Unyielding Powers

"You... your appearance changed." said a very rattled Twilight Sparkle.

"Well that is what happens when a chameleon spell is broken." said Element with a still lingering headache.

"So, wait, you lied to me?" Twi's expression turned from scared to angry.

"I thought you already figured that out. I mean, come on. I just changed colors for Celestia's sake."

Twilight then got furious and began to walk Element into the wall behind him. "You are telling me, that not only have you messed with my mind, but you've been lying to me about more than just the secret little room you're keeping down here. I cannot believe you! I mean, just hours ago you were confessing to me, now I find out that you can't trust me with something like this?!!"

"You don't..."

"NO!!! I am not done talking."

"Actually it's more like ranting..."

"SHUT UP!! I can't believe you are correcting me at this point in time. Urrrgh, you just had to make me angry at this late hour, when I should be in bed asleep! But nooo, I have to stay here and scold you like a child and figure out why you're keeping so many Celestia damn secrets! And... WHY ARE YOU SMILING LIKE THAT!!?"

It was true, Element had a smile on his face and he was looking at Twilight with an uncomforting look. "I just gotta know."

"Know what?" Twilight groaned.

"Has anyone ever told you how sexy you are when you're angry?"

The question seemed to throw Twilight off guard. She blushed heavily and trotted back a few steps. "Wh-what?"

And now it was Element's turn to advance. "Yeah, I don't know what it is, but you just seem a whole lot hotter when you get mad. Kinda turns me on a little. Is it the fire in your eyes? The strictness of your voice? Or just the general way you place yourself? I just don't know." He backed Twilight into a corner and she had to stand on her hind legs to keep from falling to her rump. She spread her wings in order to try and intimidate but to no effect. Then Element stood and placed both his forehooves above her head as he looked down at her very scared face.

She stared into his hungry eyes until finally she looked away closing them. Element chuckled, kissed her cheek and backed off, returning to all fours. Needless to say Twilight was confused. He had complete control of the situation, and yet he stopped. "Wh-what...?"

"The first rule about relationships in the 'Relationships Guide for Dummies', is to learn enough about the partner to where you can expect almost everything they do. And as such I've been doing subtle research on you as I've been around, and I've learned that you can get caught off guard by almost any sort of complement or phrase I have said so far. If you think I'm not going to take things seriously then you need to catch up, 'cause your fallin' behind."

Element slowly walked over and picked up the headsets from earlier and placed one over his ears, without magic. He then threw the other pair which he created to Twilight, who caught it and looked confused at it.

"Put it on, you're gonna need it while we're in there." Element said pointing at the door.

Twilight was still angry but complied with the direction given and placed the muffs over her ears.

Element opened the door carefully and as he did a blast of power could be felt that knocked Twilight on her rump with an "oomph". It didn't seem to face Element in the slightest, however, as he offered her a hoof. Twilight was still mad and declined his help by standing on her own and trotting into the room.

Her anger slowly slipped away as she gazed at rows upon rows of different books. She squeed and went over to the nearest shelf to grab one in her magic grip, but was cut off when Element slammed the book back into place. "This place is not for the faint of heart," he spoke using the microphone embedded into the earmuffs, "If you read any of these books you will be overwhelmed with the evil spirits that haunt them and they will try to control you. Do you not see the seals on their spines?"

It was true, there were different symbols on each and every book-spine. But Twilight was still not convinced, "I find that hard to believe. If they really are haunted by evil spirits, then how come you're not overwhelmed? And why do I have to wear this stupid thing?"

"One, I have to go threw countless rituals and magic before the spirits are calm enough to reason with to where I can even open the book, and two, there are more than just the demons in the books but ghosts are constantly flying about trying to whisper evil into the ears of the weak minded."

"...........Should I take that as an insult? Because I'm pretty sure you just called me weak minded."

"If you want to test yourself then go right ahead."

Twilight did just that and took off the headset. What she didn't expect was the constant voices that entered her mind and were slowly making her crazy. She started to shake and shudder and she gripped onto her head, "Make it stop..... Make it stop!... MAKE IT STOP!!!", she cried in agony her ears felt like they were bleeding and she gained a migraine like she'd never felt before. Her eyes shrank and dilated and her coat became disheveled.

There were voices filling her mind, drowning her own thoughts. Most were whispers, but there was so many of them it sounded like they were screaming. Her vision blurred and watered and she was beginning to lose consciousness. The last ting she could remember and hold onto was Element with a pained expression. It was probably more of the fact that he was casting a spell and his headache was returning full force, but still, that was the only thing she could see before, finally, she blacked out.

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Element floated the limp form of Twilight carefully in the air as he trotted out of his hidden basement, choking down another one of the potions he had Charles grab earlier.

Setting her down on the couch, Element looked over Twilights sleeping form. "Why didn't you listen? It was a simple instruction: don't take off the headset. I warned you, and you still refused to take my word." he sighed and trotted over to a closet. He brought a thin, but fluffy, grey blanket over to the purple Alicorn and tucked her in. He also had a thickly feathered pillow in his teeth. Element lifted Twilights head and placed the pillow underneath, he then gently lowered her back down and let her sink into the fabric. He placed a kiss just under her horn which caused her to smile unknowingly.

He looked toward the door and thought about going for a nightly flight but he didn't want to leave Twilight without telling her where he had gone. He grabbed a quill and a piece of paper and wrote the following: Twilight, I've gone out for a while. Don't know when I'll be back. You have my permission to explore the basement and are welcome to make yourself something to eat in my home. You may also take your leave whenever you wish to contemplate anything.

Knowingly -

Element

He placed the note on the coffee table so it would be plain sight and went upstairs to gather his saddlebags and extra potions as he was going to need them. He walked back downstairs and out the front door telling Charles to make sure Twilight was safe while she was still here. He casted his makeshift wing spell and took off into the night sky.

As he flew under the stars he felt himself becoming quite content. Relaxing and just enjoying the cool air that blasted his face and caressed his body. He soared higher and higher at a constant speed, and when he thought he was high enough, he let go and began to free fall. Heading towards the earth below with his eyes closed he felt no worry or care as he sped toward what would be his inevitable death.

He then heard something other than the wind rushing past his ears. Like someone else's voice yelling at him, but he couldn't hear them and ultimately decided to ignore it as he kept falling. He was then slammed into by something and they both crashed onto a cloud. Element slowly stood now pissed off at whatever smashed into him. But when he turned to release some of the aggression he paused at the sight of Rainbow Dash, laying on her back, eyes spinning in different directions out of dizziness.

"Rainbow Dash? The hell are you doing out this late at night?" Element asked quizzically.

After reacquiring her bearings Rainbow spoke, "I should ask you the same thing. But what I ant to know is why you're falling from a 75,000 foot drop! Are you suicidal or something?! Or are you drunk off your flank."

"I'll have you know I was in complete control over my actions. And if I really wanted to die I would've done it already. Now you tell me why in the name of Luna are you out flying at this time of the night?"

She scratched the back of her head, "Well I take a lot of naps during the day I'm normally wide awake at night. Also, just the feel of the brisk night air puts me at ease from all the awesome stunts I do during the day. It's calming to me."

Element stared at her for a moment, not believing the calm nature the brash pegasus was showing. "I figured you'd be more like a speed demon no matter what you were doing. Seeing you this calm is a little unsettling."

"Yeah I get that from most other ponies I say hi to when I'm out here." she then scrunched her nose as if contemplating something, "Hey, I've got this crazy idea."

"Well let's hear it."

"You want to go out?" Element couldn't believe what she just said, "You know like on a date? Just for tonight?"

"I, um, uh, don't know. Not to be rude or stereotypical or anything, but I thought you were...."

"Gay? Yeah, I get that a lot too. I keep telling everypony I'm not but they just don't believe me. Don't worry about it though, no offence taken."

"Oh good, I didn't mean anything by it."

"Are we gonna go or not?"

'Man she get's straight to the point.' "Well I kinda got this thing going with Twilight and..."

"Dude, didn't you learn anything back in high school? It says in the Equestrian law book, page 138 subsection G, that: If a male has more than one other mare as a partner of any kind, (dating, sexual, or otherwise) he is allowed to create what is called a 'herd'. Basically, if you want, you can have more than one marefriend. .....Are you okay?"

Element's jaw had dropped, and was dumbfounded by just how much the rainbow maned mare knew, and how he forgot that law had even existed. He facehoofed. "You know what? Let's go. You lead the way, and I'll pay for whatever we go do."

"Are you serious?!" he nodded and she did a flip in the air, "Woohooohhoooo!! LET'S GO!" she grabbed him by the hoof and dragged him through the air.

All the while Element had one thought, 'I am going to regret this.'