The Curse Named Desire

by Cookietheif

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Original Character, Adventure, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 5906

Lost Beat was a smart earth pony that almost never left the mental world he made with the help of music. Secretly he despised being an earth pony and wished to fly or use magic. What will he do when a gypsy tells him that she can make his dream real?

When you're an earth pony you're best talent is help the world grow green... BORING!

Lost Beat is a 18 year old stallion who never leaves the world in his mind. His biggest desire is to soar in the clouds or use all sorts of spells with unicorn magic. Well after yet another normal day in disgusting reality he finds himself tempted to wander inside a beautiful gypsy's tent despite what his friends told him.

His secret desire was revealed so easily... and an offer was put on the table. Will he live to love or regret his choice?

Editing done by HonorableInsanity

Published 2013-10-21 20:00:03 UTC
Last updated 2013-11-12 15:50:15 UTC

The Gypsy's Deal

Desire leads us to either great achievements, or great despair. It’s what drives us to try to do great things that benefits us all, or forces us to do devilish deeds that gain nothing in the end. We all must decide wisely when desire comes knocking on our door. Could what you desire most be worth the pain and hardships it might have in store for you? I know mine wasn't...

Uh... Sorry, I haven’t introduced myself yet... My name is Lost Beat. Great name, right? Well it’s the perfect name when you’re a grey earth pony with a dirty blonde mane that listens to music almost all day and night, lost in the world your dark mind built to escape reality with the help of music... My cutie mark is even a planet inside black headphones.

This story begins at my last year in school. I'm 18 and throughout my life I only had a total of two ponies I could consider being real friends. A blue unicorn colt with glasses named Cool Stream and a red pegasus mare with mass power named Blazing Sky. They are the only friends that stayed loyal to me throughout my rough years of bullies and personal tragedies...

"Ok class, today I have a special surprise for you all... I called it a... Pop quiz!"

The entire class groaned as our math teacher began drawing out today's equation. All, except for me. I was in the back of the class, staring into my own world with my headphones on, like every other day. The teacher took notice, not surprised but getting tired of this daily routine, so he yanked off my headphones and the classroom was filled with wubs, nearly shaking my desk with the power of its bass.

"You're going to go deaf if you keep blasting this filth into your ears!" He said, as he also nabbed my music player and shut it off. "You can get these back if you can solve for X in 10 seconds..." He pointed at the chalkboard, feeling confident as if the equation would literally make my head explode.

It was 2 equations, both with 2 variables, so I had to find Y in order to find X... Childs play.

"Well... Y equals 6 so X will equal 3... Thaaank you!" I put my headphones back in their rightful place, and the wubs resumed making my head rock in their rhythm. The entire class stared at me as if I became an Alicorn right then and there, but my friends near me just tried their best not to burst out laughing. This is the third time this week I won the teacher's "challenge."

The teacher on the other hoof wasn't so impressed... he sighed and spoke as he walked towards the front of the class, it was lecture time. "Lost Beat is just an example of a pony that is wasting his talent... he does nothing but wander Celestia knows where in his head when he can make something of himself! Whatever you do, please don't end up acting like him. Now take out your textbooks and let’s review chapter 6."

I felt a nudge on my sides, both Stream and Sky shoved notes onto my desk and I laughed silently to myself. "That was awesome!!!" Was the mare's note. "Even though it was funny to see. He is right about you wasting your knowledge. Why can't you just do what he says every now and then?" That note was of course from my other friend. I didn't answer them, just glance at them with a small, amused smile. How can great friends think so differently?

After school I began walking home, silent and my focus just on the ground before me, listening to some of Vinyl's latest songs. Whenever I looked up I felt like every pony's eyes were burning into my pelt, judging every inch of my being. So on my trip home the road was my third friend every day... until I walked right into a sign. "Ow! Who put that there?!" I demanded, rubbing my head. It also knocked off my headphones and unplugged it from the music player.

It was a sign for fortune telling, but not for Pinkie's part time tent. "I believe the gypsy that owns the sign put it there." I turned to see who spoke, and when I did I entered a critical shyness overload. Before my eyes was a beautiful indigo unicorn mare with a lovely smile and a long, black mane that flow elegantly in the wind... Her cutie mark was a crystal ball, swirled in a white mist.

If her enchanting looks wasn't screaming the answer already, her gypsy clothing told me that the sign was hers.

"My name is Crystal Clear... for when I see your future through my crystal ball, all of your answers will be clear. What is your name? Would it happen to me Sign Bumper?" She said with an amused giggle. The way she looked at me... It was like putting me under a spell, and I wasn't planning on stopping it from being casted upon me.

Before I could give an answer something dragged me out of her invisible grip. Cool Stream and Blazing Sky had me by the shoulders and was dashing me off towards a little cafe that we would hang out some days after school, but before they took me out of her sight she said something that destroyed my world with questions. "I'll be seeing you soon, envious Lost Beat..."

"Are you crazy?! Do you want her to steal your soul or something?!" My pegasus friend was making the biggest scene the cafe has ever witnessed since a waiter accidentally poured hot coffee on her; let’s say nopony took the new waiter position... She had me pinned to the wall and shook me until the entire place was spinning. "Easy Sky, how can he hear the rumors when the sound of an explosion wouldn't even reach his ears?" Stream, the savior, came back with coffee and doughnuts and got us a table near a window.

After a sip or 2 of my extra sweetened espresso I decided to ask what the hell was Blazing Sky screaming about. I was bracing myself for over exaggerated tales but thankfully the cool headed unicorn chose to answer for her. "There has been rumors that gypsy has the power to grant a pony's desire, but at the price of the pony's mind, body, and possibly soul. In other words being her servant until the end of your life."

"Worth it." I thought aloud. It equaled both of them to hit my shoulders, hard.

"No way! You got to stay away from her!" The table got oddly silent after they just did and said the exact same thing. They've never been so in sync before! I had to break the silence with laughter as the two stared at each other but I got what I deserved for it, another pair of hits in the shoulders. "Ow! Sorry, sorry!"

After a while of going off topic from the whole gypsy slave owner rumor and a few more cups of coffee, we went our separate ways to our homes. It was already dark when I got inside, but I couldn't find the will to get some sleep. First of all the gypsy was still fresh in my mind...

How did she know my name? I never had the chance to say it... and I couldn't sleep knowing I left my super bass headphones back there with her! What my friends don't know won't hurt them, right? Plus I just needed to listen to their most important piece of advice they told me before they left... "Think with the head on your shoulders, not between your legs!"

To my surprise her tent was still light and the sign said she was open. I wanted to go in, but the thought of seeing her beauty again made me weak in the knees... "Just go in, get some answers and the headphones, and get out!" I repeated silently as I finally walked inside the gypsy tent. The smell of incense filled my nostrils and the sound of Crystal's sweet voice filled the air. She was singing at her table him.

"Got a secret, can you keep it? Well this one you'll save. Better lock it, in your pocket, taking this one to the grave..." She sat before me, her eyes piercing through my body and into my very soul. "I've been waiting for you, Lost Beat." She laid out a set of tarot cards down before her, humming the rest of the song to herself. My voice was lost, and my body sat on its own. "Pick 3 cards, if you may."

I stared at her, wanting to ask the questions buzzing about in my mind. Instead I decided to put them aside for now and do as she asks, picking three cards that seemed to call my name and put them in a neat row... She flipped the one on my left and revealed a drawing of a shadowy figure of a mare, tears forming an ocean around her. The card made the feeling of pure sorrow pierce my heart.

"Misery..." Her voice was quiet, almost just a whisper that glided into my ears. "You are completely filled with it. You're life isn’t so bad but you can't find happiness..." The card was an echo of my feelings, and she put it into words... Before I knew it the middle card was revealed.

A green colt wore so many masks in this once. Many fake cutie marks covered his flanks so his identity was forever hidden... "Envy... You do not wish to be you; something about yourself makes you want to run away from reality... This is way you are Lost Beat. Because you are lost, trying to find a new face, and using music to drown out truth that this is who you are... You are so jealous of your friends for the ability of using magic or flying, while you are stuck with nothing as special as that... Am I correct?"

I wanted to leave, forget what the last card is, forget my headphones, and forget how she knows my deepest secrets. I felt like a diary that was opened by somepony else and everything inside me was being read... I tried to get up but a force kept me in my seat, shaking, blinking back tears, and made me stay in reality. Then the final card was shown. It was blank.

"The deal..."

She levitated her crystal ball onto the table after taking back her cards. The inside of her precious orb was clouded and nothing could be seen, until she rested her hooves on it and it glowed brilliantly. The light banished the fog and a feeling of peace finally entered my body... "I can grant you your deepest desire. You can be somepony else, a pony that does not have the need to hide from the world, and have the ability to make something of yourself for all of Equestria to know..."

In just one minute this mysterious mare ripped out something I never even told my friends and offered freedom from my mental prison... could I trust her? One thing I knew was certain... if she did hold such a power, what must I agree to do for her to use it? "What’s the catch...?" My voice had returned at least. Now of all times.

Crystal Clear smiled at me and stayed silent... Our eyes were locked for minutes and neither of us seemed to breathe. After what felt like decades she gave an answer... "I don't know what I desire from you yet, my dear, but when I do you will find out..." She said simply. Not a single hint of what she had planned was given off from her expression, but if I had to guess... It would be something really good or something really bad... Would being HER servant for life be so bad...?

I gave it a long thought... I expected all of the worst case scenarios that she could do with this deal to happen if I said yes. Leaving right now seemed like an obvious choice then... but I couldn't stand the idea of walking out, knowing I could change who I am. To be something more than a simple earth pony that is only good at solving math problems and escaping the world that he was so desperately afraid of...

"It’s a deal..."

The tent lit up and shone brightly as if we were inside her crystal ball... Crystal began speaking something that I couldn’t understand and then everything went dark... The gypsy's voice echoed throughout my mind as I faded away... "When you wake up. Your desire will be achieved, and your life will change for all of eternity... Rest well... Poor little Lost Beat..."

The devastating wubs from my alarm clock woke me up with a jump. On Friday, the remix of the song "Rainbow Factory" blasted from the speaker modified into an alarm that played a certain song depending on the day. I stumbled out of bed and shut it off. Something was different... "Why is my fur hot pink...?" I thought aloud... At first I thought Blazing Sky painted me pink... Again... but then I realized that my voice wasn't my own. "Why do I sound like a mare?!" Panic woke me up more than my alarm. I ran to my bathroom and looked into the mirror. My scream then broke it...

I'm a bucking pink unicorn!!!

The Morning After

For a recap, I'm Lost Beat... Well, used to be. Thanks to my stupid idea that was formulated between my legs I found myself as this very hot pink mare unicorn... This wasn't exactly what I hoped when that gypsy said that I could become a unicorn or pegasus... Should have seen the gender swap coming... Who takes sick pleasure from turning stallions into mares?! That freaky... sexy... gypsy... that’s who... Buck! Let’s just resume my tale...

She was pretty hot though...

"This can't be right!" I was busy running up and down stairs of my home. Luckily I live alone, so nopony could see me like this. "I never said I wanted to be a mare!" Eventually, I trudged back in my room and tried to get everything in order while I paced around endlessly. "Ok... I should go to her tent and demand for a male body instead... As long as I'm not an earth pony... But how will I explain this to my friends?!"

I found myself banging my head against the wall at some point; it was rather painful even though I was doing it lightly. I figured out that my new horn was hitting the wall as well and when it did strange waves of pain rippled from it. "Damn it's sensitive... Even more than a..." Face turning red, I slowly sat down on the bed. My voice was almost a squeak now. "I don't have one anymore..."

I decided to try to relax and take a better look at myself. With a small trip to the closet that had a mirror in it as well I took a better look at myself. My mane was a slightly darker shade of pink with a few black strands, a couple of those strands going over my left eye. The same color scheme went for my tail as well, and finally... I was just straight up hot! If this body was any better I would probably marry myself.

What was the most interesting, for me at least, was that my cutie mark was only slightly different. It was a pair of headphones stamped inside a large planet, right on where Equestria is. "Well then... This is slightly cool, but time to fix Crystal's little mistake..." On my way downstairs I happened to remember one, very important, little detail... "My headphones..." *Facehoof.* "Buck me 'till next Tuesday..." I groaned...

"Ok."

I blushed more than I ever had before as I looked at the door... COOL STREAM?! He stood right inside but, thank Celestia, he was looking out the open door talking to somepony else! "I'll see you later then, take care." It was... Princess Twilight? What was he doing with her? And why is he in my house?! I must have forgotten to lock the door... Again...

I ran upstairs and locked myself into my room... *Facehoof.* The headphones were on the dresser besides my bed. With my priceless headphones back around my neck I hid under the bed and silently prayed that he would leave. *Knock Knock Knock.* ...I officially hate my life on a whole new level...

"Lost Beat! What are you doing, sleeping in on a school day?" The knob began turning, and the lock undid itself with the help of a royal blue color aura... Leave it to Stream to be the school day police. He walked inside slowly, surprised to find my absence. "If you're hiding I suggest coming out... Skipping school is not acceptable, even if you can answer the questions without glancing at the textbook."

It is so hard not groaning when you're stuck listening to his lecturing. Before I could put my headphones on Cool Stream grabbed me by the tail and pulled me out. "There you... Who are you?" I was pinned against the wall with my friend glaring dangerously at me. When I didn't answer the pressure he was putting against me increased. "We can talk now or in an interrogation room... Which do you prefer?"

In all of my life... I have NEVER been so afraid of him! Blazing Sky I feared ever since she kicked my plot the very first day at school... She was one of the biggest bullies there were until she suddenly became the butt of some joke. Stream and I were the only ones who defended her when she was starting to get bullied instead and soon we three were the closest of friends, but not once has the brilliant unicorn gaze at anyone like this... Could he really care for me this much to scare intruders like this?

"I-It’s me, dude! Lost Beat!" Afraid if I delayed any longer that he'd just might hurt me the truth exploded from my mouth. Shockingly, his gaze didn't even change a bit! Not even a hint of confusion escaped the dark stare. "Done playing...?" He said dryly. Great... "When you were a little colt all you would do was hide in a box fort and read for days! Yesterday you lectured me in a note of how I should listen to that boring ass teacher for once, aaand on my last birthday I tricked you and Blaze to kiss while you both were blindfolded!"

He let me go, pushing up his glasses and clearing his throat... HA! He’s even trying to hide a major blush! "The first two weren't good enough... But that... Last detail never escaped from any of our lips... Nopony else knew..." He sighed as he admitted the facts. Then looked at the mare, at me, with a gaze of confusion. "What happened to you?" He asked, as if the answer wasn't obvious enough?

"I only meant to get my headphones back from her place..." I slowly got up, dusting myself off slightly before continuing. "Then she somehow read what I wanted most and life and... Ta da..." It was getting harder to speak; it felt like a huge lump was in my throat... Cool Stream's glasses slipped down a bit as I finished... "You wanted to be a pink mare...?" ...What the buck did he say?!

"No you idiot! I wanted to be something other than a damn earth pony!" I cried out. My emotions had me at their mercy, forcing me to choke out the horrible truth. "I've always wanted to be something more! Blazing is always flying and relaxing on the clouds, and you have the most mind blowing spells in town! What do I have, Stream?" My hoof stomped on the ground and tears fell around it... I never imagined telling him this... "I never wanted to be just an earth pony... Growing plants isn't what I want to do for a life..."

Before he could try to comfort me I threw myself at him, wrapping my arms around him and crying into his shoulder. "I envied you both so much! When that gypsy said I could change there was no way I could pass it up... But I didn't know I would end up like... like this!" I kept crying into his shoulder, shaking uncontrollably and repeating "I bucked up..."

Slowly he started rubbing my back. "We'll get this fixed... Just calm down and lets go visit the gypsy." His words gave comfort... Surely he could convince Crystal Clear to give me a stallion body. So I slowly nodded, sniffling and wiping tears off of my face then began walking outside with him. "What if she isn't in her tent...?"

"Then he can go see Princess Twilight. Her knowledge of spells can help. If not, we can go seek further help..." He answered, sounding so sure that he'll find a solution. I'm so lucky to have him as a friend...

It was about two minutes into the walk and neither of us said a thing... Well, I tried making some small talk even joked about how we're taking a "field trip" to get away from school. But he never replied, just kept looking ahead and walking. "How do you think Blazing Sky will react if she saw me like this?" I tried grabbing his attention once again. But this time somepony replied, and it wasn't Cool Stream...

"And who are you?" ...Buck me with a shovel. Blazing Sky landed a foot in front of me and looked at me with narrowed eyes. Pink... She hated the color pink... Not as much as I do though. "Well?" She pressed.

"It’s Lost Beat! Now let’s go find that dang gypsy already!" Stream called back; maybe he isn't mad at me... Crystal Clear... You better consider running... He was still walking ahead even though Blaze and I stopped. She looked at me with wide eyes and took a closer examination. "Dude... What did she do to you? I didn't know today was..." She grinned. "Tranny Wednesday!" I facehoofed. Repeatedly. "Shut up, Blaze..."

We all eventually stopped at the tent... Actually, where the tent USED to be! "I-It’s gone...?" My jaw was dropped, and I stared at the clear space where the tent used to occupy. "There is no way she could have packed up and left overnight!" The blue unicorn's glasses levitated off his head and so did a cloth. "Obviously she did..." His eyes closed and he began cleaning his glasses.

"We can try to find her... but guessing how she disappeared overnight I can safely guess that she will be far from Ponyville, plus we have no evidence of where she has gone..." He said, shockingly calm about this situation. "Let’s go visit Twilight." Without waiting for any of us to answer him he was already walking off... Blazing Sky and I glanced at each other, worry in both of our eyes, and trotted after our strange friend.

The walk to the library is about 3 minutes, so I was starting to lose myself in my own little world until the pegasus snapped me into reality. "Have you ever seen that guy so serious? I mean he’s always serious but never like this!" She whispered in my ear. I glanced at her and then back at Cool Stream.

"Heck no... It's starting to scare me..." At least she didn't ask about why I wanted to be a unicorn...

"Oh... Why did she make you a mare anyways?" ............

"Hell if I know... I didn't want to be a mare..." I eventually replied, continuing half to myself. "But as long as I don't have to be an earth pony I guess it works out slightly..." *Sigh.* She’s staring at me, eyes slightly wide, and now she was getting concerned. “Earth ponies are pretty rad... Why do y-"

"What is rad about just growing crap?!" I snapped. "I'm so limited in what I can do! I'm so limited without wings or a horn, and was left to dream of doing what you or Stream can achieve!"

"Bullshit..."

Both of our attentions snapped to Cool Stream... He stopped walking and turned around to face me. "Think of some earth ponies that have achieved something special... Octavia is a wonderful musician yet she’s an earth pony. Our mayor is one as well. Go on and see if Applejack would wish to be a pegasus or unicorn. Hell, I'm sure your idol Vinyl Scratch would still be making what you call music even if she was an earth pony! Just because you're natural power isn't what you want it to be doesn't mean you should believe you can't make yourself great! Stop thinking about that utter nonsense and try to make yourself a living!!!"

With that, he turned away and walked again... I stood there, staring at him in shock... I didn't know what to say. H-He's... He's right... There is no way to deny that... I head hung down until my horn nearly dragged against the ground as I began walking in shame... A wing was rested on my shoulder. "It's not your fault, Lost..." It was comforting to know Sky is worried about me... But it only numbed the stinging feeling in my heart slightly.

"He has a point though... I was acting like a total idiot... All because I'm missing a stupid horn or a pair of wings..." Tears were forming in my eyes and a lump was forming in my throat again. If only my abilities could include turning back time... Whatever they are anyways...

We walked in silence until we reached the hollowed out tree that housed is used as a library. Twilight likes to visit every now and then after she moved to Canterlot to be a princess. Cool Stream knocked on the door and waited patiently as Spike eventually answered the door. "Oh, hey Cool Stream. Aren't you supposed to be in school?" Asked the purple dragon. But the unicorn didn't answer right away, until he barged in and saw Twilight Sparkle looking at him after turning the page of a book.

"Twilight... Do you remember Lost Beat?" He asked her; finally his gaze wasn't so serious. But there was still a sharp edge in his tone... Wow is he mad at me! Hard to believe that he was so caring back at my place...

"Of course I do. He always came by to check out fantasy books." She said, curiosity dragging her attention away from the book. "Why do you ask?"

I let out a yelp in surprise as Stream's magic dragged me to the Princess. "Here SHE is. It turned out that Lost Beat got more than what he wished for..."

I stood there, dumbfounded and staring at the alicorn librarian with a deep blush coming from embarrassment. "H-Hey Twilight... I-Is there a new book to the Changlingata out...?" Oh Celestia... Please tell me I didn't just say that...

The princess’s eyes widened and she got up, circling around me. "I've seen this before... What did you do to end up like this?" I was starting to feel pressured. Everypony's stares were burning into my pelt, judging every inch of my wellbeing... Caving in... Tears were starting to form again... Damn my emotions!!! "C-Can we talk in private?" I whispered, doing my best to hide the tears, but without any success.

Honest worry filled the royal mare's eyes and she looked at Stream, Blaze, and Spike. "Spike... Do you mind taking Cool Stream and Blazing Sky to school for me? Lost and I need some time alone." Stream was about to object to Twilight's request but then he figured it was for the best. Both of my friends said goodbye and reluctantly left.

I plopped down onto a chair near a table and covered my face with my hooves, trying the best I can to take control of my emotions. "Would you like anything to drink? Maybe eat?" The slightly older mare offered. I asked for a glass of water and she went into the kitchen to fetch some. "Why was he so angry...?" I asked myself. "He really lashed out... More than I did... Blazing Sky deserves an apology to..."

Soon Twilight came back and levitated me the glass before sitting down on a chair right across from mine. "Now that we're alone... Do you think you can answer my question? I'm not trying to pressure you, but I do need an explanation if I'm going to find a solution to your problem." Her voice was soft, comforting enough for me to swallow the lump in my throat and answer after a quick drink of water.

"Last night I visited a gypsy's tent... I dropped my headphones there earlier that day and when I went to get them back she had me sit and pick some cards... When I did she revealed them and saw what I wanted the most... I always wanted to become a pegasus or a unicorn... So much I began hating who I was... She said I could become one if I made a deal with her. I get a new body, and I owe her a favor that she'll eventually cash in. There was a bright light and then I woke this morning to find myself like this..." After saying all of that, I chugged the rest of the water down, not daring to look directly at the lavender princess.

"I haven’t seen any book that has anything about changing bodies in this library..." Twilight was going deep into thought, recalling every book she read in the library. "What was her name? Did she mention anything else?" She asked. I tried to remember anything else. One special thing came to mind... "She knew my name, after school I found the place and she starting talking to me. When my friends dragged me away from the tent she called out my name but nopony said it in her presence. Oh, and her name is Crystal Clear." At least I was calming down, talking to her helped.

The name made the alicorn's ears perk... "What was her name again...?" She got up, and I felt very uneasy.

"C-Crystal Clear..." I answered, and her fears were confirmed.

"It can't be!" She exclaimed as a book was pulled out of a high shelf with magic. It opened and pages were flipped over quickly. She placed it before me on the table.

One page held a very old painting of Crystal... As beautiful as ever. "Is this her?"

"Yes..."

"She’s over 100 years old, Lost Beat..."

My jaw hit practically hit the floor... I was drooling over a 100 year old mare?! "Th-Thats impossible!" I cried, "Only alicorns should be able to live for so long! Plus she hasn't changed a bit since whenever that picture was taken!" I stood up, no longer able to sit, and began pacing about the library. F.Y.I. I have ADHD and under couple of circumstances I have a very hard time sitting still. And realizing that I made a bad deal with an ancient unicorn is one of them!

"Unless she had a granddaughter with the exact same name and look I would say it is possible..." She pointed out, reading the book. "It says here that she had a magical power that has been forbidden for more than a thousand years... She could grant any wish and in turn she asked for a... Couple of years from the pony's lifespan..." She finished, chewing on her lower lip now.

There was a huge thud. The princess turned around to see that I was on the ground. Yep, I fainted.

I had a dream while I was out...

I was walking in town... Looking down and playing "Reading for Days" on max level like always. I was even in my old body! I glanced around the street, same old shops and ponies... but the look the citizens gave made me shiver. Their eyes full of hatred, and so much of it. I looked down and walked on without daring to glance up again.

Somepony rudely bumped into me and knocked off my headphones as they passed by, looking back to see who it was I saw Cool Stream... "Watch it, earth pony!" He sneered and turned around, treating the words earth pony as something that would offend the princesses themselves. "What's your damage?" I asked being taken aback.

"My 'damage' is that I'm stuck in a disgraceful town with a worthless pony to call a friend!" He started advancing. I was backing up now. What’s wrong with him?

"Cool Steam... What’s wrong with you? You ne-"

My voice was cut off as magical aura started constricting my throat. "Your existence is what’s wrong..." His eyes were cold... But his voice could have frozen time itself...

"Hey!" Blazing Sky came to his side, she was furious. But her fiery gaze was towards me. "Don't kill him without me..." She growled. I was trying to somehow tear off the aura after falling on the ground. My eyes went up to Blaze, pleading for mercy, but she only grinned and lowered her head to face mine. "We were never your friends... We just pitied you for being nothing more than a simple earth pony..." She then spit on my face and laughed.

They vanished, along with the entire town and the aura that was strangling me...

I sat up in a world of darkness, the only living thing in sight. "Hello?" I called out, half hoping nothing would answer, half hoping whatever did wouldn't try to kill me. Someone began singing in reply... "Got a secret, can you keep it? Well this one you'll save~" Crystal Clear was approaching... I ran away, but I didn't get far before I fell as a jolt of pain went through my body.

"Stay away, you crazy witch!" I cried through gritting teeth while crawling away now. But then another jolt of pain flashed and I froze up. My fur was turning pink and something was growing out from my head. "No! S-Stop this!" My voice was changing as well... Crystal giggled and was by my side in an instant. Her head lowered and she started whispering into my ear.

"My, my. They don't seem to like you as you were... I don't see why... You were such a handsome little pony." She giggled and then whispered in the other. "You do make a nice mare as well... But now it’s time that you repay me..." She turned me on my back and pulled me into a kiss. With each second the kiss continued, the weaker I felt. My physical features began to alter... In a matter of seconds, although it felt like years, I was reduced to an extremely aged mare, but the gypsy didn't stop...

Her lips stayed in lock with mine until they were nothing but dust.