Work. Everypony was doing it. They checked on what they had and what they needed. They were all hard at work. After about five minutes of checking over supplies with Blade, Spirit was visited by Pinkie Pie who requested to be a medic as well. She got the answer she wanted and immediately went to Doctor Pill. Spirit and Blade discovered that the only thing that they were missing were medical herbs and some food. They decided to go get Sweetie Belle and ask her where they should go.

"Is that all you need?" Sweetie asked.

"Yeah, I know where to get food and all... But I don't know where to get those herbs." Spirit said.

"Well, we can find those in the Everfree Forest. We could also visit Zecora to get our weapons enchanted!"

Wow, talk about convenient.

"Well, lets get everypony with weapons and head out!" Blade exclaimed. Spirit found it odd to see a calm pony just shout out like that, but he ignored it. Spirit, Sweetie Belle, Blade, Gunner, Lightning, Big Mac and Rainbow Dash all went to the Everfree Forest.

"Are you sure that we are headed the right way? We've been walking in this forest for about twenty minutes" Lightning complained.

"We are almost there, quit crying over it." Rainbow Dash mumbled. Lightning still heard her.

"You are just mad that I beat you in a race four months ago." Rainbow tackled Lightning out of anger, the tackle caused Lightning to fall in a patch of blue leaves. Spirit went to help him up.

"Seriously, can you two stop fighting for one minute?" Spirit asked.

"No." They both said in unison. Spirit rolled his eyes along with Big Mac. At this point Rainbow looked over at them, went wide eyed and tried to hold in a smile.

"Whats so funny?" Spirit asked out of irritation.

"Oh, nothing." Rainbow said turning away from them. Spirit and Lightning looked to one another but ignored her. They soon made it to a large hut that had two masks and bottles hanging from it. Standing by the door was a zebra gathering some plants that she grew.

"Zecora?" Spirit asked. The zebra looked up and nodded. "Nice to meet, I'm Brawny Spirit."

"It is nice to meet you. You even brought friends to." Zecora said.

Oh, she rhymed. Cool. "Yes, we have come to ask you for a favor. We thought that of anypony you would be able to help enchant our 'tools' and help us find medical herbs."

"The tools shall be first, for I am sure you are dying of thirst." Zecora replied.

She rhymed again? "Thank you Zecora." Zecora smiled and led them into her hut. "Hey, Rainbow."

"What is it?" She asked.

"Why is she speaking in rhymes?" Spirit stared at Rainbow waiting for his answer.

"I don't know. She has always spoken like that. Personally, I think its cool." Spirit thought so to, but it still stuck in his mind. When they entered they had been given drinks to calm them selves. Zecora took the "tools" and stared.

"Ah, so these 'tools'. After this, all who fight you are merely fools!" Zecora shouted as she spread some powder across one of Gunner's rifles.

"Right, so when will we be able to find those herbs?" Spirit asked.

"Tomorrow, if we go now we shall only feel sorrow." Zecora quickly whipped her head to the window to see nothing there. Spirit thought back to his coma and remembered all of the urban legends.

"Hey, Zecora. Is there something called The Slenderman?" Zecora went wide eyed as everypony else just stared at him with wide eyes. "What? I just asked if it was real. No need to go crazy."

"That I cannot say, or somepony may pay." Her voice was ominous.

"Well, it isn't The Slenderman, it is Slendermane." Spirit tried to image the Slenderman as a pony, it still scared him. Spirit had an idea that would help pass the time.

"So, any scary instances about monsters like that?" He asked with a smirk. Everypony was reluctant to talk, as if something would happen if they did.

"Well, about three years ago a monster with no eyes and very long claws was seen ripping a griffin to shreds." Rainbow Dash said with obvious fear in her voice.

Well, that is the Rake. "Anything else?" Spirit wanted to see reactions.

"Well, I saw somethin that was pretty fast and was two solid colors. It was holdin a knife..." Big Mac said as his voice trailed off.

"How tall was it?" Spirit questioned.

"Lil taller then Celestia." Big Mac said in a quiet voice.

"Do you know the name of it? Like, the legend?"

"Somepony from Applebloom's school said 'Jeff'. All ah know right there."

Wow, these are JUST like the ones from my coma. Spirit glanced to see that Zecora was nearly done with her work on the weapons. "So, you are almost done already?" Zecora nodded. "You work fast... He muttered under his breathe. He turned back to the conversation.

"I heard about somepony similar to that, except it was a mare. That mare is supposed to be hunting the stallion with the horrible smile." Gunner said.

Okay, that is TO similar to my coma! "Well, I remember stuff like that from my coma. I never would have thought that it might be real."

"Then why did you bring up Slendermane?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I was bored and I was just joking around. Never expected to hear stories like that coming from ponies I know." As Spirit finished, Zecora interrupted.

"The enchantment is done. May the slaughter of your enemies be fun!" Zecora said with glee. Spirit wondered why she would say such a thing like that, but he dismissed it. "You shall stay here for the night, for if we get the herbs we will have quite a fright." Zecora finished. None of them seemed to argue. Zecora opened a small passage by the cauldron that led to a basement. "This is your home for the night. Just do not fight." Zecora lit some of the lanterns hanging from the ceiling and brought some blankets. It was already late, about 10:00 PM.

"Well, good night everypony." Spirit said and got no reply from any of them. Spirit was the only one awake that night. He only stared at the ceiling, all night. He couldn't sleep due to Rainbow Dash's snoring. He fell asleep none the less. Eventually he woke up to find that the only two in the room were him and Lightning who was panicking over something.

"Spirit!" He shouted.

"What is it?" Spirit said with his face muffled by the blanket.

"My wings are gone!!" He shouted. This caught Spirit's attention.

"What!?" He shouted as he jumped from his blanket. Lightning turned to Spirit with an odd look.

"Who are you?" He asked. Spirit was confused.

"Dude, its me. Spirit."

"But you..." Lightning saw that it was Spirit, but something happened to him. Lightning went from panicking to laughing on the floor.

"What?! Whats so funny!?"

"Y-you aren't a colt any more!" He shouted as he began to laugh again. Spirit whipped around looking for a mirror, eventually Lightning gave him one. Spirit found it to be true. He was now a mare.

"HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?!" Spirit yelled. "HOW COULD THIS FUCKING HAPPEN!?" He blushed upon hearing that his voice was also that of a mare. Lightning was laughing hard enough that tears were streaming done his face.

"What is with all the noise? We were just heading out for the herbs. You guys coming?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Don't you mean guy and girl?" Lightning managed to yell out in the middle of his laughter only to receive a heavy strike to the gut. Sweetie Belle didn't get it so she went into the basement to see what Lightning meant. She to, burst into laughter.

"IT ISN'T FUNNY!!!" Spirit exclaimed.

"R-right. Do you know h-how this happened?" Sweetie Belle asked while she tried to suppress her laughter.

"NO! I DON'T!" Spirit yelled.

"Well, lets just talk about this with Zecora."

"Fine. Lets go talk to her." Spirit said. The three of them walked upstairs and explained the situation to everypony, they were silent for a moment before exploding into laughter. Out of frustration Spirit punched a punched a hole in the floor which made them all quiet. Zecora stepped forward and spoke.

"The ingredients that are needed can only be found when we have proceeded."

"What?" Spirit asked.

"In the forest, that is where the ingredients rest." Zecora walked to the door with a basket and cloak. Everypony followed her out as they began to search for medical herbs and some extra herbs for a cure.

"So, what exactly happened to us?" Lightning asked.

"I tackled you into some poison joke. There is a cure so don't worry." Rainbow Dash replied.

"This is all your fault!" Spirit tackled Rainbow Dash into a tree and continued to follow the others.

"Well, I deserve that one. You do know that we could just head into Ponyville and get you fixed, right?"

"Really? Then lets go! The others can search for the medical herbs themselves. Besides, it would use up less time." Everypony agreed, Rainbow Dash would bring Lightning and Spirit to Ponyville for a cure. The three of them quickly found their way out of the forest and entered Ponyville. Just like Spirit's first time in Ponyville, they all stared at him in fear. Some ponies claimed that he was the monster from the market. Some of them even threw rocks at him, but stopped when they noticed Rainbow Dash was with them.

"Well, this is the place." Rainbow said. The three of them had arrived at a spa.

"The spa has a cure?" Lightning asked.

"Yes, they do. They obtained the cure when my friends and I were effected by the poison joke."

"Well, lets go already. I just want to be the correct gender." Spirit stated with a sad tone. They all entered and asked for the cure. Rainbow Dash was talking with two mares that sat at the counter while the treatment was being set up.

"So, how does it feel to be a mare?" Lightning asked.

"You wouldn't believe me when I say that it is VERY different from being a colt." Spirit replied.

"How so?"

"Parts are there and parts aren't, it is just really weird. Even for me." Lightning shuttered at the thought of somepony changing from male to female.

"Okay guys, its ready!" They both shot from their seats and followed the two mares from the counter to two baths.

"You will each take one." The first mare said.

"Just relax for about five minutes, then the problem should be fixed." The second mare said. Spirit didn't waste any time. He slammed himself into the bath. He came back up for a deep breathe, and sank back down into the water. Lightning just climbed into the bath normally and started to relax. Minutes ticked by as Spirit sat submerged under the water. Lightning glanced over to his friend s bath and heard a painful scream.

"THEY CAME BACK!" Spirit yelled as he resurfaced.

"What do you... Oh, never mind. I know what you mean." Lightning stopped for a moment as his wings appeared, he to screamed in pain. Rainbow Dash rushed in to see the two colts fixed.

"What were you two yelling about?" She asked.

"Nothing..." Spirit moaned as he reached for a towel. Rainbow Dash had an idea of what he meant and didn't bother to get further into the subject. They both climbed out and dried off, they payed for the baths and went back to Zecora's hut. As the three of them returned to the house, they saw the others just arriving at the door. "Hey guys!" Spirit called.

"Hey, you got the cure?" Gunner asked.

"Yeah. it was very painful for me..." Spirit said as his voice trailed off. Gunner gulped at what Spirit said but perked up quickly.

"Well, we got the herbs. So we can go whenever you guys are ready!"

"Okay, lets get our weapons first and then we can leave." Spirit said as he walked into Zecora's hut. They all collected the weapons and left. As they arrived at the entrance of Ponyville and got to their chariots, something went through Spirit's head. "Hey Rainbow Dash, why do all of the animals stay away from Zecora's hut? Most of them could probably rip the place apart whenever they want."

"I don't know. She may be scary to the animals and they stay away because of that." Rainbow Dash replied. Spirit was still unsure. Finally, after some trouble, they had obtained the herbs required for medical treatments and returned to the base.

Author's Note

Sorry if this chapter strayed off course a little. I know the story is getting off track. SPOILER ALERT!! I also plan to have somepony die soon. Can't say who. If you want to know what happens at Zecora's hut just say so. Hope you enjoy it!