We arrived back in the room in a flash, just as we had departed Luna's room. Somehow Twilight had ended up with her hooves and wings wrapped around me. She heavily blushed as she disentangled herself from me, and muscles I didn't even know I had felt a bit sore. Probably as a result of the night and morning activities. One major upside of the female body? Oh gods, the endurance it had. A lot of the sex was a sheer haze, but I'd probably need my toes to count the number of orgasms I'd had, all of them equally mind blowing.
Opening the door into the bathroom, I took a moment to really examine myself in the mirror. I knew from the brief glance in the mirror while in Luna's room that my ears were now ponified, but I was curious if there was anything else that had changed as well.
My hair now grew out all the way down to the base of my neck; I suppose it was more accurate to refer to it as a mane at this point, really. It made its way all the way down to the bottom of my spine at this point, and I could definitely feel the weight it held as I leaned my head back. The feeling from this much hair was odd, to say the least. Sadly, the majority of it was a hot pink, and it would take a long time to dye it another color. Maybe in the future? The darker blue stripe that ran through it was pretty awesome though, I'll admit that. It reminded me of the night sky, just the barest blue of the atmosphere visible within the near blackness.
My ears stuck up from the mess that was atop my head, very much pony at this point. I couldn't help but let my thoughts drift to when Luna had made me orgasm just from playing with them; they were extremely sensitive, something which I carefully filed away for later use. They were covered by a small fuzz of dark lavender. Truthfully, the colors almost matched Twilight's, except a few shades darker and pink being the main color of my mane. I groaned as I realized the lame pun I just unintentionally made as my ears swiveled towards the open door.
"Elam, mind if I examine you real quick before you put on your clothes? I want to get a gauge of your changes so far and also see if I can't determine what tribe you'll end up as." Twilight calmly asked me, although I noticed the faintest glimmer of the mad scientist within her eyes.
"I suppose so... Just, if you're going to explain anything to me, keep it simple, okay? I had a hard enough time following you over the supposed 'simple' things we covered yesterday. God forbid I have to try and understand you once you start talking technical science terms." I rolled my eyes at the end and refocused my attention to the mirror, although my ears continued to follow her hoofsteps as she slowly circled around me.
Another thing that was extremely obvious was just how well I was handling everything. Then again, when the planet itself is making you her bitch, I suppose there really is no other choice but to give in. For some reason, my mind drifted to what the self-proclaimed tree huggers would think of such a thing. I started laughing as I imagined Earth exerting some mystical influence over 'those damn dirty apes' that had littered her surface. The hippies would probably find themselves lumped in with everyone else, and I couldn't help but chuckle.
Twilight paused and looked at me funny, a piece of parchment next to her that I hadn't even noticed. Really makes me wonder where she keeps the damn stuff at, as she's able to summon it at a moment’s notice it seems.
"What's so funny, Elam?" Oh boy, she was looking at me with a raised eyebrow now. Eyebrows, on a pony? Yes, somehow they have them. As I am quickly learning with Equestria, rather than question it, I shall simply refer to the magic word as to the how. Majeek. Only possible explanation as to how ponies could have eyebrows.
"Just thinking about how your planet is making me its bitch, Twilight!" I added in a bit of dramatic flair, almost sounding excited at the thought. "Then, I thought what would happen if Earth were to do the same back home, and how one group would take it. You see, there's this group of people who have the gall to believe that humans could leave enough of an impact on a planet that's survived for billions of years just fine before we came along. Quite funny, really, as irony would probably have them being the first to suffer whatever fate would happen. Just one of the many fun groups back home." I laughed this time, feeling the weight of my hair as it bobbed up and down.
"So, they have numerous social groups of individuals who come together based on beliefs and ideas, then?" Twilight eagerly asked, wings fluttering a little as I turned to face her.
"Yeah, I guess so. My favorite group of them all though has to be PETA, hands down." I slyly smiled, knowing that she'd take the bait. Maybe after this I could finish getting dressed and we could get on with our day.
"Pee-tah? What a strange name for a group... What did they do?" Twilight asked, stretching out the name as she tried enunciating it.
"Well, truth be told, I'll be damned if I can ever remember what exactly the acronym stood for. It's something like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; something like that. They basically flip their shit anytime they think animals somewhere are being 'mistreated.'" I couldn't help but snicker at that. I'd had some run-ins with some hardcore PETA folk while eating meat. Let's just say it ended in them being arrested for assault, me getting a very lengthy talk about why one shouldn't goad others, and a waste of perfectly good fried chicken. "Of course, I enjoy the name most folks not a part of PETA prefer to use."
Twilight, just as I'd guessed, stepped right into the trap I'd laid out. "Oh? What is that?" Quill at the ready to write down what I had to say, I let her have it.
"People Eating Tasty Animals!" Wow. Twilight visibly blanched, and something tells me it's a good thing we hadn't eaten breakfast yet. Although for some reason, the faint taste of bitter citrus entered my mouth, reminding me once more of the morning's activities. No, bad brain, not that type of meat!
"So," Twilight drug out the word, obviously looking to deflect the conversation, "from what I can tell, given the precedence of your changes so far, and what's left, I estimate no more than five days until they have ran their course. I was unable to determine what tribe you will end up as from scanning the magic within your body, it's still too early to tell. However, I'd say if you're going to be a pegasus or unicorn we'll see wings or a horn start to grow within the next two days." She finished reading off her parchment before it disappeared somewhere into the æther. Æther was as good a name as any for wherever the hell she pulled her supplies from.
"Huh, that's actually pretty quick, compared to what Celestia was saying about it. Not sure if I'd want to have wings or be able to do magic more. They're both pretty cool." I mentioned off-hand while my mind dwelled on something else. Trollestia, as I had decided to dub Celestia, needed retribution. It would be best to get my revenge while I was still familiar with my body; otherwise it could be months until I got her back. Not acceptable.
"Well, that's all I've got, thanks for letting me look over you, Elam. I'd like to do this again tomorrow and the next day, just to have more data, but you can go ahead and get dressed now." Twilight casually mentioned, a faint blush on her face. I was unsure as to why, but then I noticed where her eyes appeared to be focused.
I just facepalmed as I turned away from her, deciding to show off my ass instead. I couldn't tell, but it possibly made her blush further as I began to slip into my undergarments. Pretty easy stuff, although bra clasps. Damn that thing, it was still damn near impossible. Luckily, I got an assist from Twilight after the fourth time I failed to get it.
My skirt went on with little difficulty, and I turned around to face the mirror as I grabbed my shirt. Twilight was still next to me, my ears picking up her breathing. Luckily, she wasn't a mouth-breather, that would've been weird to say the least. Of course, my shirt decided to pick a fight with me. Between all the added hair I had, as well as my new, tall and somewhat pointy ears, my shirt decided it would catch on everything. I heard snickers from Twilight as my ear caught the inside of the shirt for the third time in a row before I unsnagged it and finally brought it down to my neck. Luckily, it only took me a few seconds to pull the massive amount of hair I had out from the neckline as it cascaded down my back.
Finally dressed, I leaned in closer to the mirror and took one last look at myself; knowing that even now, things were changing and soon enough even this would just be a memory. I let out a sigh, although my mood couldn't be dampened too much with what I currently had in mind.
"Twilight, when are we meeting back up with Luna again? I've got something that I'll need the two of you to help me pull off." I simply grinned at her as I finished talking, making it very obvious that whatever it was, I was up to no good.
"We'll be meeting up with Luna for lunch; in the meantime after we get breakfast we'll be covering more of modern Equestrian society." A knock at the door interrupted her and we both left the bathroom as Twilight went to answer the door. Opening the door, she let out a sound of glee and turned around to face me, a trolley grasped in her magic following her to the table in the corner of the room. "Yes, pancakes with slices of the best apples ever on top!" She apparently couldn't wait to have one of those slices, as she was already munching on one with an expression very similar to what I saw last night.
I couldn't help but laugh as I went to close the door, waving with a goofy grin at the guard who'd turned to look inside the room. That task done, I took a seat at the table next to Twilight, who had already brought all the various trays onto the surface and revealed the contents of each plate.
Although no meat was present, something which I was saddened at, there were both pancakes and waffles. Being able to avoid the age old dilemma, I put some of both on my plate with a triumphant cry as I reached for a flake of apple. It looked to have been lightly pan-fried, giving it a crispy texture. I brought it to my mouth and tossed it in whole and began to chew. For a moment, I tasted nothing, and then... ambrosia. I'm fairly certain my expression matched Twilight's from moments ago; it was amazing how wonderful this tasted.
As I began to eat my breakfast, I realized something else had changed without me really noticing it. I stuck my finger inside my mouth and explored my teeth. My canines were much duller and rounded now, and most of my teeth were now molars meant for grains and the like. I lamented the loss of meat, and more specifically, bacon, as I continued eating my meal.
At least the pancakes and waffles and apples made up for the loss, at least for this moment. Sorry grandma, but you ain't got shit on these Equestrian cooks. I almost think magic was one of the ingredients to them, as they were just heavenly. Breakfast was over far too quickly, and Twilight carefully stacked the remnants back onto the trolley before pulling out a bunch of stuff from the æther, and she got to work lecturing me on some of the finer details of ponykind.
Finally, a respite from the horrors that Twilight had been regaling me with came about with the advent of lunchtime. That, plus the scheming I wanted to do with Luna is probably what kept me sane, especially when Twilight began going into the signals stallions would send when interested in a mare... That bit left me with shudders, even though I'd already been 'broken in' to my new sexuality for the most part, some things were best left unsaid.
Not to mention a bunch of other rather boring things, although the bit on their economy and currency was pretty interesting. Twilight carefully stacked the last of the materials neatly on the table then hopped down from her chair and stretched her... everything, really. I followed suit, as it was a good idea to loosen up the kinks that had formed from sitting in the same chair for the majority of the last four hours.
"Now, I'll probably give you a test on this stuff tomorrow, but we need to get to lunch and meet up with Luna. She's got a little over an hour free while the court is in recess, and we always enjoy spending it together. Finding time to spend together can be hard, sometimes." Twilight was speaking wistfully, it was readily apparent that she and Luna were pretty tight together. Kinda makes me wonder why both of em were so ready to 'help' me out. I'll make a note to ask that later.
"You're joking, right? A test?" I rolled my eyes at her as I followed Twilight out of the room. The guards stiffly snapped to a salute, then fell in behind the two of us as we continued talking. I wonder how much stuff they've heard from ponies as they escorted them around. Might be worth asking some of them at a later time.
"What? It's a perfectly valid method of testing the retention of knowledge, don't knock it!" Twilight tried defending her precious tests, but I was always the more hands on type of person. Or is that hooves on? I looked down at my hands and made a decision right then and there. No matter what, I refused to give in to the silly puns this planet had.
"Pft, maybe for you. I personally like learning by doing!" I crossed my arms and looked at her smugly, sticking out my tongue and blowing a raspberry at her.
"Yeah, you've made that much obvious, Elam." She snickered as I began to feel the heat flood through my face. I even think one of the guards trailing us snickered at Twilight's joke, and I decided to simply keep my mouth shut for the remainder of our walk.
Our destination was in sight, a small garden placed a bit away from the main thoroughfares of the castle’s halls. It was obvious as to who the garden was dedicated to, as all of the blooming flowers were varying shades of blue. Where flowerbeds weren’t present, the greenest grass could be found, and it felt like walking on velvet. Majeek. Luna was laid out on top of a spread sheet, and overall it felt like lunch was a picnic. Kinda nice feel to it, truthfully.
Luna stood up and met Twilight partway, their muzzles meeting in a kiss as they hugged one another. It was very... passionate. They murmured to one another, even with my new ears I couldn’t pick up the exact words passing between them. They finally broke apart and Luna turned towards me as Twilight took a seat on the edge of the blanket.
“Elam, I’m glad you could join Twilight and I for lunch. I hope she hasn’t bored you too much while trying to teach you about our society. I know that there is a lot of information to take in.” She closed the distance between us and kissed me on the cheek. For some reason I felt myself blush as I followed her to the blanket. Twilight had already opened up a rather large basket and was spreading its contents out.
As I was quickly coming to learn, fruits and grains were a big staple to ponies. This was made even more obvious by the half dozen different types of fruits laid out, multiple sandwich dressings; it was a veritable buffet contained within an impossibly small sized container. Mother fuckin’ majeek, not going to even spend time contemplating the how or why of it.
The last bit that Twilight pulled out surprised me at first. One contained held what looked like hay, while another contained a large amount of assorted flowers from what I could tell. I looked on in amazement as Twilight tossed what looked to be a rose petal into her mouth.
“You eat... flowers? I suppose I can see the hay and all, but...” I noticed daisies mixed in with the rest of them and pointed towards it. “Daisies are toxic to humans. Fucking magic...” I muttered to myself more to them, as laughter began to reach my ears.
“Yes, Elam, flowers are actually quite delightful. Except sunflowers, those dreadful things. If you ever need to bug my sister, that’s one such method. Now please, take a seat.” She patted a hoof in the space between her and Twilight, and I laid down next to them.
I grabbed an apple, the most mundane of the gathered fruits there, and bit into it. Just like the fried slices at breakfast, this apple was perfect. I hummed in delight as the taste mingled in my mouth while Twilight and Luna prepared sandwiches.
“So,” I asked between bites, “what do flowers taste like? Chicken?” Both of them look at me rather appallingly while I just laughed. “What? It’s a saying back home. Don’t tell me the chickens here talk too?” I just continued laughing while they fixed me with level gazes.
Finally, Luna just sighed and poked me. “Open your mouth, Elam? I’m curious as to see something.” I went ahead and did so, making sure to stick my tongue out at her in the process. I managed to elicit a short chuckle from her at that action. “Yup, seems like your teeth are changing too.”
Without warning, I suddenly found something shoved into my mouth, or to be more accurate, several smaller somethings. After coughing just a little bit and closing my mouth, I chewed on reflex, and an odd taste filled my mouth. A bit on the sweet side, almost like honey, was the first impression. I closed my eyes and continued chewing, trying to figure out what I was eating.
Giving up, I swallowed and enjoyed the lingering aftertaste it left behind. “Luna, what was that?” Her only response was to smirk and levitate a rose from the flowers and pluck some of the petals off if it. Bringing it in front of me, I reached out and pulled it from her magic. “Really, that was a flower?” I raised my eyebrows at it, somewhat intrigued at how it had its own flavor to it now. I recall eating grass as a kid, not one of my smarter decisions mind you, and I distinctly recall it having no taste at all. The next thought that entered my mind was how it was such a shame that it didn’t actually taste like chicken.
“Yes, it seems that your palette has changed too. Now, shall we enjoy lunch?” She handed a sandwich over to me, and I grabbed it and took a small nibble at the corner of it. Whatever had been put into it was good, and I proceeded to demolish it.
Lunch went on somewhat sedately after that, I slowed down and took the time to actually taste my food after that first sandwich. Oddly enough, it was the daisies that tasted just like chicken, and a few others matched up with other deli meat products. Others, like the rose, were more like dessert styled flavors, and I enjoyed them all.
“So. Luna. I need your help with something.” I mentioned in passing, enjoying the taste of some cider Twilight had mentioned was made by one of her friends. “I need to get back at your sister, and preferably before I end up some awkward pony. Cause once that happens it’ll be kinda hard to really do anything, ya know?”
Luna’s eyes glinted mischievously at my words, a wide smile beaming on her face. “Pranking my sister? Anytime! What do you have in mind?” She rubbed her hooves together as Twilight leaned in, and something told me that once we were done, something good would come of it.
We spent the next fifteen minutes planning, Luna was dangerously efficient at coming up with plans to maximize the potential humiliation of Celestia. Damn, did I love that! Twilight even had an idea or two of her own to share.
After some more talking, we finally decided on something that only I could pull off, and Luna was going to procure the materials needed by the end of the day. We left the small garden with hugs and kisses all around, and Twilight and I made our way back to my room. The rest of the day passed in a haze, my thoughts were focused so much on tomorrow that I really didn’t hear half of what Twilight said. It annoyed her to no end, but she sort of understood why and called it a day as far as trying to teach me.
Finally, night rolled around at last. Twilight and I watched the sunset from a nearby balcony in the castle, and after hanging around without really saying anything, we both went back to my room. I went ahead and stripped, with the only thing worth noting is that those damn ears caught on everything as I was taking my shirt off. Twilight laughed her ass off of me, so I returned the favor by covering her head with the shirt once I finally had it off.
Throwing back the covers, I crawled underneath them, then felt a weight settle on the bed. I looked at Twilight quizzically, a faint shrug the only response I got at first.
“I was told to stay at your side, Elam. I promise no funny business tonight though, just cuddles?” She asked innocently, almost giving me diabeetus. Goddamn, these ponies could be cute. I threw back the covers and let her nestle in alongside me, enjoying the added warmth of her soft fur as my eyelids grew heavy.
“Twilight... You’re forgiven.” I managed to mutter before the vague sensations of hooves wrapped around me and sleep took me to its realm.