Alright everypony. I promised some new chapters this week since I have no classes in university, so here is chapter 10. And just a newsflash for those that have been wondering about the OC proposals I've received, I'm coming to conclusions as to the 3 OC's I add into the story. There's a also a very distinct possibility of one of them being in chapter 11. But you'll have to keep reading to find out.
I also want to apologize in advance for the shorter than normal chapter. Made the odd decision of pulling an all-nighter last night relaxing, and trying to stay focused today was just down near impossible. Hope the story still turns out well.
~Carousel Boutique, 2 hours later~
“Mmm…” Maghus sighed as he stretched and smacked his lips. His eyes remained closed however as he moved to get out of what he thought was his bed. He was in for a shock however when his hoof didn’t descend any lower than the rest of him, and he cracked open one eye to see if he’d rolled on to the floor again in his sleep.
“Nice of you to finally wake up Maghus.” Twilight said with a slightly bored tone. This worried Maghus a bit, as it usually took something REALLY boring to get her depressed.
Then he remembered Twilight’s comment about waking up, and decided to probe a few questions to figure out what happened. “Hey, Twilight?” Maghus asked with a note of hesitation. “What did you mean by ‘finally wake up’?”
“You don’t remember?” Twilight’s jaw dropped slightly as she had a flashback of Maghus head getting pounded by the door as Applejack and Rainbow Dash barged in. She couldn’t help but giggle a little to herself as she remembered the goofy look on his face while he was out cold. “You seriously don’t remember Applejack and Rainbow Dash knocking you out with a door about two hours ago?”
“You’d think I would.” Maghus replied as he shrugged his shoulders. “But I guess not, must have been a pretty solid crack on my noggin to make me forget it.” He then took a moment to shake his head to clear any remaining drowsiness in his system. His motions stopped rather abruptly however as he noticed a distinct lack of any of Twilight’s friends.
Before Maghus could ask about her friends whereabouts however, he could feel a hoof dragging him by the neck out of the store into the rainy wet outdoors of Ponyville. Maghus took a brief moment to look around before the wind and rain forced him to lower his eyes once again. What Maghus saw worried him slightly, as he knew a fair bit of storm clouds and such considering that’s what his magic was based off of.
“Uh…Twilight?” Maghus asked with a VERY obvious tone of confusion at the current situation. “Why is it raining hard enough to flood Ponyville right now? And why is nopony doing anything to stop the Summer Sun Celebration things from getting ruined?”
Twilight groaned, for she knew that this question was going to come up sooner or later, “The weather factory in Cloudsdale forgot about a storm they had scheduled for tomorrow, but then they moved it to today so it wouldn’t ruin things during the celebration.”
“But that’s just as likely for the decorations being ruined before the celebration even happens then!” Maghus jaw practically hit the floor once again as he scanned the book, using photographic memory to allow him to figure out the solution.
While Maghus considered possible options for assisting everyone, Twilight couldn’t help but look over towards Sweet Apple Acres where the rest of her friends were attempting to prevent the tree from snapping out of the ground.
~Sweet Apple Acres~
“Buck faster girls’!” Applejack bellowed as she and the rest of her friends, save for Twilight, attempted to buck as many apples as they could from the trees before the gusting winds and pouring rain ruins everything. “The storm’s a pickin’ up and ah don’t wanna have to worry ‘bout no soggy, ruined apples coming morning.
“We’ve been doing this for a couple of hours AJ!” Rainbow yelled over the rush of the wind. She was used to the wind in her mane, but not in a situation like this where she was working on a very windy day. “This is a waste of time and effort to try this! The storm’s just too strong!”
Applejack turned towards the complaining pegasi, a deep frown apparent on her brow. This caused Rainbow Dash to shudder slightly as she caught a glimpse of it and motivate her into working without constantly blabbing her thoughts to the hills and beyond.
As the five friends continued to work, they did notice a small change in the weather, which was most confusing to Rainbow Dash seeing as how she had to help make this storm that was bearing down on them.
“What the hay?” Rainbow said more to herself than out loud to anypony else. “What’s going on with the weather now?”
Rainbow’s question was quickly answered however by two unicorns trotting down the path to Sweet Apple Acres. As they got closer, Rainbow was able to distinguish both ponies very clearly: one of her friends Twilight Sparkle, and the new pony Maghus Uncorn. Rainbow’s first thought was to take a barrel of apples and just buck it right at the egghead, but she decided against it as she was busy with more strenuous things at the moment.
The silence that fell as Twilight and Maghus approached was quickly broken by a statement from Maghus himself. “So I heard that you guys needed a way to calm this storm huh?” Maghus smirked as he paused a moment for dramatic tension. “Well it just so happens I have the solution,” he motioned to his horn, “right here.”
Yeah, I mentioned the chapter would be shorter, but I'm slightly disapponted in how short it actually turned. I promise the next few chapters will hopefully make up for the sad update I did today.