Princess Trixie Sparkle - The Story behind the Musical

“Alright, Maybe Lickety split was a tiny bit of an exaggeration.” Apple said, adding another book to her pile of rejects. “There’s got to be a faster way of doing this.”

“No…” Twilight said, looking quickly through the pages of one book. She set it aside and looked through the next one. “No no no! There isn’t anything usable in these diaries!”

“I’m not having any luck either.” Fluttershy said sadly.

Rarity groaned impatiently, “There isn’t anything about this kind of spell anywhere. This is completely hopeless.”

“There’s got to be /something/! Spells don’t just appear out of thin air, and I don’t think Trixie could pull this off on her own.” Rainbow Dash countered.

“She did mention something about a love spell she’d tried in Canterlot, but I don’t think anything that she told me was true.” Twilight said.

“Oooo what’s this?” Pinkie Pie asked, holding up a unique black and green gem. “It’s super extra sparkly!”

“Oh my, that’s just lovely!” Rarity said, trotting over to Pinkie Pie to investigate. “That would go perfectly with my new line!”

As Rarity and Pinkie admired the gem, they were suddenly overcome with a headache and a soft wind whistled around them. Twilight recognized the sound and turned to see Pinkie and Rarity massaging their heads in confusion.

“Mmm that looks delicious.” Spike said, drooling at the sight of such a prize.

As Spike was saying that, another wind whistled and Spike cried out covering his eyes. From across the room, Rainbow Dash was furiously shaking her head with her eyes squeezed shut.

“What’s going on here, what’s a matter with you ponies?” Applejack asked.

Twilight started putting the pieces together;  she knew somehow that gem was the key to Trixie’s spell.

“Applejack, Fluttershy don’t!” Twilight shouted, but she was too late.

Using her magic, Twilight ripped the gem away from her friends and hid it behind a pile of discarded books.

“What in the hay just happened?” Applejack said from Fluttershy’s body.

Rarity started shrieking from across the room as she looked at Pinkie Pie.

“Hey!” Pinkie pie said, coming from Rarity’s body. “How can I be over there? I’m over here!”

As the other ponies began to realize what had happened they all began to panic.

“Twilight! What do we do?” Spike asked from Rainbow Dash’s body

“…Spike?” She asked in astonishment

“I’m… I’m Rainbow Dash! This is so weird I’m… really tall.”

“Hey! I’m not really appreciating the view myself!” Rainbow Dash said in the corner, trying to figure out how Spike could stand to walk around on two legs.

“I’ve never even heard of magic like this before!” Twilight said sadly.

“Don’t you think that silly little rock had something to do with all this?” Applejack wondered, speaking from Fluttershy’s body.

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Rarity interjected, “Gems aren’t magical.”

“Well obviously this one is!” Rainbow Dash countered

“Oh, oh my… this is very very frightening!” Fluttershy said from Applejack’s body.

“Why don’t we all take a gander at the gem again, two at a time, and see if we can switch back?” Applejack said

“It’s worth a try!” Twilight said, “Fluttershy and Applejack should look, everypony else look away.”

“Oh, um, okay” Fluttershy said, and Applejack just nodded. Twilight used her magic to lift the gem from behind the books and it floated a few feet from the ground.

“Did it work?” Rainbow Dash asked, still turned away.

“No.” Fluttershy said sadly.

“Nothing.” Applejack added.

Twilight moaned in frustration. “Rarity? Pinkie Pie?”

Pinkie Pie turned around quickly and picked up the gem, inspecting it. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both shouted to her to stop so that they could turn away first but nothing happened.

“Nope nope nope.” Pinkie chimed.

Twilight turned around, everypony was watching her, hoping for some sort of solution.

“If this won’t turn us back, what will?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Oh this is just terrible! TERRIBLE!” Rarity cried, “I’m due in Canterlot TOMORROW to present my new line to Hoity Toity!”

“And I’ve got the rodeo comin’ up.” Applejack said.

“I have to go to the individual qualifying rounds for the Equestria games in cloudsdale!” Rainbow Dash said.

All of the ponies began talking over each other, becoming more upset by the minute. Rarity started to cry, Pinkie Pie was all over the place in panic, and Fluttershy receded into a corner and looked down at her orange hooves, spike tried to figure out how to walk as a pony, and Rainbow Dash was running around on all fours.

“Calm Down Everypony!” Applejack called out.

“Applejack’s right, we can’t fix anything when we’re arguing.” Twilight added.

“Um, since this isn’t in any of the books maybe…” Fluttershy started.

“Well this isn’t in any books so I don’t think sticking around here will do us any good.” Rainbow Dash said, tossing the last book on the shelf over her shoulder.

“Maybe we could go see someone who might know something…” Fluttershy added.

“I have an idea!” Applejack said. “Zecora might know something about this here magic!”

The ponies all nodded and agreed.

“Well, right now it’s the only thing we can try.” Twilight said carefully wrapping the gem in one of her scarves. “I don’t want anypony else getting hurt by this thing.”

The ponies left the library with dim hope as Spike muttered under his breath

“I still think it’d taste good.”