A few minutes later, the changes completed. Jason was back to Harmony (as he called his pony self). Jason shivered.
"Why didn't you put enough whatever-it-was and make me experience that?" Jason asked, already shuddering at the memory of the transformation.
"I ran out," Starswirl said. You would probably suspect a grin on his face, but his face was sympathetic. Lucky little Amy had gotten the same treatment, but for some reason it was less "awkward" (used for lack of a better word) for her.
"I don't see the big deal," Amy said, swinging her back leg so she could get a feel for it. "The change wasn't that bad." Amy shifted her weight around on her hooves, resulting in her swinging in a circle around her hooves. Amy was a pink pegasus with a brown mane and tale, with the image of a silver tube with blue on one end and a black cone shape on the other. Amy flapped her wings a few times. "This feels so... weird!" Amy exclaimed, clearly enjoying herself. "I don't see why you hated this so much," Amy said to Jason. Jason raised one hoof and was about to say something in response, when he realized that, beyond not having a say in it the first time, he didn't really hate this. He put his hoof back on the floor.
"That's what I thought," Amy said, smirking in victory. "This is gonna be easier than I-" Amy took one step and fell face first to the floor.
"I think I will take my leave, and get to work on that portal," Starswirl said, walking to the door of the room. He opened the door, and two excited fillies and one Alicorn failing to suppress its excitement entered the room. The girls ran up to Amy with HUGE grins on their faces.
Amy POV
I looked over at Jason.
"So Jace, what-"
"Please don't use my name. I don't want the name "Jason" to be associated with this body." Jason interrupted me, a little rudely.
"Ok, then what do you want me to call you?" I asked my friend. Jason didn't like the inevitable question.
"Harmony," Jason muttered through gritted teeth. I couldn't help but smile.
"What was that?" I chirped.
"Harmony." Jason muttered in the same way.
"You realy need to lighten up, HARMONY," Amy said.
"Where's your sense of fun?" Luna asked. Celestia nudged Luna, and both of them nodded and backed away from me a few paces. Jason looked at the unmoving forms of the little foals for a few moments.
"What are they..." Jason questioned. Suddenly, a look of realization and terror crammed themselves onto his face. "Oh dear lord!!!" Jason shrieked and raced from the room as if the devil himself was there. Starswirl looked at the girls and looked nervous.
"Let's take this conversation on the road shall we?" Starswirl said with a shaky voice. I had no idea what had spooked them so much. I looked back at the girls, and they had moved a little closer. They were beginning to creep me out.
"Ok, I'm just gonna go- WHAT IN THE WORLD!?!" In the time it took me to blink, the girls had moved impossibly close. I nearly jumped out of my skin! I kept staring at the little girls, too scared to even blink! Funny, they reminded me a bit of the weeping angels from doctor who. "Do, not, blink," I muttered to myself. Slowly backing around them to get out of the room. Soon I reached the door.
"Ok, I can't run away, then they'd follow me, can't back out of here, they'd follow me... " Then, I made my decision. I would make a run for it.
I found myself, backing down the hallway, with my eyes watering (hey, it's really hard to keep your eyes open for long!). The whole castle was empty, like they were hiding. This was terrifying! Blink. Both the girls came into view. I reached my hand up to pry my eyes open before I realized that I didn't have hands, I had hooves. Celestia's horn suddenly sparked to life, and the lights started to flicker.
"Oh no, she's turning out the lights!" I cried to myself. The lights switched off, and I knew they were coming closer. I felt one of them touch me.
"Tag!" I heard Luna exclaim. I opened my eyes. The lights had stopped flickering and the atmosphere was calm.
"What?" I asked Luna. Luna cocked her head to one side.
"You're it," Luna said, soundly slightly confused. "haven't you evor pwayed tag?"
"We were playing tag?" I asked, getting a little hot under the collar... so to speak. Luna's attempt to answer was drowned out by Celestia laughing at my terror.
"Of course we were playing tag!" She said between laughs. "What did you think we were doing?" I then realized that, I didn't really think. I didn't think at all.
Man I feel stupid.
Amy, Luna, and Celestia walked around the castle, looking for "Harmony" (as previously mentioned Jason would go by), as well as anypony else they could find. As they walked, slowly the guards of Canterlot Castle came out, realizing "the game" had ended.
"Never do that again." Amy snapped at the girls. "You almost gave me a heart attack."
"Awww," Luna and Celestia whined. Celestia was hovering down the hall, legs crossed, and huffing.
"You should be chasing us, you're it." Celestia puffed.
"I was never playing." Amy snapped. The three walked in silence the rest of the way.
Amy walked into the room, that Contained Jason and Starswirl.
"Oh thank god it's over!" Jason sighed with relief.
"I concur." Starswirl nodded.
"Yeah, is there something you're not telling me?" Amy asked.
"Oh..." Both the males shifted uncomfortably.
"Don't blink?" Jason said, nervously. Amy frowned.
"Not cool."