A/N: Hey everypony! Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving, i definitely did. I can't believe i almost hit 150, that's awesome. Anyways i hope you all are enjoying the twist and the idea of me getting magic. So read, review, and enjoy!

Chapter 10: A quest for the best

I awoke to the sound of the wind blowing through the window we accidentally left open, chilling me to the bones. I shivered as I got myself up with one of the sheets still on me. Clinging the sheets with my hands, I tried to use my left hand to close the window, but it just made me drop the sheets anyway, earning more cold chills. I closed the window and locked it. I turned around to see Derpy still asleep. She looked chilled to, so I took my sheets and lightly set them on her other sheets. The result got her to smile and start to snore. I walked out of the bedroom and took out a sheet of paper from the desk. I wrote on it.

Derpy,

It is important that I tell you know that I have to go on a quest for quite some time, which means I might not be back for a couple of days. I am sorry for leaving you like this, but I can't tell it to you in person. The place I will be going is dangerous, and don't ask anyone to search for me because of the danger. I hope to return soon.

-Anthony

I walked over to the kitchen table and put down the note there. I grabbed my beats on the table and walked out. I took a deep breath when I closed the door. Knowing I might die from this journey.

"Here goes nothing," I said. I looked around to try to remember where the Everfree was, when the thought came into my head that Fluttershy's cottage was on the outskirts of it. Knowing that in mind, I decided to head to the central square of Ponyville and ask somepony. I wonder if anypony is even up at this time in the morning. It was really early, Celstia's sun had just barely risen above the horizon and the moon was just starting to dwindle away.

I finally hit the town square; I was listening to my music the whole walk because of there being no form of pony life outside. I looked around seeming to find somebody, of course no one was around. I kept walking, more towards the Library, when I spotted one particular pony.

Lyra Heartstrings, another pony I was quite fond of, mostly because of her musical abilities and her quirky ways. I took of my beats and looked at the greenish-light blue pony. I walked over to her. When she saw me walking she almost yelped.

"Hi, what's your name?" I asked.

"Its Lyra...nice to meet you," she said hesitantly.

"I was wondering where Fluttershy's cottage is, do you have a clue?"

"Its just that way then take a right, then a left, and another right again." she said pointing her hoof.

"Okay I got that, thanks," I said nicely. I started to walk in the general direction she told me to, or so I thought.

"Um, its that way," she said. I looked back at her confused then I looked to where she was talking about. I face palmed and groaned.

"Ugh duh Anthony," I stupidly said to myself. "Thanks," I said to her once again. She giggled probably from my dumbness.

"Your welcome, What is your name?"

"Anthony,"

"Ok Anthony, I hope to see you around,"

"Me to," I said sarcastically because how clear it was for me to die in the castle. I waved by and finally headed the right direction.

The whole walking was getting boring again, so I slipped on my beats and started to listen to some pony-step. After a while I finally hit Fluttershy's cottage and took them off. I looked around to make sure no one was around and crept my way towards the edge of the pathway into the Everfree. I stopped when I suddenly heard the door open. I quickly thought and jumped my body inside a bush. As I peeked my eyes out, I saw fluttershy going over to the chicken coop.

"Hi chickens, how are you?" they responded with a "Cluck"

"Oh that's so wonderful, I brought you some feed. A happy excitement of clucks now came and she started to throw some of the seeds in her hooves. I wish I was that good with animals. Once she was done she asked them.

"Do you need anything else?" Some more clucks were heard.

"Oh a bowl of water, I'll get that right now," she said confidently, like on a mission. I chuckled thinking how easy hers was, and mine was gonna suck. Once she opened the door and went back inside, I dashed into the Everfree forest.

"Honestly I didn't think the Everfree was scary, but that was on TV, animated. Realistically what it looks like now. The trees were an odd dark green to black, curving and twisting thorny branches all over the place. Kinda reminds me of the Forest Maleficent grew. The vines were a glow neon green, their thorns not looking warming to me. Everything looked like death, the color to the lethalness. I took a gulp and slowly walked forward along the clear pathway.

"Thank god for pathway's." I said to myself in a whisper so no deadly manticores or cockatrices would hear. I was about ten minutes into the forest, and each step it seemed to get more grim and darker. The sun quickly diminished with each step I took, and it was to the point of getting to a night like time.

I accidentally walked onto a branch along the pathway, earning that scary crackle and me screaming. Once I ran for a good time. I could start to hear the bugs and the crickets chirping upon my arrival. Sadly the sun was now gone, but thankfully firefly's loved the Everfree and seemed to light the place up in its yellowish tint glow. I started to walk normally again until I heard the rustling of a nearby push. I stopped dead in my tracks, the fear of turning around haunting me like Nightmare Moon. I slowly turned around, little by little, heartbeat by heartbeat. Once I did completely turn around I saw a shadow. I yelled out to the top of my lungs, being scared the shit out of whatever the hideous monster was going to kill me. I kneeled and put my hands over my head for mercy. Holding my eyes shut for the inevitable, but I didn't so.

"Ah, who is this I see, another stranger in the Everfree." Woah woah woah, that voice sounds so familiar, can it be!

I opened my eyes and rotated my neck like an owl. "Zecora!" I shouted happily, smiling now not to get eaten by some monster of the forest.

"So many questions I have to ask you, shall we go to my hut, so we can all have a clue?"

"Yes please Zecora, I need your help." The journey to her hut was quite quiet, as in I was to busy worried to death about the Everfree monsters. Once we arrived though and we made ourselves inside, I was starting to let go of my fears.

"What a nice house you have, and a lot of potions I might add."

"yes it is true, I do have a lot of healing and potion brew."

"So I need your help, is there a potion to help unlocking a power inside of you, like magic?"

"Ah magic, a wonderful thing, I think I have the one to give your magic a spring." She began to look around her vials and brews all over the house. I sat down waiting, seeing if she could find one.

"This is the one, hearts desire, it should help your magic, start it up with fire." I remember hearts desire, wasn't that the one that Applebloom drank and got the cutie pox?"

"Is there any side effects?"

"None if magic is what you seek, anything else might reach its peak." I nodded.

"I guess I should drink it now," I said. She nodded and hoofed me the bottle. I took it, popped the cork and drank it. Oddly it tasted good, but would I drink it again, probably not unless I had to. Almost like soapy strawberry. Once I chugged the bottle down I didn't feel anything at first. I gave her back the bottle.

"Well I think you got the wrong…" I was about to say until I felt something. Not just something but more like a tingle. My whole body was feeling this odd sensation. It wasn't comfortable, but nor uncomfortable. Almost like the magic ran through my blood, I sensed it everywhere.

"Woah, this feels weird." I said in astonishment.

"Ah the power of magic runs strong in you, may I ask how you got it to?"

"Um…" I was trying to figure out a way to cover my tracks from telling her about Chrysalis.

"I honestly have no clue," I admitted. It was true, Chrysalis only told me how to re-obtain it, not how I did obtain it. She looked at me in suspicion, knowing that wasn't the whole story.

"Either way you must learn how to use this magic, I suggest going to Twilight Sparkle, so your magic doesn't become tragic." she said.

"Thanks I will," I said. With this new feeling, I could almost feel its knowledge though running through my head. Like an inner voice feeding me knowledge on the arcane arts. I left Zecora's hut, feeling almost to happy.

"I wonder if I can fly?" I asked myself. Good question bro, now, just think, how do others do it. Maybe like a super man fly? I closed my eyes to try and study the magic first. Indeed it felt really powerful like Zecora said, I wonder where I did get this type of power? I tried focusing the magic directly in my hands, when I did I could feel my whens get warmer, almost like my blood was running faster in that area. I opened my eyes to see my fists had a light bluish glow.

"Holy shit!" I yelled. My complete mental fail caused the whole feeling to disperse though. Dammit, alright one more time…It took a couple of minutes of concentration, but finally I was able to grab hold of it again and direct it to my two hands. It seems like the magic infused with me was equally distributed in my body, but if I concentrate or want to, I can focus it to one spot. I opened my eyes once more to see my hands in a light bluish glow, more like a tint. Wow this is really epic. I used my two hands and pointed them up to the sky, waiting to see my flying ability, only to find out I accidentally released two large light blue orbs directly in the sky. I could barely see the two orbs of pure magical energy, for the sky was camouflaging it. Though I did see it for most of the time and it just flew with immense speed straight up.

"Whoops," I said. It actually took some power out of me because I felt tired. I must have used a lot of magic on that one. I decided for the time being I would head to Twilight and ask her these things before blowing up the town or using to much magic to pass me out.