As they knocked on the door a couple times they heard noises inside and then somepony approached the door and opened it.

“Hellooo! It is good to see you both again, I was actually hoping to have an outside opinion on my dress, so you came at an ideal time,” Rarity said before beckoning them in.

As they went in they saw a stunning sight.

Rainbow was wearing a truly flashy and beautiful dress, and the way she was strutting about in it, she seemed in her element.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were also in the background with stars in their eyes, being Rarity and Rainbow's personal go-getters and keeping Opal out of the way so the cat didn't ruin something on a whim.

"Hello darlings, thank you again for the help with those ghastly parasprites this morning and getting the gems darling Rarity needed for the dress. You know how much this means to her." Rainbow said, still with her Isle of Pony accent.

Twilight said just remembering to raise her hoof. "You won't be flying around with the Wonderbolts in that, right?" Twilight asked.

"Of course not darling. A lady dresses property for the occasion. And I make a Wonderbolt flight suit look as good as anything, darling!" Rainbow shared a chuckle with Scootaloo.

Seeing Rainbow Dash so lovely and bright, Twilight definitely knew her changes to Rainbow Dash had been for the better.

But it made her think, would the same be for Rarity if she had the original Rainbow’s brashness?

“Oh indeed, you make any dress look good Rainbow,” Scootaloo said.

“And with you as my model, I can look forward to any event,” Rarity said and Twilight came to a decision and decided to test her theory.

“Rarity, you will act like Rainbow used to,” Twilight said, wanting to see for herself if this works, and changing ponies isn’t half bad, after all.

There was a flicker, and... Twilight was surprised to see the store was much the same. She saw some skirted sportswear, but the pretty princess dresses were still on display.

"Comin' through!" Rarity said, zipping past. She was wearing a set of pink roller skates. Her mane was shorter, and now had a streak of yellow and blue dye in it. The way she zipped about the store and her supplies reminded Twilight of a ballerina. She twirled from one work-station to the next. Her cutie mark was now a single star-shaped diamond with a purple 'shooting star' 'wooshing.'

“What have you done to Rarity?” Spike whispered harshly.

“Just a test,” Twilight said.

"Between you and me, Rarity always reminds me of a younger me," Rainbow Dash whispered with a chuckle.

'Oh... I said 'how Rainbow Dash used to act', in the context of this reality, that would mean how THIS Rainbow Dash used to act,' Twilight thought. She felt a bit ashamed, forgetting to remember all her variables was something she'd overcome in magical first grade.

"Like, hi Spikey, good to see you," Rarity gave Spike a quick peck on the muzzle as she skated by.

Spike jumped as Rarity’s kiss left him stunned, does she like him when she’s like this?

"This dress is gonna be like the most glamorous thing Sapphires Shores has ever worn... even if I'm gonna be sleepin' all day tomorrow." Rarity chuckled as she did a midair spin.

"If it looks good on me darling it'll look exquisite on her," agreed Rainbow Dash.

Twilight noticed Sweetie Belle, while still otherwise the perfect little lady, was now wearing green skates of her own.

“Yeah! Show that dress,” Sweetie chuckled along with Scootaloo.

“Twilight, I’m uncomfortable with Rarity being like this,” Spike said.

“I know, just a little longer, I need to see if this works out,” Twilight said. "Give it a chance."

"You're right, if Rainbow Dash's change was definitely for the better, maybe this Rarity is more open about her feelings towards me," Spike said.

“Alright! Now to set up the ponyquins,” Rarity said.

In spite of Rarity's more radical attitude, it was still like watching a dance as she worked. The mannequin moving like back up dancers to her whims. And Spike as usual was entranced by her grace, even if it now had more of a tubular edge.

"I guess Rarity is still herself?” Spike said.

Twilight raised her hoof. “I guess so, now we observe how they interact, Rarity and Rainbow have something to discuss,” Twilight said setting her hoof down.

“By the way, Rarity darling, I was hoping you had a moment to spare,” Rainbow asked.

“Sure, what’s on your mind?” Rarity said skating up to her.

“I was hoping we could discuss more modeling gigs darling, I personally like the idea of Manehatten, a bustling city that is a good place to get ones start,” Rainbow said.

“Totally,” Rarity said.

"I'm sure I can convince Spitfire darling to have a Wonderbolts show in Manehatten, a lady must keep loyalties after all," Rainbow said.

“I like it! We should send a message like ASAP,” Rarity said.

As the two chuckled over their conversation, Twilight took notes, making sure to mark down swapped behaviors and how they seem to create a near-perfect swap, save for interests and virtues.

"You sure like modeling don't you," Spike remarked to the 'New' Rainbow Dash (irony).

"Of course darling, Rainbow Dash always dresses in style!" Rainbow did a twirl that Scootaloo mimicked perfectly. "It's why I've always admired the Wonderbolts, combining power and beauty."

“Alright, time for some more testing,” Twilight muttered “Rainbow and Rarity have a new conversation topic… about food,” Twilight said, wondering if their palette has changed.

“On another topic, what is your favorite type of lunch item, perhaps we can fetch some while we’re out and about?” Rainbow asked.

“Hayburgers and fries all the way,” Rarity chuckled.

“I do fancy myself a connoisseur of sweeter items, not sweet enough that it will ruin my figure though,” Rainbow chuckled with her.

“As for drinks, I wouldn’t mind a hard cider,” Rarity said.

“Always the one to get the alcohol, aren’t you?” Rainbow said “If alcohol is the topic, I wouldn’t mind a cabernet red,” Rainbow said.

“Fancy drink, I like it,” Rarity said and Spike grew thoughtful, if he can learn some things about the new Rarity, maybe they have a chance?

"Twilight, would you care for some?" Rainbow asked, offering Twilight some alcohol that she fetched from a cabinet.

"Hey, what about us?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"You two and Spike are a little young for it," Rarity said.

“Aww…” The two fillies and Spike said.

"Last time I got drunk, I turned my teacher into a spoon," Twilight blushed.

"Darling, there is a middle ground between absence and temperance," Rainbow said.

“I suppose,” Twilight said before taking a glass and letting Rainbow pour it for her.

As Twilight took a drink Spike seemed a little envious that he has to sit out on the adult activities again.

"I feel ya," Scootaloo said, surprising Spike putting a hoof on his shoulder.

"Trust me darling, when you get to be my age, you'll lament you didn't spend more time enjoying fillyhood," Rainbow remarked.

“Eh, I’d actually prefer to be older,” Spike said. “It would make so many things easier,” Spike said looking at Rarity when she wasn’t noticing.

"Hey Twilight-"

"Spike, I'm not-"

"Hear me out. You got one 'data point' on how bonds can change from, what's that word Doctor Whooves uses, oh yeah, 'ripple effect' of changing forms. Why not two? If I'm wrong, then I'm not asking you to make Rarity love me. And if it doesn't work out, then you can just undo it."

"What are ya guys talkin' about?" The flightless pegasus asked.

Spike and Twilight remembered there weren't any changes to make them inaudible! Maybe that was something else Twilight should add.

"Just a private little wish fulfillment mixed with the way things are," Spike said, refilling Twilight's glass.

"Well, you know what mine would be," Scootaloo said, fluttering her wings.

Twilight added that to her list of things to do, taking another sip.

'It's obvious what Spike is asking for. But he's not wrong. The age difference also wouldn't be as big between dragons. Would Rarity even still be in Ponyville? Too many unanswered questions. Maybe it's better to do it as an experiment now than by accident later.'

“Alright alright, but this will be a controlled experiment,” Twilight conceded and thought about how she should word it. After thinking about it for a few seconds Twilight ushered Spike over to her and out of sight of the others and then spoke.

"Rarity has always been a dragon, she is civilized, she will not go on a greed-growth rampage,” Twilight said to start.

One glow behind her later and when Twilight looked she saw Rarity had turned into a tweenage dragoness, a little smaller than the tweenage dragons Spike had met before, but still a bit taller than him, Twilight wondered if this was the size Mina was.

Her scales were pure white, while her underbelly and crest were the color her mane had never been. Her eyes were as blue as ever. And there was her pair of leathery wings neatly folded on her back, kept out of the way as she work.

She was still wearing her roller skates (sized to fit her), and her scales had a blue and yellow streak painted down one side of her back crest.

There were as many high shelves as before, and the scaling of the place hadn't changed, Twilight guessed that Rarity being able to fly and having claws made up for not having telekinesis. The number of gems in the place if anything had increased... did dragons have a natural way to scent out gems that Spike had only been using unconsciously?

Glancing behind Rarity Twilight saw Sweetie Belle was still a unicorn filly. That was odd. Shouldn't it have affected Rarity's entire bloodline? Sweetie still wore the roller stakes, but she also had scars along her knees. Twilight noticed they were similar to the ones young pegasi had from 'learning falls' as pegasi called for learning fliers.

Twilight looked to Spike and saw the young dragon's eyes sparkling as he saw the pretty tweenage dragoness, Twilight Looked back at Rarity to see if she was doing anything at the moment.

Raising her hoof Twilight turned to tell Spike to go on over but she saw he was already walking over to her.

Deciding to let him have this Twilight stood back and let Spike try to woo Rarity.

"Rarity and the others will drop details that help me get a bigger picture," she whispered. Twilight could have just asked to have the bigger picture, but she wasn't about to give up all her joy of discovery.

“H-hi Rarity,” Spike nervously asked her.

"Whose Rarity? The name's Gleam, remember Spiky-Wikey?" The dragoness rubbed Spike on the head.

Twilight was shocked, she didn't give a name change.

“U-uh yeah, that's what I meant, say do you want to… hang out together?” Spike asked.

"No need to be so formal Spikey, we do that all the time, remember the gem hunt this morning?"

"Oh-oh! I meant, hang out, together-together."

Gleam stared for a moment, then laughed. "Ask me again when your wings grow in Spikey! You've only got, what, three or four years before they come in?"

“Wha?” Spike sputtered a little

“You're a tad young, is all I'm saying,” Gleam said. "I went through a lot to convince mom and dad that growing wings meant I was a dragoness who could take care of herself. It's Dragon Law."

"But this isn't the Dragon Lands darling," Rainbow said.

"Yes, but like, I'm still a dragon, I totally love my family, but I don't wanna lose sight of that. And it's how I got all those Canterlot nobles to take me seriously."

Twilight mentally noted that Rarity might be adopted, like Spike was.

"If I grew wings, does that mean I'd be an adult?" Sweetie asked.

"Sis', if you became an Alicorn, you'd still be a filly, it's different between dragons and ponies," Gleam said kneeling down.

“…One sec,” Spike walked back over to Twilight “um… Twilight… would you be willing-” Spike attempted.

"No."

"Come on! For science-"

"I'm not accidentally making myself thirty years older, or changing my hatching you, because you can't be patient."

"You don't need to change when you hatched me, just have my wings grow in so I'm an adult as far as other dragons are concerned."

“What if that affects your growth patterns? It could harm you,” Twilight said but Spike stayed vigilant.

“Maybe I grew quickly, maybe your magic helped me along, you just need to say that it doesn't make me grow super old fast.” Spike pleaded.

“Spike-” Twilight tried to make him understand, but Scootaloo approached.

"If you could magically make Spike's wings grow in, could you do the same for me?" Scootaloo asked, reminding them again they were not inaudible.

Twilight whispered under her breath. "Scootaloo's wings will grow to their proper size and grow along with her natural growth from then on tomorrow morning while she sleeps, not causing her any discomfort. She will not hurt herself nor anyone else directly or indirectly trying them out."

It only now occurred to Twilight that this and the Usa Minor suggested Twilight's Absolute could affect fate itself. One more thing to be cautious of. But...

"There will be no unintended consequences for using the Absolute ever, OW! Worth a shot."

Spike, seeing Twilight help Scootaloo, was emboldened that she could be convinced to make him older.

“So Scootaloo gets her wish?” Spike said.

"I'm healing a disability." Twilight clarified.

Spike thought hard how to convince her… then an idea came to mind.

“What if your magic when you hatched me already made me older? I mean you turned me into a giant, you basically created baby chicks that hatched, maybe this is the solution to solving this,” Spike said.

Twilight wanted to growl in frustration but she could see he wasn't going to drop this, she thought about how many ways this could go wrong, but if he was really determined, could she afford to risk messing with time itself? No, just have him be an early bloomer?

“Alright, fine… but this better not go wrong,” Twilight said before preparing for the worst.

“My magic that I used to hatch Spike sped up his growth and made him an early bloomer, he is physically the same age as Gleam.”

Spike fell to his knees as soon Twilight finished speaking. His body was covered in red spots and he began glowing a little. In a flash of light, Spike was on the couch, with Gleam at his side.

“Huh?” Twilight noted Spike’s relocation, he also seemed different, taller.

"It's okay Spikey, it's almost over," Gleam said, holding Spike's claw with both of hers.

"Wha-what-is-" Spike asked dizzily.

"You're almost there Spike. Just a bit more. Those Rocs didn't eat me when I grew my wings, and they didn't eat you. I don't care if I keel over from needing to do triple time to make Sapphire's dress, I'm here for you, just hold on, this next part is gonna be totally weird."

Gleam calmly watched as Spike's whole body... turned to stone.

Twilight was paralyzed with shock, was this NORMAL for how dragons' wings grew in? Had she done something wrong?

"Spike?! You-" Twilight said, beginning to panic, thinking she did this to Spike.

"It's totally kosher Twiley, like this, is the big event, mom and dad couldn't stop freakin' out when this happened. I totally thought I was DYING or somethin', being nearly eaten by giant birds didn't help," Gleam said calmly.

Cracks formed all along Spike, the stone shell fell away, and a pair of wings sprouted from Spike's back, the spots gone.

"Uuugh," Spike rolled out of Gleam's chaise lounge and into her waiting arms.

"Like, TOTALLY welcome to the flight club Spikey," Gleam said and kissed him on the muzzle.

He was the same age as Gleam now, physically, seeing as he's an early bloomer, really sprouted like a weed, in a good way.

"Hey, it's the prince who's supposed to kiss the princess," Sweetie Belle said jokingly.

"I don't think the prince minds," Gleam said admiring Spike's wings on his taller stronger frame.

Spike looked down at himself then his new wings and smiled before turning to Gleam with a smile.

“So… wanna hang out together-together now?” Spike asked smoothly.

“I've been waiting for this chance, yes,” Gleam said “thank goodness you are such a fast grower, otherwise this wouldn't have been able to happen,” Gleam said before the two got up and hugged.

Twilight honestly had to smile, Spike was finally fulfilled with Rarity-er Gleam. And she hadn't once ordered Rarity to be in love with Spike. Maybe there are such things as necessary adjustments to reality. 'Changing ponies isn't half bad, seems changing dragons isn't half bad either.' Yes, changing dragon too wasn't half-bad.

"Hope Ponyville can handle two tweenage dragons," Scootaloo said.

"Scootaloo, a lady doesn't give such remarks in present company," Rainbow said firmly.

"Yes, Rainbow," Scootaloo nodded loyally.

"So Spikey, when are you movin' out of Twilight's pad? You're an adult by Dragon Law." Gleam said.

Spike's eyes widened. "Eh, well, I'm still Twilight's number one assistant."

"Well, I like can't judge some dragon for living and working at the same place. Just don't go shouting it to the Equestrian Revenue Service, you should be able to get several years out of still being listed as Twilight's dependant."

Spike's eyes really widened.

"Gleam!" Rainbow stomped her hoof.

"What? I'm just giving a close friend some generous tax advice."

"Rarity- I mean Gleam."

"Yer like the second today to call me that."

"Just a in-joke between me and Spike, sorry." Yes... calling Gleam 'Rarity' had been just a joke, nothing more. The Element of Generosity even in the old reality as a unicorn had had a dragon name. "Can you tell me how your parents found you? Nothing odd about me asking."

"Well, mom and dad said since you only live once, they decided to take a day of those Los Pegasus honeymoon and go spelunking. They found my egg among a gaggle of magical jewels and took me home... though they thought I was just a pretty rock until I hatched eleven months later."

There was no way in this or any other timeline that Gleam would admit that she'd first thought Sweetie Belle was born because her parents wanted a real daughter. Until she saved Sweetie from unicorn early bloomer bullies and Gleam realized Sweetie Belle was her most precious treasure.

'Eleven months, so again reality adjusted to keep Gleam in this particular spot in time and space. Will this trend continue? Two data points from Lyra and Gleam is a shallow pool. But...'

"Gleam, you nor nopony else find my questions on the following topic odd. Gleam, how do you know anything about Dragon Law? The books in Golden Oaks library came up with nothing about dragons period."

"Fizzle told me lots during the Dragon Migration," Gleam said instantly, nopony blinking at the question.

"Who?"

"My brother by blood, or he claimed to be, and I still use the term lightly." Gleam reared back with disgust. "I met him during the Dragon Migration. He like, introduced me to Garble's little flight, and I was so excited to be accepted by them I didn't immediately see how they were bullying poor Spikey. He claimed someone or something had kidnapped eggs from the community dragon clutch a generation back, and that we could totally been family. By the time Spikey totally earned their respect, we were both kickin' it. Then Garble told us to smash phoenix eggs, instead of like say, eat'em, and I told Fizzle I totally knew who my family was."

Twilight mentally noted this down, and saw Spike was happier now… should she leave him like this? Maybe she could let him have this.

As Twilight thought about what she should do next Spike suddenly burped a letter.

“Huh?” Spike said holding the note, it was bizarrely colored, meaning it wasn’t from the princesses, it was addressed to Twilight.

“Hey Twilight, I think this is for you,” Spike said.

“Alright,” Twilight floated the envelope over to her and read it.

'Hello dear Twilight,

I know you aren't happy with me, well, more than usual, given our revelations of your spiritual lineage... but can you please visit me in Chaosville tomorrow at your earliest convenience? I feel recent events require chit-chat between all powerful ones.'

“I somehow get the feeling what he wants,” Twilight sighed with her hoof raised and she floated the message into her pack (only to have it explode into toy googly-eyes to the sound of popcorn) and turned to Spike and Gleam and saw the two kissing.

“They move quickly,” Twilight said. Rainbow covered Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle's eyes.

Once they were done they turned to Twilight.

“Hey Twilight, me and Gleam are going to spend the evening on a date. That okay?” Spike asked.

“B-but who will help me remember what happens when I use…” Twilight glanced around before whispering “My powers,” Twilight asked.

“Can’t you just make somepony else remember changes?” Spike asked.

“Yes… but who?” Twilight asked.

“How about Fluttershy? I get the feeling she's gonna be involved in this sooner or later,” Spike said.

Twilight sighed, if she’d known Spike was going to use her powers to set him and Gleam up, she’d have prepared better.

“Alright, have fun I guess, but no funny business later,” Twilight said to prevent any inappropriate action between them.

Spike’s rolled his eyes and nodded. “Don’t worry, we’ll take it slow,” Spike said.

"If mom doesn't petrify you for not waiting till marriage, I will." Twilight threatened.

“Like, no need for dramatics, now come on Spikey, I know this awesome volcano we can take a dip in,” Gleam said, leading him away.

“Coming dear!” Spike said happily as he followed her.

“Well dear, shall we braid each other’s manes?” Scootaloo asked Sweetie.

“Ready and willing!” Sweetie giggled and the two ran off.

"As lovely and wonderful as is this darling... she still has Sapphire's dress to do! That girl! She still acts like a teenager!" Rainbow exasperated.

"Technically she is one," Twilight said.

"I know darling but, ugh, I'm happy for this, but I'm going to have to pick up her slack! Sorry darling, but it's Rainbow Dash to the rescue!" And Rainbow hurried to the dress table, using her wings as make-shift hands to try and finish the finer details of the commission from Rarity's biggest client.

“And then there was me,” Twilight sighed before trotting away.

Twilight made her way to Fluttershy’s cottage.

She looked to see Fluttershy was thankfully not super busy with her animals, she was simply spreading fish food in the river next to her house.

“Alright, let’s try not to accidentally do anything to Fluttershy,” Twilight said as she approached Fluttershy said and coughed into her hoof to get her attention.

“Hmm? Oh! Hello Twilight, what can I do for you,” Fluttershy asked.

“Hi, Spike and Gleam are on a date and I need help for something, are you available?” Twilight asked.

“They're dating?!"

"Spike's wings grew in."

"Oh my, so that's what those rocs were about, is he okay?"

"Trust me, he's more than fine."

"Well, I'd be happy to help but I still have a lot of animals to feed, but I can later, if that is alright?” Fluttershy said.

Twilight knew what to do here.

“Their already all fed,” Twilight said and suddenly every animal that was waiting nearby for their food suddenly dispersed as they were no longer hungry.

“Oh… Odd, I don’t remember feeding them, but I suppose I did,” Fluttershy said confusedly. “So what did you need help with?” Fluttershy asked.

“....How to explain what I need help with…” Twilight said, realizing she’ll have to give some answers. "I recently awakened a new magic, anything I say or think can become reality."

"So like Discord's chaos magic?" Fluttershy said helpfully not nearly in awe as Twilight would think.

"Something like that... I was having Spike take notes for me for learning exactly how it all worked, but some of its rules seem a bit unruly."

"Does sound a lot like when I asked Discord to explain his magic once..." Fluttershy got a distant look in her eyes. "The sky is black. Matter and energy are but a song."

“Regardless, he ran off to hang out with Gleam, so now I need a new helper,” Twilight said.

“I can do the best I can,” Fluttershy assured.

“Alright, first I have to make you immune to not noticing anything, you are immune to-” Twilight began but Fluttershy cut in.

"But I noticed... I noticed just now. That was your new magic right?" Fluttershy said.

"It was... but some of the changes can be... retroactive like they've always been," Twilight explained.

"Oh! Has Pinkie Pie always been an Earth pony? Did Rainbow used to be a unicorn?" Fluttershy asked concernedly.

"Why would you ask that?" Twilight asked.

"I'm not sure... but it felt right?" Fluttershy said.

“Hmm, are you already immune?” Twilight asked with her hoof up.

“I don't think so! I mean, I've spent a lot of time with Discord, so I'm used to lots of things he says I can now glance at without driving me insane like most ponies, but I don't remember him ever putting an enchantment on me to have me notice strange magic... or I don't think he did. He wouldn't have done that without permission, would he?" Fluttershy asked her eyes darted about.

"I'm sure you're the one pony he would ask permission for first." Twilight said, deep in thought.

“...I may need to talk to him later? By the way, why do you keep raising your hoof?" Fluttershy asked out of the blue.

"Oh, I said that my magic won't trigger if I have my hoof raised, so far it's worked," Twilight explained.

"Why not ask just say 'My new magic will only happen when I want it to happen?" Fluttershy asked with a raised brow.

Twilight wanted to bang her head against a fence post. "My new magic will only happen when I want it to happen. OW!" Twilight cried as that one felt like a real blow.

"Oh Twilight you okay?" Fluttershy said worriedly.

"That's another thing, when I try to alter things in other worlds like Sunset's or from other worlds-" Twilight explained.

"Human Pinkie Pie visited again?" Fluttershy said.

"-Yes. I feel like my power, and me, are hitting a brick wall. It happened again when I tried to give you all immunity to my new magic to be done with it, like Discord claims he has."

"Why would Discord be immune to your new magic?"

"You said yourself, these magics appear similar," Twilight didn't exactly lie.

“How did you gain this power anyways?” Fluttershy asked.

“That… is a long story, to keep it short, I was given a power called absolute by some eldritch entity…. And apparently I’m Discord’s daughter, that’s the long and short of it,” Twilight admitted.

“Oh… that’s, surprising,” Fluttershy said again with that distant look in her eyes.

“It is, but I’ve chosen to stick to my pony family, I feel sorry for Discord, but I can’t just change my family on a whim,” Twilight said.

“I need to process this, how can I help?” Fluttershy asked, sounding like humans Twilight had seen when their eyes were glued to their phones.

“I was hoping since you seem to already be able to see past reality alterations, if you’d help me keep them under control, inform me of what i’m doing wrong, or keep me from accidentally blowing up the planet,” Twilight said, imagining the horrible scene, thankfully with her hoof raised.

“I’ll do my best,” Fluttershy said, sounding almost like a rehearsed line.

“Ok, I need to test some more things out, now that Spike isn’t in the picture, I need you to help, I was thinking we could pay a visit to Discord, as he sent me a note asking just that, and we can find a way to work through our current situation with a little damage as possible, he knows about the Absolute more than me,” Twilight said.

Fluttershy looked at Twilight like the princess was acting in a play.

“And we can in turn, maybe learn, some way somehow, to get rid of this power, and hopefully, return to the state of normalcy,” Twilight said looking glad about the fact they had a possible chance of undoing this.

"... You being a unicorn was 'normal'. Me speaking to strangers in a whisper was 'normal' before you came to Ponyville,” Fluttershy said.

“Huh?” Twilight said, noticing Fluttershy’s change in demeanor.

"Do you really want to lose their power Twilight?" Fluttershy asked trotting closer keeping her eyes on Twilight. "Would you want Discord to lose his power for good?"

“Um… Fluttershy, you're acting weird,” Twilight said looking a little uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry Twilight, I really am, but I thought if you got this power, you'd have a great idea of helping ponies with it, pegasi were talking at the market how you just spoke a storm away and everypony loved it," Fluttershy spoke with eerie calm.

“W-well, yes, but this power is dangerous, one wrong word without my hoof raised, and boom, there goes Ponyville, it’s better I return to being a normal alicorn,” Twilight said.

"I understand," Fluttershy said looking at the sky she often dared not brave. "Wanting things to just go back to normal. You, me, Gleam, Spike, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Angel. It's all so calm. No matter how many times things go wrong for us, it always come back around to us being okay."

“Are you okay Fluttershy?” Twilight asked looking a little concerned.

"I'm... a little scared, Twilight. They say change is always scary, but those words don't sound as nice when it happens to you. But there some things you can't stop, even if you see them coming from a hundred wing-lengths off."

“Fluttershy… You're worrying me, are you ok?” Twilight asked firmly.

"You just asked that, Twilight." Fluttershy hugged Twilight with her wings. "I want you to know, whatever happens, no matter how much things change, this me, is still your friend, and I don't regret meeting you. There are lots of times I wanted to go back and hide under my bed. When it was safer, simpler to just retreat back to my cottage, surrounded by my animals, with wants and needs I could understand, who'd love me just for a full belly and a wing on their shoulder. Please say you'll remember that, always, please SAY say it, with your power: No matter who I become, you remember we're friends,” Fluttershy said.

Twilight shivered a little and nodded “O-of course we’re friends, always, why would I doubt that?” Twilight asked with her hoof raised.

Fluttersy gently pushed it down. "Please say, 'I'll always remember Fluttershy Breeze, this Fluttershy speaking to me right now, is my friend, no matter who she is.' "

“F-Fluttershy I… alright, I guess I need to remember my friends… if it’ll make you happy, 'I'll always remember Fluttershy Breeze, this Fluttershy speaking to me right now, is my friend, no matter who she is.'” Twilight said honestly a little scared.

Fluttershy wiped a tear away with her wing. "Thanks Twilight, change is scary, but can always be wonderful, too bad you can't be sure which until it's over. I can be brave thanks to you all."

"You're brave because of yourself Fluttershy, we helped you find that courage," Twilight said.

Fluttershy breathed in deep, stretching out her wings, and let it out slowly. She smiled at Twilight. "So Twilight, didn't you say you were going to make me immune to your magic?"

Twilight said, disoriented, "I tried that before, all I got was a headache, best I got was Spike's memories not being updated with the new reality."

"Maybe you didn't word it right? If you made Discord immune to your magic, then there has to be a way. You can make me immune to your magic like Discord."

“I-I guess,” Twilight noted that her demeanor changed again “I’ll try it,” Twilight said before pondering how she’d put it, she then made a reality alteration that she hoped would work.

“Fluttershy is immune to my powers like-” Twilight began.

"-Exactly like-" Whispered Fluttershy's voice in Twilight's ear in spite of Fluttershy being right in front of her.

“...Exactly like Discord,” Twilight said.

A shockwave rippled out from Fluttershy. She floated off the ground, blips of magic swirling around her. Fluttershy accepted it with serenity.

The magic covered Fluttershy's body completely, encapsulating her like a cocoon. It reminded Twilight how her friends had described her own ascension as an Alicorn went.

Every animal in or around the cottage looked in Fluttershy's direction, transfixed. Angel himself limped towards Fluttershy, not looking around, his cute little face painted in awe.

the sphere of magic grew bigger, and bigger, Twilight tilting her head up. In an instant the magic collapsed in on itself, like a supernova (or a black hole). The mass of magic stretched out into a serpentine-like shape but still with an equine head. A giant dove wing and a butterfly wing grew from the back. On one leg was the webbed foot of a goose, the other a kangaroo. The end of the puffed out into a skunk's tail. The tiny horn of a doe grew on one side, and a moth's feeler on the other. On arm was the claw of a kitty cat, the other was a rabbit's paw.

“Wh-what the?” Twilight said backing up.
A long pink mane flowed down the back of her neck as a pair of familiar greenish-blue eyes blinked. Fangs like a wolf's gleamed.

"Looks like she was right," the draconequus in front of Twilight said. The draconequus leaned down, floating on air looking in Twilight's eyes.

“F-Fluttershy? What have I done to you?” Twilight asked looking shocked.

"Fluttershy? I remember being Fluttershy," the draconequus grabbed her own head and shook it, marbles were heard rolling around inside. "Yahtzee!" Some tiny Fluttershy voices cheered.

"Of course you can still call me Fluttershy! I also can go by the name Gaia if you want, or Fluttershy Gaia, or Gaia Breeze, or-" She blinked a couple more times focusing on Twilight. "So that's what souls look like. The ghost stories had it all wrong."

“What? Fluttershy you're not making any sense, why do you look like…. Discord?” Twilight demanded.

"What fun is there in making sense?" She cackled. Then inched a bit closer to Twilight. "That was my first time! Did I do it right?"

“Did what right?” Twilight said backing up a little.

Fluttershy sighed and took a remote and hit 'playback' the world reversing a few seconds.

"What fun is there in making sense?" She cackled. "So, was that? Sinister? Mischievous? Impish? I'm not sure what to go for."

“Fluttershy, stop beating around the bush! What is going on?” Twilight said looking a little panicked.

Fluttershy was wearing red glasses, a purple cap and blue scarf with dots. "Like, really? You said to make me immune to your magic 'just like Discord', just like you were, supposed to," she shivered. "Causality loops suck, but we can't argue with the results right? Oh wait, that's like what we're doing."

“I need to fix this, you're not acting right,” Twilight said.

The costume gone, she shrank to a smaller size. "Oh, sorry. But you know I'm still you're friend right?"

"Of course you're my friend Fluttershy, nothing can never-ever change that," Twilight said.

Fluttershy nodded. "Oh that's a relief." She looked around. "Everything is so... static... so this is what Discord constantly feels like." Fluttershy snapped her fingers, turning the flowers in her garden each a different set of polka dot colors (and one colored in squares).

Angel raised on his tip toes, waving his arms.

"No Angel I'm not making you a giant rabbit so you can trample over ponies again," Fluttershy said firmly. "I have something else for you later. But fun can wait, poor Twilight needs help."

Seats, a table, and utterly normal tea (Twilight's favorite) popped into existence and they both sat down. Twilight cautiously took the tea to calm down. "F-Fluttershy, please, can you explain?"

"I supposed there's no point in hiding now. Ahem. But first-" She snapped her fingers, a time portal opened that she leapt through closing, another opened instantly that she leapt back out of. "That's taken care of, that's a load off my mind." She reached into her head and pulled out a huge pony statue with the word 'Worries' engraved on it and neatly placed it in the garden.

“Huh? What was that?” Twilight asked.

"That was me, whispering to you 'exactly like' in your ear. Sorry. I'm still just pony enough to know that hurts your feelings."

“But… why? Why go to these length? Why are you using powers like Discord to do all this?” Twilight demanded.

"Because it already happened. Because it's the way it happened. I got a visit from mine and Discord's filly, she won't be born, or conceived, for a long long time, and she told me I could choose to try and lock myself in my cabin, or move to some other country, or something to stop from becoming a draconequus like Discord, and prevent her from ever being born, or manipulate you into using the power you gained from Kath' Eol when you were Discord's daughter, and become a new draconequus."

“You got a visit… from yours and Discords daughter?!” Twilight looked shocked.

"... I guess I'm also now your past-future step-mother... mommy's sorry?" Fluttershy said sheepishly, naturally poofing a sheep. "Seriously Twilight, I asked you to make me immune to your power like I knew Discord was... except you never told me that Discord was immune to the Absolute. I was waiting for you to call me out on it."

“T-that is true,” Twilight said, realizing that she got so wrapped up in recent events she forgot to ask that “How much do you know?” Twilight asked.

Fluttershy shrugged. "Everything you know I think. I was also waiting for you to ask why I was acting like I was listening to things I already knew."

“S-so what are you going to do now that your like this? How will you wield the element of kindness?” Twilight asked.

"I... I honestly hadn't thought about that. Sorry." Fluttershy lowered her head blushing. "But as to what I'm going to do now. There are a couple of things I need to take care of." She snapped her fingers, a visible ripple came from and went across the land. "I just changed all my pictures and paperwork to reflect the new me. And next-" She clapped. Instantly there were a dozen duplicates of herself standing around her. "-Alright girls, you know what to do."

The other Fluttershys all nodded going "Hm-Mm!" and teleport away.

"Uh, and where did all of them go?" Twilight asked sure she wouldn't like the answer.

"I might have sent them all across Equestria, starting with my parents, my brother, and our friends first, and hypnotize them to accept me being a Draconequus as no more weird than Discord being one, and then going down the list every pony who had ever met me, then to ponies who have read about me or seen me." Fluttershy said not looking Twilight in the eye.

“.....WHAT?” Twilight looked shocked “Your brainwashing our friends and other ponies?” Twilight said.

"And Diamond Dogs, dragons, minotaurs, changelings-"

"Not the point!" Twilight slammed her hoof down.

Fluttershy whimpered. "I know you don't want ponies to panic about your power... and if they knew you could create gods of mortals with a few words... They'd panic, or they'd mob you demanding their turn, or turn you to stone to prevent you from overpopulating the world with ponies as powerful as Celestia. I avoided Spike because I wanted you to make the decision if you want him to know you turned one of your friends into a Draconequus."

"You mean one of my friends tricked me into turning her into one." Twilight said sounding a little bitter.

"I'm sorry Twilight, I really am, that part of me is still pony at least. I knew I'd tricked you, even if I hadn't done it yet. You know stopping casualty loops is impossible, but I know that's not an excuse." Fluttershy gestured all around. "But all of this? It feels frozen, like everypony else is just an actor going through the motions, they can't see the rails they're on."

"You're talking like you've been one for a few days instead of a few minutes."

"I needed to do some soul searching after I whispered in your ear. I visited the moon, the sun, Neighpon, Our Town, that pet store in Cloudsdale I always loved as a filly. ... I... I forgive Discord for turning me into Fluttercruel... I was horrible, and I wouldn't want to act that way or anyone else ever again. But I understand a bit on why he did. Besides making us unable to use the Elements to stop him."

"He could have made you an outgoing social butterfly if he had a need to upend things." Twilight countered.

"I never said he wasn't an awful person then. What do you want from me Twilight? I promised I'd help you to test out your powers and I will. Test it."

"Test what?"

"Test to see if you can turn me back into a pony," she shuttered. "I'm not looking forward to it. But I know it would make you happy."

"FLUTTERSHY IS A PONY! OW!" Twilight shouted desperately but the pain hit her hard, however Fluttershy snapped her fingers and the headache was gone.

"Again."

"Fluttershy changes into a pony. Ow!"

Snap. "Again."

"There is a 'turn draconequus into ponies orb on the table and it blasts Fluttershy! Agh!' Twilight gains another headache.

Snap. "Again."

"Angel has the power to change the species of others and he changes Fluttershy into a pony. Ow!” Twilight cried out.

Snap. "Again."

"GAIA becomes a mortal pony. Ouch!..." That one wasn't as bad, or she was getting used to it. "I didn't have headaches trying to use this on Discord or trying to remove my own power."

"I'm pretty sure because you've gotten numb to those. I think you tried to get rid of the Absolute every time. Or give it to somepony in a coma and send them into another universe."

“I can’t believe it… I can’t undo it…” Twilight said, knowing the reason why as well.

"You never answered my question Twilight, do you want Spike to just accept me being a draconequus is normal? Changing dragons isn't half bad after all. Or would you rather he knows just how powerful you can make somepony?"

“Spike wouldn't exploit my powers like that,” Twilight denied.

"Not yet," Fluttershy whispered. But bringing up 'power corrupts' when she was now almost all-powerful herself was a self-destructive argument. "So what were all the things you wanted me to help you with testing your powers on again?"

Twilight just looked at her.

"Fine," Fluttershy snapped her claws, appearing as a yellow pegasus. "Is this better?"

"Fluttershy! You're back! Wait, you can do that?"

"Shape shifting isn't as special as changelings like to think, Twilight, you could look like a normal unicorn any time you want."

"Wha... what did you say?! All those nights I tried finding new sleeping positions, all those times adjusting to having two new limbs... I could have just 'tucked them away' any time I wanted?! Why didn't Celestia, Cadence, or Luna say anything?!" Twilight demanded.

"... I'm guessing they thought you knew. Or they want to think of yourself exclusively as an Alicorn and the sisters want you to take their places."

"Don't be silly, Celestia and Luna are not plotting to saddle me with ruling all of Equestria. And even if they were, I'm sure they'd give me say, a century or two to learn the ropes to make the transfer of power more seamless so my inexperience doesn't lead to the collapse of Pony civilization." Twilight said, briefly forgetting she was using the Absolute.

Far far away, a certain evil Alicorn felt a chill go up her spine.

Fluttershy nodded with a chuckle.

“Sounds about right,” Fluttershy said knowingly “So, about those tests?” Fluttershy asked.

“Right… well I need to know the full extent of my powers, but whenever I try to discover them, the headaches return, how would you suggest we move past that roadblock?” Twilight said, feeling confused.

"Twilight, I feel like you're asking how to learn to fly without crashing," goddess of chaos or not Fluttershy shuddered at the painful memories. "And you should be asking Discord-" Fluttershy reasoned.

"NO!" Twilight said loudly.

"-alright then."

“There has to be a way to see the limits without damaging anything,” Twilight raised her hoof and thought out several scenarios, and their backlash, especially if she were to forget things because she willed it.

“I look at it like this,” Fluttershy made a chalkboard appear with a dozen chalk drawings. “If you can’t figure the limits of the power out, perhaps try harmless things, like, turn the sky pink, or create something huge, but harmless, or simply will that you would know that using the Absolute to its fullest would have disastrous effects, surely that is in the realm of the Absolute’s power,” Fluttershy said.

“That’s… a good point,” Twilight said with chagrin, deciding to use the Absolute in a broad but harmless way, she decided on Fluttershy’s first offer.

“The sky is now pink, and nopony but me and Fluttershy notices,” Twilight said.

Immediately the ground shook and Twilight looked around before noticing the sky changing from blue to a Pinkie style pink, it was bizarre but at the same time somewhat pretty.

Spike and Gleam relaxed in a lava pit.

“Aaahh, this is nice,” Spike said.

Gleam nodded “Best lava pit in my opinion,” Gleam said.

“I agree-” Spike paused when the ground shook and he looked up and saw the sky was now pink.

“...Weird…” Spike said.

“What?” Gleam asked.

“Was the sky always pink?” Spike asked.

“Yeah, you been living under a rock?” Gleam chuckled.

“Um… no, focus on the date Spike,” Spike leaned back in the lava pool and returned focus to Gleam.

“Whoa,” Twilight said.

“Theory proven,” Fluttershy said, changing it back with a snap of the fingers.

“...There’s a muffin the size of a castle floating over our heads,” Twilight tried.

Suddenly a gigantic blueberry muffin manifested and floated over their heads.

Derpy noticed this from the other side of Ponyville and smiled.

“My birthday wish finally came true!” Derpy said happily and she flew towards the muffin.

“Never mind, it’s a cupcake,” Twilight said and it turned into a giant chocolate cupcake.

There was a faint cry of a disappointed blond pegasus in Ponyville as they continued.

“I imagine Pinkie will be happy at least,” Fluttershy chuckled.

Twilight raised her hoof “This still doesn’t tell me the limits, can I alter things on a more cosmic scale or am I limited to just this planet?...” Twilight looked around before saying.

“I have a hi-tech telescope,” Twilight said looking to her right and spotting the high tech telescope, she trotted over to it and peering into it.

She saw Jupiter in the distance with it.

“Jupiter is blue,” Twilight said.

Suddenly Jupiter turned a light shade of blue.

“No way… Now it’s multi-colored,” Twilight said to see what would happen, and sure enough, it turned into a vibrant multi color like Rainbow’s mane.

“I can’t believe it.” Twilight said, backing off. “I can even affect other planets."

“Then I think you have your answer, you can do basically anything, with your mere words no less, nothing in this dimension is beyond you,” Fluttershy said “I think we can be glad it was you who obtained this power instead of somepony bad… like Sombra for instance,” Fluttershy said, shivering at the harrowing thought.

There was an unspoken agreement among the mane six and Spike: "Sombra was dead", and according to official records this was true. Radiant Hope and Sombra were granted by Celestia the peace of living out their days in seclusion, away from those who'd seek revenge or to exploit their power. The thing that Discord had created from a broken piece of Sombra's horn was the official 'third' death of Sombra.

"It... wouldn't be so bad," Twilight said. "I mean! Yes! It would be awful! But it wouldn't be too much of a problem now. I could just say 'Sombra is a good pony and always has been.' And that would be that."

"But wouldn't that completely rewrite the history of the Crystal Empire?" Fluttershy asked.

"... Well yes, I could just say 'Sombra has a change of heart and becomes good, and everypony accepts it.' Changing ponies isn't half after all." Twilight said before shaking her head “We’re getting off-track though, I need to know one more thing, can I affect history itself… what is something completely harmless I can do…. Oh! I got it!” Twilight used her normal magic to summon a book on Starswirl the Bearded.

“Something harmless is mane color! Let’s try it,” Twilight said.

“Just be careful,” Fluttershy said while sitting on an upsidown chair.

“Starswirl the Bearded had… a green mane,” Twilight said before wincing. “OW!"

"It... it felt like... when I was trying to affect things in the human world." Twilight's eyes widened.

"Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"Fluttershy! I want a picture of your great-great-great grandmother!" Twilight requested.

Fluttershy snapped her feathers like they were fingers, and a painting of a pegasus who had died of old age before Granny Smith was born appeared. Her mane was pink.

"Okay, let's try this, what was her name?” Twilight requested.

“Golden Song,” Fluttershy said.

“The deceased mare Golden Song had a purple mane, much like mine,” Twilight said. "OW!... That time felt different... like I was hitting some different kind of barrier... "

“So I suppose the dead are off limits as well,” Fluttershy said.

"Maybe... maybe not... Fluttershy... your bloodline has had purple manes since before Equestria's founding…. AAGH!” Twilight gripped her head in pain, that didn’t work, then what about this?

"Your entire bloodline since the founding of Equestria is alive, OW!" Twilight had this odd vision of being struck like an unruly student by a giant Princess Luna, like the Luna she knew was just a speck of the whole. She blinked and the vision was gone just as fast.

"I must not be thinking of this right... " Twilight said.

"Or maybe you just can't affect the past?" Fluttershy reasoned.

"I meant the distant past. I made Gleam be born as a dragon. That Spike was hatched with blue scales and spines." Twilight said.

"Really? Hm. I guess normal is what you know." Fluttershy shrugged.

"The point is... I'm wondering if there's some line of logic I'm thinking... Ah. I wonder. I'm trying to change something that no longer exists. Obviously your ancestor made has become part of the soil-" Twilight said before Fluttershy cut her off.

"Pegasi actually have our departed turned into-" Fluttershy said.

"I don't need to know! The point is, I'm clearly able to change the past. But I'm not approaching it the right way."

"Maybe it's a good thing you can't change the past, it could alter things beyond repair-" Fluttershy tried to reason with Twilight but she ignored her.

"Okay, let's try this. Fluttershy, the traits you inherited from your bloodline as a pegasus, regarding your mane color, have always been purple since before Equestria's founding." Twilight said with assurance this would work.

Fluttershy blinked... and her mane stayed pink but Golden Song's mane turned purple.

"Oh right... I am an idiot. I made you immune to my power like Discord, it wouldn't affect you either way." Twilight wanted to bang her head against the table.

“Mhm, I do hope this answered your remaining questions Twilight, and perhaps you should look forward to your meeting with Discord,” Fluttershy said.

“....I’ll consider it,” Twilight said “But yes, I have all my questions answered,” Twilight said before trotting away.

“Shall I come?” Fluttershy asked floating besides Twilight.

“If you want, I need somepony’s help with things while Spike is fooling around,” Twilight said.

“I think they’ll make a great couple,” Fluttershy chuckled.

“Let’s hope they wait till marriage at least,” Twilight rolled her eyes.

“Alright, I don’t have anything to do right now,” Fluttershy said ignoring Angel hopping after her demanding attention. Twilight turned around, and Fluttershy glanced at Angel. Fluttershy morphed into her true form and snapped her claws, freezing time except for her and Angel.

"Yes, I know, you're right, I did promise. And if I'm to become a goddess of chaos, you should be at my side, Angel. Is that you want?"

Angel nodded furiously.

Fluttershy cracked her knuckles. "Alright Angel dear, you asked for it."

Fluttershy took out a pressure cooker and plopped it on top of Angel.

"Mix your essence with chaos magic, upgrade you to full sapient, no longer bound by nature's cycle like animals instinctively are... and become mine my Angel." There was a puff of steam, and Fluttershy pulled back the pressure cooker.

The creature had shiny white skin like Angel’s fur, or maybe it was just very glossy fur. Its eyes were black with white slits. Little bat wings fluttered behind its back that it looked at in surprise. It stood on its two legs, but hunched over. Its hands and feet were a set of three claws (and a thumb for the hands) that were the same color and texture as the rest of him. His mouth was jagged like his fangs and jaw were one and the same. A pair of little ears like a goat's, and slit nostrils like a skull. A lizardy pointed tail swept behind him. And of course were the tiny swept back horns.

"You make a wonderful imp Angel," Fluttershy said approvingly, knowing most of Ponyville would consider it not really that big a change. The imp, Angel, bowed to its goddess. Fluttershy snapped her fingers and time resumed for the rest of the world.

Fluttershy morphed back into a pegasus and fluttered next to Twilight. "Ready when you are!"

Twilight nodded and trotted on to Ponyville, the new imp quietly waving them off.

Author's Note

Does anyone else have an idea you want me to implement? I'm still taking requests.

Either way, things are changing left and right, will everything be okay with Twilight?