Mysterious Alicorn
Chapter 7
By Aponymous
A/N
Holy crap... Winter Wrap Up is awesome... (I am listening to it as I write this chapter.)
Today was the start of my lessons with Twilight Sparkle.
I was meant to go to her house at noon but Fluttershy wanted to drop off Owloysius (Whom she had been taking care of) and had plans with rarity at a spa, so we were heading over there early.
As we walked into town neither of us spoke much, she seemed to be absorbed in thought and I... well... couldn't.
As we arrived at the Library that the purple pony called home we saw a tall red stallion leaving the main entrance.
"Hi Big Mac" Fluttershy said
He smiled at her and waved
"I'm just showing my freind here where Twilight Sparkle's house is"
"Eeyup"
"Good seeing you"
"Eeyup"
And he left without another word.
I open the door and we go in.
Twilight Sparkle is sitting on a chair reading a book.
"Hey Twilight, I'm here to drop off Owloysius"
"Hey Fluttershy, Hey Shadow Horn"
I smile and wave and she returns the smile
"Your here early" she says, almost seeming uncomfortable.
"I had to drop off Owloysius early, to get to the spa in time, I was hoping it would be ok." Fluttershy says, shrinking low almost as though she is expecting to get yelled at.
"It's fine, I just wasn't expecting you, I suppose we can get started early though"
And with that Fluttershy said her goodbyes and left to spend some well earned time relaxing
I smile at twilight and gesture at the door
"What?"
I try to puff myself up and trot around like I'm pulling a cart
"What?"
I extend my neck and shoulder blades to their full length and make a kissy face
"I don't follow..."
I harrumph and wrap a blanket around my neck, grabbing a straw from a empty cup on the table and trot around.
"I still don't get it..."
I point to an apple
"Oh! That.. Thats nothing, just tutoring him"
I wiggle my eyebrows and she blushes
"Shut up, Let's just get started."
She gestures for me to sitdown and I take a seat across from her, naught but a small coffee table between us. She pulls out a small set of tea cups and a teapot.
"Your first lesson will be on levitation."
Twilight Sparkle levitates the teapot and pours two cups of tea before proceding to levitate the cup to her mouth and take a drink.
"Now you try, just focus on the teacup and try to bring it to your mouth... Slowly" She tacts onto the end as though she had almost forgotten it.
I stare at the teacup and try to picture it lifting slowly to my lips and tilting to pour its content into my mouth.
The teacup is surronded by a black energy and slowly starts to rise, it rises until mouth level and then starts to shake. The teacup starts to fracture and the tea starts spilling everywhere, then, without warning the teacup implodes and tea is splashed everywhere.
There's a few seconds of silence as we both just stare at the crumpled glass heap laying on the table.
"Tha-Thats never happened in one of my lessons before..."
I smile sheepishly
Twilight looks at a loss for words.
"Well... I suppose we will just have to keep on trying until you get it to work."
I nod and put on my best determined look
Twilight puts the next cup in front of me, empty this time.
I once again stare at the cup and try to picture it floating up in my mind.
This time, without any warning, the cup shoots up from the table and shatters on the ceiling.
"Ok... Maybe a few more try's"
After a few minutes our supply of teacups was exausted and the magical purple pony sighed
"I suppose you just need some more practice..."
I frowned
"Try this book"
She hands me a thick hardbound tome etitled "Magic for Beginners"
I nod and start concentrating on the book.
The book starts floating slowly into the air, it's easy to see that pressure is being applyed to it in a similar fasion as it was to the teacups, after about ten seconds of this the book cracks, still not giving way . The book then starts slamming against the ceiling before bursting into flames and falling on the ground.
I make my best Sorry face.
"Thats not really what I mean't for you to do but... whatever"
For a few more hours we sat around trying to levitate things before giving up and having lunch.
We get to talking over lunch and twilight asks
"Have you remembered anything yet?"
I nod my head yes, not really looking up from my food.
"You have! Why didn't you say anything!"
I point at my throat and make talking motions, still completly silent and glare at her.
"Right... Well do you remember anything interesting? A name, Place?"
I look around the room, trying to find something to use as an analogy, before my eyes fall upon the teacup I first tryed to levitate, laying on the ground shattered.
I gesture at the cup and then to my temple.
"Oh. I'm sure it will come around eventually"
Twilight then glances at the clock on the wall and sighs.
"I think thats all we can really do for the day... why don't you practice levitating STABLE things back home."
I nod and hang my head
"It's not your fault, you just have an over abundance of energy I'm sure."
I smile half heartedly and head back to Fluttershy's house.
Once there I realize that I'm out of my lesson early...
I go inside and start once again forming my plan. I might not be able to talk, but by tommorow Fluttershy will know how I feel... Once I figure it out for myself at least.
