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// Chapter 11:  Learning Equish 
// Story: The Alchemist 
// by Mr_Hippopotomonstroses 
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Chapter 11:  Learning Equish


I was outside.  I was still wondering about having to find other two people.  I was bored and decided to head to the library.  That should give you a hint of how bored I was.  I had already experimented with what my journal had.  My memory is slow but I was able to recognize the symbols in the physical side of alchemy.  There where three alchemy circles for physical.  They where seal, fusion, and the last one I don't know yet.  Seal is supposed to stop the time limit thing I think.  And fusion lets me use multiple elements.  So that's definitely a plus on both ends.

I was walking to the library in my tunnel.  I had never taken them out when I had made them so it was just walking.  I still had to control earth to make a door under the library.  I made a thin earth door once I was under the library.  I knocked just to see what would happen.  I heard Twilight say something and open the front door.  She closed the door, and I knocked again.  Once again I heard the wooden door open.  Before she closed it, I knocked again.  I could hear  her hoof steps nearing the earth door.  The door was  covered in a purple glow and moved open.  She moved to where I could see her.  She just looked at me and then at the tunnel.

"So can I come in or am I going to be down here?"
"What?  Of course, come in."

She moved aside as I jumped and grabbed the edge.  I pulled myself up and stood up once I was on the floor.  I just closed the door under me.  I stretched and looked around.

"How did you get here?"
"Through underground tunnels I made that day you blasted me through the wall."
"Oh."

I just looked around at the books.  I had just opened one when I remembered they where in another language.  I sighed.  To the point where I can't even read.  I just closed the book and put it back.

"Hey, Twilight?"
"Yes?"
"Are any of these books in English?"
"En..glish?"

She had said that very confused.  Like she didn't know what English was.  Wait.  No, we are talking in English.  So that can't be it.

"You know, English, what we are speaking in right now."
"We are speaking in Equish."
"No.  We are speaking English."
"Yes we are, this is Equish"
"Bitch please, I think I know what language I am talking in."

We began to argue about what language we where talking in.  We argued for about five minutes when we both figured out that we where both right.  I came from a different place, and so we just coincidentally share the same language.  But not the same writing system.

"Ugh.  So that's a thing now.  So can you show me?"
"Show you?"
"How to read in Equish.  I am bored and learning a new writing system seems like a good way to pass the time.  And then I can actually read shit."
"Sure, i'll help you read in Equish."

She levitated a scroll and ink quill and began to write.  She scribbled something on the paper and brought me over to the desk.

	"This is the basic Equish alphabet.  You should learn this first."
"Alright."

So she began to show me how to read the alphabet in Equish.  It took me two hours to learn the alphabet.  Some of the letters looked alike, so it took me a while to distinguish them apart.  It was the same length as the English alphabet, so it wasn't to long.

Once I learned the alphabet, Twilight wrote sentences for me to translate.  That was another hour.  A hour of translating sentences.  Then I had to write my own sentences.  Twilight would check them.  She wrote a paragraph and made me translate it.

Once I could translate it correctly, she gave me a book to see if I could read.  I was okay, but still needed some practice.  But overall, I could more or less read.  Twilight told me to practice reading.  It was like, eight pm.  It was getting dark.

"Well, that was an interesting thing to do today."
"It was nice that I could help you out."
"Eh."

Stretched and sat on the couch.  I was tired.  My journal glowed from my jacket. I saw it. The only bad thing is that Twilight saw something to.

"What was that?"
"What was what?"
"That blue glow coming from your jacket."
"I didn't see any glow coming from my jacket."

Please buy the excuse.  She just looked at me for a few and left somewhere.  I sighed.  Ha, ha, ha!  She definitely suspects of you.  I really hopes she doesn't.  While she was gone, I brought out my journal.  I turned the pages.  On the physical part of alchemy, there where another two alchemy symbols.

"What..?"

That was so weird.  I herd Twilight coming back.  I closed the journal and put it back in my jacket.  I just acted like I was bored, which was easy since I technically was.

"Would you like to eat something?"
"What?"
"I'm making some food, and I was wondering if you would like some."
"What food is it?  Since you ponies might have a different diet system than me."
"Can you eat salads?"
"Yes I can."
"Would you like a salad?"
"Well why not?"

We walked to the kitchen.  We just sat and ate our salads.  Aside from the small talk here and there, we ate our salads in peace.  We finished as I said bye.  I walked back to the earth door and jumped down into the tunnels.  We said bye once more and closed the tunnel.  I walked my way through the tunnel.  I got out of my tunnel where I exited and was greeted by the forest.  I  activated the alchemy circle for fire.  I took my lighter out, set a branch on fire, and used the fire to rocket myself home.

I just felt the wind on my face as I neared the castle.  Once near enough I entered through the search tower.  I landed and went downstairs.  I just got to my room, took off my jacket, gloves, and shirt.  I put my journal safely away.  I jumped on bed and went to sleep.