The Passing of Time
Two years ago, on the day, I had met my friends for the very first time. The Summer Sun Celebration was a momentous occasion for me and the others, for more than one reason. Not only did it celebrate the day I realized the real magic of friendship, but it was also... Well, the day I met my best friends!
I always felt it was important to go to the Summer Sun Celebration, but thankfully this year it was being held in Ponyville, and I was in charge of making sure everything goes smoothly, just as I thought I would be. I was glad to hear my friends would be the ones setting up the other parts of the celebration, as expected, everything was set up way before the actual celebration, giving me time to sit down with the others for a meal.
It was a nice day out, Rainbow Dash had cleared out the sky, in record time no less, which she had no problem boasting her accomplishment.
"I did it in NINE seconds flat this time!~" Rainbow Dash had beamed proudly at her accomplishment, which prompted a sigh from the others, as well as myself.
"Y'know Rainbow, don'tcha think it might be good to, you know, learn some modesty?" Applejack had been leaning on the table giving Dash an accusing look.
"Well, she may be boasting, but it is quite an impressive time. I don't expect anything less of Rainbow Dash~." Rarity had given a smile towards Dash, who seemed to appreciate the compliment from Rarity, I couldn't help but give a tiny laugh.
"Yeah! I got to watch her clear the sky, she was like 'Nyoom!~ Woosh!~ Brrroooooooommm!~' Just like that!" Pinkie had hopped onto the table in her excitement.
"It sounds like everyone got their jobs done then, great! This puts us ahead of schedule by, two hours." I smiled softly, I could hear Dash giggling softly.
"Egghead" I heard Dash mutter softly, giving her a stern look, which quickly made her look away and whistle nonchalantly.
I noticed Fluttershy had been quiet at the table, abnormally quiet, even for Fluttershy. Tilting my head, I couldn't help but question her silence. "Fluttershy, is something wrong? You've been quiet, even for you."
She looked over at me, then the others before speaking softly, "H-Have I? Oh, I-I'm sorry." I watched Fluttershy shuffle nervously.
"You know now that you mention it... Fluttershy, you HAVE been awfully quiet since we got here..." Rarity had given Fluttershy a small look of concern, "If anything is on your mind you can tell us!" I smiled alongside Rarity.
"O-Oh well... It's just, I was thinking about how two years ago, what we went through..." Fluttershy had faltered a bit.
"Go on." I had somewhat pushed her to speak, I could tell that there was more to that thought.
"Well... Doesn't this all seem a bit familiar? Or well, not that... But, doesn't it seem odd that, we all look exactly like we did, two years ago?" Fluttershy had dropped a bit of a bombshell on all of us. I put a hoof to my chin in thought, it seemed the rest of my friends had also thought about it, we all had stared at each other a bit.
"Well, Ah gotta say... We do all look the same, cept for Twi uh' course." Applejack had been the first to speak after the long silence. We all gave her a bit of a stare before she spoke again, "Ah mean, think about it. Not a hair out of place, not an extra wrinkle, not even a change in the way our coats look."
It had seemed impossible to all of us at first, but as Applejack pointed out, I had started to really look at the others, nothing had changed about them... The only one who had changed was me, and it was because of the transformation.
"Is it just me or, does anyone else's head hurt right now?" Pinkie had said with a bit of worried laughter, I nodded alongside the others. It seems the odd reality of the situation had borne down on everyone quite quickly.
"I'm just surprised none of us noticed this until now." Rarity had been fiddling with the tea on the table in front of her. I watched her hooves slowly spin the cup in thought.
"I guess I just never really payed attention to it. I mean, ponies always look the same but... Not a single hair..." I put my hooves against my chin as I had begun to think of possibilities, but nothing came to me for a long time. but I finally had come up with at least a quick solution, "Okay, I've got it...!" The rest of the girls had looked at me with interest, "I say we go to Celestia, I can't seem to wrap my mind around how exactly this could happen but, I'm sure she might have an answer, and we don't have to travel far, she's in town today."
The others nodded in agreement, "Good Idea Twi, if anyone knows what's goin' on, It's the Princess." Applejack had given me a smile.
I had gotten up, watching my friends get up as well. Time had seemed to slow as I watched the seemingly unchanged bodies of my friends start to move about, unable to get the thought out of my head about how true Fluttershy's words rang in all of our heads, even Pinkie had seemed a bit more down after hearing it.
I set off towards the Town Hall where we could find Celestia, with luck, perhaps she could tell us what might have happened.