Two months had passed. To say Andrea was excited was an understatement, as BronyCon 2018 was only a night away.

“I have got to wear my Rainbow Dash shirt!” Andrea exclaimed, getting her shirt from her closet. She heard a knock at her door. “Come in” she said.

“Hey sweetie. I see you’re excited for tomorrow.” Olivia said, looking at the Rainbow Dash shirt in her daughter’s hands.

“Of course, Mom! Why wouldn’t I be excited? I’m going to Bronycon!” Andrea said with the largest smile anybody had ever seen.

“I know, sweetie, I know. But you have to go to bed soon. We’re leaving early tomorrow, ok?” her mother said.
“Ok, Mom. Thanks again for coming with me.” Andrea said.

“You’re welcome, dear. Now go get some sleep. Goodnight. Love you.” Olivia said kissing Andrea’s forehead.

“Night, Mom. Love you too.” And with that, Olivia left her daughters room. And as Andrea was going to bed, she thought to herself, “I hope I get to see Tom tomorrow.” She thought with a dreamy sigh. “No, Andrea, no. You promised Dad you and Tom are just friends. But, he iiis kinda cute.” She thought, before drifting off to sleep.

A night passed, as they are known to do. Andrea woke up to the sound of her alarm clock. After turning it off, she closed her eyes to at least get one more minute of sleep, but suddenly remembered the significance of that day. So she got up, made her bed, and went to breakfast. When she got downstairs, she saw her Mom and brother at the table.
“Gooooood morning!” She said smiling.

“Morning sis.” Jason told his sister while eating his pop tart.

Andrea, clearly in the mood to annoy him, took a piece of Jason’s pop tart.

“Heeeyyy!!!” Jason said, sounding annoyed.

“What, bro? Sharing is caring right?” Andrea told Jason while eating his pop tart.

“Another obscure TV reference? I hate you sometimes.” Jason told Andrea, glaring.

“I love you too, bro!” Andrea told her annoyed brother, before turning to her mother. “Hey Mom, where’s Dad?”

“He’s at work. His boss called him so he had to go early.” Olivia said.

“Oh, ok.” Andrea said, eating her pancake. Jason took a big bite on her pancake. “Jason!”

“What? You did say sharing is caring.”

Andrea just glared at her brother.

Olivia giggled at her kids. “Andrea, finish up quick so we could we could leave, ok?”

“OK, Mom!”

After a truly epic journey, Andrea and her mom just arrived at Bronycon. Andrea was scanning the whole room with wide eyes. Everywhere she looked she would see something about My Little Pony. “Wooaaah..” is all she had said since she got there.

“Brilliant!” said a strange Cornish voice behind her. Behind her, she saw her friend from those years ago, dressed up as Apple Bloom.

“Oh, hey Tom!” she called. Tom just waved back.

“Hi!” Said a small, cute voice.

“Hi, Rebecca! How are you?” Andrea said smiling.

“I’m fine, thanks for asking. I’m having a really good time here! This place is awesome!” Little Rebecca said.

“Aww, you’re so cute!” Andrea said, giggling.

“You must be Mrs Parker!” Tom said to Olivia.

“Hi! You must be Tom. Andrea told us about you. She said you love My Little Pony as much as she does.”

“Yep! It’s kinda why we bonded.” Tom said.

“But she never told me you were kinda cute.” Olivia said, with a smirk that would rival Elaina Mash.

“Mom!” Andrea said, with a blush that would make a tomato ashamed.

“What? It’s true!” Olivia said, utterly oblivious to her daughter's embarrassment.

“A-anyway,” Tom said, stuttering, and with a blush on his face, “Me and Rebec- I mean, Rebecca and I will just be roaming around. Bye!” Tom said really quick to save himself from more embarrassment.

“Bye, Tom” Andrea said, with her hands over her face to hide her embarrassed face. Once she recovered from the embarrassment her Mom caused her, she asked, “What was that for, Mom??”

“Really, dear? You think I didn’t see that face you had when you saw him? Or the look you had when he called you when you asked me if we could go here?”

“Mooom!!” She whined, “I promised Dad we were just friends!”

“Yeah, right. Just friends. Got it!” Her mom said with a smirk.

Andrea just sighed. “Come on. Let’s just talk about this later. I wanna get some Rainbow Dash stuff!” She said, pulling her Mom to a stall covered in home-made MLP merchandise. She'd seen Tom head to this stand a few minutes earlier, and purchase a superb Apple Bloom bow. Amongst the multitude of items was a recreation of Rainbow Dash's hair.

“MOM! MOM! MOM! LOOKIT THIS!!” She told her Mom. "It’s only 10 dollars!! Can we get it?! Pleeaaase mooom??” She said with puppy dog eyes.

“Ok sweetie. Here’s 10 dollars. Go pay for it.” Olivia said, giving Andrea $10.

“Thanks mom!” Andrea said kissing her Mom’s cheek. She gave the 10 dollars to the salesperson.

The saleslady told Andrea, “Enjoy your adventure!”

Andrea just looked at the saleslady a bit confused and said, “Erm.. Thanks, I guess.”

After paying for it, Andrea tried it on, but was knocked back by an unpleasant pulse through her body, followed by stomach cramps.
She sprinted to the restroom. On the way there, she saw a kid running past her, the spitting image of Apple Bloom.

“Aww! That little girl did a good job trying to look like AB!” Once she went inside the restroom, she looked at the small window and noticed that it was raining heavily. She even spotted a few lightning strikes.

But that was the least of her concerns. For she noticed in the mirror her eyes had changed colour, to a cerise shade. Not only that, her hair was no longer brown, but rainbow!

"What?" she asked. "This isn't possible!" She was seemingly oblivious to the fact her voice was dropping in pitch, and taking on a raspy tone as it did so. This was followed by her skin turning blue!

Andrea was now scared out of her mind, but had no choice but to watch as her clothes transformed into a white T-shirt with black piping, a blue shirt-sleeved jacket, a white and pink skirt with a pair of black bycicle shorts, and finally a pair of blue high-top boots.

She looked at the sight in front of her in confusion. Before her stood her favourite character. "Hello?" she asked. The voice of Rainbow Dash answered her back. She had changed into a perfect replica of Rainbow Dash, with every conceivable detail accounted for.

She ran out into the corridor, brushing past the Apple Bloom talking to Michelle Creber, and found her mother. "Mom!"

Olivia looked unconvinced. "Who are you?"

"I'm Andrea! I have no idea how this happened, but I look like Rainbow Dash now!"

The older woman sighed. "Nice try, cosplayer, but you're not fooling me." And she walked away.

Andrea felt tears forming in her eyes. When suddenly, the saleslady arrived, and she had an evil smirk on her face. And that’s when it hit her. Too late, Andrea made the connection between her and what had happened, and tried to run, before running into a door, knocking her out.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading my story, dear reader! Like I mentioned in the previous chapter, any suggestions, criticism, or feedback, just tell me in the comments. Peace out!✌️