Thunder Strike kept at it. He wanted to perfect this new spell. He was sure that it could change the whole of Equestria. But perfecting this spell was testing Thunder Strike’s very touchy patience. Nevertheless, he kept going over the wording, making sure it had the desired effect. He cast it, but found himself hurtling towards the wall of his house.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!”
Thud.
“Ow!”
Thunder Strike had a few modifications he could make, but the frustration had finally gotten to him, and besides, having a few apples in your stomach, especially Sweet Apple Acres ones, might give him the inspiration he needed. He kicked the floor, out of spite, he didn’t know, then put up his work-in-progress, and headed outside, locking the door behind him
The stallion headed towards Ponyville, still trying to figure out what had gone wrong. It would have been so much easier if he had been turned into an alicorn, but they don’t grow on trees, and you have to have special stuff if you want to be one, which Thunder Strike knew he didn’t have.
Rainbow Dash flew by, clearing Ponyville of the clouds. Thunder Strike checked his watch. Heh, she’s doing it early, that’s a surprise. But if I succeed, I could eventually be up there, helping her. Yep, there’s the key word: if. Thunder Strike hoped to unveil it out of the blue, and stun Ponyville, and maybe even Equestria, with this new spell, for he had kept it a secret, for he felt if someone knew about it and snuck into his house and tried the unfinished spell, well, he shuddered and pushed that thought away.
He grabbed a couple bits from his pocket and trotted up to Applejack.
“Howdy there Thunder Strike!”
“Hey there Applejack”
“What can I do you for today?”
“Just a few apples thanks”
“4 bits”
Thunder Strike pushed the bits over, and feeling generous, poked a few extra bits in the tip jar.
“Thank ya Thunder Strike!”
“It’s the least I could do after you and the other 5 ridding us of Discord, and mind you, I wasn’t sure if Fluttershy could turn Discord around, I was surprised”
Applejack chuckles.
“Well that was a while back”
Turning to leave, Thunder Strike turns around and calls out
“Hey, if you see Rainbow, tell her I wish her luck for the Wonderbolts Academy!”
“I sure will!”
Chuckling, Thunder Strike finds a spot and sits down underneath a tree and starts eating his apples. Drawing in the dirt with a stick, just random drawings for most of the time, until the final bite of his apple. Suddenly, Thunder Strike understood. He knew what, and how to end the sentence. He smirked. Maybe friendship had something to do with it. He felt lucky to try teleporting. He had failed in accuracy in the past, but today, that wouldn’t stop him!
FWAT!
Thunder Strike found his feet a moment later out his front door, albeit a little dizzy, but feeling like he had accomplished a great personal feat.
“Now for part 2” he sighs and grabs the book and magical words start flowing like water does down the Ponyville creek. When his burst had ended, he shook his head, and then studies it. It all fit like a key to a lock. Time to write this down in his journal and he magically copied a miniature version of all the writing across.
LOGBOOK ENTRY 273
TODAY I, THUNDER STRIKE, UNICORN, APPEAR TO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MY LIFELONG AMBITION TO ALLOW UNICORNS TO FLY INDEFINITELY. OF COURSE, AT THE TIME OF WRITING, I HAVEN’T ACTUALLY TESTED THE SPELL YET. BUT IF THIS SPELL SUCCEEDS, I WILL FILE OFF A LETTER TO CANTERLOT TO THE PRINCESS REQUESTING AN AUDIENCE. SHOULD SHE ACCEPT, I SHALL PROTECT ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SPELL UNTIL THE DATE UPON WHICH I MUST TAKE OFF TO CANTERLOT (I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH SAVINGS FOR A TICKET, DON’T WANT TO ARRIVE THERE UNDER THE EFFECTS OF MY NEW SPELL AND FALL OUT OF THE SKY BY CANTERLOT’S MAGICAL DEFENSES :/ ) SHOULD THE GUARDS ASK UPON A REASON, I WILL TELL THEM THAT I HAVE MADE A NEW SPELL, ONE THAT COULD CHANGE EQUESTRIA IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS TAKE ALL SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, LIKE LOGBOOKS WITH ME TO PROVE BEYOND DOUBT, THAT I HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO CREATE IT.
SIGNED, THUNDER STRIKE,UNICORN, OF PONYVILLE
1042C.R.
As Thunder Strike signed off, he realised the enormity of what this spell might achieve, but he could hear his conscience saying to him that he needed to take it before the Princess first, and judging by her past studies in magic, she would be able to tell him if there were any potential side effects, and, besides, the Princess would want to know about this spell. Of course, all of this was to no avail if the spell failed, and it was no use taking off for Canterlot to waste the Princess’s time with a spell that didn’t even work