> Grip of Nature
>  by hielispace
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> Grip of Nature Part 1 (Rewrite)
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        Twilight awoke slowly. This is in no way abnormal to her after the hours of studying she did last night, but there was something very new to Twilight this morning. She wasn’t in her bed, instead, she was on a small pile of hay in a random forest she didn’t recognize. 
        Once she was fully awake, she began to panic as she had no idea where she was, how long she had been asleep, how she got here, or really anything about the situation. It took her roughly 30 minutes to start thinking again.
        “Okay first things first, where am I?” Twilight asked herself, having calmed herself down. To her surprise, she got an answer. 
“You are very deep in the Everfree Forest. I don’t think you ponies mapped this far yet, but who knows?” A very polite, feminine voice said at a speed that betrayed its pleasant tone. Right when Twilight was about to panic again, a Draconequus
 popped in front of her. 
        She was similar to Discord in appearance, the same crazy eyes and mismatched body. If Twilight looked hard enough then she might be able to notice a few key differences, but they were minor for the most part.
        “Another Draconequus? How!? Why!? Whmmm,” Twilight was cut off by magic sealing her mouth in the form of a pillow.
        “If you let me introduce myself first before you start panicking, then maybe you’ll get your answer. I’m Genesis, and I have task for you to complete. If you fail, then I will finish where Discord left off.” Halfway through her introduction, she noticed that Twilight was still not calming down. With a snap of her claws, she forced the alicorn to calm down with a store-grade stress relief pill that Twilight probably invented to keep herself from going mad. “You see those gems,” Genesis pointed to a stone wall right next to the pair. On it, there were five gems in a circle, each a different color. One blue, one grey, one red, one white, and one green “Each time one of my tests has been completed, one of them will light up. If they are all lit up, then I’ll leave and teleport you back home. Are we clear?” Genesis asked, finally dropping the polite tone and going for an annoyed one.
        “Crystal, but why do this in the first place?” Twilight asked. 
        “I’ll tell you after you beat your first challenge.” Genesis promised. With another snap, they stood at the edge of a huge lake. “Make it to the other side.” Genesis said in a slightly more pleasant tone and teleported off, but not before shoving Twilight in the water and making the shore line disappear. “Oh, and no magic or wings.” As she said this from who knows where. Her wings were bounded with a magic chain and her horn was sealed up by crystals not unlike the ones Sombra used against Twilight’s brother.
        “Gah!” Twilight said as she splashed into the cold water. She got to swimming quickly, going at a pace she hoped would take her to the other side without sapping her energy or giving her hypothermia. 
        She paused when she saw an underwater cave. Twilight was going to pay it no mind, but her curiosity got the better of her, as it so often does. She swam down and entered a small opening. She shivered as she got out of the water, the coldness of the water having got to her. The cave was clearly artifical, the perfectly round shape of it and pedestal made of limestone in the middle of it.
Twilight walked over to the pedestal, seeing a spell book on it. She instantly got to reading, the desire to read entering her mind. She was barely three paragraphs in before she dropped the book in confusion. ‘Why would someone make this?’ Twilight asked herself. She read the rest, seeing it was simple, even though it took a lot of mana to pull off. The spells in the book were only for emergencies, but it would give the caster an attribute of an animal and integrate it into their body. By itself that wasn’t so bad, but there was no “reverse” switch, so it was permanent. ‘Okay Twilight, think. If I fail this test, then everything's over. So I should cast it, even if I don’t want to?’ Twilight concluded. ‘How am I going to get these crystals off?’ She was quite intent on answering that question. First, she tried just casting a spell. The magic seemed to have no problem getting to her horn, but it just couldn’t leave it. 
‘But if I cast something that uses outside energy, like say, a magnet spell that repels crystalline structures, then I should be able to break it.’ Twilight thought. She channelled magical energy to her horn as to cast the spell, but this time, Twilight was simply casting a low level magnetic repulsion spell. It was a slow process, but the crystals on her horn eventually flew off. After testing some basic spells, just to make sure her horn still worked, she then took a deep breath and casted the transformation spell. 
Nothing happened immediately, as was expected, but Twilight was more or less sure that the spell had worked. With another deep breath, she jumped back into the water.
She shivered as she kept swimming, occasionally going up for breath. She noticed how the ceiling seemed to be close to her head. So, she started to swim faster, hoping the stress pill was still active, a move that Twilight would later regret. Eventually, she noticed that she was unable to swim for more than a meter without stopping. Now with only enough room to put her nose above the water, she was running out of options. Panic overtook her quickly as she tried to hold  her breath and keep moving forward. She tried teleporting, unwrapping her wings and anything else she could think off before giving in to rising panic. The ceiling finally touched the water and Twilight’s breath was running out. From what she could tell, the water was becoming a lot more red. Twilight felt water burst into her lungs with speeds that should have ripped her apart as she saw nothing but black.
Until a burning sensation rippled through her, jarring her into a state of confusion as to what caused it. Before her mind could figure it out, her chest cried out in pain. Twilight yelled, letting even more water into her lungs, increasing her pain further. The pain led way to fire as her neck felt as if it was melting along with her lungs,causing Twilight to become completely blind to anything around her.



        Twilight didn’t know how long she was out for. What she did know was that she should be dead. Shaking the dizziness from her head, she got back up on to her hooves and took a deep breath. Only to then realize she was underwater.
        “How the…!” Twilight asked before cutting herself off. ‘The spell, of course.’ Twilight thought. ‘What else could it be? It fits every piece of evidence.’ After realising this, she kept swimming a lot more carefree this time, after all, there was no way she could drown. 
        A few minutes later, she resurfaced on a shoreline that, unlike the rest of the lake, actually had a view of the sky. Before Twilight could even take a sigh of relief, she heard Genesis’ voice calling to her. “Twilight.”
        “Look at that, you're not dead. I would’ve thought that the ceiling closing in would have done it for sure.”
        “You were trying to kill me!?” Twilight shouted directly in Genesis’ face.
        “No, you were just being slow,” Genesis replied. “Now for your reward for completing the challenge. My reasoning for this is quite simple. Boredom,” She stated flatly. “Now before you can ask me any more questions, off to the next challenge.” And with that, Twilight is whisked away.
        Once they arrived at their destination, Twilight was able to take in the scenery, of which there wasn’t much of. It was just a series of stone walls and ceiling. “Oh great, I guess I have to find the exit,” Twilight said with a loud groan. 
        “You guessed it,” Genesis replied, teleporting away.
        “Well, here I go,” Twilight said, starting to walk down the bland hallway.
        Twilight’s thoughts started to drift from her as she just kept moving from hallway to hallway. She learned quickly that she couldn’t make any marks on the walls and she couldn’t teleport as she didn’t know where it might end her up, the only option was to just keep walking. 
She started to wonder if time was still flowing at a normal pace when she stepped on a pressure pad. Without any further warning, a wall came slamming in behind her, sealing her path back the way she came. Then, a series of blades came swinging down from the ceiling, causing Twilight to back into the wall with fright. ‘What do I do what do I do what do I?’ Repeated in her mind several times before she was calm enough to think again.
“First things first, look for a way out,”  Twilight said to herself as she started to look around. Everything seemed normal, except for the swinging blades that is, but then she noticed a small little opening right past the 2nd blade. ‘I don’t know if I can make it there,’ Twilight thought as she started to plot her course with one of her favorite tools. Math! ‘Let’s see, each blade moves at about 40 meters per second at their course can be described as X…’ Her mind continued focusing on that for another few minutes before she finally got it. ‘Got it, I have to jump when Blade A is at it’s start and when Blade B is halfway through!’ She thought as she prepared to make probably the fastest jump in her life.
Everything was going smoothly until the second blade made a huge gash across her ribcage. Twilight screamed in pain as she completed the jump and made it to the safe spot. She fell to her knees as her blood came rushing out. Her wing was cut badly too, now it almost in half.  ‘I’m...Losing… too much blood.’ She thought desperately as she lay there, dying.
Until once again, the spell kicked in. Unfortunately for Twilight, that meant even more pain than what she’s feeling right now. The spell first affected her wings, specifically the one that was hurt. She felt as if someone had just injected fire into her bones, burning her up from the inside. Every single feather could be felt shriveling up and dying as the wings disappeared from her body. 
Next was her body, which didn’t so much as burn. Twilight, if she were still awake, probably would have compared it to Tartarus. Her body got longer and slender. Muscles that would make Applejack jealous formed throughout her entire being. She was shocked back to the waking world as a ripple of pain blasted through her jaw. Growing in size and in deadliness, as now there were sharp teeth fit for ripping through just about anything. 
Her legs elongated, bent, and snapped at new angles. Her hooves shrank, revealing paws in the most painful fashion possible. Claws then added salt to the wound by jabbing out, causing her to once again to pass out. Her nose and eyes were some of the last things to change. Her eyes shrinking to pin pricks at the edges of her now cat-like pupil. Her nose became bigger, giving her enough oxygen for the very final change, which were her mane and tail. Her mane seemed to disappear, thankfully not in a painful fashion, and her tail became a tiger’s as pink stripes cascaded throughout her changing fur. 
After recovering from the ordeal, she immediately noticed her new paws, which happened when she promptly fell down onto her face, giving her a bloody nose. The spell, unlike last time, instantly sprang to life, but instead of altering her body, it altered her mind. A stream of memories that weren’t hers came streaming into her head. Of someone, something, hunting, walking, breathing, killing, and every little thing that an animal would do in its natural life. All of this flowed into Twilight much like a refreshing taste of water. This was not painful, but it definitely changed her. The intelligent mind that she had once had was still there, it was just now protected by her new predatory instincts.
Once Twilight got back onto her feet, she first tried to figure out how in the world a spell could be that smart without using up enough magical energy to light the sea on fire. ‘Why was the spell acting like that?’ Twilight thought to herself. ‘That was a full biological change. Why didn’t it just heal my wounds? Oh, I got it. It was because I was so close to death. Before, sure I was drowning, but there is only one thing that you need to fix that. How do you fix a bad body? Get a new one.’ Twilight got while checking out her new body out in the magical made reflective rock. ‘Good to know my magic is as good as ever.’ Twilight thought with a grin. ‘Now then, back to the challenge.’ Twilight thought as she got ready to jump back in.
Her first move was to jump over the nearest blade and then roll under the 2nd one. She then got herself placed in between two and noticed another small hole in the side of the wall. She then leaped over the next three blades and landed safely in the indent. 'Too easy.’ Twilight grinned, starting to feel quite confident of herself. She looked around to see if there was anything in here she could use. ‘Ah, a spell!’ Twilight said as she looked at runes carved on the wall. ‘It seems to amplify spells based around transfiguration.’ Twilight mused. ‘Do I have enough magical energy left? I could barely cast a reflection spell.’ Twilight decided to just go for it. Her horn, which was probably one of the only parts of her that wasn’t changed at all, lit up as her familiar aura covered her body. Once she had spent about 5 seconds like that, that arua covering her turned green, indicating that the spell was complete. ‘That wasn’t so hard.’ Twilight thought to herself as she took a stretch and leapt straight for the exit,dodging several blades with ease. 
After that, there was a fork in the road. Twilight, just making a random guess, took a left. After some more walking, and a lot more random turns, Twilight came across a narrow pathway that seemed to lead out of the maze. ‘No way is that easy.’ Twilight sighed as she saw the obvious pressure plate in front of her. She leaped over it and trotted to the exit.
Once she stepped over the checkered line that had the word “Finish” hovering above it, the entire room faded away like paint in rain, the forest reforming around her. 
“So how did it go oohhhhhh,” Genesis said as she saw Twilight teleport right in front of her. “Looks like someone found my nature spell, so that’s why you didn’t die!”
“Yes, I did, to be honest, it was the only thing that gave me a fighting chance,” Twilight admitted.
“Why do you think I put it in there?” Genesis asks. “Anyway, for finding it, and the amplifier, I will give you two questions that I will answer.”
“Okay, are you and Discord related in any way other than species?” Twilight asks.
“Yes, we are brother and sister,” Genesis answers.
“Why am I doing these challenges?” 
“Because you are the element of magic, and I couldn’t think of someone with more qualification for representing ponykind. Well, maybe the other princesses, but I know too much about them for this to be fun,” Genesis said, slightly rambling. “Now then, on to the next challenge.”
> Pets
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        Huntress smiled with delight as she built her palace out of the nearby materials. A spire of rock a plants swarmed to make a building big enough so that canterlot paled in comparison. She roared so loud that all of the animals started to move towards their new goddess. Even those that already had owners. Including a rabbit named Angle. As all of the animals snuck off into the night. Huntress already started to think of a plan. After all, what is the point of pets if they aren’t entertaining, Huntress thought as Angle, Opal, and Whenona came up to her.
”Yes, little ones?” Huntress said to them in a motherly tone. They all looked at her and she replied, ”You want your masters converted? Very well, go to them and make sure they touch this,” She gave them each a different colored stone and continued saying, “Now go quickly, before they know you left,” After she finished talking to them she giggled. This is going to be fun!


	
Fluttershy woke up just a little after dawn. She stretched her wings and realized that the were a little larger than she remembered. Oh well, it’s probably nothing She thought as she trotted down stairs. She cooked her self some breakfast and decided to spend the day reading. She picked a book off the self titled History of Cats. Maybe all get a cat someday, Fluttershy thought as she read on. Wasting the entire day to the book. Angle tugged at her tail when it was time for dinner.
“Oh my, I must have been reading all day. I’ll go make you some dinner, okay?” The bunny nodded. “Good, I’ll be right back.” After she left Angle snuck up to her room to make sure the gem was still. It was, but it’s color was dimmed slightly. Angle could only hope that meant it was working.
After a restful slumber. Fluttershy woke up only to notice her coat had seemed to be a light orange instead of it’s normal yellow. It didn’t bother her. In fact, she liked the new look. She decided that she should check out a book at the library so she made her way over there. When she finally made it to the library. She was greeted by Spike.
“Hey Flutters, Twilight is out of town, so is there anything you need?” Spike asked as he invited Fluttershy in.
“Yep, do you have any books on cats?” Fluttershy said back.
“Yea, here you go,” he said as he handed the book to the pegasus.
“Thank you, have a nice day,” Fluttershy as she left the library. On her way back she noticed a small indent in the road. Instead of flying over like she would normally she instead jumped in, clearing it without even trying.
The next morning she yawned as she realized that her mouth changed to fit in new, more deadly teeth. As she looked in the mirror she took note of the black dots on fur and her new paws. She really should have been panicking, but instead she was extremely calm. In fact, she felt better than she had in years.  With this new body I can do anything, after Fluttershy thought this she shook her head. No I can’t think like that. Why not? Fluttershy shivered as her tail transformed. Because...Because...It will hurt my friends. She thought desperately in an attempt to ward of the thoughts that were attacking her. Oh come on! That doesn't matter, all that matters is you, Her wings fell off. Predator. With that the deal was sealed. Claws formed on her paws. Her face became feline as Fluttershy was drowned out by the Jaguar she has become.
	
> Controlling Instincks
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	When Predator walked through the door, her goddess was there to greet her.  
”Welcome, my pet,” Huntress said she petted her  new pet. She purred under her goddess’ affection.
        ”Thank you Huntress,” the jaguar purred out, barely able to speak under her master’s touch. They stayed like that for a while. With every stroke, The better they both felt. Until they were both in pure bliss. Predator's body widened as one of Huntress claw’s became yellow. She lifted her paw from Predator’s back, much to her dismay. 
        ”I’m sorry, pet, but I have to help some others as well. Okay?” Predator purred in agreement and Huntress smiled.



        Applejack was up at the crack at dawn to do her chores. She sighed when she realized that it was her week off.
        “I guess old habits die hard,” she muttered to herself as she put on her hat and went into town. Barely taking note of her forked tongue.
        As she walked down the street she let her thoughts wander. They went all over the place, from her farm to her friends. After a while of just trotting around aimlessly she decided to visit Pinkie Pie and she how she was doing. 
“Hey Pinkie, need any help with anythin’” the farm pony said to her friend.
“Nope, but thanks for stopping by,” Pinkie Pie said as she closed the door quickly. She must be plannin’ a surprise party. AJ thought as she made her way home.
Unbeknownst to her, There was a gem in her hat that started to lose it’s shine.
The next day started much the same, except later in the day due to Applejack actually sleeping in for the first time she could remember. After she woke up she decided to spend her time improving her house, despite that it was one of her very rare days off. As she moved about the house she noted that she felt lower to the ground and a little more muscular. She didn’t really give it a second thought though. When she saw a mouse hole in the wall in her room she decided to take a peek. When she saw the mouse inside it made her mouth water. She shook her head. I must be gettin’ hungry. she thought as she grabbed some food from cabinet.
When she woke up in middle of the day went to go tie her hair so it didn't get caught. When she realized she was covered in brown scales. What the heck happened! Applejack thought in a panic. No, I need to sstay calm. After all, this is better, as she thought this her legs disappeared under her growing body. No, thisss can’t be right. Oh, but it isss, She thought as head fused with her body and started to slither towards to mouse hole. What issss happening! I’m becoming better, her mane and tail fell off as she looked into the mouse hole with reptilian eyes. I’m sssso she wanted to think evil, but the only thing that came is:
”Hungry!” she said as she ate the mice one by one. Her body became thinner. Her eyes became slits. Her nose shark into her face as she ate a mice whole. The pony was drowned out by the giant snake that replaced her. Fangs grew in her mouth and a rattle on the tip of her tail as Hunger replaced Applejack permanently. 
	
	


> Trial by Sleep
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        As hunger slithered in to her goddess' throne room, she said, 
        ”It isss an honor, master Huntress,” Huntress got up from her throne to greet her newest pet with Predator in toe.
        ”So, how do you think I should help your old family,” Huntress said as she stroke Hunger’s scales, making her hiss in approvement.
        ”I don’t know, maybe by force," she suggested under as her body warmed up from the heat of her master’s claws.
”I think I can handle that,” Predator purred out in a crazed tone. Huntress gestured with her claw for her to do that as she continued to pet her new slave. Hunger's ears shark away into nothingness as Huntress watched her tail become the size of her body. She smiled as she whispered:
”Just perfect,”



Rarity woke up to a bell at the door.
“Yes yes I’m coming she yawned out as she moved towards the door. She felt a little big for some reason. “What can I help you with?” She was confused by the fact that there was no one at the door. “Huh, oh well,” she mumbled as she went back to bed.
She thought that she woke up in the strangest place. She was in some kind of artic. She shivered as she made her way to, well, anyway warmer. As the snow hit her coat they seemed to thinkin it as another yawn escaped from her mouth as she layed down on the icy ground. Thinking her fur even more. As she dozed off. She could faintly make out that she had paws.
Rarity’s eyes shot open in her bed. She yawned again as she got up from her bed and started to work on a dress with her magic. It wasn’t much longer until the trappings of sleep caught her once more.
She awoke once more in the arctic. She started to move once more as the snow made her shout turn black and her body much stronger than before. She finally reached the end of the arctic but decided that she would rather stay in the arctic. Rarity felt a wave of heat and pleasure hit her as her tail became made of muscle and shrank. With a satisfied yawn.
Rarity awoke once more and went to check herself in the mirror. She gasped as she didn’t see herself. But instead a bear with her eyes and mane. Look at me I’m...I’m beautiful. Rarities fur changed color to a dark brown. No I’m not  I’m Perfect. Claws grew and ripped a rare fabric. Rarity Ran out of her house and into the Everfree. 
I need to Kill Sharp teeth grew in her mouth along with her instincts. NoI need to stay as a beast Her prized mane fell off as she leaped at the nearest dear. Eating it sloppily. The bear Devour was born into the world.
She stayed there for a while. Hunting and Eating almost everything until she heard a heavenly force call out to her.
”Welcome to your new life, pet. Now come, I need you to meet the others,” Huntress said as she looked at her servant.
	

> Natural Choas
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        As Huntress was walking her new pet back to her castle. She said:
        Yes, Discord?” After she finished speaking one of the trees morphed into the spirit of chaos himself.
        “Where is Fluttershy,” he said in a oddly serious tone.
        Well for one her name is Predator now. She’s in my castle, why?” Huntress said with malice. Then discord cracked a smile.
        “Good, it will make her more interesting,” Huntress laughed.
        :So that's why you worked with Genesis," Huntress said they two started to chat endlessly.
        “And that's how I got here,” Huntress said, finishing her story.
“That's definitely her style, anyhow were here,” Discord said pointing to her palace.
”Devour, go inside, I need to talk just a little bit more,”


        Rainbow was doing laps since the brink of dawn. She cracked her neck.
“Nothing like a early morning exercise. Now time to relax,” she said flapping her wings which seemed to have grayed out a little for some reason. Rainbow tried to get some sleep on her favorite cloud but it just wasn't coming to her. So, instead she did some laps on the ground around ponyville. 
The more more she ran, the more her hooves felt weird. It got to the point where she had to stop and check them out. Her eyes went wide as she looked at a grey paw that used to be her hoof. At first she was just confused, but then she was ecstatic when she realized that they made her run alot faster. With these, I will be the fastest runner in all of Equestria! She thought as she did another lap in record time. She shivered as her legs became more slender, making her run even faster. Rainbow Dash flew up to her house, still a little jittery from the events of the previous day. However, that did not ward off sleep for long as she drifted off into sleep.
As Rainbow got up she noted how her paws and new legs were still there. So it wasn't just a dream. She thought as she was about to go to her morning fly. She didn't feel like flying for some reason so she went on a couple laps on the edge of the Everfree forest. As she started to run. Her fur got all tangled and unruly almost the opposite of matted down. She stopped dead in her tracks as she realized there was a pair of glowing green eyes looking at her.
Slowly a timberwolf climbed out from under the canopy of the Everfree. It slowly moved towards Rainbow. Instinctively, she barked at it until it went away. Growing sharp teeth in the process. Well that was weird. Rainbow thought as she shrugged and kept going about her day.
Later that day, she notched that her coat was losing some of it’s color. Not only that, but that her tail seemed to have become nothing more than a small extension of her normal body instead of the rainbow of fur it used to be. Huh, well that does help with balance so it is a good thing. Rainbow thought conclusively. Not even asking how this started or how it was happening.
The next day, she got up from her bed and stretched. Instead of flying away from her house like any normal pegasus. Instead she leaped the entire gap between her house and the ground. After she landed, she started to do her now average laps by the forest. She found that there was a trail of twigs she was leaving behind. 
She felt her mane and brushed some more off of there as well. I don’t remember, running into any threes. She said as she scratched more and more twigs and some rocks out of her mane. She stopped as she saw some of her rainbow fur fall out. She stared at the hair as she ran over to a nearby lake.
Rainbow looked at her reflection with wide eyes. Her once bright coat was dimmed to a slightly blue grey in color. Her rainbow mane was shortened so much that is was barely noticeable. Her precious wings started to shrink as Rainbow started smiling gleefully. this is amazing! She thought as her snout lengthened. But how? Because now you're better, She was suddenly very hot under her grey coat and started to pant. Of Course, She thought as sharp claws digged their way into her paws. Her body grew in size and became more aggressive as she started to growl at thin air as her ears locked in place. I need a pack, her warped mind thought as her disgusting wings fell of her body. Her eyes became yellow and changed shape as her face became wolfish with a deep howl. 
”I am pack,” she howled as the last of her mane fell off. Completing the transformation.



”Thanks for the mind control magic, it made this process much easier,” Huntress said to discord as their joint spell stopped. "I especially liked the part where you made her scratch out her own mane."
“Your welcome,” Discord responded to his new partner. “I think I am going to talk with the locals, call me when you are ready to being another one,” Discord said as she vanished in a puff of smoke.
        
> Set in the wild
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	Pack walked into her goddess’ throne room wide eyed.
“I guess somepony, or in this case somewolf, likes this place,” Discord teased.
”For a spirit of disharmony, you can say the most obvious things,” Huntress said as she started to pet her new slave. Making her bark with delight.
“Ya know, I think this is enough,” Discord said as he petted Predator with 50 different hands and once.
”What do you mean, enough?” Huntress asked as she continued to skrote Pack’s fur.
“Enough kinds of animals, at least for ponyville,” Discord responded.
”Yea, I guess it makes sense to keep these things region locked,”  Huntress agreed.
“Kay then, now that that’s settled, can we turn Pinkie into another cat, please?” Discord asked in a child’s voice.
”Sure, why not give you what you want? I least a little,” Huntress said as she casted the conversion spell.



        Pinkie Pie woke up to a soft rumbling in her stomach. In what seemed to be an impossible amount of time She was already down stairs looking in the patrie. She grabbed some cookies and began to eat them. Until she went to go barf in the toilet. Pinkie, realizing that she didn’t feel well enough to work, left a note for Mr. and Mrs. Cake in the mail. She made sure to include a couple more days, just in case.
        As Pinkie laid in her bed. She felt a sharp pain on right under her fur. It grew in intensity until she could barely hold in her tears from the intense pain. Her mane slowly moved down her back. The lower her mane, the less pain she was in. Where ever her mane touched black spots appeared periodically. Pinkie unleashed a satisfied sigh with each one until her mane finally fell off.
        Pinkie felt the lack of a mane and said aloud, “Hehe, it’s like am a cat or something!” She said after she got up to check out her new mane in the mirror. As she looked at her self. Another bolt of pain shot through her tail. She looked at it with fascination as bit by bit. Her poofy tail was shredded away along with the pain. A slender tail with a dotted design emerged from the mess of hair with a pleasurable enough experience to make her drowsy enough to make her fall asleep when she got back into bed.
Pinkie got out of bed with a yawn. She double checked to make sure her new mane and tail were still there before she got out of bed. As her hoof touched the wood floor a mixture of pain and pleasure shot through the mare. Her hoof slowly morphed into a paw. As her hoof changed, so did the ratio of pain to pleasure. The pain slowly disappeared as the amazing feeling grew. When the pads of the bottom finished forming she got up once more to examine them her new beautiful paws. She walked in front of the mirror, trying to get a feel for her new paws. A small bit of pain hit her paws as she saw claws slowly make their way out of her pawn. She smiled as that feeling returned ten fold. She let out a deep growl in approval. Huh, I never made that noise before, she thought as she once again drifted off to sleep.
Pinkie Pie once again got out of bed. Except this time with claw marks all over her sheets Oops. She thought as she climbed out of bed, scratching the floor. I can’t stay here, she thought, leaping out of her window. her legs buckled as they changed shape. Pinkie rolled on to her back and began to purr loudly as she watched with excitement as her legs became packed with muscle. The same dots that peppered the rest of her body reached the remainder of her fur. 
As she got back up from the dirt she felt her fur change to a deep yellow as she moved around stealthily. Hm, well I can’t call myself Pinkie Pie if I’m not pink. So, what should my name be? Her thoughts were interrupted by a amazing smell to her left. She slowly moved towards it. After seeing the deer. She sprinted up to it with blinding speed and took a bite right though. A growl escaped her as her teeth became sharper as whiskers grew on the sides of her face. Her ears locked in place as she picked a name. 
”Growl” The leopard said as she finished her meal.
 

> Not Far Behind
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	“Hey, Huntress,” Discord called to his partner. “I don’t think Pinkie Pie changed,”
”She did she just kept most of her personality,” Huntress said, descending from her throne.
“Even now she ceases to be normal,” Discord said as he and Huntress both laughed.
”We should go greet her, come on,” Huntress said as they went to the entrance.
As they reached the entrance, Grawl was already there, she bowed and said, ”I hope that the deer wasn’t one of yours, Goddess,”
“It wasn’t,’ Discord said as he led her in.


	
“I think we should convert their sisters,” Discord said as he pointed to Hunger, Devour and Pact.
        ”Sure, but I don’t think their bodies can handle the stress involved,” Huntress said as she began to prepare the spell.
        “I’m sure it will be fine. After all you gained power that is 1000s of years older than you,” Discord said as she shrugged and let the spell go.



        Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom all awoke from their sleep around the same time.
        “Hey scoots, I think we should go in and grab some Ice Cream,” Apple Bloom said as they got out of their sleeping bags. 
        “Sure, why not. You coming, Sweetie?” Scootaloo asked her friend. Sweetie Belle yawned and said:
        “Might as well, Rarity is going to be out of town for the next week or two so I have nowhere to be,” she added before they went on the long walk to Sugarcube Corner. After they enjoyed their milkshakes they parted ways. Applebloom cracked her seemingly longer neck as she got back to the hard work that comes with farm life. As she was bucking tree’s they she seemed to hit down more apples than usual as well as having more muscle on her legs. She smiled, I must be gettin’ stronger, she thought as she went to bed.



Scootaloo decided to spend the rest of the day on her scooter. Sh did all sorts of tricks, using her small wings for extra lift. When she was done she noticed how her fur was to be all messy and a little bit longer. Huh, she thought as she trotted in a circle, trying to get a better view of her fur. She finally decided that it was cool enough to keep around and headed home.



        Sweetie Belle was supposed to only be home for a little bit, but she was so tired. I guess I didn’t sleep enough last night. She thought as she got into her bed, yawing. The trappings of sleep awaiting her. She could swear that she saw some of her mane fall out as sleep finally embraced her.
        Sweetie Belle awoke in some kind of savanna. She was sweating like crazy as the hot sun bore down on her back. She slowly made her way across the desert as she felt her fur grow thicker. Making her even hotter. Her trott slowed to a crawl as her fiery hot hooves were burned away, leaving a trail of ash behind her. Her hooves were shaved down to paws. Pads formed to protect her from the burning sound. She kept going at a snails pace until she passed out from the heat.



        Scootaloo got up from her bed and headed outside. She stretched in the intense heat, panting. She hopped back on her scooter and headed to the club house. As she continued to ride, her tail felt weird. She finally decided to park her scooter as she felt it move back and forth on something. Her eyes went wide with joy as she saw the tail of a dog where she used to have her’s. This is really cool! She thought as it wagged back fourth. Her head seemed to feel wonderful as she watched her mane fall off. I’ll never have to brush that stupid thing again. She thought as she rode off.



        Apple Bloom couldn't sleep. It was too cold in her bedroom for that. She shivered as she dropped lower to the ground. She got out of bed. I might just have to go outside. She thought as she went down the stairs. As she stepped into the orchard. Her legs seemed to disappear as she reached the hot dirt in the summer’s heat. her body got a lot longer and as she slithered away.



   Scootaloo spent the entire day in the Everfree. Running around, following a delicious smell that had caught her improved nose not to longer ago. The closer she got. There more slava built up in her mouth until she was drooling. As the elk came in to view. Her teeth sharpened as if to prepare for the upcoming meal. She lunged at, killing it instantly, but she only took scraps of the meat, as to save some for later. As she walked away, she looked at her hooves, realizing that they were covered in mud. She shook it off her hooves for a while, until she saw a some fur come off. She trotted over to a mirror with a whimper as pain built up in her hooves. She examined them with a delirious smile when she saw that they were now paws. This is amazing!/color] Her mind screamed as her wolfish. She shook her head. This isn’t amazing it is perfection she thought with the greying of her fur. She howled deeply as her small wings disappeared. I need some...Meat! she thought as she went back to her hunting, but this time, it wasn’t Scootaloo doing the hunting. But the wolf Howl.


        Sweete Bell awoke with a start. She got and got straight to cleaning her bed. Wow, this is really easy paws she thought as she started to put her things away. She yawed as she completed her work and went right back to sleep, even if it was noon.
She awoke once more in the smoking hot desert. She continued to walk as the heat of the sun bore down on her. She found an oasis and began to drink from its water. As she gulped down the cool liquid. She felt her teeth sharpen. When she was finished drinking, she spotted a nice, frozen, arctic. As she moved towards it. She felt her body increase in size. When she finally made it to the arctic. She once again nodded off to sleep. 



        Applebloom slithered around the orchard in search of warmth. She tried her best to stay out of the shade in her search. The longer she was out there. The better she felt. Scales formed all across her body. her tongue forked as she slowly moved towards the Everfree forest. The back of head fused with her serpent body as she thought. Thiss feels great? She questioned. Isss thiss good? Her eyes became narrow slits. Her scales became brown as she shook her head Of course this issss good, she concluded as her mane became the sides of a cobra. Fangs shot into her mouth along with her body growing tripling in length as the pony Applebloom died and cobra Longing was born.



        Sweetie Belle awoke once more with a proud stretch. She looked her new body over in the mirror. I look amazing, she thought as her coat became a dark brown. Her tail dissipated as she left for the Everfree forest, in order to escape the unbearable heat of summer. When she broke the tree line. Her snout changed shape. I feel wonderful, Sh thought as claws ripped through her paws. Her eyes changed shape as Sweetie Belle was drowned out by the bear Chew.


> Nature's Compassion
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        “Huntress, get over her!” Discord yelled in a panic.
        ”What is it?” she asked as a telescope was handed to her. When she looked in. She saw three very angry alicorns heading straight for her. ”Discord, get everyone to the back of castle, I’ll handle this,” she said as started directly at Discord.
        “Alright then, but if this doesn’t work…” Discord let the sentence hang as he went to go round up all of their pets.



        ”I’m sorry,” was the first thing that was said in the room after Celestia, Luna and Candace burst into her castle.
“Sorry, Ha!” Luna scoffed. “You have converted 8 ponies to your cause, and I don’t recall you getting the permission.”
”I didn’t have a choice,” huntress said as her voice cracked.
“Of course you did!” Cadence shouted.
“She’s right,” Celestia said, looking at the floor.
“What!” The other two alicorns asked in surprise.
”The world needs to stay in balance, too much of anything and life cannot function, with just how many victories harmony has had in the past years. It was getting dangerously close to termination of all life. That is why I did what I did,” Huntress said, tears rolling down her cheek. ”Not only that, but with only one wild place left, Nature itself was threatened.”
“Tia, you knew?” Luna asked her sister.
“Parsley, I knew the thing about nature but not harmony,” she said ashamed that she kept this from her fellow rulers “I was going to tell you, I just needed time to get a plan together.”
”I already have one,” Huntress said, everyone turned to her as she they listened to the only plan they had. ”Using both mine, Discords and your magic, I will even out all of Equestria. Harmony to rule the seasons, time, and the sky. Chaos to rule weather and the supernatural, and nature to rule the bodies of the living.” The alicorns all looked at each other. slightly agreeing to the Nature goddess’ plan.
“Okay, so how do we go about acting this plan?” Candace asked.
”Harmony is still way too powerful, even after losing the elements, you three are the strongest champions. I need at least two of you to convert over to nature. You will keep your memories, your powers, the only thing that will change is your physical body and the source of which you draw your power.” Huntress braced herself for rejection. Instead, Luna and Celestia walked up to her.
“If this is the only way. Then I accept your offer,” Luna said as she looked at her sister. 
“Me too. It is the only way to save Equestria,” Celestia said to her former student. Huntress smiled, not an evil smile, but actual smile, the same kind Twilight used to use when she got a new book.
”Thankyou,” she half said, half whispered as she led to the two sisters. Leaving Cadence alone.
“Is it painful?” Luna asked nervously.
”Not usually,” Huntress replied as she opened the door to a empty room except for the six circles in a seemingly random pattern on the floor. They seemed to have a light glow coming off of them. ”I am going to need you two to stay in her as the conversion process occurs, okay,” she left right after the princesses nodded.



        “Do you feel any different?” Luna asked her sister. She shook her head. “Me neither.”
It had been 10 minutes before anything started to happen. Luna felt her grip on the power of the moon slip as her mane returned to it’s default blue. Celestia’s mane did the same thing. Becoming Pink.
“I guess it’s starting,” Celestia added right before she felt a her muscles tensed. Her hair on her tail fell off. She clenched her teeth out of impulse as a new grew in it’s place. Her coat covered it as the muscular tail finished growing in. Her horn shrunk back into her head as her muscles locke in place.
Luna didn’t have time to notice what was happening to her sister before all of her muscles went lax. They grew along with the rest of her body, nearly tripling her size. She slid onto her belly, unable to support her own weight as her wings vanished. She gazed into her sister's eyes as she felt her fur come off. Bit by bit. Replaced by a leathery skin. Her snout flattened out and grew in length as it skid across the floor, unable to be controlled by her relaxed muscles. 
Celestia could barely breathe her muscles were so tight. Her hooves reshaped into paws. As the muscles contorted, they grew in strength. Her muscles loosed as her fur became orange with black strips. She stretched as claws formed on her paws. As she looked at her claws, she thought: I guess Huntress kept her word, I don’t feel any different mentally. Her transformation into a tiger complete.
        Luna felt herself regain control of her muscles as a hard, leathery scales formed on her back. Her teeth sharpened as she grew claws. Her skin and scales turned to the color of mud. Her now giant tail swinging back and forth as she moved across the ground as she transformed into a alligator completed itself. Thier alicorn powers shot back to them as an aura of power surrounded them.
        ”The transformation is complete. So, do you two want to pick new names?” she asked politely.
        

> Ponyville's Conversation 
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	The two sisters spent a long time just staring into space. Huntress had enough time to make a cup of tea for Candace before they finally snapped out of it.
“That wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be,” the younger sister said.
“Oh, hey you're not brain dead!” Discord remarked as he handed them as he made a map of Equestria into existence on the floor.
”You two should probably pick names. Even if they are your old ones,” Huntress said as she sipped her tea.
“Right, I’ll be Dawn,” The older one said.
“I’ll be Dusk,” the younger one added.
“A little boring if you ask me,” Discord said as he hovered over them.
“Everything is boring to you,” Cadance said with a hint of annoyance.
”I think we should get back to the business,” Huntress said as she sat down next the map.
“Right,” Dawn said shaking her head. “I assume we are going to finish off Ponyville before we move.”
“Yes, that is the plan,” Candace said.
”The problem is that I can only convert so many ponies at a time,” Huntress said with a sigh.
“How many a day?” Dusk asked.
”About 5 at maximum. Why?” Huntress replied.
“What we could do is give your friends the ability to convert via their bite,” Dusk said as she thought out her plan.
“Why their bite, that is very slow and boring. How about I give each one a differencing method of conversion,” Discord proposed.
“What do you have in mind?” Candace asked.
“How about I give Predator and Graul the ability to convert by just having someone look at them. Hunger and Devour could convert by touch. Pack might be able to use her howl to convert,” Discord rattled off.
”Okay then,”Huntress said as the rest of them silently agreed. Discord cracked a huge smile as he casts his spell. spell.”Everyone get in here!” She yelled out as her subjects came rushing in.
”Howl, Longing and Chew. Get out,” She commanded. After they were gone. she continued. ”You all now have the power to convert others. Use it on ponyville.”
“Course,” they all said as they left on their mission.



Zecora got up from her slumber and began to brew some potions. She saw something move quickly outside her door. She darted for the back of her hut. trying to get away from whatever was trying to get in. She sighed with relief as the figure moved away from her door. She got up and continued to work on her potions. After she finished brewing potions she went and made her self food. She grabbed some fruits from her pantry, but she was still hungry. In fact, she felt a little sick after eating that. She sniffed. Something smelt really good! she followed the scent. Her tall mane shrinking as she continued her search. her coat changed color to a pale yellow as she found the source of the smell. It was a deer wandering around outside. She gasped. Why does this smell like this. It smells like bliss. She gave in as sharp teeth grew in her mouth as she jumped at the deer and devoured it. Afterwards, she felt much better and went to sleep. Right in the middle of the forest. 
She awoke to the sound of wind brushing into her hut. She got up and licked the blood from her teeth as she went back inside. Not realising she just ate a deer. She started to brew some more. But here newly grown in claws and paws kept getting in the way. She resorted to using her new tail to grab potions. The stripes on her fur disappeared. She stopped brewing potions at the sound of something coming closer. Her new feline body reacted and she crawled toward the motion. As a leopard arose from the shadows. She lost whatever zebra that was still inside of her to the lion that replaced it.
”You need to come with me,” Graul demanded.
”Of course, ma’m,” the lion Tracker replied as they left for the palace.