The fatal error

by Ehrlichkeit

Chapter Nine

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Hey guys, I'm running out of Ideas for this, and I want to get to writing the sequel sooner rather than later. As I said earlier, it may not be the happiest thing ever.

"I'm free! Finally free!" Rainbow yelled as she exited the hellish building with Twilight and Spitfire close behind. They spent the last hour making sure that Rainbow would be fine on her hooves. She collapsed a few times, but overall she would be fine. She hadn't suffered much damage to her physical build. There had been too many surprises for Rainbow in that hospital. Two of the biggest were the surprise visits from Spitfire, and him...

Twilight chuckled a bit. She was happy to see Rainbow happy, "Yes, but remember, we have things that need to be done."

With a smile on her face, Spitfire said, "Alright guys, I'll come visit you later. I have stuff to think about." With that she darted off into the skies. She did have a lot to think about, she was surprised quite a few times in the short time she was there.

Rainbow hoped that Spitfire would make the decision to move here, it would be really cool to get to know the captain of the Wonderbolts. Well, of course, if she did move here she would have to quit the Wonderbolts, but it would still be cool to know the former Wonderbolt captain.

Twilight decided it would be interesting to have Spitfire move here. She knew that if she did, she would be tackled at first sight wandering the town, but the ponies would eventually get used to it. She also knew that if Spitfire moved to Ponyville, Rainbow would pull her into the group of six they already had. None the less, Rainbow and Twilight had stuff that needed to get done.

Rainbow decided that she would go get Scootaloo first and get all the boring paperwork done quickly, "Hey, Twilight, I'm gonna go get Scootaloo. I'll meet you in the library in an hour or so."

"Alright Dash, I'll see you then." Twilight and Rainbow shared a quick kiss before the two parted their ways.

***

Twilight just got to the library and opened the door, only to see a familiar blue Alicorn. Twilight stumbled backwards, "P-princess!" It was Princess Luna.

"Ah, Twilight, you're finally here! I'm sorry I came unannounced. Oh, and please, just Luna."

Twilight got up and asked, "Prin- err, Luna, what brings you here?"

"Well, I figured out a way to make the spell we re-created earlier easier to cast. It is quite complicated actually. Oh, and I wanted to ask you when you were going to cast this spell on your friend."

Twilight didn't quite remember mentioning why she was going to need the spell. She didn't remember much of the details of that night other than the spell. She concluded that it was one of her forgotten memories and replied to the Princess, "If all goes well... it should be tonight."

Luna's face brightened a little, "Wonderful! Is it okay if I get the preparations ready?"

"Of course Princess, follow me" Twilight led Luna to the same place they cast the spell the first time, and Luna got to work.

***

Rainbow was walking up to the front door of Sweet Apple Acres. It felt odd to Rainbow walking this far. She usually never walked. It would take some getting used to. Rainbow knocked on the door and it was quickly answered by Big Macintosh, "Hey Big mac, is Scootaloo here?"

If he was surprised at all he didn't show it, "Eeyup." He walked back and a couple minutes later a small orange Pegasus. It looked like her wings were finally starting to grow, "Hey kiddo, you ready to go?" Scootaloo was excited to see Rainbow Dash at the door. She knew that Rainbow was getting out of the hospital today. Scootaloo was trying to play it cool in front of her role model and soon-to-be mother, "Yeah, lets go!" Truth be told, Scoots didn't even know where they were going. Scootaloo followed Dash and they left on their way to the Library.

***

Rainbow and Scootaloo were just getting to the library as Twilight walked out, "Hey Twilight!" Twilight turned to meet their gaze, "Hey Rainbow, Scootaloo" Twilight turned her head a little and smiled.

Rainbow asked, "Are you ready to go Twilight?"

"Yeah, Luna is setting up for 'the spell.'" Twilight and Rainbow just decided to call it 'the spell' for now.

Scootaloo, confused, asked, "What's 'the spell'?"

Rainbow chuckled and looked at Scootaloo, "It's nothin' kiddo, you'll see soon enough."

Scootaloo shrugged and walked in between both of her soon-to-be parents. She wondered what life would be like, certainly better than it was. Twilight and Rainbow actually had a very extensive conversation about this. Twilight at first tried to argue, but she realized that it would be better for Scootaloo and Rainbow. It would make Scootaloo's life happier overall and it would certainly teach Rainbow responsibility, but with all the time she spent in the hospital, she grew up a lot. Rainbow was ready to take on this challenge.

Twilight had always noticed something about that Pegasus, secretly making her Twilight's favorite. Scootaloo reminded her of Dash. This would certainly be an interesting change in her life. The three walked off to go get the legal adoption papers signed.

***

Luna just finished the painting of the incredibly complicated runic symbol on the wall of the room the spell would be cast in. This specific symbol would help Twilight and release the strain on her mind while she casts the spell. It should be enough to keep her conscious through the whole spell. It will still put quite a bit of magical strain on her though, nothing can help her completely.

Conveniently, Scootaloo, Rainbow, Twilight, and Spitfire just got back. Spitfire caught the three others when she was flying around town, exploring. Scootaloo freaked out when she saw Spitfire, but eventually calmed down. She was incredibly excited already, having two great new parents. Luna walked into the main room of the library to greet them, only expecting two, "Hello Twilight!"

Spitfire didn't jump when she saw the Princess, she was used to seeing them, "Hello Luna, nice to see you again." Twilight just nodded while Scootaloo stumbled backwards and freaked out. She wasn't used to seeing the Princesses on a regular basis. Twilight got Rainbow's attention, "Rainbow, you ready?"

This shook Rainbow out of her shock and she replied, regaining her coolness, "Yeah, lets do this."

Twilight turned to Scootaloo and Spitfire, "You two should probably stay out here, we don't know all the side effects of the spell or what could happen yet."

Twilight and Rainbow followed Princess Luna into the enchanted room.

Twilight told Rainbow to get to the very center of the room as Luna told Twilight how to use the runic symbol to her advantage. Luna cast a spell on both Twilight and Rainbow to monitor their vitals and make sure nothing happened. Twilight tapped into the magical reserve of the symbol and her horn quickly lit in a dark purple. The magical aura locked Rainbow in place and a ball of pure energy formed out of Twilight's horn. It was colored a deep cyan, nearly the same color as Rainbow's coat. Twilight was immediately feeling weak and she felt the spell starting to fail. She pushed more energy into the spell and the ball of energy moved towards Rainbow slowly. The cyan ball touched Rainbows forehead and the entire room exploded in a blast of light. Rainbow immediately fell and Twilight fell with her. Twilight's vitals had quickly spiked and dropped below normal levels. Rainbow's just spiked for a few moments and returned to just above normal.

Luna quickly cast every spell she could think of that would help Twilight. She was panicking. She never thought this would actually happen, she should have known better. Luna felt another spike in Twilight's heart rate, then nothing.

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Hey guys, thank Systemfail for this chapter. We were annoying each other for quite a while with PM's and such. I even managed to convince him to make a story of his own a few days back, it is a TwilightxVinyl, check it out Here

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