Great Power

by Harkbilde

Chapter 20: Change

(Previously on the last chapter)

Pinkie stopped bouncing and grinned even wider than possible. "Why this!" Right after she said that she started juggling her cupcakes (the actual cupcakes, mind you) without... her...... hands..........?

(Present)

Silence

8 jaws dropped, as 8 sets widened to the sizes of a dinner plate at the site of Ponyville's best party planner kept up on her juggling with no hands with a smile so wide that it might split her face.

All the others' minds were in great confusion until our human decided to snap out of it first with a look of disbelief.

"No fucking way......" Magnus muttered with wide eyes.

"I guess that's the big change but... How?..." Rainbow Dash said in disbelief as she turned towards twilight.

"Twilight, you said ponies can't control Psy, then how is this possible?" She half yelled while pointing the no-hands-juggling Pinkie.

Twilight raised both of her hands in defense. "I have no idea!" She yelled back defensively.

She then pointed at Pinkie. "I and Magnus thoroughly checked everything and confirmed that this was impossible! Are you sure that this isn't just Pinky being Pinky?" She said with exasperation.

"No..." All of the mares heard the voice of their resident human and looked at him in a "what do you mean?" kinda way.

"That is definitely Psy..." He clarified as the mares' eyes widened. "As much as I want to say this is impossible, that is definitely Psy Manipulation... How she can do it so well is a mystery... but I'm gonna ignore that part for my mental health." He said massaging his temples.

"Then-" Luna was about to ask another question but was cut off by Magnus.

"And that's not all..." Magnus spoke, once again gaining the attention of the mares. "I can also sense Psy reacting to all of you guys..." That took the MUFFIN. "And some other ponies in the castle..." And that took the CAKE. "And if my guess is right, there are others spread throughout Equus...." And that took the largest, SUPER-DUPER-DELUX-PARTY SIZED-CA-!!!

PINKAMENA DIANE PIE!!!

Aww... Your no fun...

PINKIE.......

Ok, ok bye!

Sigh..... Anyways...

(Back to the story)

Magnus was now supporting an amused smile on his face as he watches the looks of the flabbergasted mares.

But enough was enough.

Magnus clapped both of his hands, snapping the mares back to reality.

"Now that we got that across..." He said becoming serious.

"We now know what happened, and now we have to know how. Because it is absolutely impossible to create another Psi users." He said remembering some... unpleasant... things...

[FLASHBACK]

Booom!!!

The metal doors for the lab were blasted off as Magnus barreled through.

"Anthony! Where......!" He was about to continue shouting until he was stopped as his face morphed into horror, then unbridled RAGE...

In the lab, where many scientists with panic-stricken faces on numerous machines hooked up to his friend's butchered-

Accompanied by the roar, bright blue flames erupted everywhere as they melted and burned everything in its path.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

Magnus creased his brows. "Yeah... It's impossible..." Magnus spoke in a low tone.

He then brightened up. "Which means there's one thing!" he said as lifted one finger up.

"Magic...?" Twilight said tilting her head. "But Magnus, you said it would be impossible, even with magic?" Twilight asked.

Magnus chuckled. "Yes, that's what I said, but we are talking about different magic here Twily." He said with a grin.

Celestia then clapped her hands together. "The elements of Harmony!" She said in realization.

"Bingo!" Magnus said with a smile as he continued, "The elements of Harmony are the most ancient and powerful source of magic ever since magic ever existed in Equus, capable of many miracles that couldn't be explained in any logical, and even most magical ways."

The other mares' eyes widened in the realization of the most possible reason.

"Then..." Luna whispered, gaining the attention of everyone else in the room.

"We have a fighting chance," Luna said in a voice full of hope. "We can all become stronger to fend off the gates ourselves..." She said with a voice full of relief.

"Yeah!" A voice shouted out loud.

The others looked at where it came from and found Rainbow Dash with a look full of determination. "We can become stronger and help you, Magnus! We can-!"

"No." Magnus's voice full of seriousness cut off Dash's excitement.

The mares now looked at him with confused looks.

"No... Not all of them..." Magnus said solemnly. "Some fights, you have to let me fight them alone." He said.

"Magnus, what do you mean?" Dash said in confusion, while the royal sisters seemed to realize the reason.

"Magnus, you are not thinking of fighting him alone? Without any help?" Celestia questioned him with a voice full of worry.

"Whose 'him'?" Twilight asked.

"Karthenon..." Luna answered. "The one who is behind all the gates, behind all the monsters that were sent here....." She said frowning.

"Then we have more reason to fight with Magnus, Ah got a few bones ta pick with that bastard." Applejack snarled as the mares agreed.

"No, you don't get it!" Magnus shouted. "This is a god we're talking about! A god! One that is so powerful that killed the rest of the other gods in his world and then conquered it!" He said as the Mane 6 was now surprised by that information. "And he's tamed other powerful monsters and beings to conquer yours! Even with all the upgrades, you guys are out of your league! I can keep on becoming stronger, you have to let me go alo-"

SLAP!!!!!

A sound of a hand meeting face was heard throughout the room.

A cyan fur-covered hand was seemed to be stretched out.

A wide-eyed individual was looking to the side of the room holding his reddening cheeks.

7 faces were looking directly at the scene in surprise.

"No..." Dash said in a shaky yet determined voice.

"I won't let you fight alone..." She continued. "I won't let you carry the burdens by yourself..." She said while grabbing on Magnus's collars. "Not again, I won't let you." She said, her shaky voice disappearing and leaving only the determined one. "We're gonna go through this together! Do you hear me? Together!" She said shouting angrily whilst crying.

Magnus, just dumbly looked at Rainbow Dash, unable to answer.

"And thou can't stop us," Luna said at the side.

Magnus quickly looked to the side, only to find determined faces of his friends...no...Family...

"Yah ain't leaving us out of this sugarcube." Said Applejack

"Yes, you would be foolish to think so, darling." Added Rarity.

"That's what friends are for," Twilight added.

"We'll be together through it all!" Pinkie said excitedly.

"Y-yeah!" Fluttershy said in the loudest volume he ever heard.

"My little ponies are involved in this, don't you dare to leave me out of this Magnus," Celestia said menacingly

"You wouldn't like what would happen after that..." Luna added

Magnus was dumbfounded, wide eyes and gaping mouth until he was shaken out of it literally via Dash.

"You see that!?" Rainbow half questioned, half yelled while pointing at the others. "We aren't gonna let you do this and save everyone by yourself!" She said pulling him down to her level and glared at him eye to eye. " Because if we let you do that..." Dash's eyes softened a little. "Then who's gonna save you?" She finished softly.

Hearing the last part, Magnus's eyes widened.

[FLASHBACK]

"You idiot!" Voices of young teens echoed throughout on top of a cliff.

BAM!!!

A psi-enhanced fist fell on top of younger Magnus's head, making him clutch the spot he got hit.

"Ow! What the fuck is wrong with you guys?!" He said turning around to look at his friends.

"What's wrong with us? What's wrong with you! You dunderhead!" A young woman yelled while lifting up Magnus by his collar.

"You're saying that your going alone and do everything by yourself," Noah said while the young woman brought him closer to her face to glare at him intensely.

"Yeah! Isn't that what I should do? With all this power, I can become a hero and save everyone!" Magnus replied.

"Idiot! You can't save everyone by yourself!" Jake and Claire, the twins shouted out loud together.

"But she said-" Magnus was about to retort while pointing to the woman, but was cut off.

"Nicole said, "be a hero"! Not save everyone!" Anthony said while Nicole let him go, making him fall on his butt.

"Besides..." She said making him look up at Nicole's face. "If your gonna save everyone..." She said whilst smiling brighter than the sun.

Magnus looked dumbly at her before shaking his head and smiling as bright as her and replied...

[END OF FLASHBACK]

Magnus said with a gentle smile, tears streaming down his face.

"Damn right!" Said Rainbow Dash while hugging him, which was joined by the rest of the mares with Magnus in the middle.

After a few moments, they all separated, albeit reluctantly to Magnus's request.

He then wiped his tears away and then looked at the mares with a refreshed face. "Ok, since we're gonna be in this together, you guys will have my back, as in helping me understand magic and gates, while I will have your backs by teaching you guys about how to be a Psi user." He said, which made the mares brighten up.

"W-we'll also have to do something about other ponies that have Psi..." Fluttershy said shyly.

"Of course we can't forget about the others, like Gryphons, Minotaurs, Changelings, Dragons, Diamond dogs, Hippogriffs, Yaks-" Twilight said going on and on before being cut off.

"Then we'll reach out to them..." He said gaining their attention. "We'll send messages to every one of the kingdoms, cities, villages, towns, and every other corner in Equus and them that they can fight back, that all of them can protect what is precious to them!" he said with eyes burning with inspiration, which also lit the fires within the mares too, Along with blushes...

"I'll immediately plan the meeting between all the kingdoms," Celestia said

"I'll prepare the messages!" Luna said

"We'll help with the feast!" Twilight said with the nods of the rest of the Mane 6.

"Yeah! This is it, the great change, the tables have turned, and it's Equus' turn to strike back!" Magnus spoke excitedly. 'Are you seeing this Nicole? I'm doing it right, I finally got what your ideal of being a hero is!' He thought while looking outside at the sky, remembering her face.

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