The True Me

by lightningman


Chapter 7 - The Consequences

I was looking at the princesses when suddenly I was enveloped in a purple, golden and dark blue aura and lifted off the ground. Twilight and the two princesses had all used their levitation on me at the same time.
"Hey! I wasn't actually trying to escape! I was just proving that I could!" I said.
"How did you do that! We saw you drain your power into this!" Twilight yelled as she branched off some of her magic to lift the container holding my power.
"Really? You should know that I have more than one type of power! Hell, I showed Applejack how to do it! I thought you were smarter than this!" I said as I looked at them surprised and a little bit annoyed. "By the way, Applejack?" I turned to her "How are you practicing on it anyway? I haven't had a chance to check it out yet." I said. Applejack just looked surprised at me and the power that I had just demonstrated.
"I didn't know that this power could do that much damage! I don't think I want it anymore." I winced at this and looked at her.
"Yeah, Bad news on that front. Everyone has that power, whether they like it or not. In fact, everyone already uses it. Twilight and the princesses are showing that right now!" I wave my hand toward them and they display shocked faces.
"W-What do you mean? We are doing magic right now!" Twilight yells at me.
"I'll explain as soon as you let me go. I'm getting really dizzy right now. Plus, you know I haven't eaten for..... How long was I unconscious?" I ask.
"Three days." Rarity says
"Yeah, So, can you cut the 'magic' and we can have a chat about what I know?" I say.
The princesses look at each other and they cut their auras, while the purple one still stays up, but it begins to flicker. Twilight suddenly looks strained.
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna. Are you sure about this?" Twilight looked at them.
"Yes. Let him go, Twilight." Luna says. She looks at me with distrust in her eyes. I can tell this isn't just because of the alcohol. She still hasn't forgiven me for blackmailing them. She then cuts her aura and I fall to the floor. Instead of my powerful superhero landing, I just collapse completely. Apparently, the lack of food really did affect me. I then felt some hooves helping me up. I saw Fluttershy and Rainbow both helping me up.
"Thanks, girls," I say as I get to my feet. My eyesight had dimmed black for a second before I collapsed again. "Ok, this is getting annoying. Pass me my container, please." I say. They looked at me.
"Why? You already proved that you are really powerful, Why should we give you more?" Devon says as he picks it up.
"Mainly, because I can use electricity for healing as well as power? And as you can clearly see, I am in need of some healing in a form." I say extremely annoyed. "Now pass me the orb," I say as I hold out my hand. Devon looks around at everyone and they nod. He sighs and hands it to me. I suck half of the power out of it and hand it back to him.
"Thanks. This will do until I can get a proper meal." I say. I stretch my muscles and I hear quite a few snaps and pops. Everyone winces at the noises. I only sigh in relief. "Geez. I must have been in a really bad sleeping position." I then smile at the princess and say, "So, what are we eating anyway?
------------------------------------------------------------------------1 hour later------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"AH! That was delicious. My compliments to the chef." I say happily.
"Yes, He's quite good. Now, you were going to tell us what you know?" Luna asks me.
"Oh, right. Well, As you probably already know, there are different points in ponies where aura, or 'magic.' as you call it is collected and used. For pegasi, It is their wings. For unicorns, it is their horns. And for earth ponies, it is their entire bodies, but a lot of it is collected in their hooves."
"Yes, This is basic magic knowledge." Twilight said annoyed. The princesses looked at her mildly surprised at how she is talking to me.
"Ahem.... Anyway, as I was saying. Everyone has different collections pits as I call them, But throughout the body, some of it spreads throughout it, which strengthens the parts it is in. So basically, whatever you are good at, that is because of the way the aura is spread throughout your body. It also explains why some Pegasus can be as athletic as earth ponies, or when rarely, there is a chance of earth ponies having almost magic like abilities." I said as I looked at everyone, who was staring at me with rapt attention, including Twilight, who seemed to forget that she had a grudge against me.
"But, as you already figure out, I found a way you can take all the aura in your body and focus it into a single area, This does, of course, make the other parts of your body extremely weak. The only way, I'm able to do it, without looking extremely weak, is because of my electricity." I finish. "Oh, also, everyone has a different amount of aura in them, according to how athletic they are in their specific category. So, if you're a unicorn that uses magic a lot, then you would be gaining a lot of aura because of that." I then lay back in my chair.
"How did you find this out?" Princess Celestia asked me.
I chuckled a bit. "It's a long story. Kinda unpleasant though." I say.
"How bad could it be?" Princess Luna asked me.
"Fine. But could we at least do that memory showing spell? My throat is getting sore." I say as I cough and take a drink. Celestia nodded and pointed her horn at me.