//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Seaponi-fication? // Story: Octavia's Legged Woes. // by ponystorylyh //------------------------------// Octavia’s Legged Woes My Little Ponies: Friendship is Magic belongs to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. Original Characters belongs to me. Author's Note: Wow! 100 reads within a day for the first chapter. Very inspired and thank you! Chapter 2: Seaponi-fication? The trio met up at the resort cafe as the sun began to rise; Octavia was munching on a daisy sandwich. Opposite of her, Bon Bon had a cup of coffee in her hooves, and an excited Lyra stared at the blue yonder with starry eyes. “Did you get to sleep well yesterday?” Octavia asked her earth pony friend, who gave a half-hearted nod and replied, “She’s more chatty than usual, but I managed... somehow...” Bon Bon took a good sip of the warm beverage, her ears perked as the caffeine entered her bloodstream, “On a side note, the coffee here is good. A pinch of cinnamon would make it better.” “Glad that it helped.” Octavia chuckled as she finished her breakfast, “I suggest you should get something to eat Bon,” She pointed a hoof to the untouched lavender sandwich in front of Bon Bon, “Sea sickness usually happens when you are hungry, or you are too full from a meal.” Not complaining, the cream pony silently started on her sandwich. The grey coated pony turned to the mint coated musician, noting that the latter had already finished her breakfast, “Octavia calling Lyra, can you hear me Lyra...” Octavia waved a hoof in front of Lyra. “Mmm...” The entranced unicorn sighed, “Lyra is not available at the moment... please leave a message after the ‘beep’...” The ‘beep’ was not heard, but a ‘sigh’ prompted Octavia to continue, “Octavia here, please return from La-La Land, or we will have to leave you behind...” That ‘transmission’ broke the trance, causing Lyra to sputter and stare in surprise at her fellow dark grey maned musician, “Now I got your full attention...” Octavia leaned toward the light blue-white maned musician, “What was happening over at La-La Land?” Even though Bon Bon was eating, her ears twitched, trying to listen in on their conversation. “Uhh... nothing much... just mentally planning on what we can do during visit to the city...” “You mean a nice tour of Marelantis just the two of you?” “I actually included you too, since its your first time going there. We can visit the Triton Square... the Seashell Arch... ohh there’s that nice resturarant which serves good kelp and shrimps...” As Lyra continues her muttering, Octavia turned to a quite annoyed Bon Bon and comforted her. “Good morning girls!” Sea Mint chimed as she approached them, “Wow, you all must be excited to be up this early.” “A certain unicorn is... we just happened to get up the same time.” Octavia replied nonchalantly, “Is it too early to start?” she enquired their hostess, who answered, “Certainly not! If you want to start, we could do it immediately! Let me first confirm your eye colour Miss Octavia, as well as Miss Bon Bon over there. Let’s see...  purple... and cyan...” “Ohh... ohh, is it about the necklace?” Bon Bon asked, shoving her annoyance aside, “Can I get to choose the gem?” Sea Mint chuckled and replied, “We are required to provide gems according to each individual pony’s eye colour. I could show you a few gems of different cuts. How about you Miss Octavia?” “I’m really not into necklaces... but...” Octavia unclipped her bow tie and hoofed it to Sea Mint, “Perhaps a gem affixed onto my bow tie would be good enough.” “An excellent suggestion Miss Octavia. I will also waterproof your tie as a free service.” The resort staff nodded. Bon Bon excitedly further chipped in, “And I get to choose the gem for Octavia!” The grey coated pony chuckled and scooted them away, turning back to her light blue-white maned musician friend, who was still muttering away. Not bothering to say anything further, she lifted a hoof and let it fell into Lyra’s forehead just below the latter’s horn. “Oww... why did you do that?!” The mint coated unicorn squealed, gently rubbing where Octavia ‘drop-hoofed’ her. “If you have noticed, somepony had left...” Octavia rolled her eyes and shook her head, “...which is a good time for me to ask you this...” She settled back down, “... do you like her?” “Yes...” Lyra slumped back down, ears drooping. “Okay... that was pretty direct... I was expecting some denial...” “I... I’m not denying anything... it’s just that... I want her to know more about my background before I confess to her...” “Didn’t both of you been staying together for the past few years?” Yeah we have... but didn’t you see how she react when I try to be knowledgable about things... she just think that I’m being weird and trying to annoy her...” Lyra sighed, scraping her hind hooves on the wooden flooring, “... I decided to play along, hoping that one day she will understand... wow... a few years already...” She muttered. At least now Octavia had a better understanding on the mint unicorn’s situation, “Now this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, or rather, you’ve planned for. Don’t waste it!” Octavia got up and was about to head to the pool when Lyra spoke, “Have you considered Vinyl’s ‘proposals’? You two are awfully close as well.” The grey coated mare's eye twitched, suspecting her musician friend wanted to get back at her for that confession. Octavia took a breath to compose herself, “Vinyl and I are very close friends, nothing more...” “Vinyl thinks otherwise Octavia...” Lyra got up as well, trotting over to Octavia, “You two have known each other since your filly years,” She reminded and gave the latter a nudge, “Try to be less critical of her...” The dark grey maned pony sighed and nodded her head, both began a slow canter to the pools. "Lyra! Lyra! What do you think?" Bon Bon happily cantered over to the duo as they approached. The gem she had chosen was a tear-drop blue topaz fitted to a simple necklace, “I had a hard time deciding between turquoise and topaz until this well cut gem caught my eyes.”  Octavia gave the mint coated unicorn a quick nudge at the side, prompting her to reply, "Ahh, yes... you look fantastic Bon Bon." Octavia giggled, replying, "Very nice Bon Bon. I hope you did not forget about mine." "How can I forget! You are my mare friend after all,” The navy-pink maned pony returned the giggle and clipped the gem affixed bow tie onto Octavia’s neck, “We had to find one which fits the center of your bow tie.” The grey coated pony moved to the pool edge and examined the bow tie; A circular cut amethyst affixed squarely onto the center of her now glossy bow tie. “Pretty good! It looked more classy than the normal ones I have.” Octavia adjusted it a little, seeing the sparkles as the morning sun reflected off it, “I like the glossy look and feel.” “I’m glad you like it Miss Octavia. You don’t have to worry about it getting soggy in any wet situation.” Sea Mint nodded in appreciation, “Everypony seem to be ready. Who is going in first?” Lyra let out a soft cough and trotted over to Bon Bon, “How about both of us? I don’t think you want to ‘cross over to the other side’ without someone close to you...” The former hesitated at first, but then leaned in and gave her partner a light nuzzle, who replied with a blush on her cheek, “I... huh?... Umm... okay...”  As Bon Bon was lead into the pool, she noticed Octavia giving her a wink, causing her to blush red even further. “Ready?” The mint coated unicorn asked as her horn started to glow with energy. Her partner just nodded silently as she lifted a hoof up to the gem, “On Three... One... Two... Three!” Octavia had to turned away as both ponies were covered in bright lights. A moment of silence followed as the light slowly faded. “Ohh my...” A squeal came from the pool. Octavia turned back to look at the two sea ponies in the pool; The cream coloured sea pony was examining herself, flapping her transformed front hooves, which were now fins, her eyes looking down at her tail, which she shook it, giggling to herself. Lyra, already at the deeper part of the pool, sighed at Bon Bon’s curiosity. She would have facefinned, if her fin was long enough. “Seems like you are enjoying the change.” Octavia giggled as she waded into the pool, “Now ‘shake that flank’ into the deeper end please.” She joked, nudging Bon Bon to shift away, who stuck her tongue out before giving the grey pony more space than she needed to. “Alright then... I just need to touch the gem...” “That is correct Miss Octavia. Let the magic flow through your body. It might feel strange for most first timers, so I recommend not to fight against it.” Sea Mint replied with a tone of assurance and encouragement. Taking a deep breath, Octavia tapped the gem, closing her eyes as she felt the imbued magic flowed out and gradually wrapping itself around her body. It certainly felt strange as it flowed to her back, caressing her flank then her bum, almost caused her to gasp out in surprise. Once the magic fully encompassed her body, the change began. It was painless, however, she could actually feel her bones dissolving as her legs went limp, lengthening, twisting, and turning... “Wait... lengthening, twisting, and turning?! I was expecting my hips to shrink and my front hooves to shorten into fins?! What’s happening?!” Octavia tried to open her eyes, but it was too bright to see anything. Even her voice was muted by the magical energies flowing through her changing body. As the transformation continued, the dark grey maned pony felt extra appendages growing out from her sides, which she mentally counted another two pairs. Her ears were still working, which allowed her to hear the panicky whinny from Sea Mint, as well as gasps from Lyra and Bon Bon. Resisting the spell was not an option now as Octavia did not want additional unnecessary changes or side effects. "Is... is it... over?" Octavia, her voice returned, managed to gasp out as the magic finished its work and flowed back into the gem. Her heart was pounding loudly, eyes not opening, fearing the horror she would see in her new form. "Lyra? Bon Bon? Anypony?!" She was trying to keep calm as much as possible, but her voice was telling otherwise. "Calm down Octavia... Sea Mint had gone to report... I’m sure her establishment can come up a solution...” The voice which Octavia recognised as Lyra’s, “Are you feeling alright?” Octavia was numb from the transformation, her freshly changed form was still unable to sense anything, “I’m... alright... I think...” Slowly, she opened her eyes, wincing from the sunlight. Thankfully, somepony brought up a tentacle to hide the glare... “What the...” Her recovered eyesight stared at the length of suction caps running from the tip to her side, seeing the rest of her changed body... The grey coated pony turned half octopus gawked in shock at the discovery for a moment before promptly fainted. Author's Note: Had to get my proof-reader on the fly to fix this. So if there's any errors, do inform me. Seems like Octavia was getting more than what she wanted.