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Sweetie Belle and the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
38
Adalade Crouch, for the time being, had been locked up in the highest tower of Hogwarts, at least till the investigation could be completed and the poor girl interrogated by the Ministry of Magic.
Minerva had made sure the girl was comfortable, so that one small thing to ease the turmoil that was in her head and heart.
She strode up the stairs to her office and the moment she entered, she felt an unfamiliar, but not aggressive, source of magic, and it was coming from her desk.
Drawing her wand, Minerva made her way forward, and spotted a golden orange feather scribbling away on an unrolled scroll.
"That's one of Radiant's feathers." Minerva came closer to see what was being written.
"Headmistress Minerva McGonagall.
This is Radiant Heart.
It seems I have been ponynapped by a pair of humans, one of which smells really bad. I can hear a train from outside the very cramped enchanted sack I have been stuffed in.
My wands are missing, not that I can do anything from within here. The best I could do was to send you this letter.
I have not been harmed, yet. I am hungry and thirsty though, and these humans have all but ignored my asking for at least some water.
The important thing is that for the moment I am alright. I have tried to place a tracing spell on this feather that should lead you back to me, hopefully.
I do not blame the girl who initially kidnapped me, as I get the feeling she has been forced to do what she did. I would like to talk with her when I get back to Hogwarts and try to help her, if I can.
Anyways, please send help.
Radiant Heart"
Minerva plucked the feather and cast a tracing spell on it. A thin beam of light shot out, pointing out the window.
"Radiant, you're a better witch than you might give yourself credit for." She grabbed her broom, opened the window, and took flight, bringing the feather along with her.
...
Sweetie Belle was in the lead. She wasn't the fastest of the group, but somehow she had a feeling where she needed to go. The others, at Princess Luna's request, had pulled back to follow.
"I see it." Sweetie Belle called back. "I can see the train."
Indeed, it was the train that ran from London to Hogsmeade station, and it was puffing away at a normal speed.
The party of fliers descended and landed on the caboose, only to find the door was locked.
A man, most likely the conductor, looked out the window. "Hey, you can't be trying to board the train like that. I'll call the Ministry of Magic on you."
Harry Potter held up his Auror's badge. "That's not necessary. I'm already here."
The conductor adjusted his glasses, then looked a little shocked. "Harry Potter?" He quickly unlocked the door and let the group inside. He looked them over. "Why do you have a beautiful woman and two children with you? Oh, are they your family?"
"No, I'm married to Ginny Weezly. These are a couple students from Hogwarts and... a foreign dignitary. We need to check the train for a pair of criminals. A tall, thin woman and a short, fat man."
Harry paused a moment, recalling his own aunt and uncle. Skinny woman with a fat man... Somehow he wasn't surprised.
"Hmm, I think there's a few on the train like that. Seeing as you are on official business, I'm not going to get in your way." The conductor stepped out of the way. He assumed Harry Potter was protecting the lady and the two children for some Ministry reason.
Potter and Sweetie Belle made their way through the train, car by car, cabin by cabin.
Sweetie Belle peeked into the middle cabin on the third car when they'd reached it and jumped back, whispering to Harry. "It's them. They're the ones that tried to ponynap me before. I recognize them."
Potter nodded and took the lead. He drew his wand and with a flick of his magic, the door flew open. Before either of them could react, Harry cast his spell at the pair of them. "Stupify!" And both humans went rigid.
The young girl rushed past and looked between the pair, then went to the man and reached into his jacket, with Harry keeping his wand at the read. He watched as she pulled out a small sack and opened it.
"Oh, Sweetie Belle? Is that you?" A voice came from within, making Potter raise an eyebrow. "Please let me out of here. It's so cramped and I really would like to stretch my wings."
The filly turned human nodded and stretched the opening wide enough for the mare to squeeze out. "Oh I am so glad you're alright." She hugged Radiant Heart, who got a pony hug back, wings included.
Luna entered the cabin and knelt down. "Art thou well Radiant Heart?"
The mare stared at the woman for a moment, squinting her eyes slightly. "Princess Luna?"
"Indeed. Come, let us get you some place safe once I am assured you are well enough to fly." Luna smiled.
Potter shook his head. "We can't just have your friend trot through the cars. Everyone would see her."
Radiant sighed. "Back into the sack then?" She was still covered with glitterdust, and looked not pleased at the concept of being cooped up in there for even a moment longer.
"Um, maybe I can turn her into a human for just a little while?" Sweetie Belle smiled, though not fully convinced she could.
Potter shook his head. "No, that wouldn't do. She doesn't know how to walk properly on two legs, or at least I assume so?"
"Assuming makes a foal out of all involved." Radiant replied. "Though in this case, your assumption is correct. So how will we be getting myself out of here? I do not want to go back into the bag."
The Auror grinned. "Oh, it's not a problem. I'll just apparate us all back to Hogsmeade, then take these two to the Ministry of Magic. They have a lot to answer for."
"Why apparate when you can just ask for a little help." Tumult poked his head through the window.
Not that his back half could be seen through the clear window at all. It was just his head and shoulders visible.
Harry grinned. "Brilliant."
...
Harry Potter had bid the small group a friendly farewell, with a promise to come visit some time in the future. He apparated with the pair of prisoners, both still stunned.
"I feel the need to go take a nice bath." Radiant Heart shook her wings, scattering the shiny dust about for a couple yards around her.
Phineas nodded, and in a smooth shift of form, he was a Pegasus again. "Don't say a thing Sweetie Belle. I don't like being a pony, not one bit, except for the flying under my own power. That's the only thing I can learn to accept."
Sweetie Belle giggled and shifted to pony form as well, then hopped onto the Cloud Skimmer she'd been carrying around under an arm.
Radiant Heart blinked. "Hold on. How can you transform like that?" She stared at the colt and filly, somewhat dumbfounded. "I didn't see any magic used, Heart or Wand."
"We're Animagus." Sweetie Belle beamed while Phineas rolled his eyes, spread his wings, and took off. "Let's go up to a nice cloud and I'll help scrub that stuff out of your coat and wings."
Radiant Heart smiled. "Oh thank you. Washing my back on my own without proper wash brushes is a bother." She too took off, followed by Sweetie Belle.
Once up on the clouds, they spotted Phineas standing on a cloud, a very perplexed look on his face.
"How the Hell does this even work? Clouds are just water vapor." He picked up a tuft of cloud with his hooves and started playing with it.
"Pegasus magic." Sweetie Belle smiled and hopped off her cloud. She landed and trotted over toward the colt, not even noticing the shocked look on Radiant Heart's face.
"Sweetie Belle. What are you doing?" She rushed over as Sweetie Belle's Cloud Skimmer floated over next to the filly. "You didn't even cast the cloud walking spell on yourself."
The filly giggled. "It lasts for a whole day. I cast it on myself every morning, just in case."
The mare mouthed an 'Oh', and then smiled. "Well then, seeing as that is the case, Phineas, Sweetie Belle, I would appreciate your assistance with ridding myself of this glitterdust."
...
Luna, still human, walked through the gates of Hogwarts, followed by Tumult himself. They ignored the protective barrier that would have canceled out normal transformation magic like it didn't even exist.
Filius Flitwick watched this through the window from his own office and shook a fist at the offending man. "How am I supposed to ensure the safety of our students if beings like him ignore all the rules?" He had to make it his mission to improve on the barrier.
He made his way down to the entry hall, just in time to see the pair enter the building. "Hold on a moment there." He stormed up to the much taller pair. "Where do you get off just ignoring the anti-transmogrification barrier I so carefully enchanted into the barrier around Hogwarts?"
"There was a barrier?" Tumult grinned. "Oh, you mean that funny little bubble about the place? I popped it."
Flitwick's eyes went wide and his jaw hung loose. "You... popped it? But... a barrier like that... the spells going down would have certainly been visible."
"Maybe." Tumult smiled, snapped his fingers, and a book appeared, floating at his side. "Maybe you might consider combining your wizard magic with equestrian magic."
"That's not possible. Well, not without Sweetie Belle's wand. Otherwise the spells either cancel each other out, create a puff of smoke, or just outright explode."
Tumult tapped his chin, then grinned. "Oh, I know. You use little bits of magic creatures when making your wands, yes?"
Flitwick wanted to rage, but paused, eyeing Tumult carefully. "Yes?"
Tumult giggled with glee and transformed.
Flitwick's eyes grew even larger and was about to scream and flee at the sight of the monster when Discord got yanked to the side in a massive, hairy bear-hug.
"Blimy ain't you a wonderful creature. I got a whole lotta questions fer ya." Hagred hauled the rather confluffled Discord off.
"What just happened?" Luna and Flitwick asked in unison as the half giant and the spirit of chaos disappeared around a corner.
..
Minerva landed on the back balcony of the train's caboose and knocked on the door. "Pardon me, but might I come in?"
The conductor opened the door. "Minerva? What brings you here?"
"I am here to see if I cannot help Mr. Potter apprehend some criminals."
"Oh. Well, they've already come and gone. Sorry."
Minerva felt an eye twitch. "Seriously?"
"Yes. They came and somehow magicked themselves off the train. I know, that's not possible. The Hogwart's Express is specifically warded to prevent such things." The conductor looked rather peeved at this turn of events.
"I have a feeling I know who was behind it. I will be filing a full report once I get every bit of information I can gather together. Well, may as well start with what happened here."
...
Radiant Heart sighed in delight as the pair of ponies helped rid her coat, mane and tail of that all annoying glitterdust.
Phineas was blushing the whole time, after the realization that he was essentially helping bathe a grown woman (or pony equivalent at least). Sweetie Belle was carefully combing her magic through the coat, including more sensitive areas best left out of the colt's line of sight.
The colt, however, was very interested on just how he could manipulate these clouds as though they were some sort of clay. Whispy clay, but clay none-the-less.
Radiant Heart preened her own feathers, something that Phineas watched with odd interest. He knew he had feathery wings, and felt that, just maybe, he should learn how to maintain them himself.
He questioned her on occasion about what she was doing with her hooves and lips, and even tried to emulate it himself.
He'd really be needing lessons from the older Pegasus, that was for certain. Phineas did, however, have to admit that being a pony was not as bad as he'd feared.
Sweetie Belle paused after she'd dealt with Radiant Heart's under tail area. "I just remembered another reason we went after those guys... They have the wand that erased Phineas' memories. Shoot, I can't believe we forgot all about that."
Phineas looked up at Sweetie Belle, a primary gripped between his lips. He spat it out. "Yea, my memories... I don't like that I'm a pony again, though I guess I can learn to live with it, seeing as I can just change back to normal easily enough... but... We really were friends?"
"We ARE friends Phin." Sweetie Belle smiled at the colt. "No matter what. If we can't recover your memories, then we can make all new ones together." She stood up and wiggled her hind end. "And you helped me get my cutie mark."
Radiant Heart looked back and smiled. "Well, would you look at that. You do have it now. I'm so proud of you Sweetie Belle. I bet you can't wait to tell your family and friends back in Equestria."
Sweetie Belle did a little dance and giggled. "I know! But I don't want to tell them."
"What?" Radiant Heart and Phineas stared at the filly. "Why not?" Added the mare.
"I want to show them. This Sunday, when my friends come to visit, I'll show them."
Phineas looked over her cutie mark, and felt both pride for the filly, his friend, as well as a little jealousy as he glanced at his own blank flank. He was human, would he even be able to get a cutie mark at all?
"Oh, and I really need to finish Scootaloo's own Cloud Skimmer. She's going to love it."
To Be Continued...