The next few days passed in study for Michael. He had spent it learning to hone his magic skills and a bit on equestrian history and standards so he wouldn't make a fool of himself if something were to happen. That's when there was a knock on...the window? Michael looked up from his position on the couch to see a gray mare with blond hair rubbing her head from outside the window before she flew to the open door. "Hello? Is there a Mr Michael here?" She asked as Michael got up and walked over.
"That's me?" That was when he noticed the long package strapped to her saddlebag.
"Got a package for you sir." She said as she unstrapped it and handed it to Michael before nodding and flying off.
"Thanks Derpy." Michael said as she disappeared and he looked at the package.
He looked it over in wonder as Twilight came up behind him. "What is it?" She asked.
"I don't know....says here...its from Luna." He said as he started opening it.
"That's Princess Luna.....wait WHAT!" She came around to see what the package was as he managed to get it open to find a note inside and packaging paper inside. He took the note and read it quickly.
Dear Michael,
I hope your enjoying your days there in Ponyville. I read through some of the letters my sister showed me that was written to her from Twilight about you and your race. I came up on one point in the letter about a certain item you liked and i couldn't help myself and send you it. I hope you use it wisely. Also be careful that you don't hurt our little ponies with it.
With Friendship
Princess Luna
Michael finished reading just as Twilight used her magic to remove the packing paper to reveal what looked like a very intriguing Bow and quiver of arrows. (See link in authors note) "SHE SENT YOU A BOW! Why would she send you a weapon?" Twilight asked in wonder looking over the bow.
"Wait there's more." Michael said noticing the ps.
Ps: The quiver has a magical enchantment to never run out of arrows and the bow itself was used by myself in the last great war of Equestria. I wanted you to have it cause i know i will have no use for it myself. Consider it a welcome to Equestria gift from us....sorry it came so late in the weeks but we were really busy. Again use it well.
Michael then put the letter down and took the bow from the package and looked it over. The Bow itself looked to be made from a bendable metallic color wood. Silver lined the details along the curve of the bow and the handle felt like a hard leather material. He plucked the string a bit and heard it ring in the air like sweat music. "That Princess...heh guess she read the part where I mentioned my love for Bows." He said as he admired the crastme...ponyship? Whatever.
"This was her bow....The Arrow of the Night." Twilight said as he levitated the quiver out and looked over the arrows. Each arrow had a different feather color then the other and there were no same colors on them.
"So. Shall we try it out?" He asked looking at Twilight with a grin.
"Wait...You mean shoot it? Where would we do that?" She asked in wonder.
"Oh i think i know a place." Michael said looking outside through the window.
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Later that day Michael stood on The field under where Rainbow dash usually practices her moves. The rest of the mane 6 had come out to see him and his new gift and wanted to try it themselves. Applejack provide the targets which were giant hay bales and Pinkie added the bulls eye on it which the center looked like a angry faced changeling. How she managed to make it look just like a real changeling face was beyond him. Michael had decided to let the girls go first to see how the bow would react to each of them.
"Ok girls everything is set up. So I heard that none of you have ever fired a bow and arrow before so i'm going to show you...tho how you hold the bow is up to you. Each one of you gets one shot each." Michael said as he pull out one arrow for each of the girls and needless to say each arrows color matched the girls hair color. "Ok decide among yourself who will go first."
"OH OH I KNOW!" Pinkie said as she pulled what looked like a giant spinning game wheel out what seemed like nowhere and it had all of the girls faces on it. "We'll use this to see who go's first and after there done i'll take there face off the wheel and spin again." Pinkie said really fast but to everyone's surprise Michael heard it.
"Ok then. Lets do it." He said as Pinkie spun the wheel. After a second it stopped on Applejack's face.
"Alrighty then. Guess I'm up." Applejack said as she walked up to the table where the bow was. She picked it up with her hoof and took the arrow with her mouth and strung it up.
"Ok lets see who can get a better score." Michael said as Pinkie nodded and pulled out a score board. "The scoring will be simple. From the outer line to the bulls eyes it will be scored 1 to 5. 5 being the bulls-eye." He said as Pinkie wrote each of there names on the board and went back to watching.
Applejack nodded as she walked up to the line of her target with the bow still holding the bow with her hoof and the arrow with her teeth. She then did something Michael did not expect. She turned the bow to the side to where her head was not tilted to the side as she pulled back on the string and arrow as she aimed. Then something happened to the arrowhead. It sparked a bit right as Applejack let go letting the arrow fly toward the target. Right at it hit what looked like an orange shock wave came off of it on impact on the 4 mark.
"Whow nelly. Was that me?" She asked as everyone sat around with mouths agape except for pinkie who was giggling to herself.
"That's a 4 for Applejack." she said writing down Applejack's score.
"That must be the magic of the arrow. Each arrow has its own ability I guess." Michael said with a smile as Applejack put the bow down. "Nice first shot."
"Why thank ya sugarcube." She said just as Rainbow interjected.
"Yeh yeh can we spin the wheel now. I want my turn." Element of loyalty....not patience it seems. Pinkie nodded as she pulled Applejack's picture off the wheel and spun it again.
It then fell upon Twilight's face. "Oh my I guess its my turn." She said as she walked to the table.
"Aw." Rainbow complained as Pinkie patted her on the back. Twilight levitated the bow from the table and strung her purple arrow in. She walked to her target and used her magic to pull the string back and aim. She let loose as magic enveloped her arrow and in the air just as it hit the 3 mark. "Wow. What was that?"
"Let me have a look." Michael was curious as well. First Applejack's created that shock wave then twilight's was enveloped in magic. He walked up to the targets as Twilight set the bow down. He opened his magic up in a detection spell that Twilight had taught him and he examined the arrows. He then saw it. "Oh i see...Pinkie can i use your marker?" He asked he came back.
Pinkie handed the marker to Michael as he wrote down names next to Twilight and Applejack's score.
Applejack-4-Impact shot
Twilight-3-Magic piercing shot
"Wait what?" Applejack asked in wonder.
"Its Element infused arrows. There drawing power from the elements. I came up with names for them. But before I get into detail I want to see what the others are." He said as he put the marker down.
"Don't we get a say in the name?" Twilight asked.
"My bow my choice." Michael said as Pinkie pulled Twilight's face off the wheel and spun it again.
Needless to say it landed on Pinkies face next. "ooooh it landed on Pinkie.....oh wait that's me. hehe." She said as she bounced over to the bow and picked it up. She walked over to her line and used the same firing technique as Applejack where she held the bow with her hoof and pulled back the pink arrow with her teeth. She let loose and the looked like it was moving around like crazy right until it hit the 5 in a blast of confetti. How it did that is anyone's guess. "Wow A party shot! BULLS-EYE!!" Pinkie said before Michael could think up a name.
"Whow there Pinkie I think you got the wrong idea there." Michael said. "It seems your shot works as a confusion shot to disorient enemies." Michael said as he wrote the score and the name down.
Pinkie Pie-5-Confusion shot
Pinkie then set the bow down and pulled her face off the wheel and spun again. There were only 3 ponies left now. Rainbow dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy and just like that it landed on Fluttershy. She let out a little eep and backed up a bit. "Fluttershy huh? Hmm I wonder how that will work out?" Michael mused as she reluctantly went up to the bow and picked it up. Luckily she had no need to balance cause of her wings so she floated there using her wings and used both of her hooves to grasp the arrow and string.
"Hmm I had read that Pegasus were the main group of ponies that used bows and arrows cause of there flying ability. This should be interesting." Michael said as Twilight nodded a bit proud of herself for teaching him that.
Fluttershy to everyone's surprise pulled back on the string easily and aimed with a nervous look on her face and eeped as she let loose. The arrow then let loose what looked like a cloud of smoke as it hit the 2 mark. Michael had to use his magic to detect what that was. "Oh wow. Fluttershy it seems when you fired you were afraid and it caused the arrow to be infused with a fear cloud. Those who are affected go into a scared state just like when you use the stare on another being." Michael said as he wrote down Fluttershys score.
Fluttershy-2-Fear shot
"Oh...my." Fluttershy said as she put the bow down and hid behind Pinkie. Now there were only 2 faces on the wheel.
"Wait! I think Rainbow should go before me. I want to be prepared." Rarity said as she sat there.
"You sure?" Michael asked tilting his head. Rarity nodded and Rainbow was just to excited.
"AW yeah i'm Up." She said as she flew to the bow and took it quickly flying to her line. She lined up her target and fired. The arrow then disappeared and appeared in the tree behind the target leaving a hole where the 5 mark was. "WOW! It went right through!" She said as Michael smiled.
"A piercing shot. A shot fired so fast it goes right through the opponent. Good for breaking through armor." He said as he wrote the score down.
Rainbow dash-5-Piercing shot
Rainbow then gave the bow to Rarity where she lifted it in her magic and walked to the line as everypony watched. In a stance of grace and pulled back and fired. It his the the 1 mark at the top and let out a cloud of purple smoke. "Hmm...well it was my first shot. Can't expect to win them all." She said as Michael used detect on the smoke.
"Blinding shot. The purple smoke is a type of magic that blinds the enemies from seeing you...well so far as I've seen these shots are not lethal....cept for maybe Twilight's, Applejack's, and Rainbow Dash's if shot right." He said as he wrote down that last score. In all it read,
Applejack-4-Impact shot
Twilight-3-Magic piercing shot
Pinkie Pie-5-Confusion shot
Fluttershy-2-Fear shot
Rainbow dash-5-Piercing shot
Rarity-1-Blinding shot
"So as the score reads both Pinkie Pie and Dash here got bulls-eye so they won." He said as Rainbow gave off a whoop but pinkie cut in.
"Wait what about you and your shot?" she asked as he blinked.
"Hmm I guess I can try." He said as he took a white arrow from the quiver and saw that the arrows that were shot before were back in the quiver and no longer on the targets. 'I guess that's what she meant by infinite ammo.' He thought to himself. He walked up to the line and strung the arrow on the bow, pulled back, and aimed. He held there for a moment breathing deeply as the girls watched him aim. He had a determined look on his face and then he muttered something. "Let my arrow aim true." He then let loose as Light seem to wrap around the arrow and strike the 5 on the target but then explode in a blast of light nearly blinding everyone as they covered there eyes. Michael then felt completely drained from the shot he fired and collapsed right there.
"MICHAEL!" the girls called out as they ran up to him just as darkness clouded his vision and he was out.