It was a peaceful day in Ponyville, the birds were singing and the sun was shining. If you closed your eyes you could forget anypony was around you, or at least you could until the Cutie Mark Crusaders came flying down the road. Scootaloo was racing through the town on her scooter with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle in a trailer they had tied to the back of the scooter. As they neared their destination they turned a sharp corner, shooting dirt against the houses, making a few angry mares come out of their houses.

"Slow down you three!" Berry Punch shouted from her doorstep, hiccuping as she trotted back inside. The three fillies didn't listen to her and sped up, but at the next corner they were going to fast and lost control.

"Watch out!" Scootaloo shouted as her and the other two jump off the scooter and trailer, watching as it went skidding towards a white Unicorn mare with two tone red hair. The three fillies cringed as the Unicorn was hit by the trailer, throwing her to the ground. Knowing that they would get in trouble if they stuck around the Crusaders ran away, making their way towards Sugar Cube Corner. As they ran they looked behind to see the Unicorn pull herself up off the ground, covered in dirt. She looked around angrily, stopping when she looked at the Scooter.

"Uh oh!" Scootaloo said quickly as they hopped around the corner of Sugar Cube Corner, looking around it for any sign of the Unicorn.

"What do you think she's going to do to us?" Sweetie Belle asked worriedly. This was the first time they had ever hit somepony with the scooter, and since it was a Unicorn they knew she could do anything to them.

"What if she tells our sisters?!" Applebloom cried, knowing how angry Applejack would be if she found out that she had hit a pony. Scootaloo quickly coughed, being the only on without a sister.

"What if she tells Cheerilee?!" Sweetie Belle said, making Scootaloo cower in fear with them. The three fillies cowered in fear as Pinkie poked her head around the corner, making them look at her in surprise. What was she doi-

"I found them!" Pinkie said happily, making the three fillies stiffen flat as a board. There was no way Pinkie just told the Unicorn where they were, right? Right?!

"Ah, here you three are..." an unfamiliar voice said from behind Pinkie. The three fillies watched in horror as the Unicorn they had hit appeared in front of them, looking at them calmly. As the three fillies relaxed Pinkie walked away, being shooed off by the unknown mare. Once Pinkie was gone the mare turned back to the fillies, looking through each of them.

"Why did you hit me?" the mare asked, looking each of them down. Applebloom went to explain, but Scootaloo blurted it out first.

"We were going really fast and lost control, then the scooter and trailer went towards you and, well," Scootaloo said quickly, nearly tripping over her own words, "But I did say watch out!"

"I couldn't hear you though, I was busy doing something more important" the mare said, pulling a list out of her saddlebag, which, like the bag it came from, was crumpled and dirty. Sweetie Belle looked at the list closely, seeing something that looked like an address.

"Are you new to town?" Sweetie Belle asked nicely, only to be stared at by the mare.

"Of course I'm new here, why else would I have a map?" the mare said, waving the sheet of paper in the fillies face. The  fillies looked at the paper closely, seeing what looked like lines and a large black arrow going along them.

"That's supposed to be a map?" Applebloom though aloud, covering her mouth as soon as she realized it.

"I told him it wasn't a good map" the mare said, looking at the map herself, cursing under her breath, "Use less boyfriend...". The fillies laughed as the mare put the "map" back in her saddlebag.

"Anyways!" the mare said suddenly, making the fillies stop laughing, "You need to learn a lesson to respect others"

"How are we going to do that?" Scootaloo asked sarcastically, but the light blue glow made her jaw drop. There was no was she was going to use magic to do, something, to them, right? There was a bright flash from the Unicorns horn, blinding the three fillies. When they opened their eyes they felt like something was, different...

"Where are my wings?!" Scootaloo cried, looking at her back, her small orange wings missing from their usual place. When she looked up she saw Applebloom and Sweetie Belle staring at each other in surprise, and with good reason too. Applebloom now had a horn and Sweetie Belle had wings. The two of them slowly looked at Scootaloo, their jaws dropping.

"You're an Earth pony!" the two fillies shouted, making Scootaloo scream in surprise. They looked at the mare they had hit to see her smiling happily.

"Maybe now you'll respect everypony more" the mare said with a laugh, making the three fillies cower in fear. How long where they going to be like this? Would they ever go back to normal? How would everypony act when they saw them like this?

"Why did you change us like this?" Applebloom asked sadly, looking at the mare with pleading eyes. The mare looked at her seriously, but her face lightened up quickly when she thought about it.

"I actually don't know, but your faces were priceless" the mare said, laughing at the three fillies terrified looks, "It should wear off in a few days"

"Should?" Scootaloo asked, looking at the mare angrily.

"I've never been all that good at magic" the mare admitted, moving to the side to show her cutie mark, "I'm just good at painting with it". The three fillies groaned as a chocolate toned Pegasus landed behind the mare. He slowly moved up beside her, pulling her into a hug out of nowhere. The mare yelped as she was pulled further into the hug, and while she chewed him out the Crusaders slipped away, and once they were out of sight they started running towards Twilight's library. She has got to know how to reverse this, right?

...right? Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Breaking the News Estimated time remaining: 9 Minutes