The Atom Fizz Chronicles: A Rising Terror

PREVIOUSLY, ON THE ATOM FIZZ CHRONICLES

"Twilight?"

"DISCORD, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

I looked in horror at what lay in front of me, Twilight Sparkle was on the ground, all the color drained from her skin. I reached down and touched the side of her head gently. I heard sobbing, which at least means that she wasn't dead. "Spike, get over here!" I didn't hear a response. "Spike!"

"He went to go find the others." She said between sniffles. "You need to go with him. He's not safe on his own."

I thought about it, and the simple fact that she was making sense while under Discord's spell was enough to tell me that she was right. "Okay" I said. "I'll be back as soon as I can, hopefully with the others." She didn't respond, only pointed in the direction that Spike went. I sprinted.

I ran for about three minutes, before coming upon Spike talking to Rarity. "Rarity, listen to me, it is a rock!" He kept saying over and over again. I interjected.

"Rarity, my hoofs are gentle, I can tell you the quality of that massive diamond."

"Finally, someone who has some sense." She said. I walked up, and put my hoof on the boulder. I don't know how i did it, but I channeled magic through my body, kept my hoof on the boulder, and spoke in Rarity's ear.

"It is not a diamond." I took my hoof off the boulder and walked away from Rarity. Soon, she snapped out of it.

"What's this boulder doing here, and where are my friends?" All of the color went back into Rarity. Spike looked at me with amazement in his eyes.

"Rarity, Spike, let's go." I said. I led both of them back to the center, and said, "Stay in Twilight's line of vision."

"Alright" They both said. I ran off, and sprinted for around five minutes, and came to a large open field, and I saw Rainbow Dash lying a few feet ahead of me.

"Rainbow!" I said. When i was directly in front of her, I put my hoof on the top of her head, and channeled magic. "Rainbow Dash, you are the only pony in all of Equestria to ever create a sonic rainboom. Do you think your friends don't respect you for that? They would respect you even if you couldn't fly. Even the Wonderbolts respect you. And they are more loyal to you, than they are to the Princess." I took my hoof off of her, she stood up, and all of the color went back into her. "Come with me." I said, we sprinted back to the center. "Stay with these two." I said. Then I went back and sprinted to the next clearing, where Fluttershy was sulking.

"They laugh at me." She sobbed. I figured she would be uncomfortable if she felt somepony touching her head, so instead I channeled magic, and sent out a golden rapidly expanding ring of yellow. It passed over her, and she looked at me.

"Fluttershy. Your friends do anything but laugh at you behind your back. You are a sister to them. And they are your friends." i felt a little shaky after that. The powerful magic it took to even use magic without a horn was difficult. Let alone cast a spell like that. Speaking of which, I probably wouldn't have to cast again. All of the color went back into Fluttershy, and she stood up. "Let's go." I said.

"Okay." She replied. We both sprinted to the next clearing, where Pinkie Pie was sitting down, with a straight mane and tail. I walked over and touched her head.

"Pinkie. Your parties, are your special talent. To even think that somepony wouldn't like them, is ridiculous. You are good at throwing parties. Look at your flank. That proves it. You have fun at every word anypony says. If anything, your friends are envious of you." I took my hoof off,  all the color went back into her, and her mane exploded back into it's natural bounciness. She started giggling. "Come with me." We all sprinted to the next clearing, where Applejack was sulking.

I felt like one more casting of body magic could probably weaken me to the point where we would not be able to walk, but it was a risk I was willing to take. We still had about half an hour left. I put my hoof to Aj's forehead. And spoke. "Applejack. Your friends would never lie to you. The only things that lied were the keepers of the grove of 'truth,' and they were being controlled by Discord." At that, I took my hoof away from her, and she stood, full flush yellow-orange. "Come on every- " I couldn't finish the sentence before I started to black out.

When I woke up, I saw five ponies standing over me. "How long..." I said.

"Fifteen minutes." Said Pinkie. I jumped to my hoofs.

"Fifteen minutes!" I said, "We have to get back to the center, now!" We all sprinted as fast as we could. We entered the grove at the last minute. Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Spike were all standing in front of Twilight. "Everypony stand in front of Twilight!" I said.

Twilight stood up. "So, everypony is back. The spirit of their element restored." Something was wrong. Her colors weren't coming back. "But it's too late. Discord won." I knew what I had to do. I channeled magic into my hoof, and touched her head. With every bit of magic left in me, I said five words.

"I love you, Twilight Sparkle."