Wielder of the Orb: Of Magic and Ponies

by TheMajorTechie


Chapter 5: Magic Transfer and the Chaos of Paintball Wars

Sammy burst back through the portal, followed by Twilight.
Sammy, Wait! What are you doing??
Sammy stopped and turned back towards Twilight.
Well, I did mention earlier that I'm going to try and transfer my unicorn magic into something that I can carry with me so that I cou;d use magic anywhere I go even without the orb working...
Twilight nodded and then signaled Sammy to a room across the hall.

The two ponies slowly wandered over, mainly because Sammy couldn't stop staring straight up at the ceiling.
It's so... beautiful...
Twilight rolled her eyes.
Come on, Sammy. We didn't come here to admire my ceiling. Besides, we're here now.
Twilight gently pushed open the door, but somehow still managed to hit Spike in the face.
OW! Hey, what did you do that for?
Sorry, I didn't mean to nudge the door THAT hard.
Well, try to control yourself a little better. What are you doing here in the library, anyways? Obviously I'm here to read comics.
Twilight had already tuned out Spike, who was now mindlessly babbling something about Batpony defeating the Joker. She slowly walked along the walls of books, searching until she found the right one.
Here it is!
Here is what?
The book!
What book?
This book!
That book?
YES! THAT BOOK!
Sammy looked at the cover.
Huh, magical energy transfer for idiots. What are we gonna do with that?
Obviously. You said you wanted to transfer some of your unicorn magic into an object you can carry with you so you can still use magic on the human side of the portal.
Oh yeah. Sorry, I kinda forgot about that after Spike started telling me what was going on in the part he was reading.
Spike looked up from his comic.
You know, Twilight, you really should read some more comics sometimes. It'll give you more creativity... maybe.
Twilight turned back to Sammy.
Well, uh... let's go to the experiment room.
Sammy and Twilight snuck back out of the library while Spike began commentating on his comics. After a few more minutes of dragging an amazed Sammy behind her in her Telekinetic grasp, Twilight entered the doors of the experiment room.

And found Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie having a paintball war.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YEAH, TAKE THAT, PINKIE! OW! HEY, NOT AT THE FACE! GET AWAY! WAIT, I'M RELOADING!
Twilight charged up her horn and froze all of the globs of paint flying through the air to a halt.
What are we doing here?
Duh, paintball war.
My party cannon's reeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllly useful for shooting PAINT CANNONBALLS AT DASHIE'S FACE!
Fluttershy suddenly charged out from under a beanbag seat in the corner of the room.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
She suddenly stopped after noticing almost immediately that Twilight was staring at her.
Oh, um... I'm so sorry... Twilight... eep!
The yellow mare suddenly burst out the open window, still covered in paint. After watching her fly away, Twilight became the first to break the silence.
Um, why were you playing paintball in an EXPERIMENT ROOM?!
... Because we weren't allowed to play it anywhere else?
WELL YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY IT HERE EITHER!!!
We're sorry.
Clean this up now. Sammy, come with me to the second experiment room.
Twilight, I don't think you should go in there. I was uh... "improving" my party cannon earlier.
Oh, stop it, you. It shouldn't be as bad as this.
Twilight stood in front of the doors of the second experiment room. Suddenly, Sammy rushed at her.
Twilight! They're playing paintball again!
Don't mind them. They'll eventually sto-
Sammy opened the doors, letting a massive wall of fire and shrapnel fly straight at them.
AAH!
Sammy opened his eyes back up, and looked at Twilight, who was staring slack-jawed at him.
Th-that's the fastest-acting shield spell I've ever seen! I already calculated that the shrapnel was flying at around 3000 MPH, but you managed to summon up that shield in a matter of NANOSECONDS.
Shield spell?
Wait, YOU'VE NEVER DONE A SHIELD SPELL BEFORE?!
No, but it sounds like it would've been useful earlier on with the zombies that my friends and I were surrounded by...
Oh yeah, I remember now, you still don't really have much experience with magic.
Yeah, all I've been doing is jumping dimensions and levitating/teleporting things. I only know how to do those because I accidentally did them in a similar way that this just happened.
Twilight looked back at the room. All that was left was a now rainbow-colored party cannon with a focusing laser mounted on top, as well as a triple barrel "confetti gun" mounted on each side. Everything else was slag and fire.
Well, uh... here, let's just do that transfer here. The book says that draining any amount of your own magic can and usually will be painful, though, so brace yourself. Also, it has an alternate spell that allows a more experienced pony like me to do it on others, so you don't have to worry about learning anything for now. Also, I'm going to quickly put you to sleep for a few minutes so that you don't feel it.

*BONG!!!*

Sammy woke up on the floor, with Twilight holding the fifth bucket of water she brought, about to dump it all over Sammy.
Oh, Sammy, you're awake. Sorry, I wasn't thinking all that much on how to put you to sleep. Next time, I'll use a sleep spell instead of a rubber mallet.
WHAT?!
Also, there's the thing you wanted me to transfer the magic into.
How did you know what I wanted? I never told you.
Just a mind-reading spell. You seriously need to get rid of those dirty thoughts about Zoey.
Uh... ok?
Sammy picked up the staff, which contained a mere quarter of his unicorn magic, and followed Twilight back through the portal.