Lone woke up and was quite happy to see Jake in his new form. "You have your parts back!"
"Mostly." Jack chuckled a bit. "They're a bit odd-looking, but they're all here." He held out his arms, and Lone flew into them and they hugged each other. I smiled at the sight of the two being so warmly bonded.
I did wonder though. "You're taking this very well, but I think everyone around me takes it well... Hell, I'm taking my own changes well."
Cindy tilted her head. "The magic of the other world is harmonious."
Lone blinked at Cindy. "What other world?"
Cindy tilted herself towards me again. "Tell them."
All eyes settled on me. "Right, so, I've had odd dreams, with a pegacorn in it."
"Alicorn," corrected Cindy.
"Sure, Alicorn. Her name's Luna. She's from another world where ponies are normal, and have one head, and normal sized parts. She said they messed up a science experiment and got their magic all over our world." Not the best explanation, but I felt it hit the important parts. "She's trying to undo some of the damage, but apparently there's not a lot they can do from wherever they are to wherever we are."
Jack shrugged his shoulders. "That made as much sense as I think it ever will. Kind of messed up when you think about it, accidentally nuking another planet and all."
Lone's wings extended. "Sounds like a nice place. I'd like to visit." He glanced towards Jack. "If you did?"
Jack nuzzled Lone, snout-to-snout. "Sure, once we figure out how, and aren't being hunted. We are being hunted right?"
Lone frowned. "Yeah..."
I pointed to the door. "The military is handling it with severe prejudice. Any pony they see is getting gunned down. It doesn't help that most ponies are just as eager to infect the soldiers."
Jack waved at me. "So why don't you use some of that magic? I mean, man, if I had magic I'd be using it all over."
Cindy bobbed herself. "You should experiment more. It's a part of you now, just like your ears."
Ah yes, my pony ears. I reached up to feel one, and it twitched in my grip. "Cindy, you said you can make a shield?"
"Sure can."
"Can you show me how?"
I felt her warmly press into my mind, and I was quickly guided to a new place. It wasn't far from the other magic places, just subtly different. I took a mental grip on it and focused on it.
Lone whistled sharply and I opened my eyes. When had I closed them? I could see a pink sphere shimmering around me. Lone hopped out of Jack's arms and bounded over. He tapped at the shield, making eddies in its surface but proving unable to push through it. "Wow."
Cindy smile. "Just like that. It takes more energy to use depending on how much is trying to get through it. Lone's tapping is basically nothing."
Lone took it as a challenge and rammed a hoof against it as hard as he could. I could feel a sudden pressure and grew warm a moment, but it passed quickly. "I felt that. Don't do it again."
There was a bright flash and a rush of displaced air as Crystal appeared. "There you are!" Her eyes wandered over Jack. "I haven't seen your kind before. Hello?"
Jack wiggled the talons of his bird-like hand. "Hey, uh?" He looked towards me. "You know her?"
Lone did, and rushed up to her, hugging a leg. "Hello, Crystal! What happened? You went away and we were suddenly in the middle of nowhere and we couldn't find you at all."
Crystal softly pet over Lone's back. "Everything's alright now." She looked to me with a smile. "Let's try that again, without the mistake. I'm terribly sorry about that. I won't do it again. It's... been a trying time, and I'm still getting used to the gift."
Jack offered a lion's paw. "Name's Jack, by the way."
She met his paw with a raised hoof. "Crystal. A pleasure. Let's go somewhere relatively safe."
We gathered around Crystal and she put up a shield of her own. "This will keep you all close," she said sheepishly before a bright flash overtook us.
We appeared in a cave brightly lit by floating balls of magic, or what I assumed was magic. There were dozens of ponies around, but they all looked relaxed. Our arrival got their attention though, and soon we were surrounded by curious fuzzy faces.
I felt a snout shove itself up under my tail before an alarmed squeak rang out. The pony that was being a bit too familiar skittered back into the crowd, drawing some of it with her. "She's hurt!"
The crowd looked back at me, then Crystal.
Crystal looked to me. "Well, are you?"
I didn't feel hurt at the moment, but I did remember I was wearing messy underwear and wondered if that was part of it. "Do you have any fresh clothes around here?"
Crystal shook her head. "We do not. What would we do with them? You won't need any soon enough... Why not just strip now?"
I could think of a number of reasons, most of them staring directly at me. Still, if I was getting ripe enough to scare them... I undid the button of my pants and unzipped before pulling it down. Several ponies gasped in alarm. Lone shuddered violently. "You were bleeding..."
My boxers were definitely wet before, but I hadn't realized the pain that came with getting an innie was blood, not some other fluid. I peeled them away with distaste and tossed them away, where the ponies grabbed it and rushed it out of sight. Cautiously, the crowd came in close again and the inspection resumed. I wanted to keep them back, but there were so many of them, and their ticklish little snouts were starting to feel good as they unabashedly nuzzled into my horse sheath and up under my balls. A sudden wet lick made me collapse gracelessly.
The crowd rippled away as I fell, only to come back in and start cleaning me with long wet tongues. Each time one of them wandered over my new organ, my world exploded. I let out a slow sigh and surrendered to the will of the crowd. After the last few days, I just wasn't feeling up to turning away the pleasure they offered, even if it came in an alien package.