The Wheel and the Butterfly
A Dan X Pinkie Pie saga
Part 10 Dan & Pinkie Vs. Interspecies Relationship
Epilogue
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“Holy Dragon Ball GEEEZ this thing is heavy,” Pinkie grunted out as she and Dan hefted her blanket covered mirror up that apartment steps.
“Well …huff… we should have made A.T.U. and Useless help!” Dan cried as slowly backed up the stairs.
“Ehhh…A.T.U.?” Pinkie asked.
“Almost Totally Useless,” Dan explained as he stepped off the stairs and onto the apartment complex.
“I figure they had done plenty,” Pinkie replied.
Dan chuckled. “Heh... Well said…” He suddenly frowned. “Unless you weren’t being sarcastic, in which case shut up.”
“You two know we’re right here, right?” Elise said as she held open the door to apartment 8.
“Did I get a promotion?” Chris asked as he followed behind Pinkie.
“Yeah,” Dan said as he and Pinkie brought the mirror into the apartment. “You’re lucky you’re tall.”
Chris smiled. “Well, it’s good for reaching things on tall shelves or helping your friend set off sprinklers when being attacked by a slime monster and a group of murder hungry clones.”
Dan and Pinkie made their way through living room, into the bedroom, and deposited the mirror back in Pinkie’s closet.
“Aaaaand, DONE!” Pinkie declared as she quickly grabbed and slid off the blankets from around the mirror. With a casual toss the salsa, sour cream, and bean juice soaked covers drifted onto the her and Dan’s bed.
Dan sighed, “Goofball, I’m pretty sure we need new blankets.”
“Whoops, hehehe…”
Twilight offered a polite nod from the group as she continued to read a book that was set down in front of her. The numerous scrolls and books that had surrounded her for the last few days had been cleaned up and sent back to their respective places of origin.
“We can take them off your hands if you don’t want them…” Chris said.
“Chris,” Elise began, “we can stop and grab Mexican on the way home. You don’t need to eat blankets.”
“What?!” Chris protested. “I wasn’t going to eat them…”
Everyone turned to stare at Chris blankly, even Twilight looked up from her book to stare at the food obsessed man.
Chris sighed. “Alright, yeah… I was going to eat them…”
“Chris, I think you may have a problem…” Dan stated.
“Ywoo sway swomfing?” Chris asked through a mouthful of food covered blanket.
“Chris, spit that out!” Elise commanded.
“Whhoops…” Chris spit out the wad of blanket in his mouth. “…Sorry…”
“Mwew…?”
The group looked towards the floor as Mr. Mumbles bounded into the room, Pinkie’s small compact mirror in her mouth. She made her over to Pinkie and began pawing at the pink haired girl’s dress hem.
“Oh, for me?” Pinkie said as she took the mirror and opened it up.
“Hello, my little pony,” Celestia greeted. She lightly chuckled. “…Or should I say, ‘human’?”
Pinkie Pie smiled at the alabaster alicorn. “Hello, Princess Celestia. Did you have fun at the Princess Summit?”
Celestia smiled warmly. “Yes. It was very therapeutic, thank you.” Celestia glanced over to Twilight. “Best one I’ve been to in centuries.”
“I just hope somepony else can supply the entertainment for next year,” Twilight said in an exasperated tone.
Celestia chuckle was suddenly heard in stereo as she walked into view of the larger mirror, a smaller, rectangular mirror floating alongside the princess. Twilight sat up and nodded to her fellow princess.
“Don’t worry Twilight,” Celestia said, “I’m sure next year you’ll get plenty of Twilight time to yourself… or whomever you want to spend it with…” she said with a wink.
“Yeah,” Pinkie chimed in, “next year you can just transform Dan and I into ponies and leave us that way…” she said with a mischievous smile as she stuck her tongue out.
“…Man, my life has gotten a lot stranger in the past couple of days,” Chris exclaimed.
Dan cocked an eyebrow. “You think you have it weird? Try being transformed into a pony.”
“Uh, point taken…” Chris replied.
“Speaking of being transformed into a pony…” Pinkie cooed as she walked up to Dan, wrapped her arms around one of his and stared out at Twilight.
“Aaaand, I think that’s our cue to leave,” Elise said.
“That would probably be less mentally scarring for you two, yeah,” Dan said.
“Oooo! One second…” Pinkie said, she held out her pink compact mirror for Elise.
Elise looked down at the mirror in surprise. “You’re giving me the second interdimensional communication mirror!?”
Twilight chuckled. “Actually, it’s just a mirror. We can switch it to a different one when you get it home, if you like.”
Elise grabbed the compact as her face lit up. “You mean I’d be able to talk to you at home? Oh this is going to be so awesome!” Elise exclaimed as she brought her clenched hands up towards her cheeks.
Twilight smiled and nodded. “Sure…” Her smile suddenly turned sheepish. “But let’s start with some more controlled experiments, first…”
Elise chuckled. “Sounds good to me.”
Twilight looked up at Celestia. “Is that okay with you?”
Celestia closed her eyes and smiled. “Of course Twilight, I’m glad you’ve made another friend.”
Twilight looked at Elise and smiled. “Yeah, me too…”
“Alright, less talky more turning into ponies,” Dan said irritably.
“Goodness, someone is eager…” Celestia said with a smirk.
“I’ve learned to see the perks of being a different species,” Dan said nonchalantly.
Celestia chuckled. “I’m sure.”
Chris wordlessly began edging closer and closer to the door with a pensive expression on his face.
“Alright, Chris.” Elise said as she shook her head. “We'll leave the ponies to their… uh… pony stuff… which I know understand involves a lot less frolicking in meadows and going out on picnics as I would have once thought.”
“Oh, we do those things, too,” Pinkie explained, “it’s just sometimes those meadows get attacked by hungry wolves made out of wood and our picnics get interrupted by news that someone’s brother is getting married out of the blue, or by one of us having a meltdown.”
Twilight giggled nervously from her side of the mirror.
“Are you two still here?!” Dan cried.
Chris chuckled. “Love you too, buddy. See you soon. See ya, Pinkie.”
“Bye-bye Chris!” Pinkie said enthusiastically, “Bye-bye Elise!”
“See you guys later!” Elise said as she and her husband exited the bedroom and made their way out of the apartment.
Pinkie and Dan flashed Twilight a pair of eager, enthusiastic grins.
Twilight rolled her eyes as her horn glowed purple. In a pair of bright, lavender flashes, Pinkie and Dan where ponies once more.
Pinkie giggled. “Hehehe… thanks Twilight, you’re the be-WHOA!”
In a blur of grey, Dan was on top of Pinkie.
“Uh… see you soon?” Pinkie said in a somewhat nervous tone as Dan buried his snout in Pinkie’s mane and began frantically sniffing it.
Twilight chuckled. “I’m sure…” Her horn glowed once more as she closed the sliding door to the closest and put the mirror on mute.
“I hope those two don’t make a habit of that,” Celestia said, “that would be rather awkward for you.”
Twilight shook her head. “Don’t worry,” she said in a knowing tone, “Pinkie is probably going to learn that being in heat while locked in a small apartment with a stallion who only has eyes and a nose for her is not as fun sounding as she thinks.”
Celestia chuckled. “Oh my, well I best get going to let you keep an eye on the situation.” She smiled down at Twilight. “I had a little gift special delivered.”
Twilight’s face lit up. “Really?”
Celestia motioned with her large, white horn down the library and lead Twilight towards one of the rooms, a large box sat outside of it.
“I had a box of the finest Haygyptian cotton toilet paper delivered,” Celestia explained. She winked. “Just a little way of thanking you for having us here…”
“Uh… thanks,” Twilight said in an unsure tone. “I’m not quite sure what to say…”
Celestia laughed softly. “That’s alright Twilight, you can thank me later… Just remember you can always arrange for more to be delivered.”
“Erm… right…” Twilight said as she continued to eye the box with a confused eye.
“Oh, one more thing…” Celestia said.
“Yes, Princess?”
To Twilight’s great surprise, Celestia leaned down and wrapped an arm around Twilight. She gave the purple alicorn a great big, hug. “You’re such a good friend to the people you care about, they should consider themselves lucky to know someone as kind and generous as you.”
Unaccustomed to the display of affection. Twilight’s face began to flush red as she smiled weakly. “Uh, thank you Celestia.” Twilight frowned. “I just wish I was a better princess.”
Celestia broke her embrace, and shook her head slightly. “Don’t worry Twilight, learning about caring for others is the most important part about being a ruler. You’ll work out making the correct solutions in a timely fashion soon enough.”
Twilight smiled and nodded. “Thanks, Celestia.”
Celestia made her way for the library door. “Take care Twilight, see you soon.”
“Goodbye, Celestia,” Twilight said as the alabaster alicorn exited the library.
Twilight tossed a glance at the box next to the bathroom door and shook her head.
I better keep an eye on Dan and Pinkie… Dan certainly seemed eager despite only having been a pony again for a few seconds…
Twilight went back to her book in front of the darkened mirror. Sometime later she noticed light shine through the mirror once more as she heard the frantic tapping of hoofs on glass.
‘Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap!’
Twilight looked up as Pinkie desperately tried to get her attention. In a purple flash, the word ‘MUTE’ was gone from the mirror.
“Hi, Pinkie,” Twilight said with a small smirk. Twilight cocked her head slightly. "Things not going exactly to plan over there I take it?”
Pinkie looked at Twilight and began to speak in a nervous tone, “Well… it was fun at first… really fun… but uh… I guess I know what Dan felt like for the last few days … Dan doesn’t seem to have an off switch at the moment… he’s a bit…erm… forceful?” Pinkie suggested with a nervous smile.
Twilight chuckled. “Yeah, I thought this might happen…”
‘CRUNCH!’
Pinkie cringed as the door behind her began to splinter inwards.
Twilight’s smile dropped, “What was that.”
“Dan umm… Dan is currently chopping through the bedroom door with an axe…” Pinkie explained.
“I’m surprised he could even work one with his hooves,” Twilight commented.
‘CRUNCH!’ The sharp, chrome edge of an axe poked out from splinters on the door before it was quickly retracted once more.
“I’ve found you’d be surprised what you can accomplish if you want it bad enough…” Pinkie said in a worried tone.
With another loud, ‘CRUNCH!’, Dan had opened a hole big enough to stick his face through. “Here’s Johnny!” he announced with a crazed look in his eyes and a wide, toothy smile to match.
“Change me back! CHANGE ME BACK!” Pinkie pleaded.
“Oh, geez!” Twilight explained. In another purple flash, Pinkie was human once more.
Pinkie breathed a quick sigh of relief as she did a quick pat down of her own body with her hands to briefly confirm she was indeed human again.
Dan paused, the madness slowly eking out of his features. “Wow, you are a naughty girl,” he commented. “Just a few more swings and I’ll be through…” Dan said as he retracted his head back from the door.
‘CRUNCH!’
Pinkie’s eyes flew open wide as she stared at Twilight.
Twilight shrugged. “It’s not like him being human ever stopped you…”
“You know… I think I’m done with either of us being a pony for a while…” Pinkie said.
‘CRUNCH!’
“Are you suuuuure~?” Twilight purred.
‘SMASH!’
Pinkie looked on in fear as her grey, pony boyfriend smashed his way through the rest of the door and shook wooden splinters from his mane. He stared at her with large, almost pitch black, ravenous eyes.
“I’m sure…” Pinkie replied to Twilight with a vigorous nod.
“Sorry Pinkie,” Dan said, “but you might have trouble walking for a few days after this…”
“Oh, Celestia!” Pinkie cried as her eyes went wide, “CHANGE HIM BACK! CHANGE HIM BACK! CHANGEHIMBACK!” She frantically pleaded.
Dan leapt into the air.
In a quick, purple flash, Dan felt his body change from small stallion, to small human.
“AH!” Dan exclaimed before crashing into a heap on top of Pinkie.
Pinkie’s heart beat rapidly as she held on tightly to Dan, his face buried deep in her chest.
“Uh… gwoofball?” Dan uttered out in a muffled tone.
“Yes Dan? Pinkie replied in an unsure tone.
“I lwove ywou, twoo… but it’s kwinda harwd two brweath hwere…”
Pinkie giggled and loosed her grip, “Ooops, sorry…”
“So… you two are good?” Twilight asked. “No more need for me to play love mage for a while?”
Dan nodded. “Yeah, Sparkler… I think we’re good.” Dan rubbed the back of his head. “Man those pheromones really grab the reins and don’t let go.”
Pinkie giggled. “Hehe… reins…”
Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled. “Alright, just try to keep out of trouble for a little while, okay?”
Pinkie and Dan shot Twilight a grin. “No promises,” they said in unison.
Twilight continued to smile and merely shook her head as she muted the mirror once more. She caught Pinkie affectionately rubbing her nose against Dan’s before the closet door slid closed once more.
Twilight put her book down and sat up. She made her way towards the bathroom where the same box Celestia had dropped off waited. With a glow of her purple horn, she ripped into the box and pulled out a fluffy looking, clean, white cylinder. She floated the roll next to her as she turned to the bathroom door and opened it.
“Oh heya, Twilight!” Spike greeted from the steaming bathtub.
“Out!” Twilight commanded.
“Awww, just five more minutes?!” Spike pleaded.
“You can’t live in the bathtub, Spike! OUT!”
“Oh, alright,” the baby dragon said reluctantly as he climbed out of the warm, bubbly bath water.
“Don’t think you’ll get to make a habit out of this, young dragon,” Twilight said in a somewhat maternal tone.
“Yeah, yeah…” Spike said as he exited the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He bee-lined for the kitchen. As relaxing as spending as much time as dragonly possible in a hot bath was, it made eating a bit of a challenge if no one was going to bring him food when he asked. He set about opening cupboards and the fridge to locate something that would make for a suitable snack to end his hunger.
“Oh… oh Celestia!” Spike heard Twilight cry from the other side of the bathroom door down the hall.
Spike quickly rushed back towards the bathroom. “Uhhh, Twilight?” Spike asked in an unsure tone. “Everything okay in there?”
“Have I… have I ever truly lived until this moment?” Twilight uttered out from the bathroom.
End Part 10
lmfao that last line
Annd Pinkie almost finds out very personally what Dan likes to burn down in Germany, and Twilight forgot about her stories of Cohen the Barbarian, but remembered the plot.
I love this so much, keep up the good work
Careful there. You almost wrote a female HiE, which is taboo on this site.
A good ending to Part 10 of the Dan & Pinkie Vs. Series. Can't wait to see what happens in Part 11...Pinkie vs. Killer Robots?...maybe?....
And now we can get back to the shennanigans of everyday life for our two favorite psychos. Unless the plot decides to rear its head...
I've been credited? Dangit. Now I'm obligated.
Pinkie declared as quickly grabbed and slid off the blankets from around the mirror and allowed the salsa, sour cream, and bean juice soaked covers to drift onto the her and Dan’s bed.
Likely 'as she quickly grabbed'. Mild run-on sentence, maybe 'around the mirror. With a casual toss the salsa, sour cream, and bean juice soaked covers drifted onto her and Dan’s bed.' But run-on sentences are really debatable.
room, a Pinkie’s small compact
Unless the clones also had mirrors like Pinkie Prime, the a is probably out of place.
“well leave the ponies
we'll, no matter how well left they might end up.
“that’s
Just that.
She smile down
smiled
Giving the purple alicorn a great big, hug.
Tense slip, also, might be an incomplete sentence since it was completing the thought from the previous line. 'She gave' would work. Also, it could be a great, big hug (I think it's guilty of comma splice, though), or a great big hug, but a great big, hug is a little odd.
fashion, soon enough.”
...Miiight not need that comma there, doesn't scan well, but commas aren't precisely my field of expertise.
slightly, Things
Just forgot the quotes at the start of Things
you could accomplish if you want it
'you can accomplish if you want it' or 'you could accomplish if you wanted it' Darn tenses.
a whole big enough
A whole what? (hole, homophone, dang language)
“Sorry Pinkie,” Dan said, “but you might have trouble walking for a few days after this…”
...Moving on.
a quick, purple flash,
Another of those 'I don't think you need that first comma there'. But someone else will probably correct me.
Part 10 end! Now for the obligatory press conference.
Justice! Are you planning this out in advance, or are you flying by the seat of your pants?
Justice! Are the rumors about Chrysalis being used for a one-shot story true?
Justice! Any juicy gossip from behind the scenes of The Wheel and the Butterfly?
Justice! How long until the next 100 chapters? Or will you not celebrate until 250?
Another fun chapter... although hopefully we'll move a little farther from the bedroom now that humans is staying human. Keep bein' cool man.
This.. This is acceptable (walks out of the room) OMFGAWWWFDJSKSMBSISKDNRKEODIDUCJ:!:!:@:837&wjekdkdidjd
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Thanks!
I think I got them all...
Too much?
Pinkie had a few uh... interesting phrases for Dan when the roles where reversed. Though I suppose Dan might have beat her out in terms of scariest one-liner...
A little from column A and a little from column B. The general story and lots of the parts and chapters are planned well in advance, but tend to change a bit as I write them or add material.
The second half of part 10 (after the whole Dan* *Imposter thing) was mostly made up on the spot. I was going to have Pinke changed back much sooner, but had many requests for Chris and Elise to finally see she was a pony. So I rolled with it.
Heh. I actually have plans for her in this story at some point...
Dan's gone totally Hollywood. Going so far as to request fresh Turkey meat on his sandwiches instead of meat picked out of the discount section from grocery stores.
Good question. I had no idea this is where 100 installments would get me. I'm guessing a tad longer since that it took me to get here as my writing on this has slowed slightly with my other writing projects.
I anticipate more business as usual for a little bit. Property damage maybe a few cases of assault here or there.
A wonderful ending to a great arc
Nice!
That depends entirely on your definition of frolicking.
So yeah, they almost had a pony show. In a very bad way. Its best for everyone that that didn't play out.
Also Chris Vs Food Addiction. He needs and intervention. Bad. Wax fruit is one thing, but frankly this is just criminally unhealthy. Funny as it is, he needs to amp down to regular human consumables. And with him being a were-bear, if he gets hungry enough to get cartoony hallucinations, nobody is going to be having a good time.
4061090 This, goddammit.
Ahh.... Yes. The Science shall Indeed be done, thank you. I can't even wait for the next Chapter.
I want some haygyptian cotton toilet paper, sounds so heavenly !
“Chris,” Elise began, “we can stop and grab Mexican on the way home. You don’t need to eat blankets.”
And in the continuing adventures of Chris: he eats a blanket covered in Mexican food.
Elise is all like:
And you reference the axe scene from The Shining. Groovy.
You should have had Dan say "here's Danny!"
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I actually considered doing just that when I wrote it. I opted for the more overt reference if only because he and Pinkie are kinda huge dorks even when they're in a quasi-crazier than usual state.
And that's the end of chapter 101. Chapters, unite up!
As usual, bonus points and free thumbs up for the game I'm referencing!
"...or by one of us having a meltdown."
That sounds a lot like a certain really messed up video on YouTube called Smile HD
Pinkie and Dan where ponies once more
1. Were.
I just had an epiphany.
Why would Pinkie declare vengeance against virginity if she's already been in heat many times before in her adult life in Equestria? I mean, surely she spent some way to keep herself occupied. I can only imagine some of those had to be big otherwise it wouldn't be satisfying. Unless she actually didn't enjoy her time in heat and instead was just trying to uhh, how do I put it... Resist with the will of the gods? I got nothing... but it's good debate material. If you wish to get on topic that is.
I SUMMON THE AUTHOR TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION WHILE I ACQUIRE SOMETHING KNOWN AS SLEEP... I know you're active to read your notifications and I know you see my comments. you can't hide from the fimfic activity bar
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The main issue here is Dan & Pinkie share a bed, which was sort of a none-issue when they weren't a couple or if they where both two physical exhausted because of their crazy work schedule to initiate anything. Now they're a couple who are wildly attracted to each other who have spent all of maybe two days not sharing a bed since they met, so it's sort of an issue that needs to be addressed at some point.
You know, this story has come a LONG way from its roots.
4677752 *sighs awkwardly* Yeah...
4677752 Yeah, but I don't think it's a bad thing. Then again I might just be crazy.
Aslo, Twilight, your a NEEEEERRRRRD!
A cute, adorkable nerd.
4677752 Are you complaining?
The shining and asswhipegasms. I tip my hat to you
Ah another why boner and good tolit paper makes everyone happy
So, if Mr. Mumbles is the official Earth representative for the Princess Summit, does that mean she's now Princess Mr. Mumbles?
Also... how long until Elise ends up a pony... cause that would be way cute.
Ugh! 3 ply, it is nightmare inducing. How the hell did Twilight live of of that!?!?
Time to get spammed.
I use 3 or 1 ply toilet paper, it get's the job done. It's wiping my ass, not cleaning my face
Weeelll... between the fact that Twi almost had the Discord realization much sooner (before Dan derailed her train of thought) and the fact that everyone seems to have forgotten Dan's chloroform the way 'Shy forgets her wings (and the bonus there would have been it preventing assault, yay irony), this plot could have been avoided. ...But why do that? This was really over the top even by this fic's previously set standard. But so much character development from so many of our fine players here managed to happen amidst the crazy. Plus, that cutie mark was hilarious. Worth it. ....Creepy though, this arc. Really squicky on several levels... but worth it, overall.
....I do wonder who else is on Pinkie's revenge list... I joked awhile back about the Telemarketer episode, but in truth I hated it. Identity theft is something I have personal experience with, both to my and my family's detriment. Dan* has not suffered enough, but this was close, and thank you for it. Onward!
You know, for different reasons than the chapter this comment takes place on might suggest, I think it'd be neat to see what Chris and Elise look like as ponies. Granted I assume some one's had that idea before and left it as a comment for you to read. But regardless, I think it'd be interesting. Anyway, this is my third read through of this fic, so if I leave any other comments in the next week or so, that'll be why.
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Honestly, can you blame them? Whereas Fluttershy rarely uses her wings except to hover or get to birds, Dan forgot because his girlfriend is trying to chew her way into his pants, and can you blame him for being way out of it?
Please stop turning Dan into a pony. It's unnerving as all hell.
... wasnt that “Here’s Danny!”????? I swore it was, and if it was please change it back, and if it wasn’t, dude that’s just a missed opportunity!
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Omg thats genius