A fiend or a friend?

by JL-Hero

Worthy of trust

4:25 AM

Magic Silver was resting in his couch with a cushion behind his neck. He didn’t need to sleep, but he didn’t want to either. Now, he was scared from the nightmares he had. He didn’t want to see them anymore. He already knows his own resolution; he doesn’t need more reminders, but this rather another reaction of fear, the feeling was awful. Indeed, he was planning what things he would teach to Twilight and in what order. He knew that at a certain point, he would reveal his true purposes, but for now, if there was a true friendship for Twilight Sparkle, he would let her enjoy it. While he was having this train of thought, suddenly a flash passed through his eyes. He stood for a moment with his mind blank. He couldn’t see the moon from where his house was, but he came out the house. He could barely see the moon with all the high houses, so he grabbed a ladder and climbed to his roof. Now, not only could he see the moon, but also the royal castle attached to the mountain. Embraced by the moon, he watched it for a moment, quiet and peaceful, as if he were analyzing a piece of art that could or could not be fake, and then he whispered, like if he had found the flaw in the piece and knew of whom was the work

“Queen Chrysalis…”

10:40AM

Magic Silver looked at the clock once again. He had almost perfect timing, not sleeping at all helped his schedule. He prepared to leave the house to go and see Twilight, but he realized if he planned staying in Ponyville for long, he needed to find a job. But where? He needed a job, one that didn’t keep him away from Twilight. Sweet Apple Acres with Applejack? He wasn’t scared of hard work, but it was too far away from Twilight’s house. He kept thinking of more workplaces, but they were either too far away from his house or too far from Twilight’s house. Then, he remembered Rarity’s boutique. It was close enough to Twilight’s house. He wasn’t good at concocting outfits either, but there could be other things that Rarity could assign him to do. How difficult could it be? Magic Silver spent maybe too much time thinking about a job. He wasn’t late, but he wanted to have the best timing possible. He left his house heading to Twilight’s; he took several brief looks to the castle whenever he could see it between the high houses. He continued walking through the streets, some ponies that were at the party greeted him, but he didn’t notice that he was distracted, too focused in his thoughts, but those ponies didn’t know this and maybe they thought wrong. When he finally reached Twilight’s house and knocked on the door, he was at last received by Twilight herself. They greeted each other and Magic Silver came in. The meal was ready; Twilight was working along with Spike to prepare the food. Once Twilight served the meals, Magic Silver and Twilight Sparkle took their seats. Twilight started with a light chat, Magic Silver followed up, but then he brought up something curious:

“Twilight, I must tell you, these straw rolls are very well-dried, perfectly crispy, but what really deserves recognition is this salad. It is perfectly seasoned, and the ingredients… they are the same that my mother used to use only that she used lemon and salt to season the salad instead of oil, but I have to admit the oil does gives an extra flavor to the salad.”

“Thank you, I made them with Spike’s aid,” Twilight Sparkle said.

“Spike is…” Magic Silver asked expectantly.

“The little talking dragon, yes. He’s a great help here in the library. I gave him the day off, I wonder what he will do with his free time now? By the way, you mentioned your mother, where is she living now?” Twilight Sparkle confidently asked.

“She doesn’t,” Magic Silver coldly clarified.

“What do you mean—oh, oh I am so sorry! I didn’t know! Please forgive my lack of tact,” Twilight Sparkle said embarrassed.

“Don’t worry, it doesn’t affect me anymore, but that’s why I left my original home. I didn’t know my father, and when I was still a filly, a cardiac affliction took her away, and the pain was too much. All I wanted was to evade the pain, so I left the city and never came back. Fourteen years had passed and only now the pain is starting to disappear…” Magic Silver finished.

Twilight Sparkle remained silent while she was thinking if asking him more about him or just throwing away the topic if it was so painful for him to think about that. However, she concluded that at least one more non-personal question wasn’t harmful at all.

“And where do you come from? Where is your hometown?” Twilight asked.

“Twilight, I think that doesn’t matter anymore. My past doesn’t matter anymore. It is said that if there’s a god, once you ask him for forgiveness and if this petition is related to your past, he forgets it completely and doesn’t care anymore, so why other should people? Besides, do you make these questions to all your friends? I mean, do you perfectly know in every possible sense to Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, or Fluttershy?” Magic Silver said.

Twilight remained impressed, and yet a bit confused. This could turn into a very awkward conversation, it was true she didn’t know her other friends that well, but she was so curious about this colt. She wanted to know more about him. If he was under a psychological pain, she could at least lead him to unburden from his troubles, so she decided ask him one more question.

“You did something wrong, something bad, something that you are not proud of?” Twilight asked.

And maybe this was too much for him to tell her, knowing her so little, but he stopped to think for some seconds, closed his eyes, and then opened them again and said,

“Yes, Twilight you could say I did wrong things, but the truth is that I am not proud of them, but neither I am ashamed,” Magic Silver coldly said.

Twilight Sparkle remained silent one more time, but this time she was almost shocked. She thought about asking him, “What things?” but then she realized that maybe it’s true, she shouldn’t care about his past, she should care for who is he now. With this realization, she proceeded to finish the topic by saying,

“I’m sorry… it was rude of me to ask you so many questions,” Twilight calmly said.

“Don’t worry; it’s natural that you want to know more about a friend. In time, I will tell you everything about me. I am done with my food, thanks for the lunch. Are you done? We have things to study!” Magic Silver enthusiastically said

“Yes, indeed. Now, how much do you know about magic?” Twilight asked.

“Well, I know all the basics from my mother. I don’t know any bigger spells, I wasn’t accepted at the magic academy back in my town. My field is rather the prestidigitation. I have been practicing clever tricks and creative uses for the basic spells I know. But no, I am very inexpert when it comes to complex spells,” Magic Silver clarified.

“Well, you can start by reading this book from chapter one. In fact, you will have read many books, the field practices will come when you are more advanced in your studies,” Twilight said. Of course, she didn’t mention it, and she hide it pretty well, but she was incredibly excited by the idea of having her own student.

“Hey Twilight, can I call you Ms. Sparkle while we study?” Magic Silver said with enthusiasm.

Twilight chuckled and said, “Okay,” and both of them turned to their own study books. After several minutes of reading and taking some notes (at least Twilight was making the last thing), Magic Silver broke the reigning silence.

“Ms. Sparkle?”

“Yes, Magic Silver?”

“I noticed you have plenty of books about science and natural biology, do you study them as well?” Magic Silver questioned.

“Yes, I study magic books for Princess Celestia’s lessons and science books for my regular scholarly matters.”

“So you are studying magic and science?”

“Yes, that’s it, at least for those who were admitted at the magic academy.”

“You know? I asked you this because, you see, it’s curious. I love books too, and then in a certain book I found a certain fictional character who mastered both the magic arts and science and achieved to rule his natal country using the magic and science. And that’s the whole point of the story: those who are better prepared should have the power, because they are worthy,” Magic Silver said.

Twilight Sparkle remained silent, a little confused, trying to deduce what he meant by that commentary. Finally, she had nothing, so she proceeded to ask for that.

“What are you trying to say? What is your point?”

“My point is: Celestia is probably creating much smarter and more cultured ponies than herself,” Magic Silver stated.

“We are not better prepared than Princess Celestia! She has a thousand years of experience, maybe more. We will never be superior to that level of wisdom, how can someone else be better qualified to rule Equestria? That wouldn’t make sense. Besides, she has preserved Equestria for more than a thousand years, that speaks for itself!” Twilight declared a bit angrily.

“Right, I forgot that you know her that well, my bad. We are distracting us from the studies again, sorry for bringing that up,” Magic Silver apologized and both kept reading. The minutes passed idly for them, but Twilight couldn’t help but look through the window from her spot on her bed. Magic Silver was close-by and noticed this. More minutes passed, but he didn’t want to bring up another distracting conversation, but he felt the needing of ask Twilight if something was distressing her:

“Excuse me, Ms. Sparkle, maybe it’s none of my business but is something wrong? I can see even from here that you are worried about something. What is it?”

Twilight thought about whether to tell him the reason of the concern or not. She barely knew this colt, and they already clashed over a matter, but his concern sounded sincere. Besides, telling him about the problem could help to unload the distress. She sighed and said,

“It’s my brother. He hasn’t written to me, and he promised that after the wedding, he would write me about his days with Cadence, his wife, but too many days have passed. I wouldn’t be so worried if he had written to me during these days, but there is still nothing from him in the post office. I am worried that he forgot about me again or… what if they are in danger and I don’t know!?” Twilight said, starting to get anxious.

Magic Silver noticed she was going to enter emotional distress; he needed to say something relieving. He wasn’t prepared, however, he quickly thought of something.

“Well, Twilight, sometimes when the happiness is great the loved ones tend to forget about everything else, it’s not good to think the worst of the situation. He’s probably trying to write to you, but something is keeping him busy, keeping him from writing to you. Why don’t you send him a letter?” Magic Silver recommended.

“I don’t know where they are. The last thing I know is that the honeymoon was in Manehattan, but where will they go after that? I don’t know.” Frustrated, Twilight put a hoof in her face and said, “He made me a promise…”

“Well, that’s too bad, but maybe you should give him some more time. Besides, they are members of the nobility, if something happens to them, we would know it by the newspapers. Like I said, I don’t think that it’s his fault. Cheer up! If you are so close, then he will write you and let you know he’s alright, he’s happy with her wife and that despite all that, he still loves you and worries about you as well.”

Magic Silver’s words did relieve Twilight. She thought about her concerns and reflected, “Yes, maybe I am being impatient. I should give him some time. After all, he’s my brother, I should trust him”

With this, both decided to return once more to their studies, but in the end, Twilight didn’t tell Magic Silver about an even bigger concern. One more hour passed and Twilight ended her study session with Magic Silver.

“Alright Twilight, these books were pretty interesting, though, some things I already knew. But it’s my turn now. I want to teach you something, and I’ll keep calling you “Ms. Sparkle”.

“Ok,” Twilight Sparkle said with a light smile on her face.

“First of all, we are not going to use any books. My teaching method is completely dynamic, so let’s begin!” Magic Silver finalized. He told Twilight to follow him, and they went downstairs. When they got to the main library, Magic Silver sat down on the floor and told Twilight to do the same.

“To facilitate the learning process, we will proceed to do some meditation. The main reason why it can be difficult to learn new things is that our mind, our subconscious, is locked to process only certain things. We can say we are open to any new knowledge, but the truth is we don’t. That’s why so many ponies has so much talent for one or more things, but there are things where these ponies are awful; they have their mind blocked for that knowledge.”

Twilight was skeptical at first, but then she remembered that lesson she learned from Pinkie Pie’s “Pinkie Sense”, so she acceded to do this, Magic Silver told Twilight to close her eyes, and he did the same. Seated with their eyes closed, Magic Silver said,

“Let’s begin with focusing on one thing, particularly an object. Visualize it and put the same concentration as you would with another spell.”

“Why an object?” Twilight asked.

“Questions at the end,” Magic Silver interrupted.

Twilight started doing this, but while she had her eyes closed, Magic Silver opened his own eyes and observed Twilight. He wondered what she would be thinking. After three minutes, he saw Twilight’s horn starting to glow, but it wasn’t the normal transparent glow. It was like if her horn was made of light, and then something started growing from the horn. At first, it seemed like a tentacle of light, but it started to gain form. Magic Silver couldn’t tell what it was, but more than that, he was impressed that Twilight accomplished something so complicated so fast. Of course, Twilight wasn’t aware of this, and just when the light construct was finishing to complete its form, a headache broke Twilight’s concentration, and the light-constructed figured disappeared. Putting her left hoof to her head, Twilight said,

“Oough… is this supposed to hurt?”

Magic Silver, still amazed, didn’t let much time pass after his reply and said,

“No… Not exactly… but if your head hurts, it means that you were advancing on unlocking those parts of your mind that are closed… just, I didn’t think you would make it so soon.”

“Now that you mention it, I remember something like this in a book, and I think that was scientifically explained, but where did I put it? Oh yes, I think it’s there on the top of that bookshelf.” Twilight tried to levitate a book on a shelf on the left side of the library, but it was too tight between other books, so she couldn’t grab it by only trying to levitate it. Thus, she grabbed a ladder and climbed to the top of the bookshelf/ Magic Silver got a little nervous at this and, like if he was in some sort of hurry, said,

“Twilight, I don’t think that is necessary. I already told you it’s a mind thing, you’re going to find the very same I already told you. There’s no need to check it!”

As Magic Silver was trying to persuade her, she was already at the top of the ladder. Twilight, now on the ladder, tried to levitate the book with more strength, but she was going to bring down the other books and create a mess, so she used her hooves to hold the books to the sides, and she tried one more time. This time, the book was coming out, but still was very tight, and Twilight was applying much force on her levitation spell to take it out. So when the book finally came out, it did so forcibly and quickly that it hit Twilight in the face, knocking her off of the ladder.

“Twilight!!” Magic Silver shouted. As quick as he could, he grabbed Twilight with his levitation magic five feet before touching the ground.

“Twilight, you gave me an awful scare! Be more careful next time, you could ask me for help!” Magic Silver said with concern.

But Twilight, still being levitated, had her eyes closed embracing for the impact. When she realized that she didn’t hit the ground, she opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Magic Silver’s worried eyes. She saw his lips moving, but she couldn’t hear anything. Was she deaf now? If that was the case, she didn’t care much. All that she could do was look at the eyes of Magic Silver as his lips kept moving. Were they always this bright? Like two golden globes, in a matter of seconds, Twilight realized that maybe she was lost in his eyes. If that was the case, she didn’t want “to be found”. Magic Silver put Twilight on the ground, but she was still gone, so Magic Silver kept trying to make Twilight react.

“Twilight! Can you hear me!? Twilight Sparkle!” But still she didn’t said anything, something that Magic Silver noticed was that Twilight’s eyes were like if she was going to cry. He didn’t know how to interpret this and he kept trying one more time. Putting both hooves on Twilight’s face and leaning his face to hers to make a louder message, he shouted,

“Twilight Sparkle, are you there!!!???”

This took Twilight out of her trance. She quickly shook her head several times and said,

“Y-yes, yes I am, thanks for saving me there! I—ah I don’t know what happened to me, I am sorry if I worried you.”

“Yes, but are you sure you are ok? Don’t you want me to get you something to drink? I think you were in a serious shock, so if you want me to stay here and I don’t know, talk? Or you want some time alone?” Magic Silver asked.

“Actually, I think…” Twilight still looking at the Magic Silver’s eyes said, “I need that time alone. I have to deal with another issue besides the ‘shock’.”

“Oh, ok. Tomorrow at the same hour?” Magic Silver questioned.

Twilight Sparkle stood there thinking for a moment and said, “No… you can take tomorrow for you. Think about it as an off-classes day.”

“Oh, alright… see you… soon Twilight,” and Magic Silver left, and Twilight was alone with a mix of feelings. There was no real shock for the nearly would-be lethal fall, instead she had a feeling that she never felt before, and she needed to talk about it with someone, and she already knew who that would be.

The next day, she left her house heading to Rarity’s. When she got there, she knocked the door and almost immediately Rarity attended her.

“Hello Twilight! To what do I owe the pleasure?” Rarity happily said.

“Well, I want to know if we can talk about something.”

“Dear, you can tell me everything, please come in.”

Twilight entered into the boutique, and she got a big surprise when she saw Magic Silver there cutting fabrics with levitating scissors.

“Um, Rarity, what is he doing here?” Twilight asked.

“Him? Oh he is working with me now. I hired him yesterday in the evening. He seemed needy of a job. At first, I gave him the task of cutting fabrics and he does it well, but then he offered to help me with the accounting and he is much faster than I am for that. With him helping me with those tasks, I can concentrate on designing and concoct ensembles. He is such a good worker, it’s good to have a pair of extra hooves helping me here. And between you and me, it’s kind of exciting having such a handsome colt working with me,” she giggled.

Twilight raised an eyebrow and said,

“Yes… that’s part of what I want to talk with you. It’s personal, and I think you may have experience in this, so I’ll like it if tomorrow around six’ o'clock, we meet at the coffee shop that is a few blocks from my house. You know which one.”

“Yes dear, I will be there.”

And Twilight left Rarity’s house. Twilight was now loaded with not one, but three different concerns. There is the lack of communication from his brother, the fact that Princess Celestia hasn’t written to her since the last letter, and now Magic Silver. She knows she got lost in his eyes, but why? Was there a logical reason? Or was an… emotional reason? And this is what Twilight Sparkle feared the most.

The next morning, Magic Silver’s lessons started all over again. This time, Twilight Sparkle gave him much more reading to make. Magic Silver, of course, agreed to this. The time passed idly, almost dull, with no conversation from each other. Magic Silver had the assignment of reading some specific chapters from three books. While he was reading, once again he couldn’t help but watch Twilight Sparkle there, uneasy, concerned. But Magic Silver tried to not say anything; this time he wanted her to tell him her problems by her own volition, so he remained silent. By the time he finished reading, he told Twilight Sparkle what he learned and looked forward to sharing with her his knowledge, but she refused.

“Well, that’s all the class day for you. I have a very important compromise, so I’m afraid I don’t have time for practicing with you. So, maybe tomorrow? I’ll be completely free. Besides, you have work to do at Rarity’s boutique.”

“Yes, but my shift starts in about four hours! I do have time. Besides, when is your other compromise? I can at least give some useful advices, and I promise it won’t take long.”

Twilight Sparkle agreed to this, and Magic Silver proceeded to give her the tips for many already known spells for her. As Magic Silver said, this didn’t take much time, and he was about to leave, but Twilight Sparkle said goodbye and walked with him to the door, but it was in a very hasty and almost harsh way. Magic Silver noticed this and when he was outside the library’s doorstep, Twilight closed the door behind him and he said, hoping that she would listen.

“Twilight, I don’t know if you feel alright, but if you don’t, you know you can tell anything! Whatever it is, you don’t have to take it alone…”

He didn’t hear anything in response, so he finally said,

“At least promise me that you will practice all my advices so far!”

“I promise,” Twilight said behind the door and Magic Silver was ready to leave and during the road home Magic Silver thought,

“I don’t know what’s wrong with you, Twilight, but you are making this unnecessarily difficult for yourself.”

Twilight found herself feeling bad because she felt she was acting like surly and unconfident with someone who was only offering a friendly hoof, but this was a problem for which she will seek help with another friend of hers.

6:22PM

Rarity was still waiting for Twilight to show up, and she presented herself twenty minutes later. Rarity didn’t say anything more about that except for a little joke.

“Once again, I was the one who came much too early.”

“I’m sorry Rarity I was… I had things to do before this.”

Both ordered cups of tea, and Rarity started the conversation.

“So, you wanted to talk about something?”

Twilight thought for two minutes and said,

“Yes… I’ve been feeling very nervous and concerned. You see, I haven’t received any news from my brother since the day of the wedding, and he promised me to keep in touch more than ever before. I don’t know if something is wrong or he just forgot his promise… none of the possibilities comforts me… and there’s also Celestia.”

“What is wrong about the Princess?”

“She hasn’t replied to my letter I sent to her fifteen days ago, that only adds another concern.”

Rarity took a sip of tea and said, “Well, why don’t you go and spend a visit to your brother, and after, to Princess Celestia.”

Twilight passed a hoof through her mane and said, “That’s the problem, I don't know where Shining Armor and Cadence are. I would know if he writes to me, and for Princess Celestia, I am planning to pay her a visit to the castle, but before I want to deal with another thing, and that’s why I want your advices and answers.”

“What is it, dear?”

“It’s about Magic Silver.”

“What about him?” Rarity asked.

“Well, I have been feeling pretty nervous and only when he is around. This started the day I met him, but it was something so tiny, I almost couldn’t feel it, but it got much worse a few days ago.”

“What happened?” Rarity asked, now really interested.

“A few days ago, we were in a reading session and I almost had an accident on a ladder trying to reach a book. I closed my eyes, embracing for the impact, but he caught me with his magic, and the first thing I saw were his eyes. I never saw them so bright, so...” Twilight tried to find another word to not create a misunderstanding, but she couldn’t, and only finished,

“I think it’s fair to say I got lost in his eyes.”

“And why do you think that was?” Rarity questioned Twilight.

“I’m not sure,but I’m afraid this is an emotional issue because if it is, and I have feelings for him, I don't want to ruin our friendship because he wouldn’t feel the same. He is willing to support me, and he is doing his best to be a good friend.”

“Well, dear, you say you always felt this way when you are around him, but it got worse after that day in the library?” Rarity took another sip of tea, while Twilight was remaining silent and expectant. “Now I know what happens...” Twilight was now fully attending for Rarity’s answer. “You find him attractive, that is all.”

“What?” Twilight said, more amazed by the simplicity of her answer more than anything else.

“It is not an emotional issue, well at least not necessarily. You have to make up your mind if you really feel something for him, other than knowing that he has beautiful eyes.”

“Well, now that I think about it... No, not really.”

“Then, there you have your answer. There are no feelings involved... well other than appreciating his appearance, there is none. You don’t have to worry for that anymore Twilight, this is totally natural. Twilight, I knew you were new to interact with other colts, but I never thought you were this new. Well the good news is that you should not keep feeling this way with him.”

“And what is your advice then?” Twilight asked.

“Enjoy the sight! Twilight, it’s exactly what I do. There might not be romantic interests, but you at least can appreciate what you see: his eyes, his mane... his flank,” Rarity giggled.

“Rarity!” Twilight exclaimed.

Rarity chuckled and said,

“Well, that’s my advice, and you asked me!”

“So all that you are say is that I think he is... hot?”

“Well, that is a vulgar way to say it, but yes, that is what I am saying.”

Twilight Sparkle,stood there, thinking about what Rarity said, and then she made another question with the intention of receiving more advice.

“There’s another thing...”

“What is it, Twilight?”

“I also feel a bit unsafe with Magic Silver, because he hides something as small as his place of birth from me. Why would someone hide such basic information? I mean, what is so bad about his hometown, or what he did there that he can’t even reveal something so small?”

“Twilight, everybody has their secrets, and everybody has their own reasons to keep them, but that is no reason to distrust someone. Besides,what you do know about him?”

“Well, actually he told me plenty about him when we had a lunch together. He told me he used to work in a bookstore back in Canterlot, and he told me why he likes the legends so much. He says that legends are like fiction written by god, not so true, but not lies either. In fact, he told me many other things about him, just except for his birthplace... maybe I’m really distrusting him for such small secret...”

“Don’t worry, that is not a reason to feel bad. Having a male friend is similar to have a regular female friend, but the notable differences: we, the mares, are used to having much more secrets than the colts, but they are more unconfident and discreet about them. But of course that doesn’t mean they are bad friends. I am sure that one day he will open to you.”

Twilight remained thinking for a minute and finally said,

“Yeah, maybe I am pushing him too much. Before he can give his confidence, I have to give him my own confidence. Thanks Rarity, I knew you would understand me.”

After that, Rarity and Twilight had a brief and light chat about other matters before asking for the bill, and with each portion paid, both said goodbye to each other and headed to their homes.

Several days passed as Twilight Sparkle and Magic Silver continued sharing knowledge. For Twilight, these days were enjoyable to say the least. Since her talk with Rarity, she felt that now her mind was much more relaxed and comfortable at least. As regards for Magic Silver, she was still feeling nervous around him, but it was a comfortable nervousness. She still had the concerns about Princess Celestia and her brother, Shining Armor, but now, somehow they were more bearable. She wondered if she was distracted now by Magic Silver.

Some more days passed and both learned a lot from each other. Twilight learned to make quicker changes of matter when using those kinds of spells, as well as being able to concentrate the magic with more ease. But Magic Silver, he was taking the things easily and calmly (at least for what respects to his “studies”). He was a good student and teacher. In fact, both of them proved themselves as teachers and students. It was during these days that Twilight finally, after a month and a half, received a letter from her brother. In the letter, Shining Armor explained that he delayed so much time because he was busy with duties on the royal guard. All the captains were assembled to discuss and prepare new measures after the crisis with the changelings on Canterlot. He told her in the letter that more contingency plans were made to face another threat like the changelings, now more than ever due to the changelings and their queen were now living in this world. Investigations were going to be made to find out where the changelings came from, but that was another issue. He also confessed that because of his military obligations, Cadence was suffering the same loneliness as Twilight. Even when Twilight felt bad for Cadence, who maybe was passing through something worse, she also felt incredibly happy after so many days of concern. Twilight at least received a letter from her brother. She hoped that this was the beginning of being close to her brother once again.

A day after that, before the study lesson, Twilight said to Magic Silver about his progress and the first real magic practices.

“You have been diligent with your studies, Magic Silver. Due to your advance with the theory books, I think now it’s time to begin your practice with what you have learned in theory. Given that you already know all the basic spells, we will begin with the mid-level. You will have to try a teleportation spell. Let’s begin with a small object like this apple.” Twilight levitated an apple and put it in front of Magic Silver. “Well, let’s begin with the basics of teleportation: transport small objects to places that you actually can see. Teleport this apple from this room to the kitchen. Now don’t get frustrated, even with all the reading and research I made the first time, I tried and failed. I had to try several more times, but let’s go calmly, let’s see how you do it.”

Magic Silver briefly focused on the apple. He closed his eyes for a second, and then he proceeded. He quickly teleported the apple from the main library to the kitchen with his first try. Twilight didn’t know if she was more confused or amazed. That was a spell, a mid-level spell, but even such an ordinary spell took weeks for her to master it.

“Wha—how did you do that? I mean… I thought you said… how could you-…” Twilight couldn’t process the confusion. Magic Silver just did a half complex spell with the first try; he wasn’t supposed to make it.

“How did you make it? I thought you said you had no talent!”

“Yes, I know. I didn’t know this was going to happen… I think this is… whoa, Ms. Sparkle this discovery has me just as or more amazed than you. This is unbelievable!”

Twilight remained silent for a moment, thinking. This was not a real discovery if he was so talented in the first place, why did he hide it? Why had he lied about his skills at magic… Why?? If he was lying about this, then what else could he be lying about?? Twilight resolved that she didn’t want any more lies it was clear now that she wouldn’t get any straight answers from Magic Silver; she had to discover the truth by herself. Finally, Twilight broke the her silence and calmly said,

“Yes, it seems you had a special talent locked all this time. This will make the learning process faster. Let’s pass to the next lesson.”

The session continued normally with Twilight watching as Magic Silver made many other successful spells (but not all) within the first try. Now, Twilight was more intrigued than amazed. She wanted to know the truth, the real truth about this colt. Twilight’s lesson ended and Magic Silver’s lesson started. His lesson was all about illusions, who cast them, and how to maintain them using just a reflection and some light. When the lesson ended and before he parted, Twilight asked Magic Silver for his former domicile back in Canterlot.

“Number 792 of the 72 street. But why do you ask, Twilight?”

“Oh, well, just curiosity. I lived in Canterlot for most of my life. I want to know if you resided near some place memorable for me.”

“That’s great, I hopefully did. Goodbye Twilight, see you tomorrow.”

“Oh, actually, tomorrow you can take the day? I have something to do in Canterlot, so we will see past tomorrow, okay Magic Silver?”

“…Ok Twilight, have a nice day.”

The next day,Twilight gave Spike some instructions for the house maintenance, due to the fact that she was going to be outside for most of the day. She prepared for a trip to Canterlot, thinking all the thing she needed to investigate. She boarded the train and headed to Canterlot. Once she arrived, she quickly headed to the domicile that Magic Silver gave her. Of course, she had to ask for directions. When she finally arrived to the mentioned place, she saw an old colt, an Earth pony, sweeping the portion of street of his house that was next to another that had a sign of “FOR SALE” in the front of its lawn. Twilight leaned to the old colt and asked him,

“Good morning,” Twilight greeted, and she was greeted too by the colt, “excuse me, did you know a colt named Magic Silver?”

“Magic Silver…? Oh yes that unicorn. Yes, I met him. He resided in that house to the left for a little more than a half month. He was a good neighbor, though a bit retracted, but a good neighbor in the end, and he wasn’t an annoyance at all while he lived here.”

Twilight somehow was not surprised at all by this. Another lie of Magic Silver. He said he lived in Canterlot for 15 years, and this old colt says it was just half a month.

“But why do you ask, lady?”

“Oh, it’s just that I know him. He’s living in a town a train trip from here. I was just visiting Canterlot, and he recommended to me a fantastic restaurant near his former house, and I thought about giving it a check.”

“But the nearest restaurant is five blocks from here,” the old colt said.

“Yeah, I think he has a strange sense of humor. By the way, did you see when he moved here to that house, did you see the name of the moving company in the cargo carriage?”

“Yes,” the colt said.

“And that company was?” Twilight asked.

“I think the name was… A to B Moving Co.”

“Thanks, sir. Goodbye and have a nice day.”

“Yes, you too young lady,” the old colt said.

Twilight now had only one thing left to investigate about Magic Silver. He at least had to give to the moving company his real residence. Once again asking for directions, Twilight managed to find a branch office of the moving company. Luckily enough, that was the only branch office of that company in the whole city. When she got to the reception, she had to lie in order to see the paperwork of the moving service for Magic Silver. Luckily, the receptionist and the other clerks recognized her from the newspapers. Her lie about this being part of an important service assigned by Princess Celestia herself worked almost immediately. Once they gave her the papers, Twilight proceeded to read them. She found already known information of Magic Silver, but when she found the part of “Birthplace” she saw in that line was Canterlot. At this, Twilight began to grow disappointed and afraid of Magic Silver. Why did he have to lie about such simple things? Was he lying too about all the other aspects of himself that he told her? But why? Why?? These were the only questions that roamed Twilight’s mind. That was enough; she found all she needed. Disappointed, she resolved that she was going to confront Magic Silver for all his lies. “To whom the hell did I give my friendship??” Twilight thought.

The rest of the day and night she thought about it, prepared the words, and the way she was going confront Magic silver. She decided that it would be during their normal study session.

The next day, at the same hour, Magic Silver came promptly as always. Twilight received him and greeted him, but with coldness. When Magic Silver fully entered the house, Twilight took a deep breath and said,

“Magic Silver, before we start our studies, there’s something really important I want to talk with you. It’s a serious matter.”

Magic Silver, still giving her the back, put a cynical smile in his face and calmly said,

“Go ahead Twilight, I’m all ears.”