Disclaimer: Now that Legend of Everfree and the Season 6 finale came out, I had to make a few tweaks to the story. So let's hope that the new releases do not interfere with any of my original intensions.

Equestria Girls: Starlight's Story

[Scene 10: Revolution of Magic]

[INT. Starlight's Research Room-Crystal Prep Academy-The City-Night]

[Starlight (in her regular clothes and a lab coat) has succeeded at taking Twilight's mechanical amulet, and adding them to her own invention. She just completes another systems check. Everything seems to be working just fine with the new parts added to them. She delivers another one of her evil smiles. Later on, she starts connecting the piece of the device and welds them together. She then switches on her computer for another one of her video logs.]

Starlight Glimmer [video]: "Video Log 32:" The final systems test was a complete success. The particle accelerator is operating perfectly, the interdimensional theories have been acknowledged, reinforcement has been established, and the systems have accepted the new parts. I have taken the liberty of putting the pieces together. It is ready. Now it is time for it to go through the final test. It's the moment of truth. For tonight, everything is about to change.

[The device is composed of a saucer plate, very similar to the inside of Twilight's spectrometer, with the miniature particle accelerator in the center. The bottom of the saucer is attached to mechanical base with an activation switch. Starlight connects several cables to the device. Some come from the walls, some go outside the window and into the school's power grid, and few are connected to the computers and several separate machines for reading. She then puts on her safety goggles.]

Starlight Glimmer: Let us begin. [She is about to press the activation button, but stops halfway.] Oops! Silly me. Almost forgot. The finishing touch.

[She opens a boxes on her desk, and picks up a flat metal disk-like ring; with four leg-like stems sticking out of one side, and yellow and black caution stripes painted on the other. She places the ring (stems down) in the center of the device in the saucer, and twists it on.]

Starlight Glimmer: Better be careful. Without this safety bar, who knows what catastrophes this little gadget can bring? Now then…

[Starlight then presses the button on the device and the little machine is turned on. The lights on it start glowing aqua green, the little particle accelerator begins speeding up at a very fast pace, the machine starts making a humming sound, and the bars on the computers are moving up. The lights that are on in the school start flickering on and off. Even the janitor is perplexed. Energy starts sparking and admitting in the center of the saucer, particle accelerator, and safety bar. The energy glows brighter and begins to form into a small vortex. Starlight starts to smile with excitement.]

[EXT. Crystal Prep Academy]

[From outside the school, the bright lights can be seen flickering from Starlight's little window. Then suddenly, a ball of white light and sparkles (one of many traces of Equestrian magic that leaked into the human world from the crack in the portal made during the Midnight Sparkle attack, as seen at the end of Legend of Everfree) is flying overhead, above the school. Then it starts to be drawn to Crystal Prep, towards the flickering lights.]

[INT. Starlight's Research Room-Crystal Prep Academy]

[Starlight goes on the computer and flips a few switches to keep her little reactor going.]

Starlight Glimmer: Yes. Yes! It's working! I have come too far to fail now! [In her excitement, she looks up out the window and sees the ball of light.] What is that?

[The magic orb flies in through the window and into the device. The light flashes even brighter than before, Starlight has to shield her eyes. When the light begins to go down, Starlight moves her arms and then removes her goggles as she looks at the device with amazement. The portal is functioning as she wanted. She looks at the computers and machines, and sees that everything is operating perfectly.]

Starlight Glimmer: I don't believe it, it worked. The strange light…is as if the bizarre energy I was looking…came from the same source. The spectrograph capture functions must have drawn that energy straight to it. Perfect. [She looks at the computers.] Good. It's gathering the energy as planned.

[The mini portal opens through dimensions and reveals the other side as some form of window to another world. Starlight looks into it and it shows her an overhead view of Ponyville in Equestria.]

Starlight Glimmer: What's this? Is this the source of the anomalies Twilight was looking for?

[Then a gray pegasus pony with a blonde mane and tail, and an image of bubbles on it's flank, appears flying in the foreground of the viewing portal, facing the opposite direction. Starlight looks closely as it turns its head around, revealing it to be the pony version of Derpy, with her yellow wall eyes. Starlight notices Derpy smiling and waving to something out of view, and is reminded of the human Derpy waving at her during the Canterlot High incident. Starlight is surprised at the similarities.]

Starlight Glimmer: What?

[Still in shock at this development, she slowly moves her hand closer to the vortex. When touching it, a large voltage of electrical-type energy blasts into her, causing her to fly back.]

[EXT. Ponyville-Equestria-Day]

[In the skies above Ponyville, a spark of energy from Starlight's touch of the portal appears behind Derpy. She hears the sound it makes and turns around to see what it is. But it only flashes in an instant and disappears right before Derpy turned around. So she shrugs it off as nothing and flies off.]

[INT. Starlight's Research Room-Crystal Prep Academy-The City-Human World-Night]

[Starlight is on the floor, flailing and twitching in pain, as the "strange energy" surges through her entire body. During her struggles, she sees that white glowing magical auras (the kind that can be seen on unicorn horns) have appeared on both of her hands. Then the auras change colors from white to turquoise. But Starlight is still tossing and turning from her continuing agony. The lights from the energy currents are getting brighter, and a large gust of wind appears, blowing a few papers around the room. Close-up view of her eyes as the current is shown within them, while she keeps screaming.]

[Cue Dream sequence]

[Starlight is no longer in Crystal Prep, but is intently in utter blackness.]

Starlight Glimmer: Wha—Where am I? What's going on?!

[Then from a flash of light, she is now in the middle of Ponyville, with dozens of ponies roaming all around her. They are just going on with their lives, not noticing Starlight at all. Some of them just phase through her, as if she was a specter to them.]

Starlight Glimmer: What is this place? Are these all…horses?

[She is by Sugarcube Corner, as a few ponies leave with sweets, Mr. and Mrs. Cake are seeing them out.]

Mr. Cake: Thanks for coming, everypony. Come back soon.

Starlight Glimmer: "Ponies". I was close.

[Then suddenly, the entire scenery starts to move all around Starlight. Then she stops right in front of Princess Twilight castle. She looks at the large crystal tree with amazement. Then the Mane 6 ponies, plus their baby dragon friend Spike, come out the door. Starlight looks at them, and recognizes them as the Humane 7 from Canterlot High.]

Twilight Sparkle: Starlight! Come on! We're all waiting for you!

Starlight's voice [from inside the castle]: Coming!

[Starlight is surprised to hear her own name being used. A seventh pony is standing at the top of the steps. She is light purple with a regular purple tail with an aquamarine streak, and a mark on her flank similar to the star image on Starlight's skirt. But her face is covered by the shadow from inside. Starlight is anxious to see the mystery walking out. But before she can see its face, the entire scenery starts moving again. She can see traveling long distances with such swiftness. When it stops again, Starlight is in front of the Crystal Empire. She marvels at the sight of the empire, but then horrified to see it all crumbled to the ground, and Crystal Prep rising in its place. She then notices two ponies in front of the school. They turn their heads to her, revealing themselves to be Shining Armor and Princess Cadance (the pony counterpart of Dean Cadance), looking depressed.]

Starlight Glimmer: Dean Cadance? Shining Armor?

[She then looks behind herself, and see the human Twilight with her back facing her.]

Starlight Glimmer: Twilight?

[Twilight then transforms into a silhouette of Midnight Sparkle. She laughs menacingly, with only the glow of her eyes, mouth, and flaming glasses frame showing. Starlight backs away from her in fear. She turns around, and sees a mysterious dark figure of a humanoid character, with what seem to be a glowing equal sign floating over his opened hand, and the light shining off his circular glasses lens. Starlight gets excited to see the stranger, as if she recognizes him. As she runs towards it, he moves into the dark mist and disappears. Starlight is disappointed, but then the stranger appears behind her. When she runs towards it, it disappears in the mist again. As she gets depressed once again, the mist clears behind her, revealing another Starlight Glimmer with an evil grin standing behind her. The second Starlight pounces and tackles the first Starlight to the ground. The two struggle, until the first Starlight is able to slip in a kick to the second's face. As they both get up, the second Starlight's face starts cracking up and the pieces fall off her face. She turns her head to face the real Starlight, revealing Principal Cinch's face on the broken half. Starlight sees this in terror.]

Principal Cinch/Starlight Glimmer doppelganger: You said we should all be the same.

[It walks towards Starlight, along with all the students of Crystal Prep, all coming out of the mist behind it. Starlight is forced to step back from being overwhelmed by the massive numbers marching towards her.]

Starlight Glimmer: No! Stay back! I'm warning you! Don't come any closer!

[But they just keep coming, and Starlight just keeps backing up. They are backing Starlight towards a ledge just right behinds her. She takes one step too far and falls over the edge. During the fall, she sees a gigantic Crystal Heart right below her, which shines with Starlight's cutie mark in the center. When she hits the hearts, it shatters, and Starlight continues falling down a rainbow vortex (the same kind that connects Equestria to the human world in the other films).]

Starlight Glimmer: Noooooooooo!

[End Dream sequence]

[It is nothing but total blackness, until the sounds of birds can be heard.]

[First person view: Starlight]

[She tries opening her eyes, and sees the clear morning sky and birds flying overhead.]

[End First person view]

[Starlight wakes up somewhere outside, somehow. She then tries to get up.]

Starlight Glimmer: Morning? But…what happened, and how'd I get out here?

[She jumps off of whatever she is laying on and stands on some kind of slant, on which she loses her balance and starts rolling down. When she gets to the end, she quickly grabs hold of the ledge. She then realizes she is hanging on for her life on the edge of the roof of Crystal Prep.]

Starlight Glimmer: Ah! AAAHHH! How did I get up here?! HELP! Somebody help! Oh who am I kidding? It's Saturday. Nobody's here. Okay, calm down, Starlight. You're probably still dreaming. [She loses her grip in one of her hands. Now she starts to panic.] If this is a dream, now would be a good time to wake up!

[She loses her grip and starts to fall. She sees the ground coming closer, and she shields her eyes with her forearms.]

Starlight Glimmer: NO!

[Then her hands glow in the same magical aquamarine aura, and then her entirly is surrounded by it. Suddenly, she stops falling. She moves her arms and is surprised to see that she is now floating in midair just a foot above the ground. She looks at the strange magical aura around her and her hands. But then the magic turns off and Starlight falls to the ground. As she gets up, she ponders at what has occurred.]

Starlight Glimmer: What just happened? [She then sees the open window and large cable going into her lab.] The project! [She starts running.] Maybe it will have any answers about—

[Her hands start glowing again, and Starlight completely disappears in a magic flash.]

[INT./EXT. Starlight's Research Room]

[The room is a bit of a mess from last night. Starlight is teleported there in an instant.]

Starlight Glimmer: -all of this. [She gets confused on how she got there. But then she focuses on the readouts on her computer from last night's experiment, and is impressed on what she sees.] Incredible.

[She looks at the device, removes all the cables from it, and presses the switch again. It seems to be working perfectly; the lights are working, energy is being manifested, the accelerator is spinning, and the small dimensional window to Equestria is opened. Excited to figure it out, she looks for a tool to tweak it a bit. She found that it is between the desk and a cabinet. She reaches out her arm in the crevasse to get it. Just then, her hand starts to glow again, an aura surrounds the tool, and it flies into her hand. Surprised again, she looks at her hand holding the tool. She tries to concentrate, and she starts casting magic again, making the tool float. She then looks at the mess in the room, and tries using the magic to move everything and clean it up. Papers are coming off the floor, tools are flying into their drawers, and the devices and weapons Starlight made goes back on the tables. After it is all clean, Starlight backs up and leans on the door, trying to process all of this. But then her magic got on a spot on the door behind her and she falls through it, phasing through the door and into the halls. She gets up and looks at her hands. She tries concentrating again, making the auras appear on her hands, and gets teleported.]

[EXT. Courtyard-Crystal Prep Academy]

[She reappears in the front lawn, and smiles with excitement. She keeps teleporting all over the courtyard, and enjoying it. She then starts forming the energy in her hands into an orb. She waves her hands forward and it becomes a magical energy beam. When it hits the ground, a large crystal miraculously grows in its place. Delighted at this, she keeps shooting beams again and again, make more crystals.]

Starlight Glimmer: Woo! This is so cool! [In the excitement, she shoots another beam at one of the crystals, causing it to explode into pieces.] Whoa! Got to be careful with that one. I just can't believe this is happening to me.

[As she's looking at the magic, she only takes one step, and the next thing she knows, she zooms all the way to the other side of the courtyard. She speeds back and forth from one side of the lawn to the other, just for the fun of it. She smiles with determination, as she fires a magic beam at the surrounding wall of the school, creating a magic spot on the wall. Then she super speeds into the spot, phasing through the wall, and running through the streets. She runs through the city, turning at every street corner she comes by. During her excitement, she sees a moving truck heading towards her and she freaks out. The magic surrounds her again and she jumps over the bus, flying through the air. She soars into sky, flying so high, over the buildings. She raises even higher, she passes over the clouds, and the city is so far beneath her. She starts soaking up the rays of the sun. But she loses focus, the magic turns off, and she starts to fall. She is over a thousand feet in the air, and she is screaming and flailing on the way down. Her hand starts to glow and she is admitting in a magic flash. When she hits one of the clouds, she stops falling. She is once again amazing to know she is lying on a cloud as if it was solid. She stands on it and starts running, hopping from cloud to cloud. When she gets to the end with the same kind of confidence, she jumps off and uses her magic to fly through the city. She soars towards a nearby park; she crosses over its lake. She slides her fingers on the surface of the water as she flies by. She looks at her reflection as the ripples in the water mess with it into what Starlight swore to be an outline of a pony. This freaks her out, and the aura around her disappears. She is about to hit the water, until in her quick reaction, she uses her magic to cast herself inside a bubble shield. The shield bounces across the lake, and continues when it gets to shore. Then it stops when it collides with a nearby tree. Starlight looks at the shield with wonder, before making it disappear and lying on the grass to relax. She looks at the ground next to her, reaches her hand out, and uses her magic to make a flower grow. She picks the flower and examines it.]

Starlight Glimmer: If this really is a dream, I never wanna wake up from it.

[INT. Starlight's Research Room-Crystal Prep Academy]

[Starlight is on another video log, working on some sort of high-tech harness with special cable sticking out of it.]

Starlight Glimmer [on her video log]: "Video Log 34:" Like I said in the last video, it seems the experiment had an interesting side-effect. By touching the bizarre energy, I have been infused by its strange properties. Now I can manipulate it at will. [She forms the shifting energy, floating above her hand.] I have been practicing with it nonstop today, and I am astounded at what I can do with it. I can teleport, move at super-fast speed, and I can fly. I don't know what it is, but I like it. Whatever that strange ball of light was that came out of the sky, it must have been the cause for this side-effect. I've checked the readings, and my little machine isn't just collecting the power from the other dimension, but is also generating it, making more of it. Clean sustainable energy, which I have been using to power my other device. Just think of the possibilities for such a source of power. I know I have. I have just found out that every time I touch this new energy, it enhances my newfound abilities by an exquisite amount. But not for very long. The hole to the other world will close on its own when it's left open for too long, and my power boost goes with it. I have timed each contraction. 5 minutes. That's how long it takes. That's why I designed this special harness. All I have to do is put it on, attach these cables to my wrists and ankles, and hook my mini reactor onto these. That way; all I have to do is switch it on, and the energy will flow through the cables, and I can enhance my powers whenever I want. But I must be careful. [She twists off the safety plate from the device.] I built this safety bar to steady the energy flows seeping into our world. It must stay on at all times. If not, then the energy begins overflowing. The power would be too great for any physical body to handle. So if my calculations are correct, if I ever touch it without the bar, then I would soak up so much massive energy pouring out…it would destroy me. Despite this little setback, I can practically do anything. Even change this miserable school for the better. This new development will fit perfectly with my plans for Crystal Prep. That old Cinch the Witch will have to bend to my will. In fact, [chuckles] she'll have no choice.

[She turns off the camera.]

[EXT. Parking lot-Crystal Prep Academy-Monday Morning]

[Principal Cinch rolls up to her usual parking space. She is about to enter the school, until something catches her eye. She is appalled to see the dumpster filled with Crystal Prep and Shadowbolts banners and posters, trophies and medals, and framed pictures of past victories. She looks down into the dumpster in total shock.]

Principal Cinch: What is all this?

[Then she furiously rushes into the school.]

[INT. Hallways-Crystal Prep Academy]

[Cinch looks around, and see that the banners and posters have been replaced by those of white with nothing but black equal signs on them, and that the trophy cases are completely empty, with nothing but a few picture frames with pictures of an equal sign. The students are mostly confused about all this as well.]

Dr. Hooves's voice: Great whickering stallion!

[Cinch hears his cries coming from the classroom. She enters the room to see what the problem is.]

Principal Cinch: What's going on here?

Dr. Hooves: It's these textbooks. Look at them.

[He gives her a textbook to examine it. It seems fine to her, until she opens it. She is caught off-guard to find that is nothing in the pages except an equal sign. She flips through the pages, and they're all the same. Then she picks up another textbook to find the same equal sign on the each page. She goes through the others and finds the same thing. Shocked about this development, she hears another cry. She leaves the classroom and goes into another. She gets surprised when the math teacher shows her the pulled-down chart with nothing but an equal sign on it. Cinch steps out into the halls even more confused than before, along with her students, especially the Shadow Five.]

[INT. Main foyer-Crystal Prep Academy]

[While a few students and faculty members are trying to figure out what's going on, Dean Cadance is on her cellphone.]

Dean Cadance [on her cellphone]: Yes…I see…okay…I understand.

[Then Principal Cinch approaches her.]

Principal Cinch: Dean Cadance, what is the meaning of this? Who authorized all of this?!

Dean Cadance [to Principal Cinch]: You did.

[She gives Cinch the cellphone.]

Principal Cinch [on the phone]: Hello, this is Principal Cinch…what? ...What signature?… I make no such approve!… I…I did?... I see, well thank you. Goodbye. [She hangs up in shock and gives it back it to Cadance.] They said I filled out a request form about this as a "school event" and faxed it with my signature on it. And to top it off, they said I called them personally about it. I don't understand. How could all of this have happ—? [She suddenly gets an epiphany, and slowly changes her expression to furious.] Glimmer.

[On the top of the first flight of stairs, Starlight (with her school uniform on) uses an air horn and startles everyone at the bottom. They all look up, and see her with a type of two-pronged wooden staff tied to her back.]

Starlight Glimmer: Hear me, my fellow classmates! I have a very important announcement to make. Today is a day for celebration! For today, we surrender what it means that makes you special, and be grateful of what you're supposed to be.

[As the crowd of students is confused, Cinch becomes distressed and walks up to Starlight.]

Principal Cinch: Now you listen here, young lady. I will not stand for this ridiculo—

Starlight Glimmer [pulls out her cellphone]: Eh-eh-ehhh. You gave your word. [She holds her finger near the phone, and Cinch just stops out of fright. Then Cinch stands down with dissatisfaction and walks up the stairs while Starlight walks down, besides her. Starlight hands her a slip of paper.] Here's a copy of the request form, with 'your' signature. [Cinch just stares at her a bit and continues up the stairs, while Starlight stays on the halfway step, facing the crowd.] Pay no mind to that, not like you can trust her with it. [Cinch just stops on top of the first flight, forced to listen to whatever Starlight has to say.] You have looked up to blind leaders and false idols for far too long. But fear not, for I am here to liberate you from their iron grasp, and present to you a better path than what is falsely promised to you. [Then Cinch proceeds walking up the stairs with a snarl on her face. I will be hosting this event, and believe me when I say the only way to be happy is if we're all equal. But not just in where you stand, oh no, but in everything that you are compared to your own friends.

Blueblood: Oh really? And just how may I ask are we expect to do such a thing?

Starlight Glimmer: With this. [She pulls the staff from her back and presents it to the crowd.] This is the Staff of Sameness. It is a very powerful tool that will free us from our individualities and move on to a better place here. For this will be the instrument to obligate those in our ritual, that I like to call "The Un-Marking".

Upper Crest: You expect us to be changed because of that?

[Both Jet Set and Upper Crest give out a snooty laugh.]

Jet Set: Why, it's just a stick.

Hoity Toity: Really. That looks more like an ordinary piece of wood. There's nothing special about it.

Double Diamond: Because there isn't.

[Both Double Diamond and Party Favor approach Starlight.]

Party Favor [to Starlight]: I can't believe you kept that thing.

Starlight Glimmer [overjoyed]: Party Favor! Double Diamond! It feels good to see old friends again.

Double Diamond: Don't give us that innocent girl routine. You were never our friend. [To the crowd] Don't listen to what this girl has to say. We know her tricks far too well.

Party Favor: Yeah. She says she wants to help you. But it is only to satisfy her own interests.

Double Diamond: She'll make you believe the staff is helping you to be equals, but in reality she is just playing with your mi-

[Starlight steps down the stairs, sends some of her magic flowing through the staff, and jab Double Diamond in the back with its pongs. As he groans from the stinging feeling from the magic, the whole crowd; especially the Shadow Five, Dean Cadance, Sugar Belle, and Night Glider are shocked to witness this course of action. As Double Diamond falls to his knees, a small energy ball has formed between the prongs of the staff. Starlight points the staff at Party Favor, and fires a magical beam from it. When it hits him, he falls to his knees as well and another energy ball appears above the first one. Both Double Diamond and Party Favor start recovering from the experience, while their colors start to fade just a bit, and a black equal sign appears on the side of their necks. Starlight, who never drops her sinister grin, reaches for her backpack and pulls out a plain old muffin. She breaks it in half and offers it to them.]

Starlight Glimmer: I'm awfully sorry about that, boys. Here. Care for a muffin?

[They seem most hesitant at first; but then they get up, each take a half, and bite into them.]

Party Favor: Hey! These are those horrible tasting muffins you served to us in your village.

Starlight Glimmer: They are. So, what do you think?

Double Diamond: They seem okay to me.

Party Favor: Yeah. I don't really mind the taste. I'm not saying it's good, but I don't want it any more special than any other muffin.

Double Diamond: I mean, as long as it's as plain and ordinary like everything else, I have no problem with it.

[Then both their eyes are wide open in surprise, and then look at each other with confusion. Starlight waves the staff and the two balls of energy fly off the staff and into Double Diamond and Party Favor. As they groan from the session, the colors come back to normal and the equal marks on their necks disappear. Then the two begins spitting out the bits of those horrible muffins.]

Starlight Glimmer [to the crowd]: Consider that an example. Now I don't blame you for your doubts earlier. You've spent your whole lives thinking being unique was a good thing. Abacus Cinch have poisoned you mind by filling it with ideas that being better than everyone is the most important thing that matters. [Most students agree to that remark.] I will be holding an assembly in the auditorium after school to discuss the importance of all of this if anyone is curious to attend. The choice is entirely yours to make. But for now, enjoy what we will be hoping to accomplish here in our little school. And maybe then, you will understand the proper way to spend the rest of your stay here! And I'll teach you just how much better life can be without making your marks!

[Starlight walks away from crowd, leaving them to discuss the matter among themselves. Some are anxious, some are excited, and some are just plain confused. Dean Cadance feels uncertain about all this, and decides to approach Starlight.]

Dean Cadance: Starlight! Come to my office, we need to have serious talk about all this. You can't just tell people to change.

Starlight Glimmer: Oh, Dean Cadance. I think that will not be necessary. As I recalled, didn't Principal Cinch forbidden you and the other teachers from speaking to me. And she approved of all of this, and isn't her word absolute? Besides, it's not like I'm forcing anyone to change. The decision is theirs if they wish to. Trust me, dean. I am changing Crystal Prep for the better. You'll see.

[Starlight continues walking away, leaving Cadance distraught, along with the Shadow Five among the crowd.]

[INT. Principal Cinch's Office-Crystal Prep Academy]

[Cinch looks upon the form Starlight gave her and got irritated. She crumbles up the paper and throws it in the waste bin.]

Principal Cinch: [grunts] I don't believe this! The meeting with Canterlot High and the head of the boards is tomorrow! They mustn't know about this.

[She sits down in her chair and puts her hands on her head to get relief from the strain. She then pulls the intercom microphone on her desk towards her and switches it on.]

[INT. Hallways/Principal Cinch's Office]

Principal Cinch [on the intercom]: Attention all students. I'm fully aware of the sudden changes that have happen to our academy, and I know that you are confused about it. But I assure you all that this is only a temporary setback, and shall be removed and returned to your original assignments by the end of the day. So I appreciate it if you will all stay calm and have patience until we sort this—

[As the students listen to the announcement, Starlight is at her locker. She turns around, holding up the same wireless gadget she had when she was in Cinch's office, and flips it on. The entire intercom system gives off another loud high pitch squealing sound that hurts Cinch's ears just a bit and surprises everyone in the school.]

Starlight's voice on the intercom: In sameness, there is peace. Exceptionalism is a lie. Choose equality as your special talent. Difference is frustration. To excel is to fail. Be your best by never being your best. Conformity will set you free. Accept your limitations, and happiness will follow. You're no better than your friends…

[As the messages goes on, Principal Cinch is devastated. She tries fiddling around with her microphone to stop this, but nothing works. Meanwhile, the students are confused at the random messages. Starlight gives off a menacing smile, and walks offscreen.]

[INT. Principal Cinch's Office]

[Cinch continues desperately in her attempt to cease the repeated messages, but with no avail.]

Principal Cinch: This can't be happening! I'll be ruined!

[She then goes to her phone and enters in a number. But then a light purple finger presses down on the receiver. Cinch turns and sees it is Starlight, who has appeared out of nowhere.]

Principal Cinch [unkeen]: You.

Starlight Glimmer: Have you forgotten our deal? Don't get anyone involve.

Principal Cinch: How did you do all this? You had no right to do such an act.

Starlight Glimmer: I had every right. It really is amazing that people still own fax machines.

Principal Cinch: You're stripping all of Crystal Prep of its pride.

Starlight Glimmer: From my point-of-view, I'm cleansing it.

Principal Cinch: I have some guests coming tomorrow. Are you trying to make me look bad?

Starlight Glimmer: Now that sounds like a plan. Speaking of our deal, I have a few more of demands I would like to discuss.

[Starlight puts another sheet of paper in front of Cinch on her desk.]

Principal Cinch: What is this?

Starlight Glimmer: Just another request form, said to make all my changes to Crystal Prep permanent, along with additional touches I like to put into the school. I will need your actual signature for it.

[Cinch picks up the form, and stands up while reading it.]

Principal Cinch: "The cafeteria shall only serve special muffins, registered hairstyles applied to dress code, burlap robs are optional, weekly group 'friendship meeting' sessions…"?! This is preposterous! I won't approve such a thing.

[She turns to Starlight and finds she has just disappeared. She looks around her office and couldn't find any trace of Starlight.]

Starlight's voice: Oh I don't think you have a choice, witch.

[Cinch tries to reach for her phone, but it is gone. In her confusion, she is shocked to find her entire office has changed. All her furniture is gone, and replaced with plain wooden ones. The floor is made of gray stone, and the walls are made up of natural rocks with a wooden ceiling and frame features. Her trophy shelves are completely empty, and the frames hanging on her walls have only an equal sign in them. Cinch just sits in her chair, traumatized by the sudden change.]

Principal Cinch: How are you doing all this?

Starlight's voice: Just a few modifications to make Crystal Prep a happy place. You'll see things my way soon enough. You just need time to appreciate it more.

Principal Cinch: And…if I don't?

Starlight's voice: Well, then you have to answer to me and all the other students. I know about the stories and history about the time of the Puritans. Do you know what they do to witches?

[Suddenly, a ring of aquamarine-colored flames just start bursting out of nowhere, surrounding Cinch and her desk. She clings to her desk, looking all terrified at the flames. Until the flames suddenly disappear, and everything in her office changes back to normal. Her trophies are back on their shelves, the furniture returns, the frames have their original contents, the phone reappear on her desk, and the whole room is as it should be. Cinch should be relaxed, but she keeps hyperventilating and shaking from the experience. Meanwhile, unknown to Cinch, Starlight's head is sticking out of a corner of the ceiling with a magic aura around her neck. She looks down on the terrified principal with another one of her evil grins.]

Starlight Glimmer [whispering]: Strike 3, Cinch. You're out of here.

[Then her head starts sinking into the aura, phasing through the wall. As her head is completely gone, the aura vanishes.]

[INT. Hallways-Canterlot High School-Afternoon]

[Twilight is walking down the halls, talking to someone on her cellphone, while Spike is in her backpack.]

Twilight Sparkle [on her phone]: I know. It really is fascinating how the transferal of electromagnetic energy via photon. […] So, you sure you can help me with what we talked about? […] I see, alright then. Well, I'll talk to you soon. Okay? […] Okay. Well goodbye. [She hangs up.]

Spike: What was that all about?

Twilight Sparkle: Just a little something that will help us with our little problem.

[Sunset Shimmer is at her locker, putting a few things in her backpack when Twilight and Spike shows up.]

Twilight Sparkle: Hi, Sunset.

Sunset Shimmer: Hey, Twilight.

[Then the rest of their friends come.]

Applejack: Howdy, girls. Looks like we're all set.

Sunset Shimmer: Do you have them with you?

Rainbow Dash: Yep.

[All seven girls pull out their magical necklaces they got at Camp Everfree, and then they put them on.]

Applejack: You know, it's a good thing we didn't have these at school when Starlight was here. Then we would've really hurt her.

Sunset Shimmer: And it's a good thing she didn't know anything about them. I can't imagine what she can do with them if she had taken them.

Rarity: Oh it really is splendid to wear these little charms again. Oh! I wonder if I have an outfit that will go well with this.

Rainbow Dash [unenthused]: Yeah, like a new outfit is really gonna help us on our mission.

Twilight Sparkle: You all remember the plan?

Applejack: Sure do. We take a bus to the city and find Starlight Glimmer. Once we do, we just have to sit her down and see if we can help her out on whatever problem she's having.

Rarity: Well, she's about to get a firm talking to about her brash and inexcusable behavior.

Fluttershy: Oh I don't know. I'm sure she'd want to tell us what's wrong in a pleasant conversation.

Spike: And if she doesn't?

Sunset Shimmer: [looking at her necklace] Well, that's why we're bringing these.

Applejack: Yeah. After the way she kicked our keisters the other day, we gonna need a bit of an advantage.

Pinkie Pie: Well just in case, [she pulls out a sprinkle shaker and a plate of cookies out of her hair] I've packed extra sprinkles and cookies for ammo.

[Then the girls take a step back from Pinkie in case they explode.]

Sunset Shimmer: Well let's hope we don't have to use them. So only use them when you have to.

Scootaloo's voice: Are you guys talking about that crazy Shadowbolt girl?

[Sunset and Twilight turn in surprise and find the Crusaders standing behind them, listening in on their conversation.]

Sunset Shimmer: Girls, get out of here. This doesn't concern you.

Twilight Sparkle: Here is very important stuff we have to deal with, and we don't want you getting hurt.

Sweetie Belle: Okay. But if you do see her, will you let us know if she's feeling better.

Twilight Sparkle [confused]: You're…worried about her?

Applejack: Why in tarnation would you worry about someone who threatened to blast you pointblank?

Apple Bloom: I know she was really scary when she held that weapon of hers to my face. But before y'all showed up, she seemed…different.

Fluttershy: Different?

Rarity: How so?

Apple Bloom: Well I was pretty freaked out when she saw us. But after a while, she started to look…sad, as if she was about to cry.

[The Humane 7 are caught off-guard to hear of it. They start to feel sorry, Twilight the most.]

Sweetie Belle: We feel pretty bad for her.

Scootaloo: Is that so wrong?

Sunset Shimmer: No, it isn't.

Rainbow Dash: You girls were pretty brave standing up to that.

[The Crusaders start to blush.]

Apple Bloom: [giggles] Thanks.

Applejack: Now you better get going. We have very important things to do and we don't wanna keep you from whatever you need to do. And don't worry. We'll make sure this girl is feeling better. [The Crusaders nod in agreement and leave the group. Applejack gives off a big sigh.] Sounds to me Starlight's case is a lot more serious than I thought.

Twilight Sparkle: Then we better get started. Sunset, do we know where we can find her.

Sunset Shimmer: That's the problem. I don't know. I called her home address, and her parents said she hasn't been home for days. They said they got a call from Starlight, telling them she's been spending the weekend at a friend's house.

Pinkie Pie: What friend?

Sunset Shimmer: I don't know. Said she didn't tell them.

Rainbow Dash: Great. She could be anywhere in the city. How are we supposed to find her now?

[After a short moment of thinking…]

Spike: I got it!

[He dives into Twilight's backpack and pops out with the Twilight's half of her magic stealing device in his mouth.]

Twilight Sparkle [takes the device from Spike's mouth]: My magic spectrometer?

Spike: Yeah. If Starlight stole the other half, maybe we can use it to find out where she is.

Twilight Sparkle: Oh please, Spike. It doesn't work like that. I told you, I've modified it to only detect those using Equestrian magic.

Rarity: Does it really work?

Twilight Sparkle: Well of course it does. [She then taps her finger on the mini outer screen on the broken device, activating it. The purple lights come on, the shifting star appears on the screen, and the spinning detection light goes around the edges.] See? Since nobody here is using magic, if I turn it on, it won't respond.

[But then the detection light stops spinning, and makes sort of a "boop" sound. Twilight react to the sound and sees that the device is responding. She looks down on the device in shock.]

Twilight Sparkle: What? It can't be.

Sunset Shimmer: What is it, Twilight?

Twilight Sparkle: Someone is using Equestrian magic.

Sunset Shimmer: What?!

Fluttershy: But…who?

[Twilight and Sunset are both aghast with realization. Then they look at each other, and then down at the device with the light facing one direction.]

To Be Continued…

Now that the story is only half finished, the 'real' story can begin.

P.S. I would like to apologize to any science experts who read this about the techno jargon I may have misinterpreted. I don't understand science that well, and I try to look up the information I need and put them together as best I could.