//------------------------------// // Letters // Story: Metamorphosis // by PhoelynFabulous //------------------------------// The doctor stared at the sleeping Twilight, worried. Her friends had gone home for the night. It was getting late anyways. He had been running as many tests as possible, but he didn't understand. She seemed perfectly healthy... ...though it had become clear that she wasn't. ----- Applejack and Rarity had decided that they weren't going to sleep tonight. They would try as hard as they could to help their sleeping friend okay, and trying as hard as they could meant only enough sleep to understand the words on the pages and not pass out. It was Applejack's turn to take a 20-minute nap, and it was over. Rarity shoved Applejack awake. "Ughhh... I'll get up, I guess," Applejack said, a little grumpy due to being tired and worried,"but only for Twilight." "You know we have to do this, Applejack," Rarity said with a yawn, her being tired herself,"We must help Twilight. We'll do anything we can to help her." Rarity and Applejack had been searching through books ever since they had gotten to the library. Applejack had crashed through the door, and immediately began looking at book titles to find the magical ones. She found three when they entered, four counting the book that Twilight had finished Starswirl's Spell in. Now, there were twenty magic books and seven health books stacked into piles. Applejack picked up a new health book and began reading. Her reading magic books wouldn't help very much. Rarity, however, picked up two new magic books to read. It gave her a headache, seeing all kinds of fancy spells she didn't know almost anything about, but she knew it would help Twilight somehow. "At this rate, whatever Twilight has is gonna end up without any kind of cure." Applejack said. She immediately regretted it. "APPLEJACK! No, she will be fine! We will find a cure! We will..." Rarity yelled at Applejack, though every time she said they would find a cure, her confidence that they would faded more and more. ----- This is amazing! I'm glad I figured out I was dreaming, I can do so many new things! I can cast new spells nopony has thought of! And I am the only pony strong enough to cast them! I can even discover new lands here! By simply thinking about it hard enough, I have created a small, floating island! Like, floating, in the sky! There's a tree on this island, and blue-green grass, and it's name is Sparkle! Named after me, like every cool new thing anypony has invented or found! I think I'll- AHHH! What is that?! Get it away! Go away! Go! Go go go no no no go go go no no- it's gone. I... what even was that? It wasn't even a thing, it was just... a sound! A terrifyingly loud sound! It sounded like I was suddenly teleported to the loudest waterfall in the universe! It was familiar though... almost like my mind was turning a feeling or emotion into a sound, and I recognize that. But if I try to dig deeper and find what it's supposed to be... UGH! Okay, don't do that, Twilight. Your mind will break if you try harder then that. ----- The next morning, the five friends were all called to the hospital, and they were told that the Princess would be there too. They all were extremely worried when they heard it was bad enough to call Princess Celestia. Rainbow Dash was there first, of course. She didn't even read the whole letter. She read for a bit, saw the word "Princess Celestia" and "Hospital", and was there in the blink of an eye. Next was Applejack. She got the letter, read through almost all of it, and galloped towards the hospital as fast as she could go. Pinkie Pie followed. She got the letter, read through all of it, screamed "WHAT?!" and ran as fast as she could to the hospital. Technically, she got there second and Applejack got there third, but that was because, though Pinkie got the letter third, Pinkie had some strange way of doing whatever she wanted however she wanted, including bending physics. She ran as fast as Rainbow Dash flew, causing her to whip past Applejack on her way there. Rarity woke up to a letter in her face. Once she read what it said, she trotted as fast as she could to the hospital. Fluttershy was last. She looked at the letter, and her eyes widened. She read it three more times before actually leaving, and even then she flew slowly. Dear __________, We regret to inform you that you must get to the hospital for your friend, Twilight Sparkle. She is showing strange, unknown symptoms, and we thought to inform you. The Princess will be there, as she is a friend of Twilight as well. ~Ponyville Hospital ----- Princess Celestia was shocked. She had gotten a letter telling her that Twilight was in the hospital, and wasn't doing well. She didn't know what to do. The only thing she knew that she was going to do, was go there. She took a deep breath in, and a deep breath out. Normally, she didn't need to do something like that. But 'normally', wasn't Twilight being in the hospital with almost no warning, and being told that she wasn't doing okay. The only warning Celestia had, was giving Twilight Starswirl's book. She had hoped Twilight wouldn't cast it, because it was unknown what the spell could do. She even told her this in the letter. And yet, there was a large surge of magic one night, and then an even stronger one the next afternoon. Had Twilight cast it, and then fixed it? Celestia wouldn't be surprised, but she was scared for what it might have done. Finally, Celestia couldn't take it. She got up, and told her guards that she was headed to Ponyville. Princess Celestia, You may be needed at the Ponyville Hospital. Your student, Twilight Sparkle, is unconscious in the hospital, and isn't doing okay. -Ponyville Hospital