“I don’t see how you’re going anywhere while you’re in there. I got this from my brother last year. It’s his most powerful barrier.”
“Really, guess he hasn’t told you I already busted out of one of these already. But, I’m not going to do that here. Don’t want to destroy your place. So I’m going to do this, Ninja Art! Teleport!”
Blaze filled the bubble space with smoke. Once it dissipated, the colt was no longer there. Twilight quickly looks over the barrier for any signs of stress. “How in Equestria can he do that, no pony should be able to escape from this,” she said.
“Remember,” said Al, “he’s actually a human that is currently stuck in a colt body,” Al said.
The purple Unicorn was getting very furious by now. “I’m going to Sweet Apple Acres and see if Applejack can help me tie him up so I can teach him. Spike, you’re in charge of the Library!”
Twilight stopped the magic to the bubble barrier Blaze was last seen in. The mare left and slammed the door behind her.
“I don’t want to be Blaze right now. It’s never good when Twilight is determined to complete an assignment from Princess Celestia, and he’s delaying it,” said the little dragon.
“Me neither,” A tiny voice said.
“Who said that?” Cancer asked as he looked around.
“I did.” The tiny voice said again.
Everyone was now looking around for the source. They didn’t see any new pony or creature in the library that was not there before.
“Alright, show yourself!” Al shouted.
“Ow, you don’t have to shout. I was going to anyway.”
Blaze’s colt body was growing in the middle of everyone. He hovered in the air while this happened. Once back to his normal size, the green Earth pony placed his hooves back on the floor. Blaze looked around and saw several ponies had the expression on their face as they couldn’t believe what they saw.
“What?” the colt asked.
“Since when have you been able to do that?” Dragon replied with another question.
“I could have done it for a while now. This was just the first time I actually tried it out.”
“We thought you actually left and headed to Sweet Apple Acres,” said the yellow filly.
The white filly asked, “How come you didn’t?”
“Now why would I go to a place I said I was going to when Twilight is still chasing me down. It’s a misdirection. Oh, before I forget, you six need to call me Rocky as that is what everyone else thinks who I am. This is only until I get cured of the Poison Joke. Zecora will be done with it soon. So, until then, I still want to try and enjoy a kid's life again.”
The three Zebras in the room reacted again upon hearing that name. Fang spoke up first, “ Well, we need to get back onto patrol and take care of some other things. We’ll see you later tonight for dinner at your place, Blaze.”
“Yea, see you later.” Cancer quickly said.
Dragon also said goodbye before the three of them quickly headed out the door. Everyone else wondered what got into them.
“Hold on, I thought me and Fang were paired up? We have the guard post soon,” Star Dust said.
“Let it go. The plan was never set in stone. I’ll join you on your shift. You alright with that?” Al asked.
“I think they need to discuss something among themselves just as they found out another Zebra is living nearby,” Lightning Trails said.
“I hope everything is going to be fine,” Blaze said.
“Zecora is a very nice Zebra,” said Apple Bloom. “I’ve delivered some apples for my big sis a couple of times to her hut. While there, I chatted with her for a bit before I had to head back.”
“She seemed nice to me too. So what plans are there for the Crusaders today?”
“Applejack said she wanted to show us something on the farm. I asked her what about, but she wanted to show it to all of us.”
“Then let’s get going.”
“Hold up! How are you going to get onto the farm if Twilight is still looking for you?” Scootaloo asked.
“You’ll see when that time comes.”
They said goodbye to the others as the kids left the library. The Crusaders made quick progress to get to the Apple Farm. Once it was in view, Blaze quickly looked around for Twilight. By the barn, he spotted a purple pony talking to an orange one. He knew what they were talking about and didn’t want to go into a chase scene so soon.
“Looks like it is time for me to go incognito,” Blaze said.
The colt performed a transform jutsu and changed into a red flower that had a black center. He appeared in Sweetie Belle’s mane.
“You can change into plants too?” Apple Bloom asked, sounding all surprised.
“Yes I can, but I only look like the object. I don’t have the same properties as them. Now shush, they will think something is up if they see you talking to a flower.”
“It will be more suspicious for the plant to be talking back,” replied Scootaloo.
“True. Yikes! Here they come.”
Blaze shut himself up. The Crusaders continued to the farm as Twilight and Applejack were coming from there. Everyone stopped in the middle of the road when they came together.
“Alright girls, do you know where Blaze was planning to meet you?” The Unicorn asked in a stern voice.
“We don’t know where, Twilight,” the orange filly said.
“We figured he would reveal himself when he wanted to,” the white filly said.
“Honest,” Apple Bloom said with a little nervous tone in her voice.
Both mares looked them over.
“That is a mighty interesting flower you got there, Sweetie Belle. Where did you get it?” Applejack asked.
“Oh, this old thing. I . . . found it in my old things. It reminded me of Blaze, so I wanted to show it to him,” Sweetie Belle said, while nervous too.
“Interesting, you didn’t have that on earlier when you came by the library,” Twilight said.
“Um . . . that is because we stopped by her place so she can get it,” Scootaloo said, now nervous too.
“You three are sending signals of lying to us. Now, where is he?” Applejack asked in a stern voice.
The three fillies tried to come up with some sort of truth to get out of this jam they are in.
The purple Unicorn was looking closely at the flower in Sweetie Belle’s mane. “I don’t recall seeing this breed of a flower in my studies. Would you mind if I take a closer look at it, Sweetie Belle?” she asked.
Sweetie Belle’s only reply was, “Ummm.”
The mare’s horn lit up. Before she could grab the flower, it flew out of the mane and towards the apple orchard. In mid-flight, Blaze changed back to the colt form and continued to fly off. Twilight was in hot pursuit of the green Earth pony as she was firing magic spells at him. “GET BACK HERE SO I CAN TEACH YOU MAGIC!” the mare screamed at the top of her lungs.
“Why won’t you let me finish living out as a colt till I’m cured! I promised I was going to see you next week to start the training!” Blaze shouted back while avoiding being hit by her magic.
“You saw what happened by not using it. You need to be trained. I don’t want you to get that close again or get further!” Twilight said in the chase.
“What would happen? Bigger headache than before?”
“MAGIC EXPLOSION!”
Blaze stopped dead in his tracks and turned around. Twilight catches up and stands a few feet from him. She started to breath harder to catch her breath.
“Backup, what do you mean by ‘Magic Explosion’?” the colt asked with a concerned look.
“It rarely happens nowadays, as we have medical devices to prevent that. Before we had them centuries ago, if a Unicorn was in a coma and hadn’t used their magic, they were carried off into the woods. They are left there until their body can no longer regulate the magic. The end result was they blew up.”
“You mean, they died?” Blaze sounding all scared.
“No, their body would just release the magic in one great burst. It does do some damage to the surrounding area, but no harm came to the Unicorn. But based upon your magic level, you would level a block if it happens to you.”
“Thanks for the four-o-one. Now I believe you were trying to catch me, you still going to?”
The purple Unicorn charged her horn quickly and fired a magic spell at Blaze. It made contact and bust into a bright puff of smoke.
“I got you now,” Twilight said with a big smile on her face.
Once the smoke cleared, she saw what she hit. It was a wood dummy of Blaze’s colt form. It was hogtied with rope.
“Are you done playing with that dummy so we can continue the chase?” Blaze asked from a tree above the mare.
Twilight quickly looked and saw where the colt was. She was very mad now. A little bit of smoke was now coming off her mane and tail. Blaze jumped out of the tree before getting hit with another magic blast. The chase continued.
After running through the apple trees, they emerge into an open field. With nothing to block the magic beams, Blaze took off into the sky. Twilight continued to fire her magic at the green Earth pony. Soon, Rainbow Dash saw the commotion and flew by to see what was going on.
“Hey Blaze, what did you do to get Twilight this mad?” the Pegasus asked.
“Oh, nothing really. Just her assignment from the Princess was to teach me magic and I’ve been avoiding her all week,” he replied as he dodged another beam. “You almost got me with that one, Twilight!”
“I have to teach you magic! So get your flank down here so we can get started!” Twilight screamed again at Blaze.
“Wow, I’m surprised she didn’t start this sooner,” Rainbow said.
“Pinkie Pie kept her busy and distracted. It wasn’t till today she remembered after helping me with my magic buildup,” he said.
“Wait, how can you have a magic buildup while an Earth colt?”
“I don’t know. How about how am I flying with no wings?” Blaze said sarcastically. “Not a real pony, remember?”
Rainbow rolled her eyes. “So, are you interested in a race to Canterlot?”
“Sure. It has been a while since I broke the sound barrier. How goes your training?”
“Let’s race so you can see.”
“OH NO YOU DON’T! YOU ARE NOT LEAVING HERE TO GO TO CANTERLOT!” the purple Unicorn shouted with more magic beams coming from her horn.”
“See you at the castle Twilight. I’m going to give a progress report to the Princess! Ready, 1 2 3 GO!”
Blaze and Rainbow took off like bullets, both now easily getting to Mach One. Twilight was so mad now, her mane and tail burst into flames. She screamed Blaze’s name so loud, everyone in Ponyville and Canterlot could have heard it.
The colt stayed ahead of the blue mare to entice her to fly faster. Rainbow had determination in her eyes to fly faster than ever before. Blaze knew if she kept up with her training, she would break Mach Two.
--------Meanwhile---------
At the edge of the EverFree Forest
Cancer, Dragon, and Fang were walking along the edge of the forest. They were trying to find the path to Zecora’s hut.
“Do you really think it’s her?” Dragon asked.
“I don’t know, but I don’t know of another Zebra named Zecora. What they said and how she talked, it does make it more convincing that it’s her,” Fang replied.
“Then should we ask a pony for directions to her hut, big sis?” Cancer asked.
“We haven’t made friends with most of the ponies in Ponyville, yet. I mean, they didn’t run away when they saw us. But, they were staring at us. Like we’re freaks still,” the black Zebra mare replied.
“I think their stares were more at me and bro for us having horns,” said the Zebra stallion with blue stripes.
“I agree, they got used to a normal Zebra. Now they saw two with horns. They probably thought ‘What next, Zebra with wings?’,” said the Zebra stallion with red stripes.
The mare was still looking for the path the ponies made to Zecora hut. “Ah! This must be the path. See the multiple hoof prints going to and from the forest. Let’s get going. I want to get this question that’s on our minds answered,” she said.
The three Zebras started running down the path to Zecora’s hut. Just as they were a little way in, they heard a pony shout Blaze’s name. All the birds in the area flew off.
“Should we turn around and make sure Blaze is ok?” Dragon asked.
“I’m sure he’s fine. It sounded like that Unicorn that was trying to teach him magic,” Fang said as they continued to run.
“He can handle himself just fine. If anything, Al and the others are available to help him out,” Cancer said.
With that, they continued on deeper into the EverFree Forest.
--------Back in Ponyville------
“Ditzy!” Colorful Sparks shouted at the grey Pegasus flying overhead. The mare spotted the Unicorn stallion and made a quick landing. They quickly hug each other. “How are you doing?”
“I’m doing fine. But look at you, you’re now a Royal Guard. I’m so happy for you,” Ditzy Hooves said.
“It was a brutal training regiment, but I managed to survive. Oh, let me introduce you to some new friends I made. This here is Star Dust, Lightning Trails, and Al, a human,” the blue stallion said as he pointed to each one.
“Nice to meet you all. Oh! That reminds me, I’ve been meaning to give this letter to you Al. I didn’t know where you lived. It just says `the other human in Ponyville’.” She pulled the letter out of her mail saddlebag and gave it to Al.
The human opened it and read it. “Huh, they wanted me to go back to Canterlot so they could get measurements for my Royal Guard suit of armor. I’ll see if Rarity can send the measurements she has for me to them. That way I don’t have to stand like a statue again.”
“I’m sure that will work for them. We’re wondering why you and Blaze did not show up when they did ours,” Star Dust said.
“We now know why Blaze wasn’t able to. I’m still laughing about what happened to him,” Lightning Trails said with a laugh.
“What happened to Swift Blaze? He looked fine at the party at his house,” the grey Pegasus asked.
“It’s nothing. So you know, I’m staying at Blaze’s house. The only place that’s suited for a human,” Al said.
Ditzy pulled out a pad and wrote the info down. “Got it. I just got done with my route for the day. Want to head to Sugarcube Corner?”
“I can go for a tasty treat. What do the rest of you say?”
“Sure, if you are buying,” Lightning Trails replied.
“I will buy, if you cook dinner.”
“On second thought, let me buy the treats. I’m not very good when it comes to cooking for others.”
Everyone started to laugh. They headed into the pastry shop and grabbed a table. Ditzy and Lightning Trails went to the counter and placed their orders. Ditzy came back with her favorite muffin, blueberry filled with blueberry jam. Lightning Trails came back with a baker’s dozen of their most popular pastries. Once everyone grabbed one and took a bite out of it, they soon fell in love with the tasty treat.
“Lightning Trails, what is the name of this desert? I’ve never tasted something so delicious!” Star Dust said.
“I’ve had this before. It’s called Blaze’s Chocolate Drops,” Colorful Sparks replied.
“You mean, it was named after Swift Blaze? How did he manage that?” Lightning Trails asked.
“Oh, it’s a recipe he shared from our world,” replied the human. “It’s actually called something else, but Mr. and Mrs. Cake decided to change it so everyone will know who created this treat.”
“It’s good, but I still love my muffins,” the grey mare said before she took a big bite out of the muffin she bought.
As they ate the treats, a pink mare popped out of the center of the table. “HI!”
Star Dust and Lightning Trails jumped back from the table after the surprise. Everyone else was just laughing at them. Breathing hard, while his heart was beating fast, Star Dust said, “Where did she come from! How come you three did not react the same?”
“Say hello to Pinkie Pie. She puts on all the parties that happen in Ponyville. As to how she did that, we don’t bother to figure out,” Al said.
“We’re used to her methods of appearing out of nowhere,” Colorful Sparks said.
“My Pinkie Sense has been growing crazy! It was telling me several new ponies have come to Ponyville that I have never met before. I was running all over town trying to find them and here you are!” the pink mare said in her hyper-excited voice.
Lightning Trails return to the table after his heart calmed back down. “Ahem, well it’s nice to meet you, Pinkie Pie. If you don’t mind, can you not appear like that around me? I don’t want to hurt you by accident,” he said.
“Why?”
“My special talent is being able to manipulate lightning. So much that I can create it within my body. I’m just glad that I didn’t go off.”
The human said, “Dude, I’m eating here. That kind of talk belongs in the bedroom.”
“Al, you need to get that head out of the gutter,” replied Star Dust.
“But we're not playing bowling.”
Colorful Sparks said, “Finish eating your treats, Al, and let the big ponies finish their talk. Pinkie, I know you could probably avoid it, but let’s not scare the Pegasus anymore, please.”
“Okie Dokie Lokie.” Pinkie Pie’s body suddenly did a combo, twisted tail, itchy back, and poofier mane. “Oh! I have not found all the new ponies yet!” She jumped off the table and ran fast right out of the store. She almost knocked down some customers but managed to miss them.
Star Dust turned his head back to the table. “Is that mare always like that?” he asked.
“Eeyup,” Al replied.
“I can’t wait to hear how the others are going to react to her,” Lightning Trails said.
Everyone laughed at the thought.
-------In the EverFree Forest---------
Fang, Cancer, and Dragon finally come up to Zecora’s hut. They didn’t run into any of the animals that lived there. Cancer looked to his siblings as he said, “Are we sure we want to see her? I don’t know if she will recognize us.”
“I’m sure she will,” replied his brother. “Two Zebra colts with horns are hard to forget. She was one of the few that did not shun us for being half breeds.”
“She really did like you two,” said the mare Zebra. “Being able to use magic like the Unicorns in this land is a great feat she told us. Zecora was sad that the other villagers saw it as more of a disease or some curse. When we had to leave, she did wish us good luck on our journey and hope we can see her again.”
“Well, let us go and see her then,” Cancer quickly said.
They walked the rest of the way. When they got to the door, Dragon went and knocked on the door. “I will be there in a minute if you don’t mind being patient,” Zecora said from behind the door.
“It does sound like her,” Fang said in a low voice. The door opened. Just as Zecora was about to greet them, she saw who was there and just froze. Taking the initiative, the black Zebra spoke up in their native tongue, “Hallo, deur God se genade jy is goed?”
Zecora smiled and said, “Baie goed. Mag jy altyd skaduwee van die harde son. For what do I owe this honor to see you, little ones? How have you been, while in this land?”
“We recently went through the Royal Guard Training and passed it,” Cancer said.
“Captain Shining Armor gave our first posting to Ponyville for the time being.” Dragon said.
“The locals talked about another Zebra that lived nearby. When they described it was you, we had to see for ourselves,” Fang said.
All three started to tear up as they all said, “We Missed You, Zecora!” They ran to her and did one group hug.
“I missed you too, young ones. It’s great to see how well you have grown up,” the grey mare said with tears coming from her face too.
Breaking from the hug, everyone wiped their tears away. “Zecora, when did you come to Equestria?” Dragon asked.
She replied, “It was about a year ago when I left our homeland. I wanted to see what makes Equestria so grand.”
“I really miss your rhymes. I always found them funny,” the stallion with red stripes said.
“That’s no way to talk to a shaman! Apologize right now,” The black mare ordered.
“It’s quite alright. They were very little when they left the village. How about you share what happened to you over a bite?”
“Do you still have the recipe for that soup that we like? None of us had a bowl since we left.,” the stallion with blue stripes said.
Zecora nodded her head. They all had big smiles on their faces. The grey mare went to work making the soup. Cancer, Fang, and Dragon told her everything that happened since they arrived in Equestria.
--------Canterlot---------
“You’re doing much better, Rainbow Dash. You almost broke Mach Two. Keep that training up and you will get there,” Blaze said.
They were on top of the roof of one of the towers of the castle. The colt got to it a few seconds before Rainbow. Both were breathing pretty hard. They flew from Ponyville to there in under ten minutes.
“Thanks, Blaze. I never thought I could go this fast. How much weight did you take off to stay ahead of me?” the blue Pegasus asked.
“None.”
“NONE AND YOU WERE STILL ABLE TO FLY FASTER THAN ME!”
“I could have, but then I would have not gotten a work out of pushing my ki limit at this weight. Even in this colt form, I can only do so much with. I need my human body back so I can get back to training.”
“Are you up for a race back to Ponyville?”
“Nah, my ki is almost used up. Besides, I have some ponies I would like to catch up with before Twilight gets here.”
“We left her in our dust. It’s going to take her at least an hour by train to get here.”
“I saw her flame up, so I think she’ll be here sooner than you think.”
“Good luck with her. You’re going to need it.”
“I don’t need luck, my charming personality will calm her down.”
Rainbow laughed out hard. “Oh Blaze, you are a riot.”
With that, the blue Pegasus took off and headed back to Ponyville. The colt wondered who he should see first before Twilight arrived. Her brother’s name was the first to pop up. He quickly looked around to see if he could spot the white stallion. After a couple of minutes, he spotted Shining Armor walking down an empty hallway. He teleported behind him and continued to float. Blaze stayed very quiet as he followed the Unicorn Captain. Every once in a while, Shining would look behind him. The green Earth pony would move out of view to remain in his blind spot.
Soon, Blaze decided to reveal himself. Staying above him, he tapped onto Captain Shining Armor’s helmet. The stallion jumped and almost collided his head into the colt. Shining quickly charged his horn up to attack who snuck up behind him.
“You're a little jumpy there, Captain?” the green pony asked while floating in the air with a grin on his face.
“Blaze! Where in Equestria did you come from? How long were you following me?” the captain asked as he powered down his horn and began to calm down.
“First, from Earth, you know that. Second, oh . . . I say for at least ten minutes.”
Shining Armor just shook his head for walking into that. “Why are you here Blaze? I thought you were not going to come until you get your real body back.”
“I still am. This is just an unplanned visit. I raced Rainbow Dash here. Wanted to visit before I head back.”
The Unicorn put on a big smile as he said, “So, what do you think of the guards I sent to Ponyville.”
The colt’s face went to a frown. “That wasn’t cool. You knew they were going to find out about my condition.”
“I know, but they were the only guards I had available under short notice. What did they do when they found out?” Shining Armor asked with a smile on his face.
“What you expected would happen, they laughed.” The white stallion laughed at that. Blaze decided to let it slide, this time. “They thought since I was stuck as a colt, they could defeat me in a match.”
After calming back down, Shining Armor asked, “What happened?”
“I kicked their flanks to Timbuktu!” the colt shouted proudly.
“I haven’t heard of that place in Equestria. Where is it?”
Blaze laughed this time. “It doesn’t exist. It’s a human saying when the person beats up another, badly.”
“It sounds like a place that does exist.”
“Probably, but I’ve only been to Ponyville and Canterlot. I’ve read about some of the other towns and cities in Equestria. Probably on my journey for the Elements of Order I’ll go through some of them.”
“Speaking of that, have you gotten any clues to their location?”
Blaze’s expression turned to a depressed state as he recalled that dream he had. “I don’t think so. The only thing odd is a very strange dream I had one night. I don’t even know if it was a dream, or something else.”
“Maybe you should discuss it with Princess Luna. While on duty at night, she does watch over the dream world of the ponies. Maybe she can shed some light on what you dreamed about.”
“Maybe.”
All of a sudden, they heard a mare at the end of the hall behind them shout out Blaze’s names. They turned their heads and saw Twilight was there, and she was pissed.
“Blaze, what did you do to my sister?” Shining Armor asked in a stern voice.
“I may have been avoiding her all this week. She has an order from Princess Celestia to teach me magic. Time to continue the chase.” The colt took off, away from the angry mare. As he was leaving, he shouted. “See you this weekend!” With that, he turned down a corridor and continued to run.
Twilight caught up to Shining Armor. “Big brother! How come you did not stop him!. I have to teach him magic! There’s so much to cover!” she said, just below a shouting voice.
“Twily, one thing I have learned is, Blaze will come to you when he is ready. You can’t force him to do something without it backfiring back to you,” he replied.
“But this is an order from Princess Celestia! Doesn’t he know how important those are?”
“I’m sure he does. I think being stuck in a colt body might have brought out the child’s side of him. Let him enjoy it.”
“Have you heard some of the crazy things he’s done? I’ve never met a kid that much out of control. Was I like that?”
“No, you were a perfect little angel,” the stallion said as he hugged his sister. “Now then, don’t you have a colt you need to catch before he gets in serious trouble?”
Twilight didn’t answer, she just took off after Blaze. She went and turned down the same corridor he did. Just as she did, the green Earth pony was there leaning against the wall, with a toothpick hanging out of his mouth.
“What kept ya? I was about to fall asleep from being bored,” Blaze said.
The purple Unicorn quickly sent a magic beam at the colt. It made contact and formed a triple layer barrier around him.
“HA! I would like to see you get out of that!” Twilight said, sounding very proud.
Blaze still had a smirk on his face. He took the toothpick out and said, “Ok.” He channeled chakra into the toothpick and began to cut a hole in the barrier. Once done, he pushed the piece out and jumped through the hole. “Come and get me for the next lesson!” He took off again down the corridor. Twilight moved quickly to stay on his tail.
Going through the castle, they passed several guards and some VIPs. The mare managed to not hit them with her spells as she was aiming at Blaze. The colt came really close in getting hit by them several times. None of the guards bothered to stop them as they were not destroying anything, important.
Blaze couldn’t believe how determined Twilight was into teaching him. He had to get this to stop. He soon saw the doors to the courtroom coming up.
"Time to give my report to the Princes!" the green pony shouted back.
"NOOOOOO!" Twilight screamed. She quickly sent a powerful spell at the doors. Massive wooden blocks came across the door and fused with it. "Good luck getting in there now!"
Blaze was running too fast to stop quickly on the smooth floor. As he tried to, he tripped and began to tumble forward. The momentum caused the colt to tumble at a rapid speed. He collided with a column of marble and took a big chunk out of it. He was able to quickly get back up and was not dazed from spinning.
The purple Unicorn came over in a panic state. "Blaze, you alright? Please be alright," She was saying as she looked him over.
"Twilight, I'm fine. I didn’t feel a thing," he replied as he got out of her hooves.
"You slammed into a solid marble column and took a big chunk out of it. How can you be fine?"
The colt was pondering the same thing. After a few seconds of thinking, an idea came to him. He smiled as he hoped what he was thinking would be correct. "Twilight, you might want to stand back."
"What is going on Blaze?"
"I’m going to perform an experiment. You guards might want to move too."
One guard by the door said, "We do not take orders from a little colt and his foal sitter."
"Do you have an appointment to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?" The other guard asked.
Blaze looked at Twilight as she backed away from him. She knew those guards were going to get it. Once she was a safe distance away, the green Earth pony backed up a bit and stood in a charge stance. The two guards charged up their horns and prepared to stop him. He did a quick run before he jumped into the air. Blaze then forced himself into a ball and spun forward at super speed. All you could see was a green ball with a grey line in the middle.
He landed and quickly headed to the door. The guards began to fire spells at the Blaze ball. They were being bounced off as he had created a tight, air current around him from spinning so fast. Realizing they can't do anything to stop him, they jumped out of the way just in time as he hit the door. Instead of going through it, Blaze climbed up the door. He slammed into the wooden beams, causing them to split apart and fall down. When he cut the last beam, the doors swung open and Blaze continued forward. He quickly stopped the spin and landed back on his hooves.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were sitting on their thrones, looking down at Blaze, the guards, and Twilight Sparkle.
"I’m so sorry, Princesses, for disturbing you! I did my best to stop him." Twilight said as she was bowing her head up and down in apologizing style.
"It’s quite alright. Your brother informed us with a message stating you were in the castle and what’s going on." Princess Celestia said. "Would you care to explain your actions, Blaze?" She said with a stern voice.
Blaze bowed his head as he said, "Your highness, I just wanted to say directly to you how thankful I am for you allowing Twilight to teach me about magic."
"But I’ve only taught you how to access it. You’ve been avoiding me all afternoon in Ponyville and in the castle."
The colt stood back up. He turned his head to the purple Unicorn as he said, "You may have not taught me what you planned on teaching, but I did learn some useful things about magic indirectly from today."
"Would you like to explain exactly what you learned?" Princess Luna asked.
"I’ve learned levitation first, as it’s similar to my chakra control. It relates to when I use it to hold myself to walls and ceilings or be able to walk on top of the water on my hooves. I learned how to make it look like I disappeared within a barrier, convincing the caster to drop it. I also learned different methods of dodging magic spells. I then figured out how to get out of a barrier with my chakra without causing it to burst open. Finally, I learned a new method to deflect magic beams while in pony form."
"We really tried to stop him, your highnesses," one Guard said.
"Our spells did make contact, but they just bounced off," the other said.
"It’s quite alright. Blaze has an interesting way sometimes doing the impossible," Princess Celestia said. "You’re dismissed."
They bowed and left, closing the door behind them.
"So, as I was chasing you, you were learning defensive ways against magic?" Twilight asked, while confused.
"I did, but I wanted to show you that there are other ways of learning things instead of books. You can have fun while doing it," Blaze said.
"It was nice to stretch my legs out. I’ll need to have Spike remind me to do some jogging each day."
"You can join me in my pre-dawn jog I do each morning."
"Thanks, but no thanks. I do need the sleep I manage to get to juggle the next day's agendas."
"It would appear you both have learned some useful lessons. Would you both like to join us for dinner? We can teleport you back to Ponyville after."
Twilight and Blaze looked at each other and nodded. "We would love to join you," Twilight said.
"Thank you for the honor," Blaze added.
All four left the courtroom and headed to the dining room. While there, they discuss Blaze’s magic font and the size of it. Both Princesses were impressed that he was starting with a good size capacity. Blaze demonstrated his levitation control as they ate dinner. When they were done, but before they were sent home, Princess Luna came up to the colt.
“Blaze, Shining Armor also mentioned that dream you had. When you’re ready, I would like to help you with it to understand its meaning,” she said.
“Thank you, Princess. I’ll probably come to see you this weekend when I get my body back,” he replied.
“I shall be waiting.”
With that, both Princesses teleported them to their homes. It was late, so the Blaze’s house was dark. He headed inside quietly to not wake Al up. When the colt got to his room and turned on the lights, Blaze shouted at the sight before him, “GET OUT OF MY BED!”