Chapter 4
A Prank Too Far
Twilight woke up to an ear splitting scream coming from the hallway, she looked out of her room to see Spike standing outside Isaacs door. She threw on her robe and hurried over beside the purple dragon.
“Spike what was that?”
“I don’t know, I was just walking back from the bathroom when I heard a scream coming from his room.” He said with a shrug. Twilight hurried over to the door and knocked three times.
“Isaac? Are you okay in there?”
“GO AWAY!” he bellowed.
“What’s wrong?”
“DID YOU HEX ME OR SOMETHING WHILE I WAS ASLEEP?” He yelled.
“What? No.”
“Well, SOMEONE must have!”
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“I can’t say!”
“How can I help you if-” She was cut off by someone knocking at the door, Twilight motioned for Spike to deal with the visitor, Spike opened the door to see Rainbow standing there with a concerned look on her face.
“Hey Spike, what was that scream I heard?”
“Somethings wrong with Isaac.”
“What?”
“He refuses to come out of his room for some reason.” He said with a shrug. Rainbow made her way inside and met up with Twilight outside the door.
“Oh good. Thank's for the help Rainbow.” She said with a sigh.
“Isaac? You okay in there?” Rainbow said as she put her ear to the door.
“NO!”
“Come out and we’ll help you.”
“NO WAY IN HELL!”
“Are you sick?”
“No.”
“So what’s wrong?”
“I DON’T KNOW!” There came another knock on the door, Spike opened it to see the white unicorn standing with her arms across her chest with an annoyed look on her face.
“What is that horrendous shouting?” She asked in an annoyed voice. Rarity made her way upstairs to see Twilight and Rainbow.
“Somethings wrong with Isaac and he won’t tell us.” Rarity walked over and gave a small knock.
“Isaac dear, what’s wrong?”
“YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!” Another knock from the door was heard. Spike let out a heavy sigh and saw the orange cow girl standing there with a worried look on her face.
“Howdy Spike.”
“Hey AJ.”
“Whats all the hollering about?” Spike pointed to the upstairs where the other three mares were standing.
“Look Isaac, why don’t you retrace your steps and we’ll see if anything seems out of the ordinary, okay?” Twilight said in a concerned tone.
“Okay. I went to work with AJ, had lunch, then went to Rarity’s shop to get my shirt fixed. Then Rainbow, the girls and I went into that forest to go see Zecora. Rainbow left on her own then I took the girls back. I went back in to get Sweetie Belle’s bag, I came back out and went to sleep. The end.”
“Did you touch anything while you were in the forest?”
“No....Wait, I tripped and fell into some kind of bush.”
“What bush? What did it look like?” AJ asked.
“I don’t know it was too dark to see, but when I got back here my back was covered in blue petals. They looked like they came from a flower.” The mares looked at one another in surprise.
“Do you still have them?” Twilight asked.
“Yeah, hang on a second.” The girls heard the sounds of walking and something sliding on the floor. The door opened and the trash can slid out into the hall way. Twilight levitated the contents and saw three blue flower petals.
“Is that-”
“Yup.” Twilight said as she remembered the blue colored petals.
“Isaac, I’ve got good news. I know what caused your problem.”
“What?”
“You must have fallen into a patch of Poison Joke.” She said as she examined the petals.
“POISON WHAT?”
“It’s like Poison Oak, but instead of making you itchy it plays a small prank on you.” Rainbow added.
“This does not qualify as a SMALL PRANK!”
“There’s a cure for it. All you need to do is take an herbal bath.”
“Good, do you have the recipe?”
“No. Somepony checked the book out two days ago and I don’t remember the recipe off hand.” Twilight said with a defeated look on her face.
“So we just wait until they come back?” he said in an annoyed tone.
“We could do that or we go to Aloe and Lotus.” Rarity interjected.
“Who are they?”
“They run the local spa and Zecora gave them the recipe for the cure.”
“Will it even work on me?”
“It’s worth a shot.” Rainbow said. A long silence hung over the group.
“Okay, I’ll come out just try not to laugh.” He said in a low tone
The door opened and the mare’s jaw dropped at the sight. Isaac stood there with significantly longer hair, a much more curvy physique and a set of breasts. Isaac’s face turned bright red as he looked at the mares. Applejack was covering Rainbow’s mouth to prevent laughter. Isaac let out a sigh at the mares’ state.
“Just get it out of your system.” He said with a hand raised, Rainbow exploded in laughter and fell to the ground clutching her sides.
“It turned you into a mare? Priceless!” she said as she began to cry.
“Laugh it up Rainbow.” He said as he reached inside the trash can and rubbed the petals in her hair. Rainbow shot back just in time to start feeling a chain reaction occur. The ponies looked in surprise to see her vibrantly colored hair turn white as snow. Rainbow looked in the mirror and yelled in surprise. “Looks like we’re in the same boat.”
“Why did it work so quickly? It usually takes hours for it to take effect.” Twilight said in surprise.
“Probably because of my oil.”
“What oil?”
“Humans secrete a type of oil from their skin which tends to spread the oils produced by Poison Ivy and Poison Oak, looks like it does the same with Poison Joke. Hey, I can do this rhyming shit too.” Isaac said with a smirk. Rainbow glared at the human with daggers in her eyes.
“Let’s get you two to the spa.” Rarity said as she walked past the group. Isaac threw the hood over his head, Rainbow did the same with her cyan hoodie. The two followed the group of mares out into the street.
As long as no pony sees us we should be-
“Hey guys!” the group looked over to see Vinyl rush over to them.
Goddamn it!
“Hey have you seen Isaac?” Rainbow had a sly grin on her face. Isaac made the ‘slicing throat motion’ with his thumb.
“N-no. Ah haven’t seen him all day.” AJ said as she threw on a bad poker face.
“Then who’s that?” she said as she pointed to the dark hooded figure.
“Um-” Twilight didn’t finish as Rainbow ripped the hood off the human’s head. Vinyl let out a gasp at the now female human. Isaac quickly threw the hood back on his head and looked back at the mare with a cross look on his face.
“What....was....that?”
“Isaac fell into a patch of Poison Joke and well...” Twilight said.
“So it turned him into a mare?” the others nodded in agreement. Vinyl then saw the human lower his head. “Sorry Isaac, if it’s any conciliation I turned pink when I got hit with that stuff.”
“Why were you looking for me anyway?” he said as he kept his face covered.
“Wanted to see if I could listen to some of your tunes.”
“Fine. Just wait until I fix this and please don’t tell anyone about this.”
“Deal.” She said with a smile. “Meet me at the shop when you’re done.” Isaac nodded as she walked away.
“Didn’t see that coming.” AJ said.
“Let’s just get this over with.” He said in a low tone. Rarity led the group into the spa and they were greeted by two mares, one pink and the other was bright blue.
“Hello girls.” Rarity said with a smile.
“Good morning Ms. Rarity. How can we help you today?”
“My two friends here had a little Poison Joke accident. We were wondering if you had the recipe.”
“Of course. Just give us a few moments to get it ready for Ms. Dash and...who is your friend?”
“Oh..this is.....An acquaintance of mine from out of town.”
“Very well right this way.” She said as she led the human and cyan mare into the bath house. “You can use the baths at the end of the row, we’ll also need your clothes.” Lotus said as she pointed to a basket.
“Why?”
“We need to soak them in the water so the toxins get washed out and don’t cause the same problem when you’re done.” Aloe said.
“They’ll be ready when we get done?” Rainbow asked. The blue mare nodded and handed each of them a towel. Isaac quickly took of the garments and wrapped the towel around his body. He adverted his eyes as Rainbow undressed. Isaac made his way over to the bath and submerged himself from head to toe. He felt his skin begin to tingle and his bones reshape to their original size. Isaac stuck his head out of the water just below his eye level, he looked up to see the cyan mare get into the tub next to him. He quickly submerged his head and held his breath.
Okay don’t panic. Theres an extremely attractive-
Don’t even finish that sentence! She’s not a girl, she’s a THING.
Not cool.
You know I’m right, she’s a mutated horse.
So? Back home theres speculation that humans are monkeys.
That’s not the point! She’s not human she-
Her name is Rainbow!
Like it matters.
It DOES. They’ve shown me nothing but kindness since I’ve arrived here and have treated me with more respect than I ever got back at home! Rainbow is a friend and-. He stopped as he realized he had spent all his stored air. Isaac grabbed the sides of the tube and brought his normal upper body to the surface. He sat up panting and taking in the sweet smelling air.
“You okay?” Isaac looked over to see that Rainbows hair was starting to return to it’s normal six color spectrum. “You were down there for so long I thought you drowned.” She said as she put her arms back over her head. Isaac felt himself blush and quickly adverted his eyes.
“Sorry for turning your hair white.” He said still looking away.
“Sorry I laughed at you.” She said with sympathy in her voice.
“It’s fine, I’m used to it.”
“What do you mean?” she asked as she rested her chin on her hands.
“I’m not exactly the most respected member of my group of friends.” He said as he laid the back of his head on the tiled edge.
“Why? You’re a nice guy.”
“That doesn’t count for much back on my world.”
“They’re not friendly?”
“Not really, save a few.” He said as he felt his hair grow back into it’s proper size.
“But you showed me a picture of those other humans.”
“Those two are the exception and even then they get on my nerves sometimes.” He said in a low grumble.
“How?”
“The other guy I showed you is my oldest friend, but he’s a massive show off.”
“So am I.” she said in a cocky tone.
“Yeah but you’re not a show off all the time.” He said as he looked at the mare. “He is constantly going off on how he’s the best at everything. It get’s old really quick.” He said as he let out a grunt.
“What about the girl?”
“Allie? She’s nicer and a bit more down to earth. However she has horrible taste in guys.”
“How so?”
“She always goes for the big strong dumb as dirt jocks. Things are great for the first three months then he goes and cheats on her with his ex or some other girl and guess who has to be there to pick up the pieces.” He said as he pointed to himself. “It’s unfortunate, but she never learns.” He said in an annoyed tone.
“Okay, no offense but that’s kinda mean.”
“I was very sympathetic at first, but over the years she turned me into a cynic with her constant ignorance and stupidity.” He said as he leaned his head back. “OH GOD!” he said as he felt a blunt pain below his stomach.
“What?”
“I think I just got my family jewels back.” He said as he looked into the water. “Yeah, I did.”
“Your what?”
“It’s......um.” he tried to find the right words.
“Relax I know what you mean.” She said with a laugh. The two looked over to see the two spa ponies came into the room with smiles on their faces.
“How is every-. WHO ARE YOU?” The blue mare yelled as she looked at Isaac.
“He was the girl that came in with me.” Rainbow interjected.
“You mean to tell me that the hair loss wasn’t the Poison Joke?”
“The Poison Joke made me gender swap.” Isaac explained.
“So what are you?”
“Oh right, you two don’t know. I’m a human.” The ponies looked at one another in confusion.
“Looks like we owe Lyra an apology.” The pink one whispered to her sister.
“I’ve been hearing that a lot lately.” Isaac said with a sigh. “Can I have my clothes back?”
“Y-yes. I’ll go get them.” Lotus said as she hurried away.
“Your clothes are ready Ms. Dash.” Aloe said as she walked out of the door.
“Awesome!” she said as she hopped out of the tub. Isaac looked away as she rose from the tub and wrapped herself in a towel. “I’ll meet you out front.” Isaac gave her a thumbs up as he still looked away from the mare. He heard the door close and he let out a sigh as he got out of the tub and put the towel around his waist. The pink sister then came out of the back room and led him to the stallions changing area. Isaac found his clothes neatly stacked on the bench, as he picked up his shirt two notes fell to the floor. He picked one up and saw that the penmanship was very refine.
Isaac,
Don’t worry about the cost, my treat.
~Rarity.
He gave a smile and folded the note into his pocket. The other note was considerably messy and the penmanship looked like that of a ten year old.
Isaac,
Heres my # Call me later.
~Rainbow
Isaac entered the number in his phone and grinned. As he put his shirt back on he noticed that a blue blur ducked behind the door. Isaac rolled his eyes and made his way out into the lobby where the cyan mare was waiting for him.
“Bout time you got out here.” She said in an impatient tone.
“Calm down, I’m here now aren’t I?” he said with a smug grin on his face.
“What ever.” She said as she got to her feet. Her hair was still fairly wet and clung to her light bluecoat with a strong grip. Isaac couldn’t help but notice that her tail began to swish as she took a step with her well defined hips. He felt himself blush and quickly adverted his eyes away from the cyan mare.
“Please come again.” The blue sister said with a smile.
“Just be sure to use the correct changing room next time.” The pink one added.
“Sorry about that. What are your names?”
“I’m Lotus.” The blue one said with a smile.
“I’m Aloe.”
“Nice to meet you two. My names Isaac by the way.” He said as he shook their hands. The two mares smiled at him. Isaac quickly made his way out the door and rejoined Rainbow who was leaning against the building tapping her foot. Isaac reached down into his pocket and let out a groan. “I’ll be right back I forgot my phone inside.” Rainbow rolled her eyes at the statement. Isaac walked back inside the counter to see Lotus holding up his device. “Sorry Lotus.”
“Its quite alright.” as he took the phone she drew his head next to her mouth and began to whisper. “Theres a new number in there if you’re interested.” Isaac felt himself blush again as the mare backed away from him. She began to giggle as she turned around and walked back into the room. Isaac silently turned around and walked back out to the busy street.
“There you-....You okay? Looks like you just saw a ghost.”
“Yeah. I’m fine.” He said as he shook off the shock.
“So what do we do now? I got the day off. What about you?”
“I gotta grab some bit’s from Twi’s place, then I gotta head to Raritys shop for some new clothes and Vinyl wanted to listen to some of my music.” Rainbow let out a groan at the statement. “You’re free to come along if you want, I’m not much of a fashion guy so it’ll be nice to have a second opinion.” The cyan mare smiled and the two began to walk back to the library.
“Wanna race?” she asked.
“I’m at a huge disadvantage for that.” He said as he pointed to her wings.
“I won’t fly, I promise.”
“In that case....you’re on!” he said with a grin. The two drew a line in the dirt and began to stretch.
“Ready.....Set-”
“GO!” Isaac yelled as he sprinted forward. He looked back to see that the cyan mare was gaining ground and had a hungry look in her eye. Isaac quickened his pace as he felt the speed demon come up behind him.
“LOOK OUT!” she yelled. Isaac looked ahead to see a parked cart in the middle of the road, he couldn’t slow down in time or swerve out of the way. Isaac increased his speed and leaped over the cart, as he performed a quick summersault as he landed. Rainbow stared at him in amazement, Isaac gave her a sly grin and resumed running towards the library. As he saw the library, Isaac knew that the door would slow him down. His eyes searched for another entry point, he veered off to the right a few feet and aligned himself with the open window. Rainbow had caught up to him and had no intention of loosing as Rainbow reached the door she saw the human vault into the library causing Twilight to jump in surprise. Rainbow burst through the door panting heavily.
“I believe the score stands one to zero.” He said as he caught his breath.
“That doesn’t count! You cheated!”
“How?”
“You used the window!”
“So? You never said I couldn’t.” He said with a smile. Twilight looked at the two with a raised eyebrow.
“What is going on?”
“We were racing.” He said with a smirk.
“Why did you jump through my window?”
“Would you prefer it if I broke your door down?”
“No.....but still-”
“Fine I won’t jump through the window anymore.”
“Thank you.”
“I just need to grab my bit bag and then we’ll leave.” Isaac said as he and Rainbow hurried up the stairs, he opened the room to see that his bit bag and knife were on the night stand. Isaac attached the knife on his jeans and put the pouch in his pocket. “Okay we can go now.”
“Why bring that thing?” she said as she pointed to the knife.
“You never know when you might need it.” He said as he walked back into the main room of the library.
“So where are you two going?” Twilight asked.
“Carousel Boutique, Rarity wanted to make me another set of clothes.”
“Oh good. Spike is over there by the way.”
“Why?”
“He helps Rarity from time to time, mostly because he has a crush on her.” Rainbow added.
“Ah. I see.” He said as he nodded his head. “Well, I’ll see you later Twilight.” He said with a wave. He and the cyan mare made their way onto the streets of the small town. Isaac was still catching glances from some unknown mares and stallions. He looked to his side to see Rainbow quickly turning her head away from him. “So.....How long has Spike had the hots for Rarity?”
“Since he met her.”
“Is Rarity stringing him along?”
“No....Well....Maybe. I’m not the best when it comes to that kind of stuff. I think she knows he likes her but doesn’t know how to tell him without breaking his heart.”
“Ah, that old problem. Has Spike tried to win her over?”
“No, he’s usually too nervous to even form complete sentences.”
“Interesting.” He said as they arrived in front of the shop. The two made their way inside and looked around the posh shop.
“Rarity? You in here?” Rainbow yelled.
“Come upstairs darling.” The two looked at each other and complied with the order. Rainbow opened the door to see the white mare at her sewing machine and Spike sweeping up some fabric scraps. “Hello you two.” She said with a smile.
“Hi.” Isaac said with a wave. “Thanks for covering our spa visit Rarity.”
“Oh think nothing of it darling, Glad to see that you’re back to normal.”
“Thank you.” He said with a warm smile.
“So how can I help you?”
“I was thinking on getting some new clothes.”
“Ah, say no more! I will begin making the measurements!”
“If you’re too busy then I can come back later and-”
“It’s perfectly all right, it’s a slow day anyway. Spike, would you be a dear and fetch me some white fabric from the top shelf.” She said in a sweet tone. Spike gave a quick nod and appeared ten-seconds later with the fabric. “Thank you dear.” The dragon had a massive grin on his face. “So what kind of clothes were you looking for?”
“Just something casual I can use around town.”
“Anything specific?”
“Something lightweight and comfortable.”
“What about a suit?”
“No thanks. I don’t wear suits on a regular basis.”
“I trust you’ll want to wear something nice for your return trip.”
“No. I’m guessing that no one even knows that I’m gone.” He said as he took off his jacket.
“What about your family?”
“Parents are dead and I’m an only child.” Rarity looked at him in regret.
“Oh....I’m terribly sorry dear. I didn’t know.”
“It’s fine.”
“What about your friends?”
“Don’t have many.” Rainbow put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a weak smile. “Except for you guys of course.” He said with a smile.
“Thank you dear. What do you think about a shirt in white?”
“Sounds good, why not make the trim in black?”
“Darling that idea is completely-.” Her eyes shrank at the thought. “Genius. I didn’t know you had fashion insight.”
“I don’t. I just know that black and white go well together, as it does with red, blue and dark green.” The ponies looked at him in surprise. “I took a few art classes in high school.” He said with a shrug.
“It’s just surprising.” Rarity commented. “I had no idea that humans were so fashionably inclined.”
“Oh yeah. People make their whole careers around making clothes and designing different types of fashion for all different kinds of people.” Rarities eyes boggled at the information.
“What kinds of fashion?” She asked as her eyes grew wide.
“Not really sure, I never paid attention to it that much.” He said as he scratched his chin.
“Why not?” she said in an annoyed tone.
“Never need too. Not my area of expertise.” He said as Rarity wrapped the measuring tape around his right arm. He then noticed that Spike was sweeping up some fabric scraps in the corner with a blank look in his face. “Hey Rarity, on my way over here Rainbow was thinking on upgrading her wardrobe.” Rainbow shot him a confused glance.
“Really? Odd she usually never wants to do something like that.”
“I don-” Isaac quickly covered the mares mouth.
“She just didn’t want to look like a posh pony, you know how she is.” He said as he let go of the angry mare.
“OH! Come along darling I will help you once I’m done with-”
“Spike can help me out.” He interjected. The dragon looked at him in confusion. “Besides we haven’t really had a chance to talk.” He said with a smile.
“But I need to help Rarity with-”
“Oh don’t worry Spike. I’m sure I can manage.” She said as she took Rainbow into the next room, the cyan mare shot the human a dirty look. Spike looked at the human with a raised eyebrow. As the two mares left Isaac looked back at Spike with a grin.
“Good now we can talk.”
“About what?”
“I know you like Rarity Spike.” The dragons face turned bright red at the statement.
“How did-”
“Rainbow told me and you were making it obvious.” He said with a shrug. Spike face palmed in defeat. “So tell me how long have you had feeling for her?”
“What do you care?”
“I’m gonna help you out.”
“Why?”
“I was in your position one time and no one helped me out. Long story short, it sucked and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let it happen to you.”
“How do I know you won’t try to steal her from me?”
“Two things Spike. One, Rarity is not my type and two, I am many things, but I’m not a cock blocker.”
“A what?”
“It’s a human term. The point is, I have no interest in Rarity. So I’m going to help you out.”
“Thanks. What should I do?”
“First off, tell me three things you don’t like about her.”
“What?”
“Just do it.” He said as he sat down in a chair.
“Well, she can be a bit fussy sometimes, Rarity also has this habit of making mountains out of mole hills and she can be a bit selfish.” He finished. Isaac smirked at the dragon.
“Congratulations Spike you passed the first test.”
“What test?”
“We now know that this isn’t some type of school yard crush. You recognized her flaws and are willing to accept them, if you were just after her body then you wouldn’t have paid attention to them.”
“Oh I get it!” he said as his head perked up.
“Now, what does Rarity like to do in her off time?”
“I help her jewel hunting, she likes to come up with new designs for outfits and she reads a lot.”
“What kind of books does she read?”
“Romance novels mostly.”
“Okay, now we have a place to start. My suggestion is find out her favorite Author’s and stories. Come see me again when you do.” He said as he began to try on the shirts Rarity made him. He pulled the black T-shirt with deep red sleeves over his head and looked at himself in the mirror. “What do you think?”
“Looks cool.” He said with a shrug.
“Think the white will look better?” he asked.
“I guess.”
“Hey can I ask you something?”
“Sure.”
“What can you tell me about Twilight and the others, I’m still fairly new here and I’m trying to adapt to this place.”
“Well, Twilight runs the library and is Princess Celestia’s private pupil.”
“She’s the Princess’s personal student?” he said in surprise. “I see. So that’s why she told me to live with her. What about Rainbow and AJ?”
“AJ runs the apple farm at the edge of town. She’s cool, level headed and can’t tell a lie to save her life. Rainbow is very cocky and rash.”
“So I’ve heard.” Isaac said as he rolled his eyes.
“She’s also very loyal which makes up for her boisterous attitude.” He said as he shrugged.
“What about the pink one?”
“Pinkie? You can’t really explain her, she has this habit of sneaking up on you when you least expect it.” He said as he quickly glanced around the room. “She’s very random and unpredictable.”
“I see, what about the yellow one?”
“That’s Fluttershy, that pony is scared of almost everything. She’s really good at taking care of animals though.”
“She’s really that shy?”
“Oh yeah. She flinches like a cat to a water pistol, just don’t get her angry or she’ll use ‘the stare’ on you.”
“The what?”
“It’s this thing she can do that will make any animal or pony freeze up in fear. Twilight said that she used it on a fully grown dragon once.”
“Fully grown dragon?” He said as he raised an eyebrow.
“Yeah, I’m only seventeen. Full grown dragons can grow to be as big as a house.”
“That also brings up another question, why do you live with Twilight are you two like adopted brother and sister or something?”
“No. I’m just her assistant.”
“Are you her assistant by choice?”
“Yeah, Twilight hatched me when she was filly and-”
“She what? How did she hatch you?” He said with a raised eyebrow.
“She went nuts with magic during an entrance exam, my egg got zapped and I hatched from it.”
“Oh. So that’s how it works. Mind if I open a window? It’s getting stuffy in here.” He said as he moved over to the window.
“Sure.” The dragon said with a shrug.
“Cool.” He said as he opened the window. “One other thing I’ve been wondering about. What’s the typical diet for ponies?”
“Diet?”
“You know, what do they eat?”
“Fruit, vegetables, grain, hay, stuff like that.” Isaac let out a sigh.
“I was afraid you might say that.”
“Why?”
“Humans are carnivorous.” Spike looked at him in surprise.
“But, I saw you eat vegetables and fruit the other day at Sugar Cube Corner.”
“Most humans are omnivores.”
“Omni what?”
“I can eat both meat and vegetables to sustain myself. It’s just that meat tastes better in my opinion. What about you? I’m assuming you’re a carnivore as well.”
“Nope. Vegetarian and some gem stones every now and then.”
“Gem stones?”
“You know, ruby’s, sapphires, emeralds. Stuff like that.”
“How does-....Never mind. So there’s no place to buy meat around here?”
“Nope. Sorry.”
“Oh well, can’t be helped I suppose. How much do I owe you?” Isaac asked as he pulled out a bit bag.
“That’ll be sixty bits.” Isaac nodded and handed the dragon the money and picked up his new shirts. As he did the door shot open to reveal a very angry Rainbow Dash who was wearing a dress that was causing her some discomfort. “Uh-oh.”
“YOU ARE SO DEAD!” She bellowed. Isaac quickly grabbed the shirts
“Time to go!” he said as he ran towards the window. Isaac jumped out of the shop and onto the ground. He looked up to see Rainbow staring at him in surprise, he quickly high tailed it back towards the library. As he reached the door he saw a familiar white unicorn mare with an electric blue mane.
“Hey Isaac! I was just coming to see if I could-”
“Yeah sounds great let’s go!” he said as he began to walk at a fast pace.
“Where’s the fire?”
“Let’s just say I need to DASH off.”
“What?”
“I’ll explain once we’re at the shop.” He said as he ran off with Vinyl in hot pursuit. Once they reached the shop Isaac took a moment to collect his thoughts. He then explained what had happened at the boutique.
“Ah I see. Good thing you were able to get out of there.”
“Yeah, me too.” He said as he sat down. “So you want to listen to some music?”
“Sure!” she said as he withdrew his P-Pod. Vinyl took it and plugged it into her speakers. She shuffled the music and rock music began to blast through the speakers. The mare sat next to the human and smiled. “Interesting taste in music.”
“I like a to have a variety.” He said with a grin. “Thanks for letting me hide out here to avoid Rainbow.”
“No problem. What are friends for?” she said with a grin spread across her face. She then noticed the humans white shirt with the dark blue sleeves and stripe going down the center. “Cool shirt by the way.”
“Thanks. Rarity just made it.” The human then noticed Vinyl’s low cut top and jet black jeans that seemed to hug her figure. “You look good too.”
“Awwe. Thanks.” She said as her cheeks blushed. “So how did you get Poison Joke on you anyway?”
“I accidentally fell in a bush when I was in the forest.”
“Oh. That place is covered in it.” She said as she slid closer to the human. “So what type of music do you listen to?”
“Mostly rock, electric, alternative stuff like that. What about you?”
“Electric and Dubsteb.”
“Really?”
“Yeah it helps with my DJ skills.”
“You’re a DJ?”
“Yep.” She said as she let out a yawn. “Sorry, I had a late night.”
“If you want to take a nap I can leave and-”
“Nah, it’s fine. I’m used to being tired.” She said as she rested her head against his arm. Isaac noticed the mares motion and started to blush at the mares action. Isaac felt his eyes become heavy and he soon drifted off to sleep with the white mare resting on his shoulder. Isaac was awoken by a loud knock at the door, he looked over to see the Vinyl was fast asleep on the couch, he gently slipped his arm from her grip and made his way over to the door.
“Who is-” was all he got out before being grabbed by a familiar pair of cyan hands, Rainbow pulled a small pill from her pocket and shoved it in the humans mouth, Isaac swallowed the pill in surprise and yelped as Rainbow jumped behind him and locked her arms around the front of his chest, the two took flight towards the sky. “Are you crazy?” he yelled as they flew higher. Rainbow tightened her grip and zoomed towards the clouds, Isaac looked up at the cyan mare who had a devilish grin spread across her face. Rainbow stopped just above a cloud and loosened her grip on the human, who was holding on for dear life. “RAINBOW DON’T!”
“Sorry.” She said as she let go of him. Isaac yelled in fear as he felt himself plummet towards the ground. He closed his eyes waiting for the impact. His body fell on what felt like a soft pillow. He opened his eyes to see the cyan mare laughing hysterically on her back next to him. “Oh man! You should have seen your face! Priceless!”
“THAT WASN’T FUNNY! I COULD HAVE DIED!” He yelled.
“I’d be able to catch you.” She said as she sat up.
“That’s so comforting.” He said with his voice dripping in sarcasm. “How am I not falling through the cloud?” he said as he looked over the edge and saw the busy town below.
“That pill I gave you allows non-Pegasi to walk on clouds for a day.” She said with a smile.
“Where did you get it?”
“Twilight made them so she wouldn’t have to use magic every time they came to my house.”
“Your house?”
“Yeah, I’m a Pegasus. I live in the clouds.” She said as she rolled her eyes.
“Okay. Why did you drag me up here anyway?”
“Payback.” she said as she began to fly away. “I’ll pick you up later.” She said with a sly grin.
“WHAT? NO! You can’t leave me up here!” he yelled as Rainbow snickered and flew back towards Ponyville. GODDAMN IT! Isaac thought as he looked at the shrinking blue dot. He laid back on the cloud and stared up at the sky to see a familiar grey mare coming towards him. Is that Ditzy? as the mare came closer Isaac could make out her yellow mane. “Hey over here!” he yelled as he waved his arms. The grey mare heard the yells and flew over to the human. Isaac saw that she had a tan messenger bag and a tan collard shirt with long khaki pants that stretched to her ankles.
“Hey Isaac. What are you doing up here?” She asked as she landed next to the human.
“Rainbow dropped me here for payback.” He said with a grumble.
“How are you not falling?”
“She gave me this pill that allows me to walk on clouds for a day.” The grey mare gave a nod and pulled out a tin box. “What’s that?”
“My shift just got over, so I’m having lunch. Want some?” she asked as she pulled out a muffin.
“I couldn’t take your food.”
“It’s fine, I have another one.” She said as she handed it to him. Isaac took the muffin and smiled at the mare.
“Thanks, what’s your job anyway?” he asked as he took a bite.
“I’m a mail mare.” She said with a grin.
“Oh a postal worker, I guess that explains the letters I saw the other day.”
“Yep. What about you?”
“Well, I’m freelancing around town for the time being.”
“What about back where your from?”
“I was a college student and I was working for a military antique dealer.”
“That sounds cool.” She said as she finished her muffin.
“Yeah, not the best job in the world, but it puts food on the table.” He said as he took the final bite of his muffin. “Hey can I ask you for a favor?”
“Sure.”
“Think you could get me down from here?”
“Um, I can’t carry anything over one hundred pounds, I’m scared I might drop you.” She said with a weak grin.
“Wouldn’t want that now would we?” he said in a light hearted tone.
“Yeah, if you want I could probably go get some other pegasi-”
“It’s fine. Rainbow said this pill lasted all day and I’m sure that she won’t leave me up here until the pill wears off.” He said as he laid back on the cloud.
“True. Rainbow likes pranks but she’d never hurt anypony on purpose.” She said as she looked back at the human. The two continued to chat as the afternoon crept around.
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Rainbow landed in front of the library after finishing her afternoon shift, she walked in to see Twilight and Applejack sitting on the couch. Twilight waved to her feathered friend and made room on the couch for her. “Hey Rainbow what’s up?”
“Nothing just got done with my afternoon shift.” She said as she stretched her arms.
“Have you seen Isaac?” Applejack asked. Rainbow let out a giggle at the question.
“I haven’t seen him since I dropped him on a cloud.” Applejack and Twilight looked at her in horror.
“YOU DID WHAT?” The mares yelled in shock.
“Relax, I gave him that cloud walking pill.”
“That’s not funny Rainbow!” Applejack yelled. “Just imagine how he feels, the poor fella is probably scared out of his mind.”
“Seriously Rainbow, that’s crossing the line! I demand you go get him down now!” Twilight yelled. Rainbow rolled her eyes and got to her feet.
“Fine.” As she walked towards the exit the door burst open to reveal an out of breath orange Pegasus filly with a helmet on. “What’s up squirt?”
“Isaac......hurt bad......near.......Everfree Forest.” She said as she caught her breath.
“What happened?” Rainbow asked in a concerned tone as she crouched down to the fillies eye level.
“I don’t know, he just told me to get help, Ditzy is with him now. We’d better hurry!” She said as she got on her scooter and rocketed down the street with the mares following close behind.
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Isaac and Ditzy were having a lengthy discussion about the postal business.
“So that’s who delivers the mail pony’s mail, I’ always wondered how that worked back in my world.” He said as he scratched his chin.
“Yeah, it’s a very complex system.” She said with a smile.
“Sounds like it.” Isaac said as he got to his feet. “Great, my legs fell asleep.”
“Oh I hate it when my wings do that.” Isaac nodded and cracked his back, as he looked back at the mare who stretched her arms. It looked like she was she was growing taller. Isaac looked down to see that his legs were quickly sinking into the cloud.
“DITZY HELP!” The mare looked down to see the humans head disappear underneath the cloud. She looked off the edge of the cloud to see the human falling through the air at a break neck pace. Ditzy zoomed towards the human and outstretched her hand. Isaac could see the buildings becoming clearer and clearer as he fell towards the ground. “SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!” He yelled as he fell through the air. He looked up to see the grey mare trying to reach him, he outstretched his and trying to grab onto her. Ditzy increased her speed and grabbed the humans arm, she began to pull up as they closed in on the ground. Isaac could feel tears running down his face and fear course through every fiber his body. As Ditzy started to slow down she felt the strength in her hands beginning to fade. She lost her concentration and the human slipped from her grasp. Isaac felt his bones splinter as he landed on the hard ground, Ditzy had slowed him down considerably lessening the damage. She had only dropped him ten feet from the ground but it felt like eighty to Isaac. Ditzy hurried to him with tears in her eyes.
“I’m so sorry! Are you okay?”
“No.” As he tried to sit up he felt a wave of pain rip through his body, he looked down to see that his right leg was broken and was pointing in an odd direction. Ditzy looked away in disgust as he yelled in pain. Ditzy looked over to see three fillies rushing towards them.
“Ditzy what happened-” Applebloom stopped talking as she saw the human. The three looked away form the mangled human.
“Girls...listen.” Isaac said as he coughed up some blood. “Which one of you is the fastest?”
“I-I am.” Scootaloo said still looking away.
“I need you to go get Twilight or one of the others tell them I’m hurt and please hurry.” He said as he coughed again. Scootaloo hopped on her scooter and rocketed off towards the library. “Sweetie Belle, Applebloom I need you two to find two flat pieces of wood, the same size as my leg. Can you do that?”
“I think so.” The white filly said through the tears.
“Good, and if your able to find me a big stick, something I can use as a crutch.” Applebloom and Sweetie Belle nodded and ran off towards a tree.
“Get it and bring him with you.” Applebloom nodded with tears running down her face and took off towards the farm.
“What about me?” Ditzy asked.
“I need you to straighten my leg out.” Ditzy looked at him in horror. “It has to be done, in order for this to work my leg needs to be straight.”
“I-I can’t it’ll hurt you and-”
“DITZY THERES NO TIME TO ARGUE! JUST DO IT!” He yelled. Ditzy wiped the tears from her eyes and put her hands on his injured leg. Isaac let out a cry of pain at her touch.
“Ready?” Isaac but his hand in his mouth and let out a grunt of approval. “Okay, Three, two, one. NOW!” Ditzy pulled the limb so that it laid straight Isaac bit into his hand hard and let out muffles of pain. He tasted the blood from his hand in his mouth, he looked at Ditzy to see that she was crying. Isaac looked over to see the two fillies running towards him with wood in their arms.
“These were all we could find.” Applebloom said in a sad tone.
“Good.” He said as he fought through the pain. “Put the two smaller pieces by my right leg, one on each side.” The filly complied and laid the wood next to his leg. Isaac reached for his knife and handed it to Ditzy. “I need you to cut my shirt off into two pieces and tie the pieces of wood to my leg. Tightly!” Ditzy nodded and cut the fabric off his body, she tied the wood around the injured leg. Isaac bit his hand again to smother the whimpers of pain emanating from him. He looked over to see Applejack, Twilight and Rainbow rushing towards him.
“ISAAC!” Twilight yelled as she crouched next to him. “What happened Ditzy?”
“I-I don’t know, one minute were sitting on a cloud the next minute I see him falling through the air. I managed to slow him down but I lost my grip and-” She put her hands over her face and started to cry. Applejack trotted over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
“Shhh, it’s all right sugar cube. You did all you could.” Isaac coughed up some more blood as Twilight finished the knot. Twilight’s horn began to glow as she levitated Isaac off of the ground, Sweetie Belle handed him the stick and backed away from the human as he used it as a crutch. He let out a cry of pain as he put some weight on it. “Oh no you don’t partner, ya ain’t going anywhere with that leg.” She said as she rushed over to him and put his arm over her shoulder. Rainbow walked over to Ditzy with a look that could kill a dragon.
“What were you thinking Ditzy? You just had to lose your grip and-”
“SHUT UP RAINBOW! DITZY SAVED MY LIFE, IF THERES ANYONE TO BLAME HERE IT’S YOU!” Isaac yelled as he looked at the mare with daggers in his eyes. “That pill you gave me wore off! That’s why I fell!” Rainbow looked at him with tears in her eyes. “Bringing me up there was scary enough, but trying to kill me is crossing the line!”
“But...I didn’t-” she tried to say through the tears.
“I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT! JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME!” He yelled as he coughed up more blood. Rainbow was about to rush over when he stopped her by raising his hand. “Just stay back, you’ve done enough damage for one day.” Even with his fading vision he could make out the tears running down the her face. Applejack and Twilight exchanged looks of worry as Isaac lost consciousness.
“Oh no! Isaac stay with me!” Twilight said as she hurried over to him. “Give him to me, I’ll get him to the hospital. You get the others and tell them what happened.”
“What about Dash?” Applejack asked as she put the humans arm over the unicorns shoulder.
“I don’t know, just hurry!” Twilight said as her horn flared and the two vanished in a flash of light. Applejack hurried over to the crying Ditzy and helped her to her feet. She walked over to Rainbow who was still frozen in a catatonic state with tears running down her face.
“You okay RD?”
“He’s right....It’s my fault....He almost died because of me.” She said as she lowered her head.
“Hey don’t talk like that, the pill probably doesn’t work as well on humans as it does on ponies.” She said as she put a hand on her friends shoulder. “He was probably talking out of pain and his head wasn’t in the right place.”
“Y-yeah. I guess you’re right.” She said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
“That a girl. C’mon let’s get the others.” She said as she and the grey mare started to walk past her.
“Hey Ditz.”
“Y-yeah?”
“I’m sorry for yelling at you.”
“It’s okay, you were upset and I know that you’d never hurt somepony on purpose.” She said with a warm smile. Dash looked back at the mare with a smile and gave her a hug.
“Thanks, your a real friend.” She said as she broke the hug.
“Um girls, hospital.” Applejack said trying to get them back on topic.
“Oh right!” Rainbow said as she flew off towards Ponyville with the other mares and the three fillies in hot pursuit.
Twilight arrived in the hospital lobby with the bleeding human on her shoulders. She looked at his face to see that he was still unconscious.
“Somepony! Help!” She yelled, as a nurse hurried over to her with a stretcher.
“What happened?” The nurse asked as she laid the human down.
“I don’t know, but I think his leg is broken.” She said as she looked at his leg. A unicorn stallion came over to the them and started to examine the human. His horn glowed and a horizontal line appeared on Isaacs body, the line moved up and down his body twice and vanished. The doctor looked at Twilight in amazement.
“This thing is incredible.” The doctor said as he lifted his glasses.
“Does that really matter? He’s hurt!” She yelled with a frown on her face.
“Right sorry, looks like his right leg and a few ribs are fractured, he has a internal bleeding and a concussion.” Twilight let out a gasp.
“Will he be okay?”
“We’d better get him into surgery.” The doctor said as he and the nurse began to wheel the human into the OR. Twilight sat down in the lobby processing what had just happened. Soon her friends began to arrive.
“How is he?” Rarity asked.
“They just took him into surgery, his leg is broken, he has internal bleeding and is currently unconscious.” The group gasped at the news, Rainbow hung her head in shame and stared at the floor. Rarity walked over to Twilight and pulled out a clean shirt.
“What’s this for?” Rarity motioned to Twilights shoulder to point out a blood stain on her shirt. Twilight quickly threw the blood stained shirt off and put on the clean garment. “Thanks.”
“Any time darling.” She said with a smile. The mares looked up to see the doctor walking up to them holding a clip board.
“How is he doctor?” Twilight asked.
“He should make a full recovery. We managed to heal the bone and stop the bleeding. He’ll have to remain here for a few days, just to make sure there are no complications.” The ponies let out a sigh.
“Can we see him?”
“He’s still unconscious and even if he does wakeup the drugs we have him on will make him, for lack of a better term ‘loopy.’ I’d say come by tomorrow, he should be awake by then.”
“Thanks anyway doctor.” The lavender mare said as the group turned around and exited the hospital. The group walked back into town in silence, Luna’s moon was shinning brightly. The mares said good bye to one another and made their way to their respected homes. As Twilight walked in she picked up a quill and began to write a letter to the Princess describing the days events. As Spike sent the lengthy letter Twilight made her way upstairs and began to drift off to blissful sleep.