Chapter 11

Polyjuice Potion

It is Hearth's Warming Eve at Canterlot and Twilight and her friends finally finished making the Polyjuice Potion. Now that Twilight and her friends were ready to put their plan in to action, Twilight and Applejack hid behind a corner of a hallway as they levitated a couple of snacks that would make ponies fall asleep when eaten. Soon, Snips and Snails walked done the hall before taking notice of the snacks.

"Hey, Snails! Look at that!" Snips pointed to the snacks.

"Weird. I wonder whose snacks they belong to." Snails wondered.

"Who cares! We found them so they are ours now!"

Snips and Snails soon took the snacks in their hooves before they began to bite down on them. The two ponies began to smile as they enjoyed how delicious the snacks tasted. However, their smiles faded as they began to feel sleepy. It was at that moment when Snips and Snails collapsed to the floor as they fell asleep.

With Snips and Snails unconscious, Twilight and Applejack took a couple of strings from their manes before hiding them in a nearby closet. After returning to the girls' bathroom, Twilight and her friends added the hairs to the potion. With the Polyjuice Potion complete, the group of friends got ready to drink the potion. They looked at the potion in disgust before they gulped.

"Remember, girls! The Polyjuice Potion won't last too long." Twilight reminded her friends. "We should just ask Trixie what she knows and return back here as soon as possible."

At that moment, Twilight and her friends began to drink the potion. The potion tasted terrible, but the group of friends managed to drink all of it.

"I think I'm going to be sick!" Applejack covered her mouth before rushing to the nearest stall.

"Me too!" Rarity said before running to another stall.

As for Twilight, she groaned as she leaned against the sink. As she looked at the mirror, she saw her appearance slowly changing into Snips. The once purple unicorn has now been turned into a shorter unicorn with the cutie mark of a pair of scissors. Soon, a pony with the appearance of Snails stepped out of the stall.

"T-Twilight? Is that you?" Applejack was shocked to hear Snails' voice come out of her mouth.

"Y-Yes. This is really weird." Twilight replied as she heard herself speaking in Snips' voice. "What about you, Rarity? How are you feeling?"

"Um, with all due respect, Twilight, I don't think I'll be coming with you. You and Applejack would just have to talk to Trixie alone." Rarity said from behind the door.

Both Twilight and Applejack exchanged concerned glances before walking up to the stall door.

"Rarity, are you okay in there?" Applejack asked.

"Just hurry and find Trixie! The Polyjuice Potion could wear off soon."

Seeing that they had no other choice, Twilight and Applejack left the bathroom before heading down to the castle's dungeon. Neither of them were too familiar with the dungeon so they knew it would be awhile before they could find the Slytherin Common Room. Before they got too far, they were stopped as a pony called for them

"Hey! What are you two doing here so late."

Twilight and Applejack were surprised to hear the voice of Braeburn, the Gryffindor prefect. They slowly turned around to meet the prefect in the eye.

"What are you doing down here?" Applejack asked, trying to sound like a convincing Snails.

"I'm a school prefect!" Braeburn answered. "What are your names again?"

"Um-" Before Twilight and Applejack could answer, Trixie took notice of them.

"Snips! Snails! There you are!" As Trixie walked over to Twilight and Applejack, she stopped to glare at Braeburn. "What do you think you are doing here, Braeburn? I didn't think they'd allow Apples to be down here!"

"Watch it, Trixie! Don't forget that I'm a prefect! I can take points away from Slytherin!"

With a roll of her eyes, Trixie decided not to argue with Braeburn.

"Whatever! Snips! Snails! Let's get out of here!"

Trixie then led the disguised Twilight and Applejack to the Slytherin Common Room. As they walked through the common room, Twilight and Applejack avoided eye contact with the other Slytherins so they won't raise suspicion. As they all sat down, Applejack decided to start off the conversation.

"So, these attacks in Canterlot are getting more and more frequent, aren't they?"

Trixie nodded in agreement. "Yes, they are. It just shows how much of a pathetic Headmistress, Professor Celestia is." Hearing this caused Twilight to glare at Trixie. "If you ask me, Professor Celestia is the worst thing to ever happen to this school!"

Letting her anger get the better of her, Twilight yelled, "You're wrong!"

That was when Twilight placed a hoof over her mouth as she realized her mistake.

"What did you say, Snips? You think that there is somepony else who is worse than Celestia?"

Even though Applejack didn't like to lie, she knew that she had to say anything not to get caught.

"What about Twilight Sparkle?"

Twilight decided to play along as she nodded her head in agreement. "Uh, yeah! Twilight Sparkle is the worst!"

At that moment, Trixie paused as she thought about what her supposed friends said.

"Snips and Snails, you are absolutely right! Canterlot would have been a lot better if Twilight hadn't come here in the first place! And to think, everypony believes that she is Slytherin's heir! I can only imagine who the true heir is!"

Surprised by what Trixie said, Twilight and Applejack decided to ask about the subject even further.

"Wait, are you saying that you don't know who the heir is?" Applejack asked.

"You already know that I don't, Snails! How many times to I have to tell you?"

It was at that point when Twilight and Applejack started to feel that they came all the way here for nothing. They were about to excuse themselves and leave when Trixie spoke once more.

"However, there is one thing that I know. It has been said that the monster that the heir commanded killed a girl in a bathroom 50 years ago. There's no telling who the monster would kill next." Trixie chuckled. "Personally, I hope it would be that mudblood, Rarity!"

Angered by what Trixie said, Applejack stood up to attack her only for Twilight to hold her back. Seeing this confused Trixie as she got suspicious of the disguised ponies.

"What's wrong with you two? You are acting weirder that you usually are!"

"Um, it's nothing! He just has a really bad stomach ache." Twilight lied before she turned to Applejack to whisper to her. "Applejack, calm down!"

Soon, Applejack's eyes began to widen in shock as she noticed Twilight's cutie mark showing up as a result of the potion wearing off.

"Twilight! Your cutie mark!"

Just when Twilight and Applejack thought things couldn't get worse, Applejack's mane began to revert back to its regular blond color as well. Not wanting to take any chances, Twilight and Applejack immediately ran away before the potion completely wore off.

"Hey! Where are you two going?" Trixie called out for them, but they kept on running.

By the time Twilight and Applejack returned to the girls' bathroom, the effects of the Polyjuice Potion wore off completely.

"That was too close!" Applejack panted.

"It was, but at least we got some information out of Trixie!" Twilight replied.

Once Twilight and Applejack caught their breaths, Moaning Moon Dancer floated right in front of them.

"There you are! You might want to check on Rarity. There is something that you should see."

Confused by what Moon Dancer meant by that, the two ponies walked over to the stall Rarity was in before Twilight knocked on the door.

"Rarity, are you still in there? There is so much we need to tell you!" Twilight explained.

It took awhile for Twilight to hear a response. When she finally heard Rarity speak, her voice sounded nervous for some reason.

"Twilight, do you remember when I said I got a piece of hair from Suri's mane? Well, I seemed to have made a mistake." Rarity said from behind the door.

"What are you talking about? Are you okay, Rarity?" Applejack started to get concerned.

The two ponies soon opened the door and were both shocked by what they saw. Right in front of them was Rarity, who had the face of a cat.

"It seems that what I collected wasn't Suri's mane, but the hair from her cat." Rarity explained, clearly embarrassed by her mistake.

Twilight and Applejack could only stare in surprise while Moon Dancer was trying her best not to laugh. After what happened to her friend Twilight felt that she should wait a little long before she should tell Rarity what she learned from Trixie.