Element of Empathy: Princess Trixie Sparkle

Twilight Sparkle's POV.
I woke up, finally able to open my eyes, however I felt a pounding headache. I sat up, rubbing my temples with a groan, trying to remember what had happened.

"Uuuugh, Spike? Ellie? Where are you?" I managed to call out.

She rubbed my temples, trying to ease the pain, until I looked and saw my hand was blue. Not mullberry purple. Frightened and confused, I picked myself up and rushed to a mirror, hoping my hunch wasn't right.

Unfortunately, staring back at me wasn't a young, unguligrade, Alicorn Pony with a sapphire mane and violet eyes, but Trixie. But, her eyes were different. I couldn't put my finger on it. I screamed and backed away from the mirror in a panic.

"Trixie! What did she do?! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh..." I took a breath the calm myself, as I paced in the library, looking myself over, "Okay Twilight, think." Then I face-palmed, "Ohhh, I should have never let her in here in the first place. What was I thinking?"

Finally, Ellie and Spike came downstairs in a rush. They must've heard my scream.

Eleanor's POV.
Spike and I hurried down the stairs. We woke up to the sound of Twilight screaming.

"Twilight? What's wrong?" Spike asked.

However, Twilight was nowhere to be found. Standing in her place was Trixie, but something wasn't right about her. Her aura was different. Her posture and eyes were all wrong. What in the hay is going on?

"Trixie!" Spike exclaime, then took a stance, "Where's Twilight, what have you done with her?"

"Spike it's me, Twilight." Trixie insisted, in Twilight's voice, "I need you to get a note to Celestia right away..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute." Spike waved his hands, then asked suspiciously, "How am Ellie and I supposed to know you're really Twilight?" Spike crossing his arms defiantly.

Trixie rolled her eyes and sighed, "You have a crush on Rarity."

"Everypony already knows that!" Spike pointed out.

Trixie rubbed her chin, "Okay um... You're my number one assistant?"

Spike shook his head, "Is that the best you can do?"

Trixie sighed in frustration, "Spike! We don't have time for this, I need to find a reversal spell!"

Spike waved his hands again, "Okay, okay. How about this, when we were in the Crystal empire, what was my greatest fear?" He asked.

Trixie's eyes soften, "That I'd send you away because I didn't need you anymore. I told you then and it's still true now; That'll never happen!"

Spike's eyes widened in surprise. He smiled and threw his claws around the blue Unicorn in a hug.

That's Spike convinced. Now can she convince me.

Trixie looked at me dead in the eye, "Come on, Ellie. You know it's me."

I narrowed my eyes at the Show-Pony. I took hold of her hand, Trixie gripped my hand. Her grip was gentle, but firm. I adjusted my glasses looked into her eyes. I didn't see a large ego or a boastful personality. I saw the eyes of a Pony I've known all my life. A Pony who was the embodiment of kindness, loyalty, honesty, generosity, and laughter. And her aura....

This was Twilight's aura.

I softened my glare and threw my arms around the blue Unicorn. Twilight was in Trixie's body? How was this possible?

"Do you think one of your books can help?" Spike asked.

Twilight shook her head, "I'm not sure, Spike. I've never heard of anything like this before. Maybe Celestia will know something, can you take a note for me, Spike?"

"Of course!" Spike chimed, pulling out a fresh piece of parchment, "But what about Rarity's party?"

Twilight face-palmed, "Oh my gosh, I almost forgot! We're running late, we'll have to send the letter from Rarity's." She ran to the door, "Come on, let's get those cupcakes and head over there now."

Spike and I nodded, "Alright by me!"