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// Chapter 4 Magic 
// Story: My New Life In Equestria 
// by Pesoen 
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John was now spending more time with Twilight, since he found out he had magic, though it's not very powerful. It took him about an hour to master levitation, and he found out he didn’t need to point his finger, he just had to focus on the object he wanted to levitate. Twilight was of course very curious, since he said humans don’t have real magic, yet he had magic in Equestria. Applejack didn’t mind him learning magic, with his help the apple orchard was quickly harvested, and work was done for the day. He almost sprinted towards the library to learn some new magic.

“I’m here Twilight!” John shouted.

“Hey john, already done with work?” Spike asked.

“Yep, it's going faster since I can now carry objects using magic.”

“Hi John” Twilight said as she came down the stairs.

“Hey Twilight, I’m ready to learn some more magic, what am I going to learn today?” John asked curiously.

“Today I’m going to teach you a summoning spell, it will be hard, but it should allow you to summon whatever object you want.” Twilight replied, and looked at John who was almost jumping with joy.

“So I can summon any object? Even one from my world?” he asked.

“Maybe, I’m not so sure about objects from your world, but another spell might get you objects from your world, but that’s for another time for now let’s get that summoning spell out of the way.” Twilight replied.

“Ok, what do I need to do? Obviously focus on what I want right?” he asked.

“Correct, focus on what you want, and where you want it, try with a small rock.”

“Here goes nothing.” He said as he focused on a small rock. A few seconds, and a bright light later, a small rock was now on the table.

“Very good, now try something a bit more difficult, like a bigger rock, or maybe a gem.”

“You got it, one gem coming up.” John said as he focused once again. This time however a very big gem appeared, because he forgot to think small, Spike didn’t seem to mind though as he started too droll.

“Not quite the size I was thinking of, but it's a gem.” Twilight said

“Can I eat that?” Spike asked, eying the big gem.

“I can’t see why not, it looks like a gem, and feels like one.” Twilight said “so try a bite, if it tastes like a gem, then you can eat it all.”

“Awesome!” spike shouted as he took a bite of the gem.

“Well, does it taste like a gem should?” John asked, curious if he summoned a real gem.

“It tastes very good, a little like a sapphire, but it looks like an emerald.” Spike said.

“Then I guess it's safe for you to eat it, just don’t get a tummy ache.” Twilight said as she snickered.

“Thank you.” Spike said, before starting to eat the gem.

“You are catching on fast John, why don’t you try something from your world, and let’s see if it works.” Twilight said, taking a seat in the couch.

“Ok, I’m going to try to summon some duct tape, never know when I might need it.” He said before focusing. A small flash appeared, and on the floor was a roll of duct tape. “Sweet, you don’t have this here do you?” he asked Twilight.

“I haven’t seen it before, we might have something similar.” Twilight replied.

“Awesome, should I try something else just to be sure?” John asked.

“Why not, I’m curious to see what your world has.” Twilight replied.

“Ok, I’m going to summon something used for war, but it's not going to be working, unless I summon it wrong.” He said, before thinking hard on a certain weapon he had seen in a lot of movies. a small flash appeared and he was now looking at the floor where the weapon was laying.

“What is that?” Twilight asked.

“It's a weapon from my world, it's very popular and is called an AK-47.” He said picking up the weapon, without a magazine in it. “It looks just as it does in my world, so it might work if I get some ammunition for it.” He said, examining the functions.

“Why did you summon that weapon?” Twilight asked curiously.

“I have always loved it, it's simple, easy to use and as far as the legends go, never jams.” He said, cocking it, and pulling the trigger, hearing a click. “It seems to be fully functional, so I can summon things from my world, good to know.” Twilight just looked at him in confusion.

“How does it work? And what does it use for ammunition?” she asked.

“It uses a small round that shoots out of the end with more than one thousand feet pr. Second and hits the target you are pointing at, it's very deadly, which is why I did not summon ammunition for it.” John said.

“So it's a little like our magic rifles, but instead of shooting magic, it shoots a small object.” She said, a little excited about the weapon.

“Yes, that’s how it works, but I might be able to convert it to use magic, or some other form of ammo, once I have gotten good enough at using magic.” John said, looking thoughtful.

“The magic rifles can only stun, this sounds like it kills, are you sure it can be made safe?” she asked.

“Like I said, I need to get better at magic, before I can make whatever I want, but it should be possible to make it only stun.” He said, putting the weapon down. “How do I make things un-summon?”

“That’s a simple removing spell, just focus on the object you don’t want, and focus on it being gone.” He did as instructed, there was a small flash and the weapon was gone.

“Now it's out of reach by anypony, and so far only you me and spike know of it in this world.” He said, turning to Twilight “And I would like to keep it that way, at least until I can make it safer.”

“You got it, I don’t want anypony hurt.” Twilight replied with a smile.

“Same here, it's a secret.” Spike said.

“Good, now then, any other spells I can learn today?” John asked, looking to Twilight.

“We can try an illusion spell, almost the same as the summon spell, except you think of it as being fake.” Twilight said, demonstrating with a pair of glasses. “These glasses are fake, only I can interact with them, but others can see them, now you try, glasses tend to be the easiest to do it with” a few seconds later, John was standing with a pair of glasses in his hand.

“Interesting, I can’t really feel them, but I can see them just fine.” He said, examining the glasses.




A new day started like any other, John got out of his bed in the guest room at Sweet Apple Acres. Applebloom had asked if he could use the guest room instead of the barn, since she thought it was unfair to let him be in the barn, while they all slept in beds inside the house. He put on some clothes, got to the toilet to take a leak, got down stairs, where Applebloom, Big Mac, Granny Smith and Applejack was sitting at the table eating breakfast. “Morning, sleep well?” Applejack asked.

“Yep, what’s for breakfast?” he asked as he was walking to the table.

“For you there’s some toast and eggs, for us there’s some good old hay.” She replied, as John sat down.

“It smells really good, and looks almost as great.” John commented as he was about to take the first bite. A few minutes later, they were done with breakfast.

“Are ya ready to do some work?” Applejack asked John.

“I’m as ready as I can get.” He said.

“Got a minute?” Big Mac asked John.

“Sure, what is it Big Mac?” John asked.

“I just need a hoof around the back, won't take long.” Big Mac Replied.

“Sure, I’ll come as soon as I’m done Applejack.” John said as he followed Big Mac. “So what do you need my help for?” he asked curiously.

“I just need a talk, male to male.” Big Mac said, as he turned to John.

“Is something wrong?” John asked.

“I dunno if you noticed, but mah sister has taken quite a liking to ya.”

“Ok, so Applejack likes me, how much would you say she likes me?” John asked, as he tried to think.

“A lot, I dunno how much, but the way she’s looking at ya tells me she wants to be more than friends.” He looked John straight in his eyes “and I want ya to know, I’m not against it, as long as she is happy.”

“Wow, hold up a minute, I’m not sure I’m ready to take that step, or if I will ever be ready to do it.” John said nervously.

“If ya don’t like her, just tell her.” Big Mac said, trying to calm down John a bit.

“It's not that I don’t like her, it's just that I’m not sure I can do it, she would be my first girlfriend, or marefriend.” He said, looking down to the ground. “I might not be ready for it, the last time I loved someone, she.” He paused “She turned me down, after spreading a lot of rumors about me, that was 7 years ago, since then I have had a few problems with girls, I haven’t forgiven her for spreading the rumors, since the rumors were about me and children, if you know what I mean.” He looked at Big Mac.

“I think I know, but I hope it's not what I think it is.” He said

“It is, because of that I had to move to another city, just to avoid getting my windows smashed every day.” John said, his eyes tearing up. “So it might take a while, but I will either turn her down, or accept her love, but not now.” He said, clearing the tears from his eyes.

“Alright, I won't bring it up again, seems like a very bad memory.” Big Mac said. “Let’s get back, Applejack might be suspicious if we stay here too long, well pretend it was about her birthday present.” He said, calming John down a bit. Shortly after John took some hay and put it in his face. “Why did you do that?” Big Mac asked.

“I got some hay in my eye, which was why I had tears in my eyes.” He said, smiling at Big Mac.

“Good point, let’s go.” They headed to the Orchard.

“What took y’all so long?” Applejack asked.

“We had to talk about a certain mare’s birthday present, and I lost my balance and got hay in my eye.” John said with a smile.

“Why did ya lose your balance? Can’t walk on two legs?” she teased.

“I can walk fine on two legs, I tripped over something.” John replied.

“Well, as long as ya can work it's fine.” She said, walking towards the first tree.

“I can work just as well as you can, I got my magic more under control now.” John said as he started to levitate the apples from 5 trees into a few baskets near the barn.

“I can see that, we’ll be done in no time.” Applejack said with a smile.

“Eeyup” Big Mac said.