An Experimental Potion

by Starlamena Sparkle

Test Subject

Previous Chapter

              Starla had braced for the worst...But as the seconds passed by, no further reactions from the potion arised. Starla poked her head out from behind the table. The potion sat intact on the floor.

              Starla wiped her brow, and let out a sigh of relief. She then approached the flask with caution, for it was still bubbling. The crack in the vile was ever so slight. No leaking liquids emerged from the damaged portion of the flask.

              She grabbed her notepad, and used her levitation magic to grab a quill and a bottle of ink. She dipped the quill in the ink, and began writing down everything that the potion went through. The sparking, the violance of the reaction, how many times it jumped, the banging noises, etc. Starla also observed that the potion had turned emerald green, which was supposed to happen.

              Since the potion was no longer reacting, she could safely cork it. She did so, then put labling tape on the flask. She then wrote on the label: Untested Revitalization Potion. She then set everything down and took a deep breath.

             "I'm sure glad that's over with", she said to herself. "Whoever said the life of an alchemist was easy?" She sighed again. "Now I gotta' find somepony willing to test this. It only works on those who have basically gone through extreme physical turmoil. Now who do I know that goes through extreme physical turmoil? Hmm..."

              Starla approached the Brave Mail Mailing Company building. Brave Mail was run solely by one pegusus. A pale cyan coated stallion with a spiky, rainbow-colored mane and tail, blue eyes, and a cutie mark that was a diamond with a red, yellow, and blue stripe pattern filling it, and had cyan wings protruding from either side of the diamond. The stallions name is Prism Brave.

              Prism Brave delivered mail all across Equuestria by himself, and Celestia knows it's a very difficult--and physically exhausting--task. He'd be the perfect test subject. Starla merrily walked through the doors; which caused the bell above the door to chime; with her potion contained in the simple blue bag she wore. Prism Brave was looking through letters on his front desk, not glancing up.

              He spoke in a monotone, exhausted voice. "Welcome to Brave Mail. Traving Equestria to deliver mail so you don't have to," he then yawned before continuing. "No matter the danger, I'll get your requests delivered gauranteed.Cuz' I'm brave--," he yawned again. "And won't fall to my grave."

              "If you have any letters, then put them in the mailing bin for me to sort through when I get the time. If you have a package, then put it with the rest of them in the corner with the big red arrow, and the word delivery over it." Prism yawned again, sorting through the various letters in his hooves, but continued before Starla could interrupt.

              "Note that depending on the size and fagility of the package, it may take a bit longer to deliver. No I do not deliver ponies, hazardous objects or materials, houses, food that's not canned or originally in a box container, or huge objects such as trains. Yes toy trains are acceptable so long as they aren't life size. Please leave your fee, which is viewable on the fees board, in the can on the desk, and have a nice day."

              Starla cleared her throat, and Prism looked away from the mail. "Starla?!" he excaimed.