Through Another's Eyes

Applejack hummed quietly to herself as she pulled the wagon filled with apples behind her. She, along with her best friends, had all pitched in to make sure all of the apples have been bucked and harvested to prepare for Applebuck season. Although, she has been pretty tired after the entire affair, what with trying to do it all on her own before finally giving in to Twilight’s pleas. In the end they had managed to prepare everything just in time.

The orange mare gave a hearty yawn. It was common knowledge that she wasn’t fully rested yet, but her rough personality had made her persistent in making sure that she brings the entire harvest to the barn. Her friends have helped her enough, Big Mac was still hurt from his little bet with Applejack and Apple Bloom was much too young to help her. After all, how hard could pulling a wagon full of apples to a barn be? Speaking of the barn, Applejack wondered if she should have it demolished and rebuilt because it has been looking rather depressing as of lately.

“Ah’ll just ask ol’ RD ta help me on tha’ part” mused the mare with her famous southern accent

She had finally reached the crumbling barn and dumped all of the apples when she heard a strange singsong voice. At first, she thought she was just hallucinating from her tired state. However, she soon started getting suspicious as the noise didn’t seem to be stopping. In fact, it seemed to be getting even louder.

Being awfully nosy for the time being, Applejack trotted away, following the singing voice. She first thought it was somepony singing in the fields, but pushed that thought away as she saw nopony when she left earlier. She continued on her journey until finally she reached the lake that was situated next to the field. Applejack looked around, but still saw nopony there.

“Shoo Be Dooo~” sang the voice again, making Applejack jump up in surprise

That voice, she has heard it before in Ponyville. In fact, the mare that the voice belonged to was commonly known as the Crazy Monkey Mare, due to her strange way of sitting and desires for fingered fore hooves. Applejack wasn’t the type to insult other ponies (besides Rainbow Dash, of course) so she just kept to herself most of the times.

“If ya can’t say sumthin nice, ya’ll better not say nothin’ at all” Granny Smith had told her once. She wasn’t going to go breaking the old pony’s heart just because of a strange pony with a sitting disorder.

“Still, what could tha’ mare ber doin’ over here of all places?” Applejack said to no one in particular once more

Slowly, Applejack surveyed the area. The rivers were running free, supplying water to the Apple household for their daily needs. Behind her, the trees rustled as the wind blew through the leaves on the apple tree. The scene was as normal as it could ever be; no sign of the familiar light turquoise unicorn anywhere. She had just turned around to go back when a voice called in the river.

“Shoo Shoo Be Dooo~!” sang the voice again before breaking into a scream “Yo Applejack, over here!”

Slowly, Applejack turned and looked at the river. She gave a loud scream and ran back to her house, crossing another pony along the way.

“Applejack?” asked the pale cream pony known as Bon Bon “What’s wrong? You look like you’ve seen a ghost!”

“Seaponies, Bon Bon!” screamed Applejack with pure fear in her eyes as she shook the mare by her shoulders “Seaponies exist! They’re not a whole bunch a mare’s tales!”

And with that, she ran off once again.

Bon Bon blinked multiple times, unsure of what to do or say at the current situation. Applejack was always calm and collected, she would know after buying apples from her almost daily. Whatever she saw, it must have been pretty scary to shake her that bad. Still, seaponies?

Her day started out normal enough, with her going around town and continuing on with her day. After the cattle and bunny stampede, the mass muffin poisoning and the wayward rainbow blob that zoomed through the sky that had happened for the past few days, today was pretty normal.

The only abnormality would be the absence of Lyra Heartstrings, her best friend. The day was already getting pretty late, so Bon Bon thought about looking for her to make sure she was safe. Her search had brought her to Sweet Apple Acres, where Applejack started screaming about seaponies. Could Lyra be involved in all this?

“You’re such a silly pony, Applejack” Bon Bon finally after a few moments silence “Seaponies are just an old mare’s tale”

She then continued her trek to the river, seeing as that’s where Applejack was coming from. Maybe she’ll find some answers there. With a laugh, she started trotting until finally she saw the river and felt her jaw touch the ground in shock.

There she was, her best friend Lyra, swimming merrily in the river. Her fore hooves were replaced by fins, and her rear hooves were now a tail. Most of her body was also covered in scales, which made Bon Bon look even more shocked at the pony. She gave an audible gasp that caught Lyra’s attention, making her wave happily.

“Hey Bon Bon!” said the unicorn seapony with glee “Look at what I could do”

She then proceeded to dive into the water, only to burst back out and jump into the air. She made a few twirls mid-air and fell back into the river. When she came back up, she saw Bon Bon was dripping wet thanks to her stunt.

“Lyra?!” said Bon Bon with shock “How did you… What did you… Seapony… Tail… Water…?!”

“What, you mean this?” Lyra said, wagging her tail as she played with her fins “Well, it’s a long story…”
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“Hey Twilight, do you have any books on Transfiguration magic?” Lyra asked as she entered the library the day before, scanning the shelves for the required book

“Well, I do have A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emareic Switch, is that good enough?” replied Ponyville’s local egghead, Twilight Sparkle, as she looked up from the book she was reading

“No, something more advanced! I dunno, something from Star Swirl the Bearded?” the turquoise unicorn said, hearing the name being used before by Twilight

Of course, the mention of the name made Twilight beam happily as she dropped the book she was reading. Nopony has ever asked for a specific book before, especially Star Swirl the Bearded’s creations! With a joyous squeal, Twilight zoomed past the mare and levitated a book in front of the unicorn, a big dusty book that was already fading in colour.

“Advanced Transfigurations And Transformations, Volume 1” Twilight said with a creepy smile, making Lyra cower slightly “Is it good enough?”

“Uh… yeah” Lyra muttered silently, still freaked out by the crazy pony’s antics.

She carefully levitated the book in front of her and walked to the door, all the while being followed by Twilight’s gleaming eyes. As soon as she closed the library door behind her, Lyra made a mad dash back into her house. She had a big project ahead of her, and it was best if nopony would bother her.
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“Lemme guess” Bon Bon said with a sigh “You tried to change your hooves into hands, right?”

“Bingo!” Lyra said with a smile as she splashed around in the river “I guess I messed up ,but I’m liking this!”

Bon Bon gave another sigh as she trotted away, trying to look for something to help carry Lyra out of the river. After finding a large bucket and filling it with water, she trotted back to the river and forced her best friend into it. Despite her pleas and wails, Bon Bon turned a deaf ear and continued to pull her friend away from the water.

Wait, how did she get to the river from her house in the first place?
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Carrot Top was walking through the streets of Ponyville with a warm smile, hoping to get dinner ready for her and her best friend’s family. It was a known fact that Ditzy Doo, usually known as Derpy Hooves, was living with Carrot Top due to her low salary fee. It was hard feeding an extra pegasus and two unicorns, but it was totally worth it.

“Shoo Be Dooo~”

“For the last time, shut up!”

“But, but, Shoo Shoo Be Dooooo~!”

Carrot Top listened intently to the conversation, confused as to what was happening. She soon saw where the source of the disturbance was coming from, two ponies that were coming from Sweet Apple Acres. The yellow mare was just about to greet them when she had finally realised what was in front of her.

One pony, Bon Bon if she wasn’t mistaken, was groaning as she carried a giant bucket on her back. Stranger still, the form of Lyra Heartstrings was playing around in the bucket. The oddities didn’t end there, Lyra looked nothing like a unicorn pony at all. In fact, she looked like the seaponies that Carrot Top read about in her filly’s story books while she was just a child!

The two ponies continued on their journey, arguing all the way. They had said something about returning a book and getting Twilight to change her back, although Carrot Top wasn’t paying attention at all. She was still dumbfounded by Seapony Lyra’s sudden appearance.

“Are they gone, yet?” said a scared looking Applejack that had just popped up out of nowhere behind Carrot Top. She apparently was sweating bullets and was carrying a bag filled with some medication in her mouth.

Maybe she should get ready with that dinner.