//------------------------------// // A Plan to Hide the Truth // Story: Switchy Pie // by AleximusPrime //------------------------------// CHAPTER 3 - A Plan to Hide the Truth The whole library was in a state of disbelief. Twilight had accidentally overused her spell and not only did she give Pinkie a serious personality, she accidentally switched them! Now Pinkie was the studious unicorn while Twilight was the frolicsome Earth pony! No one knew what to do and even Pinkie was already worried. “Well I simply do not believe this!” said Rarity in shock. “How will Twilight ever get by like this?! She’s always been so calm and organized, having Pinkie practically in her body will just create madness!” “Oh don’t worry, Rarity, I’m sure Twilight will be fine. I mean, Pinkie always survived this way, so I’m sure she can too. And it is only one day…hopefully…” said Fluttershy. “Yeah, but what if somepony finds out about this? Should we let the mayor know?” asked Rainbow Dash. “Oooooh no! We aren’t telling anypony about this, they’ll think we’re crazy or something!” said Peachy not wanting the whole town to get involved with her sister’s business. “Well I’m sure the mayor would understand, Peachy.” Applejack said. “No, girls, nopony must know of this, NOPONY!!” “Ooooh, books! Lots and lots of books!” said Twilight darting to and fro in the library floor checking out all the books. “Wow, there’s so many, I’ll bet I couldn’t even read a few of them!” “Twilight, you’ve already read most of them…” said Pinkie following Twilight around making sure she wouldn’t break anything. “Oh yeah. Say, Pinkie, you should probably read some now that you’re like me! I don’t remember much about them, but they were pretty good!” “Twilight, I think right now we should be focusing more on how we can undo this spell and then properly redo it. Or at least try to deal with it but not let any trouble happen. Seriously, you can’t take care of this library with the way you’re acting right now!” “But you could go and do better with your job and impress the Cakes! Isn’t that what we wanted?” “Well, yes, and I’m glad I can do that, but what about you? I feel bad that you had to be a part of this when you weren’t supposed to!” “Oh I’ll be fine! It only lasts a day remember? Tomorrow night, the two of us should be back to our old selves. And I actually feel pretty good! I’ve never been so joyful before!” “Yes, but what about your powers? You don’t have magic anymore and I don’t even know how to use….” Pinkie then looked at a book and somehow her instincts allowed her to telekinetically lift the page of the book as if she knew how to do it all along. “Wow, I just used magic! This isn’t as hard as it looks!” “Cool! I guess I gave you all my abilities! UH OH!!” suddenly Twilight’s tail started twitching. “Twitchy tail! TWITCHA-TWITCHA-TWITCH!!” just then a book fell down from a nearby shelf with a thud. “Oops, sorry!” said Spike who was on a ladder trying to put away some books in a shelf that was high up. “We forgive ya!” Twilight said cheerfully to Spike. “Wow, and I guess I gave you my Pinkie sense! Can’t say we aren’t even now…” Pinkie said observing that they now had entirely all attributes switched. Meanwhile the other ponies were watching Twilight and Pinkie conversing. “I honestly don’t know if I should be thankful or worried about this situation, girls…” said Fluttershy quietly. “This is kinda amusing if you guys ask me.” Said Rainbow Dash giggling until everyone threw a glance at her. “Hehe, sorry…” “Maybe we should just put Twilight in bed until one day passes. It’s almost sunset you know.” Fluttershy said to Twilight and Pinkie. “Oh no, I don’t wanna go to bed right now, I wanna stay up all night and party!! WOOOHOOO!” Twilight cried. “Twilight, if you party in here, people will see the lights and music and think you’re going crazy, you can’t do that!” said Pinkie. “Aw sugar…” “We also can’t let you run this library tomorrow! The only one who could would be me, but I gotta work at Sugarcube Corner.” “Maybe we could just close the library tomorrow instead.” Spike suggested. “Well, that might be an idea Spike, although if the library is going to be closed, she’ll wanna go out and do something, but somepony will see she has no horn and will be suspicious…” “Well now listen ya’ll, let’s not lose our heads hear, we can think of somethin…” said Applejack. “Wait a minute, I’ve got an idea!” said Pinkie. “Applejack, can I borrow your hat for a while?” “Um…whadaya want mah hat for?” A few minutes later, Pinkie and Peachy were walking through the streets of Ponyville with Twilight. Twilight was wearing Applejack’s hat so that no one would notice the absence of her horn, and Pinkie had her mane fluffed up in the front to hide her newly acquired horn. “So, where are we going again?” Twilight asked. “I already told you, Twilight, we’re going to get some ice cream.” Pinkie responded. “OOH, ICE CREAM, I LOVE ICE CRE-“ she was cut off by Peachy who jumped up on her head and closed her mouth. “SHHHH!!” Peachy said to Twilight. “Twilight, not so loud, you don’t want anypony to hear you like that!” whispered Pinkie Pie. “Oops, sorry.” “Now, listen, we have to keep a low profile. And unfortunately that means I’ll have to try acting like my old self a little. I should also buy myself a hat out here somewhere, I can’t have my hair up like this all the time and I promised I’d return Applejack’s hat to her tonight.” “Hey there Pinkie Pie!” shouted a group of ponies walking by. “Uh….wha….oh, hey girls!” she replied in her best sweet voice from before. “Phew, that was close! I thought for sure they wouldn’t recognize me at first!” “Um…Sis, I’ve been meaning to ask, why did we buy a bottle of purple paint?” Peachy asked looking at one of the bags Pinkie was carrying on her back. “You’ll see Peachy, you’ll see.” They then came to the ice cream stand and Pinkie went forward to do the ordering. “Well hello there girls! What can I get you?” asked the pony running the stand. “Hello, I’d like a soft serve swirly in a waffle cone and a peach parfait for my sister and…um, Twilight, what would you like?” Pinkie said turning to Twilight nervously. “I’d like an extra large banana split with extra chocolate and extra cherries and all the nuts you’ve got and a scoop of ever flavor you’ve got…” “Whoa, don’t you think that’s a bit too much for you, Twilight?” asked the stand pony. “Um, she’ll take a cone of pony hooves, Miss.” “Aw man, I wanted a split, Pinkie!” “Hehe, too much coffee…” Pinkie whispered to the stand pony. “Oh, and I would like an extra bowl and spoon if you don’t mind.” A few minutes later they bought their ice cream and sat down at a picnic table to eat. “Why did you get a bowl, Sis?” Peachy asked her sister. “Because I’m not gonna eat the cone, Peachy, this is what I’m gonna do instead…” she then used her magic to dump the ice cream off of her cone and into the bowl and then took the bottle of pastel purple paint out of its bag. She began painting the cone and blew on it to dry it off. “Ok, Twilight, remove the hat.” Twilight took Applejack’s hat off and Pinkie placed the cone right on her forehead. “Oooooh, that’s what it was for! That was pretty clever, Sissy Pie!” Peachy complimented. “Wow, a purple cone! Is it grape flavored now? CAN I EAT IT?!” Twilight said starting to drool. “No, Twilight! You need that there so people will think it’s your horn and won’t figure out what happened to you.” Pinkie warned. “Aw………Okay!” “Now, Twilight, this is what’s going to happen.” Pinkie said quietly while Twilight was eating her ice cream and listening. “I’m gonna go back to my apartment tonight and rest up, and you’ll go to the library and do the same. Tomorrow, I’ll go to work, and you stay in the library but close it cuz chances are you won’t be able to run it in this current state. If you need to go out to get some fresh air or just walk around, make sure you keep a low profile and don’t act like I do, try to not be loud or obnoxious or anything.” “Can I come to Sugarcube corner with you?” “Well, no, because if you’ve got my personality, that might make you want to eat some of the food, and then the Cakes and everyone else would figure out what we did wrong. “Aw sugar. Oh well, I’ll try doing something fun in the library with Spike or something…” “Also, Sis, what about your horn? Shouldn’t you cover that up without having to mess your hair up like that?” asked Peachy. “Yes, I’m going to go buy myself a hat over at Rarity’s boutique before closing hours and cover it up. I also gotta stay away from using magic. It’s pretty convenient, but no one must know…” While Pinkie was talking, Twilight was just licking away at her ice cream enjoying the flavor. “Now we did the spell at about five o’ clock, so that means tomorrow night at five we should both be back to normal. And I sure hope it automatically goes back to normal, because even though I can use simple telekinetic magic with this horn, I doubt I’d be able to use any ultra-powerful ones…… still, we should be alright. At least I’ll be able to impress Mr. and Mrs. Cake tomorrow at work. They’ll be so proud of me!” “Yup, and you’ll never eat one of those treats again when you’re not supposed to!” said Twilight throwing the rest of her cone into her mouth and gulping it down. Just then the Cutie Mark Crusaders: Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom all walked by and said hi to Twilight and the others. “Hey there, Twilight! Have ya seen mah sister anywhere ‘round here?” Apple Bloom asked Twilight. “Oh yeah, she was just down at the library with us while I used a spell to-“ “T-TO SHOW US A COOL TRICK!” Pinkie said loudly before Twilight would give away their secret. “Yes, Twilight wanted to show everyone a pretty cool spell and Applejack was there, hehe.” She then kicked Applejack’s hat under the picnic table so Apple Bloom wouldn’t see it. “Uh, ok then. Where is she now?” “Oh I’ll bet she’s on her way home back to your farm…” “What’s up with your hair, Pinkie?” asked Scootaloo. “Oh, my hair? Eh, bad hair day I suppose, hehehe.” “So what are you girls up to?” asked Twilight. “Still trying to get your cutie marks? “Yeah, not much luck though.” Sweetie Belle said. “Well, maybe you could always stop by the library and maybe read some books and see if one of them will tell ya something helpful!” “TWILIGHT!” said Pinkie out of the side of her mouth. “NOT OPEN TOMORROW!” “Oh yeah. Sorry, girls, but I just remembered the library isn’t open tomorrow. But who’s to say tomorrow won’t be a pretty sun-shiny day anyways, right?!” Twilight said with a big grin on her face as the Crusaders all looked at her awkwardly. They could tell something fishy was going on. “Um……well, we should all get going now, it’s getting pretty late, don’t you think, Twilight?” Pinkie asked Twilight. “Oh, yeah, I guess you’re right! I forgot I already finished my ice cream! Hehehe!” “HAHAHAHA…….ha….” Pinkie laughed along with her to try and sound more ridiculous so that the little fillies wouldn’t know that they had each other’s personalities switched. “Well, let’s go Peachy, we gotta get you home before it’s past your bed time.” Pinkie then walked her sister back home and then took Twilight back to the library before returning Applejack’s hat. “Now Twilight, remember, you gotta close this library so no one will come in and see what’s happened to you.” Pinkie told her. “You can count on me, Pinkie!” Twilight assured her friend. “So that means don’t let anypony in and remember to keep a low profile if you go out.” “Gotcha!” “Alright, I’m gonna go back to my apartment now. I hope you have fun tomorrow even if no one can come in here.” “And I hope you have fun tomorrow being Little Miss Serious Bu-derious! Hehehe!” Twilight then close the door and Pinkie took her sister back home. “I sure hope this goes well, Sissy Pie.” said Peachy to her sister. “Oh I’ll be fine Peachy. Tomorrow will be excellent at work; I just hope Twilight doesn’t do anything stupid…” “Well, what would your normal self do if you were stuck in a library with nothing to do all day?” “That’s just what worries me……my old self could never tolerate silence…I just hope Twilight still can…” TO BE CONTINUED...