Hour of Twilight

Twilight and Fluttershy appeared in Twilight's rooms, to the sight of Dash pinned face-down against the floor by the chair she was bound to. Judging by the scrape marks on the floor, she had managed to move the chair over almost every surface in the room, most likely looking for something to free herself with.

Sensing their presence, Dash started trying to hop the chair over to them, clearly intent on trying to get help with freeing herself.

"Hey. Could you by chance help me get out of this chair?" Dash asked, oblivious as to just who it was in the room with her.

Using her magic, Twilight flipped the chair back over and released Dash from its grip.

"Thanks, whoever you ar… Whoa," Dash said, finally getting a look at Twilight, before she noticed Fluttershy standing beside her, "Fluttershy, who's your friend? How long have you been hiding"

Dash paused for a second before continuing, "Her?" she said, examining Twilight, trying to discern what gender she was.

Twilight nodded, not wanting to speak because she was enjoying messing with her friend. Sending a mental message to Fluttershy, she explained exactly what Fluttershy should say.

Speaking softly, Fluttershy began, "This is my older sister," her voice a mumble as her natural shyness kicked in.

Dash leaned in closer, trying to understand what her shy friend had said, "What was that?"

"I said, this is my older sister," Fluttershy said, her voice barely audible, but understandable just the same.

"Sister huh? What's her name?"

"Autumn Bloom," Fluttershy's voice returning to it's normal volume.

"How come I've never met her before?"

"She's been attending college in Gryphonia," Fluttershy hid behind her hair, "Or at least, she was, before the war started."

Dash turned to Twilight, "Well, Ms. Bloom, how is your Gryphonian?"

Twilight sparked her magic (Just a quick flash, too fast for either Fluttershy or Dash to see), changing her voice, and started to speak in perfect Gryphonian, "So Knobruheyh ec ihtancdyhtypma pid dnimo, Nyehpuf Tycr, ruf famm tu oui cbayg ed?"

"E't cyo ouin Knobruheyh ec suna dryh ihtancdyhtypma, Sc. Pmuus. Oui cbayg mega y hydeja," Dash said, though her speech wasn't as clear, and it carried an unmistakable Equestrian accent.

Twilight laughed to herself, then cancelled the magic changing her voice, "It would seem that you did remember something from class, Dash."

Rainbow Dash, who had been about to speak again, simply started choking on the words she was about to say, coughing violently until Twilight used her magic to clear her throat.

"T-Twilight," Dash said, her voice rough from the coughing, "What the heck? What happened to you?"

"When the Gryphons set off that bomb, it left a giant ball of magic where Cloudsdale was. When I went up to examine it, I touched it, and all of that magic flowed into me. I guess all of that power changed my body so it could hold it."

"Ok. So what's with the armor?" Dash asked, "It doesn't even match."

Twilight sighed. 'How many times am I going to have to explain this?' she thought to herself.

"I'm guessing it's a physical manifestation of Harmony, a way of showing our unity as Element bearers and as friends."

"Uh huh," Dash said, "That sounds a little far fetched, don't you think?"

"It's all I can figure that can explain what this armor is for."

Dash moved closer, examining the armor closer, particularly the piece with her color and Cutie Mark. Hesitantly at first, she lifted her hoof to touch it. Upon touching the armor, her hoof sank in to it.

Freaking out, Dash tried to pull her hoof back, but only succeeded in pulling the piece of armor off of Twilight. Slowly, it started melting and flowing up Dash's hoof, before re-solidifying as chest armor, with her Cutie Mark proudly emblazoned over her heart.

"What the heck, Twilight?" Dash said, as she tried to pull the armor off, "Why won't this come off?"

Fluttershy, curious, walked up and did the same thing as Dash, with the same results, "Oh my. What could this mean, Twilight?"

"Your guess is as good as mine, at the moment."

Twilight started a scan, trying to find out the purpose in what the armor was doing. Sensing nothing, she sighed and gave up.

"I can't figure out why it's doing that. Sorry girls. Can you come back tomorrow? I really need to sleep."

"Sure Twilight," Fluttershy said as she and Dash walked out of her room, "See you tomorrow."