Author's Note

Sorry that it's a bit late, but here it is!

Floating Malus Pumila

I land on my bed grunting in pain.

I'm not going to move anymore. Everything hurts, especially my head. Nope, never again. All I could get was a few minutes of floating!

I look to my right and notice that it's around nine-o-clock pm. I also notice that turning my head hurt a lot.

"FUCK!" I yell aloud as my neck still pulsates with pain.

Obsidian, who was watching in the doorway, jumped up slightly and looked at me with concern.

Rarity's spell helped a bit on getting home, but it just wore off as I was about to fall onto my bed. Convenient, and yet extremely cruel of life to do that to me. I didn't know focusing that hard and using magic for that long would take a giant toll on my body. I would've thought after a WEEK of doing this training that I would be fine... I guess I probably should have told her the first time my body started to hurt. Fuck I'm an idiot. There's no way I can exercise in the morning... Rarity really yelled at me for not telling her sooner. I guess it was pretty serious if she had to cast a spell that looked like it took some effort. Hopefully I can move tomorrow, I can't just sit around and do nothing.

Obsidian is next to me talking to me apparently. I groan in response and attempt to turn over just to cry out in pain that is worse than breaking a bone. She takes notice of this and helps me turn over and then turns off the light next to me. Then she does something strange I couldn't quite see. I feel a warm touch along my spine and my body is flooded with the same warmth and I feel no pain afterwards. I look at her and smile before I pass out, seeing her smile back with light green eyes.

That's... weird...

I hear my alarm go off and I groan while slapping the top of it with a tiny bit of magic focused to my palm. I then instantly sit up in surprise.

No pain? Why is there no pain? Rarity said it would take days if not weeks to regain movement, let alone for the pain to subside. Was this Obsidian's work? Or maybe humans are just different... I remember something about last night but... It's mostly a blur. I know I remember Obsidian helping me roll over and the warm feeling on my back but after that?... Nothing. Strange.

I tighten and loosen my first a couple times making sure it isn't a dream and then proceed to get up. I look down at my clothes that were soaked in sweat last night, go to the bathroom and proceed to take a shower after removing my clothing. It was hot at some points and cold in others due to the lack of experience with the arcane absorber. I walk out of the bathroom feeling... Tired. Already.

Just taking a shower and trying to balance the hot water is still such a hassle... Well, I suppose I'll go for a jog.

On my way down the stairs I notice Obsidian isn't in the living room.

I wonder if she's still asleep.. Or perhaps is gone? Meh, who knows. I believe she's supposed to be watching me but oh well. I know I won't do anything stupid. I hope...

I walk outside and notice that there's no one around. I shrug it off and start doing a light jog while putting in my earbuds.

My phone doesn't have service, but at least it has music. The charge was at 100% when I ended up here and there will probably be a way to charge it later, I mean come on. Magic? So I guess I'm not afraid to use some of it's charge.

As I jog to the middle of Ponyville I notice that there's a large crowd around what seems to be the town hall. I stop and see Twilight attempting to give a speech but being interrupted by her friends. I chuckle at the familiar situation and look to where a curtain is lifted and Applejack is there looking as tired as I thought she would.

Well, I think I can leave this one alone. I suppose I'll just continue my jog.

I do so for the next hour just going in a circle around Ponyville and come back to the house. Obsidian is now sitting at the living room table, reading yet another newspaper.

Huh, must be her daily routine or something.

"Hey Obsidian, what's up?" I say while taking off my shoes.

She looks up at me and smiles gently.

"Oh nothing much, just reading the daily paper. How was your jog?" she asks and then drinks what looks like coffee.

"It was pretty uninteresting. Though there was a big meeting at the town hall. Applejack received some sort of reward I believe though. I guess that was interesting. Other than that everyone just stopped and looked at me weird or ignored me completely." I said while sitting down to rest.

Obsidian looks at me strangely and then asks me, "Why do you say 'everyone' instead of 'everypony'?"

I smile at her and point at myself. "I'm not a pony. We use the word everyone where I come from because it includes other things besides you ponies. I never said other beings didn't look at me weird too. There was a white cat, a farm dog and a random owl that was flying around. Each of them did a double take for me, which I find flattering of course." I say while making a fashionable pose... from my world.

Obsidian stares at me blankly and then giggles a bit before falling off her chair.

God I probably looked like the stupidest thing around... Oh well, she laughed I guess.

"Well I know I just got here but I wanted to take a quick shower and then take a walk to Applejacks. Do you happen to know where that is? I seem to keep forgetting to ask everyone else." I say while getting up to head upstairs.

"Catch" Obsidian says suddenly while tossing an apple my way with her hoof.

I react as quickly as I can, catching it in mid-air before it hit my face and leave it floating there.

"Jesus you almost hit me in the damn face! What's wrong with you?" I say with obvious anger.

She points at the apple with her hoof and I look at it. It's still floating there.

"Looks like you're improving Devan. It's only been a week since you started training with Rarity and look at that. You can catch an apple that was tossed at you from a reasonable distance and not put in a ton of effort. Good job. Oh, take a right when you see the town hall and just keep going. It's along a dirt path that leads out of Ponyville." Obsidian says with a smile before leaving out the front door.

Wow.. I guess she's right. I could barely lift that string up for thirty seconds when I first started. I have been jogging each day and training with Rarity... I suppose I am getting better. I wonder if I'll be able to do any spells soon.

I feel myself get a tiny bit tired and float the apple over to my hands and let go of my magic holding it. I take a bite and head upstairs to shower.

Well, I guess I'll find out later with Rarity's lesson. But first, Applejack.