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// Chapter 4 
// Story: Could Be... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 4 – Wings and horns

The cool air runs pass everypony in the small group a little fast now as their trot away from the main paths of Ponyville and into one of the open rolling grassy field holds. The light purple mare doesn't pay the refreshing weather any mind though as she just listens to the young blue unicorn stallion that has taken the lead of the trot continued banter with the tan pony that trots next to him.

Sparky has drifted his trot next to Violet, both slightly intentionally and mostly just to get away from his friends in front of him.

"...No you're wrong Futty, a tomato is definitely a vegetable."

The tan stallion cocks his head up as he quickly speaks up, "For the last time Bell it's a fruit, it grows on a plant."

Bell blinks to the words as the unicorn just blows to the comment, "Ya, but it's not a tree."

Futty stops his trot for a moment as he just laughs, "Raspberries are fruit and they grow on bushes."

"No it's a fungus like sleep bark." The unicorn stops his trot as he turns more towards the tan stallion with a confident face.

Futty brings his hoof up to his head as he laughs again and starts to shake his head, "Sleep bark is not a fungus, it's shavings from a tree bark...Why do you think it's called Sleep bark?"

The comment doesn't change Bell's confidence as he holds his head up higher, "Oooh I get it, you lost the argument so you just want to act dumb now."

"Acting..." Futty turns his head to Violet and Sparky as he speaks up, "How am I acting dumb?"

Sparky just gives a little smile as he waves his hoof to his friend, "Uh...I'm going to stay out of this one."

The tan stallion's eyes turn to Violet as he asks again, "How am I acting dumb?"

Before Violet can bring her hooves up Bell's voice has started to ring out, "Because you mule, everypony knows trees don't have fur, so how can you shave them?"

A simple chuckle comes up from Sparky as he turns his head away from the blue unicorn, Violet's eyes go wide too the comment she just heard as she just looks to her friend.

Futty's head droops down to the grassy ground as he starts to slowly trot over to his friend, "Bell....Bell...Bell..." He puts his hoof to the unicorns side as he pats him a little, "Now I see why Violet was the only Unicorn from Ponyville to go to Celestia's school..."

His comment sparks a slight blush to the unicorn's face as he bats his friend's hoof away, "Pff, whatever, you know you don't even need that extra stuff to do magic..."

No response comes from the earth stallion as he just rolls his hoof to him. To the absent voice Bell turns his head back to Violet and Sparky, "Alright we got about an hour Violet has to get to that thing...So let's see that wing flapping thing you two keep talking about." Bell's horn sparks up as he nods his head, "Come on."

It's really no secret now that Violet and Sparky have been practicing the simple spell that seemed to be passed over to the young pegasus whenever Bell and Futty aren't around. But what Sparky's friend wants him to do has the stallion a little uneasy, "You want me to try the spell on you?"

Bell gives a simple laugh as he speaks up, "Ya, I don't believe a Cloud Pusher like you could really do something like that."

To the unicorn's comment Futty leans into him as he starts up the normal banter, "Oooh, he said Cloud Pusher Sparky, you going to take that?"

Sparky holds a half eyed gaze to his friend's comment as he straightened his posture, "I don't want to hurt you."

"Hurt me!" A laugh rings from Bell as he waves his hoof to him, "Tell you what, if you can move me I'll stop calling you names."

The comment doesn't really peek Sparky's interest seeing as how the unicorn's comment have never really bothered him, but the idea of being able to actually show off to his friends has a plus to it. "Alright Bell."

The tan stallion takes his lean away from his friend as he holds a smile, "Hey, look Sparky's no longer a pusher like he was." His eyes turn to Violet as he gives a little nod, "What do you know you finally changed our wimpy friend..." He taps his hoof to his mouth as he speaks up, "Now we just need you to talk, me to lose some weight and Bell to get a date with a stallion."

"HEY!" Bell's pink horn loses it's glow as he turns his head to Futty, "I'm not a stallion cuddler." The slightly higher pitched whine cracks a smile to Futty's face as he starts to take a few steps away, "Whatever you say Bell."

Violet rolls her eyes to the comment as her horn starts up as her magic starts to encase the blue unicorn's sloppy stance, "Hey what are you doing..." The mare's slight pushing magic brings the stallion's legs a little firmer to the ground and his head into a more correct angle.

Her magical hold to the stallion is brought to an end as she starts to move to where the earth pony has trotted. To the mare's movement's Sparky's voice comes up, "Violet you don't think I should try this spell on another pony right?"

The stallion's words turn the mare as she stops her trot next to Futty and begins to start her hooves up with an encouraging smile.

Bell speaks up before Sparky can as he sparks his horn back up, "See even the filly said you should try the spell."

The comment brings a slight annoyance to the mare as she now second guesses whether or not she should have showed him the proper stance.

The stallion's continuing voice as he nods his head, "Now come on Sparky, I'm pretty sure I know how to perform a simple blocking spell. And if not i'm sure Violet can do something."

Violet just holds a smile to the stallion's words as she waits for the pegasus's spell to start up.

Sparky's wings begin to flap as he brings himself from the ground, "Um...Are you going to take your boots off or anything?"

Bell turns his eyes to the winter scarf and boots he's got on as he speaks up, "Naw, rubber doesn't conduct electricity right?"

To the words Sparky nods his head as he just takes another simple flap to bring him a little higher above the ground, "Alright Bell..." Sparky takes a deep breath as he starts to flap his wings a little more. Violet may not be a pegasus and she's not Twilight, but her tips about magic have kind of helped bring the spell under control a little more...Magic is thoughts and emotions, the thought holds to Sparky's head as he feels the warmth to his now slightly orange glowing wings.

This will be the first time Sparky's ever done the spell on another since what happened a few weeks ago, but the stallion is not nervous. Instead his thoughts drift to impressing the light purple mare watching rather than about messing up the spell.

Bad move. With one last flap a few organic lines of static like magic fly from the young stallion's wings as they bolt towards the blue unicorn a little way from him. The strange electric bolting sound sends Bell's eyes shut as he flicks and sparks his own spell up quick.

For a moment time slows as the young stallion just holds a smile to the bolt of magic he created, however the moment of triumph doesn't last long as his bolt strikes against Bell's pink bubble of magic. Instead of the spell dissipating or cracking into the bubble it ends up ricocheting back with full force.

The shocking bolt strikes against the pegasus as Bell is sent slinging backwards into the ground from the force of the spell. Both stallion's now lay on the ground as the other two onlookers blink to the barely half a minute show, "Oooh...That's gotta hurt." A chuckle comes up from Futty as he starts to trot towards the blue stallion that has sat himself up while he rubs a hoof to his head.

Violet's trot turns to the still downed light orange pegasus. However a wheezing laugh comes to the mare as she just looks to the stallion's new spiked mane and out of breath pant.

The spell wasn't really strong enough but to give him a little jolt, but the fact that his wings stopped flapping and he fell to the ground did knock the wind out of  him...Also landing on his wings was not really the best feeling.

Violet's horn sparks up as her magic warps to the stallion's body as  she helps pull her friend into an up right position.

"Hey, what about me? I was the one that got shoot across Equestria?" Violet turns her head to the now slightly dirtied unicorn as she shakes her head as she taps her right hoof to her horn.

Bell brings himself to his hooves as he rolls his hoof to the comment, "So what if i'm a unicorn."

Violet rolls her eyes to the comment as she turns back to the light orange pegasus that now stands, his body shakes a little from the jolt but it's not painful as he speaks up, "W-well the spell was easy."

"That was cool Sparky!" Futty trots over to his friend as he pats his hoof to his side, which sends a slight pop of static to the earth stallion hoof. He doesn't pay much attention to it as he turns to Violet, "Alright, two unicorn and a pegasus can do magic." He straightens his head up as he speaks out, "When's my turn?"

No answer comes to the question as Bell comes over to where his friends now stand, "Ya ya, so you can do something now." He nudges Violet as he holds a smile, "Can you teach me a better block spell?"

Violet shrugs to the comment. Despite a really yes answer Bell still holds his hoof to Sparky as he speaks up, "Oh and by the way feather flapper, that didn't count..." He holds his head up a little higher as he continues, "The grass was slippery were I was standing."

Sparky rolls his eyes to the comment as Bell looks himself over, "Alright tomorrow we can do something, I don't want to be out when it starts snowing...The first snow is always the coldest." He starts to trot back to where the scarf still lays in the grass as he speaks up, "Good luck with the thing Violet...Sparky, Futty you coming?"

The tan stallion shrugs as he trots after him, "I don't got anything to do."

The low chime of Bell's magic comes up as he pulls the scarf from the grass, "You coming Sparky?"

Sparky blinks to the comment as he shake his head, "No, just about every pegasus today is going to be helping with cloud distribution." He pushes his chest out a little as he tries to poke a little fun to the light purple mare next to him, "Plus this way I get to see if you mess up or not."

Violet squints to the stallion's comment as she brings her hooves up.

Sparky's attempt at trying to act cool falls flight as his stammering tone comes out, "What no...I'm not saying that you're going to mess up I ju-.." His voice is cut off as Violet's horn sparks up, wrapping the rambling stallion's mouth shut.

"Whatever Sparky." Bell turns to Futty as he nods his head, "Come on."

As the two stallion start to trot away Violet's hold over the stallion's mouth comes undone as she starts her trot up. Sparky follows after her as he brings a newfound confidence to his voice, "So did you ever show your parents the dream spell yet?"

The comment brings a silent sigh to the mare as she stops her trot and brings her hooves up.

Sparky watches the hooves motions for a moment as he nods his head, "Really the spell doesn't work on somepony that's not gotten a good night's sleep?"

Violet nods her head, but she doesn't bring her trot up as she hooves out another comment.

"You...You tried it on your brother?" Sparky squints to the comment as he continues, "What does a foal say?"

Her smile holds as she hooves out a simple comment. A faint laugh comes from Sparky as he nods his head, "Bottle huh?"

The light humor holds to the two ponies as the mare starts her trot up which more or less ends any ideas for a continuing conversation.

End of chapter 4