"No. There's definitely something wrong here!" Lucy exclaimed, rushing back into the store. Retracing their steps, she stopped right in front of the crystal ball with Annie trotting close behind with a concerned look on her face.
"What are you looking for? I don't think we left anything here... Oh wait, maybe my saddle?" Annie asked as she flared her nose to snort in confusion, to which Lucy tried to ignore.
"Everything was normal up to this point..." she said, looking around the area where the crystal ball was held. "But I don't see anything out of place here than when we first came!"
"Maybe it was the crystal ball that I was looking at with my hooves?" the horse minded girl wondered, pointing her curled up hand towards the sphere as though it were a hoof.
"You mean this one?" Lucy said as her hand moved forward to examine the crystal ball, unaware of her actions until it was too late. Her mind became transfixed to the ball as her memories began to stir and change. It was an oddly soothing sensation to feel her memories and thoughts being molded to better fit the situation. What was different this time around was that the crystal ball then flashed a bright light that enveloped reality itself, as though it were aware about Lucy's shocked reaction towards her friend's new mental disposition.
As the light faded, Lucy came out of her trance, wondering what had just happened when she looks down at Annie who was looking up at her still on all fours with her hands still balled up like hooves, causing her to smile.
"Well, I guess I was worrying for nothing! C'mon Annie, let's head out and find you a nice saddle so we can go out on a stroll again!" she told her horse minded friend, now with the mind of her horse rider, causing Annie to let out a human sounding whinny in happiness.
"Oh I can't wait Lucy! It'll be so nice to feel my hooves in the dirt and wind in my mane!" Annie said excitedly in a way that sounded like a human trying to mimic a neighing noise in her speech.
With that, Lucy got onto Annie's back, holding on to her shoulders to keep herself from falling off and the two rode out of the store. Though there weren't any physical changes, Annie had no problem carrying Lucy's weight on top nor did she have trouble walking forward on all fours without wobbling or bouncing too much.