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Magical Mystery Cure, part 1
May. 20th, 2014 08:00 am"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight snaps, shaking water out of her mane. "That's not funny!"
May. 20th, 2014
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight snaps, shaking water out of her mane. "That's not funny!"
Magical Mystery Cure, part 3
May. 20th, 2014 01:18 pmTwilight bursts back through the doors of the library. "This is bad, this is very very bad--" She has a hunch she knows what's the cause of all this, and if she's right...
Spike is close behind her. "What's goin' on? Why is this happening??"
"Last night, when you were taking one of your seven-hour bubble baths, I got a special delivery from the Princess," Twilight explains. "It was an old spellbook belonging to Star Swirl the Bearded--"
"That crazy grandpa pony you dressed up for on Nightmare Night?"
"--the famous unicorn wizard, yes," says Twilight, gritting her teeth. "There was an incomplete spell in the back of the book that Princess Celestia wanted me to finish. I cast the spell so I could find out what it was, but nothing seemed to happen... but now I know something did happen!"
She gestures toward the display case containing the Elements of Harmony. Something is different. The colors of five of the six gems--all except for Twilight's own--have somehow been mixed up. "The spell has changed the Elements of Harmony! That must be why their cutie marks are all wrong!"
"So just cast a counterspell to switch 'em back," suggests Spike.
Twilight flips through the notebook frantically, but-- "There is no counterspell!"
"Why don't you just use that memory spell you used to fix everypony when Discord was here?"
Twilight shakes her head. "It's not their memories, Spike. It's their true selves that have been altered."
"Zecora's cure for the cutie pox?"
"That won't work either!" Twilight wails. She shoves the notebook into Spike's claws and walks away, frustrated and defeated.
"...maybe it won't be so bad," offers Spike. "Maybe your friends will grow to like their new lives."
Twilight sighs. "No, Spike. They're not who they were meant to be anymore. Their destinies are now changed... and it's all my fault."
Spike is close behind her. "What's goin' on? Why is this happening??"
"Last night, when you were taking one of your seven-hour bubble baths, I got a special delivery from the Princess," Twilight explains. "It was an old spellbook belonging to Star Swirl the Bearded--"
"That crazy grandpa pony you dressed up for on Nightmare Night?"
"--the famous unicorn wizard, yes," says Twilight, gritting her teeth. "There was an incomplete spell in the back of the book that Princess Celestia wanted me to finish. I cast the spell so I could find out what it was, but nothing seemed to happen... but now I know something did happen!"
She gestures toward the display case containing the Elements of Harmony. Something is different. The colors of five of the six gems--all except for Twilight's own--have somehow been mixed up. "The spell has changed the Elements of Harmony! That must be why their cutie marks are all wrong!"
"So just cast a counterspell to switch 'em back," suggests Spike.
Twilight flips through the notebook frantically, but-- "There is no counterspell!"
"Why don't you just use that memory spell you used to fix everypony when Discord was here?"
Twilight shakes her head. "It's not their memories, Spike. It's their true selves that have been altered."
"Zecora's cure for the cutie pox?"
"That won't work either!" Twilight wails. She shoves the notebook into Spike's claws and walks away, frustrated and defeated.
"...maybe it won't be so bad," offers Spike. "Maybe your friends will grow to like their new lives."
Twilight sighs. "No, Spike. They're not who they were meant to be anymore. Their destinies are now changed... and it's all my fault."
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Magical Mystery Cure, part 4
May. 20th, 2014 02:42 pmTwilight has been lying on her bed staring out the window for... well, Spike's not sure how long it's been. Too long, is what it's been. He has to do something to cheer her up.
"Come on, Twilight. You'll figure out a way to fix this." He gently lays a claw on the unicorn's shoulder. "These are your friends."
Twilight is silent for a long moment before she responds.
"You're right, Spike." She slides off of the bed and trots over to the mantelpiece, where an old photograph of Twilight and her six pony friends stands. "They mean more to me than anything. My friends..."
My friends...
Just thinking about them--everything they've done for her, everything they've done for each other--gives her a warm feeling inside. One that spreads through her whole body, radiating out of her like light, like magic...
"Twilight? Are you all right?" asks Spike, but Twilight barely hears him.
Everything they've done for me. Everything they've done for each other.
"I've got it!" Twilight's head snaps up. "I know what to do!"
"You do?"
Twilight grabs a jeweled chest off of a nearby shelf--the same jeweled chest that the Elements of Harmony were stored in back in Canterlot. "I may not be able to remind them of who they are," she says as she gallops down the stairs, "but I can show them what they mean to each other." She tosses five of the Elements into the chest and settles the tiara of the Element of Magic onto her own head. "They'll find the part of themselves that's been lost so they can help the friends they care about so much! Come on, Spike!"
Armed with magical artifacts and a newfound sense of hope, the unicorn and the dragon set out into the rainy afternoon.
"Come on, Twilight. You'll figure out a way to fix this." He gently lays a claw on the unicorn's shoulder. "These are your friends."
Twilight is silent for a long moment before she responds.
"You're right, Spike." She slides off of the bed and trots over to the mantelpiece, where an old photograph of Twilight and her six pony friends stands. "They mean more to me than anything. My friends..."
My friends...
Just thinking about them--everything they've done for her, everything they've done for each other--gives her a warm feeling inside. One that spreads through her whole body, radiating out of her like light, like magic...
"Twilight? Are you all right?" asks Spike, but Twilight barely hears him.
Everything they've done for me. Everything they've done for each other.
"I've got it!" Twilight's head snaps up. "I know what to do!"
"You do?"
Twilight grabs a jeweled chest off of a nearby shelf--the same jeweled chest that the Elements of Harmony were stored in back in Canterlot. "I may not be able to remind them of who they are," she says as she gallops down the stairs, "but I can show them what they mean to each other." She tosses five of the Elements into the chest and settles the tiara of the Element of Magic onto her own head. "They'll find the part of themselves that's been lost so they can help the friends they care about so much! Come on, Spike!"
Armed with magical artifacts and a newfound sense of hope, the unicorn and the dragon set out into the rainy afternoon.
Magical Mystery Cure, part 5
May. 20th, 2014 02:57 pmA mark of one's destiny, singled out alone, fulfilled...
Twilight gasps and pulls out of her friends' embrace. "Wait a second, that's it! I understand now. I know how to fix the spell!"
She doesn't bother trying to explain. She just gallops back to the library, with five very confused ponies following in her wake. She picks up Star Swirl the Bearded's notebook from where she left it on the table, summons a quill pen, and starts writing:
With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end.
As she writes the final glyph, she can already feel power building. The Element stone on her tiara flares with a brilliant light, sending a pulse of magical energy through the room. The other Elements flare in response, each sending a beam of magic back toward Twilight. The sheer force of it leaves the ponies powerless to move--all they can do is stare in shock and confusion.
Twilight, surrounded by an increasingly powerful aura of magic, is likewise paralyzed and shocked--but only for a moment. It's okay, says a wordless voice inside her. This is meant to be. She closes her eyes, and waits for whatever is coming next.
The light increases to a blinding flash.
Then, abruptly, it's gone.
And so is Twilight.
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