Eden had followed the merry laughing and chatter of the girls back to the room where she'd left Theo.  She was eager to see how they were tormenting Theo.  Except, as she entered the room, she could see that things had gone horrifically wrong!

Instead of what she was expecting, the girls, now all dressed in their elaborate outfits, were surrounding the helpless Theo treating him as if he was a huge stuffed pony doll.  Theo had been flipped on his side, his harness-locked legs sticking up in the air and making him look even more doll-like.  But instead of any kind of taunting or cruelty, the girls were making cooing noises and asking 'Who's a pretty pony?'.  Emily had Theo's head in her lap, one arm in a tight hug around his pony neck as she stroked his flowing mane of hair.  The other girls were likewise petting and stroking his flanks and legs like he was a cute little dog or cat.  Madison was even rubbing his belly!  And worst of all, absolutely worst of all... Theo was clearly loving the attention.  The look in Theo's eyes was one of complete happiness and bliss!  Eden was furious!  There was no way that Theo was going to be allowed to enjoy his punishment!  The girls had let the cute exterior of the suit deceive them.  That exterior was designed to humiliate Theo!  Instead, it let them forget who was in the suit.  They were treating him like they would any cute, fuzzy animal.  Eden raged! 

"STOP THAT!  STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!", she shouted at the girls.  Surprised at the harsh command, they all sheepishly got up from the ground... Some having more luck than others as they wrestled with their outfits.  And what amazing ornate outfits they were as the girls were all dressed for the convention.  Eden couldn't help but look them over as they all stood together, fully dressed.  The costumes were amazing, which wasn't that surprising when you consider they'd all had help from Theo's Aunt Nancy, who was a professional.  But there was no arguing that the girls all looked like they'd stepped right out of the Planetary Pony show, animation coming to life!

Planetary Ponies had originally been conceived in the grand tradition of Japanese 'Magical Girl' shows, known in Japan as mahou shoujo.  Thus when the shape-shifting ponies (who had both human and pony forms) shifted into their human forms, they were humans dressed in the uber cute magical girl style, a fashion subculture that looked like Victorian era clothing mixed with cheer-leading outfits.  As a result, all the girls were dressed in knee length dresses that all had the characteristic poof sleeves and full skirts given an inflated shape by petticoats.  The other things they all had in common were pony ears on headbands and custom made pony boots! 

The boots were designed to look like pony hooves, even making the distinctive 'clip-clop' when the wearer walked.  They looked like high heels and gave the same support as a high heel, but without any heel.  (A clever engineering feat made possible by the metal plates at the bottom of the shoe)  All the girls were wearing the custom made pony boots that had been created by Theo's aunt Nancy.  With the financial contributions of Eden, the labour of Nancy and help from others, no expense had been spared, no detail missed, making the girls look exactly like their namesakes.

Aya looked amazing as Sparkle Moon.  It was strange for everyone, used to the straight, very long black hair that was kind of her trademark, to see her with long blonde hair in pigtails, pony ears firmly bracketing the miniature sparkling crown she wore.  Of course the hair looked so real, you couldn't tell it was a wig.  Dressed mostly in a full moon coloured white with rainbow trim and highlights, her hime lolita dress featured puffy sleeves, a vest and an enormous lace decorated muffin skirt over her massive petticoats, she looked every inch a moon pony princess.

Sarah also looked glorious as Dazzling Mars.  Her hair was together in a clip, creating a mohawk look that descended down her back mimicking a horses mane.  Loose tufts of hair were artfully tucked being the pony ears.  Her outfit was a blaze of colour, done as a classic lolita style but with very bright eye-catching colours.  The material of her lolita outfit was a sparkly rainbow of colour.  Her waist sash came together into a stunning bow and then descended into her dramatic rainbow skirt over multi-coloured petticoats.  Both Aya and Sarah looked so graceful and moved like fashion models on a catwalk.  

Madison... Was not quite so together as either of those girls.  Oh, her Merry Mercury outfit was stunning.  Mostly various shades of pink, it was a darling dress in a sweet lolita style.  the outfit was very child-like, with many bows, ruffles and light colours.  Her wig was tied into pigtails with huge bouncy rag curls with a darling head-bow next to the pony ears.  Bright pink and darling, the skirt had the same voluminous petticoats as the other girls.  Maybe it was the height difference, Madison being the shortest, but the other girls looked so confident.  Madison looked like a little girl, even younger than her age.  But the real problem was that Madison was a classic tomboy.  How she'd let herself get talked into the girliest of all the dresses and how she'd let herself be made to look childlike and adorable while the other girls looked fashionable and stylish was a mystery to Madison.  The other girls had all claimed their favorites and Madison had sort of got Merry by default.  Wanting to be a good friend and go along with the group had kept her from backing out, but it was clear she was absolutely uncomfortable and a little bit embarrassed.  She'd never been one of those girls obsessed with frou-frou.  It wasn't her thing.  It wasn't that she didn't like it... She loved the look.  But she preferred admiring on someone else.  On her, it just made her uncomfortable.  And she looked every bit as uncomfortable as she felt.  As her eyes were cast down, she could look at Theo and feel like at least she was better off than someone... She looked down to see Theo still laying on his side on the ground, legs stuck straight in the air.  With the harness locked, there was no way he could move those legs and get up.  Madison had to resist the urge to help him back to his feet.  As she looked down at Theo, she saw that Emily was looking at Theo the same way, likely with the same thought.

Emily looked downright intimidating as Jaunty Jupiter.  Dressed in a punk lolita style, her mini top hat balanced precariously between her pony ears.  She wore the same cute dress as the other girls, but hers was done in a tartan style, accessorized with chains, rivets and a studded belt.  Combined with her being the tallest of the girls, she managed to make the cute outfit scary and intimidating.  Eden was very pleased with having her younger sister looking scary and intimidating.  But she would've been far less pleased if she'd realized that Emily was actually the one who had started the girls treating Theo as a cute pet.  When she had entered the room and saw Theo, Eden couldn't help herself.  The overwhelming cuteness of the scene was to much.  Emily might look the most intimidating, but she probably had the most compassion of all the girls and the biggest heart of them all, and seeing Theo dressed as a perfect Prissy Venus, she absolutely had to go to his side to pet and stroke him. hugging and petting a human sized stuffed pony doll was almost too cute for words.  Her enthusiasm had meant the other girls couldn't help but join in.

 "Awww.  Well isn't this just darling", escaped Eden's lips, dripping with sarcasm.  The girls turned to Eden, transfixed by the intimidating appearance of Eden as 'Pony Mistress' as she stood in on her stiletto thigh boots, whip in hand.
 
The girls were confused.  Before now, Eden had been a cooing mother hen, looking over their weekend plans, helping them with preparation and being very supportive.  Now, for no reason, it seemed to the girls that mother hen had become a predatory hawk.  They weren't wrong.  And the reason was simple.  It was because Eden had realized that, not only were the girls having fun, but she could tell that Theo was enjoying it too.  The mask might cover most of his face, but she could see that he was actually enjoying being surrounded by pretty young girls who were hugging and petting him.  Eden's eyes narrowed.  This was all about punishing Theo, not rewarding him.  Well, she'd soon put a stop to it!  She needed to remind them who was the enemy here.  She needed them to be part of her revenge, not a shelter for Theo.  Luckily, she'd already planned how to remove that shelter.  Eden addressed the group.

 "OK girls, you know we'll be heading to the convention shortly.  But we have time to play a little game.  It's called 'Catch the Pony'."  Eden strongly strode over to the girls and Theo in her intimidating boots.  Without even consciously thinking, all the girls moved slightly away from Theo from the sheer force of her presence.  Just one of the reasons Eden made such a good dominatrix.  Roughly grabbing Theo by the mane, she yanked him off his side and back up onto his pony legs, not missing the wince of pain in Theo's eyes as she essentially lifted him off the ground by his hair.  Theo might've yelled in shock or pain, but his gag was so well done, not a bit of noise escaped.   Placing Theo on his feet, she pulled out the belled reins attached to the bridle at the sides of Tony's mouth, tying the end to the saddle.  With the reins attached to the saddle, they would still be easy to grab, but wouldn't drag on the floor.  "We're going to release little Prissy here and you're going to capture her.  All you have to do is grab her by the reins and she'll stop."  'Like hell I will', Theo thought, forgetting about the sharp little surprises in the bit in his mouth. 

Eden looked at the girls, and they generally didn't seem very excited.  They were all in their convention costumes, with hair and make-up done.  Not only that, but all the girls were wearing the custom made pony boots that had been by Theo's aunt Nancy.  None of them seem too enthusiastic about running around after someone in what were essentially high heels without a heel.  Of course, this was perfect for Eden.  She wanted to prevent Theo from being seen as part of the group.  She wanted the girls to be inconvenienced by Theo, to be annoyed by him.  She wanted them to remember it was Theo the bully in that suit, not to see the pretty pink Prissy the pony he appeared to be.  So now it was time to provide the motivation.

 "So here's the reward.  Whoever catches Goldilocks, our little cutey-pie pony, will get to be in charge of this neat little app."  With that, Eden pulled out a brand new smartphone, and began poking at the screen.  "With this app, you get to decide what words come out of Prissy's mouth."  Clicking the button, Eden triumphantly looked towards Theo.
 
 "NEEEIIIGHH", Theo said, just like a horse.  Except wait!  Theo's eyes widened in surprise.  Theo still had that rubber bit with metal parts in his mouth, preventing him from saying anything.  He couldn't make that noise even if he had wanted to.  Instead, the noise had come out of the speaker hidden in Theo's collar.  To everyone in the room though, it sounded exactly as if it had come from Theo in the suit.  With a wide grin, Eden again tapped away at the keyboard.  "I love being Prissy Venus!" Theo said sweetly just like the character from the show, although it was clearly in Theo's voice.  Theo shook his head back and forth as if to say 'No, that wasn't me!'.  But the voice sounded just like Theo, except slightly muffled as if it was coming from behind a mask. Even though it wasn't Theo, everyone would assume it was him speaking... Even those who knew Theo!  The girls knew it was coming from the speaker and they couldn't believe it wasn't Theo.  The girls were instantly fascinated.
   "How did you make it sound so much like him?", Emily asked.
   "Happy coincidence", Eden answered.  "You can enter you own voices, but it came with a number of pre-created voice you can use and when I went through them, it just happened one sounds quite a bit like Theo.  Once I'd applied the 'muffled' filter to make it sound like it was coming from behind a mask, it sounded even more like Theo."  Eden smiled down into the wary eyes of Theo.  "I guess some things are just meant to be."
 
 Eden looked around the room and could see she had piqued their interest in the phone.  A few taps on the screen, and Theo said "Girls are weak and dumb!" and "No stupid girl could ever catch me!"  Even though the girls knew it was Eden behind the words, the girls still gave Theo the evil eye as a voice that sounded just like Theo said things exactly like what Theo would say.  Eden could quickly see her actions were helping all the girls remember who it was in that suit.  As each girl thought about that, she could see the evil grins spread through the room as each girl imagined what they were going to make Theo say if they won.  Eden felt triumphant.  Her plan was almost in place.  First to pretty up the carrot...
 
   "Oh, and whoever catches Theo also gets to keep the phone."  A brand new, top of the line smartphone?  She definitely had their interest.  And now for the stick...  "But, if Goldilocks is able to evade you girls for five minutes, then she gets to pick one of you girls and you switch outfits for the convention and Theo gets the phone."  Eden could almost hear the jaws drop.
   "Inside the pony suit?  No!"
   "But I worked for hours on this outfit..."
   "That's not fair!" and a jumble of other exclamations came from the girls.  But Theo had perked up.  A chance to get out of this suit?  For that, he would even wear one of the girly outfits they were wearing.  As bad as they were, they were better than this!  Just to be able to walk on his feet, to have hands...  And he was going to get to strap one of the girls into his pony costume?  Theo was going to be the one to drag her around by the reins and make her say whatever he wanted... Theo imagined the possibilities.

   What if he picked Emily?  He'd already been thinking about getting revenge on her.  He imagined the larger girl having to squeeze into the Theo sized pony costume and giggled thinking about how uncomfortable she would be.  Squeezed and strapped, she'd be barely able to move, a picture which pleased Theo.  The discomfort would insure Emily would truly regret what she'd done.  But Theo would have to wear her large, over-sized clothes.  That would make Theo look silly.  Not that he wouldn't look silly in any of their outfits, but Theo would look like a kid playing dress-up in Emily's outfit making it even worse.  So that was out.  Likewise, he couldn't pick tiny Madison.  There was no way he'd squeeze into her clothes.  Besides, Madison looked so uncomfortable in a dress and heels.  She was constantly tugging on the outfit self-consciously.  Her discomfort was almost palpable and... Theo liked her just as she was.  And even though Theo would never admit it, Madison had earned some respect from Theo.  She could talk sports as well as any of the guys and he'd recently found out she raced dirt bikes on weekends. 

   So who to choose between Aya and Sarah?  While it would be hilarious using the phone to make her say "Oh, me so solly!  Me no speak Engrish!" or "China numbah one, superior to Japan!", all things that would drive Aya crazy, her outfit was also extremely feminine.  Not that all the outfits weren't girly, but Aya and Madison's outfits were more-so.  Aya looked too much like a classic princess, and if Theo had a choice, there was no way he was going to pick the girliest outfit.
  
   So that left Sarah.  Yeah, the more he thought about it, the more that choice made Theo happy.  Sarah deserved to be in the pony suit.  She was so hot, but she refused to just shut up and be Theo's arm candy like Theo wanted.  A pretty girl like that was wasted if she wasn't on some guys arm!  She was the one who had openly rejected his attempt to date her.  And then, when he'd tried to intimidate her, to scare her into doing what he wanted, she'd just laughed at him!  Just because she was beautiful and smart and nice and cool, she thought she could reject Theo.  Really, if you think about it, Theo had no choice but to spread the rumor that she was a dyke.  How could Theo handle that rejection any other way than making sure everyone knew Sarah was a big old lesbian?  Theo giggled remembering how he'd started the rumor and soon he was watching Sarah and the 'cool girls' getting into arguments.  Soon she wasn't a cool girl anymore.  Soon Sarah was hanging out with these other losers, a bunch of dweebs who thought a convention was cool!  LAME!  Theo was so going to enjoy humiliating Sarah.  He'd use the phone to make her say things like "I'm a lesbian because I'm not good enough to be with a man."  Oh, Theo had a whole list of the most homophobic things he was going to make her say.  His revenge would be glorious.  Right then he vowed that no girl was going to catch him.  He was the warrior, the beast, the T-Dog, as he liked calling himself.  Losing was simply not an option.
  
   'There's no one here capable of beating the T-Dog!  They're just girls', Theo thought to himself, then smiled as he readied for the competition he would surely win.