Honesty
I hate magic.
That is what I wanted to tell her. I hate magic. As we remained silently in that dark forest filled with deadly creatures that remain unknown, I was holding thousands of words I wished to whine. Why did I accept this in the first place?!
"Remind me why we're here again?" I asked angrily. She looked at me silently, probably scared of what will come out if she ever talked. She didn't say a word since the beginning of the accident. But she'll have to. One day, if we never come to our natural state, she's going to have to talk. And she knows the Everfree forest better than me. She needs to help.
"I said," I exaggerated on my tone, "remind me why we're here?"
I felt weird talking in such a womanly and clear tone. I'll have to get used to it... She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. She was still shy. If I had her nice voice, she'll have mine.
"Ah don't remember well," she said, then stopping to put a hoof on her mouth. She took a long pause before removing it again to talk. "Ah think Ah said that spell wrong."
I facehoofed. "Not that. The other thing."
"Ah... Ah have no idea. Sorry."
It was weird to actually see my body with a different pony in it. Especially a bookworm and knowledgeable person such as Twilight. And it was just as weird to see a cowpony in her beautifully kept purple fur. These lucky unicorns that can brush their manes. I never actually needed a brushing, though it's only now that I finally feel brushed and clean that I realize how good it feels. I never thought I'd be ever on Rarity's side, but here I am.
Speaking of her, I miss that fashionista. And all the others.
"You know the forest well. Do you think you could help us get out?" I asked. Twilight (alas me) turned her head to stare at me meanly. "Ya really think Ah know dis' forest by heart? I never got so deep in it," she replied as an excuse.
"Sooo we're doomed," I sighed.
We continued walking for what seemed to be hours. And I guess they were, too. Because after a while, we arrived in a clear meadow. No trees, only flowers and a small amount of grass in a large circle. By looking up at the sky, we could see the stars. No sign of sun.
"Already night?!" I shouted desperately. "It was only early afternoon when I came at your house!" I let my body collapse on the soil ground. Were we lost in this deadly, dark forest forever? Will I be in this purple unicorn body forever?
I was starting to sob. Slowly, tears flew down my cheeks. I opened my eyes lightly and looked at my new flank. Magic. Even my cutie mark has changed, now. Will I ever be good in apples again? There was no reason saying the truth anymore. I wasn't the element of Honesty anymore. I was magic. But I didn't know anything about magic.
Applejack sat by me. I can't call her Twilight anymore. I am Twilight. She stood silent. She didn't even dare looking in my eyes. Instead, she looked around for something. "Listen, Ah'm sorry," she said. I turned around to stare at her. She kept staring in front of her. I knew she stared at something, but I couldn't quite make what.
"Ah'm sorry if Ah put you into this. You only wanted to be nice by acceptin' my offer. Ah'm still thankful that ya wanted to try this multiple pony teleportation spell." She stopped, looking down.
Was it just me, or she was being... Honest?
"I never casted the wrong spell," she continued. That revelation left me surprised. "I just entered the wrong coordinations. I was sure it was going to bring us to Sugarcube Corner... But it's only now that I realize that I inverted the coordination numbers." She took a pause to sigh. I was only now realizing that something was starting to glow a bit further in the meadow. I glanced a bit towards the thing.
It was a flower that slowly started to grow. I recognized that plant. It was the flower that Zecora used to cure the cutie pocks my sister caught one day. She bloomed when somepony... Said the truth.
"As for da fact that we switched minds... Ah knew about that as well." Those simple words made my whole attention turn back to Twilight/me. "It was written in the side-effects," she explained. "If there is a pair number of ponies teleporting and if the spell goes wrong or the caster isn't fully concentrated, the ponies' minds can switch."
We stood in silent as she let me swallow the whole. She knew all along. So why didn't she tell me immediately?
She finally looked at me. Then she pointed at that magical flower. It bloomed. I remember my sister ate it and everything got better. I got up, trembling and teary, and slowly approached the small plant. Picking it's fruit, eating it cautiously.
Then the world went black for a second. When I blinked once more, I wasn't next to the flower anymore. I was a bit further, sitting in the short grass and earth.
Where my body sat before.
I looked at myself. Orange coat, blonde hair attached into a ponytail. And my dear hat.
"You did it, Twi! Ya saved us!!! Wee-Haa!" I jumped back up happily, a giant grin forming on my face. "Now that you gave yer magic back, you can teleport us back home!"
Home. That place that I thought I will never find again only minutes ago. I was so glad. Sweet Apple Acres! My cutie mark!
Twilight looked at her purple coat for a while, then back at me.
"And it's all thanks to the Element of Honesty," she said, smiling. I smiled back.
