Chapter 6

Backfired Spell

After several of weeks at Canterlot, Twilight started to enjoy her classes and learned a lot of new magic spells. One day, Twilight got ready for buckball practice as she followed the Gryffindors to the practice field. They were about to reach the practice field when they encountered the Slytherins. Applejack and Rarity, who were nearby noticed the Slytherins and knew that there was going to be trouble. The Gryffindor captain, Soarin stepped forward to speak with the Slytherin captain.

"What are you doing here, Wind Rider? The Gryffindors have practice today?"

"That is where you are wrong, Soarin! We have permission to use the field for practice. Just take a look at this."

Wind Rider took out a note and handed it to Soarin. At that moment, Soarin glanced at the note which read, 'I, Professor Flintheart grant the Slytherins permission to use the field for practice needed for their new seeker.'

Soarin took his eyes off the note and back to Wind Rider. "So, you have a new seeker? Who is it?"

The Slytherins moved to the side to reveal that their new seeker was a certain unicorn Twilight recognized.

"Trixie?" Twilight gasped in surprise. "You're the new seeker?"

"That's right, Twilight! This year, Slytherin will win buckball! My father bought each of us the fastest broomsticks money could buy! You'd better be ready, Twilight because the great and powerful Trixie shall become the greatest seeker of all time!"

Rarity rolled her eyes, annoyed with Trixie's boasting. "My, my, my! What boasting! Just because you have fast broomsticks, that doesn't make you better than the rest of us!"

Trixie soon glared at Rarity, angry at what she said. "I didn't ask for your opinion, you filthy mudblood!"

The students gasped upon hearing Trixie's insult. Rarity looked crushed, so she turned away, trying not to cry. Furious with Trixie's words, Applejack stomped over to her.

"You are going to pay for that, Trixie! Take this!"

After taking out her wand, Applejack got ready to jinx Trixie. However, Applejack forgot that her wand was broken, so her spell ended up backfiring on her. The spell knocked Applejack to the ground, so Twilight and Rarity came rushing to her aid.

"Applejack, are you alright?" Twilight helped Applejack back up.

"Please say something!" said Rarity.

Once Applejack got back up, she opened her mouth to speak and she ended up coughing up a slug, as a result of her spell. The Gryffindors watched in disgust while the Slytherins were laughing at Applejack's expense.

"Come on, Rarity! Let's get her to Big Mac. He'll know what to do!" Twilight suggested before she and Rarity brought Applejack to Big Mac's cottage.

The two unicorns soon sat Applejack down in a chair before they explained to Big Mac what happened. There wasn't much that Big Mac was able to do. All he could do was offer Applejack a bucket for her to puke in.

"Sorry I wasn't much help! The spell should wear off after awhile." Big Mac assured before he sat down as well. "Who was she trying to jinx, anyway?"

"Trixie. She called Rarity a-" Twilight paused as she couldn't remember the name.

As much as she didn't like repeating the word, Rarity decided to answer for Twilight.

"She called me a mudblood." Rarity answered.

This caused Big Mac to gasp in shock. In all his years at Canterlot he hoped that he would never hear such a word.

"What is a mudblood, anyway?" Twilight asked.

"A mudblood is sumepony who is half magic. Somepony who others refer to as dirty blood. Somepony like me!" Rarity explained.

"You see Twilight, families like the Lulamoons think they are better than everypony else." Big Mac jumped in. "They often refer to themselves as pure bloods and discriminate ponies who are half magic, which they refer to as mudbloods!"

"That's awful!" Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Big Mac nodded in agreement before turning to face Rarity again.

"Listen, Rarity. Don't let what Trixie said get to you. As far as I'm concerned, you are one of the best witches at this school! Don't let anypony else tell you otherwise!"

At that moment, Rarity gave a sniff before her frown turned into a smile. She felt grateful to Big Mac for helping her feel better.

"Thank you, Big Mac!" Rarity thanked. "I feel so much better now!"

"We're glad that you are alright now, Rarity! Now, I wish I will feel better once my spell wears off!" Applejack said before she covered her mouth and threw up in the bucket again.

Knowing that it could take awhile for Applejack to feel better, her friends decided to stay with her for the next couple of hours until the spell eventually wore off.