New Life in Equestria

by jkreader

Chapter 24 - Full Effect (Rewritten)

After the whole fiasco Pinkie and Applejack's family went through to find out if Pinkie was in fact a distant relative of theirs, things settled down somewhat. I woke up the next day feeling relaxed. I looked over and saw Twilight and Spike still asleep but saw that Joshua was awake. I trotted downstairs to the first floor of the library and saw Joshua reading a book.

"Good morning, Joshua," I said greeting him. He looked up from the book and smiled.

"Good morning, Nyx," he said returning the greeting. He then put a bookmark in the book he was reading and put it on the center table. I walked over to him and hugged him.

"You're up early," I said.

"Yeah," he said, “I sometimes wake up early on Sundays. I have trouble falling back asleep when that happens.”

“How are you feeling?” I asked him.

“Nothing changed or added in my pony transformation,” he said. I nodded at him in understanding. “So what are we doing today?” he asked.

“I don’t know,” I said, “I haven’t seen Twilight’s schedule for today.”

“Hey Nyx?” he said, “Why do you always call Mommy by her real name?”

“Well, ever since she found me in that bush, I’ve always called her Twilight,” I said to her, “She has been asking me to call her Mom since my adoption forms were filled out, but to me it feels weird to call her something else. Grandma Velvet said she felt the same way around Grandpa Night Light’s mom after she married him.”

“Oh,” he said. Soon Twilight came downstairs yawning.

“Good morning you two,” she said.

“Morning,” I said.

“Ready for some breakfast?” she asked. Joshua and I nodded our heads and the three of us went into the kitchen. Twilight got busy making some pancakes and freshly squeezed orange juice. After breakfast, and after Joshua put on his jacket with the hood on his head, and Twilight made his horn invisible, he and I went out to the clubhouse. We were planning on figuring out new ways for the others to get cutie marks. Unfortunately, Twist hadn’t been with us recently, because she had caught a cold and had to stay in bed for a few days.

“Hey there you two,” came a voice from behind us. We turned and saw Sweetie Belle trotting up to us.

“Hi Sweetie Belle,” Joshua said as they hugged each other.

“Hi Joshua,” Sweetie Belle said, “You doing okay?”

“Yeah,” he said, “Nyx and I were going to the clubhouse. Are you going there too?”

“Yep. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo should be there waiting for us. Come on!” Sweetie Belle then ran ahead. Joshua quickly climbed onto my back, wrapped his arms around me tightly, and I galloped off after Sweetie Belle. A few minutes later, we arrived. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were definitely inside.

“Hey there y’all,” Apple Bloom said when we entered.

“Hey girls,” Joshua said climbing off my back.

“Hey buddy,” Scootaloo said, “How’s the...thing?”

We told them what had happened to Joshua's teeth at our recent dentist appointment.

"My teeth don't feel too different," Joshua said, "So it doesn't feel that weird."

"Well, let's hope the princesses are nearly done," Apple Bloom said, “So, what should we go crusadin’ for today y’all?”

We all started thinking of ways for the others to get their cutie marks, but there was hardly anything coming to mind. About five minutes later, there was a short flash of light. I turned to where the source was, and saw that Joshua’s horn had somehow reappeared.

What's going on? I wondered, "Joshua?"

"Yes, Nyx?" he asked looking at me unaware of what happened.

"Your horn reappeared," I replied pointing at his forehead. He looked up and saw it. His face then turned to confusion. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo looked up too.

"How did that happen?" he asked, "Did Mommy not put enough magic on it?" Suddenly, his horn lit up in a white aura. All of our eyes widened.

"What's happening?!" Joshua exclaimed now sounding worried. His horn got brighter, and he started floating in mid-air. "HELP!" Then, his eyes started glowing white.

"Hit the deck!!!" Scootaloo said laying flat on her stomach. The rest of us quickly joined her. Then a bright light lit up the whole clubhouse. Joshua's silhouette was dark in the bright light. I noticed parts of his body changing. His hands and feet started to morph into his arms and legs, something grew out of his backside, and his head changed shape. Just then, the light grew to such an intensity that we had to cover our eyes.

Just then, the loud chiming of magic in the clubhouse faded away, and a "thud!" was heard in front of us. The four of us opened our eyes to see a small blue unicorn colt with a short brown mane and tail, but no cutie mark lying on the floor with his eyes closed. I slowly stood and cautiously approached the colt. I then put a hoof to his shoulder and gently shook it.

"Joshua?" I said, "Is that you?"

The small colt started to move slowly and groaned quietly. He then opened his eyes up, showing them to be the same greenish-blue color of Joshua's eyes.

"Nyx?" came Joshua's voice from the colt, "What happened?" he asked moving his eyes up to look at me.

"Can you move anything?" I asked him.

"I... I think so," he replied, "but, I can't feel my fingers or my toes." He lifted his head up and looked down, where he saw blue two forehooves in front of him. He gasped sharply at the sight. In a panic, he turned his head around and saw his newly grown tail. He then lifted a hoof up to his face to feel himself over. His hoof touching his face went slower every touch he made. He then looked back up at me and began to sniffle. "Am...," he began, "Am I a... *sniff* a..." He couldn't bring himself to finish it. I placed a forehoof on his shoulder and nodded sadly.

“I’m afraid so,” I nodded sadly. His mouth hung open as his lower lip began quivering. He then reached his forehooves up, wrapped them around me, and sobbed into my shoulder. I placed my forehooves around him and started rubbing his back.

“Girls, I need you all to go and get Twilight right now,” I said to the other three crusaders. They all nodded and hurried out. There was a buzzing of wings and we saw Scootaloo riding off into the distance on her scooter with Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle riding in the wagon.

“What now?” Joshua asked still sobbing.

“I don’t know,” I said still hugging him.