New Life in Equestria

by jkreader

Chapter 27 - The Spell (Rewritten)

“.osh...”

“J...ua.”

“Joshua.”

I felt myself being gently shaken awake. I opened my eyes and saw Mom standing in front of me. I then saw we were inside a train car.

“Mom, where are we?” I asked her.

“We just arrived in Canterlot,” she said, “Come on, the others are waiting for us outside.”

“Okay Mommy,” I said. I had a little trouble getting back up, but Mom helped me. “Mommy, who else is here beside your friends?”

“Well, today was a day off from school, so Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Dinky, Nyx, and Spike are here with us too. Derpy is as well, because she didn’t want Dinky going to Canterlot unless she came along.”

We started walking toward the exit, but I was still feeling a little wobbly.

“You can lean on my side for support if you want,” Mom said to me. I did what she said and she put a wing over me. When we got off, there was an orange pegasus wearing gold armor standing and talking with everypony else while waiting for us. He had a blue mane and tail and blue eyes. He walked up to us when he saw us getting off.

“Hello Princess,” he said.

“Hey Flash,” Mom said, “I take it you’re here to guide us to the throne room?”

“Yes I am,” the guard replied. He then looked down at me. “Hey there Joshua. Wish we could’ve met under better circumstances. I’m Flash Sentry.” I nodded to him and gave him a small smile to be polite. “Follow me everypony.” He then turned around and started trotting toward the castle. I only saw the castle when I first came to Equestria, so I didn’t get to see a lot of Canterlot. There were a lot of ponies wearing clothes there walking the streets.

Soon, we came up to the castle. Flash lead us inside to the throne room. When we entered, I saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna standing at the end.

“Princess Twilight Sparkle and friends, your highness,” Flash said.

“Thank you Flash Sentry,” Princess Celestia said, “You may return to your post now.”

Flash nodded, gave a bow, and left the room. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna walked up to us.

“Hello everypony,” Princess Celestia said, “Thank you all for coming.” She then looked down at me and frowned sadly. “I’m terribly sorry this had to happen, Joshua,” she said bringing her head down to look at me.

“Celestia,” Mommy said, “Last night, Spike helped me find something in Starswirl’s old spell book: An old curing spell. No unicorn has been able to accomplish it in the past 1,000 years without the aid of alicorn magic. Could that work?” She lifted up the brown book and opened it to the page the spell was one. Princess Celestia took it with her magic and looked through it for a little bit with Princess Luna.

After they were done, they looked at each other, then at me, then back to Mommy.

“This is a very advanced spell, even for alicorns, Twilight,” Princess Celestia said, “But, it is our only option now.” She then looked down at me. “Do you want to go through with this, Joshua?” she asked me.

I was a little worried. Would this spell hurt at all? I wanted to be a human again, and this spell sounded like the only way for me to be human again, but I didn’t want to get hurt at all. But if I don’t do it, I won’t get to be a human again. It almost sounded like getting a shot during a check-up at a doctor. Maybe it would be like a shot: only hurting for a little bit, if it was going to hurt that is. I looked back up at Princess Celestia.

“Yes,” I answered bravely. Princess Celestia nodded.

“Very well then,” she then looked back at the others, “I will need the rest of you to step back. Luna, Twilight, and I will need plenty of space to perform this spell.”

I looked back at them all. They backed up a few steps, but Dinky stayed where she was standing for a minute. She then came up to me and hugged me for a minute.

“Good luck, Josh,” she said rubbing her cheek against mine.

“Thanks Dinky,” I replied. Dinky then let go and walked over to the others. I turned back to Mommy, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna. The three of them were standing in a triangle in the middle of the room.

“You’ll need to stand in the middle of our circle, Joshua,” Princess Celestia said. I slowly walked over to the three of them and stood in the middle. I then looked up at all of their faces as they looked at me. “Before we begin, Joshua, I just want to warn you: the spell says that you’ll need to put out some form of magic yourself for it to work.”

“I need to do magic?” I asked. Princess Celestia nodded. Mommy looked at her.

“But, Celestia,” she said, “He’s only just learned how to walk like a pony. I haven’t taught him basic magic yet.”

“Now would be a good time to do so, Twilight,” Princess Celestia said. Mommy nodded and looked at me.

“Alright, Joshua,” she said to me, “When one of us gives you the signal, here’s what you do: First, you’ll need to have a clear mind. Second, you’ll need to focus inside yourself and embrace the magic within you. Third, focus on your horn and the magic will flow into your horn. Okay?”

“Okay,” I said.

“Now, let us begin,” Princess Celestia said opening her wings. Princess Luna and Mommy did the same. The three of them then lit up their horns. They then slowly started floating in the air. Magic then shot out of their horns, their magic hit together, and started making a small ball of light. It got bigger and bigger until it was as big as me.

"There," Princess Celestia said, "That's enough magic needed. Shut off your horns." Mommy and Princess Luna did what Princess Celestia said and all three of them looked at me. "Okay, Joshua. Now's the time for your part."

I nodded and tried doing what Mommy said. I focused inside me and tried to call the magic out. A little later and nothing was happening. I had my eyes shut tightly as I was trying to do this, but there still wasn't anything coming. Just then, I felt a hoof on my back. I opened my eyes, looked next to me, and saw Mommy standing there.

"You're trying to concentrate too much, sweetie," she said rubbing her hoof on my back. "You need to calm down and relax, okay?"

"Okay," I said nodding. Mommy then leaned in and kissed me on the cheek.

"I love you, Josh," she said, "No matter what."

I smiled as Mommy went back to where she was standing. I closed my eyes again and calmed down. I tried focusing inside me again.

After backing away from Joshua to give him space to try and use magic again, I looked on and silently cheered him on. His eyes were closed and he looked to be more at ease this time around. He lowered his head and concentrated.

A moment later, I could feel something sparking to life within him. I leaned in closer and saw some white sparks erupting from his horn. Keep going, Josh, I said in my thoughts, You're almost there. Another moment and a white aura appeared around his horn. Joshua opened his eyes and looked up at his forehead. His eyes widened when he saw his horn lit up.

"Don't lose that focus, Josh," I reminded him, "Keep it up."

Joshua nodded lightly at my voice but kept his eyes on his lit up horn. The small ball of magic that Celestia, Luna, and I made started hovering down to Joshua. It got closer and closer until it touched the tip of his horn. When they made contact, an eruption of light filled the room. Those of us that had wings had to shield our eyes from the brightness so we wouldn't be blinded.

Please let this work, I pleaded in my head.