Twilight Sparkle sat up, blinking the sleep from her eyes. She yawned widely before making to get out of bed. She looked over at Spike, a frown creasing her brows. There was something off. She couldn't put her hoof on it. Her sleep-addled mind was not acknowledging the sight.
She got up and trotted over, looking at him intently. A unicorn horn? What? Had Spike been playing with some sort of dangerous spellbook? He shifted in his sleep, causing his blanket to fall off. Twilight stumbled back in shock and confusion. Wings!
Her expression hardened, and she prodded the young dragon awake.
"Urrgghh...whuuuh..." Spike mumbled. He scowled. "Why am I awake?"
"Why do you have a horn and wings?" She hissed back, pointing an accusatory hoof. He turned in surprise and stared at the feathers, before lifting his claws up to his forehead.
"This is so weird. Cool, but weird." He raised his eyebrows at the mare. "What about you? Did you do some super-powerful spell-casting before bed last night?"
"What?" Twilight looked at her own back. Her irises shrank and her ears pulled back in fear. "Oh no. Oh no. Ohno ohno ohnononono."
The alicorn turned in circles, staring at the feathers. Spike sighed and put his hand out, stopping Twilight in her tracks. She stopped, stared at him, then curled up in a ball and began muttering to herself. Spike heard the words 'dreaming', 'banishment' and 'insanity'. He looked about and pulled his blanket onto her. She would probably break out of this state in about half an hour. He needed to feed Peewee and Owlowiscious. The young dragon went down the stairs to the main area of the Library. He passed the birds' perches, looked at their occupants, then turned back to the alcove where Twilight's bed lay.
"Twilight? Owlowiscious and Peewee have horns too. Just thought that might help." There was no reply. He shrugged and then continued on his way to the kitchen for the food.
The owl had gone back to sleep after being fed, but Peewee had decided Spike's new horn had a better view and was sitting on it. The little phoenix chirped comments every now and then as Spike went about his normal morning chores. It wasn't as if waking up with wings was in any way normal, but the dragon figured that Twilight would figure out the problem once she calmed down and engaged her brain. A knock on the door roused him from his reverie, and he went to open it.
"G'mornin' Spike." Applejack was standing in the doorway, Pinkie Pie bouncing behind her. The dragon's eyes widened as he saw that they too had been transformed. He stood aside silently and let the two used-to-be-Earth Ponies in.
"Is Twi around?"
"She's upstairs having a mental breakdown. She took one look at her wings and I swear her brain melted." Spike looked the two ponies up and down. "I guess you two both came here for answers huh?"
"Yep, that's right. Applejack ran into me on the way here and we decided to come together." Pinkie Pie beamed. "Isn't this fun-diddly-umptious? I just made that up. I think it needs to be in a dictionary, like the words fantabulous or brilliepical, don't you?"
"Er, sure. Want me to try and get Twilight down?"
"Yes thank-you sugarcube. Ah reckon we're gonna need Twi's brain fer this." Applejack cut in before Pinkie Pie could continue to elaborate on her literary ambitions.
Spike jogged up the stairs and Peewee chirruped cheerfully. Twilight was still in the same position she'd been in before. "Twilight? Applejack and Pinkie Pie are here. They want to see-"
"No! Nopony can know of this! Do you know what kind of treason this could be!"
"I guess you don't want to know about their new horns and wings then."
"Wh-what did you say?"
"It's happened to them too Twilight."
Twilight gaped at the dragon, then galloped to the stairs. She looked down at her friends. Pinkie Pie waved.
"Hey Twilight? Do you know what the hay is going on, cause we sure don't. Also, is amazesome a better word than kumquat? Only I'm thinking of making a dictionary organised by how good a word is."
Twilight blinked.
"Um. I don't know...?"
"Are ya okay sugarcube? Yer mane looks frazzled even by mah standards."
"I'm fine. Really." Twilight came down the stairs, her eyes still a little bit wild. She circled her friends, frowning slightly. "I just don't understand."
They heard a soft tapping at the door. Applejack went to open it.
"Um, Applejack? What are you...oh! I see." Fluttershy crept in, taking off her hat to reveal that she, too, had a horn. Twilight sighed.
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By the time Rainbow Dash had finally entered through her window, Twilight had had some time to think about this whole situation.
"So, Applejack, your whole family was changed, right?"
"Eeyup."
"And Fluttershy, all of your animals transformed too?"
"Oh, yes. I came downstairs to find Angel Bunny using his magic to, er, direct the others about."
"Wait, you left Angel at your house?" Rainbow interrupted.
"Yes."
"Even though he was 'directing' the others about?"
"Oh, he won't do it again, he's a good bunny really."
"Riiiiight."
Twilight stamped her hoof. "Girls! You're distracting me!"
Fluttershy shrunk back and mumbled an apology, Rainbow just rolled her eyes.
"Look everypony, I think this is something big. Like, really big. We all live in different places in Ponyville and we were all affected. What if the rest of the townsponies and animals are like this too?" There was silence as the others digested this. Fluttershy raised her hoof.
"Yes Fluttershy?"
"Um, I was thinking...well...some of my animal friends live out in the Everfree Forest, and they had been changed too. I mean, what I'm trying to say...um, is that maybe this is a really, really big thing."
"You mean, Equestria? All of Equestria?"
"Yes."
Twilight pondered this. An idea occurred, and it seemed a good course of action to take.
"Listen up everypony!"
"Erm, sugarcube, whadd'ya think we're doin'?"
Twilight ignored this. "I know what to do! I shall send a letter to Princess Celestia and ask her to do something."
Rainbow Dash groaned, but the others seemed satisfied with the plan.
"She is a being of immense magical strength after all. She may be able to reverse this situation far more quickly than we ever could." Rarity nodded and cast a meaningful glare at the blue alicorn.
"Okay then Spike, take a note!" Spike scrambled for some parchment, a quill and a pot of ink. "Good. Now...
Dear Princess Celestia..."
Whee, Twilight! Hahaha.
Ah, Twilight. Your breakdowns are fun to write.
Are there any hideous typos/grammar mistakes/ridiculously out of character moments?
Dun-dun-dun...what'll happen next? Who knows?
Well I do obviously.
Now for a vote, should I continue the Mane Six for a bit or go off and find out what the other characters are doing? Both'll be covered eventually, but which first?
Other's first.
Blueblood will probably shit a brick.
Trixie will think she's the only one, (out on the road alone).
Vinyl won't give a damn.
Octavia will probably spaz for a bit.
Cadence will probably jump for joy when she sees Shining.
Fluer & Pants will probably take it in stride.
Zecora is probably crosseyed trying to figure things out, or on her way to Twi's.
Derpy is probably having a blast with Dinky.
Gilda is probably losing it, but thankfully not the same way Twi would.
Discord has almost got to be free.
Dear god help us, the CMC were bad enough before...
Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon, they're both going to get all worked up, then crushed.
HOLY MACARONI I MADE THE FEATURE BOX!
WHAT.
...WHAT.
WHAT.
I kind of want to see what other characters are doing.
There should be some delicious insanity going on with other ponies, or even non ponies. For example, what is Stephen Magnet's(That sea serpent) opinion on all this?
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Markin' one down for the others!
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All I can think of is Twilight vs Stairs.
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Another point for the others then. Oh goodness yes, Stephen Magnet. Best
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Iron Will
The buffalo and Appaloosa, (I'm betting I didn't spell that right).
The changelings, (wait they already have horns & wings, sooo).
The DDogs are gonna be flippin their shit probably.
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Well, this story couldn't be worse than it sounds.
reading...
Oh.
That was actually... well, funny! I'm impressed!
Good job.
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Congratulations
Twist? Scoots? Derpy? Celestia? Oh wait, she already is one. My bad.
This is going to get very interesting. You got the characters spot on and you write quite well, both with a good deal of suspense and very funny. I am really curious how this ends.
Yep, yep, yep! This story looks hilarious. Color me interested. Have a like and a fav.
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Oh my goodness gracious.
This was hilarious.
I vote for seeing how other ponies (and non-ponies) are reacting to their change. Even though, I would love to see Celestia and/or Luna damn near sh*t a brick when they receive Twilight's letter (something tells me they already found out though.)
Myself? I'd like to see what Shining and/or the rest of the Guard think about this. Will they panic, arresting everypony--and themselves--for treason? -or will they prove that they can continue with their duties no matter what? If the latter, I'm sure Celestia's/Luna's/both Princesses' reactions to the Guard still going through the day normally with their new horns/wings/both appendages would be hilarious!
EDIT: Oh, and congratulations on the feature! This story deserves it!
I think that I would love to see...
CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS PRINCESSES YAY! But that's just me.
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Agreed CMC Princesses need to be a go. Especially Sweetie Belle, Discord has serious competition now. (Pours cereal sets it on fire + is now an Alicorn = CHAOS from simple actions)
I would like to see how the rest of the characters are fairing before continuing onto the bigger plot point. (Wonder if Twilight will be assigned to teach non magic wielding ponies to control what they do with their new magic or just be put in charge of Pinkie Pie, cant stop pinkie but someone has to watch out or everyone gets to deal with the aftermath.)
Also Doesn't this mean that there are now Immortal Flying sharks with Magic horns with which they can hold water to themselves and snare targets with said magic?
It is a chaotic read and the implications are massive of course. I look forward to see how much better (And Funnier) this can get.
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If this does not come to pass as an idea, then I have lost faith in the chaos that Turning everything that essentially exists into an Alicorn is a good story idea. AUTHOR! I would ask that thou entertain us with this idea! Please?
Oh boy, new chapter hmmm... Oh I know... Do Dr Hooves/Whooves next, Claasic.. What? What?! WHAT!?!?, you'd make my day
Looking through the comments I'm considering adding Tom to the list of alicorns...though it would be quite hard to write a full chapter on him.
I was wondering if it is possible to include Discord into this merry group. Him, getting additional wings and a horn, simply sitting around and enjoying the show - or getting blasted into nothingness if he tries to take over everything.
Thank-you everypony!
Looks like the other ponies will be getting some spotlight! I just need to decide which one.
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Sweet mother of Discord. I, I need to do something with this.
I want the CMC next. Cutie Mark Crusader
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Heheh, funnily enough, this is the chapter I'm working on right now.
But, uh, I'm going a bit slowly because of revision and having had my lower wisdom teeth out on Tuesday.
So, I'm not on the morphine anymore, and should be back to writing soon...ish.
Dashie is not blue
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