From Friends to Fur

“I am very disappointed in you Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy stated, staring at her Rainbow maned friend.

“But he-“

“No buts! Couldn’t you see how scared it was? You scared it senseless!”

Matt was… not in the best of places right now. He had pretty much floundered his chance of retaining any masculinity he might have had before his… encounter with a wild Rainbow Dash and now he was hiding behind a Legendary level 50 Fluttershy while she talked down to said Rainbow Dash, now reduced to a level 1… or at least that’s how Matt viewed it. It would take either a huge, super hero-esc rescue mission, bringing home the head of a fully grown dragon or do random “masculine” things all the time for him to regain his masculinity. Not that it was actually important to him or anything but, being a guy, it was nice to have just in case. You never know what you can use until you do.

“I only yelled at him a bit... a-and I only did that because I saw you on the ground… unconscious. I-I thought he might have hurt you or something.” Rainbow mumbled now given a chance to speak.

“I appreciate you wanting to protect me. But…” Rainbow’s only thought was, Oh no! “It was not nice of you to attack…” Fluttershy paused and looked at the now slightly shaking creature.

Matt noticed the pause and replied with a quick “Matt.” but to Fluttershy it only came out as a quiet yet shaky, “Eevee.”

“Eevee.” Fluttershy finished.

Rainbow was a little confused by this. She didn’t hear him say ‘Eevee’ what she heard was, “Um, he just said his name was ‘Matt’.”

That was only to accomplish confusing Fluttershy and surprising Matt who responded with a shocked, “YOU CAN UNDERSTAND POKE-SPEECH?!”

Twilight and Rarity were bewildered by what they just saw. One moment they were talking to the beautiful Glaceon known as Sora and the next a white energy came out of a red and white ball that she seemed to recognize and absorbed her within said ball. Now the ball was just lying on the a red light fading in and out of what seemed to be a button that was attached to it as it shook on the ground…

Wobble …Once…

Wobble …Twice…

Wobble …It shook a full three times before it burst open releasing a red energy that then turned into a now panting Sora. “Get that thing away from me!” She screamed as she distanced herself from the now broken two halves of the ball.

Twilight and Rarity were dumbfounded. They had just seen something be converted into pure energy and then be reconstructed from a different energy. “How… How did you…? Did that…?” Rarity was unable to ask any of her questions. Twilight on the other hand… err… hoof… or… paw?

“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!” Twilight squealed and started spouting out words at a speed that rivaled Pinkie Pie. “You just went through a full cycle matter conversion! Nearly every sort of scientific matter conversion theoretically would need a power source the size of Manehatten and you only did it with a ball that could not only change size but fit into a pocket in its smaller form!” She quickly picked up the broken pokeball in her magical grasp and held it close to her face to closely examine it. “I have to find out how this works and write a report on it and try to replicate the results. I wonder if Celestia would mind if I borrowed some of her students to help recreate this in Canterlot. This could bring so much convenience ponies everywhere! Our scientific capabilities would go through the roof! This could be the start of an entirely new scientific era for all of Equestria and everyone else in Eques! I could go down in history as the Princess that led all of Eques into a new world of possibilities! I could-“

“TWILIGHT!!!” The lavender alicorn was brought to a stop when Rarity yelled and interrupted her mind ramble. The unicorn cleared her throat before lecturing her friend. “Twilight, darling, you were getting a bit ahead of yourself. Also, if you haven’t noticed, that… thing seems to be broken. Probably from poor Sora here trying to escape that strange device. Besides, I don’t think that you’d be able to get everything you need to know from a broken one. Turning somepony into energy seems quite complicated and if something doesn’t work correctly… well, I’d rather not think of such things.”

Twilight seemed to become disheartened by that and spoke with less enthusiasm. “But… But… Science… What about the science?”

Rarity placed a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder and sighed. “You can go do… the science later, darling. Right now there is another matter that needs our attention.” Twilight turned to look at Sora. She had backed up against a wall and is now shaking as she stares at the broken remains of the pokeball. Twilight sighed before placing the broken pokeball back on the ground, going over to Sora and placing a hoof on her back, rubbing it slowly to comfort their shocked new friend as Rarity walked to them and did the same.

“So Zecora made you a potion that gave you a boost in energy… and when you performed a Sonic RainBoom after drinking it… you were able to understand animals?”

“Yeah. Pretty much”

Matt and Fluttershy had been trying to wrap their head around what Rainbow Dash had explained to them 15 minutes ago. “Just… how does that make any sense?!” Matt asked confusion clearly portrayed on his face.

“Hey I still don’t believe it myself!” Rainbow retorted. “I went and asked Zecora herself about this herself and all she had to say about it was that it was a rare side effect of the potion! It just doesn’t wear off.”

Fluttershy was slightly disappointed with her friend about this. “Why didn’t you tell me about this before? You could’ve helped me with some of the injured animals by asking them things like, ‘Where does it hurt Mr. Beaver?’”

“Animals talk too much.”

“What?”

“They’re always saying something and always talking over each other. It makes my head hurt just thinking about it.” Rainbow Dash rubbed her temple with a hoof to emphasize her point. “…Have you ever heard two dogs barking at each other?”

“Yeah.”

“You know what they’re saying? They’re saying ‘Hey! Hey! Hey! Look! Listen!’ constantly!” Rainbow let out an exasperated grunt. “It’s just so annoying having that constantly be in your ears!”

“Wow. It must really suck to be her.” Matt said to himself while staring at Rainbow.

Unfortunately Matt was a bit loud spoken, meaning the rainbow maned she-demon had heard him… “Well nopony asked you Mr. ‘Fluff-n-stuff’!!!” …and she didn’t like what he had to say.

She made to advance onto the annoying fur ball but was stopped in her tracks when Fluttershy cut her off, scolding her as she did. “Rainbow Dash, you need to calm down.” Rainbow opened her mouth to respond to Fluttershy’s change in demeanor but the apparently not-so-shy pegasus continued. “You’ve already made one mess today, I don’t want to clean up another.” With that Rainbow Dash remained quiet. She was so quiet that one might have mistaken her for a mouse.

Matt thought that now was a good opportunity to speak up… or at least apologize. He sighed and began to say, “Look, Rainbow Dash, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you or even make Fluttershy faint in the first place. I was just trying to find someone that might be able to help me find my friend. You see, we… well, we come from a different world and in all honesty, I don’t normally look like this. I’m actually a human and my made a machine which let my friend and I come here. It’s just that, I don’t know if she made it here with me…” Matt’s demeanor was crumbling as he spoke. Losing more and more the more he spoke. “And I can’t go looking for her because if what happened to me happened to her then I don’t think I’d be able to recognize her. But I have to try and find her. If anything happens…” He let out a few tears as he realized something possibly horrible. “…or happened to her I don’t know what I would do. She’s been my only real friend sense we were little and if I lose her then what would be the point of even coming here? To lose a friend?” Matt looked up at Rainbow Dash, fresh tears staining his now furry face. “You’re the element of loyalty Rainbow Dash, what would you do if you went to a strange place with Fluttershy, changed into something you’re not and couldn’t find her when you woke up?”

Rainbow Dash remained quiet the entire time he spoke, taking in everything he was saying… And so she looked at Fluttershy and tried to imagine what he had just described but her mind did not allow her to think such unbearable things. Matt continued, “But sense you don’t want me here, I’ll just have to find her on my own.” And with a burst of speed Matt ran out the door and didn’t stop not knowing his own use of a Quick Attack just wanting to outrun everything he had just let out. He had no idea just how much his situation actually hurt and now he runs to out run his newly found emotions leaving a trail of tears in his wake.

“Thanks for the new cup of tea Twilight.” Sora said as she went to take another sip of her tea. After she came out of her state of shock Twilight had gone to make her some more tea while Rarity stayed behind to make sure the she was alright.

Twilight smiled at the now calm Glaceon. “You’re welcome Sora but if you don’t mind me asking, what happened?”

Although Sora was asked the question Rarity was the one who gave a reply. “Twilight! For shame! Poor Sora barely come out of shock and the first thing you do is conduct a survey on her!”

“It’s alright Rarity.” Much to the surprise to the as for mentioned mare, Sora seemed quite comfortable with answering a few of Twilight’s questions despite just coming out of shock not too long ago.

“I’d have to disagree darling. Coming out of shock is quite serious. You should rest for a bit before you start answering any questions Twilight might have for you.” Rarity was persistent in her reasoning but Sora thought otherwise.

“I’m fine Rarity. Really, I am! Watch.” Sora the promptly stood up and jumped onto the table before Rarity or Twilight could do anything. The, striking a pose, she turned to the two mare and said, “Ta-da! I know it wasn’t very impressive but I was only given this body a short while ago. I can’t do much with it yet but I learn pretty fast.” And that was true, she did learn fast. Whenever any of Sora’s professors brought up a new topic to the class Sora would usually be the first one to not only understand it but to apply it as well. To say the least, she was one smart cookie. The only one who actually rivaled her in studies was Matt during a Mathematics class.

“Um, Sora, I’d hate to say this but Rarity might be right.” Twilight said in a manor as not to offend her friend. “You might still be in shock for all we know. Why don’t you just take a nap and I’ll ask you my questions when you wake up, okay?”

Sora sighed and jumped down from the table. “Fine. Where do you recommend I sleep then because I don’t know whether this body would be more comfortable in a regular bed or a doggie bed?”

Twilight pointed her hoof at the door at the very top of the stairs right next to them. “You can sleep in my bed in the room upstairs. It’s the…”

“Blue one that looks like the night sky.” Sora finished for Twilight who was now confused. “You were a T.V. show. Remember?”

Twilight shook her head release herself from her dumbfounded state of mind before saying, “Oh, right. Sorry, that part seemed to have slipped my mind somehow… You’d think something that news breaking would be hard to forget! Anyways, you should get to bed. We’ll wait for you down here so that you have a bit of privacy.”

“Thanks Twilight.” And with that Sora made her way up the stairs, through the door and into the surprisingly comfortable bed.