//------------------------------// // Ch 5 // Story: Fractured Soul // by JollyRogue //------------------------------// Well those muffins were delicious. The perfect food, probably not the healthiest, but muffins are muffins, and muffins are delicious! We had decided to sit at a table in Sugar Cube Corner. I explained to the girls the stuff I could remember. The void, the presence, and the voice. Then I explained what happened the last time I fainted. "So you're saying that something, or someone is after you?" Twilight asked. "Correct." "And whatever this is that's after you, is what made you lose your memory." "Right." "And in order to defeat him, you have to use these magic words called, the "Words of Origination." "Yup that is exactly right." "Well that story sounds like a bunch of horse apples. No pony will ever believe you." "Don't worry Mr.J, I believe you!" Pinkie said. "Thank you Pinkie." "Pinkie I can't believe you. There was nothing in that story that seemed credible." Twilight said. "Twilight lets just say my "senses" are telling me to trust him." This caused an uneasiness to pass between Fluttershy and Twilight. They both looked around nervously. Strange. "Now Miss Sparkle, if you don't believe me, why don't I show you one of these words." "What... What do you mean?" Twilight said. "Oh... Umm..." I frantically looked around for something to test my magic on. I noticed a knife lying next to a cake. No bad idea! What if I missed the timing. It would hurt. Hmm... Oh! I got it. "See that apple on the counter. Why don't you chuck it at me." "Chuck it at you, but what if I hurt you?" "Oh I assure you this will not hurt. Now please, can you grab that apple, and on the count of three, throw it at me?" With out even getting up, Twilight looked at the apple, it was enveloped in a purple aura. Well that wasn't exactly what I meant. I think I understand what the voice meant by "magic". "Okay ready... One... Two...Three!" Without hesitation Twilight lifted the apple from the counter and flung it at me. It flew towards me... Relatively fast. What was that spell...? Uhh... Crap! What was it? Oh wait, that's right, it was... "Contum!" A small black symbol appeared in front of me. It was shaped like a shield, the apple collided with it. The shield disappeared in a small burst of light, then the apple flew off into the direction of the counter. "So, does that make me credible enough?" I said a smile plastered on my face. I looked at their stunned faces. Twilight stuttered "That... Was..." "Amazing!" Pinkie blurted out. "That was so cool! When Twilight picked up that apple and sent it towards you, and it was like a few inches in front of your face! I was like *GASP*! And then you said something, and then that cute drawing of a shield appeared, and the apple hit it, and bounced off! I was so happy that you weren't going to receive any further brain damage! How could she say so many words, on so little breaths? It seemed impossible, but then again, I had just summoned an image that protected me from an apple. So I guess there weren't that many impossibilities in this world. "umm... that was... cool!" Fluttershy said. Well that is probably the loudest I could get Fluttershy to go. So mission accomplished! No, wait! That wasn't what I wanted to "accomplish." I needed Twilight's approval. "So Twilight... Do you believe me now?" She let out a sigh "Well I guess there is a grain of truth to your story, but I have to send a letter to Princess Celestia, and ask her about these "Words of Origination." "Princess Celestia... Who's that?" "What you do you mean "who's that?" Twilight said sternly. "What I mean is I have amnesia." I replied flatly. "Oh... sorry. Well Princess Celestia is the ruler of this land, and she is also my teacher." "Hmm... The student of royalty. That is pretty impressive. I guess I miss-judged you." "Why thank you." She took a few seconds before she responded , "Hey wait, what do you mean "miss-judged you?" "Oh don't worry about it. You were about to send a letter?" "Okay I guess I'll be off." She exclaimed before going out the front door. “Think I could get a tour of the town while we wait?” "but its too early to go around town." Fluttershy said. "What time is it?" "Oh..." Pinkie said while she looked for a clock. "About 5:25 in the morning." Wait, what! Where did she find a clock? There wasn't one in this room. No wait, did she say 5:25... "You girls were up all night... For me!?" "oh no, Twilight and I didn't stay up all night, but Pinkie did." Fluttershy said. "Wait... Pinkie did what?" "yeah she went to get us, this morning. she was worried about being alone and looking after you." "Oh Fluttershy stop it your going to make me blush." Pinkie said. "But, Pinkie that means, you carried me all the way here from where you found me. Then you stayed up all night to look after me." "Don't think anything about it. It's what any friend would do." Pinkie said. Her cheeks turned a deeper shade of pink. Tear's formed in my eye's. She hasn't even known me for a day and she did all this just to save me. She was a very spectacular pony. "Oh no Mr.J, please don't cry. I didn't mean to make you sad." She said with a frown on her face. "No Pinkie, I'm not sad. I'm crying because I'm happy to have a friend like you." I wiped the tears from eye's. "Yep, it's what any friend would do!" She said with a smile on her face. "So how long before you girl's can show me around?" "about an hour." Fluttershy said somewhere behind me. "So what are we going to do for an hour?" "Ooo ooo, I have an idea!" Pinkie said. She ran behind the counter. What was she doing? Wait why did she smile at that cake? Oh no! "Contum!" With in a second a little shield had appeared in front me, then a bright light. A knife spun straight up into the air. It then fell blade down, into the floor. "Ooo, that was fun! Let's do that again." Pinkie yelled in delight. Fluttershy was in the corner. She was breathing heavily into a paper bag. I was flabbergasted. Pinkie had thrown a knife at me. "Wait... Again! No, Pinkie stop!"