Most of us are all afraid of the dark, but not all of us are. When one embraces this darkness, he is sent to another world. A land full of ponies. But there is something wrong, his heart might become darkness itself.
'Nother Character Tag: Changeling, and Shining Armor. A boy who is ordinary, all except for one thing. He loves the night, everything about it. The cool fresh air, the darkness, so it was a dream to be chosen by it. But he didn't know he would go into a new world, and that world had great good. . . and great evil. Two paths he can take, good or evil, love or hate, magic or witchcraft. Always with many choices. Sorry in advance for all the typos, I hope to make very few, but I am a dreamer.
I was always a fan of the night, and that's how it started. I decided, when I was ten, to go out, and look at the stars, each night, and I have. Every night. I still do things in the day, but I loved the night. I stayed awake, under the brilliant moon, full or empty, as long as it was there. I'm now fifteen, I still go out at night, each night. But only if I stayed in, those three nights, those three nights.
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I was out, under the blood moon, even though it was redder than blood. It was also a blue moon, which was funny because it was crimson. Laying in the soft grass, a soft brush of the wind, feeling lost in the sky, the lights were ruining it, but that's how it went.
I was in a city, not a big city like New York or Washington, but a small one, one that you knew a few people on your block. There was a population of about eight hundred. Many would call it small, but I love to call subtle, hidden in plain sight.
I was ready to get up, but I didn't want to. I wanted this peace to continue, but I had to go in. When I finally decided to go in, I was stopped, by a whisper, in my head, in my heart, in my essence. A whisper, to tell me, and it was from, from the moon itself. It wanted my help, it needed it. I was scared, and excited, and anything and everything in between. I listened to my sensible side, and got into my room as quick as I could, I looked around. At my nerdy posters, at my organized chaos, at the moon, the moon that wanted me.
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That day at school, we had a test, a computer test, might I add, and a test meant free (quiet) time after we were done. I finished quickly, with three questions wrong, testes on a computer were good for me, my teacher (Mr. Oplis, but he has us call him O, if he likes us that is) tells
me that, Tests on a computer are good for me, I have bad handwriting.
Guess how I usually spend this time. Appropriate games, or fun pet projects, but this time, I looked up something very important, the moon. I looked at the only logical thing to look at, myths. There are many myths of the moon, but there was one. In Aztec and Mayan (very similar, not the exact same though),have a legend known as, the children of the night, they would prove themselves to the moon, and I turn the moon god (Luna for me) would grant them the power of the night, but there is a catch, you must give a piece of your soul to the moon, and you must use your powers, you can't have them just to say you have them, it doesn't matter if it's good or not, you just have to do something. To get these powers you mu----
“Are you a child of the night Derek, have you been asked by the moon.” I jump ten feet high, feeling ready to die. I look behind me to see Mr Oplis, staring questioningly at me. I stutter, trying to come up with an explanation, “Calm down Daniel, you look like you've seen a ghost, I was just wondering, being your language arts teacher and all, I like to know your personal mythology study, but I do have a question, why are you so suddenly interested in the moon?”
This calms me down, barely, but enough. “You know I like the n-n-night, just wanted to know the myths of it.”
He seems to except this, seems, you can never really tell with him tough, “Very well, extra credit as always with these excitements, as always, even though you don't need it, you're doing so well.”
He walks off. Good, I need to get to work. Back to where I was, this needed to be dealt with, one way or another.
He looked up into the moon's beauty, letting myself get lost in it's glow for a few minutes. He knew it was getting close to when he should start the ritual. He looked around the area he thought was satisfactory for what he was doing. He was a clearing in the city's park, he had his back pack for all the supplies. He was wearing a T with a hood on it (isn't that awesome), a pair of blue shorts and his goggles and gloves, because why not.
It was time to start. He knew what to do, but he still was nervous, but who wouldn't be. he started placing the stones in the rune symbol, being as careful as he could. Soon he had make the rune, placing his great moon stone, in the center. He took a break, seeming that he was more out of energy than he should be, maybe this is my soul, he thought, I was felling my soul as it got ready to be torn in two pieces, he kept most of my soul, just a shred of it would get taken away. Wait, Why was I doing this. I look up into the moon, it invited me, it asked, why, and he knew, he knew why, did that mean he liked the answer, no but he knew why he was doing this. He started to cry, he didn't notice it, but he cried. Tears dripping onto the moon stone, it glowed, but only slightly. Next came the pain, he looked down on the ground next to his pack, the knife scared him, it really scared him, but he had to do this.
He picked it up and sliced his arm, almost crying out from the sharp pain he was feeling. buzz, stopped what he was doing as his phone got a text, truth be told, he was relived. He didn't want to go through with this, this had been fun, but lets hey in trouble and get grounded, good Idea. He looked at his phone to find that it was his best friend, hey, how have u been, good. Great, me 2, so I'm in the park and I see some random guy that's out in the middle of the night, wanna check him out. I look to see, surprise my best friend. "What are you doing, what is all this, WHY ARE YOU CUTTING YOURSELF." Man, this is awkward.
She ran up, right outside his magic circle. "Wait, wait, wait. Just calm down," he said, trying to calm his friend down, but she wasn't having it, she just found her best friend cutting himself.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN CALM DOWN, WHAT WERE YOU DOING!" She was crying, the tears falling on the grass. "Don't hurt yourself! Just don't hurt yourself," her voice got softer as she went on.
He put his hand under her chin and looked her in the eye."Watch this," was all he said, and clenched his arm, making it bleed. Blood, falling on the moonstone. There was a scream, it was his best friend's scream, one so powerful that he didn't know he was falling until he hit the ground. He looked up slowly, and cried. He didn't know why he cried, but he cried. When he looked up, he saw a beam of light, falling on the circle. It was floating. And so was his friend. He was so sad, not because his friend was going to get any power, not because he was jealous or anything, just because he had messed up. Now her soul was going to be taken, ripped apart, she wasn't even prepared. At that moment, he knew his soul had just been ripped apart, because he failed. Then, like his friend, he screamed. He didn't hear it, his friend didn't hear it, and if anyone else was there, they wouldn't have herd it. It wasn't silent, but it made no sound. Soon he was looking down, at someone who was looking up. He had no idea what had happened, but now he was floating, a rune of stones under him, in a beam of light. As he was lifted away, there was a word on his tongue. It was his friends name, he opened his mouth to say it ". . ." but no sound escaped.
He was sleepy. He was tiered of the night, and he just wanted to sleep, wake up to his routine. Or try to at least, he just was so sleepy in the morning, wanting to go back to sleep. So sleepy. But now wasn't the time for sleep, now was the time to try his hardest. At what? Even he couldn't answer his own question.
'Where am I?' he thought after awhile. He looked around and found nothing. He was in a plain of light, not darkness except his shadow. It was like there was nothing, he looked around at a bleak world, white. He walked ten steps, nothing changed. Twenty steps, nothing changed. "WHERE AM I," he shouted. Alone. 'What can I do?' he thought. He thought about what he had, nothing on his person was gone. What he could do, walk , sit down, or/and shout. And why he was in this mess, his own fault. So he sat down and felt something pressing his thigh. He put his hand in his pocket and he still had his phone. It was all he had left, so he did the most reasonable thing. Played some music. He played "Lost In The Echo," by Linkin Park. He closed his eyes and listened to the song.
Soon a figure stood over him. "And who is this?" a voice asked. It was obviously a girl. He didn't bother to look, it was going to be his imagination anyway. "Answer me," the voice persisted, pushing something hard into his shoulder.
"Does it really mater?" he asked. He still didn't bother to look up, just to answer.
"It does very much to me." It answered back.
He decided that he should at least look at what is mind is doing to him. He looked up to see, A horse? No wait, it's a pony. "My name is D-D-Daniel." He was very surprised. A talking pony (that was very regal) that was blue, and had a tattoo on her flank. He jumped back.
"Calm down young one," she said in a soothing voice, "I am princess Luna of Canterlot, and if I may ask what happened, I haven't had a calling here in many of years.
Calming down, he replied "I made a sacrifice. It said, the myth said..." His voice trailed off.
Then a look of realization struck the mare's face, "Wait, are you human?"
"Yes," he replied. Not much other he could do.
"Stupid human, what did you sacrifice?! I thought this stopped a few millennia ago. I told them not to hurt themselves." Tears welled in her eyes, she seemed to care oh so much.
"My soul, it was, was. Going to be ripped apart, so I could, I could..." His voice trailed off again.
"Answer me foolish mortal," her voice boomed.
"IT WAS SO I COULD BE THE DARK!" he yelled back.
"What?" her voice was small.
"I was going to become the darkness, to ether do great good or great evil, I could hold myself up, save lives. I COULD HAVE HELPED!" Tears flew all around him and his shadow got larger. It rose from the ground at seem to kape itself on him.
"Oh my. I never offered that to the humans, and I don't know what did, you fell for an impersonation." She was very sad now. "Too late now, you have the powers, but your soul is fine, I think." Her horn flared up and his body was surrounded by a blue aura, "Your soul has been hurt, but it will be fine, but that wasn't because of any ritual, what happened young one?" Her voice was riddled with concerned.
"My friend, almost got hurt, because of this," more tears fell, "It was my fault." He felt the deepest form of remorse.
"It's OK, all will be OK, don't worry." she put a hoof on his shoulder.
"He looked up, then past her, "WHAT IS THAT!" he shouted. Luna turned around to see black. An all consuming abyss going towards them, fast.
"Hold on tight!" she yelled. He flung his arms around her and with a blast of magical energy, they was gone.
Back in the castle, Celestia had a cup of tea and was settling in for the night, when suddenly Luna and a human teleported into her room. Startled, she dropped her tea. "Luna, I told you..." she stopped when she saw the look on their faces. "Tell me what happened," she spoke to Luna.
"OK, Daniel, go out to the hall and go the door two door down, the one with two ponies with bat wings are guarding." She teleported away then came back, "It will be OK." He left and Luna put her attention on her sister. "It's a very long story."
A long story later
"And that is my half of the story," Luna finished.
"OK," Celestia replied, processing the information. "What shall we do with the boy?"
"There is no we about this, he is my authority, and I shall keep it that way," Luna replied.
"But sis---" Celestia tried to get in.
"No buts. I have made up my mind, now go to sleep, I will deal with him." With out another word, she left. As Luna entered her room, she saw that Daniel was sitting on her bed, just sitting there. He noticed her had looked at her, but still did nothing. "Let us get started," she stated.
"What," he replied.
"Look, you have these powers, I know you're confused but first thing we should do is get your abilities under control."
"OK," he stated. They worked hard, but made very little progress, he had little control of his powers, and when he raised a hand to make the darkness move, all the darkness did was sit there.
"I have an idea," Luna said, she turned her attention to Daniel, and with a very complicated and powerful spell, she made a pony (without a soul). It was a teen, not a filly nut still not an adult. She then created a pocket dimension and put it there. She fell down out of exhaustion. "I'm fine, you have a pocket dimension now, use your magic to call on your new body." She wobbly stood to her hooves. He closed his eyes and a magic ring formed around him. He seemed to be coated in darkness. This dark form then tuned into a pony (unicorn). Then the darkness seem to fly off him, like bats. They fluttered away in a cluster, and there, kneeling, was a young unicorn. He had a black main and tail with grey highlights. He had the most red eyes you would ever see. His cutie mark were white specs that were stars, if he didn't have a black body, you would see the sparks were half consumed with darkness. "There, you have a body, now try it."
He tried it again, and this time his horn glowed a red/black hybrid color. All the darkness in the room seemed to seem into the air and around his horn. He soon fainted and the darkness went back.
Dazed, he got up "That was excellent," the princess cheered.
"You think so," he said, you couldn't see it, but he was blushing under his coat.
"Yes, now get some sleep." She offered him the couch next to the window. He got up and went to the couch, laid down, and slept, he had had a long day.
Bright. It's so bright. Daniel thought. Did I leave the blinds up again. He slowly opened his eyes slowly, squint at the light. He looked up to see a big mirror, and he felt his back was not on a mattress but a cushion. He lifted you hand... hoof over his eyes to stop the sun from blinding him. "So you're awake," he looked over at Luna sitting on her bed. He didn't get a good look at her yesterday and finally got to see the god, no princess, that he would wake up every night for, in a world, farther than a lifetime's way.She had a black tiara, a necklace matching her tattoo, and shoes. Why she needs them, probably needs to be regal of something.
"Yes, it appears my new life wasn't just a dream." He responded.
"Unfortunately no," she answered.
"Wasn't a question."
"Still sounded as if you needed conformation," she ended.
"So what shall I do?" he asked.
"What do you want to do?" She answered, in a question.
"Huh, good point. I want to... I want to... Go out and look around." He finally thought.
"Then leave, but come back, you still have things to learn," she told him.
"Yes mother," he responded, walking to the door.
"I am not your mother!" a bitter voiced mare responded.
"Then yes teacher." He said as he walked out the door.
"Teacher" she muttered. Daniel came back in, asking how to get out of there. She just teleported him down the street from the castle.
So he started on his way, heading down the first street that was away from the castle. He soon found a market, and was about to get something when he realized something very important. He was broke. In this world at least. Depressed, he continued on his way, past the market. He was just walking, not thinking, just walking, but something did catch his eye. A pony, yet it wasn't. His red eyes could see it was a trick. This pony seemed to be a male Pegasus that seemed to also be an adolescent. It had a maroon coat & outer feathers. Closet to his body, the feathers were a green that matched his main and tail, with was long and had yellow highlights. His eyes had a naturally concerned look to them. But that was magic. Underneath that was a... torn apart creature. That was the best way to describe it. It had holes in it's legs and it's wings had sections missing and looked like a bug's. It had a horn and it's mane looked like fins. It had a tail much like a pony's. It had sharp teeth and it's skin was also like a bugs. It didn't look gross, not to me, but it still freaked me out. So what do you do when you are faced with that. Stalk it.
Daniel followed him to an apartment complex. It didn't seem to stand out or be special in anyway. I followed him to the second floor where he went down a few door ways and unlocked the door to get in. After a few minutes of gathering courage Daniel went to the door and knocked. He herd a friendly voice say "Coming." Soon the door opened to see the stallion. "Yes?" he asked.
"Ahhhh, you look," Daniel had a hard time to get the words out, he was in no threat, it was just hard. "Look like a but," he gasped out.
Clearly surprised, the bug (Daniel shall call it for now) brought himself to his full height, a head taller than pony Daniel, "I wouldn't insult me, and if I'm a bug, then you're dark. Scary dark."
"It wasn't an insult, it's just that you don't look like you would normally, if that makes seance." Daniel responded, his voice deepens "And I am not dark," there was a flare in his eyes, making them even redder (if that was possible) for a moment.
"Ok, Ok. How could you tell I was a changeling? Not even my marefriend knows." Worried, he was worried.
"I looked, it's complicated, may I come in?" Daniel asked.
"Yes." He led him in the flat to a couch. "So what do you mean." He deadpanned.
"Well, I see here. I'm not really a pony." He finally was able to say something
"What, you're a changeling too?" He asked suddenly.
"No no no. Just watch." Daniel got up and was once again covered in darkness. The darkness seemed to grow and morph into a human figure kneeling. Then the darkness flew off him like bats into the moon. The moon was out, no one was looking at the moon. It was just out. Oh yeah, the moon does that normally. Nothing strange. Anyway, as the figure stood up, the changeling just sat there. "I know this is a lot to take in, but I am not a pony, kinda, it's complicated, let me explain." Daniel started his short story, and by the time he was finished, nothing changed, the changeling still was just sitting there. "So if you don't mine, could you please teach me to be a pony?"
"Alright, just as long as you tell no one about me." He looked straight into Daniel's face.
"It's a deal," and Daniel started to learn all he can about pony life. Then a thought accrued to him "What's your name?"
"It's Liel, now let's get started."
"So, is that it?" Daniel asked, it was late and he just leaned all he can on all things there was.
"The basics, yes. You don't need to know more than that," he looked out the window, "It's pretty dark, you should head home."
"Good night then," and before Liel could say anything, human Daniel was out the door. Outside, Daniel stood there, realizing he was in a human form, and not felling up to changing, he tried something else. He pushed out his hand, and a black aura enveloped it, then all the shadows seemed to attache themselves around Daniel's body. But this wasn't such a good idea because he was very week by casting the spell. None the less, he walked to the catlel, sneaked in and went to Luna's room. Uncloaking, he pushed open the door. "Do you mind if I go to sleep, I just used a lot of magic."
Luna chuckled, "I can see that, go to sleep. All will be alright."
At the train station
Six mares stepped off the platform. "I wonder what princess Celestia wanted?" Asked the purple one aloud.
"Mayyyyybe she wanted a party," the pink one answered excitedly.
The next morning Daniel woke up to the sunrise, he had uneasy sleep like someone or something was hovering over him. He quickly shook off the feeling, thinking it as just his imagination. He sat up to an empty room. He didn't notice however because of how his back hurt from sleeping on that stupid couch. Soon he realized he was alone got up. Where is she? He questioned himself.
The answer soon came as Luna entered with an... unpleasant look to her. "Ahh, your up. Good, come along sister has to talk to you." She then muttered "That little ..." Daniel, blushed a bit before he got up. "In her room, I'll take you to her." She responded to the unanswered question, "And yes, I am psychic." She responded to the other unanswered question. She led him down the hall now in a slightly pleasant mood. Soon they reached the door, and when it was opened, Daniel saw six ponies, mares to be exact. One was an alicorn with a purple coat and matching hair with a pink streak through it. She held herself high, as if she was important, and she probably was, but on a hidden level you could see she was nervous and she would rather be with her friends, she had that, look to her. Next on was a pegasus with a yellow with a pink mane. She seemed very shy and kept to herself, obviously anti-social and spent more time with... plants or something, she had a kind look to her. After her was an earth pony with an orange coat and yellow mane, and a hat that fit just right on her, what, did she get it tailored? Anyways, she seemed tough and strong, probably works very hard, she had an honest look to her. Next was another earth pony that was jumping, jumping, jumping. She was pink, pink, pink, she was just pink. She seemed energetic and "fun." Whatever her idea of that is. She had a brave look to her. Next to her (or above) was another pegasus, this one blue with a rainbow main. She seemed in good shape, probably a sports instructor or a gym teacher. She had a loyal look to her. Finally, there was a unicorn, white coat and purple mane. Obviously she one of those "but my nail will breeeaaaak. She had a generous look to her. Damn he thought, I've been reading too much Sherlock Holmes.
"Hello, I am Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends. We, are the Elements Of Harmony," the alicorn spoke up.
"You act like I care." Daniel deadpanned.
"Well you should. You may be new here but you should know of us." The fancy one stepped forward.
"Wait a second," Daniel paused to think, Elements Of Harmony do sound familiar, but from where. I thought back to my recent studies. They Elements of Harmony, were... They were... "Oh god," he realized what they were, or more importantly what was on their necks. The Elements Of Harmony, equestria's greatest weapon, turns evil doers into stone, and then there was me. Gave up my sole for power. It was more complicated than that, but they don't care. It's all the same, destroy the enemy. Me, I am the enemy. "NO!!!!" He shouted, and with a flash from his horn, and he was gone. Well, in the royal gardens, but still. But he didn't get away, in a flash of light the princesses and the Elements were right there too. "No!' He shouted again, and backed up, into a corner. He was cornered.
"Now Twilight," Celestia shouted, and the Elements Of Harmony started and in a blast of friend light magic thingy that could destroy, was sent strait for Daniel. With his horn, he brought up a shield of darkness, but the magic was so strong. He held his own for a few second, but it was futile as the magic light surrounded him and he disappeared into the light. As it faded you could see what was a humanoid figure standing. His bangs in face, over his eyes, but if you looked at them that way, you would say they were red. He wore a black suit, and he had a menacing look to him.
"My turn," he threatened. Then the shadows were alive, all around. They pushed forward and engulfed the Elements and the princesses. There was a pressure in there heads. So strong it hurt, they all felt that their heads were going to explode from the inside. If it continued, they might have died. If. The pressure stopped, and in all their minds, the voice of Daniel spoke. I'm not evil, it said. don't act like it and you won't get hurt. I am not evil. There is more to the story than they might have told you. Stop. Just stop. The darkness soon dissipated and there stood the mares. Stunned into silence.
Daniel ran. He ran far. He didn't know where he was going. He was just running. He ran till his legs felt weak, then ran some more, and soon collapsed. After an eternity (of a few minutes I tell you), he got up and looked around. He was in an abandoned lot. It was in the middle of town, ran a pretty good distance. At the ends were large alleyways. It could be a river. It probably was, he thought we destroy nature for "civilization. "What is this suit," Daniel asked himself. Thinking, he decided to change it like he did his body, and closed his eyes and focused. His close themselves turned into his bat-like darkness. And they flew off of him like they do when he changes bodies, but not all. After about half flew away, they turned back to light colors and were his clothes. *Sniff Sniff* "Damn, what is that smell." He realized that his clothes, or him for that matter, didn't have a wash in days. So he changed, but before he did, he got his phone out and flung it straight up into the air, changed into his new suit, and snatched his phone before it landed.
Then he started. With the emotion he held. All the wild feelings that he has had since sense this hole thing started. He unleashed it all. The first building fell with a flash of darkness. Then the next and the next. Rubble flew past Daniel's face, glass almost blinded him, but he let it out. All his trouble, he let it out.
After he finished, he just sat down and thought. He was just a normal kid who liked Soul Eater and to read and a million other ordinary things. If only it was still that way. So, searching for ordinary, he pulled out his phone, and did as he had so many times, he played a random song.
Apparently, it wasn't random. The song was "Rusted From The Rain," by Billy Talent. He looked down into the shards of glass, and he didn't look the same. Startled, he got up and finished what he started. As far up as he could, he made a ravine/river bed pretty deep. He did the same all the way down.
Using his powers, he went to the top of his soon to be river. Looking around, he soon saw the irrigated river. Smashing a new path, he led the river to it's beginning. He watched as the ravine filled up and went through Canterlot and continued on its way. He then made a bridge with his darkness. Once he took it away, weirdly enough, it was ebony wood. Natural, he thought, good. Tired, felling he over did everything, he turned back into a pony, and started to walk back. He ended up in a park, thinking about where he was, he realized that he was close to his changeling friend's house. Daniel considered asking to stay there, but decided against it. He found a nice tree, and sat down, closing his eyes. Ready for sleep.
But his hopes were interrupted when he herd a voice shout "Hey, what are you doing here?" Looking up he saw that it was his changeling friend. "And before you ask, I just had a date with my marefriend, so why are you here?" He asked again.
"Some "friends" of the princesses were trying to "help" me." He made air quotes with his hooves. "I kinda stormed out." Daniel admitted.
"Well, you could stay with me." He told Daniel.
"Thank you. You are a true friend," Daniel smiled a smile long forgotten by many men, a true smile.
Together, they set off to Liel's home, friends because that is what Daniel needed more than ever right now, a friend.
The Canterlot gardens right after Daniel left
"Come on twilight, I think he went th---" Celestia was cut off.
"No," boomed Luna, in her royal Canterlot voice, "ye shall not follow him."
"Luna, remember what I thought you, normal voice, normal voice," Twilight tried to soothe the alicorn.
"Why shouldn't we Luna, he is a danger," Celestia shot back.
"A: He is my problem, I shall deal with him," she said in a normal voice, "and B: He is my student, and I will teach him much, about friendship to."
"STUDENT!!!!!" All seven other mares yelled at once.
*Knock knock knock. Knock knock knock.* I hear a rapping at the door. *Knock Knock Knock*. "Uggg," I groan, I was soar every where and I have a horrible headache. *Knock Knock Knock.* And that just makes it worst. "I'm coming," I shout, just making it worse. Getting up, or flopping to the floor. I walk, crawl, to the door. I open it to a surprise. Instantly I was on my feet, even though I already was, and slam the door in her face. I then locked the door with all two locks. Running, I come to Liel's room, I shake him awake. "Wake up!!!" I shouted in his ear.
I felt his hoof smack into my face, "Mommy, it's Saturday. Let me sleep in!" he whined in his sleep.
"I'm not your mom, and it's Sunday. That's beside the point, come on, hurry." I urged him.
Liel opened one eye. "Ugg, what have you done this time." he voice was horse and annoyed.
Get it, horse.
Anyway, "I'm so sorry, come on, I led them here. They are here right now," I scrambled frantically.
"Calm down," he said "who's here, what is happening.
"The Element of Magic, and if she is here, then the rest aren't far behind."
"WHAT!!!" he was out of bed and locking the door.
Looking around, I found away out. "The window!"
"Good thinking, but what about you?" He is such a nice friend, isn't he.
"Umm, could you drag me along?" I ask, thinking on my hooves.
"If you weighed nothing." He responded.
"My magic, magic makes you weigh nothing right?!!?"
"Yes, could you last for a few minutes?"
"I can only try."
"Then it's our only shot." Quickly, he got a bed sheet and tied it around me and him. Just them, we herd a burst at the door.
"No problem darling, I had that," we herd a voice from the living room space.Flinging the door open he pulled us through. I rapped myself in my aura, and we were off. This wasn't easy, but wasn't hard. Well it would be if I wasn't flying. What I did was push my magic from my horn to my body and lifted myself up, but that took magic energy, and to keep it, you had to concentrate. Now imagine doing that while moving. And the movement changed things. After about three minutes I was out of energy and my magic slipped. We came tumbling through the air. I closed my eyes, waiting to feel a splat on the pavement. *Splash, we fell in a river. My river. The one I made last night. Quickly I swam up. I took in a few great breaths of air, before falling on the pavement.
"And what do you think you're doing?" Looking up, I see the Element of Loyalty hovering over me. Using all the magic I had left, I pushed at her mind. Making it hard to stay afloat. To keep open those heavy eyes. She soon floated down to the grown and was sound asleep, and so was I.
Waking up, I feel soft. Like I was surrounded in a cloud. Waking up, I found I was in fact, under a cloud. In a bed. Surrounded by mares. I looked back at the cloud, which seemed to be weaved with other clouds to make a solid cloud. Then back at the mares. Blanket. Mares. Blanket. Mares. I through the blanket up and on the mares and dashed out of the bed. Looking around I found the door, and started to run towards it. I was almost there when I felt an aura against on my hooves pick me up and drag me back. It was only my back hooves, so I pulled and resisted. Farther. Farther. But I failed. I wound up back in the bed, and I felt something cold on my hooves. They seemed oh so heavy. Then something on my horn. It felt, like I was being held down. The blanket was put back over me. "Now listen," I herd Celestia's voice. "We are here to help."
"I don't need help, and I don't want it either." I struggled one again, still failing.
"We're not trying to hurt you, you need help." Magic (Twilight) told him.
"Lies. You're lying to me. Just like the shrinks, maybe I'm not crazy, you all are," I shouted at them.
"What in does that mean," I heard an accent ask. Probably Honest, ha liar.
"Exactly," I respond. Then what did I do next. I changed, into a human. The darkness coated me and I grew/shrieked. The cuffs were on my wrists, ankles and around my neck. My wrists and hands were too small and they slipped off. Using my hands. I pushed with my magic. I was able to get Honesty, Loyalty, Kindness, and Laughter to sleep before Magic slammed my back into the wall.
"JUST LISTEN TO ME!!!!!" she shouted. "I would like to be your friend, come back to ponyville with me, and let's have a talk.
"What about Liel," I ask.
"He is in the other room asleep." Celestia told me.
"You let him go right when he wakes up and we have a deal," I told them.
"Very well, so it shall be."
Hours Later
"Welcome to ponyville!!" the mares shouted around me.
"I'm sleepy, let's go to sleep." I respond to them in a board manor.
"You'll be staying with me and Spike, good?" Magic informed me.
"Fine Magic, just don't try anything," I told her with a cold voice.
"You know, I ha--"
"You act like I care," I said, cutting her off.
"Ugggh," she groaned. "Follow me." With that she set off.
Down the street, turn, down another street, turn again. This continued until we came to a big oak tree. It was obviously made with magic. Walking inside the tree turned out to be a library. A pretty big library at that too. "Hey Twilight, is that you?" I hear a voice call out. I soon see a purple reptile with green spikes walking on his hind legs. He stopped when he noticed me, "Whoa Twilight, who this. Bringing home some stallions I see," this young creature said in that kind of voice.
"No spike, this is Luna's new student," Magic informed him, ah yes, so regal, I thought. "And quite annoying at that." she said, more as a side note.
"Well nice, to meet you, I am spike, a dragon." Apparently, it was important to inform me he was a dragon.
Normally, I would be head over heels over a dragon. They were my favorite side project back in the human world, but right now, in this land, I could care less. "You also act like I care." Ha, clever wit.
"Wow, I understand everything now." He said in that mystic, far away, little kid voice.
"Spike, please, not now. Could you just shelve the books that need shelving?" She asked him.
"You act like I care," he responded. Man, he is immature.
"Hey," I bark, flowing shadows out my mane, giving me that creepy look. "That is my thing." I said in my dark voice.
"Yes sir," he jumped, running down and grabbed a book, then running somewhere else.
"Sir," I muter to myself, "I might like the sound of that." Turning towards Magic I ask, "and where will I be sleeping?"
"Spared bedroom. I'll show you it." We walked down up, then down, and places like that, until we came to a door, which led to a bedroom. The bedroom was a nice bedroom, with a window. "Goodnight," Magic said, and closed the door. It was sunset, and that was it. A few minutes later. I was asleep in bed.
You think you can escape us, I herd a voice in my head. You think that by being near nice people that we can't get you, but you're wrong. We will always find you, in the dark. There was a sinister laugh and I awoke with a start. It's just a dream, I tell myself, just a dream. Calming down, I walk out of my room to see that everyone is still asleep. Looking outside, I see that it's just sunrise.
*Pat* *Pat* Pat* I heard the sound of someone coming down the stairs. Looking up I see it's Magic. "We need to talk," she stated.
"You act like--" I was cut off.
"No more of any of that crap, not listen now or just go off." She snapped.
"Ok, bye," I said, getting up to leave.
"Wait wait wait. Could you at least listen?" she asked.
"Fine, five minutes," I told her.
"Ok, look, the reason we did that was because we only knew have of the story. Celestia half. We acted without though and I'm sorry, can we just start over?" she asked with a pleading look on her face.
"You're an idiot, you know that,"dejected look, "there are always more than to sides to a story. Luna's, my friend's, mine. But fine, hello, I am Daniel." Encouraged look.
"Hello, I am Twilight Sparkle."
"So what now, Miss Sparkle?"
"Well, I would like to know, how did you make that bridge, also that suit. I was told you didn't come in that suit." Well, what a starter.
"I have no idea how I made them. They were just there. The bridge, I though, no I knew, was solid, and then it was. But on the topic, how do you wash clothes and yourselves around here?" I've been needing this information.
"I have a spell for clothes, and the bath in the last door on the left, away from your bedroom." She gave me a smile. Quickly, I switched to both human clothes, took them off, and turned back into a pony. That's when I realized that all of us that aren't outrageously fancy are naked, or just have hats or small stuff on.
Getting over my insecurity, I walked down the stairs and asked Twilight to wash these. Got to the bathroom, started the water, and as a pony, relaxed in the water. Soon, I was clean, I dried myself off, and stepped out the room. Going down the stairs, I told Twilight that I was going to be "friendly" and walk around town. Quickly I left.
Now I know I had a bad dream. And it's never a good idea to go into the woods that a dark a scary. But you gotta understand, all of those quality's just made me want to go in more. So, I entered the awesome forest, and was in the dark. Soon I found a mystic hut, and looking through the window, I found a zebra that was cooking things in a giant pot. So, I knocked on her door. Soon she opened up, and said, "In the deep dark of the woods, who is this lucking without a hood."
"Rhymes are so cool. I am Daniel, and I am the new to this place, and I would like to ask entry into your home?" She let me in and I sat next to the pot. "Umm, this smells good, may I have some when you're finished."
"You may yo. I think you will like it, it is gumbo." So we sat and talked. I told her my story, she told me hers, and I had made a new friend. She told me how she was a pariah by stupid ponies. She understands me. It was sunset, so I left. I got back to the library as the moon came up. Soon Twilight was updated on my events, and I went to bed. But before I did, I looked at the moon. Then one that I would stay up late for. Just because it was the moon, and I liked it.
. Quickly, I switched to both human clothes, took them off, and turned back into a pony. That's when I realized that all of us that aren't outrageously fancy are naked, or just have hats or small stuff on.