//------------------------------// // You know if this happened a couple of days ago... // Story: Magical experiments and why you should avoid them // by PlayerError404 //------------------------------// When I woke up next I was feeling like crap. (not a very big change I know) I'd been a complete ass to my little sister for the second time in two days and now I apparently had a curse on me that was going to warp everything I wore. This wasn't exactly a fun position to find myself in, looking down at what I was wearing didn't help. For some reason that utterly baffles me I was now in what was clearly a set of girls pyjamas. It wasn't a bad set although I did wonder why my casual day clothing had switched to night attire, maybe it was the fact I passed out? I don't know. Anyway a quick survey of the damage told me a few things. One my hair was back to being dark blue over light pink, Two I was filling out this shirt very well (I wonder how effective that counter spell was) and three, the clothing was reverting back to day wear.... Okay; that was weird. And finally four: My hand was now wrapped up in bandages. I glanced over to my mirror, seeing that the remaining glass had been moved and the stuff I'd spilt on the floor had been cleaned up at some point. I pushed myself out of bed, feeling the familiar awkward feeling of my new chest. Anyway, somewhat sleepy I made my was downstairs and found Dazzle on the floor in the living room, reading from the dam book again and apparently using it to change her hair colour. "Hey." I said, feeling awkward that the last time my Sister would have seen me was when I was having another mental breakdown. She seemed happy to see me despite that as she got up and smiled at me. "Hi Sis, Bro, Sis, erm..." She stammered, clearly trying to find the right words, I just smiled at her. "Look just go with whatever; it hurts my brain thinking about it." I said, trying to figure out how to voice my apology. To buy myself some time I asked: "Messing around with the book again?" "Yeah, Sunset suggested I do some harmless practise while they went and got their nightwear." "Oh okay... Wait nightwear?" I asked, convinced I'd miss heard something. "Oh yeah they're staying over tonight, they figured it was best to keep an eye on you given..." She glanced at my bandaged hand. "Given they think I'm a self harming idiot?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. "They're concerned you're not prioritising your own well being, frankly I don't blame them; the two times Rarity's met you you've been out in the pouring rain getting frozen to death and punching a mirror, cutting your own hand open." "Not the best image to give across... Dazzle why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. Noticing her eyes going hard as I spoke and her fists clenching. "Stop doing that." "Stop doing what?" I asked. "Stop hurting yourself! Please! It's scarring me!" She cried out, moving forward and punching me. "Dazzle, I... I'm sorry I..." "Please, you're all I've got most of the time... Don't do this to me..." Ever get that feeling you're being the most selfish dick in the universe? "Dazzle I, Yes; I promise." I said; trying to make eye contact with her. "No, make it properly." She responded simply, opening a cupboard and looking around for something. "Sis what are you..." "Getting it, here we go, promise on this." She said, showing me what she'd retrieved. A part of me (My inner eight year old boy) wanted to groan. It was one of her stupid toys from that fairy show she loved so much, I have no idea what the significance of a pink plastic shield was but I figured it was worth at least asking, even if the answer was dumb. "Sis, what...?" "This is a replica of the heart shield, we can't use the real one obviously however this will do, put your hand on it and promise like they do; you don't break that kind of promise." She explained. While not one hundred percent sure on the details I think I had the idea now; this was her version of a Pinkie Promise. (Serious word of advice, never break one of them, I once Pinkie promised I was gonna help decorate the gym and when I skipped, well she was not happy and now I'm somewhat scared of fire hoses {Also balloons, very scared of balloons now}) "Okay, what do you want me to do?" I asked; specifically I meant what did she want me to say. "I, Light Glare of Earth solemnly swear to not be a colossal dick and stop hurting myself." Well that was simple enough. Putting my hand on the plastic thing I repeated the words. As dumb as it sounds making a sudo ritual out of this promise did help it stick more in my head; she wasn't exactly wrong, I really did need to stop hurting myself. "Okay, now lets..." Dazzle began as the doorbell rang. "Guessing that's Sunset and Rarity." I said, getting up and heading towards the door. Opening it I discovered I was both right and wrong. It was indeed Sunset and Rarity, however someone else had joined them this time. Someone who squeed and immediately dived behind Sunset before slowly moving out under Rarity's encouragement. "Oh, hi Fluttershy." I said recognising one of CHS resident animal lovers/magical girl savour. (She'd also proven helpful when my cat fell pregnant) Then I looked to Sunset hoping to convey a 'Why is she here?' sort of message without actually saying anything. "Given what you did to your hand we thought it might help to have someone who'd done first aid training around." Sunset explained. "Oh Okay... well come in then..." I said, awkwardly getting out of the way to let them in. The three walked in, however Fluttershy stopped, looked down at my hand and took it. "Did you clean this before wrapping it?" She asked, turning to face Rarity. "Yes Fluttershy, just like you told me to." The purple haired girl responded. Fluttershy seamed to accept that and nodded at me, not really saying anything; which made sense, the girl literally had 'shy' in her name and frankly being creeped out and slightly scared was probably the most sane reaction to my situation one could have. We headed into the living room and sat down, none of us really sure what to do next. Have you ever sat silently in a room not doing anything? It's not fun, at all. "So... are we going to do anything?" I eventually asked, looking around. "Sorry, we where... erm..." Sunset said, looking at me awkwardly. I suddenly felt everyone eye's on me. "...Waiting for me to do something stupid again?" I finished, suspecting their experience with me had given them a very low opinion of me. "I'm sorry..." Fluttershy said, i looked at her. "Why?" "Well... given what I was told, I kind of expected..." "A mentally unstable wreck?" I asked, looking at Sunset and Rarity, I mean it wasn't wrong but... "No, actually I was told you where a rabbit..." Fluttershy said slowly. Sunset and Rarity went red while Dazzle eroupted into a huge fit of the giggles. I turned to look at a very awkward looking Sunset and Rarity. Slowly I stood up, moving closer to the two magical girls who slowly moved back, attempting to phase through the chairs. unfortunately as a long time Danny Phantom fan I know full well it's not possible to go through them (I've tried) "Sunset, Rarity?" I asked slowly. "Yes Glare...?" Sunset eventually asked. "Where are my ears?" I inquired. "Glare what does..." "Where are my ears?" I repeated, looking down at the two. "Erm... On the side of your head?" "Correct, now; can you identify how big I am?" "Five foot nine inches!" Rarity blurted out a top speed. Everyone in the room turned to look at the purple haired girl. "I'm a seamstress, it's my job..." She muttered, embarrassed. "Okay, so you have a very clear idea where my ears are and how big I am, now can you please tell me what colour my fur is?" "You don't have fur..." "I'm aware of that." I said simply, holding a hand up. "One last question before I make my point; How many feet do I have?" "Erm... Two? like every other human..." Dazzle said, having finally gotten over her giggling fit. "I know you can count Sis, I just want to know if they can." I said, my eyes still fixed on the other two. "Erm... Two?" Rarity eventually answered. "Did you know that or did you just listen to what Dazzle said?" "No, I have eyes, Glare about..." "If you know my what my ears look like, my size, my complete lack of fur and that I'm a bipedal life form, I must ask; truly I have no choice but to ask this: Why did you say I was a fucking rabbit?" I asked in a perfectly calm tone. "Erm... You see..." Sunset began, awkwardly tapping her fingers together as her eyes began to shiftily dart around the room. "We, erm..." Rarity said, glancing awkwardly towards Fluttershy. Who had been listening to this entire conversation with a look of dawning comprehension as I went on. "I think they thought I would be unwilling to help if I knew you where a human." Fluttershy explained, looking over them with a small hint of disappointment on her face. "No it wasn't!" Sunset blurted, panicking slightly and looking to rarity for support. "We, we just!" Rarity babbled in a bright contrast to how she normally acted. "It's just, you know..." Sunset said, trying to adopt an 'everything is fine' tone. "The way you act around new people isn't, erm..." Rarity muttered, glancing around. "The best..." Fluttershy looked over at them, a rare cold look adorning her face. "I have a problem with people when they have a problem with me." She said simply, getting up and walking over to me. "Glare however is scared and worried about herself and clearly doesn't have a problem with me. Do I need to remind you who first went up to Princess Twilight?" She asked, looking around at her friends, who had sunk into their chairs in embarrassment. "We're sorry... it's just..." Sunset tried to explain... "Come on Glare, its been a few hours, lets check on those bandages." Fluttershy said simply, dragging me out of my seat and up the stairs. I looked behind me, I gave an awkward shrug towards everyone else in the room as I was dragged upstairs. ... "I don' think they meant..." "I know they didn't." Fluttershy responded, carefully unwrapping my bandages and carefully cleaning the wound. "It's just; I'm not who I used to be, If someone needs help I'll give it, I'd feel awful if I didn't..." I nodded. "Well you clearly are doing that." I said, smiling weekly as she applied the new bandages. I looked down at the job, it was far neater than Rarity's attempt and I could actually move my fingers a little bit. "Thank you, it's nice to help." She said, smiling as she put her first aid box back in her backpack. We then stood their awkwardly for a second. "So, are we going to head downstairs or...?" I eventually asked. She nodded. "Yes, I think we should. It's just..." "You want your friends to have more faith in you?" "Well, Yes, I know I'm a bit of a wallflower, I don't like to make them angry; I don't want to hurt their feelings or anything..." She trailed off, sighing as she flopped down on to my bed again. I wasn't quite sure what to do, I wanted to get back to Dazzle before she fucked anything else up with that damn book; but this clearly wasn't the kind of situation you just left alone and refused to do anything. "I, I don't know what to say..." I said slowly, moving closer to her, not sure how close I should actually get. "It's okay." She said, smiling up and patting the spot next to her. "I, I'd rather stand." I said simply, standing near the bed, unable to just move my ass and sit down next to her, something felt wrong about being that close to her. "It's okay, really, you can sit here." Fluttershy said, a smile on her face that indicated she wasn't really seeing the problem. That being that being that close to a girl as a guy (Even if physically I was failing that part quite badly at this point) And well, I didn't really know what to do and this seamed like it had the potential to go horribly wrong very quickly. My resolve was eventually beaten out by her eyes, dammit they looked cute and she seamed friendly enough. so eventually I did sit down next to her. "I, what am I doing?" I eventually asked, looking around at everything except the pink haired girl next to me. "I don't know, but if it helps, it's nice to have someone who listens." She said, smiling as she looked at me. "But, I mean I was trying to help you out, I want to tell you something that magically fixes your problems but then i can't even bring my self to sit near you! What the hell is wrong with me?" I said, looking at Fluttershy who giggled. "I don't know, but its nice that you want to help... I just wish I did know what to do..." "I wish this wasn't really weird for me, I mean; look at me, I'm a guy and you wouldn't know it right now, I'm super close to a girl who isn't related and she's not angry or creeped out, I, I really wish i knew what the hell I was doing." I confessed, flumping backwards and looking up at the ceiling. "It's okay... I think we should head down." Fluttershy said, indicating the door. "But, I thought...?" "I do, but I wont figure anything out sitting here will I, and you're not going to figure anything out just sitting here are you?" "But..." "You'll never know exactly what to do; so just jump in and figure something out before you hit the ground, it's what I'd do." "Is it?" I asked, not really associating Fluttershy with that mind set. "Not really, It's not like this is happening anyway." Fluttershy explained, who was growing somewhat taller and appeared to have sprouted rabbit ears. "Wait, what... I'm asleep aren't I?" I said, my brain finally figuring out what the hell was going on. "Yeah pretty much, I'm part of the spell I'm afraid." "Which one?" I asked wondering which of the two spells she was on about which I had cast on me currently. "The counter spell, I guess you could say i'm a coping mechanism." "A what?" I asked, tilting my head to the side to look at the Fluttershy (Who was devolving even quicker and currently in the middle of growing fur) Who looked hard at me before giving me the finger. "You know full well what a coping mechanism is, It's just in my case I am literally built into the spell, you passed out due to the spell and the resulting effects, so you met me! I do my best to help out when this sort of thing happens." She explained, having finally finished her very bizarre transformation. "So the self help guru of Gender Bending is a pink anthropomorphic Rabbit?" I asked, looking at the deviant art reject standing before me. "Basically yes." It said, happily smiling as I looked it full in the face. "Nope, i'm done with this." I said, driving my palm into my face. ... "Urgh, That was weird." I said, looking around, back in my room again, happy that their was no anthropomorphic Rabbit. Really hoping I'd never need her again i looked around, seeing Sunset and Rarity entered the room. "Ah you're awake." Rarity said, walking over to the bed to look down on me. "Yup, back in the world of sanity again." I said, seriously overjoyed by the lack of rabbit, note to self, defiantly no more self hating because I never want to see that fucking thing again. "Guessing you had a weird dream?" Sunset asked, looking down at me. "Fluttershy morphed into a pink rabbit." I said simply. The two girls looked at me. "Hey I had to see it, How do you thing I feel?" I asked. "Good point." Sunset muttered. "Anyway, what did I miss while I was out?" "You've got a fever." Rairty explained. I tilted my head slightly. "What?" "When you went to get the door you passed out, or at least that's what Dazzle said." "I, I, I thought all that was a dream, now it's only the bit after you came back... Okay, sure why not?" I said, trying to wrap my head around what the hell had just happened. "Okay, are you feeling okay?" "I've been mentally scared for life but other than that." I said, smiling slightly as the two looked at me. "Okay then... We'll leave you to get some sleep, you may feel better but you're probably not." Sunset said simply, getting up to leave the room. I nodded and let my head flump back into the pillow and pass out for the night.