Equestria's Corruption
Magic 101
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After the incident with the Worm Food, Dennis was on edge. He wanted to do something helpful, even though Twilight said that the Corruption samples would be enough for now. Dennis was constantly wandering around Ponyville looking for something to do. He had been looking for a job, although he knew that usually your Cutie Mark determined your job, but since he was a blank-flank he was generally browsing around. He couldn't help Fluttershy because her animals, for some reason didn't like him, He couldn't bake, so helping Pinkie was out, He couldn't fly so helping Rainbow Dash with weather was out of the question, Back on Terraria he could make Silk out of Cobwebs on a Loom, but that was about it when it came to clothing or fashion, (Armor being the only thing he wore outside if his regular outfit.) Twilight already had an assistant, so that left Applejack.
Applejack was skeptical when he asked if he could help out on the farm, but he assured her that a year of combat in Terraria was enough to qualify. It was hard work but it did leave him time to think on some of the things that had bothered him. For one thing, how was he going to stop the corruption without Purification Powder? He was sure that this world might have a solution, but after hours of studying he was having doubts. The Magic Mirror was another thing he was wondering about. He wasn't as smart as the Mechanic or the Goblin Outcast from his world, but since the mirror on its own sent him back home on his world, he guessed it would make sense that giving it an insane amount of power could, in theory, send him way farther... as in dimensions, further.
"Hey, Dennis you alright?" Applejack asked tapping him on the shoulder.
"Yea I'm fine," he said, snapping out of his small trance. He would go into these trances a lot when he had something in his mind, and it annoyed the crap out of Garrett back home. He cringed at the thought of Garrett and pushed it out of his mind.
"Yeah..." Applejack said eyeing him nervously. "Well anyways if y'all want to go back to Twilight's place you can, I can handle things 'round here," she said, bucking a tree. Dennis was staying at Twilight's house on an extra bed in the main library room. While he didn't want to be a burden, he also didn't have anywhere safe to stay and couldn't make a cloud hut because he wasn't a Pegasus.
He had water and food in the saddle bag that was, he assumed, his inventory from Terraria. Twilight was very interested in the things he had in there. He showed her the oddly edible and dangerously flammable Gel that was attained from Slimes. Fluttershy was interested in the plant seeds like Blinkroot and Daybloom. Rainbow Dash was quite amazed by the Cloud in a Bottle, though she wouldn't show it, "Big deal, I could put a cloud in a bottle!" she said rolling her eyes. "Yes but would it do, this?" he asked then jumped and then a magic cloud formed under him, giving him an extra boost! One thing Twilight was almost obsessed over were the Demon Scythe and Water Bolt spell tomes he had brought with him, which, with the addition of his magic horn, could be cast without needing the books. (Something Dennis had learned the hard way by accidently shearing off 3 inches of his tail with Demon Scythe.)
Despite his combat spells and large supply of healing items, he was still worried of the prospect of facing of with the Eater of Worlds, or even the Eye of Cthulhu.
"Well as long as we don't have to face off against one of the boss monsters, i'm happy," he said. Rainbow Dash flew in, almost taking Dennis' head off in the process.
"You guys we have a big problem!" she yelled at both of them,
"Woah, hold up there sugarcube what's goin' on?" she asked, a look of worry on her face.
"Big eye thing, flying around, KILLING PONIES!" She gasped, looking as if she flew here top-speed. Applejack looked at Dennis.
"Eye of Cthulhu, somepony must have summoned it overnight and it went on a rampage through corrupt areas," Dennis said, looking as if he was about to vomit. "That would explain why noponys noticed it until now," he said, a look of fear on his face. They were unprepared.
He quickly wiped the fearful expression off his face, "Come on lets go meet the others, I know how to beat this guy!" he yelled, already galloping full speed towards Twilight's house.
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