//------------------------------// // Aquarius. // Story: Equestrian Eeveelution. // by Symphonicdysonince //------------------------------// I shielded my eyes from the light coming off Lulu. Soon, the light died down, allowing us to see her new form. She had tripled in size. Her body had become more streamlined. Her fur had become a light blue, with a darker blue ridge running from the off white ruffle around her neck down to her fluked tail. The pale yellow crest lined with deep blue that sat upon her brow was matched by the fins sprouting from her ears. She sat regally with her eyes closed, as if she expected us to begin fawning over her. "She's beautiful..." Rarity praised. <> Lulu opened her pure black eyes, <> I could hear a slight grinding noise. I risked a glance at Twilight to see her clenched jaw sliding back and forth, errant strands of her main popping out. <> <> Yomega trotted up to the newest eevolution, catching everyone's attention. <> "Twilight," Fluttershy looked over to the studious unicorn, "Do you have more tests to do?" "Oh, yes." Twilight jerkily nodded her head. "Much tests, such discoveries. Starting with Lulu." Rarity gasped. "I'm afraid you can't." She stated once she noticed our eyes on her. "Don't ya mean won't?" Applejack tilted her head. "No, I mean can't." Rarity pointed to the spot Lulu was previously occupying. "Lulu just ran off..." "Where did she go?" Spike asked. "She just, melted into a puddle, then flowed away..." Rarity drifted off, pointing her hoof at the river. Just then, Rainbow arrived with a small container. "Hey, 'Shy. I got the stuff you asked for. I hope I made it in-" She looked around. "Where'd Lulu go?" I glanced at Yomega, who gave me a slight nod. Using the distraction Rainbow had provided, I slipped away. I had made my way down the river towards the pond. Once there, I began to walk about the shoreline, looking for any sign of our missing Vaporeon. That sign came when I noticed a group of reeds shivering near the shore, on the far side of the pond from Ponyville. I came as close to the water as I dared before laying down. "Hey." I called out softly. The reeds stopped shaking. Shortly after, the top of Lulu's head rose above the water. "H-hey. How'd you find me?" "I may not look it, but I can be observant at times." I proudly nodded my head. "You may have thought I was sleeping, but I've seen you coming here. Often enough to guess that this was your 'I need to be alone' spot." I shrugged. "The shaking reeds didn't hurt either." "Oh." She sank until her eyes were just above the water. "You okay?" I only got bubbles in response. "You'll need to bring your mouth up." She just shook her head. I raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? You can tell me." She rose her tail out of the water, arcing it over her back to look at it. "You're going to make me play charades, aren't you?" I grumbled. "Was it about your evolution?" She nodded, her tail retreating back below the surface. "What happened?" Noticing her worried look, I growled. "You can't mime this one out, I need you to talk to me." "I don't wanna talk about it." She dipped her muzzle below the surface again. I sighed. "Did it hurt?" Another nod. "I would expect so. Rarity pulled gem shards outta your ass." She dipped a little further below the waves, a small amount of bubbles streaming from where her mouth was. I cocked my head to the side. "You whimpered, didn't you?" She nodded. With a sigh, I stood. "Would you rather talk to Abes or Villhiem?" Once more, she nodded. "Well, come on then. Everyone's waiting for you at the library." I walked a short ways, before turning to look back at Lulu. She glanced from side to side before gracefully swimming up onto shore. With her head held high, she strutted up to me. "You will tell no one about this." She murmured out the side of her mouth. "I will talk to the others in my own time." It was my turn to nod. "As you wish." As we made our way back through town, we could see ponies already repairing the damage done. I chanced a look down the street we first fought Spike in. I could see Roseluck staring in horror at a pile of dirt, flowers, and broken wood. "My flower box!" I heard her cry as she passed from view. I winced. "I'm going to need to make that up to her." "How?" "I'm working on that..." We soon came up to one of our tunnels. "Let me go first, let them know you're coming." I barely waited for her confirmation before crawling down the hole. I popped up in the basement behind Abes. I could see the full pack waiting by the wall near tunnel exits. All save Yomega, who was standing in what looked like a giant mixing bowl. There was a pair of rods hanging from either side of him. Twilight was fiddling with some of the switches, while Fluttershy nervously fidgeted near the stairs. <> Abes flicked an ear at me. <> He subtly nodded. We're doing that a lot lately. I thought as I shuffled backwards to retrieve Lulu. I left the tunnel outside butt first. Giving myself a little shake, I turned to Lulu. "They know you're coming. Go on, I'll follow you down." "Very well." Lulu huffed before melting into a puddle. She flowed down the hole, not disturbing the soil. Looking down at my dirtied fur, I growled. Of course she wouldn't get any dirt on her. I grumbled as I crawled back down the tunnel. Heaven forbid she becomes muddy. This is going to take forever to wash out. I paused. "And now I sound like Rarity." I moaned. I managed to crawl from the tunnel without either of the mares noticing me. The machine whirred to life, the rods moving in a slow circle around Yomega. <> Lulu hissed to Abes. <> Abes smirked. <> I snorted, causing Twilight to glance at us. She did a double take when she saw Lulu and I. "Hey, Fluttershy, did you see those two come in?" She pointed a hoof at us. "N-no, I didn't." "Dammit." Twilight swore. "How do they keep getting in here?" <> Lulu snarked. "They said they came in the front door." Fluttershy dutifully translated. Twilight, for her part, only moved to a circle with squiggles above it. She then proceeded to bang her head within the circle. "That's. Not. Possible!" She snarled in time with the banging. "I. Warded. The. Doors!" "Feeling better now?" Fluttershy asked once Twilight stopped. With a dazed smile, Twilight moved to stairs. "This is going to take a bit, I'm going to get some tea. Would you like some, Fluttershy?" "Yes, please." The timid mare looked back us. "I'll stay down here and keep an eye on them, if that's alright with you." "Of course." Twilight stated, as she made her way up the stairs. It took most of the evening, but Twilight managed to scan us all. She spent her time waiting by getting a new blood sample from Lulu and running that. With Fluttershy translating for us, we found out that Lulu was now classified as an Mutis Enigmus Eevee Aquas. As we canines knew, her DNA had an odd sequence that Twilight stated would let her become water. Apparently, there's a kind of wild cat that can do the same thing living in Zebafrica. Once the scans developed, we could see our inner workings. Each scan gave out three models on the machine's screen. One was clearly a simple cross section of our bodies, bones, muscles and all; another was a mix between our nervous and blood systems. According to Twilight, the third was a model that was supposed to map any 'ley veins', as she called them. In layman's terms, they were the pathways mana flows along. She expect us to have an intricate network given our abilities. Instead, there was only a blurred out area in our chest. Each model on each scan was distorted in that area. There was no way Twilight could know what was there without cutting us open. Fluttershy shot that idea down quickly. With Conner's and my permission, Twilight scanned our egg. Every model came back distorted. It was at that point that we decided to make ourselves scarce. We each scattered to our respective homes or, in the case of Abes and Yomega, hiding places. Villhiem dropped my eggs off at Fluttershy's before running off to where ever he sleeps. We figured we'd give her a week. My nightmares were going to filled with needles and shadowy Twilights for a while.