Nick woke up in his plush bed, stretching and yawning the stiffness in his joints away. It seemed he had slept in one position all night, leaving his body awkward to start up and get going.
Still, he persevered, fighting against the urge to stay under the warm covers and wiggled his way to the edge of the bed. His room was illuminated in the morning light, its immaculate walls, decor, and carpeting reminding him he lived like a king thanks to his friendship with two wonderful pony princesses. Then the sun shone right in his eyes, and he quickly finished rolling out of bed.
Only one problem, though. As soon as he hit the floor, he fell forward flat on his face, tasting the carpet.
“Ow! Okay, legs, very funny. Now can we please start the day?” Nick forced himself to all fours and groaned. “Stupid gravity. Alright, take two…” he grasped at the side of the bed, only for his grip to fail and his limb to slide off the bed. Groaning, he tried again, flinging his front legs onto the bed to steady himself on the bed.
He let go, steadying himself on two legs, only to fall backwards and land next to a light brown earth pony who happened to be laying on the floor. Then he realized it was his standing mirror.
“Oh, somepony is gonna pay for this, big time.”
“Dost thou truly think thou can do that whilst an earth pony, Nicholas? Or should we call thee Nickel Ingot for now?” Luna poked her head in the door and chuckled at the new pony. To Nick, she looked far taller than normal. “It will wear off in a little while, but for now thou look like such a cute stallion! Now catch us if thou can, we have the antidote to turn back early!” She waggled a vial of orange liquid in front of her using her magic, then trotted off slowly. “We won't even gallop!”
“Get back here, Luna! I'm gonna-oof!” Nick scrambled to his hooves, but fell flat on his face again as he was unaccustomed to having a quadrupedal stance, no hands, and hooves in place of said hands. So, he did the next best thing. He stuck his rump in the air, pedaled his back legs, and scooted out the door and down the hall after Luna.
“Aw, aren't you just adorable like that, Nick.” Hearing the voice of princess Celestia, Nick turned and scowled. Granted, the effect was lost as he glared up at the solar alicorn from the floor, but it was still there. “Luna! Honestly, this is NOT what I had in mind when we discussed this.”
Luna poked her head out from the end of the hall. “And what did thou intend, sister? Thou suggested we turn him into a pony for a little while, how else were we supposed to do that? No known transformation spells work on humans.”
As the sisters argued, their conversation seemed to get more and more distant. Then the walls started fading, then the floor…
Nick awoke with a start. He looked left and right, only to find Celestia and Luna at his bedside.
“Wha- you!” He pointed accusingly at Luna. “You messed with my dreams!”
“Calm down, Nick,” Celestia calmly explained. “This was not what I had intended, but Luna went ahead with it before I could clarify. Here, take this potion. It should calm your nerves, among other things.”
Nick took the cup and downed it in one swig. “Thanks, Celly. I prefer just showing you two human stuff in my dreams. Next time your sister suggests pranking in dreamland, tell her I vote neigh! Wait, WHAT?” He covered his mouth, noting it sounded a little higher pitched. “Oh, oh no…” Nick felt the fingers on his hands slowly fusing together as Luna stared in shock.
Celestia chortled. “Oh, yes, Nick. I do believe you'll look quite nice as one of my subjects for a day, especially since that potion actually gives you the muscle memory you need to act the part. I should really ask my royal alchemist for help more often. Luna, I believe you'll meet him when we go to the Rainbow Falls trade exchange this spring.”
“I'm gonna get you two for this.”
That earned Nick a laugh from Luna. “Not today, Nicholas! T'would be treason to attack us unless thou were the human Nicholas! Thou art a pony! Oh, this will be splendid. Prepare for revenge for all the times thou pet us without permission, colt!”
“Uh-oh.”
Time for pranking earth pony style
No! It’s time for a Nick the Pony Adventures
Yesssssss.
Also: Yay Arca!
I feel like some poor pony mare might develop a like for him. But then the pony will disappear....Shame.
And yeah, that was a suggestion.
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Duly noted. But I'm not good at writing romance...
Now we just wait for the prank were one of them swaps genders...
Clearly, the vengeance will be convincing Celly that he's put a potion that'l turn her human in her cakes
Turn about is fair play. Can't wait till something screws up and the sisters are human for a day. We can see anon's reaction to the first HUMAN FEMALE he has seen in months/years.
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Are you forgetting something?
Like, maybe that this story is RATED E FOR EVERYPONE
and his name is Nick, not anon
Did Luna and Celestia just technically extinct the critically endangered human species? Is that a crime to exinct a species?
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I vote for it being Juniper.
Yes, take your vengeance Luna! Strike him down with all of your hatred and your journey to the Dark Side will be- Oops, wrong story. XD Nick had this coming for a while I think. Now, if only Celeastia didn't hold such reservations I'm sure there would be more fun times!
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You mean falling flat on his face time? :D
Is petting really that bad? As long as he's gentle with snuggles, it shouldn't be that big of a problem.
I hope Luna brings Nick along with her to the Trader's Exchange. For I do believe that Nick will see Emerald Essence as a Prank Magnet. Add Arca's potions into the mix, and...
Dear Mayor Silver: During the next Trader's Exchange, be sure to give the Arca List to every creature that arrives. And have the repair crews standing by.
Of course you know, this means Celly and/or Luna need to be turned human in retribution.
"Laugh naught, Nicholas! 'Tis ridiculous to rely on bipedal locomotion when mine mammeries are in such an inconvenient location!"
"Oh relax, sister, this isn't so bad."
"Not for thee, Celestia, for the result of thine love of cake hath granted ye a posterior capable of balancing these ridiculous teats!"
"...Did you just call me fat?"
Nick: "You're not fat, Celly, you just got back!"
"But I never left."
Pony guard: "I have the weirdest... feeling right now."
Nick: *pats guard* "Welcome to my world."
Regardless, stallion!Nick is going to be an amusing ride.
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WHAT PART OF RATED E FOR EVERYONE DON'T YOU PEOPLE GET
This was designed SOLELY so that 'Nickel Ingot' can go chill in Rainbow Falls without breaking Potion shop's not having a human tag
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...Yes. I read that, which is why I wrote that little bit, because I know you won't do anything like that.
Quite sorry for engaging in a bit of fun. Won't happen again.
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Oh. Fudge. You know, I hate when I can't tell sarcasm from sincerity.
I uh... geez, sorry isn't gonna cut it. I guess i took my over the top reactions too far. The worst part is I genuinely enjoyed that little bit you wrote.
Nick should know better than to drink any potion offered by Celestia.
Bugs Bunny was rated for everyone. Still innuendos and double double entendres abound. If you get them you're an adult and already have a 'dirty mind,' if you don't they go Whoosh over the heads of the innocent. Not to mention the cross dressing and *gasp* cartoon violence. How many times was Daffy shot in face with a shotgun in Rabbit Seasoning? 6 Cross dressing? Yep. And Elmer Fudd is smitten. Isn't she wovely? Of course that was back in the day. I realize things have tamed down considerably. What I'm saying is it's cool if you don't want to do it, but don't think the "E" rating can't be kept if you want to throw some stuff in. I don't care one way or the other. This fic funny either way.
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Well, you don't have to be...
It could be someone like Jezebel....
Or just a random pony personality
(backs away slowly) should I set a danger zone for here now??
Then Nick went back to bed and waited.
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Yes and him using the earth against them
9435383 And now I shall troll you relentlessly, as I have observed your weakness! (Alondro senses a wounded writer! There is no escape!)
This would be a valuable lesson for nick
Always carry an emergency potion and have a bedtanktm to go with the bathmobile
Also hasn't sunset proven that you can be bipedal in pony form when she met glimmer
This is EXACTLY the kind of thing I would do! <3
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What kind of amusing ride??
Hey, question for ya, author... what happens when Discord (unwittingly) comes into contact with Poison Joke?
It's getting annoying, how Tom and Jerry this is getting. It feels like whenever Nick tries something bigger, it fails. Even most of his smaller pranks seem to fail or get turned on him more often than not. The sisters team up more than with Nick on most occasions, and even when they team up with Nick, he's usually the butt of the joke. Now I'm not going "hurp de der, human should win more than pony princess cause humans are better", it's just annoying how when he goes through the trouble of teaming up with a pony, it usually ends badly for him, but the ponies never turn on each other. At least with Tom and Jerry, Tom was an asshole and deserved most of the treatment. Nick is a troll, but that's the goal of everybody in the fic.
Nick seems to only get away with petty pranks now, but the sisters get away with, frankly, traumatizing jokes and pranks all the time. When nick tries to do something similar, big example would be the paint bomb, he fails massively then get's further dicked on by the sisters with three pranks back to back right after. Then all he gets in revenge is a dip in the moat, where he still get's sent in anyways?
I know I'm behind, but hopefully this gets better soon cause it's not really fun to read because it's gone from "prank war" to "traumatize the human when he puts a fake fly in your soup"
The cake ones are probably the best, since he either fails, or succeeds. Both usually end up with him in the moat but the ways he goes about it are still funny. Both the prank and the result are petty, which keeps it fair and funny. Equal response.
Seriously though, let him have an extravagant joke for once, it's getting sad watching him fail because everybody is against him but peaceful with each other.
Isn't petting very relaxing? Earth Pony...
Full equipment? Time to woo the princess