“Ugh.” Was all I can say after a night of hard drinking and making a complete ass of myself. I try to remember the things I did last night but for whatever reason I couldn’t. I then scratch my head only to realize that my head was wrapped around in bandages and that it was loose. I grabbed it and looked at the bandages to see that it was covered in blood.

“Guess I partied too hard.” I thought. I then looked around and noticed I was back in Twilight’s lab.

“Well that’s great. All I want this morning is more lectures on how to behave.” I sarcastically thought. Then there was a sharp pain in my forehead that only lasted a few seconds. I rub my head to ease the pain from last night.

“Welp couldn’t be help. Seriously I’m starting to lose my edge.” I’m usually the master of bullshit and lies; I always find a way to get out of these types of situations but right now, I keep getting caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. Regardless I have to get up and I get out of here before Twilight wakes up but I realize that there was a cold draft in the room. I look down and realize that I was naked.

“Oh man that would have been a disaster.” I thought to myself. I then grab my pants and try to put it on but somehow it felt more loose then it should be. I check them to see what was the problem but nothing was wrong with them. Well except I still had the bottle from last night.

“Ahhh shoot.” When I finally talk something was not right. When I heard my voice it sounded more childlike then how I usually sound.

“What’s wrong with… MY VOICE.” I tried sounding more deep but it cracked at the last two words. I then grab my shirt and put it on but it was also loose and too big for my size like my pants.

“Oh Glob what’s wrong with…”

“Wait. WHY CAN’T I CURSE!” I thought to myself. I then thought of all the curse words I can think of.

“Crud, shoot, darn, cu…computer.” I then cover my mouth now knowing I can’t curse out loud.

“Oh Glob whats happened to me!” I then run for the stairs to get some answers. Once I get to the surface I ran for the bathroom remembering there’s a mirror cabinet inside. Once I got in, I looked in the mirror and saw my reflection looking back at me. It was a younger version of me; a ten-year-old me looking back.

“FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE!”

“OH COME ON!”

I opened the door only to see Twilight face to face literally. We were basically the same height. That’s when a thought came to me.

“You did this to me didn’t you?” The only thing I got was her trying not to laugh but she’s starting to lose that fight.

“It was! I knew it. You did this to me! Fix it! NOW!” I complained. While I was waiting for her to stop laughing for 3 whole minutes, Spike came in and when he saw me, he was laughing along with Twilight. I never knew being this embarrassed would hurt. I felt like I was going to cry.

“(Sniff) Are you done?” I kept holding on the tear.

“Get back in tear.” Forcing myself not to cry. When Twilight looked at me, she saw me struggling not to cry.

“Shoot she’s looking at me. Do something.”

“Hey you still haven’t answered my question.” I then look at her upset but still not crying. She was moving closer to me almost wanting to hug me. I step back from her know what she was doing.

“Just answer my question already.” I told her. Luckily I was strong enough not to cry.

“(Sigh) Look I have nothing to do with what happened to you, in fact you did this to yourself.”

“How?” I asked her. I then look at Spike who looked like he was going to say something.

“Hey sorry I didn’t mean to upset you. I’m sorry.” Spike apologize.

“No worries. I think whatever’s happened to me is effecting my emotions or something.” I told him. I guess what I said still wasn’t enough for him because he was hugging my leg to try and make me feel better. I then motion him to let go because Twilight wanted me to follow her to a section of the library.

When I met her, she picked the book and showed it to me on a picture of a flower, the same one where I picked from the forest.

“This is called poison joke. It makes whoever it touches look ridiculous. My friends and I walked into a bed of them on accident and it made us look ridiculous.” She told me how it affected her and the rest and it was the most hilarious thing I heard in a long time. Especially the parts where Dash kept crashing into stuff and how Fluttershy sounded like Barry White. For almost a second I let a laugh out but caught it before it came out.

“So is there a cure for this or what?” I asked her. Apparently there is and it shouldn’t be too far from the Spa. Normally I avoid spas for a few reasons but if they can give me the cure for this I’m not objecting.

“Well what are we waiting for, let’s go.” Before we had a chance to go we heard a knock coming from the front door of the library.

“Hey Twilight mind if I come in.” I recognize the raspy voice anywhere.

“Aww crud its Rainbow.” I whispered.

“I do not want this morning to end like this.” I thought. I ran for the back door to get out before Dash could find me.

“Twilight I’ll meet you at the spa just make sure she doesn’t see me.” I was still afraid that she might want a rematch from last time and I’m not ready not in this condition.

“Wait Davi…” before she had a chance I was already outside and was sneaking around the front because that’s where the spa was. It was risky knowing that Rainbow was their but so long is Twilight keeps her distracted I should be in the clear. I look around the corner to see if Twilight is distracting her. I overheard what they were talking about.

“Hey Twilight you haven’t seen David have you.”

“Actually I haven’t seen him this morning.” Twilight answered.

“Well if you see him, tell him if he ever comes near me again, the first thing he’ll see are my hoofs to his face.”

“I knew wussing out was a good idea.” I thought to myself. I then tiptoed as fast as I can, hoping she didn’t see nor hear me walking out. Before I can go any further, I saw Spike walk behind Twilight.

“Hey David, where are you going?” And just like that, Dash looked behind and saw me.

“Would you believe I’m his younger brother?” I sheepishly grinned. She then opened her wings and that’s when I realized that my lie wasn’t going to fly so I ran.

“Son of gun, you ratted me out!” Before I knew it, I felt light weighted and I looked down that I was carried away off the ground.

“Oh Glob don’t kill me!” I tried struggling to get out but we were going so fast, the shirt was picking up on the winds and they almost exposed my parts in midflight so I had to stand still.

“Oh I’m not going to killing. I got something else in mind.”

“What are you going to do? Beat up a kid? That’s just low even for you.”

“Naw something far worse.” Right as she said that we pasted the spa through the market then Sugar Cube Corner until by the next street corner we saw Rarity’s Boutique.

“No pleases Glob I choose death! Someone save meeeeeeee!” I knew what she was planning and I can only see where this was heading.
We then went bursting through the door and Rainbow dropped me on a pile of fabric. I was disoriented when she dropped me all of a sudden. I tried getting my senses back after the whole ride from Rainbow and once I gotten my balance, I got out of the pile and felt a wind rush past me.

“Oh Glob right.” For a moment, I forgot I’m in Rarity’s boutique. I got to get out of here. I then ran for the door and tripped on my loose shirt.

“David?” When I heard Rarity’s voice, I got up and turned the door knob but it was too late I was being pulled in to Rarity’s shop thanks to her magic.

“Noooo!” I yelled while I held both edges of the door so I don’t get inside.

“You’re not going outside wearing that are you? We’ll just have to get you a new ensemble for your size and I have a few ideas in mind.” Before I knew it, I was starting to loose grip.

“Please Glob I want to get off Mr. Bones wild ride!” And with my last words said, my hand slipped and I was pulled inside.

3 Hours later…

“For the last time, can we get a break please.” I asked Rarity to let me go after the first 10 sets of clothes she put out and the reason it took so long was because I tried escaping several times but every time I get out, Dash was there to put me back in the boutique. And no matter which route I took, she was able to catch up to me.

“Awww can you at least tell me what outfit looks best suited for you.” Rarity looked at me with her pouty face thinking I’m weak to her trick.

“Lady I invented that when I was a kid.”

…

“Glob damn it, I am a kid.”

“I don’t know, the overalls I guess.” They were the least flamboyant and flashy clothes she made in her pursuit of finding me the perfect clothes.

“Are you sure?” She looks at me questionably.

“YES!” I yelled.

“Inside voice David. We’re inside you know.” After that there was a bell ringing on the other side of the room. When she heard it, she realized there was another customer.

“I’ll be back shortly David. And once I come back we’ll look over again and see if there was an outfit that we overlooked.” Just like that she left.

I quickly took off the outfit she made me wear and put the overalls on. The previous outfit in question was just blue with those white frills that protrude in the chest region. It was something you’d see in some old painting in the 17th or 16th century which was something I will never wear again. I then thought of another escape plan I can think of but the doors leading outside were locked and that even if I somehow made it out, the problem is Dash herself. Every time I try to escape, she always sends me back before Rarity knew I was gone.

After some thinking I saw Rarity’s cat walk past me, Opalescence I think that’s her name. I then scratched her neck which she craned to my hand for more pressure.

“Good kitty. You know my pain right?” She then looks at me then nods.

“You wouldn’t know a way out would you?” I asked. She then looks at me then moves away to the door. She looks back and motions her head to follow her. I followed her but before I did, I saw some kitty litter and had an idea. I then snuck to the second floor and Opel was scratching the door. I opened it and I instantly knew whose room this was.

“It doesn’t take a genius to know this is Rarity’s room.” I looked around to find that Opal was standing on the window stall and jumped down.

“Oh shoot.”

“Rarity is going to kill me if she finds out…” As it turns out, when I looked out the window, it turns out she was balancing on the edge of the roof. I then got out too and was holding on to the ponies on this carousel like building to get Opel.

“Here kitty, kitty, kitty.” I motioned her to come closer. But the cat jumped and I tried getting her but it was too late. I then looked to where she jumped to see the damage but as it turns out she was fine.

“Wow I guess cats can land on all fours.” I then tried to find a place I can jump down safely but nothing was going to soften my fall so I thought climbing down was the other option. After climbing down the roof with the drain pipes I was able to be on the ground.

I then ran for the spa as fast as I can. I then looked back and saw Dash coming towards me. I freaked out for a second but I didn’t lose my cool because I knew this would happen so I dug into my pockets and grabbed what I needed. I then threw the kitty litter at her face.

“Pocket sand.” She zipped past me and crashed into a nearby vender. I then ran pass her and looked back.

“This makes us even feather face.” I then ran the other corner and when I saw Sugar Cube Corner i entered the building. I looked through the window and saw Dash fly past the shop. I then blew a sigh of relief knowing that I finally lost her. I then look behind me and I saw a bunch of ponies looking at me.

“What? You got a problem?” I asked them. Apparently they never saw a human child before because when I started talking, most of the ponies came to me and wanted to pet my head and hug me like I was their own child.

“Hey quit it. All of you know I’m still the same monster that suddenly appeared in town.” But it didn’t help because they still were treating me like I was a child. I hate it.

“Stop hugging me!” I then frail my arms around in a frenzy to get them to back off. They all moved back away from me.

“I’m not cute. I’m an adult for glob sakes and furthermore today has been the worst morning of my life!” I continued my temper tantrum until I heard someone slam a door open. I look to where the noise was and I cursed myself to coming here to begin with.

“David is that you?” Pinkie asked.

“What do you think.” I looked at her angrily. She then zipped towards me and held me like her life depended on it.

“You are so cute Davey. How did this happen?” she kept going on and on about what happen to me and I couldn’t get a word edge wise. In fact, I couldn’t say anything because her hugging was killing me.

“Can’t…breath.” I then tapped her back to tell her to let go. she looked at me and knew what was telling her.

“Oops sorry.” She then let go and I was able to breathe again. When I looked at her she was just smiling at me and bounced.

“What are you smiling on about?”

“I’m planning on what to do for your late birthday party.” She answered.

“No no. I already celebrated that mess not doing it again.” I told her.

“Not for yesterday but for how old you are in this form.” She continued to bounce.

“I am not celebrating my 10 year old self a birthday. Not happening.”

“Too late.” She sing-song the sentenced. She then brought some weird machine that looked like something you see out of some circus. It played some tune while Pinkie was singing a song that I wasn’t even able to pay attention because right now I was internally screaming in my head for it to be over. When she finished the song, the machine made a ding sound, then out of nowhere, the confetti blew out of the port and since I wasn’t ready for it, it blew me out of the store to the outside.

When I got my bearings back together, I looked back inside and the whole place was covered in what looked like cake batter at least I think it was. When pinkie came out of the bakery, she was covered in the same stuff that cover the inside the building. I didn’t want to deal with this so I ran away from her.

Hours have past and I was finally able to hear again. thank you Jack and Axel. Speaking of which…

“Haven’t heard from you guys. What’s happening?” But no one answered. I guess they’re still trying to heal my body after the craziness that’s happened not too long ago. I then snuck around a few more blocks and

“Yes there’s the spa.” I ran towards the place as fast as my little legs could carry. It looked as if this nightmare was over. My victory was cut short when something tripped over me. I looked down and saw that it was a rope that tied both my legs together.

“Dang it Applejack come on!” I crawled to the spa but no matter how much resistance I tried, I was being pulled back to Applejack.

“Nooooo!” It was at that moment that I decided to just give up because no matter what I do, something bad is going to befall upon me so I just accepted defeat. In fact when I was being dragged I just cried during the whole ordeal.

“Well I’ll be. Is that you David?” Applejack asked. But I didn’t respond because I was too busy self-loathing.

“Hey David are you ok?” Applejack let the rope restraints loose but I was still crying. I guess she heard me crying because she turned me on my back and saw that I was bawling.

“Hey hey hey what’s wrong part….” I interrupted her sentence but I was crying so hard that it was almost incoherent.

“I…(sniff)I…all I wanted wa…wa…(bawling)” I then just let all that bottled up emotions over not just this morning but from the past 8 years of my life. I guess I was making a scene because the other ponies that were walking by were looking at us like a mother was trying to calm down a kid who just lost their favorite toy. It wasn’t long until I heard another voice come around.

“(Gasp) David is that you? Applejack what did you do?” I wanted to answer and I wanted to explain but because the flood works won’t stop. I was unable to speak at all.

“Fluttershy I was just…”

“Whys David crying? Did you do something to him?”

“No she had nothing to do with this.” I wanted to say it but my crying was forcing me to cry more. At this point, my senses were gone for a brief moment until something was hovering over me like someone was comforting me. I looked on my left side and Fluttershy was on my side. I looked around and realized that we were walking on a dirt path then when I looked behind me, her wing was covering me like she was protecting me.

“W…what happened? (Sniff)Where are we going?” I asked her. Apparently from what I can tell from her, was that Applejack was victimizing me because when she heard other ponies that Applejack used her rope and tied me, she must have thought that I was hurt or was in great pain because of her. I then wipe a leftover tear so I can see well.

“No that’s not true.” I then told her the real reason why was bawling like a baby. She must have realized that she made a mistake. She also said that she was going to apologize to her by tomorrow but she was going to focus her attention on me.

“Were here.” I then looked up and saw that we were standing outside her cottage which sort of looked like what the hobbits would actually live in. She opened the door and when we were inside I was surprised to see animals almost everywhere. There were mice, bunnies’, platypus etc. everywhere.

“Oh glob why do you even have a bear? I then ran behind her for cover while looking at the bear to make sure if it was going to go berserk, I’ll get a head start.

“Oh don’t worry he’s harmless David.” I didn’t believe her but I was going to keep my distance just in case. After walking around the cottage I was beginning to feel hungry because I miss breakfast and lunch.

“Oh David are you hungry?” I then nodded quietly.

“What would you like?” I then look away.

“Can I have a grilled cheese…..please?” I asked politely. I followed her to the kitchen but she stopped me and wanted me to wait.

“But that bear…”

“Don’t worry about him. He’s really a nice bear.” She then walked back about to prepare the meal. I then walked around the place and sat on her sofa. I looked around and the animals were looking at me like was the new kid in school. Then this lone white bunny comes to my direction, looks at me with the stink eye.

“(Sigh) You’re not the only one that hates me. I always have someone that hates me without a reason.” I then look away and look at the bear then at the bunny again.

“But do you want to know what really ticks me off little bunny?” I lower my head. Then I shot quick death glance to the rabbit.

“Its people like you that make me hate myself for even existing.” I guess the bunny got the message that I am not one to disturb lightly so he backed away slowly along with the others that were unfortunate to see me at my darkest hour.

“David dinners ready.” Fluttershy announce. I then got off and walked to the kitchen and saw a few animals that backed away from me. I then sat on the table and started eating. After I finished, I thanked her for the meal.

“Can I go back to Twilight’s now?” I asked her.

“Actually its getting dark out and I don’t do well in the dark to be honest.” I sigh knowing that I should just drop it because fighting this has just become tiring up to this point. Plus I just wanted this day to end already.

“So do I sleep on the sofa or what?” I asked her.

“Actually I have an extra room that you can sleep tonight.”

“Can you show me?” We both went up and she showed me where I was sleeping tonight and it perfect. The bed was made; there was a desk, a closet and a single window that showed the dirt road. When I was done looking around I decided that I should just get to sleep.

“Good night David.”

“G’night.” She then turned off the lights and I slowly drifted to sleep. I woke up only to realize that I wasn’t in Fluttershy’s cottage anymore. I was back in my city but the street I was in was in shambles almost as if there was a mob that decided to go crazy.

“Oh no. not again.” I looked around and saw the figure again just like my nightmare from earth. I ran away from the figure as fast as I can so that I can change the events so that I can finally end this suffering. I ran but no matter where I go, he finds me and when I finally found something to defend myself, he takes it away from me so easily just like before.

When I turned the next corner, I looked back to make sure he wasn’t there but I bumped into something and fell down.

“Just pathetic. Running like a little foal.” The figure somehow lifted me like I was nothing and my throat began to constrict causing me to choke.

“As soon as you’re gone, your planet will belong to us while you along with your kind will finally die off.” Then the figure began to choke me even harder causing me to slowly lose my senses. I try struggling to breathe but the more I struggle, the more likely it was futile.

“I…i…I’m sorry.” I then close my eyes about to give but I heard something off the distance.

“David…David….DAVID!”

I woke up all of a sudden and finally began to breathe again. I look around and notice that Fluttershy was holding on to me tightly.

“Fluttershy.” I then held her tightly and I started sobbing. I told her everything about my dream.

“David would you like to sleep in my room?” I nodded to her and we both go to her room so that I don’t have to sleep alone. When we finally got to her room, I laid down on the right side of the bed so that when the sun comes up, I’ll get a head start to the spa so I can finally end this curse. Fluttershy then held me under her wings so that I don’t feel cold.

I didn’t know why but I felt safe when I’m around Fluttershy for some reason. I guess it’s the poison joke is making me worse in each hour.
“I need to get back to normal.” I finally shut my eyes and began sleeping again only this time the nightmares finally subside this time.

End of Chapter 13.

Author's Note

Hello everyone who's read this story so far. I happy that I'm starting to get likes this past few months although there have been somewhat dislike which was as expected which i don't even care i just like writing and its a good start I guess. Anyways I've been busy due to college being a huge pain in my ass, I also have to balance my social life too and catching up with friends as well too. So I apologies that there has to be a chapter almost every month; I've notice the patterns. Well any who, I've got a question for any writer or reader thats out their; Do you listen to music while writing a story and if so what is it? My favorite to listen is this...