//------------------------------// // Recovery // Story: Princess of Memories // by Draxonos135 //------------------------------// When Principal Celestia woke up that morning, she didn't expect she'd find herself staring at Wallflower, Trixie, Sunset, and her sister sleeping at her office. Sure, she could've woken them up before taking them there, but that would've been just rude. That being said... *WACK!* "Ow!" Luna exclaimed, her shouting waking up the other girls as she rubbed her head. "Why did you hit me?!" "Because it's about time to start the school, and I found you not getting things ready, but instead taking a nap at the secret library," Celestia clasped her hands. "Speaking of which, I assume the reason you were there in the first place was because of Wallflower, am I right?" Luna nodded, and Wallflower spoke, "She said there was a book in that secret library that could help me figure out what happened to me." "And what did you find?" Principal Celestia rested her chin on her palm. "If it's a long story, please abbreviate it, school begins soon." Wallflower flinched and stammered, "Okay, so, the memory stone, turns out, is a royal regalia from a Kingdom that's all about memories, and by using it, I effectively became the new princess of that kingdom, powers and all." Celestia hummed. "That could be problematic." The teenage trio frowned. "As you probably remember, Sunset, the definition of "Princess" is vastly different between both dimensions: in your dimension, it refers to a highly powerful magic user, more often than not an alicorn, while in this dimension, it's just a title used to denominate the daughter of a king or queen, or even the ruler of a principality." "Yeah, I'm aware of that," Sunset raised an eyebrow. "But what does that have to do with Wallflower being a prin-oh." "Yes; as the artifact was Equestrian in nature, then when it turned Wallflower into a princess, it did so following the Equestrian definition," Celestia got off her desk and walked closer to Wallflower. "Therefore, Wallflower is currently in a state similar to when you and your friends ponify. The only exception is that this form can't be turned off." "And it doesn't give Wallflower a new wardrobe," Trixie interjected. "Which, considering how drab her usual attire looks like, is definitely needed." Everybody threw a look of exasperation at Trixie, before Wallflower turned to Luna with a concerned expression. "Can you help me here, Vice Principal Luna?" "I'm afraid she can't," Celestia stated. "What?! You can't just throw me out the window, sis!" Luna snapped, standing up and folding her arms. "It's because of me that we even know what happened to Wallflower in the first place!" "And do you have any idea how to help her now that we know of her Equestrian powers?" Luna fell silent, and worry fell upon the teenagers. Noticing this, Celestia walked to Wallflower and told her the harsh truth: "Wallflower, your powers will only be safe to test and practice at Equestria: as long as you stay in this world, you won't learn how to properly manipulate them. And in fact, considering the lack of magical knowledge in this world, I fear that incidents could end up happening thanks to it." "A-And what if I'm as careful as possible with my powers!" Wallflower replied, desperation evident in her tone. "They don't have that many triggers; just ask someone to forget or remember something, and done! I can hold myself back from-" "Wallflower, how many triggers your powers have aren't the problem," Celestia stated in return. "The problem is that this dimension simply isn't properly equipped to help you deal with them. We either take you to Equestria to learn how to control them, or we find a way to get rid of them for good." Luna chirped up. "Wait, sister! Now that you mention it, the book does mention something about a way to remove the powers!" The girls ran up to Luna as she took out the book from her back, and began to read: "The princess' powers are primarily based around the mind, but just as how the princess can use these powers to affect the memories of others, she can use these in order to affect... herself too..." Luna immediately began searching for another solution as Wallflower spoke the obvious: "So, basically, the only way to get rid of these powers and my princesshood is to make myself forget about it? Is that how it even works?" "Don't worry, Wallflower," Luna stated. "I'm sure there's got to be another way to deal with your powers!" "I sure hope so, because I'm trembling just thinking about that idea!" Wallflower rested her cheek on her palm. "I mean, what am I supposed to say? Forget about these weird powers? The memory stone? This very day? Every possible statement only makes me more uneasy!" Sunset put a hand on Wallflower's shoulder. "It's okay, Wallflower, don't think about it: Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna here are going to do everything in their power to help you with this dilemma." Wallflower blushed. "Sunset." "Besides, it's not like-" Trixie immediately covered Sunset's mouth. "Need Trixie remind you what happens when you say how things could be worse, they always do get worse!?" Sunset shook her head, and Trixie released her mouth soon after. Silence came as the girls waited for something to happen... And then the ground shook. "What's going on?!" Wallflower asked, clinging to Sunset. "Is it because of what Sunset was going to say?!" "Impossible! Trixie sacrificed her hand to prevent Sunset from making things worse!" The shaking stopped soon afterwards, and Celestia quickly headed to the window to see if she could find the source of the quake. And she did find something... just not something she'd like to see. "Alright, everybody stand up and follow me!" The team left the school building and saw the source of the quake as it released another, much smaller quake. It was a large creature covered in white fur, with its only clothing being some sort of black armor and mask. "What is that thing?!" Wallflower exclaimed. "A Yeti!" Celestia answered. "A follower of the Memory Stone!" "And thus," Sunset's eyes widened. "One of Wallflower's subjects..." "But what's it doing here?!" Trixie exclaimed, somehow refraining from saying her own name once more. Wallflower squinted her eyes to see what the yeti was doing: it looked around, sniffing the air and scanning its surroundings, while barely paying attention to the frightened students. This continued until it spotted Wallflower, and calmed down. From this, Wallflower could come to only one conclusion: "It's looking for me..."