Twilight's Little Spell Problem

Spike had to think for a moment before he answered Rarity’s question.

”Well I haven’t really seen the stone tablet since Twilight and I found it but I will be very surprised if it’s gone. Nopony has been in here since Rarity and Applejack wanted to invite Twilight out on dinner,” Spike said while all of the ponies got inside the room. When Applejack came in Spike couldn’t resist the urge to aww. “Wow! You really are small. I’m even bigger than you now. This is going to be weird for us both. Hmm let’s go down in the basement to take a look on that tablet shall we?”

After they all nodded Spike got over to the door that led to the basement. When he opened it there was very dark in the room. He switched the light on but what he saw was very surprising. It was like a storm had teared the room apart.

“What. Happened. To. My. RESEARCH BASEMENT!” Twilight yelled as loud as she could. This was just unacceptable. Spike said that nopony came in since Rarity and Applejack came. Twilight was not in good mood but she knew that she couldn’t blame Spike. He was a baby dragon after all. She looked at all her stuff there was messed up. Ink and quills were everywhere and to not mention the parchment with all her research. She began to breath slowly. This was the method that Cadence had taught her to use when she was angry. “Who could have done this. Who would have done this.”

“Ah don’t know sugercube but maybe we should find that stone tablet of yours,” Applejack said while she helped Twilight down from her back. They all nodded to Applejack and began to walk down the stairs. While they all walked Twilight flew. As strange as it was she didn’t feel any trouble flying. It was like her new size helped her have a very good control over her flying. She couldn’t fly fast but she could fly without any trouble. Maybe it’s because her wings have a normal Pegasus size and they are therefore easy to control.

While Twilight thought about her flying Spike had gone over to the table where Twilight had read the inscriptions in the stone tablet. And it was now the world was turned upside down. The stone tablet was still laying on the table. Spike picked it up and turned to the other mares in the room. He was about to say something but suddenly Twilight fell to the ground.

“Twilight!” they all said in unison. Rainbow Dash was the first to aid her friend but what she saw was very surprising. Twilight just shrank the half of her size! When the others reached Rainbow and Twilight they all saw that their friend had shrunk once again.

“What happened? Is she awake? Is she alright?” Spike came with a lot of questions that nopony could answer at the moment but Twilight didn’t faint this time. She opened her eyes and saw her even bigger friends. She managed to eek at the sight of them and turn her head down in Rainbows hoofs. She was actually scared of them! They looked so intimidating. She already knew that she had shrunken once again.

Rainbow could feel her shivering in her hoofs and turned to the others to tell them that she was shivering and that she was probably really scared right know. They all nodded and turned away to look at the tablet.

“Exactly as I remember it. Nothing is written on it. Or well Twilight said that she could see something on it. Hmm…” Spike thought about it and then a thought hit him. “Maybe only Alicorns can see it! Maybe that’s why nopony can see anything on it. Only Twilight and the other princesses.”

“That would make sense,” Fluttershy managed to say though she didn’t know anything about it. She just supported every idea her friends came up with.

In the meantime, was Rainbow Dash trying to get Twilight to speak but Twilight didn’t even dare to look. Her friends were too big for her to handle. Twilight knew that they only wanted the best for her but she couldn’t stop thinking that they could crush her with ease. Rainbow was different somehow. She felt safe when she was near her.

“Come on Twi. We need your help. None of us can see anything on that stone thing. Only you.” Rainbow said with a calm voice. Twilight didn’t answer. “Twilight. We’re your friends. We won’t hurt ya. And sometimes you got to see fear in the eye. You said it yourself. We need to know what’s happening and how it’s happening.”

Twilight finally gave up. “Fine. I-I’ll come over.”

Rainbow flew over to the others and placed Twilight on top of the stone tablet. Twilight tried to look away from her friends so she could focus on the inscriptions.

“Okay… Here we go… When somepony read it, they will start to feel it. Time will go, and the size will flow. The keyword is half, so don’t laugh. In the end you will find, that it’s all in your mind.” Twilight finished the poem. They all looked at each other and at Twilight who was about half the size of a newborn foal. “I don’t see much there can help.”

“You’re wrong Twilight… There’s something about this that make sense…” Spike said as he began to think of what Twilight had said. His face turned into a surprised expression. “Oh my Celestia!”

“What is it Spike? Have you found something? Because that would be SUPER FUN!” Pinkie Pie said while she fired her party canon so confetti flew everywhere. “Hmm… I need more confetti…”

Everypony rolled their eyes except Twilight. Her ears were hurt a lot. She didn’t say anything because she didn’t want her friends to be all like ‘oh no Twilight. You need to go to the hospital!’ Besides. What’s life without some injuries?

“Twilight said: The keyword is HALF.” Spike walked over to Twilight who quickly curled herself into a ball. He picked her up and showed her to the rest of them. When Twilight grows big again I’m so done for. “Have anypony noticed how Twilight first was a filly, then a newborn foal, and now the half of a newborn foal?” Spike let the mares in the room get the idea of what he was saying. When they didn’t say anything he sighed. “She is shrinking the half of her current size!”

“Ohh” They all said in unison.

Rainbow Dash picked Twilight up and placed her on her back and said: “Well what are we waiting for? We have a train to catch!”