//------------------------------// // You Mean Prince Solaris [Twilight x Pinkie] // Story: Short Stories Collection, vol. I // by fallen starr //------------------------------// She wasn’t sure what had happened. That spell was meant as a surprise for Pinkie, but now she wasn’t sure it was such a good idea. For one, Twilight Sparkle was still firmly a mare. She had checked. Twice. Now she wasn’t sure what the spell had actually accomplished. She looked around the room. There was Spike in his basket, her books laying about from researching the spell and… “A suit? Why do I have a suit? Where’s my dress?” Twilight picked the object in question up, levitating it across the room and into her hooves. She looked for a label. Maybe she could figure out what was happening if she knew where the suit came from… Her eyes widened as they saw the delicate three diamond pattern Rarity always sewed into her creations. She didn’t remember telling Rarity she might need a suit for her date with Pinkie. In fact, she hadn’t told Rarity her plans for the temporary gender-switch at all. Glancing at a clock on her nightstand, she sighed. Just one hour to go before her date with Pinkie. “So much for a super duper one year surprise,” she mumbled. She knew Pinkie would have something she would love, and she would have nothing for Pinkie. Sighing, Twilight stood. If nothing else, she would dress for the date and stop by Rarity’s to see why the suit had suddenly appeared. She walked to the small closet and opened the door. “Oh my…” It was full of suits. None of her dresses were anywhere, though one did look suspiciously like her Gala dress. “What in Equestria…Spike?” She looked over to the sleeping dragon and shook her head. At least he was still the same. She walked over and nuzzled him gently on the stomach. “Aww, Dusk, five more minutes, please?” a female voice replied. Twilight jumped back, barely suppressing a scream. “Who are you?” she demanded. “What have you done with Spike…and my clothes?” The dragon sat up. “Where’s Dusk?” The two glared at each other for a moment before the dragon began laughing. “Oh…I get it. You’re spell worked. Bubble will be happy with it. You even fooled me there for a second, I really thought you were a mare. That spell is really impressive.” “What?” “The spell. To change you into a mare for a day.” “Umm…What?” The dragon put a claw to her head. “I didn’t think it would make you stupid, Dusk. Goddess. Look in the mirror. You used to be a stallion. Now you’re a mare. Cuter as a stallion, though. Oh, you need to go to Elusive’s shop. I know you said not to, but I told him you might want a dress. He was pretty excited to make it. I didn’t say why though!” she added hurriedly. Twilight squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head roughly, but the female dragon was still there when she stopped. “Fine. If I’m supposed to be this Dusk, then I bet Rarity is Elusive…” she muttered to herself. “I’ll be back soon, Spike,” Twilight called as she left the bedroom. “Umm…you mean Spines, right?” the dragon called back. Why did the spell change everyone and everything but me? Twilight thought. But…Spike or Spines…thought I was supposed to be a stallion. That can’t be right. Can it? Twilight walked through Ponyville in amazement. There was Carrot Top, but as a stallion. And Time Turner, but as a mare. It was so familiar, but so different. This isn’t right. By the time she finally made it to Rarity’s shop her head was hurting. She didn’t know what any of these ponies could be called, and they were all looking at her strangely. She knocked on the door, which flew open before the second knock. “Dusk, finally. You only have thirty minutes before the big night. You are cutting it close.” A stallion jerked her inside. “Mmm. You make a great mare, I do say.” Twilight shifted uncomfortably. “Th-thanks,” she stammered out. “Oh, and such a lovely voice. Now hold on, I have the dress for you. I hope you aren’t too upset at my little Spinesy, I did coax it out of her with gems.” “Yes…well, I do have a question…Elusive.” “Ask away darling,” he replied. “I’ll help you put this on, since–” “I’ve got it,” Twilight replied, taking the dress in her magical grasp. She pulled the dress on with easy before turning to smile at Elusive. “You see–” “How…you…Have you been practicing? Dresses are very hard to put on…” Well, I’ve been wearing dresses my whole life. “No, I just needed to ask you a question. Do you feel…different. See, I wrote to the Princess and–” “The…princess? Why on earth would you write to that…to that…” Twilight’s mouth fell open in amazement. “Do you talk about Princess Celestia like that. She–” “Wait.” Elusive’s brow crinkled in confusion. “Who’s Celestia? I thought you meant Princess Bluebell, the snobby…"he muttered a few words Twilight couldn’t make out after that. "Princess Celestia, the ruler of Equestria…” “You mean Prince Solaris?” “Oh no, I’ve turned her into a stallion to, haven’t I? Oh this is bad…this is so bad. Rarity, what am I going to do?” “Who’s Rarity?” Twilight blinked at the stallion and shook her head before running out the door and to the library. Her hooves barely touched the stairs as she made it to her private quarters. “Hey umm…mare.” Twilight looked up at the dragon, who was now sitting on her bed and holding one of the research books. “I think you got two spells mixed up.” Twilight walked over to the bed and looked at where Spines was pointing. “See, this one turns you into a mare…I bet you were going for a stallion though, huh? And this one let’s you trade places with one in a different parallel universe, provided the spells are cast at the same time…so…just cast it again? I bet Dusk is talking to…whoever helps you over there.” Twilight sighed with relief. “Thank you,” she said, grabbing Spines into a hug. “Now, just to get home…” She lit her horn and built up the needed magic before concentrating on the spell. “Goodbye, Spines,” she said as she released the built up magic. Twilight blinked. Then she blinked again. A familiar face was staring at her. “Uhh, Twilight? Is that you?” “Spike!” she cried. “I’m so happy to see you.” She wrapped him in a bone-crushing hug. “Hehe…I’m happy to see you too, Twilight. That Dusk guy was weird. But Pinkie’s going to be here soon…” Twilight sighed. She still hadn’t gotten Pinkie anything…and she was never trying that spell again. “Oh Spike, what am I going to do? Pinkie needs a present and this one failed and…” A giggled came from the doorway. “I don’t need a present, silly.” Pinkie walked over and wrapped her hooves around Twilight, leaning close. “I have everything I need in my hooves right now.” Twilight closed the small gap between them, pressing her lips to Pinkie’s. “Happy One Year, Pinkie.” “Happy One Year, Twi.” Pulling Pinkie closer, Twilight took a deep breath. Pinkie didn’t want a stallion, she wanted Twilight just the way she was. Giggling, Pinkie pulled away from Twilight. “And just so you know, I really don’t like you as a stallion. You’re much cuter as a mare.” Twilight blushed. Pinkie pressed her lips to Twilight’s again. The both closed their eyes, simply enjoying the moment.