A week had passed and Strider was able to walk on all four instead of hopping around on three. He still couldn't walk very far without a tiny bit of a break and he had to have a bandage on his left leg and some medicine in case of infection.. Derpy had to go back to her job as Ponyville's mailman so she asked Strider to look after Dinky when she was out. Strider didn't mind taking care of Dinky, he actually enjoyed her company as it turns out. Dinky was very smart and knew quite abit of magic. She taught a few tricks to Strider when he told her that he was more of a flyer then a magician.
"so just concentrate all your thoughts onto lifting that cushion." Dinky told Strider. They were practicing levitation magic as that was one of easiest spells to cast.
Strider concentrated on lifting the cushion. His horn began to glow a light green which flickered at the tip of his horn. He soon learnt that whenever he casted magic, it would always be green so he didn't have to worry about getting caught while feeding.
Slowly the green light illuminating from Strider's horn appeared around the cushion encasing it in a wave of green. He closed his eyes shut and imagined the cushion rising into the air as hard as he could. His concentration paid off and when he opened his eyes, the cushion was levitating in the air still encased in a green glow.
"Amazing!" Dinky praised Strider for his quick learning skills and his ability to do this spell so well. "Now try lifting up the couch!"
Strider then concentrated on the couch which had been his bed for the past few days. He closed his eyes again and imagined it in the air. Slowly the flickering green light emitting around his horn appeared around the couch just like it did for the cushion. This one was harder to lift but Strider could manage.
"Well done! You pick up magic really fast!" Strider smiled at Dinky. He had a thought going through his head that he could try lifting everything in the room to show off.
He put all his thoughts onto one thing, lifting everything in the room. If he was at his normal state and not injured by falling out of the sky. He could probably do this easy.
Some time passed before Strider made a move. With all his energy and thoughts focused in one place. He could start the magic.
From Striders horn, appeared a small transparent ball colored exactly like his hair. At first all the ball did was float a few centimeters from his horn. In a blink of a eye, the ball began to envelope the room. Then everything inside the ball began to rise. From boxes of muffins to the mantle clock. Even the wood in the fireplace rose. The only thing that remained where it was before the orb appeared, was Dinky.
Dinky stood mouth open stunned by Striders magic power, Its just because he's a adult thought Dinky. But that couldn't just be it. He was still injured and had little range of magic skills. But yet he was easily casting a spell at its best. Dinky wasn't sure, but she thought that Striders eyes were going green...
Strider felt great! He could feel his energy returning to him but as it entered, he immediately used it to power the orb. Strider was thinking that his final stunner could be using transformation magic. Not only could changelings transform themselves. They could also change objects into whatever they wanted. They mainly used this technique on materials outside the hive to then use for construction purposes.
A flash of green from Striders horn and all the objects in the air transformed into a number of things. The most peculiar transformation though, was the couch turning into a giant snake with wings.
"How did you?!" Dinky asked in shock. She had never seen this magic before and how powerful it was. But her attention was diverted from the wonders in the room to Strider
His eyes had gone a full green and pupil-less. Around the edges of his horn flames of emerald were flickering. Everything levitating in the room began to move around the orb starting at a slow pace but soon picking up speed. Everything was flying around so fast, Dinky nearly forgot the situation happening.
"Strider!" Dinky shouted as loud as she could, Strider didn't even turn to look at her. He just stood there in the middle of the room casting the spell. "You need to stop! Your going to hurt somepony!" Strider still didn't move. Dinky then realized he couldn't control the orb anymore and it was taking over him.
Dinky ran right up to Strider dodging the flying objects zooming around the room."Strider! You have to listen to me! Its me Dinky!" She was so busy trying to get Strider to stop. She never saw it coming....
Strider was lost in this new power he had found. He had no idea where this power had come from or why he could only use it now. But it felt brilliant! He could hear somepony talking to him in the distance but couldn't make out who it was. That was until he heard the scream.
A chair had hit Dinky square on and sent her flying towards the window. Strider suddenly snapped out of his trance and turned to Dinky.
"HELP!" Dinky cried! Strider looked around the room for anything he could use to save Dinky. Then he remembered the cushion he first practiced his magic on.
He used the remainder of his new power to lift the cushion and flung it in the way of Dinky.
Dinky landed onto the cushion and was slowly brought back down to the floor.
"im so sorry Dinky! Please don't tell your mother!" Begged Strider.
Dinky just winked at Strider and replied "Don't worry. Lets just keep this our little secret."
Strider grinned at Dinky and winked back.
"But if we wan't to keep this a secret, we may need to clean up abit...."
They then set to work on cleaning the living room.