know it's really me and start to laugh. It will be kinda fun to be a kid again. I continued to be in deep thought, until a voice interrupted my thinking.

"Blaze. You alright there sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

I looked around while we were still walking to see who called my name. I then saw it was Applejack. "Sorry. I was gathering my thoughts for the discussion. Just so much as happened recently, I am still trying to figure it out." I said.

"We are all here to help you out however we can. You don't have to do everything by yourself. You taught me that."

"I remember. I guess the horseshoe is now on the other hoof."

Everypony started to laugh. We laughed the rest of the way to Twilight's place. Once inside, everypony grabbed a cushion and formed a circle. I began to tell them the tale of finding Al staying at the old castle. I did not go into detail about how he was first reacting. Just finding him drained and barely alive. I could see Al was happy I did not tell the whole truth. I did notice Applejack was giving me a little stink eye, but did not say anything.

Before I went into the next topic, I had everypony and dragon Pinkie Promise not to tell any other pony about what I am about to discuss. Except the Princess and Shining Armor as they know about this as well. They performed the promise. I began to tell them about finding the mysterious room in the castle. Al help out in telling the tale. After telling about my pony transformation, I summoned the Elements of Order book to me. Glad that is still working. "Just like your Elements of Harmony book was used to help you find the elements, this is suppose to help me find the Elements of Order." I said.

"How are you able to read that?" Twilight Sparkle said. "When I looked at it, I could not make any sense out of it."

"That is because Merlin, a human wizard, had cast several enchantments and spells on it. Another thing is that it seems I am the only one who can read it. Even Al is not able to read what is in here. The book chose me to find it."

"How is that possible? If that book has been here for over a thousand years, how could it have chosen you, darling?" Rarity asked.

"I am still not sure myself. A good chunk of this book has not even revealed the info to me. The only info I know is what the book is about and a letter from Merlin himself." I began to read the letter to prove that I can read from the book. Once done, everypony had the look of surprise and confusion on their faces.

"So you have to travel over Equestria, wait for your body to tell you are close to an element, before you can go and retrieve it? That is messed up." Rainbow Dash said.

"I am sure it is more than that." Al said. "He will probably be given clues to the locations at some point. I don't know about any of you, but I haven't eaten since last night. I am going to grill up some of that tasty stuff we humans can eat."

"No you are not. Not while I am stuck like this." I said.

"You can't stop me."

"I already have. My weapons room and meat locker in the basement are made of granite walls that are a foot thick. There is no seam where a door will be as I use my jutsu to open and close them."

"You can't do that! I need meat to survive."

"My house, my rules. Besides, you need to get used to eating other things besides meat. I don't mean to start eating hay and flowers. There are plenty of fruits, veggies, dairy, and eggs to give you the same nutrition."

"You are a real jackass. It wasn't my fault you got changed into a little kid."

"Think of it this way, this is the first step towards balancing yourself. The step of a balanced meal."

Several ponies groan. "I blame this child's body for coming up with that joke." My stomach let out a loud growl like a dragon's roar.

"Spike, I told you to not roar in the library." Twilight said.

"That was not me. Honest." Spike said.

"I think that was Blaze. He might have a body of a colt, but his stomach is still as big as ever." Al said.

Everypony was now laughing at Al's joke. Great they laugh at his, and not at mine. Well, it was not my best joke.

"How about I make some daffodil sandwiches and a salad for you Al. Sound good?" Twilight asked.

"Can I get a dozen of those then?" I asked.

"You think you can eat that many?"

"I could eat more, but I don't want to clear out every food item you have."

"Eeyup. Bottomless pit." Al said with a little Big Mac style of speaking.

Twilight just shook her head. "Spike, care to help me with making them? Seeing I have to make more than I planned for a little colt." She said.

I just sat there and snorted out a breath. Not wanting to fall into that joke trap. While Twilight and Spike were making lunch, Applejack spoke up and said, "After lunch, I think somepony should take Blaze to see Miss Cheerilee to get him enrolled in school and tell her what is going on."

"Remember, I don't want to use my name so the other ponies won't laugh at me. Had enough of that growing up once already." I said.

"Then what name do you want to be called while in public?" Rarity asked.

"How about Rocky?" Pinkie Pie said.

"Now why would he want to be called after a rock?" Rainbow Dash said.

"Hold up. I think it might be appropriate. I look like an Earth pony and it will allow me to use my Earth Style jutsu without being suspicious." I said.

"True. There was a Pegasus pony that trained with us that can manipulate lightning. He can call it a rare gift an Earth pony can get." Al said.

"What? A Pegasus can literally control lightning? What sort of a freak is he?" Rainbow Dash said.

On pure instinct, I sent a lightning bolt at Rainbow. It was weak, but she still screamed from being zapped. "I would have never expected a Pegasus would call another one of their kind a freak. Let that be a warning." I said in a stern voice.

Rainbow coughed a little smoke out of her. She then shook herself to get her fur and feathers straighten back out. "You did not have to zap me to make your point." She said.

"I am sorry for that. That is one word I did not like while growing up. I was called that for being too smart for my own good. Out performing the entire class in projects and assignments. I could have beaten up the ones who were calling me that. I didn't though as it would bring me down to their level. I just did my best to ignore them and remain calm."

"Yea, I can kinda see where you're getting at. I hated the named I was being called during Flight School. The other ponies were calling me Rainbow Crash on the account I flew into several things while there."

"One of which was the principle. On more than one occasion." Fluttershy said.

"I thought you promised not to tell anypony."

"Technically he is a human. Not a pony."

Everypony was laughing again. Twilight and Spike soon came back with a big stack of sandwiches and a bowl of salad. The salad was split between Spike and Al. Everypony else got a sandwich. I ate my dozen with no issue. Once lunch was done, I asked, "Alright, who want to go and see Miss. Cheerilee and explain the situation?"

"OH! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! PLEASE PICK ME!" Pinkie said while waving her fore hooves above her head.

"No volunteers? Then I guess I have to choose. Hmm. . . . Pinkie, would you like to?"

"Let me check my schedule." She pulled out a notepad and began to flip through the pages. "I think I can squeeze you in for this afternoon."

"Pinkie, you are so Random." Rainbow Dash said.

"Let's get going then. Al, I will see you at home once we are done."

He gave a hand wave as he was busy talking to Rarity about something. Pinkie and I left the library to go and find Miss Cheerilee. I did not know where she would be today, so I just followed Pinkie Pie. We soon find her in the park. When we were close enough to talk, Pinkie Pie said, "Hi Miss Cheerilee! Beautiful day we are having."

"Hello Pinkie Pie. Yes it is quite lovely today. The Pegasi did a nice job. Who may I ask is this cute colt with you?" Cheerilee said.

"This is my cousin, Rocky."

"2nd cousin." I corrected.

"He is from Dodge Junction and is staying with me for a week. His parents have some important business in Canterlot, but did not want to drag him around to BORRING meetings. I offered to watch him. They agreed as long as he gets to go to school so he does not follow behind."

"Well hello Rocky. I am Miss. Cheerilee and will be your teacher. Can you tell me what you have learned so far?" Cheerilee said.

Oh straight to the hard question. Um, . . . Let's see . . . Ah! "Well I have learned so much. It will take a while to go over every single thing. How about if I have trouble with what you are covering, I can let you know." I said.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea. I will look forward to seeing you in class tomorrow. Class starts at 9am."

"Thank you for accepting me to your class while my parents are in Canterlot." I said as I bowed to her.

"Oh what a polite little colt you are. I think you are going to fit in just fine."

"Bye Miss. Cheerilee. Need to get some school supplies for him." Pinkie said.

We waved goodbye to her and walked away. Once we were far enough away so Miss. Cheerilee could not here, I said to Pinkie, "Nice cover story. That was very creative. I was expecting you to tell her about me getting infected with Poison Joke."

"You said you did not want anypony else to know. I am glad you caught on and went along with it."

"Thank you for that. You know, finally talking to you one on one, I think you are hiding how smart you really are."

"I prefer to be the fun, party pony instead of a serious know it all like Twilight, no offense. I was pretty sad growing up on a rock fan. Not much fun there when your work is to push rocks around in fields."

"You don't have to tell me. I had my fair share of boring jobs I did not like."

Just then, Twilight magically appeared in front of us in a panic. "BLAZE! You forgot to tell me what my next assignment from the Princess is. I need to get a start on it!" She said.

"Excuse me ma'am, I think you have me confused with some other pony. My name is Rocky. I am Pinkie Pie's 2nd cousin." I said with a wink after.

"Ah, I'm sorry about that." Twilight leaned closer to whisper. "So what is my next assignment from Princess Celestia?"

"It was going to train me in magic. That is now on hold while I am in this form."

"Oh I can still teach you. I will bring some books to your house so you can get a head start on reading before the actual lessons."

Before I could object, Twilight disappeared the same way she appeared. Great, double assignment. School work and whatever Twilight is going to be leaving at my house. More than likely, an entire bookcase on Unicorn magic.

Pinkie headed off to do her thing and I returned to my home. When I opened my door, I got buried beneath a pile of books. Why did Twilight place the books there. I climbed out from the pile so I can see just how many books she sent over. Looks to be about 50. That is not a few books. Not wanting the books to stay like that, I did several wood jutsu to create a bookcase and then placed the books in it. Just as I got done, Al comes into the living room.

"Hi Blaze, you all set to be taught by Miss Cheerilee?" Al said.

"Yea and by Twilight now too." I said as I looked at all the books.

"Was that there yesterday?"

"No. Twilight said she was going to send a FEW books over to read before I can do the actual lessons."

"To her, this is a few books. Just be happy she did not send the entire library over."

"Nah, she would have just moved the entire library closer to here." We both began to laugh at that sight. Once we calmed down, I said, "You know, I think it is finally sinking in that we are in Equestria. How can two bronys get so lucky."

"You got lucky. I went to hell and have to fight my way to earn the chance to leave. You think we will see any more humans?"

"Who knows. There are infinite dimensions of everything and timelines based upon out actions. Anything can happen. I just never expected this Elements of Order stuff. Do you recall anything from your school time about something like this?"

"Can't say I have. Of course, I was not an egghead, unlike you."

"I am not an egghead. I am well read." We both began to laugh some more. I lead Al to the Zen garden. "Seeing I am going to be taught by two ponies, I think we should get started to control your anger and gravity powers."

"Shoot. I thought I was going to get a pass while you are like this."

"Nice try. Lesson number one."

"Wait, I thought the first lesson was a balanced meal?"

"Of course not, that was a joke."

"OH THANK GOD! I thought I would have to borrow Pinkie Pie's canon and use it like a cannon to break into the meat locker."

"I would never do that to a fellow human. Now, where was I? Ah, lesson number one." I jutsu created a wood stick and hit Al on the top of his head. "No back talking the teacher."

"OW! You like to play it rough." *WHACK* "Alright! Alright! No back talk. You are just as bad as rafiki."

"You are the one that is a baboon, and I am not. Now then, the actual first lesson is to learn how to calm the mind. Find the place in it where you can go to shield yourself away from anger. This Zen garden will help you. Sit down here and close your eyes." We sat on the grass by the stream. "Now, close your eyes. Breathe in slowly. Hold it for a few seconds. Then breathe out slowly. Repeat. Breathe in. Breathe out. Concentrate on the calmness of the surroundings to guide you to calm your mind."

We did this for several hours. I could sense his anger was slowly disappearing. When we were almost done, I decided to test it. I quietly picked up the stick to give him another wack. I swung and Al caught it. He opened his eyes and said, "Nice try. You are not going to get me with that stick."

"I just proved what the first lesson does. By calming the mind, you were made aware of your surroundings. Soon you will be able to see anything in the bitch back as though it was daylight. That is enough for today. Time for some dinner." I said.

We entered the house an noticed two full sacks on the table with a note. Al picked it up and read it out loud:

Dear Al and Blaze,

Here is your first payment for now being part of the Royal Guard. You will receive this once a month. The one that is slightly fuller is for Blaze. Compensation for I was still spying on you and you caught me. You actually froze my mane with that water. I have taken down the spell so you will not be spied on.

Sincerely,

Princess Celestia

We both open the sack and did a quick count. Al got 1,500 bits and I got 2,500 bits. "That was very generous of the Princess to do that." Al said.

"I know so I am going to write her a thank you letter." I said. I grabbed some paper and my pen and wrote:

Dear Princess Celestia,

Thank you for the money. We shall spend it wisely and not on junk food (Earth joke). I was wondering if you can also send us a slab of pig meat. You can do so by placing the the second paper with this letter onto the meat. The symbol on it will activtate when you touch it twice within a few seconds. The meat will be sent to the meat locker I have barrier jutsu sealed in my basement.

I look forward to the Gala (and getting my real body back, again).

Sincerely

Swift Blaze and Al

P.S. I would have not caught you if you did not do the Royal Voice Laugh.

I rolled up the letter with the seal and sent it to the Princess. A few seconds later, I heard a thud come from downstairs.

"Let me show you how you can access the basement. I did not show this to you yesterday on account all the ponies that were here." I said. I lead all to the wall with the hidden door. "Now then, all you have to do is say, 'Al, the Demon Blood Human request access'."

Al repeated the line and the door revealed itself. "Nice trick. I was expecting to say Open Sesame." He said.

"I am not going to rip that off. Besides, not many ponies you have demon blood."

We headed down into the basement and I showed him the two storage rooms and explained the same phrase will grant you access. We first entered the meat locker and Al grabbed a thick steak that was sitting on a stone table. On the middle table is where the pig slab landed. We exited and then I showed him where all Earth possessions are to be kept when they are not on us. Once we entered, I just heard Al say, "DHAAAAMMMM. What were you preparing for, war?"

"On the Mayan D-Day, I told you I stayed home in my rural house. What I did not say is that I heard some of the riots were spreading out to he suburban areas. I did not want to take a chance on getting killed. I went to my collection and only grabbed this stuff that I know I could carry. I had a lot more, but did not want to weigh me down if I was running. I hope I never have to use these guns in this world. I am only keeping them as a reminder of the world we left."

"Dude. I know what you are feeling. We both lost friends and family on that day. I failed the test as I went on a violent rampage when my pet got killed. I know we could have asked to restore the earth back to the way it was. But the violence would have still been there. I am sure some other human must have done that which in another dimension. Come on, let me grill this steak and get something you can eat too."

We left the basement and headed to the kitchen. I lit the fire pit outside that can also serve as a grill. I informed him the grill was ready. He was preparing some veggies to grill at the same time. He grilled the steak and veggies. We ate in silence, cleaned up, and got ready for bed. I began to ponder what I will be in store at the pony school.