Chapter 15 (I should be able to post longer and more frequent chapters now that school is out for the summer.)
"I swear to god, if you pull out one of my vertebrae..." I said as Jeffery pulled needles from my back.
"Trust me, I know alot about acupuncture, I've done it before." Jeffery said, and stuck a needle in my back.
My face screwed up and my tongue stuck out.
"Sorry! I haven't done it with a pony yet." Jeffery pulled out a needle.
My face returned to normal, apart from a smirk I had.
"You haven't done it with a pony yet?"
"No, just a human, once."
"Really... So you've done it with a human, but not a pony?"
"Yes, I-" Jeffery burst into laughter, and I joined him.
"So, how did you come to need acupuncture, again?"
"Ghastly Gorge. Freakin' Quarry Eels."
I felt a needle come out of my back.
"That should do it!" Jeffery announced.
I stood up, and stretched. "Thanks, again." I said, walking away.
"One more thing." Jeffery said.
I turned back towards him. "Yeah?"
"Can you... maybe... ask Applejack if... You know... she can... go out with me?"
"Are you kidding me? Of course I can! I'm sure she can find the time between apple bucking and such to go on a date with you!" I said, walking out.
"Thanks man! I owe you one." Jeffery shouted as I left the building.
I walked towards the library, but was stopped when an orange, purple, and blue blur shot past me, nearly hitting my snout.
"Sorry!" I heard the blur shout, and a screeching sound.
I looked to my left to see Scootaloo taking off her helmet, standing next to her scooter.
"Hey, Scoots." I shook my head a bit. "How's your morning been?"
"Great! I was just going to Sweetie Bell's house where the Crusaders would meet!" Scootaloo grinned happily.
"Mind if I come with?"
"Yeah! I mean... no?"
I chuckled. "Thanks."
She hopped back on her scooter. "Keep up!" She shot away, as if she was nitro powered.
I shot forward, and eventually caught up with the scooting Scootaloo.
"Hello zeah!" I said in a German accent that Photo Finish would be jelly about.
I slowly went ahead of Scootaloo, not paying attention to the destination that was getting closer.
"Impact!" She shouted.
I looked ahead just in time to see the wall of the Carousel Boutique.
My head slammed into the wall, creating a tiny crack where it collided.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?"
"Yeah... I'll be fine." I said, rubbing my head and standing up.
"Are you sure? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Scootaloo pressed.
"No, really, I'm fine."
I stumbled to the door and knocked.
"Coming!" I heard Rarity's posh voice call.
She opened the door. "Hello Scootaloo! Chris!"
"Chris?" Scootaloo repeated.
"A nickname for me." I said.
"Oh. Cool."
Applebloom popped up between me and Rarity.
"Hey Scootaloo! Howdy Impact!" She exclaimed.
"Hey Applebloom." I said.
"Oh! Where are my manners? Come in, come in." Rarity said, moving out of the doorway.
We trotted in and saw Sweetie Bell messing around with some fabric.
"Dumb fabric." She muttered.
"Hey Sweetie Bell! I brought Impact with me!" Scootaloo said.
"Great! So, what will we be doing today?"
"We're gonna try fer some fasionista stuff!" Applebloom exclaimed.
"I agreed to help them." Rarity chimed in.
"Alright! What can I help with?" I asked.
"You can cut the fabric! Once Sweetie Bell catches it that is." Scootaloo giggled.
"I can cut things." I said. "Do you need some help 'catching' the fabric?"
Sweetie Bell giggled. "Yeah, thanks."
I cantered to where the fabric would be in a few seconds.
I rolled to my hooves and stopped at them.
"There you go." I said with a smirk.
Sweetie Bell blushed a bit, then trotted to the fabric.
She picked it up and Scootaloo hoofed me a pair of scissors.
"Danke." I said, and grabbed them.
"Danke? What's that supposed to mean?" Applebloom asked.
"It means 'thanks' in German."
"From Germaneigh?" Sweetie Bell asked.
I giggled at Equestria's names and plays on words.
"Yeah."
"Let's get started already!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
I chuckled and began cutting the fabric.
Three Hours Later...
We had moved to magic now, after several failures of dresses.
"You can do it Sweetie Bell!" Scootaloo encouraged.
Sweetie was going to perform a random spell.
On me.
"Remember, try not to kill me!" I joked.
A charge shot from Sweetie Bell's horn, and I forced myself to stay still.
I felt a jolt of electricity shoot through my chest, up my neck, to my skull, and around my cranium.
Sweetie Bell, Scootaloo, and Applebloom were giggling.
"What happened?" I said.
"See for yerself." Applebloom picked up a mirror.
I looked in it to see that my mane had turned purple and was shaped like Rarity's.
I chuckled, then flopped to the ground.
"Oh! Woe is me! What ever shall I do? My beautiful mane is on a body that is not my own! Why?" I began over acting crying sounds.
The three fillies had burst into laughter, and were lying on the floor, holding their stomachs and laughing.
"AAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!" We heard a scream from the other side of the house.
I galloped to where Rarity had been.
I burst through the door to see Rarity crying on the floor, rocking.
I noticed that she had my mane.
"Oh come on Rarity! It's just a little switch up spell!" I said, approaching the crying mare.
"My beautiful mane!" Rarity stopped crying suddenly. "Did you say switch up spell?"
"Yeah, look." I pointed to my new mane.
She stood there, pupils tiny, staring at my mane.
"Um... Rarity?" I waved a hoof in front of her face.
"MINE!" She screamed, and threw herself on me, jabbing my stomach.
I pushed her off after at least five sharp jabs.
"Man, those are some sharp hooves." I said, holding my stomach.
She charged at me, horn down.
"Sweetie! Use the spell again!" I shouted, before throwing myself to the side.
Sweetie Bell's horn began to glow, and another charge of magic shot from her horn, and hit me.
I rolled from another attack from the crazed unicron, before the same sensation went through my cranium.
Rarity stopped charging, and felt her mane.
"Oh thank Celestia!" She said, falling on her bed.
"I should probably be going." I said to the girls.
"Yeah. See you later." Sweetie Bell said.
I started for the front door.
I breathed in deeply when the fresh air hit my nose.
Something about Equestria made me like the outside more.
I noticed Applejack at her apple stall at the marketplace.
"Hey Applejack!" I said as I walked up to her.
"Howdy Impact! Want some apples?"
"Nah, I'm good. I actually wanted to ask you something."
"Okay, shoot."
"Well, there's this really nice stallion that has a thing for you okay? And he wanted me to ask you if you could go out with him. He's really nice, he's funny, he's sweet, and he's smart. What do you say?"
"Sure. Tell him I'd love to. Where?"
"The Mare's Dream." That was the only restaurant I knew of.
"Alrighty then. I'll see him there?"
"Sure thing. See ya!" I galloped for Joshua, Derrick, and Jeffery's house.
I arrived at the house and knocked.
"Just a sec!" I heard Joshua shout.
He opened the door. "Hey man!"
"Hey. Is Jeffery here?"
"Yeah." Joshua leaned back. "JEFFERY! GET YOUR FLANK DOWN HERE!"
"I'M COMING!" Jeffery shouted back, and galloped down the stairs.
"Hey Chris."
"Yo. Guess what."
"What?"
"Your meeting Applejack at The Mare's Dream."
Jeffery's eyes widened and he threw himself on me, in a giant man-to-man hug.
"Your the freakin' best, you know that?"
"Yeah, I sure do."
"Thanks, man."
"Yeah, yeah. You should be there by dinner."
"Alright. Come on in."
I trotted in to see Derrick working out.
"He-yo!" I said, and surprised Derrick, causing him to drop the weights on his chest.
"Whoa man!" We all cantered over to help him.
We got the weights off his chest and dropped it on the ground.
"Thanks?" Derrick said once he took a breath.
"Yes, your welcome." I replied.
"So, your here for what reason?"
"Am I not allowed to be with my bros?"
"Okay, fine. Want something to drink?"
"Sure."
Derrick cantered to the kitchen and came back with four bottles of Mountain Dew.
"Like Mountain Dew?"
"Are you kidding me? Of course I do!" I grabbed a bottle and pried it open with my mouth.
"Nice." Stary commented.
"So, any other humans?" Cloud asked.
"Yeah. I found three before I found you guys. Cool Ocean, Dragon Scales, and Snowy Magic."
"What are their real names?" Degree asked.
"Snowy Magic is Elizabeth, Dragon Scales is Olivia Scales, and I don't know Cool Ocean's real name. What are yours?"
"I'm Derrick Dennor. Stary is my brother, Joshua Dennor, and Cloud is Jeffrey Caziah." Degree said.
"Cool. So how did you guys hey here?"
"I got here from a weird cut in the middle of nowhere. It was weird. Same happened to these two."
"Every human got here that way! I opened them and left them open! Anybody from your neighbor to Steven Spielberg can get through!"
"That sucks." Joshua said.
"Yeah. So, whats this about a girlfriend I keep hearing about?" Derrick said.
"I'm with Twilight." I replied.
"Oh snap son." Stary chuckled.
"So you can give me tips, right?" Cloud asked.
"I guess. I mean, you have to know what your lady friend likes. For Applejack, I told her that your sweet, smart, nice, and funny. So live up to that and you'll be fine."
"Thanks, man. I really owe you one."
"Nah, it's fine. We're all humans."
"Yeah, it's not gay, we're all humans here." Stary joked.
We all had a good laugh, before Cloud spoke up.
"Now I wanna know why you had a conversation with the Princess when she first came to town." He said.
"Well, I am the Scythe Carrier. I have that kind of privilege." I replied.
"Scythe Carrier? Is that some sort of Grim Reaper, or something?" Stary said.
"No, It's a title given to those who carry the Demi-Scythe, a scythe that cuts open voids in the world and lets any and all who go through go to different dimensions. Cool beans if you ask me. I recently have had said legendary scythe taken from me by Celestia."
"So, she basically grounded you from moving between dimensions? That's harsh." Stary said.
"Not really. I kinda abused the power by leaving open all those void cuts so anything could go through."
"Anything?" Cloud repeated.
"Yeah. From Zimos to a Storm Atronach, anything."
"Storm Atronach? You've been to Skyrim?" Degree said.
"Heck yeah. I was a huge gamer before I became the Carrier."
"Think you could take us on a trip?" Stary asked.
"Sure, if I find the time."
"Sweet."
"Want to see something awesome?" I asked.
They all nodded.
I opened a mini-rift and pulled out my Nightingale blade.
"Is that what I think it is?" Cloud asked.
"The Nightingale Blade? Yes, it sure is." I chuckled a bit, before putting the blade back.
"That's epic." Degree said.
"I gotta hit the road." I said, closing the mini-rift.
"See ya later!" Stary said as I left.
Now, what's on my mental to-do list...?
Go on a picnic with Twi...
Help Fluttershy with something...
And that's it. Nice to-do list Chris.
I trotted to the library, a smile on my face.
Arriving, I opened the door and looked around.
"Hi Chris!" Twilight said from the top of the stairs.
"Hey there!" I greeted.
"How did the acupuncture go?"
"Great. I was wondering if you wanted to go on a picnic?"
"I'd love to!"
"Awesome! You have a basket, right?"
"Of course I do. It's in the kitchen, on top of the refrigerator."
"Thanks." I trotted to the kitchen and stood up on my hind legs in front of the kitchen.
"There you are." I muttered as I reached my head in and grabbed the basket.
I went back to my normal posture and opened up the fridge.
"Bread, dandelions, jelly, and chocolate covered cherries, of course, oranges, I love oranges," I continued to mutter to myself until I had filled the basket.
"Done." I closed the fridge and picked up the basket.
"Ready?" I asked Twilight as I left the kitchen.
"Sure am!" She said happily, and we left.
"So, where are we going?" She asked.
"There's a really beautiful spot by the river that I thought would be good."
The walk was mostly normal, and we arrived.
I pulled the red and white checkered blanket out of the basket Pulling out the bread, jelly, and dandelions, I started making a sandwich.
"So, you never told me about how you got you suit." Twilight said.
"Oh, yeah. Just lemme get this set up.
I finished the sandwich and pulled out some plates.
Lying down, I observed the beautiful river.
"So, you really want to know?" I asked.
"Yes."
Initiate flashback sequence.
"So, this is the pilgrims path, eh?" I said, approaching the cave entrance. "Kind of obvious that it belongs to Nightingales when you put it right next to the shadow stone."
"We needed the seclusion of a cave, but we needed it to be close to a source of some sort, and we needed a marker for others." A woman wearing Nightingale armor said.
"Right." We both walked in the cave, along with Brynjolf following.
Brynjolf was my boss when I was in the thieves guild. He was right there under Mercer Frey in the corporate ladder of the guild.
Mercer had attempted to kill me during a chase with Karliah.
Karliah was accused of killing Garrus, the former leader of the thieves guild.
"We need all the help we can get if we're going after Mercer." Karliah explained.
"And?" Brynjolf said.
"You need to become Nightingales."
"What? Are you crazy? Lass, I appreciate the offer, but I can't just join some religious group!" Brynjolf exclaimed.
"Do you want to defeat Mercer?"
"I know I do." I said.
"Of course I do. Isn't there another way?"
"Only Lady Nocturnal can aid you in your quest."
Brynjolf sighed. "Alright, I'll do it."
We walked up to three different stands and Karliah began chanting.
Soon after, black, leather-looking armor came out of the top of the stones.
"Wow." I said to myself.
I took the armor from the stand and replaced my old armor with it.
"Now, follow me, and we can begin." Karliah said, walking into a room.
In that room, was a large stone circle, with three other circles connected to it.
"Take your pick." Karliah said, walking up to one of the smaller circles.
Me and Brynjolf did the same.
Karliah began preaching again, and a bright light shone in the center circle.
Lady Nocturnal spoke to Karliah about the recently stolen Skeleton key, and allowed me to join the Nightingales.
Deactivate flashback sequence.
"Really..." Twilight took a sip of water from her cup.
"Yeah. Alot of it was mostly brutal killing. I don't know how I got used to it."
"Couldn't you just, leave? Just like that?"
"I had made to many friends. I had to help them at least before I could make myself leave. I can't just let them all die like that." I felt small tear refuse to drop in my eye.
"I'm sorry... for bringing that up..."
"No, don't be." I put a forearm around her neck.
I looked over the river.
It was just so peaceful.
All I could hear was Twilight's breathing and the babbling river.
Being here in Equestria really let me see the beauty in life, and how it's not all just sitting in front of a screen all day.
I heard the rustling of leaves, and my ears perked up.
I saw something shadowy hide behind a tree on the other side of the river.
I ignored it and nuzzled Twilight's cheek.
One hour later...
"That was fun!" Twilight exclaimed as we packed up the blanket and I picked up the basket.
"Sure was."
We walked back to the library, and put everything away.
"I promised Fluttershy I would help her with something, so I have to go." I said.
"Okay, bye." She replied, picking up a book, and I left.
I walked to Fluttershy's cottage.
I knocked on the door, and Fluttershy opened it.
"Oh! Your here, thank goodness!" She said with relief, and welcomed me in.
"What the heck?" I said.
There was furniture knocked over, birds flying about, carpets torn in half, and Angel was standing in the middle of the room, arms crossed, and tapping his foot.
"I didn't have the right food for Angel and he got mad and... yeah." Fluttershy said quietly.
"I got it, just stay back." I slowly approached the impatient and picky bunny.
He threw himself on me when I got close, and grabbed onto my snout.
I shook my head a bit, but to no avail.
Angel had a vice on my snout, and didn't plan on letting go.
"Your making me do this." I said, and turned to a wall.
"Last chance!" The bunny replied by gripping harder.
I charged towards the wall, top speed.
Angel gripped part of my snout harder, and I threw my head left, right into a table.
I grabbed him off my snout somehow and held him by the ears.
His arms were still crossed, and he had an annoyed look on his face.
"You, good sir, are truly an annoyance. You trash your only owners house, just because she gets the wrong kind of feed? Are you mad? I ought take your favorite carrot, and shove it straight up your tiny little bunny plot! You want that?"
He shook his head, and looked scared, finally.
"Now, you best clean this place up." I dropped him on the ground, and he began picking up the bits of furniture.
"Thanks, Impact." Fluttershy said.
"It's no problem. I can give you the bits to get your stuff back together. No need to repay me."
"Are you sure? I can't just take all that money from somepony..."
"It's fine, I get bits all the time! I basicaly have an infinite amount."
"Oh, okay."
I hugged her and left.
I trotted back to the library and went inside.
"Twi! I'm home!" I called.
"Can you colm upstairs for a sec?" She called back from her room.
"Yeah, I'll be right up!" I replied, and trotted to her room.
I opened her door, and my eyes widened.
Twilight was lying in her bed seductivley, her eyes looking dreamily at me.
"Hey there, Chris." She said seductively.
"Um..." As fun as this sounded, this wasn't like Twilight.
"I read that book on human biology. You wanna know my favorite section?"
"W-w-what?"
"The reproductive system." She said, before pulling me forward and kissing me.
I heard the door downstairs open, and I broke the kiss. "I should go get that."
My wings were probably a foot wide when I trotted downstairs.
"Twilight?" I said when I saw the lavender mare in the doorway.
"Hi Chris!" She giggled. "Do I want to know what you were doing?"
"Weren't you just in your room?" I said.
"What do you mean? I just came from the marketplace."
"But I just..." I looked back at her room. "I was just... come with me for a sec, will you?" I trotted upstairs, and Twilight followed.
I opened the door and Twilight was still sitting on the bed.
"What in Celestia's name is going on?" The second Twilight asked.
"Well, I came home and this Twilight was here seducing me, and then you came here."
"Oh, Chris, who will you trust, the sexy one that arouses you, or this nerdy one?" The first Twilight said.
"Nerdy? I like Twilight because she's Twilight, kay? You best break whatever spell you cast on yourself, and get the buck out." I said in an intimadating voice.
She sighed, and the first Twilight began wiping away slowly, and something dark took it's place.
The first Twilight was replaced by a dark, shadowy, red-eyed pony.
"Not so arousing now, am I?" The creature growled.
Twilight threw her hoof into it's face, and it fell on it's back, clutching it's face.
"That's for kissing my coltfriend!" Twilight said, and crossed her forearms.
"Nice shot." I said, before picking up the creature by it's collar.
"THE HECK ARE YOU?" I screamed in it's face.
"A creature of many forms." It replied crypticaly.
"Scientific name, please."
"Science knows nothing of us."
"Then give me your frickin' name!"
It chuckled. "A changeling, of course."
"You don't look like a changeling."
"Well, I know that. I'm not in my real form."
I raised my eyebrow. "May I ask why?"
"The real changeling are brutes."
"Is that so? And this coming from the one that made a move on me?"
"That's not brutality, just... arousal."
"Right..." I turned my head to Twilight. "What should I do with her?"
"Drop her." She said.
I nodded and dropped the changeling.
"What is your name?" I asked again.
"Metamorphasis." She replied.
"Welcome to wherever, Metamorphasis."
"Well, now that that's settled, I'll be leaving." She started towards the door, before Twilight stopped her.
"You might want something different."
Metamorphasis looked down at herself. "Oh, yes of course." She slowly began turning into a less menacing pony.
Replacing her, was a green unicorn with a cherry red mane, and black hoof tips.
"How do I look?" She asked.
"Like a filly." I replied.
"Good enough." She started towards the door again, and left.
"That was... interesting." I said.
Twilight sighed. "I hope she doesn't do something like that again."
"Yeah."
"What did I miss?" Spike exclaimed, bursting through the door.
"Well, I made out with a Twilight doppleganger, and the real Twilight came home and punched it in the face, and it turned out to be a changeling that thinks other changelings are brutes, so she turned into a pony, and left." I explained.
"Oh. So, alot then."
I nodded.
Third Person POV
"So, Jeffery and Chris already have girlfriends. We need our 'Special Somepony' now." Joshua said.
"Yeah, I know." Derrick answered.
"Don't you know how to play guitar?"
"I do, actualy. Why?"
"That would probably help."
"I can't just walk up to a filly that I like and say 'Hey I wanna sing a song for you so listen.',"
"Yeah, well, when you do get a... fillyfriend? Or is it marefriend?"
"I dunno. Probably marefriend."
Jeffery burst through the door.
"HELP ME!" He shouted, and ran into the kitchen.
"The heck?" Derrick said, chuckling.
Big Macintosh came galloping through the door next, steam flaring from his nostrils.
"You get back here!" He shouted, and ran after Jeffery.
Jeffery jumped over the counter, and galloped upstairs.
"Mr. Macintosh, I only fell on her!" Jeffery shouted.
"Likely story!" Big mac replied.
"Trust us Big Mac, he doesn't have the guts to do that!" Joshua said.
Big Mac stopped running for a moment, and looked at Joshua.
"You sure bout' that?" He questioned.
"One hundred percent!"
Jeffery peeked from behind a door.
Big Mac peered at him.
"I would never do that to your daughter, Mr. Macintosh." Jeffery said.
Big Mac blew out one more puff of steam from his nostrils. "I guess... I did overreact a bit..."
"Don't worry, big guy." Joshua patted him on the back.
"Sorry... I should go." Big Mac trotted out.
"Well then! What an adventure!" Derrick exclaimed sarcasticaly.
"Your tellin' me." Jeffery said. "It really was an accident."
"Yeah, sure. One thing though."
"What?"
"Did you actualy kiss her?"
Jeffery sighed. "Yeah."
Joshua held up a hoof. "Nice one."
Jeffery bumped his hoof with his own.
Derrick trotted up and did the same.
"We need to celebrate." Derrick anounced.
"It's just a first kiss guys." Jeffery said.
"But it's your very first one, and you did it as a pony, and I'm a bit bored.
"Well, I gotta say, those are some great reasons. Why not?" Jeffery chuckled.
"Where to? I mean, Jeffery just got back from dinner." Joshua interjected.
"I think we could get lunch tommorow." Jeffery said.
"Alright, plan made." Derrick said.
"I'm gonna be taking a walk for a while, see ya." Joshua said, trotting out the door.
"Now, let's see here..." The black pegasus said, looking around.
"There's Rainbow Dash... I doubt I could get Fluttershy... Derpy, maybe? Nah..." Joshua rubbed his chin.
"Does it have to be a Pegasus?" He thought out loud.
"I guess not... Man, I'm talking to myself now? Great..."
"Hey you!" A raspy, tomboyish voice called from the sky.
Stary looked up to see Rainbow Dash sitting on a cloud.
"Yeah?" Joshua said, flying up to her level.
"I haven't seen you before. Did you already have a party?"
"Nope."
"You mean, you've avoided Pinkie Pie?"
"I guess." Joshua chuckled. "Not on a purpose."
"Well, I'd say that your pretty lucky."
"Why's that?"
"Cause' she isn't really normal." Rainbow fly up close to him. "I think she might be on cocain."
They both laughed.
"What's your name?" Rainbow asked.
"Stary. Stary Night." He raised a hoof, and Rainbow bumped it.
"Rainbow Dash. Fastest flier in Equestria!"
"Hey, are you free for dinner or something?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I should be. When?"
"How about... Five. How does that sound?"
"I'm good!"
"Great. See ya then." Rainbow flew off.
Joshua pumped his hoof and floated off.
Derrick's, Joshua's, and Jeffery's house...
"JENGA!" Jeffery shouted as the wooden structure fell.
"AGH!" Derrick clutched his head and fell to the ground, pulling his hair.
They had both been playing games for an hour or so, and Derrick just couldn't work well without his fingers.
Jeffery on the other hand, was acing everything.
"This is too easy." Joshua said.
"FOR YOU MAYBE! I CAN'T WORK WITHOUT FINGERS!" Derrick shouted.
"Calm down, it's just a game."
Derrick sighed. "I guess."
Joshua opened the door with a smile on his face.
"Hey man. Why so happy?" Derrick asked.
"I got a date with Rainbow Dash." He replied proudly.
"Nice! Man, we're getting some... grouped dates?"
"I guess you could call it that." Jeffery agreed.
"What have you guys been doing?"
"I'm destroying Derrick mentally." Jeffery stated.
"Yeah, Yeah." Derrick waved him off.
"You should calm down. It's just like... a racial abilaties! Like from Skyrim!"
"Now your just being a jerk. Besides, you have that horn of yours."
"Yeah, I mean why can't you use that?" Joshua asked.
"Magic." Jeffery answered.
"But that's what the horn for." Derrick said.
"Yeah, exactly."
"I don't follow your logic." Joshua said.
"Thanks."
"Forget it. I doubt he could do it anyway."
Jeffery raised an annoyed eyebrow. "You sure?"
"Sure as ever."
"Yeah, right. I can learn and use magic on a daily basis in one frickin' day, bro."
"Whatever man." Derrick said.
"I'm gonna study right now!" Jeffery galloped up to his room.
"That was easy." Joshua chuckled.
At The Library...
Chris's POV
"So, just random spells?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. I open the book at a random page and chose a random spell." I replied, grabbing a book of spells.
"That sounds interesting."
"Here we go." I flipped open the book and closed my eyes, pointing at something.
I opened my eyes. "Facial Hair."
"Sounds easy." She stated, and her horn began to glow.
I felt a tingling sensation below my mouth, and it was replaced with the feeling of more fur.
"What does it look like?" I asked Twilight excitedly.
"A goatee." She answered.
I sqee'd in excitement. "Really?" I said quietly.
Twilight giggled. "Yeah. But you don't look as cute."
"Oh, well then in that case..." I stopped hopping.
Twilight's horn glowed again, and my facial hair was removed.
"Next up..." I grabbed the book and repeated the last time.
"Let's save that one for last." I said to myslef.
"What was it?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, nothing."
"Come on, tell me."
I sighed. "A birth control spell."
She giggled uncrontrolably.
I sighed a second time.
"I'm gonna chose something different." I said.
I did the same as before. "Magical Rap?" I said.
Twilight calmed down. "Really?"
"Yeah. Wanna try it?"
Twilight stiffled another giggle.
"I mean," I sighed yet again. "Man, the stuff that goes on in your mind."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll try it." Her horn glowed again.
Her mouth glowed slightly.
"Do you feel any different?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm good here, all is well, just tryin' out spells." Twilight sang.
"Wow. Your lyrics could use more work though." I chuckled.
Twilight's horn began to glow again, and the glowing around her mouth subsided.
"One more..." I repeated the last step once more.
"Another form? Sweet." I said.
Twilight's began charging magic again, and her body began glowing.
A lavender Griffon with a purple head took her place.
"How do I look?" She asked.
"I still like your pony form better."
She giggled, and turned back into a pony.
"Now, that other spell." She said with a mischievous smile.
Third Person POV...
Jeffery had already mastered levitation, and was working on other spells.
"That was really fast." Derrick said.
"Yeah. I expected him to be done like, after ten." Joshua agreed.
"Check this out guys!" Jeffery yelled as he ran down the stairs.
"What is it?" Derrick asked.
"A new spell. Check it out." His horn began to glow, but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." Joshua offered, and opened the door.
"Hey there Applebloom!" He said.
"Hi there mister!" The small filly said.
"Did you need something?"
"Yeah. You see, I went over to the library to see if Impact wanted to help look for cutie marks, but he and Twilight were doin' something."
Derrick came to the door. "What were they doing?"
"I don't know, but Twilight wanted more of it!"
Derrick and Joshua exchanged looks.
"Can I ask you how you know this?" Joshua asked.
"I heard her askin' him."
The two stallions stifled laughs.
"So where do we come in?" Derrick asked.
"Well, I was wonderin' if you knew what Twilight wanted and could help me look for more."
"Um... sorry, we can't. Us grown ups are really busy." Joshua said.
"Okay. Bye!" The filly trotted away.
Stary slammed the door closed and broke into a fit of laughter, followed by Derrick.
"What did she need?" Jeffery asked.
"She wanted to... help Chris... by looking for whatever Twilight wanted..." Derrick said between laughs.
"What?"
"Twilight wanted... something from Chris... apparently..." Joshua continued.
Jeffery caught on and joined the laughing fit.
"I'm gonna get something to eat." Joshua said once he calmed down.
He went into the kitchen and made a sandwich.
"You guys want anything?" He called from the kitchen.
"Yeah, sure. Just chips, I guess." Derrick said.
"An apple, thanks." Jeffery said.
"Oh he ha ho hm!" Joshua exclaimed.
"What?"
"You have a taste for apples, hm?"
Derrick chuckled.
Jeffery sighed. "Yeah, yeah."
Joshua threw him an apple and came back with a bag of chips and a paper plate with a sandwich on it.
"We're getting everywhere fast." Joshua declared.
"What do you mean?" Derrick asked.
"Well, think about it. We've been here for what... two weeks or so? I already have a date with RD, Jeffery already kissed Applejack, Chris is... Yeah."
"Yeah. Things do feel fast." Jeffery agreed.
"Don't get left out, Derrick." Stary said to the orange earth pony.
"Yeah, yeah." Derrick said.
"So, they have tofu here instead of meat." Jeffery said.
"Well duh." Derrick chuckled.
"Man, Equestrian chips are frickin' good." Derrick exclaimed.
"You can play the guitar, right?" Jeffery asked the orange pony.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Play it."
"Um... okay..." Derrick went up to his room to get his guitar.
"How good do you think he is?" Joshua asked.
"I think he's pretty good." Jeffery answered.
Derrick came back down with a guitar strapped to his back.
"Alright, I haven't done this in a while, so I may suck." Derrick said, as he spun his guitar around his back and held it.
He began strumming on the guitar.
"I was walkin' down the street
when out the corner of my eye
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me
She said I never seen a man who looks so alone
could ya use a little company?
If ya pay the right price
ya evenin' will be nice and you can
go and send me my way"
"I said your such a sweet young thing
Why'd you do this to yourself
She looked at me and this is what she said
There ain't rest for the wicked
money don't grow on trees
I got bills to pay I mouths to feed
There ain't nothin' in this world for free"
"I can't slow down, I can't hold back
though you know I wish I could
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked
Until we close our eyes for good"
"Not even fifteen minutes later
after walkin' down the street
I saw the shadow of my creep out a' sight
Then he swept up from behind
he put a gun up to my head
he made it clear he wasn't lookin' for a fight
He said give me all you've got
I want your money not your life
If you try to make a move I won't think twice"
"I told him you could have my cash But first you know I've gotta ask What made you wanna live this kinda life?"
"He said there ain't no rest for the wicked
money don't grow on trees I got bills to pay
mouths to feed There ain't nothin' in this world for free
Oh no I can't slow down I can't hold back
though you know I wish I could
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked
till' we close our eyes for good"
Derrick continued to strum the guitar in a solo.
"Now a couple hours past
and I was sitting at my house
The day was winding down
and coming to an end
So I turned on the TV
and what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend"
"I saw a preacher man in cuffs
He takin' money from a church
He stuffed his bank account with Righteous dollar bills"
"But even still I can't say much
Cause I know we're all the same
Oh yes we seek out to satisfy those thrills"
"You know there ain't no rest for the wicked
money don't grow on trees
we got bills to pay we got mouths to feed
Ain't nothin' in this world for free
Oh no we can't hold back we can't slow down
though you know we wish we could
You know there ain't no rest for the wicked
Till' we close our eyes for good."
Derrick put the guitar down.
"That was friggin' awesome man!" Joshua exclaimed.
"Yeah, it really was!" Jeffery agreed.
"Ah, it's nothin'." Derrick waved them off.
"Bro, Kyle Gass would be proud." Joshua encouraged.
"Thanks."
"We should make a band." Jeffery said.
"What do you play?" Joshua asked the unicorn.
"Sound and Keyboard."
"Sweet."
"Can you sing?" Jeffery asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty good."
"Cool. I'l have to ask Chris what he can do."
"He's a pretty good rapper." Derrick interjected.
"Great! I'l invite him."
Joshua chuckled. "Like I said. Everywhere. Fast."
