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// 116 
// Story: Supernova 
// by Incredible_E 
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Twilight thought about Starlight's assessment. "You're right, we should try again, but this time you keep the amulet stable while I conduct the spell."

"You got it," Starlight agreed.

Twilight's horn lit up and shot the solar amulet with a protection spell while Starlight kept it stable. The amulet for brighter as Twilight finished the spell. It started to radiate a teal blue while shining ever brighter. Unlike the last attempt, it began to spin on its own and shot a radiant ray of light directly at the sun.

"It's working!" Twilight shouted over the noise of the amulet.

Starlight finished the spell and watched as the solar charm did its job. 

Looking upward, they saw the teal ray of light from the amulet touch the sun. It started to create a transparent shield around the big red star — it was triple the normal size.

Twilight pranced excitedly in place for saving Equestria, and the world, once again. "We did it!" she expressed joyously while trotting to Starlight before getting face-hoofed by her, stopping Twilight in her tracks.

"As much as I would like to celebrate, we need to see if it's truly working first." Starlight took a nearby flower pot and morphed it into a thermometer. She observed the red kerosene expand, but slower and slower over time.

"Twilight . . ." Starlight said with an eerie tone Twilight did not like.

"What is it?" she responded, hoping the news was not too bad.

"It is 160 degrees . . . BUT the temperature is logarithmic, we did it! The sun is stabilizing!"

They both rejoiced and hugged in congratulations. Loud cheering came from below the balcony, surprising both of them.

Walking to the end of the ledge, they witness the citizens of Ponyville cheering them on for saving the day. Rainbow Dash flew up and landed next to Twilight.

"We saw the teal light and came over. We were all starting to think it would never stop! Nice going!" Rainbow Dash proceeded to hoof bump Twilight's shoulder. "It's too hot though, I can barely fly without getting dizzy."

Starlight checked the thermometer, "Yeah, it's 161 degrees, way too hot to do anything more than walk."

Twilight made an announcement to Ponyville, "The crisis is no longer a threat! All we need to do now is wait for the heat to dissipate. I advise we—"

An extreme wave of heat suddenly dazed everypony, some ponies fainted immediately.

Starlight glanced at the thermometer again, it was getting hotter. Just moments ago it was 161. "Twilight . . . it just got 20 degrees hotter," she warned.

Everyone looked up at an enormous red sun that was expanding once again, with shattered pieces of shield disappearing around it.

Rainbow offered an option, "Twilight, we could use your help moving more clouds to shade Ponyville. We started earlier when we noticed meals could be cooked on the roads." If only it were really an exaggeration.

Twilight replied, ". . ."