Good news I’m allowed back in Twilight’s lab; bad news I’m not allowed to explode the lab or leave it in ruins with my experiments and magic training. Which is understandable right?

My current project is converting a spell matrix for simple healing spells. My intention it to cause my enemy to bleed to death instead of preventing it. A morbid thought to the ponies for sure. I think I will call it ‘blood rend. Now if only I could test it on something other than a plant. Twilight won’t allow me to test on animals. She finds it cruel.

I simply want to be prepared. If I can pop into this dimension then so could other demons. As each day passed I have grown more and more protective of this peaceful world, no matter the cost. It’s my fault the demons will find this world, therefore it is my job to defend it. That means preparation and training. And right now all I have to go on, on this blood rend is theory. I don’t like that.

On the other hand I have been working to improve the original spell. It would definitely help to heal any wounds I would receive in battle. I was distracted from my notes and thoughts by Twilight coming in. Twilight looked over my notes for the spell and looked to me.

“What will this do?” She asked.

“Cause massive internal bleeding,”

“That…that could kill someone,”

“Within moments if not instantly,” I still had yet to look up from my notes.

“Why? Sarah!” Twilight demanded.

“I do not believe in having no spells to defend myself with. Yes, I know I have offensive spells but they are few and far between. And you can only block an opponent so many times before they overcome and destroy you.” I tried to explain. I spoke again before she could.

“I will be working on more defensive spells when I am done with the spell I am working on and no I haven’t been using animals…I’ve been using plants,” I looked up to Twilight when she didn’t say anything.

“Was there something you needed to tell me?”

“I just came down to see what you were up to and to let you know I will be gone. I’m going to Canterlot for a few days with some friends. I haven’t seen them in quite some time,”

“I see, could continue to use your lab while you’re gone?”

“As long as you still follow the rules, I’d like to return to my lab intact this time,”

“Of course,” I replied, that’s still a no on the animal testing then. She left and I continued working. I finished the healing spell and moved on to shielding spells. A partial shield in particular that I came to realize after an hour of working on it that I would need to practice it quite a lot to get it down. When I did get the hang of it though it would be a very valuable spell to have. I could use it to protect me or others around me. Now imagine if that was a full shield.

That thought kept me busy for several more hours and I worked it out. A full dome shield reaching all the way to the ground…that was tricky. Especially when I began tweaking it to allow allies in and keep enemies out. Go big or go home right? Having all this time to just work…it was nice. I worked on healing spells, shielding spells, and ended up on teleporting spells in a matter of hours.

Not much you can do with teleportation spells though. Point a to point B, not much to tweak about that. The only think I could even think to work on was making the spell drain less energy from me after it is cast, but drawing less energy would make it less reliable. In need of a break, I teleported to one of Ponyville’s parks. One of Ponyville’s thirty parks, are that many parks really necessary? This one had at least sixteen water fountains. That was the tip of the iceberg when it came to the decorations around this place. All the colors…if I don’t keep myself grounded in my own way of life around here I’ll be sick.

I found lyra's cutie mark amongst a crowd. I thought about talking to her. When I got close to her a wad of pink takes me from my feet and everything goes black for a second. I came to and found I was no longer at the park. I was at some kind of festivity for whom I assume was the little foal with the ridiculous hat. It was a cute little thing but I don’t like festivities. They are usually distractions, they let the evil in under your nose.

If I assume correctly that pink mass from earlier was Pinkie Pie. The most confusing pink thing I have every laid eyes on, that need to learn to watch where she’s going. She just wants to have fun but it’s so constant, how is that even possible? Either way, I’ve been seen there by her and trying to leave would prove to be futile as she would just drag me right back. This festival turned out to actually be a distraction indeed. To keep Twilights friends happy while she was gone. Friends, friendship, she left to visit friends, only to come home to friends in a few days to that eyesore she calls a castle. Those shiny crystals can be seen for miles.

I tried to distract myself with the punch. I paused when it tasted funky, not horrible but weird. I noticed an alligator crawl out of the punch bowl and I spit out the remaining liquid from my mouth. What was up with this place? An alligator in the punch bowl? Really? I looked up to see I wasn’t the only one repulsed by the sight.

The alligator crawled onto the dance floor and Pinkie Pie began twirling around it. It didn’t seem to mind her which led me to believe it was her pet. It was still creeping me out. I shook my head and looked around the party. Lyra was there with Bon bon. There was music coming from weird boxes around the party. There was a white pony with a blue mane seeming to control them. The music was nice. It was far from a nobles violin or piano. There was a much more lively beat to it.

I wanted to know more about it and went to her.

“What’s your name?” I asked over the music.

“Vinyl Scratch, but at parties my DJ name is PWN3,” She answered with a smile. I had no idea what a DJ or a DJ name was.

“What kind of music is this?”

“Well, it’s a mix, I’ve got my techno going then my dubstep and a little bit of trance, depends on the song,” She answered, she was bobbing her head to the beat as she talked. No idea what any of that was either but I liked it. I turned away from the…DJ. I saw Pinkie Pie to the punch bowl and watched her drink the punch. It was slightly disgusting but she drank all of it. It made my stomach lurch and I went to the bathroom to empty my stomach.

I got out of the restroom to find Applejack sitting in a chair a bit aside from the party. I joined her and took a breath to make sure my stomach had settled.

“What do you think of the festivities?”

“Aw, it’s alright I guess, I just don’t like that kind of music, it just sounds like a bunch of high pitched noises to me,”

I nodded along. I was enjoying the music but that wasn’t enough to argue with her. These ponies were as sentient as any human she had come across. They liked and disliked different things. I got up after a few more minutes and started walking around the party. I found a spacious area and thought about what kind of magical projections I could make. I was rather surprised to see how easily it was to create beautiful things.

Before I know it I have a crowd of ponies just watching me and my projections. So I decide to make a projection story without words. It worked splendidly and when I was done I heard clapping, or is it clopping? At the display I had done, pinkie pie was doing this weird bounce all over the place. Wait how is she bouncing like that? Such an odd pony, maybe it was in her alligator water. Otherwise I would have to watch her more to figure out how exactly her magic works

I still have a little while longer till this party has reached its limit so I decide to talk with some of the ponies I don’t know. I am actually being sociable with these over happy characters. Most seem a bit to cheerful but some are…what’s the word I’m looking for? Oh, that’s it, snobs. Total snobs. Like the nobles you see in castles! You can’t expect them to just not exist right?

After this I decide to just wait out the party and it works till a certain pink pony decides to ruin it by pulling me to some game called pin the tail on the pony. I eventually give in to play their silly games and to be frank they’re not fun at all. I humor her as I don’t think I want to upset the pink mare. I have a gut instinct that if I were to make her upset it would not be pretty. After I finished playing every single game there I got Pinkie to let me leave to my own devices. Which I decided to find some sustenance elsewhere. I am parched and in need of food.

I found the kitchen and I found a few ponies had the same idea. My first tactic was to ignore them and get my fill. This plan failed miserably when pony decided to talk with me while I ate. I politely talked with him on the topic of what kind of parties were best. And I’ll tell you something the whole conversation was me going ‘ah’, ‘huh’, and him talking about parties. Quite the one sided conversation.

After I finished my food and like two more minutes of his dreadful conversation, I decided to go outside and enjoy the crisp cold air that night brings. It was the best night I’ve seen in quite some time. The stars were shining bright and the moon beaming with an almost white sheen. It was amazing. I sat there for as long as I could. Fatigue took me over and I got up to get myself to bed. I was going to need the rest for the next day. I walked to my house and didn’t see a single pony on my way. I mused that they were all at the party. I went inside my new home and found my way into the bed. Hopefully, tomorrow would be a good day.

Author's Note

Thanks to my editor this chapter didn't have as much in it and believe it or not they have a life so it took a while for this chapter sorry for the inconvenience and its not as long as i would have liked but at least its out there ta ta for now!