//------------------------------// // The Great Transformations // Story: Terror in Equestria 2: Quest for the Jade Alicorn // by StormLuna //------------------------------// The next morning Twilight woke up realizing the day had come to transform the unicorn soldiers into Alicorns and that she would need to start educating Colgate so that she can do more than just levitate things and perform pain free root canals. Twilight headed down to the throne room and was greeted by her generals along with Shining Armor. "Good morning Twily, did you sleep well?" asked Dark Night "Yeah, I did. Dark Night, are you and your soldiers ready to be transformed into Alicorns today? I need as many Alicorn soldiers possible for our trip to Canterlot." said Twilight "We attacked and seized Canterlot with us just being unicorns." replied Dark Night "Why do we need to be Alicorns when there will be no threat to us?" "I want you all to be Alicorns so that those who go with the changelings that I am taking and myself being able to fly. It will cut the time it takes to get there by 80%." replied Twilight "Ok, I understand that. Did you create a spell that will transform all of us at once?" asked Dark Night "Yes, I have. After breakfast we will go down to the base and I can transform all of you. This will increase our power immensely and make the chances of acquiring what I want abroad much easier." replied Twilight They headed down to the dining hall for a filling breakfast before they headed to the base. Once they arrived at the base Twilight ordered all the dark unicorns to gather together. Colonel Ice Storm asked, "Why do we all need to gather together? I don't like being squished into tight spaces." "This won't take long." replied Twilight "Besides, once I do what I need to do you won't have to worry about being squished so much anymore." Twilight pointed her horn at the unicorn soldiers. She began to glow a deep shade of purple and her horn began to glow brightly as she recited, "The unicorns without wings can not fly, that can make their plans go awry, when they need to get there in great haste, without wings it is like they are stuck in paste, to be assured they get places fast, their wingless days must be a thing of the past." A bright beam of energy struck her soldiers and they all began to levitate with massive amounts of energy encircling them for around five minutes. The energy then dissipated and they began to fly around before landing on the ground in front of Twilight. "Wow!" shouted Lieutenant Iron Chains "You are amazing Twilight! I never imagined that I would be able to fly!" "Thanks," replied Twilight "now we will be able to get to battles much quicker. Along with that, your powers are now much greater. Shining Armor, I want you to just have our army to relax today. While we do have an important mission coming up, I figure they may as well get some rest. Just keep them alert and keep an eye out for danger." "Alright Twily, that is what we will do. Relax but remain alert." replied Shining Armor Twilight headed over to The Carousel Boutique to transform Rarity first, since she would be the easiest. Twilight headed into the boutique and said, "Hi Rarity, how is your day going?" Rarity replied, "Oh, I am doing ok. What are you up to? Making plans for global conquest or putting everypony in chains?" "Rarity, now why would I want to conquer the whole world and why would I want to put everypony in chains?" asked Twilight "Well, you did that to the ponies of Fillydelphia that you brought here and you still haven't let them go home and you brought the entire Canterlot Archives here to where you would be the only pony to have access to them." replied Rarity "Well ok, I should let the Fillydelphia ponies go home, you are right there but like I said about the archives, it is a matter of Equestrian security. Celestia kept them under tight security and that is one thing from the past that I will keep going." said Twilight Rarity asked, "Now what really brings you here? I am sure you aren't here to buy anything." Twilight replied, "Rarity, I thought we were friends. Can't I just come and give a friend of mine some company? Besides, there is something very important I need to say to you." "Well yes you can come and provide me company but what is it that is so important you want to say to me that you have to tell me it is important?" asked Rarity Twilight began to glow and pointed her horn at Rarity. Rarity shouted, "Twilight, what are you doing? Are you going to kill me or something?" "No," replied Twilight. "I am not going to kill you, just let me do this." As Twilight glowed she pointed horn at Rarity and her horn began to glow she recited "From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate." After the energy hit Rarity she looked stunned and then wiped her eyes. She said "Twilight, I am so sorry for doubting your plans. I am ready to do whatever I can to aid you in your cause." "That is wonderful to hear Rarity!" said Twilight "Now I need you to go outside for what I need to say next." "Alright," said Rarity "what is it that you want to do?" "You'll see. I'm sure you will like it." replied Twilight Twilight and Rarity went outside so that she could perform the transformation spell. Twilight began to glow a deep shade of purple and her horn began to glow brightly as she aimed it at Rarity. She recited, "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these smarts they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate." Great amounts of energy began to encircle Rarity and she began to levitate. This lasted for around three minutes and then the energy disappeared. Rarity began to fly around giggling like a school filly shouting, "I'm flying, I'm flying!" Rarity then landed in front of Twilight. She was ecstatic as she said, "Wow Twilight dahling, I didn't know you could turn ponies into Alicorns! Thank you, thank you! I simply look divine with these wings!" Twilight gave her a big smile and replied, "You do look amazing with those wings and you are flying much better than I did when I first got my wings! Maybe you will have you teach Colgate how to fly better." "You have transformed her into an Alicorn too?" said a stunned Rarity "Yes," replied Twilight "I need as many Alicorns as possible for my plans. I plan on transforming Lyra, Lemon Hearts and the rest of our friends into Alicorns as well." "Twilight, how are you going to transform non-unicorns into Alicorns?" asked Rarity "I did a lot of studying and the materials in the Starswirl the Bearded material gave me the information I need. I am going to take care of Lyra and Lemon Hearts first, then I will take care of our friends." said Twilight "Alright, I really have to get back to work, I have a lot of orders to fill. Talk to you later Twilight." replied Rarity "Talk to you later Rarity." said Twilight Twilight saw Lyra and Lemon Hearts having a mid morning snack at the cafe so she decided to go over to talk to them. "Hi Lyra. Hi Lemon Hearts." said Twilight "Hi Twilight, how are you doing?" asked Lyra "I'm doing good. I need to say something very important to you two. But I need you to stand right next to each other." replied Twilight "Why do we need to stand together?" asked Lemon Hearts "You just do." replied Twilight Twilight's horn began to glow purple as she pointed her horn at them. They looked scared but knew that if they didn't stay still Twilight would punish them. Twilight began to send energy to them and recited, "From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate." After the energy hit them they said in unison, "Queen Twilight, we are at your service. We shall do anything you ask of us!" Twilight replied, "That is good to hear. You can just call me Twilight or Twily. I prefer things to be more laid back. I need you two to stay standing together." "Alright Twilight, we will do that." said Lyra Lemon Hearts and Lyra did what Twilight requested as they knew that disobeying Twilight would not be a very wise Idea. Twilight pointed her horn at them and it began to glow. She recited, "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these smarts they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate." Energy began to envelop them and they began to levitate. The energy encircled them for three minutes and then the energy dissipated. They floated to the ground using their new wings. "Wow," said Lyra "I can fly! How did you do that?" "This is amazing!" said Lemon Hearts "Now we can get to where we're going a lot faster!" "I did it using a spell I wrote that I created after studying information in the archives. I need you two to come over to my tower at 5:30. Colgate will be meeting me at that time as well. There are things we need to discuss. After that, you will be treated to a supper like you have never seen." said Twilight "See you then Twilight, we are going to get back to our meal!" replied Lyra The two new Alicorns sat down to finish their meal while Twilight headed to Sugarcube Corner. She figured the rest of her friends would be there since it was their normal get together time. Twilight got to Sugarcube Corner and was greeted by Pinkie. "Hi Twilight, you want to join us? We're having some cake!" said Pinkie Twilight replied, "Sure. But first I need all four of you to stand together over in that corner. This is important." "Oh, and what is so important about it that we have to stand in a specific place Twilight?" asked an irritated Rainbow Dash Twilight glared at her. Rainbow realized that she better do what Twilight says because even though they are friends, not listening to her would not be in her best interests. Twilight lowered her head, pointed her horn at her friends and it began to glow. Twilight recited, "From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate." The energy hit her friends and stunned them. They looked like they had just woke up and they wiped their eyes. In unison they said, "Twilight, we are willing to do anything you want us to." Twilight replied, "Well how about we have some snacks before I do the other thing I want to do." Applejack replied, "What do y'all have planned for us Twilight?" "I want to keep that a surprise girls." replied Twilight "But I do think that you will like it." They wound up having a snack that was large enough that it could be considered a meal. Twilight replied, "Wow, I think this is the first time I have ever stuffed myself so much here." Fluttershy said, "Well the food is even yummier today than it normally is. When were you going to do that other thing that you wanted to do Twilight?" "Now." replied Twilight "I need the four of you to go outside. Applejack, Pinkie, I need you two to stand together first. I promise you this won't hurt. "Okie dokie!" replied Pinkie "Ah certainly hope it doesn't hurt." replied Applejack Applejack and Pinkie stood together as Twilight lowered her head and pointed her horn at them. Applejack looked scared but Pinkie looked as excited as she could be and started jumping up and down. "Pinkie, I need you to stand still for this. If you are jumping around it won't work." said Twilight "Ok Twilight, I'm sorry. I'm just excited!" replied Pinkie Twilight again lowered her head and pointed her horn at them. It began to glow and she recited, "The ponies without magic or flight are in a bind, for they feel like they have fallen behind, they work themselves to death, even to their very last breath, for now with magic and wings, great things shall be what life brings." This spell required much more energy than the spell for unicorns. Her energy hit her friends with more power but it did not harm them. They began to levitate and they realized strange things were happening to them. They felt a horn growing out of their head and they felt wings growing from the sides of their back. After five minutes the energy dissipated and they floated back to the ground with their new wings. Pinkie began to fly around shouting "Weee, this is fun!" She then crashed into a tree and shouted, "Twilight is this supposed to happen?" Twilight replied, "Pinkie, you are going to crash until you learn how to fly. Applejack, why don't you give flying a try." "Ah don't know Twilight," said Applejack "Ah am not sure about this whole getting off the ground stuff." Twilight replied, "Applejack, we need you to fly for everything we need to do." "Oh ok, Twilight." said Applejack "I'll do it for you and whatever it is you have planned for us." Applejack began to fly around, a little wobbly at first but very quickly she mastered flight and was soaring around the sky. Rainbow Dash said, "Wow Applejack! You and I are going to have to go flying sometime!" Applejack landed down in front of Twilight and asked, "Well, how did I do?" "You did great Applejack! Maybe you and Rainbow can help Pinkie with her flying skills. We can't have her crashing into trees all the time." replied Twilight Rainbow Dash said, "Applejack, are you sure you didn't already have a bit of pegasus within you because you flew like it was natural for you!" Applejack replied, "Ah shucks Rainbow, I don't know if I did that good." Twilight said, "Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, I need you two to stand together now." Rainbow said, "You got it boss!" Fluttershy said, "Will it hurt me?" Twilight replied, "No Fluttershy, it won't hurt you. It hasn't hurt anypony else so let's do this." Rainbow and Fluttershy stood together as Twilight lowered her head and pointed her horn at them. It began to glow and she recited, "The ones who can fly like to fly free, they desire the powers that allow the unicorn to be, they wish so much to levitate and create, rather than berate, for the winged ones now have magic, without that it would be tragic." Like with every other transformation she has done, they began to levitate and energy encircled them for three minutes. They began to feel a horn growing from their heads. Rainbow Dash thought this was awesome while Fluttershy was scared of what it might do to her. The energy dissipated and they both floated to the ground. Rainbow Dash put her hoof up to her head and felt her horn and she shouted, "THIS IS SO AWESOME!" Twilight addressed all of her friends. "Now that you are Alicorns, I am going to have to teach you magic since it doesn't just come naturally to ponies who were pegasi or earth ponies before their transformations." "Study? Really?" said a shocked Pinkie "Yes Pinkie, study." replied Twilight "I can't teach you everything in a matter of one week but I will teach you enough that we can make my next endeavor a success. That will require learning how to levitate things and firing bolts of energy just in case we are fired on. We probably won't but it never hurts to prepare for anything and everything." "Ah'm hungry Twilight. I better get back to the farm so I can eat some lunch." said Applejack Twilight replied, "Actually, I need all of you to come with me to my tower. We will have lunch there and relax for the afternoon. Rarity, Colgate, Lyra and Lemon Hearts will be arriving around 5:30 for a big supper which will be followed by discussing our plans for what I want to do. Shining Armor and my generals from each type of army I have will be joining us as well. All of you go ahead to my tower and get ready for lunch. I have one more thing I need to take care of." "What is that Twilight?" asked Fluttershy "I am going to release the ponies from Fillydelphia. I probably should have let them go sooner but it didn't cross my mind." replied Twilight "That is so nice of you Twilight. Ah was wondering when you were going to let them go." said Applejack Twilight headed over to the area east of her tower where her slaves were being held. They all rushed to the base of her tower causing her to have to circle back. The Fillydelphia mayor asked, "Queen Twilight, what do you wish for us to do?" Another pony asked, "Why haven't you had us doing anything since we mined all that iron for you?" Twilight replied, "Well I haven't had you do anything for me here lately because there really hasn't been anything to do. As far as what I wish for you to do. I want you to return home, I am releasing you. I have a passenger train large enough for all of you to ride home in comfortably over at the train station that will leave for Fillydelphia once all of you are on board." "Seriously?" asked the mayor "You're letting us go?" "Yes," replied Twilight "I feel really bad for what I did but you may return to your homes and families." The Fillydelphia ponies headed over to the train station and got aboard the train. Once all of them were on board it took off to the northeast to take them home. Twilight knew that what she did was wrong but she thought to herself, "I needed laborers and I didn't want to make my changelings do the work. Now that I have let them go I feel like I have made everything right." Rarity saw what Twilight did and flew over to the train station. Rarity said, "Twilight, you let them go home?" Twilight replied, "Yes Rarity, I let every single one of them go home. I need you to close shop early today because you are invited to lunch and then we have things to discuss." "I just closed for lunch. I will keep the boutique closed for the rest of the day so we can do what we need to do." said Rarity "Good," replied Twilight "let's go get some lunch, I'm starving. Besides our friends are waiting on us."