Rarity was working on her new designs when someone knocked at the door, she opened it and a unicorn with a white coat and a pink mane with green eyes she knew was standing on the porch. "Peony, how are you darling?" "Good thanks, and you? What's new since last time?" "Same as usual." "I see... Anyway, I wanted to offer you and your friends some dresses, but you need to go to the lab." "That's a lovely idea, we should be all available in two days. I will simulate my surprise when finding the lab." "That's good, see you in two days then." "See you in two days." Two days later, Rarity had reunited her friends in front of her boutique, all having different opinions about this unexpected news. "Does this friend of yours live far from here?" Asked Twilight to Rarity. "Not at all, she lives at the suburbs of Ponyville, we should be here in fifteen minutes at best." "I'm not really a pony who where dress ya know?" "Don't be ridiculous Applejack, at least you will have a new one for the next gala." "If you say so." Rarity leads the group to a house similar to any others, nothing letting suggest it was a clothing shop. Twilight noticed the sign saying "Damlanil's lab" on it and ask Rarity about it. She answered that it was the right address and opened the door with her magic, the inside was like any other house. The group entered hesitantly before the door closed itself behind them and a white flash begun to surround the mares and teleport them in an unknown place. They regain their thoughts in what seemed to be a lab with no way out at the first look. Making the six mares panic. "Do we just enter a virtual reality game?" Asked Pinkie Pie. "Reality what now?" Said Rainbow Dash. "The better question is: where are we?" Remarked Applejack. "Looks like we got teleported in a lab, but I didn't feel any magic during the process. Rarity, is that normal?" "Don't worry girls, everything is fine, in fact, this is where my friend work." Answered Rarity to Twilight and the others. "You're kidding right?" "Not at all Rainbow, we just need to find her..." The conversation was interrupted by Peony coming to welcome them. "Rarity, welcome to you and your friends!" "Thanks dear. Now, can you show us the dresses you talked about?" "Off course, follow me, this way. And please... don't touch anything..." Peony remarked while watching at Pinkie about to touch a bottle with a strange fluid moving by itself inside. The pink Earth Pony smiled innocently before taking a few steps back, Peony lead them to another room with six circles on the ground. She asks the mares to place themselves inside the circles while she goes bring the dresses. Hesitantly at first, they all followed her instructions. "Perfect, now, I will be back after I get the dresses. In the meantime, you can watch the screen above you, it will show you what the dresses look like." The group raises their heads with curiosity and start to watch, Peony on the other hoof, exits the room with a smirk. The screen starts to show several outfits, every pictures or explanation was enough to keep the attention of the six and keep them from noticing the pools rising up from the ground and place themselves just below the abdomen of the pony above. The skin around the abdomen started to change, becoming more inanimate like plastic but shiny like latex. Once the change done, the pool merged with the abdomen, becoming one with the body. The video replayed itself after the first loop had finish, without the group noticing it thanks to the subliminal messages carefully placed inside the video itself, making them watch a little more longer, enough to allow the transformation to spread to the torso. The video stop itself and the screen just shutdown after this. "That was interesting." Started Twilight. "I suppose we can at least give a shot to these dresses. What do you say?" "Absolutely Darling, after all, Peony always has a taste in fashion close to mine." "Hum, girls..." Tried to say Fluttershy without being heard. "I saw the design, and I think I will give a shot as well, but only for big events in Canterlot, I highly doubt they will be of any use at the farm." "Girls..." Tried again Fluttershy with the same result. "As long as this dress doesn't prevent me from flying, I'm okay with it." "GIRLS!!!" Screamed Fluttershy, this time catching the attention of the others. "Is THIS normal?" She asked, pointing with her hoof the torso of Twilight. The alicorn watched below to examine her torso and gasped by noticing it had started to become solid and shiny. The rest of her friends quickly realized they were sharing the same fate. They all tried to move, but didn't move from even a inch, thanks to the pool now belonging to their body and preventing them to go anywhere. "What in tarnation?!" "It tickles!" Said Pinkie between some laughs. "Peony darling! Is this normal?!" Asked Rarity to her friend but get no answer in return. "Quick! Try to get yourself out of this!" Ordered Twilight. The pool just raise them from a few inches from the ground while the transformation proceeds with the rest of the body, paralyzing muscles in the wings and disrupting any magic. While they were fighting to get free, their hooves get stuck as soon as they were in a certain angle before sharing the same fate as the rest, leaving the group in a pose very similar to the ponyquins used by Rarity but made of latex instead. The transformation then start to spread inside their body, converting everything in its path to plastic. Rainbow Dash tried to say something before her lungs were converted, however she already had some troubles with her breathing. "Quick... I can feel the inside of my body... changing... we need to... get free... before..." She never finished her sentence, her lungs having disappear and being replaced by plastic, removing the ability to talk and the need of breathing. By watching her friends, she can tell they were in the same predicament. Peony finally came back with some crystals, and only smiled when seeing the begging for help stare of the six. "Don't worry, your dresses are coming, I just need to make them first, and what's better than a ponyquin looking like you to see if it match with your mane or coat? You will only need these to stay like this and being kept alive." She then get closer to Rarity and Twilight. "I first need to remove your horn and fix these instead." She used her magic to unscrew the horns of the head of Rarity and Twilight like they were only accessories and replaces it with the fake horn, the crystal starting to glowing as soon as it was in place. She does the same with the four others. The transformation continued with the neck and the head, paralyzing them completely and removing their muzzles, their eyes then disappeared behind the plastic, removing any features of their faces. The last sound everyone could hear perfectly was the one of their ears starting to be covered. None of them was able to see their Cutie Mark moving on its own to move at the base of the pool they were now standing on. Peony took a few steps back to watch the six ponyquins matching the mane, tails and colors of Rarity and her friends then used her magic to remove the wings of Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, the wings now only being fixed by a single magnet, but also the hat of Applejack, she placed them all in a box and teleport it away. "The conversion is now complete, now let's place you all in a more appropriate place of work." The unicorn used her magic to move all ponyquins in the next room when a voice interrupted her. "Peony, are you done? We need to work on the TB Project!" With a smile, Peony placed the ponyquins not far from a black one and a blue one before answering. "I'm coming, I have all the collection now. They will not go anywhere." Peony leaves the room and locked behind her.