My phone went off as planned, but I really wished it hadn’t. I got up feeling like I got hit by a car, then spent yesterday screaming my lungs out after being placed in a block of ice while being forced to stick my head in an oven… In short, I felt absolutely miserable. Twilight was still asleep, so I carefully slid out of the bed to turn the alarm off before preparing to go to work. A short time later, I’d dragged my body into the kitchen and had gotten myself a bowl of cereal to eat. I couldn’t enjoy it because every bite felt like I was swallowing broken glass. By the time I was almost ready to go, the unicorn had woken up and made her way down the stairs.

“Good morning!” she contently greeted. I felt too weak to give a coherent response, so I settled on groaning like a zombie. “I can see you’re not exactly in a great mood… or condition, for that matter…”

“How ob— *COUGH COUGH* observant of you…” I remarked.

“I’m really sorry about this… I should’ve told you I was getting sick when I came back. But then, I didn’t think I was getting sick…”

“It’s oka— *COUGH COUGH* HATCHOO! *sniff* Never mind, it’s not okay… But wha’ss done is done, an’ now I get t’ infect everybody around me at work today…”

“I’ll do whatever I can to make it up to you… I promise, Ty.”

“Really? How ‘bout gettin’ rid o’ this cold for me?”

“Hmm, you’re probably not going to like what you’re about to hear…”

“What, that the spell only works on you?”

“No, but… it doesn’t exactly work as well when I use it on others… chances are, you won’t feel its effects until later on today. That and it’ll work at a somewhat slower rate on you than on myself. On the bright side, you’ll still get better much sooner than if you were to wait it out.”

“Good enough for me. I’ll take whatever you can give me.” I welcomed her spell with open arms.

“Alright. Here goes noth—!”

“Aww, no! I’ss 7:34! I gotta *cough* go!” I announced after looking at the clock on the oven as I hurried to grab everything I needed. Afterwards, I made sure to pick Twilight up and give her a quick hug before I left. “I’ll be back later, honey! Hope them books keep you entertained! An’ don’t forget the letter!” I said as I speed walked out.

“Bye, Ty! Have a good day!” she called back before shutting the door. With that, I quickly made my way to the car and soon made my way to what I was sure would be an awful day at work…

After watching Ty leave, I turned and trotted towards the stack of books we’d left sitting in his living room when a thought suddenly occurred to me…

“Did… he just call me ‘honey?’” I couldn’t help but giggle at that… Nonetheless, I was beyond eager to indulge myself in the biology of human beings. I couldn’t wait! However, a nagging question in my mind made itself apparent as I examined the enormous gold mines of educational information before me… But first, I had a letter to write. I brought the notebook towards me and began:

Dear Spike,

I apologize for not coming back home yesterday. I arrived in Ty’s world the day before, carrying a cold with me. I spent the entirety of yesterday recovering from it. Ty and I should be arriving in Equestria sometime today. I’d be extremely grateful if you could relay this information to Princess Celestia, so as to eliminate any inconvenience regarding our meeting. Thanks in advance and I’ll see you soon!

Love,

Twilight

P.S.: I’d like to hear about your day with Rarity. I’ll admit I’m a bit curious.

I finished the letter, tore the notebook page out, and cast the spell on it, sending it to my #1 assistant. I then proceeded to the books sitting in front of me, now ready to assess that nagging question...

“Where to begin…? It’d probably be a great start to begin with psychology, but anatomy and physiology just seems so much more intriguing! Plus, there are three books here on that subject. But then… what about the perspectives book…? No, that can probably be saved for last. Hmm…” I meticulously pondered my options, while at the same time containing my excitement. I also took notice of what seemed to be two children’s books, but compared to everything else in front of me, I wasn’t particularly interested. There was also a magazine here, but I figured that if it was anything like magazines in Ponyville, it could definitely wait. But then there was one book… It had a simple title, ‘The Dating World’, so I could tell right away that it was some sort of dating advice guide. And Ty laughed at me for having that kissing guide… looks like we’re even. Lastly, there was the mathematics textbook. I supposed I’d start simple by comparing the mathematics in this world with those in mine.

“Alright…” I said as I levitated the textbook, notebook, and pen towards me. I spent a short amount of time skimming through various areas, such as the quadratic formula, functions, geometric dimensions, and a small amount of calculus and trigonometry. I was done with that book incredibly quickly. I was as interested as I was disappointed that I found virtually no difference in the math of our worlds.

“Next up… I suppose since there’s three of them here, I’ll start with anatomy…” I immersed myself in the lengthy manuscript, studying closely the functions and buildup of every aspect of the human body. There was SO much to know! Who knew a human body could be so complex...? It was so strange to notice that there had been so many similarities between human and equine builds, yet so many differences in joint, organ, and bone formation... In seemingly no time at all, I was completely invested in studying the human body further... It was here that, as I was scribbling down research notes, I’d hatched an idea…

“I wonder if I could construct a spell of some sort using this information…” With that thought, I pressed on until I’d reached the end of the first textbook. By then, I’d already acquired a vastly rich assortment of notes that had given me more than enough information about the human body, its structure, and its many complex functions... As it would appear, humans were just as, if not MORE complex an organism than ponies were... but that COULD'VE been because there'd been no research done on this species at any point in my world until this moment. This information was no less than groundbreaking for me! Between this, the teleportation spell I'd mistakenly learned to travel to this universe in the first place, and all of the insight I'd been allowed to obtain since my first visit here... I was one happy unicorn, to put it bluntly.

It's just a shame that my original set of notes were obliterated after I'd unfortunately had to relinquish them to Princess Celestia. No matter, for I had been bestowed with a much more valuable and in-depth set of material... although I might have to keep it secret so as to avoid suspicion and danger regarding this valuable information.

As I finished scouring through the first one, I wondered if the other two anatomy textbooks were even necessary. I couldn't imagine how much more information on the enigmatic construct known as the human body I would need... I had a plethora of notes already. With that, I opted to move on to the psychology book. As I was evaluating and gathering notes from the material of the book, I was growing increasingly astounded.

“Unbelievable… they ACTUALLY have human versions of Neighbraham Maslow and his theory on the hierarchy of needs, Jean Poníaget and his theory on intellectual development, and even P.F. Skinner and his theory on behaviorism and their reinforcements amongst MANY others!” I was also shocked that humans and ponies have extraordinarily similar thought processes and cognitive functions. I was getting more eager to develop my idea, which was little more than brainstorming at this point. However, I felt that before I put my thoughts onto paper, I’d need to read up on one more subject…

“Well, since anatomy and psychology are out of the way… we might as well get started on you now, perspectives on sexuality…” I admit I was VERY nervous about reading this one. I mean, pony sexuality was… interesting enough in itself. There were so many theories, opinions, factors, and facts to be taken into account in terms of the variables having to do with such a thing that even I couldn’t fully wrap my head around it at this point. The sexual behaviors of most other animals I’d read about (at least, in MY world) were merely primitive and instinctual, not going very far beyond reproduction. But from what information I’d acquired on humans… I could guess that they were equally as sentient and intelligent as ponies, which was mind-blowing to consider. But… could their sexual behaviors be similar as well, despite their wildly dissimilar bodily shape? Only one way to find out…

“Okay… here we go…” I dove headfirst into the text. It began with some biological information, which I’d mostly had covered in my notes. However, it went more in-depth in terms of reproductive organs. As far as I could tell, there were only two genders evident in the human race. Nevertheless, I continued my note taking as I progressed through the text. There was a colorful plethora of material to cover, such as sexual identity and orientation, intimacy in relationships, illnesses and treatments, and a variety of other, more… dare I say, ‘Adult’ topics. At this point, I just HAD to formulate my idea. After I’d gotten a sufficient amount of information, I decided I was going to conduct another experiment, with Ty being one of the two test subjects… as much as he may or may not welcome it.

I was going to cast a new spell; one that would break new ground in the area of transformation. One that had been previously unheard of and liable to be considered completely insane... One that would reshape the very boundaries of the genre of transformation in itself... even for a Changeling. I had everything I needed and there was next to nothing to hinder me from trying it. I, as enveloped in these studies as I was, was practically radiating with excitement on trying it...

Simply put, I was going to attempt to transform myself into a human. I wanted-- no, NEEDED to see for myself what it would be like to be one... With everything I'd learned, coupled with one of my most valued mottoes that experience is the best teacher, I had to know for myself what it would look like... what it would FEEL like... to be one of this intriguingly ethereal race of sapient beings... Albeit, only temporarily.

I figured I’d use the pony transformation spell I'd cast on Ty as a basis. It wasn’t enough to simply cast the reverse to that spell on myself, seeing as I’m naturally a pony, just as Ty is naturally a human, however. I needed a basis for transforming myself into a human on the inside and out. Thankfully, I had all the information I needed from the textbooks. However, I was missing one glaringly potent factor: What kind of body would I be shaping my form into? I hadn’t gotten a very definitive look at the human female body outside of the textbooks, which didn’t serve to be very much help on outward appearance. The only sources I could derive any idea from were some of the games Ty and I played, the anatomy and perspective books, and…

“Of course! The magazine.” I levitated the flimsy collection of pages over to me and examined its contents. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a very good image of the female body there, either. Every human pictured in it was wearing some form of clothing that masked their true form. I’d almost thought of winging it before I’d had another epiphany.

“The computer…” I trotted my way back upstairs and, relying on my memory of how Ty used the computer, I turned it on. Afterwards, I navigated the little arrow to something called ‘Google Chrome.’ From there, I tried spelling out my request by hoof. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t. It appeared that this thing was designed specifically for human fingers, not pony hooves. I instead used my magic to press the correct buttons until I managed to spell ‘female human body,’ then selected the word 'images.'

Keeping in mind what Ty said about not getting too adventurous, I spent some time researching the images the screen portrayed and nothing more. I made absolutely sure not to dare to journey further into this most enigmatic human contraption as my interest in it and its wildly convenient functionality increased tenfold... It was somewhat difficult not to be curious about this thing, considering I had little to no knowledge of it beyond what Ty taught me the night before. I really wanted another lesson or two about the functions of this thing, but it could wait; for there was another groundbreaking endeavor on the horizon and I needed to keep my priorities straight. Eventually, I figured I’d had a good enough idea of the form I’d wanted. I was confident that I’d had everything I needed to put this spell to the test when…

*Grrrr*

“Heh heh… I forgot to eat…” I trotted down the stairs and into the kitchen to look for something quick to eat. I opened the refrigerator to be greeted with a pack of green apples. I took one and counted that as my breakfast for now, because I was on the verge of a major breakthrough and I was not going to be halted by any minor distractions. I made short work of the delicious fruit before I redoubled my focus on the task at hoof. I trotted back into the living room and began to sketch a picture of the body type I was aiming for. After that, I thought up and wrote down an incantation of the spell I’d developed in my head in order to pull this off.

After what felt like an hour of brainstorming, revising, ironing out any possible kinks of, finalizing, and memorizing the incantation for absolutely certain in order to minimize the margin of error, I was completely ready... except of course for one measly little detail that I was sure not to overlook once again; the pain factor. I remembered how much agonizing torture Ty went through when I turned him into a pony. I wasn’t sure if the same would happen to me by turning into a human, but I wouldn’t risk it. So I cast a spell on my body that made it entirely numb. I then made sure to study and memorize the incantation as thoroughly as possible, so as not to make any mistakes that may have compromised the experiment.

“Okay… Phase One: Transformation, begin…” I whispered before I focused energy into my horn. After a few seconds, my horn took on its usual bright glow. I began to focus harder, allowing for the magic to surround my body. I began to levitate as the spell began to work. Although I couldn’t feel it, I could see the spell beginning its process. The spell began with my limbs. They stretched out and became slightly more slender as they reshaped themselves into a more humanoid form. I then noticed my front hooves reshaping and forming into human hands, noted mostly by the five claw-like appendages sprouted out of each of them. My back hooves expanded and formed into human feet, as a similar sensation took hold of them.

"So far, so good..."

Next was my torso. It also elongated by a fair amount before some other changes were made. My upper body developed two sizable, round bulbs that formed a small, darkly-toned nub on the centers of each of them. I considered this to be a simple relocation of some of my reproductive organs. I noticed that my belly had developed an indent in it, which, according to the anatomy textbook, was a ‘belly button.’ The next part to shape shift was my head. I couldn't see everything, but I did see that my snout had seemingly shrunken and separated into a nose while my mouth was moved so that it didn't connect directly to it anymore.

"Almost there! Just a little longer..."

The numbness spell prevented me from feeling everything going on, but I was fairly sure that the spell was working to perfection. Lastly, my coat began to recede into my body until I only saw a pale tan layer of skin, save for a patch of my coat on my lower torso just above where my genitalia was located. There was also a series of minuscule hairs on other areas of my body that retained the same color as my coat. Eventually, the transformation was completed as I descended to the ground in a sitting position. I was quick to perform a healing spell on myself before undoing the numbness spell, so as to avoid any substantial discomfort other than the kind I'd be experiencing from transforming into an entirely different animal. Once that was out of the way, I examined myself.

“Wow… I did it…” I was amazed by my results. I actually managed to transform myself into a human! I thought something like this would take much longer to master...

“Oh… oops…” I said as I turned and looked down to see that I’d forgotten to get rid of my tail, which still kept its normal colors and retained its place just above my flanks. I flicked it a couple of times to see that it still retained its normal range of movement. I also noticed that my Cutie Marks were still present. “Phase One: Transformation, partial success. There's still a kink or two to work out... Now for Phase Two: Movement.” Of course, I had no idea how to move in this form. I spent a fair amount of time rolling about on the floor, trying to get my limbs to work the way I wanted them to. It was frustrating, to say the least. After yet another lengthy period of time trying and failing to get the hang of things on my own, I’d almost considered waiting for Ty to get back to see me on the floor before I remembered what he said when he was learning to walk as a pony…:

“My forelegs an' hind legs kinda feel like they bend in the opposite directions of what I’d expect, which is throwin’ me off… but I think I’m s’posed to be usin’ more o’ my front legs to keep me steady rather than relyin’ on my back legs to do so…”

“If I just apply what he said about moving as a pony, but do the opposite, maybe I’ll be able to…” surely enough, I was able to get up and move into a position where I was on my hands and knees. The next step I had to accomplish was crawling. Remembering Ty’s theory about limbs and ligaments being relocated, thus forcing him to carefully rethink his movements by relearning how his body worked in an unfamiliar form, I slowly, but surely began to crawl. I mastered the art in a diminutive amount of time, also learning how to properly work my limbs. It was shocking to see that humans had a much wider range of flexible movement than ponies, but the real challenge would make itself apparent very quickly: standing. Humans stood straight up on their back legs, while using their front legs, called ‘arms’ to grab hold of things. Taking hold of the sofa nearby, I pulled myself up until my legs were fully straightened. However, I was still leaning forward with my hands clutching the sofa, afraid of letting go.

“Okay… how am I going to do this…?” After a moment of consideration, I finally gathered up the courage to push off of the couch in an attempt to stand straight up. I failed miserably, as I only managed to lose my balance and fall flat on my now-human butt. “Oww…” I rasped as I rubbed a hand on the sore area. “I’m going to learn this… I have to before he gets back here…” I glanced at a nearby clock to see that it read 10:47 AM. I had ample time to get the hang of walking like a human, and I was going to use it wisely…

Approximately two and a half hours later

I was making excellent progress. I’d learned how to keep my balance when standing straight up and I’d learned how to walk normally, albeit at kind of a slow pace... I was still having a little trouble with keeping a consistent balance as I moved. Humans proved to have a lot of control over their center of gravity, which I’d been spending some time learning.

“Phase Two: Movement, successful. Phase Three: Examination… Begin.” With that, I carefully made my way upstairs and into the bathroom to get a better look at my new body. I was impressed by how well the transformation turned out. I’d given myself a petite, slender, curvy form based on the images I’d observed. My mane still retained its usual colors and shape, but it had grown longer into a full head of considerably lengthy human hair that spanned down my back. It also managed to retain its natural style; something of a mystery in itself. My eyes retained their same violet color. I saw that my ears were moved to the sides of my head and reformed into a more rounded shape. However, I noticed that my horn had failed to disappear, much like my tail. This spell worked for the most part, but there were still a few kinks to work out on it. I examined the rest of my body to see that I’d matched up every aspect perfectly. I moved my hands to explore my new form, which felt soft and smooth… almost as if I was still a pony, minus the coat. I was no less than ecstatic that the spell turned out as well as it did.

“Phase Three: Examination, complete. Well, I guess that just about does it for my part of the experiment. While I’m in here, I might as well get cleaned up…” I glanced at the bathtub, flexing my fingers as I did so. I was really starting to get the hang of this new body. I couldn’t WAIT to show him… I challenged myself to spending the rest of my time alone without the use of magic, beginning with the shower…

After I cleaned myself up, I dried off and walked downstairs to finish studying. I’d gotten all I needed to know on the subjects on anatomy, psychology, and sexuality, but… curiosity was admittedly getting the better of me.

“’The Dating World’, huh?” I inquired as I picked the guide up off of the floor and sat down on the sofa. “Eh, I have at least a little time…” with that, I got up and walked to the fridge to grab another apple before getting comfortable and indulging myself in the book…

“Finally, the day is *COUGH* over…” I muttered as I clocked out. This sickness was tearing me a new one. The chills, the body aches, the constant nasal congestion, the scratchy throat… it was all too much. Luckily, the day did go by rather quietly, with no disturbances whatsoever. That didn’t stop me from wanting to get out of there, though. I wasted no time getting to my car and taking my drive back home…

Eventually, I arrived at a close enough time to the time I told Twilight I’d arrive. I was quite eager to see her again, for a number of reasons. I actually imagined the bright smile on the unicorn’s face as she greeted me after I walked in. With that, I plugged the key into the lock and turned it, unlocking the door before I opened it.

“Welcome back, Ty!” greeted a familiar voice, coming from an unfamiliar presence. Instead of a unicorn, I was met with a slim, curvaceous, yet petite young woman. She had dark blue hair with two juxtaposed pink and dark purple stripes spanning down the length of it, her eyes were a brilliant shade of purple, her skin was a pale shade of apricot, and she was… completely naked. She simply stood there with a bright smile on her face with her hands interlocked behind her back. To make sure I wasn’t going insane, I rubbed my eyes and took out my pair of eyeglasses and put them on. Once again, I successfully ruled out my ‘I must be going crazy’ factor.

“Um… hi?” I answered with a mixture of confusion, shock, and apprehension. “Who are you? Have we met before? How did you get in my house? …and why are you naked?”

“You seriously don’t recognize your own filly-friend?” the young woman teased with a wink as she placed her hands on her hips.

“What?? Who…? Wait… that hair… those eyes… that… horn!?” Then it hit me as my jaw practically unhinged in complete bafflement. “TWILIGHT!??”

“In the flesh!” she proudly answered as she made her way over to give me a hug. I wasn’t sure about returning the gesture, given that she was nude. However, I noticed that she still had her tail as well. “How was work, honey?” she asked as she kissed me on the cheek. "You look adorable in glasses, by the way..."

“Er... f-fine, I guess…? And uh... thanks...” I was frozen in such a state of shock that a statue would be jealous. “Do you— HATCHOO! *COUGH* mind explainin’ what *cough cough* went on in here?”

“Well, using information from the books you gave me to read, I took a series of notes, then developed an idea. One thing led to another, and POOF! Here I am, in human form! I'll explain it a bit more later, but we should probably do something about that cold first. Follow me,” she instructed as she grabbed my hand and led me into the living room. There was a considerable height difference between us. As tall as I am, her head was a little below my shoulder. I’d be lying if I said that her height was the only thing I’d been observing... but I digress.

We sat next to each other on the couch, with me holding my feelings of disbelief at what was going on. Twilight managed to transform herself into a human; an extremely good-looking one, at that, despite her horn and tail still being visible. She was naked, but seemed to have no problem with that. I figured it must’ve been a pony thing, seeing as I hadn’t seen her wearing clothes in pony form once at this point.

“Hold still,” she said as she placed her hands on my shoulders. I noticed her horn taking on a familiar glow, but I got lost in her eyes. They were so beautiful… and purple. She focused her gaze on me as her horn’s glow strengthened. After a few seconds, she closed her eyes and touched her horn to my forehead. I felt a rush of warmth course through me as Twilight kept her focus. A short while later, she ended the spell, but only drew her head back a little as she smiled warmly at me.

“There. That should speed up your recovery process.”

“Well thanks, Twil—mm?” I was interrupted as she closed the distance between us again, this time with her lips. We stayed that way for what felt like an eternity before she eventually pulled away. “Wow… w-what was that for?”

“For giving me the opportunity to learn so much in such a short amount of time,” she answered.

“Oh, um… you’re welco—!” she interrupted me again by locking lips with me once more, this time much stronger than the last.

"Keep doin' this an' I might get a bit curious about what else you can do in this form..."

“And that was for… well, because I wanted to…” she smiled as her face began to redden. I let out a small chuckle, despite still being a bit bewildered.

“Well thanks… But didn’t it hurt turnin’ yaself human? I mean, you remember what happened t’ me.”

“I was prepared this time. I cast a spell that made my body numb before I did this.” At that, I scoffed.

“Oh, nice,” I sarcastically remarked. “Where was that spell when you pony-fied me?”

“Heh, sorry…” she shyly smiled as she giggled. “I… didn’t have any experience with spells like this before that day. I had no idea it would hurt you like that.”

“Hm. Good point. What made you wanna try somethin’ like this?”

“A few things, actually… general curiosity, it was an excellent opportunity to test the limits of my magic ability, amongst other reasons…” she piqued my curiosity, causing me to raise an eyebrow.

“Other reasons like what?” She didn’t answer with words. Instead, she pulled me into yet another long, hot, passionate kiss.

“How does that make you feel?” she asked, which confused me a little.

“Um… a few things, I suppose. Happy, relaxed… um…”

“Aroused?” I raised both eyebrows at that.

"Well, she's certainly bein' straightforward..."

“…W-What?”

“Does it make you feel… aroused?” I wasn’t sure WHERE she was going with this. I only hoped that she wasn’t trying to imply that she wanted to…

“Well… I’d… be lyin’ if I said no… why?”

“Did... Did you get that same feeling when I was a pony?” That question opened my eyes as to where she was going with this.

“Okay, I see what this is about…” I began. “You wanna know if I like you better as a pony or a human… don’t you?” She timidly nodded, seeming to feel a bit ashamed about her approach. “You know, this ain't exactly the best way t' go about testin' how I feel for you…”

“Yes…”

“But, I can understand. As obvious as this might sound regardin' what I'd like better, it shouldn’t matter… to either of us. I mean, we’ve clearly been able t' hook up together, despite the fact that we’re different."

"I know, but... I was just wondering how you'd react to this... How... you'd feel knowing that your unicorn significant other could transform her body to suit you..."

"I... I understand... You shouldn’t feel like you hafta do this to accommodate for me. Besides, this ain’t the real you. The real you is a unicorn. I mean, you didn't seem t' have a problem kissin' me despite me bein' human... or was it the pony disguise that stopped you from feelin' scared...?"

"I like you for you, Ty... regardless of what form you're in... It's just... I'd never expected to feel this way toward a non-pony... It's unusual for me..."

"You have a point... I know as well as you do how… odd it is that we’re different species, yet we have these feelings for one another…”

“…Which is why I wasn’t sure how you’d feel about this. Honestly, this started out as a test of magic. But then I read the perspectives book just before I tried this spell and that dating advice guide afterwards… it would appear that something as minor as interracial relationships amongst humans is mildly controversial and generally frowned upon to an extent... That isn’t exactly a big problem in Equestria, but in terms of interspecies… let’s say if, for example, Spike and Rarity became this close… I’d already overheard some ponies around talking about how unethical or unsanitary it would be for somepony as classy as Rarity to, and I quote, ‘stoop herself as low as dating a dragon; a baby one at that’. In our case, nopony in Equestria except for Princess Celestia, Rainbow Dash, Spike, and I know that humans even exist…”

“While in this world, your world has somehow been depicted in the form of a television series, which I’ve yet to watch. We’ll likely hafta catch it sometime jus’ t’ see if i’ss as accurate as I think it might be… if it IS that accurate, then I could see all kinds o’ problems arisin’ if we ever stepped foot or hoof outside with you in pony form, a good deal of 'em jus’ for the simple fact that you’d be too recognizable. That an’ you’d be looked at as some sort of alien by those who don’t recognize you. There would be a similar problem if we did the same in Ponyville with me in human form. I dunno how many ponies know my name there, but they do at least THINK we’re together… I’m not sure how they’d react if they found out I’m not actually a pony.” At that, she let out an exasperated groan.

“Why is this so complicated?”

“*sigh* I know…” I moved to hug her. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. But le’ss not forget; we still hafta see what Celestia has t’ say first. Which means you’re gonna hafta go back to pony form.”

“Right.” With that, she got up off of the couch and allowed her horn to attain its active glow. Soon, her entire body became enveloped in a luminous magenta light as her form shape shifted from one of a humanoid form into one of a quadruped. After about a minute, the young woman standing before me was replaced by the familiar purple unicorn I’d remembered leaving here. “What about you? Do you want to be in your current state or in pony form when we see her?”

“Hmm… tha’ss a tough one…” I carefully considered the options. If I WERE to stay in human form for our visit to Celestia, she’d get a better idea of what a human looked like. Buuut, I’d stick out like a sore thumb, revealing myself at a time I felt was too soon. I figured we weren’t going to teleport directly to her. We’d more than likely be going straight to the library in Ponyville. If I opted to transform into a pony instead, I wouldn’t have to deal with the hassle of being bothered by every pony who saw me. However, I wasn’t sure what Celestia would think if we showed up there with me hiding behind a transformation once again. But then, she’d hopefully understand that I’d only be doing it to prevent a sense of alarm. After much thought, my choice became clear. “I think I’mma go pony on this one. Keep things on the D.L. until after we hear her final verdict, y’know?”

“You’re right.”

“Quick question, though…”

“Hm?”

“I had on a specific outfit last time you did this t’ me. Do you think the clothes I’m wearin’ now will affect how I look?”

“…Honestly, I have no clue. Only one way to find out though…” she said as she powered up her horn. I took a deep breath, took off my glasses, and closed my eyes, waiting for the inevitable. After a few seconds of suspense, I reopened my eyes to see Twilight sitting on her haunches with a look of worry on her face.

“Wha’ss wrong, Twi?” I asked in concern.

“There’s… one more… experiment I want to conduct before we go through with this… if that’s okay with you…”

“Hm… whatever it is, fine… so long as it don’t hurt.”

“Oh, don’t worry… it won’t…” with that, she trotted over to me, climbed up onto my lap and gave me one more deep, passionate kiss. “Does… that feel any different?” she asked in an uncertain tone.

“Honestly… no. Not at all…” I smiled warmly at her; a smile she returned with gusto. “Okay, le’ss go visit a Princess…” she obliged by getting back onto the floor and casting the transformation spell on me once again. As I was being reformed, I surprisingly didn’t feel much more than a few tingles here and there. I wondered if it was because I’d gone through this transformation before, or if Twilight simultaneously cast a spell that may have dulled the effects of it. Nonetheless, the spell had completed, and I was a pony once again.

“Wow… How about that? You actually don’t look different at all,” she said.

“Really?” I examined my pony body to verify. Turns out everything was there; the black coat, the white cloud Cutie Mark… even the afro-mane! “But… how?”

“Beats me… maybe this form is the one you've grown accustomed to, making this spell work in favor of making specific changes that altered your body to look this way…?”

“Sounds like as good an explanation as any,” I passively answered, not wanting to make my headache worse. “Now le’ss roll…”

“Roger that.” Twilight obliged. With that, she powered up the teleportation spell. Within a few seconds, we were on our way back to Ponyville…