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Twilight milled about in her study, levitating and frantically reading a new book she had recently received, titled "The Art of Mind Displacement: A Practical Approach for Expert Spellcasters". It wasn't particularly easy to find, and for good reason. The kinds of spells written down in this book were not safe in the slightest for most unicorns, or even alicorns for that matter. The language of the spells were in an old, almost forgotten dialect, and it didn't help that the book was practically falling apart at the spine and the pages were ripped and smudged.
But this didn't deter Twilight in the slightest. To her, every book was an opportunity to advance her ever-growing expanse of knowledge, regardless of the content. She once read through an entire novelette that described, in minute details, the different types of soil and sediments found across Equestria. Maud would have been proud. Not that anypony would have been able to tell, anyways. Twilight was assured that her expansive knowledge set would be enough to properly cast the spells written in this book.
After reading frivolously for several hours, Twilight finally felt she had a good enough grasp on the subject of mind displacement that it was time to put her new-found knowledge to the test. And, as if it was destined to be, Twilight happened to be cat-sitting Rarity's pet, Opal for the day, as Rarity was out on an important business venture in Manehattan in her new shop. Now, all she needed was another animal to switch minds with Opal, and the immediately obvious solution was Owlowiscious, her pet owl.
Twilight trotted excitedly out of her study and found Owlowiscious perched quietly on the back of a comfy chair. She reached out to allow him to stand on her hoof. He let out a long yawn, as Owls are nocturnal after all, but obliged at the offer.
Minutes later, Twilight had located Opal, who was lounging in a nearby windowsill. Twilight reached out towards her, but Opal immediately turned around and hissed aggressively at her, attempting to claw her face in the process.
Twilight reared back in surprise. "Hmm..." she pondered, "maybe it's not such a great idea to put you in Owlowiscious' body."
Twilight imagined Owlowiscious flying around the castle, clawing everything in sight without any regards to anything. Perhaps Opal wouldn't be the best candidate to switch minds with Owlowiscious. Twilight sighed. She would have to go out and find another animal to begin her experiment now, but she was determined to go through with it.
As soon as she opened the door to leave her castle, however, a small mewing noise came from directly in front of her. Twilight looked down to see a cute kitten sitting adorably on her doorstep.
"...mew ..." the kitten squeaked and then started purring and rubbing itself against her hoof. It was as white as snow.
"D'awwwww," Twilight gushed at the cute little creature. "What are you doing here, little buddy? Are you lost?"
The kitten mewed in response. Twilight mused that the answer was a resounding yes.
"Well, you're in luck," Twilight said as she levitated the small kitten into the air, who started panicking at the sudden increase in elevation against its will, "I'll be your protector."
Twilight smiled at the kitten who was now mere inches away from her face. Her smile turned into a combination of genuine happiness and a devilish grin. "You're going to be part of an experiment..."
"...mew..."
"Okay," Twilight said to herself, rereading a particular spell from the book. She had it turned to the page about switching the minds of feline creatures and nocturnal animals. The spells were oddly specific, but Twilight was sure she had found the right one.
"Well, this is it," she said to herself. With her horn glowing a bright white, Twilight read the spell out loud in a powerful voice. "Supplanta Mentis, Equus a Felis!"
An aura appeared around the furry white kitten, who was mostly preoccupied with licking itself in the current moment. The aura began to swirl around it and then rose into the air with several white tendrils. Twilight watched with excitement as the tendrils gravitated towards Owlowiscious, who was perched on her hoof, but the tendrils went right past him and instead straight into Twilight's forehead.
Horsefeathers... Twilight thought in the last moments of consciousness in her current body.
Moments later, Twilight had her tongue in an unspeakable area of her body and a tuft of fur stuck on it. She immediately spit it out and opened her mouth to scream, but what came out was not what she was expecting. Instead, it was an ear-piercing yowl that sent Owlowiscious flying in the opposite direction. Suddenly the room seemed so much bigger, her body so close to the ground. And then she saw herself towering high above.
Twilight, now with the mind of a small kitten, seemed un-phased by the sudden transfer of bodies. Instead, she instinctively began chasing after Owlowiscious with a filly-like excitement. Not being used to her new legs, she stumbled awkwardly, falling over every few moments before getting back up immediately to resume the chase. Twilight, in cat form, watched herself in helpless horror as she tore up the living room, causing books to fly off their shelves and all over the floor.
That was, until Owlowiscious flew out the window, and Twilight pounced after him without any hesitation, leaving behind the poor white kitten with her mind inside.
Fluttershy sipped her tea, holding it gingerly between her hooves while sitting on her favorite chair with a blanket snugly wrapped around behind her. She inhaled the warm, steamy air from her tea and felt a wave of relaxation pass over her. She had just spent half the morning tending after Angel, who happened to be especially fussy today, but he was finally down for his afternoon nap, giving Fluttershy a few moments to take a break.
Breathing a sigh of warm content, Fluttershy relaxed for a few moments. That is, until Owlowiscious flew through an open window trailed moments later by the purple alicorn who had leapt straight through it, scattering a shower of shattered glass across her living room.
"OH MY!" Fluttershy exclaimed, fumbling with her mug of tea for several panic-stricken moments before losing her grip, spilling it across her lap.
Fluttershy immediately flew up into the air trying to brush off the scalding liquid, still trying to grasp what was going on. Twilight was practically bouncing off the walls, chasing wildly after Owlowiscious, who eventually made his way out through the now shattered window. But Twilight didn't follow. Instead, she collapsed from exhaustion on the floor in the middle of Fluttershy's living room.
Several seconds passed as Fluttershy breathed heavily, clinging to a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. "...Twilight?" she called out quietly.
She didn't answer. Feeling worried for her friend, Fluttershy descended cautiously down from safety to the ground a few feet from Twilight. "...Twilight?" she called out again. Twilight opened her eyes and blinked twice slowly with a tired smile on her face.
"Oh, thank Celestia," said Fluttershy, "I was worried you were hurt. What is going on?"
Twilight didn't answer. Instead, she crawled over to Fluttershy and began to make some sort of purring noise, but it sounded more like she was trying to gargle mouthwash. Twilight rubbed her face against Fluttershy's side, followed by her body as she wrapped behind her underneath her hooves until finally deciding to settle down on her lap. Twilight curled her body in a tight circle and closed her eyes, purring contentedly.
"Um...Twilight?" Fluttershy said with a look of utter confusion on her face, "is everything all right? I'm here for you and everything, but this seems...a little weird."
Twilight continued to purr awkwardly, sitting in her lap with the most content look on her face that a pony could possibly have.
"Twilight? You haven't said a thing since you've been here...Twilight?"
There was no response, and it worried Fluttershy greatly. "Twilight? Are you...you ?"
Twilight looked up at her for a moment, then nuzzled her face back into Fluttershy's side. "I'm going to take that as a no ...I don't think Twilight would be this snuggly. Pinkie Pie, maybe..."
Fluttershy gently pushed Twilight off of her lap, who was actually quite heavy. She mewed in response, immediately trying to resume her position.
"I don't know what happened to you Twilight, but I'm going to do all that I can to help you," said Fluttershy. "I'll just go over to Twilight's place and--"
Fluttershy had a moment of realization. "Oh...I guess that's not really an option this time. Well, what am I supposed to do? I can't just leave you here," she said while looking at Twilight, greeted by big, sad eyes.
"It's settled," said Fluttershy, "I'll take care of you until I can be sure you'll be safe here all on your own."
Fluttershy put out her hooves towards Twilight, who immediately rushed into them to enter the embrace. Except it wasn't really an embrace, but rather an awkward hug in which Fluttershy held out her hooves and Twilight nuzzled her face. This is weird, thought Fluttershy, but it's actually...kind of nice...
Fluttershy broke the embrace and returned to her hooves as Twilight flopped onto her side and began to paw at the rug on the floor. Fluttershy turned around for a moment to see Angel Bunny staring at her with his arms folded and a look of pure anger spread across his face.
"Good morning, Angel," said Fluttershy, "did you sleep well?"
He didn't budge, the look of pure distaste remaining unchanged.
"What's wrong, Angel?" asked Fluttershy.
He unfolded his arms and pointed sharply at Twilight, who was now wiggling her butt in the air in preparation to pounce onto one of the frills from the rug on the floor.
"Oh, don't worry, Angel," said Fluttershy, "this is just temporary. I'm sure you two will get along just fine."
Twilight pounced onto the frills and pawed at them furiously for a few moments before losing interest in just a couple seconds. Her gaze floated towards Angel Bunny, who took a small step backwards.
Fluttershy opened her mouth to speak. "You're not..."
Twilight wiggled her butt in the air and lowered the front half of her body onto the carpet with her eyes dead set on Angel Bunny. It was the kind of look that meant only one thing, and Fluttershy knew exactly what it was.
"Oh my..." Fluttershy winced in preparation for the imminent destruction that was soon to follow.
Twilight leaped from the ground, jumping several feet into the air towards Angel Bunny as the shadow of his impending doom covered the floor around him. He squealed, as he tended to do, and hopped frantically up the stairs towards Fluttershy's bedroom. Twilight landed with a loud thump in the spot where Angel Bunny stood moments prior, and then resumed the chase after her prey up the steps.
Except, she didn't really know how to use the steps. Instead, Twilight crashed into them and watched as Angel hopped upwards as if his life depended on it. And it probably did.
"Twilight!" Fluttershy exclaimed angrily. "Bad!"
Twilight stumbled to get up from her crash, still in a bit of a daze. She lay on the floor at the bottom of the stairs as Fluttershy loomed above her.
"Bad pony," said Fluttershy instinctively. "Oh, I'm so sorry Twilight. That was really demeaning..."
Twilight looked up at her without any sort of emotion in particular, and then flopped on her side as if to ask for a belly rub.
Fluttershy gazed down at her friend, acting like a complete fool, wondering what she was going to do about all of this. Fluttershy sighed and rolled her eyes.
And then she rubbed her belly. Twilight purred contentedly.
"I sure hope this doesn't last too long..."
TwiCat 2: Electric Boogaloo
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"Well, I suppose this isn't so bad," said Fluttershy, as she continued rubbing Twilight's belly. She lifted her hooves off the floor and got completely on her back to assume full-belly rub position, purring quite loudly with her eyes closed.
That was, until about three seconds later when she decided that she was no longer interested in belly rubs. Her eyes shot open and focused intently on Fluttershy's ungaurded hoof. In the span of half a moment, Twilight went from enjoyment to attack mode as she constricted her legs around Fluttershy's hoof, using her hindquarters to "claw" at it.
Fluttershy tensed at first, but soon felt grateful for the fact that she didn't have any claws. But that thought didn't last long when Twilight bucked her in the chest, sending her flying a couple feet backwards.
"Bad!" said Fluttershy as she got back to her hooves. She felt awkward scolding her friend, but something had to be done about her unruly behavior. "I think it's time I taught you some manners," she continued.
But the scolding went unnoticed by Twilight, who was wandering into the kitchen.
"Wait, come back here," Fluttershy said softly, hurriedly rushing off toward Twilight. As Fluttershy rounded the corner to the kitchen, she looked up in complete shock to see Twilight on the counter top, eyeing a bottle of milk she had placed on a shelf high above the floor. Twilight sat idly on the counter for a moment, as if planning her trajectory to reach her prize. Her tail swished back and forth, knocking a couple pieces of silverware onto the ground.
"Get down from there," said Fluttershy as she moved towards Twilight. Seeing her move towards her, Twilight executed her carefully planned maneuver to get to the shelf, jumping atop the fridge clumsily. Several feet across the room was the shelf in question, with Fluttershy between her and the bottle of milk.
"Don't you dare," Fluttershy warned as sternly as she possibly could, which wasn't very. Twilight mostly ignored her, wiggling her butt in the air once more in preparation for the pounce. Fluttershy took a few steps backwards as Twilight soared through the air for a few moments, before crashing into the shelf, sending a barrage of miscellaneous supplies raining down to the floor in a symphony of clangs and crashes.
"Goodness me..." Fluttershy said. Meanwhile, Twilight was on the floor, using her tongue to lap up the milk she had worked so hard to attain. Fluttershy sighed, feeling very much overwhelmed. She could control any animal she came across, even a bear , but she was having troubles with a cat in a pony's body.
But suddenly, an idea popped into her mind. The last resort she vowed to only use if absolutely necessary, and judging by the chaos that was already unfolding in her quaint little cottage, she decided that it was.
She would use the stare . She opened her mouth to garner Twilight's attention. "Twilight, look here," she said playfully.
Twilight looked up from her intense lapping at Fluttershy, and immediately became enthralled with her. "Good," said Fluttershy, relieved that her stare was working, "now, we've got some training to--"
Twilight leapt from the mess spilled on the floor and into the air, using her wings now, to shoot past Fluttershy into the opposite room.
"Or...apparently not..."
Twilight was now in the living room once more, standing atop the mess of glass shards in the carpet eyeing a small piece of string that was dangling from the ceiling. She had just used her wings, but now seemed unaware that they existed. Fluttershy worried that it was only a matter of time until she became airborne...or worse...able to use her magic.
Unfortunately, her worst fears became reality as the tip of Twilight's horn began to glow for a few moments, then sending a pulse of magical energy towards the string dangling from the ceiling and encasing it into an orb of magical energy. Then, it disappeared and reappeared on the ground next to her, with a chunk of the ceiling taken with it.
Fluttershy wasn't sure whether to feel terrified or impressed that whatever she was possessed by could pull off such a magical maneuver, but her indecisiveness was soon resolved. To Fluttershy's horror, Twilight's gaze gravitated towards the open window, and in a quick scurry, Fluttershy went off towards a supply closet to grab a certain substance that just might be her last hope in subduing this chaotic beast.
"Twilight!" she called out, dangling a small bag of green herbs with her hoof. Twilight turned around and sleuthed over to her for investigation. She sniffed the bag hesitantly for a few moments, and then snatched it from her hooves, bringing it into the living room, and then proceeding to tear it open, letting the contents spill over her face and the floor beneath her.
Twilight's face froze and her nose wrinkled and twitched frantically, her ears flopping every few seconds, followed swiftly by loud purring and rolling all over the floor, which was now covered in catnip and glass shards.
Fluttershy sighed. "That should keep you occupied for a while..."
Meanwhile, Twilight in the body of a cute little kitten was strolling through Ponyville in search of her own body. The world seemed so huge, being mere inches away from the ground. She waltzed through the streets of Ponyville as if there was nothing different about anything, following the trail of owl feathers along the way. Surprisingly, she managed to follow them all the way to Fluttershy's cottage, immediately noticing the gaping hole in the window.
Taking a tired sigh and almost involuntary arch of her back, she made her way towards the cottage, only to suddenly find herself being risen up into the air.
"Hey, little guy," said Spike as he picked up Twilight in his claws. "What are you doing out here all by yourself?"
Spike, it's me! Put me down this instant! Twilight tried to say, but what came out was a series of concerned meowing.
"You poor thing," Spike continued, petting Twilight's tiny little back. She had to admit, despite feeling a bit degraded, that it actually felt quite nice. "I'll take care of you. I'm sure Twilight won't mind."
No, Spike! I need to get to my real body! Spiiiiiiiiike!!
"Sheesh, you're quite the roudy little fella for somepony who's only several inches tall," said Spike, pausing for a couple moments. "Somekitty ," he added with a smile of dumb pride on his face as he carried Twilight off back to the castle against her will.
Back at the castle, Twilight sat awkwardly on the floor, her furry white claws unintentionally becoming tangled in the carpet. In front of her stood Opal, who looked at her with a look of pure disgust and hatred.
"You two play nicely while I go get this little fella some milk to drink," said Spike, walking out of the room and towards the kitchen and leaving Twilight alone with the grumpiest cat in Equestria.
I need to get out of here and to Fluttershy's house , Twilight thought to herself. As soon as Spike rounded the corner, she made a mad dash towards the open window, running across the carpet and over a bare part of the crystal floors. Suddenly, she found herself slipping and sliding as her little paws kept on running until she spun out of control and crashed into a small bookcase.
Spike immediately came running back with a saucer of milk in his claws. "Where do you think you're going, fella? Don't you want some milk?"
He picked her up underneath her belly and she felt her entire body arch downwards. Spike set her down gently next to the saucer of milk and Twilight stared at it.
"Go on," said Spike, gently shoving her a couple of inches closer to the saucer.
I am not going to drink out of a saucer like an animal , Twilight told herself.
"It's okay, fella, go ahead," Spike continued to goad her into drinking the milk.
Ugh, fine, she thought, anything to get you to leave me alone...
Twilight moved closer to the saucer of milk and stared into it for a couple moments. How does this work, anyways? Twilight stuck out her tongue and attempted to use it to lap up the milk with varying success.
Spike smiled and patted Twilight on the back, causing her face to drop suddenly into the milk, then left her alone. "I'll be right back, I just need to go do some chores that Twilight is making me do..." he sighed.
Well, at least he's well-behaved even when I'm gone, thought Twilight.
"...or...I could go into my room and read comic books..." Spike scurried out of the room in a hurry.
Or not...oh well, at least it gives me a chance to get out of here. Twilight hopped up into the windowsill and left the castle, hoping that there would be some way she could undo this spell without too many ponies finding out.
Meanwhile, Fluttershy was hiding in her supply closet, wearing a bucket over her head and trembling in fear. Twilight was out of control, now that she was starting to get the hang of flying and using her magic. Apparently the magic of ponies resided in the body and not the mind, Fluttershy somehow managed to reason amidst her state of terror. It was obvious that Twilight had somehow switched bodies with a cat, but why was a completely unknown reason. Not that it mattered much anyways.
It was oddly silent for several minutes, so Fluttershy reasoned that she had probably gotten tuckered out and went to rest somewhere. Fluttershy built up her courage, opening the door of the supply closet slowly with a creak, but what met her gaze were the wide eyes of Twilight herself, mere inches from her face.
Twilight made a sort of loud, squeaking noise from the back of her throat, snuggling her face against Fluttershy's pink mane as she continued to tremble. It wasn't until Twilight began her awkward purring again that Fluttershy stopped and gathered herself.
"Okay..." said Fluttershy, "I guess it's safe now."
She climbed out of the closet, sidestepping past Twilight, who continued her attempts to nuzzle her mane. "We need to get you out of here," said Fluttershy as she took in the destruction that was her home. Broken plates, bags of flour spilling over the counter tops, shards of glass and a pile of catnip scattered throughout the living room, yarn draped in every direction like a spiderweb.
Fluttershy instantly regretted giving Twilight catnip.
Before she could even have a moment to think, three knocks sounded on her door. Fluttershy looked at Twilight, "Stay ."
Twilight looked up at her and cocked her head sideways, flipping one ear downwards. Fluttershy went to the door to answer it and was greeted by Applejack and her pet, Winona.
"...H-hello, Applejack."
"Howdy, Fluttershy," Applejack replied, "sorry to bother you, but I've got kind of a favor t' ask ya if that's alright?"
Fluttershy spoke very quietly, "Well, actually, now's--"
"Oh, thank you Fluttershy," Applejack replied, "I need somepony to dog-watch Winona for just a couple hours while I run some errands in town. Granny Smith is takin' her nap, and Mac and Apple Bloom are out doing work in the Apple Orchard."
Fluttershy opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.
"You're the best, Fluttershy!" Applejack replied, leaving Winona inside her home and closing the door behind her. Winona panted happily, looking up at Fluttershy for a few moments before walking jauntily into the living room. Twilight came into view from the kitchen, looking at Winona with fear in her eyes. Her back arched into the air and her mane stood on end as she let out a very unpleasant sounding hiss.
Please, no... thought Fluttershy, before Twilight aggressively bolted in the opposite direction when Winona made the slightest movement towards her. Taking this as an invitation to play, Winona bolted after her with her tongue flapping to the left of her mouth.
TwiCat 3: Revenge of the Sith
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Twilight and Winona raced around Fluttershy's already destroyed home, knocking down lampshades, kicking up forks and knives laying on the kitchen floor, and clawing up her furniture. Fluttershy fell to her knees and covered the rest of her body with her hooves. Things were getting exponentially out of her control. She watched Twilight desperately flying away from Winona, quite literally bouncing off the walls until the duo disappeared from view into another room for a few moments.
Before Fluttershy had a chance to regain her composure, they reappeared. Fluttershy had only a couple moments to react as Twilight flew directly towards her and the open window behind her. "No! You can't leave!" Fluttershy exclaimed, but Twilight flew past her, sending Fluttershy's mane fluttering into the air as she flew out of the window. Winona bounded right behind with a leash still attached around her neck. Fluttershy tried to stop her by grabbing it, but immediately regretted that decision as Winona leapt out of the window in hot pursuit, dragging Fluttershy with her.
She was now out in the open, being dragged along by a surprisingly strong dog chasing a purple alicorn...with the mind of a kitten. Today was definitely up there on the weirdness scale.
Twilight soared several feet in the air with Winona chasing her from the ground below and an unending determinism, kicking up dirt and pebbles from the roads in Ponyville. Fluttershy kept her grip on the leash out of sheer determination not to let down her friends. Although, she also partly clenched it with a death grip, so that played a role as well.
Ponies gawked in surprise at the display that unfolded in their wake through town. They flew past Sugarcube Corner as the Cake family was transporting a moderately sized cake out the front door, which unfortunately happened to be the same time that their traveling circus act of sorts was in that particular location.
Winona weaved beneath them with agility. Fluttershy, however, who was still holding onto the leash for dear life smashed right through the confectionery delight, causing an explosion of cake and frosting.
"Sorry!" she shrieked as they zoomed by further into Ponyville.
Meanwhile, Twilight in cat form was once again out on the town heading towards Fluttershy's cottage, but she suddenly heard the all to familiar sound of Fluttershy's screaming coming from off in the distance. At least, it was that way for a few moments until the screaming got louder and louder.
Rounding the corner of an alleyway, Twilight watched herself in alicorn form fly overhead with Winona and Fluttershy trailing close behind. They zoomed straight past her before she had any chance to react, kicking up dust in her eyes.
I need to get to her, she thought. But even if she did, she had no idea how she would be able to reverse the spell without her magic.
Right now, Twilight just hoped that nopony important saw her acting this way...
Twilight, in equine form, rest atop one of the town's building, hissing downwards at Winona with one hoof raised in the air aggressively. Ponies were starting to gather around at the ludicrous display, and Fluttershy was nowhere to be found.
And, as fate would have it, two rather important princesses had just arrived in Ponyville: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. They gracefully exited from the chariot that had brought them there and it flew off without them.
They walked up to the large gathering of ponies, unable to see Twilight on the rooftop above them. "Excuse me," said Celestia, "what is going on here?"
"Beats me," said a random bystander, "I was just out doing some shopping and all of a sudden I see the Princess of Friendship running away from a dog." The pony gestured upwards at the rooftop towards Twilight, who was still hissing aggressively at the barking Winona on the ground.
"Oh!' Celestia gasped in surprise, Luna looking confused. Celestia flew up towards Twilight. "Twilight...is everything...okay here?"
Twilight turned her head towards Celestia and hissed. Celestia reared her head backwards slightly. "...did you just...hiss at me?"
Realizing that Celestia wasn't a threat, Twilight stopped hissing and immediately came towards Celestia, rubbing her body against her side and legs, purring excitedly.
Celestia stumbled to say anything "...I...have no words...Twilight, what is the matter with you? Is this Discord's doing?"
Discord appeared in a flash of magic beside them, everypony still watching from the ground with mouths agape. "Somepony rang?" he said.
"Did you do this, Discord?" said Celestia as Twilight continued to purr and nuzzle herself against Celestia's thigh.
Discord looked at Twilight in surprise, then giddyness, and then with sadness. "No, but I wish I had. This is gold . Why hadn't I thought of this before?"
Celestia shot him a glare, but she knew when Discord was telling the truth. Twilight flopped over between them to ask for a belly rub as they both looked down at her with opposite emotions.
"Seems completely purrfect to me ," said Discord.
"Can you undo it?"
"...perhaps," he replied slyly. Twilight had now seemingly noticed her tail for the first time, and begun to chase after it in a circle,"but can we just enjoy the show for awhile? "
Celestia glared at him again.
"What?" he replied, gesturing a claw upwards. "Cat you appreciate a funny scenario every now and then?"
"Discord," said Celestia, "don't make me do something rash..."
"Alright, alright, hold your horses ," he said with a grin. "I just need to find the body she switched places with. It seems your Princess of Friendship has been dabbling in mind displacement and got a little too over her head ."
Celestia fumed. "Enough with the wordplay you sniveling rep--"
Suddenly, she realized everypony was still watching from below in complete silence. Even Winona had stopped barking.
Celestia cleared her throat awkwardly. "Okay, well I suppose we should get looking."
Suddenly a faint mewing could be heard from the ground below in the midst of the crowd. The ponies around it moved out of the way to reveal a small, white kitten.
"Well that was surprisingly easy," said Discord. He poofed down to the kitten, putting it in his claws and petting it softly.
Get your claws off me you jerk, Twilight thought to herself.
"Looks like somekitty got a little too hasty with her spellbook."
Twilight hissed at Discord.
"Sheesh, don't have such a catitude . Are you not feline well?" Discord laughed heartily at his own jokes. "Oh, I'm just kitten ," he added.
"Discord," said Celestia, "bring her up here right now !"
Discord smiled. "Sure thing, princess. I'll bring her up there right...meow !"
Discord poofed back up onto the rooftop with Celestia and Twilight in equine form. She was now licking herself in an unspeakable region of her body. "Yikes," said Discord. "Maybe this is a little too chaotic for my taste..."
Celestia wasn't the slightest bit amused. "Just undo the spell..." she said with a hoof to her forehead in secondhand-embarrassment.
With a snap of his fingers, an aura appeared around both of them, sending white tendrils between their foreheads for a few moments until everything stopped in a flash.
Twilight awoke in her own body with her tongue somewhere where it shouldn't be. "Awgth, again ?" she said, spitting out hair in her mouth.
Celestia and Discord, who was now holding an ordinary kitten, looked at her. "Twilight, how did this happen?" Celestia inquired.
"I...got a little hasty with some advanced spells..."
Celestia smiled, "it happens to the best of us."
"...where's Fluttershy?" asked Twilight, looking around.
"I'm down here!" she replied from the nearby alleyway, covered in cake frosting. She flew up to them.
"...what happened to you ?" Celestia inquired.
"...a lot..." Fluttershy replied un-descriptively.
"Did you switch places with a frosted confection?" Discord asked sarcastically.
Fluttershy turned her head and gave him an un-amused glare, which actually shut him down rather well.
"I'm so sorry, Fluttershy," said Twilight, "I hope...I... didnt do too much damage to your cottage."
"Oh, don't worry about it. There's...just a few scratches here and there..."
The kitten in Discord's claw squirmed to get free, and he let it down. Instantly, it tumbled over towards Twilight and began purring against her hoof.
Twilight opened her mouth to speak, when suddenly she felt something emerge from the back of her throat. "Gak...gak... " Twilight spasmed for a few moments until coughing out a slimy, purple wad of hair from her mouth onto the rooftop.
Twilight looked at it with with complete and utter disgust. "Nopony ever talks about this."
Discord smiled and put a claw around her back. "Your secret's safe with me. I won't let this cat out of the bag."
