Twilight woke up hours later feeling refreshed, but still unsure given what she just heard from Discord.

Regardless she had a duty to figure this out.

And so she trotted downstairs and saw Spike in the library, sorting books.

“Where’s Discord?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t know, he left looking sad, shouldn’t we think of telling the family… you know…” Spike gestured with his hand.

“No, they can’t know, what if they…” Twilight paused and then decided to raise her right hoof to prevent any events from happening “Freak out, or reject me? Or freak out and then reject me?! I can’t handle that,” Twilight said.

“Twilight, you know them, they won’t reject you because you're their real daughter… also why are you raising your hoof?” Spike asked.

“I made a condition that prevents me from warping reality if I raise my right hoof,” Twilight said.

“That’s good,” Spike said as Twilight set down her hoof so she could trot to a door.

“I wish I had an idea on how to help,” Spike said.

“Me too,” Twilight blurted out without thinking and she paused and whirled to Spike whose eyes flashed for a second.

“Ah!” Twilight raised her hoof again.

“Hey… I just got a great idea!” Spike said.

“A… good one?” Twilight asked nervously.

“Why don’t you use your powers to help others, we could be the good samaritans of Equestria,” Spike said.

“...That is a good idea,” Twilight admitted. “But what if I mess up? What if I say something and destroy everything,” Twilight asked.

“What's the other solution? Tie your muzzle shut? Live as a hermit forever? Put yourself in a magic sleep forever?"

"I, I hadn't thought of that, what if my thoughts in my DREAMS effect things too?!"

"Twilight, calm down! You're not gonna make things better by freakin' out! Look, lots of ponies would think the powers you already had were freaky. Remember the Want-it-need-it spell?"

“Yeah?” Twilight nodded, admittedly ashamed of that memory.

"Well, you weren't tarred and feathered and thrown out of Ponyville that time. Or when your spell to try and make the Parasprites harmless only made them more hungry? Remember the jokes griffons and dragons make about ponies being super-duper forgiving."

“I guess… You make a good point, whether I want them or not, I have these powers, and I can use them for the greater good,” Twilight said, standing tall.

“Alright, now we’re talking, now step one, can you make me and Rarity a couple?” Spike asked.

Twilight looked at him flatly “Really?...” Twilight said.

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding… mostly…” Spike said.

"Spike I'd rather not mess with anypony's free will." Twilight said.

“Well, glad I’m safe,” Spike chuckled.

“Speaking of which, I need somepony to be aware of what’s going on, Spike, You are aware of reality shifts,” Twilight said.

“I’m okay with this,” Spike nodded.

“Now let’s get to work,” Twilight said.

“Alright, then what’s our first altruistic action?” Spike asked, and as if on queue, they heard thunder outside.

“Hmm… I may have an idea,” Twilight said before putting her hoof down and trotting outside.

Sunshower shouted to her fellow weather teammates, "Who was the idiot who said we should try to make up our storm quota by splurging it all at once?!"

“Calm down! We’re working on it!” Rainbow said as she tried to make the thundering clouds calm a little.

"Maybe if YOU weren't flying with Wonderbolts and doing 'Friendship Missions' when you're supposed to be our weather team captain!"

The clouds were getting out of control, and ponies seemed worried that the storm would wreck their crops.

As they were wondering if they should go inside until this multi-hour clean-up is done with, they suddenly heard a loud throat clear behind them.

“Huh?” The ponies turned around and saw Twilight standing before them, with Spike holding an umbrella to prevent himself from being rained on.

“Worry not, I have a solution,” Twilight said while raising her hoof.

“What do you have in mind Princess?” Mayor Mare asked as she approached.

“I have recently gained a power that can help with the problems you are having, watch,” Twilight said setting down her hoof and taking a deep breath before looking to the clouds. “There is no storm today, it’s perfect weather,” Twilight said simply.

Almost immediately the clouds cleared away, much to the surprise of Rainbow and the other weather team members.

“Whoa…” Rainbow said, looking shocked.

“How… how did she do that?” Mayor Mare said in awe.

"Do you like it?" Twilight instinctively asked.

Instantly any doubts or worries in Mayor Mare's mind were annihilated.

Mayor Mare nodded enthusiastically. "I like it, I like it! And I thought non-pegasi using weather magic was a myth. You did a great service today Princess!"

"Thank you," Twilight said, letting the uncomfortable title 'Princess' slide, and instead enjoying the approval. She wondered how much she should reveal about her power, or let Mayor Mare's misconception stand. Revealing she was the reincarnation of Discord's daughter might be a bit much at the start. She needed to prove she was still on their side. But revealing the full scoop of how her power worked to everypony in earshot might be dangerous.

But Twilight heard the stampeding of approval of several other ponies who were delighted at their Princess' magic solving a problem rather than exasperating one.

"Hey, Twilight," Rainbow Dash zipped close to her friend. "You didn't just clear that storm in ten seconds flat, you cleared it in NO seconds flat. And your horn wasn't even glowing! What's the deal?"

Oh right. Twilight had forgotten how perceptive Rainbow Dash was when she was flying.

"Oh, it's nothing to worry about, Rainbow Dash," Twilight said, backing up a little nervous.

Any worry Rainbow Dash had over this oddity from her limited knowledge of the vanishing storm evaporated like it'd never been.

"Oh. I guess you have a point, you managed to fix things up that was gonna be a headache even for me to clean up. But this is some cool new super magic you've got there." Rainbow said excitedly.

“Um, yeah,” Twilight nervously laughed. ‘I could use a good distraction right now.’

Rarity’s scream came from Carousel Boutique.

Spike, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight hurried to help their friend (most ponies in Ponyville had learned to ‘tune out’ when trouble started to keep themselves sane).

Rarity stormed out of her home/shop, stroke-level stress clear on her face.

“Parasprites! I don’t know how they got in, but they ate all the gems for my emergency custom rush job for Sapphire Shores!”

“But parasprites don’t… oh, right.” Twilight remembered she had never removed the spell that made the Parasprites that attacked Ponyville eat construction materials instead of regular food.

“I’d simply be remiss if I don’t get this problem resolved immediately, would you all be willing to aid me?” Rarity asked.

“Sure,” They all said… and Twilight raised her right hoof just in case.

“Any reason you’re raising your hoof?” Rainbow asked.

“Um… no, just um, stretching it out,” Twilight said sheepishly.

“Alrighty then, let’s move!” Spike said as they moved on to do their gem hunt.

As they got there Rarity laid out a list as long as an anaconda.

“Alright, I’ll need twelve of each gem on the list and twenty of the last few, let us move swiftly,” Rarity said.

“Ugh,” Rainbow sighed, not looking forward to it.

“Alright, let’s move,” Spike said as they made their way over to the areas with the most piles.

“Aaaalllright… not how I wanted to spend my day,” Rainbow griped.

“I know, I know, but Rarity needs our help, as friends we gotta do just that,” Twilight said while raising her hoof.

“I know,” Rainbow sighed as she began digging on a pile of dirt expecting to find something useful.

After an hour of gem hunting, Rainbow hadn’t made much ground.

“Ugh, this is boring,” Rainbow griped.

“Come now Rainbow Dash, once you get into it, you’ll have fun,” Rarity said.

“Well, i’m not,” Rainbow said.

Twilight tried to think of how she could help Rainbow out while holding up her right hoof, which was getting tiring… maybe she should make another adjustment.

Regardless, Rainbow needs to be more proactive here.

“You're doing decent, but those quartz crystals are too small,” Rarity pointed out.

“I’m not a gem expert,” Rainbow said.

Lightbulb… Twilight set her hoof down.

“Sure you are,” Twilight said.

“....Yeah, I am,” Rainbow said, suddenly she remembered that she studied a lot of gemstones in her past, before she got into flying that is.

“Well? Are we going to pick up the pace?” Rarity asked while distractedly examining an opal stone.

“Yes, I just remembered how a red diamond and a ruby look similar, save for composition,” Rainbow said picking the two stones up and casting the unnecessary one aside.

With Rainbow’s newfound knowledge on stones, the time went much faster than before.

They were done before it was afternoon.

“Well! I’d say we have made quite the haul,” Rarity complimented on the many gems they have gathered. “But I can’t help but feel we’ve forgotten something.”

The ponies and dragon returned to find Rarity’s shop… being eaten by parasprites. “Oh right.”

“AAAH! My shop!” Rarity said, cursing herself for not remembering to chase out the pests.

“Crap! At this rate they’re gonna eat the whole Boutique!” Rainbow Dash said.

“...Gee, I wonder how Twilight can fix that?” Spike not so subtly hinted.

“Ah,” Twilight nodded and thought of how to phrase her command, then remembered her thought could trigger it too, so tried to just picture it in her head instead without words (easier said than done for a mare who’d lived and breathed books her entire life).

“The parasprites did not eat Rarity’s house!”

There was a flicker, and Rarity’s home was restored, or rather had never been damaged… instead the parasprites had been eating the houses and trees around it!

“Uh oh!” Spike exclaimed. “Gee, I wonder how Twilight can fix this.”

“Working on it!” Twilight muttered as she tried to come up with something else.

“The Parasprites are not eating the trees and houses!” Twilight attempted.

Suddenly they weren’t eating the trees and houses, instead they’ve been eating literally anything else!

A pony jumped out of the way as the parasprites ate his food cart like a colorful tornado.

“Twilight!” Spike said.

“I’m trying!” Twilight said.

“The parasprite’s aren’t in Ponyville!” Twilight attempted.

The parasprites disappeared.

“Whew…” Twilight sighed in relief… before she saw them flying back into town.

“I think you just put them outside of town!” Spike said.

“I don’t get it! What am I doing wrong?” Twilight said.

“Maybe you need to be more, I dunno, oomph?” Spike asked.

“How?” Twilight asked.

“I got an idea,” Spike whispered in her ear.

“Ok,” Twilight said, Twilight breathed in. “A tame Ursa Minor, will eat the parasprites as happens in nature, then peacefully leave Ponyville without damaging anything or anyone cared about by anyone anywhere, and go back to its mother, and stay in Everfree where they belong without disrupting the ecosystem or hurting anything or anyone that anyone cares about.”

Suddenly there was a rumbling and everypony saw a large Ursa Minor calmly walking through town.

“Double crap! First parasprites, then an Ursa!?” Rainbow said.

“Hold on!” Spike said “Watch!” Spike said and they saw the Ursa calmly walk up to the Parasprite swarm and inhaled, sucking them up into it’s jaws, chewing, swallowing, and calmly walking away.

“....What the hay?” Rainbow said.

“This was nothing short of random…” Rarity said.

“Yep,” Spike said.

“Alright, let’s head back inside before anything else happens,” Twilight said with a raised hoof.

“No arguments there,” Rainbow said before they went inside the Boutique.

“At last!” Rarity said with relief. “If I pull an all-nighter I should be able to get this dress done in time! Not lose my good faith with my biggest client. Not get blacklisted. Keep my profession and good name. Rainbow Dash, I’m going to need you to model.”

“Come again?”

“I don’t have time to iron out all the kinks myself. I need your help.” Rarity said.

“Why not Fluttershy?” Rainbow complained.

“You’re here, she isn’t. And you have more experience than Twilight and Spike, well, he doesn’t have the right body shape.” Rarity said.

Rainbow Dash groaned. “Ugh. This again? What do you think I am? Some froufrou lady like you?” Rainbow said.

“Well Rainbow darling, I think when you’ve put in the effort, you’re a magnificent refined lady, don’t you agree Twilight?” Rarity said.

Twilight, distracted from the repeat reverse disaster outside, and tired from raising her hoof all day said, “Huh, oh, right Rarity.” Twilight mumbled.

“Why thank you for saying so darling, it’s an honor to model one of your beautiful dresses again,” Rainbow Dash said with an Isle of Pony accent. Her mane now long and stylish, her wings feathers beautifully preened, and her coat graciously combed. Her cutie mark was now an arching rainbow between two clouds.

“And it’s a pleasure for me too dear,” Rarity nodded, the two prim and proper ladies quickly getting to work on Rarity’s dress.

“Uh… Twi?” Spike said.

“Huh?” Twilight looked on and saw the two doing the modeling and dress prep. “Oh… I did it again didn’t I?” Twilight sighed as she raised her hoof.

“I think so…” Spike said, finding Rainbow being a Rainbow Dash version of Rarity, perturbing.

“Should I fix this?” Twilight asked.

“Nah, let them finish here,” Spike said with a wave of the hand. “If it gives Rarity a helping hoof, then it’s not all bad.”

Twilight lowered her tired hoof. “Hmm, I guess you’re right.”

‘Spike’s right. Changing ponies if it helps isn’t all bad.’ Twilight thought, unknowingly affected by her own power. It wasn’t just her thought. Then again, she had been planning to FORCE Discord to change for the better if he hadn’t learned to behave. So why be worried about a little change if it helped here?

Still, Twilight should asked for a friend.

“Will you have time to help with your weather teamwork tomorrow if you help Rarity here Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked with a raised hoof.

Rainbow Dash laughed genially. “Oh don’t be silly Twilight darling, I gave my Weather Captaincy to Sunshower when I was accepted into the Wonderbolts, it would be unlady-like to run myself ragged trying to do two jobs at once, darling.”

‘Rainbow Dash was tiring herself out? Changing her really was for the better.’

Twilight remembered the argument Rainbow Dash and Sunshower had when the storm hit. “Oh, right, sorry.”

“Twilight, I am pressed for time, but when we’re able to speak more, I simply must know about this new magic of yours. Were you disguising your horn glow? I’ve heard of ponies who could do that before.” Rarity said.

“Oh, we can discuss it when you have time sure,” Twilight said with her hoof raised.

“Then I must ask that you two hurry on out, I need total concentration for this project,” Rarity polietly said.

“On it,” Spike said as they walked out of the Boutique.

A second later, Scootaloo on her scooter nearly ran over Spike. “Oh, sorry darlings,” Scootaloo bowed her head politely. Twilight noticed her mane was a little more styled than she remembered.

“Oh very polite of you Scootaloo,” Twilight said with her hoof raised.

“Thanks, if I’m gonna be a great flier like Rainbow Dash, I need to know how to act like a lady too. See ya, darlings!” Scootaloo said.

“Well, that was unexpected,” Spike said.

“Hm. More like totally expected. It seems if the changes can cause ripple effects. This calls for research.” Twilight said, trying to keep her tired limb raised.

“You may want to change it to something else, ponies are going to start wondering why you have your hoof raised all the time,” Spike said.

“I could just say I’m imitating Princess Luna’s ‘lecture pose’.” Twilight said.

“Alright,” Spike said as they went back to the castle to recover from this bizarre adventure they had.

“Look at this way Spike, we’ve gone the entire day and while I had some slip-ups, I was able to fix them, and even some of my mistakes were for the better.”

Spike nodded. “Yeah, Rainbow Dash was definitely changed for the better.”

“See? We don’t need Discord for this, whatever I was to him before, I know who my family is now, and it isn’t him. You were right Spike, I’ve always had to be careful with my powerful magic, and this is just a new magic for me to get used to. Thank you Spike.”

“Welcome Twilight.” Spike said.

“Good, let’s hurry back to the castle, we’ve got some more testing to do,” Twilight said as they went back to spend the rest of the day experimenting.

But what would happen tomorrow?...

Author's Note

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