Darkness and Magic

We arrived at Fluttershy's Cottage which looked exactly like it does in the show. I don't know why I'm surprised when I see the difference of these places from their cartoon counterpart. Anyway, we saw Fluttershy on the nearby bridge that led to her house, "Yo, Fluttershy!" Fluttershy shrieked as she jumped into the stream under her bridge, "Oops, sorry Flutters..."

Fluttershy peeked her head out after I said that, "It's fine Mitchell, I know you didn't mean any harm. Oh... Rarity," Rarity waved at Fluttershy as she returned the greeting, "Wait, what are you two doing here?"

"Well, we were going to see Rarity's sister and her friends at their treehouse, but we kind of got lost because somepony didn't remember the area," Fluttershy chuckled as she looked at Rarity, who was lightly blushing, "Yeah, and now we need to get our way back to Ponyville. Can you help us?"

"Of course, but first I'd like to talk to you about something Mitchell," I looked at Fluttershy as she waved me over to her. I was still confused as to how Rarity lost her way to the treehouse.

"What do you want to talk about Flutters?" She blushed as I called her by her nickname. She really liked the nickname I called her as I recall a few people of the brony community to call her Flutters a few times. I really liked the name, so I decided to call her that.

"Well, I just wanted to know how you do magic. When we spent time in your dimension, I saw a few movies where humans use animals in their spells. I just wanted to know if that's true. Do humans really use animals in their spells?"

I don't recall any of the spells in my spell book requiring animals, "Well, not really. I haven't used a single animal in any spell that I've casted. In fact, not one spell in my book requires animals. You see, before our magic became more advance, stuff like cauldrons and animals that you saw in those movies was something we did have to use. Now, modern magic for humans can be utilized through our bodies. Let's see, I don't know if there's a spell that isn't strong for the Magical Vanguard to pick up... I got it, how about this," I looked at my hand as three small fireballs formed above it.

"Wow..."

"This is the easiest spell anyone can human can use. In fact, it's the first spell every human knows at birth. They won't be able to pick this magic up at all. It's too mediocre of a spell for them to suspect it's me. Although, back on the animal thing, the other 3 dimensions that use magic use animals based on the spell they use. Most of their more powerful spells require special animals though. Most of their animals are animals that don't inhabit Earth or Equestria. For example, there's one creature called a Laidaino that's a predatory cat the size of Rarity's boutique."

"Oh my..."

"Yeah, usually large teams are sent to take them out due to their danger levels. The Laidaino attacks everything on sight, even its own kind. It's a dangerous creature indeed, but it doesn't inhabit Earth or Equestria. Flutters, do you want to hang out tomorrow? You know, to show me around the town."

A dark red blush appeared on her cheeks after I asked that, "L-Like a... a date?" I guess it could be considered a date.

"Yeah, sort of. So what do you say? Do you agree?" She nodded happily as the blush turned a light pink.

"I would love that. Well, let me finish up here, and I'll bring the both of you back to Ponyville," I nodded as I started to walk back to Rarity who was tapping one of her hoofs on the ground.

"Is there a problem Rarity?" She looked at Fluttershy behind me, and then back at me.

"I saw Fluttershy blush while you were talking to her. What did you say to her?"

"I just offered her to hang out with me tomorrow. Kind of like a date."

Rarity jumped onto my torso with her forelegs while giving me a mean look, "A date?! Am I not good enough for you?"

"I don't understand what you're saying to me right now? I never said you weren't good enough for me. I just needed to know the key points of Ponyville, and possible areas of work," She jumped higher, landing on my shoulders.

"I could've done that for you Mitchell!" All I could do was stroke her mane. That's one of the few things that calms her down. She soon calmed down, and jumped down from my shoulders, "Mitchell, after last night's events, I would expect you to get on one knee and propose to me in marriage."

"Rarity, we haven't even dated yet, and remember, I still have my my child with my girlfriend... wherever they are...," Rarity instantly felt the change in my mood.

"Oh no, I completely forgot. My own sense of love made me completely oblivious to your girlfriend and your child. I feel like my own obsession with making you mine completely blinded me with what's right and wrong. Can you forgive me Mitchell?"

"It's fine, honestly, if I didn't have a girlfriend now, I wouldn't mind dating you, or any of the others. Recently, I've been extremely versatile with who I'm associated with. I think that was obvious after what happened last night," I could see Rarity blush as she turned away from me.

"Oh, you flatter us too much. You really don't hold back with your kindness, do you?" I could only shrug my shoulders.

"My kindness knows no bound. Neither does my strength, courage, or wisdom. I'm everything that a good Samaritan represents. You see, after my mother died, I wanted to work on keeping my mind together, and the best way to do so was to work on three key points. Strength, Courage, and Wisdom. Strength is letting go, when you want to hold on. Courage is moving forward, when you fear what's ahead. Wisdom is listening, when you want to be heard. Working on these three points, I wanted to be sure nothing fazes me. Nothing angers me. Nothing... hindering my goal to be the best mage in the entire universe..."

"Uh, Mitchell?" I don't know what I was doing. I couldn't control what I was saying. Yes, those things about strength, courage, and wisdom was true, but me wanting to be the best isn't. I don't even know what's going on, "Mitchell!" After being snapped out of my trance, I could just chuckle nervously at my weird trance.

"Uh, I don't know what happened... anyway... let's just wait for Flutters to get done...," Rarity nodded as I leaned on a nearby fence. I guess I'll stop the journal entry here. I know these have been shorter, but I usually do these late at night. Rarity is kind of hard to get around. She has a strong grip for a unicorn pony. Anyway, I'll try to make these longer. What happened next was something that I didn't want to happen, and something that happened faster than my first time with Rarity. Alright, I'll see whoever is reading these journal entries in the next one...