Sonata Dusk was sleeping soundly in her bed, her wide smile hinting she was experiencing some very happy dreams; dreams of her being that adorable little pony again. The memories of that night when Princess Luna turned her into a miniature pony for a day were still fresh in her thoughts. Her hiding in Adagio’s hair, being chased through the house, getting messy from cheese puffs and then receiving a bath, getting her hair braided, sitting in a giant taco, playing pirates, wearing make up, and finally being tucked to sleep and being told that she was loved by both of her friends, even when they didn’t always show it.

‘What I would give to go through it all again,’ she thought happily to herself. ‘Or maybe Dagi or Aria can experience it themselves?’

She giggled under her covers. Her memories of that fun-filled day took hold of her dreams, shaping them into a near identical recreation.

-

Sonata ran down the hall at lightning fast speed, hearing both Aria and Adagio following her in pursuit.

“You can’t catch me!” the little filly teased her taller, human companions as she climbed up the banister and sliding down it just like last time. “Wheeee!”

Both Adagio and Aria were already running down the stairs in hot pursuit of their blue-haired pony friend. “Get back here, Sonata!”

“No way!” Sonata dropped off the railings and galloped away into the kitchen, but she came to an immediate stop when she passed around the corner. The entire kitchen was missing-literally!

Sonata gasped at the white void that stood where their kitchen should’ve been, surprised and shocked that such a thing occurred even in her own dreams. “This wasn’t supposed to be here!”

“Sonata…” a voice spoke out to Sonata from the white void. A dark blue wisp appeared before the little dream pony, before materializing itself into a larger, slimmer, and elegant mare. Sonata’s eyes beamed and her mouth spread into a wide smile upon recognizing the familiar figure.

“Princess Luna, you’re back!” Sonata cried happily. Her little body suddenly shook and twitched, and with an audible ‘Pop!’ she was back to her human form, standing on all fours.

Luna smiled at the girl before saying “We meet again, Sonata Dusk. I’d hope that what happened after our last meeting was fruitful.”

“For realzies,” Sonata stood up. “Being a pony was, like, one the best moments of my life. I had such an awesome time, and my friends were having so much-well, actually, I kind of caused them a bit of trouble for them, but it was all in good fun! Ooh, ooh, you should’ve totally seen them going all gushy over me! It was like they were puking out rainbows because of how adorable I was! And-” the girl’s rambling stopped when she felt Luna’s hoof on her shoulder.

“I think I get the point, dear,” Luna smiled while trying to hold back a small giggle.

“So have you come to grant me another wish?” Sonata asked, being peachy as pie.

The alicorn princess was surprised. “How did you know?”

“Isn’t there, like, any other reason you have for visiting me in my dreams? It’s what you did the last time you were here,” Sonata explained, still keeping that dumb grin on her face.

“How clever of you, Sonata Dusk,” Luna replied. “But yes, your good behavior has caught my attention again, that I have come to grant you a new wish as a reward to you,”

“So wait a minute,” Sonata spoke up. “You can grant wishes to people as gifts for good behavior? How would you know if anyone in any world was being good enough?”

“I try to pay as much attention to those who do well,” Luna explained.

“What if someone wants to wish for something amazing, like world peace? People make that wish all the time,”

“I’m not omnipotent, Sonata Dusk. Like with your previous wish, my power extends to a more personal level,” Luna kept her cool, even though she felt that Sonata was just rushing time. “Now then, I have a schedule ahead of me, Sonata Dusk, so please, tell me what your new wish shall be?”

“Okay, okay,” The girl put a hand on her hip and a finger to her chin, thinking of what to wish for. “Ooh, I want the pony wish again!”

“Again,” Luna raised an eyebrow. “Do you really like being a pony that much?”

“Not for me this time,” she spoke up, clearly not finished. “I want it to be one of my friends to turn into a pony!”

“Well, I can surely enter the dreams of one of your friends and make that possible, but why?” asked the alicorn princess.

“Because,” Sonata’s smile quickly turned upside down. “Well, everyone seems to have gone back to their old ways when I turned back into human-me: Adagio has gone back to being aloof, and Aria’s being grumpy again. I miss the good times we had when I was a pony, so maybe we can experience new fun times if one of them is a pony!”

“Very well then, Sonata Dusk,” Luna nodded. “Like before, your wish shall last for one whole day.”

“Does it have to be one day? Can’t you squeeze in a little more time this time? Like… ooh, the whole weekend! Yes, the weekend will be perfect!”

Luna hesitated at such a request. “I don’t know…”

“Pleeeeeease,” Sonata got on her knees in front of the tall mare. “Please, please, please, please! With hugs and kisses and yummy chocolate fondue on top?”

Luna sighed. “Okay, I’ll see what I can do.”

“WHOO!” Sonata jumped for joy and gave Princess Luna a big hug, catching the mare off guard. “Thank you, Princess Luna!”

“Don’t mention it…” Luna grunted, the girl’s hug constricting her from the neck up. She had to catch her breath when Sonata released her. “So who do you want to become a pony then?”

“Let’s see,” Sonata thought for a bit, but then beamed with a literal light-bulb floating above her head. “The one I wish to become a pony for the weekend is…”

-

The alarm clock ranged at 5:31 am, a somewhat unusual time to sound off at. Adagio groaned from underneath her sheets before reaching out with her hand to stop the beeping.

The leader of the Dazzlings slowly rose up from her bed, her eyes half-opened and mouth hanging open for a yawn. Her huge bush of hair was a mess, with small single strands sticking out of it from all directions; it was a daily thing that happens to her, so was not really that big a deal.

She turned her legs towards the edge of her bed and down to the floor, sliding into her purple-furred slippers. “Another day, another uneventful moment for me; well, at least it’s the weekend.”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” a loud, high-pitched scream was heard throughout the house, fully waking up Adagio from her tired state. It sounded like it was coming from Aria’s room.

“Aria,” Adagio immediately got to her and rushed out of her room. She ran down the hallway towards Aria’s room, not taking the time to knock first. “Aria, what’s wrong?!”

She saw something rustling underneath Aria’s covers, making grunting and panting sounds as if it were in a state of panic. Adagio felt a strange sense of déjà vu, as if something like this had happened before. She attempt to take a step forward when the thing underneath the covers moved itself furiously until tumbling over the edge of the bed and landing on the floor with a thud.

“Ow!” The thing cried before whipping the covers off itself and revealing itself to the young adult. Adagio and the creature’s eyes both met each other for a brief moment until their minds comprehended the fact they were standing in the same room together.

“Aaaaah,” Adagio screamed in horror.

“Aaaaah,” the creature screamed back.

“Aaaaaah,” Adagio screamed again.

“Aaaaaah,” the creature screamed back again. It was a little pony, standing at roughly 1 and ½ feet tall. Its coat was a pale fuchsia color and its mane and tail were a moderate purple streaked with aqua green. The mane was tied up into a set of twin tails that easily reached down to its knees. On the pony’s flank was a two-toned purple star on top of a forte symbol.

Adagio asked the little panicked pony, “Aria? Is that you?”

“This isn’t happening! This isn’t happening!” Aria cried out, shaking his head frantically while hopping around like a mad rabbit believing that this had to be some kind of sick, twisted dream. He tripped over the blanket and fell on his front. But that didn’t stop him from still panicking. His hind legs kicked into gear and started moving him across the floor, the rest of his body sliding forward and his front legs being dragged underneath.

“Aria,” Adagio spoke again, but was soundly ignored by her companion’s freak out. Aria dragged himself about across the bedroom floor until he unknowingly crashed into a wall with a loud thud, bringing him to a clear stop.

The young woman sighed and walked over to pick the little pony up. “You okay?”

“Ow…” Aria rubbed his forehead with his hoof, and then looked straight at Adagio with a worried face. “This can’t be real, can it?”

“I don’t know; you tell me, Aria,” Adagio replied. “Did Princess Luna visit you in your dreams or something?”

“Oh yeah, like I would do something like this to myself,” retort Aria. Adagio shook her head and giggled. “What’s so funny?”

“Well, look on the bright side,” she said coyly. “You’re cute now.”

“I’m not cute,” Aria scowled, folding his hooves across his chest.

The two heard Sonata coming down the hall, and then turned to face the door as their more air-headed companion entered the room. “Aria, Adagio, is everyone okay? I heard screaming and noises and…” she became silent once her eyes lay on the little pony Adagio was holding in her hands. Aria only blinked at Sonata for a moment before his eyes narrowed at her as rage built up at an alarming rate.

“You!” Aria exclaimed, pointing an accusing hoof at Sonata.

The young woman looked around to see if there was anyone in particular Aria’s comment was directed at before pointing her finger up at herself confusingly and asked, “Me?”

“RAWR!” Aria roared as he leapt out of Adagio’s hands and towards Sonata. He crashed into Sonata’s chest with enough force to knock her to the floor with him on top. “You did this, didn’t you?!” he cried as he jumped up and down on the girl’s stomach.

Sonata laughed out loud. “S-Stop that! It tickles!”

“Change me back, Sonata! Change me back now!” Aria cried, continuing his onslaught on Sonata’s abdomen, until he felt Adagio’s hands grabbing him around his sides and lifting him off. “Let go of me, Adagio! I’m not done with her yet!”

“Quit squirming, you,” Adagio ordered the little pony in her hands, and then looked at Sonata. “Sonata, despite Aria’s sudden outburst, you do seem to be responsible for this. You've got some explaining to do.”

“Okay,” Sonata got back up and straightened herself out. “You see, Princess Luna visited me in my dream again and, like, wanted to grant me another wish,”

“And why did you think it was good idea to wish for Aria to become a pony instead of yourself like last time?” Adagio questioned. Aria’s eyes narrowed into a deadly glare at the blue siren.

“Because,” Sonata’s expression quickly turned into a sad frown. “Ever since last time, you two had gone back to being your usual selves again. I know you both said that you love me, but I really wanted to continue making more fond memories of us; it never happened! I can only remember the good times we had when I wished into being a pony for a day, so I made the same wish again, except I wanted one of you to experience what it was like to be a cute little pony like me!”

“And you chose me,” Aria replied sourly.

“Yep!” Sonata chirped, her lips spread into a dumb grin as she held hands behind the back of her head.

“I do have to ask though, why didn’t you wish for both of us to be ponies?” asked Adagio.

“Don’t give her any ideas, Adagio,” Aria snapped.

“I’m only asking because this doesn’t make sense on why she would only do it to you and not me,” Adagio poked Aria’s cheek.

“Well, I think that one little pony running around the house would be enough. Imagine how crazy it is taking care of two little ponies!” Sonata explained with a giggle.

“Yeah,” Adagio agreed. “Would be a nightmare having to leave you in charge of the house.”

Aria sighed in Adagio’s arms. “Well, at least it will only be for a day like last time, right?”

Sonata perked up. “Oh, no, Aria, not this time. Instead, you’re going to be a pony for the whole weekend!” she said happily with her arms up as a bright shiny logo sigh that reads ‘The Whole Weekend!’ appeared behind her.

Aria’s eye twitched. “WHAT?!”

Sonata skipped over to Adagio and took Aria into her hands. “This is going to be the best weekend ever, Aria! We’re going to have so much fun together,” She said cheerfully while spinning around the room, holding Aria up high. “We’re going to play games, and we will dance, and we will have a tea party, and we’ll braid our hairs, just like last time! And… huh?”

“What?” Aria asked suspiciously, not liking the confused look the air-headed girl had on her face.

“Um, Dagi?” Sonata turned her head towards Adagio. “Did Aria always have a, um… thingie?”

Aria’s face went red as he quickly covered his crotch with all four of his hooves.

“Yes, he did,” Adagio walked over next to Sonata. “I’m not surprised it took you this long to find out,”

“So…” Sonata turned back to Aria. “Aria, are you a-”

“No.” Aria answered nonchalantly.

“What about a-”

“No.”

“So you really are a-”

“Yes,” Aria answered. “I’m a guy, both biologically and gender-orientated; I just physically look like a girl.”

Sonata’s faced beamed up, surprising the little pony. “Oh, that is the cutest thing ever!”

“I’m not cute…”

“You think everything’s the cutest thing ever, Sonata,” said Adagio.

Sonata looked back at Adagio with her cheeks puffed up. “Well you think Sunset Glare is the cutest thing ever!”

“I do not!” the Dazzlings’ leader protested.

“Yes, you do! You told me!” Sonata argued back.

Adagio put her index fingers up and retorted with “No, let me clarify: I said Sunset Glare’s kindergarten pictures were the cutest thing ever!”

“Oh,” Sonata nodded in agreement. She turned back to Aria and gave him a tight hug. “This is going to best weekend ever, Aria. You’ll see!”

“Oh, joyous day, callooh callay,” snark the little fuchsia pony, feeling himself pressed up against Sonata’s face and neck as she nuzzled her cheek against his. “You mind putting me down?” Sonata nodded and then set Aria down on top of his bed. “Okay, so I’m going to be stuck like this for the whole weekend then. Fine then, but unlike you, Sonata, I’m not going to be a nuisance to everyone here,”

“We’ll see,” Adagio uttered under her breath. Aria turned and glared at her in response.

“In that case, I’m going to go get breakfast started,” Sonata was about to turn to leave Aria’s bedroom when she felt Adagio’s hand on her shoulder.

“You’re going to make breakfast?”

Sonata nodded. “Yes, I’ve wanted to have the chance to improve my culinary skills! Don’t worry, you two; I’ll make sure it’s something delicious that we can all enjoy together!”

She happily skipped out of the bedroom while humming a little tune. Adagio and Aria looked at each other, both clearly worried of what the girl would be capable of.

“I’ll give her an hour,” said Adagio.

“I’ll give her eleven minutes,” said Aria.