"Fluttershy! When I say now, flip that switch!" Commanded Twilight.
Trixie was standing in the corner, bored. Twilight had some wires attached to her horn. Fluttershy was standing next to a large lever. 'HIGH VOLTAGE' it said.
Twilight was concentrating crazily. Fluttershy was whimpering.
Trixie, still bored, neighed "Hurry up already...".
Chanting, Twilight's eyes glowed white. She was sweating profusely. Her mane was on end. She seemed more powerful than Celestia.
"NOW!"
Fluttershy kicked the switch (lightly, but hard enough). Fluttershy noticed at the last instant, an exposed wire was touching her as she flipped the switch.
Earlier in the day, Twilight was asking her friends if they could help her with an experiment.
Rainbow claimed she was practicing for the WonderBolts.
AJ made an excuse about applebucking,
Rarity, (Oh, I'm too elegant to be bothered to do that) went "Uhhh I have... Things to do. Yes, stuff."
Twilight did NOT want Pinkie to help, she was too hyper for this. So, she went to Fluttershy. "Umm... Sure I'll help"
The room was dark. Below Twilight's tree, was the basement. There were many machines. The basement was dark red, with creepy shadows being thrown strangely around the room. There was a photo of Pinkieus Pieacus, imploring where her special knowledge of problems arising came from. There was a poster of Zecora, wondering what strange land she came from. An "obey" poster, with princess Celestia on it (Twilight planned to burn the treasonous thing, she found it on the street). A bottle of strong whiskey was on the shelf, for Twilight to explore the mysteries of alcohol (Not by drinking, she hated the taste), among many other gadgets, photos, and trinkets.
"Did it work?" asked Twilight.
Trixie answered "Nope".
But where was Fluttershy?! 'Where am I?' She thought.
She was looking at Trixie, but something was wrong. She looked down at her hooves. Fluttershy screamed. (Although it was very soft, it shook the room) Her hooves were purple. Then she heard 'Why am I still in my own body? Me and Trixie should have exchanged bodies'.
Fluttershy was shocked. She thought 'Twilight, is that you?'
This time, Twilight shrieked, with the loudness of a dozen ponies combined.
"WHAT HAPPENED!!" How is it possible?" She then thought
'Instead of switching with Trixie, I have absorbed Fluttershy...'
Trixie was gaping.
Earlier that week, Twilight asked Trixie if she would help her with a magical experiment. Trixie asked in a rude tone, "Why should The Great and Powerful Trixie help you?"
"Well," replied Twilight "What do you want?"
Trixie's eyes became distant, star-filled.
"I want an audience with Princess Celestia, to become a student of her."
Twilight responded, "NO! You don't deserve her attention! You do cheap tricks and boast, brag, and are absolutely insufferable!"
"In that case, The Great and Powerful Trixie will not help you with whatever stupid experiment you have!"
"Fine..." Twilight grumbled "I'll get you an audience with the princess"
"Ha!" Laughed Trixie "I win! What is the experiment?"
"A body switching spell" answered Twilight, grimly.
Trixie gasped. "That's insane! It's dangerous and I could-err, We could get hurt!"
"I understand" Twilight replied. "It is to see if the strength of magic is changed when the body is different. Meaning, unicorns that get sick as young fillies may be disadvantaged, as their bodies may become weaker. However, it may just be the unicorn's mind that matters."
"I understand." Chimed Trixie.
"Umm girls, I think I know what happened.." whispered Fluttershy
"WHAT!?" Fired Trixie and Twilight simultaneously.
"There was a wire touching me without coating as I flipped the switch... It probably used me as a conductor to carry the direct current into your horn, thereby transforming me into electrons and having me absorbed into your horn, and then because of my chemical properties the spell could not continue."
"..." came from Twilight.
"Ok, so you have a freaky knowledge of sewing, AND you know a lot about electricity??"
'Yes, I know more than the average pony' thought Fluttershy to Twilight.
'Well, do you know about magic too?' Asked Twilight in her mind.
'Umm sorry, No..'
"Well, This is GREAT! Everypony will wonder where Fluttershy is and I'll say 'Oh, I accidentally absorbed her in an experiment and she is in my mind. Say hi Fluttershy' Everypony will think We are crazy!" Twilight took a swig of whiskey, then replaced it on the shelf.
"That's terrible!" Exclaimed Twilight.
"That made me feel horrible..." sighed Futtershy, who was still talking from Twilight's mouth, in her own voice. "I never want that again..." Fluttershy took control of Twilight's body and kicked the bottle off of the shelf, having it break on the floor.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!? It was for important scientific research!"
'But,' thought Fluttershy, 'You said.. It was terrible..'
Trixie, was edging her way out the door.
"Trixie! Get back here!" shouted Twilight.
"You girls are freaking The Great and Power Trixie out!"
"Well to bad! If you want to talk with the princess, you will help!" Fired back Twilight.
"Fine.." Sulked Trixie.
"This is a simple case" Twilight rattled (Insanely) "All I have to do is make a materialization spell, along with an possession charm. Then we are home free!" Twilight began to cackle.
'Twilight, are you OK?' Asked Fluttershy.
"Am I alright? Of course I'm alright! Teeheehee!"
'Umm, you could have just thought... Twilight, you need to rest, you don't seem well'
"A rest? I don't need a rest."
'Don't make me walk to a mirror and use the stare on you!'
"All right Fluttershy... Trixie! You will stay here if you EVER want audience with the princess."
"Alright, Alright."
Twilight was heading upstairs, to her room. Trixie was following her. "Trixie: you will sit down here (Twilight was pointing next to a bookshelf) and not move. Understand?"
"Yes, mother" sarcastically cooed Trixie, as though she were a rude teenage pony.
As Twilight attempted to nap, Fluttershy's thoughts were constantly distracting her, and vice versa.
Trixie was thinking 'Oh great, what in the HAY did I get myself into.’ Even an audience with princess Celestia wasn’t worth helping this idiot. On the bright side, she wasn’t stuck in the fool’s purple body. Unfortunately, she had to now help both the purple jerk, and the shy blithering one who was afraid of her own shadow. She wanted to shove a toad down Twilight’s throat for showing her up earlier that year. So what if she never defeated an ursa major. Neither had the purple-tastic pony. Twilight had only defeated an ursa MINOR. Although Trixie hadn’t defeated even an ursa minor, psychotic purple was so stuck up about it.
Twilight currently thought ‘Well this is great, I have Fluttershy stuck in my body. Sorry Fluttershy, I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings’ ‘Oh, that’s all right, you can act like I’m not here…’
Twilight was a tad stressed. It had something to do with Trixie. Trixie was usually SO rude and mean. Gladly, she was being a bit nicer this time. She wasn’t calling Twilight or Fluttershy derogatory names. Not trying to show anyone up. Lastly (and best of all), she was being a help. . The first time they had met, Twilight really hated Trixie. Such a show-off, jerky. Lied about defeating an ursa major, and continued to try and say that she had. Nopony has ever defeated an ursa major single handedly. As far as anypony knows, only Twilight has ever defeated even an ursa minor single handedly. Trixie could at LEAST be humble. Probably, Trixie would finish helping, and run right off to Princess Celestia.
Fluttershy was a tad depressed. She had tried to help her friend, and messed everything up for everypony, including herself. She felt so stupid. Everytime she tried to help, something went wrong. Always wrong. She felt so angered. she wanted to break something. she almost wanted to lock herself in a dark room. The only issue with that, is Twilight would suffer as well. Twilight was her host, Fluttershy had no body. Fluttershy was just a 2nd mind inside of a body. A secondary hardrive. Unimportant. Fluttershy let her mind drift...
She awoke with a loud thought.
'Fluttershy! Time to attempt to get you out of my body.'
'Umm, okay...'
"Girls I have researching to do. Trixie, you will help. Fluttershy, you should try and think of ideas."
"Trixie: have you found anything about 2 minds in the same body?"
"No ma'am" Said Trixie in a surly tone.
They continued looking for hours.
Finally, Spike woke up from his nap. "What's going on? Why are you searching frantically? Why is SHE here?"
"Spike, you cant remember anything can you. Tee-hee. Trixie was here helping me with an experiment. Fluttershy was helping," Then, Fluttershy's voice came in. "And there was a mistake." Spike was at loss for words. "Wha- How- Whe- WHAT!?!?!?"
"Well, something went wrong. Time to fix it"
Twilight was about to begin the long and difficult spell for materialisation, and possession. Twilight started chanting. Her eyes began to glow. This time however, they were red. Twilight was about to release the energy for the spell.
"RAWRG!"
She released it.
-Author's notes-
I Got the idea of writing this when I thought that I was like a combo of Twilight and Fluttershy, I'm an introvert, and I love books. More to come soon.
The effect was immediate, and the room was bathed in a eerie green light.
Twilight was passed out on the floor, Spike rushed to her aid. Trixie, squeaked and ran.
Spike yelled, "You are going NOWHERE Trixie."
Trixie, white with fear, nodded.
Spike attempted to drag Twilight to the nearest chair.
"Trixie! Help!"
Trixie went over to Twilight and helped drag her into the chair.
Twilight woke up with a jolt. "Where is Fluttershy?"
Twilight could no longer hear Fluttershy's thoughts, but Fluttershy was not in the room. Trixie and Spike shrugged.
"Well, the where the heck could she be?"
"We don't know Twilight! After the spell, nothing appeared to happen, but you got knocked out." Explained Spike.
"Well we should start looking shouldn't we?"
Fluttershy woke with a headache.
All she saw was a gray blur. Then she heard a familliar voice.
*Gasp* "Oh hi Fluttershy!"
"Umm, Pinkie? Where am I?
"Oh, you shifted in the fourth spatial dimension! Learning to move in Behta, and Zehta I see! Due to the fact that we are moving in the fourth dimension, we are no longer on Equestria!
"What?"
"Oh silly! There are four dimensions! Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and now, in the fourth dimension, Partæitude as I call it! OHHH! I JUST REMEMBERED! I have a PARTY in a few days! Wanna come!?!?
"Pinkie, I'd like to get back to my usual spot in the fourth spacial dimension! On Equestria! If it's ok with you..."
"Oh silly, we are stuck here! There is no way back until you understand how to move in Behta and Zehta!"
Fluttershy's mouth was agape. Never before had she felt so scared. Her lips trembling, she asked "C-c-could you teach me?"
"This is going to be so much fun don't you think 'Shy!?
"Umm sure.."
Pinkie's hoof suddenly jerked and dissapeared. Her hoof reappeared, with a box of markers. She started drawing three dimensional shapes in mid-air. Okay, first you nedd to understand the basic theory. A: When there is teleportation, the performer ALWAYS moves in the fourth spacial dimension, whether they are aware, or not, in order to minimize movement in the first three spacial dimensions. B: You can easily end up in a multitude of alternate universi if you forget wher in Behta and Zehta you are. Those alternates may be disturbing. How do you think Twilight ended up on 'Earth' at one point? Earth and our world are in the same coordinates for the first three dimensions, but on the fourth dimension, that is where we differ. ANYWAYS, LETS PARTY! This sciency stuff is making me bored! Now follow your big sister Pinkie to my house out here!"
"But we are not sisters... How do you know all of this? Could you tell me? If that's all right with you."
"Well let me TELL you! Well, when I first got my mark, I was so happy and super that I managed to move elsewhere in the fourth spacial dimension, letting me discover this place! I found you passed out, so I moved you to my house."
Fluttershy began to see different colors, including colors that were impossible. The gray around her was giving way to to a brilliant mansion. Fluttershy's jaw hit the floor.
"So how do you like it?"
Fluttershy could not speak. She was in awe of the amazing structure unfolding in front of her. Fluttershy attempted to look in 4 dimensions, she saw nothing, which meant either nothing was there, or she couldn't see anything still.
Fluttershy finally responded "It's nice..."
"Oh that's great! I'm glad you like it!! I should give you a tour!"
"... And that's the astronomy tower!"
"Pinkie, how did you build all of this?"
"Just my little friends! Come over here Ra'maic*!"
Tiny, sprightly beings came over to Pinkie. Fluttershy had never seen anything like them. Fluttershy made a mental note to be cautious, she had learned with parasprites that cute things could be evil. She reached out to touch the things then they withdrew, made a deep hissing sound, and scattered.
Pinkie started calling out "Come back! Fluttershy would never hurt you! She is the kindest pony there is! Well except for the time Discord possessed her but that's not the point!!!"
Pinkie was near sobbing. She had worked so hard for so long to gather all of these little creatures up. She felt a sudden anger towards Fluttershy.
"How could you! You ruined A HUGE amount of time I spent trying to find these Ra'maic. I hope you're happy. Goodbye!"
And she disappeared. Fluttershy had never felt this alone. She was trapped in a strange place she didn't understand, and had upset the only pony that could help her. What could she possible do? She slumped onto the chair inside the closest room. Sobbing convulsively, She thought in broken bursts.
But---I didn't mean---Pinkie---
Her sobs continued, and filled the room, louder then anything else could have possibly been in Fluttershy's mind.
She wandered around the huge dwelling, half awake, eyes glazed over, still only thinking in short phrases and words. She was barely aware that she had almost fallen down huge pits several times. Eventually she managed to come to the astronomy tower. How quick it would be. She took a step forward, and expected to fall, then be killed instantly on impact. Instead, she hit the ground and bounced up, as if it were a trampoline What was wrong with is place? What cruel world was this? She was trapped here. unable to end it. She wanted it done. Over. Gone. Dark. She started looking around for anything possible. She started looking for a kitchen. She would have preferred a quick and painless end, This would be long, drawn out, horrible, and bloody. She finally found a kitchen. There was a lone knife. Perfect for steak. Just waiting for use. She made her way over. Picked up the knife with her forehooves, and proceeded to make a long cut along her back leg. The pain hit her like a bucket of ice water. It shook some sense into her. Why was she doing this? With a new found determination, she left the room, and tryed to find a way to contact Pinkie.
Pinkie was running around different parts of the 4th spacial dimension, trying to gather up the Ra'maic. She was so mad at Fluttershy, but she knew that it was pointless in nurturing a grudge. She would still leave Fluttershy to her own devices for a while. Just because she was not holding a grudge didn't mean she couldn't be mad right? Fluttershy would be perfectly fine at her residence. Nothing could possibly hurt her.
Pinkie continued to search for her little friends. They were ever so useful in building. always had what you needed when you needed it. Come to think of it, how? they were tiny little sprites, barely the size of her hoof, yet they could still erect huge structures such as what she had designed? Is it possible that these little creatures could be a menace, or helpful? Pinkie preferred to think of them as helpful. Just treat them right and you'll be fine. But... What if ponies on Equestria were to NOT treat them right? what if they were mean to them? what if---? A million different questions ran through her mind. She decided it would be a terrible idea to reveal the existence the tiny sprites to Equestria. The ponies wouldn't be able to handle the power. Chaos would ensue. Is it.. Could it be? Were these Ra'maic Discord? Pinkie had never seen one before discord had shown himself. She had just used her own hooves to build a small house at first. Pinkie had to go back and find Fluttershy. That instant. What if the Ra'maic had gotten a hold of her? That would be the sure end of her.
She ran headlong into a blood splattered Fluttershy. "Fluttershy!" She exclaimed with a horrified gasp. "Did the Ra'maic get a hold of you?"
"What? No, I did this to myself. I wanted it to end, I was mentally lost, and I felt there was nothing else to do." Fluttershy had never spoken with such conviction. She still had adrenaline pumping through her veins from when she cut herself.
"I'm so sorry... I should never have left you alone. I overreacted. Please, forgive me."
"Y-yes Pinkie, I forgive you."
---AN---
*Ra'maic is plural AND singular. Also: Ra-mae-ic
This chapter was inspired by a fic called "To the Nth dimension" you should find it on EQD
Yes, I am a lazy bum. School don't leave me time nuf to do this often.
(And no, I have NO idea where this is going, I just let it write itself)
Oh my, It went grimdark, I'm awfully sorry, I had NOT intended this :(
And yes, I know I take a bit of liberty with Fluttershy and Pinkie's personalities. But hey, It's hard to write such sad fics in character perfectly.
I need to stop reading my own fic. I make me sad. what is wrong with me? Oh I know, in10secondsflat/ dean moore/ yoyofoot is the problem...
And the last 1200 words I did in one night. when the pen, was VERY hot.
I just reread this. I feel terrible for that depressing paragraph :/
