Polar Opposites to Polar Opposites.
Two sisters were in their shared bedroom in their parents apartment. A hard day at their high school has left the two young teens exhausted and unsure what to for the evening.
Eleanor was the older sister of the two. Her slender body laid on the bottom bunk of a bunk-bed. Her hazel eyes behind a pair of black-framed glasses were closed from mental exhaustion.
Samantha was the youngest sister by a year and two weeks. Her shorter and stout build sat on the chair of the computer desk, opening a few folders and the Wordpad application.
Samantha was searching the internet for images of cartoon characters that mostly took the form of ponies, pegasi and unicorns. Both sisters shared this interest in the equine characters of the animated tv series: My Little Pony.
Eleanor and Samantha have been fans of the franchise since My Little Pony Tales, and they were living in their old home country of Great Britain. Ellie still remembers her love for the talking pastel-colored ponies, but due to abuse from their biological father, Sammy forgot almost everything from since she was very young.
Now, Ellie, Sam, their mother and step-father moved away from Britain, to Alberta, Canada, and the sisters are just a few weeks in their new high school. Friendship of Magic was released not too long ago, and Ellie and Sam love for the old franchise was reignited and in full bloom.
Ellie was the first of her family to join the Herd. However, due to being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome since she was 8 - 9 years old, she stopped watching My Little Pony Tales in fear of being made fun of.
Years later, she heard the creator of another of her favorite childhood cartoons, PowerPuff Girls, was creating a new incarnation of My Little Pony, Ellie was curious. She watched the Season 2 premiere, and her love for the pastel-colored talking equines was reignited.
She became a fellow fanfic writer, reader and YouTube fan-dub voice actor.
Sam, on the other hand, joined the Herd after Ellie introduced her to the series during Season 2 Lunar Eclipse. The pony fan inside her was reignited and Sam found a few characters that were quite like her; Tough as nails, but has a lovable and social friendliness to her.
Sam too became a fanfic writer, reader and an artist.
Sam was searching the net for new characters that might be found interesting. Until the computer alerted a notification under the address to a familiar email.
She turned to look at her sister, who was staring at the bottom of the top bunk of the bunk-bed, "Hey, Ellie. You've got an email."
"Who's it from?" Ellie asked in a tired tone.
Sam turned back to the computer and clicked on the alert. She narrowed her eyes and the sender's email address, "It says it's from some group called the 'Theory Analysts'. Does that mean anything to you?"
Ellie sat up and made her way to the computer. She looked at the email and her eyes scanned over to words.
Dear EllieMay1992,
We at the Theory Analysts deeply appreciate your ever-growing love for the franchise that is My Little Pony. We were most surprised on how you were able to tell the personalities of Limestone and Marble Pie.
As an offer to your determined dedication and memory of the connections between the characters, new and old, we present to you this link.
A friendly warning to watch at your own risk. And I hope you enjoy it.
Ellie raised a brow and cautiously moved her mouse over the link. She didn't click.
"What's wrong, Ellie? Scared of the unknown?" Sam asked in a tease.
Ellie shook her head, "No, Sam. I heard rumors about high school students receiving an email from the same sender. Each one transformed into an unguligrade anthropomorph of a My Little Pony character."
Sam raised an eyebrow, "Oni-gullible anti-morphed what?"
Ellie rolled her eyes and translated in a slower tone, "Pony-human hybrids."
Sam nodded, "Oh." Then asked, "Students from where, exactly?"
"Australia." Ellie answered, pushing her glasses up her nose.
Sam laughed, "Well, that's cross the sea from here. It can't happen in Canada. And they're just rumors. Not all rumors are true. Give it a look."
Ellie hid her mouth under her hoodie, as she bit her lip in thought. Maybe her younger sister is right. They're probably just rumors to scare her. Maybe it just happens at Australia. But, what if the rumors are true? What if it happens in Canada too. And if so, who is she gonna turn into? Maybe her favorite character, the all-wise zebra, Zecora? Or a spoiled brat like Diamond Tiara? Or a hated villain like Queen Chrysalis?
Finally, Ellie came a conclusion. She closed the door and locked it. She returned to the computer and clicked onto the link. The link opened a page to YouTube, showing a video of two Earth Pony fillies. Ellie instantly recognized the fillies as Pinkie Pie's sisters.
Limestone and Marble Pie.
The two sister made their official appearance during Pinkie's story on how she got her Cutie Mark in 'Cutie Mark Chronicles'. They weren't given names at that time, or full personality. But, Ellie judged by the scene alone that Limestone would be a hard-working farmer with a bit of protective issues over her family and the rock farm. While Marble would be as shy and soft-spoken as Big McIntosh and Fluttershy. Before it became canon, Limestone and Marble were called 'Inkie' and 'Blinkie', after the ghosts of Pac-Man. Marble being Inkie and Limestone being Blinkie.
Once the video was finished, the computer screen glowed a bluish grey with the Cutie Mark of a slice lime and two stones. The glow practically touched Ellie's skin, as the first thing that changed was her eyes turning light apple green.
Sam quickly turned the power off the computer and sat on the bed with a sigh, "Way to go, Elle. You crashed our computer. What did mum say about crashing the computer?"
Ellie was about to argue back, but decided to hold her tongue. She did refuse to open the link. But it was Sam that encouraged her to open it. However, Sam is extremely stubborn, so she'll either deny, not remember or argue until there's physical aggression involved. So, Ellie did the wise thing to hold her tongue and sigh.
Just then, Ellie started to feel itchy and somewhat numb. Ellie scratched her forearm an felt something weird. She rolled up the sleeve of her hoodie and saw soft, shiny bluish grey fur growing across her entire arm.
"What the heck?" Sam exclaimed, as she noticed the fur, now appearing across Ellie's cheek.
"The rumors are true! I'm changing!" Ellie exclaimed in shock. Then she gasped and placed her now fur-covered hand over her throat.
Ellie's voice changed from its soft yet low tone to that of a raspy metal rocker. Ellie was now covered in the bluish grey fur and her dark brown hair was fading to a opalish grey. Her tailbone grew till it reached her knees and was covered with straight opalish grey hair. Her feet lengthened and her toes fused into that of hooves. Her ears folded, moved to the top-sides of her head, like pony ears. Her mouth and nose stretched forward and molded into a muzzle. Her teeth flattened to resemble equine teeth. And her slender figure bulged into a stronger and athletic build, but remained small-chested. On both of Ellie's hips, the mark on the computer screen appeared and the changes were complete.
Sam gasped with stars in her eyes, "Ellie? Is that still you in there? Or are Limestone now?"
"Who do think? This is way too freaky to comprehend. There's no such thing as magic. And yet, how is this possible?!" Ellie, now Limestone, exclaimed, looking herself over, "Maybe there's a way to reverse this. Turn me back to normal?"
Sam thought for a second, then answered, "Maybe that link can turn you back. It turned you into Limestone, so it should reverse this."
Limestone nodded, "Go for it."
Sam switched on the computer and opened the email again. She found the link and opened it. The YouTube link played its video of Limestone and Marble Pie, but the screen glowed light grey with a mark of three marble stones. Sam switched the computer off and turned to Limestone.
"Anything?" She asked.
Limestone looked over herself. Still covered in fur. Tail. Hooves. Muzzle. Nothing changed. Limestone sighed and looked her younger sister.
She gasped, "Sam, your eyes just turned violet!"
"What!" Sam exclaimed.
Then the same changes took place on her. Light grey fur covered her body. Feet into hooves. Face into that of a pony. Her hair grew and tuned dark grey. Tail. And her body grew taller and more slender into a somewhat delicate figure. Her new hair flowed over her right eye. Her tail was longer than Limestone's and the three marble stone mark appeared on her hips.
With the changes complete, Limestone sat on the bottom bunk-bed and sighed a silent scream of disbelief and frustration, "This is just perfect! Instead of turning me human again, it turned you into Marble Pie. What's ironic is that we're actually sisters. What are gonna do now?"
Sam, now Marble, looked herself over and smiled, "I can get used to this in time." Then looked at her sulking sister, "I thought you used to dream about what it's like to be a pony."
Marble's voice suited her appearance. Soft and sweet with a melodic chime.
Limestone thought back and chuckled, "Yeah, but I was young and did believe in magic. I also dreamed about being a dragon. Such an imagination we had."
Marble smiled, glad to see her sister seeing the brighter side, but then her smile faded, "But seriously, what are we gonna do now? The door is closed, so Mum and Steve don't know what has happened to us. There's school to worry about. We can't walk around in public like this."
Limestone rubbed her chin in thought, "Well... I did mention about the students in Australia. Maybe we can convince Mum and Steve that we can move there, since we're in this predicament."
Marble nodded in agreement, "That sounds like a great idea. But, maybe in the morning. It's getting late."
Limestone nodded and climbed up to the top bunk as Marble took the bottom bunk. Limestone tucked herself in and switched off the lamp. She lied her head onto the pillow and stared out the window that had a view to an open field. You could see a family of deer walking by in the twilight.
Tomorrow is another day...
