Dangerous Experiments

Vinyl turned down her turntable, finishing her rehearsal for her new vinyl album that will be out for public in a few moons.

The white unicorn looked at the clock hanging on the wall, noticing that it was quite late for breakfast now, and Octavia was never late for, in Octavia’s words, the most important meal of the day.

Jason had left not so long ago, asking about her friend’s whereabouts, and since Vinyl didn’t know, he left the house, giving the musician a little to worry about.

Octavia had left the house since yesterday at noon, since she couldn’t sleep after their little concert... and much less so when Vinyl had to play her turntable all morning, causing the mare to make a hasty escape from their home and head to, what she had guessed, Jason’s house.

Vinyl then decided that it would be a good idea to ask if somepony had seen her. She could then panic later if the results were not favorable. A good start would be at the musical guild, where most of the musicians of the town went to make a rehearsal and have some meetings.

For Vinyl and Octavia, it was one of their most frequent places to go, and the one where the grey musician would most likely be.

Vinyl then took her way to the door and began her own search for her friend, until said friend was at the doorway and about to open it with her own hoof.

“I'm sorry if it is late, Vinyl, but I ended up at Jason’s home and I just slept there the entire night,” explained Octavia as she entered their house and walked directly to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Vinyl walked behind her and watched her work in the kitchen. Octavia noticed her and made a gesture of her hoof with a rolling motion and a smile.

“After that, I wanted to come here, but Cherry Bomb invited me to hear her comic routine for her performance at Sugarcube Corner this night. That was the reason I came here this late,” explained the grey mare, knowing what the gestures of the DJ are.

Vinyl leaned closer and poked Octavia in her side with a wide grin before leaning her head aside.

Octavia smiled and shook her head.

“Jason and I just spent the night together, just that,” lied the cellist as she delivered two plates of scrambled eggs on the table while the white unicorn joined her to eat. “Jason is a good friend, and that is the only thing we will ever be,” she assured while eating with no hesitation in her voice.

Vinyl frowned a little at this. She guessed that Octavia had confessed her ‘hidden’ feelings to the human and decided to spend the night together with what the unicorn could describe as ‘to fornicate like there was no mañana’. But she still insisted.

With a movement of her fore hooves, she placed them in front of her, opening wide to simulate a hug and joining her lips as if she was kissing an invisible pony.

Octavia noticed this action and choked a little, coughing some eggs from her throat.
Once she regained her breathing and order of thoughts, she glared at her friend.

“Vinyl!” shouted the grey mare, indignant and blushing. “We did not do such things. We are only friends of a common interest. That is all,” she explained with seriousness in her voice, but the blush on her face made it clear that she was half lying.

Vinyl, smiling, shrugged and apologized. She had always thought that last night was the time Octavia would confess her feelings to him and probably become the very first extradimensional pair that Equestria has ever had.

After that talk with the doctor whom she received an appointment for the day after the concert, Octavia had planned to visit the human. That, and because Vinyl never let her sleep well after their duo concert.

“I’ll be heading to my room,” announced Octavia, as she picked up her plate and glass and left them in the sink. “Don’t forget that it’s your turn to buy the brownies before dinner,” reminded the grey mare before leaving Vinyl alone in her own thoughts.

Octavia closed the door of her room and turned on the phonograph to hear some of her classic music from one of her favorite bands, Marepocalypse.

Octavia enjoyed the music, often having used it to find some inspiration for practice on her cello.

As she played, she remembered the moment she left Jason earlier.

For Octavia, it would probably be a bad idea to make it sound that having sex was just casual. It would have been better to plan out a few words, and to point out that she was merely curious to experience a human to po- whatever she became- sexual interaction.

It seemed that Jason wanted something more than being friends, but Octavia just did this out of mere curiosity something that she had, considering something she wanted to ask but never had the courage to ask...

...Until she went to the hospital to her check up and saw the doctor that was going to perform the check up.

***

The grey mare entered to the medical office where she was appointed for her medical examination

“Good evening, Miss Melody. Please, take a seat,” invited the doctor with the typical ‘I’m your friend’ smile.

Octavia was a little confused, because of the fact that the doctor that was in front of her wasn’t the one who was assigned to her, but she obeyed.

“Excuse me, where is Dr. Feel Good?” she then asked, for he was the one who usually received her in her visits to the hospital.

“Feel Good had a last minute call from a friend and left. I will take his place with the consults for today,” he replied, facing the mare with a folder in his hoof, “My name is Dr. Raziel”

Octavia gave the stallion a hoofshake in greeting.

“I am sorry, but I should reassign my appointment with him, since he knows my medical history,” Octavia gave an apologetic smile to the stallion and decided to take her leave.

“Oh, no need to worry. I have already read your medical history and know about your little incident from when you were just a little filly,” replied Raziel while placing the files in a nearby desk with a smile in his face.

Octavia blushed furiously, but she covered her face with her hooves out of embarrassment.

Raziel chuckled a little and placed his hoof on the mare’s shoulder.

“Now now, Miss Melody, not everypony knows at young age about what the sperm is and the masturbation,” said Raziel with a small grin in his face while beginning the examination on the mare. “And you shouldn’t be ashamed for your ignorance, for what you don’t know grows the need of curiosity, and with it, the need of learning,” he said, trying to make himself serious as he tried to calm the awkward moment.

Octavia just nodded and let the Doctor continue with his work.

After a moment, Raziel decided to make another conversation with his patient.

“I heard that this town holds the so rumored and famous human. Do you, by chance, know his name?” he asked with curiosity.

Octavia was a bit more at ease now and decided to continue the conversation with the doctor.

“His name is Jason Todd. A strange name, like yours,” she quipped.

Raziel let out a small chuckle at that last part.
“My name was a decision from my parents, who have some sort of likeness for the old days of Equestria,” replied the stallion while taking his stethoscope and placing it on her heart to hear its beats.

Octavia was a little confused about what he meant, but she let it slide, since she knew so little about Equestrian history.

“So then, back to this… Jason… What can you tell me of him?” Raziel asked as he placed the sphygmomanometer in Octavia’s left hoof and began to pump it.

“Well, he is kind, attentive and a good friend,” replied Octavia as she felt herself immersed into the memories of the time she met Jason.

“When Princess Twilight presented him to us, we didn’t know how to approach him to make a conversation. He seemed like a bad shaped minotaur, so I was a little uncomfortable towards talking to him, but Vinyl took out her acoustic guitar and lent it to him to play. He felt more at ease and played a small tune that we never heard before. From that day on, we often spent some time with him at his house, or he in ours,” Octavia spoke of in fond remembrance. Octavia had been rambling for so long that she didn’t notice that the doctor had already finished his job.

“Certainly an interesting story of your first encounter with a unique specimen,” said Raziel while filling up some papers about the information she had given him.

Octavia couldn’t hide her glare at the stallion of the last word said. She, as well as many other ponies, even the most reclusive ones, had never denominated him in such terms, not even calling him The Human.

Raziel rose his eyes from the papers and noticed the glare of the mare and smiled.
“Tell me, Miss Melody, do you have any interests towards Jason?” he asked, smiling at the mare.

This caused the mare to jerk up in surprise, being caught off guard by the simple question. It wasn’t exactly what one would expect from someone she’s known a long time, let alone someone she just met.

“We are only treated as friends and nothing more,” she replied and looking at her left side to avoid eye contact to the stallion.

“I can diagnosticate that you love him,” deduced the stallion with a grin as he left the desk to be near the mare.

“I know this because of the blood pressure increased in your face, the avoiding eye contact and the slightly change of note in your voice when you talk about him,” he added to answer the question that the mare was about to ask.

Octavia shut her mouth and returned her glare of despise against the stallion.

“Why do you wish to know about the relation between me and Jason?” she asked, preparing herself for anything that Raziel could say. Octavia felt like the stallion was being very rude and arrogant, but she could use that arrogance against him.

“I just want to do you a favor, and by that,” whispered the stallion, “I wish for you and the human to join in a healthy relationship.”

The grey musician didn’t know what to say of this. She could easily notice that the stallion might not have any good intentions here, but the fact that he wanted to help her to be with Jason was something that she was truly interested in.

Octavia had tried many attempts to tell the human what she had in her heart, but they all shattered when the human rejected her just for the fact that he had no interest in what could lead into a relationship that was, denominated by Jason himself, bestiality.

Now, here, she was in front of a stallion who could make an impossible dream come true, just like that. It was too good to be true.

“What’s the catch?” she asked, knowing that Raziel would definitely request something in exchange for his good will.

“I would say that there is nothing that you have to offer for me, except your cooperation for this task I am going to tell.” Raziel made his reply and then proceeded to take a bottle from the desk and showed Octavia a green pill. “This pill here can can grant you the opportunity to surpass the barrier between species. A…magical pill, to put it simply, that can transform your body into the one Jason desires,” he explained while taking the pill away before the grey earth pony could so much as touch the pill.

Octavia narrowed her eyes. She always knew, like every single pony from the kingdom, that magic could do almost anything, but a simple pill was truly out of sight for this.

“What are the secondary effects of this?” she asked, clearly skeptical about this magical pill.

Raziel let out a small laugh and shook his head.

“The worst thing that could happen is that Jason or you become a mass of deformed creatures that would wish for it's painless death,” stated the doctor, without hesitation or sadness in his voice. “But I would never have told you about this if that option was a major risk… The pill will work in a ninety-seven percentile range,” he added to calm the expression of horror from Octavia’s face.

Octavia remained silent, thinking on the pros and cons for this deal when a question passed through her mind.

“Out of all the ponies there are in this town, why choose me?” she asked, although the question was rather rhetorical and that no answer was needed. “There are many other mares in this town that could be used for this, and you clearly aren’t the kind of pony to act gently towards a pony just to act kindly, so... why me?” she had a bad feeling about what he would say.

Raziel straightened his back and smiled at the Earth pony with a devious smile.

“You are the only one, that I have seen, to have emotional feelings for the human, and since I am a generous stallion, you were the selected candidate for this task,” he replied with sincerity and looked at the face of the grey mare for any visible emotions when he decided to give a final push, “Unless you wish not to participate and let me find another pony for this.”

At that last sentence, Octavia jerked her back up straight and her face expressed horror at the idea of another mare being with Jason.

“No! I’ll offer my-” she suddenly clamped her hooves over her mouth to stop her words. She didn’t wanted to sound desperate or agree so easily to what the doctor proposed, but it was no use, now that the cat was out of the bag. ”I’ll accept to take part of this plan, she agreed with a soft tone and a neutral expression.

Raziel smiled in triumph, now that Octavia had agreed to be part of this experiment as he had planned. “Excellent! I will send somepony to explain the details and when you will be at his house,” explained the stallion, walking back to his desk to write something on a paper.

Between her conflicting emotions, Octavia didn’t know what to feel.

She was excited and truly happy that she could now have a chance to be with the one she loved, the caring and truly kind gentlecolt the human was to her.

The other feeling was worry and fear for what this stallion could, and would, do to both of them if he changed the deal.

“I wish to ask something,” requested Octavia with a neutral expression as she kept her eyes on the stallion to see any change of expression.

Raziel remained smiling at Octavia and allowed her to make her question, prompting the musician let out a small breath as she made the question.

“You have been observing the both of us, haven’t you?”

The grey mare could feel that the stallion was lying from the beginning of the conversation, and she wanted to know how much he knew.

After a moment, Raziel’s smile vanished and changed to a more serious expression. There was no need to hide the truth, since Octavia had already agreed to play her part for the experiment.

“From the first time the human was here,” he replied bluntly, without any change of his expression as he looked back to the mare. “You, on the other hoof, since that other time I saw you,” he added smiling at the expression of the mare.

“What do yo-” she started to say before he interrupted.

“It was not that difficult to keep an eye on a unique creature like Jason, and even less so when every single pony from the kingdom heard the news, let alone when all the possible rumors about him started,” Raziel stated, as if expecting her question.

Octavia wanted to repeat her question to the stallion, since she was interrupted, but she couldn’t find her voice to do so for some reason.

Raziel was glaring at her menacingly, with eyes that told her to be silent.

“It shall be better, for your sake, to stop questioning this matter and to end this conversation,” he said with a cold voice that caused the grey musician to feel a sting of pain in her gut.

A moment of silence lingered in the room. Octavia knew the situation she was in, and for that, she wanted to stay away from the stallion. But one last thing was required.

“I want to request one last thing for our deal,” she said with a low tone, since she feared that it would be denied.

Raziel calmed his cold expression and returned to smiling. “What is it that you require? I am sure to be able to provide whatever you ask,” he stated benevolently.

Octavia was more calm, now that he seemed more agreeable, but she still doubted his sincerity.

“I want you to leave Jason alone once this deal is finished,” she said.

The doctor didn’t change his expression as he made an answer. “I will agree with this. He will be left alone to be with you once all the information and the report is made… unless...” he said that last part with a whisper and turning away from the mare to avoid eye contact while writing more on his papers.

Octavia was more at ease with his reply and smiled, having missed his last whispered word. Now that everything was settled, she just had to head back to her home, and for the time, she just had to wait till her next encounter with Jason.

***

Octavia was curious of what it would be like to become human, just for a moment. It was truly fortunate for her to be able to meet that doctor and satisfy her need of curiosity, even though it was discovered through embracing Jason in a sexual act with a strange sort of role play in it.

In the other room, Vinyl was very worried, certain that something was truly off about her friend.

Nopony could have a change of heart in just a matter of one night, but what Octavia had just said clearly made it seem like that’s what happened. ...That was something that the white unicorn didn’t like one bit.

She then left their home to find some answers for her questions.

Vinyl had known of the deal before it was made. She was the one that suggested to Raziel to use Octavia, so she could be the first one to take action of it and be with Jason.

It was due to this that Vinyl had to talk with him, to know why her friend changed her opinion and decided to stay away from the human.

Closing the door of the house, the white unicorn walked to the back of their home with a trotting pace to visit her old friend.

It wasn’t difficult to convince Octavia to build their home on a hill. For one, it was the best place to practice their musical performance without disturbing anypony.
The other reason was because it had a secret entrance hidden in the base of the tree. A hidden elevator that could be open by a hoof print by the DJ herself.

Never worried that somepony would see her use the secret entrance, Vinyl waited for the doors to close and descend to the depths of the hidden lab.

The small transport soon arrived to the underground level, where Vinyl stepped out from it and walked through to the rotunda, where three doors awaited her.

Vinyl didn’t hesitate to take the right one as it opened by itself, making way for her to pass to the next room where she had to walk through a reception room.

The room had some furniture and paintings of different things, while on the opposite wall was placed a desk with a very old typewriter on it.

Without any hesitation, the DJ typed in it and waited for a moment before feeling the ground shake briefly, noticing as some of the paintings began to move.

The room was a moving platform that connected to a railway, moving upon it towards its destination, and the sound of an anchor connecting from outside the wall confirmed her arrival to the place she was expecting.

A hidden door from behind the unicorn was revealed, and from it, a pony opened it took notice of Vinyl, who was looking back at him and waving at him with a wide smile.

“Oh! Pon-3! Glad to see you!” exclaimed the pegasi stallion, whose coat was green pistachio with a jade colored mane. “You’re here to visit the boss, right?” he asked, knowing well the reason of her visit, but aside from the rhetorical question, he needed a confirmation from her part, since she didn’t always come just to see her old friend.

Vinyl nodded as she walked to the door, passing next to the stallion and walking through the the many devices and machinery as she passed by some other ponies that were walking to their own destinations, knowing her way to the lab.

It didn’t take long before she encountered the room where Raziel usually spent most of his time.

The room was devoid of any source of light, except for a giant picture of the map of Equestria. It was always something of a subtle delight for the white unicorn, for it was complex enough to have small pattern movements of clouds despite its simple appeal.

“Hello, DJ Pon-3,” greeted Raziel once he saw the mare enter the room. “It has been a long time since you’ve been here. To what do I owe this pleasure?” he asked with a smile of pleasantry towards his friend.

Vinyl took off her glasses and placed them on the floor. With one glow of her horn, she activated a spell onto her lenses which caused them to emit a small beat from them.
With a small bobbing from her head, Dj Pon-3 began to speak.

Hey dude, I have very serious a question,
and it concerns about Octavia’s confession.

I knew that she was filled with determination,
but now, she retains great hesitation.

She began watching her friend as he maintained his silence. Raziel smiled widely at her as he took a few steps to be in front of the singing pony.

I must admit, there has been miscalculation
and the process had a little complication.

That was why I had to make a small modification
and delay for a moment her anticipated declaration.

Vinyl puffed her cheeks and bloated her cheeks in anger.

What is wrong with you, dude?
That was completely rude.

You can’t mess with somepony’s emotions!
No one would be down with those motions!

Raziel frowned at his friend and sat down.

This is a delicate operation,
and needs all the dedication.

Jason does not need any distraction,
and Octavia will deprive of his concentration.

DJ-Pon3 was now furious at Raziel as she glared angrily at him.

You’re acting like a total fool,
Using them both just like a tool.

They deserve to be together,
Not apart one from another.

Raziel was now certain of what would happen if things continued like this. Vinyl respected him as a friend and all, but when it came to defending a friend, then there is no stopping the white unicorn, even if it’s protecting said friend from another friend.

Just because I respect you Pon-3
I will let them both free.

I am doing this because you are a good friend,
And I would hate that to have a bitter end.

Vinyl calmed her expression. She then smiled, looking at the floor.

I know I have this huge debt of gratitude,
and for that, I will still act with a good attitude.

For this favor, I will stick by your side forever,
So that I will keep you acting better.

Raziel curled a small smile as he stood up in all four legs and returned to observe the map.

If that is all you have to say,
then I suggest you to be on your way.

But if you really want to stay,
From the laboratory you better not play.

Raziel then continued to observe the map in silence as the beat from Pon3’s lenses continued.

The unicorn decided to dispel the enchantment on the lenses and pick them up from the floor before leaving her friend with whatever he was doing, trusting that nothing major would happen.

Raziel let out a big sigh as he contemplated the floor for a moment.

“There goes my scapegoat. Honestly, Pon-3, what use would it be to wipe out Octavia’s memories to avoid her getting in the way of Jason being blamed if you interject in this?” he muttered to himself as he now had to keep his promise with his friend.

A signal began to emit from the map, and the metallic orb next to him glowed.

“Grigory #04 reporting. Sending the video feed and informing that the test subject is now leaving. Ge hi hi hi,” reported the voice of Cherry Bomb from the sphere while the image from the specific point of her location was drawn in the map.

“Excellent. Follow him and make sure to record everything involved with the pills. Don’t worry about Lab Rat #02. She will be taken care of,” replied Raziel as he then thought on who would do the task of collecting the new mare for experimentation.

“Oh well. I guess a small deviation in the plans won’t alternate the results,” he guessed as he continued in his work, watching how Grigory #04 followed Jason to Sweet Apple Acres.

***

Hours later.

Jason walked back to his home with a tired smile drawn on his face as he walked back, passing by the end of the apple trees and onto the road towards town.

He left the two mares resting asleep in the barn. He felt a bit bad for that, since he did the same for Berryshine, but he told himself to not do it again.

From the trees, two ponies watched the human until he was out of sight before making a quick run to the other direction where the barn was.

“You think they will be there, Frost?” a soft female voice asked as they spotted the red, wooden house.

“First, when we are doing this, you are to call me, and the others, Grigory. More specifically #02, if you refer to me, Hard Light,” corrected the white unicorn as they continued to rush towards the barn. “Besides, Grigory #04 said they are there, so you don’t have to act so nervous,” he added, still looking forward and not bothering to look at the unicorn.

“Oh… Okay...” replied the mare as she followed him to the entrance of the barn and decided to open it up.

“Wait,” Grigory #03 stopped Hard Light from opening it completely, placing his hoof on hers. “I can hear some movement from inside,” he added as he kept silent.

Hard Light, a unicorn with a deep blue coat with an electric blue mane, perked up her ears to listen closely to whatever she could notice.

From inside the barn, Greenie Smith opened her eyes and scanned the room around her, noticing the absence of Jason but also the other anthro mare as well. Greenie kicked lightly at the red mare, causing her to wake up.

Ambrosia Apple began to open her eyes but still remained lazy in her bed of hay.
“Yer gonna get up or what, Macintosh?” asked the green mare, kicking her again causing the red mare to glare at her, but she still obliged.

“Mah name is Ambrosia Apple, Granny,” corrected the woman as she unconsciously covered what little she could of her titanic jugs while looking around for Jason, but he was nowhere to be seen.

“Look here, yeh- ” Greeny stopped for a second and remembered what her grandchild said, “Did yeh just say Ambrosia Apple?” she asked a bit confused.

“Eeyup!” Ambrosia replied with a smile as she stood up and continued searching for Jason. “Naow, where is that good stud of human?” asked Ambrosia, taking a few steps to the door.

Greeny Smith stood up as well and followed her but the, now, younger mare noticed a bright blue spark on the head of her grandchild. After that, the red mare stood firmly in her place without another step, or any other kind of movement.

Curious, the green mare took a few steps to watch Ambrosia more closely, who seemed to be fine except for the lack of any kind of movement aside from her breathing.

“You doing fine there, lady?” she asked but received no reply. Trying to press further, another blue light flashed in her eyes, and then everything went black for her after that.

The door of the barn opened while the two unicorns brought themselves in, checking on the two mares that they immobilized.

“Did you used a paralysis spell on them?” asked Hard Light, poking the leg of Greeny and waiting for a reaction.

“No. It was a brain freeze spell,” corrected Frost while taking the metallic sphere from his coat.

“Isn’t that the same thing?” asked curious the little mare.

Frost blew off a groan and looked at Light.

“There is a difference. Didn’t you read the book I lent you?” he asked while placing the sphere back.

“Well, kind of,” replied Hard Light sheepishly, rubbing her forehooves together.

“Too bad then. That will be part of your test,” Frost replied without any emotion, or hint of mercy. “Now, show me how you move them with your special spell,” ordered Frost, pointing at the two frozen ladies.

Hard Light smiled, pointing her horn to the anthro ponies and closed her eyes to concentrate.
From around Ambrosia Apple and Greeny Smith twelve rays of light appeared as they connected themselves and formed a box of light blue color.

“Congratulations. You made it faster than last time,” Frost’s praise sounded more in disinterest than in cheer, but that didn’t matter for Hard Light, since she knew her mentor’s behavior.

After that, a black hole appeared on the wall of the barn, where Breach poked her head out.

“Are those the other ones?” she asked, looking at the two ponies in front of her.

“Yes. Now, move, before somepony comes to this place,” replied Frost, almost shoving the beige mare aside with Hard Light following behind, disappearing into the portal.