//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: Helping // Story: The Alchemist // by Mr_Hippopotomonstroses //------------------------------// Chapter 12: Helping I was outside reading my journal. The extended alchemy circles for air, water, earth, and fire where intriguing. I had experimented yesterday. I am now, for the majority, fluent in Equish. It took me two days in total to completely understand it. Twilight said that I learned fast. That it normally took much longer to learn a new language's writing system. I don't know why, but Equish seemed familiar. Almost like I knew it. Oh well. Another mystery in my life to discover. I had already gotten used to me not knowing about myself. But at least I knew there where others out there. That was my primary goal. Get the others and find out what and why that creature attacked the town. What he had said to me that day, I never stopped thinking about it. 'Alchemy and magic is not to be shared with others'. Does he have Alchemy? I wish I knew. "Hey what'cha reading?" I had never even heard her fly right up to me so needless to say, she startled me. I dropped the journal and slightly yelped. "For fuck sake, can't you warn someone before you just sneak up on them?" "No. So what'cha reading?" "It's nothing." I just picked up the journal and began to read. Just as I had picked up my journal she grabbed it. She just looked at it and flew just above me. "Give it back Rainbow!" "So what is it, a secret? Huh, I don't understand these symbols." "Rainbow!" "I know who can though. I'll just go ask Twilight about it. Bye!" She began to fly. I quickly drew the extended air alchemy circle. I made a air grip get her and bring her back to me. She struggled and tried to get away. I brought her up to my face. "Journal. Back. Now." "Y-Yeah." She gave me back my journal. Okay so maybe I scared her a little to much, but I wasn't about to tell these ponies about my journal. "So what is it anyways?" "Nothing that concerns you." "I can just ask Twilight and find out." "No you can't." "Why? You going to stop me?" "No. But this journal is mine." "So what, is it like your diary?" "In a way." "So it is your secret?" "Yes. So can you not tell anyone?" "Why shouldn't I tell anypony?" "Because I know you aren't the type of person who would just tell others about someones private things." She looked at me with this facial expression. Nice going there little human. Shut up already. She stared at me a little longer and then just smiled. "Yeah you're right. I'm not that type of pony." "So that means you wont tell anyone my secret right?" "Yeah, your secret is safe with me." "Thanks" She extended her hoof towards me. I stared at it for three seconds before I know what it was supposed to be. We did a fist bump type thing and she flew away. I sighed. That was a close one. I was curious to see what would happen if she found out. I grumbled at the voice's comment. I was looking at the journal. I was getting bored so I decided to go back to the library to see if there where any books I could read. The ones in the castle were to dirty and worn to read clearly. And I think they where in some old language. Old Equish? Kind of like Old English. I was going underground and walked to the library. I made a opening, jumped up, and pulled myself up. I just closed the door as I felt trembling. An earthquake? I heard glass breaking and Twilight screaming. The trembling stopped as I ran over to see what happened. I entered the secondary room of the library where I saw vials on the wall. A vial had fallen as its containment's splashed on her eyes and the vial hit the floor. "Twilight are you okay?" She jumped a little at the sound of my voice. She was rubbing her eyes, trying to clear the liquid out of her eyes. "Yes I think i'm-No. I'm not okay." "What's wrong?-" "Why can't I see anything!?" She was panicking. I was trying to calm her down. I was calming her down as I saw a blue light come from underneath me. I look down and saw a alchemy circle fade away as a stream of blue particles went into Twilight's eyes. It made a weird tinkling noise as the stream went into her eyes. "What was that?" "I don't know." There was chalk in my hand. Did I draw that alchemy circle? I drew it unconsciously? Strange. I finally managed to calm her down and took her upstairs to her room. I put her to bed and was about to leave. Just as I was about to go she grabbed my arm. "Wait, don't go." "What is it?" "I don't exactly want to be left alone." "What about that assistant of yours, Spike. Doesn't he live here with you?" "He does but Rarity had asked him to help her for the day." "So you want me to stay?" "Yes." I sat down next to the bed. We sat in silence for a while. This is awkward. Twilight broke the silence after about five minutes. "Can you do something?" "Sure, what?" "Can you read something to me?" "Read to you?" "Yeah, to pass the time." "Uh, sure, I guess. Any book in particular?" "There is one on my desk." I walked over to a desk at the end of her room. I looked and found a book. 'The Foundation of Ponnyville'. ...Really? I walked back to the chair at the side of the bed. I began to read as Twilight scooted closed to hear. I was reading for about an hour. I was reading as I saw blue light coming from her eyes. A stream of blue light came from her eyes and into my hand, disappearing. Twilight blinked a few times. "I can see!" She smiled at this. Wait-what? That blue light... I didn't even know at this point. The blue light that went into her eyes earlier just came back out. "So, you aren't blind anymore?" "No, i'm not blind anymore." "You're fine? Nothing with your eyes anymore?" "Not as far as I can tell." "Well that's good news." "It is." She just got off the bed and put the book I was reading back on her desk. We walked back into the main library room. "Thanks for staying." "Yeah, no problem." "Did you come here for anything?" "Actually, I came to check out a few books." "Okay then, i'll let you look for a book." Well this was unexpected. Oh great. What is it now voice? Please call me by my name. You never told me your name. Look at me, i'm talking to myself. Call me Discord from now on. Alright Discord, What did you want. Nothing, I just noticed something I wanted you to be aware of. Which is what? "Hey Mimic?" "Yeah?" "Can you give me a hoof with the glass?" "Sure." Keep up this nice acting toward others like you do with her, and you are planting a seed. A seed? What seed? I'll let you find out. I hated that voice-Ehem! ...Discord so much. I helped Twilight clean, checked out a few books, and left to the castle.