//------------------------------// // Season 1 Episode 2 // Story: My Little Cronies: Season One Stories // by Princess Cadenza //------------------------------// My Little Cronies: Season 1 Episode 2 The Dream About the Sister of Dawn After a long day, Lyra flopped down on her bed. She'd worked all day on a construction site with Applejack and Dawn Glittershine. She'd accidentally dropped a heavy piece of wood on her horn, so her horn was sore and the doctor said, ''No magic for 3 days.'' It wasn't like she used the magic anyway. Lyra decided to go to Dawn Glittershine's for dinner. She rubbed her horn before hastily getting off the bed and walking out the door. She tried using her door-opener spell. ''Oops,'' she said. Her horn hurt while the turquoise aura that had formed on the door's outline gradually disappeared. ''I'm not supposed to use my magic for a few days. Remember that, Lyra.'' She pushed the door open with her hoof and walked out the door. She closed the door behind her. ''Where is everypony?'' said Lyra. In the distance, she saw a familiar unicorn... Dawn! And a... Another unicorn. A purple and blue unicorn. With wings. ''Dawn!'' ''Lyra?'' said Dawn, baffled while turning to Lyra. ''What are you doing out this late in the evening?'' ''It's only 6:00 PM. That's not too late for me to be out in the evening.'' ''Mm-hmm.'' Dawn turned to the Alicorn beside her. ''Gusty, this is Lyra.'' Dawn turned back to Lyra. ''Lyra, this is Gusty Glittershine, my sister.'' Lyra considered asking, ''But why is she an Alicorn when you're a unicorn?'' but she didn't have to. Dawn answered already. ''If you're wondering why we're different races of ponies, we're half-sisters.'' That explains it, Lyra thought. I wonder if they have an Earth Pony and a Pegasus as parents. ''As a matter of fact, we do have mixed parents,'' said Gusty. ''How did you know I was gonna ask that?'' asked Lyra. ''A magical Alicorn never reveals her secrets,'' Gusty said. ''Uh, okay.'' Lyra looked at Dawn. ''Do you mind if I eat dinner with you for the night? Maybe tell me more about this 'Gusty'?'' ''Sure,'' said Dawn. ''We're not eating till 6:30.'' They got to Dawn's house. ''Our parents live in Manehatten,'' said Gusty while the three sat in chairs. ''We haven't told Lyra those spells you can do, have we, Gusty?'' Dawn asked her sister. ''Nope,'' Gusty said and looked at Lyra. ''I have a ton of spells I know by heart. Such as this one that I can use to change a pony to an Alicorn, one that can let you change your Cutie Mark for an hour, even one where you can turn something into anything you want, just by visualizing what you want it to be.'' ''Wait, wait, wait,'' Lyra said. ''You mentioned something about a shape-shifting Alicorn spell.'' ''Oh, that? Well, it can let a pony turn into an Alicorn for a week.'' ''That's so cool! You're lucky you know all those spells. I only know a few, but my horn is sprained. I can't use my magic for a few days.'' ''Check this out.'' Gusty's horn glowed a bright yellow aura. Lyra's horn glowed the same color. Both horns flashed. After a good five seconds, the light died down. ''Try to use your magic now, Lyra.'' ''But--'' "DO IT!'' Lyra tried levitating a lava lamp. It worked! And Lyra's horn no longer hurt. ''Whoa!'' Lyra exclaimed. ''That is way cool. I mean it.'' Lyra grinned wide. ''Say... Could you use that shape-shifting Alicorn spell you mentioned? On me?'' ''And also me?'' said Dawn. ''Wellllll...'' Gusty hesitated. ''Please?'' both Lyra and Dawn pleaded. ''You know... Okay, fine. Just this once.'' ''Yesss!'' Lyra whispered. (The next day...) ''Where'd Gusty go?'' Lyra asked Dawn in the park. They sat on a bench. ''Heck if I know,'' said Dawn. ''She said she had some minor issues with her magic. She probably went to the magic clinic.'' ''I hope she's okay. I hope we didn't throw her magic away with that one Alicorn spell we forced her to use.'' ''I don't think so. At least, I'm not positive she did. She's used that spell before a couple of times and it never affected her magic. Only...'' ''You don't think her magic was messed up before she used her spell, do you?'' ''No. Why do you ask?'' ''Well, maybe she messed up those spells last night.'' ''I don't know.'' ''Those wings still haven't developed.'' Silence. ''You think that's normal or abnormal?'' ''Uh oh.'' More silence. ''What?'' Dawn looked at the ground. ''She must've used the wrong spell. Those wings would have developed last night.'' ''But then... What spell did she use, you know, if she used the wrong spell?'' ''Why would I know?'' Dawn looked into Lyra's eyes. ''She said that her magic was pretty weird now, this morning. I'm 85% sure she messed up last night. I'm 15% sure she must've just glitched up last night and the spell didn't work at all and nothing happened.'' ''Hey, guys,'' said a familiar voice in the distance. It sounded slightly derpressed. ''Gusty?'' Dawn asked. ''Yup,'' said Gusty as she walked into view. Her horn was wrapped in gauze. ''W-what happened to your horn?'' Lyra asked. ''It's wrapped in gauze, like it's broken or something.'' ''It's fine,'' said Gusty. ''My horn's just kinda messed up. I can't do magic for a while. Anyway, you know that spell I used on you last night?'' ''Yes?'' both Dawn and Lyra said. ''It's messed up. Something happened.'' Dawn and Lyra stared at her, shocked as could be. ''Something's wrong with all three of us. We don't know what happened. At all. But I know something bad's happened to us.'' ''I learned a spell that might show us what happened,'' said Dawn, ''But I'm afraid to try it. What if our magic is cursed?'' ''Try,'' said Lyra. ''The only way we'll be able to know for sure is to try it.'' ''Well, okay,'' Dawn said. She and Lyra hopped off the bench. Lyra and Gusty stood right next to each other. ''You know,'' Lyra told Gusty, ''I never realized that we look exactly the same size!'' ''Shh!'' Gusty said. Dawn backed away from the two. Her horn glowed so bright, Lyra was lucky not to be blinded! The three glowed with purple aura. ''Πείτε μας τι είμαστε καταραμένοι κάτω!'' Dawn shouted. The whole background, whole distance of Ponyville, turned black and white. The aura from Dawn's horn died down, but not the aura from the three ponies' outlines. Ponyville disappeared in a ripple, and a new background. The background was of Canterlot gardens, where a fire, no-- A white fire, was surrounding the three. Just as Lyra stepped away... ''Lyra?'' asked an echoing voice. ''Lyra!'' Lyra's eyes shot open. ''Dewdrop? Dawn?'' ''Lyra, you've been twisting and turning and mumbling the whole night. Are you okay?'' Dewdrop Dazzle asked. ''Dawn, your sister... Was she real?'' Lyra asked. ''What sister?'' Dawn replied. ''Gusty Glittershine. Your sister.'' ''Oh, Gusty? She moved away a long time ago.'' Dawn's smile faltered a little as she said it. ''Strange that she was born as an Alicorn, though.'' ''Well, if she does come back soon...'' Lyra said. ''Yes?'' Dawn and Dewdropboth said. ''Tell her not to use any spells on us.'' ''Huh?'' ''It's a long story. Or dream.'' The three laughed while out there in the skyline, a certain purple and blue Alicorn looked down at them and laughed too.