//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: One Rude Awakening // Story: Miniature Magick // by Pixel Berry //------------------------------// Twilight woke up with a satisfied grin on her muzzle, treaching her hooves and cracking her neck. Of corse she went to the bathroom before she could tackle the day. She passed by the book on her desk, eyeing it first. 'I don't remember taking this out,' Twilight thought. 'Well, whoever took it out has trange taste in books, "Magic within you, How to conceive it step by step"' "Hmm..." Twilight placed the book in the shelf, not hearing a little squeak coming from the book, and went into the bathroom, closing and locking the door 'A mare need privacy don't she?' she thought to herself. What she also didn't see was a scared and frantic little owl searching all over the library for someone. ~ I woke up by the itch in my nose and the sudden sneeze I did. "Ugh! I feel like I just had a hangover..." I said to myself. I didn't noticed that the book I was sleeping on was closed and also back on the shelf. (I'm a heavy sleeper, nothing can wake me up!) I tried to get up, but I was pinned between two sheets of book paper. 'Wait! What the..?' I couldn't move, and I started getting scared. "Wh-where am I!? What's going on?" I said with a nervous tone in my voice. "H-help! I can't move! Anybody!?" I shouted, feeling sweat come down my forehead. I started hearing a flap of wings and I felt the book next to me being pulled out. "O-other one!" I shouted at my savior. Next thing I knew, the book started to slowly be pulled out from its hiding place. I couldn't see what was happening, but I felt the book being slowly put down. I quickly crawled out from my nightmare of a bed and saw who was my savior. It was Owlicious. I ran up to him and hugged him, say 'Thank you' repeatitly under my breathe. Owlicious replied with a 'Hoo' and wrapped his wings around me, comforting me. 'Now I LOVE Owls.' I thought. The hug was interrupted by a familiar voice I knew. "Hey Owlicious, what you got there? A mouse?" "Hoo" was all Owlicious said before letting go of the hug, showing my presence to the drake. "Woah! What is that?" Spike said. Before I could reply, I was picked up from the handkerchief, making me give a good grip on it. "Is it a bug or something? It's smaller than Peewee." Spike said. He tried to take the handkerchief off me, but I had an even tighter grip than before. "I just wanna know what your hiding little guy." Spike said, tugging even harder. I started losing grip of the handkerchief and got nervous. "H-hey! Stop that! I need this!" The sudden speaking of the creature before him mad Spike drop me, but before I could hit the ground, Owlicious caught me with his wings and slowly placed me on the floor. "Thanks." The Owl just gave a light nod. "You can talk!?" Spike asked franticly. "Yes I can and the names Avery! I need this thing cause its really odd not wearing anything." I said a little angrily. "Oh, sorry Avery. Just got curious." Spike replied. "It's ok, just a little grumpy from waking up." "Why? Woke up from the wrong side of the bed?" asked Spike. "You could say that. I was sleeping in an open book and woke up trapped within a book, literally." Spike didn't give a response, having a stunned look on his face. I started seeing tears starting to from on his eyes. Before I could ask if he was alright, he burst into sobs and started shouting. "I'M SO SORRY AVERY!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THEIR AND I PUT THE BOOK AWAY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU, AND, AND..." he couldn't say anything else cause he kept on crying. I was confused by the sudden outburst, but I knew he needed a shoulder to cry on... A small shoulder to be specific. "Shh, shh, it's okay, it was just a accident, no harm, no foul." I said in a friendly tone. "But, but, you might have gotten hurt." Spike said. "But I didn't. Now who needs a hug?" I asked. I regretted saying that, cause Spike yanked me up in a hard hug, now crying tears of joy. "T-thank you." I heard Spike say under his breath. I didn't respond, just tried to hug him back. After what felt like forever, I tapped Spike's arm. "Huh? What's wrong?" "C-can't b-breathe!" I said, struggling for air. "Oh! Sorry Avery." Spike apologized, putting me down. As if on cue, I saw Twilight coming out of the bathroom, looking refreshed. "Morning Spike! I see that you already met Avery," Twilight noticed some excess tears coming out of his eyes. "Spike? Are you alright?" "Just a little problem solved." I answered for him. "Ok," but before anyone could speak further, a very hearable stomach growl came from me. I blushed in embarrassment, but that made everyone in the room in a good mood. "It seems that somepony is hungary," stated Twilight. "Heh, what made you guess that?" I said in a sly tone in my voice. That made Twilight give a little giggle and she started levitating me. It felt odd, a slight tingle at first, but nothing else. It felt like I was in space, floating, I grinned at that and didn't notice that Twilight put me down. "So who's up for some Daffodil and Daisy Sandwiches?" asked Spike. "Uh," I was about to explain Spike that humans can't eat that, but Twilight beat me to it. "Um, Spike? Humans can't eat flowers like me and you. Something about their digestive system?" Twilight turned to me. I just nodded. "Oh! Well how about waffles instead?" "That I can eat." I said a little eagerly than anticipated. Both Spike and Twilight walked into the kitchen, getting started with the batter and waffle iron. I didn't know why, but I wanted to help. I jumped off the table, regretting it as the pain in my let's came to me when I made contact to the floor. Even with the pain in my legs, I ran into the kitchen, seeing what I could do to help. I saw that no one was stirring the batter in the bowl, and so forth headed to the bowl. I climbed up the counter with ease,(let's just say I climbed way to many trees in my childhood) I got to the top and saw that the bowl was slightly taller than me, but I didn't care. I got on the edge of the bowl and reached for the wooden spoon. I started stirring, not noticing two pair of eyes starring at me. When I did I gave a poker face, just staring back, but still stirring. "What? U Mad?" I asked with a goofy grin on. "H-how can you even do that!? I creature you size would have trouble stirring that!" said Twilight. "Oh! I didn't tell you, it seems that my strength didn't change either with my belongings." I said. "THAT'S IT!" shouted Twilight. "What's it?" both me and Spike said in unison. "The little bit of magic. That's what it was! Wait! Hold on!" Twilight said. Before me or Spike can speak, Twilight had a test tube and a sowing needle in her magic aura. "Can I get a blood sample?" asked Twilight. 'Saw this coming as well,' I thought. "Sure Twilight." I grabbed the pin, seeing that it was the size of a sword to me, and slowly pricked my pointer finger. I let the blood drip into the test tube as Twilight pulled the tube towards me. What I saw next surprised me. I saw that as my drop of blood came down, the drop got bigger and bigger. It really freaked me out. "I KNEW IT!" Twilight shouted. "It seems that only your outer body has changed is size, but not you inside, like your blood and muscle strength. This is so interesting!" Twilight squealed. But before the scientist continued. I interrupted her. "Ahem!" both looked at me. "I know this is all new and interesting, but can we please continue making breakfast please?" I ask, giving another grumble from my stomach. "Oh! Sorry Avery. Yes let's." And so we continued making breakfast, while Twilight put away her test tube. "Hey, um, Twilight?" I said getting her attention. "Yeah, Avery?" she replied. "C-can I keep the needle?" I asked. "Why?" "Well, to me it feels like a sword. I like the way it feels. Can I?" I said. "Sure Avery, you can keep it. Maybe you can actually use it as a sword. I can help you if you want." said Twilight. "Thanks, Twilight!" I took a piece of the cloth I was wearing and put the needle through it, making sure that I don't accidently hurt myself. It didn't slip through cause it was one of those needles with a white orb at the end, making it more cooler to me. I watched as Twilight started setting up the table, and noticed my phone on the table. Spike told me he could handle the rest and so I left the kitchen. I climbed up the table and walked over to my phone. I pressed the gem sicker and it turned on the screen. I swiped the screen and put in my passcode, letting the apps pop open. I didn't know why or how, but there was reception in the library. I looked at my text message and Facebook profile to see tons of text messages, asking what happened, where am I, and if I'm alright. I replied to most of them, saying that something came up, don't know, and saying that I'm fine. I saw some missing photos of my profile picture, saying that I was kidnapped, killed, or just a run away. I just ignored the photos and turned off the phone. I didn't notice that two pair of eyes were starring at me, waiting for me. Twilight interrupted my phone time with a 'Ahem!", which made be jump. I started blushing while looking up at the Alicorn. "S-sorry, Twilight. Just wanted to check on something." "It's alright, Avery. Sometimes Twilight is like that when she reads a book." Spike stated. "It's not my fault that I'm a geek for books. I was born like that." Twilight said, making me and Spike laugh. I didn't know how, but Spike made a waffle for my size. It looked so cute and delicious just laying on the plastic plate, (From an old pony playhouse toy Twilight has as a filly) I picked up the fork (also from the playhouse toy) and dived in, eating every piece of the waffle. I ignored the odd stares cause I was starving, I ate everything, even the syrup that was left behind. When I was finished, I looked up with a slight blush in my cheeks. "Hehe... Guess I was really hungry." I said embarrassed. "What made you guess that?" Twilight responded. After Twilight and Spike finished their waffles, Twilight had the idea if introducing me to her friends (Who I already knew from the show) and I agreed to meet them. We were going to meet them in this order: First Rarity (For the clothes), then Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and lastly, Pinkie Pie. Spike wanted to come cause of Rarity, 'Obviously,' but Twilight gave him some chores to do in the library, so he had to stay. Twilight levitated me to her head and told me to grab onto her horn. At first I was thinking dirty thoughts on what would happen if I held onto Twilight's horn, but nothing really happened. As we went out the door, I saw some ponies bowing down towards Twilight, but didn't noticed me. ~ It took awhile, but we arrived at the Carousel Boutique. It was bigger to me, and looked cute at the same time. Twilight walked inside, making the bell ring as the door opened. "Coming~" I heard the sing-song voice of Rarity. I saw her walking down the room, looking at Twilight with a friendly grin. "Hello Twilight, Darling." Rarity said. "Hello Rarity. Um, do you think you have some time to meet a new friend?" Twilight asked. I watched as Rarity looked behind Twilight to see this new guest, but nopony was their. "Well I would love to, but where is this 'New Friend' you speak of, Darling?" Rarity asked. "Come on Avery. Don't be shy." Twilight said looking on her head, making Rarity more confused. I had no other choice, but to slowly pop my head out from Twilight's mane. Rarity had a stunned look on her face. Everything was silent until I broke the ice. "H-hi?" "It can Talk!?" Rarity said. I had a unamused look on my face, hearing that for the third or fourth time since I got here. "Yes... I can talk." I said. "You see Rarity," Twilight had Rarity's attention now. "Avery needs clothes, since she'd one of those creatures that were clothes 24/7 and she's just-" "REALLY!?" shouted Rarity. She didn't ask for a reply, cause next thing a knew, I was being levitated and measured at the same time. 'That was fast,' I thought. The rest of the morning continued with trying on new clothes that Rarity made pretty fast.(Obviously being cause of not really needing lot's if cloth to make my clothes) Some were cute, some were normal, and some looked fancy or epic(Both looking good on me) and their was a small pile of tiny outfits on the side. (It made Twilight giggle at how tiny they were) Only once did Opal thought of me as breakfast for her, but when I gave her a little scratch with the needle, she left me alone. And when we left, I was wearing I white short sleeve with blue jeans and a pixel patterned sweater covering the white shirt. 'Today is gunna be a busy day today.' I thought.