//------------------------------// // Chapter 16: Transformation Trauma // Story: This Unusual Little World // by PathOfTheAwesomePie //------------------------------// So the girls, Spike, Mia, and I finally reached Canterlot and a lot has already happened and that only made matters worse in the beginning because of a small set back over Rarity's fashionista friend, though... she wasn't as energetic as I had expected! After all of the nonsense was resolved, I got comfortable with Celestia's castle and after my recovery I was asked a favor from Twilight about something important. ________________ ~*~ ________________ Twilight and I walked and had found a secluded spot right in the Canterlot Gardens, I wondered what exactly did she needed me for. "Ah, this is an excellent spot!," She said pulling out the book she was reading on board the train we rode to get to Canterlot. "Wait...excellent for what?," I asked staring at Twilight. Twilight returned her focus towards me and raised up the book to me with her magic. "Well Spike went along with Pinkie Pie for a pie eating contest in the library.," I looked at her with a confused expression. "Why are they having a pie eating contest... in the..?," "That's what I was thinking, it'll be messy by the time I get back... but let's not worry about it.," She said, facehooving herself. "Anyways, this gives us time so...can we do "it"?," Twilight said with nervousness. "W-what?," I said with a blunt face. "Ooooooookay, this is a bit sudden...," "What's wrong Alex, you don't... want to do "it"?," Twilight started to give a disappointed facial expression. "TWILIGHT!," I said with a stern face, still blushing. She was shook a bit and listened to what I had to say. I gave a fake cough before speaking. "I am a human... you are a unicorn, we just won't work out, especially ," "What are you talking about, I'm saying if you wanted to test out the transformation spell, Alex!," Twilight said, laughing . I looked at her, dumbfounded, then refreshed my anguish into a smile. "Oh...oh, right, haha! The transformation spell, I knew that!," I said shifting my eyes away from Twilight. She looked at me weirdly then asked. "what did you think I meant..?," She stared at me intensely. I couldn't find the courage to reply back so I turned the question around. "What do you think I meant?," I said, slightly arrogant in my twist of words. She glared at me with a little anger in her eyes. "Oh, um... sorry there Twilight, just got carried away.," I said, regretfully. Twilight had returned a forgiving smile back at me. "It's alright, Alex, let's just test this spell out and hope for the best!," She implied, getting ready to conjure up the spell. "Well, let's hope indeed!," I added. "If I turned into something creepy, I'm gonna put the fault on you if Mia asks!," Twilight's horn began to glow then the wind around me started to twist counter clockwise, I felt a bit nervous. "Okay, here it goes!," Twilight said, aiming her horn towards me. The moment she tried casting the spell towards me, an apple from from one of the nearby trees fell and made Twilight slip and her magic went off balance. Before I knew it, the spell she as summoning was shooting everywhere around the area, hitting multiple statues. "Oh no!," twilight said trying to regain her balance. "Twilight, you good there!?," I said, trying to aid her. The moment I tried to go help her, one of the beams of her magic had flung right into my chest and flew me back quite a bit. "I was hit!," I said as I was temporarily knocked out from the blast. It was until then I realized that my eyes were closed and all I could hear was the sound of someone calling out to me. ***** I opened my eyes a little, trying to recover from the blast. "Alex, are you hurt..?," Twilight asked with a hint of embarrassment on her face. "Ugh, yea... don't worry I've been through a lot of stuff much worse than this.," I said laughing, then I realized an odd sensation. "Huh, I feel different somehow...," I said looking at twilight smiling at me. "Well, that is how you're supposed to feel seeing that you're not a human right now.," Twilight chuckled. "What are you talking about? Hold on, are you telling me that I'm...," I was was interrupted by Twilight nodding her head. I lifted up my hands to my face, only to find out they weren't hands THEY WERE HOOVES! "WHOA, I'M A PONY NOW!," I shouted in surprise. Twilight laughed some more. "It seems the transformation was a total success!," She said clapping her hooves together. I began jumping around as much possible, so that I could get the handling of walking on all fours, then I stopped and went silent for a moment. "Hmm? What seems to be the problem, Alex?," Twilight asked with a worried expression. "Just was wondering... where are the wings?," I asked with a blissful look. Twilight looked at me with a very unpleasant face. ,"Huh?," "I kinda wanted to be a pegasus, you know,because of the flying and stuff!," I sad giving a large smile. "Um... I don't know about changing the type of pony you are the book explained that the creature I cast the spell on would be based on chance of desire so...," Twilight gave a tiresome look as she was talking. "Twilight, are you feeling okay?," I asked, lifting my hoof up to support Twilight from falling on the ground. "Y-yes, I'm fine... it's just that spell did take a lot of energy.," Twilight stated as instantly passed out, asleep. "Oh no! Twilight, Twilight!," I said, slightly poking her to make sure she was completely asleep. "Way to be the guinea pig, Alex, way to go...," I picked up Twilight on my back. "It may be hard to walk on all fours, but I'm sure I'll do it well enough to get Twilight somewhere to sleep!," I said to myself as I started to pace out of the gardens, but then I heard a noise come from behind one of the trees. "Ooooh.," Said a mysterious moan. "Strange, so this place have moaning trees, feels like some "Wonderland".," I said with a small grin. The moaning became more visible as I tracked the sound to a tree close to a carrot patch. "Sounds like the noise is coming from her.," I said. I slowly walked towards the tree, still carrying Twilight safely on my back, then I peeks around the tree and saw what appeared to be a tan coated mare with a pink mane lying restfully on the ground. "Huh, what are she doing here?," I asked, trying to wake her up. The knocked out mare snorted a little. "Yum, I'd love to have more cake Alex...what... what happened!?," The pink maned pony asked, shocked as she woke up. "That's what I want to know,how in the world did you get through the castle guards to get in here?," I asked her. "What are you talking about, I was with you the whole time, Alex!," She protested with a slight bit of anger. "No way, I came with my friends and I don't even know you so... wait...," I stopped and observed the peculiar pony that was about to cry. "That's just... mean...," She whimpered. I flinched. "I... um.. didn't mean to make you cry...," I said, keeping Twilight steady on my back. "You didn't follow me and Twilight by any chance, did you? And who are you?," I asked with a very curious face. "Can't you tell it's me, Mia!," The mare said with lots of enthusiasm. "WHAT!?," I said shocked. "Well you should know how your own friend looks like, Alex, you meanie.," Mia said pouting. I told her to check her hands, she gave me a puzzled look on why, she did so, then got shocked and rolled down back to the ground . "W-Wow, I have no hands!," Mia said in awe. "Yup that's... basically it!," I said smiling. "So that spell did work, figured I'd recognize YOU in pony form, hehehe!," Mia said giggling. "How so?," I asked. Mia trotted towards me and put her hoof up to my muzzle. "Mmm...just pony intuition!," She playfully replied. I wasn't sure what it meant, but then a thought crossed my mind. "Hold on, so does that mean that sound back in the hall was you?," I asked with a very displeased face look. "Well...," Mia said, obviously trying to stall. "Mia!," I implied, catching her attention. "Hey, what happened to Twilight!?," She asked hesitantly. "She's clearly changed the subject...," I sighed and looked at the sleeping Twilight. "She collapsed after using all that magic she shot everywhere...I just hope she's alright.," Mia looked at Twilight with a worried expression. "Me too...," Twilight began to groan a little as she awoke and found herself carried upon my back "What happened...," She said, with a tiny headache. I informed her about her magic also hitting Mia and my finding her a place to rest. "That's surprising! So the spell worked on Mia too?," Twilight asked. She raised her hoof up in triumph. "It was a complete success!," "Yea, way to go and all, but how long does this spell stay in affect anyways?," I asked, scanning over one of my hooves. Twilight levitated the book she held from her bag and started reading it. "It says... that the spell will last 3 days until it wears off on the user.," She stated. "3 days, that seems about right, well them Mia we ,"I turned to find Mia missing. "Huh, where'd Mia go!?," I said panicking, then fell down unexpectedly. "Okay, this walking on all fours thing isn't easy...," I said pouting. Twilight laughed. "If you need any tutorials just ask, ALex.," She insisted. I smiled as I nodded at her offer. "That'd be nice...," ***** After the teachings of Twilight, I felt as if I've learned to walk and trot enough to get me through these 3 days and I went to go place her in Rarity's old room in Celestia's castle. Twilight decided that I should go out and explore Canterlot while she recovers her strength and so I did just that. ________________ ~*~ ________________