"Before we start however, I'm going to teach you a couple things that you need to know about spell commands that you probably didn't know before." Obsidian says, lowering each of her floating rocks to the ground.

Ugh, more lessons? I was hoping to try and make a weapon out of rock or something.. Then again, I know jack shit about spells other than the walls I was making.

"Alright, fine." I say with a bit of frustration in my voice.

Obsidian raises her eye and snickers quietly. "Eager aren't we? Didn't think you wanted to get obliterated that much. Oh well, you're going to have to wait huh?" she says in reply to my obvious frustration. She looks at my arm for a half second and a vine instantly shoots up from the ground and wraps around it tightly. "Remove the vine with just a spell." Obsidian says with a grin. "Don't worry, if anything goes wrong I'll help out."

Goes wrong? Whatever...

I begin the makings of a simple spell on a rock. I imagine it sharpening to have an edge and cutting the vine in the space between me and her. I cast it with the simple command 'sharpen and cut the vine'. The rock I cast the spell on instantly morphs into what looks like a simple blade edge and heads towards the vine, though the wrong part of it. The stone dagger rips through the vine around my arm, slicing a deep gash into it in the process. I scream out in pain as blood drips down my arm as the vine is indeed cut and stops grabbing onto me. A sigh emanates from Obsidian as she walks over and puts her hoof on my arm, healing it within seconds.

"See? Told you I would be there to help!" she says in a somewhat happy tone.

I look at her in both amazement and anxiousness and proceed to stare at where I cut my own arm by accident.

She just healed me without any issue... It doesn't even hurt.. But she let it happen to me! She could have just told me that it would do that...

"I assume you're wondering why I didn't just tell you what was going to happen? Simple answer really, I didn't. You could have thought of many different ways to remove that vine from your arm, but I assumed you were going to do something rash so I decided to teach you something. Be very, very specific with your commands. You can imagine something happening but unless you give your spells the specifics, you can... Well let's just say your enemies might not be the only ones falling to the ground." Obsidian says with a sorrowful look.

I suppose she made a mistake in the past? Or someone she knew?...

After a second of regaining her composure another vine wraps around the same arm. After my initial surprise at this, I think of the same spell on a different rock but add the specifics of targeting the part of the vine that is between me and her. This time the stone easily cuts through the intended target and drops to the ground immediately afterwards. A toll is taken on my body and I feel fatigue setting in somewhat.

The more commands... The more I lose my energy... This is going to take a lot of time.

"Good job! I was going to spar with you a bit, but it seems as if you aren't ready. Perhaps in the future, but for now let me give you something for protection." Obsidian says while focusing on the same edged rock that just fell to the ground.

The stone blade edge springs to life and flies harmlessly into my pocket, turning back into a rounded rock. Obsidian immediately sends a vine towards my way and the rock flies out of my pocket, turning into an even sharper looking blade and slices throughout the vine with ease before returning to my pocket. I sit there in awe, trying to understand what just happened.

"I enchanted your rock to where it will protect you if it senses any incoming dangers. Don't ask how, there's a ton of spell commands I had to pump into that thing. Made me kind of tired honestly, good thing I run on natures energy instead of my own huh?" she says with a small yawn. "It'll last until I cancel or stop the spell. Don't worry about my energy depleting, I'll be fine as long as I'm near a forest. I believe it's now time to return to our homes. Now, don't do anything stupid and try to mimic my spells or enchantments. You have much to learn before you can do anything close to what I can do."

I nod, speechless. Obsidian gives me an eye roll and disappears into a tree, removing herself from sight.

I think I want to be a tree too Fluttershy! That's just so damn cool!

I start walking back to Ponyville and notice that Zecora is hooded and across from the 'Mane 6' and an Applebloom. I quickly hide behind a tree, careful to not step in the poison joke and watch the scene play out. Everything goes according to the show until Pinkie Pie turns around facing Twilight alone in the field, but doesn't look at her at all. Pinkie somewhat worryingly looks around the forest, looking for something before sighing and turning back the other way.

I.. Didn't see that happen in the show... Was she worried about me? I suppose she knows I go in here. Pinkie.. I'm sorry.

I trudge my way back to the Carousel Boutique and when I open the door I find Rarity scrounging around trying to find something. I shrug and go up to my room, close the door behind me and lay down, feeling the exhaustion set in.

The next morning I hear my alarm go off and immediately put the correct amount of magical power into in to turn it off. As I sit up I yawn and stretch my arms out, Rarity enters my room and starts looking through each cupboard. At least I only know it is Rarity due to watching the show, this Rarity has dreads covering her body. I can't help but chuckle at her predicament. She instantly turns towards me and I presume gives me a scary stare before lifting me up with her telekinesis and checking all around me bed. I freeze a bit at being lifted up by magic.

Well, this feels weird. I can't move around as much. If I remember, Pinkie Pie could move around somewhat. I suppose this has some command on it, preventing me from moving. Well, might as well have fun and use some commands. I'm sure this won't be harmful.

I look at the bedsheets and give it a command to cover Rarity and pick her up from corners of the sheet. I watch in awe and amusement as it does indeed wrap her in a ball of sheets, flip her upside down and pull her up in the air about to where I am at.

"Are you done freaking out over something you KNOW can be fixed? I know you love your look, but I'm sure our other friends are even more afraid of what happened to them. They will need you to guide them, since I'm pretty sure you know what is going on." I say with a confident tone.

The sheets that were crazily moving about, stop and I hear a small sigh.

"I suppose you're right darling. This is the effects of the poison joke on my body. I thought I had the herbs for the bath needed to cure this but alas they are missing. It would have been nice to help my friends out, though strange to be cured and have to explain something about magical plants that not even Twilight knew." Rarity says while floating back down to the bed.

I feel a small pressure as the magic around me pulls me down as well. It ends abruptly and I fall on the bad and bounce off onto the floor.

"That's what you get for wrapping up your teacher in her time of need. It definitely didn't help the situation at all! I thank you for the talk however, so I didn't drop you directly onto the floor." Rarity says with a huff.

That hurt.. Though I suppose that was a bit rude while she was freaking out. I'll have to work on my peo... pony skills. I wonder why she needs to hide her knowledge on magic though.. Probably to keep something a secret. I wonder if she is a spy of sorts.

"Sorry, sorry... Was just practicing a bit with spell commands anyways." I say while rubbing the back of my head where I hit it.

Rarity nods and proceeds to walk out of the room. "I suppose you can make sure we are okay. My magic isn't the best right now, mostly due to the fact I cannot see. I'll put on a good act for them, but I need you to follow us and make sure we end up at Zecora's hut. I'm pretty sure that is what is going to happen due to Applebloom's earlier urge to see her. I'm going to Twilight's now, make sure to protect us. I'm not sure I can completely." Rarity says in a serious and worried tone.

I simply nod and smile, watching her worried features wash away.

I hope I can do this.

Author's Note

Magic can be so finicky.