//------------------------------// // A Spell Gone Wrong // Story: Trixie the Griffon and the Great and Powerful Gilda // by Smileyface1010 //------------------------------// "A-A GRIFFON? But how? Trixie's spell went just as it was supposed to! Somepony must have gotten in the way! Or some griffon... Wait! Who is in my body? Show yourself!" Gilda, hearing someone shouting nearby, reluctantly came out of the bushes she was hiding in. She looked around angrily, trying to find whoever did this to her. It wasn't long before she found herself staring at... herself. Whoever was controlling her body turned around and the two just stared into each other's eyes, speechless. It was a good two minutes before the two looked away from each other. But immediately when they did, both of them got a throbbing headache worse than they ever had before. It was about three minutes before it passed. Gilda spoke first. "Y-YOU'RE THE LAME-O WHO TURNED ME INTO A UNICORN?!? WHY ARE YOU IN MY BODY? WHAT WAS THAT HEADACHE? CHANGE ME BACK, YOU... YOU... UM... GRIFFON!!!" she growled, trying her best to intimidate her. Of course it's hard to intimidate someone when you're a blue unicorn. Trixie was still too shocked for words. Her eyes were filled with fear, confusion, and pain. "T-Trixie can explain! At least... she thinks she can." Trixie turned away from the unicorn to think. But it seemed harder to concentrate in this new body. Trixie did read somewhere that unicorns have a clearer mind and concentrate better than other species... wasn't it because of their magic? Oh never mind that! I need to think! Let's see... The only way Trixie could be a griffon right now is if one walked in the way of my spell. Wasn't her name Gilda? Anyways, if I'm her and she's me, then where's Twilight? The alicorn was nowhere to be seen. Must've left while we we were passed out- "HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU, DWEEB! CHANGE ME BACK! I CAN'T BE A UNICORN! THIS IS SO LAME!" Trixie had no choice but to talk to her. "I-I don't know how!" She couldn't remember the reverse spell from her book. If there was a reverse spell. But she couldn't do any spells in the first place without a horn. I have to go back to the train station to get that book! She looked over at Gilda, who looked ready to kill her. "Listen!" said Trixie. "J-just come with me! I'll explain everything on the way!" After realizing she had just snapped, Gilda had no choice but to follow her and try her best to keep her cool. "Sup," she said. "The name's Gilda. Just.. get me back to my old cool self, and I promise I won't kill you." Trixie sighed. She didn't know what exactly happened or what she was going to do, but she needed Gilda's help. "Ok, so here's what I think happened..." Some pegasi were moving clouds above their heads, and a light rain had began. "Trixie- er, I, was hiding in that bush you woke up in, spying on my worst enemy, Twilight Sparkle. You know, the alicorn princess who has everything and I don't... Um, anyways, I was preparing a GREAT and POWERFUL spell that would make me switch lives with her. You must've gotten in the way though, and now..." "So you were jealous of your lame friend and you used your magical horn on her but you used it on me instead." said Gilda. "Alright, cool. But that doesn't explain the terrible headache." Gilda had almost vomited it was so bad, and she was pretty sure it was the same for Trixie. "One, Twilight is NOT Trixie's friend. Two, I think the headaches are a side effect of the spell. If we stare at each other for too long, they will come back. Three, Twilight Sparkle will NEVER be Trixie's friend." Gilda glared at her, still trying to say cool. It was hard with her being so arrogant, but for some reason, her mind seemed... clearer than it usually was. Like she could concentrate better. By the time the two got to the train station, the light drizzle had turned into a heavy rain, and they were both soaking wet. Luckily Trixie's things still lay in a small pile on the train station platform. "Okay, so what are we doing here?" Gilda was losing her patience. She just wanted to be turned back as quickly as possible. "Trixie needs to find her book of highly advanced spells to look up how to reverse this." It felt strange without the usual weight of her horn on her forehead. She wondered how Gilda was doing in her body. Trixie used her claw to open her suitcases and saddle bags. It is easier to have claws instead of hooves. Although immediately after opening the first suitcase, water dumped out and the contents inside were soaking wet. The next suitcase was the same. So were all of the saddle bags. Trixie found her book in the last bag, only to see it was wet like everything else. It's pages were tearing out and the ink was bleeding, making it unreadable. "No! The Great and Powerful Trixie can't read this! Now how am I- er, we, going to switch ourselves back? This book cost a good ten bits, too!" Gilda couldn't take it anymore. She had had enough of Trixie's annoyance. "I'm going to fix this myself," she muttered under her breath. While Trixie was yelling about her book at the clouds above, Gilda snuck off. ***** Several minutes later, Trixie turned around to find Gilda gone. "W-where did you go? Trixie needs you to reverse the spell!" She looked everywhere around the station, but the unicorn was nowhere to be found. She must be back in town. I need to find her. Before she left, Trixie looked at the train schedule. Three hours. All I have to do is find Gilda, find a way to reverse this, somehow get my stuff dry, and make it back to the train in three hours. Trixie has her hooves full... She looked at her claws with sadness. Then she looked behind her and spread her large, brown, griffon wings. Maybe it'll be easier to find her if I fly over town. Trixie gulped, hoping flying was as easy as it looked. She flapped her wings as fast as she could. It didn't take many flaps before she was off the ground. She was going higher and higher until Trixie realized she didn't know how to stop. She was going higher than the clouds. Trixie panicked and closed her wings, letting herself fall. She closed her eyes and prepared for the worst, but instead of hitting the hard ground, she felt something soft beneath her. Opening her eyes, Trixie discovered she had landed on a cloud. "Amazing!" Trixie said out loud. She stood up and walked in a small circle. But her fascination didn't last long. She had a unicorn to find. Spreading her wings again, Trixie flapped slower than she did last time. She rose higher in the air. Trixie flapped faster and slower until she found a pace where she was hovering. Now to go forward. She leaned forward slightly and her wings obeyed, making her go forward. I think I'm getting the hang of this! It wasn't long before Trixie was flying over town, scanning everywhere for a sign of Gilda. Surprisingly, she found what she was looking for fairly quickly. A blue unicorn was walking out of a small building. Trixie swooped down towards it, only to realize she was coming in too fast for a landing. It was too late to fly back up. Trixie crashed into the unicorn, making them both tumble several feet. Trixie got up first. "Gilda!" she exclaimed. "I'm so sorry, but Trixie needs you to find the reverse spell!" Only this mare wasn't Gilda. "Gilda? Who the hay is that?" Her coat was the wrong shade of blue with a navy blue and white mane. She got up, brushed herself off, and walked inside the building. Trixie looked up at the building. In large letters it read COLGATE'S DENTISTRY. She facehoofed. With a claw. Well that's enough flying for one day, she thought. Trixie wandered around a little bit, unsure where to go. "Hey, there she is!" "Oh yeah! Hey Gilda! What are you doing slacking off?" Two griffons were coming straight toward her. And neither of them looked happy. "Decided to hang around Ponyville for a little while, huh?" said the first one. "No! You don't understand! I'm not-" "Yeah yeah yeah, we don't want to hear your excuses!" said the second one, who grabbed her claw. "Come on now, you have work to do!" He flew up, dragging Trixie into the air. She had no choice but to flap her wings while the two griffons flew her to the Griffon Kingdom. ***** Gilda wandered aimlessly around town, looking for anything that might change her back to normal. After stealing the last bag of hay chips from the snack stand, she didn't know what to do. There didn't seem to be anything helpful in the town square, so she wandered into the outskirts of Ponyville. Even though she just wanted to be back to her old self, Gilda's mind still couldn't get off Rainbow Dash. She remembered all the good times they had together. She was her best friend, and now she was gone. Stop thinking of all this cheesy stuff, Gilda! Dash used to be cool, but she's just another lame-o now. She told you off, the jerk! As if on cue, Gilda found herself standing right underneath Rainbow Dash's cloud home. She sighed, wondering how she was doing here in Ponyville without her. I would give anything just to be friends with you again. A squirrel ran by Gilda's hoof. She wanted to catch it and eat it, but something told her not to. "Mr. Squirrley! Come back!" The voice was coming from behind Gilda. She turned around to see a strangely familiar yellow pegasus crash straight into her. "Oh, I'm so, so sorry! Are you okay?" Her voice was soft. Gilda knew she had seen this pony before somewhere... "Just get off of me, dweeb!" she shouted. The pony whimpered as she got up. She started to walk away, but she hesitated and turned back around. "Wait, y-you're Trixie? Oh my gosh, I'm so, so sorry! Please don't hurt me!" The pony was starting to tear up. Of course, thought Gilda. This is the pony you ran into and yelled at the last time you were here. "Actually, I'm not Trixie. I'm... Gilda." "G-G-Gilda? B-but aren't you in Trixie's body?" Now she was starting to shake out of fear. "Yeah, it's a long story. But listen, I need your help. You're friends with Rainbow Dash, right? ***** It wasn't long before Gilda was telling Fluttershy all of the feelings she had about Rainbow Dash. They were walking to Sugarcube Corner, since Fluttershy needed to pick up something there. "Well, we were best buds back in flight school, and we loved hanging out with each other, racing and doing all sorts of cool stuff. Then when we both graduated, I had to go back to the Griffon Kingdom to make some bits for myself. Dash went to Ponyville to also get a little money. We had the same dream in mind- to become racers. We agreed that when our dreams came true, we would see each other again." Fluttershy stayed quiet, listening to everything Gilda had to say. "Next thing you know I'm coming to Ponyville to visit her. And I'll admit it, I was a jerk to everypony else, including you." Gilda looked up at Fluttershy, as if saying sorry. "She told me off in front of everyone, pretty much saying we weren't friends anymore." she sighed. "I never really thought about Dash that much after that. Apparently she didn't think about me either, and she became one of the fastest ponies in Equestria and even got into the Wonderbolts Academy. But now I'm back here, in Trixie's body, and I can't stop thinking about her and... I'm jealous, alright! I just wish I could be like her, with tons of fans and a future Wonderbolt!" Gilda suddenly got quiet. "I just wish... we could be friends again." Fluttershy finally spoke. "Well... um... why don't you try apologizing to Rainbow Dash? I'm sure she'll forgive you, she's a really nice pony. Then maybe you can hang out again." Fluttershy's voice was barely audible. Gilda considered this, but said nothing. But by then the two arrived at Sugarcube Corner, which once again looked strangely familiar to Gilda... "No! We can't go here! This is the place Dash told me off!" "Oh, I'm sure it'll be fine. Rainbow Dash can't be in there. She told me she would be stuck at meetings all day in the weather building." She walked inside. Gilda had no choice but to follow. "Hey Fluttershy! Having a super fun day, because I am! This morning, I was playing with the Cake twins and- Oh look! You brought a friend!" Pinkie Pie. Oh Celestia, why...