//------------------------------// // Birthday // Story: Brony in Equestria: The Tacoing // by Omega Dracomancer //------------------------------// "Why do you need lightning?" she asked. "Ima turn back into a human." I said. When I said this, Luna gave out a slight change in attitude, 'What was that about?' I thought. "Turn back into a human?" she asked. "You can use lightning, right?" I asked. "Well yes, of course I can, why?" "Follow me." I said, jumping out the window. She followed me out and I landed on the ground. "Hit me with the biggest bolt that you can make." "But you'll get hurt!" she protested. "I Pinkie swear that I'll be fine. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." "Alright then, get ready." she said, charging a spell. "3...2...1... FIRE!" I yelled, then blacked out. "How long was I out?" I asked. "Twenty minutes, but you're gonna want to see this." said Nurse Redheart, giving me a mirror. I grabbed it and saw that I did indeed have fingers. "Cool." I said. Looking into the mirror, I saw that my left eye was different. "Why is it still a pony eye?" Then I examined the rest of myself. My left arm was still pony. Same with my right leg. I hopped up and tested them by doing some pushups and balance exercises. They didn't hinder, so I looked past them. My wings and horn were still there. Then I noticed something awesome. "I still have a tail!" I exclaimed happily. "This is so freakin' awesome!" "Are you ok Phil?" asked Luna, walking in. "Just fine, but are you ok? You look sad." I asked her. "I thought that I hurt you." she said, looking down. "Luna, Please don't worry about me. I Pinkie promised, I will never break a Pinkie promise." I said walking over to her. She didn't look up, she must've felt terrible about it. I put my arm around her and said, "I'm always going to be fine. Remember that." "Do you Pinkie promise?" she asked. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." I said. "Thank you Phil." she said. "Let's get some cupcakes." I said, diving out the window again. Luna followed me out and we walked to Sugarcube Corner. Luna actually tried to copy my style of walking, but fell over. I laughed, and she blushed. "Takes a bit to get it right. Took me like a week." "It was fun until I fell over." "Wanna know now, magic teachings?" "You can do that? I would like to walk like you, it's fun." I charged up a spell and touched Luna with my horn. Then she stood up like me and stood a few inches below me. "I just realized how tall I am here." I said. I was towering above the ponies in the street and was taller then Luna. "Cool." "The fun has been doubled!" Luna yelled, running around. "I'm sure it has." I said. Then I felt a tug at my tail. I looked back and saw Lyra with my tail in her mouth. She looked angry. "I know what you want." I said, charging the spell and touching her head with my horn. She stood up and hugged me. "Thank you Phil, you don't know how much this means to me." "Why weren't you able to get it down yourself?" I asked. "No offence, but it wasn't really that hard." "After many months of attempting to learn how, I had made no progress in walking upright." "Must be locked to ponykind. Wanna come with me to get some cupcakes with Luna? I'm buying." "That would be nice." she said, walking with me, Luna prancing about like a kid with a new toy. "Come on Luna." I called, "We got cupcakes to eat." "Sorry, I got a little carried away." she said walking over to us. "We look cool." I said. "Are you sure?" asked Luna. "No. Let's go." I said, walking to Sugarcube Corner. When we arrived, the lights were off inside. "What's going on here?" I said to myself, walking in, Luna and Lyra following closely behind. "It's so dark in here, I can't see anything." Then I thought a bit, "Wait a minute..." "SUPRISE!" yelled the ponies in the room after the lights flicked on. I jumped into the air and hit my head on the ceiling. When I stood up again, all of my friends were there, ready to celebrate my birthday. "Wow you girls, thank you." I said, smiling like an idiot. "Happy birthday Phil!" said Pinkie, bouncing over to me. "Did you make this Pinkie?" I asked. "Sure did!" she said, handing me some cake. "Thank you Pinkie." I said. "Oh just eat your cake." she said. "Gladly!" I said, digging in. "This is some awesome cake!" "Enjoy your party!" she said, hopping away. I walked over to the table and got some cake, then walked back, "Hey Luna, Lyra, looks like it's just cake. Eat up!" I said, giving them a piece each. They smiled and chowed down, and I went to talk with my friends. The Mane 6 and Trixie were there. "I love my friends." I said to myself. "I love your friends too." said Trixie, walking over to me. "You heard that?" I asked, not really expecting an answer. "Yup. How have you been?" she asked. "I've been fine." I said. She noticed the changes with my body. "What happened to you?" she asked. I looked at my arm and leg. They were still pony, and my eye and tail were still there as well. "No idea, I told Luna to zap me and this happened. I'm a human-pony mix I guess. It's so cool." I said. "If you say so." she said. Then she blushed ever so slightly. I looked at her and found out what she wanted, "Do you want to fly again?" I asked. "Was it that easy to tell?" she asked. "Yep, how 'bout it?" "Yes please." she said. I walked outside and she follower, along with the rest of the partygoers. "Ready?" I asked. She nodded and I picked her up and put her on my back. I opened my wings, they've grown and looked very cool. I leaped into the air and flew around a bit, Trixie enjoying the ride. "Having fun?" I asked. She didn't answer, she didn't have to. I knew that she was having a blast. I was having fun as well, flying without a purpose. It was soothing. After a few minutes, I angled to our friends and started a descent. When I got to the ground, Trixie got off and smiled, "Thank you Phil." she said. "Yeah, no problem. Flying is fun." I said, then I remembered what Celestia said about doing that. I didn't care, Trixie was my friend, I would fly any of my flightless friends. Luna was watching me fly Trixie this whole time, and she was blushing a bit. 'What is up with the pony Princess?' "Anypony else want a ride?" I asked. Before I could blink, Pinkie zoomed right up to me and hopped around like a madpony. "OO! OO! OO! OO! ME! ME! I WANNA GO!" she yelled, hopping on a near violent level. I grabbed her and set her on my back. "Ready Pinkie?" I asked. "GO! GO! GO!" she yelled excitedly. "You gotta calm down a bit Pinkie." I said, taking off. Pinkie Pie was so happy that she almost lost it again. She admired the beautiful surroundings, the speed that I was going was just right for her. She even stood up and closed her eyes, feeling the wind on her face. After a while, I took her down and she hopped off. "Who's next?" I asked. This was getting fun. Rarity approached me and hesitated for a second. I looked at my human hand, it was covered in dirt. I used my magic and an aura formed around my body, pulling the dirt off. "How's that?" I asked. She smiled and I picked her up and put her on my back, then flew off. "How's the flight?" I asked. "It's beautiful." she said. The sun was beginning to go down and her coat was glistening in the sunset. "You're so shiny." I said, looking back at her. She examined her coat and said, "It would seem so." When I landed, Applejack and Twilight had yet to go, and neither stepped forward. "Don't wanna go? The sun's setting, it's beautiful right now." I said. This convinced them and they were both thinking. Twilight seemed like she was about to say something, but Applejack beat her to it. "Ah would like to fly." she said. 'Isn't she afraid of heights? Doesn't matter, if she wants to, I'll take her.' "Alright then." I said, scooping her up. "Uh…" "Ready?" I asked. "Can you take it easy?" she asked. "Ah'm a bit afraid of heights." "Just a bit huh? Alright, I'll take it easy. Hold on." I said, taking off. Applejack was instantly regretting her decision. "Ah think that's enough, I wanna get down now." "You've only been up here for three seconds." I said. Applejack whimpered and squeezed tight around me. "Do you trust me, Applejack?" I asked. "What?" she said, shaking. "Do you trust me?" "Of course ah do, you're mah friend." "Then trust me when I say that you'll be safe. I won't let you get hurt. Trust me." I said, slowing down to Tank-like speeds. "Alright, ah'll trust you." she said, calming down. She stopped shaking, but didn't loosen her grip. "Open your eyes, Applejack. Look at the sunset." I said. "It's breathtaking." she said, mesmerized by the sunset. We both looked into the sunset and admired it's beauty. Then the sun went past the horizon and I took her down. "Thank you Phil." she said. "Hope you feel better about the sky soon, that place is great." I said with a laugh. By this time, most of the ponies that had attended my party had left. It was just me and Twilight now. "Look's like it's your turn, Twilight." "But the sun's down now." she said. "That's the kind of attitude that made Nightmare Moon appear." I said, picking her up. "And besides, the night is more beautiful than the day." "If you say so." she said. I flew her all around Ponyville and she gazed at the sky. I heard a popping sound and realized that Twilight was uncomfortable. I arched my back down, then back up quickly, forcing Twilight into the air. She screamed and I turned around, letting her land on my stomach. "Flying upside down is better." I said, relaxing. "Don't ever do that again." she said. "Alright, but look up." I said. She did, and saw what I saw, the night sky was covered in beautiful stars and the moon was full tonight. I flipped her over and put her back on my stomach, holding on to her. "See why I think the night is more beautiful than the day?" I asked her. She smiled, "Yeah." We gazed at the stars and relaxed while I floated through the sky, me holding on to her. The next thing I knew, I fell asleep, still in the air. I was subconsciously flying and Twilight hadn't realized that I was asleep. It appeared that nothing had changed. Then Twilight rolled over and fell asleep on her side, still thinking that I was asleep. When I woke up, we were both on the ground next to her house. 'That was the most dangerous thing that I have ever done in my entire life.' I thought, 'At least we're safe.' Twilight was still sleeping on me, so I didn't try to move. Then I heard a d'aww. I looked around and saw Rainbow Dash and a pony that I didn't recognize next to her. I looked at his Cutie Mark, a mouth, 'Celestia, I hope that doesn't mean that he's a blabbermouth.' I nodded in their direction, and the one I didn't recognize left. "Hey there sleepy head." said Rainbow, trying to hold in a laugh. "What's so funny?" I asked. "You, and Twilight, sleeping together." she said, "It's just too much." "I'm going to kill you while you sleep." I joked. She gave another little laugh and said, "What happened after I left? What did I miss?" "I gave Twilight a ride like the other ponies. We gazed at the stars and fell asleep in the air." "In the air?" "In the air." "That would explain the skid marks." she said. Sure enough, there was a trail of dirt leading to where I landed and my wings and back hurt. "Alright, that's enough, don't wake Twilight." I said. Rainbow Dash stifled a laugh and said, "Be seeing you then." "Best birthday ever." I said, falling back asleep.