What You Wish For 2: The Book of Unicorn

The ponies of Trottingham watched in horror as two aliens duked it out on the top of a building before the taller one grabbed the masked one by the throat and disappeared. Almost an instant later the taller one re appeared, slightly bruised but otherwise fine.

Alex slowly walked out of the portal back in Equestria, his mind focusing on finding the book before it’s too late. Alex began to think about Lauren and how to save her, the only way being the book. Alex thought of a way to find it before having a great idea, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the paper from Twilight's history book he snagged from her a while back. Alex lifted the paper high above the ponies at the base of the building and shouted loudly, "Hey ShadowThunder! Guess who has the last page to the Book of Unicorn?" Alex waited a few seconds before hearing the sound of the aerial vessel heading his way, he turned around to see Lyra's stolen vehicle landing in front of him on the building. Alex quickly put Lauren's MP3 in his ears to block out the sound of the turbines, the sound nearly deafening.

Once the plane has landed, ShadowThunder slowly emerged from the plane as she shouted, "Give me the page and I will give you anything you want."

Alex waved the page as he said, "Heal Lauren's wound and the page is yours."

Shadow shook her head as she said, "Sorry but that wasn't what I said, I said I would do anything you wanted not give you anything."

Alex raised the book from his back as he said with a wink, "Too bad I was too busy getting the book to listen."

Shadow looked behind her to see the book gone and she shouted in a confused voice, "How in the name of the Gods did you get that?"

Alex waved the book as he said, "Hyper teleporting, perfect for terrorists. By the way you should check your book before you take it." Alex threw the page at her to show her it was a fake before jumping off the edge, as he fell he flipped through the pages before reaching the last one. He looked quickly at the spell and read it to himself as he fell towards the metal dumpster, "Through endless nights, and hopeless fights. Through heavy rain and dying pain. No matter what, no matter when. This is the spell of spells, with this you shall never fail or fall. This is the spell to rule... Them... All."

ShadowThunder watched as Alex impacted with the dumpster with force so great it caused the green metallic container to fold in on itself, Alex laid there motionless with the book wrapped in his arms on his chest. A large piece of metal poking through his chest , blood dripping off the tip. ShadowThunder laughed as she floated down while saying, "Well Alex, it was a long run. A good three years, but I guess everything ends eventually." ShadowThunder wrapped her hooves around the book and began to tug on the book, realizing Alex's dead grip was still strong.

ShadowThunder jumped back as soon as she saw Alex's eyes open and say with a smile, "Eventually... but not today." Alex slowly got up from the twisted pile of metal, the metal steak still through his heart. Alex wrapped his hand around the piece of sharp metal and with a jerk he pulled it out of his chest. For a few seconds blood sprayed from his hole but it was soon covered up by a glowing patch of skin. Alex's eyes glowed brightly as he patched himself up using his new magic, his mind suddenly clear as all sorts of new information rushed through his head. Alex suddenly knew every spell that ever did or will exist; his veins were filled with energy.

Shadow thruster her horn towards Alex's chest cavity, her horn pouring with thick black smoke. As soon as her horn touched him he sent a volt of electricity through her, she suddenly fell to the ground twitching as orange strings of electricity bounced all around her. Alex kneeled down beside her and got ready to pick her up but was suddenly bucked by her into the sky. Alex felt pain only for a few second before his jaw fixed itself, the bones slowly moving back into place and mending thanks to his incredible new powers. As he began to fall towards the ground, he watched as ShadowThunder got to her hooves and jumped for him and shattering the concrete below her. The two collided at high speeds and began to fall to the ground again, as they fell Shadow shouted with a smile, “You may have your powers, Alex. But your brain is still vulnerable to damage.”

Alex closed his eyes as he said, “I don’t think so.” Alex began to teleport to the ground at the same time Shadow attempted to teleport as well. Suddenly a burst of light engulfed them and they were thrown into subspace. A few seconds later they appeared in a white room, the tiles looking rather dirty and the floors unwashed. Alex and Shadow stood there motionless, trying to figure out where they were.

The sudden voice of a man with a western accent made them jump, the man said from around the corner, “So lemme get this here straight, y’all are from the magical land of Equetsria?”

Alex whispered to ShadowThunder, “How did he know we were here?”

Shadow simply shrugged as they both turned themselves invisible before looking around the corner. There Alex saw one of the weirdest paradoxes ever. In the same room as them was a man in overalls, a shotgun off to the side as he sat on a bench, sitting around him were Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Dash, Rarity, Pinkie, Trixie, Derpy, and Angel. Twilight looked up at the man who Alex assumed was Engineer due to his similarities, “Equestria.”

The Engineer slowly nodded his head as he said, “Right, and y’all with the horns can do magic?”

Alex and Shadow continued to spy on the group as Shadow whispered, “But… weren’t your friends down in the magnetic hole last time we saw them?”

Alex whispered back, trying his best not to be heard, “Yeah… this seems so familiar… maybe this is an alternate universe.”

Suddenly Alex tripped from around the corner and yelped a bit as he hit the floor, the Engineer suddenly turned his head as he said, “What in tarnations?”

Alex suddenly realized he not only lost his invisibility but he was also spotted, he felt his shirt being tugged from the neck as he was lifted and dragged into the room with the rest of the ponies. Engineer suddenly slammed him onto the floor as he said, “And who’s this?”

Twilight looked down at him, she looked at him as though she had never seen her before as she said, “I actually do not know. He looks like you though so wouldn’t you know?”

Engineer looked at his red sweater as he said in an angry tone, “He’s probably another trick by the RED team. We don’t take too kindly to yer kind boy.” Alex watched as the man got up and pointed the shotgun at him, the sound of it loading sending a shock through his spine. Alex closed his eyes and concentrated on a random thought, for some reason he was thinking of pause and when he re-opened his eyes he saw the man staring down at him. His gaze empty as he held his position like a statue.

Alex slowly got up to see they were all frozen in time, he quickly put them back into place as they were before they saw him and said to the paused crowd, “You never saw anything.” He gave off a flash of white light before running around the corner back to ShadowThunder and whispering, “Get us back to Equestria.”

Shadow nodded her head as she said, “I’d much prefer to kill you in our world.”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “That sounds like a plan.” He watched as Shadow opened up a portal and jumped through, as Alex began to climb into it he snapped his fingers just as soon as the portal closed.

After a few seconds of silence the Engineer looked down at the ponies as he said, “And y’all with the horns can do magic?” As the Engineer listened to the ponies talk he began to have the feeling of Déjà vu.

*****

Alex and Shadow suddenly burst through the portal travelling at the speed of a train for no specific reason. Alex began to stumble as they rolled across the roof of the building, Alex smashed into Lyra’s plane with enough force to send the two over the edge. Shadow quickly got to her hooves and galloped over the edge and looked down, she saw Alex’s head under the plane and began to laugh to herself.

Shadow turned around and walked towards the edge of the building, she jumped down and quickly grabbed the book that rested beside the wrecked dumpster and began to trot down the street towards the magnetic hole. As she trotted the sound of metal moving made her freeze in place, the sound of metal scraping against the asphalt suggested that the fight would go on. She slowly turned around to see Alex standing up, the aerial vessel pressed against his back as he said, “Let’s make this something to remember.” Alex slammed both of his fists into the metal and smiled as every single piece of the ship separated from each other. Alex closed his eyes as the pieces began to fly around and re arrange themselves in a new order. The pieces clanged together as they stacked themselves around Alex’s limbs before eventually creating a large metallic suit with wings. All that was visible of Alex was his head as he said with a wink, “Let’s rock.”

Alex threw one of his giant metallic fists at Shadow to see her jump out of the way, dropping the book at her side. Alex swung his other hand and it collided with her and slammed into the building beside them. Alex slowly gripped around her and the pieces of the building before throwing her into the air. As she began to fall back down, Alex pulled one of the supporting beams out of the building and swung it like a baseball bat against Shadow, sending her flying over the horizon. Alex bent down and sprouting from his back were the jet turbines, they burst into life and sent Alex flying after her. Alex soon caught up to her and caught her before she impacted with the ground, the Trottinghams jumped out of the way as they slammed into another building some block down from where they originally were. Alex slowly removed his giant metallic hand to see Shadow fall to the ground, limp and unconscious.

After a few seconds of the ponies gathering around, murmuring about the giant metal beast fighting the legendary ShadowThunder, Alex bent over as his back opened up, the sounds of the hydraulics de pressurizing as he slowly climbed out to see the unconscious pony. As he walked towards her, ponies cheered for him as they thanked him for more or less saving their lives. Alex approached the unconscious unicorn as he said, “You’re not getting the book today.” He then wrapped his hand around the unicorn’s horn. The sudden burst of energy causing a shockwave that shattered the nearby windows as watchers were blown back onto their plots. A large thick black cloud surrounded the two as Alex held tight onto her horn, he watched as the shadowy black clouds began to consume him and his energy. As the thick black smoke began to climb its way up his legs, he let out all of his energy that he could, he watched as his orange electricity began to push the smoke back. He began to feel exhaustion as the orange magic began to overpower the thick black smoke.

After a tiring fight, Alex finally managed to fully overpower Shadow’s magic, his orange magic fully consuming the black cloud and engulfing them in an orange and white ball of electrical energy. Alex let go of her horn and felt the full force of the explosion they caused and was set flying, he rolled down the street a block away and looked up to see that she was once again gone. Alex decided to lay there for a few seconds before seeing the Book of Unicorn lying next to the large crater his fist made. He slowly reached out and wrapped his fingers around it, as he got up he listened to all the cheering he was receiving from the Trottingham’s as they all said, “You saved us! ShadowThunder is gone!”

Alex got to his feet and began to shout, “No… she is not gone forever she will be back soon though.” Alex noticed that he still had all the knowledge of the spells but it was taking him a lot of energy to use it unlike before and still did not need his Zen. Alex then began to limp for the church as fast as he could.

*****

Pinkie sat there next to Lauren as she said to herself, “I can’t believe I trusted that meanie… that jerk… that buttface! He lied to me and killed Lauren.”

Fluttershy sat next to Lauren’s head as she said, “He probably killed Alex too… you know… I’m going to miss these two.”

Lauren slowly reached up and placed a shaking and bloody hand on Fluttershy’s hoof as she said, “You know what… this is what I really needed.”

Twilight was busy scanning over her wounds with Lyra as she said, “What do you mean?”

Lauren slowly patted Fluttershy on the head as she said, “Maybe not this right now but in the past week I was with you girls… I was having the best time of my life. I finally got to go on an adventure no one else in the world can say they’ve been on. To know that I meant so much more than simply an animator was the best thing ever for me. Thank you girls… thank you all.” Lauren brought in the ponies for a hug, the sound of them crying echoed through the room as Lauren’s breathing slowed down.

The sudden sound of footsteps made them all look towards Alex as he ran up to them. He quickly slid to Lauren’s side as he said, “I have the book… just read it please.”

Lauren looked at the letters as Alex held the book in front of her, her heartbeat beginning to slow down as she said, “Through endless nights, and… hopeless fights. Through heavy rain… and dying pain.” Alex slowly brought Fluttershy in for a hug as they soon realized they might be too late, “No matter… what, no matter when. This is the… spell of spells, with this you shall never fail or fall. This is the… spell… to… rule... them... all." Alex watched in disbelief as Lauren turned her head towards Alex and gave him a wink as she said, “It was worth a shot… kiddo.” Her eyes slowly closed as her breathing stopped, her body had gone limp and cold as Alex screamed at the top of his lungs. He hugged Fluttershy and Pinkie tightly as they all cried together. Their tears ran down their cheeks and slowly fell onto Lauren’s body, where they suddenly floated there in suspended animation.

Alex looked down at the floating tears as he said, “Wait… could it be?”

Alex slowly began to back the group up as they watched the floating tears suddenly begin to glow in their colors. Applejack placed her hat over her eyes as she said, “Woah nelly!” They watched in awe as the tears began to clump together into one large floating droplet before slowly moving over top of her wounds. As it slowly covered her wounds, the group watched in amazement as her wounds quickly healed. The droplets suddenly began to glow as it entered her, lifting her off the ground lowly s she was engulfed in white light. Everyone in the room closed their eyes as the light became too bright to bear when the sound of an explosion shook the room, blowing them off their feet and hooves. After a few seconds the light dimmed down and Alex got to his feet, he slowly lowered his hand to see Lauren standing there with a soft smile on her face. Alex watched in joy as the ponies jumped on her with hugs and love as they all cheered and cried for her.

Lauren hugged them all tightly as she said, “Thanks everyone… to be honest I thought I wasn’t going to make it.”

As Lauren let go of the ponies, Alex slowly approached her only to be hugged tightly by her as well as she said to him, “Thanks Alex. You saved my life in the nick of time.”

Alex wrapped his arms around her; she was glowing brightly with a soft mist coming off her. She felt soothingly warm and her voice calmed the ponies down, her smile bringing the joy back into everyone. The feeling of victory in Alex was too great to explain, he had never felt this good about himself before. After letting go of Lauren, Fluttershy jumped into Alex’s arms as she said, “You did it! You saved Lauren’s life and got the book back.”

Alex slowly hugged her as he held her in his arms, she snuggled her head under his neck as she breathed with relief. Alex brought her chin up and looked into her eyes as he said with a smile, “I think we need to go home.”

Fluttershy hugged him tightly as she kissed him on the cheek; Alex immediately went red as his smile spread from side to side on his face. He may have just witnessed the rebirth of Lauren and defeated ShadowThunder yet again, but it was that kiss right there that made the whole adventure worth it. As she kissed his cheek, Pinkie jumped up and said with a large smile on her face, “You know what this calls for?”

Alex had the biggest smile of excitement on his face as he said with eagerness in his voice, “A party!”

Pinkie shook her head as she said, “Actually… I was thinking of a ride home, but a party sounds nice.”

Dash shook her head and laughed as she and Applejack said, “You are so random Pinkie.”

Twilight trotted up to Alex as she said, “So did you read the book as well?”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Sure did. I know every spell in existence.”

Twilight broke out into a large excited smile as she said, “Can you teach me please?” Twilight felt like squealing with joy at the thought of being taught some new peels she never knew existed.

Alex thought of it for a few seconds, he knew every spell but had no idea what the magic words were. He was having a moment of Presque vu and could not for the life of him remember the name of any spell. He figured that it was probably the thing about the spell of spells; you knew the spells and what they did but did not know the names. After a few seconds he shrugged with Fluttershy still in his arms as he said, “I actually can’t tell you. By the way where’s the book, Lauren?”

Alex looked over to see the book slowly merging with her as she said, “It has bonded with its true master. I can feel the infinite energy slowly seeping in. I know how you feel about the spells; it’s to prevent from spreading the spells to the lazy.”

Alex shrugged as he said, “Oh well, now all we have to focus on is a ride home.”

******

Alex simply lied there with Fluttershy in her bed, they had just gone through a loud and celebratory party where they watched Berry Punch get plastered and dance on stage with Micolt Jackson. As the two laid in the bed together, Fluttershy cuddled up to Alex as she said, “So… what do you want to do now?”

Alex looked over to her as he said with a raised eyebrow, “What do you mean?”

Fluttershy softly giggled as she rubbed her nose against his cheek and said, “I mean we are alone in my room, only neighbors to the cute little animals outside.”

Alex moved closer to her and moved his arm under her for her to use as a pillow as he said, “Well I just traveled to two alternate universes in the same day, became a mortal unicorn god, saved the legendary immortal alicorn from death, and ultimately saved the world again. What do you think I want to do?”

Fluttershy giggled as she rolled on top of him as she said in her soft and timid voice, “Can I guess?”

Alex looked at her with a straight face as he said, “I want to sleep.” He then rolled over, making Fluttershy fall off and onto the opposite side of the bed. Fluttershy sat there with a confused look on her face, she could have sworn she was following the seducing steps Twilight had read from her love making 101 book. Alex then rolled back onto his back with a smile on his face as he said, “I’m kidding, come here Shy.” Alex opened his arms and Fluttershy cuddled up into them. There they simply cuddled until Alex’s heart began to race. There was only one thought going through his head at the moment as he said, “Remember back on earth? Why did you always want to sleep in my room with me?”

Fluttershy took a gentle breath as she said, “Because… because whenever I felt you against me and even if you were asleep I felt safe. I knew that you would know what’s best for me and I always wanted that. I’m scared of so many things but when I am in your arms I feel… I feel brave. I feel like I can venture into the Everfree forest, I feel…”

Alex decided to finish her sentence as he said, “Love… you felt loved when you were held by me. I’ll be honest, whenever I felt you cuddling with me I felt like I truly meant something more than a superhero or a potential celebrity. I felt like there was someone out there who really wanted my company and always felt attached.” Alex’s eyes went wide as he realized he wasn’t in control of what he was about to say. Before he could stop himself he said to her, “I love you, Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy’s head jerked upright as she said, “You… love me?” Alex flinched as the thought of rejection even from Fluttershy passed through him, how could he have been so foolish and fall in love with a girl who only cared for him. But what he felt next changed him into a real man, he felt her hooves against his cheeks straighten his face so that he was making eye contact with her. Her big blue eyes staring back at him as she slowly approached him and kissed his lips. Alex’s heart skipped a beat as he slowly rapped his hands around her, feeling the short and fuzzy fur as well as her long luscious silky mane. Her breath was warm and smelled of tea as she slowly broke away from the kiss. Fluttershy kept looking into Alex’s eyes and after a few minutes she whispered only loud enough for him to hear, “I love you too.”

Alex then kissed her on the lips, the incredible sensation had not numbed itself after the tenth kiss where Alex asked Fluttershy, “So if we’re staying here I’m going to need a place to stay.”

Fluttershy giggled softly as she rested her head on his chest and said, “You can live with me but what about your stuff at home?”

Alex looked towards the moon as he said, “Some lucky person will find all the wonderful things there. All the things that were of value there would mean nothing here; I would never need the ’78 Ranchero or the hover board when I have you.” Alex looked down to see her tearing up as he said, “That’s right… I’m giving everything up to be with you.” Alex waited for a response from her, but after five minutes only heard the sound of her soft breathing. She had fallen asleep cuddled up to him, her smile slowly fading from her as she entered the world of the dreams.

Alex quickly removed his pants and shirt and slipped under the covers with her as he said, “Good night, another great adventure awaits in the morning.”

THE END!

Lolnope!

*****

The prison guard walked into the emergency room with one of the doctors as he said, “Is he finally awake?”

The doctor nodded his head as he checked over the clipboard and said, “Yes after that bus explosion rupturing his insides and the fire to the head, we put him into a coma which we accidentally overshot and put him in a coma for three years longer than we expected. Now he has finally healed… more or less and is waking up.”

The guard adjusted his belt around him as he said, “Good, a cell just opened up for him.” The man and the doctor walked into an emergency room where in the last room was a man with bandages wrapped around his face. The doctor walked up to him as he said, “Mr. Clyde, you are going to experience some psychological trauma due to the next two things we are about to tell you. First thing is that you are now waking up from a coma three years after you were severely burnt, making this the year 2078. Secondly your buns have healed but a strange anomaly of science occurred.”

Kyle slowly turned his head as he said, “Where am I?”

The guard sat down on the bed as he said abruptly, “Welcome to the reopened Alcatraz. This baby opened up only a few days after you went lights out.”

The doctor calmly hushed the guard before continuing, “As for the burn damages, we replaced one of your eyes with an artificial optical sensor, in a few hours we’ll boot it up and you will be capable of seeing the time, GPS, and your vitals. Kind of like Call of Duty 74.”

Kyle slowly raised his hand to stop the doctor from continuing as he said calmly, “So wait… I’m in prison?”

There was a long pause before the guard said, “Agent Kyle Clyde… you fired an armed handgun at a civilian and have been charged with assault and terrorism. The deaths of the people on that bus have been linked to you and you are charged with multiple murder. Sorry to say but you’re spending the rest of your life here as well as being removed from the military service.”

Kyle’s vision began to return, all he could see were bandages covering his face as he slowly brought a hand to his face in shame. He was framed for those deaths when he was trying to save everyone, sure he was in the heat of the moment when he said he cared for no one but he wasn’t that kind of man. Kyle began to feel a tear roll down his cheek under his bandages as he said, “Why do I have the bandages on my face?”

The doctor began to wrap his fingers around the back as he said gently, “Your face suffered severe third degree burns and went through the first case of its kind.” Eventually Kyle could see the light, it nearly blinded him and he quickly blocked the light with his arm.

After a few seconds of looking around the room and at his jumpsuit he looked up at the guard as the guard said, “It’s time to take you to your new home, freak.” The guard aggressively lifted the man from the bed and onto his feet where the two walked out of the emergency room and down the hallways. The guard would occasionally shove Kyle every time he stopped to stare back at the other prisoners who stared at him. Eventually Kyle made it to his cell and as the guard released him of his handcuffs he said, “You really embarrassed the government with that terrorist attack. You’re going to be on the inescapable for a long… long time.” With that the guard laughed as he walked away.

Kyle simply stood there, he didn’t bother to move because all he had was a bed sink with a mirror and a toilet. Kyle slowly walked up to the sink to wash his face off in the hopes of waking up from his dream. The stinging sensation of the water made him slowly raise his head to the mirror. What he saw made him vomit into the sink, the disgusting sight of his face being too gruesome to handle. Eventually he summed up the courage to again look at himself and look at all his new features. Staring back at him was a monster like he had never seen before, the creature wore what looked like a black face mask that had bonded with the skin, the charred and flaky pieces peeling off around his lips, nose, and eyes. Yellow puss oozed out of the cracks around his jaw and ears as the black skin covered his entire face. Kyle looked closely at the patterns and realized that his face was now the mask he wore before he was burnt by Alex. The mask had become part of him and his body.

Kyle looked at his reflection as he said to himself in a shaking and enraged voice, “Now every time I look in the mirror I am reminded of who I am going to kill. Oh I know everything about you, Alex Mulroney. I swear on my life that before I die, I will kill Alex Patrick James Mulroney. YOU HEAR ME! I WILL KILL YOU!” Kyle smashed his head against the mirror and watched as it shattered against his hard skin. He fell beside the sink and began to cry for a while. After what felt like a few minutes, he got back up to see his artificial eye light up, a green ring glowed to life around his iris as images of his skeleton and muscles appeared in one corner of his vision while the time and location appeared in the opposite. Kyle smiled at his reflection as he said, “Consider yourself timed Alex, because everyone dies one way or another.”

The Real End.

Author's notes:

So before you type in all caps rage about how my romance writing isn't that good just know that I'm socially awkward and can't fully understand how love works. I tried my best though so try to enjoy that. Also a big shout out to AxleandWheel for letting me f*ck up his story for kicks. Also a big shout out to all my new Live friends who are going to be playing against me in the future. Speaking of future, i have some sad news. I will be taking break from writing WYWF3 to write a couple of chapters to an actual book. But as soon as I'm done that you can expect me to be working on the thrilling follow up with Alex and friends.

Can't find the teaser yet? Fine.. Killjoy (it's the period in The End.)