Chapter 5-Magical Meltdown

Doctor: Twilight Sparkle goes nuclear.

It had been a week since I had that little “incident” with Gilda,

Ditzy: Maybe you shouldn’t put it that way, somepony might get the wrong idea.

and I hadn't seen her after that. The only reason I knew she was still even in Ponyville was that other ponies I spoke to told me that they had seen her. Personally I didn't want to talk to her or really anypony, so I had spent the last 4 days in Canterlot. Celestia was worried about me, as I found out at breakfast.

Doctor: It looked like he hadn’t bathed or changed his clothes in days and he had a 5 o'clock shadow.

“Starlight,” she said. “You haven't left the castle in days. Did something happen in Ponyville?”

Ditzy: (Star) No, I’m just marathoning old InuYasha episodes. I’m not even half way through yet!

“No. I guess I just needed sometime to myself.” I said. I realized that I did feel a lot better.

Doctor: (Star) I should hid in my room for days more often.

“Twilight sent me a letter telling me that she was going to cast a special celebration spell.” Celestia said. “She was wondering if you would like to attend it.”

Ditzy: (Celestia) She said muffins are involved.

“Sure.” I said. “Can't hurt to check it out.”

Ditzy: (Star) Twilight! Why am I a girl now!?

Doctor: (Twilight) Um, slight miscalculation in the spell! Don’t worry! It will be an easy fix! Really!

I finished up and walked over to the window. “I'll see you later.” I opened the window and jumped out. Extending my wings, I flew in the direction of Ponyville.

Doctor: (Guard) Uh, he does know we could just fly him there right?

…

Everypony had heard about the celebration spell Twilight was going to cast for Starlight, even a certain griffon.

Ditzy: Bunkers were prepared for the fallout.

Gilda was at Twilight's helping her prepare for it.

Ditzy: Yep, nothing strange or suspicious about that.

“So, the prince is coming back today?” Gilda asked.

“Yep! Spike got a letter from Princess Celestia” Twilight said, bouncing around the room.

Ditzy: This why we don’t give her caffeine.

“Everything's gotta be perfect!”

Doctor: (Gilda) Gah! We’ve checked everything five times already!

Ditzy: (Twilight) Nonsense. It never hurts to recheck everything 8 or 10 more times.

“So, why are we celebrating this?” The griffon asked, looking around the room.

Doctor: (Gilda) It’s just Arbor Day.

“It's for beating Nightmare Moon, when he landed here.” Twilight explained. “She could have easily taken us over that day, but he fought her off.”

Ditzy: That isn’t how I remember it.

Doctor: You do have the Elements of Harmony remember?

Twilight looked at the spellbook. “Oh, I need to go grab something! Be right back!” The purple unicorn bounded upstairs.

Doctor: Twilight seems in a particularly good mood today.

Gilda smiled and walked over to the spellbook that Twilight was reading. “This should make this a fun celebration.” Now the book had been written in pencil,

Ditzy: The economy was hit pretty hard. This was the only way the publisher could afford to publish the book.

so Gilda erased some of the words and replaced them with other words.

Doctor: Something someone obsessed with details like Twilight would likely never notice.

She moved away from the book as Twilight came back downstairs.

Ditzy: Whistling inconspicuously.

“Come on Gilda, the prince's almost here!” Twilight picked up the book with her horn and ran outside. Gilda followed, smiling.

Doctor: (Gilda) Ain’t I a stinker.

…

As I broke the cloud barrier and flew into Ponyville, I saw that everypony was in the middle of town. Flying over there I saw that someponies had erected a stage and there was a drawing of me on it, holding my sword.

Ditzy: In crayon.

As I flew over and landed next to the mayor, everypony let up a cheer for me. I slightly blushed as the mayor started to speak.

Doctor: (Mayor) Due to your outstanding service to ponyville, we have decided to Duke of Ponyville. All administrative duties will be passed on to him.

“Prince Starlight, we never properly thanked you for stopping Nightmare Moon when you first arrived here.” She said.

Ditzy: (Pinkie) Darn straight! I didn’t even get to throw you a party!

“So, our very own Twilight Sparkle is going to start our celebration with a spell written for you!”

Doctor: (Mayor) Everypony please move to safe distance. We have sandbags and trenches prepared to protect us when the spell inevitable fails.

As everypony cheered, I just saw that all the town was set up like a giant party. “Pinkie Pie's doing” I thought.

Doctor: (Star) The pinatas shaped like my head were pretty weird.

Looking down, I saw my mane 6 friends

Ditzy: That’s just awkward sounding.

and Gilda standing together. I waved at them as Twilight stepped up to the stage.

Bowing she said, “Thank you, for stopping her. This is a spell I found just for you.”

Ditzy: (Twilight) I found it in the Necroponicon.

She turned around as all the ponies near that area moved back. Her horn glowed as she cast the spell. Tendrils of magic started to wrap together in the middle of the square. The spell was going well.

Doctor: The sudden change of Twilight’s magic to green was pretty strange, but its probably nothing.

Suddenly my horn started to glow red and I sensed danger.

Doctor: It can do that now I guess.

“Twilight! Stop the spell!” I yelled.

“I can't!” She was struggling to keep her balance. I summoned Stormtide and jumped to the spell area,

Doctor: What, is he planning on cutting off her head to stop the spell?

determined to absorb the magic with the sword.

Ditzy: Would you stop giving Starlight random convenient powers?

All of a sudden, Twi's horn gave a giant flash of light and the spell exploded.

Doctor: It was later known as the spell that broke the world.

I was sent flying into the stage. The ponies that were closest to the area were knocked over. Slightly stunned, I looked around. Fortunately there was little to no damage beside the middle of the square.

Ditzy: (Star) And my broken spine.

I looked down and saw.....my sisters? “Celestia, Luna, what are you two doing here?” I asked, jumping next to them.

They both looked at me, then I saw that their eyes were glowing red.

Ditzy: Red eyes. I am starting to suspect foalplay here.

That can't be good. “Oh, nothing much, Prince of Darkness.”

Doctor: (Luna) Do you like our red contact lens? We have heard it is hip and grooving with the current generation.

And that's even worse! I summoned Stormtide and held it in front of me just as they both blasted me with magic.

Ditzy: Blowing him to pieces. The End.

Hitting the ground I yelled, “Major, get everypony out of here! Now!” She started to move everypony in a direction that wasn't by me and my evil sisters.

Ditzy: Uh, Starlight. I don’t think they are actually your sisters. Probably just evil clones, like what happened with Big Mac.

I saw that Twilight had passed out and my friends were trying to wake her up.

Doctor: (Pinkie) It’s a good thing I have these firecrackers.

Ditzy: (Rainbow) Tie them to her tail. That would be hilarious.

I turned just in time to deflect another magical blast. “What's wrong, brother? Why won't you join us?”

Doctor: (Star) It might have to do with the fact that you won’t stop attacking me.

“Maybe because you aren't my sisters!” I yelled.

Ditzy: (Star) If your were, I would join you in an instant and bring Equestria to its knees!

I then yelled Rarity's name and tapped into the power of her cutie mark. Creating a big diamond, I slammed it into the side of the dark Celesta’s head,

Doctor: It created a funny and cartoonish sound effect.

sending her careening into a wall.

Ditzy: Maybe you can fight them off without causing massive property damage? Somepony will have to pay to have that wall fixed!

Dark Luna ran up and bucked Stormtide out of my hand. I rolled under her

Ditzy: (Star) Blushing after I did it.

and covering my hand in a diamond, I punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground.

Dark Celesta shot a levitation spell at me, but I blocked it with a diamond,

Ditzy: I don’t think that is how levitation spells work, usually they just lift you right away.

reflecting the spell toward Dark Luna. As it hit her, I ran by Dark Celestia and cut deep into her side with a dagger sized diamond. She yelled, turned and smacked me with her front hooves, knocking me down. She reared up to slam down on me. I rolled out of the way and jumped up, resummoning Stormtide and slashing her up the flank.

Ditzy: Um, maybe you should try aiming for more fatal areas.

A sparkly blue type of blood formed from the wound.

Doctor: She’s really a Venusians!

I didn't have much time to look as I got blasted in the face with another type of magic.

Ditzy: (Star) It was chaos magic. It turned me a tap dancing jaguar in a banana costume.

Hitting the ground I looked at my hand. “This might work.” I thought, switching from Rarity's cutie mark to Pinkie's. I rolled and shot Dark Luna with a firework. It got caught in her mane and rose up in the sky, carrying her with it. “That'll be an interesting display,” I said,

Doctor: Yeah, with the sky raining her blood and internal organs all over the place.

 just as Dark Celestia picked me up with magic and slammed me into the stage.

Doctor: (Star) Ugh, that never happens to heroes that make one liners in the movies!

I heard Rainbow yell, “I think Twilight's losing her color!” Then I understood.

All: Discord!

The dark versions of my sisters were pure magic, and they were living off of Twi's magical power. I needed to stop them before they drained Twi completely.

Doctor: All those study sessions with Twilight haven’t been a waste.

I picked myself up and stood in front of the evil alicorns. “Twilight!” I yelled. My clothes changed from pink to purple and I felt an intense rush of magical energy rush though me.

Ditzy: Causing him to explode.

Then I knew what Twilight's cutie mark gave me.

Doctor: The power… of dance!

Not having time to dwell on it, I summoned Stormtide and rushed at the dark magic. I slammed Dark Celestia in the head with my sword and stabbed Dark Luna in the head. “Go. Back!”  I yelled, ripping the sword out. Luna screamed and dissolved into a sparkly substance, rising in the air.

Doctor: It left the refreshing smell of pine.

I held my arm out and created a shimmering golden spear in my left hand.

Ditzy: So...this is the power Twilight gives him?

As Dark Celestia flew up in the air, I pointed and shot the spear at her, hitting her directly in the stomach. She dissolved into the sparkly substance and it joined the other one. The substance suddenly flew toward Twilight and her horn absorbed it, giving her color back.

Doctor: Too bad it was the wrong one.

Ditzy: (Twilight) Why am I plaid now!?

I ran toward my friends still holding my sword,

Doctor: Didn’t your parents ever tell not to run while holding something sharp?

Ditzy: (Star) Is she al- AHHHH! My eye!

but my clothes were normal now. Noticing that Gilda wasn't there, I said, “Is she OK?”

Applejack nodded. “She'll be fine, but I think she needs a rest.”

Rarity nodded, “Let's take her back to her house, the poor thing. We need to figure out who sabotaged her so bad!”

Ditzy:The idea that she messed up a spell on her own is inconceivable.

“Pinkie, can you tell everypony it's safe now?” I asked.

Doctor: He noticed ponies were wearing hazmat suits.

“And tell them that we'll have the party after I find out who did this?”

Ditzy: No time to party, there’s a villain on the loose!

“Okie-dokie!” Pinkie said, bounding off. I gently picked up Twilight and flew toward her house, the others not far behind. Next Chapter: Episode 12 - Legend of Starlight - Book 2 - Part 6 Estimated time remaining: 21 Hours, 16 Minutes