Preston rubs his eyes, almost not believing what he had just witnessed “Okay that was weird and so realistic at the same time.maybe that was real after all... oh what are you saying Preston of course you’re going mad!” Looking in the mirror Preston felt his skin, it didn’t feel like there was any paint there anymore. It had felt like real skin.

”This is the real you now, try not to freak out” says the soft voice. Preston places a hand on his chest and tries breathing deeply. After calming down he approached the mirror suspiciously. The being had disappeared into it magically, but did it do it itself?

The mirror seems to shimmer before showing a room of some kind. Preston looks into it shocked to see a whole different room it was empty save for some band equipment. Preston was quite shocked to say the least. Mirrors didn’t work like that! Curiously he approached the mirror to tap it. The mirror seems to shimmer for a bit almost as if it’s water. Preston nervously put his hand through the mirror the mirror normally stops his hand at some point but he finds his hand passes into the mirror as if it’s nothing.”Woah, freaky”

There was a pink skinned girl with poofy dark pink hair checking the drums who looks up and at him and waves. Preston nervously waves back.

“Hiya Fluttershy!” The ever exuberant girl says from behind Preston. Preston turned around noticing the girl behind him

“What the! How’d you get behind me!?”

“I walked.” replied the peppy pink girl.

“But you were- and im not exactly-” he started. “You were just in there!” he exclaimed pointing at her then back in the bandroom.

“Oh Then you probably blinked silly!” replied the girl winking. Preston couldn’t tell if she was being serious or not. There was no way that they had moved so fast that a blink made him miss it. In fact, he was sure that he didn’t blink at all!

Rarity comes back in, “Ah Pinkie. How have you been?” she says. Preston jumps at the sudden arrival of the con greeter.

“Woah!” Preston backs into the wall containing the mirror almost falling into it.

“I’ve been doing great Rarity! Fluttershy, though not so much” said the peppy pink girl concerned pointing over to Preston.

“I think we may like to grab her unless you like her to fall inside that thing” Rarity says before grabbing Preston. Pinkie follows Rarity’s lead and grabs Preston’s other arm holding him steady.

“Right! that makes sense!” she says as she held him. Preston though had a few questions of his own.

“Uh her? You do know I’m a guy right?” asked Preston

“Sorry dear” Rarity says, “but you do look like a girl now.” she adds. Preston pulls his arms away from them signaling for them to let go.

“Okay I get it I look like a girl now” he says sounding defeated. Rarity and pinkie back off letting him stand on his own.

“But you are a girl Fluttershy, see? You got the lumps to prove it!”

“Pinkie I think we need to look at it mentally not physically.” Rarity says.

“But why would she say- ohhhh riiight-” Pinkie says getting it. She gives Rarity a not so subtle wink. “I get it now”

“Okay can someone please explain what’s going on?” asked Preston “If you don’t mind me asking?”

“Well aside from myself some people have been missing and I guess you’re the next one to transit out of this world for another” Rarity says, “Am I missing anything pinkie?” she adds.

“Weeell… You did leave out the spontaneous turning into characters as they cosplay as them given items by a creepy old guy, kinda looks like a hobo, looks sort of like my uncle-” Pinkie says thinking of what else could be missing.

“Thanks for that dear” Rarity says facepalming herself.

“You’re welcome!” said Pinkie with a huge grin in her face

“Okay I think I’m starting to understand.So I’m turning into the character I love dearly and now I’ll have to leave my homeworld?” asked Preston feeling unsure about the situation

“Well most of them are forced to leave this is the first time I hear of someone having time to pick” Rarity says.

“Well maybe I’m special then, I could find a cure and get back to my regular life”

“There’s one teensy weensy problem with that plan of yours, Fluttershy!” starts Pinkie. Rarity pinches Preston on the arm

“She’s right dear, your skins converted and it’s only a matter of time till you start feeling more and more like Fluttershy. From what the News reports said.” continued Rarity. (Not to news reports alluded to in The Belle Rings True?, note: by this point Rarity knows what’s going on but is trying to not show the full story, if it connects then coincidence.)

“Yeah… And we don’t really know if there is a cure so you’re stuck like this.” explains Pinkie. Preston’s hope for being normal shattered.

“What? But I don’t want to be a girl! I… I guess that I should say my final goodbyes to this world if what you say is true.” Just then Preston feels something inside him twist. He, or rather she groans in pain.

“Oh my, I don’t know what’s going on. Do you pinkie?” Rarity says. Pinkie scratches her head while trying to figure it out.

“Hm, either she’s transfering, or she could be experiencing internal change! OR she could be having a tummy ache!” Pinkie said. Then she gasped “What if it’s all of the above!?”

“Dear, think it’s something internal.” Rarity says to Pinkie. Preston groans in pain his insides changing ever so slightly to fit his new body. He also felt something tugging at him, as if it didn’t want him there.

“Ouchies… I feel really weird all of a sudden-” Preston no longer had his male parts, and his innards have changed to match his outards.

“Oh no Fluttershy’s in pain! What do we do about this Rarity?” asked Pinkie.

“I think it’s more internal. The last physical change happend to make this dude a dame.” Rarity says.

“Oh I see, so she didn’t have any ovaries and junk huh? That’s weird!” Pinkie says to Rarity. She walks on over to the Fluttershy smiling “You’ll get used to it Flutters. It’ll make sense to you eventually.” She says with a wink “Anyway hope to see you at school!” Pinkie hopped on over to the mirror, hopping into it, then leaving Rarity and Preston behind as she goes into the bandroom then out of sight.

Meanwhile Preston didn’t look too hot, He or rather she was crouched down holding her stomach area. She seemed to fade in and out of the plane of existence and some of her ‘dust’ was being pulled into the mirror.

“I don’t want to leave so soon-” said Preston shuddering as he slowly dematerializes into the portal.

Back at the band room

“Pinkie darling you're holding up practice, plus now that I think about it... where’s fluttershy” Rarity says her keytar in hand.

“It’s not my fault that the drum cleaning service sent it to the wrong address! That’s bad business practice!” Says Pinkie bringing in each of the individual parts.

“Darling, that’s why I clean it myself.” she says.

“Although you’ve got to admit. These babies are shinier than ever! So shiny.”

Just then A portal opens up and some yellow dust seems to start pouring out.

“Is it just me or is magic flaring up again?” Rarity says.Eventually the dust settled into the form of their butter yellow friend. Fluttershy. She was lying on the ground seeming drained. Barely registering what’s happening.

Oh my, this is not good Rarity thinks to herself.

Author's Note

Well this story is coming along smoothly hopefully I can finish this one!