Magic Mishaps

The cliff was a little steep, but it was not much of a challenge. Black-light climbed with ease, for his pegasus body was light enough to stand on clouds. That didn’t exactly mean he was lighter than hydrogen, because of all the magic in his body, but it still meant he could climb like a boss. Trondason was having a slightly more difficult time. He was a unicorn, and while he wasn’t an earth pony, he had no way to counter gravity at the moment. If he were to fall…

Well, there were plenty of ledges for him to fall onto.

It didn’t take them very long to get to the top. When they got there, the small cave was waiting for them, calling to them like a  siren’s song. While they weren’t awake for very long, the they still knew they had to sleep sometime during the night. “There’s that cave. I Can kinda see in the dark, but not much. Hey, pegasi eye magics are pretty cool!”

Trondason tried to light his horn, but only blue sparks came out. They were enough to light the darkness for a moment, but even doing that was pretty tiring. “Gosh darnit. Just that wears me out? I have a while to go, before telekinesis.”

“Hey, can you do that again?” Blacklight called out from somewhere in the cave. “I think my eyes can trap light or something.”

Trondason was slightly confused by that. If a creature could trap light in their eyes, their eyes could act like a flashlight or something similar. Probably go blind instead. “What are you talking about? Eye’s can’t trap light, and if they did, the eye would quickly become useless, old light overwhelming the new.”

“Look, man. I don’t know what’s going on, but I can see things for a few seconds after the light is absent. Can you just make a few more sparks? I think I saw something.”

“Fine, but what you're talking about sounds like you're remembering what you saw, and just picturing it. Like when you stare at a image for a while, then look at a white wall” Trondason reached further inside of himself, and summoned another spark. This time, the spark was replaced with a faint energy covering the entirety of his horn, instead of the tip.

“Holy crap, DIAMONDS!... Wait, no…” Trondason, still making his horn glow, was able to see the cave clearly. It was fairly empty, except what looked like several gemstones. “This is candy… Who the hell puts candy in a cave?!”

Trondason was unable to speak, but he did see Blacklight take one of the gems and lick it. Considering he didn’t just spit it out like a normal rock, Trondason held off any comments about insanity he previously had. Either those were candy, or Blacklight was a Kirin. “Wait, there’s water in this cave. Yeah, it’s a small stream coming out from those elevated cracks. Come drink this, it’s close to the entrance.”

Once Trondason cut the magic, he looked towards the entrance. True to his word, Black-light had indeed found a stream near the entrance. Where the water was coming from, was anyone’s guess. Maybe the top of the mountain was hollow and filled with water.

Instead of questioning how, Trondason went over and took a drink. The water was gushing out like a water fountain, so he just drank normally.

After he had his fill, Trondason was free to look at his reflection. His mane was a deep, dark blue, which seemed slightly out of place on his charcoal fur. His eyes were also the same color of his mane.. He wasn’t sure about Black-light, but this was definitely not how he looked as a human. Not even close.

There was a rock nearby that was elevated from the ground a bit. It was also surrounded by water, so he wouldn’t have to worry about most insects for the night. “So, we need to take turns sleeping. There has definitely been occupants in the not distant past, and we don’t know how friendly they will be with us here.”

“Yeah, that’s fine with me. I’m going to explore this cave. Maybe get myself off the ground.” Black-light’s voice said from a higher elevation. “The cave’s not that big, but the higher ups have boxes.” He added. “They are really old, though. Some of the wood is rotted.”

“Get back here. You don’t know *yawn* what’s over there. There might be some moss… or ….. something…..” He trailed off as he succumed to the sleep induced by magic exhaustion.

“Aw, even as he’s falling asleep, he will chastise me.” Black-light continued to look through the boxes. “Oh, look. Paper.”