Empress Cozy Glow part 2: The Reckoning

The purple alicorn standing near the doorway, stares at me and the other Crusaders, “Wait, what?”

I sigh, “Discord put us all in each other’s bodies! I know I look like Scootaloo right now, and I know I even sound like her because well, I also have her vocal cords! But I swear, I’m not Scootaloo!”

The white filly on my right says with a squeaky, albeit country drawl, “She ain’t lyin! I’m really Apple Bloom!”

The yellow filly on my left says with careful enunciation, “Scoota-Glow is telling the truth!”

Twilight frowns from the doorway, “Wait! Scoota-Glow? What?”

I sigh again, “Uh, the other Crusaders decided that since we’re in the wrong bodies right now, that changes are names… For some reason… I’m Scoota-Glow!” I nod to my left, “That’s Apple Belle!” and then to left beyond the yellow filly, “And that’s Cozyloo just over there!”

My body stares at the purple alicorn, smiles, and says, “Hi! I swear, I’m really Scootaloo in Cozy Glow’s body!” and her little body perks up! “Flying is really fun, once you get the hang of it!”

I sigh yet again, before nodding over to my right, “And that’s Sweetie Bloom!”

Twilight eyes us all carefully before finally speaking, “You fillies must think I’m really stupid, don’t you?”

I perk up! “I called you an idiot and a stupid jerk when you first adopted me!”

The Crusaders all turn to me and the white one says, “You did? Cozy! That wasn’t very friendly!”

Twilight’s violet eyes widen, “Well uh, okay, th-that’s true! Cozy Glow did say those things to me!”

I move my head forward because now it’s time to go on the offensive! “My real body is an alicorn because of The Guardian Amethyst, created by Harmonia herself!”

The pink filly on my left asks, “Who’s Harmonia?”

Twilight’s eyes widen when it suddenly occurs to her that we’re all telling the truth… “Why the name change?”

I sigh for the umpteenth time, “I thought it was dumb, but… “

The white filly smiles at Twilight, “I like being Sweetie Bloom, though! It’s unique!”

The pink filly says, “Yeah, and Cozyloo is also a neat term for me to use!”

Twilight stares at use blankly, “Ooooookaaaaayyyy! We’re keeping the name change!”

“Apparently!” I add, before frowning because I still think this is dumb!

She stands there silently for a moment… “You fillies better come inside! I’ll send to your parents to let them know you can’t be home right now and that you’ll be taken care of by me!”

“And Applejack!” Says the white filly!

Twilight sighs, “Well, your caretakers! Now come inside, fillies! We need to figure out what we’re gonna do about Discord!”

I frown and say in my raspy voice, “Oh, golly!”

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I stare at the white filly across the table, “Since we’re alone now, I gotta tell you, I think I’m getting used to your body now?”

She sighs, “Oh, golly gee, I know what you mean! I’m almost flying like a pro now, after hours of practicing, but now my wings are sore!” and widens her eyes, “I don’t care if my wings work right now! I’ll walk, instead!” and nods.

I giggle, “Yeah, your scooter is addictive, I’ll admit! I can see now why you like riding this thing!” before frowning… Wait a minute!

She smiles, “Hey! Maybe I should get my scooter later, and we can go riding together?”

“Cozyloo, did you just use the words golly gee?”

Her eyes widen while she stares off to the side, “Uh, I uh, I think so? I uh, I guess I did, yeah!” before staring at me… “Oh, golly!”

We both stare at each other in silence for a moment…

I finally say, “Uh, when did you want to go scootering, anyway?”

“I guess muscle memory also applies to speech?”

I stare at the other pegasus, “Maybe? Have you been using the words you know to open any sentences, or ending any sentences with the word, huh?”

“You know, I’m actually not sure?”

I stare at her in silence…

I watch her begin to form a frown, “Oh, no!”

“You’re gonna turn into me now!”

She stares at me wide-eyed, “Do you feel active or sporty and like you need to push yourself to the limit at all, Scoota-glow?”

I think for a moment… “Well, gee! It’s only day one, but I was on your scooter for hours earlier!”

She gazes at me carefully… “But you just said that you liked it, didn’t you?”

“Uh, maybe? I might have said something uh, to that effect, yes? Perhaps?” I frown at her…

She stares at me with enormous brown eyes, “Oh, no!”

I look at back at her, “Well, maybe it won’t be so bad? I mean, I’ll live with your two aunts, and you can stay here with Twilight!”

“No! Twilight Sparkle is NOT my mommy!”

Suddenly, the door behind her opens, and I raise my neck to see a purple alicorn behind the threshold, “Yeah, I just talked about it with er, Sweetie Bloom and Apple Belle, and we’ve decided the best course of action would be a trap!”

“You know, I’m really smart! I could help you!” I say back to Twilight. “Also, why did want to meet with those two while me and Scoots waited here?”

She sighs, “Cozy, I needed to make sure this wasn’t a weird sort of trick you were pulling!”

I frown when I suddenly realize that this mare doesn’t yet trust me all the way… I decide to suppress my feelings about this, “Okay, sure! Makes sense! I guess?” before leaning forward, “And I think I know how we can trap Discord! We need to get him here with something he wants!”

The white filly at Twilight’s hooves frowns at me, “Well, what do we got that Discord would want?”

The yellow filly to her left turns her neck towards her, “We could use Fluttershy?”

The white filly frowns, “But how?”

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Fluttershy widens her azure eyes from her spot at the table, “But how do you know Discord will know we’re having a tea party?” as steaming white porcelain cups of hot black tea sit on the table in front of everypony...

I smile at her, “Oh, he knows! Trust me!”

Twilight turns to look at me from across the table, to the right of the yellow pegasus, “And what makes you think he’ll get jealous enough to come by?”

I turn to the alicorn, “Also, taken care of!”

Twilight frowns, “I’m not sure I like this?”

Fluttershy turns her neck right towards the purple pony, “I don’t know if I do either?”

The white filly turns her head left and asks me, “How did ya get Discord’s attention, anyhow?”

I turn right towards Sweetie Bloom, “I left a poster of all of us enjoying tea in Fluttershy’s closet, and specifically mentioned on it that he wasn’t there!”

She frowns, “Doesn’t that seem kinda childish? I mean, don’t ya think Discord’ll see right through it?” and leans towards me, “And what makes ya think Discord goes through Fluttershy’s closet, anyway?”

I smile at her, “Simple! It’s what I’d do in his hooves!”

“I’m still not so sure about this?”

Suddenly, we all hear a masculine voice say, “HOW DARE YOU HAVE A TEA PARTY WITHOUT ME!”

Her eyes widen, “Or, maybe it will work?”

Suddenly, we all see a motley brown serpent form in the middle of the room!

A serpent that soon screams as a blue sphere of magick begins to form around him!

He turns to Twilight, who just sits there at the table, calmly smiling up at him, “Hey! What gives?”

Twilight’s purple eyes widen, “You’ve activated my trap! Anypony er, anycreature teleporting in will be encased within a blue forcefield and rendered immobile!”

I stare at the purple alicorn and smile when I think about how we concocted this plan together…

The alicorn who continues, “And don’t try anything funny, either! Your being monitored!”

Also, apparently Discord goes through Fluttershy’s closet… I wasn’t so sure at first, but I thought it would be worth a shot!

Twilight frowns, “Now Discord, we can make this very easy! Simply restore everypony to their rightful body, and you’re free to go! Until that point, I will keep you trapped!”

I think about Twilight and all she had done… And about how she wormed her way into my heart…

Discord narrows his misshapen eyes, “And if I refuse?”

Twilight’s muzzle normalizes, “Well, then enjoy being trapped!”

I then think about how Discord forced us to work together on this…

“You can’t be serious!”

And how because of him, I like to scooter now…

Twilight nods, “Oh, I’m very serious Discord! I mean, “she stares down at me and smiles, “granted, your actions did eventually get me my wonderful daughter!” before raising her gaze back up to the draconequus and glowering, “But that doesn’t give you the right to interfere in ponies lives like that! As Princess of Equestria, I will protect ALL of my citizens, and that includes the Cutie Mark Crusaders and of course, my beautiful foal!” she averts her eyes back to me and then, up to Discord once more.

And now, after everything, she’s my mother… My strong powerful mother…

Discord frowns at Twilight…

Who then narrows her eyes, “So, what’ll it be, Discord? Imprisonment or righting your wrong?”

Cozyloo leans to me from the left, “We’re still going scootering, right?”

I nod yes to her while Discord sighs, “Alright FINE! I’ll release them under one condition!”

Twilight says, “No conditions Discord! Change them back and leave! NOW! We’re watching and waiting…”

Discord stares at the stern looking alicorn who narrows her eyes back at him…

“I believe everypony has had enough of you and your antics!”

… Oh, golly! I love this mare! I need to get her something soon?

Discord’s shoulders soon lower before he at last says, “FINE!” and snaps his eagle talon in the air…

And that was when I blacked out again!

(To be continued… )