My Little Friendship Confusion Is Magic

"Is the going to be a regular occurrence?", Jared asked himself, waking up. He went to move, but he couldn't. "Is this?", he asked sarcastically as he looked up and saw his arms tied up by chains. His legs were tied down by chains as well, holding him up in mid air.

Three large gold rings went across each arm and leg. Two larger gold rings went across his chest and three small rings went up his horn. They all had a clear crystal in them. His pack was gone.

From what he could see, he was in a circular room with one opening that was barred. He couldn't make out anything out on the other side other than shaded figures.

He heard voices outside. He made out a unicorn and a taller pegasus-unicorn. "Hate to interrupt your ice cream social, but could someone tell me what the hell is going on?", he asked, pissed off, "Last thing I remember is getting cheap shot by a small dragon."

The figures stopped talking. "So your awake.", said the taller one. "How do you like your new home?", she asked grimly.

"How about I give you the finger and you give me that phone call?", Jared said on return.

"You dare speak to me like you no nothing.", said the taller one, "My guards told me how you went start for the library, stole the book, and obliterated everything in your path.", she said harshly.

"Headed straight for the- I got lost in your labyrinth of identical corridors. I know it's probable not open for the public, but put some directions in those bitches. Seriously.", Jared said back to her.

The taller pony walked closer to the bars. "You dare speak to me that way.", she said anger.

"Princess, he's not evil or destructive.", said a familiar voice,"He's helped us save Rarity."

"Quite Twilight.", snapped the princess.

Jared chuckled,"We both know she's right. So why don't you be a nice princess and let me out of here.", he said in reply.

The princess's horn began to glow. Jared started felling intolerable pain throughout his body and screamed.

Twilight watched in horror as her mentor tortured her new friend. "Princess stop! He's not a bad guy. He doesn't deserve to be tortured like this!", she yelled at the princess.

The princess's horn stopped glowing and Jared stopped screaming. He let his head drop. Why couldn't he use and magic. No matter how much he focused he couldn't make fire. It felt as if the magic was taking out of him. He tried to ignite the chains, but nothing happened. All Jared could see happening was the crystals on the rings glowing red.

"Your right Twilight.", said the princess calmly,"He's not worth right now. Your brother is getting married in a two days, we already have another threat on us, and he can't use magic with those enchanted rings on him."

Jared's eyes shot open as he remembered something. 'The rings reduce, not diminish.' The rings were suppressing his magic. Whoever wrote in that book had to be talking about these rings. Jared tried and tried to use magic, while the room became bright red.

The princess walked away from the cell. "Come Twilight.", she said.

Twilight put her head next to the bars. "I'm really sorry about this.", she whispered to Jared. She went after the princess and left Jared alone. Jared closed his eyes and concentrate. A small flame briefly appeared at the end of his horn, and a smile sprouted from his lips.