//------------------------------// // New book! New Spell! (revised) // Story: And Then Foals Happened // by SkyPieIsTheBest //------------------------------// Twilight was rummaging through her books, getting ready for re-shelving day. She focuses and uses her magic to move and rearrange. *BANG!* She heard an immensely loud noise upstairs, causing her to lose focus and drop all her books to the floor. "SPIKE! This better not be about that fire ruby again!" she ran upstairs and was greeted with a huge mess of books. "What is this?" she exclaims, irritated at the interruption. Then she saw a book she never noticed before. She became excited, lifting the huge book off of spikes tail. She looked at the title, Spells for a Princess. Since the title said it was for a princess, she immediately set about flipping through for a spell to try. After a few moments of scanning, she found an age spell, one she’d been wanting to try since her confrontation with Trixie. She went outside and attracted a squirrel with some nuts to test the spell on. The recently crowned princess lead the animal onto her house. "Stand back Spike, this could get dicey." she said to her assistant. Spike goes up stairs and starts reordering the books she’d abandoned earlier. Twilight had charged up the spell, and let loose the beam of energy, while simultaneously five ponies jump through the door and scream, "HEY TWILIGHT!" The spell misses due to her lapse in focus, hitting a mirror and reflecting upon the five friends of hers that had entered. A white flash blinded her momentarily, and she slowly opened her eyes. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" she heard. Please be the squirrel! Please be the squirrel! she prayed. She was wrong. Opening her eyes, she counted five little fillies, roughly two years old, long before they obtained their cutie marks. She stared at them in disbelief as they all cry. Fluttershy’s hair was hanging low in front of her eye. AppleJack’s hat was far too big for her, and she had more freckles than she’d had when she was older. Rarity's horn was short and stubby, very underdeveloped. Pinkie's hair was straightened and her whole body was a few shades darker than normal. Rainbow’s hair was straggly and her wings were tiny, yet still able to be used. Rarity cried with general discomfort as Twilight looked for a counterspell, and Spike chased Rainbow and Pinkie around the library. AppleJack struggles as she attempts to pull her hat away from her eyes, and FlutterShy backs away and tries to hide between the books on a low shelf. Twilight, having been unable to find the counterspell, gathered up all the fillies and put them in a large basket. She decides to take them to Mr. and Mrs.Cakes’ house to play with Pumpkin Cake and Pound Cake. "Can you guys take care of them?" Twilight asked the bakers after explaining the situation. “It won’t be for too long, I promise.” The Cakes looked at each other and looked back at their apprentice’s friend. Then they looked at the fillies. "May we have help from some pony?" asked Mrs. Cake. Twilight nodded, and teleported to the library. "Spike, I need you!" Spike runs downstairs and salutes to his friend. She then teleports them back to Sugar Cube Corner. "You’re gonna help them watch the fillies." Spike stared at her, and then at the fillies. He thought for a moment that Twilight was crazy. "Fine." he says, relenting. Twilight teleported back to the library, and looked for the counterspell through her vast collection of books.