A Change of Weather in Ponyville

by MLPDavester

Ch.15 - Magical Headaches

Hey everyone. Sorry about being so long with an update, got stuck in a rut and didn't really give enough thought to what to do next. Finals and everything coming up are making thinking about stories a little tricky. So besides this update I will be trying to get out 1 or 2 more this week, hopefully if time allows with other final projects and tests coming. When the end of April rolls around though I'll have a LOT more time to write until I figure out a part-time job for the summer. Once again I am really sorry to those of you that have patiently waited for me these past few weeks, hopefully you don't have to wait much longer for the story to get rolling again. Have a good Easter Break everyone!

~Ponyville, one week following the Summer Sun Celebration~

“Maghus…Maghus…MAGHUS!” Twilight practically screeched out the last call as she nudged her sleeping friend’s side with her hoof. The lack of a response nearly every time she tried to wake him was beginning to drive her up the wall.

“Whowhatwhenwherewhy!” Maghus blurted out as his head snapped up, slamming his horn against Twilight’s forehead with enough force to send her back a few feet in surprise and pain. “OW!” Maghus’ eyes were half open from sleep and frustration as he gently rubbed his horn. He didn’t notice Twilight sprawled out on the ground unconscious as he snapped at her, “What’s the big deal Twilight? I told you I don’t like being woken up before noon, sheesh…Twilight?” The lack of an answer or even recognition of him had Maghus puzzled.

As Maghus opened his eyes to look around, his vision passed over his cloud clock, which read that it was in fact noon. He sheepishly scratched his mane as he chuckled a little to himself, now fearing what Twilight may do to him after his outburst when it was in fact exactly when he would normally wake up. As he turned to apologize however, his words got caught in his throat as he caught sight of his unconscious friend on the ground a few feet from his bed. “Twilight!” He quickly jumped out of bed and proceeded to levitate Twilight onto it in his place. As he lowered her gently under the sheets, he noticed a small dent in her forehead just below her horn where he must have made contact. “Buck! Twilight I am so sorry! Please Twilight, wake up!”

As Maghus frantically went about the room looking for something to help his childhood friend, Spike ambled into the room rubbing his eyes groggily. “Hey Maghus, what’s the big hurry? Got somewhere you need to be or something? I…” His train of thought was immediately stopped however when he caught sight of Twilight slowly waking up in Maghus’ bed. “Twilight?! What are you…How…Maghus! What the hay is going on?! Why is Twilight in your bed?!”

Maghus never bothered to look at Spike as he explained, though with a VERY deep crimson blush on his muzzle. “It’s not what it looks like Spike, believe me. Twilight was just coming in to wake me up and I guess I was a little more difficult than most times. She must have yelled at me at some point and it woke me up so suddenly I must have accidentally hit her just below her horn with my horn when I sat up. At least I think that’s what happened since me horn won’t stop throbbing in pain.” Maghus took a moment to quickly apply a tender massage to his horn to alleviate a bit of the pain he still felt. “Man does Twilight sure have a thick skull…”

“At least I wake up when I’m supposed to…” Twilight groaned as she too rubbed her forehead, noticing the bump below her horn while she did so.

“Twilight!” Maghus’ head snapped around at a speed that a few very audible popping sounds came from his neck, making Twilight and Spike cringe slightly. “You’re awake! Oh Celestia, thank goodness!” Maghus let out a deep sigh as he slumped down to the floor, utterly exhausted from his brief panic attack. “I am so sorry about hitting you like that! I don’t usually find it that hard to wake up in the morning…or I guess afternoon since it’s past noon already…” Maghus chuckled quietly to himself as he looked at Twilight with a pained look on his face.

“Maghus…It’s ok.” Twilight replied with a slight grimace. “You didn’t hit me hard enough to do anything serious, I’m fine…At least I think I’m fine. Something doesn’t feel quite right with my magic now that I think about it…” Twilight then proceeded to levitate the nearest book over to herself, which Maghus quickly dove to block since it was a book on magic and emotions. This caused Maghus to get caught in the wave of magic and immediately get levitated straight into Twilight, causing her to once again get knocked on the head by Maghus.

“Oof…hehe, sorry Twilight. I don’t know what came over me, must have seen a bug on the book or something.” Twilight put on a false smile, hoping that Twilight would believe him as she rubbed her horn with a pained and tired look on her face. “Are…Are you ok Twilight?”

Twilight shook her head sadly as Maghus climbed off of her. When Maghus looked closer at her face after climbing down, he noticed a few tears in her eyes. “Twilight?” The lack of an answer as her mane fell over her face made Maghus fear the worst. Had he just ruined the only friendship he had since he was a child? Had he somehow hurt Twilight in some way that was irreparable? The fear of doing something terrible to Twilight had Maghus completely up in arms with himself as Twilight slowly cried a few tears on the bed sheets.

“Maghus?” Twilight spoke softly, her voice barely more audible than a whisper. Maghus’ head instantly snapped towards Twilight, hoping that whatever it was Twilight wanted, he could help her somehow.

“Yes Twilight? What do you need?”

“Can you help me get to the hospital? I don’t think my magic is working…” As Twilight finished, Maghus’ eyes shot wide open in fear. He immediately proceeded to levitate Twilight out of bed onto his back as he shot by Spike towards the door out of the library.

Spike had been completely forgotten in the chaos of the moment, and only narrowly avoided being squished like a pancake by a frantic Maghus as he carried a half-awake Twilight Sparkle on his back. As he heard the door slam shut, he quickly followed the same path to the door, making sure to spread the news of the mornings events to Twilight’s friends.

~Ponyville Hospital, 20 minutes later~

A few nurses jumped in fright as Maghus bolted through the doors, immediately noticing the unconscious mare on his back as he panted for breath. One nurse in particular walked up to Maghus immediately, the same nurse who had helped see to Maghus’ injuries when he had been admitted about a week and a half ago.

“Follow me, I think I know who can help Ms. Sparkle.” The nurse immediately galloped down the hall, motioning to Maghus to follow as she did so.

Maghus immediately followed, recognizing the nurse, though not remembering her name. As he galloped after her, he heard doors opening behind him as Twilight’s friends burst through the doors with Spike on Pinkie’s back. Spike had been busy it seems since he had left with Twilight.

As Maghus continued to follow the nurse, a few ponies poked their heads out of a few rooms to see what the commotion was. The sight of a unicorn stallion carrying a very well-known unicorn mare on his back made nearly all of them uneasy, as bad things didn’t tend to happen to the six mares that had saved Equestria twice in the past year.

“In here!” The nurse quickly motioned to Maghus before she turned into an open room nearby. Maghus immediately sped up his pace, eager to see who it was that would be able to provide assistance to Twilight in her condition. He immediately froze upon turning and entering the room however as he caught sight of the “somepony” that would be able to help Twilight.

“Hello Maghus. What can I help you with?” Princess Celestia asked as she looked up from the desk she was currently sitting at. As she finished though, she immediately caught sight of Twilight lying unconscious in his back. “Twilight!”

“Princess Celestia!...But I…how...what?...” Maghus’ mind would not allow him to form a coherent sentence as he gaped at the older of the Alicorn sisters quickly trotting over to him to examine Twilight. When she had reached his side and had levitated Twilight onto a couch, his thoughts finally allowed him to form a clear sentence. “What are you doing in Ponyville?!”

Princess Celestia’s eyes never left Twilight as she replied curtly. “I’m doing some rounds to some of the major towns and cities of Equestria to check up on medical facilities, and I figured I would come to Ponyville first.” She blushed a little in embarrassment before continuing. “…and I also forgot to bring your medical files when we came a week ago. So here I am.” She then took her eyes off of Twilight to fix them on Maghus, who know began to quiver at the intensity of the look she gave him. “Now please tell me what happened to Twilight.”

“I think we would all very much like to hear this.” Rarity replied as Spike and Twilight’s friends entered the room.

Everypony’s eyes were now very intently trained on Maghus, who couldn’t help but shake under all of the eyes that were now focused on him. “Well, you see…Everypony needs their sleep, right?” This did nothing to satisfy either Celestia or Twilight’s friends as they continued to look at him accusingly. “Fine…But it’ll take a bit of time to explain. Can somepony get Twilight an ice-pack before I start?”

“Allow me.” Princess Celestia trotted over to the desk as she lifted out an ice pack and cracked it, letting the mixture inside begin to cool the bag. Maghus cringed slightly as he thought about how that could just as easily be his back should he say the wrong thing. The last thing he wanted was to look like the bad guy in front of Twilight’s mentor and her friends. There would be no way he could stay in Equestria after that, let alone Ponyville.

“Ok…This is what happened…” Maghus began.

~10 LONG minutes later, with some arguments throughout~

“So you’re sayin’ that Twilight’s sleepin’ right now ‘cause you knocked her on the head twice? That’s it?” Applejack asked with a confused and angry look on her face. She was currently resisting the urge to buck this stallion against the opposite wall of the room. He was not making a good case for himself.

“Yes…wait I mean NO!” Maghus quickly replied as he realized his mistake. He had been sweating the entire time he had been recollecting the afternoon’s events upon his waking up, and so far he had made himself sound like he had beaten up Twilight over being forcibly woken up. Not a good way to look like a nice guy after how long he had been here. “It was an accident!”

“I don’t see how it’s an accident, darling.” Rarity replied as she thought about what Maghus had told them. “The first time, yes. But the second time you hit her? It sounds more like you were trying to prevent her from reading something and that caused her to levitate you right into her instead of the book. How is that NOT an accident?”

“Yeah! Plus you asked her to wake you up then! So why is it NOT your fault she’s hurt right now?! Huh?” Rainbow Dash snapped as she got right up in Maghus’ face. A look of pure terror and rage was apparent in her eyes, and Maghus was doing all he could to avoid breaking down into tears and curling up into the fetal position right on the spot.

Princess Celestia had been silent the entire time, thinking about what Maghus had said as well as the way he had said it. It was apparent he was sorry for what had happened, but what book would have been so important, unless…It must be the same book that she had given to Maghus before leaving, giving him a wink as she did so. She had known about Maghus’ infatuation with Twilight, and she had told him that that was part of the reason she had brought him to Ponyville with herself and Luna. The book was supposed to be a way for Maghus to better control his magic while thinking about her, as magic tends to get a little unpredictable when ponies are in love. She couldn’t help but laugh to herself, though she had hoped it had been quieter, as everypony was now looking at her with a confused look on their face.

“What’s so funny Princess?” Rainbow asked as she cocked an eyebrow at Celestia. She then proceeded to point a hoof accusingly at Maghus as she continued. “This guy basically beat up Twilight and expects us to believe that it was an accident? I don’t buy it.”

Maghus’ temper began to rise as Rainbow accused him of hurting the pony he loved on purpose. “You think I wanted to hurt Twilight?! Why the hay would you think that!” Rainbow proceeded to back away from Maghus a bit in his rage, the rest of her friends looking worried at what Maghus might be about to do. “You honestly think that I would hurt the one pony that I was friends with back when I was a colt?! I always cared about Twilight as a friend, and I still did even after she came here! I don’t care that nothing I say may convince you otherwise, but I WILL say that I would never hurt Twilight on purpose! I would rather DIE first!”

“Because you love her.” Celestia finished for Maghus, who proceeded to drop his jaw at the blatant explanation of his feelings for her. Everypony proceeded to look back and forth between Maghus and Celestia as they all considered Maghus’ behaviour since his arrival.

“Now that you mention it, he did seem rather fond of the idea of having Twilight around when I was making some suits and outfits for him earlier this week.” Rarity put a hoof to her chin as she thought back to earlier that week. “And he never did take his eyes if of Twilight when I convinced her to model a few outfits.” Maghus blushed at this comment as the others all turned their looks to Maghus once again.

“Yeah! And he ordered the same thing as Twilight when they came by Sugarcube Corner yesterday. He really enjoyed it, but he was looking at Twilight a lot while he was eating it, smiling while Twilight just enjoyed her cupcake.” Pinkie skipped over to Maghus and gave him a pat on the back while producing an identical cupcake as the ones Maghus and Twilight had the day before. “Do you want another one?”

Maghus’ blush deepened as he politely refused the cupcake. He desperately wished that he had gone with a long mane that he could hide behind like Fluttershy tended to, he just wanted to disappear so badly right now.

“Is that true?” Rainbow asked as she collected herself after Maghus’ enraged outburst. “Is that why you yelled at me like that?”

“Yeah…I guess.” Maghus shook his head as he stood up taller. “No. It IS why I yelled at you. I’m very sorry that I did, but it just made me so mad that you would even think about me hurting Twilight on purpose. Or did Rarity not tell you guys?”

“Tell us what, Rarity?” Fluttershy asked as the others proceeded to turn their focus on the purple-maned fashionista. “What did Maghus think you told us?”

“Well girls, you see…” Rarity looked at Maghus with a questioning look on her face, to which Maghus sighed and gave a gentle nod of his head. “You all know about what Twilight said and all before Princess Celestia helped Maghus about a week ago, right?” Everypony immediately nodded, to which Maghus’ innards tightened as Rarity approached what had happened the day the storm had been over Ponyville. “And how Twilight had been in tears when she said that the voice we had heard a day earlier was Maghus?” Another set of nods.

Princess Celestia looked over to Maghus in shock at the mention of the voice belonging to Maghus. She and Luna had been relaxing in the cottage they had been staying in when they had heard the music. They had both found it quite peaceful and relaxing, and the tone had an upbeat vibe that spoke of a better day tomorrow, to which both of them smiled as they saw the storm pass. They had originally believed that the Elements of Harmony had somehow been involved and Maghus had been hurt assisting them, but hearing what had really transpired made a lot more sense. Maghus blushed slightly at Celestia’s surprised look at him upon this revelation.

“It was because Maghus had kissed her.” The set of gasps was enough to set a ghost on edge, as the others proceeded to slowly turn their heads to Maghus, whose blush was now deep enough for his entire head to look purple instead of its deep blue.

Rainbow Dash was the first to speak. “Really?! You kissed her? Way to take the first move buddy!” Rainbow playfully gave Maghus a shove on the side, to which he sheepishly looked away and attempted to hide the blush he now realized was on his face.

“Ooh! Ooh! I know what this calls for!” Pinkie exclaimed. “A party-”

“NO!” Maghus quickly blurted out. The sudden sad look on Pinkie’s face shock Maghus however into altering how he said it. “I mean…not yet. I don’t know if Twilight even feels the same way, or if there’s even a chance that a stallion like me is worth it for a mare like Twilight.” This was followed by a pair of ‘aw’s’ by Rarity and Fluttershy, who at heart were both true romantics. “We can through A party when Twilight wakes up…let’s call it a…We’re-Glad-You’re-Not-Really-Hurt-And-We-Hope-You’re-Still-Our-Friend party…If that even makes sense.”

“It makes perfect sense! I’ll go start on the party decorations and everything!” Pinkie was about to bolt from the room when she was stopped by Fluttershy, who gestured at the now sleeping Twilight. “…After Twilight wakes up that is…”

“I’m just glad everyone understands now.” Maghus replied. “Even if it did make me embarrassed enough to bake a cake with how red I got.”

“I’ll say! You were like the colour of Rarity’s mane! It was so awesome!” Rainbow replied as she laughed on the floor.

“Do you find something about my mane funny Rainbow?” Rarity asked with a glare as Rainbow ‘s eyes shot open upon realizing her mistake.

As Rainbow attempted to find an apology fitting, Twilight slowly got up from the couch amidst the chaos. “Can you all keep it down please? My head is killing me right now.”

“Oh look, Twilight’s awake! Looks like she’s fine. See ya later guys!” Rainbow then proceeded to bolt from the room to avoid the wrath of Rarity.

“It’s so good to see you awake and okay Twilight. I’m really sorry for causing this whole mess.” Maghus bowed his head in an apology, ignoring the giggles from the rest of her friends as he bowed.

“It’s fine Maghus. Just next time, put an alarm on that clock rather than having me be your wake-up call. For both our sakes?” Twilight asked with a grin, to which Maghus smiled sheepishly as he nodded.

Celestia chose this moment to cut in and do an official diagnosis on Twilight. “You mentioned painful headaches, was there anything else, Twilight?” As Twilight shook her head, Celestia nodded her’s in acknowledgement. “Good, but I would strongly advise not suing any magic today, as well as getting some rest to avoid the headaches getting worse, okay?”

“But Princess I…” Twilight was immediately cut-off by Maghus interrupting her to save her flank in the situation.

“…Would be happy to do that while Maghus takes care of everything I was going to do today as well as give Spike the day off since he won’t be needed. Is that all, Celestia?” Maghus replied as the others stared at him, dumbfounded.

“But Maghus, you don’t have to…” Twilight began, only to be cut-off once again by Maghus.

“Worry about you?” Maghus asked with a cocked eyebrow. “After everything that happened to you today because of me, I think it’s only fitting. Besides, how hard could it be to do everything you do?” Maghus smiled as he spoke, a chance to make up for his mistakes now clear on the horizon.

“Well…” Twilight looked at her hooves, unsure about the turn of events. “…Alright. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

“Oh, calm down Twilight. What’s the worst that could happen?” Maghus said as the other all looked at each other with sheepish grins on their faces.

Comments

[MLPDavester]

Now I know this chapter may be a bit sketchy on details and such, but I just need to work things back into line as I approach the introduction of the next OC. Hold on to your hats everypony, because a storm is coming!

[OminousBrony]

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...What you did there, I can see it.
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[OminousBrony]

*Twiddles thumbs while waiting patiently*

[MLPDavester]

449732 Last week has been long dealing with a few final projects and tests, gonna be giving more frequent updates to story as long as I can think of something now that my spare time has freed up considerably for at least the next 2-3 weeks.