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Sweetie Belle and the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
36
Princess Luna had to sit down after what had happened. She'd not been expecting Sweetie Belle to have drained so much magic from her while channeling it through herself and her wand.
Sweetie Belle was laying on one of the cots now, looking totally exhausted.
Tumult helped Pomfrey lay the seemingly stunned Phineas onto another cot, out of sight of Sweetie Belle. He then returned to Luna's side. "So, did you make a connection to the wand that erased his mind?"
Luna nodded and accepted the cup of water from Tumult. "Yes. I can sense it. It's actually not terribly far, though it is moving very fast, and getting further away. If I had full access to my magic in this world, then I could simply teleport us there."
Tumult chuckled and pressed a finger to the woman's forehead. Their eyes shone white for a few seconds. "And there, I can track it too." He smirked at the annoyed look on Luna's face.
"So, are you going to teleport us then?" Luna asked.
"While I can teleport, sadly I cannot teleport that far on this side of the mirror. It's rather bland and boring with most of the world's chaos coming from various muggle wars or the bad decisions of certain country's leaders. All in all, the nature of magic over here is... pretty boring."
Luna rose to her feet, setting the now empty cup aside. "Well, with both of us able to track the wand, this will make our job much easier. I know the direction it is in, but not the exact distance, though I can feel the wand moving away."
"Come now Princess, I'm the spirit of Chaos. Do you honestly expect me to just follow a straight line?" He grinned. "Besides, my connection to the wand is through you. Yours is through Sweetie Belle, hers through her wand, and the wand's connection is through the Angry Chicken."
"Your point being?"
"We cannot stray far from one another, lest the connection be broken."
Luna frowned a little. "That means we need to bring Sweetie Belle along with us, doesn't it?"
"Aaand?"
"And? Wait, we need to bring little Phineas as well?" Luna did not like that idea. If his memories were still messed up when he woke up, then that in itself could cause issues, possibly. Maybe? Who was she kidding. Luna knew that Phineas would cause more trouble than he was worth, and bringing along a winged little pony would only attract unwanted attention. "Is there any way you can disguise Phineas?"
Tumult snapped his finger, and the colt poofed up in smoke. Once it cleared, there sat a fish, flopping on the bed and gasping for water.
"Oops, that's not good." Another snap and another poof.
"What ARE you doing?" Pomfrey stormed over and glanced at the child laying on the bed. "Wh... what have you done to Phineas?"
Tumult looked, and then he looked surprised. "Huh, human on the second try. That's surprisingly good for a change."
"But he's supposed to be a boy." Pomfrey pointed an accusing finger up at Tumult's face. "Turn him back now, or else."
"Or else what? He didn't want to be a pony, he was quite verbose on that subject. Now he, SHE'S a human again. Gender isn't really 'that' important, now is it?"
"Change. Him. Back."
"Fine, fine." the strange looking man snapped his finger casually, but there was only a strange small flash of blue and green light.
Phineas was still a girl.
Pomfrey growled and pulled a blanket over the half naked girl. "Well? What are you waiting for?"
"I did try." He snapped again, and another flash from somewhere in the room. He turned to the source. "Was that Sweetie Belle? I think she... she blocked my magic." He trod over and looked, expecting to see the girl sitting here with wand in hand.
Rather, she was passed out on the cot, and the wand was sitting on the bed-stand, glowing ever so slightly.
"Well poo. It seems that the Lunar Wand doesn't want me messing with the poor boy. Girl. Hehe." He grinned. "Sorry, but Sweetie Belle's got his current form under lock and key. Metaphorically speaking of course."
Luna approached and placed her fingers gently on the wand. "Yes, I see. Sweetie Belle and the wand do not want anyone messing with Phineas. It seems that the young lady over there is under the same magical effect that had originally transformed him from human to pony." She frowned. "Meaning Sweetie Belle just used Alicorn levels of transformation magic once again."
Tumult cringed back. "You are joking. She's not an Alicorn."
"Do I look like an Alicorn?" Luna stated flatly. "When she is returned to pony form, then we will see if she's transformed again. I did focus a great amount of magic through her though..."
Tumult smirked widely as he poked at the newly girled human's cheek. "That's just what Equestria needs. Another princess. Oh, she's waking OOF!"
Tumult was thoroughly body checked aside as Pomfrey rushed over. "Phineas?"
"Uuuh..." She groaned and cracked an eye open, hissing slightly as the light entered her eyes. "What happened?" She managed to groan.
"Oh, well. You're awake. And we have some good news and some bad news." Pomfrey took a breath. "Good news is, you're human again."
Instantly Phineas patted 'his' chest down and grinned. "Good job... What's with my voice?"
"And that's the bad news... you're now a girl."
...
Magic meters at the Ministry of Magic used for monitoring under aged witches and wizards spiked momentarily.
"Was that a spell?" A witch who was tasked with keeping an eye on the students at Hogwarts tapped the crystal. "Didn't seem like a spell from a student. It's still going. No student can maintain this strong a spell for this long."
Her companion, an older wizard, read the meter and frowned. "Phineas Malfoy... and only a few minutes ago we had 'her' again."
"Why are you constantly surprised with young Miss. Belle? She's a magical being, remember?"
A groan came from the wizard. "Yes, I know, I know. She literally abuses magic for everything. One would think that having a human form would, I don't know, reduce how often she's using magic."
"Human form? She doesn't have a human form. That was a transmogrification prank. Didn't you get the letter that she turned back to normal?"
"No, I don't think I did. That would explain that... But Phineas was also abusing magic nearly constantly."
"Obviously. He was turned into a Pegasus, and there's a theory that's his Animagus form."
"I knew that already... Should we report this?"
"I think so. Send over someone to check what... hold on. The meter's died down... and back to normal human student levels."
The wizard blinked. "Do you think that huge surge was him turning back into a human? I know were mostly supposed to ignore most of what we see here, but when we get surges like that..."
The witch nodded in complete agreement. "Nah, if he's managed his first animagus transformation, that would totally explain the surge. He is rather young to be studying such magic, but hey, maybe he got tired of being a pony."
"I'd love to be a Pegasus. Flying free all I want." He sighed.
"Not having to wear pants."
"Who says I wear pants under my robes."
"I did NOT need to know that..."
...
Phineas finally stopped screaming, if only because her lungs had run out of air.
The adults had all plugged their ears, except Tumult, who no longer HAD any ears.
Sweetie Belle had woken up, covering her ears. "What just happened?"
"YOU!" Phineas jumped off the bed and rushed down to where she could see the now human pony. "You turned me into a girl, didn't you?"
"Why would I do that? How could I do that?" Sweetie Belle panicked a little. "Did I do that?"
Tumult came over, followed by the two witches and one princess. "No, that was all on me. I tried to turn Phineas into something that wouldn't attract any attention. First try was a fish, so that wouldn't have gone over well. Second try, human again. I bet you'll be happy to be able to wiggle your fingers again."
Phineas turned to glare at the tall man. "You did this to me?" She was really mad.
"Not intentionally. Chaos magic isn't an exact science."
"It's not science at all!" Sweetie Belle jumped up and stood next to the new girl. "Turn her back into a boy right now, please?"
"You're not allowing me." Tumult shrugged. "I tried to change her back into a boy, but it failed."
Sweetie Belle stiffened as Phineas turned to glare daggers at her, causing her to flinch away. "You're not allowing me to become a boy again? Why would you even DO that? Is it because I tease you?"
Sweetie Belle shook her head. "No. I don't know what Mr. Tumult is talking about."
Luna placed a hand on Phineas' shoulder, gently gripping her shoulders. "Tis not Sweetie Belle's fault. May well be mine. I fear I may have awakened her wand, yet again."
All eyes were on Luna, and she stood firm. "We needed to form a link with the wand that has erased your memories, Phineas. To do so, we needed to use powerful magic." She released the girl and approached Sweetie Belle. "May I see your Lunar Wand please?"
Sweetie Belle looked around, and spotted it on the bed-stand. She reached down and picked it up. Nobody was expecting the simple 'pop' sound and Sweetie Belle vanishing into her clothes.
A moment later, once again a little unicorn, her head popped out. "What just happened?"
Phineas stared at the wand. "Give that to me." She tried to grab it from where it lay on the floor, but Sweetie Belle swept it up in her magic. "No. Phineas, please. I want to help you get your memories back. We're friends, you and I. Please."
Phineas stared at the filly. She'd felt the magic that had flowed through her before. It was warmer and gentler than any force she could remember ever experiencing. Sighing, the girl knelt down. "I hate to beg, but please, can you at least try to turn me back to a boy... even if it's a pony boy."
Sweetie Belle looked at McGonagall, who simply nodded. The witch just stood there, watching with a neutral expression on her face. "I'll try, but no promises, okay?"
"Just don't turn me into a girl pony..." She warned.
Sweetie Belle pointed her wand at Phineas, concentrated on the magic. It came oh so easily, far too easily.
A moment later, still human, Phineas' features changed to how he's originally looked before he had originally became a pony. He did a quick check in the blankets that were draped over his shoulders. "I'm a boy again." He actually scooped the small pony, still entangled in her clothes, and hugged her. "Th-thank you."
"You're welcome?" Sweetie Belle smiled softly. "May you put me down please?"
Phineas set the pony down and she struggled out of the human clothes.
Gasps filled the room.
"Sweetie Belle!" Luna beamed brightly. "You... you have your cutie mark!"
To Be Continued...