Chapter 4
Calm before the storm
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Harry
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He stood in behind the six ponies and looked at the much bigger one that seemed doubly focused on him. It felt weird and off, as if they knew something but wouldn't tell.
As the six and the two royals stopped talking, the horns of the two bigger ponies lit up and a string of magic headed towards him. He ducked and dodged the tendrils, not allowing them to touch his head which they were aiming for.
"Harry, it okay. This spell help understand you. It allow us to hear you. " Flutter-she said in the broken English.
Harry looked at them for a second before shaking his head. "There is no way I am going to let those things get to my head. End of story. " he stated.
Flutter-she told them what he said before a magical glow surrounded him again. The tendrils came as he used his hand to block them.
Guard head.
With this, a transparent dome of his magic enclosed his head. He saw that the tendrils now couldn't get through and would start to smolder if they touched it for too long. He crossed his arms and smirked, although no one could see it.
"Please trust princesses. They only here to help you. " Flutter-she said. She even tried the puppy dog eyes.
As much as the puppy dog eyes worked, he still hated the idea of those things in his head. He shook his head again.
The 'princesses' sighed as they gave in. Despite their sign of defeat, he kept the dome on, just in case they tried to do it again once he lowered the shield.
The princesses looked at each other and then pulled a feather and an ink pot as they started to write on a piece of paper. They passed the paper to Flutter-she, who was now a translator for this meeting.
"Why you here? " was the first question.
He had to stop and think about that one. He couldn't tell them he was here to cause mayhem and anarchy. But he couldn't deny his powers were evil.
"I was sent here from a land far away to help the planet. " he said.
She repeated this to the royals, which replied. "From what threat? ".
This was another hard one. He could say the angel but that might not be believable. So he came up with some bullshit that might sound plausible.
"I came to balance the words magic. The magic here is too one-sided and I was sent to even it. " he said.
Flutter-she told the princesses before continuing with the list of questions. "What do you plan doing? " she said.
Why are all these questions so hard to answer. He didn't know what to do, exactly. He could just go on a rampage and become a typical villain. Or he could go elsewhere and cause evil there. For now, he just needed to answer vaguely.
"I plan on travelling and spreading my magic. " he answered.
The questioning carried on for a while as he lied or twisted truths to make a convincing story. Harry had, at some point, made himself a seat to sit in while being interrogated. When the list of questions and extras finished, Harry and the six were escorted out by guards and were guided to our rooms.
The six shared a big room together while he got a smaller room to himself. The room felt off but that might have been the fact it was so posh. He had never lived in such a fancy place. It had the common front room, bedroom and bathroom. He had a double bed to himself, which he had never had.
Harry looked at the clock in the room and saw it was about 8PM. He normally would be on his console and would be up till two or three in the morning. Instead, he practiced spells.
He practiced his shadow movement spell, which was a short range teleportation spell. With it, he could travel from shadow to shadow. He found that he actually turned into a shadow for the journey, so he was pretty much immune to physical damage.
He then tried something new, just to see if he could. A curse. It was a bit harder than expected, but he managed to give a tiny curse to a cup. The curse was that, once every two days, it would somehow spill its contents all over any being carrying it. Oh, this is good.
He also practices using his tail to grasp stuff. It was weird controlling a limb he had never had before and was the hardest thing he had done so far.. He decided that, to get used to the limbs, he would compel himself to use it more.
After playing around with some of his other spells, he finally felt tired enough to sleep. Although not comfortable, having to sleep with new wings and a tail, he did slowly drift off to sleep.
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Charles
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It was late by the time he had finished training his magic in the guards indoor magic range. It was like a shooting range, with targets, for bows and arrows and magic blasts. This was inside the indoor guards gym. He had practiced using different blasts which yielded different results.
His first one was a simple magic blast, where he gathered a ball of magic and threw it at the target. It was basic and easy.
His second one was an attack he had seen in many stories, magic missiles. His one though was more like magic cones but it worked the same. He could make them spread, guide them, or set a target which they all swarmed before all exploded.
His third was an arc. He would slice his hands as if they were swords while piling magic into them. When he slashed, the magic would be let out and cause an arc that could explode or cut, depending on how he wanted it.
Charles also worked on some utility spells like levitating objects and others. He even got his own communication spell which let him speak with up to 5, though as he got better, he could probably do more. The problem with this one, though, was that it wasn't as clear as the magic the princesses used.
He then finally pulled the halo from his head and looked it over. The ponies had stored it in a cage, which was the source of the tugging on his head while in the cell. He could control it with his mind or throw it and it would return. He could change its size, brightness or weight if he thought hard enough.
He had noticed most of the guards leaving and some new ones entering as they changed shifts. He looked at the clock and saw it was 10:27PM, so he headed up to his new room.
The room was off, which was likely due to the fact that it had magic enchantment all over. It was cold as well since someone left a window open, which he closed when he entered.
He went to the bathroom before getting undressed. He had a quick shower, dried off and then folded his only set of clothes. He sat on his bed thinking about the world he was now in.
The ponies ruled much of the land and seemed to be a friendly race from what he saw of the map. He also saw other islands named after the race that inhabited them. That meant that this world had Ponies, Dragons, Griffin, Minotaurs and some more he probably didn't know.
The technology of the ponies was behind what he was used to. They had plumbing which was magical but not technological. He had seen a steam train, which looked normal but he couldn't make sure. He knew that they weren't too good with science as they seemed fascinated by the trinkets in his pockets, like the laser pen attached to his key chain.
That was especially funny when he taunted the guards with it from the other side of the hallway.
He chuckled as he got into bed and fell asleep.
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Morning
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Charles woke up early, like normal. Even back home, the latest he'd wake up was about eight in the morning.
He kicked the sheets off as he rolled out of bed. He walked over to his clothes and got dressed, making himself as smart looking as possible in casual clothes.
He left the room and, after asking a skittish maid, found his way to the dining room. He could see the princesses already having their meals. Charles simply went over to a fruit bowl and grabbed an apple.
He didn't stay long, however, and was gone as he finished his apple as he took another on the way out. He really didn't feel like socializing so he walked down the hall as he remembered his way to the indoor training room.
Next to it was a library which he wanted to check out. He didn't want to read about history because it didn't affect him much in the present. He decided that he would read about the magic in this world to see if he could learn about his own. He also picked up one on runes just because it looked interesting.
As he read the book he got the gist of how their magic worked. They had to picture symbols in their heads and then fill it with their magic to get the spell to work. Charles found that his mind skipped the symbols part so he could just put power into any spell.
The rune book was also interesting. It worked just as he expected. Draw or carve a pattern or symbol into an object and apply magic to it. The one he found the most intriguing was the golem runes. It would make a pile of stones move and follow orders by the one who made them but the carving or drawing must be done without magic. This meant that, according to the book, the smallest working golem rune was the size of a wagon wheel.
He would have continued to read but he was getting anxious about the amount of ponies just looking at him and writing notes. At least most were somewhat subtle about it. That was except a purple pony who was clearly staring at him while writing a ridiculous amount of stuff.
He left the library and headed outside for some fresh air. While I'm out here, I may as well try using these new wings.
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Harry
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Harry rolled out of bed. It was a couple of hours before midday. He could normally sleep in till past midday if left alone but was woken up by a maid walking in with cleaning spray and a cloth. They were cleaning the windows until they noticed him. They left their stuff before backing out the room slowly. He got dressed, put his glasses on and left the room.
He wasn't hungry despite not eating since yesterday. He just wandered around the place till making it outside. In the blinding sun, he used his magic to cover his face again to act as sunglasses. While outside, he was approached by Twilight, who was carrying multiple feathers, inkpots and paper. She spoke to him, asking questions by the sound of it, before facepalming. Most likely she just remembered I can't understand her.
He walked away but was followed. So he started to jog away from her. After a while, she gave up and stopped. He carried on for a little before stopping himself to look at where he was now.
He looked around at the many guards in gold armour. They were either stock still with the only movement being their heads looking around and them breathing, or they were training on what looked like a big square platform. This platform has stuffed dummies and an enclosed area for duels or something.
He then looked over to the clear area to the side to see someone looking at him. A human. He couldn't see their face as it was covered in a magic veil, like his. They both froze and stared at each other before both created spells in their hands.