A/N: Warning while it is an important chapter plot wise, it does have a ton of Mood Whiplash...you have been warned. And this is me saying it, and I love writing mood whiplash... I admit it, it's fun! Enjoy!
Chapter 16: Twilight's Reasons
IT was a quiet day in Ponyville… it would be a normal day but a "Normal" day involved things such as Derpy crashing into something or something weird happening.
Izuku was in the library reading an old magic book.
"Oh that's a really advanced one." Said Starlight, "You think you're ready for it."
"I'm just reading it while avoiding any schematics." Said Izuku.
"Good luck with that…" said Starlight.
"Did you ever read this magic book?" asked Izuku.
"Well…" said Starlight then realized something.
That was a book Twilight had taken from the castle of the Two Sisters… IE: the castle in the Everfree Forest.
It had old and nearly forgotten spells.
Inducing a very powerful transformation spell.
"Then you know about that transformation spell." Said Izuku.
Starlight sighed…
She should have known this would happen.
"Come on let's go talk to her about it. Hopefully now that you know about it, she'll finally acknowledge the spell." Said Starlight.
Both of them went to the research room where Twilight was just researching something…
IT didn't matter it was just something to do as she wasn't working with either of her students at the moment and didn't want to reorganize the library.
"Hey Twilight." Said Izuku, "There's something I wanted to talk to you about."
"Sure what is it?" asked Twilight.
"I found a spell that lets the user and transform themselves and other ponies into other forms." Said Izuku.
"Oh that spell… it doesn't work." Said Twilight.
"What?" asked Izuku.
But he could tell she was lying.
"Totally doesn't work." Said Twilight.
"Are you sure." Said Izuku.
"Completely sure." Said Twilight, "Oh look at the time I have to do something else."
She left the room and walked passed Starlight.
"Why?" asked Izuku.
"I have my theories… but to be honest I never really pushed her into it." Sid Starlight, "I've always been concerned by her never leaving the library unless to visit someone. But I think you might be able to push her in to admitting why."
"What if it doesn't' work?" asked Izuku.
"I'm going to do plan B, because really enough is enough." Said Starlight.
"What's plan B?" asked Izuku.
"Something I should have done a long time ago…" said Starlight.
Izuku looked at Starlight wondering what it could be.
What she would say was very unexpected.
"Make quesadillas!" said Starlight.
"What?" asked Izuku.
Starlight sighed and looked at Izuku.
"Izuku, I don't know if you would ever belie me if I told you… so you're going to have to wait and see it for yourself." Said Starlight.
"Okay." Said Izuku.
"Don't worry it will be fine…" said Starlight, "I mean you already know we're all a bit weird…"
Izuku blinked at Starlight headed to the kitchen.
He had hoped she was joking and she was going to do something else.
She wasn't, in the kitchen she grabbed a large stack of tortillas and a huge block of cheese.
She sighed, she didn't want to do this… unless she felt like pranking Twilight. But she knew she had to.
Twilight couldn't pretend any more. This was the final straw. And she had to do it.
Meanwhile Izuku found Twilight in the mare's room.
"Twilight please." Said Izuku.
"Please what?" asked Twilight.
"We need to talk about that spell." Said Izuku.
"There's nothing to talk about a spell that doesn't work." Said Twilight.
"Twilight I'm sure it works. Why haven't you tried it?" asked Izuku.
"There's nothing to try!" said Twilight, "The spell doesn't work, if it doesn't work then I don't have a reason to leave the library."
Izuku froze when she said that.
That was the under lying issue. To use the spell to leave the library.
"This is about leaving the library." Said Izuku.
"I don't need to leave the library." Said Twilight teleporting away.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, Starlight was making quesadilla.
Shoto walked in the room, seeing the several quesadillas.
"You want one. You can only have one." Said Starlight.
"Sure." Said Shoto.
He took one.
"Why are you making quesadillas?" he asked.
"If I told you, you wouldn't believe me." Said Starlight.
Shoto blinked as he ate his quesadilla, then left the kitchen.
Something told him he really didn't want to know.
Elsewhere in the library, Izuku looked for Twilight.
He knew she had to be there because she would leave.
That was when he heard a thump.
"Twilight… I know you're wearing the cloak." Said Izuku.
Twilight didn't say anything.
"Twilight I know the weakness of the cloak." Said Izuku.
"The cloak doesn't have a weakness!" said Twilight, "Unless I talk."
"I was talking about the fact you can't see that well while using it." Said Izuku.
"Only in the dark!" said Twilight, "Look my cloak is fine!"
She left the room and Izuku sighed.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, Katsuki walked in on Starlight making quesadillas.
"What are you doing" muttered Katsuki.
"If I told you wouldn't believe me." Said Starlight, "You can have one if you want."
He grabbed one, then went to the cupboards and grabbed the hot sauce and poured it all over the quesadilla, he then left.
By this poet he knew just about everyone was crazy so he was straining not to question it.
Back with Izuku he once again searched for Twilight and once again found her in the research room.
He saw he reading about a spell.
"Twilight please you can't keep avoiding this." Said Izuku, "I'm worried about you."
"I'm fine and I'm not avoiding anything." Said Twilight.
"You are! I know you are." Said Izuku.
Twilight left the room making Izuku sigh.
Meanwhile Spike and Tenya entered the kitchen .
"And that's why you never want to play with H.P." said Spike.
Both of them saw the quesadilla. Spike sighed.
"Starlight?" asked Tenya.
"What did Twilight do now?" asked Spike.
"What?" asked Tenya.
"Izuku found out about a certain spell. He's trying to talk to her but this is Plan B." said Starlight.
"Ah!" said Spike figuring it was the transformation spell.
"What are the quesadillas for?" asked Tenya.
"It's better if you see it for yourself.' Said Starlight.
"It's one of those things." Sighed Spike.
"I see…" said Tenya unsure how to react as Spike gave him a quesadilla.
Elsewhere in the library. Izuku had followed Twilight to the basement door, he waited for her to come out and she did in less than a minute.
"Force of habit…" said Twilight, "Still getting used to new lay out…"
"Twilight." Said Izuku.
"Just stop there's nothing to talk about." Said Twilight.
"You know there is." Said Izuku, "Please you need to talk."
"There's nothing to talk about." Said Twilight once again going upstairs.
Back in the kitchen, Starlight was still making Quesadillas. Momo walked in…
There were so many by this point.
"Sunburst!" she called out.
Sunburst came into the kitchen. He sighed.
"This is fine." He said.
"How is this fine." Said Momo.
"We'll explain later." Said Sunburst, "Just… be ready for when the screaming starts."
"What?" asked Momo deeply concerned.
Izuku managed to follow Twilight to her room.
"Twilight." Said Izuku.
"You know maybe Katsuki is right that you're annoying." Said Twilight.
She looked at Izuku flinched when she said and she immediately felt bad.
"I didn't mean it." Said Twilight.
"Please I just want to help." Said Izuku, "You can go outside and you can even make friends…"
"I can't…" said Twilight.
"But why?" asked Izuku.
"I… I… I just can't." said Twilight.
"There has to be a reason." Said Izuku.
"BECAUSE THERE'S NO POINT!" yelled Twilight.
"What do you mean?" asked Izuku.
"Because I'm going to die!" cried Twilight.
Izuku was shocked by this.
Back in the kitchen the room was practically covered in quesadilla.
Ochaco entered the room.
"Um…" she said.
"Hey Ochaco! If you want you can have one." Said Starlight.
"I think I'm good." Said Ochaco.
She slowly back out of the room.
She bumped into Tenya, who was talking with Momo.
"She's still making quesadillas, isn't she?" asked Tenya.
"Why is she making them?" asked Ochaco.
"All we know is that she's trying not get Twilight to do something… and there will screaming involved." Said Momo.
"What?" asked Ochaco.
"They won't' explain it." said Momo.
"Maybe Twilight's scared of quesadilla." Said Ochaco, "I know it sounds stupid… but who knows…"
"All right! It's time!" said Starlight.
Back in Twilight's room.
Izuku looked at Twilight.
"What do you mean?" asked Izuku.
"Izuku you should know by this point that when the timeline is fixed I won't exist anymore." Said Twilight who started to cry, "None of this would have happened… anything I do… it's painless… everything is pointless."
"Twilight…" said Izuku.
"Everything is going to disappear! None of this will matter! It's all going to disappear along with me!" cried Twilight.
"If that's true, then why are you making things better?" asked Izuku.
"Because I can't let any of them win and destroy Equestria and the world." Cried Twilight.
"That's not what I'm talking about… if it doesn't matter why did you save Starlight and Luna?" asked Izuku.
Twilight froze.
Izuku hugged her.
Twilight cried even more.
"I was the Princess of Friendship before all this happened." Said Twilight, "The one to help out those that need help with their friends… but since then I felt… I felt I shouldn't make new friends… I lost everything… I lost my five best friends and I can never get them back! What's the point!"
"But you still have Spike… and you have Starlight and Sunburst and you have me now." Said Izuku.
Twilight cried even more.
"I don't know how… but I'm going to figure out a way to remember." Said Izuku, "I don't know how but I will."
"I don't think that will work." Laughed Twilight.
"Probably not… but I can try." Said Izuku.
"Something I used to tell myself…" said Twilight, ""As long as I keep the memories of them in my heart, they'll always be with me…" if you do remember your time here, remember that…"
"I will." Said Izuku.
"I'll use that spell." Said twilight, "Maybe I can befriend some of the ponies that didn't live here in the ordinal timeline."
Izuku smiled at her.
That was when Starlight burst through the door.
"Twilight! This is for your own good!" said Starlight as she brought out a quesadilla
The library was soon filled with Twilight's screams.
The five that didn't know what was going on all ran to mare's room.
And found something they never though they would see…
Twilight hiding behind Izuku in fear from the quesadilla.
"Get it away from me!" cried Twilight still using a very confused Izuku as a shield.
"You have acknowledge the spell exists." Said Starlight who brought out more and more Quesadillas, "Oh you'll just have meet Mr. Quesadilla's family! Miguel! Hector! Imelda…"
"NO!" cried Twilight.
"What the fuck is going on!" yelled Katsuki.
"Twilight's afraid of quesadillas!" sighed Spike.
"What?" asked Shoto.
Momo and Tenya looked at Ochaco.
"I was just joking earlier." Said Ochaco.
"I am not afraid of quesadillas!" yelled Twilight, "I'm afraid of snakes and only snakes!"
Starlight bought it closer to Twilight who brought Izuku closer to her.
"Starlight." Said Izuku.
"This is the only way she'll finally use the spell." Said Starlight.
"She agreed." Said Izuku.
"What?" asked Starlight.
"We already talked it through." Said Izuku.
"Oh… oh… this is award." Said Starlight.
"Spell?" asked Momo.
"There's a transformation spell that lets her turn her into anything." Said Spike eating one of the quesadillas.
"I found out about it." Said Izuku.
They realized it was the final straw.
"So your finally going to leave the library… without the cloak and actually meet other ponies?" asked Starlight.
"I will." Said Twilight.
Starlight smiled.
She then clutched Izuku tighter.
"Get…" said Twilight.
"I know…" said Starlight eating her main quesadilla.
"Is there even a name for it?" asked Ochaco.
"Just quesadillaphobia." Said Spike.
"I looked it up one day." Said Sunburst.
"Okay! I made way too many quesadillas… and she's probably not going to leave the room until they're all gone." Said Starlight.
"You might have gone a bit overboard." Said Tenya.
"Don't sugarcoat it… I went overboard." Said Starlight.
After with the exception of Twilight and Izuku (who was still being used as a pony shield against the quesadilla) eat all of the quesadillas.
Twilight used the spell on herself, turning into a periwinkle unicorn, with her mane colors reversed (IE: her mane was magenta while having a navy blue streak).
"Wish me luck!" said Twilight in her disguise.
And for the first time in a long time she left the library without her invisibility cloak.
An invisibility cloak that partially blocks out light.
"MY EYES!" screamed Twilight.
"What's wrong with her." Said Tenya.
"The invisibility cloak blocks out light." Said Spike.
"It's like wearing sunglasses over her head." Said Starlight.
"It's why I kept bumping into things the other night." Said Izuku.
Momo created a pair of sunglasses for her.
"Has the sun always been this bright!" yelled Twilight as Momo helped her with the sunglasses.
Izuku smiled, even with the whole first time seeing natural sunlight he knew he got through to her. And the first time in a long time, Twilight was finally able to be herself again.
Next Time: Twilight in her new unicorn persona tries to make some new friends, but when Angel shows up looking to kidnap her things get compilated. What will happen? Find out next time!