Title: The Seventh Element
Rating: T
Chapter: Chapter 1 The Dragon
AN: Hello all! Welcome to the Seventh Element. I have to say. I have never worked so hard on a story line before! Oooooh~! You’re going to love what I have in store for all of you! :3
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The moon was high in the sky as a stallion in a deep black cloak was standing in front of a table with many tubes, flasks, scrolls and vapors of different colors that swirled around his form.

“Hmmm… the vapors still smell like the snout shrooms I added at the beginning…” He grabbed a flask with his mouth, the liquid was filled with a glowing pink fluid, and he slowly turned it as a thin trail of the liquid poured into the pot he was mixing. “Add clotted unicorn blood…” he placed the flask back on the table and used his mouth to stir the mixture with the metal rod in the pot. “Surely I can still add more monkey’s eye before the mixture thickens…”

He trot to the shelves and grabbed a jar with many eyeballs jammed inside; he then popped the top and poured them in. A giant sparkling vapor exploded from the pot, swirling and sparking viciously. He sniffed the vapor deeply. “Ahhh… smells of a freshly picked Argus Fern grown in aged humus…”

He galloped excitedly to the scrolls and rolled one open. His eyes dashed from left to right, reading the ancient writing like it was a children’s book. “Final step, when the Vapor of the Lost Ones smells… hunnn nuh nuh… humus, add a freshly hatched dragon to the mix…” He smirked and grabbed an egg from a pile of hay that was on a cart near the door. He smashed the egg on the ground, and a small dragon spilled out of the broken egg shell, unharmed.

The stallion grabbed the dragon and lowered it into the pot where the mixture bubbled dangerously. As the dragon was engulfed by the potion, the stallion in the cloak let go and quickly away.

Light emanated from the pot in waves, as if it was pulsing, like the heartbeat of the baby dragon.

There was suddenly an explosion as the pot burst into pieces, but none of the mixture hit the ground, for it was being absorbed by the dragon.

But the dragon was no longer a baby. The dragon was elongated and was now 25 feet long, as thick as a tree, and had red eyes narrowed into slits.

The stallion laughed, “Yes! YES!!! Breathe onto me! Hurry! Shower me with your scales!” He continued to chant as the dragon levitated, slithering in the air like a snake over him and showered its scales onto the stallion. The scales that were shed were immediately grown back, but the scales phased through the cloak of the stallion and sizzled into his skin.

The stallion continued to laugh manically as his body contorted. “GO MY FRIEND! Shed your scales over everypony in all of Equestria!!!” He laughed as the dragon nodded and flew into the wall, shattering it without flinching.

The dragon shed its scales as it flew over the castle in a graceful, but deliberate way. The scales fazed through the stone and fell onto the sleeping forms of ponies, young and old alike, doing the same to the stallion that made the dragon.

When enough scales were shed over the castle, the dragon moved to the town surrounding it and did the same, but in less time than before.

Once the dragon’s shed scales had phased through everypony in Canterlot, the dragon flew and did the same to every town, city, region, state, all over Equestria and beyond.

And from a tower, watching this display with a mad grin, was a tall human male, naked except for the stallion’s cloak, and murmuring,

“The Lost Ones shall rise again.”

The next morning…

The sun rose over Sweet Apple Acres, causing a rooster to crow, announcing the morning.

In a room of his own, Big Macintosh was just waking up.

He was ready to start the day and get to his work, but one problem…

He didn’t feel like himself at all. No, he still thought the same, but he didn’t feel right at all…

Not one bit.

He opened his eyes and saw the same ceiling he always saw when he woke up, him being a back sleeper and all, but for some reason, his back felt different… He sat up without trouble, and without a doubt, he noticed right away what was wrong.

In front of his bed was a huge mirror that the family never found a place for in the house, so to keep it from taking up space, they stuck it in his room. But as he stared at the mirror, he saw that his body was different.

He had long light orange hair on top of his head, his fur was gone and replaced with this weird coat on him, but this coat was a different color than his old coat, it was the color of light caramel. He brought his hooves up, but they had these ten things jutting out of the place where his hooves used to be. He wiggled them and he grinned softly, before he lifted the blanket with these… ‘Things’… but he immediately pulled the blanket down.

It was the same with his other legs, they looked like his front legs, but… he had a patch of this fur on his head down where his… ‘Boy parts’ were.

He peeked under the blanket again, but this time, he examined his new legs. They looked long and strong like his old ones were. His cutie mark was still on his flank, except only on his right flank.

Except they looked like the rest of him.

He ran a hand through his locks and felt that they felt soft to the touch, then his hand fell to his, ‘coat’, and he knew instantly, that it wasn’t a coat. It felt exactly like when he had gotten sick with mange that one time, and there was no fur on his front legs when he was young.

“Ah got tah tell Apple Jack an Apple Bloom!” He got up from his bed, threw off the covers, and burst through his door, but he didn’t get far, because he fell flat on his face. He tried to get up, but his new legs bent in different ways now, and they weren’t even either!

He huffed as he tried to adjust to his new legs, including learning how to walk on two legs now. When he was his old self, he couldn’t stand on his hind legs long, but now he felt, it was better to just walk on his hind legs.

When he brought himself up, he found that standing on his hind legs was easier than the last time he attempted it as his old self. He wobbled a bit as he stood in place by his door, clutching the door frame, but when he stopped wobbling, he took a deep breath.

He brought one hind leg in front of the other, and steadily stepped onto the wooden floor. He did the same with the other, then again and again. He smiled as he got the hang of it, he walked on two legs, and it was easier than before.

He was enjoying walking until he walked into a wall.

He finally corrected himself as he now knew that his strides were now longer, and not as frequent as his old strides.

It took Macintosh a while to learn how use the stairs, but he eventually got it. He entered AJ’s room, just to see her practicing walking in her room, “AJ! We’re different-” Macintosh covered his eyes when he saw his sister.

In all her glory.

AJ screamed as she covered herself. Even though they usually walked around without a stitch of clothing, for some reason, Apple Jack suddenly felt self-conscious when somepony else saw her naked.

“Big Macintosh! Cover yourself! Ah don’t want tah look at that MONSTER!” AJ pointed at Macintosh while her eyes drifted to Mac’s ‘friend’.

Big Mac grabbed a towel and tied it around his hips, his cutie mark appeared on the towel where it originally was. “Cover yourself! I don’t wan tah see mah sister in all her glory!” He didn’t look at AJ when she grabbed her sheet and tied it securely around herself; her cutie mark appeared on the sheet right over her flank.

“Big brother, what in tarnation is going on!?” Big Mac scratched his head; he was easily a head and a half taller than AJ.

“I don' know Apple Jack. I woke up like this.”

Apple Jack sighed and sat on her bed. Like Big Mac, she had lost her coat; her skin was the same complexion as her brother’s, and she was shorter, more slender, and noticeably more curvy. Her hair was the same blonde color as before, and her large eyes were still bright green.

“Perhaps the same thing happen' tah Apple Bloom and Granny Smith?”

Big Mac was about to comment on this, when there was a small knock on AJ’s door. Both siblings turned and saw a small girl wrapped in a sheet with apples on it. She had long red hair, round yellow eyes, the same skin complexion as Big Mac and AJ, and on her head was an over sized bow. “Big Mac? AJ? What’s wrong with me?” She sniffled, “I feel different and look different…” Big Mac was about to go to Apple Bloom, but AJ cut him off.

“Big brother, ya’ll didn’t tie that towel very se-cure-ly. I don wan Apple Bloom to see that… ‘Creature’.” AJ crouched by Apple Bloom and hugged her as Big Mac scowled and tied the knot extra tight.

“Huuuh..? Young’ns where are you? The bat in my room is tap dancin’ again.” And old female in a walker walked into view.

Big Mac paled and fell to the ground with a loud boom resonating throughout the house. The sight of a naked insane old female, who was his grandmother of course, was too much for him…

In Rarity’s Boutique…

“So let me get this straight…” Rarity was wrapped in white fabric from her shop, Sweetie Belle was on a stool covered in a sheet, and Rarity was currently speaking to a young male in her front door way.

Rarity had a porcelain complexion, long violet tresses that were perfectly curled, sparkling light blue eyes with long lashes, large breasts that looked like they were aching to be released, her cutie mark was on her fabric showing right where it should be, and her unicorn horn was sticking through her hair. Sweetie Belle had the same skin tone, round light green eyes, and pink natural streaks through her lavender hair, and a small round horn sticking from her tresses.

The young male in the door way had a rabbit held over his… pelvis … He had pale skin, half-lidded green eyes, and long pink hair that half-covered his face. He was tall and lanky, and sported feathery yellow wings on his back and a butterfly cutie mark on his flank.

“You mean to tell me, that not only did you turn from a pony like me and Sweetie Belle, but that you’re also my best friend Fluttershy? I’m sorry dahling, but that story is a little iffy. Even if the first half actually happened.”

The male looked down, in his soft voice which could barely be heard, “But I am your best friend Fluttershy. Every weekend we go to the spa, we get our usual which is you getting the major pampering while I usually got minor pampering.”

Rarity rolled her eyes, “everyone sees Fluttershy and I at the spa all the time.”

“I also know that when you were little, you wanted to be just like your father, who was a fashion designer, only small time, and you worked every night just to come up with designs just to help him out with his business.”

“Uh-”

“And when you made my gown for the grand galloping gala, I told you various reasons why I didn’t like your design.”

“Tha-”

“And that one time we had that sleepover just the two of us and we practiced mak-”

“Okay!” Rarity yelled as she dragged the male inside, and pushed him behind a screen, so as to make sure Sweetie Belle wouldn’t see something she shouldn’t. “Stay there dahling while I make you something to wear!”

Rarity quickly stitched together a pair of shorts for the male, and when she was done, she gave him the shorts and he slipped them on, his cutie mark appeared on his flank. “t-thank you, Rarity…”

He came from behind the screen and sat upon a stool, his head was downwards and his hair kept his face from view. “Now, pray tell, what should I call you dear? Surely you don’t wish to be called Fluttershy anymore?”

He gripped the stool, “why not? Fluttershy has always been my name…” His voice trailed off and into a whisper.

“Dahling, Fluttershy is a Mare’s name. And you are not a mare-”

“We aren’t ponies anymore…”

“Right, well, Fluttershy is a female’s name. And according to your body, you are a male. So we would need a new name for you…”

Just then, the door opened to reveal Big Macintosh, Apple Jack, Apple Bloom and a female with rainbow hued hair. “Rarity! Y'all need ta make us some clothes! Pronto!” Apple Jack ushered in the other ponies with her, Rainbow Dash was currently wrapped in a torn sheet; her cutie mark shone through the sheet and her cyan feathery wings fluttered angrily.

“Yeah! This sheet won’t cut it for much longer!” Rainbow Dash commented angrily. She was quite unpleased with the whole ordeal.

Big Macintosh was holding Apple Bloom in his arms, making sure she didn’t step on anything in the roads. Though, his feet could say they suffered the most.

“Dahlings! One at a time!” Rarity huffed dramatically as she used her magic to summon rolls of differently hued fabric. “I need to concentrate! Making clothing is delicate and takes time!” She immediately set to work on cutting material and using her sewing machine.

“But we all need clothin’ Rarity!” Apple Jack protested, unable to believe that Rarity would choose now to take her time.

Rarity stopped and glared at Apple Jack, “Apple Jack, I understand that you need clothing as much as I do.”

Big Macintosh then noticed he was in a room filled with naked females; he then covered his face with a hand and kept his sights in the vicinity of the pink haired male. “But you cannot be rude and demand something that takes time! You will just have to sit and wait like everyone else!”

Apple Jack sighed and apologized to Rarity. She sat on a stool and waited for Rarity to finish making the orange dress.

With lightning speed, Rarity was able to create a simple knee length orange dress with thin straps. “Here Apple Jack, this should suffice for the time.” Rarity handed the garment to Apple Jack, who in turn threw it on as quickly as she could over the sheet she tied around herself.

“Ah don’ know how, but for some reason, I know how to put on such a weird thing,” she mumbled as she pulled her head through the top and hers through the strap holes. She retrieved her Stetson hat, which had fallen off when she started to put on the dress; finally, she removed the sheet that she still wore underneath.

Rarity thought about the cutie mark and the whole dressing, but she waved it off and set to work on a pair of orange shorts for Big Mac. “I’m sorry if they’re either too big or small, but I’m simply just winging it.” She finished, then threw them at Big Mac, but Apple Bloom caught them.

“Here Big Mac.” She handed them to her brother, who took them gratefully. Big Mac lowered her to the floor, where she slid off and joined Sweetie Belle.

Big Macintosh slipped the shorts on under the towel that was tied around his hips, just barely covering the gargantuan thing he had down there. The shorts were a little tight and a bit short, but they would be fine for the time being. Big Mac joined the pink haired male, trying to keep away from the naked females. They had always been naked, but for some reason, it was different now.

And Big Mac was confused as hell.

“Rarity! Can y'all make me uhh… something to cover up something…?” Rarity raised a brow as she went to work on making a rainbow hued dress, like AJ’s, for Rainbow Dash.

“And what do you mean exactly Apple Jack?” Apple Jack pointed to her crotch. “OH! Well, why didn’t you say so before dahling?” She finished the dress and threw it at Rainbow Dash, who copied AJ and put the dress on the way she saw.

Rarity then set to work on a pair of shorts for Apple Jack, but the door was opened again to reveal another female with violet tresses with pink and lavender streaks, in a sheet of her own, a small male in a towel, followed by a female with pink curly/puffy hair, and two small females in towels.

Rarity sighed. “Get in line.”

An hour later…

“Is everyone clothed now?” Twilight asked the group.

Everyone nodded. Pinkie Pie was wearing a dress similar to AJ’s, except it was pink, and her cutie mark showed through. Twilight had on a lavender dress with her sparkle cutie mark on it as well. Rarity had on a white dress like the others, with her cutie mark on it as well.

Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo wore dresses of white, yellow and orange respectively. Gummy and Spike each wore a purple sleeveless shirt and green shorts; Big Mac and Flutter…guy…each wore jeans and shirts.

Spike and Gummy were a surprise to everyone, since they weren’t ponies at all, yet they were turned into these forms as well.

Odd.

Spike had, rather than skin, tiny, tightly-compacted tan scales. His emerald-green eyes still bore slitted pupils; his ridges had become naturally spiky green hair.

Gummy had become a girl; she had scales similar to Spike’s, only lighter in color. Her slit-pupilled eyes were like large purple orbs, her hair short and green, framing her face.

“Good. Now, we need to figure out what is going on.” Spike burped and a green flame came from his mouth. The flame turned to a scroll with the official Celestial Castle symbol and fell into Twilight’s hands. “A letter from the princess!”

She opened it and everyone in the room gathered around to read along with Twilight, even Big Mac, who usually didn’t involve himself with this stuff.

My faithful student, Twilight Sparkle,

As you are no doubt aware, Equestria is in a state of crisis.

Last night, somepony brewed up a terrible concoction which exploded violently. We have very few details regarding the incident, as the only witness was a guard.

According to the witness, the perpetrator was performing some sort of bizarre ritual. He then saw a blinding light and felt an odd sensation, as well as something falling; he was changed, as we all have been.

This strange occurrence has spread across the whole of Equestria. Everypony is now a strange, furless, two-legged creature, myself and my sister included.

In some cases, affected ponies have even switched gender. This had unfortunately happened to Luna.

I request that you return to Canterlot immediately.

Princess Celestia.

DONE!
EDIT:: Sorry, I came back to fix a few typos here and there. Plus, I noticed I used the words, “man” and “woman”. Can’t use those words just yet… JUST yet… So bear with it for the time being, because the storyline will tell you when it’s time for me to write like a normal person again.
Anyway, hope you guys like it, read, rate, and review. And my other readers from my other stories, I’m back from my hiatus, and ready to start writing again. BANANA MUFFINS!!!!!
EDIT EDIT: This story has already been prewritten and is up to chapter 19. I will NOT be adding anything that you suggest. However, if you see any grammatical errors that I do not, please do say where so I may change them. Thank you!