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// Chapter 11 
// Story: Twilight's Transmutation 
// by Epicburst 
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Twilight's Transmutation
Chapter 11


"Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash yelled as loud as her lungs would let her, begging for the yellow Pegasus to return. Before she knew it, all that was left was a small streak of yellow vanishing in the distance.

Rainbow Dash turned towards Applejack. "Is that what you wanted AJ!" Applejack was stunned, the blue Pegasus's anger seethed with anger. "Now what do I do!"

Applejack sighed and walked over to her distressed friend. "Ya need to go find her sugarcube." Rainbow Dash huffed and flew off in the the same direction.

Applejack turned to head back home, just realizing that her brother was still there holding the cart looking overall uncomfortable. Applejack laughed. "Sorry 'bout that Big Mac, guess we didn't need the cart after all."

"Eeyup."





Rainbow Dash spent the next three hours zipping around Ponyville, desperate to find her missing friend. Rainbow Dash got particularly worried when she searched the cottage. The once calm and quite place on the edge of the Everfree was now in an uproar. Animals were running all over the place, tearing up the gardens and the house, all in a desperate attempt to find their food.

Rainbow Dash didn't get finished with the animals until late afternoon. Rainbow Dash groaned. Angel thought that it would be funny to play pranks on her all day, so now her feathers were matted with red paint, and her mane was slightly burned. Rainbow Dash could not understand how Fluttershy was able to deal with all of these creatures.

Frustrated, exhausted, and wet, Rainbow Dash cantered into Ponyville. She knew that if anypony in Ponyville could locate Fluttershy, it would be Twilight.

To Rainbow Dash, it felt like hours to make it from Fluttershy's cottage to the library. Her entire body was aching, her head was throbbing, and along the way she tripped and fell on her face, but finally, after a totally not cool walk, she made it to Golden Oaks Library.

Rainbow Dash pounded her hoof against the door, causing it to splinter slightly. When nopony answered, she just knocked harder. there was no way she was going to miss this chance to find Fluttershy, no way in Tartarus.

Seconds after Rainbow Dash began her furious pounding, Spike answered the door. As soon as he did,  he was knocked aside by Rainbow Dash.

"Twilight!" She called as she rushed into the library. "Twilight where are you!"

Rainbow Dash stopped as she heard hoovesteps from the basement.

"Spike? What's going on?" Twilight asked as she appeared from the basement wearing a blindfold and a cone shaped hat.

"Rainbow Dash is here." Spike said, brushing himself off and closing the front door.

Twilight levitated the hat and blindfold off to the side. "Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelled, jumping back she saw Rainbow Dash's glaring face right up against hers.

"Find her!" Rainbow Dash said coldly, her body trembling with repressed emotion.

"Sorry?"

"Find Fluttershy! She could be anywhere by now! She could be hurt for all we know, she could even be d-"

Twilight magically zipped Rainbow Dash's mouth shut, effectively cutting her off. "Calm down Rainbow Dash." Twilight said as she trotted to her desk. "Spike, can you get me Location: Where are they now?" Spike got up and began completing her request. "Rainbow Dash," Twilight looked at her friend, who was now desperately trying to remove the magical zipper. " I need you to keep calm, when I remove the zipper, tell me what happened."

Rainbow Dash took a deep breath as her zipper was removed. "Twilight it's all my fault! Fluttershy overheard me and Applejack talking and she flew away crying, I looked for hours and nopony knows where she is." Rainbow Dash looked at Twilight desperately. "Please Twilight, you have to find her, she never went back to her house."

Twilight's eyes went wide with concern, Fluttershy would never leave her animal friends alone. "Rainbow Dash, how upset was Fluttershy when she flew away?"

Rainbow Dash cringed. She never wanted to remember her friends like that. The complete heartbreak in her eyes, all she did was watch as she made somepony's life go straight to Tartarus. "She looked terrible . . ." Rainbow Dash fell back on her rump, tears flowing down her cheeks. "S-She looked absolutely heartbroken . . . and it's all my fault."

Twilight got up and nuzzled her friend. "Listen to me Rainbow, Fluttershy needs her friends more then ever right now. That energy she has is really unstable, a sudden abnormal mood shift could cause unknown affects to her. This spell is going to take about an hour to perform, so I need you to gather our friends and bring them back here. You also need a bath." Rainbow Dash nodded and flew off into the sky.






Look at it
Yes I see it
Do you know what this means
Yes, it looks like Celestia cares for us after all
Can we eat it now
No, we need to enjoy our hunt first


Fluttershy moaned, it was hard to follow the expressionless voices. She couldn't tell which direction they were coming from, she hardly even believed they were even there. Despite this, Fluttershy knew it was time to get up, she had to feed the animals. No matter how sad she was, she had to get out of her bed and feed the animals. Fluttershy repeated this to herself over and over again. Building up her resolve to get out of bed.Finally, Fluttershy knew it was now or never, and decided it was time to get up. She yawned quietly and lifted herself off the bed.

Wait. Fluttershy paused. Why can't I get up? Fluttershy was deep in thought when the realization hit her. She didn't have any legs. Fluttershy sighed and rolled on her stomach, readying herself for flight. Fluttershy began flapping her wings, the dull throbbing of morning quickly working out of her muscles. Wait. The dull throbbing quickly grew into searing pain, causing Fluttershy to cry out and open her eyes.

Fluttershy's image of her bedroom crumbled, and what was left over was a dark, scary, evil place. The Everfree Forest. Fluttershy looked around, collecting herself. She was in the deep in the Everfree Forest, alone, on her side, unable to move. Fluttershy looked over herself, her right wing was a mess. Smeared with mud and speckled with small twigs and pebbles. Her left wing was a different story. It was coated in blood, about half of the feathers were gone, and the others either loose or broken.

What happened? Fluttershy thought as she looked around. All she saw was trees. Lucky for her she crashed in a small clearing. Fluttershy realized that her neck strained sooner then usual, indicating that she could no longer turn her head. Fluttershy sighed as her memory returned. 

I-I was attacked. M-my wing and my face. Fluttershy wasn't positive, but she was pretty sure that one of her eyes got hurt as well.

Can we play with it now?
Pretty please?
Just remember what happened to your Uncle Nexus, he wanted to do the same thing and now he's stuck in a beaver dam.

Fluttershy's eyes widened. Who was that? If somepony is here with me, maybe they could help! A big grin crept up on Fluttershy's face, she was going to be saved! Rainbow Dash came for her after all!

"Dashie! I-I'm so sorry! Please help me!" Fluttershy began to yell softly, almost at regular talking volume. Rainbow Dash did love her! How could she think any different? Fluttershy's heart began pounding in her chest as branches and twigs began to snap somewhere in front of her. Any moment now Dashie is going to save me! I need to thank her somehow! I can fix her dinner? No, I need hooves for that. I can take her out to eat! Yay she is going to be so-

Fluttershy's hopes and dreams were decimated as her eyes focused on the three forms approaching her. Fluttershy squeaked and closed her eyes, hoping that what she was seeing wasn't real, hoping that it was just her exhausted brain playing tricks on her.

Fluttershy's eyes filled with tears. With her eyes closed, she wracked her panicking brain desperately to remember Pinkie Pie's song that helped her on so many occasions. Remembering the song, she began stammering the words.

"G-giggle at the g-ghostly, g-guffaw at the-" Fluttershy stopped her desperate attempt to calm herself as one of the creatures snarled at her.Fluttershy began to shudder, she remembered the signs, they were all there, the sounds they made, the smell of their breath, the way they stalked, the creaks and groans of their limbs. Fluttershy began to sob silently as she realized that she would be devoured by Timberwolves.





"What do you mean Fluttershy's lost Darling?" Rarity asked in between yawns. 

Rarity was exhausted, Rainbow Dash came barging through her bedroom window in the middle of the night and began yelling at her. When she finally calmed down, Rainbow Dash told her to hoof it to the library, that it was some kind of life and death situation. For how much Rainbow Dash was worked up about this, it better be.

"I already told you Rarity!" Rainbow Dash yelled, glaring at her. "Fluttershy's in trouble and we need to help her!"

Applejack stepped in between the two. "Now Rainbow, ya need ta stop yer yellin'. Ya barged into all our homes, begin yellin' something about the library, and Fluttershy, and then ya flew off. So explain to us, what they hay is going on?"

Rainbow Dash began to pace around the library, clearly annoyed about them wasting time. "After Fluttershy flew off earlier, she didn't come back, I asked Twi' about it and she's working on a spell right now." 

Applejack noticed Rainbow Dash begin to wobble, and put a hoof on her shoulder to steady her. "Yer clearly exhausted sugarcube, why don't ya-"

"NO!" Rainbow Dash yelled and jumped back out of her comforting hoof. "Fluttershy is alone, feeling absolutely miserable, and it's my fault! I'm not resting until I get the chance to apologize!" Rainbow Dash glared daggers at her friends, clearly daring them to challenge her decision any further.

Twilight chose that time to walk out of the basement with Spike on her back. When she opened the door, she was greeted by Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity arguing. Rainbow Dash clearly didn't take her suggestion about taking a bath, and still looked like she lost a fight with a dust tornado.

Twilight sighed, Why doesn't she just calm down? With barely a thought, Twilight teleported in between Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "Girls!" Twilight yelled, breaking the tension and causing everypony to flinch. "The spell is all prepared but-"

"If it's prepared then lets go already!" Rainbow Dash said, taking to the air and already halfway to the door.

Twilight grunted in annoyance, and pulled Rainbow Dash back with her magic. "But a proper spell would have taken to long to complete." Getting a roomful of confused looks, Twilight elaborated. "You see, location magic is very difficult, especially if you don't know where you're looking in the first place, and if you don't know what you're looking for. Originally, location spells that are targeted on a pony would be activated by their life essence . . . but because we don't know if she's still alive or not, It was faster to prepare a minor transmutation that would let us see her magic."

Rainbow Dash's mind went blank. We don't know if she's alive or not . . . How could she say that?! Does she really think Fluttershy is dead? Her body lying somewhere outside, her final thoughts before her death being of them together, wrapped in an embrace, huddled in a blanket by the fire. Fluttershy would have usually made her tea, but because she had no hooves, Rainbow Dash would give it her best shot. Rainbow Dash would have put it in a small bowl with a straw for her friend, and she would make a joke about how bad the tea tasted. Fluttershy would try and reassure her that the tea wasn't that bad, and eventually the comfort of the fire would get to them, and they would fall asleep, Rainbow Dash would spread a wing over her, and she would lay on her belly, and they would be happy.

"Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow Dash jumped, her daydream shattering as the voice pierced her subconscious. Rainbow Dash took a shaky breath and looked around the room. Half expecting Fluttershy to be next to her, them laying by the fire of her cottage, but instead, she saw three concerned mares looking at her.

"Are you alright darling?" Rarity asked.

Rainbow Dash blushed slightly and turned from their concerned gazes. "I-I'm fine, I just got distracted, that's all. So what were you saying about the transmutation Twilight?"

Twilight sighed softly, knowing that something she said struck a cord with Rainbow Dash. "This transmutation is targeted at your magic. It's going to be redirected, and then focused, in order to see magical essences." Twilight noticed her friends began shifting nervously, the last time she tried a transmutation that affected magic ended horribly. "Don't worry girls, I already calculated the cost. Because this is going to be redirecting magic, I also have to pull magic out of certain areas. This is going to render you unable of flight Rainbow Dash, and Rarity and I will be unable to use magic."

Twilight looked around the room, into the eyes of the three flabbergasted ponies.

"What about Applejack Darling?" Rarity asked, giving a concerned glance to the mare in question.

Twilight looked down shyly. She spent hours researching the subject of earth pony magic, but sadly none of her books covered the subject, and there simply wasn't enough time to go to the Canterlot Archives and look for the book herself. With this crucial piece of information missing, she feared that her friends would not allow her to perform the transmutation, in fear that the same thing that happened to Fluttershy would happen to Applejack.

"I'm not exactly sure . . ." Twilight began apprehensively. "There simply isn't enough time to go to the Canterlot Archives and research about earth pony magic. Applejack, I understand if you wouldn't want to come, I would hate it for the something to happen to you."

Applejack put a comforting hoof on her friends shoulder. "Ah wouldn't miss this fer the world Twi' Ah'm going whether ya want me to or not." 

Twilight nodded and closed her eyes. She let her subconscious take control, telling it what she wanted, and just waiting for it to get done. Eventually, her mind took control, she took a deep breath and clapped her hooves together, a sharp ringing filled the air. As her hooves came down, the room was filled with a blue light. Twilight focused on breathing and telling her mind what she wanted done. She focused on the energy flowing from her hooves, through her friends, and back. She focused on the rivers of energy that flowed through them and began to move them towards their eyes. She then put a seal on the transmutation, making it so that the process could not be reversed until three hours passed. After that, the energy would then forcibly revert to its natural state.

Completing the process, she carefully released the transmutation circle. Hearing multiple thuds, she opened her eyes to see her friends picking themselves up, groaning softly.

Twilight focused on Rarity, she was surprised that her body began to fade, and that a small blue aura took her place. Blinking, her vision came to normal. The transmutation worked just like she wanted.

"Now all we have to do is look for Fluttershy, the transmutation is going to last for three hours, so we should find her as fast as possible."

Everypony nodded and walked out the door, ready to look for there missing friend.





Fluttershy sobbed quietly as the two Timberwolves stalked closer to her, she lost sight of the third, but she knew it couldn't be that far away. Fluttershy flinched when she heard a voice nearby.

"Is something wrong? You look funny. Did Mother fix you wrong?"

Fluttershy's eyes snapped open, desperately searching for the voice, but only finding two of the smallest Timberwolves she had ever set eyes on.

These wolves only came up to her neck, they didn't howl, or snarl, or snap at her either, they just sniffed her. Regular Timberwolves normally killed on sight, so then why wasn't she dead?

"M-Mother?" Fluttershy stammered softly, wishing to keep them talking enough in order to forget about eating her.

The Timberwolf on her left nodded swiftly. "Yea! When we brake, Mother fixes us! If you are a good Timberwolf and help feed your pack, you always get fixed. You look like a nice Timberwolf, why are you broken?"

Fluttershy caught her breath. Did he just say I was a Timberwolf?  Fluttershy wracked her brain for an answer that wouldn't seem suspicious. 

"I-um . . . am new here . . . and I . . .didn't meet her yet?" Fluttershy hid behind her mane. She didn't like lying to Timberwolves, the sooner she could run away, the better.

The two Timberwolves looked at her curiously, their eyes skimming across her slowly.

"Okay!" The Timberwolfon the right said. "Follow us and we will take you to our mom. She can get you fixed."

The two Timberwolves ran off deeper into the Everfree forest realizing, moments later, that Fluttershy wasn't following. They returned to a very funny sight. Fluttershy was on her side, Flapping her good wing desperately, trying to get airborne. The two Timberwolves broke down into a rambunctious laughing fit.

Fluttershy stopped her struggling. Great, just like flight camp all over again . . . Tears filled her eyes, but she fought them back. She had to stay calm, she had to stay alive. For Rainbow Dash.

"Could you carry me? I hurt my wing." Fluttershy asked shyly, wondering when the wolves would figure out that she was in fact a pony, and not a Timberwolf.

Eventually, through a process of events that couldn't be explained other then Timberwolf teamwork, Fluttershy found herself laying across the back of both of the wolves. Moving slowly out of the clearing and towards the heart of the Everfree Forest.

Fluttershy must have fallen asleep, because when the snarling started, she flinched and realized that the wolves carrying her were gone.

"Nito! Ignus! Why did you bring this creature here?" A strong voice said.

Fluttershy heard nervous shuffling off to her left. "S-she said that she was a broken Timberwolf Mama! We thought that The Mother could fix her!" The one apparently called Ignus said.

Fluttershy turned towards where the two Timberwolves were looking, only to be greeted by a bigger, stronger, faster looking Timberwolf. One that looked like it didn't have mercy towards lost, injured little ponies.

"Because you are still young, my children, I will forgive your ignorance. But you must understand. If she was a Timberwolf, The Mother would have fixed her as soon as she entered." Fluttershy flinched. Timberwolves can have children?! "Do not be confused children, how this pony speaks our tongue, I do not know, but it is a pony all the same." The mother wolf stepped closer to Fluttershy. "Now who wants to learn how to hunt a pony?"

Fluttershy's heart stopped. This was the end, the Timberwolves were going to eat her. Fluttershy closed her eyes and waited for the wolves to kill her. There was nothing that she could do. She had no legs thanks to Twilight Sparkle, and nothing else to look forward to thanks to Rainbow Dash. The creature that attacked her must have known that, it must have done this to give mercy to poor pathetic Fluttershy.

It's Twilight's fault I can't move. She almost killed me, and what did I get out of it? I can talk to animals! Hooray! That totally makes up for me almost dying three times and for my life being ruined. If Twilight's so great at magic than why can't she help me? Why can't Twilight make my pain go away? 

I wasted her life hiding behind a friend that didn't even like me. Rainbow Dash thinks she's so awesome just because she can fly around and do her stupid tricks that anypony with wings can do! Rainbow Dash doesn't even care about her! What kind of friend would want to leave her behind just so they can fight a dragon? What kind of friend always brags about her self? How could I possibly be fooled by somepony like Rainbow Dash? Rainbow Dash never loved me, she never even liked me, she only pitied me. The poor little Pegasus with no friends and can't even fly. Why would she think that Rainbow Dash would ever like me? The ponies at Flight Camp were right! I have no friends, only ponies that pitied me so much they sacrificed their time to grace my life with their presence.

Fluttershy's thoughts quickly became darker and darker, as she began realizing that nopony liked her, and that she would be alone forever. That all of her friends were just big meanies that laughed at her just like evrypony else. Why did Fluttershy cross the road? they would ask. Oh wait, she can't! She has no legs! She would show them, she would show them all. This isn't just New Fluttershy, no, this was NEW new Fluttershy! Not even Timberwolves could stop her!

Fluttershy opened her eyes, she was not going to hide from death, she was going to stare at it in the face. Fluttershy gasped, the three wolves that were going to kill and eat her were now writhing on the ground, burning. 

"Serves you right." Fluttershy mumbled. Fluttershy then began focusing on her wing. Closing her eyes, she channeled energy to her wing. It took only a matter of seconds before the energy began to restore her wing. Fluttershy sighed, the energy felt good, sort of like a tingly massage. She felt it getting stronger, new feathers grew, leaving no trace of the jagged scar underneath.  Next was her eye, the process was even faster this time, and Fluttershy could now open it again.

Fluttershy began to cough, which broke her concentration. Fluttershy coughed again, harder this time. She kept coughing until it almost turned into convulsions. Fluttershy opened her eyes and looked up, seeing the source of her coughing fit. The Everfree Forest was now ablaze. The creatures inside the Everfree Forest were in a panic, fleeing in every direction, but so did the flames. The fire began taking on different colors, feeding off the energy of the Everfree Forest. 

Fluttershy gasped as she realized what she has done. She has burned down the Everfree Forest.