Chapter 28 - The Spell

Chapter 28 - The Spell

*Joshua’s P.O.V.*

“.osh...”

“J...ua.”

“Joshua.”

I felt myself being gently shaken awake.  I opened my eyes and saw Mom standing in front of me.  I then saw we were inside a train car.

“Mom, where are we?” I asked her.

“We just arrived in Canterlot,” she said, “Come on, the others are waiting for us outside.”

“Okay Mom,” I said.  I had a little trouble getting back up, but Mom helped me.  “Mommy, who else is here beside your friends?”

“Well, today is a day off from school, so Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Dinky, Nyx, and Spike are here with us too.  Derpy is as well, because she didn’t want Dinky going to Canterlot unless she came along.”

We started walking toward the exit, but I was still feeling a little wobbly.

“You can lean on my side for support if you want,” Mom said to me.  I did what she said and she put a wing over me.  When we got off, there was an orange pegasus wearing gold armor standing and talking with everypony else while waiting for us.  He had a blue mane and tail and blue eyes.  He walked up to us when he saw us getting off.

“Hello Princess,” he said.

“Hey Flash,” Mom said, “I take it you’re here to guide us to the throne room?”

“Yes I am,” the guard replied.  He then looked down at me.  “Hey there Joshua.  Wish we could’ve met under better circumstances.  I’m Flash Sentry.”  I nodded to him and gave him a small smile to be polite.  “Follow me everypony.”  He then turned around and started trotting toward the castle.  I only saw the castle when I first came to Equestria, so I didn’t get to see a lot of Canterlot.  There were a lot of ponies wearing clothes there walking the streets.  Soon, we came up to the castle.  Flash lead us inside to the throne room.  When we entered, I saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna standing at the end.  In the middle of the room, there was a big circle drawn.  With eight smaller circles inside around a circle bigger than the smaller ones, but smaller than the really big one.  Inside the eight smaller circles were Mom and her friends’ cutie marks and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna’s cutie marks.

“Princess Twilight Sparkle and friends, your highness,” Flash said.

“Thank you Flash Sentry,” Princess Celestia said, “You may return to your post now.”

Flash nodded, gave a bow, and left the room.  Princess Celestia and Princess Luna walked up to us.

“Hello everypony,” Princess Celestia said, “Thank you all for coming.”  She then looked down at me and frowned sadly.  “I’m terribly sorry this had to happen Joshua,” she said bringing her head down to me.

“Princess Celestia,” I said to her, “Is this spell going to hurt?”

“I promise Joshua, this won’t hurt you,” she replied, “The Elements of Harmony are never meant to harm others.”  I felt a little better after hearing that.  “Now then Twilight, I need you and your fellow Elements to follow Luna and me.”

Mom walked to where the circles were drawn.  She used her magic to place the other Elements on her friends’ necks while they walked over.  Princess Celestia was standing in the circle with her cutie mark with Mom on her left and Applejack on her right.  Fluttershy stood next to Mom with Rainbow Dash on her other side.  Rarity stood next to Applejack with Pinkie Pie on her other side.  Princess Luna stood in between Pinkie and Rainbow.

“Joshua, could you please come over here and stand in the middle?” Princess Celestia asked, “It’s where you’ll need to stand for this spell to work.”

“I understand Princess Celestia,” I said to her.  Before I walked over, I felt somepony put their hoof around my neck.  I saw that it was Dinky.

“Good luck Joshua,” she said to me.  She then gave me a kiss on the cheek.  I blushed at her again and she did the same.  I turned around and saw the others were giving me smiles too.  I smiled back at them, turned back around and walked over to stand in the middle circle.

“Okay everypony, if this works, Joshua should return to normal,” Princess Celesta said, “Everypony standing in this circle is going to have to put in a bit of magic for it to work, and I do mean everypony.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Rainbow said, “Are you saying Joshua’s going to have to try and turn on his horn for this to work right?”

“She is Rainbow Dash,” Luna said.

“How do I do that?” I asked, “I only learned how to walk like a pony.”

“I understand Joshua,” Princess Celestia said, “I’m not forcing you to do it.  I just want you to try your best.  Can you do that for me?”  I nodded.  I knew it was the only way if I wanted to be a human again.  “If you want to try and use your horn, you need to clear your mind and try and focus on your horn to make it light up, okay?”  I nodded again.  “Alright then Twilight, let’s begin.”

Mom nodded her head, opened her wings, lit up her horn, and the jewel on her crown lit up.  A bright light started glowing from the jewel.  The other Element jewels started glowing as well one at a time.  Mom and her friends started floating in the air as their necklaces glowed brighter.  Princess Celestia and Princess Luna then lit up their horns, spread their wings out, and floated along with Mom and the others.  A rainbow appeared out of both sides of Pinkie’s element jewel and flowed into Rainbow and Rarity’s jewels.  It then flowed out into Applejack and Fluttershy’s, then swirled around Mom and into her’s.  It then came out the top of Mom’s jewel crown and onto Celestia and Luna’s horns.

Then, everypony that was floating opened their eyes and they all glowed white.

“Now Joshua,” Princess Celestia said with her voice echoing a little bit, “Try and light your horn.”

I nodded and did what she told me to do before they started.  I shut my eyes tight, pushed my teeth together, and tried to focus on my horn.  I felt something coming out of my horn and heard something coming from it.  I opened one of my eyes a little bit and saw small white sparks coming from it.  I started getting tired and lost focus.  I started panting trying to catch my breath.

“I don’t know if I can do this,” I said.

“Don’t give up just yet Joshua,” Celestia said, her voice still echoing a little bit.

“We believe in ya, Joshua!” I heard Apple Bloom call.  I looked over and saw her, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Dinky, and Derpy waving at me.

“Come on buddy, you can do it!” Spike said.

“You can do it little brother!” Nyx said.

Mom, her friends, and the princesses were all smiling at me as I looked at them.  I felt myself smiling a little bit.  I then decided to try one more time.  Again, I closed my eyes tight, pressed my teeth together, and focused on my horn.  Again, I felt something coming out of my horn and heard something too.  Opening one eye a little bit again, I saw the same white sparks from before.  I closed my eyes even tighter, and pressed my teeth together harder.  I then felt something shoot from my chest up to my head.  I opened my eyes quickly, looked up, and saw a white light coming from my horn.

I did it!

I got my horn to light up!

Suddenly, I felt myself being lifted off the ground.  I looked down, and saw my hooves weren’t on the ground.  I then saw the rainbows that were touching Celestia and Luna’s horns shoot out, touch each other and then one big rainbow came down at my horn.  I felt really scared looking at it, but as it touched my horn, it didn’t hurt.  It felt nice and warm.  Then my eyes were filled with a white light.  I then felt myself fall asleep.