Darkness and Magic

"Distortion Spell..."

"Good eye, I knew Emilia's brother would know a lot about magic. Especially the one that attacked our village."

"What of it?"

"You know how your sister would feel if she found out that-."

"Don't bother. I already told her everything I knew about the attack."

"I know."

"How?"

"You think you were the only ones on that train?"

"We were listening in on your conversation, and heard about you confessing," Mitchell remained silent as the two brothers surrounded him. Mitchell took out the device he created and got his shotgun. He pointed at both brothers as the both surrounded him, "What's wrong, can't use magic?"

"I don't plan to use magic here."

"Hmph, you won't be able to hit us with firearms. How the hell did you get firearms?"

"It was made by-."

"Mitchell! Are you down here?!" The two brothers heard Emilia's voice and instantly teleported away. Mitchell looked around for the brothers before he heard his sister's voice again, "Mitchell, what's going on? Why do you have your guns out? Did you see any Dimension Hoppers?"

"Y-Yeah, but I didn't get to catch their faces. They attempted to take me out, but when they heard you voice, they booked it."

"I see. Well, be careful. Starting now, I'm not leaving your side."

"I don't think that's necessary sis."

"Of course it is, I can't have you going out of control. I don't know, you just seem like someone who would get too into a fight."

"You can't be anymore right..."

"Exactly, that's why I can't have you get into any fights unless the MV attack you."

"But having you by my side 24/7 is a little too much, right?"

"No, this is all necessary."

"Oh man..."

Later that day, the whole group met up once again to just relax at the nearby park, "So how was everyone's day today?" Twilight asked.

"It was fine for me until I was held against my will by Emilia," Mitchell said as Emilia sat a little too close to him.

"I need to prevent you from fighting anything while we're here."

"I won't go crazy like before. I had to before because of how powerful Emily was at that time."

"Don't remind me of that..."

"What makes you think it won't happen again. Dimension Hoppers are strong."

"But they're not stronger than me."

"But they can overrun you Mitchell. I don't want to risk it."

"I'm not weak to where they would overrun me. Even without my dark power."

"It doesn't matter. I'm not leaving your side, and I'm fighting your battles for you."

Mitchell sighed as he looked at his friends. Rarity chuckled and said, "There must be different reason that your clinging to Mitchell like that."

"I'm not clinging to him."

"Yes you are," Emilia looked down as she saw that she was gripping Mitchell's arm, "See?"

"This doesn't mean anything."

"I think it does," Rarity looked at Emily with a sly look on her face, "It seems Emilia has hopped on the Mitchell bandwagon."

Emilia turned away as Mitchell sighed, "Well, you can't be anymore right about that. She somewhat confessed to me last night."

"Aw, that's sweet, and weird."

"Either way, I don't want to be held back when fighting. What happens when they overpower all of you?"

"Mitchell, I'm pretty sure the 8 of us can take out some low level mages."

Twilight then contorted, "Actually, we thought about what you said about Dimension Hoppers. We actually think that Mitchell should protect from them. We don't want to lose what ever power we have. Mitchell could be the one that could protect us from them."

"Come on, I'm pretty sure Emily and I are strong enough."

"Yeah, but the two of you don't have a lot of fighting energy," Everyone turned towards Mitchell as he looked at his hand as it glowed, "You see, each magic user can only use combat magic to an extent. However, humans are completely different. Since we can't really use magic in a quick succession, imagine how it would be if we did that with combat magic."

"We could only..."

"I know what you're going to say, but that's not the case. Humans can't use any combat magic that is lethal."

"Wait, then how are we able to do damage to enemy combatants?"

"That's what I was getting to. You see, humans can learn more magic than all other types of mages, but they can't use all of them. Unless they use a spell on themselves."

"And that spell is?"

He balled his hand into a fist, and the blue aura disappeared, "Well, it's a spell that only high level Magical Vanguard officials know. Luckily, after researching more on the Vanguard in my study, I stumbled upon a book that I think I was meant to find."

"What was it?"

"Every spell that all high level MV officials know."

"What?!"

"I learned every single spell, including the spell I was referring to earlier."

"What is it?"

"I can't really talk about it in public. In the book, there was a note left by Princess Celestia in there. She told me to never reveal any spell I learned. I can use them, but I can't teach them to anyone. However, she only said I couldn't say it out in public. She never said I couldn't do it in private."

Twilight sighed as she looked at Mitchell, "That's probably what she doesn't want you to do either. Don't risk telling us about those spells."

"I never planned to, but when push comes to shove, they'll need to know."

"Wait until later to tell them then. Don't do it now, or you'll just risk disclosed information to go out to the wrong people."

"Yeah I got it. Actually, something just crossed my mind. Where's Princess Luna?"

"Oh, while you were in your study, she was called off to assist Princess Celestia with something."

"Man, she still hasn't returned? What's going on...?"

"Well, she told us to tell you that... she has some information on your girlfriend."

Mitchell looked up at Twilight, and with no emotion on his face or in his voice, he asks, "What information?"

"Mitchell, how long has she been pregnant?"

"Well, she told me a month ago."

"Mitchell, we think your memories have been altered."

"Altered?"

"And so have Emily's."

"Mine? How were my memories altered?"

"Well, this is what's going on. You actually started dating your current girlfriend 4 months before your mother's death."

"What?"

"After your mother's death, your memories were altered. Even now, most of your memories have been altered, so that... you wouldn't know that..."

"That what?"

"That, your kid is girl, but your girlfriend... is dead..."

"She's... dead?"

"When she gave birth to your child, she passed..."

"How long ago was this?"

"I-."

"How long ago was this?!" Ponies and other passerby stopped and looked at the situation. Mitchell's eyes started to change from their original color, to jet black. The marks on his shoulders started to glow as well, and they were seen through his shirt. Emilia tugged on his arm, and he looked at her. He took a deep breath, and said, "I'm sorry..."

"It's fine..."

"You don't have to tell me how long ago this was..."

"No, you should know. She was your girlfriend."

"Alright..."

"She gave birth to your child and passed away... 8 months ago."

"So my kid is 8 months. My daughter is 8 months old. What did they name her?"

"Actually, that's the real reason we're here. On the last day of our trip here, Celestia will arrive with your daughter, and that's when you'll name her."

"Wait, did they not find any dark magic in her?" Twilight nodded, as Mitchell's faced turned from one of shock, to happiness. He smiled bright, and looked at everyone, then to his sister, "So the two of you are aunts now."

"What about us Mitchell?" Rarity asked as she moved to the other side of him, "You now need some extra help taking care of your new daughter! You know, I think some congratulations are in order."

"Well, we are in Manehattan. So why don't we all have some fun tonight?" Everyone nodded as Mitchell looked at his sisters, and then at his friends. Everyone was happy. Even after the news of the passing of his girlfriend, he could be happy that his baby... his daughter was still alive..., and that he would be able to raise his own child.

-Later that night-

Everyone met up in Mitchell and his sister's bedroom as Mitchell attempted to message Celestia with a spell similar to Sunlight Projection. Once the spell was completed, the lot waited for Celestia.

About a minute later, Celestia's projection appeared in front of them, "It's good to see that you're well Mitchell. How is Manehattan?"

"It's fine here. Princess, Twilight told me," Celestia looked pass Mitchell to see Twilight with a nervous smile, "Princess, don't get mad at her. I think it was good for her to tell me. Right now, I just want to see my daughter. She's 8 months, right?"

"Yes, but we're kind of having a problem right now with your daughter."

"What's the matter?" As Mitchell asked this, he saw Princess Luna running around in the back trying to catch a baby floating around the air.

"She's kind of... out of control..."

"Hehe, makes sense..."

"She's been a real handful over the time I've watched her, and now my sister is seeing how much of a hassle she is."

"May I name her?"

"Of course, we haven't named her yet, so we've just been calling her 'baby'."

"My girlfriend and I have talked over what we wanted to call her..., and we came to a conclusion," Mitchell looked at his friends, and then at Celestia. He waited to see his daughter again, and there she was, "Silver Stone!"

His daughter looked in his direction, and smiled, "Daddy...," She landed back on the ground, and attempted to hug Mitchell, but went through him. She started crying, but Mitchell walked towards her, and she stopped crying and smiled.

"Hey Silver, I'm your father..."

"Isn't it weird that she's only 8 months and she's already said her first word?"

"I don't want to be cliché, but she has to be special. If she was born without any type of dark power in her... then she has to be special."

"I can't argue there. It's quite a miracle that they found no trace of dark power in her."

"Yeah," He held his hand up as she attempted to touch it, "I'll see her in person, right?"

"Yeah, so make sure you look good, and not a mess."

"Got it," He then looked at his daughter and said, "Daddy is going to go now. Make sure you behave for Auntie Celestia and Luna, alright?" She nodded as she crawled towards Luna.

"Mitchell, there's something you should know about your daughter."

"What is it?"

"She ages slightly faster than normal humans. That's why she spoke her first word, and that she looks like she's a year old already."

"How severe is this?"

"It looks like it may increase in the next few weeks. This is why she's been here. They've determined that she would stop growing at this rate when she's 10. Well, 10 as a result of this."

"I see... that shouldn't be a problem."

"This may affect her knowledge, and how fast she can learn."

"Well, we'll have to improvise. We'll have to teach her as she grows. Or we could use the Spell of Knowledge, and just give her all the knowledge that I know."

"No, you know too much. But we can do so with Emilia. When she turns 10, we'll need you to give the knowledge of Emilia to your daughter."

"How do I know too much?"

"You just do."

"Makes sense."

"However, there is one small little problem I forgot to mention."

"And that is?"

"Well, she thinks I'm her mother."

"What?"

"Yes, when she saw me, she called me 'Mommy'."

"That's funny. I guess you're the first female she saw, right?"

"Yes, I'm sorry for doing so."

"I mean, she was going to think someone was her mother. I think it's best if she did think you were her mother. You are a good mother figure, and I think it would benefit her well. She'll just have to get over the fact that you're a pony and I'm a human."

"Quite possibly. Well, I'll be heading to Manehattan with your daughter in about 2 days."

"Alright," Mitchell took one last look at his daughter, and smiled, "We'll see each other soon my daughter," His daughter giggled as the projection disappeared. He turned to his friends, opened his arms, "Let's have a group hug for this momentous occasion!" They all nodded as they all hugged Mitchell. And yet, Mitchell didn't even shed a tear, when others would be balling there eyes.

Only Mitchell knows the reason, and we may never know the reason to Mitchell not crying at anything. Perhaps after everything he's been through, he has no need to cry. Perhaps he's cried all the tears he could already.

Oh well, Mitchell is happy as long as he knows his kid is safe. If his kid is safe, then he'll be a happy father. Now, to find a fitting wife to take care of this baby with him. We know he said that he was fine not having a wife now, but he has to think about this in the long run. Oh well, only time will tell...