Fluttershy's Dilemma

Twilight's horn begins to glow purple, and her eyes glow white as she opens them. Her mind teleports her to a place that looks similar to the Everfree Forest, but it's not. This place looks very dark, and the colors are mixed with dark blue and black like Princess Luna's mane. The area was filled with a dark aura that could have corrupted Twilight's mind, but she was too worried about Fluttershy.

"Wow! What is this place?"Twilight pondered to herself. She starts trotting around looking for Fluttershy. She walks through a thick fog of dark aura making it hard for her to see where she's going. It was hard, but she didn't give up.

What seemed to be half an hour of searching, Twilight sees a tiny yellow dot in the middle of a navy blue pond.

"[Gasp]! Fluttershy!" Twilight rushes to Fluttershy with anticipation, but when she started getting closer and closer to her, something seemed off about her. She didn't seem to notice Twilight, who was running towards her with so much gladness, happy to see her friend again. But Fluttershy was... unresponsive. It didn't matter to Twilight;  she kept running to her. When she reached Fluttershy, she noticed a dark aura surrounding her.

"Fluttershy? Are you okay?" Twilight reached out her hoof to Fluttershy, but when she did, her hoof bumped into a force field. Twilight became perplexed by this. "Why is she surrounded by a force field? And what is she doing here?" Suddenly, a midnight blue colored ectoplasm in the shape of a woman comes in front of Fluttershy. Its eyes glowed a clean, bright white, almost blindingly bright. "What is that?" Twilight was even more confused than before. "I better keep my distance. I don't want Fluttershy to know I'm here." And with that, Twilight trotted about two feet away from her and the ectoplasm, hiding behind what looked like a tree. She hears them talking.

"Hello, my dear Fluttershy," the ectoplasm said with a raspy voice.

"Hello, Sagishi." Fluttershy's voice doesn't sound as sweet and kind as it use to. Her voice sounds more wry and cunning, almost like a totally different pony taking over Fluttershy, but it wasn't.

"What is Fluttershy doing? And how does she know that thing?" Twilight was so confused about the whole thing, her head started spinning. She didn't know what to do, she didn't know what to say, she didn't know anything. She wanted to know more about this situation so she kept listening to the conversation between Fluttershy and Sagishi.

"So, how does it feel to be a tougher, stronger pony?" Sagishi asked.

"It feels amazing," said Fluttershy. "I've never felt so strong in my life."

"What is she talking about?" Twilight whispered to herself.

"Well, your mission is almost complete," Sagishi told Fluttershy. "The only thing you have to do now is receive the Elements of Harmony, and your transformation will be complete."

"Yes, Sagishi." Fluttershy bows her head to Sagishi and gets transported away along with Twilight.

Twilight gasps for air as she comes back to Ponville. Her friends come to her aid.

"Twilight, are you okay?" "What happened?" What did you see?" Where's Fluttershy?" "Is Fluttershy okay?"

"I'm fine, girls." Twilight reassures her friends with a smile, but quickly turns into a frown.

"I don't like that look," Applejack said.

"What did you see, darling?" Rarity asked.

Twilight starts explaining her experience. "It was really strange. I was in this whole other world filled with a dark aura. When I found Fluttershy, she wasn't herself, almost like a different pony, and she was talking to this woman-shaped ectoplasm named Sagishi with glowing white eyes, and she talked in a raspy voice, almost like a monster."

"Well, what were they talking about?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Something about Fluttershy's transformation, becoming tougher and stronger."

"What? That makes no sense!" Pinkie Pie stated. "Fluttershy is tough and strong in her own way! She doesn't need to change!

"Well, it doesn't seem that way to her. Anyway, Sagishi told her to find the Elements of Harmony so her transformation could be complete. I don't know what that means, but it doesn't sound good."

"Of course it doesn't sound good!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Someone like that sounds like a villain if they want to get to the Elements of Harmony."

"Well, first things first; we need to get to the Elements of Harmony before Fluttershy does," Applejack said. "Speakin' of the Elements, where are they?"

"I gave them to Zecora," Twilight said. "I figured if a situation like this occurred, I should give them to her. No one would suspect to find them with her, or even the Everfree Forest for that matter."

""That was a brilliant idea, Twilight," Rarity said.

"Yeah, no wonder you're a princess; you're so smart!" Pinkie Pie stated with a wide grin.

"Hehe. One does try their best." Twilight blushes from embarrassment. "Now come on! We have to go to the Everfree Forest."

"Right behind ya, Twi!" Rainbow Dash said.

Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, AJ, and Dash rush to the Everfree Forest to save the Elements of Harmony.