Since the last chapter was really long, this one will be short.

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Her brown hair and hazel eyes were the same, but the rest of her body had changed completely. She was a pony, with hooves and everything. Her fur was sea-green. She didn't understand why until she remembered that had been the color of her shirt. She stared in awe at the pair of wings on her back. Her long tail was brown like her hair. She just couldn't believe it. I'm a pegasus!

Then she got a look at her flank and screamed. Discord groaned. "Now what's wrong?"

"You tattooed my butt!"

Every pony laughed.

"That's not a tattoo," Twilight explained. "That's your cutie mark."

"My cute what?" Tammy questioned.

"Your cutie mark. All ponies get them when they realize their special talent."

Tammy looked in the mirror again. On her flank was a picture of an acoustic guitar.

"Oh, well that makes sense."

"So you chose to be a pegasus," Rainbow Dash said with a shrug. "You have good taste."

"This is so cool! Do I get to fly now?"

"Not so fast," Twilight said. "We need to work on your back-story. You're from Manehattan, and you've come to Ponyville to…" she looked at Tammy's cutie mark, "find inspiration for your next song."

"Wait. Manehattan?" She smirked. "And here Discord was saying you ponies had no sense of humor."

"Huh?"

"Never mind. Sure, I guess I can pretend I'm from Manhattan…I mean Manehattan."

"Also, we may have to change your name. No offense, but Tammy's not exactly common here."

"I already call her Taffy," Discord suggested.

Tammy shrugged. "Yeah, sure. At least it's a name I'm used to."

"Now that she's a pony," Pinkie Pie said excitedly, "can I throw her a welcome party now?"

Twilight laughed. "Sure, Pinkie."

"Yay! Ooh, I have to make cake, put up the decorations, send out invitations to every pony in Ponyville… Give me until this evening!"

With that note, the pink pony was out like a bullet.

"Is she always that enthusiastic?" Tammy asked.

"Are you kidding?" Rainbow Dash chuckled. "That's her when she's stressed."

"So how would you like to spend your first day in Ponyville?" Twilight inquired.

"You think you could give me a tour? But before you do that," she glanced behind at her new wings, "how do these babies work?"

"I'll give that honor to the best flyer in all of Equestria."

Rainbow Dash forgot her dislike for the human for a moment. "Of course! Step outside, kid. I'll show you how it's done!"

Tammy and the other ponies followed the pegasus out the door.

"Okay, first, you gotta spread your wings out like this."

She demonstrated by opening her blue ones. Tammy closed her eyes and tried to copy her, but to no avail.

"Don't think about it!" Rainbow shouted. "Just feel it!"

"I'm trying!"

"Look, in order to fly, ya gotta have a clear head. It's something you have to feel, kind of like dancing. So get rid of all thoughts and focus on what you want your wings to do."

"Um, okay."

Tammy took a breath and counted backwards from ten. She always did this before a test. She focused on her main goal. I just want to fly. Sure enough, her wings opened. She gaped at them and poked the soft feathers.

"This is so freaky," she muttered. "What do I do now?"

"You flap them," Rainbow replied.

The rookie pegasus tried, but her wings barely moved.

"What I always do," her coach advised, "is imagine myself touching the sky and my wings take me there. After a while, it will become natural. Try it."

Tammy shut her eyes and imagined herself flying high. It must be wonderful, to have the freedom to go wherever you want, to have no one keeping you grounded.

"That's it! Keep going!"

"Huh?"

She opened her eyes and gasped. Not only were her wings flapping, but she was hovering a few inches off the ground.

"You're doing great! Now we gotta gain some altitude." Rainbow flew underneath and lifted her student up. "I'll give you a boost. Don't worry, I won't let go."

"Oh no!" Tammy protested. "I know this tactic! My mom did the same thing to me when teaching me to ride a bike! You're just gonna let go the minute I start!"

"I won't let go! I promise!"

She rolled her eyes but let Rainbow push her anyway.

"The key is to not look down. You need a target. Hmm. See that cloud up there?"

"Uh-huh."

"Try getting up that high. Remember, don't think. Feel!"

Tammy continued to flap her wings and focused on getting up to that cloud. She had the temptation to look down, but resisted. When she was as high as the cloud, she stopped, but kept flapping.

"Okay, now what?"

This time, she did look down. Her coach was waving at her from several feet below.

"I knew it! You let go! They always…" She trailed off as realization hit her. "Wait a minute. I'm flying. I'm flying!" She laughed and flew in a circle. "I'm flying!"

Rainbow gained altitude and hovered beside her. "Not bad for a beginner."

"This is AWESOME!"

"Wait! Tammy, watch out for that…!"

But Tammy wasn't paying attention to where she was going and crashed into something feathery.

"…falcon."

After Rainbow Dash pulled the two apart, the falcon spitted furious words at Tammy.

"I have no idea what you're saying, but sorry!"

The bird ignored her words and left in an angry huff.

"One more thing," Rainbow said. "You might want to do some thinking about where you're going."

The other ponies had been watching from below and cheered as Tammy got the hang of flying.

"I think she will want a flying tour," Twilight said, turning to her friends, "unless, you want to join us."

"I better get back to the farm," Applejack said. "It's the Zap Apple Harvest, you know? We're gonna be a might busy. Y'all should bring Tammy, err, Taffy, over to see them. They really are quite a sight."

"And I have to get down to the shop," said Rarity. "I have some very important orders to fill out."

Spike perked up. "Anything I can help you with, most beautiful one?"

"Well, I do need help taking out the trash. Do bring Tammy—Taffy over some time this afternoon. I really must fix her look."

The earth pony and unicorn trotted home, Spike gleefully following the latter.

"What about you, Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"If I'm going to have her as a houseguest a little while longer," Fluttershy replied, "I'm going to have to restock on food."

"No need for that, my dear," Discord insisted. "I can zap up whatever food you need."

"Thank you, Discord, but I prefer to go shopping. I need to stretch my legs anyway."

"At least let me come with you."

"Well, um, I don't know…"

He pretended to pout. "You're not embarrassed to be seen with me, are you?"

"No! It's just that last time I took you shopping…"

"Why Fluttershy, I'm offended!"

"I'm sorry, but I really prefer…"

"Fine, whatever. I'll just stay here, all alone…"

He put a paw to his forehead for dramatic effect.

"Well, as long as you behave yourself…"

"Excellent! Let's go!"

He then zapped them both to the market place. Twilight shook her head with a smile and then flew up to the two pegasi.

"Alright, Taffy, let's give you a tour of Ponyville."

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At least I figure that's how you fly. Then again, how would I know? I really want to though. That's why Tammy's a pegasus (I wanna be one too!).