//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Offer // Story: The Reformation of Cozy Glow // by Vixenthehuntress //------------------------------// 3 months after the Final Battle. “AH!” A certain pink coated filly shot up from her sleep. Sweat poured down her face, her heart was racing, and her head was killing her. Cozy Glow looked around her surroundings once her vision finally returned to her. She seemed to be in one of the spare rooms in Canterlot Castle. “What happened?” Cozy Glow reached up and race her hoof against her head. Her body felt weirdly cold and stiff, and that’s when everything came back to her. Her plan with Tirek and Chrysalis, they had lost and were turned to stone. Once she remembered this, she immediately made a mad dash towards the window. However, upon the first step, she took her entire body hit the ground with a loud thud. Cozy glow let out a cry of pain as pain shot up through her leg, as well as her body. “I wouldn’t suggest moving that hastily just yet Cozy Glow.” The filly turned her head and found the current Queen of Equestria Twilight Sparkle was sitting in a chair near her bed. “Your body is still stiff from being turned to stone.” “You let me out?” A small nod is all she got from Twilight. The filly turned away from Twilight, “how come? Gonna do something even worse to me?” “The worst we could do is turn you to stone.” Cozy yelped as Twilight’s magic surrounded her and gently placed her back onto the bed. "Now we can either have a conversation or you spend the rest of your days in the dungeons.” Cozy gave Twilight a confused look. “Why did you do that, you already sent me to Tartarus, you turned me to stone. Why not keep me as stone figure and save yourself the trouble.” Twilight’s magic surrounded a teapot and she poured two cups. “Drink this, you need to get something in your body to warm you up. You were stone for nearly 3 months, as for your second question. After much deliberation, me and my friend decided to release you from your prison.” “I don’t want to drink that.” Cozy slapped the cup away knocking it to the floor. “Just throw me in Tartarus, or the dungeons or the turn me back to stone. You won, I lost, you should be happy about that!” “I wasn’t happy with those outcomes for you.” Cozy Glow once again gave twilight a strange look. “Cozy, I did not enjoy sending you to Tartarus or keeping you as stone for this long. Me and friends agree on everything, and some were as excited to release you from your prison. After everything you’ve done, some wanted you to stay as stone for the rest of time.” Cozy watched Twilight very calmly pour her another cup of tea. “Now drink that and we can have a conversation. Or I call in the guards and have you taken away and you will never see the light of the sun again.” Cozy was a smart filly, and something told her not to test her luck with Twilight once again. So she took the cup she was offered and took a small sip from it. “Why? Why did you let me go?” “Let me explain, do you want something to eat?” Cozy shook her head, “ok, I let you go because you are still a filly. Myself, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie did not think a filly your age should be turned to stone. You owe Applejack a big thanks, it was her vote that allowed you to be back here. What you did was bad and some will call it evil. However, you are still a foal, an extremely naughty foal, but still a foal. So we agreed as a group on a proper sentencing for you.” “Cozy Glow.” Twilight voice raised a bit, “we have decided that we are going to try and reform you.” “Reform me?” Cozy Glow stared into her teacup, “how are you gonna do that?” “We decided that you are gonna be sending your time living the elements of harmony.” Cozy Glow nearly gagged at that statement, “hopefully staying with us, will help you learn more about the magic of friendship and hopefully, you see what you did was wrong.” Twilight stood up and made her way towards the door. “I’m gonna send you something to eat, also that window and this door are locked from the outside. Do not try and an escape.” Once the door was shut, Cozy Glow was left with her thoughts. “How am I gonna free Tirek and Chrystili?” While they didn’t get along all that well, they were the closest things to friends she had had in years. They almost won! Now they were stone and she was all along once again. She had loved the magic she had, she was powerful, she was an alicorn. She thought she was gonna be the Queen of Equestria. Now she was back to being a little filly again, she doubted she could get the main six to underestimate her again. Cozy Glow let out a small yell and threw the cup with all her might breaking it against the wall. She flopped back onto her pillow and closed her eyes. Slowly she drifted off back to sleep. Inside the throne room, Twilight informed her friends that Cozy Glow was awake. “Look I get it she is a filly, but come on Twilight.” A certain rainbow-haired mare slammed her hoof on the table. “She knew what she was doing, she teamed up with Tirek and Chrysalis and nearly took over Equestria.” “I agree with Rainbow Dash.” Rarity spoke up, “she is smarter and more cunning than just a small filly could be. She tricked us once and almost took over, she almost took over Equestria twice.” “I understand that,” Twilight took a seat on her throne, “but could any of you live with knowing that a filly was turned to stone when we could help her?” “She isn’t a normal filly, foals her age should be at school. Playing with friends, having a sleepover, things like that.” Rainbow Dash listed off, “she went ahead and tried to take over the world.” “If we can reform Discord.” Now it was Fluttershy's turn to speak up, “I am sure that we can help her see the light.” “Discord was different.” Fluttershy gave Rainbow Dash a puzzled look. “Discord was worse,” the room grew quiet at that. “DIscord is an amazing creature now, but before he was one of the hardest villains we ever faced. But all he needed was a friend and someone to believe in him, and now he is a great friend and ally.” “She does have a point Dash.” The apple farmer spoke up, “I was thinking the same as you and Rarity, but seeing that filly… turned to stone like that next to two creatures that deserve it. It changed mah point of view on her.” Applejack let out a saddened sigh, “that foal, might be as sinister as those two, but unlike the other two. She ain’t completely evil.” “Applejack is right,” a surprisingly serious Pinkie Pie spoke up. "Sure she may have done something super duper horrible. Sure she may have tried to take over Equestria, but I don't think she is completely evil." "That is why we are doing this. If we can reform Discord of all people. I am sure that we can handle a lost filly." Twilight smiled at her friends. "We've faced harder challenges than this. This should be a piece of cake." "If she gonna be staying with us on and off. Who is taking her first?" Rainbow Dash questioned, "I can't because I have things to take care of with the wonderbolts." "Let the filly come with me." Everyone turned and looked at Applejack. "Good couple days on the apple farm will straighten her up a bit." "Are we all in agreement?" "Yes." “Now onto the other thing, we were discussion about Cozy Glow…”. “Sooooo bored.” Cozy Glow complained loudly, she was bored out of her mind. “I’ve must have been here for almost 2 hours now.” (Only 45 minutes have passed, but to any bored child that would be an eternity) A small click was heard and finally, her door was opened up. “Oh great, you brought the country one this time.” “I wouldn’t be insulting me right now youngin.” Applejack gave the troublemaking filly a firm look. “After all you're gonna spend a good bit of time on mah farm doing chores.” “And if I refuse to go anywhere with you?” Cozy Glow challenged giving Applejack a glare of her own. “Then you spend the rest of your days in the dungeons under Canterlot where you will be erased from history.” Twilight had no intention whatsoever in doing that, but she hoped the threat would work. “We are giving you a chance, we can and will take that chance away.” “Fine enough with the lecture.” Cozy Glow snapped, “I'll go with the farmer if that what it takes to get you to be quiet than I will.” “I’d watch that little attitude of yours.” Applejack warned, “you won’t like where it will get you on mah farm.” Cozy Glow rolled her eyes, “whatever you say.” Cozy Glow already had a plan running through her mind. The apple farm was huge, so she could easily slip away and flew away as soon as she could. “Wait what are you!” Cozy Glow suddenly found herself surrounded by Twilight’s magic. “Let me go now!” In a flash of light Cozy Glow dropped back onto the bed and glared at Twilight. “What did you just do to me!” She demanded with a scary yet cute look on her face. Twilight sighed, “this was one of the things we agreed on, we know for a fact that you are gonna try and fly away.” Cozy Glow’s eyes went as wide as a full moon, as she realized what had happened to her. “So I took away your ability to fly, as well as.” Cozy Glow yelped as something was strapped to her leg. “This is a magical tracker. We can track you wherever you go, so if you even try to escape. We will find and catch you.” Cozy Glow slowly began to take heavy breaths. “Calm down,” Cozy Glow put her head in her forearms. “Calm down and think of something else!” Cozy Glow began to shake her head a bit, as she felt tears welling up in her eyes. “You doing ok sugarcube?” Applejack walked over to Cozy Glow, “hey look at me.” Applejack placed her hoof on her shoulder. “Hey Cozy Glow look at me!” Cozy Glow snapped out of whatever she was going through. She looked up and quickly slapped Applejack’s hoof off her shoulder, “you win, are you happy now!” Cozy Glow suddenly screamed. Cozy ran a hoof across her eye, “let’s just go to your stupid farm already!” “Alright,” Applejack decided it was best to give her some space. “Imma warn you one more time, watch your tone with me. Understood.” “Whatever.” Cozy Glow hung her head in a bit of defeat. “No matter, I'll come up with a brand new plan, and this time it won’t fail.” “We will leave once you are able to travel.” Applejack and Twilight left the room, “what in Tarnation was that about?” “I think she just realized that she cannot escape no matter what she does. It guess it doesn’t help that I took away her ability to fly for now. Hopefully, she earns it back.” Applejack turned back towards Cozy Glow’s door. “If we have the tracker on her, why did you take her flying away Twi?” Twilight let out a heavy sigh. “If she could fly, we would be chasing her around Equestria for a long time.” Twilight explained, “how long is she gonna stay with you before, she comes back with me?” “Give me a week,” a small smirk appeared on Applejack’s face. “Some good old, apple family hard work will get rid of the attitude she has.”