Magic: the Gathering, Friendship is Magic -I think?-
Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Blue flowers have a weird sense of humor
Previous Chapter Next ChapterA few weeks has passed after the party for the group of guards. Luckily I haven’t had any of them come to me to arrest me or the normal mob and attack me every week. Now I have Wednesdays free now!
I been teaching Moonlight about red mana and she’s getting the hang of it, but she did start a few fires here and there. I got yelled at by Fluttershy for burning a few animals homes down by mistake. I don’t know if this is mean but she look adorable when she’s angry. I was in my room making some blueprints for a project of mine and some rune traps I want to use around the cottage. Sure the mob and town’s people aren’t chasing after me anymore but it can’t hurt to be prepared for anything right? I was so focused in what I was doing I almost missed the second knock at my door.
“Come in.” The door opened and Moonlight came in.
“Jace the fire axe broke.” I turned to her and saw the axe. The axe head was cracked and the handle was broken in two.
“Damn that thing lasted for a long time and now it breaks.” I grumbled a bit. I looked out of the window and saw some of the leaves were falling of them. It was getting close to winter and I prefer we have a lot of firewood for it. I got up from my desk and walked over to her.
“I’ll take this to the apple farm to get a replacement until I can fix this.”
“Why go all the way there, can’t you just use your magic to fix it.” I shook my head at her.
“Because I didn’t train to use my magic to do that, I’m more of the blast everything to hell and summon monsters to fight, besides big Mac owes me one for something.” She looked at me with the look of a student finding out something new to learn, or as I like to call it ‘when Twilight finds a new book to read’ look. “I’ll tell you more on a later date, but for now I have to head off there’s not a lot of sun left.”
I walked into town at a brisk pace. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, for somewhat of a fall day it was very nice out today. There’s was one problem, the town looked deserted. I saw ponies shutting doors, windows, pulling kids into houses. I even saw a tumbleweed once.
“Hmmm odd, I wonder what’s up.” I pulled my phone out and went to an app that I found a week ago. It’s called ‘The MLP EP app!’ and I can use it to see which episode I’m in right now. It’s very convenient since I never watched the show very much and don’t know much about it other than the characters and odds stuff.
“Hmm let’s see here, ‘Dragonshy’ was when I fought the zombie dragon and went on a rampage, ‘Look before you sleep’ I was knocked out for that, Ah! here we go ‘Bridle Gossip’ let’s see what going to be going on.” I read the bio of the episode. The app didn’t really tell me what going to happen but it gives me an idea. I put my phone away and looked up to see Twilight and Spike walking towards me. I waved at them and they walked up to me.
“Hey there you two, having a nice walk through town.”
“Well we were but now I’m wondering what’s going on around here.” Twilight said. She looked around the place. Spike (who is by the way now as tall as stomach to me and close to Twilight shoulders.) walked up to me. He was wearing a purple shirt and some cargo pants.
“Hey Jace do you know what’s going on?” He asked me. I shrugged my shoulders and saw him look more worried. “What if, what if it’s Zombies!”
It took all my willpower not to burst out laughing. “No Spike it’s not zombies.”
“Hey! Come here! Over here!!!” We turned and saw Pinkie waving at us. She looked around looking scared out of her mind. “Get in here!”
I looked at Twilight and Spike before Pinkie ran out and pushed us into the store she was in.
“HEY!” We yelled as we were pushed into the building. As we were pushed into the building the rest of the mane six plus Applebloom was here.
“Okay what the hell is going on?” I said to the rest of them. They all look at each other nervously.
“Haven’t you heard, she’s coming.” Rarity answered me. I gave her an odd look.
“Right that’s answers part of my question, now here’s the other half; who’s she?”
“The Evil Enchantress!!” Pinkie appeared on my back. I jumped in surprise.
“AHH, PINKIE! How many times have I told you to not do that.” She gave me a sheepish smile and got off my back.
“Who’s this Evil Enchantress?” Twilight asked. Before anyone can answer Spike opened his mouth.
“Does she make zombies!?”
“Spike I told you, there’s no such thing as zombies.” She turns and saw all of us giving her a ‘are you shitting me’ looks.
“Really Sparkle, did you forget what happened a couple weeks ago with the zombie dragon.” Spike eyes went wide and Twilight looked down at the floor.
“I was hoping that was all just a dream.” I rolled my eyes at her and look at everyone else.
“So back on the matter at hand, who’s the Enchantress?” I asked again.
“Her!” I looked at Applejack looking out of the window. We all moved to the window and look outside. The was a figure in a large brown cloak. I didn’t much of her due to it but I saw her holding a basket with what looks like herbs or plants. She looked towards us and she has glowing yellow eyes. Everyone but me and Twilight looked away.
“Well she the glowing eyes down.” I muttered.
“Did ya see her, did ya see Zecora?” Applebloom asked us.
“Applebloom, ah told ya to never say her name.” Applejack said angrily. I frowned at her for a moment and looked back out to Zecora. I tuned out everyone else for a moment. So they are all either being racist or dumb.
“Applejack I’m not a baby, I can take care of myself.” I looked over to see Applebloom and A.J. fighting. I knew that Applejack was just protecting her for more reasons than one but she’s doing it a little much. I looked out and saw her removed her hood and saw that she has a mohawk and was stripped like a zebra. I heard a gasp from everyone and Twilight being annoyed. I again turn out everyone and watched her. The town is acting the same when I came into town, but instead of fear and anger it was just fear. I turned around just as Applejack said that she lives in the Everfree. Huh I never seen her when I was out there. Guess she lives deeper in. There was a loud crashing sound that came from the kitchen and him saying sorry from it.
“You do know that Jace and Moonlight lives in the Everfree as well right.”
“Well yeah but we know them well, the evil enchantress lives deep in the Everfree does all of her evil… stuff, she’s so evil I made a song about it.” All of a sudden there was music.
Oh gods no.
As we listened to Pinkie's song I felt my coat getting tugged. I looked down and saw Applebloom looking at me. I bented down to her level.
“Ah can’t believe everyone is getting all huffed up over this, I can believe Rarity and Pinkie but my sister? She taught me to never judge anypony or one by their looks but here she is doing just that.” She glared at Applejack as she was shaking in her boots. I rolled my eyes.
“Well if no one is going to do anything, I guess I have to.” And with that I blinked out of the building and appeared about five feet in front of Zecora. She jumped a bit when she saw me.
“Hello there, nice weather we’re having.” She blinked at me, probably due to the fact that I wasn’t running away from her.
“Nice to meet you, I haven’t seen you before.” I blinked at her. Wasn’t she supposed to be rhyming? Maybe the blue mana is making it that I can understand her. Cool.
“Sorry for how’s the town is giving you the cold shoulder, it seems that they’re xenophobic or something.” She nodded and bent down to pull a root out from the ground.
“Ahh this would do nicely for a potion.”
“You make potions?” I asked her. She nodded happily.
“Yes I do, you see I’m is known as a shaman, but where are my manners; I’m Zecora.” She offered her hand and I took it.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Jace one of the local spellslingers in town, I think we’re maybe neighbors since I was told that you lived in the Everfree as well.” She smiled at me.
“Well I guess I might come over some time for a visit.” I nodded at her and watched her leave town. Before I could turn I saw a red and yellow blur out of the corner of my eye. I saw Applebloom following Zecora into the forest.
“Well shit.” I ran after her. I don’t want A.J. having a fit at this. I ran into the forest and caught up to her. I don’t know why but I’m starting to feel tingly.
“Applebloom, what are you doing in here?” I asked her. She turns and frowns.
“Ah sick and tired of my sister treating me like a baby, so ah thought if ah followed Zecora into the Everfree ah could prove that she’s now evil like everyone says and that ah’m brave.” I bend down and looked at her.
“Applebloom, your sister is just trying to protect you, you should understand that.” She crosses her arms and pouts.
“She’s treating me as if ah’m her kid or something.”
“You have no idea how true you are.” I muttered to myself quietly.
“What was that?” She asked me. I looked at her and blinked at her.
“Umm…”
“What did ya said, how true ah am? What did ya mean by that?” I started to sweat. Dammit Jace you just did a slip up. I started to think of something to say.
“APPLEBLOOM!” I’m saved! I turned to see the mane six running up to us. I turned and walked a bit closer. That fuzzy feeling was getting stronger.
“Beware, beware you pony folk, those leaves of blue are not a joke.” I turned and watched as Zecora said that and walked into a fog. Leaves of blue are not a joke? What does she means by that? I looked down and saw that I was standing in some blue flowers. I looked around and saw that the whole place was covered in them.
How the hell did I miss that?
I walked back to the mane six. Applejack was yelling at her sister how stupid she was and that she was grounded. We all left the place and heading home. As I got back home that weird feeling didn’t go away.
“Odd, what’s with this feeling? Did it have anything to do with those flowers?” I asked myself. I shook my head and went inside. I will think about it tomorrow, right now there’s a bed with my name on it.
I went to my room and fell into my bed, going to sleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.
I opened my eyes to the sunlight coming from my window. I sat up and stretched a bit. I scratched my head a bit and found that my hair was longer than before. Odd?
I got out of bed. As I stood up my clothes began to fall down. I grabbed them and frowned.
“The hell? What’s going on?” I blinked a few times and rubbed my throat. “And why my voice sound different.”
I looked at my hand and saw that it looked smaller and thinner than before. They look more, feminine.
I took a step forward and almost fell over. My center of gravity was off. I looked down and what I saw made my mind go blank. I had something on my chest. Correction, I have two things on my chested. Normally I would have taken this with a grain of salt or something like that but it was still in the morning soo…
I screamed like a girl.
I covered my mouth and looked around. I went over to my dresser where a mirror sat. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was shocked at what I saw. I saw a girl with long dark blue hair, blue eyes, a round face with a scar on her cheek when a wolf attacked her one day long ago and wore clothes that are two or three sizes too big.
I turned into a girl. A really hot one at that.
I looked at myself in the mirror a bit more. I do look like a girl. I looked down at my breasts, they were almost the size of Sylphs and Fluttershy’s maybe a little smaller. I frowned at the thought. Out all the females I know of, Sylph and Fluttershy were big breasted out of the mane six. Don’t look at me like that, when you hang out with girls long enough you notice things. I moved my hand over to one of my breasts and gave one of them a squeeze.
……
Ok they are real. Now for the final test. I looked down my pants.
…..
“Yup I’m fully a girl, and this is awkward.” I check myself out a bit more than I heard the door open.
“Jace are you ok? I heard you scream….” I turned and stared at Moonlight and she stared at me back. We looked at each other for a few minutes before one of us said anything. Sadly it was me.
“Hey can’t a girl get some privacy.” I said to her. She blinked at me.
“Oh sorry I didn’t mean to, I’ll leave you alone.” She turned and went out of the door and closed it. I counted down from five than the door slammed open.
“JACE! What happened to you!?!” Moonlight yelled at me. I rolled my eyes at her and turned to open my drawers. I got to have something that’s a bit smaller than what I’m wearing.
“Well first of all don’t yell, it’s still early in the morning, and second of all I have no idea what happened to me, I went to bed last night than I woke up and I was turned into a girl.” I found a shirt that was a couple sizes smaller for me when I was normal but now it’s perfect. I took off my shirt and was about to put the other one one when I saw Moonlight staring at me.
“Take a picture, it will last longer.” She went red and looked away. I chuckled and put on the shirt.
“So anything that happened to you yesterday, maybe you did something.” I nodded as I pulled my hair out from my shirt. Uggg this is why I don’t like long hair, it’s hard to maintain. Luckily it’s just the length a little lower than my neck.
“Well I don’t think you casted a gender bender spell on me so that’s out and I’m guessing that it must of happened during my trip to town which reminds me I still need to talk to big mac, didn’t get the chance to get a new axe.”
“So what happened in town.” Moonlight sat down on my bed. I looked around and I found a pair of sweatpants with a string. I put them on and tied the string. I took a few steps back and looked in the mirror. I wore a shirt that said ‘Kiss me, I’m IRISH!’ and some gray sweatpants. I think Rarity is going to have a field day for what I’m wearing but screw it, it’s comfy.
“Well I went into town, got pulled into a building by Pinkie, saw a zebra that everyone said that she’s an evil enchantress,”
“Wait there was an evil enchantress? Could she have put a spell on you?” I frowned and shook my head.
“That’s impossible, I have some ant-magic and hex spells on my clothes to make sure that I don’t get hexed or anything, unless she got passed them without me seeing it I don’t think she done it, oh and she’s not a enchantress she’s a shaman.” Moonlight nodded and stood up.
“Ok what happens after that.”
“Well I went out and greeted, talked a bit and said goodbye to her, followed Applebloom into the Everfree and…” I snapped my fingers and looked at Moonlight.
“It’s the flowers! They have something to do with this.” She blinked at me.
“Umm what flowers?”
“There was blue flowers on the path I used to followed Applebloom, I felt fuzzy when I walked in there, all we have to do is find what flower it is and go annnhhey how are you taller than me.” I stood in front of Moonlight. Normally she would be three inches shorter than me. Again I’m 6’2’’ and she’s 5’11’’. But know she’s a bit taller than me. She smiled at me.
“I guess the flower made you shorter I guess, now look who’s taller.” I cross my arms and tilted my head.
“I can get that but where did my height go…” I blinked and looked down “Never mind I think I know where.”
“Right, we can deal with the height difference later, you said that a blue flower did this to you?” I nodded at her as I put on my trench coat. Luckily I put some enchants on it to make it more durable to anything. It can stop a spear to arrows to a gunshot.
It also it can adjust to the wearer so it’s not oversize on me.
“All we have to do is research the flower and find out what it is.” I walked out of my room. I ran into some walls but slowly I used to my new center of gravity.
It took us forty five minutes to find something that had something to do with the flower. I should get some more books on herbalism and potion making. Other than a simple cure all potion and the heal pops I don’t really know much on the subject. Maybe Zecora or Twilight has something.
“I think I found the flower that did this to you.” Moonlight said. I walked over to her and looked over her shoulder and the page. It shown a hand drawn picture of a blue flower that I saw in the Everfree. I picked the book up and looked at the cover of it. ‘Plants of the supernatural world’ convenient.
“The flower is called ‘Poison joke’ a plant that grows in magical forests. Their pollen is known to alter the creature body, mind and magic as a joke. The range of the joke is between something minor from changing one’s hair to something major like cutting off one magic.” I looked down at myself and then at Moonlight.
“Well changing one's gender as a joke is kinda over the top.” I looked back at the book to see if there’s a way to cure it.
“The effects last for as long as the one that’s ‘curse’ lives.” Well shit. I looked over the few pages around to see if there’s anything else. I tossed the book back to Moonlight and sat down. I put my head in my hands.
“I don’t want to be a girl forever, sure it could be alright for a few days but forever…” I sighed and began to think when everyone else is going to say… Oh maker Tia and Luna are not going to let this go until I die.
“For more information about any curses, please read the following book Supernaturals.” I look up and saw Moonlight looking at me. I blinked and looked at the book. “It says that at the last page, you know that’s very convenient for right now.”
“Well now that we know what we need to find but where.” We started at each other for a minute.
“Twilight’s place.” We both said. We both got up and moved to the door. We were a foot away before a knock came from it. I looked over to Moonlight as she looked at me. I nodded to the door for her to answer it. She walked over and opened the door.
“Oh hey Moonlight, I was wondering if Rainbow was here I can’t seemed to find her to day.” Sylph greeted her.
“Hey Sylph sorry I haven’t seen her at all today, look I know this is rude but I need to get over to the library for a book.” Sylph nodded then tilted her head.
“What book are you looking for and where’s Jace?”
“To answer your questions in reverse order I’m right here and a book that can remove this curse.” I told her. Sylph looked over to me and blinked.
“Umm who are you?” She asked. I looked at her deadpan.
“It’s me Jace.” I saw her face change in a matter of moments. First was shock, than a neutral look, then her pupils went wide in awe, I got a really bad feeling from that look.
“Ummm Syl are you al-HURK!” I choked on my last word as Sylphe grabbed me and gave me a huge bear hug.
“OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH! YOU'RE SOOOOOO CUTE! I’M GOING TO CALL YOU JESS AND i’M GOING TO HUG YOU AND SQUEEZE YOU AND…” I looked over to Moonlight and gave her a pleading look.
“Maker I wished I have a camera.” Damn it Moonlight! I’m so going to get you back for this.
“Errm Syl I know you’re all excited but I really need you to let go, I have stuff to do and errm… I also need air too.” I started to see spots. Is this how it will end? I guess not because she just drops me. Ow.
“Sorry Jace, I couldn't help myself.” She rubbed the back of her head. I shook my head and got up and patted her shoulder.
“It’s fine but I would like to be back in my normal body thank you. So let’s get going to the library.” I walked to the door. I shoot Moonlight a ‘you're going to go through hell when this is done.’ look and walked out the door.
We got to the Golden oaks library without any problems. Sure I got some stares but they weren't the normal ones I gotten. I feel all fuzzy inside because of it. I knocked on the door and waited. The door opened and I saw Spike there.
“Oh hey Moonlight, Sylph what’s up?”
“Hey Spike where’s Twilight?” Moonlight asked him. He just shrugged.
“Oh she and the rest went off into the Everfree to confront the enchantress.” He looked passed them and looked at me. “Who’s the new chick?”
Normally I would just straight up tell him but before my brain told what my mouth what to say, it had other things in mind.
“Oh Spike you don’t remember that night, it was so nice and you were such a gentleman.” His face was priceless. He was all red and flustered.
“What! I- I didn’t, I mean…. what?!?” I got hit in the arm by Moonlight and I just chuckled.
“Dude it’s ok I’m just messing with you, It’s me Jace.” He blinked at me and looked up and down at me and nodded.
“Ok than I can believe that.” I stared at him for a minute.
“Really, just like that you believe me, how did you know?”
“You haven’t seen what happened this morning, it was funny as hell.” I just nodded and told Spike about the poison joke plant and there’s a book I need to find.
“Supernaturals? Yeah I know of it, hold on.” He went back into the library and I heard some rustling around. As we waited I guess I could test if I still had my magic. If this didn’t work I wanted to know that I can still use my magic. I used a bit of my blue mana to use a farseeing spell. What I saw surprises me.
“Holy crap it’s so clear!” I said to myself. Normally the farseeing spell allows me to, well see really far away. When I use the spell my vision is always cloudy and I couldn't figure out why.
But now the vision is crystal clear and I could see farther away than normal. It’s like someone replaced my eyes with ones from a hawk. I looked around the place and I found the mane six. I almost burst out laughing. They all looked so funny.
Twilight had a floppy horn with blue spots on it. Rarity had dreadlocks instead of her normal hair look. Pinkie's tongue was swollen so much what it fills her mouth. Fluttershy didn’t look any different than normal. Rainbow was walking beside her. I would of guess she didn’t get anything but then I saw her wings, they were upside down making it almost impossible to fly with. On her shoulder was Applejack who’s the size of an action figure.
I watched them walk down the path towards something. I moved my look a bit ahead of them and saw a hut. I’m guessing that’s Zecora's hut. I saw some movement in the place then pulled my vision back to me. As soon as I do I looked back and saw Spike walking out with a green book.
“Here you go, I’m guessing this is the book you were looking for right?” I nodded and took the book from him. I flipped through it until I found the page I wanted and started to read. I smiled as I finish and grins to Moonlight.
“There’s a cure for it and everything we need is in town.” I summons and pen and paper and wrote down what is needed and handed it to Moonlight. “I want you to get everything there and head for the spa house.” She nodded and turned and walked away but stops and looks at me.
“What about the rest, shouldn’t we go tell them?”
“And ruin a good lesson for them to learn about not to judge by appearances, nope.” She frowns at me before turning walked off. I handed the book back to Spike.
“Thanks Spike, you're a huge help.” He smiles at me and crosses his arms and leans into the door frame.
“No problem, happy to help but ummm Jace can I ask you something.” I raised an eyebrow at him and nodded.
“Shoot” I told him.
“Well when you looked back at me I saw that your eyes were different.” I frowned and looked at him.
“Different how?”
“Well they just glowed blue a bit, I don’t know much about mana magic but I’m guessing that’s not normal?” I shook my head and went into a deep thought. My eye’s glowed? When did that happen? Did it always did that when used magic? I put those thoughts in the back of my head and looked back at Spike.
“I don’t know Spike but I need to think on it a bit more, anyway later.”
“Okay later… ‘Jess.; “ With a glare that I shot at him he closed the door laughing. I sighed and turn to go to the spa house. I can’t wait to have my old body back.
“Ahhhh this is the life.” I relaxed in a bath filled with the potion that cured me from the plants curse. I lounged in the bath and sighed in deep bliss.
“You two look like you’re in heaven right now.” Sylph said as she was also bathing in another tub. Since we all are here and it has been a while since I had a spa day, I paid for the three of us to have a day of bliss. Moonlight was on a table getting a deep rub massage. She groans in pleasure.
“You can say that.” I smiled and sat back in the tub. Out in the main lobby I heard some voices. I’m guessing that the mane six are here.
“So Jace I have to ask, is this a one time thing? I mean you being a girl.” Sylph asked me. I thought about it for a moment and when I opened my mouth I heard a voice.
“Hehe, we’ll see, the future hold many possibilities.” I looked around the place to see if anyone was around me. There wasn’t anyone. I leaned back and frowned, I saw Sylph look at me worried.
“Jace is something wrong?” I stared at her for a moment and looked over to Moonlight.
“I don’t know Sylph, I don’t know.”
Next Chapter: Chapter 13: All you need is a bowl of chicken soup and some stories. Estimated time remaining: 6 Hours, 42 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Jace got turned in to a girl for a chapter. Now the question is, will we ever see Jess again in the future?
See you all in the next chapter. :)