Element of Empathy: Princess Trixie Sparkle

Eleanor's POV.
"Alright, Maybe lickety split was a tiny bit of an exaggeration." Applejack sighed, adding another book to her pile of rejects, "There's got to be a faster way of doing this."

"No..." Twilight muttered, looking quickly through the pages of one book. She set it aside and looked through the next one, "No no no! There isn't anything usable in these diaries!"

"I'm not having any luck either." Fluttershy said sadly.

Rarity groaned impatiently, "There isn't anything about this kind of spell anywhere. This is completely hopeless."

"There's got to be something! Spells don't just appear out of thin air, and I don't think Trixie could pull this off on her own." Rainbow Dash countered.

"She did mention something about a love spell she'd tried in Canterlot, but I don't think anything that she told me was true." Twilight replies.

"Oooo, what's this?" Pinkie Pie asked, holding up the black and green gem that Trixie gave Twilight, "It's super extra sparkly!"

"Oh my, that's just lovely!" Rarity said, walking over to Pinkie Pie to investigate, "That would go perfectly with my new line!"

As Rarity and Pinkie touched the gem, the air grew cold again, and a soft wind whistled around them. Twilight and I gasped. I recognised these feeling. The same feeling when Twilight and Trixie touched the gem.

"Mmm, that looks delicious." Spike smiled, drooling at the sight of such a prize.

I gasped and covered his eyes away from the gem. But I was able to get a full glance of the gem, another wind whistled as I struggled to cover my eyes and rubbed my temples in a headache. From across the room, Rainbow Dash was furiously shaking her head with her eyes squeezed shut.

"What's going on here, what's a matter with you Ponies?" Applejack asked.

Twilight gasped, and she shouted, "Applejack, Fluttershy don't!"

But she was too late. Fluttershy and Applejack looked at the glowing gemstone. I could feel my energy leaving my body. Using her magic, Twilight ripped the gem away from us and hid it behind a pile of discarded books. The wind died down and the cold sensation thawed out. The headache

"What in the hay just happened?" Applejack asked.

My ears twitched, and I looked around. Everypony was looking themselves over. Across from me, I saw a ravenette Bat Pony in dark clothing looking herself over. Curious, I looked myself over. My fur was a cyan color. My mane and tail were rainbow-themed and my wings were feathered.

Uh-oh...

Pinkie Pie shrieked, but her voice was Rarity's. Even her eyes were sapphire blue and her aura was Rarity's violet.

"Hey!" Pinkie Pie's voice spoke from Rarity's body, "How can I be over there? I'm over here!"

As the other ponies began to realize what had happened, they all began to panic.

"Twilight! What do we do?" Spike asked.

Rainbow Dash looked at me and narrowed her cerise rose eyes at me, despite being in my body, her eyes were normal. At that case, eveypony's eyes has switched.

Such as Twilight, being in Trixie's body, still had her violet eyes. Fluttershy had green eyes. Pinkie Pie had sapphire blue eyes. Rarity had sky blue eyes. And Applejack had cyan opal eyes.

"Ellie?" Rainbow recognized me, "What are you doing in my body?"

"I've never even heard of magic like this before!" Twilight said sadly.

"Don't you think that silly little rock had something to do with all this?" Fluttershy wondered, sounding like Applejack, pointing to the pile of books.

Okay. Mental note #1: Applejack is Fluttershy and Fluttershy is Applejack.

Mental Note #2: Pinkie Pie and Rarity have switched bodies.

Mental Note #3: I am Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Dash is me...

Good luck everypony...

"Don't be ridiculous." Rarity interjected, "Gems aren't magical."

"Well obviously this one is!" Rainbow Dash countered.

"Oh, oh my... This is very, very frightening!" Fluttershy spoke up from Applejack's body.

"Why don't we all take a gander at the gem again, two at a time, and see if we can switch back?" Applejack wondered.

"It's worth a try!" Twilight said, "Fluttershy and Applejack should look, everypony else look away."

"Oh, um, okay." Fluttershy agreed, and Applejack just nodded.

Twilight picked up the gem from behind the books and used her magic to levitate the gem a few feet from the ground. Applejack and Fluttershy looked into it, while the rest of us looked away. No wind... No headache...

"Did it work?" Rainbow Dash asked, still turned away.

"No." Fluttershy answered sadly.

"Nothing." Applejack added.

Twilight moaned in frustration, then turned to Rarity and Pinkie, "Rarity? Pinkie Pie?"

Pinkie Pie turned around quickly and picked up the gem, inspecting it. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both shouted to her to stop, so that they could turn away first, but nothing happened.

"Nope, nope, nope." Pinkie chimed.

Twilight turned around, everypony was watching her, hoping for some sort of solution.

"If this won't turn us back, what will?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh this is just terrible! TERRIBLE!" Rarity cried, "I'm due in Canterlot tomorrow to present my new line to Hoity Toity!"

"And I've got the rodeo comin' up." Applejack added.

"I have to go to the individual qualifying rounds for the Equestria games in Cloudsdale!" Rainbow Dash panicked.

The Girls began talking over each other, becoming more upset by the minute. Rarity started to cry, Pinkie Pie was all over the place in panic, Fluttershy receded into a corner and looked down at her orange hands, and Rainbow Dash was trying to fly. Applejack and I were the only calm ones.

The green-eyed cream Pegasus and I looked at each other.

"Calm down Everypony!" Applejack called out.

"Applejack's right, we can't fix anything when we're arguing." Twilight added.

"Um, since this isn't in any of the books maybe..." Fluttershy started.

"Well this isn't in any books, so I don't think sticking around here will do us any good." Rainbow Dash finished, tossing the last book on the shelf over her shoulder.

"Maybe we could go see someone who might know something..." Fluttershy added.

"I have an idea!" Applejack spoke up, "Zecora might know something about this here magic!"

Everypony nodded in agreement

"Well, right now it's the only thing we can try." Twilight replied, carefully wrapping the gem in one of her scarves, "I don't want anypony else getting hurt by this thing."

The Ponies left the library with dim hope as Spike muttered under his breath, "I still think it'd taste good."