"Gah!" I suddenly bolted straight up in bed in a cold sweat, my heart pounding faster than Pinkie with caffeine. I immediately noticed that I wasn't in the cloud bed I had awoken in for the past week, and I started to have a panic attack. I desperately grasped my snout and looked down to my hooves. I sighed as a wave of relief washed over me, mellowing my panic down to almost nothing.

Thank God, I'm still a pony. Now... where am I?

"Is something the matter, dear?" I heard a familiar pompous voice ask from behind me. My heart sunk when a sickening thought came to my mind. I looked down next to me, the sight confirming my fears.

...

...

In bed, looking up at me with loving, yet concerned eyes... was Rarity.

What. The hell. Did Twilight. Do.

"Hmm? Rarity said, still waiting for an answer.

"Uh, nothing, nothing." I said, though everything was far from alright.

"Are you sure, dear?" Rarity asked, sitting up in the bed to look at me, putting a hoof on my shoulder. "You seem a bit tense."

I shrugged off her gesture. "No, I'm fine. I promise." I said with a little bit more hostility than intended.

She gave me one last concerned look, then got up and out of bed. "Well, alright. But please, darling, if you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask."

"Yeah, thanks." I said under my breath as I watched her walk out of the bedroom in long, proper strides. Right before she was out of sight, I noticed something extremely peculiar about her. More specifically, her flank.

Was that... Rainbow Dash's cutie mark?

Okay, now today made absolutely no sense whatsoever. I woke up in a bed with Rarity, who apparently thinks we're together, and on top of all that, she has Rainbow Dash's cutie mark instead of her signature triple diamonds. What ever is going on here, I want answers.

I stretched and got out of bed. Upon inspection of the room, I noticed an absence of dresses and mannequins that should have been littering Rarity's room. I certainly wasn't at the Carousel Boutique. I looked out a nearby window, luckily recognizing the surrounding area as Ponyville.

At least I'm still in Ponyville, and not in some random city around Equestria. I thought, looking on the bright side of all this.

I started making my way out of the bedroom, when a small filly suddenly galloped past the door and down the hall, stopping me in my tracks.

"Sorry, Flash!" Sweetie Belle sounded back to me as she continued on her way down the hall. That filly was obviously on a mission. Or just extremely excited for breakfast, from the aroma that was wafting in from what I assumed was the kitchen. I decided to listen to my gut, and I followed the delightful smell through the house. I eventually wound up in the kitchen, where I saw Rarity at the stove making some eggs, with Sweetie Belle hopping around impatiently at her hooves.

"Come on, come on, is it done yet? I'm starving!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

"Now Sweetie," Rarity consoled. "It'll be no good if it's not cooked properly."

"UGGGHHHH!" Sweetie Belle groaned, running around in a small circle before arriving back at her original position. Rarity just let out a small chuckle and continued cooking.

I walked in and looked around the kitchen. It looked like any other kitchen you might expect; a sink, a stove and oven, a refrigerator, and counter tops to pull it all together. Rarity heard my hoof steps and turned around to greet me with a bright smile.

"Hello, Flash. Are you feeling hungry for a bit of breakfast?" She asked, still smiling.

"Uh, no thanks. I'm good." I said.

Rarity shrugged. "Suit yourself, I suppose."

"Hurray!" Sweetie Belle cheered. "More for me!"

"Lucky you." Rarity said to Sweetie Belle. "It's ready!"

"Oh boy!" Sweetie Belle almost tripped over herself as she shoved Rarity out of the way to make herself a plate.

"It's not going anywhere." Rarity said sarcastically with a chuckle. She turned to me with a light blush. "So, how is your morning so far, dear?"

"Good, I guess." I said a little awkwardly. I was not at all used to Rarity calling me 'dear'. "Actually, I wanted to ask you some questions, Rarity."

"Hmm, odd way to start off the morning, but sure." Rarity agreed. "What would you like to know?"

"Well for starters," I began, "Why do you have Rainbow Dash's cutie mark?"

"Why, what ever do you mean?" She asked, looking down at the rainbow lightning bolt that adorned her flank. "I've always had this cutie mark. Are you absolutely sure you're feeling alright?"

"Not so much, actually." I said too quietly for Rarity to hear. "Well, what happened yesterday with Twilight?"

"I'm afraid I don't know what you are talking about." She said.

"You know," I started. "The whole thing with the sky turning black with the clouds, and all the thunder, and then you guys all went into the library to check on Twilight and everything just... exploded or something?" As I was saying it, I realized I sounded like a lunatic.

"What?" Rarity asked, astonished. "You must have been dreaming. All we did yesterday was spend the day with Rainbow Dash and your friend, Blaze."

"Wait, Blaze and Rainbow Dash?" I asked. Something was seriously, seriously wrong here.

"Well, of course." She said. "Do you not remember any of this?"

"No," I said. "I don't."

"That's very strange indeed." Rarity said. "Maybe if we go to Twilight, she'll what's going on with you."

Or maybe she'll know what's going on with this entire ordeal.

"Sounds like a good idea." I said.

"Wonderful." Rarity smiled. "We'll go there soon. First, I must help to set the weather for today, then we'll be off!"

My jaw suddenly dropped. "You? Weather pony? What?"

"Of course!" She sounded offended. "Your memory must really be gone. I've always been a weather pony."

"Well, uh, alright." I said. "Let's go make the weather so we can find Twilight."

"Perfect!" Rarity smiled, making her way to the front door. "Sweetie, White Flash and I are going out, don't get into too much trouble while we're gone!"

"UMBKGAH!" Sweetie Belle replied with a mouthful of food. Rarity just laughed and led the way out into Ponyville.

From all of the weird stuff that had happened since I had woken up, I half expected all of the ponies to be walking upside down or some other kind of random oddity. Luckily, that wasn't the case; everypony was walking around, happy as can be, as if yesterday's events had never happened and this was just another day. Though, I knew that definitely wasn't the case.

As I followed Rarity further into town, I looked around to see if anything else was out of place, such as misplaced houses or unfamiliar ponies. I didn't see anything odd, but I knew there had to be something else going on.

"Alright, dear, I'm still not the best with this whole weather thing, but I do try my hardest." Rarity said as we got near the center of town. "Let's see what I can do."

A bright blue aura surrounded her horn, and her face showed complete concentration as I watched the clouds above us start to move. I was surprised at first. I had never seen a unicorn manipulate the clouds. I don't know why it was any different than pegasi doing it, it just looked strange.

I watched as all the dark cloud in the sky slowly started morphing into perfect squares and floating towards each other to form a strange, yet intricate pattern in the sky. As I watched this all take place, I could have sworn I heard some kind of unnecessary, broadway singing in the distance, but I was too captivated by the sight before me to pay much attention.

"Rarity, I don't know if..." I started.

"If what?" She asked. "Doesn't it look divine? It perfectly brings the scenery together, don't you think?"

"Uh, sure," I lied. "But I don't think this is how weather is supposed to be."

"Hmm, perhaps you are right." Rarity agreed. She focused in on one particular dark cloud. "Maybe a bit of rain over here?" Her horn started glowing once more, and the 'bit of rain' she was talking about was more of a full on downpour, emptying all of the water from the cloud at once.

"Rainbow Dash, that's not funny!" I heard a familiar, exasperated voice shout from under the cloud. Wait, was that who I think it is?

"Terribly sorry darling," Rarity apologized. "I'm afraid I'm not good with the thundery ones."

I heard a sudden gasp from the water victim. "Something tells me everything is not going to be fine." I looked away from the sky to confirm my suspicions. There, with an extremely shocked look on her face, stood Twilight Sparkle.

Thank God, it's Twilight!

She galloped over to Rarity and I as Rarity continued shaping the skies.

"What are you doing?" She asked. "What happened to your cutie mark?"

"What ever do you mean, Twilight?" She asked. "Flash said the same thing earlier. I'm simply doing what I've done since the day it first appeared. I don't know why it's so strange to you two all of a sudden."

I looked to Twilight. "Do you know what's going on here?"

"I... I don't know." She turned back to Rarity, who was still arranging the clouds.

"Doesn't my sky look fabulous?" She asked as she admired her work. The only response she got was the angry ranting of the disgruntled ponies around us. "Too last season?" She asked.

"Where is Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked. "Why isn't she handling this?"

"I could ask the same thing." I said. "I just woke up this morning next to Rarity, and I have no clue how I got there."

"What do you mean you don't know how you got there?" Twilight asked.

"Well, last thing I remember, I was randomly tumbling through some kind of white void forever, then I just randomly woke up with Rarity."

"Wait a second." Twilight said. "Normally you would have woken up with Rainbow Dash, since you two live together, but now Rarity has her cutie mark. Do you think maybe Rainbow Dash has some other cutie mark too?"

I just shrugged. "You tell me. You're the one that caused all this."

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked, genuinely confused.

"Seriously? Yesterday you were doing some kind of really weird magic stuff that caused the sky to go black, and extremely loud thunder to roar through the sky. Not to mention the force field you had around the library. You don't remember any of that?" I asked.

"I... no. I don't." Twilight said with a puzzled look.

I sighed. "Well, at least I'm not the only one here that knows something is wrong. We should find Rainbow Dash and see if we can fix the sky for now."

"Oh, you're looking for Rainbow Dash, you say?" Rarity asked, taking a short break from the sky, mostly because the townsponies were begging her to stop. "You should find her at her cottage."

"Her...cottage?" Twilight asked.

"Well, of course." Rarity said, as if Twilight were insane. "You know, the cottage by the river?"

"Isn't that Fluttershy's cottage?" I asked Twilight.

"It is." Twilight confirmed. She turned to Rarity. "We're going to find Rainbow Dash, Rarity. But good luck on your...sky."

"Thank you, darling. I think it's coming together nicely." Rarity said with a proud smile.

"Right..." Twilight said, starting on her way toward the dirt road that led to Fluttershy's, motioning for me to follow. I trailed close behind her as she led the way to where we would hopefully find Rainbow Dash.

Well, at least Twilight knows something is up, too. I thought. Hopefully we can fix this and get everything back to normal. Hopefully.

"I still don't understand how this could be." Twilight said to me as we approached the familiar, friendly-looking cottage. "Rarity with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. And then she tells us this is Rainbow Dash's cottage."

I shook my head. "Something really strange is going on here."

As we finally made our way up to the front door, Twilight knocked and we waited patiently for an answer. In no time at all, there came Rainbow Dash, shyly peeking out of the half open door, as if some kind of secret agency were after her.

"Hey, guys." She said timidly, avoiding eye contact with either of us.

"Rainbow Dash, why is Rarity doing your job?" Twilight asked.

Rainbow Dash was poised to answer, but was suddenly cut off by a series of loud, wild noises coming from inside the cottage. She quickly bolted inside, leaving us at the doorstep.

"And what in Equestria is going on in-" Twilight opened the front door, revealing dozens of wild, untamed animals running aimlessly around the house. "...here?"

"What the?" I said, taking in the strange sight. There were squirrels hanging from the ceiling, bunnies hopping off the walls, Blaze getting chased by rabid bears, and-

Wait, Blaze getting chased by rabid bears?

"Help meeee!" Screamed a frantic Blaze as he galloped around the room in an effort to lose the bears. He eventually lost then when he ran through a group of fighting raccoons, where the angry bears took up a new chase with the masked critters.

Blaze collapsed on the floor with a sigh of relief. He looked up to see Twilight and me, and he scrambled to his feet to get to us. "Flash! Twilight! Do you guys know what's going on here?"

"We have no idea." I said. "Wait, what cutie mark does Rainbow Dash have?"

We all looked to Rainbow Dash, who was attempting to appease the rioting animals. Sure enough, her cutie mark was that of three pink butterflies fluttering peacefully.

Seeing she was making no progress, she turned to us with a sad frown.

"These animals don't listen." She started in a sing-songy voice. "No, not one little bit. They run around out of control and throw their hissy fits. It's up to me to stop them, 'cause plainly you can see, it's got to be my destiny!" She looked to her flank. "And it's what my cutie mark is telling me."

Blaze, Twilight, and I all looked to each other with concern.

"This is bizarre." Twilight said. "How could Rarity have Rainbow Dash's cutie mark, and Rainbow Dash have Fluttershy's cutie mark?"

"Wait, you don't think Fluttershy would..?" I didn't even have to finish my sentence before Blaze and Twilight knew what I was going to say, and we rushed on our way to where we would hopefully find Fluttershy.

Twilight, Blaze, and I arrived shortly at Sugarcube Corner, where sure enough, we found Fluttershy attempting to entertain the ponies around her.

"Oh, no. This can't be good." Twilight said as she witnessed Fluttershy's poor attempt at making a balloon animal. As soon as she blew it up, it immediately lost all air and stuttered around the room. Her face turned bright red and she put on a nervous smile as the ponies crowding around her began to become restless.

"Fluttershy? What are you doing here?" Blaze asked. She looked to him briefly, then back to the crowd of bored ponies waiting for amusement of any kind.

"I try to keep them laughing, put a smile upon their face," She started singing, putting a fake mustache and glasses on, "but no matter what I try it seems a bit of a disgrace. I have to entertain them, it's there for all to see. But it has to be my destiny," She looked to her cutie mark, "and it's what my cutie mark is telling me."

Twilight, Blaze, and I all looked at each other. "Hey, she was singing in the same tune as Rainbow Dash." Blaze commented.

"Who cares about the tune?" I said. "We need to figure out what's going on here."

"Agreed." Twilight said. "We need to find the others to see if we can find anything."

We all nodded in agreement and headed out to our next destination.

"I don't care much for pickin' fruit," Pinkie began singing as she faltered clumsily around Sweet Apple Acres, "and plowin' fields ain't such a hoot. No matter what I try I cannot fix this busted water chute!" The water pipe she sat on broke and she fell to the ground. "I've got so many chores to do, it's no fun being me. But it has to be my destiny." She looked to her mismatched cutie mark. "'Cause it's what my cutie mark is telling me."

Twilight looked to me. "Well, it looks like there's a pattern starting here." She said. "Now where's Applejack?"

"I bet I know." Blaze said, already trotting off. "Follow me."

We arrived at Carousel Boutique, where we witnessed Applejack struggling at trying to create some kind of dress, though it was so mangled and torn it was hard to tell what exactly it was. She saw us walk in and started her lament.

"Looky here at what I've made, I think that it's a dress." She sang, holding up a poorly stitched cloth for us to see. "I know it doesn't look like much, I'm under some distress." She looked at us in desperation. "Could y'all give me a hand here, and help me fix this mess? My destiny is not pretty," She looked to her flank. "but it's what my cutie mark is telling me."

"All that's left is Rarity." Blaze said.

"We should go check on her again and see if she's fixed anything with the sky." I suggested.

Without another word, we all headed out of Carousel Boutique to find Rarity.

We immediately knew everything was worse once we stepped outside. Half of the clouds in the sky were a very dark gray, and swirling erratically around in unpredictable spirals, while the other half was creating random snow, rain, and other assortments of strange weather. We looked ahead to see another crowd of angry ponies gathered around Rarity as she frantically worked at the sky.

"I'm in love with weather patterns, but the others have concerns." She chorused as we galloped over to her. "For I just gave them frostbite over top of their sunburns." The clouds around us all simultaneously dropped several feet of snow onto the ground. "I have to keep on trying, for everyone can see, it's got to be,"

"It's got to be,"

"My destiny,"

"My destiny,"

"And it's what my cutie mark, it's what my cutie mark, yes it's what my cutie mark is telling me!" Suddenly, five familiar voices joined in to finally finish the repetitive song that had been sung throughout the day.

Twilight looked to Blaze and I with pure distress. "This is bad, this is very, very bad!" She said, stepping back and forth with all of her hooves.

"I'll say," Blaze agreed. "Where did those other voices come from?"

I lightly hit Blaze over the head. "Come on, this is serious." I scolded. He just gave me a 'what did I do?' look as he rubbed his head. "Do you know what the problem could be, Twilight?" I asked her.

"Yes, I know exactly what it is." She said, still frantic. "We need to get to the library." She quickly galloped away without a warning.

"Hey, wait up!" I yelled, following her down the street.

"But seriously though, why all the singing?" Blaze asked as he tailed after me.

Shortly after, we arrived at the library, where Twilight immediately started delving through random assortments of books for an answer to a question Blaze and I didn't know yet.

"So, what's the problem?" I asked as she flipped through book after book, "And how can we fix it?"

She looked up to Blaze and I. "Last night, during yours and Spark's party," She nodded to Blaze, "I got a special delivery from Princess Celestia."

"So that was why you left early." Blaze said.

Twilight nodded. "The princess sent me a book with a letter telling me that it was an ancient, unfinished masterpiece made by Starswirl the Bearded. He was never able to get it right, and thus abandoned it, so she believed in me to understand and rewrite it. I cast the spell so I could find out what it was, but nothing seemed to happen..." She trailed off for a moment before looking to us with sudden panic. "But now I know something did happen!" She walked over to a glass case filled with multicolored gem necklaces that I seemed to know from somewhere. "The spell has changed the Elements of Harmony!"

The Elements of Harmony! I thought. Wait, since when does Twilight have them? I thought they were locked up or something?

"That must be why their cutie marks are all wrong!" Twilight finished with a hoof to her chin.

"Well, can't you cast a counter-spell or something?" Blaze asked as Twilight flipped through the large book given to her by the princess.

She continued to flip through a few more pages before looking to him. "There is no counter-spell!" She said as she went back to the book. "None of the spells I know would help us! Their true selves have been altered, and I can't just change them." Her frantic flipping slowed to a casual searching until she finally dropped the book in defeat. She let out a sigh and slowly made her way over to the stairs as she looked to the ground solemnly.

Blaze and I looked to each other before I spoke up. "There has to be something you can do." I said, stopping her halfway up the stairs.

"No spell can undo it." She said, turning to me with tears brimming her eyes. "They're not who their meant to be anymore. Their destinies are now changed." She turned back to the stairs as she slowly continued to scale them. "And it's all my fault."

I looked to Blaze with an unsure expression. "Well, what do we do now? Our only hope of getting everything back to normal is giving up. Isn't she supposed to be the one that always manages to fix everything?"

"Do you hear a piano?" Blaze asked, obviously not listening to a word I said.

"Seriously, Blaze!" I was beginning to become very agitated. "We really need to... wait, I do." I stopped and lifted my ear to hear the strange, disembodied piano that seemed to be playing from nowhere. I listened as the notes seemed to float peacefully through the air and upstairs, where I suddenly heard more singing.

"I have to find a way, to make this all okay. I can't believe this small mistake, could've caused so much heartache. Oh why, oh why? Losing promise, I don't know what to do. Seeking answers, I fear I won't get through to you. Oh why, oh why?" I heard beautiful singing coming from upstairs, ending on a sad note.

"Wow..." I started. "That was-"

"Seriously! What is with all the singing?" Blaze interrupted. "If this was an episode, I'd probably stop watching by now, all the songs are getting annoying!"

I looked to Blaze scornfully. "Hey, at least it's good songs." I said. I stopped for a moment.

Wait, what if this is an episode? It has to be; all of this uncalled for singing doesn't just happen at random. Maybe they came out with new ones I haven't seen yet?

I shook my head, bringing myself back to reality. I heard gentle sobbing coming from upstairs, and I turned to Blaze. "Should we go up there?"

Blaze nodded, serious for the first time today, and we made our way upstairs where we shortly found Twilight laying on her bed with her face in her hooves. I walked up to her and stayed silent for a few more moments before I could come up with some kind of inspiring, meaningful thing to say to her.

"You can't just give up, Twilight." Was all I could come up with in that short time. What a motivation.

She looked up to me with tear streaked cheeks. "What else can I do?" She asked with a quiet sniffle. "Because of me, their lives are changed forever, their destinies are changed forever, and they have no idea. And there's not a thing I can do about it." She began to silently weep once more.

I looked to the ground with a discouraged state of mind. If Twilight of all ponies is giving up on this, maybe there is no way to fix all this. What if this is it?

"Well," Blaze suddenly let out a frustrated sigh. This outburst grabbed both mine and Twilight's attention. "You can't give up, Twilight. What ever is happening, you can fix it. I know you can." He looked to me. "We know you can. These are your friends. They should mean more to you than anything. If that's not enough reason to not just give up, then we better get ready for a lot of cold summers and arid winters," He pointed to the window where the unpredictable weather raged outside. "Because right now we have a fashion diva trying to make patterns in the freaking sky, and no pony is doing a thing about it."

My jaw was left wide open. What the hell had gotten into Blaze?

Twilight looked up with a hopeful smile. "You know," She started, jumping off of her bed. "You're right, Blaze." She trotted downstairs, Blaze and I following her in hopes that she'd found out what to do.

She walked up to the fireplace, where a portrait of a happy Twilight and the rest of the mane six hung. She looked to picture, a smile starting to form across her previously gloomy face. "They mean more to me than anything. My friends."

I was about to congratulate Blaze on motivating Twilight, but a sudden purple aura caught me off guard. I looked over to see an impossibly bright purple light engulfing Twilight for what felt like forever, but I know it only lasted a few short moments. Eventually, the light faded, and she looked back to Blaze and I with a bright smile that gave the strange light a run for its money.

"I've got it, guys! I know what to do!" She said happily.

"You do?" Blaze and I simultaneously asked.

She nodded quickly and cantered upstairs, where she came back a few moments later with some kind of box. She brought it to the glass case that housed the Elements of Harmony and packed them away into the large box.

"I may not be able to remind them of who they are, but I can show them what they mean to each other. They'll find the part of themselves that's been lost so they can help the friend they care about so much!" She said, already on her way out the door. "Come on, guys!" She galloped away, leaving Blaze and I alone.

"Do you know what-?" I started.

"Not a clue." Blaze said, already knowing my question. "Let's go."

As we followed Twilight blindly through Ponyville, we eventually came up to a discouraged Fluttershy sadly giving a hot air balloon pilot some money.

"Fluttershy, wait!" Twilight stopped her as we ran up to her.

"Oh, hey, Twilight." Fluttershy said sadly.

"Where are you going?" Twilight asked.

"I'm moving back to Cloudsdale." She said. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Blaze go into panic mode. "I don't know what's wrong, but I can't seem to make anypony laugh." She brought up a whoopie cushion and squeezed it lightly, letting off a weak pfft.

"HAHAHAHA!!!" Blaze suddenly started rolling on the ground laughing hysterically. "Oh my gosh, that was hilarious!" He continued to laugh for a few more moments to add to the effect before finally getting up and wiping one eye with his hoof. "You made me laugh! You definitely shouldn't leave." He said. Blaze was really worried about Fluttershy leaving.

Twilight and I looked to each other then back to Fluttershy. "Before you go," Twilight started, "I was wondering if you might be willing to help Rainbow Dash. She's really struggling with her animals."

"But..." Fluttershy said, stroking her mane nervously. "I don't really know anything about animals."

"Oh, dear Lord." Blaze said out of disbelief.

Twilight glared at Blaze briefly before turning back to Fluttershy. "But you do know something about Rainbow Dash." She said with a smirk. I could see the gears turning in Fluttershy's head as she replied.

"I... know that she's a true friend," She said, suddenly calming her nerves and looking up at us with confidence. "And I'll do anything I can to help her."

"Great!" Twilight smiled. "So you'll help?"

"Absolutely." Fluttershy smiled back.

"Wonderful! Let's-"

"So, just to be clear," Blaze suddenly interrupted the lazy transition to the next setting. "You're not leaving as of right now, right?"

"Well..." Fluttershy started. "I suppose I-"

"Thank God!" Blaze said, not wanting to face her saying anything other than 'yes', "Let's go!"

Shortly after, we arrived at the cottage where we heard the racket of raging animals practically pounding down the wooden door, and a muffled, "Help!"

"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight shouted from outside.

"I'm in here!" Rainbow Dash yelled. Without a moment's hesitation, Twilight busted the door open to reveal the random varieties of animals prancing around a helpless Rainbow Dash as she sat in a cauldron as if she were some kind of stew.

What the hell?

"Help! I'm trapped!" She yelled as the animals continued to dance around her.

"Hurry, Twilight!" Fluttershy said. "Can't you do some sort of spell to get her out?"

"No." Twilight said, nodding her head. "Fluttershy, you're the only one that can help. Rainbow Dash needs you!"

Fluttershy looked to her and gave her a weak nod before going out into the fray of insane animals.

"Um, hello?" She said in her usual quiet voice as she walked through the animalistic battlefield. "Little woodland creatures?" Her eyes suddenly got wide as a bear ran past her. She looked down to the smaller creatures. "Now, I know that you're all very upset, and feel like giving Rainbow Dash a hard time, but we'd all really appreciate it if you'd calm down and, um, maybe rest for a bit?" Her speech brought every animal over to her, their attention completely undivided. They were now quiet and willing to listen to her.

Twilight, Blaze, and I all looked to each other with smiles that said, 'it worked!'

Fluttershy looked around nervously before retrieving a bowl of vegetables. "Oh, look! Here's some nice, juicy leaves for you to munch on. She set it down for a group of rabbits to eat. She turned to a small group of squirrels and laid down a few acorns. "And some crunchy, munchy acorns, too!" She looked over to the few animals that were still crowding around Rainbow Dash and walked over to them. "Uh, wouldn't you like to take a break and have a little snack?" She asked them, pointing to the rest of the animals that were chowing down on whatever food they had. The animals decided to join the rest of their friends and began eating happily. Fluttershy walked over to the feeding animals and admired them. "Aww, look at that. I guess you all were just cranky because you were hungry." A bunny turned to her and hopped into her hooves, snuggling up against her face. "Aw, you are very welcome, little friends." She said as other animals joined the bunny in thanks, including a bear that picked her up and gave her a kiss. I was going to make a joke to Blaze about him being jealous, but I decided this probably wasn't the time.

"Goodness, I think I can understand them," Fluttershy said, a light pink aura gradually beginning to engulf her. Twilight brought Fluttershy's Element of Harmony out of the box and galloped over to her.

"I...I feel strange, like this is what I'm meant to do. Like this is who I am." Fluttershy suddenly went into the air, the aura completely surrounding her, and her Element of Harmony attaching like a magnet around her neck. "My destiny!"

Her eyes suddenly got very, very wide, and a blinding light flashed through the whole room, for an instant before disappearing. When we could see again, Fluttershy was on the ground, and she looked up to Twilight, Blaze, and I. "What... what happened?" She asked.

"Fluttershy, look! Your cutie mark!" Twilight exclaimed. Fluttershy looked back to her flank, revealing her trademark pink butterflies. As I looked to Blaze, I could tell he was absolutely ecstatic.

"It worked! It worked!" Twilight said, jumping around the room. "Oh, I'm so happy you're back to normal! Now we need your help!"

"Hey, Blaze, do you hear some kind of music?" I asked.

"Yes, yes I do." Blaze replied.

"You don't think that-"

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need!" Twilight began to sing.

"Yes, yes I do." Blaze sighed.

"A friend will be there to help them see," Fluttershy joined Twilight in the jovial tune. "A true, true friend helps a friend in need to see the light that shines from a true, true friend."

"Um, hello!" Rainbow Dash said from inside the cauldron. "Friend trapped inside, remember?"

They got her out of the cauldron and untied her at an ungodly speed before Twilight started singing again.

"Rarity needs your help," And just like that, we were suddenly in the center of town where Little Miss Armageddon was working on the chaotic weather. Don't ask me how we got there so fast because I really, really don't know. "she's trying hard, doing what she can."

"Would you try, just give it a chance." Fluttershy sang as Rainbow Dash looked at the sky with utter disgust. "You might find that you'll start to understand."

Dash gently flew up to the nearest cloud and gave it a soft kick, as if she'd never touched a cloud in her life. Despite slow break in activity, the music still continued.

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need. A friend will be there to help you see." Rainbow Dash gradually began to become better at clearing the awful skies, while Rarity sort of just sat by and watched like a young child. The whole situation reminded me of a Rocky montage. "A true, true friend helps a friend in need to see the light that shines from a true, true friend." As Rainbow Dash landed, her Element of Harmony flew to her neck, and the same events Fluttershy endured were repeated. When she got back up from the sudden destiny change, she was incredibly confused.

"Uh, what just happened?" She asked all of us.

"There's no time to explain," Twilight said, waving her off. "But we need your help. Applejack's trying to make dresses."

"Say no more." Rainbow Dash said, and everypony looked to Rarity as she looked around in surprise. Then, once again, we were somehow magically teleported to the Carousel Boutique, where Applejack was having a nervous breakdown at her inability to make new dresses.

I looked to Blaze for any rationalization of the strangeness of the situation, but all he could offer was a shrug that said he had already given up on all reasoning.

"Applejack needs your help," Rainbow Dash sang. "She's trying hard, doing what she can. Would you try, just give it a chance. You might find that you'll start to understand."

Rarity started walking around the room, taking the fabric, and doing what she could with it. As if she'd been doing it her whole life, she began stitching cloth together and making elegant designs in no time.

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need. A friend will be there to help them see. A true, true friend helps a friend in need to see the light that shines from a true, true friend." Everypony sang in unison.

As Rarity finished her work, her Element of Harmony flew onto her glowing neck, and her cutie mark sparkled back to her classic gems. She looked up in surprise.

"Oh, my. What a terrible dream I had." She looked over to a raggedy outfit Applejack had designed. "Or, maybe I'm still having it."

"Rarity, Pinkie Pie's about to lose the Apple Farm." Twilight said. "We need Applejack's help!"

"Lose the Apple Farm?" Rarity said with a confident shake of the head. "Well we can't let that happen, now can we?" She walked over to Applejack and put her hoof around her, and the scenery gradually changed back to the middle of town where we were all walking down the street in one synchronized line.

"Pinkie Pie is in trouble." Rarity sang. "We need to get there by her side. We can try to do what we can now," We arrived at the Apple Farm to see a struggling Pinkie Pie trying to hold up an old water chute. Everypony galloped to her side, and Applejack immediately put it back in place, getting a thankful smile from the straight-maned Pinkie Pie. "Or together we can be her guide!"

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need. A friend will be there to help them see." Everypony continued to sing as Applejack naturally bucked trees and did other farm work with ease. "A true, true friend helps a friend in need to see the light that shines from a true, true friend!"

A green aura surrounded Applejack as she wore her Element of Harmony just as easily as the other ponies, and her cutie mark morphed back to her triplet apples.

"Yeehaw!" She exclaimed with a satisfied rearing. "Now that's more like it! What's next?"

"The townspeople are furious! We need the old Pinkie Pie back." Twilight explained.

"I'm on it, I know just the thing!" Applejack said, putting Pinkie Pie on her back.

"I wonder where we'll end up next!" I said with fake enthusiasm.

"This constant teleporting is an adventure in itself." Blaze commented, and just like that, we suddenly started trotting in the center of town, where all of the ponies stomped around angrily for no apparent reason.

"The townspeople need ya, they've been sad for a while." Applejack sang. "They march around, faces frown, and never seem to smile. And if you feel like helpin' we'd appreciate a lot!"

A small smile crept across Pinkie's face as her Element of Harmony floated to her neck. Applejack put a fake mustache and glasses on the pink mare, and pushed her out in front of the angry crowd.

"If ya get up there and spread some cheer from here to Canterlot!" Applejack finished. Pinkie's mane suddenly inflated to its usual poofy self, and her face wore the merriest smile I had ever had the pleasure to witness.

"Come on, ponies, I wanna see you SMILE!" She shouted.

"PINKIE!!!" The crowd exclaimed cheerfully to their national entertainer's return.

The enormous build up through the song led to this moment, and I knew there was about to be one hell of a chorus, so I looked to Blaze and said, "Screw it."

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need!" Everypony in the entire town, including myself sang. "A friend will be there to help them see. A true, true friend helps a friend in need to see the light!"

"To see the light,"

"That shines!"

"That shines!"

"From a true, true friend!" Everypony chorused all together in one final verse, sending shivers through my body. I looked over to see Blaze smiling happily at the sight before him, and I turned to see all six ponies in a tight embrace as a bright purple light surrounded them. I smiled as well at the situation. It all seemed so incredibly happy.

Over time, the light faded, but the 6 friends continued the embrace, never wanting to let go. I heard Blaze trot to my side as he watched along with me.

"So does this mean everything is back to normal? We don't have to deal with any more weird stuff?" He asked.

"I don't know." I said. "I think so but something still feels missing."

My question was quickly answered by a gasp from Twilight.

"Wait a second, that's it!" She said excitedly. "I understand now. I know how to fix the spell!"

Blaze looked to me. "Well, that's that." We heard the gallop of many hooves as all the ponies past us on their way to the library. "Let's follow them."

Twilight quickly burst through the door and went straight over to the spell book with the confidence that she so lacked earlier. As Blaze and I walked in, Rainbow Dash turned to me and waved us to come closer to watch Twilight do her stuff. Whatever that was, we had no clue.

She picked up the book and a quill with her magic and started scrawling something on the pages.

"From all of us together, together we are friends." She chanted. "With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!"

She finished her writing with one final period, and put the book away in triumph. She had finally figured out the spell!

I started to smile at the fact that everything was finally done, when suddenly her Element resting on her head began to glow, and the rest of the Elements on everypony's necks began to shoot some kind of beams of light at her, enveloping her in a ball of white light.

"Flash, what's happening?" Blaze asked a bit frantically as the light continued to get brighter.

"Does it look like I know anything that has happened today??" I yelled over the screams of everypony.

Just as quick as it happened, the light suddenly completely filled the room, temporarily blinding everypony. When we could all finally see again, Twilight was no where to be seen! All that was left was a simmering black mark where she once stood.

The frantic worries of all the ponies instantly spilled into the room as they speculated what could have happened to their friend.

"Where'd she go?" Applejack asked.

"She was just here!" Said Rainbow Dash.

"What if she exploded!" Pinkie Pie screamed.

"Oh, don't be ridiculous, darling. I'm sure she's alright." Rarity gulped.

"Oh, goodness. I hope she's okay." Fluttershy said.

"What the hell just happened?" I asked, my mouth completely agape.

"She's just... gone." Blaze said. He blinked in disbelief and looked around at the other equally confused ponies.

"There's gotta be some kinda explanation here." Applejack reasoned. "She can't just... disappear like that."

"UNLESS SHE EXPLODED!!!" Pinkie screamed once more, getting a worried cry from Fluttershy as she hunkered down.

"Now Pinkie Pie, quit your hollerin'." Applejack said as she walked over to the cowering pegasus for comfort. "You're givin' Fluttershy here a panic attack. Besides, we didn't blow her up, she just disappeared." She looked over to the black burn mark. "I hope."

"Well what ever has happened to her, worrying won't solve it." Rarity said.

"She's right." I said. I never knew I would agree with Rarity. "If we want to find her, we need to do something."

"Like what?" Blaze asked.

"Well, for starters we should probably go outside." I suggested. "Maybe there are some clues or something."

"Sounds like as good a plan as any." Applejack said. "Let's do it."

Rainbow Dash immediately flew out the front door. "It's still night out here, but the weird storm stopped!" She exclaimed from outside.

Wait, what?

I trotted outside to see that she wasn't lying; it was indeed night outside. But why?

It was day a few minutes ago. Why is it-?

Something finally clicked in my brain, and I remembered how I got into all this. As I realized the situation, the several gasps from behind me told me that everypony else did as well.

I turned to Blaze who was almost unable to take in the situation. He turned to me with an expression that said, "aha!"

"Wait, wait." He said. If everypony just came out of the library, and right before we ended up where we were, we saw a huge bright light, does that mean?"

"All of that just happened in less than a second." I said. "And we're back outside of the library where we were."

"Except now we have no idea where Twilight is, and the storm stopped." Blaze finished. Throughout our little explanation, the mane six minus Twilight had gathered around us to listen.

"But it's still night." Rainbow Dash said. "How do we fix that?"

"Well, maybe once we find Twilight, she can fix it." I said.

"If we find Twilight." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "She could be anywhere!"

Just when I was about to say something, a giant light in the sky caught everypony's attention, and we all turned to see a bright sparkling crest lighting up the dark night sky. It resembled a very familiar cutie mark. A very sparkly cutie mark.

"Or, maybe she's right there." I said. The giant cutie mark floated down to the ground with a gentle swoon, and landed softly as an even brighter light. We all covered our eyes as the light expanded until it disappeared into nothing. Well, nothing except a purple alicorn.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait.

What did I just say?

What the hell did I just say?

"Twilight..." Applejack started. "Is that-"

"OH MY GOD WHAT?????" Blaze , destroying the special moment that had been set up during that dramatic reveal. "HOW? WHY?"

Twilight blushed and looked at the newly formed wings that hung limply off of her back. She straightened them to admire them properly.

"I've never seen anything like it." Applejack marveled.

Dash let out an overjoyed laugh. "Twilight's got wings! Awesome!" She exclaimed. "A new flying buddy!"

"What about me?" I said jokingly.

"Hey, I said new, not better." She winked.

"Twilight, you've become an alicorn!" Rarity observed as she stroked her new wings. "I didn't even know that was possible."

"ALICORN PARTY!!!" Pinkie screamed as she flew through the air on some kind of swing and balloons and streamers appeared out of no where.

"Wow, Twilight." Fluttershy commented. "You look just like a princess."

"That's because she is a princess." A regal voice said from behind us. We all turned around to see Princess Celestia standing with a warm smile.

Okay, just what the fuck. I thought at last. This whole day has just been one big fuck.

I just heard Blaze sigh out of disappointment.

"Huh?" All the ponies asked in unison.

"A... a princess?" Twilight asked with tremendous surprise soaking her voice.

Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder. "Since you've come to Ponyville, you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, leadership of a true princess."

"But... does this mean I won't be your student anymore?" Twilight asked the princess.

"Not in the same way as before." Celestia said. "I'll still be there to help and guide you, but we're all your students now, too." She bowed to the purple princess. "You are an inspiration to us all, Twilight."

I looked around as all the ponies began to bow to the newly crowned princess. Blaze looked to me and shrugged before bowing as well. I followed his actions and everypony was now bowing to... Princess Twilight. God, it even sounded like a bad attempt to sell toys.

"But, what do I do now? Is there a book about being a princess I should read?" Twilight asked.

Celestia giggled somehow royally. "There will be time for all of that later."

"Wait! One more question!" Pinkie Pie suddenly said. We all looked to her quizzically as she prepared her question. "Do you have any chairs that I can borrow, Twilight?"

Twilight giggled at the strange question. "Sure, Pinkie. I'm sure I have some somewhere."

"Yay!" Pinkie smiled. Twilight began to beam widely as well, and looked around as everypony smiled back. Even though I completely disproved of what had happened in the last five minutes, I couldn't help but smile at the moment. I looked to Blaze who was smiling happily as well, despite the sudden change.

It was at that moment that I finally felt that everything was normal again. Well, as normal as it could get with an alicorn Twilight, anyway. The situation before me sent a wave of peace and tranquility through me, like everything was back to how it's supposed to be. Like the adventure I had just endured was finally over, and I could get back to enjoying the paradise that I was blessed to be transported to. Everything was-

"GUYS, WHAT THE FUCK!!!"

And just like that, the quiet peacefulness was ruined by a single obnoxious, vulgar, pissed off unicorn.

We all looked to see Spark cantering angrily towards us with Spike sitting on his back. "Where the fuck did you guys go? The library, like, blew up or some shit and you guys were just gone! I went looking for your bitch asses and boom, you're fucking back in no time!" Spark was literally steaming from anger. He looked over to Twilight as she stood there giggling at him. "What's so..." He suddenly stopped and looked to the ground, slamming his head over and over with his hoof.

"God. Fucking. Dammit." He said in one fluid sentence.

"Twilight, what happened?" Spike asked, hopping off of Spark's back to go inspect his friend.

"Twilight is a princess now, Spike!" Rarity said. "An alicorn princess!"

"Whoa." Was all Spike could say as he admired her new wings.

Spark looked to Blaze and I and motioned for us to go over to him. We did, and he grabbed us by the shoulders to take us out of earshot of the other ponies.

"You guys went through Magical Mystery Cure without me." He said rather calmly.

"We what?" Blaze asked.

"The episode, you dumbass." Spark said. Season 3 finale, 'Magical Mystery Cure'."

"Wait, we just went through an episode?" I asked.

"That would explain all the songs." Blaze mumbled.

"Yes, you fuck!" Spark said. "It's the episode that Twilight gets her wings! The episode that made bronies everywhere cry from bullshit, remember?"

"I never finished season 3." I said.

"I thought those images were fan made." Blaze shrugged.

Spark sighed in defeat. "Fuck you guys. That's all I got to say." He started walking away toward the rest of the group shaking his head, occasionally yelling "FUCK!" as he did so.

I began to chuckle as he walked back, still angry at the whole situation. Blaze quickly joined in the laughter, and eventually everypony, even Celestia, was laughing just because we could. The place held such a friendly atmosphere, that we couldn't help but laugh from pure happiness. Everything was back; all the destinies were restored, the strange storm had stopped, Twilight was a princess, and everyone was happy. Even Spark's rage couldn't hold out for long without giving in to the warmth that friendship brought to us at that moment, and he joined us all in jubilant laughter.

Everything was perfect once more.

Author's Notes:

Hey guys sorry for the wait! I've been working on this chapter for like 2 weeks because I can barely find time and adapting stories from an episode is hard for me, so I came up with this. Also, It's almost been a year since I first started this story, so expect some kind of chapter for that soon! I hope you all continue to enjoy, and stay awesome!