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// 3 Luna 
// Story: Moon's shadow 
// by Znegil 
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The creature which was brought to our throne room was strange to look at. The guard who had informed us had given us a description, but I hadn't imagined it this way.
His upper body was that of a Minotaur if you removed the horns and added each hand an extra finger, while his hooves looked more like the rear part of a griffon. It was quite large, but his body was hardly more massive than mine. It had torn clothes and looked confused and anxious.

But it was crucial that this creature could neutralize or destroy magic, something that made him extremely dangerous to us.

My sister was once again all about being polite and nice, instead of getting to the problem, at least we learned that he called himself a 'human'. What if this human did three quick steps and touched us, we would not be able to stop him with our magic and had no idea what effect he would have on us.

"We are...", I cleared my throat when I noticed that I had fallen back into our old language. "I'm thinking we should first find out how dangerous he is. We can talk about the weather later."

Fortunately, Tia understood that I was the right thing to do and finally began to examine his influence on magic. My concern increased when I saw her magic, though she put all her energy into it, had no effect on him.

I had to test out whether he could destroy existing magic. I put one of the magic lights of our throne room in front of him and ordered him to pick it up. When he touched the lamp and it died immediately I saw my worst fears confirmed. I almost shrink back, but I forced myself not to show any fear.

"Put it back!", I ordered him.

As he placed it back on the floor, the lamp, contrary to my expectations, began to shine again. Although this was a good sign, it was no proof what his effect on ponies would be.

The human was confused and asked what this meant.

Tia replied: "It means that you do not destroy magic, but only repress it."

Of course, again she saw only the best possible scenario and was blind to how dangerous this human could still be.

"But is it the same way when he touches a pony, or could he permanently harm us?" I said. "We can not let him run around if he is a possible risk to others."

Fortunately, she understood that this was a serious threat and Captain Silver provided himself as a test object.

"But what if it causes you pain?" He asked him, worried.

I looked at him critically, but there was nothing untrue in his eyes or voice, he seemed to be actually afraid that he might hurt someone. He truly was a confused, anxious being in a strange new world.
But even if that was the case, that he had nothing evil in mind, he could still be dangerous. We had to know for sure.

I circled them, watching everything as he gently touched the captain with his hand.

"Nothing, I don't feel anything.", Silver said after a while.

"Nothing?", Celestia asked.

"Maybe a very faint tingling."

I ordered him to try a light spell, which failed as expected.

The human pulled his hand back. "Try it now.", he said.

Just a moment later Silver could carry out his light magic as usual. My body relaxed, he didn't seem to be dangerous. He didn't seem to be malicious, and his remarkable anti-magic ability had no lasting effects.

'hE cAN sTILL bE dANGEROUS, wHAT iF hE iS iMMUNE aGAINST pHYSICAL dAMAGE tOO?', the darkness wispered inside me.

I was getting a worried again.

'hE cOULD aTTACK yOU aND tIA, tHERE wOULD bE nOTHING yOU cOULD dO aBOUT iT.'

'No, he doesn't seem to be aggressive', I thought to myself.

 'dO yOU wANT tO bE rESPONSIBLE fOR tHE pOSSIBLE dEATH oF tIA? bETTER bE sURE, hE iS fROM aNOTHER wORLD...'

I looked around for something suitable and discovered a decorative sword on the wall. I levitated it to me and took off my right shoe. I had to do this without magic. I took the sword in my hoof and lifted it. It was unusual for me to do such a thing without my magic. It must have been ages since I had tried to wield a sword with the hoof, but all I had to do is to give him a small cut.

"There is one thing we still have to find out.", I said.

He turned towards me.

I did thrust my sword forward.

When I saw the horror in his eyes, I realized how much I had misjudged the outcome of my action and knew I had made a terrible mistake.