Changes For The Better

By: MasterBrony Forever

I would like to thank Thomas R for Pre-Reading and Editing!

DISCLAIMER: This is a non-profit fanbased work of prose. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is the property of Hasbro, and the reinvention of the lovely Lauren Faust. No copyright infringement is intended, please support the official release.

I followed Celestia throughout the expansive halls of the castle as we made our way to, what will be, my temporary personal chamber as my old room was being repaired. I had some more questions and Tia was glad to answer them.

"Tia," I started, "Is there anything else I should know about 'The Decency Spell'?"

"Well, yes, there are a few details I happened to leave out," Celestia answered.

"Like what?" I asked as we turned and made our way up a flight of stairs.

"It can not only be broken by The Royal Family, and unicorns such as Vinyl. There's one other factor, or thing, that can break the spell. And it takes place during what you would call, the 'off seasons' of the show."

‘Well that tells me that Celestia knows her world is just a show back on Earth, that makes things easier I guess,’ I thought to myself.

"What happens during the off seasons?"

We had come to a stop near a balcony on our way up the cascading stairs. There were two chairs and a small end table set-up like they were waiting for us. Celestia motioned for me to sit down, I did so and she soon followed suit. She called in a maid who was carrying a silver platter, incredibly designed, simple, yet elegant. On this platter were two tea cups, a pot, a small bowl of sugar, and some cream.

I was never one for things such as this, but decided to give it a try. Celestia floated the platter onto the table, thanked the maid and gave her the rest of the day off. She then proceeded to pour tea in both cups and gave herself about two sugarcubes. I tasted the tea before adding anything to it, it was extremely hard to force myself not to spit it up. I instantly added 4 sugar and just a dash of cream to it and tasted it, it had improved greatly.

"Now what were you saying about the off season?" I inquired.

Celestia took another sip of tea before answering, "Mother has failed to answer this question when I asked her about it all those years ago. But, the spell can be broken by a mare in heat."

I spit out was tea I had in my mouth instantly. Celestia looked over to me and began to patting my back as I coughed. After a moment, I gained control again, and relaxed back in my set.

"Sorry Tia, it just, shocked me is all."

"I can tell," Celestia said giggling, "Anyway, all the mares and other female creatures in Equestria seem to go into heat around the same time. During this time, The Decency Spell on them is broken, and because of the musk of a mare in heat it causes the spell on the colts, stallions, and other male creatures to break as well."

"Wait, then if every female in Equestria is in heat, and everyone else is aroused, how is it there aren't millions of females getting pregnant?"

"Well we do have spell in places to prevent the breaking of the Decency Spell. And if a couple want to have a foal they useally consault with myself or Luna first. Like the Cakes for example."

I sat there as I thought about the information I was just fed. "Well that cleared some thing up."

Celestia just nodded and sipped her tea again "Anyways," Celestia jumped into a cheerful mood, "We should continue to make our way to you temporary personal Quarters."

"Yeah we should, what was this random stop for anyways? We could have kept going and talked when we reached my room."

"I just thought it would be good to just sit down and talk for a while. Remember, you have been gone for thousands of years, I missed talking to you," Celestia said as she nuzzled my neck, minding her horn.

This caused me to have a slight smile spread across my face. ‘She is my true family, she loves and cares for me like family should. Much better then my 'family' back on Earth.’

We made our way down the intricate hallways and finally made it to my temporary room. It was just slightly smaller than my original room, but still eccentric with the design and layout nonetheless.

"This will be your temporary quarters until your old room is repaired." Celestia said as I toured the room.

"Thanks," I sat on the edge of the bed and laid down feeling the smooth silk fabric of the bed sheets.

Celestia smiled, "You're welcome, dear brother. I shall allow you to rest, we shall have supper in a few hours."

Celestia made her way to the door but I had to stop her, "Wait, Tia, I have one more question."

"And what would that be?"

"What will I do about clothing? It might be fine to walk around in your birthday suit if you are a pony, but I am still use to having clothes on. And I am still human."

"Oh, yes, I am having the royal tailor work on some outfits for you. We got your measurement while you were out cold in the hospital, hope you don't mind."

‘I was correct then,’ I thought to myself.

"Okay. Make sure that you just have her leave them outside my door when she is done with them. I will get them after I rest a little bit more."

"Remember, supper will be in a few hours," Celestia said before walking out the door.

As she left and closed the door with her magic, I could here just a fragment of a conversation she had started with one of the guards.

"When they awake, escort them to their chambers..." Was all I could hear until the door shut completely.

Vinyl's thoughts wandered back to Octavia and that night. From what she could remember, she and Octavia were as good as dead, nopony could have saved them. Yet somepony did, and she didn't know who they were. She pondered this on the inside while keeping a straight, unemotional face on the outside. It would last long until she broke down.

"Here we are Miss Scratch," The older guard said flatly.

The three now stood in front of a door, which Vinyl could only assume to be her sleeping quarters. They stood aside and open the door for her to enter. She walked in and looked around, it was much nicer than what she was use to.

"If there is anything you may require, don't hesitate to ask one of the maids," the younger guard said before they both closed the door and marched away.

Once she was sure she was alone, she walked over to the furthest and darkest corner of the room...

She fell to the ground and burst into tears. She sobbed as hard as her body would allow. She shivered and held herself as all that entered her mind were the events of that night. Never before has she experienced such horror in her life, the beatings, the use of her body in such profound ways. She knew she had given her body up like that for bits in the past, but none were as brutal as this.

It was all she knew, her mother was forced into the same thing, after her father abandoned them. Her mother would be gone every night and come back every morning just to sleep all day. She didn't know what her mother had done, or why she always tired, why she would hear her mother crying herself to sleep when she came home. When she was old enough and learned everything that was going on, her mother died.

This left her on her own on the streets of Manehatten, where she learned of the spell her mother knew. Everything her mother had done, she had started to do a few years later, only by natural instinct was he able to know what to do. She was homeless at this point and selling her body for bits.

"Octavia was somepony who took me in," Vinyl whimpered to herself, "I never told what I did for bits outside of my music."

‘Why would you do this Vinyl?’

Vinyl heard that voice and looked around for its origin.

‘WHY?’

It was Octavia's voice, "Octavia...I...am...sorry. I don't even know why I did it...please you have to forgive me." Vinyl forced all of that out through her heavy breathing sobs.

‘No, I can never forgive you Vinyl...I don't want anything to do with you. When I am released from the Hospital, stay out of my life!’

Vinyl wanted to die right there. She just couldn't live without her best friend. After what had happened to Octavia, it was her fault. Vinyl heard those last few words repeat over and over again, ‘Stay out of my life!’

Vinyl eventually worked her way onto the bed, and cried herself to sleep. All the rest of the day were just nightmares, with no sign of them stopping.