//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 - Discoveries and Realization // Story: A Scientific Breakthrough // by Eruedraieth //------------------------------// After such wonderful events the previous day, I couldn't help but feel something was off... As if something was overlooked, forgotten. I decided to push the thought away for now. I opened my eyes slightly, and saw Twilight squirming in her bed again. I decided today would be an off day, and just closed my eyes again, not caring about what the world expected of me right now. Unfortunately fate didn't think of the same idea. I woke up again, after seemingly having fallen asleep again. I looked at Twilight's bed, but she was nowhere to be found. This scared me slightly, but I figured she could be downstairs making breakfast. I stepped out of bed, and used my magic to clean up my clothes so I could wear them in a decent fashion. I should really ask Rarity to create some new sets of clothing for me, i'm sure she wouldn't mind. I thought to myself. I entered the bathroom, and inspected myself as usual. I noticed a few short hairs on my chin, and realized I had no way to shave myself. I guess i'm gonna have to get a bit creative in this world. I used my mastery with Earth to create a sharp blade, made out of what I was able to fashion (As of now I was only able to create diamonds...) so I decided to shave myself with a sharpened diamond blade. I should really learn how to create something other than diamonds with these spells. I could seriously hurt myself with this I grinned. I then proceeded to carefully cut the short hairs off of my chin, doing my best as to not destroy my face in the process. I didn't expect a diamond blade to cut so smoothly, and I was done shaving in just a few minutes. I cut myself slightly once trying to remove a hair located on the bottom of my chin, but the cut was far from deep and should heal in time. Besides, I had the healing power of Water at my side, so a few cuts would not take me down this easily. After shaving and generally cleaning myself up, I silently stepped down the stairs, in an attempt to surprise Twilight should she be in the living room. She was, and she was reading what looked like some sort of newspaper. I enchanted my feet with the power of Air to be lighter than the floor itself, as to not create any sound while walking. I stepped over to Twilight, appearing behind her. I then assaulted her with a flurry of tickles, causing the mare to bounce up and giggle. "AH! Stop! Stop! I yield! I yield!" Twilight shouted playfully. I continued my assault for a few seconds longer before giving her reprieve, and she turned around to face me. "How did I not hear you coming?" she asked questioningly. "I used an enchantment on my feet with the power of Air so I wouldn't create any sound. It's a bit cheaty, but it worked!" I explained. "Hm, from what i've seen so far you are able to conjure just about anything you can think of. You sure you're not secretly an alicorn in disguise?" she asked me. I focused on removing any disguises if I had any, but forgot I actually enchanted my cloak, belt and tunic to be ethereal unless called upon. By attempting to remove the disguises I removed the enchantments along with them, causing my outfit to become visible again. "Oops! I didn't mean to remove the enchantments on these. Let me re-enchant them to be ethereal!" I quickly cast the enchantment from memory, and the cloak, belt and tunic faded from sight. "You know, I should really ask Rarity to create a set of matching boots and leggings to match this tunic, cloak and the utility belt. I'll pass by her boutique today to get that sorted out, along with some more sets of clothing to wear. These are starting to get a little overworn." I said, looking down at my sleeveless shirt and my blue jeans. "They don't look that overworn, but I guess you used magic to clean them up?" I nodded. "A few more sets of clothing couldn't hurt, ofcourse. I still want to find out a bit more about you however, so if you have the time" she started. "Sure. Let me just get something to eat and I'll fly by Rarity's, order the clothes and head straight back here." Twilight looked worried for a moment, before I realized what I said. "Don't worry, i'm not actually going to fly there, yet. I'll leave the flying to Dash for now, she seems to be handling that just fine now." "Are you sure you are able to conjure such a spell in the future, though? Oh wait I forgot, you are the Avatar" I chuckled at her remark. "I guess you can pretty much do anything you like with that. If you come across any spells I could learn, I would gladly accept your guidance, however." I realized I could actually try to teach her some of these spells. "I'll try and teach you a few spells I thought up after i'm back. It will perfectly mix with you getting to know me more, so I say it's a win-win situation! Most of these just require focus, though. They shouldn't be that hard to cast, especially not for someone as gifted as you" I praised, causing Twilight to produce a small blush. "Aww, you think i'm gifted?" she said. I decided I wanted to hurry up a bit, and quickly made myself a sandwich and poured myself a glass of milk. I was quite excited at the prospect of teaching Twilight some new spells, so I didn't want to make her wait. I finished my breakfast just a few moments later, giving Twilight a quick kiss on the cheek and heading to the door. "Don't take too long now, I got a lot of questions to go through!" she said before I left the library. I tried to remember what way I had to go in order to find Rarity's boutique, but luckily there were a few ponies around I could ask for directions. I approached a mint mare with cyan mane and tail, with a white streak in her tail, and the cute mark of what looked like a harp. "Excuse me, may I ask what direction I have to head in order to find Rarity's boutique?" The mare I questioned turned around to face me, and shot up in surprise. "W-what are you? You are not going to hurt me, right? I hope?" I took a reassuring stance, and said: "Don't worry, I'm friends with Twilight sparkle and Princess Celestia, so I doubt i'm going to hurt you. As for what I am, I am what is called a human. I come from a different planet, and Twilight just happened to come across me and rescue me". This seemed to calm the mint mare, and she let out a sigh of relief. "Well, you asked which way you had to go to visit Rarity?" I nodded, and she explained which way I had to go to find the boutique. I thanked her for her time, and continued my path with confident strides. A few ponies noticed my conversation with the mint mare, and instead of the stares I had recieved earlier, I got looks of approval. This made me quite happy, as ponies seemed to finally accept the fact that I wasn't going to hurt anyone, so they just let me pass. Not a few moments later I arrived at the boutique, and rang the bell. I heard a few hoofsteps coming towars the door, and waited to greet Rarity. The door opened just a second later, and I saw what looked like an utterly exhausted Rarity, with a ravaged mane. "What happened to you? Didn't you get a good night's rest from yesterday?" I asked with concern for Rarity's wellbeing. "Oh it's fine dear, I just had some orders I needed to complete before today. I am finally done now, though, just as you rang the bell. What was it you needed from me?" she said. "I noticed this morning that my clothes started to become a little... overused. I was wondering if you could come up with a few sets of clothing so I had some more things to wear. Maybe 2 or so casual sets, some formal attire and something for travelling. I can use my magic to keep my clothes a bit clean, but I dont wish to have to do that every single day." I explained to Rarity, who had a look of thought on her face. "Sure. Step inside so I can take a few measurements." I followed her inside, and looked around at the inside of the boutique. There were so, so many sets of clothing I couldn't even count them all. "You made all of these on your own??" She nodded, and proceeded to grab something which looked like measuring tape. "But how though? Surely the efforts of one single pony can't create this many outfits?" "You'll be surprised as to what I could fashion up. All of these outfits just cost me about 1 to 24 hours, depending on how complex the details are. Most of them displayed here are 2 hour works." I had a look of amazement on my face as Rarity proceeded to take my measurements. I just idly did what she asked me to, but continued to stare at the sight of all of the apparel. "Please, all of these are not that amazing. I barely took any time creating these, and you have not even seen my masterworks" she said dismissingly. "Oh come on, this is amazing! Just look at all of it! THERE ARE SO MANY DRESSES!" I shouted in amazement. "Please, dear, it is nothing. Just let me take one more measurement and you are done. Any preferences as to how you want your outfits to look?" "As I said earlier, I wanted two sets of casual clothing, a set of formal attire, which ofcourse has to be black, and a set of travelling gear or something which I can wear when I have to save everyone. Something light and subtle for the travelling gear. I have to be a silent guardian in some way. As for the casual attire, just fancy something up, as long as it's fancy. And not pink." Rarity laughed, and then asked: "Any favourite colours I should be aware of?" I responded with saying lime green, black, white and dark red. "Hm, those are quite the interesting set of colours. Any colours you do not wish me to use? Aside from pink, that is." I shook my head. "Alright then, I should be able to create something for you. As you are such a good friend and have given me a gift aswell, I will provide the casual attire for free. The formal attire and travelling outfit will come at a cost, however, as the material I intend to use does not come cheap. Do 35 bits for both sets sound okay to you?" Just when she finished talking, a bundle appeared in front of me with a bright flash of light. I picked up the bundle, and heard something akin to bits. I opened the bundle, and noticed a letter and a bag of bits. I opened the bag slightly to find a whole lot of bronze bits inside, and closed it before reading the letter: Dear Primal Dagger, As payment for your services, as well as a job I want you to take, I have included 200 bits. This includes your weekly payment as of now, and a pre-payment for the job. I would like you to visit Canterlot Castle tomorrow at 9:00, and I wish for you to arrive in silence at the palace gardens. I will meet you there personally for further instructions on the job. With respect, Princess Celestia "I'll give you 50 bits for the clothing sets." I shook the heavy bag lightly, causing the bits inside to jangle. "Alright then, if you insist. 50 bits it is." I handed her 10 bronze bits, and said goodbye before leaving the boutique, leaving Rarity to her work. "Your apparel should be done by the end of the week!" she shouted after me. I materialized my belt, to place the bag of coins on it. But when I saw my daggers, I realized I had to find a way to make them less 'intimidating' to normal ponies. I then decided to materialize a belt buckle, in the form of a shield with two curved daggers in front. I thought this buckle would be fitting for "The silent guardian of Equestria" and I hoped the ponies would agree with me on that one. Ofcourse they didn't know I was the silent guardian, but I guess they'd learn sooner or later anyway. It's not like I can easily hide my identity, being one of only two humans on Terra. The other human. I completely forgot about her. After all that happened yesterday, not a single though crossed my mind to try and look for her. Unfortunately, I already made plans for today and tomorrow, so that had to wait a little. I just hope she isn't dead or corrupted by the time I find her.... WWWWW I found my legs unconciously taking me to Twilight's library, and was glad they have. I had been so deep in thought that I didn't even look around to see what the ponies thought of me. I guess that would be a matter for another time. For now though.. I opened the door, and saw a snoring Twilight with her head on an open book. The book looked extensive, judging by its size and from what I could see, the size of the print. I stepped closer to her, and gently nudged her awake. "Wh-wha happened. I just had the best of dreams.." "Rise and shine, Twi. You got some questions to ask, and some spells to learn." I said. "What were you reading there before you dozed off?" "Oh, nothing important. Just some book about existential fears and nightmares. After I saw that human girl running away from what seemed like nothing, I wanted to put a bit of research into what could possibly bring her to do so. I made no progress, however" she said with guilt. "Don't fret it. Celestia asked to meet me for a job I had to do tomorrow, but the day after that I am presumably free. We could try tracking her down then and find out ourselves what got her so scared." "Sure. Now though, prepare for your examination" she said in a very evil way. Her pronounciation of examination was quite frightening, to say the least. I knew for a fact that she wouldn't do any harm to me though, so that relaxed me a bit. Still, the prospect of her being evil like Princess Luna once was.... "You look like you stared death in the face, and lived. Was I that frightening to you?" she asked. "Well you did make quite a show of it. Suffice to say it got me riled up. Please don't ever do that again, I beg you" I pleaded. At that moment, Dash decided to make a shattering entrance, literally. She crashed through the window, and landed on the ground with glass shards all around her. I used my magic to collect all of the glass shards and placed them back in the window frame, and then I used the power of Fire to melt the glass slightly and create a perfectly new window. I then focused my attention on Dash. She didn't look hurt, but I asked anyway: "Are you hurt Dash? That sure looked like quite the entrance you made there." I used a bit of my healing magic to fix her bruises and cuts up, and she slowly stood up. "I'm fine now, thanks to you." She said, and proceeded to ask: "What were you guys doing anyway?" "I just wanted to start Primal's examination" Twilight said in the same evil tone as before. "Now that isn't scary at all, Twi. You gotta put a lil' more force behind it to make that sound scary" Dash said fearlessly. "Oh come on, don't tell me you are not just a little bit scared there Dash. I was scared to death the first time she said that". I waved a bit in the air, trying to point at what Twilight just said. Strangely enough, the words she said in that evil tone started appearing in the air, and we heard Twilight's evil voice again. "You just don't stop amazing us, do you?" Twilight said. "I can't help it. There's only one other pony in this room deemed awesome, so I gotta compete somehow" I said. The subtly mentioned mare looked up, and pointed at herself. "Me? "Yes, you." I contracted my arm in a slight muscle spasm I tended to have from time to time, showing my blood vessels and the tiny amount of muscles I had. Even though I didn't look the part, being a scientist and all, I did pack some punch. I usually underestimated my physical strength in times of need. Now that I saw that I actually acquired some muscle, it proved that point. "Wow. So not only is he a scientist, an 'Avatar' and an assassin, he's also a muscled. That's the last thing I would've expected." Twilight said in slight confusion. "I usually underestimate my strength, though. I once pulled a window out of its place because I tried to close it. It was honestly a really weird window to close and I had no idea how the system worked, so I kind of broke the system unintentionally. Apparantly these muscles show just that" I explained. "What is next on the list of things for me to be?" "For now, I want you to be you so I can get some honest answers out of you". Twilight said in her semi-excited study voice. "Alright alright teacher, i'll keep down the identities" I said playfully. "I guess i'll leave you guys to do whatever you want then". Dash proceeded to walk to the door, but turned around with a sudden expression or remembrance. "I almost forgot to ask. Did you have the latest edition of Daring Do yet, Twi?" "I think I recieved it a few days ago. Let me check for you." She then walked out of the room towards the storage. "You, reading books? I guess I'm not the only one who can do unexpected things then" I commented. "Just because I fly around all day and am awesome everywhere I go and everything I do, doesn't mean I can't sit down and read a good book." Dash retorted. "Relax on the pride there, Dash. Just a bit more and your head might explode or something" I remarked. "Yeah, I need to try and fix that a bit. I tend to get a little.. over the top on these things sometimes." Dash said. Before I could say anything else, Twilight walked back into the room levitating a book. "Here you go Dash, the first edition of Daring Do's latest adventure. Enjoy!" Dash floated towards the door, opened it and left, seemingly entranced with the thought of reading the new book. "Wait hold on a second, you knew she read books? Who was that and where is the real Dash?" Twilight just wanted to say something, but I cut her off. "Wait, I know already. That was actually the real Dash, just because of the way she replied to me before you came in." "Well anyway, where were we?" Twiligt said, attempting to get back to the examination at hand. "Don't you dare" I said before she could attempt to use here evil voice again. She giggled for a moment, but then got a serious look on her face. "Do you mind if I take a few blood and skin samples? You can use your healing to replenish yourself." "Sure". I just wanted to sit down in a nearby chair, before Twilight stopped me. "Not here, silly. I don't want to make a mess of the library. Follow me into the basement." I complied, and following her down in the basement, I noticed the severe lack of space in the actual basement. "Surely there's not enough room here to do any experimenta-" I was cut off by Twilight pressing a hidden button, revealing a secret door. "Oh" was all I could word. I followed her through the secret door, which revealed a set of stairs leading down to what looked like a doorway. We walked through the doorway into a massive room, with loads of technological equipment some of which the likes i've never seen before. "And you hide this under that tree of yours? Well done mad scientist, well done" I said while slowly clapping. "Studying is what I do. I can't study without all of the necessary equipment, can I now?" Twilight said. "Spike, could you come down here and help me set this equipment up?" she shouted upstairs, beckoning for the little purple and green dragon. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs, and saw Spike standing there not a moment later. He looked at me, and then at Twilight, before walking towards a piece of equipment and started setting it up for use. "I wish my assistants back at Earth were so understanding of me. Spike doesn't even question why you want it done, he just does it. No strings attached or anything. Now that's one hay of a good assistant. With mine I need to explain why I want something in detail otherwise they won't do it." I said. "Now where was that thing that created that weird noise when I used it..." Twilight muttered. Hearing the word noise instantly reminded me of a song I heard back on Earth. I played the melody in my head and unknowingly started banging to the beat of the tune. "You alright there? It almost looked like you were going to have a seizure, with your banging becoming so intense." Twilight asked worriedly "Yeah I'm fine. The word noise you said reminded me of a song I heard on Earth. Think it was called Pure noise, by eh... Gyro, I think it was? I can't remember, it's been so long since i've listened to any music. Gee, I could really use some good music" I pondered. "Maybe you should go and see DJ PON-3, A.K.A. Vinyl scratch then. She knows how to play some sweet tunes, and i'm sure you and her will get along just fine, seeing as you were banging your head so intensively back there" Twilight said. "Heh, I really should, yeah. A bit of relaxation would sure be nice". Twilight looked at me with her head turned sideways. "What? Even though they are banging tunes I can still find them relaxing!" I remaked. "The equipment is ready now. Can you stay still a second while I take a blood sample?" Twilight asked. I froze my self on the spot, quite literally. Twilight wasn't able to see this, but I purposely froze my muscles so I wasn't able to move. I should use that on my targets I thought to myself. Twilight approached me with a needle, and took a sample of my blood, which she deposited in a test tube for further examination, and cleaned the needle. "Atleast I know you clean the needles. So many bad things can happen when you use uncleaned needles, and so little people realize this" I said. WWWWW Change of character - Primal Dagger to Twilight Sparkle - I looked at Primal, and noticed the clear concern on his face. "Thanks, I guess. It's standard practice for me really, I don't honestly know why. I know of some doctors who don't, which is unsettling to say the least." I proceeded to grab what looked like some kind of knife to other eyes, but I knew this was the tool I needed to take skin samples off of Primal. His skin seemed soft, but you never know from just looking at it. I made the calculations beforehand for if I didn't use this sharpened skin scraper, Primal could be hurt badly. I took into consideration the density of his skin, ofcourse, and the few hairs he had on the patch I was about to extract. Those would come in useful too, for finding out more about human physiology I thought to myself, and proceeded to walk towards Primal. "That thing looks dangerous, you sure that's the right tool for removing a bit of my skin?" Primal asked worriedly. "Yes. I ran the calculations in my head for what could happen if I didn't, so you should be fine." I looked at his eyes with a serious look. "If you stay still, that is" I added. I carefully extracted a small patch of skin with a few hairs on it, and mentioned to Primal to heal himself. The patch closed itself promptly after being washed with the healing water. I was still amazed at how he managed to cure those kinds of injuries, but I set that thought aside for now. I'll study his magic later, that should be fun I thought to myself. I carefully placed the patch of skin in a tray, and sealed the tray off using a magical lid. I then grabbed the vial of Primal's blood, and placed it inside the machine Spike set up for me. When I looked around, Spike was already nowhere to be seen. "He comes and goes, doesn't he. He's a bit like you in a way" I casually said to Primal. Primal didn't respond, and I looked back to him to see him deep in thought. I'll just leave him to whatever he's thinking of. I turned on the machine, and it slowly started working its way up its progress bar. When it reached 100% however, the results shocked me. His blood seemed to be able to carry a lot of molecules. When I zoomed in on a cluster of fluid and cells, I noticed something. The cells themselves were for transporting oxygen by the looks of it, much like pony blood did. His cells, however, seemed to be able to do this so efficiently it almost scared me. Where pony blood didn't even bind to oxygen half of the time, all of Primal's cells were all bound to oxygen. Imagine the possibilities! I thought. His fluid, or more plasma, from what it looked like, was even more interesting. It seemed to contain all sorts of molecules, including what looked like carbon dioxide. I wonder what Primal needs that for. I should ask him about it. "Hey Primal, can you explain something to me?" WWWWW Change of Character - Twilight Sparkle to Primal Dagger - "Hey Primal, can you explain something to me?" I heard Twilight calling my name and asking me something, but I was really deep in my thoughts. I thought of all the fun times I had back on Earth, and wondered if I was ever going to go back to that place. "Hello, Primal? You there?" Twilight asked again. "Huh?" I looked around in bewilderment. "Oh, right. Sorry. Was a bit lost in my thoughts there for a sec." "What were you thinking about that you had such trouble stepping out of those thoughts?" Twilight asked carefully. "If you don't mind me asking, that is." "Do you really want to know?" Twilight nodded. "Alright, but don't say I didn't warn you if you get all sad because of it." I waited for her to sit down, as she obviously knew this was going to be big. "What if I can never return to Earth? What will happen then?" I said questioningly. "I'm just so afraid of giving up on the life I had there. I mean, it was just beginning for me. I got a new lab I was able to call my own, I had 4 assistants able to help me, 2 on active duty and 2 on passive duty. What if I never saw them again? What if I never saw my family again?" I was on the verge of crying, and Twilight noticed this. She walked over to me and put a comforting hoof around me. "Don't worry. I'm usually the worrywart around here and I probably will always be. But I know for a fact that I will do everything I can to help you visit your Earth again. And maybe some other worlds, while we are at it. Imagine all of the possibilities of world travel! Unknown materials, unknown creatures, just name it. We could be the pioneers of every world out there concerning dimensional travel, that is if noone else got this idea, ofcourse. Which I doubt, because we would've seen a sign of it by now." Her confidence seemed to seep over to me, and her stance reassured me. I got up, albeit shakily, wiping off any would-be tears from my eyes. "Thanks, Twi. I needed that confidence boost." "No problem, i'm here for you whenever you need me." She then looked at the blood vial, which was still in the machine. "I don't think this is a right time to ask you about it, so i'll ask you later. Now though, you need a shot of happines. I'll accompany you to Vinyl, I think you will like her" Twilight said reassuringly We walked back up the stairs, and Twilight closed off the secret door.. We walked up yet another set of stairs, and found Spike sitting in the living room, reading something. "Hey Spike. Me and Primal here are going to visit Vinyl, you okay with tending to the library while we're gone?" Spike nodded dismissively, and waved us away. He seemed really drawn to whatever he was reading, but I didn't question it. We walked out the front door, towards Vinyl Scratch's place. I just followed Twilight idly, playing with Water and Fire in my hand. I made them clash against each other, causing both to weaken but still active. Then, I conjured Wind to help Fire gain strength, waking up its power and disabling Water entirely. I then made Wind and Fire shake hands, and made both elements vanish. I then decided I wanted to be known as a guardian, not an arsonist, and materialized my belt. The buckle on it was quite the sight, and my daggers were concealed to the point where you couldn't discern them from my clothing. I then noticed the bag with bits was still on the belt. "Hey Twilight, I recieved another bag with bits from Celestia, as form of advance payment for the job I gotta do tomorrow. We could do a lot of fun things with this amount of money" I said, letting the idea flow there and shaking the big bag of coins. "How much did you get?" Twilight asked. "I think it was about 200 bits or something. It should be around 150 bits now because i've given some to Rarity as payment for the outfits shes making for me" I said. "Wow, that is a lot of bits! Yeah we could totally do a lot of fun things with that!" she said with a hint of excitement. "Don't get too excited now, i'm not going to spend all of it in one day" I said. "I never said you had to?" Twilight said. "Nevermind. Let's just get to Vinyl's place now." A few moments later we arrived at Vinyl's place. It looked quite grand, but I summised it had to be due to the massive amount of revenue a DJ would get. Twilight knocked on the door, and it opened not a moment later, revealing a not quite white pony with an electric dual toned blue and cyan mane and tail and purple shades. "Sup! What can I do ya for?" she asked. I wondered if she actually saw me, so I coughed a bit, hoping to draw her attention. Vinyl looked at me, and asked:"Yo need some cough medicine there?" I shook my head, and took on a slightly confused look. "You do not seem surprised to see someone, or should I say, something like me. Why is that?" I asked curiously "When you work in the DJ business, nothing surprises you anymore. Not even Pinkie can get me surprised now" Vinyl said. I noticed the way she referred to Pinkie Pie, and decided they must be friends or something. "Are you two just gonna keep standing here or am I gonna have to kick you inside?" Noticing she wasn't standing close to the door opening at all, in a silent gesture as to come in, we walked inside. Vinyl closed the door behind us, and walked to what seemed like a kitchen. "You two want something to drink?" she asked us. "What do you have?" I asked Vinyl, not knowing what kind of beverages they had on Terra. Vinyl responded by mentioning a few unknown beverages, and something which sounded like soda. "I take it that that Kalo you mentioned is some sort of soda, right?" Vinyl nodded. "Alright, give me a glass of that, then." Twilight settled on something which I was unsure of if it was alcoholic or not. When Vinyl placed down the glasses on the table, she motioned for us to sit down, as we had still been standing. I bent over, and took a slight sniff of Twilight's drink, and noticed there was actually alcohol in it. "Primal, why did you just sniff my drink? Do you think Vinyl put poison in it or something?" Twilight asked. "No, I was just curious if that beverage was alcoholic or not. By the smell of it I can conclude there is alcohol in it. Don't drink yourself drunk, I don't want to have to deal with a drunk Twilight" I stated. I then proceeded to grab my glass, and took a sip. It tasted a lot like Coca-Cola or Pepsi, but it was sweeter and had less of the fizzynes in it. "Anyway, after you concluded that Twilight's beverage is indeed alcoholic, what brings you here?" Vinyl asked. Twilight took the word before I could respond. "Primal here wanted to meet you. Said he'd like to hear some of your headbangin' tunes." "Is that so? Well dude, I got just the thing for ya then. Follow me to my DJ-booth, if you will" Vinyl said. Twilight and I followed Vinyl towards her DJ-Booth. Vinyl set up her equipment to presumably pump out some sick beats, and me and Twilight waited for Vinyl to be ready. "Whenever you feel ready to experience amazing music, tell me" Vinyl said. "We were waiting for you to set up your equipment, so by all means, HIT IT!" I said in excitement. The moment I said 'HIT IT', Vinyl instantly tuned into a sick drop, with an equally sick beat after it. I swung to the music, and I couldn't help but notice Twilight enjoy it aswell. Vinyl was busy with DJ-ing the music ( I had no idea what that implied) to notice us swinging, but I couldn't help but catch a twinkling glint in her eye. Somehow, she did know we were enjoying the music. When the music stopped, I was shaking with tension and excitement. "That was some sick tune. What was the genre?" I asked. Vinyl seemed to think for a moment, untill she answered: "I actually made this tune myself, I improvised, but I guess this could fall under some kind of house?" "Wait, you made that tune yourself? That's gotta be the first DJ i've seen and heard to make her own music in such a way, to a stranger no less. And live, too!" I praised. "Don't try and flatter me. I'm way too professional to be blushing anytime soon" she said, ironically blushing a bit. "The blush on your face says otherwise, though" Twilight stated. "Darn. I guess I failed in trying to be professional then." Vinyl said with a slightly sad expression. "Nonsense Vinyl, you are still professional. Anyone can be prone to blushing, just look at Twilight here. Bookworm extraordinaire and anti-socialist before she came to Ponyville. Now, she has lots of friends! Also, I got Rainbow Dash to blush, on my first visit no less. I don't think that makes you any less professional" I said. This got Twilight to shuffle her hooves shyly, and Vinyl to look at me with shock and surprise. "You really do seem to have your way with mares, don't you?" Vinyl said. "Truth be told, I didn't expect to be. I used to be a bit the same as Twilight back where I came from. Now look at me. I seem to be the ladies' man now, from all the reactions i'm getting." I said. "You're staying with me, so no ladies for you!" Twilight commented. Vinyl had yet another shocked look on her face. "You sure that is the real Twilight and not some weirdo disguised as Twilight? I don't remember Twilight this way, with her being so possessive of you." Vinyl said. "I guess everypony can change. As Primal said, I was really anti-social before coming to Ponyville. Now with him here I'm changing to be even more open." Twilight explained. I looked around to find something which resembled a clock, but realized there was nothing around to show the time. I attempted to connect my magic to the stance of the sun to find out if it was near-sunset or not. I felt a slight tug, and found that it was indeed near-sunset. After that I heard a voice in my mind: "Did you just connect with my sun?" which I assumed could only be Celestia "Um, yeah? I wanted to find out what time it was since there are no clocks around here, so I figured I'd find out where the sun was on the horizon" I answered in my head. "You just don't stop amazing us, don't you? It's almost like you have some sort of incentive to do so." Celestia said with a tone of slight worry. "I can assure you that there is no ulterior motive as to my amazing skills, which just so happen to be boundless" I answered again. "You recieved my letter, right?" I responded with a quick 'yes'. "Good. I will see you tomorrow morning then". I said goodbye, and returned my focus to the world around me, to find two mares looking at me expectingly. "What? I gotta answer Celestia when she asks why I attempted to connect with her sun, don't I?" I said. This seemed to answer Twilight's expectation, but Vinyl still seemed shocked. "You can talk with Celestia in your head AND connect with her sun? Who are you?!" "I am Primal Dagger. As my name states-" I proceeded to show my mark on my arm. "And as you can see from my mark, I can command the elements. As for the dagger-" I materialized my outfit, complete with daggers, cloak and tunic. "I'm an assassin, and I work for Celestia to provide unseen protection for the well-willed citizens of Equestria" I explained. I made my outfit vanish again, and looked at Vinyl. "O-kay..? Atleast i'm glad to hear you work for Celestia and not some evil guy intent on destroying the world" Vinyl said. I laughed shortly at this comment, and wanted to impress Vinyl a bit, so I conjured Earth in the air, in the form of a somewhat large stone. I then conjured Air to shape the rock into Viny's cutie mark, and added Fire to the finished project, and enchanted said Fire so it wouldn't burn down anything. "Passive fire, as i'd like to call it" I mentioned to the flames coming off of the cutie mark slowly. It wont burn down your house, it's just there to provide some flair to what I made for you." I then used an enchantment of Air to make the stone a bit lighter so it could be carried easily, and then let it float to the ground. Vinyl seemed hesistant to touch it due to the flames, but I just placed my hand in the flames, only to remove it out of them, unscathed. "Wow. And this is for me?" Vinyl asked. I nodded. Vinyl then picked up the stone, and asked: "But where am I going to put this?" I looked around the room, and found a suitable place for the stone. I created a pillar in the same material as the house was made of (Marble, I presumed.) and motioned for her to place it on there. Vinyl took the statue and placed it on top of the pillar, causing the pillar to create a statis field, levitating the stone in the air. Vinyl couldn't help but stare at the magic happening in front of her eyes, and I heard Twilight grinning from beside me. "I am utterly amazed. Thank you for this, it really fits my style" Vinyl said, but I heard just a very slight tone of dissapointment. I then realized Vinyl had nothing to do with fire, so I turned to the stone, shaping it into a lightning bolt, and changed the fiery effect something a bit more fitting for Vinyl's personality and style. Lightning. Now Vinyl was excited, Pinkie Pie-style excited. She bounced around, and then turned to me to tackle me in a hug, all the while shouting: "Thank you! Thank you!" After she calmed down, she asked me a question I expected to come:"How did you know I had more with lightning, though?" I nodded to her mane and tail, which answered her question. "I also heard the slight dissapointment in your voice when you thanked me before." I looked at the statue, levitating and now arcing with lightning instead of fire. The bolt still looked a bit dull, so I changed its material to the one used in her home. "It couldn't be any more perfect now. Thank you again for this wondrous gift" she answered, this time completely genuine. "Anything for who I deem to be a good friend of mine" I answered. Vinyl hugged me again, and I noticed Twilight standing a bit away. I beckoned for her to join us in our hug, and she gladly complied. "I think it's time for us to get going though. Tomorrow is a big day for me" I stated. Vinyl nodded, and led us to the door. "Thanks for showing us your music, and enjoy your gift. If you ever need it, the mark may have some unique features only you can activate" I said in a mysterious tone. We left Vinyl's place, and headed to Twilight's home. "You have any idea what your job is going to be tomorrow?" Twilight asked me. "I honestly don't know. It could be anything as far as I could tell" I answered her. We proceeded to walk up the stairs, and found Spike already in bed, holding a gem he got from Celestia knows where and snoring soundly. We cleaned ourselves a bit, before heading to bed. "I do hate having to wake up early, though. Why did Celestia have to meet me at 9 'o clock in the morning again?" I asked, irritated. "That's something only Celestia can answer for you" Twilight said, smirking from her bed. "Good night, Primal" "Good night!" I said, and closed my eyes.