The newly crowned and newly formed began to walk in a procession down the long hall to the large doors at the other end. One by one they exited the room full of screaming ponies.
The second all six of them had stepped out, the great doors closed with a quick whoosh.
Silence filled the tense air for a moment.
“OH MY GOODNESS PUDDING!” screamed a delighted Pinkie Pie.
“I do have to agree with Pinkie!” squealed Rarity. “I’m now absolutely gorgeous! I mean, really! Look at these wings!” She elegantly spread her wings and went into a modeling pose. “And my legs!” She then extended a foreleg in a very slow and flirtatious manner.
“That’s nice, Rar.” Rainbow Dash cut in. “But all this new strength and the size of my new wings are sure to make me fly at a wicked speed!”
“Yeah!” Added Applejack. “I bet you in this form I could buck all the apples on the farm in one day!”
“One question though.” Fluttershy softly interrupted. “Are we able to use magic now? And if we are, how?”
“Well,” Twilight began. “You would just need a little practice.”
“And how in the hey are we supposed to change back?” Applejack incredulously asked.
“Let me try something…” Twilight mumbled.
She closed her eyes and thought to herself, “I want to go back to normal! I want to go back to normal! I WANT TO GO BACK TO NORMAL!”
Nothing happened.
Taking a deep breath, she tried something else.
Still with her eyes clamped shut, she began to picture herself as she was earlier that day.
Twilight kept focusing on this image and suddenly, she felt a familiar burning throughout her body, although this time it lasted for what seemed like a millisecond.
After the pain had vanished, she opened her eyes and looked down at herself. Twilight saw that she was back to her original self.
“Thank god!” Rainbow exclaimed. “If you didn’t figure out how to do that, I would have been kicked off the team because of my ‘unfair advantage.’”
“Whatever did you do, Twilight? asked a curious Rarity.
“I pictured myself as I normally am and focused on it. How about you guys try it?”
There was a jumbled agreement as the five other ponies closed their eyes. A look of concentration was plastered on all of their faces.
Suddenly, at around the same time, the ponies standing before Twilight shone bright, but the light quickly died.
Standing before her were Twilight’s plain, old friends.
“Good ta’ know.” grumbled Applejack.
“Can I go to my room, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?” asked a very anxious Pinkie Pie.
“Well, I think we all should. It’s been a long day. Good night, everypony!” Twilight called a as she began to walk down a corridor that headed to her new suite.
She heard choruses of ‘good night!’ and ‘pleasant dreams’ as she walked along.
Truthfully, Twilight was exhausted, but she needed some time and space to get used to the new changes going on around her.
As Twilight was turning a corner, she bumped into a pony who was standing against the wall.
“Oh sorr-” she began but then she realized who it was.
“Hello, Twilight my dearest.”