Twilight Enchanted

Discord appeared in front of an audience wearing minstrel clothing and holding a lute.

"We begin a tale of a young unicorn, who was gifted but also cursed… You'll see for yourself as we move to a tree house library."

We see the Golden Oak Library; inside, a baby Twilight Sparkle started to cry.

"There, there, Twilight… Mommy's here." came in Twilight Velvet.

"Aw, the little lass needs an extra blanket." said Apple Jack as she grabbed a pink blanket.

But baby Twilight fussed as she was squirming to reach something else. They saw her stuffed pony, Smarty Pants. AJ winced while giving Twilight the doll.

"Ugh, what she sees in this thing is beyond me."

Suddenly a voice overhead said, "Yoo-hoo! Ladies!"

"Oh, no!" both Velvet and Apple Jack gasped.

"It's Pinkie Pie!" shouted AJ.

"She always gives the worst gifts…"

"I'll hide the tyke!" she took Twilight and moved her upstairs.

By then, Pinkie came through an open window on a glider and crash-landed into the library.

"Hi, there!" she straightened herself up.

"Pinkie Pie!" said Twilight Velvet, "What a pleasant surprise!" she lied through her teeth.

"So, where is the cutie?!"

AJ stood still in the upstairs room, holding the foal in her arms to keep quiet.

Velvet said, "I'm afraid you just missed her. She's on her way to her grandmother's."

"Aw, too bad. I was really looking forward to giving her a super, mega, awesome gift!"

"Yes, it is a shame…" sweat rolled down Velvet's face.

"Oh, well, there'll be other times." Pinkie grabbed for her glider.

"Whew…" AJ breathed, but then Twilight grabbed a nearby flower in a vase and held it up to AJ's face, causing her to sneeze.

Pinkie looked up to see the baby, "Hey, what do you know? She's back!"

"Yes, so it would seem…" Velvet fake smiling at Pinkie but gave Apple Jack a death glare. Poor AJ could only give a cheesy smile.

Having been forced to bring the baby down, Pinkie took hold of her.

"So, what's the cutie's name?"

"Twilight Sparkle." replied the mother.

"Twilight Sparkle… That's a name that'll be forever remembered across Equestria." Twilight started fussing again as Pinkie said, "Now, hold on there. I can't give you a gift if you keep moving like that!" She took out a book of spells she had on her, "Let's see," she flipped through the pages, "What shall we give you… Gift of Song? Gift of Beauty?" Still Twilight fussed, causing Pinkie to look at a page. She then said, "Twilight Sparkle, I give you the Gift of Obedience! Oops…" It was too late, for Twilight's horn started glowing.

"What did you do?!" Apple Jack demanded.

"I may have given her the Gift of Obedience…" she tittered.

"What?!" both mares screamed.

"Well, take it back!" AJ shouted.

"I don't really know if I can! Once a gift has been given, it stays… I'm so sorry!" she quickly gave the baby back, and then she took off in the glider.

"And good riddance!" AJ yelled out the window.

"Oh… my poor little Twilight… What can we do…?"

"I wish I knew…"

"Ah, yes," Discord spoke outside the tree talking to the audience again, "Poor Twilight Sparkle, forced to do what any pony tells her to do… So, our young pony grew up with other ponies, not knowing of the curse within…"

We see the schoolyard and a young Fluttershy tries to fly, but fails.

Two boy bullies laughed in her face. One of them said, "Nice one, Klutzershy!"

Fluttershy was on the verge of tears when a young purple unicorn yelled out, "Hey! Leave her alone!"

"Make us!"

Twilight's horn glowed to the command, causing to use her magic to turn the two bullies into oranges. Aware of the mistake, she quickly turned them back and thus, they ran away in fear. That day, Twilight and Fluttershy became friends.

That night, Twilight confided in her mother and Apple Jack, telling them what happened. They knew it was time she knew the truth.

"I always knew something was wrong with me! Isn't there something to take back the gift?"

"We've combed every book in the library to find the answer to that, but nothing like that seems to exist." explained Twilight Velvet.

"So I'm doomed to spend the rest of my life like this?!"

"Afraid so, hon…" comforted AJ.

Discord narrated again, "Despite this newfound piece of evidence, Twilight refused to give up hope. Every day after school, she would look through the books of the library, hoping that her mother and Apple Jack missed something. As she did, she learned new abilities and spells for her unicorn magic and understood the world around her. She fought against her curse as much as she could, but sometimes the curse would prove to be too strong for her the minute any order was given out. Then shortly after receiving her cutie mark, something worse was about to happen…"

Twilight Velvet laid in the bed as young Twilight was right by her side looking worried, "Please, Mother, won't you get better?"

"Listen to me… Only Apple Jack and I knew about the gift… we never told your father… And you must never tell anyone else, for they might use it against you."

Twilight's horn glowed, insuring the order.

"You are stronger than any spell casted on you… Believe that…"

"I will…"

Apple Jack and Night Light came in the room.

"Take this…" Velvet took off her pearl necklace, "So I will always be with you."

Twilight magically took the necklace and looked at it, feeling unsure what her future now held for her…