“You don’t need to stay, I’ll be fine,” I said as the door closed behind us. The trip to the tower had been easier than expected with Amber scouting, an illusion around me and Sunset glaring at anyone that got too close.
“Like hell am I leaving you alone like this,” she answered with a frown. “What was he thinking!?”
“Not sure anything Discord does count as thinking,” I sighed and dropped the illusion, wincing when my voice changed pitch. “But as long as he keeps himself to the occasional temporary prank, it’s a lot better than the alternative.”
Sunset stared at me. “Prank! Page, he turned you into...”
“A mare,” I sighed. “Trust me, this is very strange, but on my list of strange things to be transformed into, it’s still a distant second. As I’m sure it would be for you if you were turned into a colt.”
“...True,” she admitted. “But still.”
“So yeah,” I said and flicked my right ear. “Really, really annoying and strange, but as long as it’s temporary I won’t try to kill him for it. Instead, I’ll do something a lot worse.”
Sunset looked unsurely at me. “Like what?”
“I’m going to tell Fluttershy what he did.”
That got a smile from the unicorn. “Good.”
Looking over at the room to the bedroom, I then sighed and jumped onto the couch and lay down. “...No real use waking Luna, is it? Even if she has a spell that can reverse it, it’s likely hideously complex...”
“They exist,” Sunset confirmed. “And you are not even close to guessing how complex.”
“...and would take time to read up on for her,” I continued and nodded at her at her interruption. “All it would do is make her get less sleep.”
Sunset looked unsure. “I would have liked you to wake me if I was her,” she said and jumped up to lay down next to me. “But there is an alternative, isn’t there? She’s asleep.”
“...Good idea,” I said and frowned. “Why didn’t I think of that?”
“You do have some other things on your mind. Go ahead, I’ll wait here.”
Giving her a quick smile I put my head down and closed my eyes, diving into the realm of dreams.
As the dream realm formed around me, I looked at myself again. Damn it, it stayed with me in here too!
Finding Luna didn’t take long. Not only were very few ponies actually asleep during this time, but I got her dream portal to swoop up to me with a thought.
Good, she was actually in her own dream. She liked to dream walk and did patrol the dreams of ponies, just like I did during the night. But I knew that she preferred to help little colts and fillies with bad dreams, not just Nightmares and I had no trouble focusing on hunting the things.
But this time she was actually ‘home’ so I didn’t need to hunt her down.
Crossing into her dream, it revealed a forest clearing with sparkling stars far above. Luna was lying by a small fire, reading a book.
“Luna,” I said as I spotted her.
She looked over at me in surprise before she frowned. “…Page?” she asked before quickly getting up. “What happened?”
“Run in with Discord,” I said and then quickly stomped my hoof against the dream to keep her from waking up when she instantly tried to. “Stop.”
“I’ll…”
“Do nothing yet,” I said and moved up to nuzzle softly. “Here’s what happened,” I added before telling her the full story.
By the time I finished, she was lying down as I was right next to her, beneath her wing again.
“He said a day?”
“The note said a day,” I sighed. “Unless you know a way to turn me back earlier.”
Luna looked concerned. “…I’m sorry, My Page. Such magic is difficult, I would need to study it.”
“Which would take longer than a day,” I said. “I guessed as much when Sunny mentioned it. I’ll get by with illusions until then, I guess.”
“Discord cannot be allowed to act in this way!” Luna said softly and nuzzled at my ear, “I will speak with my sister, we have to…”
“Not do anything right now,” I interrupted her. “We don’t have the Elements and without them, even everypony working together, Discord could get a lot of ponies hurt before being defeated. It might happen eventually, but I don’t want it to happen over this,” I said and then frowned. ”…If it turns out to be permanent, then maybe, yeah. But not over something temporary.”
Luna shook her head. “I will still discuss the matter with my sister.”
“Just don’t go planning any campaigns. If nothing else, because my uniform won’t fit like this,” I grumbled. “Even walking feels strange.”
Luna smiled softly and looked at me. “Would it help if I said that you were beautiful?”
“…Maybe a little,” I admitted and cuddled closer. “But I’d rather be back to being handsome if that’s alright with you,” I said and then nuzzled her. “But thank you. I should likely wake back up and tell Sunny I’m fine, she might be worried by now. You stay asleep, please don’t follow me out, you need to get your sleep.”
“Very well, My Page. I’ll see you when it’s time to raise my moon,” Luna said and then kissed me softly.
Kissing back softly, I leaned against her side before opening my eyes and waking up to the worried face of Sunset.
I smiled a bit at her. “Long story short?” I said and suppressed a small yawn, stretching my wings. “Even if this turn out not to be 24 hours, Luna is confident she will be able to turn me back as soon as she’s been able to review the spellwork. I’ll be fine.”
A small white lie was well worth the look of relief spreading across Sunset's face when I said that.
“Now,” I then continued and smirked. “Want to help me write a letter?”
“Oh yes.”
I kind of want to see what Page looks like as a mare.
Why Sunset, are you saying there is something wrong with being one? Poor Page, missing out on a perfect troll moment with her.
Page needs to give discord a 24 hour stay in a Stanley Parable game for a dream. Unable to change anything with a real ending teased at every turn, but never able to make a lasting impact. I think discord would rather be locked in stone.
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Grats, here's your complimentary downvote!
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you sir are an evil genius.
i love it
Bring him down Fluttershy!
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Same here.
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Real shame.
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Oh wow... That's brilliant.
(Edit: Perhaps by habit, I feel the need to tell Hiver that I did in fact enjoy this chapter and I still love the regular updates this story receives. "Thanks Hiver!" )
PAge is being reasonable about it. If Luna can't help and magic is needed there is Celestia and Twilight to also help
I admit I didn't expect Sunset and Luna to be so upset. I guess I didn't have enough respect for them. I think it's partly because of the fear of a permanent change because they think Discord might be hostile and not quite reformed. As well as the empathy knowing it could easily have happened to them.
Interesting to know that such spells do actually exist and work.
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And thank you for making the generbend a temp thing. To many writers go this route and make it permanent. Even more so if the main is a male alicorn. Really don't get why some desire to take male leads and chop off the twins.
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Remember that Luna and Sunset have different mentality than most of ponies (and certainly than Celestia). Also Discord betrayed them very recently and he not even surrendered after death of Tirek, but hided, using Fluttershy kind nature, so he probably feel no remorse here for this. He simply sayed in previous chapter, that it's his nature. So this Discord can still be holded as unreformed.
Page transformation can be interpreted as petty revenge of Discord, who can't stand somebody who maked him feeling fear.
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Yes, when it's done Hiver should use it as his/her profile pic
this right here? this is exactly what upsets me about these kind of idiot plotlines: main character fails to take appropriate response for crimes against their person, and are far too forgiving. its a pet peeve. and its far too common.
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A Chaos God decides to change his gender for a day. It's not permanent nor love threatening, at most an inconvenience when he goes to the bathroom. Is it truly that much of a crime? If it was permanent I'd agree, but this is pretty much a prank for those in the high realms of magical power.
That and telling his waifu is going to be more than enough retribution.
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Agreed, this is just a harmless bit of hilarity.
Your a mare now. Ask if Luna wants to make out!
(Might as well make the best out of the situation.)
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"Dear Fluttershy:
I understand you instructed a certain spirit of Chaos to apologize to me. I feel that I should inform you that, while I appreciate the sentiment, he has failed completely at his task, on account of the fact that he didn't actually apologize and has, instead, turned me into a mare.
While this hasn't caused any complications in regards to my love life, I am still rather peeved by his actions, and am asking you to reprimand him.
I have the honour to be your obediant servant,
The Future Prince of Equestria, Lord and Saviour of Canterlot, Author and Incredibly Pissed Off Mare, Blank Page."
in a way i feel bade for Discord , Fluttershy will not yell she will not lecture she will just be disappointed.
I’ld think Sunset would actually dig female Page
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I think she might dig him anyway.
Her interactions with him are rather caring. I know she's with Twilight, but she might have a small flame for him.
That's harsh, Page. Killing him might just be kinder. Or is this your way of "killing him with Kindness?"
Wow, that's actually kinda harsh.
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Uuuuuuuh..........
Yeahmaybesortakinda..............
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Discord should really know better by now.
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A reformed discord is pretty fun, and pranks like this arent that bad.
I think Page should try to talk to him instead of being outright antagonistic.
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Thou shan't forget the plants
Yeah... Pranking the one that killed his partner in crime is really not that smart...
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I think he has some pretty good reasons to be antagonistic... But the truth of it is, he's lashing out because he's afraid of him. That's all there is to it - he's afraid of not being in control, so he tries to regain that control by subconsciously shifting his fear towards anger. He's afraid, so he's projecting a shield of confidence - but it's hollow confidence, so it comes out like a scream instead of collected coolness.
It's as old as sapient species, really - and let's not forget that his mind is human, with all that entails. Humans do this as a general rule against the untamed, you know...
Thing is, Discord can't be tamed, not really. He serves a vital role in Equestria's existence - he's the agent of change, the perfect foil to Celestia's stability. Taming him would be disastrous in the long run. Harmony promotes safety, but conflict promotes growth. And Page needs to come to terms with this, if he's going to be around for an indefinite "forever".
Cheerilee: ". . . and that, fillies & colts, was when Discord was turned to stone for the third, and final, time. Just before he was hit by a meteor the size of an Ursa Major, a Solar Flare, and a Rainbow Wave all at the same time. If you carefully step up to the guard rail, you can truly see just how deep, and wide, the resulting crater is."
Dawww... No stallion Luna = no mindblowing experience for mare Page...
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Beautiful 👍
Thank god
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Challange accepted!
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Update to that, story written, looking for cover. Though, this may take a bit
*evil laughter*
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And it was priceless♡