//------------------------------// // The Dangerous Spell // Story: Split Struck Spare // by Josh Crapo //------------------------------// "Whoa, are we here already? We only listened to four songs!" Air Wiff lands on the edge of Cloudsdale, leading Aiura Draft to land right next to her. "I know, but the whitewatch has to stop the audio." "So, what do you want to do with that hovercraft of yours?" "I’ll just leave it here. There are only nine ponies in Equestria, two of which we’re about to see and are the only other ponies here in Cloudsdale. I’m not worried about it disappearing." "I see where you’re coming from." "I mean, sure it’ll be convenient to take it with me without actually having to carry it. But not much of a point now besides that." "What’re you talking about when you say 'without actually having to carry it'?" Aura Draft raises her non-dominant hoof. "So, you’re telling me that that whitewatch could actually store that hovercraft into such a tiny space?" "Yes." "But how’s that even possible?!? There would have to be some spell that changes the size of each part to fit in there, not to mention it would be extremely heavy afterwards! It’d be practically unwearable!" "See for yourself." At that moment, Aura Draft lights her horn to command the whitewatch to not only disassemble the hover car, but store its parts into the whitewatch. However, the power of such a command spell is too much for Aura Draft’s horn to handle, leaving her panting. "I’m gonna need some help with this." "Okay. I think I should be able to help." Air Wiff attempts to start the command spell that Aura Draft started but failed to cast. After a little bit, her horn starts to get painful. "My horn. Ah. Ah!!" The cries in pain turn into screams. "Air Wiff, stop!" "I CAN’T!!!" Air Wiff loses control of her horn, which is still performing the spell. A few seconds after and Air Wiff’s horn fires at her whitewatch. Suddenly, the hover car starts breaking apart before Aura Draft’s very eyes; the parts shrink at near perfect sync with each other. A compartment in the whitewatch opens, vacuuming the shrunken parts of the former hover car. Before any piece can get into the compartment, Aura Draft quickly takes it off Air Wiff. Where it floats is where the compartment built in the whitewatch fills with the parts of the hover car. Afterwards, Air Wiff faints from the intense pain her horn went through. "Air Wiff!!!" Snow Flake, Cool Aid and Hut all have shocked expression on their faces when seeing a near explosion. "What the?!?" "What the bloody hell is that?!?" "For all I know it could be an alicorn. Should I contact Aura Draft to see what it was?" Cool Aid nods. "Definitely." "Who do you want to contact?" Snow Flake's whitewatch asks. "Aura Draft." "Okay, we have one result. No. 1: Aura Draft." "Number one." Before any audio comes out of the whitewatch, Snow Flake intercepts the queue and changes it to the sound effect that plays when the whitewatch asks who Snow Flake wants to talk to. "Call." "Calling..." "Yes?" "Aura Draft, did you see that light out in the distance?" "Yes. I was right in front of it. Meet me over at the edge of Cloudsdale. I would’ve said look for a hovercraft, but it’s gone now." "What? Did somepony steal your vehicle?" "Um, no. It’s gone because of that light." "Okay, we’ll be over right away." Snow Flake turns off the video feed and turns to Cool Aid. "We have to get there right now. Aura Draft was with Air Wiff, so only she knows what happened?" "Good! I’m glad you’re here!" "So, where’s Air Wiff?" Snow Flake asks. "She’s right behind me." "Wait, is she unconscious?!?" Cool Aid nods at Snow Flake. "Yeah she is!" "I can explain. I failed to start a spell to store the hovercraft into my whitewatch, so Air Wiff decided to do it with hers, but while it was successful, it knocked her unconscious." "Then we have to get her to the Changico City Hospital; it’s the best and closest one she could get." Snow Flake flies over to pick Air Wiff up in one area. Aura Draft nods. "Okay, let me call Queen Shell, then." "Who do you want to contact?" "Shell." "Okay, we have two results. No. 1: Shelter... and... No. 2: Shell." "Number 2... Yes." "shell@politics is saved for 60 days." "Call." "Calling..." "Aura Draft? What are you doing in Cloudsdale?" "I need you to get Air Wiff to the Changico City Hospital." "Okay. I will be right over."