Chapters Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 2 - Unseen issues
I look to my friend with a confused look on my face as she states.
“Doesn’t it just come naturally, have you even tried?” Gene Caster asked calmly. I shook my head and tried to figure it out. At first I tried moving the wings, but I couldn’t. Next I tried just picturing it, didn’t work either. Lastly, I tried moving my shoulder blades, which caused a reaction. I kept trying until I got a smooth rhythm, eventually lifting off the ground slightly. While I’m in the air I’m grinning happily.
“I’m hovering, thats a good start.” Gene looks up at me, watching me have fun.
“So how does it feel to be the first Earth pony to fly, that we know of?” She asked with a smirk.
“It feels great!.....How do I land?” I asked after some thought.
”Try not flapping?” She suggests with a shrug, which I then immediately try. I drop like a stone face first to the ground. After picking myself up, I look to her.
“Well, this is cool, but I don’t think mum and dad will appreciate their son coming home with wings.” Gene nods to me, as she goes to cast the counter spell. Nothing happens, I still have wings. She tries again, same result.
“Why isn’t it working? I did everything right…” Gene says, looking a little upset. I walk over and hug her.
“It’s alright Gene, you will figure it out, I know you will.” I say with confidence. Gene wipes away the beginnings of tears and looks to me.
“Your right Hex, until then, wear a vest or something alright?” I nod, and pull my jacket out of my bag. After putting it on, I slid my saddlebags on and started to leave the clearing, Gene right beside me. When we reached the centre of town we shared a quick hug and parted ways.
While I was walking, I felt how restricted my new wings felt, and didn’t like it. But of course I understood that it was for the best. When I got home, I smelled my mother cooking dinner, so I quickly head to my room, where I removed my bag.After doing so, I returned to the kitchen and hugged mum.
“Good day at school sweetie?”
“Yes mum, it was good, I had fun too.” I spend some time helping with dinner, once it is dished I head to the garage to grab dad. “Hey dad, dinner’s almost ready”
“I’ll be there in a second.” Once we sat down and ate dinner, we discussed our days, what I had learned, keeping my new wings a secret for now, what they had made or fixed for the other towns ponies, things like that. After dinner, I head to the shower, as my mother spoke up.
“Hexan, dear, why are you wearing your jacket to the shower?” I froze for a second before turning to face her.
“No reason mum, I will take it off before I get wet.” Once I’m in the bathroom, I take my jacket off and lock the door. Then I spread my wings wide to remove the cramps. “That feels better…” Then I turn the shower on and hop in. Once I am done, I wrap a towel around my barrel, covering my wings, take my jacket and head to my room. I dry myself off and throw the towel in a wash basket and hope into bed. “Goodnight mum! Goodnight dad!” Mum pops her head through the door.
“Goodnight sweetie, see you in the morning.” She closes the door and I head to sleep. When I wake up in the morning, I quickly hop out of bed and look to my sides, I find myself both happy and sad. Happy because I won’t have to hide them anymore, but sad because I don’t have wings any more. I walk to the mirror to brush my mane and I hit something solid. I look at the mirror confused and brush harder, thinking it is a knot. I hit it again. I look on top of my head in the mirror and i have a horn. I’m confused, because I know I don’t have a horn. I poke it and it is still there.
“Why do I have a horn?” I look around my room, thinking it is a trick. After a bit of searching, I decide it isn’t. Suddenly, I hear my mother.
“Hexan! Breakfast is ready!” I quickly look around in a panic, trying to think of a way to hide my horn. Suddenly, I spot a purple top hat with a orange ribbon tied around it. After deciding it is the best choice, I put it on and head for breakfast. For breakfast we had toast and peanut butter. During breakfast my mother noticed my hat and decided to ask about it. “Sweetie, why do you have a hat on?” I quickly try to think of an excuse.
“Well, I figured I’d try something new today.” She eyes me suspiciously but drops the subject as we eat. Once I’m done I head off to school, “See you guys later!” I start walking, my saddlebags at my sides.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 5 - Unsafe flight and Cutie marks
The next day I woke up and had breakfast, nothing too interesting there, I also still had a horn, so I was wearing my hat today. On my way to school, I bumped into Gene and explained my studying, and she was a bit proud. School was normal, no questions about my hat today. After school I was just wondering town, looking around.
As I was walking around town, I could hear a loud noise, so I looked around trying to figure out what it was, as it got louder, I realised it was a scream. Looking a bit more, I saw somepony, an earth pony filly, falling from a hot air balloon. Thinking quickly I poured as much magic as I could into my horn, the strength of power knocking my hat off, I could feel the magic grip her, but couldn't get a hold on her, so I stopped and leaped into the air without thinking, as I fly towards her, having suddenly shifted into a pegasus. I manage to catch her and lower her to the ground, before I notice I was fly, my hat was missing, I tried using magic and the town saw it.
To be honest I was a bit unsure of what they would say, but then the filly hugs me and thanks me for saving her. A bit startled, I hug back and tell her it's okay, and that I just did it to help. I realise now, that is the only reason I was able to do all that with little knowledge. After I spoke those words about helping, I flank started to glow brightly for a bit, temporarily blinding all nearby ponies. When the glow dies down, there is a picture of my hat, tilted to the side on my flanks, mirrored on both sides. I had just earned my cutie mark, of what I didn’t know, but I had it. Once the crowd stops talking amongst themselves, somepony from school brings my hat back. He then remarks.
“I guess that's why you were wearing the hat, hiding your horn?” I nod.
“I mean, what would you do if you could change race but not control it?” I respond. He thinks to himself.
“Well, you looked in good control just then, when magic didn’t work, you tried flight.” I think about it then realise he was right. I tell the crowd I need to go, so they let me past. On the way to the hospital, Gene catches up to me and gives me a swift hoof to the back of the head.
“What were you thinking Hexan!”. I shrug, after the pain dies down.
“I wasn’t really thinking, I saw her falling, so I tried to help, and since magic didn’t work, I just tried flying, and I caught her.” She just stares at me.
“So your saying, you have no idea how you swapped? Or flew?” I shake my head.
“I was going to visit the doctor again, see if anything has changed. Once we reached the hospital, I ask to see Fast Mender, and we were let through to her office. She was at her desk as we walked in.
“Hello again you two, didn’t expect to see you so soon.”
“Well, Miss Mender, there was an incident”
“Oh, what kind of incident?”
“The kind that simultaneously causes Hexan to try to use magic, swap and fly to catch a falling earth pony filly.”
“Oh, and I got my cutie mark too.” She looks at me.
“My, you were a bit busy today Hex, any idea how you did it?” I shake my head.
“As I told Gene, I was so focused on helping to save her, I didn’t think.”. She thinks for a bit.
“Hmm...Maybe that might work...Excuse me Hexan, do you think you could focus on becoming an earth pony?” I look at her confused but try it anyway “And while you focusing, think about what an earth pony does, how their magic works, and what being one feels like.” After a couple minutes, and a quick flash, I’m an earth pony again.
“Yes! I’m back to normal!” Gene giggles.
“Good job Hex.” Fast nods, as her theory is proven.
“It appears you can consciously swap races, but it is tied to focus, which is difficult for a child, no offence. Do you think I could get a sample of all three from you Hex?” She asks nicely. I nod, then she takes a sample from all three forms and compares them, both to each other and the one from before. “Okay, have a look at your blood from before, the swapping is rapid, focusing on one longer but swapping rapidly nonetheless. Now look at the sample from just now, it’s more like, your blood is completely one race, with a little bit of each in it, allowing you to completely change your cells at will.” I look at her confused since I don’t know much about the subject, but Gene nods. Fast looks me in the eyes.
“Now Hexan, I know you don’t want to, but I think you should tell you parents now.” I nod, my head down.
“I’m probably going to be in trouble, aren't I?” Fast thinks for a bit.
“Well, considering that you saved a filly, and got your cutie mark doing so, I think you may be fine.” I nod again.
“Okay, well I better go tell them, see you both later!” I quickly run off home, thinking about how I’m going to say it and explain it.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 6 - Parents and Changes
After making my way home, I quickly ran to my room to think. When I spent enough time on that, I called my mother to my room. After a little bit, Quick Fix walked in.
“What is it Hexan?” I sighed.
“Well mother,did you hear about the incident earlier?” After a bit she nodded.
“About the filly who fell from the hot air balloon?” I nodded to that.
“Yeah that, what do you know about that?” She thinks for a moment.
“Well, I heard it was a colt that rescued her, and they were saying that he was a unicorn one moment, then suddenly a pegasus, which I don’t really believe to be honest, then after saving her he ran off. That’s all I know dear.”
“Well, since I don’t want to beat around the bush, the colt was me.”
“Stop joking dear, he can’t have been you, he was a unicorn or pegasus, not an earth pony, didn’t you hear?” I nod.
“Yes, I heard you, but it leads into the next thing I need to talk about.” She looks at me worried.
“What is it dear?” I look to my bed.
“Well a couple days ago, Gene took me to our secret place to try a new spell.” She nods for me to continue. “And this was an interesting one, since it was designed to...change a ponies race.” She looks a me a bit baffled.
“Are you being serious Hexan?” I nod.
“Yes, I am, and it worked too. But there was an issue, the counter spell didn’t work.” She looks a bit more worried now.
“Well how haven’t I noticed wings on your back or a...horn on….your...You hid it with the hat and jacket?” I nod.
“I didn’t want to worry you until I could fix it. I was first changed to a pegasus, then the next day I woke as a unicorn. So me and Gene went to see a doctor.” She looks to me.
“Why didn’t you ask for me to take you?”
“You would have been a bit too worried over me. During the visit, we learned my cells are in flux, constantly shifting between that of the three races. Fast Mender, the doctor we saw, said I should let her know if anything new occurs, like what happened today. I was walking home from school and heard a scream. After realising it was from the falling filly, I tried to help by trying to catch her in levitation, since I was reading up on the different races. It didn’t work, so I jump in the air to try and catch her and the next thing I know, I’m hovering down to the ground with her on my back.” “My mother looks at me a bit concerned.
“ So you really were the colt that saved her…” I nod. “Can you prove it dear?” I look down a bit scared but decide to try. After a bit of focus I change to a pegasus, to the shock of my mother.
“Well, how do I look?” She looks very concerned.
“Are you sure your okay?” I nod.
“And something else happened today when I saved that filly.” She looks at me as I turn around. “I got my cutie mark as well.” She looks happy for me.
“Well done dear, and I guess you visited Miss Mender after the event?” I nod.
“She suggested I tell you, which I guess is smart to do. Am I a monster now? Since I’m not a single kind of pony mother?” She shakes her head and pulls me into a hug.
“No my dear, your still a pony, just a more unique one.” I hugs back, happy that she is fine with it.
“Could you tell dad? I’m a bit tired, and need to do some more reading and practice.” She nods.
“Yes I think I should, but it should be fine. See you at dinner Hexan.” She kisses my forehead and leaves my room.
After some time, I decide to keep using the hat, even if I don’t really need to hide my horn anymore, since I like it a lot, plus it’s my cutie mark too. After putting my hat back on, I get to studying, using levitation to turn the pages after becoming a unicorn. After some time, I head out to have dinner. There were some questions asked like, “How can I control which race I am.” or “How does it feel to use magic or fly.” and other things like that. After that, I head to have a shower and go to bed.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 7 - New days and Odd occurrences
I woke the next morning as an earth pony, not surprised that I still change in my sleep. I had breakfast as usual and head off to school, deciding to fly there since I gave up hiding it. It was a slow flight, but I got there and when I did, I received a hug from Gene.
“So, how’d the talk go?” I smiled a bit.
“There were fine with it, a bit disappointed I didn’t say anything immediately, but they understand.” After becoming a unicorn I head into class for the day. Now if you have been keeping track, you know I usually keep what happens in class to myself because it is usually boring, but not today.
It started with me explaining to the class what has happened, which took a bit, as well as a demonstration for the ponies who didn’t believe me. After which was back to normal for a bit, until I was called up to answer some fairly difficult questions on the chalkboard.
It started with my teacher, Book Smart, writing on the board, and deciding it is my turn to answer the questions. So I got up and grabbed the chalk with magic and started to look over the questions. I don’t really remember what they were exactly, but I do know they involved combinations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No too hard for ponies good at math, but I’m not one of them.
So, I started to write on the board, answering questions at a bit of a slow rate until a colt spoke up suddenly.
“It seems even if he is a unicorn now, he isn’t as smart as some.” That got some snickers from some of the other students, but got me to actually start thinking the questions over, and then, without noticing, I started to speed up. And before long, I had most of the questions done when a filly spoke up.
“Miss Smart, why is his aura turning blue?” I wasn’t really paying the students any attention at that time so I barely heard her, and after she said something another spoke up.
“Hey, is it just me, or is Hexan’s new cutie mark changing? I looks like something is peeking out from under the hat.” After that there was some more conversing, adding things like:
“His eyes are two colours at once.” and “Are those math symbols under the cutie mark hat?” And before long I was finished, and Book Smart checked over my answers.
“Hmm, well Hexan, you started off slow, but you got it all right,” then she turned back to me, “And you seem to be back to normal too.”
“Huh, what do you mean?” Then she explained what the students were saying as well as what she observed. I looked over myself and saw no differences. “Must have been a trick of the light or something.” I shrug and head back to my desk.
That was only the first of many odd things to happen today. The next thing happened after class. A couple of colts came over to me and decided I was not worth any respect and decided to bully me. There were three colts; One with a blue coat and black mane, one with orange coat and yellow mane, and green coat and brown mane. The blue one spoke up first.
“Well lookie here boys, it's the little freak.” I look at them, wondering what's up. Next was the green one.
“Yeah, wonder what freakish thing he will do next.” They start snickering. Then the orange one spoke up.
“Maybe grow another head or tail.” They start laughing while I’m wondering if they are being serious.
“Shall we show it what we think of it boys?” The blue one asks. The other two nod and start to close in on me.
Then the kicks started to come. Being earth ponies, they weren’t too strong, but were strong enough to both keep me down and keep others away. Eventually I heard Gene speak up.
“Leave him alone!” They stop for a second, then the blue one asks.
“Why should we leave the freak alone, how are you or him gonna make us?” They taunt, pushing her back onto her flank. In that split second they weren’t focusing on me, I got up and behind the green one and kick hard, as I had become my earth pony self. When they heard their comrade get knock down, they took their attention back to me and off of Gene. So I said the one thing that ran through my head.
“If I’m a freak, what does that make you?” They got mad after that and started trying to hit me, at first they were landing some pretty heavy hits but after a bit, I started to dodge each and every hit and even land some of my own. They blue one, the leader I decided at that point, was getting fed up with me.
“Come on and hit him already, he’s just a freakish colt!” The I punched him on the side of the head, knocking him down. He then looks at me. “What the buck is going on with his fore-hooves? Hooves don't glow, orange or not.” I don’t bother looking down because I somehow knew that was a bad idea, and knocked the other two away. There were a few spectators now, whispering things like:
“He us good at this.” and “Wasn’t his cutie mark just the hat, where did the gloves under them come from?” and other observations that Gene told me about after the fight. After fighting them a bit longer, I had them all knock to the ground in a pile, while I was standing on top.
“If your gonna mess with me again, remember this moment and think again.” Then I hop off and walk away. I didn’t notice at the time, but Gene was following me until I reached a park bench when she sat beside me.
“ How did you do that Hexy?” I finally come to my senses and look to her.
“Do what?”
“Fight like you did, I know you don’t really like fighting and never took and interest in it, so how did you do it?”
“I...don’t really know, it’s like I just know how to move and when, how to dodge and the perfect time to strike. No idea where it came from..” She thinks for a bit, then decides.
“I guess it isn’t that important at the moment, wanna head to my place for a bit?” I nod and follow her home.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 10 - Where is this?
When I left the tryouts, I was feeling pretty tired, so I head off home. When I got there, my parents were out, so I just head to bed so I could sleep. Normally I don’t remember my dreams well, but this one was different.
Once I had shut my eyes, I awoke to being in the middle of a street, that only had six houses, three on the left, and three on the right. Not knowing where I was I decided to call out.
“Hello? Is anypony around here?” There wasn’t an answer, so I head to the nearest house, one that like the others, was two stories, and unlike the rest, had a purple roof and door. I knock, but it swung open, so I walked in, strangely, not feeling like I was breaking in.
The house, strangly enough, looked similar to my parents does, but not the exact same, no family pictures, and the hat I now wear hanging on a hat rack by the door. I put it on straight away. After searching all the room in that house, and finding nopony else, I head back outside to the street and looked to the rest of the houses.
There was one with a blue roof and door, one that was pink, one green, another red, and the last orange. After thinking for a bit, I walked to the one next door to the purple one, which was the blue. I knocked on the door, and I heard somepony moving inside, coming to the door.
Then the pony opened the door, and I got a good look at him. He looked around my age, similar coat colour, as well as mane, but with a difference. His mane had some blue highlights running through it. His eyes matched the blue in his mane, and he had a pair of blue glasses on aswell. His cutie mark was the symbols for plus, minus, multiply and divide, all coloured blue. He was a unicorn I noticed.
“Oh, hello. So, finally made your way here, have you Hexan?” I looked at him, a bit confused and concerned that he knew me, since I didn’t know him.
“Who are you?” He thought for a bit.
“You don’t know? Well then again it makes sense, first time here and all. I’m Hexan Logic, but just call me Logic.” That made me confused.
“Why do we have the same first name?” I asked, as he started to head in, so I followed.
“We have the same first name, because I am a different version of you, I look similar to you as well, but I have differences, as you probably noticed.” This was beginning to get confusing for me.
“What do you mean a different version of me?”
“Well, basically, I’m an alternate personality, with the added bonus of being smarter.” I nod, beginning to follow what he is saying.
“Alright then, can you tell me where we are?” He nods and turns to me.
“We are in your head, specifically the place where we live.”
“How can we be in my head?”
“We aren’t really in there, physically, but we are mentally.”
“Oh.” He lead me through the house, and picked up some books and put them away.
“I assume because of all your questions, you haven’t met the others yet?”
“Others?”
“Come on Hex, your smarter than that, I know you are because I’m here, six houses, six of us, your in mine now, why not visit another?” I look through a window to the other houses.
“Which do you recommend?” He thinks for a moment.
“Well, your house is the purple one, so forget it for now, how about the orange?” I nod.
“Alright, any advice?”
“That one is a bit egotistical, but he is loyal, so you should be fine.” I head off after saying goodbye.
When I get there, I hear some smashing and banging coming from the house. A bit cautiously, I knock on the door, which stops the noises, as a earth pony opens the door. He appears to be a bit bigger than be, probably because of his muscles I can see. His mane more different to mine, being two shades of orange, darker on the outside. His cutie mark was a pair of orange and yellow boxing gloves. He also had a pair of matching gloves on his front hooves. He looked me up and down.
“Huh, finally got here Hex? Well guess it was bound to happen after I helped you beat those idiots.” I look at him confused.
“What do you mean?” He chuckles.
“You mean you don’t remember beating those bullies into the ground? You and I both know you don’t know how to fight, so I was lending you some skills.” I look at him.
“Well, thanks I guess, who are you?”
“The name is Hexan Knockout, but call me Knockout or KO, either works.” He then heads in. I follow him in and we end up in what looks like a cross between a gym and a coliseum.
“Wow…”
“Pretty cool, ain’t it? Each house is suited to its owner, so I get that cool training area.” I look at all the equipment in the area. There are all kinds, so no part of the body is missed.
“Doesn’t it get exhausting to be using these all the time?”
“Sometimes, but its what I do best, so I enjoy it. I’m the best at what I do.”
“Well, it was great meeting you Knockout. Got a suggestion on the next house?” He thinks for a minute.
“Check out the red on, he did say he wants to apologise for his influence a night or two ago.”
“Okay?.... I’ll head on over then, laters” I then head off to the red house.
When I get close, I see some smoke coming out the windows, and I knock on the door. When I opens, I see another earth pony, this one with his mane in a flame like mane style, with red around the edges. His cutie mark was a erupting volcano, with palm trees on the sides of it. He was wearing a red bandanna around his neck. He looked overly calm.
“Oh, hey Hexan, welcome to the street.” I nod to him.
“Interesting place here. Uh, Knockout said something about you wanting to apologise for something?” He looks a bit sad at that and leads me in.
“Oh right, yeah. Sorry about you going off at your mother the other night, I lost control and my anger went to you. Need to learn to control it better.” I just look at him.
“Your the reason I went off at mom?” He nods.
“Yeah, again sorry. I’m usually in control of your anger, but I cannot always control it. I usually just turn it into extra life force, or magic, or other types of energy, but there was to much, and I never got around to my meditation that afternoon.” I sit down in the dojo like room he lead me to, which has burning incense going and a pot of tea on a short table.
“That's okay, a slip up can be expected once in a while. You got a nice place here.” He nods.
"Yea, I do, by the way, I’m known as Hexan Burst, Burst is more preferable though.”
“Alright Burst, thanks for the apology. Can I have some tea?” He nods an pours me a cup.
When I finish, I head off to the next house. Burst pointed me to the pink house next. This house was a bit different to the rest, it had nicely kept flowerbeds, a heart shape on the door, and the glass was also pink. I knocked on the door, not knowing what to expect this time. When the door opened, I was surprised to find a filly standing there. I will say now, she was adorable.She was a unicorn and her mane was longer than mine, with pink tips at the end. Her cutie mark was a pink bow, similar to the one in her mane, and at the base of her tail. She looked at me with a happy smile and hopped over and hugged me.
“Hey Hexan! It’s great to have you here, come on, lets go in.” After letting go, she uses her magic to pull me inside, to a room with a closet and a bed, which she sat me on. “So, what’s up?” She asks after siting beside me. After letting my mind catch up I look to her.
“First off, your cute, second, who are you, and third whats your role in my life?” I ask, to which she giggles.
“Alright the, first, thanks,” She then boops me. “Second, Hexan Prissy, but Prissy is fine. And third, my role is to keep you happy, and control any urges related more to a filly rather than colts. Basically I keep you from acting like a filly.” I just look at her, after staring at my nose from the boop.
“This has something to do with the gender swap spell Gene used, right?” She nods.
“Hit the nail on the head. Normally, that spell would also make you act like the opposite gender too, but I stopped that, and now I do that as well as keep you happy!”
“Well, thanks for that Prissy. You so far are my favourite one.” She hugs me again.
“Thanks Hex, well, I don’t want to keep you too long, you got more to see, don’t you?” I nod.
“Yeah, one more house to go, the green one.”
"Ah alright then, see ya later!” After walking me to the door, she waves and I head off.
This house was pretty well kept, I noticed, I also heard some music. I knocked and waited for the door to open. When it did, I saw a pegasus with a coat a bit lighter than mine, with green highlights in his mane, he was also wearing a green watch. His cutie mark was a pair of green acting masks, one happy, next to a sad one. He was a pegasus. He looked me over.
“Well hello sir, please come in and we can introduce ourselves.” He then lead me in. Looking around his house, it was a bit odd, since he had a home theatre in a room, as well as a dressing room. The room he lead me to, had comfy red seats to sit on, as well as some nice lemonade to drink, which I did.
After we were sitting we started to talk. “Alright then, since I guess you visited the others by now, I’ll tell you my name. I’m Hexan Distrac, please call me Distrac, pleasure to meet you.” I nod to him.
“Nice to meet you Distrac, my name is Hexan Tronic.” He nods, with a bit of a chuckle.
"I already knew, but I figured the others would just say hello with your name added in anyway, so I decided to let you introduce yourself.” I look up and just smile.
“I figured you did, all the others knew, so why would you be different? Also, I guess thanks for the help earlier.” He just smirks.
“You mean the acting tryouts earlier today? Yeah that was fun.” I drink some more lemonade.
“So, you are here to help with my acting?” He thinks for a moment.
“Both yes and no. Yes because that is part of what I do, and no because I do more than that. I also here to help with detecting lies, as well as pretending if need be.” I nod, feeling relaxed.
“Well, it was nice meeting you all, but I want to look through my house a bit more now.”
“May I come with you? We agreed that after you met us all, we would visit your house, since it was locked till now.” I look to him.
“Locked? It opened the second I knocked on the door.” He nods.
“The house stays closed until the owner appears and opens if for the first time.” I nod to that.
“That makes sense, wanna head over then?” He nods and we walk over, and I can already see the others there. We walked to the door, and Prissy hops over.
“Welcome back Hexy, ready to head in?” I nod and we walk in, and look around, and I can already see some differences from earlier. Over the fire place in the living room, there are seven pictures, one of each of us, and a group shot in the middle. There was also a room that looked like it was the sky, it was basically a platform by the door, and just open sky so I could fly around. After coming back, the others were relaxing in the living room.
The first to speak was Logic.
“So Hexan, how was the visit?” I just smile to him.
“Its been great, I’ve had fun, and I can think I can put up with having you all with me.” Prissy is behind me and looking at my tail.
“Hey Hexy, when did you dye your tail?” I look at her confused.
“What do you mean?” She lifts my tail so I can see it.
“Look at it and tell me.” My tail looked the same as before, but the ends of it now had purple highlights. I’m a bit surprised at this.
“When did this happen?” Logic thinks for a moment.
“Probably when you got here, we just didn’t notice. My guess is, that it represents that your one of us, as well as acting as a way for the colour differences in our manes to override yours if we are in control.” I just look at him.
“In normal words?” Knockout then turns to me.
“When we take control your mane with become ours, as well as your body. We should retain your race swap ability aswell.” I nod.
“Oh, that makes sense. I guess my visit is over then?” They nod, as a light comes from the street.
We all head outside and there is a glowing door at the end of the street. “Guess that's my exit. I’ll talk to you all later, I gotta visit Gene and tell her about this.” Logic walk over and places a hoof on me.
“Well if you want to, we won’t stop you Hexan. We will see you later.” He steps back to the others and Knockout comes over.
“When you get back, us two will need to have a training session, so I don’t have to save your hide every time a fight happens.” I smirk back at him.
“If you say so coach.” He heads back and Burst comes forward.
“I hope to be able to relax with you again some time. I’ll also try to keep better control.” I nod and he heads back, prompting Prissy to bounce over and hug me.
“I’ll miss you Hexy.” I hug back.
“I’ll miss you too Prissy.” Before she steps back to the group, I boop her, and she makes a cute noise.
“Nya!” I chuckle and she heads back, blushing a little, as Distrac comes over.
“I hope we can practice your acting some time Hexan.” I bro-hoof him.
“Count on it Distrac.” After looking at each of them one more time, I head through the light.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 11 - Introductions and Visits
When I woke up, I looked around my room, wondering if it was a dream, or if it was real. When I finished looking around, I looked to my tail, and noticed it had purple highlights at the tips now.
“Huh, guess it was real, gotta tell Gene about this.” After grabbing my hat, I head off to her house.
While walking there, I started trying to decide how I was going to introduce them, and how it works, which was when I realised I didn’t know how it works at all. When I got there, I just knocked and waited. When the door opened, it was her mother that opened it.
“Hello Hexan, what can I do for you?” She ask, while letting me in.
“Well I would like to see Gene if that’s okay.” She nod and points to Gene’s room.
“Well she is in her room, just let her know dinner is at 6:15 alright?” I nod and head to Gene’s room and open the door.
When I walk in, Gene looks up form the book she was reading and smiles.
“Hey Hexy, what brings you here?” I walk over and sit on her bed before I reply.
“Just wanted to visit, see what your up to, and let you know I figured out the colour glow thing.” She looks a bit surprised.
“Really? Well what was causing it?” She puts her book down and focuses on me.
“Well first, did you notice my tail?” She shakes her head.
“What about it?” I swing my tail and look to her.
“So you didn’t notice the purple in it? I thought you noticed everything Gene.” I say while smirking, while she looks away.
“Hehe uh yeah, sorry, was a bit focused on reading my book.”
“It’s okay, I don’t mind. But now, onto the reason for the colour glows. It would be best if I showed you, if I could figure out how...” She tilts her head.
“Still just rushing in before figuring out the details Hex? At least your still you.” I smirk at that and start thinking.
“May I have a moment to figure it out?” She nods and starts her reading again.
After focusing for a moment, I enter my mind, but am still conscious. After thinking it over, I head to Logic’s house to get my answers. After knocking, he lets me in and we go to his lab. While he is messing with chemicals, I ask my questions. “How would I let you guys take control Logic?” He thinks for a moment while his magic keeps working.
“Well, I think the easiest way would be to call us in your mind, we will be automatically focused on your thoughts and hear what you need, so you don’t always need to visit here to talk to us.” I nod.
“And how do I take control back?”
“Just asking would be alright.” I smile and start to head off.
“Alright, thanks Logic.”
“Anytime Hexan.”
After I leave my mind I check on Gene, and she is still reading. I tap her shoulder for her attention. After putting her book down again, she looks to me.
"Figured it out?” I nod and stand in the center of her room. After son thought I knew exactly who I should call.
After a moment I hear her voice.
Right after she says that I have a sensation on not being in control. It’s a bit hard to describe.
When I take control of Hexy’s body, I can feel it start to change to match mine. His mane and tail grow longer, and the purple in his mane and tail becomes pink. His eyes swap to my adorable pink ones, and his cutie mark becomes mine. I also felt that his body swapped genders to mine. I notice his hat remained the same, but that’s fine, but I take it off and put it on Gene’s dresser. After all that, I look to Gene and see her shocked, which makes me giggle.
Before anything else I walk over and boop her. She blinks for a moment the looks curious.
“Uh, Hex. You alright?” I giggle again.
“Yeah, he is alright, just moved to the back for a while.” She tilts her head in confusion. She is cute, but I understand that Hexy is a bit young, so I get why he hasn’t asked her out.
“What do you mean?”
“Simply put, I’m not Hexan.”
“Huh?” I sigh and hop up beside her.
“Basically I’m an alternate personality of his, by the way, that was a great tea party you two had.” She smiles at that.
“Yeah it was fun. But since when does Hex have alternate personalities?”
“Since always, but neither he, nor anypony else knew.”
“Oh...” I hug her and boop her again.
“That’s okay, anyway, it’s rude not to ask my name Gene.” After hugging back, she walks to her dresser. While looking for something she keeps talking.
“Well how rude of me, what is your name then?”
“Well, my full name is Hexan Prissy, but I prefer Prissy.” She nods and keeps looking.
“That’s a cute name. I guess it’s the same for the others?” I nod, while waiting.
“Yeah, there are five of us.” While looking though a drawer, she finds something.
“Why did he choose you to come out first?” She starts walking back over with something behind her.
“No idea, then again, he said I was his favourite one of us.” She smiles.
“Well then, I guess that could be why. Now, would you like these?” She has a pair of red bows float out from behind her. After taking them in my magical grip, I look them over.
“These are great, but there is one issue.” She looks a bit surprised.
“What’s that?”
“The colour, but I can fix that.” After focusing for a moment, I get the spell right and the bows lighten in colour until they are pink, the same colour as my eyes.
“There we go.” Then I tie them into my mane and tail, one at the base of my tail and the other in my mane.
“Wow, you look pretty, and cute.” I giggle.
“He said something similar when he met me, now I like these, but I don’t know if Hexy will be okay with wearing bows all the time, so we need a solution...Give me a moment.”
I start speaking in my mind. I get a reply a moment later.
After a moment, I knew how to do it so I focused on reality again.
“Well I know what to do now, pass me his hat please?” After bringing it over I start the spell. First I use the Bio Sync spell on my bows so they are bound to me, next I pull a strand of my mane out and the end of it becomes purple again, allowing me to sync Hexy’s hat to him. Then I use the transformative spell into both and add the extra spell that Logic taught me. After a flash of pink, the hat it gone. "I think it worked.”
“What worked?”
“If the spells I used work, then both my bows, and Hexy’s hat are biologically locked, so if he is in control, its his hat, then if I take control, his hat becomes my bows.” She looks surprised.
“You can do that?”
“Well I needed some help, but I think it works, wanna talk to him before another comes out?” She nods. “Alright but first.” I hug her and step back.
Then I focus on my thoughts again.
Then I leave control to him.
When I took control back, I felt myself start to change back to me, gender becoming mine again, highlights swapping back to purple, like my eyes. My cutie mark became my hat, just like the bows, which after a flash of purple is back on my head.After shaking my head for a moment, I look to Gene. “Well how was she?” She thinks for a moment.
“Energetic, but fun.” I smirk.
“Yeah, I thought so too. Anyway, wanna meet some more now, or wait till a later time?”
“I think it’s best to wait for later, since it’s getting late.” I nod and walk over and hug her.
“Alright Gene, I’ll see you later.” I let go and head to her door.
“See you Hexy.” I head out and go home.
Not much happens at dinner and I head to bed, wondering how school will go tomorrow.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 12 - Items and Antics
When I woke up that day, the first thing I did was put my hat on, after which I felt a slight tingle from the magic in the hat now. Going to have to get used to that now.
After brushing my teeth, thank Celestia I have magic now, I went down for breakfast, which lead to me going to school. Before I actually left though, I made sure to get some bits from my parents, around one hundred and fifty. Not much happened today, except for Prissy wanting to come out, but I talked her into waiting. So now, I’ve decided to look for items for the rest of them.
After a discussion, we decided on Knockout first, since it wouldn’t be hard to find something. And that is why I’m in front of the sporting goods store.
When I walk in, a bell rings, signaling my entrance, which leads to a worker coming over. They were a pegasus, with a dark mane colour and a blue coat. Can’t remember their cutie mark, but they were a stallion.
“Afternoon kid, what can I do for ya?” He asks when he is nearby.
“Um, hi, I was looking for something along the lines of fighting sports things?” I respond.
“Hmm. I think I know where the things you could want are, but are you sure?” He asks before taking me to the isle.
“Yeah, I’m sure, thanks anyway.” When I see the rows of different sporting things, I start asking Knockout what he wants.
He tells me. He also says.
“So, what would you like kid?” The worker asks. After searching the shelves, I notice a pair of orange boxing gloves.
“What about those?” I ask while pointing to the gloves. He takes them down and I try them on. “They fit pretty well, how much?” The worker thinks for a moment.
“Thirty bits for the pair of them.” I just nod and take the requested bits out of my hat, which he takes to the register. “Hope to see you again, Kid” I nod and head off to find something else, after putting the gloves in my hat.
After some time walking around town, without finding something to get, I decided to ask them what I could look for.
I ask to the remaining three without an item.
Logic replies, while seeming distracted.
Burst says, as I pass one or two.
Distrac replies.
I can tell the three have nodded at the idea.
After walking around for a bit more, I see the clock shop and head over to it. When I walk in, I hear a lot of ticking, not very quiet. The pony at the register hears my entrance, somehow, and waves me over.
“Hello sir, what may I do for you today, clock repair, making or just browsing? We have clocks that tick, tock, bong and squark.” I just look for a second before I reply.
“Well, if it’s alright, I was looking for a watch, preferably one with a green strap.” The mare at the counter thinks for a moment at my request.
“Hmm alright, I’ll see if we have what you need.” And off she goes, looking through the large collection of clocks, drawers, and parts of all colours.After some time she returns with two watches that meet my requirements. “So, I have found these two, one is silent, and the other makes a faint ticking, which would you prefer?”
“Hmm.” I take each watch in a forehoof and weight them, then I look each over, the ticking one has a bird on its clock face, and the silent one has , surprisingly, two acting masks, one of sad, and one grinning. That made my choice easier. “The silent one Miss, and may I ask, where the idea for the design on the clock face came from?” Since that looks almost like Distrac’s cutie mark, it makes me suspicious.
“This one? Well, I don’t really know, I just remember waking up one day to work, and that was the first I made, usually I put more thought into a clock, but this one just put itself together really.” She says, looking a bit confused. “Either way, it's forty bits.” I nod and hoof the bits to her from my hat.
“Thank you for this Miss, but I must be going. Thank you for the watch.” She nods and starts waiting for the next one to come in.
Looking around outside, I head to the closest clothing store to see if I could find something for Burst. But when I got there, he asked me a question.
I stop at the door to think.
I asked him, wondering why.
He replies, as I feel the swapping sensation again.
He nods as he takes control.
When I walked in, a young mare walked over to see what I needed.
“Hello sir, what are you here to find?” She asks me, waiting for my answer.
“Well miss, I was thinking, well, something to just wear where ever I am. So something that won’t get in the way, but is noticeable too.” I reply, while looking around the store. She looked to be thinking about my requirements.
“Hmm…. Well, I have some ideas, would you follow me?” I nod and she starts to lead me to a different area of the store. There were ties, bows, hats and jackets, boots and mane accessories and more. Then there were something that caught my eye.
“How about one of these?” I ask, pointing the a large selection of bandanas. She starts to look over what is there.
“There are some nice ones here, but how about this one?” She asks, while passing me a blue bandana with wave patterns on it. It looked alright so I tried it on.
“It’s nice, and comfortable, but I’m not sure on the design or colours.” She looks a bit sad at that.
“Oh alright, well would you like to try another then?” I just shake my head at that and give her a soft smile.
“No need, I can fix the design and colours to suit me more, just watch.” I take it off and hold it in a hoof. After focusing on it, a small flicker of a spark appears on a corner of it, which scares her slightly. “It’s alright, it will only take me a minute.” After keeping my focus some more, the spark grows brighter and soon, it looks like a flame is crawling over the bandana. When the flame dies down, the bandana has changed to be bright red and orange red colours, as well as instead of waves, a flame like design.
“How did you do that? Your an earth pony.” She asks.
“My secret miss, but either way, how much is it?” She fumbles over her words before coming to the answer.
“Twenty bits for it, plus five more because of the changes.” I nod at that and put it on. She leads me over to a register and I give her the bits from Hexan’s hat to pay for it. “Alright sir, it’s yours now. Are you sure you won’t tell me how you did that?” I shake my head and smirk.
“Now, it wouldn’t be a secret if I told you now, would it?” Then I walk out after putting the bandana in Hexan’s hat, then I return control to him.
When I get control back, I stretch and chuckle, since I saw the whole thing.
“Nice job Burst, now for Logic.” I ask him while walking off.
He replies.
I nod and start heading to the glasses store. When I walk in I see a stallion at the counter looking a little bored. After nodding I take the backseat as Logic takes control.
As expected of me taking control, the stallion has taken interest in me. “Hello sir, would I be able to trouble you in some blue framed glasses, preferably a set that can hold a number of spells.” He nods dumbly and goes for what I requested. I spend some time looking over the other glasses in stock until he comes back.
“Here you go sir, that will be forty bits.” I give him the bits, and after putting the glasses away, walk out and let Hexan take back control.
When I regain control, I take a look at my remaining bits, which is only fifteen.
“Huh, we almost ran out, guess we were lucky.” I say while heading home. After I get home, I sit at the dining room table.
“So, what did you need the bits for dear?” Mom asks me when she notices I’ve sat down.
“Just some stuff and things.” I reply while just relaxing. She comes to sit down as well.
“Oh, what kind of things?”She asks while looking to be curious.
“Oh well, a watch, bandana, glasses and boxing gloves, with fifteen bits to spare.” She looks at me a bit confused.
“So, if you did buy those things, where are they?” She looks me over, since I don’t have any bags or anything with me.
“In my hat.” I take my hat off, and take each of the items out and lay them on the table. She takes the watch and looks it over.
“Alright, I’m convinced, but why do you need these things dear?” I just shrug.
“Secret.” Now she looks a little annoyed.
“Again dear?” She puts the watch down and looks me in the eyes. “Why can’t you tell me?”
“Waiting for the right time, of course.” She nods at my answer.
“Makes sense, and what makes you think you can stop me from figuring it out early?” She asks with a smirk. So I give her a smirk of my own as my eyes flash orange.
“Because I’m the best at what I do, mom.” And with that, I head to my room with the things back in my hat, and I go to sleep.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 13 - All about the Presentation
Waking up this morning, the first thing I did was bind each of our items to their owners, so it was over and done with. At breakfast, mom asked me about the noise in my room from the magic, so I told her I was practicing spells. Not much else happened during breakfast today, so I head to school. Since today was a show and tell day, I decided to show something special.
I ran into Gene on the way to school, and we started talking.
“So, how goes the item hunt Hex?” She asked as we walked.
“Started and finished yesterday Gene, was planning to do a bit of showing off at school today.” I reply confidently.
“And your sure your up for it Hex?” I nod and keep walking.
“Of course I am, I wouldn’t be thinking about it if I wasn’t.” She stops to give me a hug and we keep going.
“Alright then, guess I’ll get to see the rest of your siblings then.” I tilt my head at the odd phrasing.
“Siblings? What makes you say that?” She stops to think.
“Well, its like you are right, been with you most of your life, same DNA, kinda, as well as looking similar, so you are like siblings.” I look to the sky in thought, while watching some pegasus’ working on the weather.
“That does make sense, guess I can call them that then, thanks for the idea Gene.” She smiles as we continue on our way.
“Your very welcome Hexy, now, let's get to class so you can have some fun.” As that was said, we started to run to class.
As we got to class, the bell went, so we head straight to our seats. Once we were seated, the teacher started class, same type of thing as usual, until the show and tell part of today.
There were a couple of students called up first, so I was left waiting until my turn. They showed off a new hat and pet. Then I was called up. Walking up to the front of the class, I knew I had to decide who should go first, so I was conversing with my siblings.
I asked them, while around two rows to the front.
Prissy suggested.
We decided just in time, since I was now standing in front of them all.
“Morning all, so today, instead of an object or a pet, I’d like to share with you something new, my siblings.” The class looked confused at my statement, except Gene that is.
“Siblings? When did you mother have new children?” One of the filly’s asked me.
“Oh she didn’t, but that’s just what I call them, was a friends idea actually, now want to meet one?” The class looked to each other then nodded together.
After that, I left her to her fun.
As expected of me taking charge, there was a large flash of pink light that blinded the students temporarily. Once the light died down, the fillies all looked surprised, the colts were staring, and Book Smart was a bit shocked. So I did the most random thing to break the tension. I booped Book Smart, which broke her out of her shock.
“Good morning all, I’m Hexan Prissy, but I prefer just Prissy thanks. I’m Hexy’s sister, nice to meet you all.” I giggle and bow when I finish. The colts were still staring, a couple even blushing, while some fillies walked over and smacked the back of their heads. Guess there are some relationships here.
“What happened to Hexan Tronic, Miss Prissy?” Book Smart asked me.
“He let me take control, I’d explain it better, but that's more my brothers thing over mine.” She looks confused but accepts it for now.
“So, what is your thing then? Your cutie mark is the same as your bow. Also, where is Hexan’s hat?” I giggle and poke the bow.
“The hat became my bow silly, a special spell, his hat, my bows, and my other brothers items are genetically linked, depending on who is in control, it changes to their items.” The colt nods and puts his hoof down. “So, any other questions for little me?” I ask. About five colts raise their hooves. “That don’t include dating me.” They are lowered again. “Then I guess it’s time to give one of my brothers a shot at the spotlight, speaking of spotlights, might as well let him out, later colts, keep an eye on them fillies.” After a quick wave, I give up control to Distrac.
When I take control, like my sister I blind the class, but with a green flash this time. So I stretch to get used to being in control. After checking my watch is fine, and making sure it's working, I turn my attention to the class, while stretching my wings.
“Good morning to you all, I’m Hexan Distrac, but please, call my Distrac, and it’s a pleasure to meet you all today.” I bow and stand on my back hooves. Some of the students bow back, probably to show kindness.
“Are you the one she said would explain, Mister Distrac?” Book Smart asks.
“No Miss, I apologize, but that isn’t me, your waiting for blue. For I am but an actor, and great at picking out lies.” She nods and lets the class question me. A filly raises her hoof.
“What do you mean by actor?” She asks.
“I meant, I’m an actor, doesn’t get more clear than that Miss. If you want specifics, I’m good at acting in general, anything that involves acting, I can probably do great at.” She smiles and sits down.
“Anything else? If not, I have a question for you all. Red, Orange, or Blue?” I look around at them for a moment. “Hooves up for Red?” Six of them. “Hooves for Orange?” Nine this time. “Blue?” Seven now. “Alright, guess he is up next, have fun kids.” I wave goodbye and let Knockout out of his cage.
When I take control I let off a large flash of orange, blinding my audience. I smirk as the light dies down.
“I bet that was the brightest yet, the name is Hexan Knockout, Knockout or KO to anypony who wants my attention.” Book Smart looks me up and down and looks at my gloves.
“A fighter?” She asks me. I nod.
“And a very good one too, which is a good thing, since I noticed there were some bullies around here.” I notice some colts flinch. “ Yeah I’m talking about you, how’d you like the beat-down me and Hex gave ya?” Now they are realising it. One even speaks.
“The orange in his eyes, and around his hooves… That was you, wasn’t it?” I nod, and give a wide smirk.
“Better believe it kid, or I could go even harder on ya, Hex knows nothing about fighting. Me on the other hoof, it’s my speciality. I’ve also been told I have an arrogance streak as well, but it ain't that bad.” I look around. “So, you kids want a show, or any questions?” Book Smart perks up.
“What was this about bullies, Mister Knockout?” I give her my full attention.
“A couple of days ago, some colts thought it was a good idea to pick on Hexan. They were in a pile with him on top in under five minutes.” She nods at that.
“I’ll need a list of them later, if that’s okay.” I nod, and hear some crumpling.
“It’s alright, maybe after class, I will come back and give their colours.” After I finish, a paper ball hits the back of my head, so I turn around fast. Some of the fillies are scared, as well as some colts, while some are looking towards some near the back, where a colt is trying to hide behind his book. I smirk and walk towards him. “Well, what do we have here, a troublemaker perhaps?” I push his table over, making sure not to hit any students. “ Now, why would you think it's a good idea to do what you did, kid?” He is shivering a little.
“N..Nothing, Mister Knockout.” I nod and fix his table.
“Good. After that, I think I’m done here. I’’l make good on my promise after class, Teach.” After a nod, and returning to the front of the class, I let Logic have his fun.
After my blue flash was done, I adjust my glasses and look over the class.
“Good morning class, my name is Hexan Logic, and like my siblings, I would prefer if you drop the Hexan.” I notice Book Smart looking at me. “And yes, I’m the one to explain this all.” She nods and sits down.
“Basically, me and my siblings are alternate personalities of Hexan, but unlike normal ones, we are actually alternate consciousnesses. That means we are our own ponies, not just another him. So treat us equally yet differently. If you please.” They all nod. “Good, any questions?”
A colt raises his hoof. “What is with the coloured flashes?” I smirk and chuckle.
“Nothing special, just a little spell I added, to make a swapping a bit more spectacular.” He nods and sits. “Any others? No? Alright then. Also, miss, I’ll also help make a bit better of a lesson plan for classes too, should only take me a week. Now for the final one. Bye all!” With that, I let Burst take control.
When my red flash dies down, they are looking at me, curiously. I wave to them and sit down. “My name is Hexan Burst, treat my name like the others. So, what would you like to know?” Book Smart raises her hoof, so I nod to her.
“What is your talent, Mister Burst? I’ve not really seen one like that before.” I smirk and show the class my mark.
“Well, I technically have two talents. I’m in control of Hexan’s anger, And my talent is turning anger into energy, like life essence, electricity, mana, to name a few. Otherwise, I’m just relaxing.” Some colt raised their hoof.
“How do you change anger into different energy?” I think for a moment, on some way to explain to children.
“I basically take the anger, leaving the angry one calm by the way, and change the form of it from emotional energy, to any other type of energy.” The colt nods and sits down again. And then a filly raises her hoof.
“Can you do anything else?” She asks. I nod, and ask the teacher to stand back a bit.
“To show you, I need a bit of anger, and I know how to get it. But to do so, we need to make my sister angry, who's up for it?” I look at the kids, to see who wants to help. Three colts raise their hooves. “Alright then, while you think of some insults, I’ll get her.” I turn away from them and start talking to Prissy. She takes a moment to reply.
I nod and turn and give the colts a nod.
“Alright boys, she is here.” One stands up to talk.
“So, Miss Prissy, why are you so pink? It’s such a girly colour, not as cool as red is.” He smirks and sits down, and I can feel some anger there. The second stands up.
“If your supposed to take Hexan’s girly thoughts and make them yours, why is he such a filly?” He sits and the last takes the stand.
“I wonder how you will ever get a coltfriend while stuck in a colt Miss Prissy.” Another smirk as the last sits, and Prissy is ready to burst. I smirk at my pun, and talk to my sister.
I take her anger before she forces something interesting. After a deep breath, she resumes talking to me.
And she is gone again. I notice some of the kids gasp, probably noticing that my cutie marks are vibrating.
“Wanna take a guess at what that means, little miss?” I ask the filly who asked the question. She nods and thinks.
“You have a lot of anger stored up?” I nod.
“Excellent observation miss, wanna see my trick now?” They all nod as I start to focus, as small, red flames start to flow over my hooves and cover my body, yet not hurting me. “This is my rage mode, basically, instead of transforming my pent up anger, I release it in a form of armour, made of fire. Has been examined by Logic, and he determined that it will melt most metals. Now, who wants an energy boost for the day?” The kids, and surprisingly teacher, nod. So I absorb all the fire, and release a burst of red energy, to be absorbed by the ponies in the room.
The class looks more awake now, as well as Book Smart. They also have slightly brighter eyes. “Well, I guess I’m done here, for now, so I will say goodbye, and return our brother to you all.” I wave and signal Hexan that we are done.
Taking back control, I look to the class.
“So, how were my brothers and sister?” There are claps and cheers. Book Smart walks over and pats my back.
“They were very nice Hexan, also, I will be talking with one or two of them after class if you don’t mind.” I smile and shake my head.
“Of course I don’t mind, now shall we finish the school day, Miss Smart?” She nods and I return to my seat. Nothing else of interest happened for the rest of the school day, so after my brothers finished their talks with Book Smart, I walked out of school to find Gene waiting for me.
“So, how did you like them?” She giggles and hugs me.
“Ones a Princess, one is a professor, one needs anger management, one is a warrior, and ones an actor. So I’d say your working with an interesting bunch Hexy. Either way, I better get home, bye” She walks off home, as I head to mine, probably to sleep, because all that swapping tired me out.
Beginnings of the Race Swapper
Chapter 14 - Visitation and Decision
I woke up this morning, having got home after school yesterday, and with a plan in mind. After getting my hat, I had breakfast, and went to school, not much of interest happened there, and after I walked Gene home. We went straight to her room, because she had some questions.
After answering her questions, I just head home. Today, I had a request from Logic, for the book that Gene used to let as swap race. So, we starts to head to her place. After knocking on her front door and getting the okay, I head to her room, and knock on her door.
“Who is it?” She asks, while sounding distracted.
“It’s me Gene, may I come in?” I asked, waiting by the door.
“Hexan? Why are you here this early? Of course, come in!” I come in after her short rant. When I walked in, it looked like she has only just woken up. She has just finished brushing her mane. “So, what can I do for you Hexy?” She asks calmly.
“Well, Logic wanted me to collect the book that has the race swap spell in it, if that’s okay with you.” She nods and looks for the book. I help her look for it, until she finds it in her pile of books.
“Well, here it is. Did he say why he wanted it?” I shake my head as I hold the book with a wing. Then she comes over and gives me a hug. “Alright Hex, just make sure it’s safe okay?”
“Don’t worry Gene, I’ll be fine. I better head off, need to start studying this book.” She waves as I head off.
Once I got home, I head to my room, and let Logic take over.
When I got in control, I started looking through the book, memorizing the spells in it, and trying to decide if I could modify the one used on us.It turns out that there are a lot of spells in here, but I did find it, and I think I can work with it.
But, since we already can become any type of normal pony, we have to decide on what next.There are obviously plenty to choose from, but of the first, I’m thinking either; Dragon, Griffon, or Deer. But that decision will have to come later, for now, I think Hexan has more to do before we can start our journey.
When I took back control, I put the spell book away in my hat for safe keeping. After that, I went to find my mother, to find her opinion of the races we decided on first.
“Hey Mom, can I ask you something?” She turns away from her book to look at me.
“Sure dear, what is it?” I sit nearby her to focus on my task.
“What is your opinion on dragons, griffons, and deer?” I ask, hoping she knew a bit about them. She looks in thought for a bit.
“What do I think about them? Well, for dragons, they can be ferocious beasts when riled up, but can be interesting to talk to. They are generally large, but only when they have a big enough hoard, and are old enough to control that size. It has been said that should the current leader of the dragons trust some creature enough, they will show them something, that they cannot show others unless given permission by them first.” I nod, to show I was listening, while thinking about what she said. “That's all I know, and I don’t really know anything about the others, why not go ask somepony else?” I thank her and head into town.
When I reach town, I look around, trying to decide who to ask about my remaining options. Then I suddenly notice Miss Smart walking though town with groceries, so I walk over to her.
“Afternoon miss” She smiles when she sees me.
“Afternoon, Hexan, how are you doing?” She asks while she walks, me following beside her.
“I’m doing well, but I’m a bit curious on something.” She looks interested by also conflicted.
“Well, I’m all for helping you Hexan, but I’m a little busy right now.” I think for a moment, then look at her bags.
“Your groceries? I could carry them for you, if you want?” She thinks for a bit.
“Hmm, alright dear, now what would you like to know?” She asks as I lift the bags with magic.
“Well, I was wanting to know what you knew about griffons and deer.” She looks a little surprised by the question.
“Well, this is a surprise, but I guess it can’t hurt. What I know on griffons is, they can be pretty angry and determined creatures, preferring wealth to most other things. Meeting one can go bad quickly, so be prepared if you do meet one. They are usually a mix of a big cat, like a lion, or jaguar, and a bird of prey, like vultures and eagles. They like to live around mountains for some reason, nopony was ever really told what it is though.” Well, that is interesting. “Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to look up anything about deers, so I can’t help you with that.” Welp, at least I got one left now. We reach her home, and I leave the bags inside. “Thank you Hexan, good luck on your search.”
“Thank you miss.” I walk off, thinking about who may know about deer.
Walking around for a while, I notice Fast Mender walking through town, looking troubled.
“Hello Fast. What is the problem?” I ask while walking up to her. She notices me and walks over.
“Oh, hello Hexan. As for my problem, I was sitting in the park earlier, just looking through my reports on some patients, when a sudden wind came through and blew them all away, and I can’t seem to find them anywhere.” Since this is clearly bothering her, I offer to help her.
“Could I help look for them?” I ask.
“Hm, well, I guess it couldn’t be much trouble. Okay, you're looking for white paper, with a picture of a pony in the top right corner, and my cutie mark on the back.” I nod as I become a pegasus and fly off in search of them.
After an hour or two, we meet up at the park, each having seven reports each.
“Good job Hexan, and thank you.” I smile, feeling good.
“No problem, but could you help me with something?” I finally ask her.
“For all the help you have given me? Of course, what's the problem?” She asks me, collecting and storing the reports.
“What do you know about the deer?” She looks interested in my question.
“Now that is an interesting thing to ask about. The deer prefer to live in deep forested areas, because they have a great connection to nature magic, allowing them to either work with, or control nature, depending on their situation. It has been said some deer are strong enough to have a tree move itself, or entire collections of them if they try hard enough. They are generally peaceful, but try not to anger them.” I nod and smile. “That's all we really know about them. Sorry if it isn’t enough.”
“Nah, that is plenty, thanks for your time, but I have somewhere to be, bye!” I wave as I fly off home. When I got home, I had diner, then head to bed, ready for what we would decide.
Author's Note
Well, sorry this chapter took a while, had trouble deciding how it would go. Now, I need some advice. Which should Hexan choose. Dragons, Griffons, or Deer?
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Chapter 15 - Vacation and New Beginnings
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Chapter 1 - What does that spell do?
I woke up to the sight of teal hoofs holding a blanket over me, along with rays of sunshine, streaming through my window. As I’m getting up, I take time to look at myself in my mirror. I’m a seven year old earth pony, with a teal coat, and a mane and tail of blonde with purple highlights, along with purple eyes. I have unfortunately not obtained my cutie mark as of yet, but I am keeping high hopes.
Suddenly I hear my mother calling for me, stating that breakfast is ready. I’m soon trotting down the hallway towards the kitchen, able to smell pancakes and strawberry milkshake. As I walk into the kitchen, I spy my mother, an earth pony mare, with a purple and indigo mane, light blue coat, and a spanner as a cutie mark; her name is Quick Fix. I notice she is still cooking so I try to get her attention.
“Morning mom, that smells great!”.
After hearing my voice, Quick Fix turns around and gives me a quick hug, “Morning Hexan, sleep well?”. I nod quietly, then focus on the food.
“ Yeah mom, is the food almost ready?” Quick Fix nods to me and starts to dish breakfast.
“Yes dear, now, lets call your father, Bolt Buster, breakfast is ready!”. A male earth pony enters the kitchen from the hallway, possessing a coat of light green, a blonde and yellow mane, and a cracked bolt as a cutie mark.
“Morning dear, what’s for breakfast?” Bolt sits at the table, while I take a seat as he turns to greet me, “Morning son, ready for school soon?”. I starts eating, then reply.
“Yes dad, just need to eat, then I can meet Gene on the way.”
Gene, or Gene Caster as she was better known, was my best friend. She is a unicorn filly, two years older than me, with a mane of red and blue, along with a light red coat. She has a cutie mark of a glowing double helix. “Looking forward to walk with her, ain't you Hex?” Bolt questions teasingly.
“Now Bolt, leave him alone, you know he is only seven” Quick states as I groan.
“Nah I’m just messing with you son, I know you only see her as a friend” Bolt clears up as he begins to eat, Quick sitting and eating her share soon after.
After a couple of minutes, we had finished eating, so I packed my lunch and prepared to leave, “See you guys later!”. I start my walk to school as I hear goodbyes from my parents. We live in a, I guess medium sized town named “Trotters Glade”. It is a fairly populated town, of all three races, a small business district, and a park. About halfway to school, I see Gene up ahead, “Hey Gene, wait up!’ I gallop to catch up to her as she stops for me.
“Morning Hexan!” Gene exclaims as we share a hug. “Hey Hexan, you’ll never guess what I found!” Gene whispers to me.
“What is it?” I question back.
“Just wait and see, you’ll love it!” After stating that, she starts galloping to school, with me not far behind. Nothing really of interest happened at school, so it went quickly. After the end of day bell rang, I slipped on my saddle bags and waited for Gene at the door. As we are walking to the park she ask me a question I didn’t expect, “Remember when you told me you always feel like you were chained to the ground Hex?”. It took me a moment to remember but I nod.
As we reach our hidden spot in the park, she continues, “Well I may have found a spell to help with that!”, after saying this, she pulls out a spell book. I’m a bit apprehensive as I see the book.
“This won’t be like the gender swap spell again, will it?” I question with a little bit of fear. Gene giggles, which helps me to relax a little.
“No Hexan, its much better than that one!”. She starts to flip through until she finds the spell, “Okay Hexan, this is the one I want to try”. I look at the spell, I notice it has pictures of the three races of ponies, Earth, Pegasi, and Unicorn, which makes me curious.
“What is it meant to do?”. I ask, hoping it is what I think it is. Which she confirms a moment later.
“It is a spell to temporarily change a pony’s race.”. I hope around, feeling excited.
“Okay Gene, when can we start?”
“How about right now?”. She uses her magic to hold me still. “Alright Hexy, I’ll only take a moment to cast it alright?”. I nod to this and wait. As many who know her know, Gene Caster is very gifted in gene changing spells, making her have a very interesting spell pool. In fact, her changing my gender, temporarily thankfully, is what let her earn her cutie mark. As her horn starts to glow, I wait for it to work. “Make sure your focused on the race you want to be” she tells me before she casts the spell. As she casts it, I focus on pegasi, since I have always had a fascination with them.
After a blinding flash, I feel a little light but not much different, so I look at her confused, since her mouth is agape. “What's wrong Gene?” I ask with worry.
“Nothing wrong Hexan, it worked!!” She exclaims. I look to my sides and see wings, so I start running around our little glade in excitement.
“I have wings, I have wings, I have wings, I have wings, I have wings…” I continue on like this for a couple minutes before I realise… “How do I fly?”
Author's Note
Welp, the end of the first chapter, what do you think, is it good, bad, needs work?
Hexan.
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Chapter 3 - Thoughts and Explainations
On my way to school, I didn’t run into Gene today, so I just continued on my way. Upon reaching school, I found Gene waiting for me. When she saw me she gasped and ran over.
“Hexan! Why aren't you….where are the wings?” She asked in confusion.
“I don't have them anymore, don’t know why” I explained. She then noticed the hat.
“What’s with the hat?”. I lifted it up to show my horn.
“This is why I have the hat.”. She puts her hoof to her chin in deep thought.
“Hmm why did you swap again, I didn’t cast it again, and the counter spell didn't work, so what caused this?...” I didn’t get a chance to try and answer as the bell rung, calling class inside, so I headed in “We will have to look at this later Hex, see you later!” She hugs me and we head to class. During class I had a couple ponies ask about my hat, I just gave them the same line I gave my mother.
“I’m trying something new”. That usually got them to back off. Some of the fillies said I look better with it too. After class, I met up with Gene.
“So any other new things happen today Hex?”, I shake my head no.
“I was thinking though, how about we head to the hospital to see what happened?” I suggested. Gene didn’t really like the idea, but decided she needed to know whats wrong. So we head off to the hospital to have me checked out. When we reached the hospital, we walked up to the front desk, the mare there look down at us.
“Hello little ones, what are you here for?” She asked us. I let Gene take the lead.
“Hello miss, I hope it’s okay but do you think we could see a doctor?”
“Whatever for? You both look healthy..” The receptionist asked.
“Well, my little earth pony friend here..”
“ Hey! I’m not little!”
“..Has a little problem, maybe caused by me” Gene says, ignoring my input.
“What seems to be the problem dear?” The receptionist asks while looking at me. I lift my hat showing my horn.
“I also had wings instead yesterday, I was born an earth pony.”. She looks at me confused.
“Are you pulling a prank?” She looks serious.
“No, I tried a spell on my friend yesterday, but when I tried to remove it, the counter spell didn’t work.” After hearing that, the receptionist ask for the spell in question, so Gene shows her the book and page. “This one” Gene points to the spell as the receptionist looks it over.
“Ah alright, I guess maybe you should see a doctor, does the colt’s parents know?” I shake my head.
“ I would rather keep it quiet until we know what's wrong.” She nods in understanding. After sending a message to a doctor she sends us down a hall to a specific door. Once at the door, we head in to see a doctor at a desk.
“Hello children” She greets. “What is the issue you came to me about, considering it is of magical nature.” I take my hat off, and Gen explains.
”Well me and my friend were testing a spell, meant to change a ponies race, it worked but I couldn’t reverse it, and when he woke up, he had swapped again.” She nod and asks to see the spell, which Gene shows her. After reading it over, she looks at us.
“Mind if I try something?”
“I don’t mind, try what you want to on me” She tries to cast a spell, but it doesn’t do anything.
“That’s odd…”
“Was that the counterspell?” She nods, and Gene replies “I already tried it, nothing happened.” The doctor looks through the spell again.
“Mind if I take a sample of blood to check?” I’m a little scared, but Gene places a hoof on my arm, saying it will be okay, so I nod. After taking the blood, the doctor puts it through a machine, and something pops up on a display, “Hmm that is curious..”
“What is it doctor?”
“Well it seems your friend here has an odd quirk in his cells now, as it appears his cells are constantly swapping between that of a pegasus, unicorn and earth pony. How it’s happening I don’t know, but it is intriguing. It also appears to be staying as a unicorns a bit longer than the other types.” Gene looks at me concerned.
“You mean his cells are in flux?” The doctor nods and keeps looking at it.
“And it appears that since his cells are now in flux, it isn’t magic that is causing this anymore, so the counter spell won’t fix it either.” I look at her confused.
“So I’m not an earth pony anymore?” She shakes her head.
“No, your all three now.” Gene looks surprised.
“You means he is an alicorn now?” The doctor chuckles.
“No my dear, because he is all three and only one at once, by the look of things, he cannot be two at one time, let alone three, so he is like a normal pony, but not defined by race anymore.” I look at the ground a bit sad.
“So this cannot be fixed?” The doctor shakes her head sadly.
“No my dear I’m afraid not, but maybe you could have fun with this!” I look at her confused.
“What do you mean?”
“What I mean is that you can be the best type of pony for any situation, if it can be controlled that is.” I think for a bit, as Gene asks.
“Any ideas how?” Again, the doctor shakes her head.
“Not right now, but maybe later, now what are your names, so I can contact you if I think of something.”
“I’m Hexan Tronic, son of Quick Fix and Bolt Buster, and she is Gene Caster.” Gene nods.
“Well, I’m Fast Mender. I will be around in a week to see how your doing Hexan. Now you two better be off, oh also Hexan, you may want to read up on how all the other races work, so you get a better understanding of them for when you are them alright?” I nod and me and Gene leave to go home, my hat on my head.
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Chapter 4 - Time for study
Once I had gotten home, I quickly head to my room to put my stuff away, after that, I decided to head to the library for a bit, after telling my parents. On my way there, I spent some time thinking of what I need. First off some books on levitation, then maybe a combat spell or two, then books on flight and techniques to do so. Once my destination was reached, I head inside and up to the librarian.
“Uh, hello miss, could you point me to a section containing the most basic unicorn spells?”
“Yes I can child, our library uses a colour system to determine what race a book is made for, Green for Earth, Blue for Pegasus, Purple for Unicorn, and White for multi. The most basic will be lighter versions of these colours, okay?” I nod and head off to find my book.
After some searching, i’m about to give up, but a light purple book drops on my back. After looking at it, I’m glad since it was one I was looking for, so I take it to a desk to read. Looking through the book, I started to get an understanding of how unicorn magic works. I’ve never been considered smart, but when it comes to anything intellectual, I just seem to know what I need to do. So, after understanding it, the next step was attempting. So I spent the next couple minutes attempting to use levitation to no success.All I could do was make my horn glow. After a time, I just gave up and close the book. Next I decided since I didn't know how to cast simple levitation, I should just move along to flying.
Looking for the book proved easy, so did understanding it aswell. But since I still had a horn at the time, I couldn’t practice anything I learned, so afterwards, I thought of leaving, but then a green book looked intriguing, so I had a look and learned a bit more about my birth race. Once I was finished, I borrowed the books and head home.On the way home, I though over what I had learn, and tried to figure out why I couldn’t do the most basic of unicorn magic. I decided I just need more practice, since I was born the exact opposite of a unicorn, an earth pony, who usually has only passive magic.
When I got home, my mother asked about the books, to which I replied they are for a test. I put the books away and waited for dinner.
“So how was school Hex?” Quick asked.
“It was okay, did get someponies asking about my hat, same reason you did really.”
“Oh, and was it something they liked?”
“Yeah, some of the fillies even complimented me on it.” My mother giggled at that. After we finished dinner, I had a shower and head off to bed.
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Chapter 8 - Tea parties and Emotional surges
When we got to her home, Gene took me straight to her room and locked the door, then had me sit at a table in the middle of her room. She then sat at the other side and looked to me.
“Now Hex, are you sure your alright?” She looks to me with concern. I nod.
“Yes Gene, I said I’m fine.” She starts thinking to herself.
“Alright then. I know how to test this. We are going to have a tea party.” I just stare at her.
“Seriously?” She nods and starts to set it up.
I just wait for her to finish. Once she had it all set up, we started to play out a tea party. It wasn’t too interesting till around the end of it. Most of the way through, she decided to make me wear a dress. I was not happy. But she said it had to stay on. So I stayed in it, and eventually started to get into the party. That was when the third event that day happened. I didn’t notice, but Gene did, and what she saw was a pink outline of a horn, because I was still an earth pony. And apparently a ribbon was coming out of my cutie mark hat and wrapping around it. She also noted the combination of purple and pink in my eyes.
She told me I was acting a bit feminine as well, not that I noticed. After we finished she told me all the information, which I just nodded to, since I was back to normal by that point. She told me I should head home and rest, so I head off after a hug.
On the way home I was thinking over what had happened that day. Three times had odd things happened to me, and I had no idea what caused them or if there would be any more.
When I got home, I went straight to my room to sleep, but found I couldn’t which was a bit frustrating. Over the course of the afternoon, I kept on trying things, only to get more and more frustrated since none of it worked. Eventually my mother come in as I reached my peak. I won’t say what I said since I cannot remember what I said, but I know it wasn’t pleasant. All my mother told me was I had a slight red glow around me, as well as my cutie mark appeared to be leaking lava for some reason.
After that I felt really drained, so I managed to finally go to sleep for the day.
Author's Note
Sorry the chapter is a bit short, mostly since I didn't write much dialogue. but there is one more "event" to go, so keep waiting till next time!
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Well, it’s a new day, and I felt bad about snapping at my mother, so I decided to try and make breakfast, which didn’t go too well, so we ended up just having toast this morning. While eating, I noticed I could hear some faint voices from a place I couldn’t see. It was like they were far away and right on top of me, didn’t tell my parents though, no more worries yet. Oh yeah, I didn’t think about it, but a school play is going to happen soon, so I figured I’d try out for a part. Don’t know what part, but a part nonetheless.
While walking to school, I met up with Gene and told her about last night, which got her thinking, but she wouldn’t tell me what she was thinking about. Once we got to school, there wasn’t any classes, just tryouts for the play. So, I head around and signed up. After watching for a while, it was my turn, a lot of the colts and fillies that went before me were pretty good, so I didn’t have my hopes up. Before I went up, Gene decided to give me some encouragement.
“Don’t worry about what anypony else thinks Hex, just have fun with it and you’ll do great!” I nod to her in thanks, then head to the stage.
“First off, would you try acting as a knight?” The judge asked, to which I nod. I focus for a moment then start.
“I am sir Hexan, knight of the round table, and I hereby challange you to a duel.” At that I hold my hoof like I have a sword, then continue, “En guard!” At which point I start simulating a sword battle, both hitting the invisible opponent, and taking hits myself, before collapsing after a ‘Deadly’ strike to the chest, where I start coughing. “Cough cough...Uh, I don’t believe it. I’m one of the most skilled knights in the land, yet you have bested me. Please...coughs...take my sword and use it with honor!” At which point I fake faint.
Then I open my eyes and look to the judges, who are talking to each other, after a bit they turn to me.
“Well kid, that was some great acting, but what was the green glow about?” I look at him confused.
“Green glow?” She nods.
“Bits of your mane became green, your eyes were becoming it, and I also noticed your wings glowing green too. Also, a pair of actors masks were coming out of your cutie mark. Is that normal for you kid?” I shake my head.
“Not really, though similar things have been happening recently.”
“Well anyway, you have the part, if you want it.” I think for a moment, then nod.
“Sure, could be fun, mind if I go now?” She nods and I head off.