No Need For Ponies

Tenchi was lying on his back, still wearing his training clothes. He looked like he was unconscious. He soon flinched, then opened his eyes slowly. He raised his upper body, then groaned while holding his head. “Ugh, what happened? All I remember is me, my Dad, and Grandpa taking care of those American-like women… Wait a minute. Where am I?”

He looked around and saw all of his girls looking safe and sound as if nothing ever happened to them. They are all smiling and welcome Tenchi. He looked relieved knowing that they’re all well and good. But as soon as he approach to them, the girls react as they looked down and noticed that they’re turning to stone from the feet upward. Tenchi froze in fear as he sees his girls suffering in agony as the petrifaction rose up slowly. Tenchi tried to move but to no avail his legs were not responding. Sadly, all of them are completely petrified into stone leaving them in poses of shock and a look of suffering on their faces.

Tenchi shivered from the shock but now notices that they all started to crack. Little by little, their stone bodies break until all of them finally crumbled. Tenchi’s legs finally responded but only made him collapse to his knees as he went silent and tears flowed from his eyes. His girls all gone, something he never imagined that would happen. But then the piles of crumbled rocks of his lost girls started to shake. Dark shadows flowed out from each of the piles and formed silhouettes of the girls he found on that night. He looked at them in fear as the giant silhouettes formed glowing red eyes and mouths with wide, evil grins. They also had those weird marks on the sides of their hips, shown with its represented colors.

As a sign of danger, Tenchi started to run. He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, but it was inevitable as the one giant silhouette that represented the girl with the sparkling star mark grabbed hold of him with its hand. Tenchi yell in fear as the silhouette stares at him eagerly with its wicked smile. It soon thrust Tenchi towards its mouth and swallowed him whole with Tenchi’s last shriek of life.

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“AAAAAHHH!!!” Tenchi woke up with a sudden yell as he rose up from his bed. He breathed heavily with a cold sweat after he awoken from such a horrible nightmare. He swore it felt real. The young man took a deep breath and stared out his open shaded window, showing the bright morning. He looked out for while as he was deep thought. Everything has been happening so suddenly since yesterday: Washu re-working her Dimensional Tuner; everyone arguing because of Ryoko and Ayeka sneaking in her lab to use it for their own reasons; Mihoshi messing up the machine, thus sending all the girls to who- knows-where; and a group of weird girls that took their place appearing after the accident. He still remembers how he, his father Nobuyuki, and his grandfather Katsuhito took care of the situation that night.

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“See? I told you everything that I said was true!” Tenchi said pointing out at the group of naked girls for his father and grandfather.

Being the pervert that he is, Nobuyuki turned red while nose bleeding after noticing all these strange girls. Katsuhito’s reaction was totally different from his son-in-law’s. It definitely shows on his face that he never seen girls like them before and was worried about what happened to the others.

“Tenchi, Nobuyuki, we need to take them all into the house quickly.” Said Katsuhito.

“Really? Great!... –Ahem- I mean, let’s do this then. How about we carry the one with the blue hair first? We definitely need all of us to carry her since she has THOSE lugging around, heh-heh.” said Nobuyuki.

Tenchi looked sternly at his father. Seriously, Dad, is that all you could think of at a time like this?, he thought.

Katsuhito crosses his arms and glares at his son-in-law, “Don’t try to fool this old man, Nobuyuki. The girls have disappeared to somewhere that we or any of them do not know of and we cannot do anything in our power to get them back, and you’re giving in to your selfish desires at such a critical time!?”

Nobuyuki scratched the back of his head while looking embarrassed, “Okay, I was only joking. Sheesh, just be glad that I’m here now that I’m off from work for tomorrow.”

“First off, it’s obvious that all three of us will have to carry the blonde one at once so she is the first to go. We will lay her down in the guest room. After that, me and Tenchi will go for the others while you go get some sheets to cover them before we take them to their rooms. Is that clear?”

Nobuyuki look dumbfounded after what his father-in-law told him to do. Obviously, he doesn’t trust him enough to help carry the others. He sighed and dropped his arms and said, “Okay… First space girls now we have new ones from some sort of other world. What has become of my life? Am I just some sort of comedy relief for a Sci-Fi show?”

Tenchi couldn’t help but snicker from what his father just said, knowing he kind of deserve this treatment. They both joined Katsuhito and started carrying the tall yet muscular blonde girl with the apple marks. They struggled from knowing full well how heavy she would be from her size. During the time they were carrying her, Tenchi look worried wondering how the others are doing wherever they are.

Katsuhito took notice of Tenchi and reassured him, “Don’t worry, Tenchi. Everything is going to be all right. I know you’re worried about the girls. But trust me, they should be fine. You know them more than anyone how resourceful they are. For now, let’s focus taking care of these newcomers. Hopefully, they might know more on this situation than we do.”

Tenchi felt a little better from his grandfather’s words. He took a deep breath and did his best in carrying the blonde girl.

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But still, I wonder how the girls are all doing. By now, Washu must have figured out a way for everyone to return home, Tenchi thought as he continues to stare at the window. But what if something went wrong…., he shook his head trying to ignore that thought, No. Grandpa said I need to trust them. They have to pull through somehow.

He then notices Ryo-Ohki waking up from her sleep beside his bed. Since Ryoko and Sasami are gone, Tenchi was the only one she can stay close to. He thinks she is more worried about the others more than he is. ”Oh, morning, Ryo-Ohki.” he said to the cabbit. Ryo-Ohki meowed and stretched after her long sleep, then jump onto the bed and got close to Tenchi. He smiled and rubbed her little head as she felt pleased from that feeling. “You must be worried sick about the girls since last night, huh?”

“Myaa…” Ryo-Ohki responded sadly.

“Don’t worry, everything will be all right somehow. Anyway, we should meet Dad and Grandpa and see how they’re doing after I freshen up.”

He got out of bed and the two both went out as Tenchi headed to the2nd floor bathroom. After that, he changed into his field clothes back at his room on the 3rd floor and headed back downstairs. Before heading down to the 1st floor, he decided to check his friends’ rooms that are now inhabited by these unknown ladies. He checked Ryoko’s room and noticed the one with the rainbow colored hair was resting on her sofa-like bed. She is also wearing Ryoko’s indoor clothes. Seems that his grandfather took care of clothing them by himself, knowing full well that Tenchi might not have been able to handle the task and that his father might have taken advantage of the girls. He then noticed the rainbow haired girl looked well in Ryoko’s clothes. Well, the hair color might have exaggerated somewhat with the colors of the clothes, but her body did fit well into them. But then Tenchi noticed the tail that is usually attached to the clothes. The once cat-like tail was no more, now replaced with what looked to be a horse’s tail, with colors matching with the girl’s hair.

Tenchi shook his head in disbelief. He doesn’t remember Ryoko’s clothes changing into different tails before. Actually, he doesn’t know much about how fashion on other planets worked. He could guess that maybe the tail changes depending on the wearer. He could definitely compare Ryoko as a mischievous cat so he can safely assume that’s why she got the cat tail on her clothes in the first place. But why a horse’s tail for this girl?

Tenchi then focuses on the glowing stone placed on Ryoko’s short table near the bed and picks it up. It’s shaped based on the weird mark the girl has on the sides of her hips. He then remembers he and his grandfather found all these stones matching the girls’ marks right after they finished taking them to their rooms. His grandfather was the one who suggested leaving those stones to their designated owners by their marks. Tenchi couldn’t help but stare at the thunderbolt-shaped stone because of the rainbow colored glow it gave off, and was curious on what it could do. But he also remembers his grandfather’s warning on not to mess with it. He then put it back where it was and left the room.

He decided to check the guest room where Kiyone and Mihoshi were sleeping over. The tall blonde girl and the one with the fluffy pink hair were now taking their beds. The blonde girl’s body is definitely taking too much of the bed she is on thanks to her large body and muscular physique, although it does not seem to bother her since she was still unconscious. She is still wrapped in the sheets from last night since there weren’t any clothes that could fit her. Although it seems his grandfather had tried placing on Kiyone’s clothes, but must have accidentally forced them in and noticed the shreds that remains of them lying around the floor. Tenchi face-palmed in embarrassment, having the image of his grandfather putting so much effort in clothing her in his head, hoping that he at least managed to put her in some underwear.

He then notices the pink-haired girl wearing Mihoshi’s pink tank-top. He thought she would be wearing her long khaki pants too but instead was showing she is wearing a nice pair of panties. Tenchi blushed from noticing, but at least felt relieved that she isn’t completely naked anymore. He took a closer look and noticed that she has a nice smile on her face as if she was happily sound asleep instead of looking unconscious. Tenchi couldn’t help but chuckle from seeing her face and wonders what it was that is making her smile. It’s safe to assume that they’re okay for now.

Tenchi continue on to the next room, which were Ayeka and Sasami’s. This where they left the long light pink-haired girl and the blue-haired girl here as their room. Tenchi noticed his grandfather had trouble dressing the blue haired girl because of her incredible measurements in her curves. But he did manage to put her in one of Ayeka’s robes, specifically the one she wore when she first arrived to Tenchi’s home. The robes definitely made her look like the size of her breasts decreased because of the amount of clothing but they still managed to show some cleavage at least. Tenchi just covered his eyes with his hand as he blushed from noticing the amount of cleavage she has now. He then notices the long light pink-haired. His grandfather definitely knew what to do with her thanks to her petite body and decided to put her in Ayeka’s sleeping lingerie which almost look like a Chinese one-piece swimsuit. Tenchi blushed not from how exposed she is but how cute she is in said outfit. Tenchi turned his head away, feeling embarrassed in being in front of such a lovely lady. Finally done checking everyone and seeing that they’re okay for the time being, he then headed downstairs.

After arriving down stairs, Tenchi finds his father sitting on the couch reading today’s newspaper. He grins eagerly noticing a certain sports article. “Current WBC Middleweight Champion, Takamura Mamoru, readies himself for his next title defense. I can’t wait to see that match. With him, Miyata Ichiro, and that Ippo kid, this proves that it’s Japan’s time to shine in the boxing world, heh-heh.” he said.

Tenchi leans over form the stairs, “Morning, Dad.”

Nobuyuki turns his head to look back, “Oh, morning, Tenchi. You look better after what happened last night.”

Tenchi got off the stairs and got close to his dad. “Yeah, a little. I already checked those girls. They look fine for now. But what happened to the purple-haired one with the stripe. She wasn’t with the others.” he said.

“For some reason, she looked far worse than the others, so your grandfather had to put her under special care at the shrine. He also mentioned that he wants you to see him as soon as you got up.” His dad replied.

“What about you? What are you going to do?” Tenchi asked.

“Eh, don’t mind me. Today’s my day off. All I want is some rest and relaxation. Is bad enough that I have put up so much stress at work but it’s far worse that the girls are all gone and we end up with some new ones in this house. If this keeps up, maybe I should start running an inn like your great aunt is doing.” Nobuyuki answered.

Tenchi chuckled from his father’s simple humor since he can be witty at times. He head out from the house and went on his way to the shrine as Ryo-Ohki followed.

At the shrine, Katsuhito was inside as he watched over the purple haired girl who was unconscious but looked as though she is suffering. She is resting under a futon and is also wearing Washu’s indoor clothes. Katsuhito would have had trouble finding her clothes in her laboratory since it’s so vast and spacious but he somehow managed to find a clean set from the laundry. But the weird part of this was that this set of clothes was slightly larger than its original size, considering Washu being short and only taller than Sasami. He shrugged off that fact as he focuses on the care of his visitor.

His grandson arrived and entered the shrine. “Hey, Grandpa. I got here as soon as Dad mentioned that you need me.” said Tenchi.

“How are the other girls doing?” his grandfather asked as he looked behind his shoulder to his grandson.

“Still unconscious but they seem to be fine.” he answered, then kneeled beside his grandfather. Tenchi then noticed the purple-haired girl. She was unconscious as the others while resting on the futon, but she seems to be struggling with the heavy panting she is showing. Ryo-Ohki tilts her head and looks at the girl in curiosity. “Whoa, she doesn’t look alright. What happened to her?”

Katsuhito prepped a damp rag and placed it on her forehead then sighed. “She has a minor fever. She’s even been speaking in her sleep, but I couldn’t understand what she was saying since she was speaking in English.” He answered.

“Could she be American as well as the others?”

“I highly doubt it. It’s because I can sense a great power from this one. This is only a guess, but I think she might be the cause of what brought herself and her companions here. The poor thing must have over exhaust her power thus leaving her in this state. However, she is recuperating nevertheless, but it will take some time for her to gain consciousness. I feel pity on this one for what she might have gone through to get here like this.”

“That’s rough. Do you think the others have that kind of power you mentioned as well?”

“I didn’t have time to check the others, but it’s unlikely. This young lady is the only one I could sense out of the others. However, we can’t ignore the possibility that they do have some sort of power, but not as strong as this girl’s. But I’m more curious of the stones these girls hold. They seem to hold almost the same power as hers.”

Tenchi looks at the unconscious girl with concern. At first, he wanted to know the answers to all the questions about these girls. But being the caring person that he is, he was more worried of the condition of this poor girl. His grandfather notices his grandson’s concern.

“Don’t worry yourself, Tenchi. She’ll be fine. She just needs rest before she regains conscious. And once she and the rest of these girls recover, we’ll find out more about the situation.” Katsuhito said with a comforting smile to put him at ease while he placed his hand on his grandson’s shoulder. “You should head back to the house. The others might be waking up soon, so you should check on them. I’ll be fine watching this one myself.”

Tenchi smiled, feeling somewhat relieved after hearing his grandfather’s words, nodded and said, “Alright. Still, thanks for everything, gramps.” Tenchi went on his way to the house as Ryo-Ohki decided to stay with Katsuhito. He feel satisfied to see his grandson back to his usual self.

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-WHOOSH-

“HIYAAAA!!!”

-BUMP-

-CRASH-

“Rainbow Dash! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine… Ugh, didn’t saw that coming.”

-ZZZZAAAAP X4-

*slight pause*

“Not good!”

-FWOOOOSH- *bright light*

“AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!”

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“AAAHH!!!”

Rainbow Dash suddenly rose her body from the bed she was resting on after she woke up with an awful shriek. She pants heavily after going through the dream, recalling that night during her friend Twilight Sparkle’s demonstration. She remembers everypony got hit by that blinding light shot off from the stones they were wearing. She suddenly felt a headache coming on as she placed her left hand on her head.

“Ugh, didn’t expect that flash of light would knock me out so easily. I hope the others are fine.” She said to herself. Rainbow Dash then decided to look around her new surroundings. It seems she was in some sort of bedroom – a nice looking room with the wood flooring and walls. She noticed she is resting in some sort of sofa which works as a bed. “ Hmm, nice fancy place I’m in. Somepony must have taken me in while I was out.” But then she noticed the clothes she was wearing. It looked like some sort of blue outfit with yellow stripes on the sleeves.

She looks disgusted as she tugs her outfit. “Eww, why am I wearing these clothes? Don’t they know us ponies don’t’ need to wear any. And how come I got these big bumps on my chest?...Wait a minute.” She paused as she finally noticed her front hooves are not there anymore. Instead they are replaced what look like to her are soft claws. Rainbow started building a cold sweat as she realized the condition she is in. “What happened to my front hooves? They don’t look right at all!” She said as she turns her “not-hooves” back and forth hoping she was still dreaming. Rainbow Dash can’t help but feel worried about her body and need to be sure on her condition as she started removing her outfit. She is not used to being in this form which gives her some difficulty to remove it, but somehow managed to do so. She looks down at her own body….it’s actually far worse than she imagined as she stares at herself in shock with silence. She was completely furless, has arms now, has two big bumps in her chest with tiny yet puffy bumps that are in the middle of each big bump, and what used to be her hind legs have now become long normal legs with somewhat thick thighs but the rest of the legs look toned and came with their own feet.

“What in Celestia’s Horn happened to my body!? Oooooh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” she said in worry while staring at her own hands. She turned her head then suddenly faced a drawer with a large mirror. The moment she looked at her image in the mirror her face went pale and her jaw dropped. She suddenly freaked out as she let out a very loud shriek. She then collapsed on to the ground as she went into tears. What has she become? She recalls the time she end up in that weird world with that giant monster and those three super powered girls who were obsessed in making her into their pet. Did she become like one of them? No! She look entirely different than them, at least they didn’t have muzzles or those “un-sharp claws,” but had those big yet round eyes. She did have a muzzle but it look very small. She looked around in panic while still in tears, but then notices her translation stone placed on the small table.

Her fear suddenly changed into anger as she quickly picked it up and started yelling at it. ”GRR, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU STUPID MAGIC STONE!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME!? WHERE AM I!? AND WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS!?”

As suspected, the stone did not respond. After throwing her frustration towards it, Rainbow threw the stone and suddenly lowered her head and rests it behind her crossed arms as she cried herself during this dire predicament. She blames herself for not getting rid of the stones much sooner before they absorbed Twilight Sparkle’s magic. If she did, maybe all of this might have been avoided.

Suddenly, she hears footsteps. The footsteps are drawing closer towards the door and could hear the one making those footsteps as it speaks in some sort of language she does not understand. Rainbow Dash quickly recovers from her weeping. This is definitely not the time to feel guilty about herself. Whatever it is coming to her, she quickly believes it might not be friendly; it might be possible that whatever is heading towards her could be what turned her into this hideous form. She looks around hoping to find something she could use as a weapon. She then notices a small lamp placed on a stand and quickly goes for it. After that, she rushes to door and puts her back against the wall, standing next to the door. The moment that door opened, Rainbow Dash strikes down her lamp onto the creature’s head. With a loud smash from the breaking lamp, the creature collapsed and hit the floor face first. She pants heavily after striking it down, but then pauses for a moment and decides to take a closer look of it. She squats down and turned over the body. It looks like some middle aged person with glasses and a mustache. He looks kind of stupid looking to her, but Rainbow can’t help but feel sorry for him. But the deed was done and there is no turning back for her now. She needs to find her friends and figure out how they can turn themselves back to normal and find a way back home. Rainbow exits out from the room, wearing nothing but her pair of light blue panties.

As she got out, she staggered and tripped from the rush. Rainbow is still not used to having her new pair of legs. When she was a pony, she did stand on her hind legs before, but not this long, plus these normal legs are different than her hind legs, making it more difficult. Best way to handle this was to walk for now until she gets used to them. She got up and found herself in a hallway of sorts with various doors. She also noticed some stairs leading down at the end, obviously leading to the exit. She took a step forward but hesitated. She shook her head and said, “No! I can’t leave just yet. It’s most likely everypony else might be in this very same place. I’ll search around quickly before that weird guy recovers.”

She placed her hands on the walls for support as she tries her best at walking. Little by little, Rainbow was starting to get her new sense of balance with her current form, but not confident enough to move her hands away from the walls. She finally reached one of the doors she wants to check. With one hand placed on the wall, she removed the other one. Rainbow stared at her free hand and started to have a good feel of it as she makes it clench her fist and open her palm a few times, then finally wiggle her fingers. She chuckled nervously seeing her fingers move. “Well, at least these things will make it a lot easier to grip on stuff now, although I still wonder how us ponies are able to do that with our hooves.” she said. She gripped her hand on the door knob, turned it, and opened. As she enters the room, she looked around. From the looks of it, she found herself in another bedroom but with two actual beds.

But Rainbow quickly discovered a large figure covered in a few layers of sheets resting on one of them. Just when she managed to escape, she didn’t expect to find herself with another creature like the one before. She stood silent for a moment but it seems the large creature was not awake since it hasn’t made a sound. Knowing that she is in the middle of danger, she couldn’t resist on taking a closer look thanks to her curiosity. She continues side stepping against the wall to keep her balance as she heads toward it until she noticed some familiar features. This one had a long blonde mane but what suddenly caught her eyes was the mark on its exposed hip.

Three Apples!? Oh my gosh! Applejack!, she thought as she rushes towards her friend. Even after finding Applejack’s cutie mark, Rainbow knew it was her the minute she saw the freckles on her face. Applejack looked unconscious, but still breathing. The once blue pegasus couldn’t help but examine the rest of her body, so she started pulling the sheets away, revealing her current form. Oh no, not you too…, she thought after finding out her friend became one of those creatures as well.

However, Applejack’s body type is much more different than hers. Her Earth Pony friend looked very large and muscular. The first thing Rainbow Dash thought of after seeing Applejack was that she resembled a female Minotaur. After that thought, she was trying to resist from her humor as she holds her laughter but couldn’t take it anymore. “Bwa ha ha ha ha! Wow, Applejack, I never knew you turned into some big muscle brained freak. Hate to say, it but you deserve it for doing nothing but work all the time, heh-heh! Maybe you should start holding seminars like that Ironwill guy.” she said after she removed a tear from her eye from the laughter. But then her enjoyment turned to disgust as soon as she noticed Applejack’s chest. She had those big bumps like she does, except Applejack’s were bigger…much bigger. “Whoa, guess you have those ‘things’ too. I want to say I feel sorry for you having them that big, but why do I have the feeling that I suppose to be jealous of this?”

Out of curiosity, Rainbow took a feel from one of Applejack’s bumps. Rainbow’s eyes widen after she felt it. It feels soft but still very firm. “Wow, never knew that one of those things would feel soft, but a bit hard too, like it had some muscle behind it.” Rainbow then starred down at her own bumps and started taking a feel at them as well. Even though they’re not as big as Applejack’s, hers feel much softer.

“Ha, guess mines feel much better than yours,” she said with a confident look. But a thought occurred after saying those words. “Wait, if they’re really soft, did I just mean that they’re plain fat? Eww, gross!” She had a disgusted look for moment before continuing. “Well, Applejack, I definitely can’t carry you with your size now, especially having ‘those’ around. If you’re here, then the others must be here too. Sorry, AJ, but looks like I gotta come back for-MMMMPPHHH!!!” Her words stop when something just covered her mouth and pulled her in. She panicked, but hesitated because of being caught off guard, then was drag into some closet.

As soon as she got in, Rainbow was turned and faced towards the being that pulled her in. “Ssshhhh…” she whispered with one un-sharp claw placed in front of her mouth. Being inside this close, it was a little dark, but Rainbow can still see what’s in front of her. This being is wearing some plain clothes, but she is wearing a top that shows off more of her skin. She then noticed her mane, all pink and fluffy, almost like cotton candy. Rainbow’s eyes widen as she made the connection. The being knew what Rainbow was thinking, so it let go of her mouth and smiled at her.

“Pinkie Pie?” Rainbow asked.

The girl she assumed to be one of her friends suddenly look teary-eyed as if she is about to cry then quickly hugged her. “Ooh, Rainbow Dash! I’m so happy to see you again! You don’t know how really, really scared I am after what I’ve been through.” said Pinkie Pie as she continues to cry on Rainbow Dash’s shoulder.

Rainbow Dash felt relieved to finally meet up her close friend. After all the bad things that had occurred, she is glad that something good finally happened during her ordeal. “I’m glad to see you too, buddy.” She said as she pats the back of Pinkie Pie’s head to calm her.

Pinkie Pie got over her worried state then looks at Rainbow Dash. “Looks like you turned human too like me and Applejack.” Said Pinkie Pie.

“Human?...Ack!” Rainbow squealed as she noticed Pinkie Pie poking one of her bumps.

“Ooh! Even your chest balloons are nice and big. Not as humongous as Applejack’s, but I bet yours are squishier. Oh yeah, I call them chest balloons because of them being round soft bumps on your body.” she then giggled as she continues to poke hers.

Rainbow Dash showed a stern look, grabs her hand, and thrust it down. “Would you just quit it? And what the heck is a ‘human’?” she asked demandingly.

“That’s what we are now, silly filly.” She answered.

“And how can you be sure we all turned into these ‘humans’?”

“Do you remember Lyra Hearstrings?”

“That Unicorn who sits weird on benches at Ponyville Park?”

“Yuparooni. The very same.”

“What about her?"

“I knew her for quite some time. After that incident with Twilight’s potion, I kinda told her about what happened during the time I rescued you and about dropping that blue cutie to his home. Found out that she is veeeery into humans. I gotta say, she is so obsessed about them that she wished she could be one too. If she finds out about what happened to us now, she would be so jealous. And another thing-”

“Okay, okay, I get it. Just tell me straight to the point on how you know that we’re human.”

“Um, she’s been researching about humans for a really long time so she knew everything about them, like how they look, what they eat, what they do, stuff like that. She even claimed there was a time humans existed before Princess Celestia and Princess Luna ruled Equestria. Maybe thousands and thousands of years ago. I know it’s hard to believe but I think it was so cool if it was true.”

“Wow, I thought you’re the only random pony that I know, but I never expected we had one who’s much weirder than you are.”

“Hey! Don’t call her weird. She prefers the term, ‘anthropologically interested.’ ”

“Fine, then. I’m sorry.”

Rainbow Dash lowers her head and stares down at her un-sharp claws. She felt relieved in finding out on what she has become, but still has more questions about her current form. Pinkie Pie lean closer and smiles.

“Bet you want to know what those are, huh? They’re called ‘hands.’ They’re like paws, except they got these appendages that look like carrot sticks, called ‘fingers,’ and these thick ones resembling baby carrots are called ‘thumbs.’ Cool, huh?" Said Pinkie while wiggling her fingers. Rainbow Dash smiled and chuckled nervously. “Oh, and we don’t have muzzles anymore. We got ‘noses.’ They work just as good as muzzles, but don’t need to be attached to our mouths.”

“Alright, enough with the trivia. Do you know about the others?” Asked Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie Pie crossed her arms and went into deep thought then answered “Well, I did took a quick lookie-loo in the hall way before anyone saw me. Checked one room and found two human girls what looked to be Fluttershy and Rarity, but I can’t say for certain.”

“Did you check their legs if they had their cutie marks? I noticed me and Applejack still have ours in these forms.”

“So you knew that too? Good idea! I never knew you’re so smart Rainbow Dash. Maybe almost as smart as Twilight. But sadly, I didn’t get to see them since they were wearing full body clothes.”

“Heh, thanks. But have you seen our egghead too?”

“No, I haven’t. I’m sorry, Rainbow Dash. If it wasn’t for me from interfering Twilight while she was fixing my translation stone, this would never have happened.” Said Pinkie Pie while beginning to weep.

Rainbow Dash couldn’t help blame Pinkie Pie for what she said. She never seen her feeling this guilty before. She went close to Pinkie and pat her on the back. “Don’t blame yourself, Pinkie. At least we’re fine. But I know we can get through this somehow. C’mon, just perk yourself up for me, okay?” said Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie Pie sniffed once more and regained her composure. “Okay, Rainbow. I’m really glad that I have you as my friend.” She said.

“Well, we can’t take the others on our own if they’re still out of it. Our best bet is to find Twilight if she’s around. We’ll come back for the rest if she manages to wake up by the time we find her hopefully.” Said Rainbow Dash in deep thought while holding her chin.

“Okay, then I’ll just bring my translation stone and-” Pinkie Pie was stopped by Rainbow Dash before she can say anymore by placing her open pal in front of her face.

“Hold it. Don’t even think about doing that. Those stones were the ones that sent us here in the first place, and maybe turned us into these ‘human’ bodies. They were nothing but trouble. I hate to say it, but it looks like Applejack was right that something like this was bound to happen from one of Twilight’s experiments.” She said.

Pinkie Pie took out her stone and looked at it with a pouting face. “Aww, but they look so neat. Twilight really worked her heart out on making these.” She said, then placed her stone on the ground.

“Sorry, but who knows what any of those stones could do next if we keep them long enough with us. Now let’s get out of here. I noticed some stairs by the hallway, so let’s take them and see if we can find Twilight downstairs.” Said Rainbow Dash then got up from the ground. She staggered a bit, but soon regain balance. But then she saw Pinkie Pie suddenly lunge back with her legs then vaulted off the ground and stood on top of her legs with no problems. Rainbow Dash’s jaw dropped in shock. “Pinkie Pie….How did you managed to do that without messing up?” she asked.

Pinkie Pie smiled with her eyes closed then answered with a giggle, “Guess I’m a fast learner.” Now Rainbow Dash started to feel jealous of her friend. She was supposed to be a great athlete, even though standing on two legs is difficult for her, but seems Pinkie Pie had the advantage over her thanks to her randomness. “By the way, you really need clothes since we’re furless now. Otherwise, you might end up catching a cold. But wait a minute, I was wearing clothes when I woke up so shouldn’t be the same with you?” asked Pinkie Pie.

Rainbow looked nervous as soon as Pinkie asked her. But she hid her nervousness with a confident look, and with her arms crossed said, “Who needs clothes? Besides, we may be humans on the outside but we’re still ponies on the inside, and us ponies don’t need clothes.”

As soon as she was done saying those words, she paused as her nose twitched then suddenly sneezed. “Let me guess, you did have clothes on, but you threw them away just to check yourself out as soon as you woke up, huh?” said Pinkie Pie with a smirk, knowing she was right.

Rainbow knew Pinkie was right on the dot. She dropped her arms, lowered her head in shame, and gave a sudden nod from her head. Pinkie just pat Rainbow’s back and said, “It’s okay, you don’t have to hide it. Let’s just choose at least something from this closet and-”

Rainbow Dash interrupted again and said, “No! Don’t make me wear clothes. I just don’t like wearing them since any of them I see don’t look cool for me. I’ll just settle covering myself with these sheets.”

Pinkie Pie shrugged off and said, “Suit yourself,” then offered her some sheets. After that, they took a quick look at Applejack’s unconscious body, nodding at her that they would come back for her soon, and went off to find Twilight.

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Tenchi finally arrived at his home. He stopped for a moment to catch his breath since he ran all the way there from the shrine without noticing. He must have got caught in the moment, seeing how eager he was to check on those strangers once more. After his small break, he placed his hand on the door knob and opened it. As soon as he got in, he was expecting to see his father on the couch still reading his newspaper, but he was nowhere to be seen.

That’s funny. I wonder where Dad went?, He thought as he scratched his head, but then he heard footsteps coming from the stairs. He then focused and with surprise finds two of the strangers heading down. It was the one with the rainbow hair, now covered in one of the bedroom sheets, accompanied with the one with the pink fluffy hair. They were talking to each other in English, which Tenchi still couldn’t understand until they noticed him. They both froze from their spot as they’ve been caught, showing surprised looks on their faces. Tenchi just blinked with his mouth open. The two girls shiver in fear, causing the rainbow-haired girl to drop her sheet revealing her exposed breasts. Tenchi’s face turned completely red as soon as he saw her breasts, then went through a nosebleed. It was so bad that a large gush of blood flew out from his nose, causing him to collapsed.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!” shrieked the girls as they yelled in fear and ran off towards the kitchen. Tenchi quickly recovered since this wasn’t the time to fool around. He was surprised to see these girls have finally awakened and who knows what these girls might do. He followed them and found them cornered by the kitchen sink. The pink one looks like she is in panic, while the rainbow one stood her ground to protect themselves.

“Wait a minute, you two! I know this is all sudden since you just woke up, but I mean you no harm.” Tenchi said calmly as he approach to them. As soon as he took another step, the two girls reacted and skirmished through the kitchen drawers.

The rainbow one went for a spatula while the pink one picked up a whisk. “We got weapons and we’re not afraid to use them!” said the pink one in English.

The rainbow one paused for a moment and took a look at their so-called weapons, then look annoyed and yells at her companion, “You call these ‘weapons’? You think I be able to flip that guy with ‘this’?”

“It’s possible, eh heh-heh…” answered the pink one with a nervous smile, while rubbing the back of her head.

The rainbow haired one snatched her friend’s whisk and said, “Oh really, now? Then suppose you be able to whip him into cream with that whisk you’re holding?”

“Hey! Give me back my weapon! You’re leaving me defenseless here!” said the pink one as she took hold of the whisk as both she and the rainbow one decided to have a tug-o-war.

Tenchi looked nervous seeing those two bickering while a bit of sweat trickled down from his head. Their bickering reminded him of Ryoko and Ayeka’s usual fights…maybe a bit too much. He just noticed that they spoke English like his grandfather said, so they really didn’t understand his previous words. He shook his head and mustered up with every bit of English he know and said, “Stoppu!”

The two ceased from their fighting as they froze from hearing him spoke in their language as they turned their heads towards him.

“Did that guy just said “Stop”?” said the pink one.

“Yeah, but very poorly.” said the rainbow one.

Tenchi felt relieved as he took a deep breath after they understood his one word, then continued. “Puwrees, no fight. Mean no harm.” The two look confused from what he was trying to say, but then the pink one stared at his eyes for some reason. Tenchi thought his poor English wasn’t enough to convince them. There must be something for him that he can do to gain her trust. He placed his closed fist on his other open palm as he got an idea. “Wait here. No move.” He said to the girls before he rushed upstairs.

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Both Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were bewildered from what just happened. They didn’t expect they would find another human so suddenly after they went downstairs, but it’s more surprising that this human just spoke to them in Equestria Common Speak, but poorly. But now that he left, Rainbow Dash seized the moment for them to escape. “C’mon, Pinkie Pie, let’s get outta here.” she said as she grabbed Pinkie’s arm and dragged her along. But after one step she stopped from her tracks. Rainbow turned back and saw Pinkie with such a serious face. “Pinkie, what’s wrong with you? This is our chance. We have to go!” said Rainbow Dash.

“No!” retorted Pinkie Pie while she stomped her foot.

“No?”

“No!”

“Why not? I’m sorry but we have no choice but to come back for the others later until we come up a plan.”

“And I say we’re not leaving.”

“Why!? Are you serious?” groaned Rainbow Dash while scratching her head crazily with both hands.

“That nice guy said not to move, so we’re not moving.”

“Pinkie, you’re so naïve! You really think that human is nice? What if its lying?”

“Don’t call him ‘it.’ He’s a good colt…I mean, boy. And I know, he isn’t lying.”

“Oh, really? How do you know that?” said rainbow Dash in disbelief with her arms crossed.

“From the look in his eyes” said Pinkie Pie while pointing her eyes with her index fingers. “Somehow, he got the same eyes like Applejack’ whenever she wants us to trust her. Leave if you want to, but I’m staying.” After saying her words, she turned her head away from Rainbow Dash and crossed her arms.

Rainbow Dash handled Pinkie Pie’s stubbornness before from that time she had to forcefully take her to her surprise birthday party and it wasn’t easy. Once Pinkie Pie had something on her mind, she would stick to it no matter what. She scratched her head crazily once more and groaned loudly, “Fine, you win. But if something bad happens to us, don’t blame me but yourself.”

Pinkie responded with a satisfied grin. Looks like Rainbow Dash lost to her this time as she crosses her arms with a grunt.

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Tenchi just got out from Ayeka and Sasami’s room. He was relieved to have found the pink haired girl’s stone while the large blonde haired girl was still unconscious. It took a bit of time for him to find it until he checked the closet that was left open. All he needed now is the rainbow-haired one’s. He rushed to Ryoko’s room until he tripped and face-vaulted to the ground. He was fine as he rubs his face to ease his pain, but what made him trip? He turned his head and was in shock to find his father unconscious with a broken bump on his head and a stupid look on his face.

“Dad!” he shouted as he rushed to his father and started shaking him. “C’mon, wake up…. Aww, this is no good.”

He looks at his father with concern, but he took a deep breath as he knew what he is supposed to do. He raised his open palm and started slapping him repeatedly. Tenchi keeps calling out to his dad with each slap until finally a yell of pain came out from him, “YEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOWWW!!!”

“Dad, you’re awake!”

“Of course, I’m awake, you idiot. I’m in enough pain as it is after what that freaky rainbow girl did to me.” Nobuyuki place his hand on his head as he got up from the floor.

“What?”

“I was going to check on her to see if she was finally awake. Found out the hard way when she smashed my head with that lamp next to me. I was kind off guard as soon as I saw her topless, although she had a nice pair so at least that was something.”

Tenchi then noticed the broken lamp next to his father. He would have felt sorry for him but he couldn’t help but snicker imagining everything his father had went through. “You think this is FUNNY!?” yelled Nobuyuki.

“Sorry, dad. I couldn’t help myself, heh-heh.” Tenchi answered. “But don’t worry. I got the situation almost taken care of.”

“Taken care of?” Don’t tell me you confronted that dangerous girl.”

“She’s not alone. The pink haired girl is with her too. But they’re fine for now. I’m just here for the rainbow girl’s stone.”

“Damn it, why is it that you end up without a scratch while little overworked me almost ends up with a concussion. Sometimes, I feel fate made me nothing more but its comedy relief.”

Tenchi started searching for the rainbow girl’s stone since it’s not on the table anymore. He finally found it lying around on the floor next to the wall. Looks like the rainbow girl had some sort of fit and threw it towards the wall. “I’m going to check on those two. Are you coming?” said Tenchi.

“Nah, you go on ahead. I’m still suffering from the hit, so I need to lay low hear for now.” Tenchi ran out of the room. “But damn, she really did have a nice pair, heh” said Nobuyuki as he grinned from remembering that moment.

Tenchi went downstairs and met up with the two girls. He was relieved to find them still here. He then offered their stones to them and said “Here. Take.”

Both of them blinked and had confused looks, then looked into each other. “You had us wait just to give us back our stones? I don’t get it, but I definitely don’t want to mess with them again after what it did to us." responded the rainbow girl while waving her hand and shaking her hand. The pink haired hesitated but then reached for hers. “Pinkie! I really don’t think you should take yours.”

“He was kind enough to give us our stones back. He must had thought that they were precious to us. So of course I’m taking mine.” Said the pink girl. She took her stone and placed around her neck like a pendant. Suddenly, the stone started to glow slightly bright. “Arigato gozaimasu .” She said.

Tenchi couldn’t believe his ears! Just when they were speaking English, the pink girl suddenly spoke Japanese so perfectly as soon as she wore her stone pendant. “Ah, you’re welcome…” Tenchi responded.

The pink girl gasped then giggled in excitement. “You finally understood me! Yay! Ooh, now I can understand you too!” she said.

Tenchi did not suspect this as he looks nervously at the ecstatic girl then said “Yes, and surprisingly clearly too. I didn’t know you spoke Japanese that good when you two were actually speaking English.”

Rainbow Dash looks dumbfounded not understanding a single word Tenchi and her friend are saying.

“Japanese? So that’s the language you speak, but what’s English? Ooh, now I remember. Equestria Common used to be called English a long time ago.” Said the pink girl.

“’Equestria what’?” asked Tenchi as he was confused once more. He wonders what is this “Equestria” she speaks of. “Still, I thought you and your friend don’t speak Japanese. It’s amazing that you speak so fluently.” He rubs the back of his head.

The pink girl blinked and paused for a moment as soon she heard Tenchi’s words then said “Wait, you think I’m speaking Japanese? But I’m speaking Equestria… I mean, your English that you mentioned. You’re even talking the same language as I am right now.”

Tenchi gawked as he looked stunned. “What!? But we’re speaking Japanese just now.”

The pink girl froze for a moment, but then she grinned so widely that she jumped with excitement. “It worked! Twilight’s translation stone worked! This is totally superiffic!” After the pink girl said that, she started jumping around with such energy as if she made some sort of great discovery. Tenchi stepped back, bewildered by the girl’s enthusiasm.

As for the rainbow girl, she was completely ignored during the whole thing and didn’t understand a single word they were saying. But she somewhat knew what was going on the moment her friend started speaking that foreign language. She stomped her foot and thrust her arms down at the same time and yelled, “That’s it! I can’t take this anymore!" She then focused at Tenchi as he looks nervous, being glared at by the rainbow girl. She then thrust her open palm to him. Tenchi look at her then look at her palm confusingly. “Just give me back my stone, please?" she said in a huff.

Tenchi finally guess what she wanted and gave her back her stone. As soon she wore it around her neck, her stone glowed just like her friend’s. “I don’t like it when I’m ignored.” She said.

The pink girl suddenly glomped the rainbow girl as soon she noticed she wore her stone. “Sorry about that, Rainbow. At least yours is working too. You don’t have to be a grumpy grump about it no more.” Said the pink girl, who then giggled with delight.

“Heh-heh, you can cut it out now, Pinkie.” responded the rainbow girl. Tenchi was surprised to see the rainbow girl speak Japanese as well, but he finally understood what was going on. It looks like those stones do have some sort of power behind them, and it lets them understand what he is saying and vice versa.

“Now I get it. Those stones actually lets you understand what I’m saying while they also lets you speak with me too.” He said.

“Ha, looks like we got ourselves another egghead.” said the rainbow girl.

Then the pink girl came up to Tenchi, then leaned down towards him and held his hands. “I totally forgot to introduce ourselves while everything was happening so fast. My name is Pinkie Pie, but you can just call me Pinkie if you like.” She said then looked at her friend and gestured her to introduce herself as well.

The rainbow girl then looked away for a bit and scratched the back of her head, then looked at Tenchi and finally spoke. “And I’m Rainbow Dash. Also, I’m sorry about my behavior earlier. I’m so not getting used to what’s happening right now.”

Tenchi smiled and said “It’s okay. I understand. But you two definitely sure have interesting names.” But then he realized that Rainbow Dash is still topless. With one look at her chest, he turned red and blood shot out from her nose. The shot also made his head tilt back. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash look surprised from what happened to him.

“Eww, gross…” said Rainbow Dash as she flinched and look disgusted.

Pinkie Pie look curious and asked, “What was that all about?”

Tenchi recovered and plug his nose with his hand and asked nervously, “Ugh, sorry about that. But could you please cover yourself. Exposing your chest like that is kinda indecent.”

Rainbow Dash responded with a confused look then looks down at her breast and lifts them up and said to Tenchi, “You mean these things? Is that what makes you shoot out red stuff out of your muzzle?”

“I think that was blood, Rainbow.” Said Pinkie Pie with an ill look.

Rainbow Dash’s eyes widen, then flinched and started to squeal in panic. “Eww, eww, eww! That is sick. Fine, I’ll cover myself.” She then rushed to pick up her sheet.

“By the way, what’s your name?” Pinkie Pie asked Tenchi.

“Oh, my name is Tenchi. Tenchi Masaki.” He answered.

“Ooh, I get it. Tenchi being your name and Masaki being your family’s name. Just like the Cakes and the Apple Family.”

“Something like that, eh heh-heh.” Said Tenchi with a nervous smile.

Rainbow Dash then returned with her sheet now covering her body. “There, better now?” Asked Rainbow Dash. Tenchi then nodded in agreement. “Good. Just don’t do that blood splurt from your little muzzle in front of me again.”

Tenchi took note of that, but then remembered something “Oh yeah, I have one question for you, uh… Rainbow Dash, right?”

“That’s my name, don’t wear it out. What’s up?”

“Did you happen hit someone with a lamp?” he asked sternly.

Rainbow Dash started to sweat bullets, while Pinkie Pie started to hold her laughter. “Uh, yeah, I did. Why’s that?” she answered.

“He happens to be my dad.”

Rainbow Dash quickly squatted and placed her hands on her head in shame. “Sorry, sorry, sorry. I didn’t mean it. I told you that everything that’s been happening was too much for me so I panicked.” She said.

“It’s not her fault, Tenchi. She sees you and your daddy as monsters, but I already told her that you’re both humans.” Said Pinkie Pie.

Tenchi wasn’t prepared for that answer then said “Wait a minute. What are you talking about? The way you’re saying is like you two are claiming that you’re not human yourselves.”

Pinkie Pie then put up a somewhat worried face then said, “Actually, about that…” But her sentence was cut short as loud voices started to come out from upstairs.

“What the hay happened to me? I’m all meaty and furless. And did I just got huge or everything has gotten smaller here?”

“My horn is gone! Why does my chest feel so heavy!? *gasps* I have two large globes of fat attached to me! Mirror, I need mirror!… Eeeek! My beautiful face! Ruined! I’m a mon-ha-ha-ha-ster!... Ooh, these lovely robes aren’t too bad at all!”

Another yell followed, along with whimpering.

“Seems like the others finally woken up, but what’s with Rarity? First she’s surprised, then shrieks in horror, and now she quickly recovered with fascination. Sheesh, decide already!” Said Rainbow Dash while looking up with frustration.

Tenchi sighed and understood what Rainbow Dash had gone through now that things are happening too fast for him as well then said, “We might as well take care of your friends until they’re all calmed down. But once that’s taken care of, we definitely need a serious talk about everything that’s been going on.” It seems the two girls felt the same way too since they also wanted to know more of where they are now. They both nodded and all three went upstairs.