//------------------------------// // Chapter 28 - Did it Work? (Rewritten) // Story: New Life in Equestria // by jkreader //------------------------------// Chapter 28 - Did it Work? *Nyx's P.O.V.* As soon as the ball of magic touched Josh's horn, a bright light engulfed him. Twilight, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna used their wings to cover their eyes from the light. A couple minutes later, the light dimmed down until a glowing object was laying on the floor. Twilight was about to walk closer to it, but Princess Celestia stopped her. "Hold on, Twilight," she said, "Just wait a moment." I slowly walked forward a couple steps, anxious to see what happened. Just then, the glow started moving slightly. It then stood up. At first it was on fours, but then it moved to two. The white glow surrounding it faded away and we saw, instead of a pony, a human that was at eye level with me, the Crusaders, Dinky, and Spike, wore a blue shirt, light brown shorts, white socks, black shoes, and brown hair on his head. Joshua opened up his eyes and looked down at himself. His eyes widened when he held up his hands. He then reached up to his ears, and felt them. They were back to normal as well. He then placed a hand on his forehead to see if there was a horn or not. There wasn’t. “It worked,” he said quietly at first, but then exclaimed happily, “It worked! It worked! I’m a human again!” Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and I rushed over to him and tackled him in a big group hug. “You’re back to normal!” Apple Bloom cheered. “Hooray!” Sweetie Belle said. "Awesome!" Scootaloo exclaimed. “I’m so glad you’re a human again, little brother!” I said squeezing him. “Girls...” Joshua gasped out, “You’re all squeezing me too tight...” After one more quick squeeze from all of us, we all got up. But before Joshua could recover, he was scooped up into another hug. This time by Pinkie Pie. “WOOHOO!!!” she squealed, “Now I can throw a ‘Joshie’s back to normal’ party!!!” Dinky trotted up to Joshua after Pinkie put him back down with a smile on her face. “I’m so glad you’re back to normal Joshua.” She then pulled Joshua into a big hug. “Me too Dinky,” Joshua said. The two of them stayed like that for a really long time. After they broke away, Twilight trotted up to Josh. “Are you alright now Joshua?” she asked. “I feel much better Mommy,” he said wrapping his arms around her. Twilight returned the hug wrapping a foreleg over him. After they broke away, Joshua spoke up again. “My hands feel a little funny though.” He shook them a little bit, and suddenly they glowed with a white aura. We all gasped at the sight. “Whoa!” Rainbow exclaimed, “Where did that came from?!” Joshua was looking at his glowing hands confused as to why. “What happened?” he asked looking at Princess Celestia. “Let me take a look,” she said. She lowered her head down to Joshua to inspect his glowing hands. A few moments later, she lifted her head back up. “It would seem you kept one part of your old pony form: your magic.” “You mean,” Joshua said looking at his hands again, “I can do magic now?” “It would appear so, but from what I can tell, your magic level is the same as Nyx’s at the moment.” “Wow,” Joshua said. His hands stopped glowing a little while ago, and he continued looking at them. “Fascinating,” Twilight said, “And you told me that humans didn’t have magic where you came from, right?” “That's right,” Joshua said. After looking a little longer at his hands, he looked up at Twilight. “Mommy, do you think you can help me with my new magic?” “I’d be happy to help you,” she replied with a smile, “You can learn with Nyx when we do our magic training.” Soon, we all said our goodbyes to the princesses and left to go back to Ponyville. Joshua was smiling all the way back, happy to be a human again. *Joshua's P.O.V.* I was so happy that the spell worked. But, I was confused though too. Not just about how I can do magic now, but I'm still confused about why and how I was turned into a unicorn. After we all got on the train, I looked over at Mommy. "Hey, Mommy?" I said to her. "Yes, Josh?" she asked smiling at me. "Did you find out how or why I was turned into a unicorn?" I asked. Mommy put a hoof to her chin and looked up at the train car ceiling. After a minute, she looked back at me. "You know, we never did figure out how or why," she said, "I'm in the dark about that as you are." "Huh," I said in thought. I turned to look out the window as the train continued moving. A little later, I felt the seat I was on move a little bit. I turned my head and saw Dinky had sat down next to me. “Hi Dinky,” I said. “Hi Joshua,” she replied. The two of us turned back to look out the window again for a little bit. While we did that, whenever I turned to look at Dinky, I saw that she had moved closer to me. When she was all the way next to me, I felt her but a hoof over my back. I looked at Dinky confused. “What are you doing Dinky?” I asked her. “Well...,” she nervous, “I don’t know how to say it but...” “It’s okay Dinky, you can tell me,” I said putting an arm over her shoulders. “Well,” she began, “When I first met you, I did find you kind of cute.” I blushed at that. “Then you made me feel better on the first day of school, and I was grateful for that. Then you stood up for me against Diamond Tiara after I told Miss Cheerilee what had happened. When you were doing that, I found myself falling for you.” “You did?” I asked surprised. “Uh-huh,” Dinky nodded. “I don’t know what to say Dinky,” I said. I thought about what she said for a minute, then turned back to her, “I found you kind of cute too when I first met you Dinky. I was surprised when you kissed me that day.” I blushed again, “I think I feel the same way about you.” “You do?” she asked. I nodded. We both looked at each other for a while, then Dinky smiled at me. I smiled back at her and then we hugged each other. I felt Dinky nuzzling my cheek with hers. *Nyx's P.O.V.* The rest of us were looking at Josh and Dinky with warm smiles on our faces. “Aww, my little muffin found a special somepony,” Derpy said happily. “Psst. Hey Nyx,” Apple Bloom said waving me over. I trotted over to where Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were. When I got there, the four of us formed a huddle. “What is it girls?” I asked quietly. “We’ve been discussing somethin’,” Apple Bloom whispered. “We didn’t notice it at first, but Dinky doesn’t have her cutie mark,” Scootaloo said. “So, we were thinking we’d hold a sleepover at my house tonight and invite you, Joshua, and Dinky over to celebrate Joshua being back to normal,” Sweetie Belle said, “And make Dinky a member.” “That sounds like a great idea girls!” I whispered excitedly, “And I’m sure Joshua and Dinky will like it,” I added looking over at the two lovebirds. The rest of the train ride was quiet as the ponies and the now magic wielding human rode back to Ponyville.