Test Dummy

"Bubble bubble toil and trouble! Fire burn and cauldron bubble!"

The little draconequus cackled maniacally as he created some sort of concoction in a giant iron cauldron. Whistle Tune tensed anxiously at the creepy noise, cowering beside his friend.

He leaned over the bowl to stare at the boiling hot, skunk-smelling, baby barf green thick liquid that Whistle himself would have to taste test when it finished brewing. His soon to be destroyed stomach turned at just the thought.

"E-Elixir?" Whistle mumbled quietly, cowering sheepishly. "Are you sure this is....safe?"

Elixir quickly swung his head in the batpony's direction with a frightening, ambitious stare in his yellowish purple eyes. Whistle immediately felt the sensitive fur around his neck and shoulders bristle up from fear and made him look like a startled kitten.

"Safe? Safe?" the zebra hybrid emphasized, raising his voice in excitement. His growing blue horns began to glow with magic and a vile appeared out of nowhere along with a drippy ladle bearing the seemingly revolting potion. The ladle tilted over the vile and with a loud, spitting sizzle, the liquid gathered in the bottle. Whistle swallowed hard and his ears slicked back in terror. "What does SAFETY matter when you're on the verge of a possible science breakthrough?!"

Elixir snatched his friend by the sides of his face and squished hard. "After this day, Whistle Ananias Tune, I'll become legendary! Just like my dad!"

"Like....um...you're gonna flood Ponyville with chocolate rain or release Tirek from Tartarus or--?"

"Pft! I WISH. But Mama said no." Elixir rolled his eyes in disappointment. "This is something different. I created a new potion that will pull off something amazing!"

"Like what?" Whistle looked nervous and skeptical, knowing very well he was about to become a guinea pig. "What does the potion do?"

"Let's see." Elixir practically shoved the bottle into Whistle Tune's face, mushing his nose.

Beads of sweat formed on Whistle's forehead and he felt his stomach lurch into his throat in a fit of panic. He held his breath to stop himself from gagging at the musty smell. "Elixir..."

"What's the matter?" Elixir demanded, wiggling the bottle impatiently. "You're not a chicken, are you?" The fluid foamed and bubbled inside the vile, causing steam to press against the glass.

"Elixir," Whistle gulped hard. "I can't drink that. I can barely smell it without dry-heaving. And my mom would be mad if I did."

"Oh," Elixir straightened his posture and pulled the vile away, much to Whistle's relief. "You're not gonna drink it."

Whistle Tune let out a long breath of relief. "Oh good. I was worried--"

He suddenly scrunched as a burning sensation spread like a spider on his back and a horrifying sizzle met his ears. "Nnngh!"

"Relax, ya big baby. The pain'll wear off in a second. Y'know probably." The draconequus cub shrugged nonchalantly.

"What's it gonna do to me?!" The batpony whined.

"It's going to morph your whole coat into spikes, like a porcupine! Soon you can shoot quills at ponies!"

"Why would I wanna do that?!?"

"Cuz it would be fun! And so awesome!" Elixir snickered mischievously.

"Wha--well...why didn't you just use the potion on yourself?!" Whistle demanded.

"Oh come on I had to see if it would work first. Not just gonna dump it on me."

"But you'll dump it on me."

"Whistle." Elixir set a paw on his shoulder. "Come on. Gotta get my favorite test dum--ah--assistant in on my revolutionary finds."

"Elixir it HURTS! I don't feel any spikes at all!" Whistle wrinkled his nose.

"...and why do I smell burning hair?"

"Oops..."

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So this is one of many experiments Elixir performed on Whistle Tune.

Sadly, like his mother, Whistle often could be walked all over and manipulated, but afraid to stand up for himself in fear of losing a friend. Those were hard enough to come by for a vampire-like tree climbing batpony as it was.

Fluttershy and Discord being such good friends, their kids were often together for play dates and whatnot and somehow Whistle turned into somewhat of a toy for Elixir to experiment on with potions and chaos magic.

Most were harmless, the worst was one time being turned into a mango tree, up until this very moment.

Elixir tried to turn Whistle's coat into prickly needles but all that happened was half Whistle's coat burnt off and left big sensitive pink patches of skin for weeks

Elixir: fav.me/dat43x7

Whistle Tune: fav.me/da97few

On a side note I'm really happy how this turned out I love lightning gosh do I love lightning