CHANGING LIVE

Twilight was excited to get to meet a person from the “Other Side”. She had read stories from Princess Celestia’s personal library, which was completely off limits to anyone but the Princess herself. People from a place not reachable by land, sea, or air. The onlt way for these people to be reached was for there to be a break in “The Barrier”; The Barrier was never said to actually exist, but apparently it did. She had the day pretty much set up with lots of questioning. She was hoping to learn as much about the land beyond The Barrier, and the people who inhabit it.

Mark left Sugarcube Corner after breakfast and another little “party” with Pinkie Pie. He faintly knew how to get around. His knowledge of the show and the speedy trip to Sugarcube Corner the night before was not much to go by. After getting some directions from a few other ponies her found his way to the library.

He knocked on the door, he expected to see Twilight open the door, but instead he was greeted by a small purple and green dragon. There was an awkward silence as they both stared at each other for a few seconds, then Mark spoke.

“Uh, um...” Mark was stuttering. “I’m here to see Twilight.”

Spike immediately understood. “Oh, you’re that guy AJ found out in the field.”

Spike showed Mark into the living room, Mark sat down on the same couch he had found himself on the day before. Twilight came down the stairs from her bedroom, to find her guest already there.

“Spike, you could have told me he was here.” Twilight said, trying to cover her anger. “I’m so sorry, but I’m no where near ready, please, excuse me for a second.”

Twilight ran back into her room, leaving Mark and Spike alone downstairs. Desperately tried to break the silence, he tried thinking of a topic that that didn’t sound stupid.

“Er, so you’re a dragon?” Mark started, hoping it would lead somewhere.

Spike perked up, he was always ready to talk about himself.

“Yeah! But I’m only a baby.”

“So, can you breathe fire?”

“Absolutely!”  Spike made a small green flame appear from his mouth, Mark was amazed.

“Dude, that is sweet, I wish I could do that.”

The conversation continued for what seemed like a half hour when Twilight came downstairs.

“Spike, I’ve arranged for you to sleep over at Fluttershy’s tonight, so you have to head over now.” Twilight tried to say it in the nicest voice possible. Twilight wanted Spike out of there, just in case something were to happen later that night.

“Aww, but I want to learn about where Mark is from.” Spike was whining, it had usually worked for him in many situations, but not this time.

“Spike.... Now!” Twilight’s tone was getting noticeably more stern.

“But, but-”

That moment Spike was lifted into the air and thrown out, the door shutting behind him.

Twilight turned back to Mark, his eyes wide after watching her magically throw a living being out a door with little to no effort.

Twilight let out a big sigh, “He’s always like that, sorry.”

“Hey as long as you don’t do that to me!” Mark joked, trying to get her to laugh. Luckily for him it worked, and he could tell she was comfortable around him.

“Okay, where to begin?” Twilight asked herself. She levitated over a quill and paper, and was ready to learn. “So... Mark, I was hoping we could use today for me to learn more about you and where you’re from. You wouldn’t mind doing that would you?”

Mark didn’t know what to say, would telling her about where he’s from make something bad happen? What if he accidentally told Twilight that her and her friends were just a bunch of TV characters? Mark didn’t want any of this to happen, so he left out some thing and just gave her little bits of information, nothing that would make a difference if she knew.

After Twilight had a reasonable amount of notes, she dropped them onto her desk.

“Thank you Mark, Princess Celestia will love to hear about this, but...”

Her horn glowed, Mark felt his body become covered by the magic, there was a flash of light, when the magic receeded, Mark found himself back in human form, without any clothes. Mark reached down to cover himself, he looked up at Twilight, she didn’t seem affected by his nudity.

“I was hoping you would let me get a few sketches of you in your human form.”

Mark couldn’t believe she would do this.

“Uh, I don’t know about this.”

“Oh don’t worry.” She smiled and using her magic, sketched his body.  The quill moved along the paper at lightning speed. She got up and moved around him to make sure she got him from all angles. After some talking and a stare fro some puppy dog eyes that she learned from Rarity, Twilight was able to coax Mark into removing his hands, exposing himself.

“Um, aren’t you afraid someone will walk in and see me like this?” Mark asked while motioning to his nude body. “Like your boyfriend or something?” Mark knew full well Twilight was single, he just wanted to see what she would say.

“Psh, don’t worry, I flipped the sign to ‘closed’, and besides, I don’t have a boyfriend. What about you though, doesn’t your marefriend miss you?” Twilight new this question was him trying to find out if she was available, and she was ready to play back. Mark let out a big sigh and told Twilight how he’d never been able to have a steady relationship.

“Now that’s a shame, how could someone as nice as you not have a girlfriend?” Twilight asked, hoping that she didn’t make it too apparent. She finished up her drawings and took a look at them.

“Um, I’ll be right back.” Twilight ran off into the kitchen, the door shut behind her.

“What has gotten into me?” She had a lot on her mind, she took a look down at the pictures, he was tall, strong, and intelligent, her ideal boyfriend.

“I can’t be with him. He’s human!” She grabbed some lemonade and walked back into the living room, Mark was still there, naked and in human form.

She placed the glass in his hand, and they both took a drink. Mark was a noticeable amount taller than her when he was not a colt, and that made her even more attracted to him.

“Thank you so much for your help today Mark!” She walked up to him and gave him a hug.

Mark knew this was his chance. His heart was beating out of his chest. He kissed her, the taste of lemonade sweetened her lips. Twilight’s eyes widened; she wanted this to happen, but she honestly didn’t expect it. She didn’t immediately pull away, she just stood there, her heart beating faster and faster. After their lips broke, and they stared at each other. They could hear each others hearts; he noticed that their heartbeats were in sync with each other. Their eyes were locked, they were inches from each other, when suddenly, they met each other again, they touched their tongues together, doing an elegant dance in each others mouths. She threw her front legs around Mark’s neck, pulling him closer. He wrap his hands around her, and they fell back onto the couch, she was laying on top of him, her head laying on his chest.

“Should-shouldn’t I go back into my pony form?” Mark thought she would be more comfortable that way.

“No, this is fine.” Twilight liked him this way, it just felt right. His skin was warm, and she felt comfortable as has his fingers gingerly ran up and down her back. She had never felt this way. His five fingers felt amazing on her coat. As Mark’s hands traveled down her spine, he could feel her slightly jump from the pleasure. He ran his fingers through her mane, it was soft. She wiggled up until her head was under his, the part of her mane that hung down over her forehead brushing up under his chin. She lifted her head and kissed his neck, and he kissed her back. Mark suddenly lifted his head an looked around.

Twilight looked up at him confused.

“Something wrong?”

“I really feel like someones watching us.”

“Oh, don’t worry.” Twilight started. “No one really comes around to the library, It’s can get really quiet around here sometimes. Nopony’s watching us.”

Mark put his head back down on the couch and twilight layed out on top of him.

For what seemed like hours they just laid in each other embrace. Twilight eventually fell asleep, still laying on top of Mark. Mark lifted her up; she wasn’t heavy, no more than 100 pounds, and carried her up to her bed. As he put her down, Mark leaned over and kissed her forehead, he heard her give a small sigh of happiness through her slumber. Mark walked backwards out of the room, admiring her, she was beautiful, the fact that she was asleep made her even cuter. Mark went back down stairs to find his clothes folded nicely, he slipped his clothes back on and fell asleep on the couch.

He woke up the next morning, he had just had one of the most passionate nights of his life. He didn’t actually do anything, but the connection was there, and he prided himself on saying that. He went back upstairs to check on Twilight, she hadn’t woken up yet, so he quickly returned back downstairs.

“Well, since I’m out of options, I can’t believe I’m going to do this.” Mark walked over to a large bookshelf and looked around for a book. He swore to never even look at a library, but since he didn’t want to spend however long she slept in just sitting quietly, he grazed books looking for something he’d like.

“The Barrier.” Mark said under his breath. “Hmm, seems highly appropriate.” The book looked old, but the font on the front made it look like a fairy tale for little kids. He opened the book, sure enough, pictures, and lots of them.

“This couldn’t be the book Twilight has been reading, could it?” He thought to himself. This was a children's book. It talked about only how a legion of elder unicorns could travel through “The Barrier”.

“Find yourself a book?” Mark turned around to see Twilight at the top of the stairs. She walked down and gave Mark a hug and a kiss. They sat down on the couch and continued talking.

“I actually got to read the real book, that one was created for the kids.” Mark remembered Twilight saying that she had snuck into Celestia’s private library.

“How accurate was the real book?”

“Not very.”

“Am I the first to travel through the barrier?”

“Yes, that’s why I had to ask you all the questions, and had to get those sketches.”

“Don’t worry about it.” He leaned over and kissed her, “Anything for you.” Twilight blushed at this, she gave a small giggle, and leaned onto his shoulder. Mark lifted his arm and put it around her, pulling her close to his side. He moved his arm up and down her front leg. She gave a faint smile, and her horn started to glow, there was a flash of light and he was turned back into a colt.

After one more kiss, Twilight told Mark he had to go and meet up with Rainbow Dash. Mark obliged and walked out the door, as he left, Spike walked in.

“Good to see you’re back Spike, I have a few letters you need to send.” Twilight dropped a small pile of letters in front of him. Spikes face just glared a look of, “Are you serious?” He gathered them up and sent them all at once, it looked like only a little effort.

“I’m writing one more, so hold on a second.” Twilight told him while floating over a quill and paper.

“Dear Princess Celestia... Oh, do I have a story for you...”