Crystallized

Sweetie Belle stared at the large book in her magic, the cover was made from leather that was old and torn up. Green and purple lines spiraled around the title written in black letters: Untold Magic of the Empire. The filly smiled and tip-toed past the sleeping pony and sat down at a small table in another room. Sweetie Belle levitated the book up to the table and flipped to the first page.

"Hmmm..." The filly said curiously flipping through each page, "What's in this book that can challenge me?".

        She continued to scan through the pages until she reached a divider that read, 'Advanced Magic'. Sweetie Belle grinned mischievously. The unicorn flipped through the 'Advanced Magic' section, then stopped. She stared at one spell in particular eagerly. The spell created large, shiny crystals that would appear out of thin air.

        Sweetie Belle gasped and smiled excitedly, "Ooh! I really want to try this! Then I can show Rarity I can do Advanced Magic! She'd probably really like the gems too!" She squealed quietly.

        The filly read the spell carefully, making sure she didn't miss any details. Though the only detail that she missed was the 'Warning' label. Sweetie Belle took a step back from the table and concentrated on the book intensely. She focused as hard as she could. After a moment, sweat broke from her forehead and Sweetie Belle continued to force the spell. She winced and growled at herself to keep trying. Finally, a thunderous crack broke the silence. Razor sharp, black crystals shot up from the ground around her. Sweetie Belle flattened her ears as her eyes turned green and red, along with purple flames. Her horn bubbled purple and black and she whimpered nervously. A few, single tears rolled down her cheek as she noticed the dark crystals encasing her.

        The moment before she was fully trapped in shiny, black stone, she screamed, "Rarity!" Then was completely covered and couldn't move.

        Sweetie Belle thought she must look a lot like that chaos creature back when she was on the field trip in Mrs. Cheerilee's class...

        The filly in the statue looked miserable. Her ears were flattened, eyes closed with flames on the ends, and her head tilted back to look like she was yelling. Trails ran down her cheeks and at the end of her muzzle were two frozen teardrops.

        At the sound of Sweetie Belle's cry for help, Twilight blinked her eyes open and looked around to see what the problem was. Rarity trotted quickly down the staircase, looking around nervously.

        "What's the matter Sweetie Belle?" Rarity said loudly, "Sweetie Belle?" She repeated, "Sweetie, where are you!?" The mare yelled.

        Twilight mumbled and shuffled around the library with a tired expression, "Where'd that filly go?" Suddenly, Twilight stopped when she noticed the mess of books that were in the wagon, "Uh... Rarity? Do you think maybe Sweetie Belle made this mess?" She asked glaring at the order of special books.

        Rarity trotted over to the carts, "Hmm... When did the books get here anyways?"

        "Earlier this morning, I think." The alicorn answered quickly.

        "Weird..." The unicorn answered slowly, then continued to walk throughout the library searching for the filly. "Sweetie Belle? Sweetie Belle where are you young mare!? Why aren't you answering?" She shouted.

        Spike hopped down the stairs rubbing the sleep from his eyes slowly,  "What's with all the noise?" She mumbled.

        Rarity zipped up to the dragon, "Have you seen Sweetie Belle? She won't answer anypony and we can't find her!" The unicorn continued to maneuver around the library nervously.

        Twilight trotted past Spike slowly and he followed after her. After endless minutes of searching the library, Rarity trotted into another room hopelessly.

        The mare stopped dead in her tracks and widened her eyes, "Gaaah," She mumbled, "Twilight? Darling? I think I found... S-Sweetie Belle..." She explained nervously staring at the dark statue.