Chapter 1: The Transformation
Dove's Point of View (POV)
"C'mon Dove! We can do this!" Red Pond sighed,"I know the elders told us not too, but tonight is perfect!" I sighed, gazing out to the quiet lake which layout side our small clan's village, outside the magical barriers. Pegasuses Way, is the name of our tow. We are far from any cities, the closest being Ponyville, for we are at the other end of the Everfree Forest, this is for a reason. We don't want anypony to find us. us... I'm starting to think like them. Unlike the rest of the ponies here, I wasn't born here. I found this place. It was thought to be impossible, for this place is guarded by ancient magic. Everypony stopped questioning why this happened, when I displayed I possessed the magic they were all born with, than any other pony in Equestria didn't have.
"Why are we here?" I asked, confused at her urge to come here.
Red Pond laughed,"I didn't want to miss this opportunity." The sun descended in the sky, casting a shadow across Equestria. Once the shadow reached the lake, it started shimmering. When the silent shadows came across us, a chill came upon me, and I felt a tingling sensation. Red Pond was shimmering like a thousand gemstones in the sun.
"Red! Your shimmering!" I gasped, fearing that the same thing was happening to me. Red just smiled and closed her eyes. She reached one hoof into the lake waters and sighed happily. I resisted the strong urge to follow her into the water. Her eyes started glowing bright blue, and her wings slowly melted into her back, the extra body material going to her back forming a long, shimmering red tail, transforming her into a beautiful sea pony! Her long red sea pony tail shimmered, the texture looking much like dragon scales. Her long, light blue mane looked like perfect silk, and her eyes went from sunshine yellow to baby blue.
"Dove," Red sighed,"I know that your scared we will get in trouble, but you wont believe how this magical water feels on your gills! It's amazing, beyond anything you'll ever experience in your life."
When Red said this it reminded me of the words of wisdom said to me 2 years ago..."You can't just cling to the past! You must advance forward in life! You must experience life remembering what has happened to you and making sure your trying to achieve the reconstruction of the past, not destroying your future crying over the past. I straightened up, remembering the words of wisdom of my thought to be dumb friend, ThunderThrash. Of course, like most good things in life, he was lost... I sighed, keeping his words in mind as I dove into the water.
I felt my wings contract back into my back, as my bones mold, changing shapes to support my new form. My pony exterior melts away,revealing my new form. I instinctively plunge my body into the water as I shape shift. The cool water somehow soothes the transformation, making it feel relaxing, the magic water feels better than usual, I could stay in the water for the rest of my life! No wonder Red wanted to come out today.
I stared at my reflection in the water. My long dark brown and red hair wasn't wet at all, even though I was just in the water. My eyes remained the same sea blue color. My snow white coat remained the same, and let to a silver, long tail that shimmered in the full moons light. My short pony tail was gone. My pegasi wings were gone,as well as my back legs, of course, they help form the tail.
"Red... Do your parents know we're here? I don't want you in trouble." I stuttered
"C'mon Dove! I know you want to be here as much as I, now that you've felt the water." Red stated slowly.
I shut up after that. I had to admit, I liked being alone here, with just me and Red, no other pony to question me, how I don't belong, and watching me as I change. Always judging me...
My tail stretches longer, and I sigh happily when it reaches their full peak, and I get the temporary feeling of belonging, and like this was my true form... But that is a lie... Something I cannot let anyone know. But for now, I enjoy my temporary freedom.
I whisper a thank you to Thunder, and dive into the water, and without looking up, I know that Red is grinning ear to ear. My new gills turned the water into perfect air. Breathing was easier underwater, and it was even better than before because of the magic water enhanced by the magic of the night. I didn't only need the air to survive, my skin was absorbing it, making my new skin feel better than ever before, ten times better than any massage!
Under the water, my sleek silver skin seems to be glowing, I wish my old friend Silver could see me now... But like all my friends, they were lost. Lost that dreaded sad day. The day I lost all. But now is not the time to mourn, just as Thunder once said. I must savor this moment. I turn to Red, who locks her eyes into mine, and I was trying to get used to her new eye color, and...her new form... My only friend in this new place.
Our village completely forbids us to go swim outside our village barriers, especially at night That's when somepony might find us, revealing our most closely guarded secret of us Sea Ponies... That we are able to transform into pegusi. Yes. We are all pegusi. All but me were born this way.
Watching Red dive through the depths of the lake, laughing a most joyous laugh, made me smile. My loved ones laughing always made me happy. A rising feeling came through me, making it sound like there was wind in my ears, much like the sensation one gets from yawning.
Red jumped out of the water, did a flip and dove back in, her timing was flawless.
"Show off!" I laughed in Bubble Speech, the language of the Sea Ponies. It was a language used to communicate underwater. We can still speak normally above water, even as Sea Ponies.
"Lets see your water move!" Red called. I shook my head shyly, diving farther down into the depths of the water. I was no show off. I don't like showing my abilities unless completely necessary. As Red urged me to use my water move that every Sea Pony has, I sense something above water. I feel the vibration, a disturbance. Red must feel it too, because she stopped calling out to me. I just freeze. Please don't be an elder. That would be very bad.
I swam to the surface, using very delicate strokes. But what I saw, was so much worse.