Whats love got to do with it?
Chapter 81: 81. Memories lost and finding someone new?
Previous Chapter Next ChapterAfter waking Midnight and letting him heal himself, he had explained in great detail about the events that had unfolded earlier that evening. AJ and Big Macintosh had apologized to the Alicorn before beginning.
"So Applebloom was telling the truth then? Heh, wonder why I thought she was lying teh me." AJ spoke, rubbing her chin in thought.
"You should really use some restraint the next time this happens." Midnight sighed as he finished healing his body from the trampling.
"NEXT TIME?!" Big Macintosh yelled giving a snort toward Midnight.
"Sorry, just a figure of speech. I wouldn't do that. You know I wouldn't. I love those girls to much to do anything that you think I could do." He waved his hooves in front of him defensively causing Big Macintosh to sit back down.
"Anyway Applejack darling, My sister and Scootaloo have apparently become adults as well. We don't even know if he can reverse this spell that Ms. Ball has cast on them." Rarity sighed looking to her sister who was sitting idly by.
"Only one way teh find out. Night, get crackin." AJ said nodding to Sweetiebelle.
"But I don't wanna change back. It's so much nicer being an adult." She groaned in annoyance.
Midnight gave a sigh as he stood up, heading over to Sweetiebelle and taking a seat across from her as his horn glowed. "I honestly don't know if my magic will even have any effect compared to that of a chaos spell. I don't even know if it will work or backfire, are you sure you want me to do this?" Midnight spoke out worriedly.
"Yes darling, we must at least try if anything." Rarity smiled nervously.
"Sorry Sweetiebelle." Midnight sighed as light began to engulf her in magic.
*BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT* *SNAP*
A loud snap echoed through the boutique as everyone was flung away from Sweetiebelle by an unseen force. After a minute of letting the dust settle Sweetiebelle spoke up.
"What happened? Is everypony alright?" She yelled looking around to see the swaying ponies. All except for Midnight who was now wedged into the far wall of the room by his impact. Sweetie gasped as she looked him over for a moment, giving a slight blush. Rarity finally getting a hold of her footing and trotting over to her on wobbling legs.
"Sweetie? Are you........alright....?" Rarity trailed off seeing Midnight as well.
*cr-crack* *THUD*
Midnight fell from the wall onto the floor with a loud thud as the two ponies looked him over, Rarity noticing her sisters blush and immediately covered her eyes with her hoof.
"Sweetie, don't be getting any idea's. You are much..........to.......young?!" She squeaked to a stop noticing her sisters motions with her back legs, being much the same as a mare in season. Rarity gasped as it finally hit her. Her sister was still far to young to understand the implications of coming into season, so this was going to be a rather odd conversation.
"Sweetie, we need to talk." Rarity spoke up as her horn lit up with magic, gently lifting her sister into the air, albeit involuntarily, and taking her into the next room to talk.
As they left the room AJ and Big Macintosh had finally found their footing as well, making their way over to Midnight who was laying on the floor in a heap.
"Uh......... does he look a mite different to you big brother?" AJ asked as she looked Midnight over.
"Eeyup." He confirmed as they both looked over his now mid sized frame. He was now just a little taller than Big Macintosh instead of his normally towering frame. His mane had been reduced, conforming closer to his body. His tail seemed to be the same length but at the same time slightly thinner than its normal appearance.
"Ugh......... Where am I?" Midnight groaned as he stirred.
"Careful now Night, Ya took a mighty hard hit there." AJ said as she trotted over to him.
"Wha......... who's Night?" he said shaking his head in slight confusion causing AJ and Big Mac to look to each other with a worried expression.
"Midnight Flame, That's yer name sugar cube." AJ said as she helped him to his hooves.
"Sorry, but do I know you?" He asked as he looked at AJ causing her to blush slightly. His body looked a lot younger than his original regal frame, but still slightly older than herself and her brother.
"You said my name is Midnight? Why don't I remember that." He sighed, shaking his head to try and make some sense of what was going on.
"Rarity, We may have a problem." AJ shouted back to them.
"I'm telling you I am perfectly............fine." Sweetiebelle spoke as she led Rarity back into the parlor of the boutique only to stop and stare at Midnight, her face putting the color of Big Macintosh's coat to shame as she stood there.
"AJ? What's wrong?" She spoke up as she stopped next to her sister noticing her staring and following her gaze to Midnight as he locked eyes with her, then followed his gaze back to her as she noticed Sweetiebelle's severe blush.
"Midnight? Darling? What happened to you?" Rarity spoke as she stepped in front of him blocking his gaze, knocking him back to his senses for the moment.
"Huh? I'm sorry, you are?" He spoke in question causing her to gasp slightly.
"M-Midnight? Please tell me you are joking. You can't honestly have forgotten your own fiance, have you?" Rarity spoke in shock, hoping that this was all some sort of joke, but realization hit her as she looked over his diminished frame and stature, as if his body had been hit by a reversion spell with only a small amount of power behind it.
"I'm sorry but, I don't know you." He stopped as he looked around."Or any of you for that matter, or my name, or who or what I am. And you said that I'm your fiance? You are very pretty I must admit, but I don't remember asking you to be my wife either. But you all seem to be kind enough to make sure I'm alright, so I guess I can trust you." He gave a nervous smile before locking gazes with Sweetiebelle once again, standing up on shaky legs and slowly walking over to her.
"And who are you my dear?" He smiled as his mane and tail flickered to a lighter red, almost pink.
"You don't remember me Midnight?" Sweetie asked giving him an unsure look.
"I'm sorry but I don't. But that doesn't mean I'm not willing to try and make some new memories with you. He chuckled giving his wings a gentle flap while a fore hoof scrapped the floor nervously.
"She is my younger sister Midnight, and your niece." Rarity interrupted as she pressed between them forcing Midnight to back peddle as he he looked down and away in disappointment at finding out she is his niece, but perked back up since he didn't remember anything regarding his past or present.
"You obviously care about me Ms........?"
"Rarity, and my sister here is Sweetiebelle. My friends over there are Applejack and Big Macintosh." She pointed a hoof to each pony as she introduced them.
"But you must understand something. You tried to cast a spell on my sister here a moment ago and we were all knocked back from a counter spell that we were not aware of that had also been placed on Sweetie. You of course, took the blunt of the blow and it must have given you temporary amnesia. So please do understand our worry as to your current state." She sighed looking up at him.
"My current state? So I take it that my memory wasn't the only thing that was affected."
"It seems that your body has reverted to that of a younger version of yourself. We will need to go see Twilight to see if anything can be done to change you, my sister, and her friends back to normal." Rarity sighed nodding to the door.
"Twilight?" Midnight asked cocking a brow.
"She is your mare friend and the prodigy of Celestia." Rarity continued only to cause Midnight to stop in his tracks.
"Wait, You said that you're my fiance, and now you're saying I have a girlfriend on the side, and you're ok with that? How many other relationships do I have?" He spoke in slight shock.
"*ahem*" AJ coughed giving a smirk, only to cause him to gawk.
"Okay, now you guys are just fucking with me. I'm outta here." *VORP*
Midnight vanished into a bright array of light from teleporting, leaving a group of stunned individuals in his wake.
"Oh Celestia, this is NOT good." Rarity squeaked in panic but stopped as she watched Sweetiebelle run out the door of the boutique.
"Where are you going?" Rarity shouted only to get a slammed door in response as Sweetiebelle left the boutique in a rush. Rarity sat down as her eyes began to well up, then the floodgates opened as she began to cry. Not from saddness, but from sheer confusion and the inability to cope with what had just happened. AJ moving over to her and hugging her gently, running her hoof over her withers to try and comfort her.
"Big Mac, go get Twilight an bring'er back'ere. We need teh have a chat teh see what we can do about all this mess.
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