Alicorn Amulet

The Alicorn Amulet is a magical amulet which, when worn, significantly increases the magical abilities of the person who wears it, allowing them to perform powerful high-level magic which they normally couldn't perform otherwise. However, the amulet also corrupts the user, making more evil the more often it's used. Additionally, only the wearer can remove the amulet, which given it's corrupting nature makes this a very dangerous artifact.

Magic Duel


The amulet is first shown in a shop where a cloaked pony tries to buy it. While the storekeeper initially refuses and warns her of the amulet's dangerous nature, he changes his mind after being offered a large sum of bits.

The cloaked pony, who turns out to be Trixie, then goes to Ponyville wearing the amulet, and wreaks havoc on the town using her powerful new abilities, while her eyes and magic are glowing red. She challenges Twilight Sparkle to a magic duel where the loser will be banished from Ponyville permanently. Twilight initially refuses, but agrees to the duel after Trixie continues her assault on the town. Twilight ends up losing the duel due to the Alicorn Amulet boosting Trixie's power and is banished as a result, despite her friends standing up for her. Unable to contact Princess Celestia for help, Twilight turns to Zecora for a way to beat Trixie.

Meanwhile, Trixie locks down Ponyville with a huge dome, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. Under the influence of the Alicorn amulet, she terrorizes the town and forces the inhabitants to serve her. The other ponies search the library and realize that the amulet is the source of Trixie's power, that it corrupts the wearer, and that only she can remove it. Fluttershy is coaxed into sneaking out of Ponyville to inform Twilight of this.

Twilight, while she manages to improve her magic from Zecora's lessons, is still not powerful enough to simply overpower Trixie. After meeting with Fluttershy and receiving clues from Zecora, she realizes that the only way to beat Trixie is to get her to remove the amulet herself. Twilight then sends Fluttershy back with instructions for her and the rest of the cast, and heads back to Ponyville herself to challenge Trixie to a rematch. She manages to coax Trixie into accepting her challenge by showing off a new amulet from Zecora.

Twilight manages to outperform Trixie, apparently performing high-level magic in rapid succession on her friends. Trixie, jealous of Twilight's amulet, proceeds to steal it, switching it with the Alicorn Amulet. Rainbow Dash then quickly takes the Alicorn Amulet and gives it to Zecora, despite Trixie trying to stop her with her now weakened magic. Twilight then explains that Zecora's amulet is fake, and that she only performed illusions with the help of her friends. Trixie realizes what the amulet made her do and apologizes to Twilight.