013 Bushels ❦ [Video/Action for Mahogany]

[buckyouup]

[It's been a couple days since that weird swarm of flying reindeer descended upon the world. Through a bit of clever herding, she managed to catch one of her own. It didn't even have any wings, and yet it could fly. This thing had to be rare as can be. It might even be worth a thing or two.

All the commotion of the season has started to die down, and things are starting to go back to normal. Maybe now's a good time to check out her score. She'll retrieve the ball and let the critter out.

Except what is released is... a bit smaller.

]

What in tarnation is this!? Somepony ran off with my pokey-mon!

Then they had the gall t'swap it out with...

[She blinks, bending over to inspect the playset, and the tiny plastic horses inside.]

Little... toys a' me an' my pals? [She huffs, picking herself up.]

S'this supposed t'be me? My mane looks nothin' like that. They didn't even give me my hat!

[Well, AJ, you said you wanted your old body back. Looks like you got it!]

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[Well, Heather's never been one to outright avoid someone she recognizes in a public space. The opposite, actually.]

[So when she sees Applejack messing around with... what seems to be a big toy castle, she heads over.]</sub>

... Well, I dunno, looks accurate to me.

_{[--This is said from behind AJ, once Heather sees the little plastic horses. Her memories of the ponies in their natural forms are somewhat limited, but she recalls them well enough.]}

[sitdownbecider]

[She turns, looking in disgust.]

You kiddin'? This don't look anythin' like me.

[foolishwren]

_{[Heather rubs her chin with a crooked grin.]}

In the sense that it's tiny and plastic, no, I'll give you that, but the rest...

_{[HEATHER SHUT UP YOU ONLY SAW THE PONIES IN THOSE WEIRD DREAM SEQUENCE WEEKENDS.]}

[sitdownbecider]

I'm makin' some kind a' goofy look an' my head is too big.

[Huff. Dumb toy.]

Who thought it was a good idea t'hide this in a pokey-ball?

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[friendyousohard]

I... um...

[Yep. Twilight has been left speechless, just gaping at the thing over AJ's shoulder.]

Whose castle is that?

[sitdownbecider]

Judgin' by the bright colors and trumpets? Pinkie Pie's.

[She sighs. Whoever made this thing has clearly never seen an actual pony before, nevermind their castles.]

[friendyousohard]

Pinkie Pie's castle would be filled with balloons, ball pits, and pastries, and would have secret passages to take you to the sugary center. That's... more like something Discord would make just outside Canterlot to make fun of it.

[sitdownbecider]

I reckon that's a joke I could get behind.

[Relatively harmless, and thumbing your nose at the snooty Canterlot elite.]

An' whoever made this crummy castle messed up an' put wings on you, too.

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[bestofthebest]

(Applejack wasn't the only pony who had to catch one of those flying Pokemon who didn't have wings, and though she didn't herd them Dash did have her own method of getting one down long enough to capture it.)

...That's supposed to be you?! Hehehe, your Cutie Mark's on one side of your flank!

[buckyouup]

An' I reckon yours is the spittin' image.

[She tosses "Rainbow Dash" towards her human counterpart.]

[bestofthebest]

(She catches it and stares for a moment, turning it over before frowning in disbelief.)

...Hey! This doesn't look like me at all! (A beat.) I look 20% cooler than this toy.

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[konpeitoqueen]

Toys of... yourself?

[It takes a moment to register, but the moment it does, she holds her hand over her mouth and chokes back her laughter.] Are you saying you're a pony? That's new! What next? The Pokémon start becoming trainers too? Maybe they'll start a revolution!

[sitdownbecider]

S'there somethin' wrong with bein' a pony?

[konpeitoqueen]

You're a pony! An animal! That puts you on the same level of the Pokémon you're controlling! Doesn't that bother you? Why should they listen to you?

[A chuckle.] Buuut I guess it doesn't matter now, does it? You've been turned human here, so you mistakenly believe yourself another part of our higher species.

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[mayushiii]

What a cute dollhouse! I had something like this when I was little, but aren't you a little too big for one now?

[sitdownbecider]

[She nods.]

I reckon somepony's pullin' a prank on me.

[mayushiii]

Same thing happened to me Mayushii, but I got something I liked. Maybe they mixed you up?

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[notchinese]

...You were a horse where you came from?

[This is the first (ok, technically second) time she's heard of this about you, AJ.]

[buckyouup]

'Course I was, y'didn't know--

[Oh. Right. She forgot.]

Y-yeah. Most all of us are ponies back, home.

[notchinese]

...

What happened.

[As in, How are you human?!.]

[islandshore]

[He stares, one eye twitching. So much pink... Why is there so much pink?]

Okay, I'm pretty sure you looked cooler than that. And what's with all the pink?

[buckyouup]

If you figure it out, let me know. It's startin' t'hurt my eyes.

[islandshore]

You know, you could always pawn it off to some kid. Maybe a little girl who wants a dollhouse.

[hintcoinplz]

You and your friends look like ponies? Wait, why does that one have wings? And that one's pink?

[buckyouup]

We're all ponies back home. Some of us have wings, some of us are pink.

[Pretty straightforward.]