Chapter 29 - Did it Work?

Chapter 29 - Did it Work?

*Third Person P.O.V.*

A bright light erupted from the circle and engulfed the nine ponies that were in it.  Spike, Nyx, the Crusaders, Dinky and Derpy looked on, shielding their eyes.  Just then the light faded and the young fillies, mailmare, and dragon looked over and saw the princesses, Twilight, and the others on the ground with their eyes closed.

Nyx and Spike quickly hurried over to Twilight, Apple Bloom over to Applejack, Sweetie Belle over to Rarity, Scootaloo over to Rainbow Dash, Dinky over to Fluttershy, and Derpy over toward Pinkie.

“Are you okay Twilight?” Nyx asked, shaking her a little bit.

Twilight stirred a little bit, opened her eyes, and slowly stood up.  “I’m fine Nyx,” she replied.  She then looked around and saw Celestia, Luna, and her friends slowly standing up.  What she failed to notice at first was the white glow on the ground in the center of where they performed the spell.  She was about to trot up to it, but Celestia held out a hoof to stop her.

“Stay back my faithful student,” she said, “Let us wait and see what happens.”

Just then, the glow started moving slightly.  Then it started standing up, but on two legs instead of four.  Just then, the glow faded away, and it revealed a young human being, standing at eye level with Nyx, Spike, Dinky, and the Crusaders, wearing a blue shirt, khaki shorts, white socks, and black shoes, and with brown hair on his head.

Joshua slowly opened his eyes, and looked down at himself.  His eyes widened when he held up his hands.  He then reached up to his ears, and felt them.  They were back to normal as well.  He then placed a hand on his forehead to see if there was a horn or not.  There wasn’t.

“It worked!” he exclaimed happily, “It worked!  I’m a human again!”

Suddenly, he was tackled into a four-way group hug with Nyx and the Crusaders.

“You’re back to normal!” Apple Bloom cheered.

“Hooray!” Sweetie Belle said.

“I’m so glad you’re a human again, little brother!” Nyx said squeezing him.

“Girls...” Joshua gasped out, “You’re all squeezing me too tight...”

After one more quick squeeze from the four of them together, they all got up, only for Joshua to be scooped up into another hug.  This time by Pinkie Pie.

“WOOHOO!!!” she squealed, “Now I can throw a ‘Joshie’s back to normal’ party!!!”

Dinky trotted up to Joshua after Pinkie put him back down with a smile on her face.  “I’m so glad you’re back to normal Joshua.”  She then pulled Joshua into a big hug.

“Me too Dinky,” Joshua said.  The two of them stayed like that for a really long time.  After they broke away, Twilight trotted up to Joshua.

“Are you alright now Joshua?” she asked.

“I feel much better Mom,” he said wrapping his arms around her.  Twilight returned the hug wrapping a foreleg over him.  After they broke away, Joshua spoke up again.  “My hands feel a little funny though.”  He shook them a little bit, and suddenly they glowed with a white aura.  Joshua and everypony gasped at the sight.

“Whoa!” Rainbow exclaimed, “Where did that came from?!”

Joshua was looking at his glowing hands confused as to why.

“What happened?” he asked looking at Princess Celestia.

“Let me take a look,” she said.  She lowered her head down to Joshua to inspect his glowing hands.  A few moments later, she lifted her head back up. “It would seem you kept one part of your old pony form: your magic.”

“You mean,” Joshua said looking at his hands again, “I can do magic now?”

“It would appear so, but from what I can tell, your magic level is the same as Nyx’s at the moment.”

“Wow,” Joshua said.  His hands stopped glowing a little while ago, and he continued looking at them.

“Fascinating,” Twilight said, “And you told me that humans didn’t have magic where you came from, right?”

“That's right,” Joshua said.  After looking a little longer at his hands, he looked up at Twilight.  “Mom, do you think you can help me with my new magic?”

“I’d be happy to help you,” she replied with a smile, “You can learn with Nyx when we do our magic training.”

Soon, everypony said their goodbyes to the princesses and left to go back to Ponyville.  Joshua was smiling all the way back, happy to be a human again.  While looking out the window on the train ride back, he felt the seat he was on shift a little bit.  He turned his head and saw Dinky had come up next to him.

“Hi Dinky,” Joshua said.

“Hi Joshua,” she replied.  The two of them were staring out the window for a few seconds before Dinky started scooting closer to Joshua.  When she closed the distance between the two of them, she wrapped one of her forelegs over his shoulders.

“What are you doing Dinky?” he asked confused.

“Well...,” she hesitated, “I don’t know how to say it but...”

“It’s okay Dinky, you can tell me,” Joshua said bringing an arm around her.

“Well,” she began, “When I first met you, I did find you kind of cute.”  Joshua blushed at that.  “Then you made me feel better on the first day of school, and I was grateful for that.  Then you stood up for me against Diamond Tiara after I told Miss Cheerilee what had happened.  When you were doing that, I found myself falling for you.”

“You did?” Joshua asked surprised.

“Uh-huh,” Dinky nodded.

“I don’t know what to say Dinky,” Joshua said.  He thought about it for a minute, then turned back to Dinky and said, “I found you kind of cute too when I first met you Dinky.  I was surprised when you kissed me that day.”  He blushed again, “I think I feel the same way about you.”

“You do?” Dinky asked.  Joshua nodded.  The two of them looked at each other for a while, until they hugged each other closer than they did before.  Twilight and the others were looking on with warm smiles on their faces.

“Aww, my little muffin found a special somepony,” Derpy said happily.

“Psst.  Hey Nyx,” Apple Bloom said waving her over.  Nyx trotted over to where Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were.  As soon as the four of them were in a huddle, Nyx spoke up.

“What is it girls?” she asked quietly.

“We’ve been discussing somethin’” Apple Bloom whispered.

“We didn’t notice it at first, but Dinky doesn’t have her cutie mark,” Scootaloo said.

“So, we were thinking we’d hold a sleepover at my house tonight and invite you, Joshua, and Dinky over to celebrate Joshua being back to normal,” Sweetie Belle said, “And make Dinky a member.”

“That sounds like a great idea girls!” Nyx whispered excitedly, “And I’m sure Joshua and Dinky will like it,” she added looking over at the two lovebirds.  The rest of the train ride was quiet as the ponies and the now magic wielding human rode back to Ponyville.