Pool toy spell
It was a warm summer afternoon as Bell stood in front of her bedroom mirror. She turned around as she admired the new swimsuit she had bought. Bell and her husband had just been invited to a pool party by Pinkie Pie, and while wearing a swimsuit wasn't really needed she wanted to look nice for the occasion regardless.
As she finished adjusting her suit she headed towards the door but stopped when she noticed a familiar spell book sitting on the nightstand. For the last two weeks her husband would often be looking through it looking for something interesting to try. Bell had never looked inside it, it wasn't as if Cricket ever stopped her from doing so, it was just an average spell book after all. It was the title for the most part that made her nervous. The title read "quirky spells and pranks." She was always worried that if she took a peek a booby trap would string out of it like demon. Her curiosity about this book had slowly been wearing away at that fear, and for some reason today she found herself compiled to look inside.
Levitating the tome closer she gulped slowly opening the cover. Closing her eyes she prepared herself for something to jump out at her, but when nothing happened she dove in scanning the table of contents. Just as the title said the book contained a wide variety of spells ranging from the average colour swap to the more bizarre, like turning your friend into a hat. As she skimmed through the pages her eyes stopped at a particular image. Before her was a silhouette of a large pool toy shaped like a pony. "pool toy fun" was spelled out in cartoony balloon letters at the top of the page. Curious as to what kind of fun she could have with a pool toy she read on. The spell itself was pretty straight forward, the spell allowed the user to transform themselves into a pool toy. The effect was only temporary fading in 2 hours after it was cast.
She stared at the page thinking the plan over. Deciding there was no harm in trying she placed the book on a nearby stand. Cricket wasn't expecting her downstairs for another 15 minutes. She figured she could easily cast the spell, try it out, and then change herself back before the party. She positioned herself in front of her full length mirror and began the cast.
A few seconds passed as her horn glowed brightly. Just as she was about to stop, her magic aura started flowing down her body. As the transformation began her body glowed sparkling in a field of light blue energy. Feeling light headed she looked up at her horn. The field of energy changed to a bright orange as it ran down her body. Her skin became rubber as seams appeared around the base of her horn and down the sides of her head. Her mane soon disappeared as it was replaced by a simple green outline along her skull. The wave of energy soon moved passed her head and continued downwards. Lifting one of her legs up to her face she watched as her hooves puffed up and rounded out. The rest of her body soon followed as air began to expand inside her. Bell felt ticklish as the air filled every empty pocket of her now hollow body. The spell finished as it flowed over her flanks and tail. Bell stopped giggling as she felt something pop out of her left flank, turning to see she spotted a small valve just above her cutie mark.
Bell took a long look in the mirror as she admiring her new form. The light from the overhead lamp made her now transparent body glow. "I guess my husband can see right through me now." Curious she bit her tongue testing to see if she could still feel pain. To her surprise she heard a soft squeak like a chew toy come out of her mouth.
She jumped in the air with joy and soon found that much like a balloon she drifted slowly back down to the ground. Enjoying the sensation of being light as a feather she continued to dance in front of the mirror.
After about 5 minutes of bouncing she sighed as she realized she had to change back. Looking back at her reflection she raised her horn into the air to cast the spell, but nothing happened. She tried again and again but each time she wasn't even able to create a spark. She could feel the magic inside her so why couldn't she turn back. She gasped as she noticed a footnote on the spell page.
Caution during spell duration unicorn magic is disrupted due to time lock of this spell.
The mere thought of her having to explain she cast a spell on herself without reading the whole page made her blush, though being made of rubber she was unable to do so.
Her train of thought was suddenly derailed when she heard hoofs coming up the stairs. The thought of Cricket seeing her like this made her suddenly nervous. Her ears shot up listening as the steps got closer. She quickly spun around and started walking towards the door but was stopped as her legs froze up on her. The sudden loss of control caused her to tip over tapping gently against the carpet floor. She grunted as she tried to make them move again but she found she had lost all control of them. All she could do was watch as her legs bend inward and locked into a relaxed laying position.
"Honey you ready yet." Cricket said from outside the door.
Bell tried with all her might to move "Don't come in. I'm not ready yet."
"I'm sure however you look is fine. We're going to pool party. Your mane is going to get wet regardless."
Bell was fully aware that the door wasn't locked and that Cricket could come in whenever he wanted but it was a known fact that when mares wanted privacy you gave them it, but there was no guarantee that he would stay out for long. "Just a few more minutes."
"You said that 20 minutes ago. I'm just coming in to get my watch."
"Wait no..." She said too late as Cricket entered the bedroom.
As Cricket stepped inside he froze. A smile came upon his face as he stared at his now pool toy wife.
Bell smiled awkwardly as she stared back at Cricket. "I...I can explain."
Cricket laughed as he replied "ha-ha, it actually worked."
Bell jaw dropped "What worked? This isn't funny, I can't move."
"Well, I kind of enchanted that spell book with a hypnotic suggestion and.."
"So you made me turn myself into a pool toy."
"No, but you got to admit the timing is bit funny."
"Okay fine, ha-ha, very funny now can you please change me back." Bell said her face feeling stiffer by the minute.
"Don't worry about that. Just enjoy yourself you'll turn back halfway through the party anyway."
"I'm...not...amused." She said as her face molding into a fixed toothy grin.
Cricket walked over to her side and leaned down "Okay so I didn't think that spell would make you immobile but here's the deal, tomorrow you can turn me into whatever you want from that spell book. Now let's go have some fun honey."
"Well that seems fair I guess" she said to herself now unable to even talk. Without even a delay she felt herself being propped upright. The valve on her flank opened with a pop and she began to deflate. The air rushing out made her feel like she was farting, though she would never openly admit such a fact. As she became fully deflated she felt strangely relaxed. She felt like she was at the spa sitting a hot tub. Her vision soon became black as Cricket folded her up and took her to the pool.
Bell quickly got over Crickets prank once she was re-inflated and floating on the water. She found it was kind of nice to just float there and have no worries for a while. Two hours later just as the spell suggested she turned back to normal. However it seemed there was a slight side effect of feeling fat for the next two hours afterwards.
Author's Note
yeah I know the ending is weak sorry, this was an on the spot kind of fic.