On the Account of Her

I sat on the couch, thinking to myself. The sun they had was much farther away from this world than I had thought at first, although it does leave me room to expand my magic once again. I feel a little awful that I had to use magic to twist my words so that this human would give me shelter, but not much of what I had said had left a hole in his mind where his thoughts would review my words. Only a few sentences were scaring on his mind, luckily he would recover quickly from them.

Lance was sleeping now, the cool night air inside the home left me a little upset. I was just glad I was given something dry to wear. I knew humans did not like nudity unless it was for mating. His mind was strangely weak. Only some parts showed physical trauma or disorder. A well rounded human was good, because he could be in-

No,... I shouldn't try to influence him anymore than I need to. He's given me food, water, and shelter as well as something dry to cover myself. However, should he try to press too far with who I am, I would use my magic to veer him away from such actions until I know I can trust him fully. I don't want to start a panic, many humans still scoff at the thought of life on other worlds, and exposing myself would lead to my undoing before I am able to recover.

I lay down, resting my head on a tiny couch pillow. Much of what I am is lost, much of everything I worked for, is gone most likely forever. Zorok feeds on pain and suffering while absorbing magic to increase his own. A plan must be made if he chose to follow me. Demons were everything but not greedy. My eyes closed, only seeing the after image of the demon's demented face. I can still feel his yellow eyes touching my soul in his attempts to damn me to Tartarus. With a lone tear falling down my face, I try my hardest to rest, still wondering if Luna is alright.

In the wake of the morning, a surprise was left hanging in the sky. Lance was shocked to say the least, even to go so far to run outside with the excitement of a child having as much candy as he wanted. Despite the burning feeling in his eyes, he fell on his knees and looked up towards the sun with his eyes closed. He fell back, feeling the warming rays of the blazing fury from above. He and like many other humans that lived around him looked out to the completely empty sky.

Celestia woke up to all the commotion coming from outside almost a half hour later. She felt much better, but what confused her was the open door to Lance's home. She got up and looked outside, seeing a party of humans of all ages and even sizes. Lance ran around with a ball wrapped tightly in his hand with a few younger humans running after him, all had massive smiles on their faces. The smell of cooking meat filled the air, she covered her nose to try to block it from entering, but her attempts were futile when she began to taste the smoke. Her arm dropped, and she left the abode with the door closed behind her.

Lance only stopped as Celestia walked out and the group of seven kids rammed right into him, toppling him over into once big pile. Still, laughter filled the air and even more came from Lance who turned his attention back at the kids. Celestia didn't walk much farther than his front porch so that she didn't attract any attention she didn't want with what she was wearing at the moment.

"Okay, I'll be right back y'all." Lance said, waving as he ran up to Celestia. He laughed and smiled at her. "Bet we could lay your dress out in the back so it can dry faster. Don't want you missing all this fun."

"What's going on anyways?"

"We're welcoming the sun back!" He answered. "Haven't seen any in just over a week, so I gave my coal out so we could celebrate with a Bar-B-Q. Then we work on helping out picking up the mess." He waved his hand around and sure enough Celestia finally noticed the fallen branches and damaged roofs. All she could do was bite her lip with slight anxiety.

"COME ON!!!!" The group of kids called out to him.

Lance waved at them, then glanced at Celestia. "Go ahead and do what you do, whatever that is. Hopefully we'll have power back on soonish." He gave her a last smile then ran out to the awaiting kids.

What?

I watch him play, unable to look away from his playfulness. He runs around with a round object his in arms, he spins around a couple of kids who were trying to block him from running past a pair of worn green chairs. He falls as one had managed to grab onto his leg, but he still manages to get the ball on the other side. His team comes running up to him and piles onto him. Laughter fills the air. Across the street, I see a few parents talking to one another, all with smiles on their faces. A couple have small white sticks in their hands they seemed to be sucking on.

Next door, there's a human standing over a metal object that has heat radiating from it, and many small meat patties on it, cooking. Oh how had things changed for the humans, things I never thought possible, but how much had they changed. I look at the sun, unaffected by the harsh light it gave off, but instead I feel my energy returning much faster now that the sun is out. Pursing my lips, I try to feel for my magic around my hand. I was happy I had enough to show that it was still there. Seeing and feeling are different from one another. I am happy, insanely happy that I can cast once again.

It was time to dry my dress. I wanted to step outside of the shade, gain more power. I feel drained, and I needed more sunlight. I don't do well in the shade. With a sigh I walk back in, adjusting my sheet. I pause. I'm sure he'll let me take a bath. I needed to rest my tired muscles. I wonder over to the bathroom and drop my sheet.

While the bath was running, sadly with cold water, I check on my dress. Thankfully it was good to go already. It dried fast, just like my coat did while I was a pony. And while I felt it for wet spots, I felt a small tingle go down my spine. It was a part of me, that I knew now. The sheet felt off, while this felt fine, wonderful even! I stop the water, and dip my fingers in the water. With a bit of magic, I make the water steaming in just a minute or so.

Now, I was left to think. While laying in the tub, I just thought.

"Okay...I'm on a human world. I was banished from my world..... Zorok." The Elder Ether, Demon of End Times. He was locked away, forced to eat a world that it could not reach. "Luna's dead, Twilight and the Elements of Harmony are dead. The Avatars of Senses are dead. Terra's life was being drained. My sun was dying..." Yeah...Okay, things were pretty bleak. But I have another to pick. This one felt right, but was farther away by a few million miles.

I was lucky to survive his spell, just left me drained of most of my magic. "Maybe things aren't so bad after all..." Yeah, that's what makes this so good for me. I can recover, and maybe...Lance being ever so helpful, hasn't even asked me where I'm from yet. This is good because it leaves me longer to make up an easier story. First though, to make it more believable I need to find out other communities that live far enough away from here that I won't be questioned even more.

During my musings, I hear Lance walk down the hall and enter a room. I heard quiet thuds and pressed my ear up against the wall, and used a bit of magic.

"Report."

"Nothing. I'm still working on the project. I just need some more time is all."

"Is that all? Just more time? We've given you three years and a perfect retirement for your parents, and you want more time? No. We want it now." The voice was distorted so the person could not be identified. "Be as it may, we cannot say we aren't forgiving. We believe that your position is compromised."

"Is she a threat yet?"

"No. Although the woman you have picked up off the street is under yellow alert. She doesn't show up anywhere in our files."

She heard Lance give a long sigh. "As I see it, she's just some lonely anon. And when did you guys start spying on me?" Don't think to much about it, the tone of his voice seemed as though he wasn't surprised at all.

"Since we hired you. You have shown results in the project, but just as I said before, you are in danger once more. In three days a van will pull up and will take you and that woman to your parent's home. You will make up a story fitting enough for them to believe. You're an excellent lair."

"No I'm not, I'm terrible, and my mother sees though me like a window."

There was a sore scoff. "Make sure the codes are set up just as we want them before you move. If you want to remain rich, you are to remain our monkey."

Lance was quiet for a bit, she could only hear a couple whispers. "-asdga. Your kind is so advanced, why do you aid me?"

"Because for our race, aiding in the unification of the galaxy would be benifical. While right now we cannot fully interact, we can still set the right stones in place. You have three days. Report before you leave."

"Yes masters."

Celestia jumped away from the wall, eyes wide with shock. "W-what?"