Sorry for the shorter chapter-running out of ideas. :P A much longer chapter coming up ASAP! :D

Rainbow Dash flew around town until the rest of Twilight's friends—aka the Mane Six—were gathered in her treehouse library. Spike was still nowhere to be seen. According to Fluttershy, the little dragon was visiting animals in the mountains. I didn't know if I believed her, but since we couldn't find Spike…

I did my best to tell everyone what had happened in Canterlot and that Twilight had been captured. To convey the urgency of the situation, I began to repeat Sombra's plan for her. But I stopped short of naming the action. I wasn't even sure they would know what the word meant.

I sighed and pulled the amulet out from under my shirt collar. "All the alicorn magic in Equestria is now inside this gemstone alicorn. We can't let Sombra have it. But if the magic stays in here, we can't use it to save Twilight and defeat Sombra."

"Twilight's library must have some information we can use!" Rainbow Dash asserted.

"And just how do you propose we find it?" Rarity asked.

"Help me look," I requested. "The sooner we find this solution, the sooner we can attack Sombra."

Pinkie bounced around the library. " 'The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide'; still under E. Probably don't need that." She tossed it aside. " 'Egg Recipes'? Didn't know Twilight had a book like that!" She pulled it off the shelf. "Hey Tara! Have you ever had an egg cherrychanga?"

I pulled the book from her hot pink hooves. "Not now, Pinkie."

Applejack was bucking through a huge pile of books Twilight had left on the floor. "No, no, no, no, no...maybe?"

I turned sharply. "What did you find?"

Applejack pointed at the book, open on the floor before her. "It's our journal. Twilight wrote in here about entering your world."

I took the book from her and noticed a section dated a few years ago, shortly before I had come to Canterlot High School back in my world. (Of course, Twilight had written the date in Equestrian time, but I knew enough to calculate to my time now.)

The entry read thus:

"I've just returned from my second adventure in the very strange world of humans. This time we tangled with sirens and we allied with Sunset Shimmer. I'll write about all that later; for now I want to record the magic I witnessed there.

"The human Rainbow Dash showed me what she called a video of herself growing Pegasus wings, pony ears, and ponytail hair. I was surprised; I thought all the magic had come back to Equestria with me. Apparently some got left behind.

"After I came home I started wondering. I had crossed into their world and now several of them carried magic forever. If someone from their world came to ours, I wonder what would happen. Would they grow pony features? Maybe, if the magic was strong enough and they did not fight it.

"Well, it's late and I've got princess duties in the morning. I'll finish this entry later."

I thought about that. Was there enough magic seeping from the amulet to flow into me—even if all it did was give me ears and a tail?

I looked down at my amulet and focused hard on it, harder than I'd ever focused on anything before. I thought about Twilight and how much I longed to save her. I thought about the rest of the Mane Six, how much magic they could produce together. I thought about finding the Elements of Harmony one by one in the river, and Twilight telling me what they really were. I thought of Sombra's attack and Twilight's sacrifice to save me.

And as I did, I felt myself growing lighter. I looked down and realized I was engulfed in a cloud of magic that shone the colors of all six Elements.

I panicked and immediately dropped back to the floor. As the Mane Six stared I mentally scolded myself. "Don't fight it," I whispered. "Surrender." I tried again.

And this time something else happened.

I levitated again in that shimmering cloud, and felt my body warm with the ebb and flow of the alicorn magic. Something tingled on my scalp—I reached up and felt a pair of velvety ears. I rapidly began to spin in the air as my hair lengthened almost to the floor in a long ponytail—and a pair of magnificent shimmering wings unfurled from my back.

The magic completed, I settled back on the floor and tried to collect my thoughts.

Had I just turned—anthro?

The ponies stared at me in shock. Pinkie was the first to recover. "You're part pony now! YAY! PARTY!" She sneezed confetti all over the room.

"It worked!" I cried. "It worked! The magic got into me!"

"But will it be enough to save Twilight?" Applejack asked worriedly.

"I hope so."