All hail Twilight Sparkle: Pokemon Master.
Now when I say that I should probably elaborate a bit. It isn't that she went and beat the game again because she did. It isn't because she didn't lose a single battle because she didn't. The reason I say it is because in the three hours she was playing it she ran into four different shinies. Four different shinies. A Combee, a Swadloon, a Togepi, and a Drillbur. I've never gotten more than three shinies in a single game and she managed to get four in a few hours. She just made me feel inadequate as a gamer.
At least I didn't have nothing to do the whole time I was waiting. Several ponies ended up stopping by. Not just Rarity and Applejack, to whom I apologized, but also a few other ponies who I didn't really know. Except for one. Oh my gosh, Derpy is so adorable! I got to hug her and squeeze her and call her Derpalicious! I'm not sure if she liked that last part, but I conjured up a muffin and we all left on a happy note. Sometimes stereotypes are fun.
Spike was busy cleaning the place with a smile on his face. I wasn't sure why and I never did figure it out. I know he doesn't like cleaning that much. Maybe there was supposed to be a reorganizing the shelves day that they didn't end up doing because of my antics? One of life's great mysteries I suppose.
After night fell, it was markedly slower going. The library was still lit up like it had been during the day. Nothing really bothered us at all. I did get one more picture of Twilight when she beat the champion. She was pretty happy about it, but she was also impatient about the ending credits. I forgot to tell her that she could skip them, but I had been pretty bored since I relented my main form of entertainment to her for cultural understanding.
About an hour after the sun went down according to my watch there was a knock on the door of the library.
"Spike! Get the door please!" Twilight yelled while still messing with my game.
Spike wordlessly went over to the door and opened it up to see who it was. To his shock and his alone, Celestia was waiting on the other side of the threshold. How in the world could you be surprised when the pers-, er pony you you were waiting for showed up like they said they would?
"P-Princess Celestia!" he exclaimed with a stutter and dove straight into a bow.
That also managed to snap Twilight back to paying attention to the non-video game world.
"Princess Celestia! You've arrived!" she exclaimed as well while setting down my game.
"Indeed I have. It is good to see you once again under circumstances that are not so dire."
"Ever since she left the capital for Ponyville it feels like most of the face to face interactions between you two have been in some sort of formal or integral manner," I said throwing my two cents in. "I mean it probably isn't like that, but it just looks kind of that way from an outsiders point of view."
"It may feel that way at times, but I assure you that I enjoy the company that Twilight provides no matter the reason."
I think she might have just side stepped the question.
"While spending time with Twilight is a welcome happenstance, the reason I have come is to discuss and evaluate your new found magic Seth."
"Indeed you did. Check it out!"
I snapped my fingers and instantly everything inside the library was tinted red.
"I got you all seeing red. For my next trick."
Another snap of my fingers and the red was replaced with a television mounted to the side of the staircase. For a moment nothing was on it. Then it kicked up the first season intro song to My Little Pony for the three of them to watch. The reactions were quite interesting. Celestia had seen it before due to having a copy of my memories in her head. Despite that she still was watching it with a smile on her face as she seemed to be enjoying it quite thoroughly. Spike just seemed flabbergasted. Twilight seemed, well, I guess she was being analytical about the whole thing. I kind of wished she had made some kind of reaction to it that would have made me laugh. Oh well, Spike's reaction would have to suffice.
When it was finished, Twilight was the first to talk.
"That's what we look like back in your home?"
"Yeah. Everything's more animated there than it is here, but for the record I honestly can't see much of a difference between the two."
"So you are aware, Twilight, he does not notice the differences between the two forms of seeing us than we are able to see."
"Whoa, wait, what? What does that mean?"
"It is only logical," Twilight surprisingly added. "Different species perceive images in different manners. What we look like to you is slightly different to what we see. It's just surprising to me what is missing when I see things from your perspective."
"I feel like there's some giant joke that I'm missing out on."
"It is not a joke in a sense that you are missing out on," Celestia explained. "It is merely something that those who are of equine nature are capable of perceiving that other races are not. It seems that this also applies to your species as well."
"Aaand your telling me this now?"
"It never came up until now. It is not very important," she said with a smirk and a hint of mirth.
I teleported over to her side with my arm around her neck.
"This better not end up an in joke like the whole 'buckshot' thing because I will turn your fur and mane orange," I stated and then pointed towards Twilight. "That includes you too."
"Do not trouble yourself Seth. We will not continue this avenue of teasing. However, you realize that you may have just declared a prank war upon us."
"Oh hell no."
"Too late for that I'm afraid. I've already come up with something suitable for you."
"I take it back?" I asked hopefully.
"Your silly nature merely sealed you into what I was to have you perform. I intend to help you with your crippling stage fright by making you perform at the Royal Canterlot Hall. That is where we hold the Gala since I know your are not certain where that is."
I was stunned. I couldn't believe she did that. I get the heebie jeebies watching other people perform on stage. Not groups, just a single person. Now she wanted me to do that in front of a crowd of ponies?
"Celestia, as Twilight is my witness, I will get you back horribly for this."
"We shall see about that," she said coyly. "Now, say cheese."
I didn't even get to react as a flash went off to my side. I looked over and noticed that she had levitated my camera up and took a picture of us with it. I grabbed it with my magic and brought it over to my hand. I idly wondered if she managed to get us in focus without being able to see through the view port, but I quickly brushed that thought aside and got back to being unhappy about what she had done.
"How could you possibly think that I would be comfortable doing something like that Celestia? You know how I get when I'm in front of large crowds or even medium sized crowds to a lesser extent."
"I do know this. That is why I said it is to help you. You are not going to gloss over this fact and try to avoid it. I can teleport you straight there. I am giving you two days to prepare for this event and I hope to see you perform something we have not seen before."
I kind of went blank right there. I honestly couldn't believe that she was going to do this to me. I really didn't care if it was for my own good or whatever. Instead, I just started walking towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Twilight asked.
"Home. I need to five step this utter insanity."
I didn't stop to listen as I teleported back to the cabin after remembering that I could and also that I couldn't fit through the stupid door. I teleported straight into my room and just fell onto my bed. I wasn't trying to fall asleep yet. I was just trying to process things. It turned out to be a good idea since Discord just phased through the wall like a ghost.
"Oh goodie! You're home! How did things go?"
"I'm putting on a performance at the Royal Canterlot Hall for a large group of ponies and perhaps others," I said dryly while staring down the length of the bed at him.
"Ooooh. Sounds fancy."
He then lit up in a flash and he was then wearing a black vest with a top hat and a monocle.
"Shall I need to wear my evening attire?" he asked in a very good British accent.
"Well ain't you mister fancy pants? And yes, I'm aware of Mr. Fancy Pants."
"Oh pish posh. Why even try to make a joke when you ruin the punchline ahead of time."
"I'm just trying to keep you fresh. It's not really chaos if you see it coming."
"Speaking of chaos-"
He proceeded to lift me out of the bed with magic and set me down in front of him.
"-I believe it's time to train you to work better with the magic that I've given you."
I wasn't sure what to think about that. Discord's a goofball who could care less about most anything other than having fun.
"Before you get too far into your thoughts, you need to learn how to control your chaos," he said with a little chuckle. "I know how that sounds, but it's true. You understand the core concepts and you learned how to control certain aspects of normal magic through brute forcing your way into it. However, our particular brand of magic requires more finesse, more precision, more power, more goofiness, and so on and so on. You just don't have that down and I feel, in all seriousness so you should know how serious my seriousness is, that you need to be taught how to harness your inner chaos."
"Seriously?" I grinned.
He narrowed his eyes and got in my face. Holy crap, he actually was being serious!
"Chaos can do anything with enough power and precision. Not knowing how to properly channel it can lead to catastrophe. Not just the fun kind either. Understand?"
"Yes, I understand."
Serious Discord is kind of creepy. Thankfully, his normal demeanor returned once I answered him. He backed up and did a speedy backflip in midair ending by turning over and walking along the ceiling.
"Splendid! Now I want you to get a good night's sleep before we get started tomorrow. I'm going to make you a star!"
"Whaa?"