Citrus Blush walks through the city of Canterlot. Next to her is the newest member of the herd. While Twilight doesn’t spend all of her time with them, she sleeps at their place most nights. But in the month since she’s joined, she’s gone on a mission from the map in her castle. Citrus had nearly crawled out of her skin when the alicorn’s cutie mark had started glowing and flashing. But today has been a quiet day, until now. They’re going shopping.

Citrus flicks her ears back and forth. “I don’t know why the anniversary of his arriving here in Equestria is going to be considered his birthday, Twilight.”

“It’s simple, Citrus. We’ve asked what his birthday is, and it’s in February. Our calendar is arranged differently than in his world. His months are named after an old civilization on his world, the language Latin has February is named for Februa, the feast of purification. He did say it came in the depths of winter on his world, the second month after the new year. So, we are a little past that, since spring is close. But in two days, the anniversary of his arrival here is happening. He likes that idea, it’s a new beginning, a new life for him.

“But it was traumatizing, he nearly died.”

“True, but he’s also met the mares he’s fallen in love with on that day.” She hip checks the smaller mare gently. “He’s happy with that. And it’s always a good time to celebrate.”

Citrus huffs, her ears flattening to each side. “You’ve ordered your gift weeks ago. How am I going to find something that he will like with only two days to go.”

Twilight deadpans. “It’s not my fault that you procrastinated, Citrus. We decided on this weeks ago. Cayenne has what she’s giving him. North made him a beautiful map from the information on his phone cache. Silver made him a beautiful necklace with all of the cutie marks engraved on it. All that’s left is you.”

“But I want it to be perfect, I haven’t found anything that really screams Tim to me.

Twilight nuzzles the smaller mare on her cheek.. “Princess, we’re in public. What would Celestia say?”

“About time,” Twilight laughs, trotting down the street, practically prancing, her tail held high. Citrus watches for a moment, grinning at the alicorn. She breaks into a trot to catch up with Twilight. As she gets close, she nuzzles the alicorn’s cheek quickly, her face nearly on fire.

“You really like being a part of our herd now?”

Twilight nods. “I’ve learned so much from you all. It’s amazing.” She turns to a store. “Okay, we are here.”

The ding of the bell on the door causes the proprietor to emerge from the back. He sees the alicorn. “Oh, Princess Twilight! So happy to see you again. It has been painted and is ready to go.”

Twilight brings out a bag and opens it. A thick stack of bits flying towards the unicorn shopkeeper. “And the second half of the payment. As agreed.” She floats quite a few more bits towards him. “And a little something for getting it done so quickly.”

He looks at the pile of gold before him, then at Twilight. “Always a pleasure doing business with you, Princess.” He bows deeply. “If you gentlemares will follow me?”

As Citrus walks with Twilight into the back of the shop, she leans over to Twilight. “That’s a big tip.”

Twilight looks at her, confused. “Really? They got the job done quickly. They deserve a suitable reward for their work.”

Citrus nods as they snake through the narrow hallways of the shop. “Whatever you say, but there’s rewarding good work, then there’s overpaying. Trust me, Twilight.”

Twilight shrugs her wings as they get into the small back room of the shop. Citrus looks. “Wow, it’s beautiful.”

Twilight squees loudly, “It’s perfect!” She clops her hooves looking at the small sculpture on the workbench. It seems to be made of porcelain and has been exquisitely painted with true to life colors. Tim is in the center, standing proud and tall. The details of his face and hair are accurate to Citrus’s eyes.

Citrus spies a photo of the human posted on a wall, along with photos of the entire herd. So that’s where the artist got the information. But Tim isn’t the only one of the herd shown. North, Twilight, and Cayenne are all arrayed around him. With Citrus reared up on her hind legs and her forelegs hugging him tightly. Silver wasn’t forgotten, the stallion is perched on Tim’s shoulder, a happy smile on his face with his wings spread. Citrus leans forward to look on the base, all of their cutie marks are there, with Tim’s family crest at the center displayed proudly.

“It’s worth every bit!”

Citrus whistles softly, “Indeed it is.” She looks up at Twilight. “That is fantastic! I know he will love it.” She sits down. “Nothing I could ever buy would every be good enough to match that, Twilight.”

Twilight moves over and puts a wing around the smaller unicorn. “It’s not a competition, Citrus.” She nuzzles Citrus forcefully. “We are all his mares. All of our goals are the same, to make him happy. And he wants to make us all happy in return.” Twilight’s smile broadens as they make their way out of the shop, the box with the statue suspended in the alicorn’s magic. They point out different things as they walk through the expansive shopping district of the Crown city of Equestria. Something catches her eyes, and Twilight stops in her tracks. “Citrus, look at that.”

Citrus follows where Twilight is looking. “A watch?”

Twilight steps over to it. “It’s perfect, look at it, Citrus.”

Citrus slowly walks to the watch. The case is silver, and fairly unadorned, but everything about it screams quality. Citrus lifts the prices tag with her magic and whistles softly before clicking the button to open the cover. In tiny script, To the love of my life, is written around the edge. She smiles up at Twilight. “We can engrave all our cutie marks on the inside, and put his coat of arms on the outside, fully colored and lacquered with the colors he showed us.”

Twilight nods. “Exactly what I was thinking. And we know a master engraver who can do the job perfectly.”

Citrus’ eyes widen. “Silver. Oh, Twilight, you are a genius.” She leaps towards the alicorn and hugs her tightly.

“Thanks, Citrus, but I think you should pay for it before this turns into something that crosses my brother’s desk.”

Citrus blushes as she brings out her bag of bits. “Yeah, good idea.”

***

Twilight Sparkle bounces into the library, getting everyone there to look up. The alicorn mare is nearly prancing in place. North Point looks up from her work table. “What’s going on, Twi?”

“I’ve figured out what I want to get Tim for his birthday.”

Citrus scrunches her nose. “we’ve all got him some nice presents. Even that beautiful sculpture that you had made for him.”

Twilight nods. “I know we got him some nice things, but that’s all it is, stuff. I want to give him a present that is meaningful for him outside of just things to look at, or use. But the only catch is I need your help, all of you, to do it.”

Silver chirps up from his work bench. “You do know our herd has plenty of sex. So, it’s not really a gift.”

Her blush deepens. “Yeah, but what can he not get here in Equestria?”

Citrus narrows her eyes, the fur on the back of her neck bristling a bit. “You want to turn yourself human again? That wasn’t all that successful before.”

Twilight shakes her head. “I was in the depths of heat, I wasn’t thinking fully. I’m not talking turning just myself human for him.” She stops and puts her hoof to her chest, she pushes out as she exhales forcefully. She does it a second time. “I know the concept is from something that caused a lot of harm.” She looks at the other mares, then focuses on Silver. “Was it that I turned myself human for him? Or that him and I had sex without your input or consent?”

Citrus frowns, her eyes narrowing. “It was that you disrespected our herd. You tried to poach our stallion. And the method that you used was to turn yourself human.”

Twilight’s ears fold back. “I know, but while I was trying to appeal to him the best way I could. He has admitted that he liked me as a pony. And we’ve been having sex with me as a pony. Can you say he likes that any less than sex with you?”

Cayenne’s ears flick back and forth. “Sex with you in the herd has been quite good. Do you really think he’s going to want you human, with all of us still ponies?”

Twilight giggles. “I wasn’t thinking just me.” She stops, her face glowing again. “I want to turn you all human with me.” She looks again at Silver. “Even you, Silver Wing.” His wings spread in alarm.

A pin could drop and make a racket as the herd processes what Twi had just uttered. Finally, Cayenne shakes herself. “Do you think he’d like it?”

Twilight nods. “I know those memories are tender, but remember, he’s been a wonderful stallion for our entire herd. He wants us to be happy, and we all want him to be happy. He has instincts, down deep, no matter how much he tries to deny, he misses the feeling of human skin, human smells, human touch, the fingers.” She looks at Citrus. “You know how magical he can be with those fingers for all of us.” She looks at Silver. “Even you, Silver, he’s massaged your wings, and your withers. How relaxed you’ve been after he was done. Right?”

Silver nods, frowning.

Twilight turns to Citrus. “I won’t do it without your support. But I really do believe that he will really enjoy this. I sent him to take Spike out, and then to take him to the train station. And I’ve told Spike to dawdle and take his time. He knows what to do. It will give me plenty of time to get the spell right for each of you. If you all are wanting to try. I promise you all, this will be fun for everyone.”

Silver Wing and the mare’s all glance back and forth, and soon all of them are looking at Citrus. As lead mare, the decision rests on her withers. She looks at everyone around her. Finally, she smiles tremulously. “If Tim will enjoy it, we are in.”

“Me first,” Silver says.

Everypony turns and looks at him. “You, Silver?” Citrus asks.

He nods. “I want to see if it’s safe for you girls first.”

Twilight smiles and her horn lights. Silver flinches. “Oh, you mean right now?”

Twilight nods. “There is no time to lose.”

“Cayenne, if this fucks me up, avenge me.”

Twilight groans a bit as more power is concentrated in her horn. Finally, she fires at the stallion. Magenta magic slams into the pegasus, lifting him into the air and becoming too bright to see. With a loud pop, Silver drops to the floor, on all four hooves. He looks back at his body, then questioningly at Twilight.

“What happened?” Citrus asks.

Twilight looks up at her horn, which is smoking softly, she puffs a bit of air to dissipate the smoke. “Sorry, Silver. This spell is still experimental. But it’s got built in safety measures, if any part of the new form will not work correctly, it cancels out the transformation and leaves you unharmed.” She grimaces and rubs her horn. "Though the backlash of that cancellation comes back to the caster. Ouch."

“What didn’t work?”

“He’s a stallion. I didn’t correctly account for that. No worries.”

Citrus stamps a hoof. “What do you mean you didn’t account for that?”

Twilight sits down, her tail curling around her rear. “This is far different than from one species in Equestria to another. Their genetics are similar enough, a few transpositions of the matrix is all it takes to make a pony into a breezy, a griffon, or even a dragon.” As she speaks, she transforms herself into everything she mentioned. She blows a small spurt of fire before turning back to herself. “He’s an alien, his DNA is completely different than ours. I had to come up with an algorithm to do that transposition. While his DNA is relatively simple compared to ours, what determines some traits is different for humans than ponies. And then you add in the large amount of the data that doesn't even do anything in the human genome. Every attempt helps me learn more about his species, and before you ask. Yes, I’ve been continuing that research. Because the female I turned into was nearly a genetic twin of Tim. And I don’t want that for when we do this.”

“Your goal was this? But I thought you came up with the idea for his birthday?” Cayenne asks, her eyes narrowed.

Twilight smiles. “I was planning on a bit later, after heat, so all of us can enjoy it. But I remembered that Cayenne was planning on a foal. And I don’t think that would be good for your foal. So, I’m doing it early so you can join in. And if we all like it, we can do it every so often.” She looks at Silver. “Ready to try again?”

Silver gulps. Twilight says, “Don’t worry, did the first attempt hurt at all?”

“Kinda but not much.” Twilight smiles brightly. Then her horn glows again. Once again magic shoots across the living room. Only to leave a silver colored stallion standing there. Twilight looks at Silver. “Okay, I got why that wouldn’t work, you wouldn’t live long with your lungs outside your body.” Silver squeaks as she fires again. “Oh, your hooves would have stayed, but everything else would have been human.”

Silver takes a step back as he’s hit by magic again, leaving him still a pony. “Can I get a running tally of how many times you almost kill me?” He mutters softly, glancing at Cayenne briefly.

“Oh, that would have been bad…” Twilight murmurs softly. “I think I’ve got it.” Before Silver can react, he is hit again by the magic. Bright and colorful magical clouds surround him. Twilight cocks her head. “Yeah, that worked.”

The other mares watch as the smoke slowly dissipates. A new human is standing there, short, blonde hair on his head, along with a small patch of hair on his chest and groin area. His skin is almost Tim’s coloring, fairly pale by human standards according to Tim. His eyes remain the golden color they were as a pegasus. They all crowd forward, looking at him. He overbalances and ends up on his rear.

Silver looks at his hands. His wings spread in alarm. Then he looks over his shoulder. “I’ve still got my wings?”

Twilight nods. “That is another safety aspect of the spell, your unique magic will remain. Your wings, our horns, and the magic endemic to both remains. Otherwise I’d have to find another unicorn with enough strength to reverse it. That was an early design of the spell. Do you want to wait for Starlight Glimmer to make it here?”

Silver looks down at his body, covering his manhood. “I can see why humans like clothing, it’s cold.” His blush spreads from his face down his neck into his chest. He frowns. “My ears move.” He reaches up and pulls back his shaggy blonde hair, exposing an ear. He runs a finger along it. “It’s not like Tim's”

Twilight leans forward, his ear is feathered, and somewhat shaped like a pegasus wing. She looks back at the other mares. “This is his pegasus heritage showing through. Do you dislike them, Silver? I can try again.”

Silver shakes his head emphatically. “Oh, no, they are cool. And I can move them like normal, so it’s one less thing that’s different.” He looks down. “Its not very impressive, is it?”

Twilight giggles. “Don’t worry, Tim has said some human stallions are growers, as in it’s small until they get aroused. Others are showers, which hang down but only really get stiff. Yours will grow, so don’t worry about it. When Tim gets back, we will make sure that part of you gets plenty of attention.” She brightens. “I did think of this, I had some clothes made. I doubt Tim’s clothes will work for you mares. But I was certain that Silver’s wings would remain, and I don’t want to rip up his clothing. So…” Her horn lights again, and a pair of saddle bags appear. She opens one side and roots around with her magic. “I don’t know if you like boxers or briefs. I know what Tim likes, but I kept the mares at the Canterlot boutique busy with all the clothing being made for all of you. And they showed me how to size the clothes to all of you.” She brings out some clothing. Holding a pair of boxers and a pair of briefs before Silver. He points and she poofs the one he didn’t choose, then she sets the clothing on the floor next to him. “Alright, you ready to learn walking as a biped?”

Citrus clears her throat as her magic floats a chair to Silver and picks him up to sit in it. “Let’s all be taught that at the same time. I’ll go next.”

Twilight smiles. “Since you are a mare, this will be easier. But remember, how you look as a human will be determined by your own genetics. I’m not going to do anything to adjust that. If you want changes after the transformation, ask me and we can play around with the specifics.”

“Specifics?”

“Oh yeah, humans have all kinds of body types, big breasts, little breasts, different places where the hair grows, skin color, facial structure, among others. I think you’ll end up with the same basic structure you have through the portal. The reference I’m using for this was the transpositions the portal made to Tim’s DNA when he was turned into a pony on coming back. I’m going to do the same with you as I did with Silver, you’ll keep your eye color. For some reason, that’s really hard to change in the spell. And you will still have your horn.” She charges her horn and fires. Twilight frowns. “Interesting, well, that’s the difference between alicorns and unicorns. Easy adjustment.” She fires again, and once again a magical cloud obscures the subject of her magic. Twilight waves her hoof to dissipate it and her horn lights quickly, keeping Citrus from collapsing like Silver did. “Okay, that worked.” Citrus looks down at herself, she brings her golden blonde hair up and looks at it. She reaches and pushes her hair out of the way, revealing a long, pointed ear. She looks up at Twilight questioningly. “Yeah, that’s you being a unicorn. Long, slender, pointed ears.” She giggles as Citrus flicks her ears back and forth. “Not as directional as pony ears, especially since they are on the side of your head rather than the top. But they are very cute.”

Citrus looks down. “Did they have to be this big?” She asks, cupping her new breasts. She runs her fingers along her shoulder and down her arm. “Wow, they are sensitive.”

Twilight grins. “You have no idea. There are decidedly major differences between humans and ponies.” She cocks her head to the side. “I like the breasts, they fit the body very well. And you are comfortably padded, too.”

“I’m padded?” Citrus looks at Silver, he’s boyishly slim, not really an ounce of fat at all on his frame. She looks down. “I’m fat?” Her cerise eyes widen.

Twilight shakes her head. “Not fat, just a little extra, rounded would be a good word. Kidnap resistant. Tim prefers girls with a little more to them, so this is good. I think he’d say just enough meat on the bones.”

Citrus hesitantly reaches up and touches the yellow horn sticking out. “Well, that’s still there.” She closes her eyes for a moment and her horn glows briefly. She lets the hornshine abate and smiles back.

Twilight looks at the other two mares who look at each other then North steps forward. “Alright, go with me now.”

North closes her eyes tightly as Twilight’s horn lights. The alicorn fires again, keeping her horn lit to keep North from falling. She places the new human onto another chair. “Wow, pretty hair color.” She picks up the dropped glasses and her magic works on them, narrowing them and growing the temples so they’ll fit.

North reaches out and grabs them. She puts them on and runs a finger along an ear. “Wow. Even these ears are sensitive.” She looks at the long platinum blonde hair that reaches midway down her back. Then she cups her own breasts. “Well, they aren’t that big.” She spreads her legs and looks down. “That’s what a human plot looks like?”

Twilight grins. “Yes, and among them, that’s a very pretty one. Hold on.” Her horn lights and the silver/platinum pubic hair is trimmed to a triangle pointing down to her labia. She looks at Citrus, who looks at her own rather overgrown hair down south. She nods and spreads her legs a bit, allowing Twilight to magic it down a bit. “Don’t worry, I do the same myself. The genetics make for a lot of hair down there, so I’m bringing it under control.”

Citrus nods. “Tim keeps his trimmed for us, though without trimming, it’s a jungle down there. But not too much gone. Can you just get rid of mine?”

Twilight cocks her head, her eyebrows rising. “Really?” Citrus nods and with a flash of Twilight’s magic, all of the woman’s pubic hair disappears. Citrus runs a finger along the outer lips and groans softly.

“I wasn’t kidding about sensitive,” Twilight says with a giggle.

Citrus spreads herself a bit, looking down. “It looks a lot different than ours. Are you sure Tim likes ours? We are more different than I thought we were.”

Twilight nods. “Different doesn’t mean bad, Citrus. We are a completely different species from Tim. Just remember, you like Silver’s cock when he’s a pony, and you like Tim’s cock too, right?”

She nods. “Different, but both are fun.”

“The same when it comes to mares and our plots. We are different from human women, but we still turn him on. He will like this too.”

Citrus looks down. “I guess you are right.” She looks over at Silver, who is having his own nest of pubic hair trimmed by Twilight. “I’ll admit I like both.” The other girls nod in agreement.

Twilight turns to Cayenne. “Ready?”

Cayenne takes a step forward, her eyes tightly closed. “Do it.”

Once again, Twilight’s horn lights, and Cayenne in her new form is gently deposited on another chair. Twilight pants softly. “That spell takes a lot out of you.”

Cayenne touches her horn, then looks at the other girls, then down at herself. “Okay, first thing, get that hair gone, please, Twilight.” She lifts her arms, “And under the arms, too?”

Twilight smiles as she complies. Cayenne touches her own breasts. “Oh man, no fair. Everypony gets bigger breasts than me.”

North giggles as Citrus looks down at her large breasts then back at Cayenne. “Those look like bee stings.”

Cayenne touches her pale skin that is covered in dark dots. “What are these?”

Twilight answers, “Freckles. They come with your red mane.”

“Red? My mane didn’t change color?” Her horn lights and a mirror appears. She inspects her face. “Well, I kept my eye color, but my mane is just one color now?” she runs a finger along her own elongated ear.

“That’s normal for humans, Cayenne,” Twilight pants a bit, “Okay, my turn now.” She lights her horn again, and with a bang, she’s standing before the other ponies turned human. She closes her eyes and her horn lights again, trimming her pubic hair, along with her underarm hair. She concentrates again and a gumball pink highlight grows down her raven black hair. She pushes her long hair back, exposing her own long ears, which she flicks up and down. “There. What do you think?”

Citrus looks at her. “Definitely the darkest here when it comes to skin color.” She cocks her head to the side. “Very pretty though.” She leans a bit, looking at Twilight’s plot. “So, the same as before?”

Twilight shrugs. “A bit different. I believe it’s as close to human without having an actual sample. Tim has said it smells right and feels right.” She raises her arms to stretch, and her own wings extend as she flexes her back. She folds her wings back and smiles at the rest.

Citrus spreads herself again, running her fingers along the inner lips. “Wow, I’m wet already.” She explores for a moment. “Why can’t I wink?”

“Humans don’t wink, and their clitoris is smaller than ours. But easily just as sensitive.”

As Twilight was talking, Citrus continued to explore, she squeezes her legs together and moans softly. “Found it.” She sighs. “I want Tim in me now.” She shudders. “Can we get pregnant with Tim like this?”

Twilight shakes her head. “That can be an option for the future. I did make sure all of us are functionally accurate for human, full uterus and ovaries with all the genes, but none of the tubes needed for ova to get to where sperm can reach them; I’m rather hesitant to start making humans without a perfect understanding of their genetics. And of course we only have Tim for reference, so the gene pool would be too limited." She stops for a long moment, a slender finger on her chin. "I would have to think about the ethical questions, though. Creating a whole race of humans to satisfy a single member that made it to our world. Would that be ethical?" She stops and shakes her head. "That's a question for another time, though." She giggles. "Maybe we can figure out some kind of humanized pony shape? Still looking like a pony, but with some human features. Might be interesting to explore in the future."

“Wow, it does grow.” Silver says. All the mares turn to look at Silver, his legs are slightly spread, and his member is pointing straight up.

Cayenne cocks her head to the side. “A little smaller than Tim’s when it comes to length, but the same girth.” She reaches out and rubs a finger along the edge of the head, getting Silver’s breath to stutter as he closes his eyes. “Sensitive?”

Silver nods and then gasps as Cayenne grasps the shaft, she runs her thumb along the head again, she runs her hand up and down his shaft. “Not kidding about how sensitive these fingers are.” She runs a fingertip all around the edge of the head, looking up at Silver’s face. His eyes have closed, and she enjoys him bucking gently into her hand. “I’m glad you like, Silver.”

“Cayenne! I’m gonna…” His member spasms in her hand and thick white fluid spurts out, flying several feet.

Twilight exclaims, “Well that’s new; Tim shoots nowhere near as hard!” Silver quivers and collapses. Cayenne leans down and starts cleaning with her mouth, making him twitch and gasp.

“Wow, hair trigger even as a human? Damnit!”

“That’ll change,” Twilight says, using a thumb to wipe a gob from her shoulder. She looks at Silver as she brings it slowly into her mouth. She smiles as she extracts a clean finger. “I did get that right. Tastes just right for human.”

“I hope I can recharge as fast as usual.”

“Not likely, but odds are future rounds will last much longer.”

Twilight moves down and kisses him, her tongue invading his mouth as she sits on his thighs, wrapping her arms around him. After time immemorial, she pulls away. “No worries, Silver. You’ll have plenty of time to recover. And if you need help, we can help you, just like we help Tim from time to time.” She giggles as he twitches a bit. She reaches down and gropes him gently as she leans forward and whispers in his ear. “I want this in me later.” He nods as she stands up and then ruins the sultry look by stumbling over her feet, windmilling her arms until she catches herself on one of the reading tables. “Okay. Time to teach you all how to walk.”

***

Tim stuffs his hands into his pockets. This cold wind sucks. Though spring is on its way, the unicorns of Canterlot have let the city know that winter wrap up is on its way. The sidewalks are clean, which is a good thing, but the cold wind just cuts through a person. Even ponies on the street are bundled up, wearing parkas and some kind of snow pant that only exposes the bottom of their hooves to the ground. Though some are wearing boots on all four hooves as well. He glances up, not really any pegasi in the air either. Tim is looking forward to the heated lobby. When it’s really bad out, the doormare will be just inside the door. He hurries through the door, nodding to the ROG doormare. The elevator responds instantly to the press of the button.

A soft ding announces the elevator arriving at his floor. He exits and turns to the left. Quickly he’s at his door. He pushes the lever style knob down and pushes the door open, he’s quickly pulling off his jacket as he gets through the door. He closes the door and turns around, his jacket falling to the floor as he stares.

Dressed in tight jeans and a white scoop neck shirt, a young woman is standing there with shoulder length wavy golden blonde hair and bright cerise eyes. He boggles at noticing the long, slender ears emerging from the sides of her head, flicking nervously back and forth His eyes drop to her bare feet, shifting nervously on the marble floor. He takes in all the details, that mare at the Canterlot Boutique must have made those jeans, they look painted on. The shirt has a pocket like most of his, and on that pocket is the cutie marks, Twilight Sparkle’s stars have been added to the ones around the marks representing him and Silver. He looks at her face, then he squints, noting the horn sticking up from just above the hair line. “Citrus?”

She nods and smiles tremulously. “Happy Birthday, Love! We all have gifts for you, but Twilight wanted to do something overboard. You like?”

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