Spell Tome sends the Timber wolves back into the staff he held out in front of himself. The ponies flinched when he did this but the oppressive atmosphere seemed to recede when the Timber wolves were gone.
Regardless the ponies were still terrified until a pink mare appeared in front of the human.
*Bleat grunt bleat*
“Rainbow tell her I can’t understand her.”
“W-what?” Said Rainbow unsure and confused. “Oh right. Pinkie Pie he can’t understand you.”
The pink pony made more bleats and grunts associated with a horse.
“Hey Rainbow why don’t you point out your friends so I know who I should get to know first.”
“Ok…That right there is Twilight Sparkle. She’s the best pony I know who can do magic. You two will get along well.”
Just then the purple unicorn made some angry noises. Spell Tome probably doesn’t look exactly friendly at the moment. Or well his face doesn’t since he has none at the moment.
“Hey Rainbow. Let’s head to your town for now. We can get acquainted on the way.” He walks up to Rainbow and sits down next to her. Her friends move away only Rainbow doesn’t react.
“Hey you won’t eat my friends will you?”
“Depends. If they give me a reason to defend myself and I accidently kill them while doing so, I might eat them if I’m hungry enough.”
“Wow that was reassuring.” Said Rainbow with a scowl and obvious sarcasm.
“You’re welcome!” he said with a smile that no one could see.
“Yea I think you’d make a better impression if you show them your face.”
*Bleats*
“Yea he has a face AJ. You just can’t see it.”
“AJ is the one with the Stetson right?”
“Yea why?”
“Tell her I think Stetsons are AWESOME!”
Rainbow Chuckles. “AJ he said Stetsons are awesome.” The pony in question just cocked her head to the side and made a very confused noise.
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Twilight remained dumbfounded at the human that stood before her friends. The guards were closing in making sure they have pouncing positions near by so they can subdue the creature at a moments notice. The creature doesn’t seem to notice any of the guard ponies.
“Hey Rainbow?”
“Yea Twi?”
“D-do you think he is dangerous?”
“No he’s cool. He won’t eat us. Just don’t attack him and we’re safe.”
“T-that’s a little reassuring.” Said Twilight nervously
Then some noises came out of the creature.
“What do you mean?” Said Rainbow.
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“I’d rather not get in a conversation about magic with a go between.” Said Spell Tome.
“What do you mean?” Said Rainbow.
“Well it will get annoying for you to say what Twilight says to me and then what I say to her. It’s best for us to not have full scale conversations until I have a less permanent link with your friends so we can understand each other.”
“Umm ok. All right guys lets go home.”
“Wait where will I stay?”
“I dunno. Twilight you can keep him at the library right?”
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“WHAT?!”
“Can he stay with you?”
“Why does he need to stay in Ponyville?” Twilight panicked
“Because I want him in Ponyville.”
“Y’all are crazy Dash.” Said Applejack.
“OOO OOOOO I’LL KEEP HIM!” Said Pinkie Pie overjoyed
“No Pinkie you’ll terrify him with your weirdness!” said Rainbow.
The human made noises again.
“W-what? Yea she offered to take you in, why?”
The human made different noises.
“…” Dashes jaw dropped. “Umm you sure dude she is kind of crazy.”
More human noises but again different.
“Oh well I guess you have a point. Pinkie he took up your offer for keeping him. But wouldn’t Mr. and Mrs. Cake disagree?”
“I’ll convince them don’t worry! Your pal Pinkie Pie will have it handled by night fall!” Said Pinkie saluting.
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I found a position next to Rainbow Dash while walking back to Ponyville. Well Rainbow as actually flying next to me. He now noticed the guards who were doing very well to keep hidden but they were noticeable if you looked in their direction. They seem to think me as mindless because they don’t try to hide when I look in their direction, expecting me not to see them if they don’t move…Fucking hell man, I’m not a dumbass.
Twilight seemed safer around me when Rainbow was near. She found a position next to me and kept giving me nervous glares. She wanted to trust me I could tell. I mean why else would someone try to walk next to you when they were still afraid of you?
“Hey Rainbow?”
“Yea?”
“Ask Twilight if she and I could show each other magic tricks. At least for the night.”
“Sure. Hey Twi before we set up camp, Spell Tome wants to show you his magic. And for you to do the same.”
She froze in place and her thoughts ran through her head faster than Rainbow in a race.
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‘W-what if he hurts me? What if he uses magic on other ponies? What if he knows combat magic!?’
“Uh Twi? Are you ok?” Said Rainbow.
Then a sudden flash of fire explodes in front of her vision. She was so surprised she toppled backward while making a screaming.
“DUDE SPELL TOME NOT COOL!” Shouted Rainbow.
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“Sorry I had to show her my magic first you know?”
“NO I DON’T KNOW! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? If this was your idea of getting ponies to like you then it’s a pretty terrible plan!”
“Well calm down there Rainbow. Why not show off my fire power? If others see that I can kill everyone right now they may feel more comfortable knowing I haven’t done so yet.”
“WHAT THE BUCK! YOU BELIEVE SHOWING OFF FIRE MAGIC IS GOING TO GIVE YOU RESPECT?! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! JUST DO WHAT I SAY FOR NOW ON!”
I was about to retort but I realized that if I show I pledge my allegiance to a pony the others will lighten up in a way…I guess…It’s the best option I have now. I bowed my head and went on my knees. I held out both my arms as if to immortalize Rainbow Dash. Some ponies gasped in shock. Some just stared. The guards were so convinced I would attack Rainbow that they began to charge when I started kneeling. Only to halt and stare in awe as I bowed to her.
Rainbow on the other hand hovered there hooves crossing her chest and a look of surprise.
“D-dude.” She said.
“Rainbow from now on…You’re my guide and master.”
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After a few hours the group set up camp. And we started to pour into our own tents. Rainbow wanted to stay in the king size bed but she ultimately decided that sleeping near her friends was a lot more rewarding, seeing as she has missed them so much.
I on the other hand…Stayed in my EPIC tent. I also removed the timber wolf corpses with fire so if anyone came in and saw them they wouldn’t freak out. Good move considering a mint unicorn found courage to look inside my tent only to backpedal out of shock and literally walk around the tent to make sure it wasn’t some sort of trick…noob.
Bigger on the inside shit is always worth packing. After a few moments the lavender unicorn made her way inside my tent. She almost backpedaled out of the tent like the other one but made it to the center of the tent. She looked around and of course made some weird grunts and bleats that they call language.
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“Whoa its bigger on the inside!” Shouted Twilight.
“Duh! I told you it was!” Said Rainbow still outside the tent. “Hey girls pack up! Let’s go in!”
She came in shortly afterward with her friends with their sleeping bags in tow and all came to a halt when looking on the inside. I on the other hand was sitting on the edge of the bed closest to the door to watch the startled faces of EVERYTHING that came in through that door.
“oooooooh” Said Pinkie…or sounded? Or whatever she made that noise!
“Golly…Ah don’t remember nuttin about unicorn magic that could do this caliber of things.”
“I-I-I-I-Its not possible.” Said Twilight stammering. I almost felt bad for her.
“Oh its possible!” Said Rainbow. “I slept in this tent the first night in the wilderness and you know what? I got used to it within five seconds. Well there was a human that took my fascination away from the tent but you get the idea.”
“Rainbow darling…did you…Sleep with the human? There seems to be one bed.”
“Umm…” the way Rarity put it was embarrassing. “Well yea I did. But w-we didn’t do anything!”
“Oh no no no Rainbow Dash. I was just wondering what it had to say to convince you he wouldn’t hurt you when you were asleep.”
“His name is Spell Tome, Rarity. And yea we were in the same bed but…I was kinda crippled so I didn’t have a say in the matter.”
“Oh right…Sorry just checking.”
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“I don’t need to understand her to know what she’s talking about Rainbow.” Said Spell Tome with a grin.
“SHUT UP!” Yelled Rainbow which surprised everyone and brought Twilight back to reality while still being amazed. Pinkie was trying to comfort her for not knowing that bigger on the inside magic was possible.
“Oh? You don’t want to go to this morning? Because that did happen ya know?”
“NO IT DIDN’T! That only happened because you’re a gu-“ Rainbow stopped herself when she realized she was giving out free information about that morning with the ‘wood’ incident to all her friends. “Oh horse feathers.”
The one with the Stetson said something that…I could somewhat understand. (“Rainbow?” Said Applejack. “What’s going on?”)
“Umm…Nothing.” Said Rainbow with a sheepish grin.
“Yo Rainbow…” I said with a shocked expression that she could only notice because of the connection.
“Huh?”
“Your friend here…She said Rainbow what’s going on right?”
“Yea? Wait how do you know that?”
“I think I just understood her for a moment.”
“…Hey guys he’s learning Equestrian. PINKIE QUICK TALK TO HIM!”
Then the Pink mare started to pipe up a conversation that…I was so impressed she can grunt so fast…I could make out some words like (Cupcake, the, MAYBEJUSTAPARTY, and an assortment of other words.)
“Yea I’m getting better at this.”
“What you understood that?”
“No but I got some words out of it.”
“Oh ok. So your still learning.”
“Yea maybe the staff is filtering more than just meaning…It may be trying to get me to learn Equestrian.”
“B-but how? Your staff isn’t alive is it?”
“What made you think my staff wasn’t alive?”
“Well it doesn’t move.”
“Trees don’t move either but are they alive?”
“Well…”
“Thought so.”
After a few minutes her friends set up their sleeping bags and I picked them up one by one and placed them on the bed. The last one who’s name was ‘Applejack’ decided to not let me go through the trouble of picking her up and just walked onto the bed. I then swiped Fluttershy’s sleeping bag and made myself a comfortable place on the floor.
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“Well at least he’s a gentile colt.” Said Rarity.
“Oh I can’t let him sleep on the floor.” Said Fluttershy trying to fly over to him only to be stopped by Rainbow.
“No let him be.” She said trying to fall asleep already.
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It was early in the morning when a sound brought Twilight’s full attention back to the human. She wasn’t able to sleep with all the thoughts running through her head. The sun had barely started to rise and in fact was no were near ready to peek out from the horizon.
It was 3:00am. The human undid Fluttershy’s sleeping bag and got up. He didn’t pick up his staff but just calmly strode over to the entrance of the tent. He then opened it up and went outside.
‘Where’s he going?’ Thought Twilight to herself.
She got up and proceeded to silently tip toe out of the tent. She saw the human walking into the gloomy and scary forest alone. She didn’t want the human out of sight for the reason it could try to harm her friends in some way. Like making traps or other things. But the real reason Twilight followed it was because she was curious.
She followed it to a ledge where it hung its feet off the side. Around him flowers grew in great colors. Some more than one. They were physically moving as they grew around the forest floor. Twilight hid behind a bush just ten feet away from him. He then lifted both of his arms forward so they hung over the edge at shoulder level.
He seems to allow his limbs become enveloped by a green substance that for some reason glows just like the staff core. Then to Twilight’s amazement the flowers start to glow in the weak light. The creatures energy must have been going into the flowers because a light blue aura formed around his hands and the flower peddles began to pulse with light blue light across the entire forest. Even the trees began to pulse this color.
It was like a great shockwave of safety. The creepy and gloomy feeling of the forest disappeared in this action alone. Twilight felt almost amazed as he plucked a flower from the ground and it started glowing even brighter than all the rest. Until it looked like a blue inferno in his hand.
It was beautiful. The flowers raw power bent the light around it as if it were holding a great magical force. Then he places the flower in his right hand, while his left turns to point in Twilight’s direction. He lowers it and the bush dies revealing the lavender mare. Twilight freezes in fear and notices the creature motioning to her.
“W-what do you want?” Said Twilight in a near whisper. The creature motions again and she complies. Then it lifts his hand and the bush grows back to life behind her.
The creature then relaxes and waits for Twilight to build enough courage to get closer. She sits a meter away from him on his left. He lets the pulsing flowers ease her worries for a good thirty minutes. The whole time Twilight doesn’t break eye contact with the radiant powerful flower being embraced between his hands.
He then lifts his left hand slowly toward Twilight Sparkle with the flower in hand. She at first doesn’t know what to do.
‘D-does he want me to eat it? Does he want me to hold it? Does he want to eat me?’ She thought to herself.
Then the most unexpected. He places it on top of her ear were it then holds its place on her head caught in her hair. Once the flower made contact with her she could feel the forest.
“T-this is amazing!” She exclaimed. Then she noticed something close. Very close. The human looked unimpressed in that faceless form. He had a face though. She just couldn’t see it until now when power surged through her.
His face looked dull and empty, but full of thought. Looking off at the supposed sunrise that has yet to appear. His face was young yet it held the age of thousands of years of learning an experience. The power the flower granted Twilight could see through the false veils of the light removing magic and she could see the youngest old man of another species.
This young yet old man seemed to be NOT deep in thought but…deep in understanding? Like he’s reflecting on the world pulsating around him. Twilight could fell his very old heart. He defiantly is older than he looks. Way older. She then focused her attention to the tent and could see something that no one else could. The tent room was there but in another dimension so it was bigger on the inside.
“Whoa.”
“Cool huh?” Said the human in a terrible attempt at Equestrian…But it got through.
“W-whoa you talk?”
“Some now.”
“C-can you explain to me why only Rainbow can understand you?”
“…” It didn’t seem to register the question.
“That’s all you learned how to say huh?”
“…”
“Thanks for trying.”
It then looked at her and took the flower out of her hair. To Twilight’s disappointment her ability to sense the world around her vanished with it. And then as he held the flower by the stem as far out over the edge as he could the flower started to lose its glow. Then it faded to a regular flower. Then it started to wither and die…the wind carried its ashes away toward the sunrise that was now beginning to show.
“…You’re not that bad Spell Tome…you’re weird and I don’t understand you…But you haven’t hurt any of us yet and I now know that if you wanted to you could.” She said almost sad and afraid. But reassured in some strange way.
“Twilight?” Said a tomboyish voice from behind them. Spell Tome didn’t move. He just stared out.
“Rainbow?” Said Twilight. Rainbow Dash started to trot over to the pair.
“What you guys doing over here?”
“…He was showing me his magic I guess.”
“Oh…Was it cool?”
“…Yea.” Said Twilight with a satisfied smile.