//------------------------------// // INTERLUDE // Story: Mousey Harmony // by ScarletRhine //------------------------------// The preparations to visit her uncle at the local petting zoo were going fine. Alex was moving about the kitchen preparing breakfast for herself Ayumi, Daring Do, Twilight, both Spikes, and Barb with the twin dragon anthro's help. “How come Barb is always following you around Spike?” Daring asked “I mean don’t get me wrong but she seems to always be near you whenever you show up.” “Heh,” Spike chuckled out “Truth is Barb isn’t my twin, at least not by birth. She’s more of a mirror clone I accidently created when trying some dragon based spells. She sticks around due to the spell that made her being a familiar based spell.” “That going to cost you.” Alex said with concern in her voice. “Several members of my family past and present are spellcasters. They noted that a small portion of the familiar’s summoner/partner's lifeforce is used to form the bond. That means you're going to have to watch out for each other as if you die, she dies. Though it'll hurt like tartarus and any spellcasting is weakened if she dies. Not fun.” With that she went to check on Nightie. At that moment another Spike walked in carrying in a lasagna Tupperware and plop placed it on the small table next to the door and saying, “It doesn't seem fair that your Uncle has to spend several days at a petting zoo for community service just for bringing this library from Equestria. He saved it from being destroyed even if it was unintended. And now Ayumi and Twilight have their whole spell book collection back. Some of these books were given to them by Celestia herself making them priceless. This place has already paid for itself and more with all of the bits we had stashed in the sub basement not to mention Ayumi’s and mine respective gem cashes for snacks.” “Well, considering that he brought it here at the exact time Tirek's destructive attack would've destroyed this place and the explosion that heralded it's arrival having scared everybody. I don’t blame them for the city giving him community service.” Barb walked up to the other Spike and hugged him. “Hi brother! How did you cross over?” “The stump of the house has become a portal back home making it easier for some of us to come over.” the equestrian Spike said. Alex groaned then said, “AW COME ON!!” as she and Ayumi walked into the room. “Honey i thought i told you to not get so worked up over my mother clothing choices.” Ayumi said “She loves to tease remember?” She doesn’t need to wear that shirt to a petting zoo!” Alex said “It’s like she’s constantly in heat or something!” “I used to wear my milm shirt be happy i’m not doing that anymore.” Nightie said as she walked into the room in jean shorts and a shirt with “hot gilf” on the front. And “that azz’ with two arrows pointing down on the back. “Besides i’m not heading out with you I already have a date today. i’m just leaving at the same time to beat the traffic.” “Okay.” Alex said sighing, “I hope your date is flawless.” She then turns attention to the trio of dragons and says, “You three are going to be okay holding the fort?” “I alway was at home.” the equestrian Spike said with a shrug “i’m just stopping in to grab some of my old comics and Twiliy’s collection but i’ll keep these two out of trouble till you get back.”n mm “Me and barb are going to sort out the books and booze lying around but other than that we’ll be fine.” the transformed spike said. “If you see flames it’s just us burning the stuff that went bad.” “Okay.” Alex said as they left. “Remember we'll be back at 4:00pm” They arrived at the Perth Zoo at p10:00am and after they paid for their admission, they went,about and enjoyed the place. Though several of the animals seemed noto watch with hungry looks and one licked his chops. Alex was a little nervous as she had not been to the zoo for a long time and her new species had a lot of predators. “Are you okay?” Twilight asked. “You look a little on edge.” Alex sighed as she replied, “I've just was shown there was more to being turned into a mouse anthro. New instincts.” “Why is that?” the voice of Pinkie Pie piped up from behind. “GAH!!! PINKIE DON’T DO THAT!” The pink mare looked at Alex puzzled. Ayumi just looked crossly at the pink mare and said, “Alex is a mouse anthro and as such she’s more jumpy than a human or a pony. Also She’s pregnant and too many scares like that might cause her to loose the mouslings.” Pinkie's mane deflated a bit as what Ayumi said registered. “I'm sorry Alex.” she sniffles and adds, “I didn't mean to put your babies in danger.” She hugged Alex before asking “Why is everypony here?” Alex smiled as she walked on and replied, “Uncle Sea Heart’s serving his community service, in the petting zoo of this zoo and we're here to visit him.” As they got closer to the petting zoo, they heard the sounds of children enjoying themselves. They walked into a setting where mountain goat and Billy goat kids wandered about feeding on alfalfa pellets. And in a small fenced off area was Sea Heart giving literal pony rides under the watchful eye of one of the zookeepers. Sea Heart saw Alex and her friends and said, “I'm sorry kids but no more rides for two hours.” There were several voices of “Aw” and Sea Heart then trotted over to Alex and said, “Alex!” He said. “Good for you to visit me. *sniff* is that carrot lasagna I smell?” He lit his horn and levitated the Tupperware with the lasagna in it. Alex smiled saying I followed the recipe my aunt gave you before you got back to this world.” Sea Heart's expression changed from jovial to sad. Alex shrank and hugged him. “What's wrong Unc?” she asked concerned. He looked at Daring Do and sighed. “Make her a quadrupedal pony and she'd be my little Daring's twin.” Alex's ears twitched “Excuse me?” she asked. Sea Heart sighe then said, “Remember when I got trapped for for three years?” When everyone nodded he continued, “Well the time displacement ratio was four years over there was one year here. I didn't know that then though when like a fool I went through without send a probe first like your father advised me to do. “When I stepped through a found myself transformed from an over weight human into a slightly pudgy unicorn. I found myself stranded in a quaint little town named Ponyville which was on the edge of this dark and dangerous forest and sorely unprepared. The only form of magic I could do without a mishap happening was lift and move things. In three months I was in dire straights. Then I ran into your Aunt. Or more accurately, she ran into me (more like crashed). She wasn't much to look at but to me she was a goddess. “She was walleyed mare with golden crossed eyes, blonde mane and tail. The two most striking features she had was bubbles on her flank and the wings.” Sea Heart said as he served himself some lunch. “Your Aunt was the local mail mare and one of the kindest pony I had the good fortune to meet. We became a couple the next day because heat season began and the two of us and the town recluse became a herd. Ten months later she gave the herd our first foal. A tan pegasus with a grey scale rainbow mane and tail. We named her Daring Do. Ditzy was flattered that about the name I gave the foal. When she could attend school I began training to become adventurer. During the years I was there I became the librarian. “It was on Darling's birthday that my portal's recall function activated. The last sight I had of the Equestria I had been trapped in was Ditzy and Fluttershy restraining my little Daring as I was pulled back this world.” Sea heart began to cry when he felt The anthro Daring Do hug him with Alex, Ayumi, And Twilight hug him. “Damn curse.” he muttered. Daring looked Sea Heart in the eye as she said, “It would seem you're father of a version of me. I know one thing one goal of hers would be that she would dedicate a portion of her life to bringing you back to her.”