"Rainbow Dash! Not you too!", Twilight called as she ran over to her giant friend.
"Careful! Don't get too close! I don't want to step on you!", Rainbow Dash cautioned. "Fluttershy? Is that you?", she asked the other pegasus.
"Hi Rainbow Dash. I don't know what we're going to do...", Fluttershy said on the verge of tears.
"Wow! Clearing the sky will be a breeze for you now Rainbow Dash! You take up most of it!", Pinkie remarked as she bounced over.
"Ha. Ha.", Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and laughed sarcastically.
"Hmm. First Fluttershy and now Rainbow Dash... maybe the spell only affects pegasi?", Rarity thought aloud.
"What's going on you guys? Why is everything so little?", Rainbow Dash nervously asked.
"I... I made a mistake with a spell and it made Fluttershy giant... I don't know how but it must've hit you too.", Twilight said, a glum look on her face. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, another big problem literally drops right out of the sky. She hung her head low and closed her eyes not even contemplating how she would correct this latest complication. Her failure was absolute.
"But it's only Ponyville that's little!", Rainbow Dash said.
Twilight's eyes shot open and she looked up. "What?!"
"I just came from Cloudsdale and everything there is still the same size! But when I checked your house, Rarity's, Pinkie's and Fluttershy's places, everything was tiny!", Rainbow Dash explained. Everyone went wide-eyed at the revelation.
The realization dawned on Twilight, "That must be why the reversal spell wouldn't work! I was using it on Fluttershy when I should've used it on... all of Equestria!", she said, looking all around her. She'd been looking at the problem the wrong way all along. She knew what to do now.
"Well, that certainly seems to explain everything. Do you think you'll be able to correct it now Twilight?", Rarity asked.
"Something tells me that I won't have any problem at all.", Twilight said calmly. She knew the spell and she knew what to use it on. Her horn glowed with a magenta aura and expelled a purple wave that washed over the landscape. When the spell disappated, Rainbow Dash was normal sized in front of her. Fluttershy, Spike, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Applejack joined them and they embraced in a hug that was just the right size.
"Can somepony help me now?", Trixie pleaded with them from behind.
"Ohh, why did I eat all that cheese?", Pinkie Pie asked, holding her stomach.
"Us too!", Flim and Flam added. The group helped pull all three of them apart from the cheese.
"Thank you Twilight Sparkle. I... I don't know what came over me.", Trixie admitted.
"I think I know.", a voice said from behind them. Twilight recognized it right away and was more than startled to turn around and see Princess Celestia standing behind them.
"Princess Celestia!", Twilight shouted and ran over to her mentor.
"My dearest student Twilight, it's so good to see you.", the princess said as she embraced her pupil.
"I, I'm sorry about the damage to Ponyville princess! I was just so worried about my magic and nothing was working and-", Twilight stammered.
"It's all right Twilight. The damage to Ponyville is already being repaired. And your magic seems to be incredibe. You shrank all of Equestria with that spell.", the princess consoled her.
"I... I wasn't planning on shrinking Equestria.", Twilight said.
"It seems as though you shrank more than Equestria. That spell also affected your friends.", Celestia added.
"That makes sense actually. I normally would've been much more tolerant of Trixie's attitude.", Rarity said.
"I'm sorry Rarity. I don't know why I was acting like that.", Trixie apologized.
"It's quite all right Trixie. I know you didn't mean it.", Rarity forgave the blue unicorn with a smile.
"I normally wouldn't have let Applebloom go through with tryin to hide Fluttershy!", Applejack stated flatly. She nuzzled her little sister with a free hoof.
"I don't know why I ate all that cheese...", Pinkie's face turned green and she held her stomach.
"But... but I probably still would've overreacted. I've done that before. The spell didn't affect my attitude.", Twilight said with a sad frown.
"Oh but it did Twilight. But it was a different kind of magic that affected you.", Celestia said.
"What do you mean?", Twilight asked.
"We all act differently when we panic. When strange things happen, especially to our friends, it can make us all act differently, even irrationally. Sometimes ponies can be agitated more easily... or be less tolerant. Others may just want to run away and hide or pretend it isn't happening. And still some try to find comfort... occassionally in food.", Celestia cast a smile upon Pinkie who hiccuped in response.
"Spike actually acted best. Without him, you would've never found out about what happened here.", Twilight surmised. Spike put an arm behind his head and blushed a tad.
"You acted just fine Twilight. You did your best to fix the problem for your friends. I was right to entrust you with that book.", Celestia said.
"Um, we actually kind of tore the book apart.", Twilight admitted.
"I'll have to get you another copy of the Alicorn's First Spellbook from the library", Celestia replied. Trixie quirked an eyebrow at the remark
"Now, the road between here and Ponyville seems to be covered in cheese... and I think I saw Discord in one of the piles. Would anypony be willing to help clean up the town?", Celestia asked everyone though she clearly meant the offer for two ponies in particular.
"Leave it to us Princess! The Flim Flam Brothers will have the road cleaned up in a jiffy!", Flim delcared.
"This whole situation has given us a great idea for a new type of street sweeper! Perhaps one that's powered by cheese!", Flam thought aloud.
"I think somepony's brain is powered by cheese.", Rainbow Dash whispered.
"Please, don't mention cheese.", Pinkie pleaded, her stomach still upset.
"Come on everypony, we've got a road to clean up.", Twilight said and they began walking back to town.
"Hey Twilight? Is there any spell in that book that can get cheese off the ground faster?", Spike asked in response to the daunting task ahead of them.
"I don't know Spike. For now, I think it'll take a different kind of magic to clean up Ponyville.", Twilight said.
"What kind of magic is that Twilight?", asked Rarity.
"The magic of teamwork! Let's get going!", Twilight said as she raced down the road back to Ponyville with her friends.