//------------------------------// // A Mess Of Five // Story: A Few Years At Sunset // by Swordguy00 //------------------------------// Twilight awoke a few minutes later, dazed, as she stood up too fast. "Twilight you're okay." Spike reached a claw out to her as she fell sideways in a dizzying state. "How's everypony else?" Twilight sighed. "I just woke up myself; they're all breathing, just unconscious." Spike replied quietly. "What do we do Twi?" When Twilight didn't answer his question he looked over to see her slowly trotting over to the heap that her five friends ended up in. They were covered in some sort of sparkling yellow goo. Twilight recognized it from the illustrations in the masters level spell book. But something was off. "Oh no." "Twilight?" Fluttershy's voice called out softly. She stood up slowly and looked around somewhat confused. "What happened?" Fluttershy then stopped instantly and with a look of mild surprise as she noticed the change in her voice, her size, both were delicate and immediately summarized her personality as the gentle pony she was. She then looked back at her flank, not in fear, but in a calm and collected way one would when fact-checking a theory. As soon as she looked at her flank her theory was confirmed, her cutie mark had vanished. "So we're all fillies again?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight and Spike both nodded. "Well that's not so bad." The three of them smiled as the others began to rouse from unconsciousness. "Well ain't that something." Applejack proclaimed. "My hat got bigger." She laughed as her hat hung over her whole head lazily, as she tried to buck it off she bucked a nearby oak, causing all the leaves to fall at once and making a small fracture in the wood near the trunk. Just as Applejack poked her head out of the mess of foliage Twilight heard a voice scream with delight. "LEAF PILE!!" Pinkie screamed at the top of her lungs, laughing as she did a cannon ball into the pile. Too late to get out of the way, all Applejack could do was watch as the pink ball of energy and joy descended. "No. Wait. PINKIE!" Applejack hollered too late as her friend landed right on top of her. "I must say Twilight, the absence of my cutie mark is a small price to pay to looking this adorable." Rarity and all of the ponies for that matter had shrunk to half their original size, and were now imbued with all youthful energy and talents they had as phillies. "Not to mention beautiful." Spike fawned over Rarity with a new set of eyes, taking in every detail of her younger and more slender form. Her mane and tail didn't have as much curl or volume as he was used to, and in fact was almost as straight as Fluttershy's. But even in her plainer, more down to earth look she was still a sight to behold. "Oh Spike," She laughed, blushing slightly. "You sure know how to sweet-talk a lady." "Ahem." Twilight cleared her throat. "Spike please try to focus." "I can certainly do that Twilight." Spike was now visibly drooling, as he seemed to be in some sort of trance. Twilight nudged his head with her flank. "I meant about reversing the spell." Twilight told him with a slight firm undertone, obviously annoyed by the dragon's dismissive attitude. "Reversing the spell are you nuts? I feel fantastic!" All anyone saw was a flash of primary colors as Rainbow Dash completed a sonic rainboom on her first pass, and then did a second one only a few seconds later. "I don't see a problem with this, if anything it's a serious improvement." Applejack told her worrisome friend. "Trust me Twilight, everything will be fine." Fluttershy chimed in happily. Finally Twilight Sparkle's anxious thoughts subsided. It seemed even Fluttershy's power of persuasion had been improved a great deal. "Alright, maybe it won't be so bad, the spell should wear off in a day or so anyway." Twilight thought ahead just in case. "If any of you have problems with this, will you promise to come seek my advice?" Twilight asked sweetly. "Yes, for Celestia's sake, yes!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she zoomed by for a fifth time.