//------------------------------// // Chapter Four - Rainbow's "Smashing" Entrance // Story: Pesky Draconequui & Their Meddling // by hollowsbest //------------------------------// The reply to Twilight's letter was received about five minutes after the request/restraining order/death note was sent, I made certain to listen to what it said. Thanks Spike for reading it aloud. Twilight I hope you remember that you aren't exactly my student anymore, (Must be a reflex when you're stressed). From what you've written, it seems it was accidental, but I wish to see for myself. Expect my arrival and try to calm the townponies down, it won't do any good for mass hysteria. Also when I arrive please explain more on her first use of magic, it doesn't seem possible that Eris has never used magic before today. Regards Princess Celestia I fidgeted, what Celestia's reply had been wasn't very reassuring. But Discord was setting up Plan B if things went Barzorkle shaped (Discord kinda explained that a barzorkle is a fruit shaped like a pretzel and tastes like an apple, the skin of the fruit tasted bitter and was red with reddish/orange lumps. Supposedly it was what the Apples used when they ran out of Apples, I think he's telling the truth.), Plan A was talk to the Princess and not mess things of or turn a pony into a barzorkle or another fruit. "Sooo... You've never used your magic before?" Twilight asked, just before the silence got awkwarder than it was. "Uh, yeah. Discord's teaching me, I guess." I replied, and speak of the devil. Discord popped into appearance right next to me and gave me the thumbs up, I nodded and then glance back at Twilight who in that few seconds had run/teleported/flew over to a cupcake and was blasting it with her magic. I saw the reason it was because of a foal, a unicorn foal who I recognised as Dinky. The foal in question looked like she wanted to eat the cupcake like Pinkie, whom was gathering a following of foals and some mares to eat the cupcakes. I glanced away knowing she was safe, Twilight could handle Tirek for goodness sake, she could handle cupcakes. "Discord, can you give me another apple? I want to try again, and this time not poor all my magic into lifting an apple." I said, trying to work out the best way of distracting Celestia absentmindedly. "No creating chaos, if thing go barzorkle shaped we'll be screwed. I wish I didn't have to say it, but you need to learn more before you can, so you can stop your creations." I nodded and Discord produced an apple, I focused on it and saw the strings. I gently pulled the tops ones, only this time selecting the ones that looked the strongest. It gently began to rise and I smirked, I then gently pulled a string on the apple's side that was facing me and it floated over fairly quickly. "Yay!" I squealed clapping my hands, then grabbing the apple and eating it. "Great!" Said Discord he grinned and I grinned back,it wasn't every day you used the spell Wingardium Leviosa. "Now to learn how to destroy the cupcakes." I said glancing around the street. "Don't do that!" Pinkie exclaimed, doing her pop-up-out-of-nowhere thing. "Why?" "I wanna eat them all, that's why!" The crazy mare then leapt back into the fray munching in the treats left right and center. "O-kay..." I said, staring after Pinkie. I then half twisted around to face Discord, I say "half" because I got slammed into before I could fully turn. And guess who slammed into me, the hard-headed pegasus mare Rainbow Dash, whom had gotten out of her stupor (Or woken up from a nap) and decided to slam into the person who she deceived as a threat. Lucky me. "Oomph!" Was the sound I made as I got smashed into and all the air in my lungs left in a *poof* and left me gasping for air as Dashie stood over me glaring, it took a few seconds for me to get my breath back. "Seriously?" A look of confusion flashed upon her face before it was replaced by anger, I glanced behind Rainbow for help from Discord and all he did was levitate an apple while giving me a smirk and pointing at said apple. I stared for a few seconds before my brain registered what he meant. I gave a smirk to Rainbow and focused on her and the strings came into view, I pulled a few of the stronger ones on her wings and made them go gently up and down. It lifted Dash off me and the pegasus looked really confused. "What the hay is going on?!" She exclaimed, she then glared at me. "What did you do to my wings?!" She then said, I just smirked and walked floated around Dash's hovering form. Her wings were flapping in sync (Clever me working out how to do that.) and she couldn't do anything to stop them, my chaos magic kept them flapping even though I stopped consciously using the magic. "Oh just a little chaos magic to keep your wings flapping so you won't tackle me again." I replied after a pause. "Let me go!" "Only if you Pinkie promise you won't tackle me again." "Why should I do that?! You're creating chaos in Ponyville!" "Accidently!" "Why should I believe that!" "I'm not letting you go till you promise." "Fine" Rainbow Dash sighed. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye. Happy?" She said begrudgingly while doing the moves, I nodded then somehow stopped my chaos magic by thinking "Stop my magic, how do I do that? Uh... Hokus Pokus Stop my magikus?" and it worked surprisingly. "Foreeeeveeeeer" Pinkie said creepily appearing suddenly in a plant pot (That I swear wasn't there before.) next to Dashie. Apparently Dashie was having second thoughts or was going to break the Pinkie Promise, not a good idea if you don't want a terrifying pony on your tail.