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I was walking around the school just to see what was going on and then I went inside Twilight's office just to be a guard and make sure nothing suspicious happens. I stood by the door and I opened it revealing Cozy Glow. Of course, you again. Ugh! I hate this pony. It's only a matter of time before she has her big evil plan on Equestria. She said "Good morning, Professor Sparkle." Good morning to you as well. NOT. Twilight looked at the mail and said "The mail's here already?" Yeah, why do you think she got it for you? "What time is it?" Uh, 7:00 AM. Why? "I'm late for my class's field trip to Cloudsdale!" Oh dear. Here we go with that. I asked "Uh, why would they have a field trip at 7:00 in the morning? That's a little early, don't you think?" Twilight said "Maybe a little, but they were only doing that so they could be back in school without missing too much class time." I said "Oh, that makes sense now." Twilight quickly scrambled to get her bag and started panicking. Relax. It's all taken care of. Cozy Glow said "Don't worry!" She does have a point. "I asked Professor Rainbow Dash to cover for you." Okay then. Twilight asked "And she said yes?" Do you see her in here complaining? No, she's not. Cozy nodded and said "I told her how busy you are, and how much her loyalty meant to you." Right, Okay. Whatever you say. "I also color-coded your teaching schedule by friendship element, and cataloged all the magical artifacts in the school."
Wow, that seems like a mouthful. Wait. What did you say about magical artifacts? That seems suspicious. I won't say anything for now, but I know something bad is coming. "I hope that's OK…" I believe otherwise. A filly like you should NOT be touching artifacts like those. They can easily become very dangerous if they fall into the wrong hooves. Twilight said "OK? Cozy, that's amazing!" I beg to differ on that one. Only the magical artifact part though. Nothing else I mind. "You're like my right-hoof pony." Wait until she betrays you. Then, you'll look like a fool. "I don't know what I'd do without you." We'll see about that later on. Cozy giggled and said "It's like you taught me." Which was what? "Helping is what friendship's all about." Hmm, not quite. It's part of friendship, but it's not all what it's about. There's more to it than that. Twilight said "Exactly! And hopefully my class is learning that on their field trip right now." Hopefully no magic fails and creatures without wings start falling out of the sky. That would be horrible. Cozy said "I heard they might do some sight-seeing first." Sounds reasonable. There's a lot of cool stuff in Cloudsdale.
Suddenly, I saw falling out of the sky and my face turned white. I just predicted the future and that scared me. I could have cost someone their life by doing something stupid like that! Then, the doors came bursting open and Starlight said "We have an emergency!" I could tell. Rainbow said "The students dropped out of the sky!" No. This all sounds so familiar. Twilight said "Slow down. What happened?" Here we go. Starlight said "I cast a spell for our field trip to Cloudsdale. But my magic just failed!" Wait. Magic failing? No. NO! IT HAS COME! COZY GLOW HAS ACTIVATED HER PLAN! SHE WILL PAY THE PENALTY FOR ALMOST COSTING SOMEONE THEIR LIFE! Rainbow said "We barely caught everypony in time!" Yeah, that's the scariest part. Twilight said "I'm glad you're all OK. But I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, Starlight. Maybe you did your spell wrong." Uh, I don't think that's the case Twilight. I rolled my eyes and Starlight gave an annoyed look at Twilight. "Let's take a look." She picked up the book with her magic, but then it stopped and the book dropped on the floor. "I didn't drop that book." Seems fishy to me. Starlight said "Maybe you did your spell wrong?" Oh, back in your face. Payback time baby. The door made a noise and Rarity said "Owww." Oh dear. I opened the door and Fluttershy said "Rarity ran into the door." That probably hurt.
Rarity said "My magic is GONE!" I think we've figured that out by now, Rarity. "I even had to use my hooves to coif my tail!" She opened the door and oh dear. What happened there? Rainbow asked "Still think there's nothing to worry about?" I don't think so. We are in a serious crisis here and Twilight is just brushing it under the rug like it's no big deal and it's a normal thing. Ridiculous. Twilight said "This doesn't make any sense." Oh, this makes perfect sense. Because the pony standing behind you is plotting this evil plan. "Magic can't just disappear." Well, apparently it can. "Something has to be causing this." Yeah, THE FILLY BEHIND YOU! SHE'S THE ONE CAUSING THIS MESS! Cozy asked "Um… Didn't we learn in class about a creature that eats magic? Tir… Something." I said "You would be talking about none other than Tirek." Everypony gasped and Rainbow asked "Isn't he trapped in Tartarus?" I said "Yes, he is. He's been locked in there since you ponies put him back there several years ago." The door opened and Spike was gagging hard. Oh dear. I think he's trying to get out a letter, but because there is no magic here, it got stuck and is causing Spike to choke which can be deadly. Twilight asked "Spike? What's wrong?" I said "Allow me." I put my paw on his back and it got the letter out of his mouth and onto the ground.
He said "Whew. Thanks. I've never had a letter get stuck before." I said "Lack of magic. That's why." Spike opened the letter and said "It's from Princess Celestia. We've all been called to an emergency meeting in Canterlot!" Oh goodie. One of those where we talk about what to do and get nothing accomplished. These sound like all those compromises made in the 1800's right before the Civil War. Absolute useless pieces of garbage. "Look!" Twilight tried to read it with her magic, but it failed and the letter fell on the ground. She said "Pretty sure I know what it's about." I think I know too. We went to Canterlot and met with the princesses in the throne room along with Cadence there as well. Celestia said "Throughout our city, ponies have been reporting tales of their magic failing." Yeah, I bet. As much of scumbags most of Canterlot is, they don't deserve something like this. "Spells going wrong, potions not working…" Yikes, when potions don't work, that can lead to disaster in two seconds. Luna said "Even raising the moon has become difficult." I bet it has. "Are there similar troubles in Ponyville?" Yep. Pretty much. Twilight said "We experienced it first hoof." Tell me about it. Cadence said "It's the same in my kingdom." How so? You, Flurry, and Shining are the only ones with horns. Everypony else is basically an Earth pony. So, I don't know how that works, but whatever.
"The Crystal Heart seems safe for now, but I worry if this continues." Twilight asked me "Zach, is your scepter still working?" I said "Hang on, let me check." I went to the ground and immediately started blasting dark magic from my scepter and my eyes were solid green causing dark crystals to be formed around them. Then, after a few seconds, I flew up in the air and blasted the crystals away with my magic while my eyes were solid white. I said "Yep, seems fine to me." Suddenly, the door opened and the mail pony flew in. He said "Letter for the Princesses, from Starswirl the Bearded." Oh dear. Let's see how he describes this situation. The pony gave Spike the letter and he flew up and stretched it out so Celestia could read it. She looked at it and said "It is even more terrible than we feared. Magic is disappearing all across Equestria." That doesn't surprise me. Everypony gasped and Celestia continued reading the letter. "Starswirl believes the power will drain from our land in three days." That's pretty soon. "First, unicorn magic and spells will fail." Starlight said "That's what happening now!"
I said "That seems odd, because I can still cast spells just fine. How strange." Celestia said "On the second day, creatures will lose their magical abilities." Oh dear. So all those dangerous creatures out in the Everfree Forest and Tartarus would lose their power in a day from now. Fluttershy said "Oh, no!" and Celestia kept reading. "And finally, magical artifacts will stop working." OH NO! "When the Sun sets on the third day, the magic in our world will be gone… forever." Everypony gasped and Cadence asked "But why is this happening now?" This is just when Cozy Glow decided to hatch her plan for some reason. Today was the lucky day. Luna said "That's the worst part. We have no idea." I do. Suddenly, I grunted in pain and everypony looked towards me. I said "I'm fine. Just a little bit of pain OH MY GOSH DOES THIS HURT! AGH!" Twilight came over and asked "What's wrong?!" I said "I'm afraid this hasn't affected me magically, but also physically." Starlight asked "What do you mean by that?" I flew up and said "It appears that because I've had magic for so long, some of my organs have depended on it for survival. If magic were to disappear, then that would mean those organs would stop working and it can lead me to DEATH!"
Everypony gasped in horror and Twilight looked over to Celestia and said "We need to fix this quick! I can't have someone like him die at a time like this! Speaking of which, has anypony checked on Tirek?" Pinkie asked "You mean the big red scary centaur who eats magic? Why would we want… Ohhhh. Right." Celestia said "If he has found some way to escape his prison, or work from within it, he could be responsible for this." He sort of was in a way, but not directly. Luna said "That is the best explanation so far." Perhaps for now. But it ultimately wasn't him who did this. I will have Cozy Glow pay for this. "Somepony should investigate." Definitely. Twilight said "We'll go." Rarity stepped forward and said "Oh, no no no no. Not without us you wo- Wait. Did you say "we?" Weren't you paying attention? Good grief. Twilight said "I've finally learned that it's OK to count on your friends for help." Wait until Season 9. You'll think otherwise. "Um… You do want to come, right?" Of course! I might not be in the best condition, but screw it. I don't care. I ain't letting her get hurt by those dangerous creatures that lurk inside Tartarus. Rainbow said "Uh, DUH!" Yeah, exactly. Celestia said "Thank you all." Why do you always say that? It's getting old at this point. "We will search for ways to protect Equestria in your absence." Sure, you will.
Luna said "Be careful. Tartarus has changed since you were there." Sure it has. "It now holds many dangerous creatures, and you won't be able to rely on your magic unless if you are the prince, but even still." I said "HA! I eat danger for breakfast. Threats what fuels me. It feels great!" Everypony just stared and then Applejack said "With her friends by her side, she won't have to." We went back to the school and Twilight told Starlight "OK. I left you my lesson plan, all my student files, and my annotated syllabus notes." Right. "If anything goes wrong, get Celestia." Starlight said "Got it." Twilight seemed to have second thoughts and said "Maybe I should just close the school and send my students home." I said "Come on Twilight. We have a kingdom to save and you don't want me to perish do you?" Starlight said "He's got a point. Now go save Equestria. I have everything taken care of here." We met in the middle and Spike said "OK! Cozy packed us all up for a trip to bad guy central." Right. That pony basically just signed my death warrant. How embarrassing. Cozy said "Don't forget the sandwiches!" Just shut up, will you? "I marked whose is whose just in case." I don't care. "Starlight can't stand mustard." No one cares. Starlight said "That's so sweet of you, Cozy." Not really. "But Twilight has asked me to stay here to run the school." Hmm. That's going to get in the way of her plans and she'll take care of that.
Cozy said "Oh. I thought that after what happened last time…" before Spike said "Once you survive Discord, anything else is a piece of cake." Pretty much. Cozy made a frowny face and I rolled my eyes. You can't fool me with your manipulative facial expressions. Twilight said "Plus she'll have you to help her." That's true even though that won't last long. Cozy said "Oh, golly, yes! I promise I'll be the best assistant ever!" No you won't. You'll take her down to the underground caves and push her into the vacuum cleaner that is holding all the magic. "C'mon! We can start working on your substitute Headmare plans right now, if you like." Nah, you won't do that. I've watched this finale. So I know how it ends. Starlight said "Wow. Uh, OK." They walked away and Twilight said "See? Nothing to worry about." Sure we'll see about that. AGH! The pain is killing me here. Spike said "Except maybe that he is dying and we need to step on it." Twilight said "Uh, right. Can't have that happen." We were walking through and I felt like crap. I had bags in my eyes and my breathing had slowed down a lot. It's only a matter of time before I perish. I want to die in my sleep, not the slow painful one. Rarity said "Owww. I have had it with these horrible flies!" I just put on fly repellant and the flies hate the smell of it, so they leave me alone. "I miss my magic." Don't we all? I still have mine, but it's severely limited right now. Twilight said "Have you tried using your tail to shoo them away?" I would have, but there's no point. Rarity gasped in horror and said "Oh! Bite your tongue! It's for decorative purposes only!" Right. Whatever you say.
Pinkie said "Hey, I didn't know we packed green cupcakes!" We didn't. But because of the lack of magic, they couldn't stay fresh and have gone bad. Fluttershy said "Um. We didn't. They must have gone bad without magic to keep them cold." Pinkie ate it, but spat it back out. Rainbow said "Magic this, magic that. We don't need magic to go on a little hike!" I said offended "Uh, I need magic in order to stay alive or else I will DIE and I don't think you would like that." Suddenly, it began to rain, but I put up a shield protecting us from the rain and getting wet. Rarity said annoyed "You were saying?" Yeah, Rainbow. Really. Applejack said "You just need to think more like Earth Ponies, y'all." Ha. Easier said than done. "Granny's Apple Core No Bite No More." Looks like fly repellent to me. Pinkie took a whiff of it and said "Ooh, it smells just like it looks!" That's the whole point. It's not supposed to smell nice. Fluttershy said "Even if our food's spoiled, these blueberries still look good to eat." Yeah, don't see anything poisonous there. Spike said "Too bad we can't do anything about the rainstorm." I said "Watch this." I teleported out while still having the shield up and charged up my scepter and blasted the storm away with my magic. I teleported back inside and went to the ground. "There. All done."
Twilight said "I think we have all the magic we need right here." Uh, what? "Not that I don't want to get it back." Yeah, and I'm dying, so pick up the pace will you? I need to be restored to full strength before it's too late. "Let's go!" We dashed off and continued on our journey. We arrived at the entrance and boy does this look terrifying. "This is the only door to Tartarus." Really? I thought there was more. "The good news is, the seal isn't broken, so we know Tirek didn't escape." That's a good thing because I don't need a villain like him gloating while I suffer this pain and torture. Applejack said "Let me guess. Ya got bad news too." Pretty much. Twilight said "Last time I was here, I had to use magic to get in. And according to Starswirl, all unicorn magic was gone by yesterday's sunset." Yeah, that sucked. Rainbow said "Maybe he was wrong!" Do you really think that? Twilight tried, but nothing happened. Told ya Rainbow. Pinkie said "Don't worry, Twilight. I got this!" Oh dear. Pinkie was in a pizza outfit and knocked on the door. DANG PINKIE! NOT SO LOUD! "Free Pizza Delivery!" Yeah, I don't think that's going to work. "Always worked before." How odd. "Oh, well." Applejack asked "Did any of y'all pack something that could actually help?" Hmmm. I said "I got it! Let me try something here."
I pointed my scepter at the door and blasted magic at the handle which caused it to glow around the frame and it opened by itself. Everypony's jaws dropped. I said "Eh, still got it in me." Twilight asked me "How did you do that?!" I said "Oh, right. The scepter is considered a magical artifact because it comes from the Tree of Harmony. Since magical artifacts haven't lost their power yet, my scepter was still able to work. We better get inside though before that door closes." They all nodded their heads and we went inside. Eventually, the door closed and it was dark. I lit up the room with my scepter and suddenly, a cockatrice came out and hissed at us to which I snarled right back at him. Everypony screamed and Applejack said "Cockatrice!" Yeah, we see that. Rarity said "Do something, Fluttershy!" It won't do you any good. Rainbow said "Don't look at it! It'll turn you to stone!" I said "I'm staring right at it and I haven't turned to stone yet. Probably because he lost his magical ability to do so. And even if he didn't, the scepter's magic can easily block his, so it has no effect on me." Rainbow said "Oh." and Fluttershy went to pet him. Be careful. She said "I think he lost his magic too." Obviously. "All the creatures must have." You would be correct considering all the whimpering going on in here.
Twilight said "Starswirl said that would happen on the second day." Yeah, pretty much. Unicorn magic and spells disappeared yesterday. Now today, it's the magical creatures that have lost their powers. Spike said "I know it should make me feel safer, but… it just makes me sad." I hear ya. "We gotta fix this!" I said "Even though these creatures are extremely dangerous, they don't deserve this kind of torture." We continued walking forward and Pinkie said "If all these monsters lost their magic, then getting past Cerberus should be easy-peasy." I said "I wouldn't be so sure about that." Everypony gave me confused looks, but then Cerberus started running around and Rainbow said "Look out!" I easily dodged it, but I could tell he was on the loose. I don't think he was happy at all. Fluttershy said "I'll talk to him." I hope so. I can't be crushed by an ancient creature from Greek mythology that is supposed to guard the underworld or Hades. Ugh. Cerberus growled and Fluttershy went up to him. "Um, excuse me puppy… You're a very good guard dog. Yes you are! But um, we were wondering if we could get by to check on Tirek." Cerberus gave a confused look for a second before licking Fluttershy excessively. Yuck, all those germs.
Applejack said "That looks like a yes." Pretty much. A big splash of spit hit the ground and Rarity said "I'll get you a towel darling." Please, because all of this stuff is disgusting. Cerberus let us go by and we walked up to Tirek. First time that I'm meeting him face to face. Tirek said "The Princess of Friendship, here for a visit. What have I done to earn the honor of your company?" I said "Hmm. Possible treason against Equestria and the crown." Twilight said "We want answers, Tirek. Magic is disappearing from Equestria." Yeah, tell me about it. Tirek said "I know. What a waste of such delicious power." Right. Rainbow said "So you are behind this!" Hmm, now that I think about it, I don't think he's actually behind this. I knew he wasn't from the start, but logically, this wouldn't make any sense. Tirek said "Silly filly. If I had all that magic, do you think I'd still be locked up in here?" Not really. I said "He kinda has a point." Tirek said "But I might know something about it." I hope he does. Twilight demanded "Where's Equestria's magic going, Tirek? What's making it disappear?" I would like to know to see if he'll tell the truth or not. "If you let me out, I'm sure it would jog my memory." Yeah, I don't think so. "What do you say? I scratch your back, you scratch mine?" I said "Don't you even think about laying your disgusting hands on Twilight or else I will make you pay."
Tirek said "Oh, and how will you do that?" I summoned a sword and pointed it right at him. I said "That's what. So give us our answers so we can get out of here and I can be restored to full strength before I DIE!" Tirek simply laughed and said "Of course. The Prince of Defense. Always getting mad. I didn't think it was true, but now that I'm seeing this, this is quite entertaining." I twitched my left eye and scratched him across the face to which he hissed in pain. I said "DON'T YOU EVER MAKE A JOKE LIKE THAT! IF YOU THINK ME POSSIBLY PERISHING IS FUNNY TO YOU, THEN WE'LL SEE HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WILL BE TRAPPED FOREVER JUST LIKE THE REST OF US!" Rarity said "Oh dear. I hadn't thought of that." Yeah, that's pretty much how it is. Spike asked "We're just as trapped as Tirek?" Unfortunately, yes. Tirek said "Ha ha ha ha ha. What a pity. Well, for you. Sweet revenge for me." I said "I'll show you "sweet revenge." Tirek ignored me and said "It seems my little protege's plan worked after all." Everypony gasped and Applejack asked "Which little protege?" I know who. Tirek said "Oh, we never met." Of course you haven't. "We're pen pals." How nice. I don't care. "Each letter had so many questions about draining magic." Of course it did.
I'm not sure how Cozy Glow stumbled upon Tirek, but we'll never know. Pinkie yelled in his face "And you answered them?!" Well, he had nothing else to do, so whatever. Tirek said "Well, I was bored. So I simply pointed my pen pal in the right direction." HA! Right Direction. Absolutely stupid. Pinkie fell down and Fluttershy asked "Can't you just tell us your pen pal's name?" Just wait a few more seconds. "I mean, since we're stuck here anyway." Pretty much. Tirek said "Oh, why not. The irony is too perfect." Really? Okay, whatever you say man. "Her name is… Cozy Glow."
To be continued…
AN: Well, this seems to be interesting. The first part is already great, now we can move on to the second part. I know it might seem extreme for Zachary to be slowly dying, but I think it will be a good plot twist to the story. I'll try to make it as non graphic as possible, but I can't exactly make it 100% PG-clean. So bear with me a little bit. Anyways, the second part is already underway and it should be out in the next day or so. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Next Chapter: Getting out! Once the Mane Six figure out that Cozy Glow is behind the disappearance of magic in Equestria, they try and get out so they can stop her. However, that's easier said than done. Since the door can't magically be opened, they are stuck there and have to rely on the others back in Ponyville to try and stop it. When they do manage to get out, the sun has almost set. Will they get back to Ponyville in time, or will it be too late and magic from Equestria be gone forever in another dimension?
Until then, my fellow readers
