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// Chapter 20. Magic indeed. 
// Story: The Choice 
// by Not_available_now 
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Chapter 20. Magic indeed.
            
        “The bad news is that you have an condition that only occurs is creatures with magic.” The doctor said as he looked at some of the readings on the chart.
            
        “But that means that I have magic.” Martin said, thinking about what the doctor just said to him.
            
        “In a certain way you do, but there are some issues with that.” He sat down as if he was going to tell something horrible.
            
        During this Twilight’s mind was going over how this was possible. Her mouth was hanging open too, but that was because of the sudden change.
            
        “Your magic is corrupted. There is almost no normal magic present in your body. This will cause difficulties, like uncontrollable levitation when you’re angry or random jolts of magic escaping your body as it releases energy. You have very little to no control over it and it will rise when you’re in a negative mood.” He said, a lot less dramatically than was expected.
            
        Martin looked very disappointed. “Is there a cure or something to help me?”
            
        “I’m sorry. There are no ways to safely drain somepony’s magic. It will have to come out of your body on its own accord.”
            
        “And how long can this take?”  Martin asked hoping for a good answer for once.
            
        “Weeks or years. The reserve you have is quite large and won’t drain quickly, so we will have to wait.” He said. “But if you’re angry, don’t come near other ponies. They will be hurt by the release of the corrupted magic and so serious damage. Do you understand?” The doctor asked seriously.
            
        “Yes, I do.” Martin answered meekly. He didn’t know too much about magic and even less about corrupted magic but he said it anyway to console the doctor.
            
        “You do understand that I have to inform the princesses about this?” he said as he scribbled something on a piece of paper.
            
        “I do.” Martin said.
            
        And as he was saying that Twilight’s brain rebooted and she shouted, “What!”, very loud.
            
        The doctor jumped back, but remained calm. “Martin has corrupted magic in him.”
            
        “But how?” Twilight asked while giving Martin as questioning look.
            
        “I don’t exactly know, but I guess that one of the causes is that there is no magic in your world, am I correct?” The doctor asked Martin.
            
        “Yes, you are. We don’t have any magic, but there are many stories about it though.” He said while prodding himself to see if anything would happen.
            
        Twilight sat there, thinking what kind of effects this could have on her life. “Can I do some tests on you?” Twilight asked, thinking about all the things that she could test.
            
        “Sure, I hope that something useful will come out of that.” Martin said.
            
        “You can use some equipment in the hospital if you would like.” The doctor proposes.
            
        “Thank you for the offer. I see what I will need.” She turns back to Martin “Should we go tell the princess?”
            
        “I think that it would be a good idea.” He said while standing up. They started walking towards the exit.
            
        “Could you send your finding through to me? This is a mostly untouched subject and I would like a bit of information about it.” He asked trotting after them.
            
        “I will do that, doctor, and thank you for all your help.” Twilight said as she pulled the door shut behind them.
            
        Martin and Twilight walked through the clean hallways and through a door into the damp hallways of the castle. They started walking towards the chambers of Princess Celestia.
            
        “So I guess that I do have magic, but that if I am going to want to do anything with it I have to have a teacher.” When Martin said that Twilight’s face brightened up immediately. “And I think that I already made my choice.”
            
        “So who is it?” Twilight asked, hoping for an answer that contained herself.
            
        “You of course. Who else? I don’t think that the princesses have enough time and no unicorn is as talented as you are. So you are perfect.” He said, knowing that Twilight would be delighted.
            
        Twilight was beaming and happily accepted.
            
        “You do know that it will take a while before I will have any control over my magic and even have normal magic in me. I can only harm ponies until then and training that wouldn’t be so nice.”
            
        “I do, bet then there is enough time for me to make schedules and checklists and get the correct books and so many other things that I need to do. I need to make a checklist of that.”
            
        She said while zoning out and they completed the walk in silence.
            
        As they arrived Celestia was sipping some tea and she invited Martin and Twilight in. They sat down on one of the many large pillows in the corner of her room. Celestia gave then a cup of tea.
            
        “So, Martin, how are you doing?”
            
        “Very well.” Martin said as he took a sip of the tea. I tasted like earl grey and he liked it.
            
        “How did your date with Luna go?” She asked very simply.
            
        “Very well, we had a lot of fun. And it was a very good evening.” Martin said while pouring him some more tea.
            
        “And did anything else happen?” She asked, smiling and knowing more that Twilight did.
            
        “No, no. Nothing happened after that.” Martin asked, heat flowing to his cheeks.
            
        “Hmm… sure.” Celestia said, deciding to drop the subject. “What were you doing this morning?”
            
        “We went to the infirmary to see if Martin has any magic in him.” Twilight said before Martin could say anything.
            
        “Interesting. And what were the results?” She asked pouring herself and Twilight another cup of tea.
            
        “I apparently have corrupted magic inside me and that I will have random fits of magic as I get angry.” Martin said calmly.
            
        The only sound that went through the chamber was the sound of a cup of tea shattering on the ground.