//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: New Equestrian Magic // Story: Equestria Wars: The Magic Unleashed IV // by sonicdash123 //------------------------------// Charming Thunder walked through the forest to search for Twilight and found her sitting on the log crying. He then walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder which made her jump. "Oh, it's you," Twilight said. "If you're here to bring me back, I'll be there in a few. Just need some alone time." "Twilight, I know something is wrong," Charming Thunder said as he sat down next to Twilight. "Why did you run off?" Twilight got up and walked towards a pond. "I fear that it was me who destroyed the dock. Everyone thinks it was Gaia, but it's not." "I sensed you use magic earlier, but it wasn't the case of the destruction of the dock. I think it's Darth Nox." "He was powerful than you when you faced him. I don't want you to get hurt." "You worry a lot. Just like the time of the...well... you know." "You just don't understand. I think Midnight is trying to regain control of me. I just had another one of those dreams about of her." (Note: Sung to the tune of the Hunchback of Notre Dame’s Someday) Sung by Twilight Sparkle and Charming Thunder I used to believe In the days I was obsessed That I’d be able to see A day without magic And with all these dreams Long before the morning comes I fear I will loose control It will come when she comes Someday When we are wiser When this world is older What we have learned I pray Someday it will come to pass Both dreams and visions Someday Life could be fairer Life could be fairer Need could be rarer Need could be rarer Midnight will not stop Midnight will soon stop Guide me Guide me Through the darkness Through the darkness On its way Let it come Someday Charming Thunder walked up to Twilight and held her hand. "You know that won't happen. Not while I'm around, Twilight." When this is all over When things have changed Someday These dreams will all come true Til then, we’ll Wish under the stars Change will come One day Someday Soon Twilight and Charming Thunder's foreheads met eachother softly as they smiled. "Ready to go back?" Charming Thunder asked. "I am," Twilight replied as she and Charming Thunder held hands and walked through the forest back to camp. --------------------- Charming Thunder and Twilight were almost back at camp as Charming Thunder encouraged Twilight along the way. "Just keep it together," Charming Thunder said. "Take deep breaths. You are not a monster." They then noticed Timber and both screamed. "Oh, hi," Twilight said; chuckling. "What are you doing here?" "Looking for you two," Timber said. "Oh, we just went on a nature walk and got a little lost." "We were?" Charming Thunder said before he got hit by Twilight's elbow on the arm. "Oh, yes we did." "Let me show you the way," Timber said. "I'm kind of an expert at these woods. I've lived here my whole life." "That must have been nice," Twilight said. "Growing up at a camp." "Yeah, though it has its downsides. When I was younger, I wished we'd sell this place so we could live in a town like normal people." "Really?" "I was ten. I really wanted to hang out at the mall." Both Twilight and Timber giggled at the thought except Charming Thunder who rolled his eyes. "I've never told that to anyone. You must be special. And not just because you have tree branch in your hair." Charming Thunder and Twilight noticed the tree branch and Twilight pulled it out of her hair carefully. "How long has that been in there?" "Not long. Just the whole time we were talking." "Well, why didn't you say something?" "Maybe it's because you were too distracted," Charming Thunder said. The three continued their walk out of the forest to get back to camp. --------------------- "Rock climbing is all about perseverance and trust." Principle Celestia stated to Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow "Rarity, you can trust that Applejack will spot you." When Celestia left them, Rainbow complained to Rarity and Applejack. "Yeah, so you can totally go faster than you're going." Applejack glared at Rainbow. "Rainbow Dash!" Applejack said. "Sorry. I've been waiting to do this since we got here. I would ask Danny if he could spot me but he said that he wanted to explore the forest alone." "Well, you have to wait a little longer, darling," Rarity said. Rainbow Dash scowled and turned, just in time to see Charming Thunder and Twilight approaching. "Oh, good! Twilight, if you spot me, I can finally go." Twilight tried to protest but Rainbow didn't let her get the chance. "I'll go get another harness." "I'm not sure---" Twilight said. "Where is Danny?" Charming Thunder asked. "Danny went to explore the forest, went alone and he seemed to be serious for some reason," Applejack answered. "Believe it or not but Rainbow was actually hoping to spend some more time with Danny. Been doing that a lot since the beginning." Sunset Shimmer came out of the forest, holding Spike. "Twilight, there you are!" Sunset said. "I was looking for you!" Before they could ask, they began to feel rumble and Charming Thunder felt a spike of magic. He noticed that it wasn't Twilight so something had happened. Some students were screaming. "Is that an earthquake?" Spike asked. "We aren't near any fault lines," Twilight said. "I do hope Danny wasn't anywhere near the source," Charming Thunder added. Before anyone could reply, a student known as Bulk Biceps shouted, "Hey! Who left this crystaly dusty stuff here?!" Charming Thunder looked at them before hearing Rarity yelping from above and he looked. "I-I believe I'd like to come down now!" Rarity shouted down to Applejack. Applejack nods and tried to help her down but the cable was jammed and she struggles to move it. "Sorry, it's a little bit stuck," Applejack said. Applejack tried to see if she could jerk it up but a orange glow surrounded Applejack's hands and when she pulled, she made Rarity go even higher, making her scream. At the last second, Applejack managed to catch the cable and stopped it from making Rarity from hitting the ground. Rarity, who had her eyes closed in fear, turned to Applejack and screamed, "Applejack! What are you doing?!" Celestia came over. "Is everything okay over there?" Celestia asked. "Uh, I don't know what happened," Applejack explained. "I didn't even pull the rope that hard. It's like she was light as a feather all of a sudden." Rarity was breathing heavily and glared at Applejack. "I was scared half to death!" Rarity said. "It wasn't my fault! Let me help you get your harness out." "No, thank you!" When Rarity pushed her hands forward to stop Applejack, a giant diamond wall appeared and pushed Applejack away, making her scream. After a bit, Applejack came out of the bushes, wet and spit out water. "What in the world just happened?" Celestia asked. "Oh, dear! I am so sorry! I think. Did I just do whatever that was?" "I don't think it was your fault," Twilight said. "I gonna go get Applejack a towel." "Me too," Sunset said. "I might as well go as well, just to make sure another earthquake doesn't happen to get them," Charming Thunder said. Sunset and Charming Thunder went after Twilight when she walked away. "You're not the only one with a new kind of magic! This is great!" Twilight shook her head. "No, it's not!" Twilight said. "Rarity and Applejack could have really hurt each other! Why is this happening? I don't---" Suddenly, Gloriosa came from nowhere and said, "Hi, girls! Anything I can do for you?" "Uh, Applejack just fell into the lake!" "Oh, no! She's gonna need warm towels, dry clothes, oh, and a hot cocoa! I've got this!" Just as Gloroisa left, the three heard Fluttershy's screaming. Charming Thunder, Twilight, and Sunset looked at the mess hall. "Fluttershy?" Twilight and Sunset said in unison. The three ran to the mess hall and when they opened the doors, they see dough everywhere. "What happened?" Sunset asked Fluttershy and Pinkie. "I don't know," Fluttershy said. "We were just decorating cookies and---" "And I was all, you need more sprinkles! And you need more sprinkles!" Pinkie finished. Twilight, Sunset, and Charming Thunder had walked into the room and Charming Thunder rolled his eyes at Pinkie's silliness. "So, standard Pinkie Pie stuff," Sunset said. "I was just tossing sprinkles to Fluttershy, when all of a sudden they glowed pink and exploded!" Pinkie did what she just explained and the sprinkles that she was tossing had glow pink and exploded, Fluttershy protected herself this time but Twilight, Sunset, and Charming Thunder were hit by some dough. Pinkie shook herself like a dog and was clean. "Just like that, only earlier!" "Oookaay. Why don't you lay off touching stuff for a while?" Sunset stated, making sure to obverse Pinkie's hand. "Oh, dear," Fluttershy said. "We really should clean all of this up." Fluttershy went to get some paper towels but was struggling to get them. "Can someone help me out?" he was answered by tweets of a bird and a orange bird grabbed the paper towels and dropped it in Fluttershy's arms. The bird landed on Fluttershy's open finger. "Thank you, Mr. Bird." The bird tweeted to Fluttershy. "Why, of course I can get you a little something to---" Fluttershy gasped when she noticed she could understand the bird. "Did you just... talk?" The bird tweeted back. "But I don't speak 'chirp'." The bird tweeted in question. "I don't know if you're the only bird I can understand." The bird did a loud tweet out. "Oh, no! Please don't call for your friends." But it was too late, as many birds and owls had came into the room and landed on Fluttershy's arms. "It's nice to meet all of you, too." "Were you just talking to the birds?" Sunset asked. "Um, yes?" The door slammed open, surprising Fluttershy and the birds that caused them to scream/tweet/hoot and at the doors, Rarity and Applejack walked in. "Did you tell them what happened?" Applejack asked the group. "So crazy! I hoisted Rarity up the rock climbin' wall like it was nothin'! Like I had way more strength than I usually do." "And I made diamondy thing appear out of nowhere, which normally I'd be excited about. I mean, the facets were just perfect, and the---" Rarity said. "Rarity!" "Oh, sorry. It knocked Applejack over and then it disappeared!" "Speaking of disappearing, has anybody seen Rainbow Dash?" Her answer came in a form of a rainbow blur passing by Applejack and knocking her into the wall with her screaming and a thud and landed on the ground. Applejack rushed on over to Rainbow. "Whoa! How'd you do that?" "I don't know," Rainbow said. "I started running to get the harness, and the next thing I knew, I was practically back in town!" "But if you had some sort of super speed, why you were gone for so long?" Rarity asked. Rainbow had a dreamy look and smile. "I met with Danny while running back to town and it turns out he had super speed as well. But then he told me that his cybernetic enhancements in his feet gave him super speed and the shoes he wore were heat-proof. So, he helped me get back to camp. I was a rainbow blur while he was a black and white blur. It looked like we were racing and when we returned, he told me that he will be back in the forest to continue exploring so I ran around camp until I finally found you here." "Oooh! Someone is in love!" "Being at camp is giving us all new magical abilities!" Pinkie said. "Not all of us have gotten new abilities," Sunset said. "I haven't, but Twilight---" Twilight shook her head and Sunset lied. "...hasn't, either." "So much for my theory that leavin' CHS would mean leavin' any new magic business behind," Applejack said with a sigh. "Something at the camp must be making this happen," Sunset concluded. "Um, Gaia Everfree?" Fluttershy suggested. Suddenly, the door opens and Fluttershy screams but it turned out to be Gloriosa with a towel and new dry clothes as well as Applejack's hat. "Applejack!" Gloriossa shouted. "I was looking for you! Here, I brought you some towels and dry clothes." Gloriosa was about to leave when she noticed the dough everywhere "Uh, what happened in here?" "We're kinda trying to figure that out," Sunset said. "Well, don't worry about it. I got this!" Sandalwood came into the mess hall. "Gloriosa, I kicked my beanbag into the lake!" Sandalwood said. "I'll get you another one." "And I'm all out of arrows!" Derpy added. "Say no more! New arrows coming right up!" "There you are!" Timber shouted from behind the two classmates. He went into the room and went to whisper into Gloriosa's ear. "Filthy Rich is back. Do you want me to handle it?" "Absolutely not! I've got this!" As Gloriosa tried to pass Sunset, they touched each other and Sunset heard a screaming in her mind. "Fluttershy, enough with the screaming!" Sunset said. "I didn't scream," Fluttershy said. "For once," Rainbow added. "Nobody did," Rarity added. Sunset looked confused. "Attention, campers!" Celestia's voice said over the PA. "Anyone who's interested in making floating paper lanterns, please meet us by the picnic tables." "I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I've been lookin' forward to comin' here for a month," Applejack said. "Maybe we forget about this 'new magic' for a bit and just try to focus on enjoyin' our time at camp?" "I was oh, so excited about designs I've come up with for the camp fashion show," Rarity said with enthusiasm. "And I've barely gotten to whoop anybody in tetherball," Rainbow added. "I think we should try to figure it out," Sunset concluded. "But if letting it go for now is what the rest of you want..." Everyone except Sunset, Charming Thunder, and Twilight agreed to the solution. "Abso-tootly-lutely!" Pinkie added. Charming began to think. Near this camp, the powerful magical source triggered some sort of reaction to the girls. Yet, he was still unaffected, despite the fact he had contact with Equestrian magic before. He began to think before he felt something paper in his pocket. Dear boy, If you are reading this and you felt that magical spike too, it what I have feared. Something, or someone, is using equestrian magic at a big scale and those who are connected to Equestrian Magic or has been exposed to it are having a reaction towards it. I already know who and what the source is, but here is a hint. She has five shards around her neck. Sincerely, Darth Nox Charming Thunder looked confused but nodded, thinking Nox may be someone he knows. As the group left, they never noticed a pair of purple pupils appear from the forest that was watching them. And below the figure, glowed a red glow and a red symbol was visible. Then the lights disappeared from sight.