I looked at the pony in front of me, who to my shock, I found out is not a pony at all, but a zebra!

I was very lost and confused, so I started asking her questions. “Who are you, why am I here? What in the name of hay happened last night?” I said a bit frantically.

“Easy my friend, for a calm attitude you must expend. My name is Zecora, and I found you last night as I searched the forest.” Zecora replied to me.

I looked at her funny. “Ok, what’s with all the rhymes and riddles, just talk to me straight, lady.”

She chuckled. “My rhymes are merely said in fun, but to speak this way, I am not the only one. Now sit tight, for I must tell you what occurred last night.”

And so, this mysterious zebra spent the next while explaining to me everything. “Wait. So, you’re saying my body was taken over by some dark spirit?” She nodded. “How do you know this? I asked.

“In my land, we learn all that we can. In a campfire story, this old tale resides, a story passed down from time to time.” She rhymed in reply, then got up. “To town, I must trot. For a special flower I need for my pot. Come with me, if you wish, and when we return we shall eat a delightful dish.” She offered to me, her words warm with welcome.

“Ok, I’ll go with you, but when will I get answers?” I asked, wanting to know what happened, as I was very confused, and curious. She ignored me and left the hut, putting her hood on over her face and walking into town, me directly behind her in tow.

We walked to Ponyville, however, when we got there, it turned into a ghost town! Windows were boarded shut, doors slammed and locked, and everypony ran for their lives.

Zecora sighed. “This happens every time I come to town. It seems nopony wants to hang around.”

I looked at her. “I’m sorry Zecora. I’ll try to go see what’s going on, I’ll be back.” I then started walking further into town, and saw Twilight and Spike walk into the bakery.

I walked to the door, but I heard somepony shriek. “DON’T LET HIM IN, SHE MIGHT HAVE HEXED HIM!” The unmistakable voice of Rarity said.

I had a look of pure confusion, my mouth slightly agape. Hexed? What in the name of Celestia did she mean by that.

Suddenly, Pinkie appeared in front of me from nowhere, making me yelp in fright and shock.

“Yeah, you been cursed by the witch!?” Pinkie said.

I still had the same confused look. “Witch? Cursed? What are you all talking about?” I asked innocently.

Pinkie pointed up the street. “HER!” Pinkie shouted.

I looked up the street to Zecora, who looked down the street to us with her hood still on. Her eyes glowed a frightening yellow, and I have to admit, she just…. Didn’t looked right.

I shivered a bit as I looked at Zecora in this frightening pose. “You mean Zecora? But she’s been nothing but nice to me.” I then pushed Pinkie carefully to the side and walked into the room.

“Did you see her Jordan? Did you see... Zecora?” Applebloom asked with a wonderous look in her eyes.

Applejack then started to reprimand her sister. “Apple Bloom! I told you never to say that name.”

“Well, yeah. I spent the night at her hut, and-“ I was cut off as everypony shrieked.

“AH! HE HAS TO BE CURSED!” Rarity cried out in fear.

“Why are the bunch of you flipping out for no good reason?!” Twilight asked the group on my behalf.

“No good reason? You call protectin' yer kin no good reason? Why, as soon as my sister saw Zecora ridin' into town, she started shakin' in her lil' horseshoes.”

Apple Bloom, shaky, tried to deny the fact. “Did not!”

“So I swept her up and brought her here.” Applejack continued the story.

“I walked here myself!” Applebloom stated, annoyed. “Applejack, I'm not a baby! I can take care of myself!” She tried to defend herself, but AJ wouldn’t have it.

“Not from that creepy Zecora.” Applejack retorted to the young filly.

“She's mysterious.” Fluttershy interjected.

“Sinister.” Dash added.

“And spoooooky!” Pinkie Pie finished.

Twilight and I both groaned, and I facehoofed. Then, everypony but Twilight and I gasped loudly as they looked at Zecora.

“Will you cut that out?” Twilight asked, highly irritated.

“Just look at those stripes! So garish!” I then looked at Rarity. “What does that word even mean?” I said with a confuzzled look on my face.

“She's a zebra.” Twilight told the group of us.

“A what!?” Everypony else but me shouted.

“A zebra, and her stripes aren't a fashion choice Rarity, they're what she was born with.” Twilight explained to us. Rarity fainted.

“Born where? I've never seen a pony like that in these parts, 'cept... her!” Applejack said as she pointed out the window to Zecora.

“Well, she's probably not from here, and she's not a pony. My books say that zebras come from a faraway land. But I've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?” Twilight asked.

“That's just it, she lives in... the Everfree Forest!” Applejack exclaimed, as Spike made something crash, to sound like a thunderclap.

“Spike!” Twilight scolded.

“Uh, sorry.” Spike sheepishly apologized.

“The Everfree Forest just ain't natural. The plants grow...” Applejack started.

“Animals care for themselves...” Fluttershy added.

“And the clouds move...” Rainbow dash continued.

Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash all spoke at once now. “All on their own!” Rarity then fainted again.

I then spoke up, tired of this bad-mouthing of Zecora. “Now you all just wait a gosh darned minute! Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, didn’t you notice how I didn’t come back last night!? It was because something BAD happened to me. Zecora happened to be walking near me and fought off whatever was attacking me, and took me to her hut in the forest to heal me. Look.” I said as I spun around in place. “I’m not cursed, I’m not hurt, nothing happened in the forest, and I’m one hundred percent ok.” I said with a slight smile. But then, Rarity cut in.

“OR, maybe she’s what caused that dreadful attack that happened to you!” She purported.

Pinkie then jumped in front of me. “YEAH, maybe she did curse you, but you just can’t tell because she brainwashed you, so you could come here and spread the curse to us!”

I then felt a poking at my body. It was Rainbow. “Did she do any crazy experiments on you? Are you missing your spleen?”

I growled in irritation and slapped her away with my hoof. “For the love of Celestia, you ponies are far too superstitious!” I said as I sat in a chair nearby. But, I started to think deeply. Did Zecora do anything suspicious? No… she couldn’t have. She saved me, and brought me back to help.

But… she never DID answer my questions, and acted so mysterious. I guess it’s possible she did something.

“And that wicked enchantress Zecora lives there doing her evil... stuff! She's so evil I even wrote a song about her!” Pinkie suddenly said.

“Here we go...” Dash said as Pinkie started singing.

“She's an evil enchantress
She does evil dances
And if you look deep in her eyes
She'll put you in trances
Then what will she do?
She'll mix up an evil brew
Then she'll gobble you up
In a big tasty stew
Soooo... Watch out!”

“Wow. Catchy.” Twilight said in an unamused tone, and I rolled my eyes also.

“It's a work in progress.” Pinkie proudly stated

“This is all just a lot of gossip and rumors. Now tell me; what exactly have you actually seen Zecora do?”

“Yeah, I was at her hut for quite a while and nothing weird or spooky happened…” I said to the group.

Rainbow then replied. “Well... Once a month, she comes into Ponyville.”

Twilight then dramatically interjected. “Oooooh.”

“Then, she lurks by the stores.” Rarity added.

Twilight again replied dramatically. “Oh, my.”

“And then, she digs at the ground.” Fluttershy chimed in.

In her dramatic voice, Twilight once again replied. “Good gracious!” Twilight then returned to her normal voice. “Okay, I'm sorry. But how is any of this bad? Maybe she comes to town to visit?

Apple Bloom cut in. "Yeah! Maybe she's just tryin' to be neighborly.”

“And maybe she's not lurking by the stores, maybe she's going to them, lurk free, to do some shopping?” Twilight questioned.

“Yeah! Everypony likes to shop. You know what I think?” Applebloom said, only to be cut off by AJ.

“Apple Bloom! Hush and let the big ponies talk.” AJ scolded her sister.

I gasped and gave Applejack a shocked look, then narrowed my eyes slightly. “Applejack! How could you talk to your sister that way!? How would you like it if you were in her shoes? She just wants to be a part of the conversation, belittling her is NOT the right way to tell her to butt out.”

Applejack gave me a narrowed look also. “What do y’all know about family, or siblin’s? I’m the middle child of three, so don’t preach to me about siblin’s, partner!”

I scoffed under my breath. “Applejack, you might be the element of honesty. But you’re not right all the time. You’d do well to listen to ponies sometime, like when Twilight tried to help you during apple buck season.”

We then ignored each other as Dash piped up.

“W-what about digging at the ground? You've got to admit that's weird.” She said.

“What if she's digging for innocent creatures?”

“Innocent… you all are just spewing out crazy, nonsense filled gossip and speculation now!” I said to the group as Pinkie sung her song in the background.

“I am sure there is an explanation for everything Zecora does. And if anypony here were actually brave enough to approach her, they would find out the truth.” Twilight said.

“I was already with her, and I turned out fine. If that’s not proof enough, someone else go up to her.” I said.

“Well, I'm brave enough; I'm gonna find out myself.” Applebloom said, then gasped as Applejack held her back, firmly.

“You ponies are being ridiculous!” Twilight and I said at the same time.

“Well, I heard that Zecora eats hay.” Pinkie said.

“Pinkie, I eat hay; you eat hay!” Twilight said annoyedly.

“Yeah, but I heard it's the evil way she eats hay.” Pinkie tried to defend her ridiculous statement.

“Hey! Where's Apple Bloom?” Applejack asked worriedly, as said filly was gone.

“The door's open.” Fluttershy told the group.

“She went outside!” Rarity said in shock.

“And Zecora's still out there.” Rainbow added.

Applejack sighed. “That silly lil' filly! I told her to stay put!”

“Applejack, she’s just curious, she’s a little girl. Let her be curious.” I told her.

“Spike, you stay here in case Apple Bloom comes back.” Twilight directed Spike.

Spike nodded. “Will do!”

We all sprinted outside to where Zecora was, and gasped when nopony was there. “Zecora’s not here, they could be anywhere!” I cried out.

Applejack then gasped. “The forest! Apple Bloom must be followin her home! C’mon y’all!” Applejack said as she started to sprint to the everfree forest.

We ran behind her, directly in tow, until suddenly, we came to a patch of blue flowers blocking our path. There, we saw Apple Bloom.

Applejack called out to her. “Apple Bloom?” Apple Bloom gasped.

“You get back here right now!” Applejack demanded of the young filly.

“Beware! Beware, you pony folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!” Zecora warned the lot of us, making us look at the flowers in slight fear.

Applejack stuttered as she picked AB up and carried her. “Y-you keep your creepy mumbo-jumbo to yourself, ya hear?” Applejack called out to the zebra as she walked away.

The five girls all started agreeing with AJ, and Twilight and I sighed. “Oh brother.”

“Beware! Beware!” Zecora said as the fog in the forest started to consume her, until we couldn’t see her anymore. She disappeared.

“Yeah, back at ya, Zecora! You and your lame curse are the ones who better beware!” Dash said with a very threatening tone of voice.

“And you! Why couldn't you just listen to yer big sister?” Applejack stated with angry eyes to AB.

Apple Bloom stuttered in shock. “I...I...” She couldn’t finish as AJ cut her off.

“Who knows what kind of nasty curse Zecora could have just put on you?” Applejack said.

Pinkie Pie cut in. “Just like in my song!” Pinkie then started to sing it again.

“You guys, there's no such thing as curses!” Twilight said to the group.

“Well, that's interesting to hear coming from Miss Magic Pants herself.” Dash said mockingly, as she flew through the blue flowers and poked Twilight repeatedly.

I then stepped in. “Well, what about Mister Magic Pants, crayon girl? There’s no such thing as a curse!” I said, annoyed at the speculation.

Twilight then spoke. “Our magic, real magic, comes from within. It's a skill you're born with. Curses are artificial, fake magic. It's conjured with potions and incantations; all smoke and mirrors meant to scare. But curses have no real power, they're just an old pony tale.”

“Just you wait, Twilight. You're gonna learn that some pony tales really are true.”

I then put my ears to my hoofs. “I can’t take this anymore, all of you but Twilight are crazy!” I said as I started running out of the forest, back to town. I couldn’t be around them, they were starting to really annoy me. Zecora did nothing but help me. She’s a kind spirit, and the fact that they’re accusing her of crimes she didn’t even commit really irks and irritates me.

Twilight then called after me. “Jordan!” She called out as she ran up the path, behind me. She walked up beside me. “They’re getting to you too, huh?”

I nodded. “Zecora did nothing but help me, and this whole thing just irritates me.” I told Twilight.

“They’re just too superstitious, they’ll get over it at some point.” She told me. I nodded in agreement.

“Anyway, shouldn’t we be getting home?” I asked her, and she nodded in agreement. We walked home to the library, and a few hours later went to bed.

In my sleep, I kept tossing and turning. I didn’t know why, but I didn’t… feel right.

When I woke up, I noticed a few strange things. My body felt different, and I had fallen off of the bed. I was now on the floor, and my body felt weird. I got up and gasped as I looked at myself in the mirror.

I WAS A MARE! I had somehow changed sexes! I screamed at the top of my lungs in shock and fright, a new high-pitched voice resonating from my throat. My mustache was gone, my face was wider and rounder, I had really long eyelashes, and my body was much less muscular and more womanly. My mane and tail were also trimmed and neat, like the girls’.

Twilight heard me scream and ran into the room. “Jordan, what’s-“ Twilight stopped and looked at me, before she too screamed.

“WHAT IN THE NAME OF CELESTIA HAPPENED TO ME!? I’M A MARE!” I shouted in shock.

Twilight stammered. “I…I don’t know! Something’s wrong with my horn too. We have to figure out what’s happened, come downstairs!” Twilight said as she galloped down the stairs. I sprang up and sprinted to follow her, but I ended up tripping. My body was so much lighter now, I misjudged how much muscle I needed to move.
Twilight started looking for a book of some sort, and became irritated when she couldn’t find any such book. “No no no no no! None of these books have a cure! Ugh! There has to be a real reason for this! An illness? An allergy?!” She questioned.

“A curse!” Spike suggested.

“I said a real reason. Something that points to something real.” Twilight retorted.

“How about this one?” Spike proposed.

“’Supernaturals’? Spike, the word supernatural refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses. This book is just a bunch of hooey!”

“But what if you're wrong, Twilight? What if this really is a-“ Spike was cut off by Pinkie, who mysteriously appeared. I gasped and ran for cover, I couldn’t let her or the girls see me like this!

“Ah pfurse!” Pinkie said, but it didn’t sound right because her tongue was messed up.

“A purse? How could it be a purse?” Spike questioned, not knowing better,

“Pinkie? What happened?” Twilight questioned.

“Pee pah Zthecora! Sthe put a cursthe on me!” Pinkie tried to reply, but failed.

“Hey, say it, don't spray it, Pinkie!” Spike scolded.

“Ow! Oh! She's trying to say -ow!- Zecora -oh!- she slapped us all with a -ow- curse!” Dash told Twilight and Spike.

“I'm afraid I have to agree.” Rarity said as she blew her mane out of her face, which was long and ragged.

Applejack then spoke in a strangely new high pitched voice. “I hate to say I told ya so, Twilight, but I told ya so!”

Applejack was now the size of a toy doll! “It's a curse, I tells ya!” She said as she stood on Applebloom, who carried her on her back.

“But Fluttershy... seems just fine!” Twilight said as a last resort.

“Yes, there doesn't seem to be a thing wrong with her.” Rarity agreed.

“Fluttershy? Are you okay? Is there something wrong with you? Would you care to tell us? So... you're not going to tell us? Yes you're not, or yes you will?” Fluttershy shook her head, refusing to talk at each question.

“Good gravy, girl! What's wrong with you?!” Applejack questioned in annoyance.

Fluttershy spoke in an insanely deep male voice. “I don't want to talk about it.”

Spike snorted, then busted out in laughter.

“This is hilarious! Look at all of you! We got: Hairity, Rainbow Crash, Spitty Pie, Apple Teeny, Flutterguy, and... uh... I got nothin'... Twilight Sparkle. I mean seriously, I can't even work with that. Hey, where’s Jordan?” Spike questioned.

“He’s around here somewhere, I’ll go find him.” Twilight walked to the kitchen where I was. She ended up having to drag me out of the kitchen to get me into the living room.

When everypony and Spike saw me, they were at first stunned silent. I chuckled nervously and spoke in my new high-pitched voice. “Um… hi?” I said, and Spike’s lip quivered before he fell on his back, guffawing in laughter.

Rarity lifted the hair out of her face to look at me. “It’s… not so bad darling. At least you look stylish.” She said, trying to cheer me up.

“I’M A MARE. It’s very bad Rarity, I don’t like this at all!”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Oh come on, being a mare is not so bad.” She then looked at Spike.

Twilight laughed sarcastically. “This is no joke, Spike. Now start looking for more books so I can find a cure!” She ordered. Spike groaned.

“I think we'll find a cure to this curse at Zecora's place!” Dash said to us all.

“It's not a curse!” Twilight replied.

“I agree with Dash! We'll go to Zecora's and force her to remove this hex!” Applejack piped in.

“It's not a hex either!” Twilight stated annoyedly.

“I don't care what you say, Twilight. It's time to pony up and confront Zecora. Come on, girls. Are you with me?” Dash asked the group of us.

“Ah am-pft!” Pinkie said in reply.

“And I as well.” Rarity added.

“Uh, I don't know. Seems awfully dangerous.” Fluttershy said in her manly voice. Spike giggled.

“How about you, Applejack? Applejack?” Rainbow asked as we couldn’t find Applejack.

“Pf-she's gone-pft!” Pinkie tried to say as her tongue flapped.

“Aah! Or somepony stepped on her!” Rarity cried out in horror.

“...or sat on her?” Twilight said as she looked around for AJ.

“Rarity's hair!” Dash exclaimed.

“Oh! OH! Pinkie, what are you doing? Ah, really. Aah! You ever hear of personal space?” Rarity said as Pinkie started to look for AJ.

“Nopthe.” Pinkie replied.

“Apple Bloom is gone too!” Twilight exclaimed.

“I bet they went after Zecora.” Dash announced as she looked out the door.

“Well we better go find them. Come on girls, let's go.” We all then started walking out. “You know, just cause I’m a mare temporarily doesn’t mean you can call me girl!”

“Oh dear. Oh, this is so unseemly. Auuuaah!” Rarity cried out as she tripped on her hair.

“Hey, a little help here?” Dash asked, as she couldn’t fly well.

“Oopsie! Sorry.” Fluttershy said.

Rainbow then crashed. “OW!”

“Uh... Spike? Are you coming?” Fluttershy asked.

“Nope! Uh... gotta stay here and look for a cure. Twilight Flopple!” Spike said as he finally came up with a name for Twilight.

We sprinted to the forest, and once we got decently deep, Twilight spoke.

“C'mon girls. We've got to get to Zecora's. Hurry!” Twilight said as she sprinted.

“Ooh... Ahaha. Easier said than done.” Rarity said as she tried to keep from falling.

“Hey, wait for me!” Rainbow then crashed, and she fell behind. Next we knew, we heard her screaming.

“Oh. I look horrible!” Rarity said in despair.

“Plis place plooks horrible!” Pinkie said as she looked at the hut.

“Oh my. That place really does look horrible. Nice decorations, if you like creepy!” Rarity said as she peeked inside, seeing some weird masks.

We then heard Zecora, talking in a foreign language.

“Sthe sthtole my sthong! Shthe shtole mm mm!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“She stole your song?” Rarity inquired.

“Oh Pinkie. Doesn't sound anything like your song.” Twilight said.

Pinkie Pie then went to Fluttershy, and begged her to sing the song. Fluttershy sighed, and did so.

“You saw those terrible things. Now do you believe us Twilight?” Rarity asked of Twilight.

“Scary looking masks, confusing incantations, and a great big bubbling cauldron? Everything is pointing to Zecora being... bad. Or... what if Zecora is just making soup?” Twilight asked rhetorically as a last resort.

Suddenly, we heard Zecora. “Mmm! The perfect temperature for ponies, I presume. Now, where is that little Apple Bloom?”

“Or... what if she's making Apple Bloom soup?!” Twilight exclaimed

We then saw Rainbow, with Applejack riding her, fly into the house and mess up Zecora’s decorations, and spill her cauldron. We all ran inside.

“No! You know not what you do! You've gone and spilled my precious brew!” Zecora said in disbelief.

“We're onto you Zecora. I didn't want to believe that you cursed us, but the evidence is overwhelming!”

I stepped forward. “I didn’t want to believe it, after how you’d helped me, but I can’t deny the facts anymore. You hexed the girls and turned me into a mare!” I said.

“You made me look ridiculous.” Rarity started.

“You made me sound ridiculous!” Fluttershy added.

“You made me speak ridiculous!” Pinkie said, barely intelligible.

“You ruined my horn!” Cried Twilight.

“How dare you! You destroy my home, destroy my work. Then rudely accuse me of being a jerk?” Zecora stated with narrowed eyes.

“You put this curse on us, now you're gonna uncurse us.” Dash said with no fooling around.

“It is unwise to venture down this road. Your actions will make my anger explode!” Zecora stated, as she was obviously getting angry.

“Where is Apple Bloom!?” Twilight asked, fed up with the stalling.

“Zecora! I think I found all the things ya asked for. What in Ponyville is goin' on here?” Apple Bloom asked as she walked into the hut and saw everything that had transpired while she was MIA.

“Apple Bloom! You're okay!” AJ said in relief.

“Why wouldn't I be?” Applebloom asked.

“Because Zecora is an evil enchantress who cursed us and was gonna cook you up into soup!” Twilight explained frantically. Zecora and Apple Bloom both laughed.

“Oh Twilight. Did those silly fillies finally get in yer head? You know there's no such thing as a curse.” Applebloom said as she chuckled.

“Apple Bloom, sweetie. You can't just stand there and tell me this isn't a curse.” Twilight said as she pointed to all of us.

“This isn't a curse.” She flatly stated.

“If you will remember back, the words I spoke were quite exact.” I then remembered what she said yesterday about the blue plants…

“It was a warnin'. About that blue plant. It's called Poison Joke.” Applebloom explained.

“That plant is much like poison oak. But its results are like a joke.” Zecora explained in a rhyme.

“What in the hay does that mean?” Applejack asked, standing in Zecora’s hair.

“It means this plant does not breed wrath. Instead this plant just wants a laugh.” She tried to explain again, but AJ was still confused.

“Will somepony please talk normal?” Applejack asked us.

“I think what she's saying is that when we ran in to save Apple Bloom, we ran into the poison joke. All our problems are just little jokes it played on us.” Twilight explained.

“Little jokes?! Very funny.” AJ said, referring to her new size.

“Okay, fine. But what about the cauldron?” Dash asked.

“And the chanting?” Fluttershy continued.

“And the creepy décor?” Rarity added.

“Treasures of the native land where I am from. This one speaks 'hello', and this 'welcome'.” Zecora explained to us. OH, that would explain why one smiles and one frowns.

“Not welcoming at all, if you ask me.” Rarity flatly stated.

“The words I chanted were from olden times. Something you call a nursery rhyme.” Zecora stated to us.

“But the cauldron... The Apple Bloom soup?” Twilight questioned the zebra mare.

“Lookie here Twilight. That pot of water wasn't for me, it was for all these herbal ingredients. The cure for poison joke is a simple old-natural remedy. You just gotta take a bubble bath!” Applebloom explained with exclamation.

“But I tried to find a cure in all my books and couldn't find anything. What book has this natural remedy?” Twilight asked Zecora, and the zebra showed her. It was the book from earlier!

“Here is the book, you see? Sad that you lack it in your library.” Zecora told Twi.

“Actually, I do have this book, but I didn't look inside because the title was so... Weird. Supernaturals: Natural Remedies and Cure-alls That Are Simply Super. I...I... I'm so sorry, Zecora. I had the answer the whole time, if only I had bothered to look inside.” Twilight stated with drooped, sad ears.

Zecora chuckled. “Maybe next time you will take a second look, and not judge the cover of the book.” She told all of us.

“Hahaha.” Applebloom chuckled.

“Zecora? Would you be kind enough to mix up another batch of the herbal bath?” Twilight asked, wanting us all to get better.

“Mix it up I certainly will. Yet I am missing an herb from Ponyville.”

“OH. So that’s why you wanted to come to town yesterday. Did you foresee this would all happen?” I asked, and Zecora nodded.

“But whenever Zecora comes to town, all the shops are mysteriously closed.” Applebloom informed us.

“Oh, well... I think we can help you with that.” Twilight said with a smile. In the next while, all nine of us walked to Ponyville, and talked to the flower sisters. We convinced them to give Zecora the herb/flower she needed, and we all went to the spa to relax in the soak.

As we all bathed, I saw Twilight writing a letter, it must be this week’s friendship letter.

Lotus Blossom walked up to Zecora. “Miss Zecora, I would love to get the recipe for this bath. It's simply luxurious!” She stated in wonder at the bath.

“Applejack! Hey, where's Applejack?!” Applebloom asked in frantic worry.

Applejack spoke. “I'm right here, little sis. I ain't tiny no more!”

“Oh! I have never felt so lovely in all my life!” Rarity said as she enjoyed the soak.

“Oh, my gosh! I never realized how horrible it is not to be able to talk. I mean, I love talking so much, and when I couldn't talk anymore, my tongue was all 'ehhhh'! It was the worst! Don't you agree, Fluttershy?” Pinkie said as she stared at Flutters for a response.

Fluttershy replied with a simple “Yes.”, and we all laughed. For the next few hours, we enjoyed the bath and relaxed. But as we were getting out of the giant tub, I gasped. I hadn’t changed at all! I was still a mare!

“WAIT! I’m still a mare, the bath didn’t work!” I exclaimed to the girls as we were preparing to leave the spa. I looked at Zecora.

“Any ideas, Zecora? What does this mean, is there evil magic at work!? Am I really hexed, is it that spirit again!?” She shook her head.

“I am sorry my friend, my remedy almost always mends. Why you are still a mare, an answer I can not bare.” She said to me

I then got worried. “But there has to be a way to reverse this! Can’t you come up with a cure?!” I said frantically.

“A cure, I shall try to create for sure. But, a promise it will work, I cannot procure.” She stated somberly.

“Please, just try. For me. I guess I’d better head home with Twilight. See you later, Zecora.” I said with a smile as I walked home with Twilight.

We walked into the library and I shuffled my feet uncomfortably.

“Well… this has been the weirdest past two days of my life. I’m a bloody mare, for the love of Equestria. I’m going to go to bed, night Twi.” I didn’t wait for a response as I walked up the stairs to the bedroom, and flopped into bed.

I started to think deeply. Oh Celestia, I hope to heaven Zecora can make a cure! I can’t imagine being stuck a mare. This just feels weird, I have the mind of a stallion, trapped in a mare’s body. This doesn’t feel right, and I don’t think this could get any worse. I hate feeling so helpless, this is a situation that could CHANGE MY LIFE, and I am absolutely powerless to do anything about it.

I fell asleep feeling very uneasy, unsure of what would lie ahead.

Author's Note

Haha. Plot twist! HE'S A MARE! Hope you guys liked this chapter. Next is Swarm Of The Century!