Author: Hey guys I'm back with another chapter. Sorry I didn't post again for awhile, it's because I just got back home from a Youth Camp. Anyways, on to the story. So basically, finding chaos emeralds are now much more difficult, a better way to find it is by using magic of course, and so Shadow requested Twilight to help him throughout the process of using magic. Although, what Shadow also did come in mind is to strengthening the magic that Twilight has by mixing in a chaos energy. Sounds a bad idea but controlling a chaos energy is easy. Which the energy relies on the thoughts. Lets get in to the chapter shall we :3
Chapter 11: The Answer She Needed
Twilight knew the time for her training again. After the events of Sweet Apple Acres infestation, Shadow told everyone that the plan has to be post-pone. Shadow then asked Twilight to use magic in order to find the other chaos emeralds before they fell into the wrong hands. Which then, Twilight insists, but rather than using it to find, Shadow wanted Twilight to be stronger enough to beat Mephiles since magic is unique and the last trick to use against Mephiles which he never knew.
Twilight is at her house ready to leave, she knew that she needs to hurry since Shadow doesn't like to wait that much. She opened the door as she heard footsteps coming down from the stairs.
"Where are you going Twi?" Sonic asks.
Twilight is used to be called by Sonic like that, at first she felt embarrassed but now, she actually likes it.
"Oh, I'm off to go to Shadow again. You know combining chaos energy and that." Twilight replied as Sonic looked kinda sad.
"Right. Can I come? I mean, I also have magic." Sonic insists.
"I'm sorry Sonic, but you know what Shadow says, he doesn't want to use you. Besides, shouldn't you have a chaos energy mixed with magic by now?" Twilight wondered.
"Yeah... I do have... but be back safe, as far I can tell, handling chaos energy isn't safe." Sonic went to his normal self again and gives her a thumbs up.
Twilight blushed from Sonic's concern, and even he wanted to come just so she can be safe.
"T-Thanks Sonic, but don't worry, I'll be back in a flash." She replied leaving with a wink.
As soon she walked outside and closed the door, she immediately fell into her knees and covering her face with her hands.
"I'll be back in a flash? What did I just say? Why do this kept happening... the heartbeat again..." Twilight said in her thought but then she shake this off and focus on to her task, "I should head now to Applejack's, Shadow might be mad at me now..." And with that Twilight flew away.
As for Sonic, as soon Twilight closed the door, he just stood there in surprise. The wink gave him a blush aswell, but Twilight didn't notice it as she quickly leaves. For a few seconds, Sonic chuckled and smiles.
"She's... something alright... I could tell that." Sonic said in his thoughts.
Back to Twilight. She reached the barn and she saw that Shadow was standing beside it. She then went down and landed, she expected a some sort of 'you're late' or just a silent treatment with a sound of disappointment.
"Let's go." Shadow said as he lead the way to her training ground.
"Well, atleast he didn't say that I'm late or anything..." Twilight thought and just followed Shadow.
They went wandering around in the fields and Shadow stops and looked around.
"This is the spot." Shadow said and look to Twilight, "You know what to do now right?"
Twilight nodded, and both of them meditated. For a few minutes they both started to float. Twilight's body is now covered in light purple aura and Shadow's side, the chaos emeralds that they collected so far are floating around him. While they're doing that, a wind breeze is brewing around the field. As the winds gets stronger a spark appeared Twilight's aura and the sparks where getting connected with the chaos emeralds. Sooner or later, Twilight's thoughts and memories appearing in her visions.
Since Twilight's eyes are closed, her visions are now getting active, this is what she is being trained for why she couldn't combine the energies. For off is that she is battling her thougths, and since she is uncapable of that she sometimes messed up or the process ends. She failed for like 5 times now, this time, she is facing through the bad thoughts first. At times like this she failed at it miserably. But, while in she's in the process of meditating, she suddenly remembered Sonic. This then made her aura go outbursts which made a noise. Her thoughts of Sonic is getting deeper of how she felt around him. Her heartbeat gets faster and faster. She's smiling but she doesn't notice it. But her expression changes when her vision changes to Rainbow and Sonic racing together while having fun.
The sounds of her aura is starting to annoy Shadow, and as he opened it, to his surprised, Twilight's aura is getting out of control. Shadow stopped meditating and so he landed on to his feet. The chaos emeralds shouldn't float by now but instead, they float to Twilight's side.
"Princess. Stop, you have enough." Shadow said though it seems that Twilight couldn't hear him.
Twilight's expression is being seen that it's mixed with pain or sadness.
"What's going on with her? This never happened before." Shadow said in his thought, but then he noticed that Twilight's tears were dropping.
"Princess!" Shadow then tried to get closer but it seems the wind pressure around Twilight's aura is pushing him back.
The area is getting out of hand. But it seems that Twilight's aura is about to explode. Shadow has no choice but to move out of the field and hide behind some rocks.
"Rrrrr... AGH!" Twilight shouted as her eyes opened with a bright light and the chaos emeralds went slightly far and Twilight's aura turned into a radial blast that completely pushed everything out even their just in a field. The rocks that Shadow's hiding barely survive from the explosion.
Shadow then made a peek. He saw that Twilight is unconscious and so he quickly dashed through to her aid.
"Princess, princess, wake up." Shadow kept slapping her lightly and he tried and shake her.
He put his head on to her chest and it seems there is still a heart beat. He then also heard that Twilight is breathing and Shadow sighed in relief. Few hours from now, Twilight slowly opened her eyes. She saw that she is in her bed. A door opened as a baby dragon entered her room.
"Spike? What happened? Where am I?" Twilight questioned her assistant with a worried look.
"Twilight, you're at our house." Spike answered with the look.
"What exactly happened? Why am I here? I am supposed to be training with Shadow right now." Twilight wondered trying to remember what happened.
"Twilight, Shadow carried you here... Sonic and I were so much worried..." Spike said and he sit beside Twilight's bed.
"Me? Unconscious... what happened to Shadow by now?" Twilight asked as she slowly raised her body into a sitting position.
"Well, Sonic requested me to get the other girls, and by the time we reached back, we saw that Sonic and Shadow where both hurt... it seems that Sonic fought Shadow because of his irresponsibility." Spike answered as Twilight looked down in worried.
"Sonic got hurt? Why does he have to hurt Shadow like that?" Twilight wondered more.
"I don't know either, but the others are worried about you. They are waiting right now downstairs." Spike said as he jump out of bed, "You think you can get up now?"
"I think so. I don't feel much pain now." Twilight said as she stands on the other side and then looked at Spike, "Let's go."
Twilight then went down, and she saw her friends, all of them, waiting in the couch and looking worried.
"Hey girls... and boys." Twilight said as they looked to her.
The girls then quickly group hug her. All worried and everything.
"Twilight! We're so worried!" Rarity shouted.
"Yeah...!" Pinkie did too.
"I'm glad your okay.." Applejack said.
"I hoped for your health..." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah... we're so worried Twilight." Rainbow said as Twilight seemed having trouble to breathe.
"Girls, girls, I'm fine now, see? I'm sorry." Twilight said as she tried to assure her friends.
The girls then stopped their hug and Twilight approached the boys.
"Hey..." Twilight said as she waved slightly.
"I'm glad your fine Princess Twilight, and it's a good thing I came here. These two aren't bonding very nice." Silver said as he look both of his sides pointing out Sonic and Shadow.
"Sonic... why do you have to hurt Shadow like that?" Twilight wondered.
Sonic didn't answered nor speak yet, he looked down and look up. He then looked to Twilight as he regained his strength and talk to Twilight.
"I got mad from seeing you unconscious knowing that Shadow didn't take care of you well enough." Sonic said as he glared at Shadow as he just closed his eyes.
"Well, I'm fine don't worry." Twilight said as she smiled.
A few more hours and the girls decided to leave Twilight now. Silver went with Rarity and Shadow was about to follow up with Applejack but he looked at Twilight, and then returned his look to Applejack and followed. Twilight noticed this knowing that Shadow may not let her train ever again from what happened just for her safety. Her life then became back to normal with Sonic.
In the night, she woke up in the middle of the night because of her dreaming about Sonic again. She held into her chest again as she wanted to know why she kept dreaming or feeling different around Sonic. Twilight just let it be and decides to sleep again. In the morning, she woke up, fix herself with hygiene and walked down stairs. She saw Sonic, and yet again, it seems that he slept by continuing reading more spells that he wanted to learn.
"Well... he still have a lot more of practice with the magic..." Twilight said in her thought and she also Spike sleeping in the couch, "It seems he must've watched Sonic reading the books. But why?"
Twilight shake her head and decides to walked outside. She then stretched her wings and fly towards to the barn. On her way, she saw Shadow standing in the middle of the fields where they concentrated with the energies. She flew down hoped that she can still get to train her magic.
"Shadow!" Twilight yelled and Shadow looked above him.
Twilight landed and walked towards to Shadow.
"What do you want Princess?" Shadow asked the approaching Twilight.
"Shadow, do you still want me to be trained?" Twilight wondered.
"That faker... he doesn't let me. Even I intend to, I hate to admit it but it might be best for you to stop. It's getting out of control to be honest." Shadow said as he remembered the outburst of the aura.
"But that was different... I just... don't know what to feel that time." Twilight said which made Shadow caught his ear.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked in curiosity.
"It's... complicated." Twilight said as she looked down.
"No. Nothing is complicated to me. Don't underestimate me Princess." Shadow said as he walked closer.
Twilight sighed before she talks, "Well, I just have this feeling... this strange feeling when I'm around Sonic... my heart beats fast and I became sweaty... Sometimes, Sonic tells me that my face is red... I don't know why but it only happens to him. Why do I feel like this Shadow?" She said as she looked at the black hedgehog.
"That's a simple answer. Your in love." Shadow said making Twilight's eyes widen and blush.
"W-What? T-That can't be right... there has to a-another reason right?" Twilight wondered trying to avoid the facts.
"No. That is what you feel. And it makes sense now actually." Shadow said which made Twilight confused.
"What do you mean?" Twilight wondered.
"Hm? Oh, I noticed you looking at faker and that rainbow-haired girl. You seemed to be jealous." Shadow said which made Twilight's fluster turned into a realization.
"I'm... in love with Sonic... and then I am jealous of Rainbow Dash..." Twilight said as she understand it now.
"Well, I guess you have your answer now." Shadow said as he crossed his arms.
"This answers everything... I now feel alot weirder around now... oh... how will I stay in my house like this." Twilight said as she covered her red blushing face.
"Maybe try and hide it for now. You don't want that faker know your feelings." Shadow said.
"And why is that?" Twilight wondered.
"I don't know exactly, but maybe focus on how you're gonna win in your competition." Shadow replied with Twilight's reply with a puzzled look. "You're up against someone who is like Sonic. An awesome and fast as like him." Shadow said which made Twilight understand now what he meant.
"Y-Your right... I should." Twilight's face then became determined.
"How pathetic is this..." Shadow said in his thought as he closed his eyes,
"Shadow?" Twilight asks.
"Hm?" Shadow then opened his eyes.
"How do you know what I feel, this emotion I feel for Sonic?" Twilight questions Shadow.
"Well. A friend of mine, she reads me a love story sometimes when we don't have anything to do." Shadow said as he looked down, pretending that he is normal.
"Friend? Who is she? Is it Rouge like what Sonic told me?" Twilight wondered.
"That faker doesn't know who I am." Shadow replied with a slight of annoyance.
"Why do you call Sonic, 'faker' anyway?" Twilight then wondered about that.
"It's classified."
"Too much for a secrecy?" Twilight just let it slide.
Twilight then thinks about her discovered fact of feeling. At first where she is having trouble to find the answer, but after what Shadow told her. It makes it clear now for her. Which then she had an idea.
"Shadow, I want to test out something." Twilight said.
Shadow raised his eyebrow from Twilight's idea. Which is to try the training again, but this time, letting that emotion flow throughout her. Twilight then meditates again this time, the chaos emeralds are around her.
"This is a bad idea..." Shadow thought, he doesn't want to tell it to Twilight since it will disturb her.
Twilight then begins to float and her magic glow and aura surrounds her. The chaos emeralds did too and the sparks begin to connect through her. Like what Twilight thought, she let her feelings go through her mind. She think about Sonic more and more, how she wants to protect him, fight with him, and have fun with him. Shadow's hand glowed in a light preparing a chaos spear just in case Twilight goes out of control again.
"If... that's what it says about my feelings f
or you Sonic... If I do love you... this means, I'll fight for you. I won't give up and I'll protect you. Not just you. But this is for Equestria as well and for your world too!" Twilight said in her thoughts.
Shadow knew that it happened with a noise. But the chaos emeralds started to spin around her. It seems that it's working. Shadow is getting impressed on how Twilight is handling this.
"She's really doing it. How is that possible? Fusing magic with chaos energy is an unknown idea if it even works." Shadow said in his thought.
A bright light flashed infront of Shadow. He covered his eyes from this and as he removes it. He saw Twilight standing with her purple glowing aura that changes into blue and then back to purple. Twilight's opened revealing a bright white eyes. As she opened her eyes, the aura disappeared and she slowly lands on to her feet.
"Did... it work?" Twilight thought as she placed her hand on her head.
"Hmm. There is only one way to find out." Shadow said.
To identify if the magic is stronger enough to beat a chaos energy, at their first training Shadow tested Twilight's magic barrier by using an offensive chaos energy. Which resulted that a magic barrier can't handle a single chaos spear. Then Shadow tested Twilight's magic against Shadow's chaos shield. Which leaves without a scratch. This time, to see if Twilight did have absorbed the chaos energy, atleast some, it should be enough now to handle offensive chaos attacks.
Twilight then casts her magic barrier again. Shadow prepares his chaos attack. Twilight was hoping that it would work. And so, Shadow shoots out an energy spear. It hit the barrier and instead of being destroyed easily, it somehow survive the impact.
"It worked!" Twilight said in excitement of success.
"It did." Shadow said.
And then, for the final test Shadow casts a chaos shield. Twilight breathes in and out. She raised her hand and a light appeared. She focus on to hit and points her hand to Shadow. A beam shoots out and hits Shadow's shield. But like last time, nothing happened.
"Nothing?" Twilight then became depressed.
"Nothing, yet. Since you just absorb a minimal effect of it. Plus, you just absorbed 3 out of 7. There is still more to gain from." Shadow said which made Twilight glad again.
"Alright, once I get hang of this energy, we could able to find the other chaos emeralds." Twilight said in excitement.
Shadow just nodded.
"But.. how can I train now if Sonic forbids you?" Twilight wondered.
"What are you talking about? Your training is done. What's next a self-training. Keep using your magic. It might improve in the meantime, and if you're ready. Watch out for that faker, and come by here if its enough to breakdown a defensive chaos energy." Shadow said.
"Okay!" Twilight yelled out and raised her hands in success.
"Hmph." Shadow closed his eyes and crossed his arms.
Author: Well that's it for this chapter. Hope you guys like the improvement of Twilight and Shadow's answer. Not to mention, hope you guys also enjoy the story so far aswell. I wonder what does the visions of the ones who activates the chaos emeralds, surely there could be an answer to that. Anyways, leave a review and enjoy the story as more will go on. This is Moonlight Arc! Signing out!