Doggone
“I’ll miss you guys!” Twilight said hugged Sunset goodbye in her human form. She turned to the portal.
“Let’s go Spike.” Twilight said as she stepped into the portal. Spike was close behind and hopped in after her. He felt his body get light. He felt weightless and tingly. He felt his paws stretch into long claws and his fur become slimmer and harder. His teeth became sharper and his eyes turned into slits. Soon, Spike hit the cold floor of the library.
“Ow...” Spike muttered as he clutched his arm. Twilight looked down on him in concern.
“Are you okay?” Twilight asked. Spike stood up and brushed himself off.
“Yeah I’m fine.” He reassured as he looked out the window. The sun had already set and the moon was high in the sky.
“Go take and bath and get some rest, it past midnight.” Twilight stated. Spike nodded his head and walked out of the room. He walked down the long Crystal hallways. This felt so much more comforting than walking in a school filled with teenagers.
Spike approached the bathroom and shut the door behind him. He turned on the hot water and put some cherry scented soap in. He sat on the side of the tub, waiting for it to fill up. He closed his eyes and thought about being in the human world.
Everything felt way bigger and much louder. Maybe it was the fact that he was a small dog and dogs have better hearing than humans. He leaned his head back and closed his eyes. He listened to the water flow as the scent of cherries filled the room. His stomach growled.
“I could really go for some dog treats right now.” Spike muttered to himself. His eyes popped open when he realized what he said.
“What am I saying? I’m not a dog anymore, I don’t eat dog treats.” He stated. He shook his head and turned off the water. He slowly lowered himself into the water, closing his eyes in relaxation. Warmness spread all over his body. He felt his tail starting to wag, hitting the sides of the tub. His tail stopped ubruptly as he realized what he was doing.
“I’m just tired, that’s why I’m acting like this.” Spike said as he climbed out the tub. He got on all floors and shook his body like a dog. Water dripped off of him as he drained the tub. He stretched, letting his back pop.
Spike left the bathroom and made his way to his room. His body went on autopilot and he mindlessly walked through the halls. He finally approached his room and walked inside. He flopped face first onto his bed and instantly fell asleep.
Spike walked along a large field. It was peaceful and silent. It smelt like fresh baked cookies. A butterfly landed onto his nose, causing him to sneeze a little.
“Spike!” A voice shouted from the distance. He turned around to see Twilight waving at him. She had something in her hoof.
“Fetch!” She exclaimed. She threw a red ball across the field. Normally Spike wouldn’t chase after it, but something felt tempting about it. He got down on all fours and ran after it, having the time of his life. He jumped into the air caught the ball in his mouth before it hit the ground. His tail was wagging wildly and he had a large grin on his face.
He looked down at his hands and the wagging slowed down. He realized that he had been panting.
“I’m not a dog.” He muttered in realization.
Spike woke up to his alarm going off. He let out a groan and shut it off. He had forgotten to turn it off. It was his day off. He shut his eyes tightly and tried to go back to sleep. He let out a louder groan when he couldn’t go back to sleep. He threw the covers off of himself and sluggishly got out of bed.
As soon as his feet hit the floor, it felt weird. It felt warm and squishy but oddly natural. He lifted his foot to look at the bottom of it. He let out a small gasp at what he saw. The bottom of his foot had the squishy part of a dogs paw. His foot was noticeably softer than the rest of his body as if a little fur had grown there. He moved his hand up to his eye to rub, only to notice that he had the same thing on his hands. They were also very soft and furry.
“What’s going on?” Spike asked to himself. He looked at Owlicous who was staring at him from the corner of the room. “What are you looking at?” He asked.
“Your abnormal hands.” He responded. His voice was deeper than Shining Armors, but higher than Big Macs. He had a small English accent. Spike let out a scream and fell off of his bed. Owlicous flew over to him in concern. “Are you okay, that was quite a fall you took there.” He commented. Spike let out rigid breaths.
“NO I’M NOT OKAY, YOU CAN TALK!” Spike exclaimed in fear. Owlicous’ eyes widened in surprise.
“You can understand me? Well that’s very interesting.” He stated while tilting his head. Spike’s breathing slowed down. This wasn’t some monster, this was the same owl he lived with for years. He acted like an egghead, just like Twilight.
“Why can I understand you?” Spike asked. Owlicous grabbed his hand with his claw and inspected it closely.
“I’m not sure but I assume that it has something to do with your digital pads.” Owlicous stated. Spike gave him a look of confusion, causing him to sigh. “Toe beans.” He said bluntly. Spike nodded his head in understanding. He stood up quickly.
“I need to find Twilight, she could fix this.” Spike stated as he started to walk out of his room.
“Twilight left two hours ago and you don’t know where she’s located. Besides, how can you go outside looking like that?” Owlicous asked. Spike looked at his fuzzy dog like hands. He walked over to his closet and opened the door. He rummaged through it, tossing clothes behind him.
“Aha!” Spike exclaimed. He pulled out a pair of gloves and some rain boots. He slipped the rain boots on and gloves.
“You look absolutely ridiculous.” Owlicous commented. Spike glared at him.
“Your face looks ridiculous.” Spike retorted. Owlicous rolled his eyes at the childish insult.
“I’m going to come with you, it’ll be easier to find Twilight with two of us.” Owlicous stated as he started to follow Spike. He smiled at the help.
“Let’s get going then.”
Spike walked through town with Owlicous flying close behind him. It was filled with ponies walking and talking. It seemed even louder because he could understand all the animals now.
“Do you see her?” Spike asked.
“If I saw her I would have told you.” Owlicous stated. Spike rolled his eyes. He was much more annoying when he could talk. Before he could say anything back, he got tackled by a brown blur, causing him to fall on his back.
“You’re a new dog, you don’t look like a dog but you smell like one and that means we’re friends!” Winona exclaimed excitedly, licking Spike’s face. Her voice was dopey and she spaced out her syllables. Owlicous snickered at the display, giving not helping at all. Spike felt his tail starting to wag a bit. Winona stumbled off of his chest when a Fluttershy pulled on her leash.
“I’m so sorry, she usually doesn’t act like this when we go on walks.” Fluttershy apologized. Spike stood up from the ground and wiped the dirt off of himself.
“But butterfly lady, that’s a dog. He looks weird but he’s still a dog!” Winona protested. She wanted to play with him for some more.
“I’m not a dog, I’m a dragon.” Spike responded, making Fluttershy gasp.
“You understood what she said!?” Fluttershy asked in disbelief. Spike nodded his head.
“It’s weird, I woke up and could talk to animals. And there’s something wrong with my hands and feet too.” Spike stated as he took off his glove. Fluttershy gasped when she saw and grabbed his hand.
“It’s so soft and adorable!” She exclaimed. A small blush grew on his face and he pulled his hand away.
“Have you seen Twilight, I wanna see if she knows what’s going on.” Spike asked as he put his hand back in the glove. Fluttershy nodded her head.
“She’s reading at the park and I think she’s going to stay there all day.” Fluttershy said. Spike smiled.
“Thanks Fluttershy, see you later!” Spike exclaimed as flew in the direction of the park. Owlicous followed him, barely keeping up.
“Slow down, I’m only an owl!” He exclaimd as he flapped his wings faster. Spike ignored his calls and dodged ponies. Owlicous accidentally flew into Rarity’s face, causing her to scream. Spike slowed down and turned around.
“Are you okay?” Spike asked. Rarity fixed her ruffled mane.
“I’m fine but I need to ask to watch where you’re going, somepony could have been seriously hurt.” Rarity said as she lifted up her wagon filled with fabric. Opal glared at Owlicous.
“You’re uncouth vermon.” She hissed out to him. Her voice was high and she had a fancy accent like Rarity. Owlicous rolled his eyes and looked at Spike.
“Let’s go before she starts insulting us more.” He stated. Before Rarity could say anything else, Spike started to speed walk away. He could see Twilight sitting on a bench near the park entrance. He started to run. He had to force himself not to get on all fours and run like a dog.
“Twilight!” Spike exclaimed. Twilight looked up from her book and smiled.
“Hi Spike, what are you doing here, it’s your day off.” Twilight stated. Spike stood there, trying to catch his breath. He took the glove off of his hand.
“There’s something wrong with my hand.” Spike said while showing it to her. Twilight gasped in grabbed his hand.
“I need to test this.”
Twilight inspected Spikes hands and feet closely. She wrote something down in her notebook.
“You said this all started this morning?” Twilight asked. Spike nodded his head. She grabbed a book and flipped through the pages.
“I read something like this, if you travel through dimension to many times, you can slowly turn into the creature you were in that dimension. But it doesn’t make sense, you’ve been there less times than I have.” Twilight stated completley baffled. Spike let out a nervous laugh and fiddled with his hands.
“I might go to visit Sunset three times a week. She gives me dog treat and belly rubs.” Spike admitted sheepishly. Twilight inhaled and slowly closed the book.
“First, their’s no way to fix this, second you’re grounded from ever going to any other dimensions.” Twilight stated. She started to leave the room.
“Have a good life dog-boy”