My Little Family

March 31st. April Fools Eve. I wasn’t looking forward to tomorrow. Not just because it was April Fools Day, but also because of the ponies I would be around, mainly Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. I wasn’t worried about them getting me, not at all. I was worried about them damaging my CDs or my guitars. So, I had a plan. I would get food, bring it up to my room as well as my guitars and CDs, and set up camp in my room. I went to bed that night satisfied with my plan.

I woke up the next morning, and knew something was wrong. I looked at my agenda, and saw that I had a date with Thorax today. I had nearly forgotten. We decided to go on a date to try and get away from all the pranks. I got dressed and went to have breakfast at IHop. I didn’t want to take any chances of something happening to my food. I went to the bathroom after getting my food, and came out and ate.

When I finished, I heard some laughter that sounded familiar. “Hello?” I called out. I started to glow, and then there was a flash. I looked down at myself to make sure I was okay, and saw hooves instead of feet. I jumped over the counter, grabbed a shirt, and hopped into it. I have an extra pair of clothes at some locations, just in case. Even if it's normal for ponies, I'd still prefer not being seen naked. “Who’s there?” I asked. I heard the laughing again, and followed it.

When I found the source, I found Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight. “April Fools!” They cheered in unison.

“Alright, you girls got me. Can I be turned back to a human now?”

“The effect doesn’t wear off. You're going to be a pony forever!” Pinkie cheered.

“I-it doesn't?”

“Yeah.”

I started freaking out. “Of course, on all the days we decide to go on a date, I get turned into a pony.” I muttered to myself.

“Unicorn, actually.” Twilight corrected. “Are you okay?”

I started to overthink things. I was not okay. “No. Thorax and I were supposed to go on a date today. What if he won’t like me? He likes me for me, so if I turn into a pony, what if he won't want to go out with me? What if he doesn’t want to go out on a date because I’m not human?”

The other three were talking, but I wasn’t listening. I closed my eyes, and thought about the Castle of the Two Sisters. I opened my eyes, and I was there. I shut my eyes, and thought about my CD player and the Blink-182 Greatest Hits CD. I opened my eyes, and they were there. I put the CD in the player, put on “Down”, and walked around.

I was there for a while. The moon started to rise and I was eating my Caramel Bugles. I was thinking about what my next move should be. While I was eating them, somepony called my name. I got up and started running, as I didn't want to talk. I ran for a few minutes trying to avoid whoever it was, and at some point, I found myself at a dead end.

“Johnny!” The pony said. They hugged me and asked, “Where have you been?” It was Thorax.

“I’ve been here.”

“Twilight got me up to speed. I want to tell you something. Whether you turn into a pony, a dragon, heck, even a pebble, I’ll still love you. You know why? Because it’s not what’s on the outside I love, it’s what’s on the inside I love. Sure, I love your blue eyes, but I can live without them. You’re smart, funny, you care about everypony, and you help ponies out if they need it. It’s because of those reasons I love you.”

“I’m sorry.”

He was caught off guard by that. “About what?” He asked.

“That I haven’t been fair and that I worry a lot. It’s just that the concert is coming up, and that’s been stressing me out, and because I couldn’t reform Chrysalis, Puppet died. I loved him a lot, and…” My eyes started to water. “... I don’t want to lose you too. I love you a lot, and if we were to break apart or if you died…”

“Sshhh.You don’t have to apologize. I understand.” He nuzzled my neck. “How about we head home for the night?”

“Sure.”

He lifted me on his back and teleported us to Twilight's castle. I clutched him tight. He didn’t find anypony there, so he teleported to Celestia’s castle. He walked into the Throne Room, where the Mane Six, Celestia, and Luna were. They started chatting, but I didn’t pay attention. I walked around all day, so I was exhausted. I fell asleep while they were speaking.

I woke up to Thorax singing “All The Small Things”, and I joined in. “Good morning.” He murmured, then kissing me. “Good morning.” I said back, kissing him as well.

“Are you feeling better?” He asked.

“Yes. You’re truly the best boyfriend ever.” Thorax blushed.

“Thank you.” He said.

“Where are we?” I questioned, looking around the room.

“Celestia let us stay here for the night after hearing what happened.”

“Well, that was nice of her." I then looked down at myself, because I felt like something was different. I was human again. "I'm human again!"

"It only lasted for one day. Didn't they tell you?"

"Pinkie said that I was going to be a pony forever. Though, they were saying some stuff after I talked about how we had a date yesterday, so they might have told me then."

There was a knock on the door.

“Come in!” Thorax called.

Celestia walked in, and chirped, “Good morning! How are you two doing?”

“We’re doing good, thanks for asking!” I replied. “Also, thanks for letting us stay here last night.”

“No problem. Twilight here has something she wants to say to you.”

Twilight walked in, and said, “Johnny, I’m sorry that I turned you into a pony.”

“You don’t have anything to be sorry for.” Celestia and Twilight both looked at me, and I felt Thorax looking at me.

“What do you mean?”

“It was all in good fun.”

“Yeah, but you were freaking out!”

“True. But, we probably shouldn’t have shouldn’t have set our date for April Fools Day. We should have thought that something like that would happen. Heck, that was the entire reason for the date, to try and get away from the pranks. How did you even do it?”

“I made a potion.”

“Could I have it?”

They stared at me again. “Why?” She asked.

“It was kind of fun being a pony. Plus, if we ever get turned into a pony again, we'd rather be prepared.” She teleported the bottle over to me. “Thanks.”

“We’ll be on our way now.” Celestia declared. Her and Twilight walked out of the room, I turned to Thorax and asked, “Can you spit in this?”

“Why?” He responded.

“I want to try something, and I need changeling DNA, and I either need you to spit in this, or I need your blood.”

“I choose the first option.” He spat in it, I shook it a bit, and drank some. I turned into a pony, and started thinking about my human self. I opened my eyes, and I was human.

“How’d you do that?”

“Probably the changeling DNA mixed with the pony potion allows me to change into a pony when I want.” He looked at me, surprised. “We should probably head to our homes. You probably have some work that needs to be done.” After we said goodbye, he went to the hive and I went to Twilight’s castle.