Twilight finds a book with no author and no title, but discovers it contains spells relating to friendship. One of them she casts on herself and her friends. Nothing happens and this throws the six Bearers into disarray as an argument breaks out among them. A magical blast knocks them all out and causes a change in each one. Now with new abilities and new responsibilities, will these six friends learn to get along again? Or will Ponyville be changed forever?
One thing's for certain: this is one lesson they'll never forget.
Magical Mystery Cure, an episode you either loved or hated. I felt that Hasbro went about it a little left field. This is my attempt to make something a bit more believable.
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Excellent take on earth pony magic.
Some authors say that the magic is in their hooves and tails. On their tails, because normal horses don't have prehensile tails (the vertebrae only extend about 30 cm from the flank, the rest is pure hair).
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That's an interesting way of explaining it, however I think that for magic to have such an effect on earth ponies, it needs to be in a central location, that's why I chose the stomach area. It's able to flow easily to any point necessary with the least amount of effort.
Well I must say, overall magnificent writing. This brings a mixture of logic and well rounded storytelling. I can't wait to see what happens next! Personally I envy your ability to write in such a way. I still haven't summed up the courage to write anything! I'll read this till the end.
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Thanks! That means a lot! You're in for a wild ride, though. Hope you can hold on!!!
I hope for much excitement in the next couple stories. But please by all means take your time. I would hate to see you rush.
Oops! Sorry just one more.
Must... stab...
I love it! Interesting... Wonder what will happen next?
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??? Stab who?
2674722 I don't know, but Derpy's speech pattern makes me want to stab somepony. I guess stabbing Derpy might make her stop.
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That's the way I felt when first reading Mistborn. Now I understand a bit of Spook's speech patterns. I figured it was entertaining to use it for Derpy.
Oh Rarity, you naughty mare.
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Hehehe.
Interesting. There seems to be something beyond the Princesses going on right now. (There is also a little more than light shipping)
Have you ever considered submitting this story to Equestria Daily? You can find out how to do so here.
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Nope, never crossed my mind.
Well, well, well.... This is NOT what I expected.
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And what was it that you expected? And was that a good thing?
Alright, I just got done doing a large amount of editing on Day 2: Applejack. Took out a lot of the shipping and added a scene in. Hopefully this is more to everypony's liking. I know I had a lot more fun writing the edit than I did actually writing the chapter. That'll teach me to force things, or to listen to Applejack.
Good job! I wish I was a talented writer like you.
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To be honest, I kind of rushed the end part there. I wanted to get it done before the month ended, as that was the time frame I gave myself. Thanks for that, I really wanted to do a great job on this story and I'm glad that you were able to enjoy it.
Now I can move on to other stories. Like, one of the dozen I have floating around in my head. Where to begin?
Hmm, an interesting start to this story. That is one serious argument, even Pinkie Pie yelled in anger, I'm surprised and drawn into this.
Nice work my friend, keep it up! :D
Another nicely done chapter my friend ^^
This is going rather well, Legit.
Fluttershy is an Earth pony eh? hehe, I like it.
Good work again, keep it up :)
Ah! A classic. A reminder about Pinkie Pie's fanon split personality!
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Yep, I tried not to make her all doom and gloom, like in Cupcakes. I think it went well, don't you?
are their any more
vs
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Not in this story, but they'll come back in Shattered Harmony. Particularly her part, which I will be rewriting.
Flutters has paws now, huh?
Hmmmmm...
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Caught it and changed it! Thanks for pointing it out!
Okay...The talk between Pinkamena and Celestia left me confused...I guess all I can do is keep reading!
This story is good so far. The magic theories are interesting, so is your head canon. I'll definitely be reading more.
Okay, so Derpy's dialogue was rediculously hard to understand, but I THINK I got the gist of it. I really like the "Great to be Different" reference in there. It's a great song. Oh, and, HELPFUL DERPY IS HELPFUL!
Okay, now I'm getting worried. Celestia just gave Rainbow permission to turn Discord back into stone? And Discord is trying to help them learn a lesson that they refuse to see? Wellp, more reading ahead!
Wow...That was REALLY GOOD. The only problem I had was the fact that Celestia toyed with Twilight's emotions in such a heartless way
, but other than that, I would like to see this in the show. 
I like how Twilight fainted not once, but TWICE. 
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Glad you enjoyed it! This was really fun to write and I'm really glad that it's had such a great reception on this site!
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It was mostly because it gave them a reason to go to Canterlot. They needed to be there, and Celestia figured that it was the best way at the time. Spur of the moment thing.
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Wow this is far better then the actual episode well done man
6160403 Thanks!
Huh. I'm also working on my take on this episode and Discord plays a part in it too. Neat coincidence.
She was so late fluttershy left.
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Do you think you could translate because I can't figure out one word of the conversation except for the part where she said stop thinking and start feeling to fly.
Yeah it probably won't take too long before the whole country knows that twilight is an alicorn.
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Bruh. That was more than 6 and a half years ago. I can barely remember some details of last week, lol. I’ll have to reread this and get back to you. Give me a week or so.
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Reading this comment and rereading the chapter made me remember how much fun I had writing this! I loved the accent that I chose for Derpy!
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Thanks.
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Sorry it took me so long.
I don’t really know most of what she was trying to say. The biggest takeaway I could see was what you said you already understood, but I think part of how I understood it on my first read was ignoring a lot of the connecting words like “with the” and trying to think outside the box on what some of the words like “wanting”, “who”, “how” and “where” could be referring to. It’s still extremely hard for me to figure out and maybe harder than the first time. I remember very little.
As far as I can tell, a good chunk of the way it works is replacing important words in a sentence with vague references to what type of word it is. Instead of “you”, “me”, “I”, or “her” everything like that is “who” which makes most sentences lose nearly all meaning because you can’t differentiate between all the possibilities.
I could be totally off base with this, but that’s the theory I came up with.
I still appreciate the “Great to be Different” reference in the letter Derpy drops, but maaaan the rest of that scene is so jarring.