//------------------------------// // Black Magic // Story: A Human In Equestria // by ABoyNamedAlex //------------------------------// Celestia looked at me. Tears had begun to fall from my eyes and were running down my cheeks and fell to the floor. "Alex, I never knew what happened." she said. "It's okay, I would just like to get this behind us. I actually have a favor to ask you." I replied. I told her I wanted to learn black magic. She seemed startled at this, she cracked a smile but it faded quickly when she discovered that I wasn't joking. She told me she did not know how to teach me dark magic but she would help me as much as she could. We both went to the library and pulled every book on magic of all kinds. We finally found a few books that spoke of black magic. I read over them all and found nothing but what seemed to be nonsense. Nothing seemed straight. It would talk about one thing and then lead you off into a completely new direction. I was up for hours, Celestia left once to get us both something to eat. I munched on the food she brought and finally found out what to do. "Okay, I have finally found what I need to do. Dark magic is fueled by the darkness in ones soul. How much pain and suffering one has seen. I have seen a ton of that when I lived with the other humans so finding fuel for it should not be a problem." I said. "What else are you supposed to do to make something happen?" Celestia asked. I flipped through the books a little bit more and found my answer. "Okay, right here it says that for black magic to be born and used one must mix the dark feelings he has with the action he wishes to occur. There are three main types of dark magic. Restoration, Destruction, and Movement." I replied. I thought of something I would try first. I told Celestia to get a guard to bring a giant boulder out into the courtyard and set it in the middle. I came out to find a jagged rock waiting for me. I tried what the book said. I thought of my last night in the human world and what happened that night. I pictured myself destroying the rock. I opened my hand and pointed it at the rock. I felt a rush of power and saw a bolt of black lightning jump from my hand and hit the boulder, shattering it to pieces. I pulled my hand back and looked at it. Steam was rising from my fingers but I was not burned at all. I looked over at Celestia and saw a look of astonishment. "Alex, I think you have just learned black magic!" she exclaimed. "Oh yea, this is going to definitely going to come in handy." I said. Me and Celestia practiced on things for hours, things such as destroying more rocks, lifting things without touching them, and even healing small cuts and bruises quickly. The day was almost over and I was exhausted. My mind was at its wits end and my body was as tired as it gets. Celestia helped me get to my room. I closed the door behind me and locked it so I would not have another excursion with her. I quickly took a shower and put some clothes on. I brushed my teeth with a toothbrush I found in the bathroom and got into bed. I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep. I had dreams of Luna. We were living together in a beautiful field and having no problems at all. It was a pleasant dream. But soon it turned dark. I saw a figure that looked like it was made of many different animal parts. I saw visions of war and suffering. Then on a wall, written in blood, were the words 'abandoned by our hero'. I jerked awake. My heart was pounding and my throat was dry. Was this short term effects of using black magic? I did not know and I did not care. I looked out the window and noticed it was morning. What truly surprised me was the fact that the changelings had not attacked yet. Why were they taking so long? Then there was a knock at the door. "Alex? Are you awake?" someone asked. "Yea, I am." I replied. The door opened quickly and in walked in Luna and Celestia. "Alex, we have a proposition for you!" Luna said. "We want to see your family in the human world."Celestia added. "What?" I asked. "We think it would be fun!" Luna answered. "Are both of you crazy?! The changelings could attack at any moment and you want to take a sudden trip to the human world? And besides, who will rule over Equestria while BOTH the princesses are gone?" I asked. "Well, we have some replacements for us and they are royalty so you don't need to worry about that." Celestia said. That was not what I was worried about. It seemed like I could not get my point across to these two so the only thing I could think of was just going for the day and coming back after a short visit. I agreed, they both were ecstatic and told me to get dressed that we were leaving immediately. I groaned. They told me to hurry up. I pulled on my black shirt and white jacket and put on my shoes and pants. I met them in front of the castle. I told them to lead the way because I had no idea where to go. They led me down to a stream that opened up into a river. We found a cave in the face of a cliff and entered. I led the way through. We came out in another stream. "Okay you guys lets make this qui-." I began to say but stopped. Luna and Celestia had transformed into humans. Their hair seemed the same but their clothes had changed. Celestia was wearing white jeans and a tank top with a symbol of the sun on it. Luna was wearing blue skinny jeans and a t-shirt with a symbol of the moon on the back. They looked almost normal(and yes they had boobs.). "Wow, you guys changed." I said. They looked down at themselves and was awestruck. "Do we look okay, Alex? It seems we are not wearing much." Luna asked. "Yea, you look fine, if I didn't know you I would say you were just a couple of old humans. "So where do we go to find your home?" Celestia asked ready to get this show on the road. I told them to follow me. They knew how to walk surprisingly enough even though they were born ponies and walked on all fours. I led them up a hill and found ourselves in my old neighborhood. There were cars going by and kids playing in the streets. Just like always. I led them up onto the sidewalk and up the steps of a three story house that I called my home for 15 years. I told them to stay behind me. I put up my hood to hide my face. I knocked on the door a few times. I herd steps behind the door. It opened and there was my brother Jeff(The kids of the household were me, Sarah, Amanda, Shelby, Jeff, Samuel and Dalton.) "Can I help you?" he asked. "Hey, Jeff. I guess I could say its good to see you." I said. "Who are you?" he asked. "Its me, Alex you imbecile." I retorted. I took the hood off and looked up at my older brother. His face was both surprised and happy. He rushed forward and hugged me. "Its been so long, little bro, we all have missed you so much." he said. "Mom, Dad, everybody! Alex is back!" he yelled into the house. There was a stampede of foot steps and suddenly my entire family was in view, even Dalton. Everybody was happy to see me. They all hugged me and kissed me and gave me noogies. Then my dad spoke: "Um, Alex, who are your friends?" he asked. I peeked behind me and saw Luna and Celestia. They were both standing awkwardly in the door way since my family had dragged me inside. "Oh, this is uh, Luna and Celestia, they helped me get back home." I said. Dalton flinched at those names and looked at Celestia with a trickle of fear in his eyes, his face was still a little bit bruised from the beating she gave him. My family welcomed them in with open hearts and arms. Thanking them repeatedly for helping me get home. "Alex?" a small voiced asked from the corner. I looked over and saw Maria standing there. She had bags under her eyes like she had not been sleeping well. She had definitely lost a few pounds. She ran up and kissed me on the neck, a little but to passionate if you asked the princesses since I felt sudden blood lust form behind me. I finally got her off and asked what the devil she was doing. She said she was giving me her love and told her that we were over according to what happened that night. She backed away and said she was sorry and that she would never have done it if she thought this was going to happen. Her sadness calmed Luna and Celestia down a bit. My parents invited us all to sit in the living room. Me, Luna and Celestia sat on the couch while everybody else found a spot either on the floor or in a chair. Celestia offered Dalton a spot next to her which he hesitantly took. There was obvious tension in the air. "Why did you leave, Alex?" Sarah asked. "I did not leave, I fell from the cliff into the river. Luna and her sister found me and took me into their care. They helped me get my strength back and helped me get home." I said giving them only part of the truth. My entire family nodded. They all believed it, well, except for Dalton who knew what actually happened but obviously did not tell them the full truth. We then all played a game of twenty questions asking both me and the girls questions. Then a though popped into me head. How was I going to tell them I could not stay? Then my dad spoke again: "So, Luna is it?" he motioned to Luna, she nodded in return. "You and Alex are about the same age, are you two going out?" he asked. Me, Luna, Celestia, Dalton and Maria flinched at his words. "Um, well, I guess so." Luna replied. I flinched then quickly looked over at her. She returned the look that said 'what was I supposed to say'. I shot a quick glance at Celestia who was wearing a smile but under that was pure anger. "Well, its good to see that my son still has a social life, he was always the shy one of the family." he said. My parents asked if we would like to stay for dinner, I agreed thinking what was the worst that could happen. Then I thought for a moment, dinner? I looked over at the clock and saw that it was six. The time must be different here than it is back in Equestria. We all sat down at a large table in the back porch. We ate fried chicken, beans, corn, cheese toast, salad and cake for desert. Maria ate every thing she got, poor thing was probably starving. After dinner we sent Maria home to her parents. With a regretful look at me and Luna she walked off. "Why don't you stay the night?" my Mom asked. "We would love to!" Celestia said before I could get a word out. My mother said that she would got to the store and get some sleep clothes for the girls and that they would be sleeping in my room with me. That struck me as strange but I did not complain. I showed them up to my room and it had not changed a bit. The walls were gray and the bed was in the center with a gray, blue and black striped pattern on it. It told the girls that the bathroom was down the hall and it might be a good idea to go and get a quick shower. They both walked down and took a shower together. My mom got back just in time to give them their clothes. I went to get my shower and was confronted by Dalton. "What are you doing, Alex?" he asked. "Going to get a shower, why do you ask?" I replied. "That's not what I meant. What I meant was what are you doing bringing those things here!" he asked. "I have no idea what your talking about." I said plainly. "Don't try to pull that crap with me, now tell me why you are really here." he said. "Fine, the girls wanted to see what the human world was like and wanted to meet you guys. I brought them here, but I do not plan to stay. I'm going back." I told him. "I see. I understand. You must love them and they must love you. What I cant believe is that you would betray your own family." he said. I tried to walk past him but he blocked my way. He pushed me up against a wall to keep me from going anywhere. I raised my hand and it began to spark with black lightning. Dalton jumped back. The lightning disappeared. "So you really have changed." he said. "Yea, now if you don't mind I would like to go and take a shower. Oh and by the way, if you tell what you know to anyone, I will make your life so horrible you will have wished Celestia beat you to death when you went there. Understand." I told him. He nodded his head and walked off. I went and got my shower. I pulled some clothes on while I was still in the bathroom and brushed my teeth as well. I went back to the room and Celestia and Luna were laying down on cots my mother had prepared and were just about ready to sleep, how they could be tired was far beyond me. I turned off the lights and closed the door and locked it. I wanted no disturbances from the rest of the peanut gallery. I jumped into my bed and turned over on my side. After listening for a while. I herd Celestia's loud snores and Luna's quiet breathing. After about ten minuets, I herd someone get up. Luna crawled into the same bed with me. "Are you awake, Alex?" she whispered. "Yea, I am." I replied. "What did your father mean when he asked if we were going out?" she asked. "Well, when two humans find each other and they like each other, they go out on dates. If they love each other very much, then they get married." I replied. "Oh, are we going out?" she asked. I thought about this for a while, what should I say? What could I say? "I guess so." I replied in a quiet whisper. "Good, that means its okay if I sleep in here with you, right?" she asked. "Yea, I guess." I said. She scooted closer to me. "And its okay if I nuzzle you?" she asked. "Yea." I replied. She nuzzled my chest with her nose. She scooted in and cuddled up next to me. She then looked up and kissed me. "I love you, Alex." she said. "I love you too Luna." I replied. Me and Luna slept in the same bed together. As I drifted off into dream land I could have swore I herd Celestia growl from her cot. I dismissed the thought. I could also swear I herd a scream off in the distance. It was small, but I could have swore that I heard it. Hmm...