Spike stood, completely dumbfounded, near the door to the kitchen. He'd been putting the dishes away when he'd heard a crash, maniacal laughter, and then a loud POP. He'd run out, not sure what to expect.....but it certainly wasn't this.
Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings, was running from one side of the library to the other: the books, paper, and quills trailing behind her encased in a familiar pink glow. In the center of the library, Twilight Sparkle was balancing on her hind legs, pulling her hair and yelling in rage. Chrysalis, apparently through gathering her books, stopped at Twilight's writing desk. As the Changeling Queen opened several of the books at once, Twilight lept to her side.
“This is your fault, you worthless pony.”
Spike's jaw dropped. It was Twilight's voice, and Twilight's body, but....she sure didn't act like Twilight. 'Worthless pony'? That sounded more like something Chrysalis would say....
“If you hadn't burst in here and interrupted my experiment, this never would have happened!” Chrysalis snapped back. Spike thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. Twilight had been doing an experiment!
'Twilight' didn't seem convinced. “It was still your magic that did this to us! Fix it, you must fix it”
“What do you think I'm trying to do!” 'Chrysalis' pushed her nose right up to 'Twilight's'. “Do you think I like being in your big, clunky body?”
THUD
Both females looked over at the corner in shock at the prone dragon. Neither of them had even known he was there. They glanced back at each other. “I should go see if he's alright”, 'Chrysalis' said, putting the books down.
“No.” 'Twilight' glared at her enemy and flicked her mane. “You should look through those books until you learn how to fix this. I shall look after the dragonette.”
'Chrysalis' looked very nervous with this idea. “Y-ya know, maybe just forget about it. Spike is pretty hardy. You just stay where I can see you.”
'Twilight' rolled her eyes and flicked her mane again, taking a seat beside the Changeling Queen. “As long as you fix this. SOON!”
'Chrysalis' went back to searching through the books. “I plan to.”
***
Spike sat up, blinking. That was a weird dream....
“Could you read any slower!”
“I would read faster if you weren't always interrupting!”
Spike felt every muscle in his little body tense. He slowly looked up, dreading what he might see. There was Chrysalis, still surrounded by floating books and one angry, purple unicorn.
“I can not believe that I was defeated by you!”
WHUMP
'Twilight' looked toward the again unconscious dragon. “That can't be good for the floor. Or his head.”
***
Spike groaned and rolled over. Wow, his head hurt. He must have tripped and fallen. Shakily, he got to his feet, his back to the main room...
“THIS is NOT an improvement!”
Spike spun around, his mouth dropping to the floor. A creature that was Twilight-sized, with Twilight's upper body and a Changeling's wings and lower half, was hovering next to a Chrysalis-sized creature with Chrysalis's upper body but Twilight's rear.
“At least it worked half way.”
KA-THUMP
The 'Chrysalis'-creature looked over at Spike, now face-down on the floor. “Oh, his poor nose.”
***
The ground rattled and Spike jumped straight up, all the pain in his nose and fogginess in his head suddenly gone.
“MWAHAHAHAHAHA!”
Spike froze as Chrysalis buzzed her wings and rose off the floor, an exhausted and annoyed Twilight sitting beside her.
“AT LAST! I AM MYSELF AGAIN!”
The crazed Queen started doing flips and loopdy-loops inside the library, knocking down every book that had been left on the shelves. Spike knew he'd be the one to have to put them all back. “Hey, what's the big idea, barging in here and making a mess?”, he demanded, catching the Queen's attention. “Someone has to pick all this up, you know.”
“Oh, now you can stay on your feet”, the Changeling snickered at him, catching him in her sickly green magic. She lifted him to her face, his eyes bulging in fear. “You amuse me, dragonette. I think I shall take you with me, to be my court jester.”
“I don't think so.”
Chrysalis looked up just in time to see the unabridged encyclopedia of rocks and minerals hit her in the face. The Queen dropped the little dragon as her head ricocheted off the book and into the wall. She managed to crack an eye and glare at Twilight Sparkle, who had several more volumes ready to launch. The purple unicorn cocked her head at the arrogant Queen. “Will you show yourself out, or should I?”
Chrysalis snorted, but took the hint. “This is not over between us, Twilight Sparkle!”, she vowed. Then she flew out a broken window, shouting dire threats over her shoulder.
Twilight dropped her ammo and rushed to Spike's side. “Spike! Are you alright?!”
Spike blinked at her, vacantly. “Uh...yeah....totally..fine--”
FLUMP
Spike flopped over onto a book pile, completely passed out. Again.
***
Spike moaned. He clutched his blanket tighter, wishing he wasn't so sore. Wait, blanket? Spike sat bolt upright, startling Twilight out of her bed.
“Spike! Are you alright?”
Spike pulled his blanket up to his chin, staring at Twilight with terror in his eyes. “A-a-Are you...you?”
“Of course I'm me. Why do you ask?”
“N-n-No reason”, Spike managed to squeak out. Secretly, he was very glad that his nightmare-come-true had turned out to just be a normal nightmare. He started to relax, and even laid back down in his bed.
“Well, get some good sleep tonight, Spike. It's going to take a lot of time and effort to get the library back in order after that Chrysalis fiasco today.”
Spike's eyes shot open as Twilight clicked the lamp off.
Eight hours later, they still hadn't closed.
Author's Note
I saw the picture and was inspired. Enjoy my crazy brain -- Kestrel Flight
Proofread it. Hilarious! -- Golden Oak
