“So important and so much better than every other friendship in the world. No one can break the bound that connects all of us and protects us from every danger and harm there is. Blah blah blah!”
Trixie, who can't take it anymore, steps into the door-frame and slowly walks into the room.
“Trixie! What are you doing here and... what happened to your voice?”, Rarity asks but only gains an insult in return.
“Oh shut up Miss Oh-so-picky! Don't act like you're sooo surprised to see me. After all you and everypony else here ruined my life! And now I will ruin yours... But why should I make my hooves dirty if I can easily...”, Trixie explains as she comes closer and targets Twilight.
Her horn underneath her head begins to glow again and so does the rest of her body as she laughs devilish and raises herself into the air.
“Use your hooves!”
With these words a red and black aura surrounds her and a few black and red-glowing lightnings spread through the entire room, hitting Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy and keeping them in their place. Spike seems to be safe because Trixie had none of his scales so she couldn't add it to the potion. He can't be attacked! Then a big thunderbolt unleashes itself towards the Alicorn Princess, who tries to dodge it but is a little bit to slow. The same aura slowly surrounds her and a echoing laughter travels through the room as both Mares start to turn black and only a few seconds later the entire hall turns pitch-black.
“Twiligh!”, Spike shouts but he and nopony else can see even their hoof or, in Spike's case, his claw before his eyes.
But they can hear a scream! And Twilight is the one who revealed it followed by a second scream which belongs to Trixie.
“What the hay is going on there?”, Applejack asks her friends but trying to see something is no use at all.
The darkness seems to fight against them and prohibits every picture to get through to them. But suddenly it disappears! The darkness faded away but the ponies still can't even move one muscle except their mouth and eyes. But the scene above them causes them to wish for a chance to leave or at least fight for her friend. Twilight isn't there anymore... at least not the Twilight they know. The pale purple Mare grew and her hooves are covered by black shoes which carry a reddish gemstone formed like a star. Her mane became longer and almost looks like Celestia's except for the colors. Twilight's natural mane color stayed but a few black, grey and red highlights appeared and made her whole expression scarier and more dangerous looking.
“What happened! Twilight? Twilight?!?”, the Dragon shouts and gains his “friend's” attention, who grins and shoots a black beam at him, which hits directly and forces him to his knees and claws, panting in pain.
“Twi...light...”, he mumbles but a laugh drowns his voice before a second beam hits him and flings him a few feet away until he hits the wall right next to the open door.
“Twilight! Stop it!”, Rainbow Dash shouts angrily as she notices the pain her friend has to endure right now.
Rarity, who can't believe her eyes, only begins to cry.
“You fools!”, the Alicorn's voice, which became darker, echoing and the same accent can be heard that Trixie had, scares the Mares as she begins her speak, “The Twilight you know is not in this body anymore. The only Mares here are Trixie and me, Gloomy Witchcraft! The most dangerous and feared Mare who ever took a breath in Equestria! And now I am back to finally take over the world and no Pony can stop me!”
“What have you done to Twilight!”, Pinkie Pie demands to know and Fluttershy also wants to hear some information.
“And to Trixie!”, she almost shouts in anger, scaring her own friends.
“Why do you even care?”, RD asks the Pegasus, “She is the one who is responsible for everything here! Why do you care about her?”
Fluttershy stays silent but before she can answer Applejack decides to tell her friend why.
“Because I know it isn't her fault. It is true that she used the spell to ruin our friendship but she never wanted to harm anyone physically. But I also agree with you Rainbow. Before we worry about and save Trixie we must rescue Twilight!”
Again the grown Mare laughs and laughs while she listens to the words the Mare speak.
“You are truly fools. There is no hope for Trixie. Her heart and soul are trapped inside of this body and my power suppresses them! She can't talk, can't make a move and will never control this body. It is almost like she doesn't exist anymore. And Twilight is also a Mare you will never rescue! It is true that Celestia and Luna defeated me and I passed away many, many years ago but my soul still lived on in my spell book. I heard about the new Elements of Harmony, I heard about Twilight being the Element of Magic and I know that without her you can't use them! You can't defeat me.”
“Of course we can! We will just contact Celestia and Luna and they will defeat you again!”, the almost aggressive blue Pegasus screams as she tries to free herself but there is no way she can escape.
The spell increased Twilight's magic by 300%! She couldn't escape her spell before so she surely can't escape now.
“Oh... Celestia and Luna? You must be kidding me, right? They only defeated me because I wasn't as strong as I am now. Also... They only defeated me because of Star Swirl. Without his help I would have beaten them and taken over Equestria! So don't think they can help you now...”
The situation seems hopeless and slowly the Mane 5 realize their current situation.
“This is horrible...”, the white Unicorn thinks before another tear rolls down her cheek, “How could it end like this? How?”
Tear after tear rolls down her and the other Mares cheek but Spike, who slowly regains his consciousness, looks around the hall and tries his best to get up but something seems to hold him down. Is it the sorrow his heart feels as his family attacked him, the pain he feels in his body. Or is it the missing hope he lost as he noticed how helpless he is.
“Twilight... Why?”, he whispers as he also begins to cry.
“Tonight I will get rid of the remaining Elements and then I will get rid of every Alicorn in Equestria... And finally I will rule and my reign of darkness, pain and sadness will last FOREVER!”
As her laughter echos through the entire castle a second voice, whispered and weak, reaches the little Dragon.
“Spike... Psst! Spike...” This voice is a voice he heard only a few times before but he will always recognize it.
Slowly the male lifts his head a little bit and takes a look to his site, noticing a Mare with a coat and a hat. It is Trixie!
“Tri...Trixie?”, he asks but no. It isn't Trixie he is talking to right now.
It's Twilight! The spell did the same to her it did to the other Mares. Her soul ended up in Trixie's body while Trixie is trapped in her's.
“No, It's me... Twilight. I ended up in this body somehow and I think it is connected to Trixie and Gloomy Witchcraft. Celestia told me about her when I was younger. She is truly a very powerful Mare and now... She can't be stopped.”
“What do you mean?”, Spike asks quietly but Gloomy Witchcraft notices their conversation and tries to stop it. “You two! Be gone!”, she screams as she shoots a third beam towards the Dragon but Twilight uses her magic to teleport them away.
A bright flash appears and the two are gone, leading the beam to miss them and hit the ground, burning it a little bit. “Run... Run! You can't stop me after all so run!”, the Alicorn screams before she burst out in her crazy laughter once again.