Caleb slept the rest of the night without any more freaky nightmares, to his relief. As he got out of bed and got dressed, he couldn’t stop thinking about that dream last night. It all felt so real, almost like it actually happened, Caleb thought as he walked out of his door. There were so many questions he had, but he tried to move on to focus on getting ready. “Oh well, I’ll worry about that later, I gotta get the cake out to take it to Liz’ house for the party” Caleb said to himself. He quickly glanced at the clock and panicked, “OH SHIT! I gotta get everything ready and fast” Caleb said. He was supposed to be ready to go at that time, but he had overslept by an hour and was in a rush to get the cake into its container.
Once he got everything into the car he pulled out his phone and texted Liz: I’m gonna be about 15 minutes late, so just hold off until then ok? Two minutes later he got a response, so he pulled over and read it: Did you oversleep again? I should have known you would do that, you do it every time! Caleb doesn’t respond and starts driving again. He got there around 11:45 and opened the door without knocking or ringing the bell, as they would know who would be walking in. Liz stood up to greet him.
“Hey sleepyhead, late as usual I see?” Liz said, half joking.
“Oh shut up frazzle. You have problems too you know” Caleb said in response.
The three of them all have nicknames for each other representing their past mistakes upon coming to meetings. Caleb is called sleepyhead because he is always the last one to the meeting due to sleep. Liz is called frazzle because most of the time, she comes with her hair looking like she just put her hands on an electric ball. John is called hot potato, due to the fact that he always drops things. It was just a little aspect of their friendship that always brought a smile to their faces.
“Yeah yeah, we know my hair care sucks. Let’s just get on with this party ok? I recorded the new episode of MLP from this morning so we can watch it” Liz said, grabbing the remote off the table.
“Oh yeah, I forgot there was an episode today. It’s kinda cool that there is a new episode on our birthday this year. We actually have something to do for once other than play Magic the Gathering.” Caleb shot a look at John, mildly annoyed at him.
“Hey, don’t dis MTG ok? It’s a fun card game and helps pass the time” John said, obviously a little miffed at Caleb’s comment.
“I just saying, we start every party with MTG, so it kinda got boring after a while. I’m just glad we can start with something else this year.” Caleb shot back.
“Well, if ya put it that way, then I guess we could do something different. But we will be playing MTG later, no matter what” John said
“Fine, but don’t bug us constantly about it” Liz said
Liz brings up the new episode and starts it with everyone watching on the couch. About halfway through the episode Liz gets a text from her mother Lena saying that she ordered pizza for their party. She says thanks and continues the episode. Lena usually lives in London, but she is visiting her daughter for her birthday like she normally does. Her mother was definitely strange though, her quirky personality contrasting with the fact that she has to carry this machine with her to keep her condition stable. Nobody in their family knew what exactly the condition was, but they all know that it is a very bad condition.
The pizza arrived as the episode was about to end. They got the pizza, then proceeded to immediately take 3 slices each as they finish the episode. Unknowingly, all three of them had felt the same kind of light prick on their thighs. Without saying anything to the others, they just passed it off as pins and needles. The end credits roll and they start their weekly routine of criticizing the episode.
“That was definitely one of the more girly episodes in the series. I mean, Rainbow Dash enjoying the spa? That is not the Dash that we know” Caleb said, obviously a little confused at the story of that day’s episode.
“Yeah, it could have been better. I didn’t like how they presented Applejack’s problem, because it really didn’t make sense to me at first.” Liz said, with a slightly miffed look on her face.
“It just presented itself as an episode aimed at girls, it really wasn’t good” said John.
“Overall, I would give it a 6/10. Be right back guys, I gotta go use it” Caleb said as he walked over to the bathroom.
“Sure thing, just don’t take forever ok? If you take too long I’ll start eating your part of the pizza” John said as Caleb walked into the bathroom.
As Caleb is about to finish up, he notices something on his hip. He turns and pulls down his pants down a little so he can see what it was. “WAIT, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!” He screams as the object revealed itself
Liz and John both heard him scream and bolted to the bathroom to see if he was alright. They knew he would never scream like that unless he got really hurt or someone pulled a prank on him and he took it wrong.
“Hey Caleb, what’s going on in there? Are you hurt?” Liz asks, a worrisome look on her face.
“PISS OF GUYS! I know you guys tease me for having Rainbow Dash as my favorite, but what you did crossed the line!” Caleb screamed.
“What are you talking about dude? We didn’t pull any pranks on you, so what are you talking about?” John asks in a confused manner.
Caleb was not letting up. “Oh come on guys, admit it! I wouldn’t do this on myself because I don’t even like tattoos.”
“What do you mean about tattoos? We never gave you any tattoos and probably never will!” Liz says to Caleb, obviously confused.
Caleb realizes then that his friends had nothing to do with it and had no clue to what he was talking about. “Do you guys promise not to freak out if I tell you?” Caleb asks.
“We’re your friends Caleb, we promise not to freak out or tell anybody else about it if you don’t want us to” John said.
“Ok fine, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” The bathroom door opens and Caleb comes out. He slightly pulls down his pants to show his thighs. What John and Liz saw before them left them in complete and utter shock: Caleb had Rainbow Dash’s cutie mark emblazoned onto his hips.
Liz was at a complete loss for words. “Bu…Wha…HOW???” she sputtered, her mind still reeling from seeing the mark.
Caleb was scared and confused, as he didn’t remember putting on a tattoo of Rainbow Dash’s cutie mark on his ass. “Are you sure neither of you guys did this or knows who did?”
After a brief moment of silence, John spoke up. “Don’t look at us, we didn’t do anything!”
“Well shit, we don’t know what did this and we don’t know why. This is TOTALLY going to end fine” Caleb said, a sense of sarcastic fear in his voice.
“Do you remember any possible feelings you could have had when the cutie mark showed up?” asked John.
“I do remember having a light prick in my side after we got pizza, but I just thought I was getting pins and needles from the couch” Caleb said.
“A light prick in your rear huh? Come to think of it, I actually do remember feeling a prick myself, but I als-wait a fucking minute” John says as he pulls down his pants, revealing its own surprise similar to Caleb’s.
“I HAVE APPLEJACK’S MARK? Why?!?!?!?!” John said, the panic in his voice crystal clear.
The discovery of John’s cutie mark appearance made Liz look down at her hips. She looked down to see that Fluttershy’s cutie mark was spread on her hips, although she appears to be taking the appearance much better than Caleb and John did, most likely because she was a big fan of the show compared to Caleb and John.
“Ok settle down guys, or we won’t be able to solve this before anything else happens. W e somehow get cutie marks from the mane six, and don’t know how” Liz said, surprisingly calm when speaking.
“Yeah, and we don’t know If anything else will happen to us in the future” Caleb said, worrying about his job and if she can continue,
“Relax, you can still work and live a regular life, just with a permanent tattoo. Nothing really much has changed except our new tramp-stamps” Liz said.
“Yeah, let’s just continue this party and hope nothing else happens” Caleb said, still shaken from the discovery.
Just then, John has an idea. "Heeeeyy guyyyyys!" He said, pulling a bottle of vodka from his bag.
"Woah, where did you get that bottle? Liz asks, taken aback by the sudden alcohol appearance. "And also, how? You came right here this morning, and you couldn't have gotten it before today!"
"Lets just say I know a guy" John says, an evil grin on his face.
"Well, ok then. We aren't playing drunk Magic, though. After what happened earlier with the cutie marks. I don't want to be seeing shit after that fiasco." Caleb said, an authoritative tone in his voice.
"Awwww" John groans, as he really thought it was a good idea. "Fine, but you guys are taking a shot tomorrow, no ifs, ands, or buts, you hear?"
Caleb and Liz both nod in agreement and start getting their card decks out for the game.
The party continues to the Magic the Gathering game(s) that are held every year. John gets knocked out of the final match by John’s Spirit of Innistrad, and the game ends with Liz winning.
“Wow guys, you have really gotten good at this game. That was a close match” Liz said.
“Thanks Liz, I did have fun playing that round, especially when my soul of innistrad just DESTROYED you.” Caleb said, as he puffed his chest out in triumph. It was just then that he noticed Liz’s and John’s hair were much longer than they were before the game. “Um, guys? Your hair seems to have grown since we started” Caleb pointed out.
“Wait really? Gimme a mirror” John said, as he went to look in the mirror in the bathroom. “WAIT, MY EYES ARE GREEN????????????????????” Caleb hadn’t even noticed the change in eye color in them either.
“This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder, first the cutie mark, then the hair growth, now the eye color. Something is definitely wrong, seeing as Caleb’s new eye color is not physically possible” Liz said, pulling out the nerd inside of her to analyze the situation.
“You know I don’t understand you when you go all nerd on us. Besides, we need some rest for tomorrow if we want to try to figure this out.” They glanced at the clock and all agreed that they needed some rest.
“Do you mind if we stay over tonight Liz? I was thinking we all stick together just in case something happens.” Caleb asked
“Ok, don’t care if you stay here. You are always welcome to stay no matter what” Liz said to Caleb and John.
“Ok, I will start setting on the couch” said John
Caleb was already ready for sleep on the couch, as he fell asleep within that very minute.