Rainbow's face heated up instantly, and she began to stammer out the first things she could think of. "Well, you guys were just being so mean to me...I...I just...I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" she cried. Twilight sighed.
"I guess what's important is getting us back to normal. I'll try and find a spell that can fix this, then I'll just cast it and we can go -" Twilight stopped in her tracks, realizing quickly that she definitely couldn't perform magic, and none of her new unicorn friends were advanced enough to perform such a spell. Tears formed in her eyes as she realized that she was never getting her horn back. And it was all Rainbow's fault. Twilight went silent for several moments before leaving the library without a word, and galloping away to cry.
Fluttershy smiled at her reflection and relaxed as the birds ran brushes through her long pink hair. When they finally finished, she trotted happily out of the house, only to immediately come face to face with Rarity.
"Do you want these?!" she screamed, pointing at her wings. Fluttershy was slightly taken aback by the statement, and since Rarity obviously didn't want them at all, Fluttershy slowly nodded, confused.
"Oh, Fluttershy, thank you, thank you! I just woke up like this and I don't have a horn or cutie mark, but I do have these..." she gagged. "wings.". This horribly offended Fluttershy, who quickly changed her mind.
"Sorry Rarity, but I don't think I actually DO want them." she huffed, slamming the door. Rarity was astounded by her friend's sudden reaction.
"Oh Fluttershy, whatever I said, I really am sorry!" she called through the door, but received no answer.
Pinkie trotted happily down the streets of Ponyville. Something about being a unicorn just felt so right to her, like she had done it before, even though she knew she hadn't. She smiled brighter than ever on this beautiful day, flashing up her magic whenever she could. She decided that now, she had to embrace her beautiful horn with every drop of magic she could, turned on her heels, and went racing back to the library.
Rainbow Dash stared up at the sky, wishing she could be up there. Where was she going to sleep tonight? How was she ever going to fly again. Suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted. The ground quaked and the sky lit up with bright light.
"Impossible!" Rainbow gawked. "Nobody's ever done the Sonic Rainboom other than me before! It's not possible!". But her eyes didn't lie, that was definitely a Sonic Rainboom, and Applejack was definitely leading it.
The wind raced through Applejack's hair as she followed through on the sonic rainboom, boy, would Rainbow be mad. She couldn't wait to see the look on her face.
Twilight pressed her closed eyes against her hooves as silent tears streamed onto the ground and made tiny puddles by her sitting area. She listened to the sound of silence around her, until it was finally broken by the pitter patter of dragon feet running her way.
"Twilight, I need you to calm down and listen to me. We're in a pretty bad situation here. We talked to Rainbow some more, and it turns out that she specifically wished for her friends to be different. See, Rainbow Dash didn't realize how many friends she has, and, well...she has more than just the elements of harmony." Spike sighed.
"I look ridiculous!" sounded a familiar, raspy, high voice.
"Hey! Don't be so rude! That's my horn on your head, Scootaloo!" Sweetie Belle scowled at her friend. Applebloom frowned deeply as she gave her new wings a tender flap. Twilight sniffled, and looked up at Spike, who seemed pretty worried about her and the whole situation.
"We can still fix this Spike, I'll just ask Princess Celestia to cast the spell! Spike, take a letter." she instructed as he zipped out a scroll and quill.
"Dear Princess Celestia,
One of my friends, Rainbow Dash, has recently made a wish that has switch the breeds of all of her friends, and this
could be more ponies than we even know of at the moment. Your assistance is required immediately. I can not do any
spells myself, for currently, I'm an earth pony. Your student,
~Twilight Sparkle"
Spike smiled as he rolled up the scroll, held it to his mouth and inhaled deeply. Then, he blew the letter hard, but surprisingly, it didn't burst into flames and fly away. It just stayed there. He tried several more times until her ran out of breath and collapsed beside Twilight.
"Oh no, Rainbow Dash's wish must have affected ME too! How are we going to get this to Princess Celestia?!" tears were forming in Spike's eyes as he realized he served no real purpose anymore.
"Twilight, you'll still keep me around, right?" he asked hurriedly. Twilight chuckled and nodded, and Spike sighed in relief.
Sweetie Belle coughed politely and added, "I think I can help."
Everybody looked over to her and stared expectantly, waiting for some sort of further explanation.
"I'm pretty sure that Spike's skill was passed on to..." Sweetie Belle blushed. "me."
Twilight leaped with excitement and Spike hopefully passed her the letter. She sighed as she took a deep inhale, then blew the letter into smoke that drifted off to Celestia. Within five minutes, a figure was flying down from Canterlot. She didn't look angry, happy, hopeful, just depressed. Twilight soon realized why, as Celestia arrived without a horn.
Pinkie Pie had become an incredible pony, with amazing magical skills for a new unicorn. She was teleporting all over the place, performing size spells, age spells, gender spells, you name it, she could probably do it. Rainbow, on the other hand, was pacing back and forth while Pinkie studied.
"I mean, I can't believe she would do something like that! It's crazy! That's my signature move! And she pulled it off like she was nothing! If I want to show her off, I need to do a Double Rainboom! No, triple! No, quadruple! No, quintuple! No, sextuple! No, septuple! No! Octuple! Ninetuple!" she ranted. Pinkie politely cleared her throat.
"Nonuple." she corrected. Rainbow gave her a quizzical look. "You said Ninetuple. It's actually Nonuple.".
Rainbow moaned and fell to the ground. "My brain hurts." she scowled. Pinkie giggled, then lifted Dash back onto her feet with her magic.
Fluttershy went about her everyday business, until finally, it was feeding time for her critter friends. She timidly stared up at the cupboard. How was she supposed to get that high up without wings? She knew she couldn't keep this up without wings at that very moment.
Rarity sobbed into her pillow, which was already soaked all the way through and leaking into the bed. She desperately wanted her horn back, and to relieve herself of the wings on her back. Suddenly, there was a timid, polite little knock on the door.
Rarity stopped sobbing and trotted down to the door, swinging open with her...ugh...hoof. A distressed Fluttershy stood there.
"Oh. Rarity. Hello. I just, um, I really need my wings back, my animals are hungry, so if it's not too much trouble..." she pleaded.
Applebloom snuggled up into her bed, her apple pajamas wrapped comfortably around her body. She let herself relax, and enjoyed her night's rest. It seemed like it took ages, but it was finally night. To Applebloom, nothing was more comfortable than drifting off to sleep in a comfortable, plush, warm, wet bed...wait, wet? Applebloom gasped and yanked back the covers to reveal her soaked PJ's and mattress. She had never wet the bed in her life! It must have been Rainbow's crazy wish, now she was stuck as a bed wetter!
She frowned, wondering how she was to hide this. Then, she had a plan. She stripped off her PJ's and tossed them in th trash, flipping the mattress and putting new PJ's on. With that, she sighed, and crawled into bed.
Scootaloo's eyes stayed wide open as she listened close.
"Scootaloo, why are you still awake?" called a voice that Scootaloo knew quite well, but couldn't quite remember either. "You're supposed to be asleep. Well, if you insist on staying awake, I'll tell you a story." it spoke again. The voice obviously wasn't in reality, it was in Scootaloo's mind.
Applejack's face heated up as she approached Applebloom that morning. "Applebloom, sugar, is there something you wanna tell me?" she asked delicately. Applebloom shook her head tiredly, then froze as she realized the wetness in her bed. Applejack knew it was there, that's what this was all about. Applebloom struggled for words.