Chapter 18
Think Like A Stallion

It was April Fools' Day in Ponyville. Everywhere you looked, everyone was being the victim of pranks, and Flareon was no exception. He had now been pranked by Twilight, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie. It wasn't long before Flareon decided it was time to get some payback and he knew the best way to get it. After Flareon went back home, he quickly ran to upstairs. As Flareon sat down near his desk, he soon got to work making the perfect prank. Later on, Flareon decided to bring Twilight, Spike, and his friends to the park for a picnic.

"So...Flareon? What's the picnic for?" Twilight asked.

"Oh...it's nothing special. I just figured it was such a nice day out for a picnic," Flareon replied. He was finding it hard to hide his smirk.

"Hope you're not mad after how good we pranked you! No hard feelings right?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh yeah, of course not! I absolutely love pranks!" Flareon replied.

"By the way...what's the mirror for?" Twilight asked as they were all wondering why Flareon had brought a huge dressing mirror to a picnic.

"Oh that thing? Trust me...you'll be needing that soon," Flareon replied as he lowered his head and smiled mischievously. Everyone was starting to become very suspicious, but at that moment, Flareon started to pass around the drinks he had brought. As everyone got their drinks, Flareon decided to propose a toast. "Here's to a great April Fools' Day!" he exclaimed as everyone raised their glasses high in the air. Soon after, they swallowed their drinks, however, Flareon was seen tossing the contents of his glass onto the grass while no one was looking. A few seconds later, the picnic area was engulfed in blue smoke, with some pink mixed in. After the smoke dissipated, Flareon quickly burst into laughter as he fell on his back. "Oh my god! My ribs...my ribs! I can't...stop...laughing!" Flareon yelled.

"What are you laughing at?" Twilight asked. When she turned her head, she was completely shocked to see what happened to her friends. "Rainbow Dash? Rarity? Pinkie Pie? Look at you...guys!" she exclaimed. Immediately, everyone quickly ran over to the mirror, and were rendered absolutely speechless. It turns out, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie had all become stallions, while Spike had become a female dragon. Right away, Rainbow Dash angrily flew over to Flareon and grabbed him.

"What...what did you do to us?!" she yelled. Flareon however, was still trying hard to hold back his laughter.

"April Fools!" Flareon exclaimed as Rainbow Dash let go of him. "Sorry everyone, but I think this is what you would call...checkmate?"

"Ha ha...very funny Flareon," Twilight replied, "Ok...jokes over, change us back now."

"Sorry, guys...and girl...but, the potions' effect last for 24 hours. You're just going to have to wait till it wears off," Flareon said happily as he walked away from the six dumbfounded stallions and one very confused female dragon, "Have fun!" After he left, Twilight turned to face her new guy friends. They were all still shocked about how good Flareon had got them.

"Well guys...and girl...looks we have no choice. We just have to wait this out," Twilight said.

"I swear...I'm so going to get Flareon back for this!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"I have to admit though...he sure got us good," Applejack replied as she turned to her left, "Oh Spike! Don't you look absolutely adorable?" Spike however, wasn't finding any of this funny.

"Oh shut up," Spike muttered as he crossed his arms, "I'm not cute." Everyone quickly burst into laughter as they finally accepted being pranked by Flareon. Soon after, they all split-up and went their separate ways. Later on, Rainbow Dash was seen having a hard time flying as he was constantly crashing into everything. After Rainbow fell down onto a restraint table, two ponies looked at him disgusted, and walked away. Rainbow Dash quickly jumped off the table and wiped the food off him.

"Stupid guy body," Rainbow Dash muttered, "I can't even fly straight. The aerodynamics of this body are totally different from my own. It's almost like learning how to fly all over again. Mark my words Flareon...I'm going to get you back for this!" Soon after, Rainbow Dash tried to fly again, but instead crashed through the window of Carousel Boutique, where he found Rarity sitting near his desk, surrounded by scraps of discarded paper. Rarity was busying drawing a dress design, but quickly crumbled the paper, and threw it towards the ground.

"That's it! I give up!" Rarity exclaimed, "I just can't think up any new dress ideas with this dumb guy brain! All I can think about is guy stuff! Curse that devious Flareon!"

"Having a hard time too huh Rarity?" Rainbow Dash asked as he walked over to him. Rarity turned around in her chair and sighed deeply.

"Yeah...looks like I might as well just wait till tomorrow until the potion wears off to make new dress designs," Rarity replied as he and Rainbow Dash shared a hug. Meanwhile, it seems not everyone was having a hard time adjusted to their new body. At Apple Acres, Applejack smiling happily as he was busy collecting apples from the trees.

"Wow...it's almost like my kicking power has increased three times!" Applejack exclaimed as he kicked another tree and apples once again fell into the basket. "I barely even have to kick the trees for the apples to fall. That way I'm saving my energy and can collect from a lot more trees than I previously could before! I have to thank Flareon later. This is the most helpful prank I've ever experienced! That's not to say I won't get him back somehow." Applejack then smiled as he got back to work. As the day went by, Applejack was the most happy of them all as he had beaten his own apple collecting record. Pinkie Pie didn't seem to really care whether he was a guy or girl as Pinkie Pie continued his day as he normally does. Twilight was too embarrassed to be seen out in public and didn't even leave the house once while Spike was constantly told how cute and adorable she was by everyone in town. Fluttershy had a hard time telling his animals who he really was because they thought he was Flareon in disguise, but eventually, Fluttershy was able to convince them he was actually Fluttershy. Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash and Rarity had the worst days in their lives. The next day, everyone woke up and were happy to find out they had returned to their normal bodies. During the afternoon, Twilight along with Spike and her friends, invited Flareon for a picnic in the park. For some reason, they also brought the dressing mirror.

"So...how did you girls and guy like being guys and girl?" Flareon asked.

"I hated it," Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Spike replied together.

"Angel didn't like it either," Fluttershy muttered, "Or any of my animals for that matter."

"I actually didn't mind," Applejack said, "I was even able to beat my old apple collecting record! Thanks Flareon!"

"So...what's the picnic for? We celebrating something? Also...why did you bring that mirror with you?" Flareon asked.

"Oh...no reason," Twilight replied, "It just seemed like such a nice day out." Soon after, she passed around the drinks on the tray to everyone. Twilight deiced to have a toast. "Here's to Flareon! The Prank Master!" Twilight said as everyone raised their glasses response. As Flareon gulped down his drink, he failed to notice that everyone had tossed the contents of their glasses onto the grass. Immediately, Flareon was engulfed in a cloud of pink smoke. After it dissipated, everyone burst into laughter as they fell on their backs.

"What are you all laughing at?" Flareon asked. Instead of receiving an answer, they simply moved the mirror in front of him. Right away, he knew what was so funny. Flareon had turned into a mare and had become Flarena once again. Apparently, Twilight had found the leftover gender change potion Flareon had left on his desk. After telling everyone her plan, they agreed on taking Flareon to the park for a picnic again, and were going to prank him the same way he did to them. Drinks, mirror, and all.

"Post April Fools'!" they exclaimed as everyone burst into laughter again.

"Ok...I admit it. You got me," Flarena replied as she couldn't help but laugh along with them. Soon after, Flarena agreed with the others not to play this prank again next year. However, that was all said while everyone had their hooves, and claws, crossed behind their backs. You know what they say, all's fair game during April Fools' Day, and that includes using a potion to swap your friends' gender. Seriously though...do not try this prank at home.