My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Of Ponies and Humans

Chapter 13

If the feeling is strong enough

47 Days after Zero Hour

After receiving the letter from Cadence; Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Halo, Zilver, Shadow, Derpy, Requiem, Aura, Ash, Jax, Bahamut, Spike, and Sora left for the Gryphon Kingdom to find the Reversal Spell for the human-turned Ponies. What they don’t know is that this journey is going to be a lot tougher then it sounds.

They arrived in the kingdom with no trouble but are informed of a curfew in place due to the impending threat of a slave trade going on. They are to meet with the king tonight and find out where the reversal spell to this predicament is.

There, Dash had a very brief reunion with Gilda and met back up with her friends from her foalhood. Also, Twilight finds out she’s gonna be a aunt when Cadence reveals she’s pregnant… and was for 3 months prior to the Changeling’s botched invasion. Guess even Ponies can’t resist the call of the wild when it hits, huh?

“I’m bored!” Derpy groaned as she laid on the deck’s beam.

“agreed!” everyone in the group replied.

The groups meeting with the king, where they’re to be told where the location of the reversal spell is, wasn’t for another 10 hours. So, naturally, they were trying to find ways to pass the time. Twilight and Spike were writing a letter to send back home and Cadence & Armor were off on business. Everyone else, however…

“my god. I forgot that beach houses are snore fests.” Aura groaned, his head bumping into the wood over and over.

“that is a given fact, no matter what world.” Jax groaned, a pair of sleeper goggles over her eyes.

“I thought your friends were party people, Dash.” a lazy and peeved Zatch said.

“everyone has off days.

Req sputtered as she swung her arm off the edge. Nothing but the sounds of the waves filled their ears. “wait. Sand… Water…” she muttered. “That’s IT!” she happily exclaimed. Everyone lazily raised their heads.

“what’s it?” a lazy Bahamut asked.

“We throw a beach party!” everyone looked at each other with weird looks. “oh, come on. It’s a perfect day for it; no clouds in the sky, a nice summer breeze, big beach. Plus, we got time to burn.”

Nobody said anything. Finally, Halo was able to say something. “you know what? I’m game. I’m bored out of my skull. We should have some fun.”

“YAY!” Pinkie excitedly exclaimed. “PARTY!!!”

A whole lot of commotion came from outside, getting Spike’s and Twilight’s attention. “what do you think’s going on?” Spike asked.

“I don’t know.” Twi said as she put the finishing touches on both letters. “there. One letter for our friends back home and another for the Princesses, updating them on our status.” Twilight put the quill down and rolled both up. “Ready Spike?”

“I hope so. I’m not sure if I can do my fire breath ever since I became a human.”

“well, you received that letter from the princess’s back when this began. So, in hindsight, you should be able to send them.”

“well… I can try.” Spike said. “still not sure if this will work or not.” he grabbed one of the letters and took a deep breath.

“Thank you and have a nice day.” Fluttershy said as she paid for some carrots. She walked off as she looked over her checklist. “let’s see here… ‘buy carrots for Angel?’ check. ‘see to Barry Punch to see if she didn’t burn down the library?’ check. ‘make sure I never let Edge near my checklist?’ check.”

A burst of green fire suddenly appeared in front of her, freaking ‘Shy out a bit. But, then she realized that Spike sends messages though green fire.

She embarrassingly took the letter and opened it. “oh my.” she gasped, reading the letter over. “I’m sure everyone will be interested with this.” she rolled it up and headed off.

“BIKINI SEASON!!!” Requiem, Sora, and Jax happily exclaimed, all 3 dressed in slim bikini’s.(you’re welcome.)

They ran on down to the beach while everyone else dragged along behind them, each dressed for the part.

“every time there’s a beach, those 3 go ballistic.” Aura said with his eyes half closed.

“but you have to admit. The view is nice.” Ash added. He looked at the girls as Aura leaned in. they both watched all 3 run on down. Aura’s mouth dropped. Ash pushed it back into it’s socket.

The ponies, each in bikini’s and shorts of their own, looked at each other with a weird look. “I will never understand humans fascination with… THESE as long as I live.” Rarity muttered, pointing to what‘s hanging off of her chest.

“me neither.” everyone else answered.

“…and to top it off, I just found out I’m gonna be a aunt. Cadence is Pregnant!” Fluttershy read to those who didn‘t go at a local establishment, reaching the end of the letter.

“aw. Well, congrats for her.” Carrot Top said, biting into a baked potato.

“we’re gonna be meeting with the King in a few hours. Then, we’ll find out where to find the Reversal Spell and turns us back into Ponies. Hope to be back soon.” ‘Shy looked on the flip side. “Guess that’s it. I hope they’re all right.”

“they will be.” Satoshi said. “my friends defeated God’s and Goddess‘s. trust me. They’ll all be fine.”

Sparkler couldn’t help but spit up what she was drinking. “They beat what?”

“God’s and Goddess’s. evil ones, but still.” Satoshi went one and bit into one of his sandwiches. The ponies looked at each other with disbelief, not buying that they beat beings of a higher plain.

Dinky grunted as she held her head in pain. “Dinky? You okay?” Sparkler asked.

“yeah. Just got another headache.” she grunted in reply.

“now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ve been getting them too.” Fluttershy said.

“Same here.” Ms. Cheerilee agreed. Everyone eventually said the same thing.

“hmm… guess this is a side-effect of the transformation.” Satoshi guessed. “frequent headaches. That’s gotta be a painful way to live.”

“you have no idea.” everyone replied.

Satoshi rolled his eyes and placed his head in his hand. That’s when he noticed a certain unicorn wasn’t there. “wait. Guys, where’s Trixie?”

Everyone looked around the restaurant but she wasn’t there. She took off.

“uh-oh. This isn’t good.” Berry said.

“uh… you think?” Lyra jokingly replied.

“okay. I’ll check the apartment. You all look around Ponyville. She can’t have gotten far.” Satoshi said as he ran out. Everyone followed suit. Being the last one out, Berry paid for their food and drinks.

Satoshi arrived at the apartment to find Trixie packing a bag. “oh no. no no no.” he said over and over.

“Don’t try to stop me, Satoshi. I have to do this.” Trixie sternly said as she continued packing.

Satoshi huffed. He walked over and began unpacking. “No. you don’t.”

“Yes…” Trixie packed the same things he took out. “… I do.”

“no…” he took the same things out. “you don’t.”

“Yes…” she huffed, packing them again. “I do.”

“oh, for… this isn’t love, This is a obsession. Get it in your head, Trixie. Twilight doesn’t love you the way you love her!”

“I KNOW THAT!” Trixie yelled, catching Satoshi completely off guard. “I know that. But… but I have to go.”

“Why?”

“… so I can apologize.” she somberly said.

Satoshi was surprised by that. “Apologize?”

“for what I did; for turning me and every other pony into, well, you…” Satoshi shrugged in agreement at that. “…and for giving her a hard time, both 2 years ago and my flirting during this… crisis. She loves my brother. I know that. It just sucks that it took me this long to let it sink in.”

Satoshi folded his arms across his chest. “well… love can make you do some crazy things. I remember Ash and Sora when they were starting out. Hehe. They tried to keep it a secret but everyone eventually figured it out. Well… everyone except Jax.”

Trixie closed the bag and sighed. “so… now you know why I have to go.” Trixie walked over to the door. She opened it only to have everyone fall in. “where you all listening?” she angrily asked.

“You really want us to answer that?” Scootaloo asked.

“So… you’re really going?” Big Mac asked.

“I have to. If I don’t, this will just… eat away at me.” Trixie stepped over them all and walked to the end of the hall.

“wait. Hold it!” Marble exclaimed. He got up and went after her. “you honestly can’t be thinking about going alone, are you?”

“yes.” Trixie sternly replied.

“oh.” Marble stopped and looked back. “I tried my best.” he shrugged.

Everyone groaned in anger. Fluttershy walked up to Trixie. “but… you heard in Twilight’s letter that there’s a horrible slave trade happening in the Gryphon Kingdom.”

“don’t care.”

Fluttershy stopped and let Trixie continue walking. “but you can’t go alone.”

“I swear, she’s as stubborn as a mule.” Cheerilee said to herself.

Fluttershy and Marble looked at each other and nodded. “then we’re coming with you.” they both said.

Trixie was stunned by that response to where she stopped walked. Everyone else was also surprised, mostly to hear Fluttershy said that she was going. “You’re what!?!” they all asked.

“you heard me. I said I’m going.” Marble said. He walked past Trixie.

Satoshi couldn’t help but grin. “is it because of a certain bouncing hyper party pony?” he jokingly asked. Marble didn’t dignify that with a response. “and why you Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy got confused herself and thought for a moment. “you know. I’m not sure why. I think some of Edge’s personality is rubbing off on me.” she looked back to the group. “speaking of Edge, can you 4 keep an eye on him?” she asked the CMC + Dinky.

“no prob!” they all replied.

“fine. Whatever.” Trixie said with a hint of anxiety in her voice. Though she wasn’t going to say it out loud, she’s glad for the company. “we got a long walk ahead of us so we sh--”

“A long walk? Aren’t you gonna take the train?” Big Mac asked.

“the Train isn’t working, right?”

“they fixed it yesterday.” Satoshi said. “if you hurry, you can make it before it departs.”

“then I guess we have no time to lose.” Marble said as he ran out. Trixie and Fluttershy followed.

“Why’d you let her go? Carrot Top asked. “she’s not exactly stable right now.”

“I think we both know there was no way I was gonna win a argument with her.” Satoshi said. “besides… she’s feeling guilty for all this and wants to help make up for it.”

“I was talking about Fluttershy.”

“oh. Eh… same thing, minus the ‘feeling guilty’ part.”

Trixie, Fluttershy, and Marble ran to the station as fast as they could. The whistle blowed, signaling it was about to leave.

“Come on, legs. Don’t fail me now.” Marble grunted as he picked up speed.

They all ran up the stairs and bolted for the train just as it was pulling away from the station. Marble jumped into the last car, which was a freight car. Fluttershy jumped. He caught her arm and pulled her in.

The train pulled away from the station just as Trixie jumped for it. Marble caught her arm and pulled her in.

They all fell to the floor and started panting. “that… was cutting it too close.” Marble panted.

Trixie panted as she caught her second wind. “ditto that. Hoo… how about you, Flutter…” Fluttershy was out cold, too tired from the running. “nice thinking. I sure could use a re...” Trixie didn’t finish it as she fell backward and went out on impact. Marble did the same thing.

“YEE-HAW!!”

A.J., despite having not done this before, was a-surfing on the waves, along with Req, Pinkie, and Derpy.

“This is awesome! Why didn’t we do this before!?” Pinkie happily exclaimed.

“who cares? We’re doing it now!” Derpy exclaimed.

Back on land, a sleeping Spike was the unfortunate victim of getting a mermaid body being made over his body. Jax walked away with a bucket and a pail and a deviously smug smile.

“ready? Then take this!” Rarity exclaimed. She jumped up and slapped a volleyball to the other side of the net.

“Coming to you, Ash.” Sora pelt it back to the other side. She hit it far. Ash ran after it and kicked it back.

“I take back what I said before, Dash. Your friends know how to party.” Zatch said as he, Dash, and the other 2 fliers flew on down to the beach, each carrying a tray of drinks.

Dash scoffed. “Told ya. It was just being a off day.”

“if you say so.” Lightning said.

They touched down on the beach and immediately got everyone’s attention. “DRINKS!” Aura called out to the surfers. They directed their boards and headed on in.

(i know this pic isn't depicting what i wrote but i couldn't resist putting it in. you can thank me later:

The train went along it’s route to the river that separates Equestria from the Gryphon Kingdom.

“so… I have to ask. Why did you want to come with me?” Trixie asked Marble and Fluttershy.

“well, I’m not sure for me, but… I just felt like I have to come. I had a bad feeling about this whole trip from the day Twilight and them left, and it’s still there.”

“So… you wanted to go and see if your feeling is justified or completely bogus?” Marble summed up.

“if you want to put it like that, yes. And what of you, Marble?”

“I just wanted to get away from the town. It’s been getting stuffy since they left.”

“would ‘they’ happen to involve Pinkie Pie, by any chance?” Marble didn’t dignify that with a response. Fluttershy and Trixie looked at each other and giggled.

Ash plucked a few cords on his guitar just as the sun had begun to set. Zatch, Lightning, and Gothic headed home not long before sunset. Ash then began to play a tune to the lazy people.

“here we go.” Sora muttered. “he always knows how to play a tune.” she told Rarity with a smile.

Trixie depressingly looked out at the setting sun, sitting at the edge of the door. A worried Fluttershy and Marble looked at each other. “un, Trixie… you okay?” ‘Shy gently asked.

“no… no I’m not.” Trixie sighed. “all my life, nothing has ever gone my way. I had 2 different sets of parents who wanted nothing to do with me, I never had any friends other then my brothers, and the love of my life…” Trixie held her heart. Fluttershy got even more worried. “In my dreams since that day 2 years ago, I had the perfect future for me and her; marriage, kids, old age together. But… thanks to her love with my brother… that will forever remain a dream-- no… it’ll remain a nightmare of broken dreams.”

Marble mouthed ‘wow’ while Fluttershy wiped away a tear. “listen, Trixie…” Fluttershy started. “just because you can’t have Twilight as the way you want her, you will probably gain her in another way.” Trixie glanced back at ‘Shy, scoffing at what she said. “think about it. If she and Halo marry, you’ll gain her as a sister. You’ll be with her, just as sisters related by Halo, like how Twilight is now technically royalty since her brother married Princess Cadence.”

“and besides, there’s plenty of fish in the sea.” Marble added.

“beg pardon?” both mares asked.

“sorry, I heard one of the humans say it. I think it means there’s more then one love out there for you. So you won’t get Twilight. So what? You’ll find someone else to have that future of yours with. I’m sure Lyra or Vinyl have a few Filly-Fooler friends who are single. You’ll find someone else. You just gotta let go of this now failed dream.”

Trixie’s lips pouted to the side. “as grim as that was, you’re right. Can’t sit around, mopping about what won’t come true anymore. Just… have to accept it.” she looked to her left at the rising moon, her sadness and dread replaced with hope. “just wonder why it took me this long to see it.”

“love can make you do stupid things…” Marble said as he plopped down on a pile of hay. “… like turn every pony in Equestria human. And isn‘t that why we‘re going, so you can apologize for this?”

“Yeah. For that and many other stupid things I did to Twilight and her friends. And, if it comes to it…” Trixie held her heart again. Worried yet again, Fluttershy and Marble looked at each other. “nothing. Never mind. Let’s just get some sleep. It’s still gonna be a day before we reach the river.” Trixie said. She walked over to a different pile and fell down on it, falling asleep instantly.

“what do you think she meant ‘if it comes to it?’” Fluttershy asked.

“could be anything.” Marble muttered before he fell asleep.

The bad feeling Fluttershy got before came back in force, filling her with dread. “I don’t like this.” she told herself.

Ash stopped playing with a soft finish. Everyone clapped at it.

“Well… not bad playing.” Jason said as he landed on the beach.

“Jason. What are you doing here?” Twi asked.

“I came to tell you that it’s time for your audience with the king.”

The ponies looked at each other with a smile. “YES!” they all exclaimed. “not long till we done with these bodies.” A.J. happily said.

Everyone got back into their clothes and headed for the carriage limo.

A very major headache came and hit Derpy. Being the last one out, nobody noticed. She leaned on the door, holding her head in pain. Her cousin noticed this and walked back to her.

“Derpy? You okay?” Whooves asked.

“yeah. I’m… fine. Guess I had too much fun today.” she playfully replied. The headache went away and Derpy regained her old self. “come on. We’re this close to being ponies again.” She excitedly said as she headed for the limo.

“I got a bad feeling about this.” Whooves said as he closed the door, locked it, and headed for the carriage.

*author's notes*
yeah. i know. not one of my best but, like it was said in the chapter, everyone has a off day once in awhile.