Ever since Sam’s fight with Salamandora, monsters and now aliens had been appearing almost every week. One example was when an alien called Alien Nackle attacked, he brought with him a black monster simply called Black King.

Sam became Red King and the three had a vicious battle, with Red King winning and Sam collecting their D.N.A. Just recently, Celestia brought a statue of a draconequus named Discord to Ponyville where Twilight and her friends were to reform him. However Discord would randomly summon monsters for Sam to fight. Monsters like the Super Ancient Fire Monster, Fire Golza, the Twin-headed Monster, King Pandon, and the Ultimate Disaster Monster Hellberus.

Fluttershy managed to get Discord on to the good side but he still like to play around with Sam even though he knows Sam's backstory, he makes sure not to go too far. Well most of the time.

"Alright Sam, you're doing great!" Twilight exclaimed. She was training Sam to fight with Black King. She shot him with magic blasts to test his durability, coming out with a prefect defence score. Next she help his learn how to control the Hell Magma attack.

"Mum... I need a break..." Sam said panting.

Twilight nodded and Black King turned back to Sam. "Oh my gosh, are you alright?"

"I'm ok mum... Just tired..." Sam said slowly getting up. "I need to practice more... It's really hard to control Black King’s flames."

"Don't worry Sam, it was hard for me when I was younger too." Twilight said.

"Ok... but man Black King’s strong..."

Twilight chuckled and looked at the time. "Wow... It's really late, we should get to bed..."

"Okay".

Twilight smiled at Sam as he walked back up the stairs. But just as Twilight touched the bottom step, when there was a knock on the door. "Oh, who can that be," she walked to the door.

Sam heard the doorbell go and wonder who's at the door this late. ‘Maybe it's Pinkie Pie. She always comes around at the weirdest times’, he thought to himself looking around the bedroom, he saw Aurora and Scarlet just getting into bed and Sunset reading on her and Twilight’s bed. ‘Now that I think about it, where's Spike? Is he still taking a bath??’ He sighed. ‘I could use one too... I'm really dirty, plus I still have cupcake in my hair from when I helped Pinkie with baking...’ Sam started walking to the bathroom. As he made his way in, he saw Spike drying himself off. Sam smiled and giggled. "Hi Spike!"

"Gah!!" Spike exclaimed falling over. "Oh... Hey there Sam. What are you doing in here?"

"I need to take a bath too, I'm really dirty."

"Oh," Spike replied. "Alright, I won't bother you then. In fact let me help you." He said turning the bath on again, filling the tub. "There you go." He smiled at Sam.

"How long were you in there anyways...?"

"A few hours?" He shrugged.

"Why do you stay in there so long?"

"Uh... Because I like water..." He said feeling kind of embarrassed as he walked out.

Sam shrugged as he took his clothes off and went into the tub. Sam sighed feeling the warm water. ‘This feels so nice... No wonder Spike stays in here so long...’ he sighed closing his eyes. Sam then started to wash his hair and body off but as he was cleaning, he saw a light flash in the corner of his eye. The light looked like it came from where Twilight was. "What was that...?" he said to himself looking out the bathroom door. "That was weird..." Sam stopped cleaning himself and got out of the tub drying himself off. As he did, Sam saw Twilight walking to the bed.

"Sam?" she asked looking around.

"I'm in the bathroom mum!" he exclaimed putting his clothes on.

"Well, I'm going to sleep alright? Go to bed when you’re ready."

After Sam finished putting his clothes on, Sam decided to tip toe into the other room where everyone was. As he did, Sam saw a weird notebook on the table. ‘What’s this...?’ he thought to himself opening the notebook. Sam started looking at the words that were written in it. "This looks like a spell... Maybe that was the flash that I saw," he yawned and put the notebook down, walking past the elements of harmony case... Until he froze. "Huh?" he said looking at the elements.

"Did they change colour...? I don't remember them looking like this..." Sam slowly started to lift the glass that were over the elements and took out Rainbow Dash's element, slowly putting the glass down. "This wasn't pink before... This was red." Sam looked at the other elements and put Rainbow Dash's element back in the case. "Maybe I should tell mum about it in the morning..." Sam sighed and walked to the bed where everyone was. Everyone looked like they were already asleep. Sam slowly got in bed with his sisters so that he didn't wake them up.

As the sun shined on Sam’s face, he noticed Twilight and Sunset weren't in bed anymore. "Huh?" he asked looking around. Sam got out of bed gently so not to wake Scarlet and Aurora and started looking around the house. Sam stopped and looked at the elements... They were still the same as last night.

"Sam?" Spike asked coming downstairs followed by Aurora and Scarlet. "What's going on? Where's Twilight?"

"I don't know but...?"

"Yeah?" He asked, Sam just pointed at the elements. "What the!?”

“What happened to the elements of harmony!?" Aurora asked.

"I don't know! I saw them like this last night!" Suddenly we all saw the door slam open.

"Spike, Sam, Aurora, Scarlet, I need you all to come with us." Twilight said closing the door.

"What's wrong??" Scarlet asked.

"Rarity...I saw Rarity, but there was something wrong! She had Rainbow Dash's cutie mark!!" Sunset shouted.

"What!?" Aurora exclaimed. "Their cutie marks changed too!?"

Sam’s eyes widened, “That’s not all…” he said pointing a finger at Twilight’s and Sunset’s cutie marks. Both of them slowly looked at their own cutie marks and almost screamed to see they had swapped cutie marks.

"How the--!" Twilight stopped mid-sentence. "What do you mean 'changed too'...?" everyone all looked at the elements. Twilight gasped at what she saw. "What happened to the elements of harmony!?"

"I don't know..." Sam sighed. "I saw them like this last night..."

"Last... Night..." Twilight froze in shock. She then levitated Sam on to her back and quickly ran out the door, followed by Sunset, Aurora and Scarlet. "Let's go Spike!" As they ran out, the children saw Rarity with Rainbow Dash's cutie mark, trying to control the weather.

"Where are we going!?" Spike exclaimed trying to keep up with Twilight.

"Fluttershy's cottage.. Or..."

"What is it?"

"When I asked where Rainbow Dash was, Rarity told me that she was at her cottage! Rainbow Dash's cottage!" She exclaimed. "I have a very bad feeling about this..."

As Twilight ran, Sam could see how nervous she was. "Mum, please calm down... I'm sure you can fix it." Sam stopped when he saw they were close to Fluttershy's cottage. Mum knocked on the door and to her surprise, Rainbow Dash was the one who answered.

"Hey guys..." Rainbow said sticking her head out the door.

"Rainbow Dash, what's going on? Why aren't you controlling the weather?" Sunset asked. Just as Rainbow was about to answer, there was a loud noise coming from inside, and Rainbow ran back in.

"And what is going on in... Here...?" Twilight said in shock looking at the mess of animals running around. Rainbow Dash was desperately trying to calm the animals down inside but putting them in the wrong cages and just having a hard time.
"Twilight, we’re gonna go find my friends... I want to make sure that they're okay." Aurora said about to walk out the door.
"Wait! Aurora, are you sure? It could be dangerous!" Twilight exclaimed.

"I know, but that's why we have to make sure they're ok!" Aurora exclaimed running out the door with Sam and Scarlet.
"Sam,! Girls!" Twilight exclaimed, but they just kept running. ‘Please, please be okay...’ they ran as fast as they could to the closest friend's house.

"Where to go first, Aura?" Sam asked looking around.

“We’ll asked Rarity if she’s seen Sweetie Belle “, Aurora answered, they found Rarity again as she was making the clouds in the sky into a checked pattern.

She looked down at them surprised, "Oh Sam, Aurora, Scarlet! What brings you here darlings?"

"Have you seen Sweetie Belle?" Scarlet asked.

"I can't say that I have... Why don't you check Pinkie Pie's farm?" She said getting back to the weather.

"Pinkie Pie's farm??" Sam exclaimed before the three ran towards 'Pinkie's' farm. ‘This is crazy! All of this happening because of a single spell!?’ Sam thought as the three kept running until finally they reached the farm.

"Sweetie Belle?? Apple Bloom??" Aurora called out looking for them, "Scootaloo??"

Sam heard sounds coming from the trees, but when he turned to look, he saw Pinkie Pie except her hair and tail was flat. "Pinkie Pie!?" he exclaimed running to her. "What happened to you!?"

"Oh hi Sam," She sighed. "Nothing, just having trouble getting apples..."

"There's no apples in that tree though..." Sam said pointing at the empty tree.

"Oh... That explains it..." She sighed moving to a different tree. "If you're looking for Apple Bloom, she's in the barn with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle."

Sam nodded, told his sisters and they ran into the barn, only to find the three confused and scared. "Girls?..."

They all looked at them and quickly hugged them. "Sam, Scarlet, Aura!" They exclaimed.

"We're so happy that nothing happened to you three!" Sweetie belle cheered.

"We’re just happy you're all ok!" Sam hugged them all.

"So what happened? Where's my big sis?" Apple Bloom asked.

"You didn't see her this morning?" Scarlet asked.

"No... She just vanished."

"And Rarity was trying to control the weather when I woke up..." Sweetie Belle added.

"She still is..." Sam sighed. "And right now, mum and Auntie Sunset is trying to fix all of this." Just as Sam was about to sit down, they all saw Silver Spoon run into the barn. "What are you doing here??"

"It's the weather... It's too crazy out there!" Silver Spoon said. "Diamond Tiara is still out there, she wouldn't listen when I told her that we should find some place safe to be!"

Sam looked down for a moment. "Well if you ask me, she'll get what she deserves if she gets hurt!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
Sam then ran outside as fast as he could. "Sam where are you going!?"

"I'm going to find her", Sam said and continued running, "She shouldn't be too far away..." Sam kept looking around for her and finally saw her walking through town. "Diamond Tiara!" Sam exclaimed running to her.

"Huh?" She said and turned to Sam, “what do you want freak?”

“It’s too dangerous out here!” Sam explained.

But in a split second, there was a bolt of lightning about to hit her... Sam managed to save her by shielding her...

"Aahhhhhh!!" Sam exclaimed as the lightning bolt hit him instead. The blast of electricity zapped the Omnitrix, unlocking a new monster in the process. Diamond saw the monster for a split second before it disappeared.

‘He... He saved me...?’ Diamond Tiara thought to herself in shock looking down at him. ‘But... Why would she save me?? I've only been mean to her! I just kept looking down at her...’ she started to feel worried about him. "Help!!" Was the first thing she shouted. "Somepony please help..!!" Diamond looked around and panicked. She then just started pulling Sam from his shirt through town, hoping to find a place safe enough... Or at least find a doctor. As she looked around, she could see Spike outside the library. "Hey!!"

"Huh?" Spike said looking at Diamond but then looked at Sam. "SAM!!" He exclaimed running to the both of us. "What happened to him!?" He exclaimed, "What did you do!?"

"I didn't do anything!!" Diamond Tiara exclaimed, "He... He saved me..." She sighed, "a bolt of lightning was about to hit me, but he jumped in and protected me..."

Spike put his ear to Sam's chest, "he's still alive..."

"Where's Twilight??" Diamond Tiara asked.

"She's got problems of her own!" He exclaimed picking up Sam’s legs. "Come on! We need to get her to a doctor!" Diamond nodded and helped pick him up, running to find the nearest doctor with Spike. As they were searching for one, they saw nurse Redheart.

"Wait!" Spike called out.

"Huh?" The nurse said looking at them, "Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed.

"Please, you need to help him! He was struck by lightning!" Diamond exclaimed putting him down.

The nurse then levitated Sam on to her back. "I'll do everything that I can", she then started running toward the hospital.

"Sam... I'm so sorry..." Diamond Tiara sighed as a tear dripped down her face.

"You should consider yourself lucky..." Spike said looking at her.

"Huh?..."

"If it wasn't for Sam, YOU would be the one going into the hospital!" Spike exclaimed angrily at her, "despite the fact that you were just a bully to her, she STILL helped you!"

"I know..." Diamond sighed, "I'm sorry..."

`Twilight and her friends went into her house, all with their elements of harmony and their cutie marks back to their original state. Twilight picked up the notebook with the realization of how to fix the spell that Star Swirl the bearded could not. “From all of us together, together we’re friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end,” She said writing it down and dotting it at the end. All of a sudden, her element of harmony began to glow. Then the other elements minus Sunset’s shot beams directly at Twilight and Sunset. When the light dimmed down, the nine remaining ponies looked in shock as Twilight and Sunset were nowhere to be seen.

“W-where did they go!?” Trixie exclaimed.

“I… I don’t know…!!” Fluttershy exclaimed starting to panic.

The nine ponies ran outside, thinking maybe they teleported out there. “Twilight?? Sunset??” Rainbow Dash called out.
“What’s going on now!?” Spike exclaimed running to them.

“The elements of harmony went crazy, and made Twilight and Sunset disappear!” Aria answered. She then paused when she saw a pink filly slowly walk behind Spike. “Hey, don’t I know you?”

Diamond Tiara nodded slowly. “I go to Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo’s school… I’m Diamond Tiara…”

“What in tarnation are you doin’ here?!” Applejack exclaimed.

“Yeah, and where’s Sam!?” Rainbow exclaimed as well.

Diamond Tiara simply put her head down. “He’s… he’s...”

“He’s what??” Rainbow Dash blurted out, “Spit it out already!”

“He’s in the hospital…” A tear could be seen going down Diamond Tiara’s face, while everypony else’s reaction went into shock and sadness, “he saved me from a lightning bolt… but he got hit instead…”

“WHAT!!” Scootaloo exclaimed, as the rest of the CMC ran up, “How could you let that happen to him!?”

“I wasn’t even paying attention to the weather, I didn’t know!” Diamond Tiara exclaimed, “he jumped in front of me before I even knew what was going on!” She looked down again, “I don’t know why… why would he save me…”

“Because that’s what a true friend does…” Applejack answered.

“But… I wasn’t…”

“You may not have acted kindly to him,” Rarity started, “but that doesn’t stop him from being kind to others.”

“Rarity is right…” Sweetie Belle added. “Sam is kind, caring and heroic… he didn’t want you or anypony getting hurt.”

Diamond Tiara looked down again as more tears dripped from her face. “I’m sorry…” she said looking up at the five crusaders. “All of you, I’m so sorry…” The five didn’t respond. Instead they had a look of somewhat shock on their faces. “I’ll do my best so that I can make it up to you…” She sighed and walked away.

“I… can’t believe this is all happening…” Applejack put her head down. But just as she did, there was an enormous flash coming from the sky, and what looking like Twilight and Sunset’s cutie marks, coming down to the ground. “Twilight…? Sunset…? Is that you..??” Applejack asked as the light faded. As Twilight and Sunset got up, they then extended their new wings, leaving the other ponies in shock.

“I… I’ve never seen anything like it…” Adagio said.

“Twilight and Sunset’s got wings!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed but her excitement quickly went back down, and she looked away for a moment.

“Wow…” Fluttershy started. “You two look just like princesses.”

“That’s because they are princesses…” Celestia said flying down.

“Huh??” Everypony said in unison.

“Hold on a second…!” Pinkie said as she pulled out a glass of water and pretty much did a spit take. In Sonata’s face.
“P… Princesses…?” Twilight let out.

Celestia placed a hoof on Twilight. “Since you’ve come to Ponyville, you displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course the leadership of a true princess.”

“But… does this mean we won’t be your students anymore…?” Sunset asked.

“Not in the same way as before.” Celestia answered. “I’ll still be here to help and guide you two, but we’re all your students now too.” She bowed her head “You are an inspiration to us all Twilight and Sunset…” everypony else and Spike bowed as well… however with concerned looks on their faces.

“Hang on a second…” Twilight said looking around. “Where’s Sam…?” she asked looking at Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, “he told me he was going to find you… where is he…?”

“Twilight…” Spike spoke up, “I’m really sorry…”

“Spike, where is he…!?” tears could be seen starting to form in Twilight’s eyes.

Twilight ran toward the direction of the hospital as quick as she could with everypony, including Princess Celestia, following her. ‘Please… please be alright…!’ She thought to herself as tears were practically streaming down her face. She soon ran into the hospital. “Where is he!?” was the first thing she yelled out, “Where’s Sam!?”

Nurse Redheart came out with a look of worry. “He’s… going to be okay but he was struck by lightning, Twilight… he might need to stay in the hospital for some time…”

“No please, you have to let me take care of him at home… I’ll find a spell, anything to help him!”

“Twilight…” Redheart sighed.

“And another thing, how did he even get electrocuted!? I thought he was with his friends!”

“I’m not sure but you can go visit him if you’d like… he already has a guest in there with him though.”

“A guest…?” Twilight stopped and looked at the five fillies behind her. “Who came to visit him…?”

“She told me her name was… Diamond Tiara…?”

“What!?” Twilight exclaimed. “Where’s Sam’s room!?”

“It’s… on the second floor…”

Without another second of hesitation, Twilight quickly ran up the stairs and looked through the hallway until she found Sam’s room… along with Diamond Tiara sitting by his side.

‘Is she… crying…?’ Twilight thought.

Diamond Tiara slowly turned to Twilight and immediately started feeling nervous. “I didn’t do this to him, I swear! A lightning bolt hit him when he was protecting me!”

All Twilight could do was stare at her and back at her son. Twilight slowly walked up to Sam and sat next to Diamond Tiara. “Thank you… for being here…” she quietly said to her.

Diamond Tiara tilted her head looking at her. “Since… when did you have wings…?” she asked.

“About… 10 minutes ago… I’m a princess now.” Saying this made Diamond Tiara become totally shocked.

“A… princess…?” She let out. “You’re a princess now?!”

Twilight just nodded again… more focused on Sam.

Celestia slowly walked into the room looking down at Sam. “Nurse, may I ask you to step out of the room for a moment?” Celestia asked.

“Yes you highness”, Redheart said before leaving the room.

Celestia moved closer to Sam’s bed, looking down upon him. She sat on the other side of the bed and gently started to stroke Sam’s hair.

“I believe Nurse Redheart is right Twilight,” Celestia spoke calmly, “Sam must stay here for a few days”.

“No I must take him home and…” Twilight tried to speak but was cut off by Celestia.

“I think this is a problem that can’t be solved with a healing spell,” Celestia replied a bit sternly, “The Omnitrix will probably get affected by it and possible put Sam into a deeper coma”.

“But…” Twilight tried to argue but Celestia’s point might be true. Twilight could have tried to heal Sam but only put him into a deeper coma. She sighed as she looked at Sam’s peaceful face, sleeping away.

Celestia and Twilight were just about to leave, but Diamond didn’t get up.

“Diamond come on we need to leave Sam to heal”, Twilight called out.

“I go in a minute,” Diamond Tiara replied, “I just want to say a few things to him”.

“Of course”, Celestia said, “take all the time you need”. Twilight and Celestia left Diamond with Sam.

“Sam…” Diamond began, “I… I just want to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry for making you run away, I’m sorry for bullying you on you first day, I’m sorry for everything. You didn’t deserved to be hit by that lightning strike, that should have been me. I know you can’t hear me but when you’re better, I would like to be your friend and I want to know your past because everypony has been saying how awful it was. I’m just really, really sorry Sam and please forgive me.”

Diamond Tiara then gave a kiss onto Sam’s forehead before leaving the room. Within Sam, his soul was smiling that Diamond Tiara had finally apologized to him.

Here's chapter 12 done
Next time in chapter 13: Sam get a visit from some giants from outer space