Sunset awoke to the sound of breathing and felt warm furry body on hers. Blinking her eyes open she looked up found a purple dog on her belly sleeping. She looked around and found that she was laying on a couch in Twilight's apartment. Memories of last night came back to her and she remembered that Twilight offered her to stay the night.

“Good morning Sunset.” Twilight said and opened a curtain, letting the morning sunlight up her apartment.

“Too bright.” Sunset grumbled and covered her eyes with her bare arm and looked away from the window.

She felt Spike move, stretching and letting out a yawn on her belly. The dog then licked her arm, causing her to giggle out. Sunset grabbed Spike by the shoulders, lifting him up.

“Good morning.” Sunset said and ruffled the green fur on his head and put him down on the floor.

“Watch the fur.” Grumbled Spike as he reached for a brush and started grooming himself.

Twilight was dressed casually in stretchy purple jeans and a blue turtleneck with long sleeves, her hair was in a bun today. She pushed up her glasses and walked to the kitchen.

“You can use the shower now, I got some spare clothes I think will fit you,” Twilight said opening a cupboard.

“Thank you I am not sure how I can pay you back for this.” Sunset grabbed the blanket and covered herself as she stood up.

“Friends help each other, Go on I will get breakfast ready.“ Twilight smiled and tossed a dog biscuit to Spike who caught it in his teeth.

After the shower, Sunset looked through a box of clothing that Twilight left her to try on. She found that the blue pants she got are a bit too short on the legs. The top was a light purple with buttons and short sleeves. Sunset looked in the mirror and to her relief, it was just her human self this time. She finished by brushing her hair which did not take long.

Twilight was waiting at the table as Sunset joined her for breakfast. They had eggs, cereal, toast and orange juice. After she helped her clean up the table and looked up at the clock.

“Can I use your phone?” Sunset asked and Twilight nodded, pointing to her phone by the couch. She made a quick call to let Jane and Frank know where she is.

After the dishes were clean Twilight had Sunset sit on a wooden chair as she took readings with her meter and scribbled down some more notes.

“It looks like your magic, readings are stable today,” Twilight said, putting the meter and her notepad on the table.

“Good, but I need to get control of this, I do not want to randomly change when I am at work or something,” Sunset said looking at her fingers.

“Maybe you should try changing on purpose once and awhile, I am no expert, but based on the readings I took now and in the past it seems that your magic builds up and then starts to leak out randomly.” Twilight looked at her notes.

“You know what that kind of make sense, In Equestria there is a medical condition for magic users like Unicorns and Alicorns,” Sunset points to her forehead. “If the horn gets damaged or broken, then magic builds up inside, at first, it causes headaches and then the magic starts to leak out causing all kinds of problems,” She explains with a frown.

“That sounds terrible.” Twilight said and grabbed a bag to put her equipment in.

“I have only read about it but never witnessed it myself,” She said looking up at Twilight.

“Well then you should be using your magic more, I know of a place nearby you can practice.” Twilight walked to the door and Sunset got up to follow her.

Twilight lead Sunset into the wooded area past the parking lot behind the apartment building. They walked for at least 15 mins until there was an open area between the trees.

"Alright, I think we are far enough out of sight, you can try and change now." Twilight said and took out her magic meter and notepad.

"Easy for you to say, I am not sure how I was able to change in the first place," Sunset said with her arms crossed.

"You told me that this first happened on the farm, try thinking back to that." Twilight leaned against a tree and turned her meter on looking over the readings.

"Ok, I will try that." Sunset closed her eyes and thought about how she felt when she heard Apple Bloom screaming. The horse was running faster and further away down the dirt road. She desperately wanted the power to save her.

Twilight noticed that the pointer on her meter was moving up and then down. "Interesting your magic is reacting to the way you feel," She said writing down some notes.

Sunset gasped as her eyes opened and sounded out of breath as she clutched her chest. "I felt something, but still it is not enough." She looked disappointed.

"What if someone else was in danger," Twilight bit on the top of her pen thinking. "Do you have someone you love?" She asked.

"What kind of question is that?" Sunset said, blushing still trying to sort out her feelings.

"Well, if that special someone was in danger, would you be able to help? Let's say Adagio Dazzle had tied up that someone and was going to hurt them." Twilight is clutching her pen tighter remembering what happened and looked at Sunset.

She looked back at Twilight, knowing she was only trying to help and then looked up to the treetops, closing her eyes, breathing in deep thinking. Sunset remembers when Adagio pushed Pinkie to the ground. Then thought, What if she did something to hurt her more.

Twilight’s meter spiked and the glass cover cracked. She looked up at noticed that Sunset body was glowing and then there was a flash of white light. Blinking her eyes she looked again and saw a mango colored unicorn. Sunset lifted her right hoof to look at it and then put it down and turned to look at Twilight with a smile.

"Thank you that seemed to work," Sunset said, moving around getting used to her body. "Now I just need to change back." She looked at Twilight who was speechless approach her with her right hand out and touched her, she then started stroking her mane.

Sunset rolled her eyes and just stood there for a few minutes as Twilight caressed her fur. It was not an unpleasant feeling, but it was different. She turned her large head and looked.

"Maybe I can get a job at the petting zoo," Sunset said sarcastically, which snapped Twilight out of her trance.

"Oh my, sorry about that," She stepped back and adjusted her glasses. "Now yesterday you managed to change back, do you remember how?"

"My Sensei has been trying to teach me to meditate by clearing my mind." Sunset sat down on her rear and crossed her front hooves closing her eyes.

Twilight looked at her meter only to remember that it was busted when she looked up and there was a flash of light then Sunset was back to her human form still dressed.

“Excellent Sunset.” She said and took down some more notes.

Sunset’s stomach started to growl. “Oops, excuse me,” She said with a hand on her belly.

“Using magic burns calories, interesting.” Twilight scribbled in her notepad and motioned Sunset to follow her back to the apartment.

After lunch, she practiced again for most of the afternoon. It was getting easier to change, the more times she tried. Twilight clapped as she watched her start running as a human and then changed to back to a unicorn. With a jump in the air, Sunset changed again and she landed on her two feet.

"So cool, I wish I could do that," Twilight said, ignoring her notes, feeling proud she was able to help a friend.

Sunset looked at her and had an idea. "Come here and hold my hand," She said and held out her hand as Twilight grabbed hold of it. "Now close your eyes."

Twilight nodded and closed her eyes, she felt her body tingling as it sprouted a horn, ears, tail and wings.

Sunset looked Twilight over and smiled. "You can open your eyes now." She said and pulled out a small mirror.

"Is that me?" Twilight said as she opened her eyes and looked in the small mirror.

"Welcome to the Rainbooms." Sunset smiled as Twilight ran up and hugged her tight.

"Can I fly?" Twilight flapped her wings.

"One way to find out." Sunset said with a smirk and watched Twilight lift off the ground.

“This is awesome, scientifically speaking!” Twilight said clearing her throat.

“Forget science young lady, this is equestrian magic!” Sunset said as her body ponified also with a horn, ears, and a tail.

“Where are your wings?” Twilight asked, looking down at her.

“I was not born with wings.” Sunset said but still was able to float up into the air.

“But I saw your wings the other night, wings of fire.” Twilight flapped her arms.

“Must have been your imagination, I can only make fire, but I do not have wings,” Sunset said as she reached the treetops before feeling her magic fading and floated back down to the ground. She was feeling very tired now and didn’t remember landing on the grass as she fell asleep. Her horn, ears and tail vanished.

Twilight also felt her power fading as if it was linked to Sunset’s and landed on the ground. Her horn, ears, wings and tail disappeared.

“The was great Sunset hope we can do this again,” Twilight said and looked around to find Sunset lying in the grass sleeping.

She sat down next to Sunset and reached over rubbing her fingers in her hair. Then she grabbed her notebook and wrote about her experience today with her new best friend.

Kevin walked up to a billboard which had local ads, missing people and pets posted. Not finding any free space he reached up and tore the papers away, tossing them to the floor.

A mall cop was nearby watched as Kevin ripped the ads from the wall and posted a new one. The mall cop tossed his empty Styrofoam cup into the trash and walked up to Kevin.

“What do you think you are doing?” He asked, looking up at Kevin and noticed that his eyes are glowing green.

“Posting an ad for the Dazzlings.” Kevin said in a monotone voice and pushed in some thumb tacks to hold the paper in place.

“Not without permission from the customer desk.” The mall cop grabbed the paper and ripped it from the billboard.

Kevin turned and looked at the cop showing no expression. His arm grabbed the mall cop’s shirt and lifted him off the ground with one arm.

“Fuck put me down!, Or am going to call for security,” The cop reached for his radio, but Kevin grabbed it with his free hand and crushed it. The cop started to look scared. “HELP this guy is crazy.” He punched at Kevin but was getting no reaction out of him.

Adagio walked up next to Kevin and looked up at the cop who was dangling in the air.

“Sorry about this officer. Once Kevin is giving instructions he will not stop until his task is complete,” Adagio said and looked up at Kevin. “Please put him down.”

Kevin lowered the mall cop to the ground and stood aside like a soldier as Adagio looked him over then walked up to the mall cop.

“I should press charges for this,” He pointed to Kevin and then looked down at Adagio. “You cannot place an ad without the mall’s approval.” Waving his finger in her face.

“Very well, sir but can you help me with something.” She grabbed his arm and lead the mall cop into the empty hallway where the cleaning supplies are.

“I do not have the time, madam, I must get back to my post.” The mall cop protested.

“This will not take long.” Adagio said and walked him to the door and then knocked three times.

“What are you doing?” He said as the door opened to a dark room.

Adagio pushed him into the room as four more arms reached out and grabbed him from the darkness, pulling him inside before he had a chance to yell out. Her eyes glowed bright green as the door closed behind her plunging the room into total darkness.

Kevin looked towards the direction Adagio went and heard a muffled scream. He bent down to grab the pamphlet and attached it to the billboard.

Free concert by the Dazzlings.
Location Canterlot High School Court Yard
This Sunday bring your friends for a
mind-altering experience of sight and sound.

With free cookies.

Author's Notes:

First update since I got back from the holidays.
It was a rough start trying to get back into the swing of things.

Mostly a feel good chapter between Sunset and Sci Twilight.

Any comments or suggestions are always appreciate.

Now back to work on Chapter 17 which will be a long one.

Thanks for reading.