A/N: Look at that. We are at chapter 10. Well this story is definitely longer than WARC and this one isn't finished. Well that enough about that. Let's get to the story at hand, don't forget to review.

Chapter 10: Heart's mind.

'Won't see Twilight for a few days after this. Maybe tomorrow I can play with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. It will snow and I have never had ponies to play with before. Other ponies always threw snow balls at me way too hard. I know the others won't be mean to me though.' Heart's Vision walked into the library. He wore a tan scarf to protect him from the cold. The library was cozy unlike the outside which was bitter cold and dim from the clouds covering the sky.

Twilight Sparkle was waiting for Heart near the door. "Hello Heart. How are you today?"

"A little cold but nothing to complain about." Twilight's lessons always made Heart happy and it could be heard in his voice.

"It is chilly outside. Before we get started I want to know what you wanted to tell me?"

"What I wanted to tell you?"

"Yes. Rarity told me that you wanted to tell me something. She wouldn't tell me what but she said you would."

Heart remembered that he told Rarity about altering the spells he already learned. "Well… I have been doing something that you might frown upon."

Twilight lost her bright attitude and replaced it with suspicion. "What have you been doing?"

"I was going to tell you but wanted to wait for the right time. I wasn't hiding it from you but I have been… Altering spells."

"What kind of altering?"

"I have made tweaks to certain beginner spells. For example I have changed the luminescent spell to release a quick, but strong burst of light."

"How could that benefit you?"

"Well it temporarily blinds ponies giving time to escape."

Twilight remembered that Heart was bullied at school. She saw why he would alter this spell in such a way. "I am proud that you have learned to alter spells but you must be careful."

"I am, I know that if you try to alter a spell and it goes wrong it can rebound and hurt the user. I am very careful when altering spells."

"I want you to be as careful as possible and don't try to alter any advanced spells without me. I know that you want to learn but some spells are too risky to try or alter alone."

"I will."

"Ok, now that we have discussed that we can proceed with today's lesson. Since this the last of or week day lessons I wanted to give you something more challenging."

Heart was curious. "What do you have in mind?"

"Exactly, your mind."

"Good job, you have confused me further."

"I am going to teach you a mind reading spell."

Heart became excited. "Really? You are going to teach me!?"

"Well you learn so fast and we have made so much progress in such a short time I figured that you deserve a reward."

"Thank you Twilight."

"Don't thank m yet, we haven't seen if you can do it. This is a advanced spell. It might give you a challenge. Luckily it is harmless. It isn't what most ponies think. A mind reading spell doesn't work like one would hope. One problem is that whoever's mind you read will know."

"How can a pony know that you are performing the spell?"

"It is a communication spell. It makes the other pony see the spell caster."

"What do you mean?"

"It will be easier if I show you." Twilight touched her horn to Heart's head.

Heart suddenly was not in the library. He was in a plain of darkness. He looked around.

"See what I mean." Twilight appeared in front of Heart.

"Are we where I think we are?"

"Yes, this is your mind Heart. Strange, most ponies have something in the first layer. It is usually their home or somewhere they love."

The word love echoed in the darkness. Heart looked around confused. Next to him now stood Scootaloo. "What happened Twilight?" Heart was slightly scared.

"Oh, I see you have some thoughts on love. What has happened is that the word love has brought forth previous thoughts that you may not have known you have. Guards use it to interigate criminals. If the caster says a word that brings memories up the memories will be seen by the caster. Let me show you another example. Teacher."

Scootaloo disappeared and a clone of Twilight appeared on Heart's right. "This is weird."

"You see why this would work if you wanted to figure something out without a pony knowing?"

"Yes, it does have some holes."

"While we are here how about we just talk? This is actually faster than real life depending on the pony. If two smart ponies do it, it is faster. If two uhh… slower ponies do it, it can actually make their words slower than if they said them outside of the mind."

"What do you want to talk about?"

"How about how school is going?" Physical manifested but Twilight could feel his emotions. She felt anger, hate, sadness, misery. "Heart, what is happening at school that makes you feel these emotions?" Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, and Cheerilee appeared. Heart hadn't said anything on the subject and Twilight had leaned so much. "What has Cheerilee done to upset you?" Memories of the first day played like a movie. Twilight saw everything through his eyes. How Cheerilee blamed him for talking when Diamond was picking on him. How she assumed that he was at fault when anything bad went on around him. Every time he was innocent but punished for it any way. Twilight tried to change the subject. "How is home?" Stronger emotions were felt. Twilight not only could sense the emotions but was experience them as well. She felt despair, sadness, a sense of futility. The strongest emotion was confusion, not knowing what to do. Twilight could feel all these emotions so deeply that tears rolled down her cheeks. She couldn't stand this. She had to bring something up that right. "What makes you happy?" The painful emotions disappeared. She saw the CMC playing with Heart. They all not paying any attention to anything but each other, forgetting about any of his problems. Another image appeared, the colt was in the library learning with Twilight.

Heart smiled at his memory. "I don't have much, but I have you and them now. I never want to lose that. You all mean more to me than anything else. Can we leave now?"

Twilight had seen enough for today. "Yes, we need to learn the spell anyway."

The void vanished. Heart was in the library, back to reality. Heart had found out that he did not like being in his own mind.

Twilight at Heart with new found pity. "This spell is hard because ponies can resist you when you cast it. If they know that you are casting they can push you out. It takes a lot of practice to withstand that. How about you try it on me and I will try to help you enter."

"Ok." Unknown to Twilight, Heart had been studying this spell. He hadn't been trying to perform or understand it but knew a little about it. He focused on casting it. He imagined Twilight's mind. He thought about her, her personality, how she though. The spell was much easier to cast successfully if he knew the pony. He touched his horn to her head. Twilight's mind was not like Heart's. He stood in a room he had never seen. It had a fireplace and pillows laid on the floor. On the pillows lay princess Celestia. Next to the princess was Twilight. A book lay in front of them. Celestia lay inanimate.

Twilight read a few lines in the book before facing Heart. "You did it, good job."

"Looks like I did." Heart focused less on casting the spell. As soon as he did Twilight began to fade.

"Don't drop your focus! You have to maintain the connection."

Heart nearly lost it but regained it at the last second. "This is a lot of work."

"It is but it is very useful. It can be used to get information out of ponies. I personally don't like it because it is a strain on both ponies involved. This is enough for today. I don't want you to hurt yourself."

"Hurt myself? I am perfectly fine. I could do this all day long."

"When you are in the mind everything in the real world is not apparent to you. Leave my mind."

"But I want to practice."

"I said LEAVE!" Before Heart could respond Twilight pushed him out. He could see the library once more. Twilight stood in front of him. "You did not do as I said. I explained to you that if you wouldn't listen to me I wouldn't teach you."

"NO, I'm sorry. Don't deny me your knowledge."

"I am not saying that I am, but you need to listen to me. You do not know what is happening in your own body when casting that spell. Check yourself, how do you feel?"

Heart hadn't noticed anything right away but now he could feel what Twilight was talking about. "I feel tired, no drained. Like I have been working all day."

"That is why I wanted you to stop. It takes energy to be in some pony's mind. It is different if your in your own mind."

"You didn't seem drained when you did it."

"That is because I perform that spell quite often."

"Why? Ponies can't like you entering their mind."

"I don't use it on other ponies. I use it on myself."

"Huh?"

"If you use it on yourself you can escape into a reality that is of your making. It is like a dream that you control. It isn't the same as entering some pony else's mind because the world around you can interrupt you." Twilight could see the colt was trying to pay attention but was fading. "How about we get you a snack to rejuvenate you?"

Heart nearly fell over. "That would be nice."

Twilight gave the young unicorn a snack and some time to recover before letting him go home. Heart left but the day was not over yet and he decided to go to the CMC HQ before going home. He opened the door to the club house. No pony was there. He walked to the center of the room. 'Looks like there is no pony here. Well at least I checked.' Heart turned to leave. In the door stood a familiar orange Pegasus. "Hey Scootaloo."

The filly didn't respond. She walked forward and sat in front of Heart.

The unicorn shut the door with his magic. "What's wrong Scoot?"

"Parents."

Heart understood perfectly. Applejack had moved the mobile fireplace into the club house. Two logs had already been put into it. Heart used his magic to light it. "It's ok. Why did you come all the way out here?"

"I didn't want to be alone. They have been at it for a long time now. They don't usually take this long. I couldn't stand it anymore. They just wouldn't stop yelling. I heard stuff breaking and-"

Heart gently put a hoof on her lips. "Shh. It's ok, I am here. You don't have to worry about it."

"But they kept saying my name. Yelling what about Scootaloo, what about her." Scootaloo was on the verge of crying.

"Hey, want to see a trick I learned today?"

"Uhh… Sure?"

"Open you mind, let me in. Don't resist me." Heart put his horn to her head. He saw Scootaloo in her home. Her parents sat together in her living room. Scootaloo was next to her scooter. The scooter sat next to an open box that had been wrapped into a gift.

Scootaloo looked around confused. "Where am I?"

Heart answered her question. "You are in your own mind."

"How?"

"The new spell I learned lets me do so. I can also bring things from your subconscious." Heart thought about what to say. "Cutie Mark Crusaders." He now felt as Twilight did him. He felt joy, happiness, and friendship. He smiled. Another thought enter his head. "Heart's Vision."

Scootaloo was confused why he would say such a thing. It didn't take long for her to figure out. She felt her own emotions, and she could tell that Heart could.

The colt didn't expect the emotions he felt. He felt comfort, excitement, fear, worry, happiness, dread. He didn't know how react to this mixture of emotions. He couldn't understand why she had these bad emotions towards him. "Why… Why do you have negative emotions towards me?" after he asked he could feel her fear.

"I don't, I think you are an awesome pony."

"Why do you feel afraid when I ask you?"

Scootaloo's emotions became stronger. "Because… Because I am afraid of what you think of me."

The fear weakened but was still there. "Scoot, I think you are one of the coolest ponies I know." Heart could feel her emotions flare up, it was joy.

"Thank you, can we leave. I don't want to be late getting home."

"Yes we can." Heart deactivated his spell. He instantly felt the repercussions of using the spell so much in one day. He fell over on the floor but was still conscious.

The Pegasus immediately went to his side. "HV! What's wrong?"

The colt was calm. "Nothing, I am just tired. Please tell me you brought your scooter."

"Yeah."

"Good, because I think you have to bring me home." Heart managed to get himself in the wagon that Scootaloo attached to the scooter. The two were silent on the trip. As they passed Scootaloo's home they could not hear screaming so Heart felt ok with sending Scootaloo home after he showed her what he had to. The two made it to Heart's house. He had gained enough strength. "Wait here. I will be back in a few seconds." Heart went into his home, shortly after coming back to Scootaloo. Floating to his side was a ball.

Scootaloo was confused why he would bring it out here. "Why do have that ball? I am about to go home."

Heart brought the ball into the view of both ponies. "This ball is… Was my only possession before you came into my life. This ball was a gift from my father. He passed not that long ago. This ball means everything to me, it is the only thing that I have to remember him by." Heart paused. "I want you to have it."

Scootaloo had paid close attention the entire time. "What? But you just said it meant everything to you. Why do you want me to have?"

Heart smiled as he placed the ball in her wagon. "Because I learned something today Scootaloo. Something that I would have never learned if Twilight hadn't entered my mind."

Scootaloo thought the suspense was unbearable. "WHAT!"

Heart enjoyed the Pegasus' energy. "That I love you."

A/N: Chapter end! I hope yall enjoyed it. As always I hope everyone has a good day/night.