//------------------------------// // Embrace The Magic // Story: Legend of Everfree: Another Story // by ArcanaMaverick7 //------------------------------// The next day after Twilight was convinced to not leave camp, many of the campers were taking part in several of their activity choices such as Slate's suggestion of paintball or Rebecca's choice of Capture the Flag. Most of the Rainbooms were busy working on the dock while Fragment Hunter and their classmates had fun. However, things were progressing a bit slow as Rainbow Dash had to make sure she didn't accidentally run off from the camp with her new super speed and Applejack was carefully tapping the nails into place with her hammer. Holding onto wooden boards with her eyes closed, Rainbow carefully stepped onto the dock and sighed in relief when she made it safely to where she needed to be. When she opened her eyes, the athletic member of the Rainbooms noticed that Rarity was sitting in a chair on the finished side of the dock and wasn't doing anything to help at the moment. "Uh, you gonna give us a hand here, Rarity," Rainbow Dash asked as she had an annoyed look on her face. "Oh, I'd love to, but I really need to get the stitching on this poncho done if it's going to make it into the camp fashion show," Rarity said as she held up a hand-sewn poncho for Rainbow Dash to see. "Though at the pace you two are moving, I don't know that the runway will ever be finished," she added as she looked at Applejack and Pinkie, who were still working. "The dock is our gift to the camp, and it's gonna get finished," Applejack corrected Rarity as she started gently hammering another nail into the board she was working on. "That is, if Rainbow Dash would hurry up and bring me more wood," she stated as she looked at the girl. "Oh, I can't go any faster! I don't want to end up in the woods again," Rainbow Dash replied as she stated her concerns about not being able to control her new power. "Don't be silly," Applejack told Rainbow Dash. "Oh, really," Rainbow Dash retorted as she put down the wood in her arms and made a slow hammering motion with her free hand while giving a blank stare at Applejack. Applejack sighed as she knew Rainbow Dash was right about her own slow pace. "I know I said we should try to forget all about this new magic business, but I can't. What if I hammer the board into splinters," she said to the others. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy all agreed with Applejack not being able to control her potential destructive strength as well as their own powers. "Aw, shoot. I'm all out of nails," Applejack said as she stood up. "Oh, here you go," Pinkie answered as she held out a sealed box of nails. Winding up her arm, Pinkie tossed the box to Applejack as the other girls screamed for Pinkie to stop. As soon as the box went flying toward the girls, Applejack ducked for cover and Rarity instinctively used her shields to block anything coming at her, but also ended up knocking down Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. When the box landed in front of Applejack, she sighed in relief before glaring at Pinkie. "What," the girl questioned as she shrugged innocently before realizing her mistake. "Ohhh, did you think the nails would explode like the sprinkles? Wow! Glad that didn't happen, huh?" In the middle of the camp, the members of Fragment Hunter finished up their games and looked at the dock when they saw Pinkie Pie toss the box to Applejack. "Okay, this is getting ridiculous. They need to get a hang of their powers," Sunset Blaze remarked as she and the rest of Fragment Hunter approached the dock and saw Sunset Shimmer doing to same. "Sorry, girls," Rarity sighed as she helped Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy up off the ground. "I didn't mean to. I don't know how to control this." "It's okay," Rainbow Dash said. "Oh, none of us do," Fluttershy added. "Which is why we shouldn't pretend this isn't happening," Sunset Shimmer told the Rainbooms as she and Fragment Hunter arrived. "Yeah, your fears are getting in the way. You need training to control what your powers can do," Sunset Blaze voiced. "Especially since several of them can be helpful in a fight," Rua remarked as she remembered the Scykiri attack from the other day. "I can tell you figured out something earlier," Blaze said as she looked at her double. "Do you have them now, too," Rainbow Dash asked Shimmer. "It started last night," Shimmer explained. "When I touch people, it's like I can feel what they're feeling and see their memories." "Sounds like my Semblance," Blaze noted. "But, I'm pretty sure that you can't tell if somebody's lying to you when they speak." "Oooh, fancy! Try me, try me," Pinkie said as she grabbed the hands of both Sunset's and placed them on her head for them to seeing into her head. When the two girls used their powers, they saw that Pinkie's head had a crazy mindscape that was brightly colored, had happy music playing, and was filled with unusual creatures as Pinkie skipped around and sang to herself in her own world. "Ooh, taffy," she exclaimed as she pulled a piece of a taffy creature off and began to eat it. When they saw enough, both Sunset's removed their hands and looked on with a thousand-yard stare. "That explains so much," Shimmer stated as she attempted to process Pinkie Pie's mental world. "Yep," Pinkie Pie happily agreed with a blissful smile that both fiery-haired girls were amused by. "Just like Nora," Blaze remarked as she remembered the time she tested her Semblance's mind reading powers on her classmate, Nora Valkyrie. "But with less Grimm killing and secret crushes on childhood friends." "Girls, we can't just brush these powers aside because it doesn't seem like the ideal time to get them," Sunset Shimmer told the Rainbooms as she walked onto the dock. "What if it turns out that they could actually make things better?" "I feel like a song is coming on, so get it out of your system now," Rua said to Shimmer. "When you're finished, we'll be helping you train your powers," the young Huntress stated as she punched her palm before Sunset Shimmer began to sing. So you have magic And it's not that great But when it found you You know it was fate And it might seem scary now But it can be wonderful, too So how about we embrace the magic And make the magic part of you? You take a little dash of magic And you let it ignite Mix things up a little bit And it might start to go right In just five seconds flat How the story has changed All 'cause now you've embraced the magic And it just got better in every way I say embrace the magic No more holding back, just let it out If you can take the magic And learn a little more what it can do Once the magic is part of you What's standing in your way That you can't move today? You've got the strength in you To make your dreams come true No need to shield yourself From the magic that can help Protect from any harm that might come So you have magic And it's not that great But when it found you You know it was fate So if you listen close You might make a new friend And together we can make it! I say embrace the magic No more holding back, just let it out If you can take the magic And learn a little more what it can do Once the magic is part of you Once the magic is part of you Once the magic is part of you Once the magic is part of you As Sunset Shimmer sang a beautiful song to act as a pep talk for the Rainbooms, Fragment Hunter enjoyed hearing it. "That was amazing," Bianca said as she approached the group. "Thanks," Shimmer replied. "Well, enough with the touchy-feely magic friendship stuff," Rua declared as she raised a fist in the air. "It's time for something a bit more practical to help you girls out with these new powers." "And I know just how to do it and who can help us," Azalea said as she turned to look at an area of the camp that was set up for Rua's suggestion of combat lessons.