//------------------------------// // Twilight Is Magic, Part Twilight // Story: My Little OPony: Twilight Is Magic // by cleverpun //------------------------------// "Well, that was a pleasant day yesterday," Twilight Sparkle said to herself. "Meeting all the ponies in this town while helping prepare for the Summer Sun Celebration was quite relaxing." Twilight's ear flicked. Her finely honed magic senses felt a disturbance in the Everfree Forest. "I must inspect this at once!" she said to nopony in particular. "I would not want anything to happen to my new friends!" In a flash of purple light, she vanished. Moments later, she appeared in the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters, deep inside Everfree Forest. "Show yourself, you monster!" she exclaimed. A thin black mist coiled along the floor. Slowly, carefully, the smoke began to pile upon itself, squelching and adjusting as if it were clay. Before long, a tall black alicorn stood in front of Twilight. "How did you know?" The alicorn demanded. "Princess Celestia told me all about you, Nightmare Moon! She would never keep any secrets from me!" Twilight's horn began to glow, and a bright golden necklace appeared on her neck. "Good thing I collected the Elements of Harmony last month in preparation for your return!" "Impossible!" Nightmare Moon spat. "Nopony can use all the Elements at once!" Twilight's eyes glowed a searing white. "I'm not just anypony." A white-hot streak of rainbow light struck Nightmare Moon. As her scream faded, a small blue alicorn stood in her place. Twilight held out a hoof and smiled. "Come on, Princess. It's time we took you home."