“Did you find it yet, Spike?” Twilight Sparkle asked her assistant.
“Not yet, are you sure nopony checked it out?”
“I checked the registry, from what I can tell we should still have it. But it isn’t in the magic reference section like it should be!”
The two were currently searching for a magical reference book that the studious unicorn needed for one of her experiments.
“Maybe you had it in bed with you or down in the basement?” responded the dragon.
“Well maybe, I’ll head downstairs and check-“ but before Twilight could continue, she was interrupted by the hatchling as he waved the coveted item in his grasp.
“Oh here it I found it! It was in the theoretical magic section instead of the reference section!”
“Well how did it get there?” questioned Twilight as she trotted over to her ward and took the book from him with her magic. She opened it and began flipping through the pages.
“One of us must have misfiled it,” reasoned Spike.
“Well it wasn’t me,” said Twilight.
“Well I know it wasn’t me either,” huffed spike with his arms crossed.
“It must have been you, because I know for a fact it couldn’t possibly have been me. A book would never be misfiled under my watch,” retorted Twilight her eyes closed and an air of pride in her voice.
“Oh yeah, maybe you were a little too distracted to notice your mistake,” chided Spike playfully.
“What’s that supposed to mean,” she questioned back.
“We both know that you’ve had your nose practically buried in that romance novel Rarity lent you!” asserted Spike with a smug grin. “Maybe you had your mind on all those kissy bits when you were shelving the books!” Twilights cheeks began to turn red.
“W-that’s preposterous Spike! I’m simply reading that book to expand my horizons. And I’ll have you know that I’m far more interested in the well crafted story of the novel than with any vicarious fixation on the romance between the characters,” twilight responded with dignity.
“Riiight,” Spike responded slyly. The two stared each other down with mock intensity before they both broke into a fit of giggles. After a few moments, Twilight returned her attention to the tome floating in her magical field.
“Well, now I can get back to my research! I’m trying to improve a spell I found in here by editing the spell matrix’s to allow more mana to-“
Before another word could be said, an object slammed into the front door of the Golden Oaks Library with such force that it caused the wooden portal to burst off of it’s hinges and hit the floor with a loud thud. Both residents of the library let out equally high pitched screams of terror, their hearts nearly bursting out of their respective chests.
“Twilight!” It was Rainbow Dash. Normally when Rainbow collided into Twilights door or burst through her windows it was the result of her refusal to slow down enough to take the time to enter the abode properly. But at this time Rainbow seemed to be in a panic. Before Twilight could recover or question the Pegasus, she was upon Twilight, and began speaking at a rapid pace, one that could only be matched by Pinkie Pie herself.
“Twilightyou’vegottahelpme!IprankedAnonwithatotallyfunnylightningboltprank!ItwassupposedtobefunnyIt’dscarehimhe’dyelloutbutthenwe’dlaughaboutitandthenwe’dhangoutbutinsteadsomethingwentwrongandIthinkhe’shurtandhe’snotmovingandIneedyourhelpnow!”
Despite her astute mind, Twilight couldn’t even begin to understand what she’d just been told. The entirety of the situation she now found herself in had occurred in the span of just a few seconds. Her heart rate still had not returned to its normal rate.
“Sweet Celestia Rainbow!” exclaimed the unicorn, taking a step back. “You can’t just barge through my door and start yelling like a crazy pony, you’re going to give me a heart attack!”
“Didn’t you hear what I just said?” questioned the Rainbow with a flabbergasted expression.
“As a matter of fact I couldn’t make out a single word you were saying! You were talking faster than Pinkie Pie during a sugar rush! Start again, but slower.”
“I messed up Twilight, I messed up bad! I-I was, it was just supposed to be a prank! But then the lightning bolt struck Anon, and at first I thought he was faking it, but then I smelled burning, and there was this big mark on him, and he’s not moving, and I left him out in the field, and I need your help now!”
Twilights pupils shrunk as her head reared back, taking in Rainbows words.
“Lightning…Rainbow, what did you do?!” Twilight asked while shuddering.
“There’s no time Twilight, I need your help now! Just follow me!” With that Rainbow dashed out of the library, leaving Twilight no choice but to chase after her. She quickly turned to Spike who had a look of worry and confusion on his face.
“Spike stay here, I need to see what this is about!” Twilight then sprinted out of the Library as fast as she could. Spike’s wide eyes trained after her as she left. He then trudged up to the doorway and watched as the two became specks in the distance.
“Yeah, um o-okay…”
Twilights mad dash after the pegasus pony brought her past the market to the outskirts of town. She was just past the city line when she saw Rainbow hovering above a prone figure on the ground. Narrowing her eyes she saw what was indeed the form of the only human in Equestria. Having them both in her line of sight, she sparked her horn to life and teleported directly next to the two. She immediately looked at Anon with concern. He wasn’t moving except for a few scant twitches of his fingers. One of his eyes was training far away from the other, and there was indeed a foul smell wafting from him.
“Anon, can you hear me?” She questioned the fallen human. His lips floundered slightly but he did not audibly respond.
“What happened?” She turned to Rainbow Dash. “What did you do Rainbow!” Her tone was now accusatory.
“I-it was just a prank! I just tried to scare him with a little bit of lightning! I do it all the time, and it never hurt anypony!” While Rainbow was explaining this, Twilight lifted Anon’s shirt to examine any possible damage. Upon seeing the grisly wound that had now begun to cause the skin to warp and swell, she fought the urge to vomit and covered the ghastly image back up with the shirt.
“Dear Sweet Celestia…” she muttered quietly. “This is the worst thing I’ve ever….YOU SHOT HIM WITH LIGHTNING!” Twilight turned to Rainbow, now realeasing a righteous fury.
“It wasn’t supposed to actually hit hi-“
“Don’t you remember what I told you and the girls about Anon’s thaumaturgical levels when I did my first evaluation of him!”
“What do thermometers have to do with anything?” Rainbow asked earnestly. Twilight looked at her with a look of pure indignant astonishment.
“I-I don’t have time for this right now! We’ll speak about this later, right now I need to get Anon to the hospital!” Twilight turned and leaned over Anon and looked at him with deep concern. “Anonymous, I don’t know if you can hear me right now, but I’m going to get you to the hospital! You’re going to be okay!”
With that, Twilight ignited her horn and with her magic, teleported both Anon and herself out of the field, leaving Rainbow Dash alone.
“I…I’m sorry….”
Here's to hoping he gets the care he needs
So she DID tell them about Anon's lack of magic...She just didn't "Dumb it down" for them to understand any of it, and the girls didn't bother to ask her to keep her words simple for them.
That OR Dash just tuned out whatever else Twilight was saying cause it was all going over her head at that point in time.
Bet it smells like bacon.
See, Twilight. This is why you use small words from your more intellectually challenged friends. Not everyone has Princess Celestia's tutelage under their belts.
Sweet, Blueman Anon it is. Explains why he can't talk...
But seriously, nice work keeping things on that delicate realistic track so far, I look forward to seeing how things go.
Well, that is three perspectives now from that fateful moment. Now for the aftermath.
-5/10, immersion destroyed, dropped
...or Rainbow conveniently forgot that Anon had low magic levels...
So everyone did know about Anon not having magic and were aware that lightning is lethal to him, except Rainbow Dash because, of course, she didn't pay attention to Twilight when she told them.
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She doesn't know how to. She's not a genius, she's just smart.
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I'd assume it was the latter.
Though I have a feeling it could be worse if Twilight did dumb it down by request (say AJ was (also) the one to ask) but even that somehow still didn't help Dash understand anything about Anon (and humans in general) not having any "natural" magic defense of any sort.
Until it is too late.
I can literally feel the guilt Rainbow is experiencing...Good work, good plot for the story and good words that you chose to describe the situation
Cons: Anon is probably a cripple, one with severe trust issue when (if) he finds out who's to blame for the situation
Pros: a sick ass scar on his chest that's bound to impress ladies
Would
So do we get the lightning bolts POV of chapter 1 next or the cloud maybe?
This makes Rainbow's stunt even less excusable than it already was.
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I don't care, just update Rider of the Storm you whore
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Heh.
No, we need to see another replay with a narrower lens showing the lightning's effect on Anon's body.
Each organ or body system can get it's own chapter!
(... Right, well, so... Rainbow Dash was TOLD... but she was told by Twilight in a technical way... I'm honestly not sure which of them is more at fault for Rainbow not understanding right now, because Twilight KNOWS she needs to put things in plain-speak for Rainbow. Seriously... but with that said, this is still ultimately on Rainbow Dash. And... it's probably going to be bad.
But, yeah. Rainbow Dash WAS informed, and she misunderstood the importance of the information. And now, he's at a Ponyville hospital, which will... be treating something they've probably never had to treat before. Both in species, and in injury, as we've already established lightning strikes don't do damage to creatures with magic, which would be pretty much everypony. I... don't have high hopes here.)
The hospital will at least know to treat a burn, so there's that I guess. Equestrian medicine can be incredible in some ways (just look at what Zecora can do), so maybe he has a chance - but we'll see.
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Chapter 11: Anon's toenail POV
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fine jeez
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Have you ever dreamed in the open air and thought about the meaning of life, have you ever imagined figures from the clouds.
After all, it was on this day that the cloud became a weapon of pinpoint destruction.
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Holy cow, it actually happened.
And it's a hefty chapter, too!
Thank you so much, brb gotta get started on it right now.
Of course Rainbow didn`t listen. Why would she?
i hear by suggest that rainbow pay for his hospital bill with her own bits because it was her fault
hope anon become the flash
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i mean chicks do dig scars and I mean he would get a an eye from the royal sisters.
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Probably the perspective of a bystander witnessing the act. This is alluding to another story with the same premise that never really developed the aftermath either. At this point it may as well be a running gag or put on hiatus, only to be updated each April Fool's day.
I noticed some typos and thought I’d point them out. I did notice others, but this comment is getting a bit long for my liking.
“Oh, I found it! (OR) Oh, here it is! It was in the theoretical magic section instead of the reference section!”
A book would never be misfiled under my watch,” retorted Twilight, her eyes closed and an air of pride in her voice.
Twilight responded with dignity.
I’m trying to improve a spell I found in here by editing the spell’s matrix (OR) spell matrices (OR) spell matrix to allow more mana to-“
Normally when Rainbow collided into Twilights door or burst through her windows, it was the result of her refusal to slow down enough to take the time to enter the abode properly. But this time, Rainbow seemed to be in a panic.
“Sweet Celestia, Rainbow!” exclaimed the unicorn, taking a step back. “You can’t just barge through my door and start yelling like a crazy pony. You’re going to give me a heart attack!”
“Didn’t you hear what I just said?” questioned Rainbow with a flabbergasted expression.
Twilight’s pupils shrunk as her head reared back, taking in Rainbow’s words.
“Lightning… Rainbow, what did you do?!” Twilight asked while shuddering.
With that, Rainbow dashed out of the library, leaving Twilight no choice but to chase after her. She quickly turned to Spike, who had a look of worry and confusion on his face.
“As a matter of fact, I couldn’t make out a single word you were saying!
“Spike, stay here, I need to see what this is about!” Twilight then sprinted out of the library as fast as she could.
Twilight’s mad dash after the pegasus pony brought her past the market to the outskirts of town. She was just past the city line when she saw Rainbow hovering above a prone figure on the ground. Narrowing her eyes, she saw what was indeed the form of the only human in Equestria.
“What did you do, Rainbow!?”
”Dear Celestia…” (OR) ”Sweet Celestia…” she muttered quietly. “This is the worst thing I’ve ever… YOU SHOT HIM WITH LIGHTNING!” Twilight turned to Rainbow, now releasing a righteous fury.
“Don’t you remember what I told you and the girls about Anon’s thaumaturgical levels when I did my first evaluation of him!?”
“I-I don’t have time for this right now! We’ll speak about this later. Right now, I need to get Anon to the hospital!”
“I… I’m sorry…”
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Thanks, I'll try to get around to correcting everything!
I'm a dick!
I mean a REAL DICK!
I laughed at that footnote with the gren man that i ended up coughing!
I wanna know more about that book rarity gave twilight.
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I bet it was a story by Monochromatic.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is....well, the same as it was before I learned that. Actually I'm pretty indifferent to that one way or another, I'm just enjoying the story.
Um, okay. I guess that's your prerogative as the author. If you'd named him Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy, then you couldn't have that beloved "Anon" tag.