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Sweetie Belle and the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
19
Scorpius sat outside the office, scowling angrily at anyone who dared come within his line of sight.
His own brother, the little idiot, had been turned into a damn pony. Initially, he'd thought it was hilarious, but it looked like Phineas was ENJOYING being a beast of burden.
So, if he liked it so much, then Scorpius had made sure to make it all the more interesting.
He'd cast a rather potent mind swap spell on those two ponies. Luckily, the spell only works on beings of the same species, meaning a human could swap minds with another human, but couldn't swap minds with, say, a dragon, or a pony (normally).
Seeing Phineas like that had pissed him off so much that he'd gone and cast that spell. He actually hoped it had failed. If it worked, then that meant that his brother was truly a pony now, and not simply under some simple transmogrification spell.
But then, there's no way that the little Unicorn could cast a powerful metamorphosis spell, right? Besides, the barrier around the school would undo even that with ease.
Or rather, it should be able too.
Scorpius had, in fact, found the pair well outside the limits of the barrier, and Phineas was still a pony, meaning that whatever means that had been used to change him was even more powerful.
“Why should I care about what happens to him. I'm the one who's going to make Father proud. I'll become the most powerful wizard and bring honor back to the Malfoy name. No more pointing fingers and snickering behind our backs.”
Basically, the boy was deluded, like so many others who had never experienced the magic of friendship. Then again, knowing Scorpius, he'd try to manipulate it and bend it to his will. Magic and people were little more than tools to him and his goals.
“I wonder how my Little Bro.... heh, make that 'Little Sister' is reacting right about now. They should be coming out of the stun spell right about now.”
…
Phineas was currently clinging to the Cloud Skimmer like her life depended on it.
Sweetie Belle was simply standing on the clouds. If ever there was a look of one being unimpressed with something, Sweetie Belle was scoring a brutal twenty out of ten for the look she had on her face.
Mind you, that was after the scream that would have terrified sirens, banshees and other such monsters who used sound, screeches and screams to defeat or outright kill their targets.
“Phin?”
“Y-Yes Sweetie Belle?” Poor Phineas was, to say the least, normally afraid of heights. Without wings or his broom, he preferred to keep to the ground.
“This brother of yours...” Sweetie Belle turned her head and was now looking at her own body, which was currently housing her newest friend. “You won't miss him, will you?”
“Not particularity.”
Sweetie Belle grinned and rubbed her forehooves together. “Gooood.”
…
Scorpius was not normally one to get the heebee jeebees, but he had a sudden shiver run down his spine, like someone had just walked, or maybe even pranced, over his grave.
…
Sweetie Belle rubbed his muzzle, grimacing in pain. “Riiiight... My room is protected by an anti-boy barrier. Great... This is not going as I'd been hoping.”
“What do you need from your room?” Phineas asked, stepping into the room without any problem. “So, this is your room huh?” She turned and grinned at Sweetie Belle. “Hey, there's nothing you could do to stop me from looking around now, is there?”
Sweetie Belle shrugged. “Go ahead. I don't have anything to hide, and my personal belongings are locked up in my school supplied trunk which requires a password.”
Phineas chuckled. “Don't worry Sweetie. I wouldn't do that. Okay, maybe before when I was being a jerk, but not now.” He sighed. In just a few short days he went from not caring if Sweetie Belle got hurt, to actually understanding her a lot better. A few days being a pony had taught him a lot. He wasn't some dumb or stupid barnyard critter or some mindless exotic pet. No. He was still smart and capable.
“Ok, I need that candle on the desk, and a scroll, quill, ink and one of the scroll seals that I keep in the bottom drawer of the desk.”
Phineas went about and gathered everything up before returning it to the filly that was currently occupying his ponified body. She quickly returned, scroll in her mouth, quill behind an ear, vial of ink carefully balanced on her back and the unlit candle atop her head.
Sweetie Belle took everything from her body. “First off, we gotta do this quick before anyone comes back and catches us.” It had been a bit of a chore getting past the Fat Lady's portrait, but they'd somehow managed it.
He, that being Sweetie Belle, use Malfoy's wand and lit the candle. He then got to writing a letter while the candle warmed up. Once done, he applied the seal and set it into the fire. It lit up and flew off into Sweetie Belle's room and into the mirror.
“Okay, now what?” Phineas asked, her voice eliciting a squeak.
“We wait for a response.” Sweetie Belle replied.
A couple minutes later, a green wisp of smoke came from the mirror and went right for the candle, hitting it and transforming into a rolled up scroll.
Sweetie Belle unrolled it and blinked. “According to Princess Twilight, the only way to undo a body swap spell is to get the original caster to undo it, or to let it run out.”
Phineas paled. “Scorpius will never undo it. How long does it last?”
Sweetie Belle shrugged. “It all depends on how much power was put into the spell. It could last a few hours, a few days, or even permanently if the caster powered it up enough.”
“Considering he hit us with a knock out spell first, we have no idea how long he spent casting that spell.” The filly was NOT impressed.
Sweetie Belle nodded and read the rest of the letter. “And there's always a bad part to this spell. Only those effected can talk to each other about it. Anyone else, we can't tell them about it because the spell prevents talking about it. Even if someone were to spy on us, all they would hear is gibberish.”
“Basically, we'd sound like we were off our rocker.” Phineas scowled. “So we gotta get my brother to undo the spell before he leaves the school, or there's no telling when he'll come back again.”
Sweetie Belle nodded. “Ok, I'm totally lacking my normal magic... Let me try my wand.” He reached into the filly's name and pulled out the wand. He then attempted to cast a simple spell with no effect.
“As I thought...” Sweetie Belle frowned. “The Lunar Wand won't react without Unicorn magic.” He held it out for Phineas. “You try it now.”
Phineas nodded and took the wand in her mouth. “Illuminate.” She managed to mumble around the wand.
Nothing.
“But... why couldn't I cast a simple light spell?” The filly frowned.
Sweetie Belle didn't know the answer to that. He attempted the same spell using Phineas cast, and the boy's wand lit up nicely. “Well, I can use your wand normally. Oh right. I always grasp my wand in my magic. Do you think you can do that?”
“Maybe, if I knew how to do it in the first place.”
Sweetie Belle had a very annoyed Phineas look on his face. He'd seen it enough times to mimic it very well. Suddenly his face lit up. “In my saddlebags. I keep my spellbook from Princess Twilight in there. It taught me how to use my floating magic, so you should be able to learn how to do it if you read the book as well.”
Phineas nodded and headed back into the room to find said saddlebags.
While the filly was searching, the common room door opened and the other Prefect entered. Bill ' The Bull' Perkins was a strong built youth, having grown up on a muggle farm. He was always serious and Sweetie Belle always did her best to keep out of his way.
Bill walked in, look one look at 'Phineas' and stormed over. He grabbed the colt by the scruff of the neck and started back toward the entrance to boot him out.
“Bill, wait! It's me, Phineas.” He froze upon hearing the body's real name being blurted out. “Oh great, never mind...” Sweetie Belle deadpanned and let himself be hauled out of the Griffindor common room.
Bill tossed the colt out onto the platform. “Ma'am.” He turned to the painting which protected the Griffindor entrance. “Why was this Slytherin snake in our commons room? You KNOW no members of other houses are permitted within.”
“Well, dear me. I'd not seen him enter. Such a naughty boy. Did he do any damage?”
“Not that I could see. He was just standing there.” Bill replied.
The Fat Lady nodded. “Well, I guess we can overlook this just this once.”
Bill scowled. “Seriously? We should report this. A Slytherin in our House? We're going to have to change the password now.”
“That's a given.” The Fat Lady agreed.
Sweetie Belle muttered something under her breath, but turned and sat down by the railing. “I'll just wait for Sweetie Belle. We were together and she just had to get something from her room. She invited me in to wait in the common room.”
The Prefect growled. “I'm tired of that pony thinking she can get away with whatever she wants. I'll be reporting her to Headmistress Mcgonnagal. I don't care how popular she thinks she is.” The boy turned and stormed off to do exactly that.
Phineas emerged from the Griffindor room and blinked. “Why are you out here?” She asked.
“Bill Perkins hauled my flank out of there. Let's go someplace we can talk in private.”
Phineas nodded. “Oh, I put the candle and stuff into the saddlebags. I hope you don't mind.”
Sweetie Belle smiled cutely, which looked a little wrong on the colt's face. Still, Phineas didn't say anything. The pair left the Fat Lady behind and sought out the perfect place for privacy.
The Room of Requirement was the perfect place. Sweetie Belle had been in here already, and it had taken the pair a bit longer than they'd intended to locate it, thanks to the door not exactly always being there, and the specific requirements to open it. It was a good thing Sweetie Belle somehow remembered where the entrance was.
Finally entering the room, it was lain out like a nice common room, only rather than sofas and chairs, there were soft, cozy looking cushions in front of a nice big fireplace, the flame crackling away.
The pair took their seats and pulled out the book. Phineas opened the book and frowned. “I can't read any of this.” He gestured at the pony written language.
Sweetie Belle giggled. “Well, it's a good thing you have me here to help you. We have to try to get this done quickly, before your brother leaves.”
…
With Sweetie Belle's help, Phineas had somehow managed to figure out basic Unicorn levitation, and was now able to cast spells through the Lunar Wand, though said wand was a little difficult for the boy turned filly to manage.
Still, basic spells were no problem, so with that taken care of, the pair packed up and headed out to find a certain young wizard.
Well, finding him was not a problem, the problem was this; said boy was right outside the Headmistress's office. He was also not alone.
Bill Perkins was also sitting on the opposite end of the bench as Scorpius.
“Great. Bill and Scorpius.” Sweetie Belle frowned. “We have to get your brother away from there without bringing that big lug along as well.”
Phineas nodded. “I think I can manage a sleep spell on Bill, but he looks pretty big and tough. I don't know if it would be very effective on him. Scorpius always has some means to keep stuns and sleep spells from working on him.”
“I'll just pretend to be you and lure him away.” Sweetie Belle grinned. As he was about to round the corner, Phineas stopped him.
“Wait, no. He'll know. Trust me. I think I can levitate his wand away and get him to come after us.”
Sweetie Belle blinked. “That might work, though my range with my unicorn floating magic isn't that great.”
Phineas floated the Lunar Wand in her magic. “I think I can manage a levitation charm.” She peaked around the corner, took aim with the wand, knowing exactly where her brother kept his wand on his person. “Wingardium Leviosa.”
Scorpius was looking annoyed beyond belief, especially with that big mud blood sitting next to him. He almost didn't notice his wand slip out of his robes and fly off down the hall. “The hell?” He jumped up and chased after his wand.
Once it was within range of her Unicorn magic, Phineas grabbed the wand and moved it even faster than with the wizard charm, turned, and ran down the hall with Sweetie Belle galloping along next to her.
“You little pest... I'm going to make you pay for this stunt.”
The pair of ponies took off at full speed, keeping ahead of the boy, just barely. His longer legs let him move faster than would be expected for a bipedal species.
Winding through the halls, weaving about the other students and teachers while avoiding the now angry Scorpius, the pair finally reached their destination. One of many empty rooms. The young ponies dove in, and moments later, Scorpius burst through the door, seething anger on his face.
“So little Brother, it's come to this, has it? Siding with a bloody Griffindor, and a stupid little animal at that. When I am done with the both of you, the horror stories will be told for generations.” He reached into his sleeve and pulled out, to the pair of ponies horror, another wand.
And then he froze, an almost horrified look spreading across his face at the sight that befell his eyes.
A pair of ponies sat there, staring up at him with big, watery eyes and quivering lips.
“GAH!!! Stop that It's... It's...” He wanted to say creepy, but the levels of cute were just too much. “If I turn you back will you stop staring at me like that?”
“Pretty please?” The pair of ponies pleaded.
Scorpius wanted to run, but his legs wouldn't let him. He shuddered and flicked his wand, casting the counter spell.
Sweetie Belle and Phineas wobbled and blinked as they were suddenly back in their own bodies.
“We're back to normal.” Phineas grinned. “Well, sorta.” He stretched his wings.
“Ready for this Phin?”
“You bet.” The little Unicorn grinned and cast a simple charm.
As expected, Scorpius deflected it with a flick of his wand, and again and again as the pair of ponies pelted him with what little they could. “Hey, I turned you back to normal. Stop attacking me.”
Then Sweetie remembered something. A grin crossed her white lips, and her unicorn magic lit up as she attempted something she'd done once before in Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Grabbing Scorpius' robes, she pulled them over the boy's head and wrapped them up as best she could.
Phineas grinned and cast another spell, managing to disarm the human. It was lucky that there had been the pair of them. Just one alone would not have been able to keep the boy on the defensive, and even then the pair knew he would have gotten an attack off sooner or later and that would have been the end of everything.
But now, with him unarmed, the pair of ponies charged forward and knocked him down and sat on him to keep him from getting up so easily.
“Alright brother, listen and listen good.” The small Pegasus glared into the boy's eyes as Sweetie Belle freed just his face. “You are not going to mess with Sweetie Belle or myself ever again, in any way. Is that understood?”
Scorpius snarled, glared, then paused. All if a sudden he burst out laughing.
“What?” Sweetie Belle was confused, as was Phineas. “What's so funny?”
The boy sat up, chuckling as he got control of his laughter. “You finally stood up to me little brother. It's about time, you know that? As for leaving you and your little girlfriend alone, nope, not gonna happen. I'm going to keep messing with you and having fun while I'm stuck attending school again for the next couple months.”
“Can you turn him into a pony too?” Phineas bluffed.
Scorpius froze. “What? Wait, you wouldn't do that to me too, would you?”
Sweetie Belle nodded. “I would love too, but you know I can't do that again.” The filly frowned. She noticed the look of horror on Scorpius' face turn to a grin again. “But I'm sure Headmistress Mcgonnagal will give me permission to cast the spell again, just this once.”
“Wait, you said you can't cast it again.” Scorpius was a little concerned, seeing as there was pretty much nothing he could actually do at this moment, not without either of his wands.
Sweetie Belle shrugged. “I promised the headmistress I would not to turn anyone else into a pony. I still know the spell.” Another bluff, seeing as she still didn't know exactly what she'd done. That knowledge has faded with her becoming a normal little filly unicorn once again.
“F-fine. I'll leave the two of you alone.” The tangled up boy scowled and looked away. “Unless you mess with me, then the gloves come off, and you're not allowed to turn me into a pony if you start it.”
“Sounds fair.” Sweetie Belle released the boy and his wands were returned. “You returned us to our bodies, so we have no reason to mess with you unless you mess with us first, and you promised you'd leave us alone, so it's all good.”
Scorpius turned and started toward the door to leave. “One last thing.” He spun around, both wands at the ready, and he cast a spell...
To Be Continued...