Tranced

Tranced

Chapter 2 - Strange Occurrences(Twilight Sparkle)

"Fluttershy is a social butterfly now!" Rainbow Dash insisted. "Someone must have cursed her or something! Not that it's a bad thing, but still!"

"I know. I'm trying to investigate it, Rainbow," I said impatiently, checking my library.

"I bet it's that new pony, Butterbell," Rainbow said. "She seemed suspicious."

I dashed to Rainbow, furious. "How dare you accuse her! She just got here yesterday! And besides, I'm good friends with her!"

"Does that really change the fact that she could be evil?" Rainbow Dash said.

Okay, she had me there.

"Um... no. But still! And besides, why would she do that to Fluttershy?"

Rainbow pondered this. "Good point."

I took out a book called "Strange Behaviors". I flipped through the book. "Poison, mind control... this might be it!"

I showed Rainbow Dash the "Hypnotism" section.

"We just need to confirm one important detail," I said, my eyes twinkling.

I rushed to Fluttershy.

"Hello!" she said cheerfully.

"Um, Fluttershy? Could I see your eyes for a second?"

"Sure."

One glance at her eyes was all I needed to know.

"I'll see you later!" I said awkwardly, dashing away.

Fluttershy was probably wondering why I asked such an awkward question and then left immediately afterward.

"So... she's hypnotized?"

"Correct," I confirmed. "Her green irises proved it."

"But... how are we going to get her out of it?"

I looked in the book again. "To break somepony of a hypnotist's control, the hypnotist must re-hypnotize the subject and tell them to forget all changes, unless they have assigned a trigger word."

"Wasn't Butterbell's cutie mark a spiral?" Rainbow pointed out.

I pondered this. "Yes... but we still can't accuse her. I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask her about this, though."

We wandered to Butterbell's house. "Do you know anything about why Fluttershy is acting strangely?"

Butterbell paused before answering. "I was not directly involved," she finally answered.

"Okay, then, we'll be on our way," I said. As I trotted away, I couldn't help but glance back at Butterbell.

"How do we know she wasn't lying?" Rainbow asked.

"I never said she wasn't. Also, I'm suspicious too, but we still don't have any proof."

I headed back to the library to do more research. "She's the only pony I can think of! And I'm sure that Trixie hasn't done anything since we became friends."

"Don't you have a spell or something to help?"

I thought through my spells. Then it came to me.

"I have an idea! I'll use a memory spell to search Fluttershy's memory! Maybe I'll find out what happened." I went back to Fluttershy.

"Could I try a memory spell for a second?" I asked her.

"Sure." Fluttershy flew over to me.

I activated the spell.

Memories came flooding to me, but I couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

Then something flashed for a split second. It was a bright yellow pony holding a crystal. Fluttershy was with her.

The other pony looked exactly like Butterbell. My suspicions had been confirmed.

"That's all," I said, heading back.

"Rainbow Dash, you were - " I stopped cold.

A black pony with a sliver mane and tail was standing over an unconscious Rainbow Dash. He let out a blood-curdling laugh, then turned towards me.

"I am Dark Silver," he said. "Now, I need a new slave. You're filling the job, like it or not!"

He rushed at me, and everything went black.