My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Of Ponies and Humans

Chapter 8

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3 Days after Zero Hour

3 days have passed since Trixie tried to turn herself into a Stallion to be with Twilight but instead turned every pony in Equestria into Humans. Except for Lyra, not everyone is happy with this sudden transformation. To some fortunate degree, the spell only worked at half strength, every Unicorn still have their horns and every Pegasi still have their wings and they all somehow know how to walk on 2 legs.

Everyone is trying to make do to with their new forms but… well, you know the saying ‘you can’t teach a old dog new tricks?’ well, that’s true here. With all these new and different variables and rules of nature, the ponies are experiencing extreme difficulty acclimatizing to it.

When they first changed into humans, all the ponies across the land were buck-naked so their first priority was to make clothes cause no one knows how long this will last. With help from the Mane6 and the original humans, Rarity was able to make enough clothes for everyone in Ponyville. Every other boutique across Equestria are doing the same thing as well. Twilight is currently trying to find a reversal spell but, so far, no luck.

Rarity:

“Ug--ow!” Rarity pricked herself with a needle. she swung her bleeding new pointer finger though the air and stuck it in her mouth. “that smarts. Never hurt last time.”

“well, last time, you didn’t have 1-inch skin, did ya?” Ash asked, looking though a magazine.

“guess not. But still, didn’t expect it to hurt that much.” the bleeding stopped but Rare shook the finger again. “being human sucks.” Ash looked up from the magazine. Rare got nervous. “I-I mean no offense.”

“None taken.” Ash said as he flipped a page.

Rarity sewed the last sequin in and bite down on the string. “there. All done.” Ash looked up at a gown she had finished. “and it’s the last one for Ponyville, too.”

“who’s that for?”

“one Ms. Derpy Hooves. She’s the last one in Ponyville who needs clothes for this… little predicament.”

“Speaking of which, what kind of name is Derpy? Rarity, I can understand. Twilight, I can understand. Heck, I can understand even Pinkie Pie. So why Derpy?”

“hmm… I don’t really know myself. You’re better off asking her for the whole story.” Rarity tried to use her magic to hover it over to a rack near the door but she didn’t even get it off the dummy. She grunted as she used her new fingers to take it off. “I hate using these. I wish I was a Unicorn again.”

Ash parted his lips to the right and looked at Rare. “eh… I don’t know. I think you look fine now.”

Rarity looked back in confusion. She looked down at her new bod. She was never gonna understand human relations and customs. “you find this.. Attractive?”

“on Earth, you would be considered a Supermodel.” Rare knew what Supermodels were on Equestria and blushed. “but don’t tell Sora I said anything. She’d tan my hide.”

“you and Sora are an item?” Rarity asked.

“you could say that.” Ash chuckled like a boss as he leaned back and put his hands behind his head. “engaged, really. Asked her to marry me before we left Warfang and she said yes.”

“Do your friends know?”

“no and it’s imperative Jax doesn’t know as well. She… has a thing for me.”

“oh. Like Twilight and Halo?”

“well, a bit lighter then those 2 but, yeah. And if she found out I’m engaged to her sister, well… you can imagine what her reaction will be.”

Both thought of the same thing: Jax going on a homicidal rampage and destroying everything. Their facial retractions to that was priceless. “yikes.” they both said.

Twilight:

Twilight flipped though some books in her library, taking her time unlike Trixie. Speaking of which, guess who came in.

“hi, Twilight.” a cheerful Trixie said with a skip in her step, bringing Twi some flowers. “got you these.”

“now is not the time, Trixie.” a peeved Twi said, not even looking up.

“oh, come on Twilight. It’s a nice day out. How about we go on a picnic an--”

Twi closed the book and gave a groaning sigh. “listen, Trixie. I don’t have time for your little game. I have to find the reversal spell to the spell you idiotically cast!” Twi exclaimed, grabbing another book.

“well… I just…” Trixie sighed and put the flowers in a vase. “oh, come on. You have to admit that this is a good experience for us all. In fact, I wonder what ‘it’ feels like as a human.”

Twi screeched to a halt and stuck her tongue out in disgust. “probably not very good.” Twi grabbed another book and jumped onto a nearby futon.

“you un… wanna try?” Trixie asked, seductively sitting next to her.

Twi growled as she gave Trixie the evil eye. “Listen, Trixie.” Twilight got up from the couch. “We wouldn’t be in this mess if you could’ve just accepted that I don’t love you. Least not in the way your suggesting. And turning yourself into a Stallion wasn’t going to help.” Trixie just sat there, staring away from Twi. Twi, in turn, stared away from Trixie. “I’m sorry, Trixie, but we’re just friends. And that’s it.”

Trixie didn’t want to listen to it. She just walked out in a fuss, partially slamming the door behind her.

“if only she wasn’t so stubborn.” Twilight sighed as she went back to work, trying to find a Reversal Spell.

Applejack:

Applejack hit the tree with her leg, only to have it backfire.

“OW OW OW!!!” A.J. exclaimed, hopping on one foot while she held the other in pain. Big Mac watched her jump up and down. “that didn’t hurt before.” A.J. exclaimed in pain.

“that’s because you were a horse, a genus known for strong legs.” Aura said as he walked to the same tree A.J. hit.

“well, do you have a better idea, genius?” A.J. groaned with one eye open, rubbing her injured foot. Aura snorted. He reached up and plucked one off.

“the old fashioned way, for starters.” Aura smugly said as he took a bite of the apple.

“but that’ll take forever.” Big Max said, looking at the immense orchard.

“better then doing nothing, right?” Aura said as he took another bite. He spit it out and hung his tongue out in disgust. “worm! I ate a worm. *Ptooey Ptooey Ptooey*”

Applejack couldn’t contain her anger at this situation. “ARGH!!! I HATE BEING HUMAN!!!” she yelled.

Lyra:

“I LOVE BEING A HUMAN!!!” Lyra happily exclaimed. She used her new fingers to grabbed a couple of ice cream cones. She then skipped off with her new legs.

Bonbon:

Bonbon grumbled as she sat at a patio table, waiting for her marefriend. Speaking of which, Lyra arrived and offered Bonbon one. She took it and just stared at it.

“what, you don’t like it? Come on, Bonny. It’s Mint Chocolate Chip. Your fave.” Lyra happily said as she licked her cookie dough ice cream.

“I just don’t understand how you can be cheerful at a time like this. I mean, we look like freaks.” Bonbon muttered.

“We look like humans. This has always been a dream of mine ever since I heard those fairy tails with them.”

Req was walking by, carrying some sheets, when she heard that. “Wait, there are fairy tails about us here?” Requiem asked.

“quite a few. Most famous is a boogey-mare’s tale about this man named Glastos the Glue Maker. He went around, killing ponies in their sleep and turning them into something called glue.”

Req got grossed out and it showed on her face. “ew.”

“be thankful it’s just a fairy tail and not real.” Bonbon said as she took another lick.

“that ain’t the only myth about humans on Equestria. There’s the story about the Alicorn Jeria and the Human Zax. According to legend, they both made the planet and all the life on it.”

“wow. So, wait, if a human helped create this world, why aren’t there any humans on Equestria?” Req asked.

“Discord happened. The Spirit of Disharmony just snapped his fingers and made them all disappear from Equestria. Every. Last. One.” Bonbon said, tapping her finger on the table.

“Dang. glad this Discord guy ain’t around.” Req muttered as she sat back. She sat back too far and fell backwards, feet sticking up. “I’m okay.”

Bonbon and Lyra looked at each other and giggled.

Fluttershy:

“So… this thing spell turned you into a human?” Edge asked Fluttershy, still resting in her bed. Most of his bandages are gone but he was still too weak to move.

“yep. Twilight is busy looking for a reversal spell but it’s likely to take awhile. According to her, this spell hasn’t been used in 300000 years.” Fluttershy said as she poured some tea.

“so the chances of there being a reversal spell is slim to none.”

“that’s what it’s looking like.” Fluttershy plopped some cubes of sugar into her tea. “by the way, why aren’t you human?”

“well, I am a Changeling and that spell is to effect Ponies, right? Makes sense that I was spared.”

“but Spike also turned into a human. How do you explain that?”

“Raised by Ponies since birth. Maybe the spell mistook him for a pony.”

Fluttershy turned and gave Edge his own cup of tea. “hmm… guess that makes sense. I think.”

“of course it does.” Edge said as he took a sip of his tea. He spit it up and licked his lips disgustingly. “too sugary! Too sugary!” he breathlessly said, coughing up a storm.

“oh my. I’m so sorry.”

“no prob.” Edge gagged.

Vinyl:

Vinyl sat in the windowsill of her and Octavia’s place, waiting for her marefriend to come home.

“man, Octavia sure is taking a while.” she muttered. She glanced back at her turntable then looked at her hands. She jumped down from the windowsill and walked on over. “wonder how human fingers work on these.”

She touched one of the discs and tried doing what she does best on it. It works good. It’s not great but it’s something she can work with.

Octavia:

Octavia reached the door to her and Vinyl’s apartment and opened it up to see Vinyl playing with her turntable.

“hey, Octy. Get this. Human fingers work just as well with my turntable just as well as my hooves.” Vinyl happily said, playing away.

“how wonderful.” Octavia sarcastically said.

“So where’d you go?” Vinyl asked.

“well, with all that’s been happening lately, I thought we should go on a vacation.”

The record scratched as Vinyl slipped, hit her head on the table, and fell. “I’m fine.” she quickly said, sticking a finger up. She quickly sat up. “did you say vacation?”

“sure did.” Octavia took out and flipped over 2 tickets. “3 days and nights at the Château Nearo.”

“Cool.” Vinyl said, grabbing them and looking them over. “wait, ain’t that in the Gryphon Kingdom?”

“yes.”

“… you think they won’t chase humans away?”

“it’s true that Griffons aren’t exactly the friendliest of creatures. I still remember that fiasco with Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rainbow, and that Griffon, what was her name, Gilda?” Vinyl nodded. “but still, it’s a vacation. We desperately need it.”

Vinyl shrugged. “if you say so.”

Pinkie Pie:

Pinkie Pie hummed the shows main theme as she took out a tray of muffins from the over and slid them onto the counter.

“Fresh Muffins!” She called out. She turned around and slid on into the kitchen. “I am loving these fingers!” She cheerfully said. “they make gripping the trays so much easier.”

“Pinkie…” Mrs. Cake interrupted.

“yes?”

Mrs. Cake handed her a bag. “Take these to Rainbow Dash. She ordered some blueberry cupcakes.”

Pinkie saluted like a doofus and bounced on out.

“Even as a human, she’s still as hyper as a gerbil.” Sora muttered, cutting some oranges.

“That’s Pinkie for ya.” Mr. and Mrs. Cake, plus Marble, said.

Rainbow Dash:

Dash flew though the air, getting used to her new form. It wasn’t as aerodynamic as her Pegasus body but it can still fly, though not well.

“wonder if the Wonderbolts are suffering from the same problem?” She muttered to herself.

“HI, RAINBOW DASH!!!”

Dash almost lost focus on her flying when she heard Pinkie calling her.

“hey Pinkie.”

Dash fluttered down and landed gracefully as Pinkie walked on up. “your cupcakes are ready. Never knew you liked blueberries.”

“now you know.” Dash took the bag and opened it up. All 3 were in there. She reached back and pulled out a few bits. She paid Pinkie and she took them with a smile on her face.

“So what are the cupcakes for?”

“oh. Shadow asked me to buy some for him. He’s helping Satoshi with Orion and…”

The sounds of children laughing caught their attentions. They both looked in the same direction when they heard; “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS HANG GLIDERS!!!”

Pinkie and Rainbow looked at each other and got the same feeling. “uh-oh.”

CMC:

The Cutie Mark Crusaders stood on the edge of a cliff, each with their own hang gliders.

“you sure this is safe, Scootaloo? I mean, I think we should hold off on finding out Cutie Marks till after we get turned back into Ponies.” Applebloom asked.

“but ‘bloom, Rare still had her cutie mark on… what did Ash call it, right shoulder. Our marks should appear in the same spot.” Sweetie Belle explained.

“if you say so.” a worried Applebloom said. She still wasn’t sure about this but she was gonna do it.

“Ready?” Scoot’s asked. Bloom gulped in agreement. Sweetie gave a thumbs up. “Okay. 1... 2... T--”

“HOLD IT!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, flying in front of them. All 3 girls screamed as they fell backward. “This is extremely dangerous, even to adults.” Dash said as she landed. “besides, didn’t you try this before?”

All 3 CMC thought for a moment then groaned. “ARGH! That’s right. We did try this before.” Scootaloo groaned as she fell backwards.

“nice going, Scootaloo.” both Applebloom and Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

Derpy Hooves:

Jax sat in a chair in Derpy’s apartment, reading a book while the radio played. The title read ‘supernaturals’.

The door opened wide and voices came from the other side. Jax glanced to see Derpy, Sparkler, and Carrot Top walk in, carrying bags of groceries and chatting up a storm.

“Well that was fast.” Jax muttered out loud.

“well, hands made it easier.” Sparkler said as she placed her bag on the counter.

“Told ya.” Jax muttered.

The song that was currently playing ended and was replaced with the orchestral version of Once Upon a Dream.

Derpy recognized it and lovelingly held her heart. “oh, I love this song.” she said in a swoon.

“not again.” both Carrot Top and Sparkler groaned. Jax was confused.

Derpy began ballroom dancing with nothing but air as she hummed the song. “un… what’s with dopey?” Jax asked.

“whenever she hears this song, she goes into some sort of mental flashback of sorts.” C.T. explained. “not sure why, though. She just does.”

Derpy kept on dancing till the song ended. When it did, she got a little teary-eyed and held her heart. “eTu`nes.” she softly muttered.

Jax overheard that and asked; “eTu`nes?” that broke Derpy out of her trance. “who’s eTu`nes?”

“a old and… very important friend who was in my life until 8 years ago. I still miss him.”

“What happened?” Jax asked.

“yeah. You never told me as well.” Carrot Top added.

Derpy‘s heart hurt a bit. She held it as her voice cracked. “sorry. I…” Derpy cleared her throat, getting rid of the crack. “I’d rather not talk about it.”

“if you say so.” C.T. and Sparkler muttered. Jax, however, was curious about what had possible happened 8 years ago, and who this eTu`nes was.

Celestia and Luna:

The Moon rose as Luna used her magic to make it so.

“not bad.” Celestia said while sitting on a stone railing. “even as a human, you can still lift the moon.”

Luna stopped and cracked her back. “well, I still think it was one of those humans that did this.” Luna said, sitting down on the pavement.

“you’re kidding, right? You read the letter Twilight sent us. She said it was a mare that that tried to gain Twilight‘s heart that did this.” Tia explained.

“love. It’s such a freckle thing.” Luna chuckled. Celestia chuckled as well. A moment passed as Luna thought of how to word this next question. “hey, Sis. Were you ever in love with someone?”

Celestia was surprised that Luna asked that kind of question. “Why do you ask?”

“I don’t know. Guess 1000 years trapped on the moon made me think about things, love among them. Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever gonna find love of my own.”

Celestia patted her sister on the back. “You will. Someday.”

Luna smiled up at her big sis, who smiled back. “you didn’t answer my original question.” Celestia exclaimed in wonderment. “were you ever in love with someone?”

Celestia looked up to the stars and closed her eyes. “yes. I was. Back when there were hundreds of our kind and before you were born. With a Alicorn named Cosmos. Like you and me, he had control over the heavens; in this case, He was in control of the stars and made them sparkle every night.”

“wow.“ Luna dreamily said, trying to picture what he looked like. “What happened?”

A single tear ran down her face as she looked down to the gardens. “Discord happened. He… got rid of him.”

Luna gasped in shock at that last sentence. “oh. Oh, sis, I’m so sorry.”

Celestia sniffled as she wiped her eyes. “don’t be. It was thousands of years ago. I’m over it now.” she looked into the throne room to see a shadowbolt walking around. “think one of your troops is looking for you.” she said to Luna.

Luna looked and saw the Pegasus. “right. Duty calls.” Luna sighed as she got up and walked in.

Celestia smiled as she watched her sister walked away. When Luna was out of sight, Celestia’s expression returned to a depressed state. She held out her hand and summoned a white rose into it. She moved her fingers though the pedals and held it close to her heart.

“good night, my heavenly Cosmos.” she softly whispered to the flower. “pleasant dreams.”