//------------------------------// // Explainations // Story: Backfire // by Zoom zoom //------------------------------// “Okay how did this happen?” Spike asked pacing around the room. “Because we both didn’t think about wording,” Wishful answered simply. He was trying to use his wings to push Twilight off him but apparently that wasn’t going to happen any time soon as it only made her grip his wings instead. Spike was slow on the uptake, “Wording?” “Okay the wording was your fault. My fault was in not explaining the importance of wording. Figured that was part of the ‘think carefully’ assumption one should make with wishes in general. Oh and I guess it’s sort of Twilight’s fault too since she super charged you.” Wishful had said that to try and get Twilight to have some other emotion so he could get her to stop clinging to him, but instead all he got was her kissing one of his wings while rubbing a hoof affectionately on his chest and saying, “whatever you say honey.” “Ugg,” both Spike and Wishful said at once. “No Wishful,” Spike finally said recovering. “I mean what was my wording problem.” “Well-“Wishful was going to answer but Twilight had gone in for another kiss. Before she had the element of surprise, now she had the element that Wishful’s body really REALLY liked that kiss last time. The heat took him in again and this time he pressed into her, his mind filling with thoughts that would usually be enough to put him to sleep at night. Spike finally used his magic to grab Twilight by the tail to hold her in the air and smack Wishful with his own tail screaming at both of them. “SNAP OUT OF IT!” Wishful shook his head to get out of his daze, Twilight however was fighting Spike. “Let go Spike. He’s mine.” With the creep factor back, Wishful was able to think of something. “Um, Twilight?” he tried to make his voice sound as sweet as possible. “Yes sugar bear?” Twilight’s voice really came off wrong and Spike had to hold on to make sure she stayed back and was gagging. “You could make an anti magic field right, one that blocks all magic around you? I mean you are the best magic user ever right?” Wishful did his best to copy the look Twilight was showing him looking into his eyes earlier, “You should use it then. That way we can be together?” “What the hell man?” Spike shouted still trying to hold the obviously talented Twilight back with his own magic. Twilight nodded at Wishful’s idea and used the spell. It was similar to her and Shining Armor’s force field spell but with more energy put into dispelling the magic in the bubble then repelling anything. It filled the entire house and Twilight plopped onto the floor with a thud. When she rose Twilight shook her head and was suddenly horrified. “What, what just happened?” Wishful didn’t miss a beat, “You entered a room with obvious magical influence that caused you to enact all of your pent up sexual tension. What would your coltfriend think?” Twilight clammed up. “If you’re wondering how I know you have a secret lover, it’s due to the fact you didn’t attempt going any further. Getting it regularly means you don’t need it.” “No it doesn’t,” said Twilight panicky, “I mean I never did that with anypony and I don’t have a lover and, oh Celestia what have I done?” After more pacing she ran out of the house tears filling her eyes. Spike felt sort of bad about this but Wishful was wearing a big grin giving his inner colt a high hoof. Spike looked at his friend in disappointment until Wishful looked at him and simply stated: “Was.” “Huh?” “Your wish problem,” he said dully. “You used the word was. Past tense.” Now Spike finally got it. His wish had made it so that he HAD been with Rarity. “But then, why don’t I remember any of it?” “Fail safe for wishing. We keep our memories and have none of this reality. That way we can undo the wish since we remember our old lives. Normally if things go well, and it usually doesn’t, I then grant a wish that take those memories away. However, the Backfire due to that is pretty bad.” Spike was still confused, “How so?” “It wasn’t simply turning you into a pony,” answered Wishful, “That ‘was’ screwed everything up. You were never a dragon thanks to this wish. I’m not sure on the details but I am certain that is the case. So without knowledge of any other differences in our own lives, we can’t be sure about the kind of ponies we were before this point in our time. So as another fail-safe I focused on I made sure your life has morphed to be more the same you always had it with the only differences being your wish’s conditions. Unfortunately before everything was set that girl you have a crush on interrupted me.” “Wait…” Spike interrupted before Wishful could continue. “Rarity came to stop the wish?” Wishful gave it some thought, “I think so. Never met her before, that and she didn’t give her name. White Unicorn with gems on her flank so I guessed it was her. Twilight tried to warn me before not to keep going, you got distracted when Rarity showed up so I tried to stop the spell before the magic set in for you. Then Twilight stopped me and tried to do it herself and we have this mess now.” “Alright,” said Spike comprehending, “but what about you? How did my wish do that magic to get ponies to hate you?” “That I’m still figuring out. The Pegasus thing I get. As for the flesh wings it was because I always admired the night guards I guess. But if my life has been different since I was born why do I have the exact same cutie mark?” “Well,” said Spike, “You’re still the same pony. So you’d still have the same talent, and that is granting wishes right? Did you ever consider your talent didn’t need that spell? I mean at least here?” Wishful was taken aback. Perhaps Spike had something there, but now wasn’t the time to think of it. “First thing I have to do, after I find a place to stay, is figure out how to get rid of this wish magic. Aside from getting Celestia to teach Luna and Twilight to use it and combining their powers during a comet there has to be some other way we can put as much juice into undoing it.” “Well obviously you can stay here,” said Spike easily. “I can talk to Twilight about it. But why did you say only you? I can help too.” “True,” said Wishful now distracted and looking through some books on the self labeled Magical Studies. “However I think you’re better off trying to patch things up with Rarity. Based on the town’s reaction you must have done something really bad. Plus if you can get back together with her I won’t have to keep studying to undo this. Win-win.” Spike shook his head, “No it isn’t. You’d be stuck without magic and living in a world without these weird feelings that come over ponies.” “You let me worry about that when the time comes,” said Wishful. “For now how about we sort of make this a race? It will get both of us to try harder. After all you nearly got what you wished for. Are you really going to give up when you’re this close to being with Rarity?” Spike thought for a moment and then a smile crossed his face. “I suppose not. I’m in if you’re serious.” They shook on it. Something nagged at the back of Spike’s mind as he did so though. It was like he was forgetting something. Something he used to wake up to. “Well,” he thought, “I can just talk it over with Wishful and Pee Wee later. I wonder where he ran off to anyway. Ah well he’ll be fine till I get back later.” (Author's Note: I can't believe no one noticed this yet after all these chapters what the huge backfire is to this wish yet. Spike yes but the audience? Guess it wasn't explained enough. Hopefully this extended and fixed cut helps.)