The Magic of Dust and Lyrium

It’s been a few weeks after Xel and Twi became a couple and so far things were good. The lessons continued as normal and Xel’s magic improved more and more over time, more so because Twilight was giving encouragement to Xel.

Right now, Xel was practicing using her strange magic, making patterns with the white spheres of energy. Twilight was also there, writing down notes of what’s happening. “It feels like I’m missing something,” Xel commented as she sent attacks at a target, frowning.

“What do you mean?” Twilight ask, looking up from her notepad.

“I feel like I should be able to do more. I mean, when I first used this stuff, it was red, and I haven’t been able to copy that,” Xel said with a huff, crossing her arms and pouting. Twilight smiled a bit, walking over to Xel.

“You’ll figure it out, I know you will,” she said. Xel smiled at her girlfriend. Knowing that her girlfriend believed in her, filled her with DETERMINATION.  Xel tried another attack, and something strange happened. Instead of the white orbs, a red one appeared, faster and going further down, before exploding, kicking up a bunch of dirt. Twilight was shocked at this. “That’s… amazing! How did you do that?!”

“I have no clue,” Xel said, wide-eyed. Xel stared at the spot before looking at Twilight, who’s writing down in her notepad. “Hey… I wonder if we could make something to kinda fire the magic…” Xel muttered, frowning thoughtfully.

Xel looked down at her staff, looking at the orb in it. She pointed it forwards, and the staff flashed red before a beam of red came out. It was significantly smaller than the one she used in the fight against Twilight’s brother, but it was still powerful, going through thirty trees and into the distance.

“This… this isn’t like anything I have seen before,” Xel heard Twilight muttered as she continued to write.

Xel practiced with both white and red orbs now, occasionally throwing in a beam, decimating the training grounds. When she was done, Twilight has already finished writing and looked around.

“Did you really have to total the training grounds?” she asked. Xel sheepishly laughed, rubbing the back of her head and looking away. Twilight giggled before she kissed Xel on the cheek.

Xel blushed, squirming a little in place.

“Sorry, you still not used to this?” Twilight asked, worried.

“Not really,” Xel said with a shrug, before hugging her. Twilight smiled and hugged her back.

“If there’s anything you want me to do, just ask,” Twilight whispered. “I want this to work.”

“Alright, if I think of anything, I’ll tell you,” Xel said, nuzzling her. The two stayed like that for a bit until they separated. Twilight stared at Xel and smiled. Xel smiled back, before yawning. “Man… those red ones are tiring,” Xel stated.

“I guess so…” Twilight said. “You need me to get you something?”

“Nah, I think I just need a nap,” Xel said, stretching a little. “Not too long, like an hour at most,” She added. Twilight nodded.

“All right,” she said with a smile. Xel walked inside, deciding to just nap on the couch, flopping onto it and falling asleep. After two hours Xel woke up not on the couch but in Twilight’s bed. She looked around as she heard Twilight using the shower.

Xel decided to start changing out of her training wear, the clothes a little uncomfortable at the moment. She stripped down, looking at herself in the mirror. Her body was now very feminine, not what she look like before coming her. She looked down at her breasts and saw that they seemed to have grown a bit which made her comfortable with the bra she was wearing, maybe time to get some new ones.

Xel stretched a little, posing in front of the mirror. She looked back at the bathroom door to still hear Twilight still taking a shower. Spike said that she takes very long showers for no reason and was happy that he didn't have to share one with her. The idea of waiting would make him nuts.

Xel decided to actually dress now, pulling open her drawer in Twis room that she had, just in case. She saw the clothes that she had and debated on what to wear, maybe something bold for her girlfriend? Shaking her head and pulled out some comfortable clothes. She put on a large purple t-shirt that was a little too big, making the bottom act a little like a skirt, and some jeans.

Xel walked over to the bathroom, knocking. “Thanks for moving me to a bed, Twi-Twi!” Xel called.

“No problem!” She heard Twi yelled back. “Give me a bit, I'm almost done!”

“Okay!” Xel said, going to the bed and sitting down, waiting. Soon Twilight walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her. Xel blushed at this, looking away.

“Sorry, forgot clothes,” Twilight said, blushing as well.

“O-okay, s-should I wait outside, o-or… ?” Xel questioned.

“Just give me a minute,” Twilight said, now getting changed. Xel nodded, politely keeping her eyes off of her girlfriend. After a few minutes, Twilight tapped Xel’s shoulder that it was okay now. She turned and saw that Two was wearing a black shirt with a purple tie along with a purple skirt.

“You look beautiful,” Xel commented without thinking.

“T-thanks, you look beautiful as well,” Twi said, blushing. Xel blushed, smiling at her.

“S-so, what do you w-wanna do today?” Xel asked her girlfriend.

“Umm… hang out?” Twi said. “Most of the time was for training but never, hang out.”

“Okay,” Xel said. The two of them soon headed out of the library holding hands. Xel leaned into Twi, giving her a sudden kiss on the cheek. Twilight smiled at this and blushed as the two continued walking. A stallion soon walked past them, bumping into Twi and continues on. The two took a few steps before Twilight stopped to check something.

“My wallet!” she yelled. The two turned around to see the stallion running around the corner. Xel snarled, casting a quick spell and running after him. As she ran around the corner she stopped at the sight: the stallion was pinned to the wall by a bolt and a dwarf was walking up to him.

“I know a Faunus that can steal every coin from your pocket just by smiling at you. But you?” heknow stood in front of the stallion. Xel saw that he had an odd crossbow on his back. “You have no style to steal from here, not even the Merchant's Guild.” Xel watched the stallion handed the wallet over to the dwarf. “Might want to find a new line of work.” with that he punched him and pulled the bolt out, making the stallion fall over.

Xel blinked, before walking over, to get the wallet back. The dwarf walked towards Xel, spinning the bolt in his hand. When they got close he tossed the wallet over to her.

“How do you do? Verric Tethras, at your service!” he greeted with a smile.

“I’m fine, thanks for that” Xel said, catching the wallet.

“Not a problem, not every day you help anyone who's like you,” he said.

“What does that mean?” Xel questioned, crossing her arms.

“I know things, many things,” he said.

“Okay…” Xel trailed off, before shrugging. “Whatever, thanks for getting my girlfriend's wallet,” She said, turning to go give it to her girlfriend.

“Not a problem, Xel,” he said to Xel.

“How do you… know what, don’t care,” She decided, walking away and to her girlfriend. Xel was about to run into her as she turned the corner.

“Oh! Sorry, I didn't-”

“Here Twi-Twi,” Xel said, holding the hand out to her with a smile.

“Oh! Thank you,” she said, taking the wallet and kissing Xel on the cheek. Xel blushed and smiled, squirming a little in place. “How did you get it back?”

“I didn’t, someone stopped the thief before I could,” Xel said honestly

“Really? Well, I wished they were here, I would of thanking them,” Twilight said, looking around. Xel did as well, seeing the person and pointing them out for her. The being named Verric was heading off in the opposite direction as Xel did this. “A dwarf? That's… odd.”

“Why’s that?” Xel asked.

“Most dwarves are a bit… greedy, for the ones I met at least, maybe it's not that odd,” She explained.

Xel simply shrugged. “Well, if you wanna thank him, he’s going that way,” She said.

“Maybe next time I see him,” Twilight said, wrapping her arms around Xels arm and hugging it. “For now I'm spending time with you.”

Xel blushed and smiled, giving her a kiss on the forehead. The two of them soon headed off looking now like a loving couple. “What do you wanna do now? Walk in the park?” Xel suggested.

“Sure,” Twilight said, hugging Xels arm more. The two went to the park, going down a path. It was a quiet day as the two walked. Twilight blushed a bit as she held Xels arm as she walked beside her.

They just enjoyed each other as Xel seemed to be leading Twi somewhere. The place was obvious, reaching a semi-hidden part of the park, where a picnic was set up. Twilight raised an eyebrow as she saw this.

“You planned this, didn't you,” she said with a smirk.

“Maybe,” Xel said cheekily, guiding her over to the blanket and sitting with her. The two soon started to eat and talk. Twilight smiled as she listened to Xels stories that she tells. She soon was leaning into Xel as her arms wrapped around the unicorn.

“This was nice,” Xel commented, kissing Twis horn. Twilight stuttered a bit and nodded.

“Yeah,” she said, nuzzling Xel a bit. Xel noticed this, and smirked, kissing her horn a couple more times. The unicorn shuttered some more, gasping a bit.

“E-easy, that's really… sensitive,” she panted. This only encouraged her, Xel going from kissing to licking Twis horn. Twilight blushed even more, now feeling uncomfortable. Sensing this, Xel stopped.

“Sorry, t-too much?” Xel asked.

“L-little,” Twilight said, now starting to calm down.

“Sorry…” Xel apologised again. Twilight smiled a bit more as she turned around so she could face Xel. She smiled as she started to kiss her. Xels eyes widened, a blush erupting on her face, before she closed her eyes, kissing back. The two continued until Xel was on her back as Twi was still kissing her. When she pulled away the two stared at each other for a bit.

“That was… amazing…” Xel panted, looking up at Twi with love in her eyes. Twilight giggled at Xel before laying down on her. Xel smiled, idly petting Twilight and hugging her with her other arm. After a few minutes Xel started to hear Twilight sleeping as she continued to lay on top of her.

Xel smiled, before deciding to follow her girlfriend into slumberland. The two stayed like that until Xel woke up again and saw that the sun was going down. Twilight was also still sleeping soundly as well. Seeing that her girlfriend was still asleep, she picked her up, walking back to the tree. Twilight curled up in Xels arms as she was being carried.

Xel smiled, walking into the tree and heading upstairs. On the way she saw her sister lying on the couch, not noticing Xel walk in. Taking the opportunity, she head upstairs, going into Twis room and getting in bed, letting her stay layed on her chest, with her head using Xels breasts as pillows. Twilight slept soundly, snuggling into Xel.

Xel smiled, hugging her close, wrapping her arms and legs around Twilight, before going to sleep as well.

Xel soon woke up with Twilight still in her arms, only with a book floating in front of her and reading happily. Xel smiled a little at this, sitting up to give Twilight a better position.

“Oh, morning,” Twilight said with a smile as she looks over to Xel. Xel smiled, kissing the back of her neck and hugging her tighter. Twilight simply giggled as she snuggled into Xel’s embrace.

“Morning,” She finally said, resting her head on top of Twilights. Twilight smiled as the two simply stayed in bed and reading a book in Twilight’s case. “So… the elements are still missing,” Xel brought up with a sigh.

“Yeah… and there’s no real way to figure out where they are…” Twilight lowered her head and made the book float over to the side.

“Have you… felt anything from yours?” Xel asked. “I mean, they’re like connected to you six now, right?”

“It’s… feels like something took something from me,” she whispered. “There’s a hole where I guess it was supposed to be but…” Xel soon started to feel Twi tremble a bit. Xel hugged her tighter, whispering soothing words. Soon she stopped trembling and sighed. “T-thanks.”

“Does it feel… ‘fuller’ occasionally, when you go somewhere? Maybe that's a hint?” Xel asked, kissing her cheek.

“Do you think I tried that? But… nothing? It’s like I should know where it is, but something is clouding where,” she whispered.

“Is there anywhere in Equestria that dampens magic?” Xel asked. “That could be where it is, and it’s messing with the ‘signal’.”

“I thought of that, I spent a whole week trying to see if there’s a place,” Xel blinked at her, now knowing the reason that Twi disappeared for a week. “But NO! There’s nothing! Zilch, nadda, I found, nothing.” With that, the unicorn crossed her arms and huffed adorably.

Xel sighed. “Well, when the time is right, I’m sure the elements will call to you,” Xel said, kissing her adorable girlfriend. Twilight on the other hand, grumbled over the fact that there’s something that she doesn’t know, and it’s bugging her.

“Hey… I never really met your friends, did I?” Xel questioned.

“Really, but what about- no wait we were doing something. How about… no you weren’t there, what about…” Xel watched as her girlfriend was trying to figure it out. It was oddly cute for her.

Xel booped her girlfriend's nose, giggling. “How about we just call a ‘meeting’ so I can get to know them?” She suggested.

“Okay, we’ll get a meeting at Sugarcube corner, We should go and tell Pinkie,” Twilight giggled a bit. “She’ll probably throw a small, ‘Meeting everyone party!’ or something.”

“Okay,” Xel said, smiling. The two soon untangled themselves and went downstairs. Xel saw Viriola still laying on the couch sleeping.

Xel smiled. “Hey, gimme a sec,” She said to Twi, before picking Viri up. “Gonna put her in bed,” She explained. As soon as she touched Vi-vi, she remembered something that she forgot; Don’t wake up Viriola. She tried to pull away but the damage was done as Xel soon found herself in a headlock.

“You forgot, didn’t you?” her sister said, a bit groggy for waking up.

“S-sorry, I-i wasn’t g-gonna wake you, I-i just w-wanted to take you u-upstairs and put y-you in bed,” Xel stuttered, a little scared. Viriola sighed before letting go.

“I’m fine here, thanks for the thought though,” she said as she laid back down. Xel rubbed her neck as she saw her sister already asleep. How she can get to sleep so quickly, she didn’t know.

Xel took a deep breath to calm down from the scare, before smiling and looking to her girlfriend. “Lets go,” She whispered. Twi nodded and the two walked out of the treehouse.

“Are you okay?” the unicorn asked, worry in her voice.

“Yeah… just a little shaken,” Xel said, giving her girlfriend a grin. Twilight frowned before wrapping her arms around Xel’s arm as the two continued to walk. This calmed Xel, and the two swiftly made it to Sugarcube corner. When the two walked in Xel’s vision was soon covered by something… pink.

“HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” a voice rang out. Xel let out a surprised yelp, flinging herself back a little, but only a step or two. What she saw was… a human? It was a woman with bright pink poofy hair wearing a baby blue t-shirt, shorts, and an apron. She also had a pink tail that was wiggling around.

Xel shook her head, before smiling. “Hello,” She said calmly.

“Pinkie, did you have to do that?” Twilight asked.

“Yes!” Pinkie said happily. Xel giggled a tiny bit, amused. Unknown to her, Pinkie disappear and reappeared beside her. “I’m betting you’re wondering why I look like this but I once looked like a pony?!?”

“Not really, I’m just rolling with it,” Xel said simply.

“Well~,” Pinkie pulled out a ring and put it on, her form soon changed to a pony version of her. “Isn’t this cool!” Xel nodded, tilting her head a little, wondering how that worked. “I have to say, taking one of the rings and I put it on, I was like ‘Whoa!!!!! This is cool!’ and others were like, ‘Yeah, that’s cool!’ and I was like-” Pinkie started to ramble off as she was now bouncing around. The others in the store seemed to pay no mind to this.

Xel blinked, looking to Twilight for help. Twilight shook her head. “Don’t ask,”

“Okay,” Xel said, shrugging.

“Pinkie, mind getting everyone here, they haven’t really met Xel yet,” Twilight asked the pink faunus.

“I wanna meet my girlfriend's friends,” Xel said, wrapping an arm around Twilight's shoulders. The unicorn blushed a bit as Pinkie smiled.

“Okay doky loky!” she said before disappearing into a pinkie-shaped cloud, leaving the two alone. Xel took this opportunity to kiss her girlfriend on the cheek. Twilight giggled at this.

“And now we wait,” Xel said, leaning on her.

“Yeah, but not for long,” Twilight said. The two walked over to a table and sat down beside each other. Xel snuggled against Twilight, taking a seat in her lap. Over the months Xel noticed that she seemed to have shrunken a bit, now standing about five foot five, which she was much smaller to Vi-Vi and Twilight. Twilight, in turn, didn’t notice it, simply going along with it as she wrapped her arms around Xel.

Xel turned around in her lap, resting her head on Twilight's breasts. Before when Xel did this, Twilight was oddly put off when she did it before hand but now she smiled, pulling Xel closer. Xel smiled at this, snuggling into her, curling up a little.

The door to the place soon opened and Xel saw Pinkie walking in. She saw some others following her in, a pegasus mare with a pink mane and yellow fur walked in a sundress. Next was a white unicorn with a styled purple mane in some sort of business suit that could have been made for going to a fancy party.

The next two were a bit odd, one had rainbow hair and tanned skin with wings coming out of her back. To Xel, they seemed more like angel wings. The woman wore a tank top and blue shorts. She also had something on her arm that had headphones that were in her ears. Lastly, another woman, blonde hair with a cowboy hat on and a plaid shirt with jeans walked in. She had freckles around her nose and cheeks and along her arms. Xel also noticed that she has a cow tail as well.

Xel blinked, before shrugging, waving them over and no moving otherwise. They all walked over after seeing this and Pinkie sat down in a chair happily.

“Howdy,” the blonde faunus greeted.

“Hello,” Xel said, turning so she could lean back into Twilight. The rest of them sat down and Pinkie asked for some drinks.

“So, this is Xel,” the other unicorn said in a posh tone. “Well darling, it’s nice to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you too,” Xel said with a smile.

“Xel, this is Rarity Belle, she runs and owns the boutique here in town,” Twilight said.

“If you need any new clothes, just swing on by.” the unicorn said with a smile. Xel nodded, before turning to the next pony.

“I’m Jacqueline Apple, but ya can call me Applejack, most others do,” the faunus greeted.

“Nice to meet you Applejack,” Xel said.

“Ya sister is a little odd, well more like always has a temper but she did help out around the farm,” Applejack said with a smile. “And if ya are worried that I take offense about that, I don’t really mind, I think she means well.”

“Okay,” Xel said, a bit confused at why she needed to be told that at all.

“U-umm…” Xel turned her head over to the pegasus who seemed to have her mane covering her face. She said something but Xel didn’t hear it.

“Sorry, what was that?” Xel asked gently.

“F-F-Flutter-s-shy,” she squeaked out before hiding herself a bit more.

“Nice to meet you Fluttershy,” Xel said with a smile. Xel soon turned to the other woman with wings and now got a better look at her. For one, she had some tattoos on her, one on her upper arm stood out the most to Xel.

Also, Xel had a feeling that she already met this woman before. Xel narrowed her eyes, the feeling bugging her now.

“Nice to see you, names Skyler Dash, Fastest flyer here mage,” she said.

“Nice to meet you Skyler,” She said, deciding she probably hadn’t met her before. Though the way she said mage sounds familiar. Applejack smacked Skyler in the arm.

“Ya really have to say that?” she asked.

“What? It’s a force of habit, you try to spend most of your life becoming a templar and trying to stop saying that,” the faunus argued. Xel felt Twilight tense a bit.

“It’s fine, I don’t mind,” Xel assured, shrugging. The faunus smiled at her as she leaned back a bit.

“And you already met me!” Pinkie said happily. Xel blinked at her for a moment and smiled.

“Of course, the party pony,” Xel said, nodding.

“Yes!” Pinkie soon put the ring back on and turned into a pony. “Best party pony ever!” The rest of the group started to laugh as their drinks came for each of them.

“By the way sugarcube, you can have this,” Applejack tossed a ring over to Pinkie. “It’s nifty  but ah like being me, thank you.”

“Same here,” Skyler said, tossing the party mare(?) a ring as well. Xel blinked. How many of those things were there?

“If you’re wondering, three, there’s only three,” Twilight whispered. Xel nodded, leaning into her.

“So… anyone has a plan about the elements?” Applejack asked the group. They all looked at one another as Twilight seemed to shrink a bit.

“Well, first things first, have you guys felt any connection in any specific direction to them?” Xel asked. They all seemed to shake their heads.

“It’s like there’s a hole in you that seemed to never fill?” Twilight asked softy. With that, they nodded. Xel sighed, wishing one of the elements would call to them already or something.

“Well, what about this!” Pinkie said, pulling a book out of her hair and putting it down in front of them.

“Pinkie! Where you get this?!” Twilight asked, lunging forward to grab the book. Xel was almost thrown off of her lap when this happened but held on.

“Found it in the basement.” Pinkie said with a smile. Xel facepalmed. Twilight opened the book and began to read it. She nodded a bit at muttered something under her breath.

“What was that?” Xel whispered.

“I have no idea what this book says,” Twilight said with a big smile on her face. Everyone stared at her before Skyler facepalmed. Xel shook her head, giggling. “Ohhh, I’ll have to get some more books and figure it out how to read it and- oh! There’s images! They also don’t make any sense! Oh this is going to be fun!”

“Xel… I think you’re girlfriend is busted.” Skyler said.

“I have a fix,” Xel assured, grabbing the sides of Twilights head and kissing her on the lips. Twilight’s eyes widen as this happened. When Xel pulled away, Twilight seemed to be in a lost of words at the moment. Skyler gave her a golf clap.

“Back with us?” Xel asked, blushing a little. Twilight said something that no one could understand as she was in lala land at the moment. Xel giggled sheepishly. “Whoops, guess I did too good,” She said.

“Maybe,” a voice said. They group turned and saw a dwarf standing there. Xel blinked and saw that it was Verric from yesterday. He looked over at Xel. “Hello again.”

“Hey,” Xel said.

“Sorry to interrupt you meeting but I I have to say I might be able to help you with your problem that you all are having,” he said with a smile.

“How so?” Xel asked, leaning forwards.

“Well, let’s just say that I have some… contacts that I know of that may do some research on your elements that you all lost, that and if you need other things I’ll be more than happy to help,” he said.

“Like info on where they ended up?” Xel asked.

“It’s a big world out there,” he said simply.

“That doesn’t answer my question,” Xel commented. The dwarf smiled at her as he didn’t say anything.

“There’s a catch,” Skyler said with a frown.

“Well yes, there’s always a catch, when is there ever not a catch,” Verric commented. “The catch is that I may ask you for some jobs that need help with in the future, some small, some large, but nothing that over your skills.”

“So jobs where I’ll have to blast stuff?” Xel asked, before shrugging, “I’m fine with blasting things,” She said.

“I’ll remember to tell you that you can go blow stuff up,” the dwarf said. “Also if you have any stories from any past times, I would like to hear them.”

“Why?” Skyler asked.

“Well, I’m a bit of a storyteller and a writer,” he explained.

“Not really,” Xel said, shrugging.

“Well, if you do, come swing by the inn here, maybe we can chat,” he said before turning to Xel and offering his hand to her. She took it, shaking it and nodding. “Well then, I’ll be off, many things to do, things to set up, I might make a book about this.”

“Okay,” Xel said, waving. After hanging out with the others they all parted to do their own thing. Xel carrying Twi again who was still in lala land. Xel giggled, carrying her all the way home, and into the tree house, getting bed with her and laying on top of Twi. Getting a mischievous idea, she played with Twi’s breasts a little. She saw her blush a bit at this.

Giggling, Xel continued to play with her girlfriends confined b-cups, leaning forwards to kiss her. “Cmon, wake up silly,” Xel said.

Twilight blushed a bit more before snapping out of lala land and looking down at Xel. Xel stopped, smiling at her girlfriend. “Welcome back,” She said, giggling.

“H-Hi…” she blushed a bit more.

“So, we might have a lead on the elements,” Xel commented.

“T-That’s g-good,” Twilight stuttered a bit.  Xel nodded, before resting her head on Twis breast, hugging her body and snuggling into her softness. Twilight blushed a little more but soon hugged her girlfriend as well.

“I love you,” Xel whispered. Twilight smiled a bit, still blushing mad.

“I love you too Xelly,” she whispered, kissing her head. Xel smiled widely, before letting a yawn escape herself. “Maybe we should change into something more comparable for bed.”

“Okay,” Xel mumbled sleepily. The two soon got out of bed and went to put on some PJ’s. Twilight’s is that of a purple t-shirt and some shorts while Xel’s in just a pair of footsie pajamas. Twilight giggled at the sight of it.

“You look adorable in those!” she said with a smile. Xel blushed, looking away and covering her face. Twilight walked over and pulled her hands away before hugging her smaller girlfriend.

Xel took this chance to hide her face in Twis chest, face beet red from embarrassment. Soon the two of them were laying in bed, Twilight hugging Xel as she hugged back, the smaller girlfriend snuggling into the tallers chest.

Twilight kissed Xel’s head as she became more entangled with Xel as they hugged.  Xel yawned, smiling and falling asleep.