I sat around, now with a complete collection of the Mane 6 in my bedroom, toying with the little plastic figures. It was just a shame I didn't have one of myself. That would've been cool. I was idly playing with the toys when in a bright flash, Pinkie Pie appeared in front of my bed and I jumped, then gathered them back up and hid them in my dresser drawer. Pinkie didn't seem to notice.
"Hi Austin!"
"Pinkie, what did I say about randomly appearing when I'm in my bedroom?"
"Not to?"
"Sooooo...?"
"Sorry...It's just Twilight wanted to see if you could come back to Equestria for just a quick minute...She wants to test a spell."
Pinkie and I leapt through her gap and we ended up in Twilight's library, and Twilight smiled the instant I appeared.
"Thank you Pinkie! Austin, I've been wanting to test a spell that could help you unlock a new ability. I think I've finally figured out some of Pinkie's physics, so I wanted to test them on you."
"Okay, what's the plan?"
"The spell will make your legs and possibly arms incredibly springy, so you can leap higher than, by human standards, possible."
"Cool. I'm ready whenever you are."
Twilight's horn glowed and a ball formed out of pure magic. I stared at it, then it slowly flew over and enveloped me in magic. A bright flash of light ensued, and I closed my eyes so I wasn't blinded. What I heard next was a few gasps from Pinkie and Twilight, and I felt a new sensation pulsing through my legs. They felt a lot more limber...But something was off. I opened my eyes, and it took me a minute to get my surroundings. I looked around. I was...well...I wasn't sure what I was...that's when I saw something massive, pink and furry slam down next to me with a loud CLOP! I looked up to see what it was, only to see a giant Pinkie Pie staring back down.
I screamed and staggered backward. Twilight looked down at me too.
"Uh oh."
"What? What happened Twi? He's all little!"
"I think the spell had a side effect."
"He shrunk?!"
"I'm afraid so. I don't know how to reverse it though..."
"Well now what?"
"We have to keep him safe. He's able to get injured very easily now. One of us will need to take care of him."
Pinkie quickly raised her foreleg.
"OHOHOHOH! ME ME ME ME!!"
"Pinkie, I don't think that-"
"Pleeeeeease? I promise I'll take good care of him!"
"Pinkie, I don't-"
"PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?"
Twilight sighed and nodded. Pinkie bounced around like a little filly at a playground, squealing happily. I hid under the table to be safe from the bouncy pink pony. Twilight eventually calmed her down, then warned her to be careful, because she might step on me like that.
"Oh, right...Where'd he go anyways?"
Twilight peeked under the table and I stared at her.
"Austin, I don't know if you can hear me down there, but Pinkie's going to take care of you until I can get this mess handled, okay?"
I reluctantly nodded. Twilight used her magic, carefully, to pick me up and set me down on Pinkie's back.
"Now be careful. No bouncing, no skipping, no running."
"Don't worry. I Pinkie Promise he'll be okay!" Pinkie said, running her hoof across her chest(?) in an X pattern, then gently jabbing her eye. Twilight smiled, finding Pinkie's promise to be reassuring. She knew how Pinkie gets when somepony breaks a Pinkie Promise....
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We arrived at Sugarcube Corner shortly afterward, and Pinkie took me off her back with her mouth, then set me down on her dresser.
"Just stay here. I can't have you down in the bakery while I'm working. You might get hurt. I'll be back after my shift, okay?" She left the room to the bakery one floor down, leaving me alone in her bedroom. I hate girl's bedrooms. They're either pink, or they're covered in posters, or they're black and there's gross candles dripping everywhere...it's always something. I looked around for something, anything, to do. Finally, I spotted Pinkie's closet. Hmmmm....Well, eye for an eye, I guess. I looked down from the edge of the dresser. Whoa that's a huge drop...My legs tingled. Might as well test if it worked....I jumped down to floor, and landed without a sound. My legs didn't even hurt. So it DID work, just had bad side effects.
I walked the vast bedroom to the closet, it's massive doors only an inch or two apart, but it was more than enough for me to slip into. I looked around. It was dark, so dark I almost didn't see that I had almost bumped into Pinkie's laundry basket. Which, not surprisingly, was empty. I climbed the mesh sides of it, then leapt to the first shelf up. Nothing but some old clothes Pinkie doesn't wear, her Gala dress, and a box of gummy candy. I jumped to the next one. Wow my legs were springy...I think I could get used to this...
I looked around. Now I saw a small amount of rocks (to me were massive boulders), a party hat, and a variety of costumes. Typical. She gets info on me, and I get party supplies. I groaned then leapt down to the floor. I walked out of the closet and walked under Pinkie's bed. Let's see....a variety of dust bunnies, an old stocking, a moldy cupcake, and that was about it other than dust. I climbed her bedsheets to the bed, then looked around. It was, again, unsurprisingly, pink. I looked at her pillow, and her blankets. They looked really cozy. I wonder how it felt being a pony, and snuggling into their covers...I shrugged and sat down, then waited for the next while for Pinkie to arrive.
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After what seemed like hours (A/N: It was really only about 45 minutes), I saw Pinkie come into her bedroom and look at her dresser.
"Huh? Where'd he go?"
I picked up a crayon from her bed and tossed it at the floor in hopes that she would hear it and notice me. She did, but it took her a minute to see me.
"Oh there you are! I told you to stay put!"
"Sorry, I wanted to look around."
The moment after I said that, Pinkie started laughing and rolling on the floor. I was confused at why she was laughing so hard, but then I remembered I was only about 2 inches tall. My voice probably sounded ridiculous to her. My cheeks turned a shade of pink, then I looked away. Pinkie stood back up and smiled.
"Oh, don't be embarrassed. It's not like you can help it."
"My voice sounds higher than yours does when you squee..."
Pinkie's mouth screwed up into a smirk/smile that made it quite clear she was doing her very best to hold in her laughter. Which took real effort on Pinkie's part. She WAS the Element of Laughter after all...I just grumbled to myself something I probably shouldn't repeat here, and Pinkie smiled.
"Well, I was gonna go see Twilight to see if she's figured out the antidote for this spell. Hop on, I'll give you a ride."
I climbed up onto her back, being careful about my new springy legs, and sat down. Pinkie walked downstairs and left to Twilight's house. As we walked, Pinkie hummed a very familiar song I knew the lyrics too. I also noticed her walking had turned into a low trot, with a bit of a bounce in time to the music she hummed. I blinked, then gave her a gentle jab in her side with my foot. She stopped bouncing as much and giggled.
"Sorry...Forgot I shouldn't bounce."
"No no no. I was wondering if you can restart the song you were just humming."
Pinkie looked at me over her shoulder, she seemed a little confused. But she did it anyways, and bounced to the beat again. Meanwhile, I started to sing in time with her humming. And despite my voice being higher-pitched than normal, it sounded pretty good.
"My name is Pinkie Pie~
And I am here to say:
I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your dayyyyy~"
Pinkie giggled.
"You know my Smile Song?"
I nodded and smiled back.
"Word for word."
"Well don't stop!" She continued the song.
""It doesn't matter now,
If you are sad or blue!~
Cause cheering up our friends is just what Pinkie's here to do!~"
We continued the chorus together in perfect unison.
""'Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile!
Yes I do! It fills my heart with sunshine all the while!
Yes it does! 'Cause all I really need's a smile, smile, smile, from these happy friends of mine!"
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Pinkie and I continued the journey to Twilight's singing all sorts of songs, Pinkie often hummed the tune, while I did my best to sing along. We did "Pinkie's Singing Telegram", "Giggle At The Ghosties" and even the theme song from the cartoon, even though I didn't think Pinkie would even know of it's existence. Then again, she WAS Pinkie Pie. We finally arrived at Twilight's house, so we knocked on the door to see if Twilight was even in. Once again, Spike answered the door.
"Hey Pinkie. And...is that Austin?"
"It's a long story, Spike. Is Twilight in?"
"Yeah, but she's kind of busy."
"We just need to check something."
"Okay, I guess if Twilight's okay with it."
Pinkie took me into the Library and put me on a nearby table. Twilight came downstairs and saw me and Pinkie, then frowned.
"Sorry, I still haven't found a reversal spell..."
I sighed heavily, but it sounded really funny. So funny, that Pinkie couldn't hold it and burst into a fit of giggles. Twilight smiled and laughed a little herself. I sat there, unamused, which the mares found adorable. Pinkie giggled and pointed.
"Look at him! He's so adorable when he pouts!"
I just turned red in the face again, this time with more anger than embarrassment. Twilight smiled.
"Okay, Pinkie. That's enough. Leave him be."
Twilight walked over and picked me up with her magic, then set me on Pinkie's back.
"Just go with Pinkie for a little while longer, okay? I should have a spell ready before sundown."
I sighed, and Pinkie smiled.
"It's okay Austin. It could be worse!"
"How could this possibly be worse?"
"You could be a mare. Or a pony in general...or trapped in my mane."
"Wow, actually those do sound worse...especially that mare one..."
The mares stared at me with a look that I told me I probably shouldn't of said that.
"Um...n-no offence." I said, my cheeks burning with the intensity of the sun.
Twilight slowly smirked, her eyes still looking angry.
"Well I've always wanted to try my transformation spell..."
"Oh Celestia no....Look I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!"
"Fine. I'll let you off this time with a warning. But no more mare cracks. I have more than enough magic to make you into an adorable filly."
I hid behind Pinkie's mane, doing my best to get away from Twilight's stare. Pinkie and I left silently, and Pinkie looked over her shoulder at me.
"So what did you mean about that?"
"I...erm...I."
"I'm not offended...anymore...but I'm just wondering."
"It's a male thing....ya know...dominance and all...it's hard to explain, but it's like completely giving up your confidence and all...Seriously, if a male knows he can press your buttons to do what he says, he will. And hard. You think males treat you weak? If a male knows another male is weak, he will make sure he STAYS weak. Or worse."
Pinkie stared at me for a while, doing her best to assemble what I said to her.
"Told you it was hard to explain. Point is, it's like dying, then being reborn without any knowledge of what to do in a certain situation."
"Ohhhhh...."
"Yeah. What's funny is...well...I've heard that if you switch your gender at any point in time with magic or some supernatural cause, that the opposing gender in your mind will try to push your current mind out and take over...Like....umm...Say I turned into....a girl. Then my mental male side will still be in control, but slowly the mental, and less dominant female side will try to take over. Or vice versa if you turned into a stallion."
Pinkie shuddered at that thought. I guess she knew what I was talking about. We didn't say too much after that. It was kind of awkward now. Suddenly, Rainbow Dash flew down and smiled at Pinkie.
"Hey Pinkie!"
"Oh! Hi Dashie!"
"Wanna go pranking?"
"I would love t-....OH! I'm sorry! I can't. I gotta stay and take care of Austin."
"'Take care'? What do you mean 'take care'? Is he a baby or something?"
"Well...no....actually...yes...well....no...um...Just look on my back."
Rainbow peered over Pinkie's shoulder and I waved at her from my position on Pinkie's back. She stared, then looked back at Pinkie.
"Should I bother asking what happened?"
"Well, Twilight wanted to test this spell, and she-"
"Spell gone awry." I said, trying to avoid one of Pinkie's long annoying rambling sessions.
"Yeah that."
Rainbow looked at me again, then walked over and put her face in front of me. Her giant pink eyes stared down at me like two huge planets. It was rather un-nerving. She blinked.
"He's so small...Like, an inch or two...He's like a little toy!"
Oh god, I think I know where this is going.
"Hey Pinkie, do you know anypony who owns a dollhouse?"
Yep, thought so.
"I don't think so."
"Darn."
I sighed in relief. I didn't wanna be made to live in a plastic house.
Pinkie then thought of something. "Wait! I have an idea!"
She took me and Dashie to Sugarcube Corner, and up to her bedroom, where she pulled something out from her dresser. It was a toy figure of herself. She set it, and me, on her dresser, then giggled.
"Go ride the toy, Austin!"
"I'm not doing that."
"Oh come on!"
"No. I refuse to be a plaything."
"Just go sit on it!"
"No!"
Pinkie finally picked me up with her mouth and set me on the toy pony. I groaned and sat there, angry. Honestly, it wasn't very comfortable. Pinkie giggled.
"He looks so adorable!"
"I swear when I'm back to normal..." I muttered.
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*1 hour before sundown*
Twilight walked into Sugarcube Corner and went upstairs, hearing Rainbow and Pinkie doing....something. She hoped I was alright...She peeked into her bedroom.
"Pinkie, Austin, I've found the spell that-" She stopped and stared at us.
Pinkie had me on a pony toy and was playing with me and Rainbow Dash, who was using a toy of herself. The mares stared at Twilight, and I just sat there, not looking at anyone.
"-should turn you back to normal..." Twilight finished.
"Just zap me and get me out of this nightmare."
Twilight set me down on the ground, then shot me with a spell once more. I slowly grew back to my normal size and sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness..."
"Oops..."
"What? What oops?"
Twilight blushed, then Pinkie and Rainbow snickered.
"Somepony better tell me what's going on..."
"Maybe you should look in the mirror..." Rainbow said, doing her best not to laugh.
I slowly turned to look at the mirror Pinkie had in her bedroom. I stared for a while at my reflection. I was in a humanized version of Pinkie's gala dress, hat and all. My hair was curled up like Pinkie's, and my eyes had turned baby blue. My left eye twitched and my hair flattened out until it was completely straight.
Pinkie burst into laughter.
"I...may of added some extra 'Pinkie physics' in to that spell...I guess it backfired again..." Twilight said sheepishly.
"Twilight?"
"Yes?"
"Get me out of this dress, get my hair to stop doing this, and get my eyes back to normal or so help me I will go completely insane."
Twilight grinned once more.
"I'll have it ready by morning."