Ditzys secret

I sank down. I was in the worst situation ever. Ponies ran screaming by the pond that I was stuck in. I could see out of the water a bit and watched as the stream of dark sparkling mist streamed out of the building. The new purple unicorn that the party had been thrown for sure was brave.

She stood up to that monster like no ponies business. I had to run and get myself stuck in this stupid mud hole when some pegasus named Rainbowdash spilt her drink on me. She had just seen me and was flying up with a confused look on her face when the mayor came out. The revolution of nightmare moon by twilight sparkle made rainbow shoot up, water spilling from her glass onto me. She didn't notice as I galloped out of the room right before the stapede.

The first thing I saw was the pond. Now that's where I was. My tail swept a crossed the bottom of the pond, moss getting stuck on the sides. I had my Finns pulled in tight. I rested on the bottom and closed my eyes waiting for the sounds to die down. I could faintly hear a conversation after about a minute.

"What the hell do you think she's doing? You think she has something to do with it?"

"I don't know Rainbow, but she sure knew what she was talking about. We should go see what she's up to." the clopping of hoofs sounded as well as a furious beat of wings. It was about an hour before no sounds broke through the water and a couple more before I decided it would be safe to come up. I gave one swift push with my fins and shot to the surface. Air penetrated my lungs and a cold chill hit my wet skin. As I suspected the streets where clear. Without thinking I raced towards Raindrops house. As the breeze dried my skin, I slowly changed back. By the time I shut the door behind me only my ears still had small pricks on them.

"Oh my god! Thank the lord your okay! When I saw nightmare moon I lost track of you and I couldn't find you in the crowd." Raindrops came up and hugged me. She gasped when she felt my slightly damp fur.

"You weren't."

"Yeah. I'll tell you the whole story later." she let go and backed away. I slipped out of the room and made my way to the kitchen. There was nothing to eat so I went to my room. We had been up all night and I needed some sleep. I slipped under the covers and closed my malfunctioning eyes.

Darkness encased me and I pictured my forest. The green, the smell of leaves and dew. My body was again wet as I slipped into the dream. I panted as I raced across the border line of the everfree forest. To my right the trees fell away. To my left more green mingled with the dark brown wood. I stopped dead in my tracks and turned to the right. I could hear the faint sounds of fillies playing. My stomach gurgled and I raced towards the sound. For some reason it seemed that the laughter kept drifting farther away.

The blue sky stretched above me and clouds flew over. Then I fell forward and a big splash sounded. Water slashed my face and I sunk to the bottom of a pond. It seemed that while I was looking up at the sky I had smashed into the same pond from last night. I closed my eyes for a second and I could again hear the screams of ponies. When I opened my eyes again the sounds where gone and like the time before, I rocketed out of the water and sped towards raindrops house. Only this time something was different. There seemed to be a shadow in the corner of my eye. I turned that was and blinked. Suddenly I was back at the hill with the mysterious painter. I looked up at the night sky to find it void of stars. The only thing in it was a massive moon.

"I think it was nicer last night." I mused. I looked over to the artist who was painting in strokes onto his canvases. I looked over at the half finished artwork and gasped. The painting was of me in mermare form running through the town. The artist dropped his brush and looked at me.

"I saw you Ditzy. Your secrets out. I was the shadow. Moby I should teach you a lesson." now the artist had turned into my father. He knocked me down onto my back and got up on his back legs about to pound down on me.

"Ditzy! Get up Ditzy! It's time to go!" Her father screamed at her with a voice that much resembled Raindrops voice. I was so scared and confused that I closed my eyes as tight as they could go. I sat there like that for a moment and prepared for the pain that was expected. Something hit my side and I pulled back with a yelp. My eyes flung open to see Raindrop standing over me with a worried look on her face.

"Just breathe in and out Ditzy. It's all okay." she cooed as she rubbed my hot head with a cool towel. I was sweating all over and I was surprised to find myself in mermare form. At this realization I tucked my head under the sheet.

"It’s okay. Carrot top went to go shopping. You’ll get dry before she comes back." and that I did. I also told Rain about my nightmare.

"Maybe you should go see this Artist. Ask him a few inconspicuous questions and put your mind to rest." I thought about her suggestion and finally decided she was right. I left the house and trotted around. The only problem was that I had no idea where to find him. I walked passed sugar cube corner, and passed the town hall until I came to the library. I guessed it would be worth a shot so I walked in.

"Hello there. May I help you?" a feminine voice hit my ears and I looked to the purple unicorn.

"Hi. I'm Ditzy. Do you know where I can find the town painter?" the purple unicorn thought a second and slowly nodded. I met him yesterday after the summer sun celebration. I think his shops next to the floral place." I said my thanks and went in the direction that was said. Soon I came to a store with a big Easel as the sign. When I walked in, the door jingled. The smell of fresh paint hit my nose. Paintings covered the walls, as did shelves of art supplies. I trotted to the front desk and dinged the little bell set there.

"Come on back!" the smooth voice from the other night hit my ears. I did as instructed and walked into the back room. As I stepped through the doorway, color hit my eyes. Thousands of paintings littered the floor. In the sender of the room sat the stallion. His coat was indeed purple and his mane orange gold. He turned and looked at me with a faint spark of recognition in his eye.

"It’s nice to see you again." he motioned for me to take a seat anywhere. I sat where I was.

“I’m Ditzy. I'm a community officer and I need to ask a few questions."

"Is that so?" the stallion looked at me within odd look. "Liar."

"Excuse me?" I looked up and it was only when it tipped over that I noticed that the bucket above my head was full of water.

Splash!

I was soaked. I looked up at him pleadingly, only to earn a look of curiosity. Tears hit my eyes when I started to change. I knew that I should never have come to try and live a normal pony’s life again. I broke down on the floor and wept. I flattened myself as much as I could to the cold stone. My body had finished changing and I curled my tail up over my face. Only two days. Two days to mess everything up and get caught.

A shadow crossed my face and I looked up to see the stallion standing over me. I was scared to look at his face. It would either be horror, evil happiness, or anger. He would probably turn me in and I would get dissected or something. But when I found the courage, the look on his face startled me. It was a face of kindness. He simply smiled at me and kneeled down.

"I'm sorry I frightened you. I just don't like it when ponies lie about themselves. My name is Ponet."