Twilight Sparkle
It was a normal day as usual. The Pegasi cleared the clouds, allowing sunlight to clearly cover the land, Birds of all sorts sang outside my window. Waking to this lovely sound, I heard a quick knocking on the door downstairs. I brushed my hair out quickly but neatly and went down to answer the door. Coming out the library, I stopped at the door to see Pinkie waiting for me.
"TWILIGHT!!" she shrieked, "SOME NEW PONY IS HERE!!"
"Pinkie, calm down. What's so important about this?" I asked.
"This new pony wants to show everyone in town her talent," AppleJack said from behind her. "She has some fancy talent of sorts."
"Well let's go!" Spike said running towards Town Hall.
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When we arrived at Town Hall, we all gazed at the stage before us. A platform had been placed out in front of the building and it created a professional scene. The curtains hanging from four tall poles were a deep indigo, the stage a dark mohagony. A violet pegasus pony walked out from behind the curtains to address the crowd. Her skin was soft as velvet (not that I touched it), her hair a bright fuschia with indigo on the inside, not unlike Princess Luna's. She wore an ebony necklace with and ivory stone embedded in the center. Her small shoes were the same ebony as her necklace, and her somewhat large eyes were a deep purple.
"My name is Hypnos," The violet pegasus began. "I have traveled all over Equestria using my special talent to amaze and benefit every city and town in this wonderful country. This is my last stop before Canterlot, and I am honored to be here," she paused. "Who would like to be my volunteer?"
Many ponies rose their hooves in hopes of being a volunteer, but I didn't --I wanted to know what I was signing up for. Pinkie started jumping up and down as she waved her hoof around in the air.
"How about you, my pink pony?" Hypnos said to Pinkie as she reached out a hoof to her. Pinkie bounced on the stage immediately. "Now if I'm going to preform with you today, you need to concentrate very hard to begin with, can you do that?"
"I'll try!" Pinkie squeaked as she bounced around the stage.
"Now first, stop bouncing long enough to begin." Pinkie stopped bouncing and stood in front of Hypnos. "Now look at this crystal as it waves back and forth."
The crystal was from the crystal empire no doubt, a light turquoise with no flaw to be found. The stone hung from a thin golden chain being held by Hypnos. Pinkie kept her eyes almost glued to the crystal, just like when she stared at paint to stay with us. After a minute or so, Pinkie's eyes seem to droop ever so slightly, and Hypnos picked up on this. She inched towards Pinkie, and placed her hoof on the back of her head, and quickly pushed it down as she said "Sleep!" Pinkie instantly slumped over, limp and unconscious, as Hypnos grasped her and relaxed her more and more. The crowd gasped as this occurred, but I just sat quietly.
So this is your talent? Making ponies go to sleep with a crystal?
Hypnos straightened Pinkie up on her hooves and even I thought for a second on this, but it didn't bother me much. Hypnos then began to speak, and this is where nopony could believe their ears or eyes.
"Whenever I count to 3, you will wake up, oblivious to what just happened, and notice that whatever body parts I touch and move are stuck in place. You will not be able to move them at all, they will be stiff as a board. 1, 2, 3!" Hypnos said.
Pinkie opened her eyes and I could totally tell nothing happened in her mind, to her she just got up on the stage. Pinkie started to bounce a bit as usual as Hypnos touched her foot. Whenever Pinkie hit the ground, she couldn't move the hoof at all. She pulled and pulled but couldn't move.
"This my friends," Hypnos stated, "Is the power of hypnosis. While she is in a trance, she is totally susceptible to suggestion. For example:" Hypnos walked over to Pinkie and put her back in the unconscious state. This time she said:
"When I count to 3, you will be totally awake and unaware to the hypnosis. Whenever you see a leaf of any sort touching a pony, you will find them the most hilarious thing in the world. The more leaves, the funnier they seem. And the harder you try not to laugh, you won't be able to until the leaf is not touching the pony anymore. 1, 2, 3!"
Pinkie awoke and looked around at the ponies, totally unaware of what happened. Hypnos quietly flew off the stage and swiftly took a leaf off the nearest tree, dropping it on Bon Bon's head. Pinkie noticed the leaf on Bon Bon and started to laugh uncontrollably. More leaves were placed on Bon Bon, and Pinkie continued to laugh. Suddenly a breeze blew by and the leaves were carried away, and so was Pinkie's laugher.
"During my stay at Ponyville, I will do a public performance everyday and give all ponies a free, private session in their own homes." Hypnos said. "My assistant will be joining me on most of my later performances. Feather Dance, will you come out here please?" A pale green unicorn shyly came from behind the curtains. Her mane and tail were of varying greens and her cutie mark a green feather. She wore a necklace and shoes as well, but her's a dark green. "This is Feather Dance. She has been training in hypnosis for some time and has become a valuable apprentice. Farewell for today, Ponyville." Hypnos concluded. She took Pinkie out of the trance and left behind the curtain.