“When we, when I tried to draw out your magic, I felt something blocking me s-so I j-just, you know, forced it out of the w-way... I didn’t know it was holding your magic back! I swear!” Her eyes meeting mine now, wide with fear. She knows she fucked up, I know she fucked up, why wouldn’t she just stop when there’s something stopping her or even ask me for permission first?

Did this happen when he was a sleep?

She shakes her head no, “the elements and princesses seem unfazed by its affects, not sure why but, your okay not wearing it when it’s just me or the others around”

It’s because of the elements of harmony, isn’t it?

“Dragons are generally magic resistant so he should be fine however, if he tells Rarity because you know he tells her everything, she will tell the whole town! Listen, I love Rarity, she’s a great friend, buts she’s a terrible gossiper”

If she’s telling everyone, then she’s not a terrible gossiper. It means she’s too good at it.

I look back at the collar, he’s going to ask why I’m not wearing it if it’s for my safety so shits pretty much on always no matter what huh.

What does he mean by that?

Personally I prefer the moon and the stars but, ever so often you need some sunshine to give you energy otherwise your crusin for a brusin when your missing out on that sweet vitamin D, emphasis on the D.

Was that a sex joke?

She’s taken aback from my outburst as her usually pranks never get me this riled up, at least not this quick. Her ears go flat against her head and as she runs her forleg with her other hoof. “Sorry, I just wanted to get you back for the other day..”

What happened the other day?

“Well I can’t imagine you’ll do anything like that for me seeing how your gay and all”

Rainbows face turns beat red as she punches my arm. “I’m not gay! Stop saying that!” That one seems to always get her. I laugh to myself pleased with my success at making her lose her cool.

Yea, she’s technically a lesbian.

She looks at me with disbelief, “Um, you know the city of Prance?”

Ohh, I see what you did there.

“Whatever, do they got got chocolate chip cookie dough?” If you don’t think that’s the best ice cream than you need a new tongue.

Anything with cookie in it, I’m probably eating.

This new popularity I have causes me to always be on guard, trying not to give any misinterpreted actions or any mistake that could cause me difficulty fitting in.

What misinterpreted actions can he make?

“Ow... jeez okay okay” I use my off hand to motion settle down, if your confused on what I mean by that, imagine I’m pushing something down with a flat hand away from me.

Still can’t imagine it, but I’ll try.

My words clearly seem to hit home as Rainbow refrains from any snarky comment and instead settles for holding out her hoof toward me.

Ah yes, nonverbal communication. I meet Rainbows hoof with my clenched fist, a ‘hoofbump’ if you will.

Oh, I thought it was a high five at first.

Not only does that make no sense seeing how humans and ponies are completely different species but, wow he’s incredibly stereotypical, like incredibly similar to any racist farmer troupe.

I didn’t know that was a troupe.

Now I said before, most of the ponies I’ve met have been wonderful however, every society still seems to have its heros no matter where you go. I try to ignore the other stares from ponies as I hustle back, it begins to make me very uncomfortable without a distraction.

Heros?

Oh I remember! Feeling suspiciously well suddenly! “That reminds me, I’ve actually been feeling really good lately, I haven’t even had trouble sleeping. Plus today I was full of energy after a little nap, like more than normal” I say starting with a tone of excitement only to develop into confusion. The realization starting to sink in, maybe this isn’t a good thing, especially coming right after my incident. “Do you think I should be worried or something? Just seems kinda weird after... you know”

Maybe his depression got transferred to someone.

I looked to Twi, her face in a frown but distracted from her previous thoughts. Well that wasn’t cheerful at all what the fuck am I doing? “I’ve never told anyone that before, that I’m scared of being alone. I didn’t mean to make you more sad Twilight but know that since I’ve been here I haven’t felt that fear at all. You girls have been more than helpful, and I feel like I should do something in return”

Then why was he still depressed?

RD picked my favorite ice cream

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Alright alright Let’s tackle this again the same way as before and thanks again for reading this.
1. No, same time as the incident just Twilights perspective a little
2. Yep
3. Fuck your right, will change
4. If spike sees him not wearing it and it’s for his safety, he likely will suspect something else is up or that it’s not actually for his safety
5. Perhaps
6. Not important but I can add something the next time our human meets rainbow to hint toward what he did just for you Pete
7. Is she really? Is that confirmed? I don’t know much about the show now
8. Terrible pun
9. Agreeable
10. Idk look scary? Think of people that have prejudice views and imagine he’s almost seen like a monster currently, so anything he might do could be taken in the worst way possible, like him approaching a filly to help tie her shoe might first come off like he’s gonna eat her or something stupid. Ponies are naturally herbivores so they are easily startled
11. I try, trust me I try
12. Never seen a racist hick in a movie?
13. Sarcasm
14. I can’t answer this question without spoiling
15. He’s grateful for their friendship however, there’s more he’s holding back. That was him revealing something about himself that he wouldn’t normally and maybe in the future we will discover the rest of his problems (wink)
I hate to fill the whole chat up with my response so sorry for that, hope I was able to answer your questions and thanks for pointing out that slip up.

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2nd fav, can’t go wrong

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Thanks for answering my questions. I can’t believe you responded to them.

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Lol why wouldn’t I? You took the time to read and ask questions, I should take the time to answer them!

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I do have one more question. That thing that she was drawing out of him. Was that his magic or what was it something blocking his magic?

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Twilight wanted to draw out his magic assuming he had some however once she attempted to there was something unusual. That’s where the blocking part comes into play, although we don’t know what it is that blocks his magic from coming out, Twilight removes it to get to his magic and in doing so has removed the only thing keeping it back. It’s pouring out of him now

Also I’m calling it for tonight’s session, currently at 2,100 words and I feel like I just started the chapter lol

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Oh ok

Twilight looks down to the collar, it does indeed have that engraved into the metal tag attached. “Oh, sorry. It’s an old collar for if I ever had a familiar. I’ll remove that” she says with a giggle.

Ok, wtf Twilight. I expect that from Pinkie, but you?

Great chapter, man. I really like how you've set up the conflict for our main character. (There's no way this has a easy fix, and I wonder what the fix will cost.)

I think that Twilight, being the closest to Joe right now, is starting to suffer the effects of Joe's 'bad magic'. She is apologizing a lot, and cried more than once in this episode.

This is a really interesting story. Kind of a happy/drama mix.

Ah yes, wearing a collar will ruin the healthy sex life you're actively engaged in as you seek to woo the locals that you're totally into... Is that really so important? You literally created patient zero from some tally wacker waving.

“You watch were you stare creature, and stay away from our mares, we don’t need any more of your ugly kind around here” He finishes while spitting to the side.

Bro didn’t want to suffer the effects of Cotton eyed Joe.

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There are so many puns I’ve missed out on with the name Joe and it keeps me up at night. I could’ve wrote this whole story and on my intended last chapter just left on a Joe mama joke. It would’ve been legendary

It's hard for me to read but I'll give it a chance and add it to read later here's hoping the chapters get better

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I appreciate the read and if it ain’t for ya it ain’t for ya.

Idk if its just me but this feels kinda..... rushed? feels like it moves quickly

I do like Joey and Dashs bromance tho, I wanna stick around for it