Fillies Play
Chapter 3
-The Next Morning, 9:00am-
Twilight wakes up with a headache, and sees she's in her bed. She looks around the room, but doesn't see anypony in the room except Spike.
"Spike! Oh thank Celestia that was all a dream.", says Twilight with a smile.
Spike looks back to Twilight and sees she's awake.
"Twilight, you're awake!", says a happy Spike.
Spike goes to hug Twilight on her bed. Spike lets go and sits on the bed.
"Spike, I just had the most horrible dream. I botched up a spell, and accidentally turned all of our friends into fillies. Plus, Tangerine became an adult from my potion. Boy was that weird.", says Twilight as she chuckles from what she just said.
"Um, that wasn't a dream Twi.", hesitantly says Spike.
Twilight then feels herself over, and then notices that the bed is bigger than before. She groans and was hoping to deny this whole accident.
"So everypony is still a filly?", asks Twilight.
Spike nods.
"And Tangerine being a mare?", asks Twilight.
"The potion accidentally got on her after the explosion.", says Spike.
Twilight groans even more and rubs her temples.
"Where is everypony?", says a distressed Twilight.
"In the lobby. Auntie has also woken up, and we're patching up our two 'guests'.", says Spike as he quotes the last word.
Twilight then remembers the unicorn and griffon that had come by and interrupted the spell.
"Has anypony talked to them?", says an angry Twilight.
"No one. We're waiting for you to talk as soon as you got up.", says Spike.
"Then let's go.", says Twilight as she leaps off the bed.
Twilight and Spike then go out of the room and trot down to the first floor lobby. She sees her friends, still fillies. Daring and Trixie have taken off their clothes, and Sherbet is right next to her now adult daughter, Tangerine. Blossomforth and Octavia are patching up both Maximus and Hairy. Blossomforth is being very gentle as to try and reattach Maximus' horn, and Octavia is bandaging Hairy's broken wing. Twilight makes it to the bottom of the steps and everypony looks to her.
"About time you wake up, Trixie wants to interrogate these meanies!", says an annoyed Trixie.
The whole group then looks to Trixie and are confused why she talked like she is in magic kindergarten.
"Nice insult.", says Maximus.
"Shut up no-horn! It's your fault we're like this!", says Daring.
"Stop yelling, I don't like yelling.", says a quivering Blossomforth.
"Oh hush up. I hate cowardly commoners like you.", says a harsh Octavia.
Twilight looks at all of her friends and wonders why they're talking like children. She notices that Sherbet and Tangerine have the same worried looks on their faces too.
Twilight goes over and asks, "What is happening to everypony?"
"We don't know dearie. They started acting like this all night after we passed out. At least, that's what Tangerine said.", says a worried Sherbet.
Twilight then hears 'all night', and then asks, "All night? How long was I out?"
"About 16 hours.", says Tangerine.
"Oh no, this is bad, very bad!", says a worried Twilight.
"What's wrong?", asks Sherbet.
"I never anticipated something like this. Let me explain.", says Twilight.
Sherbet and Tangerine then sit down and pay attention to listen to Twilight's explanation.
"I know the spell is supposed to regress one object's age, but never thought about the side effects on living creatures other than plants and furniture. What I can theorize is that because we changed back to fillies, our mental stability is also altered as well. So not only do we look like fillies, we now act like fillies.", says Twilight.
"How come the three of us are unaffected?", asks Sherbet.
"I have book smarts and an adult mindset at this point to keep me stable. Plus the fact I was unconscious for 16 hours. So it may be taking affect slowly. Since both of you two are close to being mares, I can suggest your minds are unaffected.", says Twilight.
"Well how long does this spell last?", asks Sherbet.
"It doesn't. This spell can't be cured unless I make the antidote, but since the antidote was used on Tangerine, I need to make another one.", says Twilight.
"Where can we get more supplies?", asks Sherbet.
"I don't know, I got this stuff when I left Canterlot in case for my studies. I don't know where to get them now.", says a worried Twilight.
"What are the items you need?", asks Tangerine.
"A Phoenix feather, Poison Joke, and senescit* berries.", says Twilight.
"Now where in the hay in all of Equestria can we find these?", asks Sherbet.
"I don't know, but if this isn't fixed by 5 pm tomorrow according to my calculations, the spell will be permanent.", says a distraught Twilight.
Everypony in the room looks towards Twilight all react the same with a big, "WHAT!"
Then everypony in the room starts panicking.
"I can't be like this forever, I'm Daring Do, I need to go on adventures!"
"My audience won't allow a filly like Trixie to perform on stage without getting hurt!"
"If only I have my flowers to keep me company."
"I can't perform in the Canterlot Symphony Orchestra as a filly!"
"How will my husband react to being married to a teenager?"
"How will daddy react to having a mare for a child?"
Then somepony roars at the top of his lungs, "SHUT UP!"
Then the whole room goes quiet, and looks toward the sinister duo all bandaged up.
"What are we, an eye sore, what about us and our situation?", says Maximus.
Daring then flies toward him and gets right in his face.
"If it wasn't for you two, we wouldn't be in this mess? Plus, how did you know I was Daring Do?", asks Daring.
"Okay, let me explain. First, your disguise doesn't fool me. A sweater and glasses, really? Who are you, Supercolt? Second, Hairy and I didn't know about this, we wanted to come and ask for your help.", says Maximus.
Then the whole group is getting confused and raising a brow at this.
"Let me start at the beginning.", says Maximus.
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Maximus then tells everypony about their troubles after their dealings with Ahuizotl, and coming here to ask for money troubles. Maximus made sure to try and keep Hairy from blabbering the truth of trying to trick them and run off with the money they need. So he trained Hairy the night before to stop speaking his mind.
"So that's why you came here?", says Daring.
"Yes, and I'm sorry for roughing up the little guy. Old habits die hard.", says a sorry Maximus.
They get a cold stare from Spike as a response, but pay no attention.
"Well, what do we do now dearie?", asks Sherbet.
"I don't know. Where can we find the supplies we need in this large city by 5 o'clock tomorrow night?", says Twilight.
Maximus and Hairy get up while posing and say, "Why not Team Grifficorn!"
Twilight raises her brow with confusion.
"Did you forget, we're treasure hunters. Anything that needs finding, we'll help you retrieve it.", says Hairy with a smile on his face.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you.", says Blossomforth as she goes to hug Hairy.
Maximus then pries her off Hairy and says, "However, there is the term of payment."
"I knew you two were up to something!", shouts Daring.
"Us? We wouldn't dream of something like that.", says Maximus.
The whole group starts getting suspicious about the situation at hoof.
Maximus then begins to state his demands, "You need to make a cure, we need money to keep our business afloat. I believe we can make an arrangement. Since you are all not in the situation to do such a thing walking around a large city as fillies, probably not the best idea. However, since two of your friends are of proper age to walk around, they can help us. Here's the deal, Orange Sherbet pays us the amount we need to get us out of debt, and Hairy and I along with your friends, will help get the supplies you need. Do we have a deal?"
He gestures a hoof to Twilight in order to close the deal.
Twilight tries to consider this, but doesn't have the option of figuring out any other ideas, considering the situation they're in. She then comes to a conclusion.
Twilight gestures her hoof forward and pounds Maximus' hoof and says, "Deal. You'll only get paid after the job is finished, got it?"
"No problems on our end.", says Maximus with a smile on his face.
"Twilight, are you crazy, after what happened to us?", says Daring.
"We don't have much of a choice in the matter now do we?", says Twilight.
Maximus then looks to Sherbet and says, "You'll gladly pay for our services after wards right?"
Sherbet then glares at the suspicious duo and says, "Only if you keep your end of the bargain."
Spike then speaks and asks, "Well, what now?"
Sherbet then says, "Spike, you stay here and keep our friends in check, we don't know how much further the spell will affect them."
Spike then salutes and keeps his vow to do so, "You can count on me."
"Where do we start first?", asks Tangerine.
"Let's ask somepony where to find these things.", asks Hairy.
Maximus then slaps his head until somepony speaks, "Let's ask my husband, he has much information about finding anything in the city.", says Sherbet
"Then let's go!", says Maximus.
The four individuals start to head out the door as Spike says, "Good luck guys!"
Everypony waves and exit the library as a thought occurs in Maximus' head.
"They thought us out pretty quick. So they made sure to pay us later instead of right away. No matter, I can make this work later in the long run.", thinks Maximus.
As they leave the library, Twilight then says, "I'll be in my room studying to prepare to get everything back to normal."
Twilight then goes up to the second floor and closes the door to her room.
Spike then draws his attention to the rest of the fillies.
"So, what do you all want to do?", asks Spike.
"Play with us.", says Daring with an evil smile on her face.
She then takes a step forward with her sweater in her mouth, followed by Trixie, Blossomforth, and Octavia, having the same look on their faces as Daring.
"Uh, what are you all going to do?", asks Spike.
"Come play with us Spike, forever, and ever, and ever.", says everypony at the same time.
They then launch at Spike and he screams at the top of his lungs in fright.
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-Orange Hotel: Orange Residence, 10:00 am-
After Sherbet and Tangerine make it back home along with Hairy and Maximus, they had to endure many stares not only from the staff, but they had to deal with the shock from Mosely as soon as they entered the door. After calming him down, they explained what happened, and what they're planning to do to solve this problem.
Mosely is trying to wrap all of this in his head, but is having trouble doing so.
"I can't believe this happened! You look just like the day I met you!", says a distraught Mosely.
"Hard to believe Mosely, but this is the truth.", says a sorry Sherbet.
Mosely then looks over to his daughter and says, "Not only that, our daughter is a fully grown mare!"
Tangerine is by a mirror and checking herself all over.
"Now the more I think about it, I wanted to be an adult. I may get used to this.", says a smiling Tangerine.
"Now don't get any ideas little missy.", says an angry Sherbet.
Mosely then looks at Maximus with a face full of rage. He goes over to him and pins him to the wall.
"You caused this, and you better fix this.", says an angry Mosely.
"Why is everypony grabbing me today?", questions Maximus.
"I have every mind to knock you senseless, but I'm a proper gentlecolt. The worst that can happen to you is that I can sue you.", says Mosely.
"Oh great, as if we didn't have financial troubles already.", ironically says Maximus.
Sherbet then separated her husband from Maximus.
"Hold it dear! I've agreed to help them, and in return pay them for helping us.", says Sherbet.
"What are you saying? You're going to reward these brutes for causing all of this in the first place?", questions Mosely.
Tangerine then steps in as well.
"Please daddy, let them help. They're trying to fix this mess, and in return we pay them to get out of debt. We can't do that until you help point us in the right direction.", says Tangerine with a sad look on her face.
Mosely then calms down and sighs in submission from both his wife and daughter.
"Okay, I'll help." He then turns to Maximus, "Remember what I said. So don't get any ideas about causing more troubles for my wife and daughter. Got it?", says Mosely with a glare.
Mosely and Hairy both salute and stand at attention.
"We both swear on our lives nothing will happen.", says Maximus.
In the back of his mind however...
"He catches on quickly. Better keep an eye out for him in the future.", says Maximus in the back of his head.
Maximus and Hairy get away from the wall and go to sit on the living room couch. Sherbet and Tangerine go to stand next to them as Mosely then goes to sit on a nearby chair.
"Okay Mr. Orange, we've only got 31 hours to go until the spell is permanent. Do you any idea where we can find our supplies in under that time frame?", asks Maximus.
Mosely is in a thinking pose trying to collect a thought that may help them. He then gets an idea.
"I've got it!", shouts Mosely.
The group gets startled, but also pleased at the same time.
"One of our maids here had a sick filly about Tangerine's age, but nothing in our modern medicine could help her. So in a deed of desperation, she went to an unknown shop keep around Harlem. This shopkeeper specializes in magical cures of unknown origin. What the filly had was a illness called 'Dancer', where the filly started dancing uncontrollably. The shopkeeper said that she might've contracted it from a passing mosquito. Otherwise, he cured her sick child and asked for no payment in return.", says Mosely as he finishes his explanation.
Maximus then smiles and says, "Well, there's our solution. Next stop, Harlem!"
Before Team Grifficorn get off the couch, Sherbet interrupted them.
"Hold your hourses there! Harlem is no place to be here in Manehattan, especially at night.", says Sherbet.
"Well that's no trouble. We just need to get there before dark.", says Maximus with a cocky smile.
"I forgot to mention something though." Then everypony in the room looks to him, "The shopkeeper in question....is a zebra.
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-Meanwhile, back at the library-
Spike is tied up and hanging from the second floor over some chemicals in a cauldron on the first floor. The Filly 6, excluding Twilight, are chanting while marching in formation around the cauldron.
Spike is then thinking, "Twilight, Sherbet, Tangerine, please find the cure fast, before I become dragon stew!"
-Only 31 hours remain....-