A/N: Thank you for the support, guys! Hope you enjoy chapter 3! :)

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Clover rose up to her hooves and glared at Star Swirl, "What was that all about?" she asked. The bearded stallion, however, looked at her unamusedly, stroking his beard.

"Another test," He calmly replied, "Though I admit raising you up in the air was an accident."

"Are you sure?" Clover asked, unconvinced due to Star Swirl's recent behavior, this caused Star Swirl to huff.

"Yes, I'm sure," The stallion hissed and turned to leave.

"Where are you going now?"

"To town," He explained, "I need to further train my magic."

Clover rolled her eyes and went after the unicorn-turned-wizard. After all that commotion, however, none of them realized Star Swirl's horn was shining even brighter that the last time they checked.

LATER THAT DAY

Star Swirl and Clover were strolling across town, they hadn't spoken since they were in the forest, which left Clover confused about what Star Swirl had intended to do when in town.

"So..." Clover began, "What are we doing here?"

"We're..." Star Swirl replied, then hummed in confusion, "We're buying something to eat!" he replied, then came up with an idea, "Or maybe... Creating something to eat..." he grinned mischievously. The bearded stallion looked around and came across a little rock. If he could turn that bunny into an orange earlier, surely he could turn this rock into an apple or something similar.

His horn began to glow and levitated the pebble up in the air, the pebble soon began to morph and change color, until finally the result was a juicy red apple being levitated by Star Swirl's magic.

"Haha!" Star Swirl laughed, then moved the apple around, Clover looked at what he had just done, surprised, "Care to try a bite?" he asked.

Clover immediately shook her head in denial.

Star Swirl rolled his eyes and made a "pfft" noise with his mouth, "You miss it." he snarked and hovered the apple towards his mouth.

The stallion opened his mouth and bit the apple, but instead of taking a chunk out of it the apple made a rubbery noise and compressed under his bite.

ZING!

The apple was sent out flying from too much pressure and began to bounce on all directions, slamming against some ponies, bouncing off buildings, and causing all sorts of mess. Soon the apple hit a barrel and propelled upwards into the sky, after a while it fell down towards a little plaza and as soon as it made contact with the ground...

BOOM!

The apple had exploded with a tremendous force, leaving a cloud of smoke as its aftermath and leaving both Star Swirl and Clover with their jaws dropped in shock.

...

"You can't control your powers-"

"Shut up, that was... intentional, obviously!"

"It was?!"

"... No." Star Swirl pouted.

EVEN LATER THAT DAY (SO DRAMATIC BY THE WAY)

Clover and Star Swirl did manage to get something to eat after the apple incident. The mare had become even more aware of how unstable Star Swirl's new power was, as one time Star Swirl sneezed caused a house to fly into the sky and as they exited out of the market, and every time the stallion stepped on dirt it turned into bubbly soap. Star Swirl was also aware of this himself, and although he could reverse everything back he worried someone other than Clover would notice he was the cause.

"I think we should probably tell the two sisters about your condition, Star Swirl," Clover added, "You and I know you're struggling to get a hold of yourself."

"But I refuse," Star Swirl snorted, "Those two are so uptight and plain, always playing it safe with their magic and yelling at everypony just because they feel like it. I do not wish to associate with those bores."

"One year ago you wouldn't have said that." The mare raised an eyebrow.

"One year ago I didn't know any better!" He snarked, "Making that alicorn spell made me see a lot of things I hadn't noticed before."

Clover's eyes widened, did that alicorn spell corrupt his mind? If that was the case, she needed to show it to Celestia and Luna as well. Although Star Swirl probably wouldn't like that... But then again, the old guy was pretty much out of his mind right now. He was acting the opposite of how he did one year ago, he was pretty much another pony, and a very rude one at that. Perhaps this could give Clover and excuse to "borrow" his spellbook and show it to the two sisters, right?

"Hold on a second, what did that alicorn spell you make say?" Clover asked curiously.

"None of your business!" Star Swirl replied.

If there was any other reason to consult the two sisters about this whole mess, that would be it. She didn't want the two sisters to punish her mentor, she just wanted to make sure he was aware of how dangerous this was. And judging by the fact that he wanted to keep hidden whatever thing he had put down in words, this was something big.

"I think I'm going back to the forest to train some more," Star Swirl said, touching his horn which had an even brighter glow than it did hours ago, "Are you coming...?"

"Um, no!" Clover admitted.

"You aren't?" He asked, making a face, "Why aren't you coming? You've been practically stuck to me all this day, ranting about how I should talk to Celestia and Luna, after all."

Clover frowned and rolled her eyes, "I just... Remembered I have to meet up with Princess Platinum, you understand, right?" she lied.

Star Swirl stared at his apprentice with a raised eyebrow then turned away to head for the forest, "Of course I do." he hummed.

"Thank you, Star Swirl." She managed to thank and ran off into town.

The bearded stallion waited until his apprentice left and entered the forest.

"And I hope you understand you can't play me for a fool." He muttered, casually making the dirt he was walking on soap.

Princess Platinum was away from Equestria on royal duty, and Star Swirl was well aware of that.

LATER IN STAR SWIRL'S LIBRARY

Clover teleported herself into Star Swirl's library and looked around. The moon was rising, so now without candles everything was very dark, but the mare wasn't confident about lighting any candles, she wanted to leave as few marks of her presence as possible. Her horn began to glow and illuminated the place as she walked about.

She was aware of all the new spells and objects there were in here yesterday, but at a better glance they looked omnious, or maybe it was just the darkness of the library. Although one of the new trinkets had a black alicorn glaring at her with red eyes.

She eventually stumbled across a book laid open in the ground. She levitated it with her magic and began to scan it. Clover gasped as she read the page the book was open on, the words she was reading were probably the new spell, as she had never seen them before. She looked at the book cover to make sure she was right. The book was indeed Star Swirl's spellbook. Bingo.

The mare turned around to leave but suddenly she heard a noise, causing her to jump. Soon all the candles of the room were lit, which caused Clover to shrink in fear.

"I thought you were going to meet Princess Platinum," Star Swirl said flatly, his horn glowing as if he was performing a powerful spell, but he wasn't doing anything... yet, "But then again, she's not even here, is she?"

Clover turned around with fear and gulped, then stood up shakily, "I was just... U-Um..."

"I believe that is mine." The stallion growled and used his magic to snatch the book away from Clover's own magical grip and tossed it to his side, away from the mare. Which caused Clover to yelp.

"Now, Clover," Star Swirl began with a very deep frown in his face, "Trying to push me into doing something I don't want to do is one thing, but stealing something from me, your mentor, is something I can't allow!" he growled.

"B-But, Star Swirl! What's happening to you is not normal! You're not acting normal! I'm just trying to help!" Clover eeked.

"I don't need any help! I don't want any sort of pony to mess with the stuff I have created!" The stallion screeched.

"Yes you do!" Clover tried to screech back, "And I'm trying to help you because you're my friend! I can't let-"

"We were never friends to begin with, Clover!" Star Swirl stood his ground, and began to make his horn glow even more, "And it's time to teach you a new lesson." he growled.

The stallion's horn attempted to summon enough magic to blast a mind-erasing beam at Clover, but soon enough, the mare's worries came true.

Star Swirl's horn literally exploded.

In an instant, the stallion screamed in pain and confusion as the magic that used to be contained in his horn began to flow freely, enveloping its user and forcing him to stand up in his hind legs.

Clover began to step back in fear as the surroundings began to get edited by the excess of magic. Soon the candles began to float and the wooden floor became that pink checkered pattern of last time in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile Star Swirl was beginning to tear up due to the agonizing pain he was feeling wash over his body as the magic coming from his horn began to transform his body slowly. Soon the amber-colored aura changed into a much more chaotic dark purple-ish color with bits of other colored aura flying off it. The stallion tried to undo everything that was happening to his body, but it was futile. What he could do, however, was watch his terrified student.

"C-CLOVER!" He screamed, holding out his front legs in front of him, "P-Please, help! QUICK!" he begged. Soon he saw his hooves being washed over by the magic, and they began to morph into animal parts. One of them turned into a lion paw, and the other into an eagle's talon. Star Swirl screeched as he tried to control the morphing progress, looking at Clover with fear.

"CLOVER!" The stallion screamed angrily.

The last thing he saw was Clover teleporting herself away from the library, and the last thing he felt was his torso elongating until he couldn't keep balance, until finally he gave up and passed out.