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Prologue1,543 words
Chapter 1: Bracelet of Mystery1,137 words
Chapter 2: Enter The Dragon1,467 words
Chapter 3: Strange town and stranger faces1,964 words
Chapter 4: Magic Revealed2,230 words

Chapter 4: Magic Revealed

Chapter 4

Magic Revealed

Mark stared at the library with wide eyes. He was surprised that the town's library was actually built into a large tree. It frame towered upwards at least three stories with balconies jotting out from the branches. What really caught his attention however, were the doors that lead into the library. He chuckled a bit when he noticed it looked like a stable door.

Mark looked at twilight and commented “So you live in the library.”

Twilight continued along as she replied, “It's really quite nice. There is a study upstairs and a nice basement for my experiments.” She replied.

Mark thought to himself “Well at least I'll be able to find something to read while I'm here.”

Mark ducked under the doorframe as he followed Twilight inside. As he took his time looking about the room Twilight had levitated her saddle bags off and had laid them next to the coat rack near the door. Noticing someone was missing twilight walked across the room. Turning her head into an adjacent hallway she spoke, “Hey Spike, come meet our new guest.”

Mark watched as a small scaly creature came around the corner. The creature appeared to be wearing a pink apron and was holding a salad prong in his claw. On the way over Twilight had explained that Spike was a baby dragon. Mark had imagined Spike to be a bit taller, the one thing he hadn't imagined though was Spike's colour palette. His hide was a light shade of purple with a soft green patch running along his belly. He couldn't help but admit that it made him look cute.

Spike jumped as he saw Mark towering behind twilight. In a split second spikes expression changed from shock to excitement as he ran past twilight up to get a better look.

Twilight smiled as she introduced Mark “Spike, this is Mark. He will be staying with us for the night.”

Spike looked up at Mark as a big grin spread across his face, “Hey, another dragon awesome!” Spike head suddenly turned as the sound of an egg timer ranging from the kitchen caught his attention. "Ohh, the hay fries are done." he said as he bolted down the hall.

“Supper should be ready soon. Feel free to look around until then.” Twilight said as she followed Spike into the kitchen.

Mark glanced around the room for something to occupy his time. He soon spotted a large book sitting on a nearby book stand. “Equestrian Encyclopedia” was written on the cover. Mark pulled up a chair and began to browse through it. The first thing he searched for was information on dragons.

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The smell of fresh fries wafted through the kitchen as the gang ate dinner. As time went by Twilight and Mark began to discuss Equestrian history. However the conversation quickly turned into a game of 20 questions as Mark asked questions in rapid secession wanting to know more about the world at large.

Mark lowered his fork as he put his hand to his face. Twilight latest explanation was driving him for a loop. “So let me get this straight. You have two rulers, who are sisters…and princesses?” He paused as he took a breath, “and yet no king or queen before them.”

Twilight swallowed a leaf and replied “Well I'm sure the princesses had parents but Equestria has never had kings or queens, what’s so weird about that?”

Mark opened his mouth to reply when a thought occurred. “Maybe the government system wasn’t exactly like royalty from back home, but still why no queens.” Trying to think harder about the subject only continued to make his head hurt. After getting his thoughts back together he decided to ask some questions that would hopefully answer how he got here. Thinking back to when he was in the field he remembered the map that had lead him here had appeared from his bracelet simply by thought alone and this got him thinking. "This might seem like a silly question but, can dragons do magic?"

Twilight put her hoof to her chin as she replied "Well Spike can send letters with his fire. I've read that some dragons can even use elemental magic like fire, ice, and wind. Why do you ask?"

Mark pondered how to explain his situation and replied "Well this might sound strange but, I have only been a dragon for a day."

Twilight stared at Mark confused "What do you mean? Are you saying you were turned into a dragon by a dragon?"

Mark scratched the back of his head "Well no, but I woke up as one."

Twilight merely stared at Mark "I'm not sure where you're going with this."

Mark replied as he put his claws together "What I meant was that the only reason I came here was because when I woke up this strange map appeared from this bracelet and lead me here." Mark stretched out his arm letting twilight get a look at the bracelet.

Twilight's eyes scanned the bracelets fine detail. The dragon eye symbol caught her attention the most. The red gem that made up the pupil seemed to glow from an unknown light source. As Twilight stared into the eye she felt a strange sensation run up her horn. Whatever this bracelet was something powerful was sending energy to it.

Mark watched as a worried look came over twilight face. "What's the matter, Is something wrong?"

Twilight quickly swiped the worried look off her face and replied "I don't know. I've never seen symbols like this before. But whatever it is it can wait until after we eat." Without saying another word twilight continued eating her salad now deep in thought.

It was roughly 7:30 when the group finished dinner. Twilight was in full swing as she levitated several books towards her forming several towers around her. Several books now lay splayed open upon on the floor as she scanned them for information.

Not wanting to get in the way Mark began searching through the shelves for a book to read. He was surprised when he came across a book labeled “slumber 101” he couldn’t help but think why someone would write a book on that kind of subject. As he continued his search he started talking with spike. “So you have met other dragons before?”

Spike scratched the back of his neck and replied “Yeah though the one I met sort of wanted to kill me.”

Marks eyes shot wide at the comment “What?”

“Well I can see how now, I was kind of eating his gems.” Spike replied as he scratched the back of his neck. “How was I supposed to know a cave full of gems could be owned by someone?” Mark smirked and continued to pan through the shelves.

His search was quickly interrupted as twilight got his attention. "Mark I think I found something useful." she said as she levitated a large book over to a nearby pedestal. A silhouette of a unicorn with his horn glowing adorned the cover, the title reading, Magical Energy and U. Mark had to admit the title was a little funny and the author probably couldn’t resist the pun.

Using her magic Twilight flipped through several pages until she stopped at a special section. The section was split into two pages each seeming completely opposite of each other. The outline of the left page had smooth curved lines of blue while the right page had seemly random lines of red running around its edges. Clearing her throat she read the first page out loud, “In the natural world two magic energies constantly exist. Pure/blue energy which is filtered controllable magic. Most magic spells pull in pure energy to form them. In most cases pure energy is easier to control than its counterpart.”

Marks eyes floated down to his bracelet as twilight continued to read. “Chaotic/red energy is considered the opposite of pure energy. Chaotic energy is also known as dark magic for its unfiltered properties. However, chaotic energy is known to be the stronger of the two energies.” Both pages made references to Discord and the elements of harmony neither of which Mark knew about at this point, although the name discord seemed oddly familiar to him.

Twilight looked over at Marks wrist and gestured him closer "Mark let me see your bracelet again."

Mark walked next to Twilight stretching his arm out in front of her. From what he had heard so far the two colours of gems on his bracelet made a little more sense now.

"What if the gems on your bracelet are somehow connected to both sides of the magic spectrum? Imagine the possibilities have having access to both at the same time. But I've never heard of anything like this being made."

Mark looked at his wrist "Wait, are you saying I have access to magic in the palm of my hand...um claw."

"I don't know but whatever this is it has the ability to channel massive amount of magic, and I think something has made a connection to it." Twilight began to reach for another book when a thought occurred to her "Mark at dinner you said you woke up as a dragon what did you mean by that?"

Mark scratched his chin as he thought of how to respond. Lowering his hand to his wrist he explained. "Well i wasn't originally a dragon. I really just found this bracelet today. Apparently it was some sort of family heirloom I got when my uncle past away." He began to move his arms as he continued "So I decided to try it on to see how it would fit and then this strange energy over took me. Next thing you know I am in the middle of a forest in a land of talking ponies."

Twilight rubbed her chin and responded "Oh I see." She paused for second as she took in his explanation "Wait if you became a dragon then what were you before?"

Mark thought for a while on how to explain. From what he had looked up, there were no humans in this world but he had found something close. "Well this might sound strange but I am actually from another universe. We call ourselves humans, mostly imagine me now only without scales and a tale and you come pretty close."

Twilight merely stared forward as she tried to take in the situation. A being from another universe was standing in her library and this being had somehow been transformed into a dragon. She'd never heard of such a spell in all her studies. The dragon could be lying to her but what use would making up such a grand tale serve. On the other hand even with all her studying she couldn't know everything. As her thoughts swam she replied "I've never of such magic before let alone the ability to travel to alternate worlds. I've only see that kind of stuff in comic books and even then it's not very accurate." She paused as she stopped herself from going on into one of her librarian rants. Turning to Mark she continued "I wish I could help you more but I really don't know where to go from here. But i'll keep looking to see if I can find something."

As the night went on twilight and Mark began to exchange facts about each other world. Sometime during the evening Pinkie Pie had brought a cake to welcome Mark to Ponyville. As twilight escorted Pinkie out of the library she glanced at the clock. Noticing the time she looked at Mark and said "Wow, pretty late isn't it."

Mark found himself yawning as he finished the last slice of cake "Yeah I hadn't really noticed."

As Twilight locked the front door for the night she replied "I will just go and set up the spare bed I have. I'll only be a minute."

Before going to bed Mark went to the second floor balcony and looked up at the stars. Despite him being on a completely different world the stars reminded him of home.

Somewhere around midnight his bracelet began to admit a low light. In his mind he began to dream. He stood in a large cave lit by torches that emitted more light than they should have been able to. The room was empty except for a shadowy figure sitting at a desk at the far end. Mark steps echoed through the cave as walked closer to the desk. Mark jumped as the figure stood up and turned to face him. The creature stepped into the light revealing it to be marks dragon form. Its large eyes peered at him with the expression of concern. Clearing its throat it spoke with a deep tone, “We need to talk.”

Author's Note:

Well finally got this chapter re written now to go to new things