Not another Magical Mystery Mess!

“Um…aah…err…”

Not knowing what to do, she rushed back to the library, meeting Spike, who was faintly stirring on the bottom of the stairs.

“What happened mama…is it Winter’s Wrap Up already?”

“Oh no what have I done, this day isn’t normal at all! What happened to all the residents in Ponyville! How could this happen?”

Looking outside the window, she saw Berry Punch crushing flowers into juice and trying to sell them to Bulk Biceps, who was hobbling on crutches.

“What is going on? Everypony is acting strange! They’re not doing what they love and represent! What happened to them?”

She gasped.

“What if the same happened to my friends!”

Rushing over to her notes on her desk, she continued to panic.

“The potion was only supposed to make you happy…Or is this a weird side effect? Did Celestia’s letter hold a trick spell? Wait a second! The letter!”

Sure enough, the letter was glowing faintly on the bottom of the paper. Rolling it out again, she saw that the words glowing were from the spell that she recited.

“From one to another, another to one. A mark of one’s destiny singled out, fulfilled. Could it mean that the spell I said accidently switched everypony’s destinies except for mine?”

“Not exactly, Twilight.”

Looking out the window, she saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy hovering outside the balcony of her house.

“Huh? Rainbow Dash? Fluttershy? You’re both…normal?”

“Of course we are Twilight, including Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack! Though we’re not sure anypony else is…”

“Um…Twilight…did you mess up again?”

Twilight stared at Fluttershy for a few seconds, then groaned.

“Yes I did Fluttershy, I’m sorry. By the way Rainbow Dash, where are the rest of our friends?”

“Oh! They’re just downstairs, I’ll tell them to come in.”

With those words Rainbow Dash flew downwards as Fluttershy landed herself on the balcony and entered Twilight house.

“So Twilight…er…care to explain?”

Twilight went towards her desk and came back levitating the letter.

“I accidently switched the destinies of everypony in Ponyville with this spell Celestia gave me…” Twilight said as she passed it to Fluttershy.

“But how could the spell work when you read it if it’s unfinished?”

“I don’t know! It’s really unexplainable!”

“So let me get this straight. You, being the egghead that you are, decided that reading a unknown spell was safe?”

“And with those words cast a dreadful spell on sweet little Ponyville, Changing the destinies of every poor mare and husky stallion…”

“Like causing my brother Big Mac to go more cuckoo than a raging bullhorn and start selling’ flowers with that Berry Punch or something?”

“And causing Mr. Cake be a dentist while Ms. Cake only stays at home and drinks apple cider, getting punch all over the tables, the counter, the babies…OOH! And don’t get me started about Colgate and Bon bon! I understand that they want to help, but Colgate keeps on adding toothpaste to the cupcakes while Bon Bon adds too many sweets to everything while complaining about Colgate and my threats! Oh the Sugarmanity! I try to stop them, but they told me that they were the owners of Sugarcube Corner now, and they fired me on the spot! THEY FIRED ME ON THE SPOT!!”

Twilight stared at all her friends. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were looking at her silently, Rarity was pouting; Applejack was staring at her with one eyebrow raised, while Pinkie Pie was still ranting on how the cake was a lie.

“I’m really sorry, girls. I just don’t know what to do. I mean, look at their cutie marks! They’re all switched! And it’s all my fault…again…”

She sank to the ground, only to be picked back up by Applejack.

“Don’t worry Twi, we all forgive ya. Why do you think we’re here anyway? To complain some more? We’re all in this together, Twi, and we’ll solve it one way or another, no matter what. As friends.”

Her friends were now smiling faintly. Twilight stood up and smiled. Suddenly, a giant glow came emitting downstairs. Not knowing what the light was coming from, the six ponies rushed to the bottom of the tree house, only to find…

“The Elements of Harmony! Oh how could I miss the message that the spell meant…it all makes sense now!”

Twilight was bouncing around excitedly while her friends looked at her confused, except for Pinkie, who had finished ranting and was bouncing around the room behind her.

“From one to another, another to one. That was referring to each pony’s cutie mark! And for the second line…”

She stopped bouncing, as it didn’t turn out as expected.

“A mark of one’s destiny singled out, fulfilled. But shouldn’t it be six? Why is it only one’s destiny who has yet to be fulfilled?”

A long silence followed, finally broken by Rainbow Dash coughing.

“Um, Twilight, ignoring the second line, what exactly does the Elements of Harmony have to do with the spell? You think we could use it to bring everything back to normal?”

“If the spell had reversed the Elements of Harmony, no, but since the Elements have protected us from the spell, I know for sure that it can reserve the effects!”

“That’s fabulous darling! Let’s put them on right now!”

Removing the glass casing, the mane 6 took their respective elements and put them on their individual necks, causing them to glow even brighter.

“It’s working, let’s go fix Ponyville!”

“YEAH!” Everyone was cheering onwards as they went outside the tree house, except for Fluttershy, who quietly whispered a small “yay”.

“Ok girls, let’s line up like in the way we trapped and released Dischord. Twilight, are you ready?”

“Aw, but can’t we sing a song to make it more exciting?”

Everypony stared at Pinkie and she giggled.

“I’m as ready as you five are. Let’s do this!”

Twilight thought about her friends, and how they had helped her for some many seasons. Then, she thought about the townponies, how they had helped and accompanied her along the whole journey since the day she had stepped into this town, the rich yet special town of Ponyville, her home. With these thoughts, her horn began to glow, as did the Elements.

The six friends begin to rise from the ground as the Elements took over. With the colours of the rainbow bursting out of Twilight’s horn and connecting to the other elements including her own, a giant spiral rainbow rose gracefully out of the element of magic, bursting on the top of the town, separating into six as it surrounded Ponyville in a magical bubble, glowing strongly with the bond everypony shared with one another. As the perplexed population looked towards the six friends, a giant flash of light occurred, covering the entire town.

“What happened?”

“Urghh…my head feels…normal?”

“Everything…makes sense now! I realize my true destiny!”

“Why am I lifting these weights?”

“Muffins!”

As the now restored residents of Ponyville were still confused as to why they were doing the odd jobs they were in the first place, Twilight, joined by her friends, walked to the center of the town city square.

“Citizens of Ponyville, I’m sorry for causing all this. I was the one who said an unfinished spell out loud, which switched everypony’s cutie marks with each other’s, explaining the weird situation you’re finding yourself in right now.”

“Tell me about it.” Granny Smith grumbled.

“Although I hold myself fully responsible for this action, this switcheroo did teach me a lesson that I will never forget. No matter what ever happens to us, we will still remain friends and family towards each other. Friendship and Family is the one thing that linked us all together as one being, one destiny.”

She looked at Octavia and DJ-Pon3, Lyra and Bon Bon, Daisy and Rose, representing the spirit of connection with one another. Dr.Whooves and Derpy, Mr. and Ms. Cake, representing the strength of love. The apple family, the cutie mark crusaders, who were hugging her friends, their sisters, representing the unbreakable bond of families. All grouped together, they represented the magic of friendship as a whole. And now…the second line finally made sense to Twilight as she spoke confidently towards her element.

“A mark of one's destiny, singled out alone, fulfilled. From all of us together, together we're friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!”

Completing the spell, every element except for the element of magic suddenly fired a multicoloured beam at the crown, increasing an intense rainbow sphere around her. Before she could react, another flash, and she disappeared, leading to the many exclamations of shock from the town’s people and her friends.

“TWILIGHT!!”