Beginnings of the Race Swapper

by Hexan Tronic


Chapter 4 - Time for study

Once I had gotten home, I quickly head to my room to put my stuff away, after that, I decided to head to the library for a bit, after telling my parents. On my way there, I spent some time thinking of what I need. First off some books on levitation, then maybe a combat spell or two, then books on flight and techniques to do so. Once my destination was reached, I head inside and up to the librarian.

“Uh, hello miss, could you point me to a section containing the most basic unicorn spells?”

“Yes I can child, our library uses a colour system to determine what race a book is made for, Green for Earth, Blue for Pegasus, Purple for Unicorn, and White for multi. The most basic will be lighter versions of these colours, okay?” I nod and head off to find my book.

After some searching, i’m about to give up, but a light purple book drops on my back. After looking at it, I’m glad since it was one I was looking for, so I take it to a desk to read. Looking through the book, I started to get an understanding of how unicorn magic works. I’ve never been considered smart, but when it comes to anything intellectual, I just seem to know what I need to do. So, after understanding it, the next step was attempting. So I spent the next couple minutes attempting to use levitation to no success.All I could do was make my horn glow. After a time, I just gave up and close the book. Next I decided since I didn't know how to cast simple levitation, I should just move along to flying.

Looking for the book proved easy, so did understanding it aswell. But since I still had a horn at the time, I couldn’t practice anything I learned, so afterwards, I thought of leaving, but then a green book looked intriguing, so I had a look and learned a bit more about my birth race. Once I was finished, I borrowed the books and head home.On the way home, I though over what I had learn, and tried to figure out why I couldn’t do the most basic of unicorn magic. I decided I just need more practice, since I was born the exact opposite of a unicorn, an earth pony, who usually has only passive magic.

When I got home, my mother asked about the books, to which I replied they are for a test. I put the books away and waited for dinner.

“So how was school Hex?” Quick asked.

“It was okay, did get someponies asking about my hat, same reason you did really.”

“Oh, and was it something they liked?”

“Yeah, some of the fillies even complimented me on it.” My mother giggled at that. After we finished dinner, I had a shower and head off to bed.