Caleb, John, and Liz have an unusual friendship, to say the least. This friendship eventually leads them on an adventure they will never, ever forget.
Caleb, John, and Liz all have the same birthday, which is why their friendship is a strange one. Upon their 21st birthday however, this friendship is put to the test as they are put on an adventure they will never forget. Little do they know that there are more people out in the world with the same... problem, as them. The question is, how will they react upon meeting long lost friends?
so i don't really have the motivation to write this one, i may finish it at a later date but it wont get updated for a while. im also making another story thats much more fun to write than this one, so ye
Caleb Newson’s mind was in a complete rage at his friend, John Tychus, after he clumsily dropped his gift for their friend Elizabeth Oxton. John was entrusted with carrying their presents, while Caleb was carrying the cake for tomorrow’s mini celebration. The gift was a heavily detailed clay sculpture of Fluttershy, which took Caleb weeks to perfect every little detail, from the cutie mark to the hairstyle. To make matters worse, she would be getting them gifts too, since all three of them were, surprisingly, born on the same day at approximately the same time. Some might call it a coincidence, others say God, but either way, they were in trouble. The three of them were close friends, so something like this could go either good or bad. At the time though, they were expecting the worst. Caleb’s and John’s minds were scrambling to find a solution before disaster strikes.
“Well we can’t just leave it here! We need to clean this up and see if we can fix it.” John said, with a look of worry in his eyes.
“I don’t know if I can fix it in time, let alone fix it at all before she gets back. You shouldn’t have tried to carry everything in your hands! You should have used a fucking mini wagon or cart or SOMETHING! But no, you just had to drop it. I knew I should have been the one holding the gifts! Next time, you carry the cake, WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR HANDS!!!” Caleb screamed.
“I know I screwed up, but yelling won’t fix anything. Let’s just try to get as many of the pieces as we can and take it home, we can call Liz saying we forgot to feed our dogs or something to get out of meeting her. It’s not the best plan, but it’s the only one we have” John said.
“Fine, but this argument isn’t over. We need to talk about your clumsiness after our birthday passes, but for now, just get the pieces and let’s get out of here.”
The two of them spent the next 4 minutes trying to find and collect the tiny pieces of the shattered sculpture. When they finally got all of them, they headed to Caleb’s house to talk and plan the birthday tomorrow.
“Looking at the pieces that we have, I should be able to fix it, but it will take a lot of time. I may have to pull an all-nighter if I want a present to give her “Caleb said.
“That’s good news to hear, although I’m sorry I dropped it in the first place. I’ll try to be more careful when carrying things, especially when it’s yours” John said, an apologetic tone in his voice.
“It’s ok, we just need to figure out who is best at what. I should have brought along a cart or something to put the gifts in” Caleb said.
“Agreed. Once we get into the swing of things, things could go a lot better th-”
Just then the phone rings, showing Liz’s caller ID on the miniature screen. John runs over to grab it and answers.
“Hey Liz, what’s up?
“Nothing much, did you guys pick up the cake from Baskin Robins?” Liz asks.
“Yeah we got it around 4:30-ish. We put it in the freezer in our garage to keep it cool for tomorrow” John answers.
“Ok, I can’t wait! See ya later!” Said Liz.
“See ya.” John hangs up
“Was that Liz?” Caleb Asked
“Yeah, she was only asking if we got the cake, nothing really special.”
“Ah ok. Well, this is going to take a lot longer than a couple of hours. I’m going to be late to bed trying to fix this thing. If I seem sluggish tomorrow, that’s probably why” Caleb said.
“Gotcha. Well, I’m going to head off, it’s getting late and I need my sleep for tomorrow. Hope you get it done soon!”
“Alright then, g’night” Caleb said.
As John walked out the door, he couldn’t help but notice his dark brown hair had turned a tad lighter. Maybe he got some hair dye, or it just got lighter 'cuz of age Caleb thought to himself. Yeah, probably just age. Caleb dismisses it with a shrug.
While he fixes the sculpture, he remembers the first time all three of them met together. It was two years ago, at Bronycon 2014. They were at the vendor stalls looking at some items when they started talking about the show. It eventually got to a point where they became good friends. Caleb smiled at the memory. I can’t wait to go to this year’s Bronycon with them. It would be nice if they were up to it, Caleb thought. Caleb finished the sculpture around 11:45 and took one final look over it before he went to bed. He made sure that he covered up the cracks and that everything is sealed. Once he is satisfied, he goes to his bed, falling into sleep within a matter of minutes.
“Give it up Tyranius! Your rampage ends NOW, if you do not stop, we shall be forced to end you!” Celestia screamed at the monster before them.
“Oh please Celestia, spare me your empty promises. Your kind is too accustomed to 'peace' and 'friendship'. You and I both know you wouldn't follow up on a threat like that” The monster bellowed.
“ENOUGH!!! Everypony surround him and keep him contained in your magic, we must stop his path of destruction before Canterlot joins the list of destroyed cities! We must protect the refugees from those cities as well!” Celestia said to the other princesses beside her.
“Got it” Twilight said as the princesses and mane six all flew up into the air, ready to strike against the monster in front of them.
But the monster was ready for this, as he threw a punch that barely missed Twilight, but came around and hit Cadence, sending her to the ground.
“CADENCE!!!” Twilight screamed as her former foalsitter/sister-in-law was sent plummeting to the ground with a loud THUD. To her relief though, she got back up and joined back in quickly, but not with the same speed she had before. At this time, Celestia and Luna were all firing magic blasts from their horn in an attempt to cripple or even make any sort of effect on the monster called Tyranius. Tyranius lashes out by swinging his arm around, knocking princess Luna and Twilight to the ground, dazed. Distracted by the blow made to her fellow princesses, Celestia slightly lowers her guard, allowing Tyranius to knock her to the ground as well. Princess Cadence flies down to protect the others while they recover. They all are still conscious, but are too hurt to fight much longer. The rest of the mane six stand ready beside Cadence to defend the other princesses
“Give it up princess Celestia, I have the power right here, right now to kill all four of you. I Will give you a choice: either die a slow, painful death, or watch as your precious capitol and all of the ponies inside are destroyed” Tyranius said, with a sense of triumph in his voice.
“We must use the spell, otherwise Equestria is doomed” Luna whispered.
“But if it backfires, who knows what will happen to Equestria!” Twilight whispered back, a look of worry in her eyes.
“But what will happen if we don’t try?” said Celestia.
“…Let’s do it then” said Luna and Twilight, almost in unison Tyranius had grown impatient. “WELL? IF I DO NOT RECEIVE AN ANSWER, I GUESS IT WILL BE THE END OF YOU!!! Say goodbye to everything you ever loved and cherished!” Tyranius screamed at the ponies before him.
“NOW!!!” Celestia commanded as the four alicorns brought their horn together to summon the spell that would send this creature away. The magic started sputtering, and proceeded to explode in a big sphere of raw, uncontrolled magic due to the fact that the alicorns were too weak to keep it stable long enough for it to work.
Noticing that the alicorns had lost control of their magic, Tyranius took the chance that was presented to him. “Gah, Die!” Tyranius said as his fist started to come down on top of the princesses, but was blown back by the shockwave emitted by the out of control magic. The sphere started growing, sending powerful shockwaves outward until it exploded in a brilliant flash of light. And just like that, everything disappeared withing the blinding ball of magic.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh… Oh, it was just a nightmare” Caleb said as his body bolted out of bed the moment he woke up. That was a very strange nightmare though, he thought, as he had not had a nightmare that intense, let alone with the cast of MLP. The part of it that bugged him though, was the fact that it felt much more real than any other nightmare he has ever experienced. He gets out of bed and opens his laptop, hoping that playing some Overwatch will help ease his mind. As he puts on his headset and hears the opening menu theme of the game, he ponders about the dream. Well my memory of this is definitely not gonna be forgotten for a while. As that thought rolled through his mind, he wasn’t aware of how true that statement really was.
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.
“Just keep running! We have to get to Princess Celestia!” Rainbow Dash and Applejack were running as fast as they could, they had to get to the princess to stop these monsters from destroying Ponyville. If they stayed there any longer, they would be killed. Just then, three of the demon-like creatures landed in front of them. “Well shit, I guess these guys don’t like us leaving.” Applejack said, only partially joking. The creatures lunged forward, landing on Rainbow Dash and pinning her to the ground. As the creature started ground-pounding her, only to have his ribs completely shattered by Applejack’s buck. One down, two to go. “Thanks AJ. I don’t think he’s getting up anytime soon, so let’s-Ungh!“ Rainbow Dash was interrupted by a hoof promptly hitting her square in the jaw. She stumbled for a minute, and braced for impact as that same creature came running towards her, ready to pounce. Applejack immediately intercepted and threw a hoof at the creature, who then dodged and started to fight Applejack head on.
“LOOK OUT!” Rainbow Dash yelled, proceeding to buck the 3rd creature in the face to prevent him from interfering. Applejack proceeded to drop the 2nd creature, and they started running again. They come across the train station, getting into the abandoned train. They had no idea how the train started, so Rainbow Dash went to work on figuring it out.
“Let’s see if I can work this baby!” Rainbow Dash said, trying to figure out how the train would start. She finds the switch and proceeds to drive the train to Canterlot. “This train is the quickest way to Canterlot aside from me flying. You can’t fly, so the train it is.” Rainbow Dash said, proud that she started the train without any former knowledge.
The train continued on, as Applejack looked out the window at the burning Ponyville. A wave of sadness came over her as she thought about family and friends, her neighbors, and her home. Her eyes started to tear up as she saw them taking everypony who hadn’t already escaped prisoner.
“They are taking everypony, mah family, mah friends, everypony” Applejack said, immediately breaking down and sobbing. She could have helped them there. She could have stayed and protected her family from these… creatures. Instead I chose to run, run and go get help like a little filly does when he scrapes his hoof! Applejack thought. She felt terrible, but now she could do nothing but watch. She could only watch as Ponyville, her home, burned until there was nothing left. She slams her hoof into the floor in anger. “AH COULD HAVE SAVED THEM!!! AH CHOSE TO BE A BLOODY COWARD!!!!” Applejack screamed, tears streaming from her face. Rainbow immediately came over and tried to comfort her. “Applejack, I know you think what we did is wrong, but if nobody ran, nobody would be able to tell Celestia about what happened. If we can get the princess to help us, she can lead a movement to free Ponyville. Free your family.”
Before Applejack could respond, the train started shaking, and the creatures started pounding on the windows to try to get in and capture them too. Rainbow Dash immediately took action and sped up the train in hopes of getting to Canterlot before they smashed the windows, but it was no use. The creatures broke in and started trying to take down the ponies inside.
Then everything went dark.
“AAAAhhh oh, it was another one of those nightmares” Caleb said, waking up with a jolt on the couch. This dream had continued until morning, so he didn’t have to worry about having to go back to sleep to one of those nightmares. That was a weird dream, weirder than the last, Caleb thought, his mind still reeling from the nightmare he had just woken up from.
Caleb’s sudden freakout had woken John up, who had fallen asleep on the recliner Liz owned. John was not too happy about Caleb waking him up. “What the hell Caleb? I was trying to sleep here!” John said, a hint of anger in his voice. “Granted it wasn’t the best dream I’ve had, but still!”
“Hey, it’s not my fault I had a freaky nightmare, I can't control if I bolt awake after one an-wait, when did you start growing your hair out?” Caleb asked, looking at John’s long hair.
“What do you mean? I never grew my hair out for anything in my life!” John said.
Just then Liz walked out of her bedroom, as their conversation had woken her up.
“What are you two arguing about this time? I doubt its anything worth the argume-wait, since when did both of you have long hair?” she asked, noticing the long hair.
“Since never! I never wore it out, nor do I remember taking a hair growth potion. Something is definitely wrong here, seeing as your hair is a bit longer than normal too” Caleb said, trying to make sense of the problem around him.
“It is?” Liz asked, putting her hands up to her hair. “Well then, we certainly do have a predicament on our hands.”
The three of them just stood there for a full minute, not making eye contact and staying silent. They had no idea on what was going on and what was happening to them, but they needed to stop it before one part of them changes that would affect the rest of their lives. John suddenly left the room in a panicked state. Before Caleb and Liz could ask questions, he was already in the bathroom.
Finally, Caleb broke the silence. “We need to know what is going on here, and hope people know what will happen at the end. I’ll check Google to see if anyone knows what is happening, or if anyone else is currently experiencing it.”
“Good idea, I’ll check on my iPad for anything as well. If I find something I’ll tell you” Liz said eager to find out what is happening. “You going to look with us John?” John had come back, but he sat unmoving and stared at both of them. “John, what’s wrong, and why are you wearing one of my beanies?” Liz asked John, miffed and worried about him. He didn't respond and continued standing there like a statue. "Jack, what's wrong?" Liz asked, this time more anger in her voice.
“You want to know what’s wrong? Put your hand up to your ears” John said, his gaze still locked on to their heads.
Caleb and Liz both put their hands up to their ears to see what he was talking about. “Why do you want us to put our hands to ou-wait WHERE ARE MY EARS?!?!?” Liz exclaimed, realizing her ears were completely gone. Caleb had come up with the same result, prompting another freakout.
“Now move your hands up about four inches” John said.
As they put their hands up to their heads, they felt something that had never been there before. At this realization, Liz emitted a scream that could be heard all the way from Pluto.
“Hey, Hey! Calm down, or someone will think a murder is taking place here or something” Caleb said, surprisingly calm about the discovery.
Liz was still in full panic mode. “HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN I HAVE FUCKING PONY EARS?????????” Liz screamed. She started to hyperventilate, which seemed to only fuel her freakout. John came over and tried to calm her down.
After what felt like forever, Liz finally stopped yelling, and they could talk this through.
“First the cutie marks, then the hair, and now this? I hate to say it guys, but I think we are turning into ponies from the show” Liz said with both defeat and excitement in her voice.
“It sure seems we are turning into ponies, but ones from the show? That seems a bit far- fetched, as we all have an OC of our own. If anything we should be turning into them first!” Caleb said, utterly confused at the situation.
“Don’t you remember? We have cutie marks from Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy on our flanks! Doesn’t that mean anything to you in terms of ‘not turning into a character from the show’?” John said.
“True, that does play a big factor in that argument.” Liz said. Just then she realized she needed to restock the food supply, like she does every week. Realizing how fast these changes were occurring, she feared the worst when out in public. “Guys, any food you have at your house, drive over there and bring it here. We might need to go into hiding if our transformation completes, which means stocking up on food. If you put on a hoodie or beanie you could hide the ears, so you don’t have to worry about people seeing them. Seeing as my house is the biggest between the three of us, we will stay here” Liz stated.
“Ok, I’ll go get some food and come right back. Like you said, if we need to go into hiding, we need to stockpile food” John said.
With that, Caleb and John left for their houses. While they were out, Liz remembered something that she forgot to do yesterday. "Aw shit, I gotta call Jack and wish him happy birthday" Liz thought aloud as she dialed his number. Jack Shimada was Liz's best friend from kindergarten all the way through senior year. Along with a couple other kids he knew, Jack moved from Chicago to San Francisco when he finished preschool. Liz and Jack met at their school and quickly became friends, mainly because their parents realized they had the same birthday and pretty much forced them to be friends. They parted ways however, after Liz decided to go to college. This did not stop their friendship, however, as they still get in touch every week over Skype and Team Fortress 2. Jack is also a huge fan of My Little Pony, so they always had something to relate to other than the popular video games and clubs. His birthday was also on the same day as Liz, Caleb, and John, but they never really talked that much with him. He answered after the 4th ring
“Hey Liz, I can’t really talk right now. Something very strange has come up and you would freak out if you saw me” Jack said, a tone of panic in his voice.
“I was just calling to say happy birthday and, wait, are you alright? You sound scared of something” Liz asked, noticing his panic.
“Happy birthday to you too Liz. Look, I really have to go ok? This is starting to stress me out If I’m not alone and trying to think about this” Jack said, his obvious panic making him very nervous.
Liz seemed confused, as Jack is almost never stressed out about anything. Even in the tightest of situations, Jack always kept his cool. She started to press him for information.
"Jack, what's wrong? You usually aren't stresses out about anything unless your parents are involved. Are they coming over to your house or something?" Liz asked, a tone of worry in her voice.
"It's not my parents, it's something else. Something else that I really need to take care of before I fully chan-!" Jack catches his mistake in words, but not before Liz gets suspicious.
"What do you mean, 'fully change'?" Liz asks, her worry slowly turning into a mix of hope and anger.
Jack panicked, realizing she was on to him. "Uh, well ya see, uh... Look, I really have to go ok?" Jack said, panicking that she might discover his secret.
After this, Liz thought of something. Her, Caleb, John, and Jack all had the same birthday, And 3 out of 4 of them are turning into ponies...
She went for broke and asked the question. “What color are your pony ears Jack?” Liz asked in a stately tone.
Jack stood there, shocked at the question she just asked. After 10 seconds of silence, he finally answers. “White.”
That confirmed it for Liz. “Come over to my house immediately. Put on a beanie or hoodie to hide your ears.”
“I’ll leave in a couple minutes. How on Earth did you know?” Jack asked, a sense of worry in his voice.
“I’ll explain everything when you get here, just move quickly!” Liz said, hanging up the phone. She at least had one question solved.