Emergency Landing!

Emergency Landing!

“Hmm… Oh, I’ve got it!” Twilight responded. “I’m gonna cast a spell that will take us back to your home.”

“Simple, but gre—!”

“But, it will not send us directly there when I cast it.”

“What? So h—!?”

“In order for it to work, I’ll need you to accelerate yourself to your terminal velocity for approximately 5.2309 seconds after the spell is cast. You’ll notice a glow around you when you hit your maximum speed. You will also need to imagine your home the entire time you’re running, so as to make absolutely sure we will be transported there.”

“Sooo… run as fast as I can while thinkin’ about my house for five seconds an’ some change, then poof?”

“Precisely!” Twilight said, casting the spell as I saw a faint, yet familiar glow envelop me for a brief second. “But there’s something you sh—!”

“No time! Alright… Here goes nothin’!” I announced as I ran towards the parking lot entrance, the only opening I had. The three men quickly followed suit, refusing to give up their seemingly-bloodthirsty hunt. I ran across the street, narrowly avoiding an oncoming car as my pursuers had stopped on the other side of it behind me. I made a sharp left while waving towards the driver of the car as an apology. I reached the corner of the sidewalk, turned right, and sprinted as hard as I could for what felt like an hour.

“Any minute now, spell, c’mon!” I complained. Soon enough, I saw my entire body begin to take on a familiar pinkish-purple glow as I ran. I took no time to stop, knowing what the glow meant.

“There he is! But something’s up with him…” I heard a voice say. I knew it was one of the three men who were relentlessly hounding me, which provoked me to double my effort.

“Y’mean other than the fact that he’s run… wait, is he glowing!??” another one of the trio shouted as they continued their hot pursuit.

“Get ‘im before he disappears or something!” the third voice commanded.

“Almost there, Ty…! Keep going!” Twilight whispered in encouragement. I nodded, ducked my head down, and squeezed my eyes shut as I raced toward the home stretch. I could feel an electric tingling sensation all around me as I heard crackling sounds.

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*POOF*

I vanished. Everything went black as I felt like my body had been split into many tiny molecular pieces. The surprising part is that it didn’t hurt in the least. I wish I could have seen how the many different particles of my being were separated and sent off in one direction at such a blinding speed that it felt like I’d become one with the wind. However, with such spontaneous molecular deconstruction, also came the loss of all awareness and most of my basic senses. The only thing I was able to see was a faint image of my home that rapidly grew clearer and clearer. This wonderful new experience didn’t last very long, though… I’d say it lasted for just a few seconds before my body reformed in front of my house, with me blindly charging toward my door with my head down and my eyes squeezed shut.

“Ty, st—!” Twilight tried to warn, albeit too late.

*BOOM* “AWRGH!!”

Blindly running at full speed, I crashed against my door head-first, and hard. A large dent was left where the door met my forehead as I flew backwards. Knowing Twilight was in the bag strapped to my back, I quickly turned my body as I fell so as to land on my right side. “AHH-OW!” I screamed in pain as the awkward landing caused me to sprain my left wrist due to me trying to break the fall with just that hand.

“OOF!” Twilight grunted from within the bag. I moved up to a sitting position, clutching my head in extreme pain with my right hand while folding my left arm over my waist.

“Owwwww… why the fu…nnel cake did I go runnin’ into my door?” I wearily asked, my voice straining from the agony of the sudden migraine combined with the jolts of pain shooting through my left arm.

“I… was going to tell you that uh… when you envisioned your home, you probably should’ve envisioned yourself running in any direction in an open space parallel to it instead of simply bringing up the image…” the unicorn sheepishly explained as I reached behind my back with my left hand to open the zipper of the bag a little so she could make her way her way out of it. She let out a small, embarrassed giggle as she climbed out. I chuckled a little as well, especially when I saw that her mane and tail were all frazzled like someone furiously rubbed a balloon on her.

“Now you tell me… I don’t see the humor in th— Oh, god…” I said as I removed my hand from my head to be greeted with a most wonderful welcome-home gift; the palm of my hand bathed in my own blood. I froze in disbelief at the amount of the ruby red liquid staining my hand. I was more alarmed when I felt small beads of it slithering down my face and dripping off my face like sweat, staining the collar of my already slushy-stained blue T-shirt. I reached a finger up to where I felt the intense burning pain coming from to feel a huge gash streaking down the right side of my forehead, just above my eye. A simple touch was enough for me to pull my finger away and clench my hand into a fist as I flinched.

“Hey what’s wro—?” Twilight began to ask, but gasped in horror at the sight she beheld. “Oh, no! I’m soooo sorry! Let’s get in the house now so we can fix that up!” Twilight worriedly said. I tried to get up, but the impact had disoriented me greatly. My vision was getting blurry, I felt unbelievably tired, and I couldn’t even walk more than two steps without staggering and taking a knee. I tried to shake my head, but that made it much worse. I sprinkled blood on the ground from my still heavily-bleeding head wound, and I became dizzier. I almost felt as if I was going to vomit from the sudden case of nausea. It didn’t feel any better when I tried to use my left arm, with its wrist noticeably swollen, to push myself to a standing position.

“Aaaaaaaaahh…!” I hissed as I snatched my hand off the ground, falling back to a sitting position. All of this moving around was making things much worse.

“Oh, no! Please, don’t try to get up again! I’ll… I’ll teleport us into your room!” the unicorn said in a worried hurry. She placed a hoof onto my back as I heard her horn powering up.

*POOF*

We had teleported back into my room much quicker than I expected. I was too dizzy, tired, nauseous, and in too much pain to ask her any obvious questions that would have followed her seemingly easier, less painful spell being cast. She then levitated me onto my bed in a sitting position up against the wall, and made sure to take my shoes off and put them in the corner of the room.

“Okay, I need you to be very still…” she cautioned, jumping onto the bed and walking up to me. I hardly heard the unicorn talking as I was dozing off.

“But Ah’own wanna go t’ school, mommy…” I deliriously blurted. My eyelids were unbelievably heavy and my head bobbed as I fought to stay awake.

“Ohh...! umm… Mommy needs you to keep still, sweetie… okay?” Twilight whispered in a concerned motherly tone, presumably hoping that would keep me awake. She climbed onto my lap and stood on her hind hooves, using her fore hooves to position my head so I was directly facing her. Then, she bowed her head down as her horn began to glow once again. When her horn shined its brightest I’d seen since I met her, she pressed her horn against my forehead and took a deep breath. Her breath smelled faintly of strawberries and freshly baked bread. She closed her eyes and focused on her spell as her horn maintained its luminescent glow. After a sudden flash of white, my vision became clear. I noticed the pain in my head and left arm rapidly fade away, and blood ceased to flow down my face. I also felt a strange tingle as the wound on my forehead gradually closed up and healed in a matter of seconds. In addition, my wrist shrunk back to its original size. When the spell finished, Twilight let out a sharp, exhausted exhale, relaxing herself on my chest.

“Wow… that’s amazing, Twi! I wouldn’t-a guessed you was a nurse!” I praised in amazement and gratitude.

“That’s because… I’m not,” Twilight responded, out of breath. “Healing spells aren’t my… strongest point, so… using them takes a good deal of my energy as of right now… and  seeing as I used a bunch of it already…”

“Still, thank you! How can I repay you?”

“Hmm… Two things,” Twi began, recovering her composure, yet still lying down on my chest. “One, you can give me the rest of that cake you have to make up for that chocolate éclair you left at the park in the city, or two, you can give me one of those amazing rub-downs,” she joked, but I could see the sincerity in her statement with the smile she flashed me. Her large, beautiful violet eyes were half-closed; looking at me in such a way that she seemed to be expecting someone or something extra special. Twilight was silent, but her eyes just screamed, “Rub me!” I smirked.

“Ooh, tough choice… I forgot about that éclair back there…  Tell ya what: I’ll do both, because I’m feelin’ generous. But seein’ as you’re already comfortable, why not start with option two?” I said in my deepest, most soothing voice. I placed my left hand on her head and slowly, but gently ran it down her mane and back.

“Ahhh…” Twilight sighed in blissful ecstasy as she stretched herself out on my chest. I repeated the stroke time and time again, occasionally chuckling at Twilight’s unusually extensive enjoyment.

“I’ve been meanin’ to ask, Twi… why do you like this so much?” I queried.

“I’m not sure...” she replied, still in a euphoric stupor. “I’ve only ever been massaged with hooves and claws before... But those…”

“Hands.”

“…those ‘hands’ of yours… they just feel so much better… They’re a lot softer than hooves or claws…”

“Interestin’…” I said as I continued to rub her. Suddenly, an idea came to me. “Hold on, Twi. Lemme go wash my hands before I go on.” I got up and rushed to the bathroom to wash all the dry blood off of my other hand and face and returned to an eager lavender unicorn sitting on her haunches, staring at me like a puppy waiting to be fed. With great mental strength, I withheld the sarcastic remark I’d thought up about her playing the part of a dog too well. I lay down beside her in the same position as earlier, and she assumed her previous position on my stomach.

“Now that that’s out of the way, I wonder… how does this feel?” I asked, as I began to gently scratch behind her left ear.

“I… incredible…!” she practically moaned with pleasure, lying her head down.

“Wow… for a magic talkin’ horse from another universe, this girl sure does seem to like bein’ rubbed like a puppy…” I thought. “But then, what do I know about ‘ponies’? I suppose I’ll hafta wait till tomorrow when it’s my turn to ask the questions…” I decided to up the ante by running my other hand across her body as I’d been doing before while I continued to scratch her ear.

“Hmmmmmmm…” She sighed, seeming to be in total relaxation. She closed her eyes and smiled sweetly as I continued to stroke and scratch her, occasionally moaning in full enjoyment. At this point, I was beginning to feel a bit unsure about the nature of the unicorn’s contentment with this treatment. I shook it off and assured myself with a “Nah…” and continued.

“Hey, I’d hate to interrupt your relaxation, but… that spell of yours that made me run into my door… why’d we need to use that instead of the spell you used to bring us back in here?” I asked partly to ease my small sense of discomfort.

“Hmm… it was because I don’t know this world very well… and given the situation we were in, I couldn’t focus on bringing us back here myself… So I made things a bit less complicated by giving you a little bit of my magic, and then having you do the rest of the work… The fact that it made you run into the door was… something I’d only predicted, but didn’t fully expect, considering I’m usually the one doing the teleporting to a safe location when in danger… I was able to bring us directly to this room from outside because the situation was somewhat less stressful, and as far as memorization, I have this house and its immediate surroundings down packed…” Twilight dreamily answered with her eyes closed the entire time.

“Aight,” I plainly said. “I suppose that makes sense… in a nonsensical kinda way. I understand ya, though. By the way, you seem tired. You think we should hit the hay now?”

“Hay? Where?” She quietly asked, raising her head looking around, seeming very drowsy. I sighed with relief as her tired disposition put any odd… unsanitary predictions I could have made to rest.

“I meant, ‘go to bed,’ Twi,” I answered with a chuckle.

“I knew that,” She replied, yawning. “But not yet. Please, continue…” I obliged her with a nod as I laid back and she rested herself on my chest once more, and we picked up where we left off.  After a while (I’d guess about an hour as it had gotten dark outside during the massage), I felt her breathing pattern change to long, gentle inhales and exhales as she went limp on me.

“Aww, she went to sleep… good, because my arms are tired…” I murmured to myself as I let out an extensive yawn. “…and so’s the rest of me…” I gently wrapped my arms around the sleeping unicorn, shifted myself down to a more comfortable position, and drifted into a comfortable slumber, joining Twilight Sparkle in the world of dreams…