May the Force Be With You: The Arrival

May the Force be with you: The Arrival

Chapter IV: Demonstration

“Life tests you! Every day it brings you new chances for triumph or defeat.”

-Qui-Gon Jinn

As the Trio stepped out of Sugarcube corner, Alex could only think of what had occurred within the shop, what started as a simple trip for lunch became a whirlwind of questions, random gasps and quick speaking.

However thanks to Twilight able to calm down the pony known as Pinkie pie( a name that he would now never forget.) they were able to order a few treats Twilight having Strawberry cheesecake, Spike having Sapphire Cupcakes(Alex was more than surprised that the dragon ate gems, let alone that Pinkie even made such things), and with him just simple order of Chocolate chip cookies.

While he had to admit they were probably the best cookies he ever had although he had some great cookies from his aunt from earth he couldn’t help but to compare the taste of the delightful desserts, they weren't too soft or too hard they were just right being both chewy and yet crunchy the sweet taste of the warm heavenly chocolate that seemed to melt within his mouth with every bite.

Yet as he ate the delectable treat, one particular thought began to stir in his mind

How could he even use the Force?

"Maybe, Twilight is right.... it could be just all Magic...” he wondered

Maybe it wasn’t the Force but magic of another sort that he somehow managed to call upon, it wouldn't be far fetched given that he was saved by a magical anthropomorphic unicorn and baby dragon, upon to saving Spike from such a fatal fall, he could've inertly used said magic in response to a need, from what Twilight told him Equestria was a land filled with magic.His thoughts were interrupted however when Twilight voice had broken the silence and began speaking.

“So Alex are you enjoying your Cookies.” Twilight asked looking toward Alex with a gleeful expression.

“... Huh..oh ah... yeah they're pretty good, I have to admit that Pinkie makes some mean Chocolate chips plus she just outrageously funny.” .

“...Well, it’s in her nature to make ponies smile, plus you should’ve been here when we first met her...” Twilight spoke regarding about her and how Pinkie had just gasp and straight up dashed off only for Twilight to arrive at the library later for a full fledge surprise party.

Needless to say that was probably one of the most random and awkward meeting she ever had. But in that mean her life had changed for the better as it led on to what at first to be a hectic day of pure insanity into a one the best days of her life as she not only proved to be right about Nightmare moon’s return or managing to become one the elements of harmony, no if fact the best thing that happened was the fact that she had gained five friends that made her realize the true magic that was Friendship.

Looking towards Alex she wondered what made the human so unique and so similar to most ponies, however she noticed that Alex had looked sadden if anything she knew that he must’ve felt like some outcast, the thoughts of his home, family and friends on his mind and the thoughts of what to do now in this world, would he wish to go home, she was a bit surprised however at how he managed to react to a land filled with talking ponies without the whole freaking out part.

As they were walking around town Twilight proceeded to continue giving Alex the rest of Tour of Ponyville passing around through the now nearly empty Marketplace to the Town hall building ,and mentioning a few places here and there and mentioning places such as Sweet Apple Acres owned by the apple family. Twilight went on to tell Alex that while many of Ponyville residents were just nervous and needed time to see that Alex was relatively harmless they were rather wary of outsiders.

She then noticed Alex looked rather sickly.

Inside he could feel the fear and paranoia of his presence which in turn really made him feel sick. He didn’t like the idea of people (or in this case ponies) fearing him because of his presence in fact he felt something deep within him something inside that made him hate the fear and wanted the sickness to cease.

".Alex, are you alright.” Twilight asked.

"Yeah, I’m just a little sick is all.” Alex responded sheepishly.

"Well I think that the tour I've given you was more than informative we should probably head back to the Library, plus we’ll have my friends coming over to meet you later.” Twilight mentioned.

I presume I'm going to meet your other friends?” Alex questioned.

"Yes, they'll be coming to the library soon, you've already met three of them the last two are usually busy during the day so they'll be alongside everypony else to properly introduce themselves."

"So that why you asked Rainbow go and ask the others to come over eh, I guess I’ll have a talk a good chunk about myself."

“...Well that and how you used this "Force magic" you mentioned earlier.” Twilight spoke.” I really want to understand just what it is.”

“...So you believe it’s magic?".

“...Well, I wouldn't take it that far.” Twilight smirked.

“..Yeah because if it wasn't Magic,Twilight would go nuts trying to figure how it works.” Spike had interrupted.

“...Spike!!!” Twilight shouted.

“...Come on Twilight don't deny it, remember the whole Pinkie sense fiasco.” the baby dragon responded.

Twilight cheeks turn red at the memory of her trying to figure out how Pinkie could predict events through her so called “Pinkie Sense” in the end while she had learned a lesson in Friendship it still left her with Questions unanswered.

Regardless however she was aware of the Idea that maybe not all abilities (although rarely) were associated with Magic and that while Alex thought that his abilities were associated with such, she still believed that Magic was in play and only legitimate proof and evidence could sway her.

“...Anyway” Twilight started “ I still believe that your powers are some form of basic yet unknown Magical ability one that with your Knowledge of this “Force” you call it we’ll be able to understand what  it is exactly.

“.Ha ha heh alright Twilight I understand, ” Alex asked in a gleeful tone..

With that the Trio began to head back to the Library, Alex was now looking forward to tonight’s meeting.

It was around 7:15 pm when Twilight checked the clock, she had been more than busy over the last few hours what with her research and studies however she had also been preparing for the other Elements to arrive meet up at the Library to meet Alex in fact the only two who hadn't met him were Rarity and Applejack while she could could  have introduced him to them earlier she decided to instead ask them to come to the library around seven when the two were usually finished with any of their daily workloads allowing them to have some free time for themselves.

During the waiting time Alex had been doing some research of his own looking up equestrian history through books learning about the culture of Equestria, talking with twilight about earth and human society the two had spent some time on his new found abilities which came out nearly fruitless for Alex to see that his Force abilities had hardly done anything which to Twilight dilemma had left them without answers but they would continue with exploring his powers later on.

Alex had a good introduction with Fluttershy which was actually a surprise considering how shy and nervous she could be, while with Rainbow it could have gotten worse if Twilight hadn't intervened and explained to her what he was, and with Pinkie naturally came in the following order excitement, fear, happiness and excitement, needless to say Pinkie had made a well worth greeting while Pinkie had wanted to plan a Party for Alex Twilight asked to hold off until the princess gave her any regards on what to do for the human. Until then she hoped to keep him in low profile for now and while Ponyville knew of his presence they didn't really know what he was exactly thus causing panic all around the small hamlet.

With a sudden knock at the door Twilight headed over to open it to reveal her best friends the five mares who had all change her life forever for the better.

“...Well Sugarcube ya’ll asked us come over.” an orange mare wearing a brown Stetson said with a southern accent.

“...Thank you for coming over everypony I’m glad that you all could make it.” Twilight said with a smile.

“...Well one must be prepared for an extraordinary guest after all if he is able to save our dear Spikey Wikey from a certain fate.” a white unicorn mare spoke with a refine accent.

“...Believe me everyone our guest has much to tell us about himself and his culture. Twilight said

“...Well let’s go inside already Alex is waiting for us.” Rainbow dash spoke.

“...Alright then come on inside.” Twilight said.

And with that the Five mares all came inside the library to see the famous “guest” that all were aware of. Alex looked back to see the three familiar faces of Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and eccentric Pinkie Pie from before and two new faces of the group that he hadn’t met before, One was a  unicorn mare with nearly a perfect snow white coat, beautiful dark blue eyes and royal purple mane that seemed styled in some sort of coiffure, same could be said about her matching tail, she wore a sleeveless light blue blouse, a ruffled tan skirt and a heart shaped pendant around her neck, the other was a earth based pony like Pinkie only she had an orange coat instead with clear green eyes, her blonde mane held with a red band as well as her tail ,she wore an orange plaid collared work shirt underneath it a white tank top, a pair of short green shorts, a pair of brown work gloves ,the most noticeable thing was the brown Stetson that she wore it seemed that it had a significant meaning to the point that it was priceless plus Alex had to admit it was a nice hat.

The group of mares came toward his direction with Twilight starting to speak.

“...Alex, I would like for you to meet my friends Rarity and Applejack. “Twilight said

“...Howdy there,” Applejack said

“ A Pleasure to meet you dear.” Rarity presented

“Nice to meet to you both my name is Alex Clearleaf, by the way Applejack you have pretty nice Stetson and Rarity you have a nice taste in fashion plus a really nice pendant.” Alex replied.

Both the mares blushed a bit with Applejack getting a smirk and Rarity giggling from the Human compliments.

“...Why thank you Alex darling this lovely little memento came from dear Spikey Wikey who gave it to me as gift on his own birthday.” Rarity replied

Spike who is also present in the room began to blush turning his purple scales to red as the mention of the mare of dreams giving him a compliment.

“...ah...th-thanks Rarity” the drake said.

“...Thank you fer your compliment plus yah got a good eye when it comes to hats.” Applejack replied.

“...I have to say Alex that your clothing is nothing short of unique its quite stylish yet has a simplistic charm.” Rarity commented on the human’s apparel.

“...Oh, thanks it’s not really anything special just a simple outfit.” Alex replied with a shy smile, “...so I gotta ask all of you minus Twilight Fluttershy and Pinkie what do you three do.” Alex asked.

“...Well, I work on my family farm, good ‘ol Sweet Apple Acres has been in Ponyville since the beginning, starin with mah dear ‘ol Granny Smith. Applejack replied.

“...If you must know, I’m the proud owner of the Carousel Boutique where with my eyes create apparel of the ages.” Rarity explained.

“...so you’re a Fashionista then.” Alex asked.

“...Precisely .”

For what had continued for an hour or so Alex had learned about the five mares more personally, each of them telling him about themselves, their families and lives. He had also learned about the cutie mark and how it symbolized great importance to every pony. In turn Alex had explained about human society and Earth and what his goals to become an Engineer.

Twilight smiled at knowing so far that Alex had made a good impression to her friends so far and while was both civil and intelligent he was a friendly individual who seemed to get along well with most and it was a given for him to associate with Spike, the other elements herself included, and yet her scholarly instinct began to urge her to ask more questions about Alex, his culture, world and most importantly The Force that Alex spoke of earlier

“...So Alex now that you've been properly introduced to everypony." she looked towards Alex with a smile “could you explain what exactly is the Force. Twilight asked.

“...Yeah we all wanna see how you saved Spike from his fall.” Pinkie chimed in.

“...I must agree if one could save our dear Spikey Wikey then I simply must find out how, especially if that said hero managed to do such a feat without flight or magic.” Rarity added in

“...Yeah plus if since you claim it wasn’t magic you could explain how this Force stuff works.’ Spike added.

Alex was more than happy to explain the Force and while he could be dead wrong, he could at least give them an explanation and elaborate on what the Force was capable of.

“...Alright then, The Force itself actually is... well how do I put this." Alex began to ponder until a thought hit him “... think of it as a life force that surrounds, penetrates and binds all life together.” Alex began to explain “it flows through all living things connecting and giving strength to those that have a great sensitivity to it.”

“...So like how magic is with unicorns right.” Rainbow Dash asked.

“...Not exactly, in fact The Force can be used by any living creature who has high sensitivity , it does work similar to magic but still it not magic at the same time."

“I’m not sure I follow yah Sugarcube it just sounds like  Magic to me” Applejack replied with a confused look

“I have to agree darling, I’m not following this myself.” Rarity commented

Alex could tell that by the confused faces of everyone that his explanation wasn’t really giving a clear picture on The Force and that he needed something to show them what he meant. His eyes searched around only to come across the several books, Scrolls and his backpack which he had brought down.

Suddenly an Idea sprung in his mind, smiling he spoke.

"Then let me show you."

Closing his eyes Alex began to focus his thoughts on the several books and tomes around the library, his thoughts  remembering a familiar phrase. “...A Jedi's strength flows from the Force.”

Alex began to feel the sensation from before as his body beginning to tingle, he felt something flowing through knowing now that magic had no hand in this endeavor, for all he felt was the Force.

While he concentrated everyone else looked at the human with confused face wondering what he was just doing.

“...Is he alright.” Rarity asked.

“...I don’t know, he didn't do this before.” Twilight responded.

“...Well what is he doing anyway.” Rainbow dash questioned.

“...shh it looks like he’s meditating or concentrating on something” Spike spoke

“...Are ya sure?” Applejack asked.

“...Well I don’t see what’s going on, he’s just standing there doing noth’  Wh-Whoa” as Rainbow looked up.

Gasps filled the room as everyone looked around to see the many tomes began to levitate through the air while it was simple telekinesis the idea that it was done by non-magical being was a spectacle of its own.

Twilight stood looking towards with a look mixture of amazement as Alex simply used only his hands to lift the many objects around the Library freely, while he did have a look of heavy focus she decided to take this opportunity to find some answers, she began to use a spell made to detect any magical anomaly  yet not a single spark could be discovered, there was no frequency, or sign or even a simple incantation could be found leaving the scholarly Unicorn in awe as she stood in amazement.

“…This power isn’t magic.” Twilight thought standing in realization.

Alex who still stood in the center of the room focused on the task at hand his thoughts which were simply on his backpack coming towards him and while this was the second time he called upon the Force he felt a guiding presence commune to him giving him now a familiar yet completely unknown control as he felt the Force flow through him to reach his goal. But as he focused the gasps in the room showed that there was more going on than he had realized, this caused Alex’s curiosity to get the better of him making him open his eyes to see his own handy work. Instead of his back floating towards him he saw the many objects floating in the air as he smiled, but then the cold reality of the situation came crashing as he had realized.

He wasn’t concentrating anymore

This led to the following

All of the floating objects coming to a sudden halt

Then proceeding to drop on floor and several heads present in the room causing a few ow’s and whoa’s to be heard seconds later.

While surprisingly his backpack landed in his arms instead.

Alex looked toward everyone with an apologetic face.

“.Oh man I'm so sorry everyone, I didn’t mean to do that.

“.Are you kidding that was cool!” Spike said rubbing his head.

“That was kinda cool but it was just some weird levitation trick” Rainbow Dash commented.

“I have to admit while it was simple, I’m impressed  to see a non magical being perform such a feat.” Rarity commented.

“It was really nice although it was scary when everything fell down, luckily everypony seem alright.” Fluttershy spoke.

“.Well I’ll be, that there was really something Alex.” Applejack commented.

“... OhmygoshthatwassoamazingAlex you were like all zoned out then suddenly all of the books began to float then suddenly *PHOOSH* everything just fell. Pinkie had chimed.

Out of all them Twilight still stood in silence as she still pondered how this could even be real yet she had witness a magicless display of Telekinesis and while basic, still was a marvel to be seen.

“Hey... ah Twilight are you okay” Alex asked.

Twilight didn’t respond until a few seconds later replying back “...Oh I’m... fine thank you for asking, she replied then giving him a smile before saying” you were right I don’t think that was Magic in fact I couldn’t sense even a spark.

Suddenly Twilight eyes widen, smiling in glee as she now had a new interesting subject to study.

“... There is so much to learn about your abilities, so many questions waiting to be answered, research to be done studies to be conducted, experiments to be tested to understand that there's a power beyond Magic.

As this went on Twilight failed to see that Spike began to barf out a scroll that emerge from his mouth.

“Twilight...” Spike spoke.

“With this we could learn about so much you and discover more to along the way

“Twilight …”Spike spoke again.

“And then the Princess will definitely wish to meet you of course we’ll have to wait and see when she replies back from my letter, hopefully that shouldn’t be lo..

“TWILIGHT” Spike shouted.

“What is it now Spik.e” Twilight looked at him for the second time annoyed at his outburst.

"It’s a letter from the Princess she responded to your from letter earlier."

“...Oh well sorry about that.” Twilight said sheepishly levitating the scroll from Spike claw opening the letter from her Mentor saying as it read.

To my dear Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle

After reading your last letter, it seems that you have met a rather interesting needless to say I am both impressed and proud to see that your efforts have already managed properly introduce a sentient being to our home but I must confess however that I barely know much about humans only that there history here was lost to the ages  and while I wish to have been there to greet our human visitor royal duties however require my attention causing me to delay an immediate visit, I am also curious about this Humans  mysterious power and would appreciate if you could assist him in finding answers about this  “Force Magic” as he has put it but I can lead you in the direction to find some answers by heading through Valley known as “Sentries  Pass” which is quite close to Ponyville that there lies a lost section of land that may hold unfound secrets that could reveal the answer of our Human guest to Equestria. I hope that you may find something of worth to help the Human name Alex to understand his reasons here; I know that if there anypony who will find the answers it is you Twilight.

From your Dear Teacher, Princess Celestia

P.S  I also wish to inform you that in three days both Luna and myself shall make a visit to properly introduce ourselves to our Human visitor, Please do not worry about our arrival as this will be a private visit.

It only took a few seconds, for the information to sink until

“...We have to get ready for the Princesses arrival!!!” Twilight shouted.

Needless to say Twilight did freak out.