Starswirl University

Chapter IV

The Chase

The next week went by quickly and it was now the weekend. Grey got up early to see that Eris was sprawled out on the couch, with controller in hand. The man rolled his eyes and turned the TV off. The man grabbed a set of clothes and hoped in the shower. His bruises were still on his chest from his fight with Endzone. Rarity had remembered a spell to hide the ones on his face but he opted to let them be. He had learned that the twins’ names were Aloe and Lotus and that they both ran the local spa located a few blocks away from the nightclub.

The man let the warm water wake up his still aching body and ran a hand through his messy black hair and wiped the water out of his eyes. He slipped on a dark brown T-shirt and a pair of tan pants that he had bought from Rarity’s boutique. After he got out of the shower he saw that Eris was stirring and was now sitting upright and rubbing her eyes.

“Well, look whose up.” He said as he made his way towards his room.

“Meh.” She said with a groan.

“Someone isn’t a morning person.” He chuckled. Eris responded by throwing a pillow at him as he closed the door to his room. A few minutes later the man came back out and started to make some coffee and grabbed a bowl of Celestia O’s. Eris sat back and started watching the news as Grey put his bowl in the sink and made is way towards the door.

“Where are you going?”

“Gonna hit the town.” Eris then got to her feet and snapped her fingers. She was donning a yellow T-shirt and a pair of brown pants that matched her boots. “I’m going to assume that you wanna come along?”

“Duh.” The girl said as she rolled her eyes.

“Fine, just be on your best behavior.”

“Yes, dad.” She said in a long drawn out tone. The man quickly grabbed the amulet and the two made their way out of the building and headed into the city below. The streets were bustling with people and cars. The two made their way into several stores and Eris bought a few more pieces of clothing. Grey sat in silence as he waited for Eris to come out of the changing room.

“How do I look?” Grey’s eyes shrank as the woman was sporting a brown and yellow striped bikini that barely covered her well toned body. The swim suit was more like two triangles that were too small for her. Grey felt his face turn red and he adverted his eyes.

“You look nice.” He said with a gulp. Eris grinned and teleported onto the man’s lap so that she was facing the man forward. Grey blushed harder as he felt the woman’s ample breasts rub against his chest. “Eris! What are you doing?”

“You are just too easy to mess with.” She giggled as she got to her feet and went back in to the changing room. Grey grumbled and managed to make his blush go away. The chaotic being then came back out wearing what she came in with. The man sighed and the two made their way to the check out. Bags in tow, the two headed back out into the busy streets. Soon the girl started whining.

“What now?”

“I’m tired.” She complained. “Carry me.” Grey looked at the girl with an ‘are you kidding me?’ look.

“Do I look like a taxi?” The woman grinned and raised her hands in a snapping motion. Grey grabbed them and shook his head. “Don’t even try.”

“Fine, I’m heading back then.”

“Make yourself useful and bring your stuff back.” He said as he handed her the bags. The girl stuck her tongue out at him before vanishing in a flash of yellow light. The man sighed and continued to make his way through the crowd. The man browsed a few more shops until he came to an alchemy store. When Grey walked inside he could smell the herbal essence that lingered in the air. He browsed the shop and saw several ingredients that he saw in the spell book he had.

“Something catch your eye lad?” Grey turned to see a burly man with a thick brown beard and was sporting a smock.

“Just browsing. You have a lot to offer.”

“Trust me boy, you won’t find most of these things anywhere else.” He said with a chuckle. Grey continued to look around and picked out a few different things. As he was paying he learned that the man’s name was Elixir and he got his ingredients imported from Zebreka, Draconia and other nations. Grey mentioned that his sister Rogue had dabbled in alchemy and taught him a few things about potion making.

“Do you have a job kid?” The man asked.

“Kinda, but it’s only at night.”

“Looking for another day job?” Grey smirked and gave a nod. “Good, we open up at eight sharp and work till three. Ya get weekends off.”

“Sounds good. See you on Monday.” Grey said as he paid the man and waved goodbye. The man hired a grey winged messenger with off center golden eyes to drop his stuff off at his dorm. Somehow he felt uneasy about his decision, but shrugged it off as he made his way through the streets.

“Hey!” Grey heard a gruff voice say. Grey turned towards the noise to see Endzone and two other fliers. One had caramel wings and easily stood a foot taller than Grey. The other was far more muscular than the other two.

“Um, need something?” Grey asked. Endzone cracked his knuckles and smirked.

“Yeah, payback.” The flier swung at the mage. grey jumped back and weighed his options. No way could he take all three of them in a straight up fight without the local populace getting caught in the crossfire. Leaving him one alternative. Like bullet, the man took off in the opposite direction and weaved through the crowd. He heard the three thugs take flight and give chase.

Grey could feel one of them closing in on him and he dove through the nearest stand. As he landed he heard a loud crashing noise and saw the brown winged man struggling to get free from the hot dog cart.

“One down.” He spied the other two rocketing towards him and was back to running. He ducked out of the crowd and opted for the tight alleyways. As he ran down he heard one of the pursuers gaining speed. Grey gulped when he saw that the way ahead lead straight to a brick wall.

“Got you now!” The light winged man chuckled. Grey stood his ground and waited until the last possible moment to backflip off the wall and sent the thug into a few trash cans that were once behind him. Grey looked back and chuckled as he saw the can get a perfect imprint of the thug’s face.

“Two down,” He said as he ran out of the alley and saw Endzone. “one to go.” The man took his wand out and ran towards the nearest wall. With a wave of his wand he lumped onto the side and he ran up the side as though it were the ground. The mage made it to the roof and didn’t stop running. Endzone thought he had him when he reached a twenty foot gap between the buildings.

Grey turned around and smirked. The flier put all his strength into his wings and charged towards the mage. Grey casually stepped off the edge. Endzone looked down as he passed over the gap and saw the man standing on the wall flipping him the bird. Endzone looked ahead and saw a cloths line with sheets drying in the sun. The man tried to stop but had built up too much speed and barreled into it. As he ripped the sheets off his face he slammed right into a door leading down into the building.

The wooden door splintered and the flier fell down the flight of stairs leading to the main rooms of the building. Grey hurried over to the door and heard groans of pain. He quickly mad himself scarce and made his way back down to street level. He saw the bruised thug meet up with the other two and quickly blended into the crowd. As the three were scanning the crowd he accidentally bumped into someone.

The man looked down to see the indigo haired scholar donning a lavender blouse with tan pants. “Sorry about that Twilight.” He said as he helped her up.

“It’s okay. I was actually looking for you.” Grey scanned the area and saw the thugs spreading out in their search. “How did you last so long with the levitation test?”

“Um, can we talk about this later?” He said as he saw the three getting closer.

“No, I want an answer.” She said with a frown. Grey could feel the three getting closer. He needed a diversion, or at least something that would hide him. Leaving no other option, the man grabbed the back of the scholar’s head and pressed his lips against hers. He saw the girl’s cheeks turn bright red and her eyes shrink to pin tips. He then scanned the crowd and saw the three pass them. Once they were far enough away he released the embrace.

“Thanks for that Twi, now what did you want to ask?” Twilight was frozen on the spot and Grey waved his hand in front of her face. “Hello? Anyone in there?”

Did I break her? After multiple attempts of trying to snap the scholar out of the comatose state he went on his way. How many minutes passed? Five? Ten? Twenty? Time ceased to exist in the scholar’s mind. Soon the other five girls saw their friend standing in place with a shocked look on her face.

“Hey Twilight, you okay?” Pinkie asked as she made a series of funny faces.

“I got this.” Dash said as she put her finger in her mouth. She took the salivated finger and stuck it in Twilight’s ear. The wet substance snapped Twilight out of the trance and she glared at they cyan winged flier.

“Rainbow! You know I hate that!”

“And she’s back!” Dash said with a chuckle.

“What happened sugar cube? Ya looked like you just saw a library being torched.” The farmer said. The memory of the kiss then came back to the scholar and her face grew bright red with rage an embarrassment.

“I’m gonna kill him!” Twilight yelled.
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Half an our later the man was making his way through the markets and was browsing the different shops. He stopped in front of a street band and listened to their music.

“There he is!” Grey looked behind him to see Rainbow and the other girls charging at him.

“Here we go again, but first.” He whispered to one of the band members and gave him a few bits before hightailing it as the music played. He waved his wand and he ran up the side of a building. While five of the girls watched motionless, Rainbow charged after him. Grey knew that he would lose when it came to speed. After jumping across a few rooftops he made his way back down onto street level and went for the tight alleyways.

Grey gulped when he saw that the alleyway led to a another dead end. “Not again!” He said as he turned around to see the flyer cracked her knuckles.

Find a way out of this!

Okay she’s flyer so I wonder if-

You honestly think she’ll fall for that?

Worth a shot. Grey threw on his best shocked face and pointed over the girl’s shoulder.

“Oh my gosh! The Wonderbolts!”

“Where?” Dash yelled as she spun around.

Wow, I can hear the wind tunnel. Grey thought as he ran up the wall and got ran like hell away from the girl. He dropped into the next alleyway and hid ins the dumpster as he heard her fly over head. He waited a few more minutes and went back onto the street.

“Stop right there ruffian!” He heard a refined voice yell. He looked behind to see rarity with a scowl on her face. The man looked for cover and ran into a clothing store with the fashionista in hot pursuit. Rarity was on his trail and passed three mannequins wearing men’s street clothes. She searched in almost every section of the shop. After spending a good hour searching she decided to do some shopping. She didn’t even notice that there were now only two mannequins at the store front.

Grey took a moment to breath and stealthily made his way to the edge of the town. He then saw a familiar pink chef and yellow winged animal lover. Luckily he was right by the zoo and knew he could lose them in there. After a good twenty minutes he managed to lose them when they passed the petting zoo section that was featuring baby goats.

“Too easy.” He said as he started to pant. He then felt something wrap around his chest and tighten. “Or not.” He looked behind him to see AJ holding the other end of the rope he was now tied with.

“Nice try partner.” Grey gulped and tapped his wand. A sharp stone shot up from the ground and cut the rope. The man then charged into the nearest building with the farmer hot on his heels he climbed the flights of stairs like a mad man. As all things do, the stairs came to an end and he was easily eight stories up. The door behind him burst open and showed an out of breath farmer with rope in hand.

“Sorry sugar cube, but ya got nowhere left to run.” She said as a ticked off Rainbow Dash landed beside her. Grey backed up to the edge and gulped. Something caught his eyes on the street. He smirked and hoped up on the edge. “What in the hay are you-”

“Exit stage left!” He yelled as he jumped off. As he sped towards the ground he pulled out his wand and aimed for the man hole cover. He moved it aside and went down the hole. Grey then slowed himself and caught the ladder leading down to the rank depths. The man waved his and the man hole closed over him. The man waved his wand a protective barrier blanketed his body so that the sludge from the sewers wouldn’t get on him.

After spending two hours of walking below the street he decided that he’d given his pursuers the slip. He came up the nearest man hole and sighed. He was on the edge of the city water treatment facility and sighed in relief.

“Ahem.” The man froze as he felt a want tip press against the back of his neck. “Try to reach for your wand and I’ll turn you into a frog.” The voice of the scholar was deadly serious.

“How did you find me?”

“I was walking around and see you pop out of a man hole. Which pocket is your wand in?”

“Front right.” The scholar reached around and dove her hand into his pocket. “Watch the goods.” Twilight frowned and took the wand out. “I’ll be wanting that back.”

“You’ll get it back. Where you’ll get it is a different story.” Grey turned around to see the purple eyes of death.

“Geez what’s with the hostility and why did you send your goon squad after me?”

“Do you seriously not remember your little display in the middle of town?” The woman yelled.

“Look call your attack dogs off and I’ll answer any questions you have.” Twilight squinted her eyes at the man. “Gentleman’s agreement.” He said as he stuck his hand out. Twilight shook it and pulled out her handbook and opened up a conference call.

“Girls call off the search. I’ve got him.”

“Be careful Twi, he’s a slippery little bugger.” The farmer said. Twilight closed the book and looked back at Grey.

“Why in the name of the Creator did you kiss me?” The scholar asked.

“Would you believe me if I tell you that you’re pretty?” Twilight’s face flushed red and frowned.

“No.”

“Sounds like you have some self esteem-” He was cut off as a purple bolt shot over his head and hit a nearby frog that changed into an orange.

“Answer. Now.”

“Okay, okay geez.” Grey said with a sigh. “Did you hear about the fight I got into with Endzone last week?”

“I think Pinkie and Rainbow mentioned it. Why?”

“Well, Endzone and his two goons tried to jump me. After giving them the slip I tried to blend into the crowd. That’s when I ran into you.” Twilight nodded. “I was going to go on my way but you wouldn’t let me go so I needed to elude them.”

“By kissing me?”

“It worked in the Bond movies!” He stated. “Look I’m sorry okay.”

“I could have you kicked out of school for sexual harassment.”

“Oh come on!” He whined. The man then heard a loud growl come from the girl’s stomach. Twilight blushed as Grey grinned. “How about I pay for lunch? I know I could use something after being chased twice today.” Twilight frowned at the man. “You said you had questions for me right?”

“Will you run away?”

“From you? No. Endzone and his thugs, maybe.”

“Fine, but I’m holding on to this.” She said as she held up the red wand.

“Deal.” Grey said as the two made their way back into town. They stopped at a deli and took a booth. Grey ordered a bowl of noodles with beef in the soup. Twilight settled for some chicken soup. “Okay so what do you want to know?”

“Well just to clear the air, what did I walk in on last week?”

“I’m not following.” The girl’s face went a shade of red.

“When I saw Eris on top of you and she-”

“That was just Eris messing with you. Nothing happened.” Twilight sighed and relaxed her position.

“How did you last so long with that test Celestia gave us.?”

“Twilight, I worked on a construction crew where I had to spend forty-five minutes at a time levitating I-beams while the welders did their thing. So levitating a twenty-five pound boulder is easy as hell. Only reason I stopped was because my arm was getting tired and I had better things to do.” He said as their food arrived.

“What part of Canterlot are you from?”

“I’m from below the Osiris.” Twilight gulped. She had heard from her brother that it was the slums that were mostly filled with thieves and degenerates. “I know what you’re thinking, but not everyone from there is a criminal.”

“Like you?”

“I’m no saint. Nobody is, but there are good people there, like my siblings.”

“How many?”

“Four brothers and four sisters.” Grey reached into his wallet and pulled out a picture of him and his family. Twilight looked at the photo and raised an eyebrow at the Changelings and the girl with batwings.

“Two of them are Changelings and another has bat wings.”

“So what? Who said you have to be blood related to be a family and before you go all ‘they attacked Canterlot’ on me, Dusk and Rogue had absolutely nothing to do with that. They were in Canterlot years before Chrysalis showed up and royally fucked things up for Changelings everywhere.” Twilight still had a skeptical look on her face. “They helped me fight off the invading forces in the Southern district.”

“Did they get blasted away?”

“No, they can thank me for that. I managed t magically tether them to the ground. Sure they got a broken ankle but better than being blown out of a city. Besides Rouge is a nurse.” He pointed to the female Changeling.

“Really?”

“Well, trying to become one. She makes homemade remedies and is skilled in alchemy. She’s been trying to get a job in a clinic, but a lot of people are biased towards Changelings. Hell even Dusk is having issues at the Forge.”

“What about the one with batwings?”

“Midnight? She’s a kick boxer.” He said with a shiver. “Trust me you don’t wanna piss her off. I’ve seen her knock out a horse with one punch.” The scholar gulped.

“Who taught you magic?”

“I’m self taught.” Twilight raised an eyebrow. “I’m the only one in the family who can use magic.”

“What about the Chan-” Grey frowned. “Dusk and Rouge. Can’t they use magic?”

“To a degree, but Changeling magic is extremely different then the magic you and I use.”

“Still, someone must have taught you something.”

“Nope, I’m my own teacher.” Grey decided to leave the out spell book of the conversation due to Twilight would stop at nothing to read it. “I may have picked a few tricks up from some books and a friend of mine, but I taught myself for the most part.”

“Interesting. What about your mom?” Twilight asked as she pointed to Willow in the picture.

“That’s not my mom. That’s Willow Newhope, she runs the orphanage, but she’s the closest thing to a mother the others and I have. I haven’t the faintest idea who my real parents are.” Twilight gulped. “Relax Twilight, Willow did an excellent job of raising all of us.” He said as he took a sip from his water.

“What about your wand?” Twilight asked as she pulled out the red wand.

“That is a mystery as well.” He said as he took the wand and balanced it in his hand. “My so called father left it for me. Granted I didn’t get it until a few weeks ago.”

“How does that work?”

“Willow said that he left it with me when he put me on her doorstep. It was locked in a box by some sort of magic, the letter that came with it said that it would open ‘when the time was right’ whatever that means.” He said as he waved the wand.

“Can I see it?” Grey shrugged and handed the wand to her. Twilight weighed it in her hand and waved it. “Kinda heavy. What’s it made of?”

“Some kind of wood from some forest. I don’t remember.”

“What about the core?”

“Core?” He asked with a raised eyebrow.

“At the center of every wand there is a power source or a conduit that focuses the user’s magic and transforms it into spells.” She said as she looked at the man in confusion. “This is basic stuff.”

“Sorry, never really paid attention to that stuff.” He said as he took the wand back.

“Well, we can go and check. There’s a wand shop two buildings down.” Grey shrugged and paid for their meals. “By the way, how did you get away from the girls.”

“Tricked Rainbow with the ‘look theres the Wonderbolts’ play. Ditched Rarity in a clothing story by impersonating a mannequin, lead Pinkie and Fluttershy into a zoo and let the cute animals do the rest. Dash caught up with AJ and I jumped off a building down into the sewer system. I then came up to find myself at wand point.” He said as he looked at Twilight.

“You jumped off a building?” Twilight said in shock.

“Relax I’m fine.” He said as they walked into the shop. The place was filled with different types of wands. The walls were stacked with different boxes and books. A man with wavy gray hair and a gray handlebar mustache was behind the desk at the far end. He was older, well into his sixties and was wearing a pair of half moon glasses and long dark brown robes.

The two approached the front desk and saw that the man was snoozing. Grey rang the bell on the desk and the man’s eyes snapped open. His vision was then filled by two young people and he toppled over in his chair. “Are you alright sir?” Grey asked as he helped the man up.

“Oh yes, I should be just fine.” He said as he got to his feet and cracked my back. “Name’s Birch Caduceus, now how can I help you today?”

“My friend here was wondering about wand cores.” Twilight said as she pointed towards Grey.

“Well, wand cores is what transmits a person’s magical energy into spells.”

“What are they made of?”

“Dragon bones, a feather from a Griffin all sorts of things.” He then extended his hand towards Twilight. “Ms. if you would be so kind as to let me see your wand?” Twilight nodded and pulled it out of her pocket. The man raised it to eye level and sniffed it. Grey and Twilight looked at one another in surprise. “White oak wood with a strand of Unicorn hair. Looks like Quill’s handy work.”

“Correct, Quill Sable made it.”

“As expected of my pupil.” He gave the wand back to Twilight. “Now you young man.” Grey pulled his wand out and handed it to the man. Birch performed the same test and scratched his chin. “Tell me lad, who made this wand?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Grey said.

“Well, where did you buy it?”

“I didn’t.” Twilight and the man looked at him. “It was left for me by my father and before you ask I have no idea where he is or who he is.” Birch weighed the wand and tried casting a spell with the wand. The man then felt something shock his hand and he dropped the wand as he cursed.

“Wands enchanted to only work for you I suppose.” He said as he shook his hand. “Mind demonstrating?” Grey shrugged and picked up the wand. He pointed the wand at a stack of books and re-arranged them in a house formation. “Interesting.” He said as he scratched his chin. “What’s your name boy?”

“Grey, Grey Newhope.”

“Right, come with me lets check the records.” The older man lead Grey back behind the desk and into what looked like a business office. “Okay Grey, out with it.”

“Excuse me?”

“Why didn’t you use your wand?”

“I just did.”

“I’ve been making wands since long before you were born. So I think I’m able to tell when someone uses one and when they don’t.” Grey bit his lip. The old man had seen through his facade. He only used the wand as a cover up. All he did was wave it and use his hands for magic like he always did. “Now I don’t know how you managed it, but I know that you use your hands for magic. Very impressive, especially for someone your age.”

Grey remained silent. “I’m not going to pry but I’m assuming that you don't want to use the wand because your mystery father left it for you hmm?”

“Correct.” Grey said as he looked down at the wand. Birch looked at the wand and saw the scribbles on the handle.

“I can say that whoever made this is a genius.” He said as he closely examined it. “You’re sure that you have no idea where it came from?”

“The letter that was left with it said that it was made from the core some tree in the Crimson forest.” The man rubbed his chin and thought.

“Name sounds familiar, but nothing comes to mind right now.” Grey sighed and pocketed the wand. “Look son, I may not know about people, but I know a lot about wands and this wand wants you to be it’s owner.”

“How do you figure that?”

“Wands tend to have a mind of their own or an intuition. That wand right there won’t have anyone else.” Grey looked at the stick and sighed. “It was literally made for you.” Grey looked at the wand and sighed. “Do what you want with it, but don’t let your personal feelings get in the way of your ambitions.” Grey grunted and quickly made his way out where Twilight was waiting for him.

“Well?”

“Couldn’t find out. Uses some weird wood and I don;t know what the core is.”

“We could ask Princess Celestia.” The scholar said as they walked out onto the street.

“Twilight I really don’t care what the thing is made out of, so long as it does what it’s supposed to do.” The girl frowned at him. “Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go make sure Eris didn’t turn our dorm into a war zone.” The man turned away and quickly made his way back towards the school.
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Grey got to his door and heard the sounds of different animals coming from the other side. The man opened the door to see Eris inside a magic bubble quietly reading a magazine. On the other side of the bubble was a feline with white and purple fur that acted more like a mane. A dog with orange and blonde fur that was clutching a leather stetson in it’s teeth. A butter yellow rabbit that seemed to be cowering in the corner, a cyan parrot with technicolor tips was squawking and finally there was a pink chimp.

“Hey roomie.” Eris said with a wave.

“What the fuck is going on here?” He asked as the animals all approached him. They all started making their respective noises and Grey backed away. He took another look around the room and saw that there were five sets of clothes scattered around the room along with a net that had been cut open. “Eris what did you do?”

“Nothing.” She said in an innocent tone. Grey looked down at the dog who was growling at Eris.

“If you can understand me then bark once.” The dog sat and let out a bark. “Okay, are you Applejack?” Another bark confirmed what he already knew. “Who did this?” The dog got to its paws and pointed with its nose at the woman. “Turn them back now.”

“Nah, they got what was coming to them.” Eris said as she lowered the shield. “They set me up in some dumb booby trap, so this is their punishment.” As Grey walked towards the woman the amulet fell out of his pocket. The cat walked over to it and batted at it with it’s paw. Once it got within a few inches of the amulet the paw changed back into a hand.

Grey quickly picked up the amulet and pointed his wand at it. He funneled his magic through it and shot a beam at the cat. The group shielded their eyes from the light and saw that that fashionista was back to normal.

“Thank you Grey at least one of you is-” Rarity looked at Grey who’s face was now a deep red and he shielded his eyes. Eris, the bird, the dog and the chimp were on the floor laughing as the rabbit covered it’s eyes. “What are you all laughing at?”

“Um Rarity.” Grey pointed to her and the fashionista looked down. She was completely naked. A shriek filled the room and he saw a blur rush into the bathroom. Grey shook his head and levitated Rarity’s clothing into the restroom. Grey only stuck the wand and amulet into the bathroom when the other girls were transformed back into their normal bodies. Rarity still didn’t look Grey in the eye and vice versa. Soon the girls were all back in their bodies and fully clothed.

“Now can someone tell me what the hell happened?”

“Well, after you gave us the slip we knew that you’d have to come back here eventually.” Dash said with a grunt. “So I snuck in and set a trap.”

“Only it caught me instead.” Eris spat out.

“Then she goes and turns us into animals!” AJ yelled.

“You looked better that way in my opinion.” The girls were about to pounce, but were stopped by the man.

“Enough!” Grey said with a groan. “Twilight told you all to back off, so laying that trap was uncalled for.” Eris stuck her tongue out at them. “And Eris, turning someone into an animal? Isn’t that going a bit too far?”

“A bit?” Dash yelled.

“Whatever.” The girl said as she teleported away. Grey face palmed and looked at the girls. Grey apologized to them and the five made their way back to their rooms. Grey went into Eris’s room and glared at the lounging chaos user as he stood in the doorway.

“What?” The woman said as she looked at him.

“Don’t ‘what’ me. You can’t go changing people into animals like that!”

“Hey they started it.”

“I don’t care who started it!” The man calmed down and let out a breath. “I’ll keep quiet about this one, but only this one. Try anymore crap like that and I’ll take action.”

“I’m not scared of you.”

“You should be.” He said under his breath. “You may not be scared of me, but what about Discord, Celestia, Luna and Cadence? I doubt you could handle all of them jumping down your throat.” The girl snarled and shot a bolt of magic at the man. Grey slapped it way and pulled out the amulet, he charged his magi in it and a shockwave hit the girl who groaned. Before she could retaliate Grey was on her and he pinned her hands to the bed.

“Someone’s naughty.” She said with a coy smile.

“Look here Eris, I don’t want to use this thing,” He gestured to the amulet. “but I will if you don’t behave. Now I want you to go and apologize to those girls right now.” Eris chuckled and wrapped her leg around Grey’s and flipped him so she was now on top of him.

“You’re cute when you try to be serious.”The woman then leaned forward and rested on his chest. She rested her head on her hands and sighed. Grey then felt as though the woman weighed a ton and grunted. “Don’t feel like it. I think I’ll take a nap instead.” She said with a yawn.

“Eris!”

“Can’t hear you, I’m asleep.” The girl said as she nuzzled his chest. “Damn you’re comfy.” She smiled. Grey grunted and tried to lift the girl off him but she was too heavy. He moved his hands to her shoulder and was able to lift her halfway up.

The man’s hands slipped and the woman fell back onto his body. Grey’s face felt like it was being shoved between two soft pillows. His face was bright red as he tried to breathe. “Hey at least buy me dinner first.” She said with a chuckle. Grey couldn’t move the woman nor breath as the heavy mounds blocked his nose and mouth.

On his last breath Grey’s eyes shot open. They were glowing white with magic and Eris’s heavy body was propelled upwards. As air filled his lungs, Grey rolled off the bed as Eris came crashing down. The girl fell through her mattress, box spring and bed frame. The girl slowly got up and looked down at her broken bed. Grey growled and made his way into his own room.