Wings - Chapter 4

The next morning, Rarity woke up as elegantly as possible; that much was normal.
But when she got up, she felt something under her nightgown. She ran to the nearest mirror, then proceeded to take off the dress.
And from under that dress came two wings.
At first, she didn't know what to think.
"Oh, I see what's going on: I must still be dreaming! Well, I might as well have some fun before I wake up."
She took off, remembering what she'd learned when she previously had wings. Opening a window, Rarity took to the skies.
And then she ran into Pinkie Pie.
"What the- Pinkie?! What are you doing in my dream?" Looking over Pinkie, Rarity saw that she, too, was an Alicorn.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing!" She replied, then gasped. "What if this ISN'T a dream!?"
Rarity scoffed. "Oh, Pinkie, I'm pretty sure this is a dream; How else would you explain all this?"
"Well, maybe Celestia sneezed while using magic, causing some of it to break loose! Maybe that's also why Spike grew wings!"
Rarity just rolled her eyes, and went to look for Twilight.

Twilight was writing notes about Spike, when there was a knock at her door. When she went to answer it, she was greeted by all of her friends (besides Starlight, who was sleeping in). Twilight's smile quickly vanished when she realized that they were all Alicorns. "Oh my stars! What happened to you!?"

Applejack said, “I woke up to start my chores, when I found myself like this!”

The others murmured in agreement.

“We need to tell Celestia right away!” She asked Spike to write a letter to the princess, and he did so.


A few minutes later, Celestia flew down to the castle’s front steps. She had a blanket wrapped around her, and was looking paler than usual.

“Oh my - Are you sick?” Twilight asked.

“Oh, don’t worry, it’s just a mild fever..” she replied, followed shortly by a sneeze. “Now, where are they?”

Twilight directed her to the others, who were in the main hall waiting for her.

Celestia began to cast a spell, but a sneeze interrupted her. Another bit of her magic left her horn and headed upstairs. Celestia’s mane stuttered, then resumed flowing, much slower than before.

“What was that?!” Twilight quickly ran up the stairs in hot pursuit of the magic. She followed it down the hall, where it entered Starlight’s room. A golden light crept from under the door, and Starlight screamed.

When Twilight entered, Starlight was sitting upright in her bed, staring at two large wings that had appeared on her back.

“What’s going on?!” Starlight was panicking.

Something clicked in Twilight’s brain. “I think I’ve figured out what’s going on! Come downstairs, and i’ll explain everything!”