Secret Lightning [REWORK IN PROGRESS]

=============================SECRET LIGHTNING=============================

Author’s note: this will be a short chapter, as I am becoming  a little busy. Also, there will be no updates during the weekend. First reason being I’m going to be hanging out at a friend’s house all day Saturday, but before that, I have to go to the hobby store. You see, I was flying my helicopter around the gym of my school,(for those who are interested, it’s the blade 120 SR) and the copter “stubbed it’s toe” on one of the basketball hoops, and took about an eight-foot drop. Snapped the carbon-fiber mainshaft in half like a toothpick, and screwed up the rotor hub. So, between getting copter parts, hanging out at a friend’s, and Sunday being one of those days where I have no idea exactly what’s going to happen, after this admittedly short chapter, there will not be one till Monday. Another thing: last night, I received a comment by someone named blue comet or something. It was a 3 foot long comment stating all the things wrong with my story, right down to telling me that I have no plot planned for the story. I do, FYI, it starts like a few other fanfics involving HiE, then takes a MAJOR twist. He only read the first two chapters, and then tells me he basically hates it. My reaction was originally going to be to yell at him in comment form and use a few choice words, but I thought about it for a minute, and he’s right about a few other things. My character is undescribed, beyond his name and basic personality, and I don’t have my chapters planned out before I start writing. That I’m okay with, but seriously bro? telling me my character is “too polite”? WTF? Anyway, it occurs to me I’m rambling again, so I’m going to end this author’s note and get on with chapter 6.

==========================Chapter 5: A new lease on life, part 2==========================

Matt stirred to the feeling of cold water being splashed on his face. He slowly opened his eyes, only to be greeted by a blinding light, and a massive headache. Not this again, he thought, covering his eyes with a hand, and slowly adjusting them to the light. Fortunately, his headache went away fairly quickly as he slowly sat up, then made to get back up on his feet.

“Don’t get up,” a female voice commanded from around the corner ”I think you’re going to want to be sitting down for this.”

A minute later, the owner of that voice, Twilight Sparkle, walked around the corner levitating a tray of tea and cookies in front of her.

She sat down opposite him, and placed the tray down on the floor in between them, then levitated a cup of tea and a cookie over to him. After a second, he took them.

“Thank you, Twilight” he replied as he sipped his tea.

“No problem Matt, I just hope you’re up for what we must discuss.”

“I wondered about that. The last thing I remember is you telling me I’m not the only mindbleached human here in this world.”

“Well, yes, you are correct, but the longer explanation is somewhat…………complicated. You know what, it’s easier for me to just show you. Stand back.”

With that, she stood up and walked away from him a little bit, into a more open section of the room, and reared  up, standing on her hind legs. Her horn began to glow, and within seconds she was surrounded by a magical glow. It engulfed her completely, lifting her off the ground a couple feet. Matt could see the shape inside the glow twisting and contorting, getting taller. After a few seconds, the glowing shape was lowered to the ground, while the glowing mass around her started to dissipate.

When the glow had dissipated entirely, Matt couldn’t believe what he saw. There, in the place Twilight had once stood, there was a human girl, about maybe the age of 17 or so. She was beautiful, tall and thin just like Matt. But while Matt’s hair was brown, hers was still the same as Twilight’s mane-colors, shape and all. (and yes, before anyone asks, she IS wearing clothes. This story’s only rated teen) To top it all off, she wore a pair of red oval rimmed glasses, much like the pair rarity wears. It was almost too much for Matt to take, and he almost passed out again, but managed not to. Finally, after a couple minutes of him sitting there shocked, and her standing there looking quite embarrassed, he broke the silence.

“What…I don’t….I…….”

After a couple of seconds, his brain caught up with him get ahold of yourself man! He internally yelled.

He cleared his throat and spoke again. “I guess what I’m trying to say is, how is this possible? I was told there were no humans here who were not turned into ponies besides me. How did you do that?”

Looking quite sheepish, Twilight started talking. “Well, what you were told was partly correct. The only thing that differs is that all the NORMAL humans who came here were changed into ponies after they freaked out. I, on the other hand, was never a normal human. During my life in the human world, I was always able to do…strange things. For instance, one time in school, I got really mad after the teacher called me stupid, and somehow, every window in the school blew out, and the teacher was crushed by his desk. After that, I was to be transferred to a psych ward, because everyone thought I was some kind of monster. Even my parents disowned me”

After she had finished her sentence, she immediately broke down and started crying. “And then, after they had put me in a straitjacket and put me on a bus for the nuthouse, I had started crying. One of the guards standing next to me leaned down and said ‘Don’t worry, you won’t be able to cry after a couple of years in here.’ After that, I just lost it. I ended up doing something, as the bus went off the road, and into a ravine. After that, I woke up in this world.”

Matt looked with concern at Twilight, who was now crying harder than before. This must really suck, having to remember what happened to you in your past life. Gee, I should know, I’ve had a similar reaction to her a couple times now.

He got up and approached human Twilight, and sat down next to her. This surprised her, she hadn’t even heard him get up.

He put an arm across her back, and comforted her while she cried.

After about an hour, Twilight found she could cry no more. She wanted to keep crying, but the tears just wouldn’t come anymore. She straightened up, and Matt withdrew his hand. “Thank you, I…I don’t usually think about what happened to me, it brings back too many painful memories” Matt nodded, knowing exactly how she felt. “Anyway, I didn’t finish.” She said.

“When I woke up, I was in a castle, and there was this huge white alicorn with hair that seemed to…flow standing over me. When I got up, she explained that she was Princess Celestia, ruler of the entire area populated by ponies. She also explained that while I was not the only human here, I was different. Much like you. I, however, had developed magical powers of some kind, which explained the strange occurrences in my human life. She took me under her wing-no pun intended-and taught me all there is to know about magic. After she finished with me, she told me that she felt I should go to this town called Ponyville and make friends with the locals. Figuring I’d be feared as a human, I used a shapeshifting spell to turn myself into a unicorn, and made friends. The only thing that seems to be permanent about the spell is my hair. It used to be black.”

Matt nodded as she gestured towards her hair, calling attention to the purple mane with a pink stripe down the middle. He thought she was done, but she continued, so he sat quietly, not interrupting.

“The friends I made turned out to be humans who had had their minds bleached and turned into ponies. Together, we discovered something called the elements of harmony, and defeated a dark version of Celestia’s sister, Luna, who had been changed by “the nightmare”, turning her back to normal. A while after that, we defeated the spirit of disharmony, named Discord, but it almost cost us out friendship. Since then, we have been regularly meeting and hanging out, about once a week, to catch up and have fun. I was given a baby dragon named Spike as an apprentice. He’s out of town right now. But he’s used to seeing humans, being my assistant and all. Anyway, one day, Spike burped up a letter from Celestia, stating that there would soon be another amongst us. So I prepared. And that’s pretty much when you arrived. And from what I know, you seem to have made friends with everyone in town. Maybe I can stop using my disguise spell for a while, it’s starting to really wear me out.”

Matt just sat there, his brain processing everything he had heard in a flurry of thoughts. After a second, he spoke, but this time, his voice had a note of uncertainty to it.

“There’s one thing that bothers me. You said you were still in school when this happened to you, how old does that make you now?”

“Well, one of the things Celestia told me is that humans and ponies never age in this world. I am still seventeen, as I was when I entered this world. So, you’ll probably be the same age  in ten years you are now. By the way, out of curiosity, how old ARE you?”

“Me? I’m uh, eighteen.” He stammered, surprised by the sudden question.

“Huh. Interesting. Anyway, I’ m sure you’ll need some time to process all that you were told. I know I did.”

“Yeah, I think I’d like to take a walk, but I’ll be back later, there are things we still need to discuss.”

“Okay Matt, I’ll be here when you come back.” She replied as she recast her disguise once more, becoming the purple unicorn mare she was before.

Matt left the library and started wandering, simply thinking about all that was happening around him. It was almost too much for his mind to handle, and he understood why most people went crazy. It must take a strong mind to process all this, he thought, as he strolled past Sugarcube Corner, I must have more willpower than I thought.

Eventually, his wandering brought him into a forest, where he sat under a tree thinking. It started to rain a little, making Matt glad he had found the tree. It wasn’t until he heard a rumble of thunder that he snapped back to reality. Okay, this is a serious case of déjà vu he thought, when suddenly, the air got that electric feeling again. No. god no. nonononononono!  He thought as he started running, after bolting to his feet. Not this again, I only just got here! As he started running, he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, and he knew it was already too late. With a big KRA-BOOM!!!! The lightning struck him, this time directly in the back, and he collapsed and blacked out.

=============================END CHAPTER 6=============================

No I know you guys are probably going to be a little pissed at me for repeating the lightning strike thing, but I assure you, it’s different. Very different this time. I hate to leave you with the mother of all cliffhangers, but this “short chapter” turned out longer than any of my other ones, and I need to do some stuff before dinner. So with that, I upload this to FIMfiction, and hope you enjoy it! Look forward to chapter 7 Monday!