As Luna was finishing up her lesson I started thinking over all that has happened to me since appearing in Equestria. I doubted anyone would believe me at home if I were to tell them that I somehow got pulled into a cartoon for kids, met six colorful talking ponies and 2 princesses, battled a power-loving Centaur from hell, adopted a little talking box (Which I love dearly), and now am being taught by one of those said princesses on how to use magic that doesn't even exist on Earth. "Well maybe some of my friends would believe me like Wade, Bob, Jack, and Aaron (Yamimash) would believe me but I highly doubt a stranger that barely knows me would believe me if I told them this, they would probably call the cops or something and I would get thrown into an insane asylum," I thought to myself as I shiverred. Ever since playing Outlast, the idea of going to an insane asylum has always scared me.
I decided that now was probably be a good time to get back to listening to Luna's explanation. "-so be careful when using this spell so that you won't somehow explode," she finished.
"Wait, WHAT!" I yelled when I heard that last part. I look at Luna to see her with an unamused expression on her face. I smiled nervously as I twiddled my thumbs. "Uh, I mean yeah of course, so just don't blow up," I answered nervously.
"That last part was a lie I just wanted to see if you were listening or not, have you even been listening to me this entire time," she asked with a small glare. I shifted around with a nervous smile on my face.
"Uhhhh...No?" I said with a nervous chuckle. Luna facehooved as I continued chuckling nervously. "I'm sorry I was just thinking about something else, so can you please maybe explain it one more time?" I asked with a pleading look. "I promise I'll pay attention this time," I said with the pleading look still on my face. She sighed as she rubbed her face with a hoof.
"Fine, but you actually have to listen this time or you'll have to try and figure it out yourself," she told me as I thanked her. "Ok, so first imagine what kind of weapon you want and what it will look like," she told me as I thought about what kind of weapon I'd want. a gun would be too mainstream and I don't even know how to work one, and I doubt any of the ponies would know how to use it either. A mace? No. An axe? No. A battleaxe? No. After a while of thinking over what kind of weapon I'd want. I decided to just go with the old trusty sword. I then imagined what I wanted it to look like, smiling as I did it. "Then after you have that done, concentrate on that image in your brain and imagine it appearing in your hand," she explained as I imagined it appearing in my hand. I felt the handle of it materialize in my hand as I celebrated internally. I opened my eyes to see... one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.
I stared at it in excitement, as I started to swing it around a little, watching the bright red and orange flame leaving trails in the air with each swing. "Congratulations Mark you have just made your first weapon," Luna said with a proud smile on her face. "Now we just need to find somepony to teach you how to use it," she said, facehooving as I accidently cut through one of the walls. It felt like I was cutting butter while cutting that wall, I began to get even more excited, but calmed down when Luna "Ahem'd".
"Sorry, I guess I just got a little too excited," I apologized as I held the sword carefully to my side, not wanting to wreck anything else. I started to get a little dizzy as I felt down on my butt still clutching the sword. "Woah, that took a lot more out of me than I thought it would," I said as I closed my eyes already feeling a headache coming on.
"Yes, I think that is enough teaching for today," she said looking at the clock on the wall "I still have to get sleep so I don't doze off during the night, and I think you should get some rest too before you do anything else," she said to me as I almost dozed off right there and then. I thanked her again and waved goodbye as she walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.
"Wow Mark, that was pretty awesome!" Tim said from his place on the rack of barbells. "Although you don't know how to use it, I can't wait to see it in action," he said as I held it in my hands, watching the flames flicker. "I wonder who Luna is going to get to teach you," he wondered as I continue messing with it.
While I was still messing with it, flames all of a sudden shot out from the tip of the sword, turning the table it was pointing towards to ashes, startling both me and Tim. "HOLY BALLS, WHAT THE FUCK!!" I screamed as I dropped the sword holding my hands up in the air. Tim and I look at each other with wide eyes as I shake from the huge scare. "I think I should stop messing with it for now until I actually learn what it can do. I'm going to need a fireproof scabbard or something for it though," I say as I carefully pick the sword back up, keeping it to my side.
After I got over that big scare I decided that I wanted to give my new weapon a cool name. I mulled over some names until I decided. "I'll name you The Sword of Stache," I said walking out of the room to go and get some rest.