After the incident with the Alicorn Amulet, Mirage Lulamoon had settled down on the outskirts of Ponyville just on the border of the Everfree Forest. As a result he and Fluttershy developed an odd friendship of sorts, and his rivalry with Dusk had become somewhat more friendly.

Mirage looked through the notes, he wasn’t sure why they were lodged through his front door. He’d opened the envelope the notes were in out of curiosity, and were pleasantly surprised they belonged to Dusk. Mirage raised a brow out of interest, he knew he should return these notes to Dusk but there was a part of him that wanted to try the spell out of curiosity.

Mirage looked to the shelf were he had all the ingredients stored up from his travels. He deduced that some form of alchemy was used to make a catalyst for the spell to work, and the notes had detailed instructions on how to purify them and make the catalyst.

“This doesn’t seem so hard.” He muttered, “The catalyst need to be made ready for a full moon? I guess it couldn’t hurt to make it now.”

Mirage worked for hours to get everything ready, mixing the ingredients in the correct amounts as stated in the research notes. Mirage had plenty of experience with the more simple forms of alchemy, purifying something was pretty much common knowledge to those with some form of knowledge of the magical arts. Brewing simple medicines was a necessary skill when you travelled a lot after all.

The catalyst crystal formed as expected in the notes, Mirage picked up the crystal and examined it out of curiosity.

“Okay now what?” Mirage asked himself, he looked over the notes and found that the only thing that it mentioned was that it needed to be exposed to moonlight to make any enchantment binding, “Wait so this was an unfinished spell?” Mirage examined the crystal again and shook his head. He used his telekinesis he placed the crystal on a high shelf.

The crystal began to shake and glow with a bright light, Mirage turned towards the crystal before it exploded in a bright light and knocked Mirage back against a nearby wall.

“M-Mirage a-are you okay?” A voice spoke up, “I-I heard a loud explosion and I came to see if you were okay.”

“F-Fluttershy?” Mirage shook his head, “I-I’m fine, I don’t know what happened...there was a bright light...then a explosion.”

“What happened?” She asked out of curiosity.

“Somepony left a envelope on my doorstep.” Mirage explained, “I checked it out of curiosity, and there was these research notes that belonged to Dusk. I tried the spell that was written on them, I knew I should of just returned them to Dusk...By the moon I’m such an idiot.”

“Well it looks like nopony was hurt.” Fluttershy sighed, “Maybe you should return these notes Mirage.”

“Yeah your right...but I’m not saying anything about trying the spell.” Mirage agreed, “You mind coming with?”

“Of course not.” Fluttershy smiled, “I’ll help you explain.”

Mirage and Fluttershy made their way towards the Ponyville Library, and upon reaching it Mirage looked in shock at the state of the place.

“What the hell happened here?” Mirage wondered.

“Mirage...Fluttershy? What brings you two here?” I asked curious, once I saw them standing outside the window, “Come on in...erm mind the mess.”

“Erm...I came here to return this Dusk.” Mirage handed me an envelope, I looked inside only to find my research notes, “I found it on my doorstep this morning.”

“You didn’t attempt the spell on here did you?” I asked immediately, the last thing I wanted was somepony going through what I was.

“I gave it a quick read, but I’m not going to try an incomplete spell anytime soon.” Mirage explained.

“This spell isn’t incomplete.” I stated, “It just didn’t work the way I wanted it to, and I didn’t get the chance to finalise the research.” I wasn’t going to go in depth of what the spell did to me, that was sort of a private matter. I tore up the research notes before throwing them into the trash can.

“So it didn’t work?” Mirage asked curious.

“Not without side-effects Mirage.” I continued, “I’m glad you didn’t try the spell, the results would have been permanent for a unicorn.”

“R-really?” Mirage paled slightly, “What kind of side effects?”

“I don’t know how it effects other ponies Mirage,” I admitted, “I honestly couldn’t say what could happen...are you okay?”

“O-oh I’m fine.” Mirage tried to reassure me, “I was working on a new trick earlier and it kind of blew up in my face. I-I think I’m going to go and have a nap or something.”

“Erm...well thanks for returning these notes Mirage,” I was grateful, but something told me there was more going on here. I sincerely hoped he didn’t try the spell, that catalyst would react to any source of magic it came in contact with.

Mirage left in a hurry, and I was left wondering why he seemed to nervous earlier. I knew he would have looked at the notes considering what his curiosity was like once it was provoked. Mac had asked what was wrong with Mirage but I just shrugged and continued on helping make fix the place up.

Mirage had ran all the way back to his carriage home, he panicked over what Dusk had told him about the side effects. He told himself repeatedly that nothing was going to happen.

“By the sun I’m such a fucking idiot!” Mirage cursed, “What’s going to happen to me! And it’s going to be permanent of all fucking things! I should have just returned the notes instead of trying the damn spell!”

Mirage paced back and forth wondering what to do about this recent development, but he couldn’t bring himself to focus on anything.

“Damn it what’s Dusk going to think of me now once he finds out, I actually tried the spell.” Mirage muttered to himself, “Damn my sense of pride, if it wasn’t for that Dusk might have seen me as an equal. I can’t face him like this...”

Mirage wiped his brow, he wondered why he felt so hot. His heart felt like he was running a marathon, and his breathing became more and more ragged.

“W-what’s going...on...?” Mirage struggled to support himself on his own legs, “I-It feels like I’m on fire!”

Mirage felt his nethers begin to retreat and change, he couldn’t help but moan at the pleasurable and alien sensation. Mirage felt the heat beginning to consume him further and further, turning itself into a want and need.

Mirage groaned as he began to shrink in size, until he lost a few inches of his height, his body became slimmer and his waist narrowed. His clothes looked baggy on him after he shrank, but began to tighten again as his hips began to swell in size.

“W-What’s going on...? Oh fuck...t-that feels...f-fuck I-I want more!!” Mirage reached towards the dampness that was forming between his legs, and was met with shock when he felt something warm and moist instead of what should have been there. He moaned as he caressed his new found marehood.

His t-shirt began to tighten as he felt his chest expand further and further, he cupped one of his expanding breasts out of curiosity and moaned over how sensitive they were becoming as they grew more and more.

“Oh by the moon!” Mirage cooed and groaned, his voice becoming more and more feminine as the change continued. He could feel his ass fill out more and more, straining his jeans as it continued to swell. He caught a glimpse of his reflection, he was convinced he was losing it when he saw his reflection’s mane get longer and facial features get softer.

“W-why...” Mirage let out another groan, “Why does this feel so fucking good?” Mirage was losing himself as teased and caressed his or rather her marehood. Her jeans strained and finally tore themselves apart under her expanding hips and backside causing Mirage to moan even more, “Fuck!! Oh...more...more!!”

The new sensations were quickly becoming too much for Mirage to handle, she bucked and groaned as she was getting closer and closer. She bit down on her lips, as each caress became more and more intense until she let out a loud scream of utter bliss.

“Oh...f-fuck...” Mirage panted, her voice was now softer in pitch when she spoke, “Oh fuck that felt good...” Mirage took a moment to calm herself down, and took off her remaining clothes, she grimaced once the smell of sweat and sex hit her nose, “I’m going to have to get some clean clothes on...if any fit me now...”

Mirage looked at her reflection, and immediately noticed she had shrank a few inches. Her silver mane now reached to her shoulders, her eyes seemed more expressive and her lips looked fuller.

She was curvier now, but not by too much Mirage noted she had a figure similar to Rarity’s but she was certain Rarity was bigger in the bust department if only by a bit.

Mirage turned around and looked over her shoulder at the mirror, she gave her backside a quick slap letting it jiggle softly. Mirage moaned softly as she squeezed her plump backside, she never knew a mare’s backside could be so sensitive and soft to the touch.

“I-Is that really me?” Mirage asked herself, “This is got to be some trick...” She didn’t know why but something told her that Mirage wasn’t the best choice of name as she was now, “...Trick...huh, I don’t know why but Trixie seems a bit more suited for how I am right now.”

Mirage pondered her sudden train of thought, and wondered where it had came from.

“Trixie...” Mirage muttered, “The great and powerful Trixie...that has a nice ring to it.” Mirage knew Dusk was eventually was going to find out about this, and she dreaded his response when he finally finds out.

Mirage...no Trixie looked hard in the mirror, and asked herself was it really so bad if she was like this? Would she eventually change back, and then change again? Just how permanent was this? All these questions ran through her mind, and when she looked at her reflection she allowed herself a small smile and giggled as one final thought filled her mind...

“Maybe he’ll like me like this...”

Author's Note

Hope you enjoy this story arc, If your wondering where the name Mirage came from...well considering a mirage is a form of an illusion I'd thought it would fit in with Trixie's nature as an illusionist and performer.

• Silent out.