Taking a breath as Twilight looked over the platform toward the gathered people below. Who like she had predicted, were either panicking slightly, or fidgeting, and some of them only worrying. What amazed Twilight was the very fact that they had managed to make it all here, though perhaps it wasn’t that amazing. After all if Twilight and her friends adapted quickly why couldn’t they have? That however, didn’t stop them from wondering what was going on, or even if they could still do what they knew.
Twilight then decided to speak, as she found her voice speaking with pristine clearness. The likes which could send pleasant shivers, down a person's spine, “People of Canterlot,” No that didn’t sound right, there were definitely more than just citizens of Canterlot here today.
“Nay belay that... Citizens of Equestria,” Yes that sounded much better, Twilight mentally nodded to herself, “All of us Ponies have gone through a change, into what I have been able to determine to be known as simply Humans.”
Yes... Humans, sadly I do not yet have… adequate information on what has caused this transformation, Or.. what a human truly is, but it is being looked into. Now for the other news...” Twilight sighed inwardly to herself, trying to figure out how to put this all delicately, “Celestia and Luna, are... away.”
Murmuring and a loud outcry came from the citizens only growing louder.
“Now this...” Twilight tried to continue
She was cut off by all the questions and murmurings and general sudden panic, along with the worried looks on their faces.
“If you can just-”
It only continued. Questions like, “Why isn’t Princess Celestia here,” and “Where did they go?”
Continuing with more drastic ones such as, “We’re all doomed, I tell you! DOOMED!” which was causing more problems than it was fixing.
“But we’re not doomed, I mean we still have Princess Twilight here, she’s helped us before,” Said another.
“That is true she has helped defeat the enemies here several times before,” Yet another spoke up.
“But that still doesn’t tell us why this happened to us,” As another spoke up.
“Yeah but she said they were looking into it did she?” So another said as the murmurings and the questions got loud, and became more rapid.
“Yeah but what the hay are we? I mean I know she said Hu-man… but what does that mean?” Said another.
“Well I’m sure she’ll tell us… once she finds out… right?” Another spoke up with some uncertainty.
Twilight sighed inwardly, what was it that Luna had told Twilight? As her mind went back to around a week ago, listening to Luna teach her, “To use the Royal Canterlot Voice, you must remember that it does not come from the throat.”
“So where does it come from?” Twilight had asked. Both Luna and Celestia had been teaching her different aspects of becoming a Princess. Luna at this point was teaching Twilight how to use her voice.
“It comes from thine gut, and lungs,” Luna had replied.
“But how do you put so much force into it?” Twilight had asked, trying to take down notes so she could remember it all.
“Why it is instinctual for Us to have such a force. It requires control over your yell however, Twilight Sparkle. Now enough lecture, let us show you how to use it.” Luna then began to show her the breathing techniques before continuing on. For it was in the breath that it started, ending with the manipulation of sound waves.
Twilight opened her eyes, ending the flash back. Going through the steps Luna had taught her she took a breath and then. “QUIET!” She boomed causing the crowd to go silent from the sudden shock of the voice and volume.
“Thank you,” Twilight said as her voice adjusted to the normal volume. Well normal enough to be able to speak to a rather large crowd that was.
“I know you are all worried, likely confused, and would like to know where the Princesses have gone. For some of you it may even seem like the end of the world, but I must ask you... to believe in me, to put your trust in me. I realize you were all seeking the guidance of Princess Celestia, or even Princess Luna.
They are however, not here. That leaves me to take their place in the time being, until they come back. I truly believe, that they are off doing something of great importance, likely something due to what has happened to us. If that is the case, then that means whatever has happened to us is serious.
So once again I ask you to put your trust in me. I know I am new, I know I am inexperienced in being a Princess, but I believe they would not have left me here, had they believed I couldn’t take charge. So if nothing else put your trust in Princess Celestia, who has put her trust in me for believing I can take charge.
With that being said, there are simply too many changes for me to keep track of all of it at once. There is however, something I know we can all do, that we all have done before many times before. Often times this has happened after some kind of disaster, and I’m not even sure if what has happened to us can be considered such.
That is adapt, yes adapt, we have done it before, and we will do it again. We do not know how to completely handle our new physical forms yet. This however, does not mean we don’t have everything we’ve always had otherwise. I will not be doing this alone, I have my friends with me, most of you should know them, as they are tied in with the elements of harmony.
I will be sending my friends out to help you, in a short period of time, just be patient until then as we get everything settled and figured out.” Twilight ended before turning around back into the castle.
“Well dear, I think that went rather well,” Rarity said as they walked back inside
“Mighty fine if Ah say so myself, ya handled it rather well out there Twi,” Applejack spoke up in return, trying to cheer up her friend.
“Oh I hope so…” Twilight said slightly worried. That was until she shook herself off of it. “Well hopefully Rainbow Dash or Pinkie Pie are back soon… I don’t know how long I can keep them waiting out there…” She then groaned “And I didn’t even give them any instructions in what they should be doing, I just told them to wait, and learn to adapt… But do they know how to adapt? Maybe I should go out there again and…”
A hand stopped her before she could go any further. “Twilight, darling, everything will be fine, don’t worry so much about it, besides I’m sure they’ll be able to wait for a little bit.”
“Yeah… I suppose you’re right… but still…” Twilight furrowed her brow. “I can’t help but feel that..” She paused. “Wait… do you guys hear that?”
“Hear what?” Applejack asked arching an eyebrow.
“Music…” Twilight finished, completely forgetting what she was going to say.
The music became even louder, as Twilight went to the window, along with Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and spike. The tune of the music had Pinkie Pie written all over it, and soon enough they saw her coming through the crowd with Lyra in tow, playing her Lyre. As for where the rest of the music came from, well that was anyones guess, Pinkie seemed to be able to summon it up on a whim, and no one knew exactly how.
When Twilight had finished speaking, and left, the crowd wasn’t entirely sure of what their reaction should have been precisely after Twilight had finished speaking to them. So while some applauded and cheered, others were confused, and others began to question and murmur again. That was until they heard the sound of music begin to play, added in with a harp, and soon singing itself followed.
“I never thought this day would come, it did
but there’s no to fear because we’re both here
and even though you feel a bit strange
as your body’s been rearranged
But I think I’ve got to say
that it’s going to be more fun this way
with fingers on our hands and toes on our feet
using them to play and dance down this street”
Lyra sang, as she played her lyre following along with the music. The lyre she played had it’s own effect, or rather the person playing it did. Lyra stepped out with Pinkie Pie strumming the lyre with that jaunty tune that was being played. Her lyre glowed a pale blue as slight musical notes could be seen coming out from it. The main effect was to ease the people into their new bodies.
Pinkie Pie was next as she helped people while she danced, bringing them into the moment, moving from person to person. Sometimes she would lean on one, other times she would wrap her arms around a person, before swinging onto the next. Each time, bringing joy into their faces, along with a good deal of ease.
“So pick yourself up off the ground
don’t look so down
cause I’d hate to see you frown
when we can all turn this around.
if you’re still wondering what you are
you don’t have to look so far
Princess Twilight was right, no need to fight
cause we’re all.”
Pinkie Pie sang completing the second half of the verse, before both her and Lyra went into the chorus. Pinkie of course continued to bounce from one person to the next. Cheering them all up like the Element of laughter should, but in all reality it should have really been called joy.
“Human lalalala human
that’s right we’ve become human
yes human lalalala human
we’ve now become humans (x2)
So come along with me
and you’ll see
that you’ve never felt so free
and that’s how it should be. (x4)”
Sky Blue notes began to fly in rhythm through the air, as each note hit and fixed the clothes and jewels around the people. As it soon became abundantly clear to Twilight as she watched the scene from a window. Lyra was using a restoration spell through her music.
An interesting use of music for restoration... Twilight thought to herself as she continued to watch, as she moved along with the others. I should find out how it’s done later... Even though I’m not fully knowledgeable in music.
“There’s no need to worry
over all the things, that have been done
just remember there’s still a sun
so for the moment lets just have fun.
No reason to be sad
you should be a little glad
for this isn’t so bad
that we’ve been turned into.”
Lyra continued to sing the next verse, as her fingers intricately played the lyre. Now those who once were ponies, started to regain their composure and balance. Even though it was a worrying situation, the music and song helped take some of that way. Along with Pinkie Pie with Lyra helping them out the best that they could. The song itself went back into it’s chorus.
“Human lalalala human
that’s right we’ve become human
yes human lalalala human
we’ve now become humans (x2)
Yes come along with me
and you’ll see
that you’ve never felt so free
and that is how it should be. (x4)”
Pinkie and Lyra sang the chorus this time. As Pinkie went and wiped some of the tears from crying children. As she sang the last part to the song.
“And even if we don’t know why
there’s no need for us to cry
all we need to do is try
and you will reach the sky.”
The music died down, and those outside with Pinkie pie who could, along with Lyra. Continued to help those who needed help in adapting. From the looks of it it seemed like the entire city of Canterlot needed help. Despite the boundless energy Pinkie Pie had, she eventually returned with Lyra to Twilight. This only happened, once several others got into the hang of things and began to help others.
“Out of curiosity... is there a musician you don’t know?” Twilight asked, trying to momentarily take her mind off the task at hand.
“I dunno.” Pinkie shrugged. “I mean I tend to meet a lot of them when I begin to sing.”
Twilight blinked at this. “Right… well in either case, I can see you found Lyra, and managed to pull a phenomenal performance on your way here too.”
Lyra laughed slightly. “Ahaha, think nothing of it, it was my pleasure, I mean especially with now being a human, playing the lyre has never been so much fun!”
“We are thankful still,” Twilight said politely, “and while you’ve seemed to calm them down for the time being with your playing, along with Pinkie… there is… a more pressing matter as to why I summoned you here… particularly a… certain set of books you have failed to return.”
“Oh those books…” Lyra said as she let out a slightly nervous laugh. “Well… They were just there you know, and I was so curious, I decided to check the records to make sure if anyone else was reading them… no one else was so… I decided to take them, I mean no one else was using them, I was planning on returning them… but there was no Librarian to return them to… so I just kinda kept them seeing as how no one would miss them.”
Twilight sighed before she rubbed her temples. “Which will not be a mistake we will be repeating.” Before she looked at Lyra. “Besides those books are… increasingly important to us now… so I would hope that you brought them yes?”
Lyra blinked, before coming back to reality. “Oh yeah, yeah totally I have them here with me… inside my… bag…” She went to reach it before she noticed it was missing. “Um…” Before looking up at Twilight slightly embarrassed.
No one had made notice of Pinkie Pies silent disappearance, even though the presence of the hyperactive pink pony with suspected ADHD, would normally be glaringly obvious. Yet some how, in some inexplicable way, she had managed to vanish (It would be… best if you didn’t question it), and the only thing that made them aware of this fact… was when Pinkie returned. It was always hard to ignore Pinkie whenever she returned from wherever, perhaps this was simply due to her overwhelming presence or then doing something so shocking or surprising, that it was hard to not notice her.
This time would be no different as she zipped up to them, as if she had moved in a speed that could rival Rainbow Dash. Holding up a bag, seemingly full of books, as she proclaimed. “Fooooouuunnnndddd it!”
While this startled some of the group, not to mention giving them a slight jump. They all reacted to it quite differently, Fluttershy to begin with had jumped the most letting out a soft “eep.” As for the others, save for Lyra, seemed to be taking it in stride.
Applejack had simply turned to Rarity and asked quietly, “did ya notice her disappear at all?”
Rarity ended up shaking her head as elegantly as possible. “I can’t say I did darling.”
Twilight had simply arched her eyebrows slightly as she looked at Pinkie. “Found what?”
“The books duuuuh!” Pinkie replied in her normal typical style.
Lyra blinked a few times, along with opening and closing her mouth as she tried to bring out the right words… which she couldn’t find. Finally she decided to shake it off and held up her hands slightly. “Wait, wait, wait… Ok I know I’m a little… eccentric, but how did she know to get my books let alone where to find them? Not only that but when did she do it?”
“Lyra some word of advice when it comes to Pinkie Pie, I know you’ve likely heard the stories about her… trust me they’re all true. With that being said, no matter how strange things may get, just let it go, and your brain won’t hurt so much,” Twilight said with a slight smirk.
Lyra arched an eyebrow at Twilight. “I take it you’ve got personal experience on that matter?”
This caused Twilight to twitch slightly as she recalled the memories. “Don’t get me started.” Before turning back to Pinkie Pie. “Though Lyra did bring up a valid question, how did you know the books were missing?”
“Well duh!” Pinkie began. “Lyra didn’t have her bag with her, and if she didn’t have her bag with her, then she didn’t have the books on her either, and not having the books with her would have made you both upset, and I didn’t want you all to be upset, so then I decided to go and pick up the bag where Lyra left it, so that neither of you would be mad, sad or upset, so I zipped out of here and returned in a Pinkie moment once I had gotten the bag with all the books in it.”
Twilight could never understand how Pinkie was able to continue on, without so much as a pause. “Well thank you for noticing and retrieving them,” Twilight said finally as she took the the books out of the bag. Blinking a few times as she paused and looked at Pinkie. “Wait, what’s a Pinkie moment?”
Pinkie thought about this for perhaps less than a single second, before replying enthusiastically. “It’s kind of like your teleportation,” Pinkie held up her hands, “except without the poof!” She finished before pretending to appear somewhere else. “But is it really a poof? Or is it more of a pop?” Pinkie Pies eyes widened as she started to jump up and down while clapping her hands. “It’s a snap, crackle, pop! SNAP, CRACKLE POP!” yet another pause, “Why am I suddenly thinking of cereal?”
Twilight couldn’t help but blink several times before she cleared her throat. “Um… good to know? Anyways moving along now that, that’s out of the way.” Magic seemed to flow through her body, a little more naturally now than it had before, as she picked up the books with her telekinesis. “Lyra, have you memorized these books?” She asked idly as her eyes continued to scan the pages.
“Well yeah,” Lyra said as she scratched the back of her head.
“To what extent?” Twilight then asked, as she continued to read from one book to the other as fast as she could.
“Well uh… I kinda had them for a while so… pretty extensively?” Lyra replied, “I even did some of the crazy things mentioned in the book…” She continued as she let out a slightly nervous laugh.
“I see...” Twilight said slowly as her mind went into overdrive, thinking of all she needed to do. This was why she used a checklist... Right a checklist, she needed to make a checklist. “SPIKE!” She yelled out as she continued to go through the books.
Spike immediately, came rushing out when he heard Twilight call him. “Yes, Twilight?”
“I need you to get me parchment, several quills, and ink.” Twilight said giving him a list of items to retrieve.
“Right away Twilight.” Spike said as he rushed away to gather the items she had requested.
As she continued to look through the books, she began to walk, before letting out a sigh. “I wonder if Rainbow Dash found them yet…” Twilight asked herself changing the subject ever so slightly.
Waving that line of thought away, she then lowered the books to look at Lyra. “Since you’ve studied then far more than anyone else, can you give us some insight? There’s only so much I can read and gather in one day, versus a person who’s been researching them for longer.”
“Uh well, do you want the long version, or the short version?” Lyra asked with a slightly arched eyebrow.
“I don’t think we have time for a long version, so a short one will do for now,” Twilight answered as she began skimming through the books again.
Lyra looked thoughtful for a moment, as she tilted her head, before she finally began. “Well they’re rather strange, and it’s not just their penchant for violence either.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow at this, before glancing back at the books she continued to levitate. “Penchant for violence? what do you mean?”
Lyra Heartstrings couldn’t help but shift slightly uncomfortably. “Well, if there’s one thing these books wanted to get down it was their wars, and… they had a lot of them, three of which were world wide.”
Twilight blinked, “Does this mean we’ll become violent too?”
Another slight shift. “I don’t think… so? I mean sure they had a lot of wars, but those wars also helped advance their technology… and it was usually during and after when that technology moved the furthest.” A sigh escaped from Lyras mouth. “It’s normally been when challenges arose, which inspired the technological advancements, mind you there were advancements during… relative calm times as well.”
“But most of these advancements happened when there were times of… strife?” Twilight asked slightly bewildered.
“That’s how it seems to be, but I think the person who wrote these books only focused slightly on their history, and more on their sciences, and even personality.” Lyra said as she slightly waved her hands in a circle.
“While I’d be highly interested in whatever sciences are available in the books, right now personality is what we need to look at.” Twilight said with a slight sigh and a shake of her head. “If only to calm down… everyone else.”
“Yeah well, that is what makes them strange, they’re a hateful people, with discord sown into their hearts. Well… ok not all of them, but the way the scholar was writing it certainly seemed like there were more of them than the good ones.” Lyra explained while scratching the back of her head.
“So… being human is… a negative thing?” Twilight asked slowly with an eyebrow arched up.
Lyra shook her head. “No that’s the thing, inherently, they should be good, except… when bad people get in the way or gain power, then bad things start to happen.” Lyra furrowed her brow trying to think. “It’s… it’s hard to explain, there really isn’t that much information on their personalities after all.”
Twilight couldn’t help but smile a little, and nod to this. “I think I understand your frustration, I had the same type of difficulty when it came to Pinkie Pies, Pinkie Sense.”
Lyra blinked, then tilted her head slightly confused. “Pinkies what?”
“My Pinkie Sense silly!” Pinkie said as she appeared next to Lyra suddenly. “It allows me to detect various circumstances due to actions that happen in my body.” Pinkie paused, gave a slight squirm. “Huh… so that’s what my twitchy tail became now…” Before pushing Lyra slightly away.
Lyra barely had time to blink, before she was pushed away from some rubble that happen to fall from the ceiling. Even then she looked at the rubble with a stunned expression, after she had managed to not make herself fall when Pinkie pushed her. “Wha… but…where… how… what?” Was all she could manage to utter in her daze.
Twilight arched an eyebrow before looking up at the ceiling where the rubble fell. “That’s strange… The Palace is normally in pristine condition… this shouldn’t have happened…”
“Oh that was all Rainbow Dash.” Pinkie said cheerfully.
Twilight quickly turned to Pinkie Pie, “Rainbow Dash is back? Why then isn’t she here, and what does that have to do with rubble falling from the ceiling?”
“That’s because she got stopped,” Pinkie replied
Twilight blinked, “She got stopped? What stopped her?”
Without missing a beat Pinkie let out a slight giggle. “The roof of course.”
Twilight lifted up a finger as she was about to speak, before deciding against it and placing it down. “So I should probably-”
“-Yup,’ Pinkie said before Twilight was able to continue her sentence.
“Right… excuse me for a moment girls,” Twilight said before going to a window, opening it and jumping out.
It didn’t take Twilight long to spot Rainbow Dash as she flew up towards the roof, though the sight slightly alarmed her. Besides the small crater that Dash had left through the crash, it was the state her wings were in, along with her right arm. Wincing slightly at the sight, Twilight lightly landed beside Rainbow Dash.
Despite Dash groaning in pain, she was doing rather well in not screaming out. As far as she was aware she’d never been in this much pain before. Yeah she had broken her wings before, yeah she’d broken a hoof before doing all her crazy stunts, and yes she probably had ended up in the hospital more times than the rest of her friends. None of that however, compared to the excruciating pain she was feeling right now.
Dash finally managed to look up, cringing as she did so. “Twi… Twilight?” She managed to ask through the pain, though the way her voice sounded made the pain she was in all the more evident.
Twilight shook her head and sighed in concern before kneeling down beside Dash. “Oh Dash what did you do to yourself?”
“I-” Dash winced as she tried to bring out the words, words that were currently providing to be difficult for her to speak. “Entered… into the sonic… rainboom.” Another gasp as she tried to finish. “Too late, and then… the next thing I knew I… crashed.” Tears were finally starting to form in her eyes, no longer able to hold them back. “It… hurts… so much…”
“I know Dash, I know.” Twilight said softly as her eyes and hands began to glow. “The pain however, will be temporary.”
Dash’s eyes widened a bit, well as much as they could with what she was dealing with.
“You’re… you’re going to heal me?” Asking in almost disbelief.
“Oh don’t sound so skeptical Dash, of course I’m going to heal you, what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t? And before you ask me why I haven’t before, there is a difference between self inflicted injuries and injuries beyond your control.” Twilight continued as a magical glow engulfed Rainbow Dash.
The best way for Dash to explain it, was as if a blanket of warmth engulfed her entire body. There was no pain, there was no screaming, there was no twitching. It was strange, she could feel her body mending inside but it was gentle, even doctors weren’t able to produce that kind of effect unicorn or not. During this time she found herself looking at Twilight with slight wonder. Yeah she had seen her produce some destructive spells that could level a city, seeing as how it had been done before just about, yeah she’d seen her produce some amazing things with her magic… but this? This was different.
Gentle… Dash blinked again when she found she could. Twilights magic was hardly ever gentle, even when she teleported if you weren’t expecting it you’d come out of it a little dizzy and sometimes chard. Needless to say, this line of thinking sent Rainbow Dashes thoughts into overdrive, as she searched through her memories, just to double check. The only things she could think of was when Twilight was using her magic to lift something, even the Ursa Minor, but other than that? Rainbow Dash couldn’t think of anything that would explain this current phenomenon.
When Twilight finished casting the healing spell, Dash couldn’t help but look at her bewildered. “Where…” Rainbow Dash began, “Did you learn how to do that?”
“Where did I learn how to do what?” Twilight asked at first before coming to the conclusion. “Oh you mean the healing spell? I picked up some books and started taking some lessons, after all you never know when one might need the knowledge, Princess Celestia has been sending some helpful notes on the art as well.”
“Is that why I didn’t feel any pain even slightly?” Dash asked as she began to pick herself up off the outer roof of the Canterlot Palace.
“Oh good, it did work as intended.” Twilight exclaimed happily.
Rainbow Dash blinked… very slowly, before holding up a hand. “Wait you mean you didn’t know it was going to work?” Asking this as she opened her eyes from the blink and looking straight into Twilights.
Twilight shook her head. “Oh no, I knew it was going to work, I just didn’t know how well it was going to work, especially since it would be the first time I’ve used it in this body, and I’m not exactly sure how my magic fully works yet in this form.”
Dash blinked twice, rapidly, staring at Twilight, in slight disbelief on what she was hearing. “So in other words… you experimented with a new set of skills… to heal me?”
Twilight tilted her head slightly thinking on this. “Yes, I think that sums it all up rather nicely, I mean I had the basic formula, and the theory, all it came down to was putting it to use in this new form.”
Dash was going to say something else, but only settled on. “Right…” In a tone that could be described as someone giving up. “Well at least it worked…”
Deciding to ignore that comment, Twilight moved on. “Due to the fact that you managed to injure yourself moving at such a high velocity, I’m going to assume that you couldn’t get who I asked for?”
“Yeah about that.” Dash began as she scratched the back of her head. “So I went to see Zecora first, found out I had some trouble landing.”
“I hadn’t noticed.” Twilight muttered slightly sarcastically, low enough for Dash not to hear.
Not hearing a word Twilight said, Dash merely continued with what she was saying. “When I finally found her, she said something like, ‘what you say is true, but I cannot come with you, for Ponville needs my help too.’ or something like that…” Dash finished.
“Well that explains Zecora, but what about Trixie?” Twilight asked once Rainbow Dash had finished talking.
“Yeah about her, I found her in Manehatten and when I asked, her response was something akin to ‘The Great and Powerful Trixie must take example from Twilight and help all those in need.’” Dash said while imitating Trxie.
This only caused Twilight to giggle slightly. “I see,” before pausing and looking at Dash slightly amused. “Wait, did you just say akin?”
Dash blinked a few times. “Yeah, What about it?”
A slight smirk appeared on Twilights face. “Glad to see that all those Daring Do books are increasing your vocabulary.”
Rainbow Dash blinked before frowning slightly. “And what’s that suppose to mean?”
“Oh nothing.” Twilight replied innocently. “Just that it’s good to see the little egghead in you, as you put it.”
“Thanks…” A pause or two before Dash caught on. “Wait... HEY!”
Another giggle escaped from Twilights mouth. “You’re not the only one who can tease you know, come on, lets go join the others now that you’re better.”
Dash begrudgingly gave in, before letting out a sigh. “Fine, fine.” as she flew down with Twilight. “So what happened while I was away anyways?”
“You mean besides Pinkie Pie and Lyra singing, calming down the general populous, before finally coming in with the books I was looking for, and then proceeding to hear Lyra’s thoughts on the matter as we went through some light research?” Twilight asked with an arched eyebrow.
“Well, that answered that question.” Rainbow Dash finally replied with a slight roll of her eyes, as well as a smirk on her face. “Anything else?”
Twilight thought about this as she tilted her head. “Well… I was going to ask one last question before we moved on…” She finally said as they landed on the balcony, before walking back into the hallways of the castle.
“Foooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuund her!” Was the cheerful call of a curly now pony tailed, for some strange reason, pink haired girl, everyone knew and loved. Otherwise known as Pinkie Pie. Who as it happened, descended upon Twilight, and Dash with a hug from above.
Startled, both Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle tried to scream out before, thud. It was already too late as both of them crashed to the floor with Pinkie Pie still managing to keep hugging them, despite this fact.
“Ugh Pinkie.” Dash groaned as she picked herself up along with Twilight, after Pinkie Pie had finished hugging them. “Where did you come from?”
“Why up there silly!” Pinkie said happily while pointing to the roof.
This only caused Rainbow Dash to hold up a finger momentarily, before putting it down again. “Right… forget I asked.”
“Right well…” Twilight Sparkle began as she subconsciously brushed herself off. “While that was eventful… I think we really should get back to the group now.”
“No need for that Twi.” Applejack stated as she came up with the remainder of the main six, including Lyra. “We all followed Pinkie Pie here.”
“Well that certainly makes things easier for me at least.” Twilight finally decided to say, once her mind had processed everything. Small tale tell signs of Twilight starting to panic once again were already starting to set in, as she continued. “Before… we get into more pressing matters as it were… Lyra, will becoming human affect our personalities?”
Lyra had been thinking of the multiple ways of telling Bon Bon “I told you so,” before Twilight called her name. At which point she gave a slight jump and turned her head towards Twilight Sparkle, or was it Princess Twilight Sparkle now? “Huh? Oh uh… well nothing I’ve read suggested that it would affect our personalities… so besides our physical changes, there’s nothing that says our personalities will change as well…”
Twilight couldn’t help but let out a relieved sigh. “Well that’s a relief, it’s one less thing to worry about, and it means we can get started on the other pressing matters.”
“Twi… are ya alright?” Applejack suddenly decided to ask as she watched her friend subconsciously pace.
Twilight blinked and tilted her head slightly confused by the question as she looked at Applejack. “What? Oh… oh yeah, yeah I’m alright… why do you ask?”
“Well it’s just that… how should Ah put this…” Applejack pondered.
Before Applejack could continue Rarity finished the sentence for her. “Dear, you’re pacing.”
“What?” Twilight stopped before realizing that she had indeed been subconsciously pacing. “Oh… No… no, I’m fine… really.”
Applejack arched an eyebrow at this, before crossing her arms. “Are ya sure?”
She was waved off with a slight hand gesture, as Twilight tried to pass it off. “Oh yeah, nothing a little checklist… won’t fix I’m sure… speaking of checklists… Spike!”
“How does a checklist solve anything?” Lyra said quietly as she looked slightly confused at what was going on.
“You don’t know Twilight that well do you?” Dash asked her, as she stood closest to Lyra for the moment than anyone else.
“I suppose not…” Lyra finally said after thinking about it, before frowning, and then speaking up. “Twilight you don’t look so well.”
Twilight groaned at this. “I keep telling you all I’m fine! I mean I just need to get my thoughts in order and I’ll be fine, now where’s Spike… it can’t take him that long to get the checklist can it?”
“We’re almost on a completely different hallway darling it may take a while.” Rarity answered before frowning herself at a certain comment. “What exactly do you mean by “you’ll be fine” dear? Are you implying that you are not in fact, fine?” She then went on to ask.
“Arrrgh! Of course I’m fine… be fine… am… fine? I don’t know!” She began to flare up in a panic once again. “I mean it’s not like I have to figure out how to help the people now that we’re all changed, or the fact that I need to find out how this all happened to us all still, and then of course what about the buildings do they need to be changed, and if they need to be changed how are we going to change them? Lets not even get started on the clothes, and the food, and… and…” And she was gone, the last thing she heard was her friends calling out her name.