The Twilight Corruption

The air was flowing around Rainbow Dash, as she zipped and zoomed across the sky, flying fast and taking risks as was her nature. At that speed, it would have been nigh impossible to see the flash on the ground, much less chance if you weren’t expecting it. Unsurprisingly, Rainbow Dash did not notice, instead focussing on the flight ahead. Nor did she notice the hot air balloon or numerous other traps scattered around the landscape. Twilight lowered her binoculars, having taken stock of the situation, she realised that Rainbow Dash could be her final attempt at hypnosis and so wanted it to be special with her observing from a hot air balloon with a nice glass of wine and some chocolates.

All was prepared, with Fluttershy and her army of birds, waiting to distract, Spike piloting the hot air balloon, due to his experience, Rarity with her web of fabrics, Applejack heaving a cage along, also giving the use of Sweet Apple Acres as a staging ground, and Pinkie who was waiting to call out to her friend and prank partner. All was in order, the trap was set on a hair trigger and on Twilight's signal it was sprung. With a loud shout, Pinkie called out to ‘Dashie’ asking her to come and play.

Rainbow Dash, completely unawares of the fixed nature of the encounter, began to fly towards Pinkie, when out of nowhere she was accosted by birds of all shapes and sizes, swarming her and pecking at her wings. Falling to the ground, she can be forgiven for thinking that this was the end for her. No, instead she was caught and tangled in fabric, as varied as the birds that came before it. Stunned and confused, it was a simple matter of telekinesis on Rarity’s part to place Dash in the cage.

With her captured, Twilight could reveal her hand in this, the hot air balloon lowering to the soft, green ground. She reached the cage at roughly the same time as the others, Rainbow looking out at them. “This is a really bad prank guys, I mean sure you get points for execution, but now I’m just gonna have to prank you twice as hard to get back at you!” Snickering, she attempted to lift the door on top of the cage, only to find it thoroughly locked.

“Actually Rainbow, this isn’t a prank, now let me just hold your head still…” that was all Rainbow could hear before she found herself in a tree, having just woken from one of her infamous mid-day naps. Shaking the sleep, and the dream, off she set out to Ponyville to find Twilight. That dream was way to be normal, according to her, maybe Twilight knew something, after all she is the smartest of them. Hell, even if she didn’t it would still to be good to check up on the egghead.

A short flight to the library later and Rainbow Dash was just about to open the door, when she noticed something, something that was a tad different, a bit odd. A niggling voice in the back of her head telling her not to visit Twilight, to not open that door, and giving her a whole list of other things to do instead. However, whenever she tried to focus on the voice, her head would get really hot, as if there were some resistance. Shaking it off, she really needed to see Twilight this was all getting too weird and the only way to get to Twilight was through the door…

Thats when she realised what was wrong, she almost never went through the door, she went through the window. Smiling to herself, she realised that voice must have been Pinkie wanting her to play a prank or something, she didn’t question it, if Pinkie has that Pinkie sense then who knows what else she could do. Correcting course for the window, she did feel a slight change in the air. Without her knowing, the entire scene behind her wobbled, sensing a change, in, well, let’s call it reality.

Diving through the window, she instantly panicked as something latched itself to her neck, trying to fight it off was fruitless as it’s hold was nearly choking. The last thing she noticed before she blacked out, was the fact that the library was empty, not as in no books or tables, but as in everything that she could have seen from the window was simply not there. Where there was a window before there was now just a blank space where nothing but the hole she made existed and she could see straight through it, back into Ponyville. Then, everything went black, and Twilights mission was complete.

Waking back up, Rainbow was given the same instructions that the rest got, with the caveat that from henceforth she would use the door, not the window. While she was obedient, Twilight was excited. I did it, their all fixed and if they all agree with me, then the Princess will have to listen! The monster will be sent to the moon, or stoned, or whatever the Elements decide, all that matters is that my friends are fixed and I’ve saved Equestria!