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The five ponies present bowed the alicorn. Celestia landed and looked down with a smile on her subject. She let out a chuckle as she stared at this.

"Rise my little ponies. There is no need for such formalities." stated the princess.

The five ponies rose and stared questioning glances.

"I am glad you followed that dream and gathered here." began Celestia.

"You did that, your highness?" asked Rarity.

"No. It was my sister's. Princess Luna gave you all that dream at my request." answered Celestia.

"Um Princess...we've all been...concerned about Twilight lately." noted Fluttershy.

"I know. I need your assistance in helping her." replied Celestia.

"How do you do you Twilight's gone all crazy?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Watch yer tongue, Rainbow." warned Applejack.

Celestia sighed and closed her eyes.

"Twilight...how is she doing?" asked Celestia.

"She's been have weird freak outs." answered Pinkie.

"How so?" asked Celestia.

"She had an outburst and ran off from the Cakes' anniversary party ." answered Fluttershy.

"It seems she is having blackouts as well. I brought her to Carousel Boutique and she forgot how we got there." added Rarity.

"Has Twilight been into the Everfree Forest lately?" asked Celestia.

The five ponies all thought for a moment.

"I don't think so, your highness." answered Applejack.

Celestia chuckled at this.

"I told you, you do not need to use my title." answered Celestia.

"Sorry." replied Applejack, with a nervous laugh.

The ponies thought for a moment.

"What can cause memory loss and freak outs?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"A number of thing." answered Futtershy.

"Not to mention the additional magical possibilities." added Rarity.

"I am afraid she is correct." noted Celestia.

The Princess of the Sun stopped for a moment.

"Could Twilight have practiced dark magic?" asked Celestia to herself, "No. Twilight knows of the danger."

"I'm sure Twilight would be willin' to talk if go about it the right way." suggested Applejack.

"I am afraid Princess Luna tried that and was rejected soundly." stated Celestia.

"Twilight is our friend and we cannot give up on our friend!" declared Pinkie.

"Pinkie's right. Twilight is our friend and we're going to help her no matter what." stated Rainbow.

"For now, please an eye on Twilight. If we push here I am afraid she will only isolate herself more. If anything important occurs, contact me immediately." said Celestia.

"Yes ma'am." replied the ponies.

"Twilight, please do not let your heart be closed off to darkness." thought Celestia.

The rest of the night passed by with no event. As Celestia's sun shone over Ponyville on another day, the Mane 5 made their way to Golden Oaks Library to keep an eye on Twilight just as Celestia requested. Spike answered the door, but Spike revealed Twilight had shut herself up in her laboratory. After filling Spike in to their meeting, he agreed to help them and check up Twilight. Having business to attend to, the five ponies left while Spike went to the lab. Spike poked his head in the door.

"Hey Twilight, are you hungry?" asked Spike.

"I'm fine. Please, leave me to my work." answered Twilight.

"Twilight, you're freaking me out." admitted Spike.

"There's nothing to be concerned about. I am fine." stated Twilight frantic.

"Twilight-" began Spike, entering the lab.

Twilight quickly slammed the door with her magic locking Spike out.

"I told you, stay out!" snapped Twilight.

Twilight rubbed her face with her hooves.

"It's not like there's some spell to fix this." sighed Twilight.

Twilight's eyes widened in revelation.

"That's it!" cried the unicorn.

Twilight charged up stairs knocking Spike on his back when she flung the door open. Twilight bucked the door closed and used her magic to lock it so a certain baby dragon couldn't spy on her work. Twilight ran off heading deep into the Everfree Forest. The lavender unicorn didn't stop until arrived at the hut of a rhyming zebra.

"Zecora! Open up!" cried Twilight, banging on the door.

Twilight stepped back as she heard hoofsteps. Moments later, Zecora opened the door to see Twilight.

"Ah, Twilight Sparkle. I was working on a brew, but it is nice to get a visit from you." rhymed the zebra.

"Zecora, I need to your help!" pleaded Twilight.

"It does indeed. I would never turn a way a friend in need." said Zecora.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" cried Twilight.

"It is nothing, what your problem is I will pin. Now please, come on in." stated Zecora.

Twilight walked in while Zecora closed the door behind her.

"What are you brewing?" asked Twilight.

"An herbal cure for a migraine. It should hopefully ease the pain." answered Zecora.

"Again with the freaking rhyming." thought Twilight.

Twilight quickly shook her head to get rid of the thoughts.

"So...about that brew." began Twilight.

"Ah yes, I am sure that I can aid you with a brew. But, I must know what is bothering you." noted Zecora.

"I've seen things that aren't there, been really forgetful and I'm hearing things." admitted Twilight.

"Your condition is quite serious. Worthy of making a fuss." replied Zecora.

"So can you help me?" asked Twilight.

Zecora walked over and picked up her copy of Supernaturals: Natural remedies and cure alls that are simple super.

"I might been able to find an answer in this book. Please, allow me to take a look." requested Zecora.

"Fine. Let me know when you have an answer." sighed Twilight.

"Yes I will. Hopefully, you will no longer feel ill." said Zecora.

"Bye." replied Twilight.

Twilight took off and made a B-line back home.

"Take care Twilight! Do not not succumb to your freight!" called Zecora.

Twilight raced off and returned to Golden Oaks Library. Twilight locked herself away in her lab and continued her work. This lasted for weeks as Zecora was unable to find an answer for in that book or any other. The other Mane 6 had come over routinely, but Twilight stayed hunkered away. Finally, Spike got her to go out and eat after going without food for days. When Twilight returned, she found her friends waiting for her. Rainbow flew over and used herself to shield Fluttershy.

"What's this?" asked Twilight.

"Twilight, we're worried about you." answered Spike.

"Oh great, a freaking intervention!" cried Twilight.

"Twilight, we're only doing this because we are worried about you." said Fluttershy.

"I'm pretty sure Angel is waiting for you. Just go off and tend to that abusive little prick." spat Twilight.

Spike and the other ponies gasped at this.

"Sugarcube, you've never acted like this before." said Applejack.

"I'm pretty sure the town still needs fixing after those your sister and her friends sabotaged the parade to get revenge on her cousin." stated Twilight.

"Please refrain from bringing our sisters into this." requested Rarity.

"I don't need to...Miss I'll use Spike's crush to manipulate him into doing what I want." scoffed Twilight.

"You're really acting like a total grumpy pants." said Pinkie concerned.

"I don't need lecturing from the likes of you." said Twilight bitterly.

"Look, I have no clue what got into you, but you're acting like a real bitch." stated Rainbow.

"Says the lazy ass weather manager with an ego the size of Equestria." scoffed Twilight.

"What was that?!" exclaimed Rainbow.

Rainbow shot off to tackle Twilight, but Applejack used her mouth to grab Rainbow's tail stopping her. Rainbow stopped and Applejack let go of her tail.

"Why did you stop me?!" asked a furious Rainbow.

"Twilight's not being herself. We all know this isn't the Twilight we're friends with." noted Applejack.

"Exactly." added Spike.

"Spare me the sentimental garbage." huffed Twilight.

"Twilight, we want to help you. Don't shut us out." requested Pinkie.

Twilight blinked taken aback by this before bursting out into laughter.

"I never thought Pinkie would try to be the deep one." laughed Twilight.

"But Twilight..." began Rarity.

"I need to go to my lab. Don't bug me." said Twilight.

Twilight began walking away before stopping.

"Rainbow, why did you shield Fluttershy when I walked in?" asked Twilight.

"I did so in case you try to attack her...again." answered Rainbow.

"But, that was a hallucination." noted Twilight.

Twilight blinked in realization.

"That means this has all been a hallucination." stated Twilight.

Twilight shook her head and found herself in the doorway. Her friends where all present for the intervention.

"Twilight, did you hear me?" asked Spike.

"This is an intervention." answered Twilight shaken.

"Twilight, we're only doing this because we're worried about you." said Fluttershy.

"That's the exact same thing she said." thought Twilight.

Twilight thought for a moment before running off.

"Excuse me!" called Twilight.

Twilight unlocked the lab door and flung the door open. Twilight shut the door and sealed it again behind her.

"What in the hay could have gotten into Twilight?" asked AJ concerned.

"I don't have a clue." sighed Spike.

"Let's go down there and find out!" declared Rainbow.

Rainbow flew into the magically sealed door, but crashed into and collapsed on the floor while door stood firm.

"With that magic, there's no way we could bypass that door." noted Rarity.

"Should we right a letter to Princess Celestia?" asked Pinkie.

Te ponies thought for a moment until Spike shook his head.

"The Princess has gone to Saddle Arabia for a diplomatic meeting. It wouldn't do any good." sighed the baby dragon.

"Spike, keep an eye on her for now. We'll keep coming by when possible." said Applejack.

"Gotcha" replied Spike.

In her lab, Twilight was busy at work. The personal protegee of Princess Celestia was looking over her results again and again. Twilight hoped that the answer to her problem would suddenly appear before her...but, that was once again not the case. She finally threw her head onto the table and sighed.

"This can't be happening!" exclaimed Twilight.

Twilight walked over to a nearby chalkboard and used her magic to levitate her a piece of chalk.

"At this rate I will loose total control..." began Twilight.

Twilight quickly went over the mathematical equations on the board.

"...fifteen Moons." concluded Twilight.

Twilight dropped the chalk which broke in half when it hit the ground.

"It seems you're a bit flustered." cooed the disembodied voice.

"I'm not in the mood." replied Twilight bitterly.

"I understand. I would feel the same if my friends betrayed me like that." said the voice.

Twilight blinked in confusion.

"My friends didn't betray me." stated Twilight.

"Didn't they?" asked the voice.

"I..." answered Twilight, now unsure of her own answer.

"I would call that little "intervention" of theirs a betray." said the voice.

Twilight mused over this so the voice continued.

"Who are they to dictate your life?" asked the voice.

"You're right." answered Twilight.

Twilight now felt an anger overcoming her.

"I'm a full grow mare. I can make my own decisions." stated Twilight.

"Exactly. Especially one who trained under Princess Celestia." said the voice.

"That's true. I'm the one who predicted the return of Nightmare Moon." stated Twilight.

Twilight furiously stomped her hoof down.

"I can't trust my so call friends!" declared Twilight

"Let the hate flow through you." said the voice.

Twilight spent the rest of the night locked away in her lab and only dragged herself to bed well after midnight. Meanwhile, in dimly lite marketplace, a hooded unicorn was making her way through the raining streets. The unicorn had memorized the address of the shop she was visiting so well she could probably recite it blindfolded. When the mare arrived, she entered the shop and searched around until a light suddenly flickered on.

"May I help you, traveler?" asked the shopkeeper.

The mare nodded yes and the two made their way to the shopkeeper's desk.

"Something drew you to my shop. Something powerful." mused the shopkeeper.

The mare spotted what she was looking for under a glass container and pointed to it.

"Ah, you have a keen eye. The Alicorn Amulet is one of the most mysterious and powerful of all the know magical charms." noted the shopkeeper.

The mare again pointed the Alicorn Amulet making it clear that was what she wanted.

"I'm afraid this is far too dangerous." stated the shopkeeper.

The mare used her magic to place a bag of bits on the desk. The shopkeeper eyed it for a moment and smiled.

"Would you like that gift wrapped?" asked the shopkeeper.

Trixie Lulamoon walked over and used her magic to remove the container and place the Alicorn Amulet around her neck.

Author's Notes:

A/N: There is chapter four complete. I hope you enjoyed it as well as the Star Wars nod. Next time, Trixie returns to Ponyville, but finds a much different Twilight Sparkle. Please review.