The Little Adventurer

Chapters

Practice
Darkness and Light
The Everfree
Twilight?
The Everfree Forest
Princess Twilight Sparkle
Can't I have a normal day for once?

Practice

Eric groaned as the warmth rays of the sun hit him. He wasn't ready. He just wanted to have a good night sleep for once.
He grudgingly stepped out of bed and decided it wasn't worth it to late for one day of practice.

"And to think, if I didn't have practice everyday, I wouldn't be as strong as I am right now." Eric thought.

"Sweety! Your food is getting cold!" His wife, Crystal shouted from the kitchen. "Coming!" Eric answered.

Soon, after a quiet breakfast, he got ready and went out to his empty, but beautiful field. He closed his eyes and focused. He channeled his mana and willed it to form a book. It was no ordinary book however, it was a book only he could read. He quickly turned the pages, looking for the last portion of spell he missed out in the last practice.

"There you are."Eric said. He read the last portion and the entire spell as many times as he could. It was an extremely advanced spell after all. He swallowed up his courage and prepared the spell. The spell specifically is Teleportation, a extremely long distance teleportation, which is why makes it so difficult.

Even if his Dad had the most amount of mana in the world, Eric couldn't keep up with his lessons. His dad would straight up just force him to practice, and for a good reason too. He HAD to keep practising magic. His magic was connected to his very body and life. If he didn't practice it everyday to keep his mana up, his health would just start deteriorating quickly. There was one thing he just could not undo, and that was if he used a lot more mana than what he usually used, he would faint right after.

He focused on the runes, if even one of the runes were created or drawn wrongly, even if it's just a little out, it would change the entire spell. Sweat began to drip from his head as he thrust his hand out. Runes slowly started appearing in front of his hand. Slowly but surely, the runes began to look more and more complex and bigger. Eric's eyes soon shot open. Realizing something crucial he missed.

He did not create the spell to where he wanted to go. This could mean that he could be teleported anywhere, at anytime in anyplace. Meaning he could also destroy the current timeline and go back in the past or go into the future. He quickly tried to undo the spell, knowing he very well couldn't from how deep he was into the spell. He saw a flash of light before seeing a flashback of his pregnant wife, telling him to stop practicing magic as it was too dangerous.

"Heh. To think my demise would be one of the silliest mistakes a wizard could make." Eric thought. His life flashed right before his eyes. The time when he met his current wife, all the good times they had together, when he realized she was pregnant.
He teared up as he thought how he wouldn't see his baby's first steps, first word, the baby's graduation. He soon blacked out from the amount of mana he used in such a short amount of time, and at the same time, the spell teleported him to who knows where.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading and have a nice day :)😇

Darkness and Light

You know, the feeling of being awake yet asleep? It's like you closed your eyes and slept, yet you can still feel ur 5 main senses going haywire. Eric was going through the exact same thing.

This wasn't his first time teleporting though, a high class mage like him didn't have any problem teleporting. He could do many things, it's all up to him on how he wills it. It's that simple. However,the problem was the longer distance, the harder and more complex the spell is.

Eric couldn't do anything except feel his 5 main senses going haywire. It's almost a bliss anyways. He didn't ever have a good night sleep since then.

Suddenly all his senses came back in a flash. It wasn't the best thing he felt. It was like someone just spinned him and stopped suddenly. "Ugh... This is worst than when I accidentally levitated myself to the sky just because I fell." Eric thought. Eric slowly opened his eyes only to see nothing. Eric blinked. Not believing what he was seeing. He blinked once more, with the same results.

"Where am I?" Eric said.

"Ok so.. I'm still in my body, still have my magic, mana is regenerating faster than the norm, everything is in tact. Now the problem is, where am I?" Eric checked.

Eric wanted to take a step forward. It was the only action he wanted to do.

But fate didn't allow that. Eric took a step forward and an entire day worth of memories came crashing into his head. He could feel the memories coming in, meaning there was something out there putting his memories in his head.

He clutched his head in pain, now remembering why he was here. His long distance teleportation spell was doing great untill he realized that he didn't put the exact location of where he wanted to go, which made the spell fail and teleport him to... wherever this place was.
"Great. Just because of one careless stupid mistake, I'm here." Eric thought.

Eric just stood there for awhile. Thinking what he should do.

"Holy shit I'm so stupid. I CAN JUST TELEPORT OUT OF THIS PLACE. FUCK YES!" Eric laughed. He had his magic after all.
Eric concentrated. He slowly tried to teleport his home. His only home. But he couldn't. No matter what he did, even if he still had mana, the runes weren't appearing. He then tried simple spells. Fire, Ice, Earth, nothing. All the same results.
"Oh god. Am I stuck here for eternity?" Eric said shakingly.

"No, Eric Sträva. You are not meant to be here." A mysterious wise voice came out of no where. Eric snapped his head up to the voice. He still couldn't see anything. "Where am I?!" Eric shouted.

"You sure are a feisty one. You're in a rift inbetween space and time. Mortals are not meant to be here." The mysterious voice said in a way that warned him that he shouldn't fuck with him. "You cannot be here. You have realized that you cannot see yes? Soon, every single other sense you have in your body will be gone. It is surprising your still alive from how long you have been here." The mysterious voice continued.

"How long have I been here and how can I get out?" Eric pleaded.

"Well, since you have asked so kindly, I have an option for both of us that will benefit both of us in the end. Are you up to it?" Voice said. Eric wasn't stupid. Even if he was stuck here for as long as he voice said, he just wont stoop so low that he would say yes to this mysterious voice immediately. "What is it?" Eric asked.

"A clever one I see. I cannot send you back to your world as it has been sadly destroyed by their sun. I can however send you to a world that I need you to protect. There will be many evils that will plague that world. I need your help to protect those who live there.I sadly cannot intervene as I have been thrown into this rift by my creator. I am fond of that world. Keep it safe Eric Sträva." The Voice said.

"My world.. HAS BEEN DESTROYED?! Oh my god. Crystal, my kids, all gone. Wait. If your saying that my world has been destroyed by the sun, THAT MUST MEAN I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS! Oh my god. Oh no. Oh n-"

"Stop this nonsense and listen. Are you up to it?"The Voice said.
Eric didn't know what to do. His family, his WORLD, is gone. In a few seconds for him. He doesn't have anything else to live for anymore. He doesn't have anything to do here except to perish.
"I accept. But I got 2 more questions." Eric said with no emotion. He had no purpose left here.
"What is it Eric Sträva?" The Voice said.
"Who are you and Why me?"Eric said.

"I chose you because of the sheer amount of time you have spent here and the amount of mana you have. You have a personality to match that power unlike some others that came before you. You will not betray your loved ones if you really had to. You respect people, you do not lie to who you respect and many more. I have a lot of names. But you may remember me as Navadia. Now, question time has ended. One thing about sending you there. You will have to use all your will power to survive."

Before Eric could reply how and why, he was suddenly thrown into a world of green.

The Everfree

Eric blinked and adjusted his eyes to his surroundings. There wasn't much of a difference... except for the fact that everything was at least 20 times bigger than him. He was still in a dark place,
surrounded by things he can actually see and recognize. Enormous trees upon trees upon trees. Huge plants, the sound of insects, and the extremely huge increase in magic in the air.

"It's almost like this world Navadia wanted me to protect is magical... Well, at least my mana will restore faster." Eric shrugged. Eric took a step forward.

"Well, let's get started then. I can't protect this world if I don't know who lives on it. Not like I have much of a choice anyways... Navadia could have left me there to perish but he didn't. I'm not going to not uphold my side of the deal especially if he saved my life." Eric swore. He continued walking, the leaves the size of his entire body.

"Ugh.. Everything is so big... I can use magic right?" Eric thought. He tried making himself float. He immediately just shot through to the top of the trees before he stopped himself from going any higher. Eric panted from the adrenaline rush.

"Holy shit. The air even conducts my magic more easily. It would have took 5 times the amount of effort put into this spell in my world..."

Eric floated even higher to get a better view of the entire forest. He cast a spell on himself to let him have better vision. Looking around, far far away, he saw a village or town of sorts. The travel would have taken 2 days, if not for this world conducting magic better and his huge increase of mana. He again cast a spell to make him go faster, making the travel time only 1 hour. "Ah.. when my magic comes to good use." Eric smiled. He started to travel to the town, unknowingly the ones he was suppose to protect were there.

50 Minutes later...

He soon slowed down and cancelled the spells. He could see the town more clearly now. There were...ponies there?

"Those were definitely ponies... with horns or wings?"Eric thought. He only heard of them in fairy tales. He slowly floated to the town when he heard a scream nearby. He arrived at the source of the scream in a second. He looked around, his hair ruffled slightly. He saw a group of frightful,colorful ponies with 2 of each having at least a horn, wing or nothing at all except for one which had both and was extra purple.

Suddenly he heard a menacing roar. His eyes shot open in surprise as he saw the source of the roar. It was an entire enormous pack of wooden wolves with green eyes and right beside them an entire group of dozens of manticores.

"Woah.. What are those?" Eric thought. "Girls! Stick together!" The purple one shouted.

"Twilight this isn't normal! There shouldn't be so many manticores and timber wolves in this far out of the Everfree Forest!" A yellow pony, the one who was shaking the most, said to the purple one, which she called Twilight.
"Don't worry Fluttershy! I'll protect you!" A rainbow coloured maned pony stood in front of the yellow one, called Fluttershy.

They didn't have much chance to talk anymore though. All the manticores and timber wolves had already surrounded them, glowering. Twilight had a burst of magic from her horn and a barrier soon surrounded them in between the manticores and timber wolves. "I can't let the girls be hurt!" Twilight thought worriedly. Eric's eyes widen on the use of magic.
"So, they can use magic too huh...Well, no time to waste I guess. I can't let this ponies die on me even if they are so huge." Eric thought.

He constructed a plan right then and there.

His eyes glowed sky blue as he put a even stronger barrier and bigger one on top of Twilight's barrier, ensuring the creatures won't hurt them while they talk. He teleported in the barrier right in front of Twilight as her eyes widened on the sight of another stronger sky blue barrier on top of hers. Eric telepathically asked Twilight and the 5 others,"Are you girls ok?" All heads soon snapped to him.

Twilight soon said,"We're fine. But are you the one who put this barrier? Who are you? You're so small yet so strong...how?" Eric soon replied,

"I am. I am Eric and I was travelling to a nearby town when I heard a scream and saw this... disaster. He looked at the creatures trying to break his barrier. Not even a scratch.

" Sorry, but I have to take care of this mess first." He canceled the telepathy between all of them.

Eric levitated every creature that was outside the barrier. He cast an illusion of himself to make himself look as big as the manticore. It was almost like someone stopped time. He levitated the leader of each group forward and every other back.

"Why are you here?" Eric asked with a magically amplified tone to make those who hear it nervous or scared. Both enormous creatures' ears folded back and said at the same time," Our territory has been destroyed with evidence that the ponies did it. We want...revenge.

Eric didn't move and asked the girls telepathically,"Was the town ever once part of the forest?" The orange pony answered,"It was. My old granny told me." Once he had his answer, he looked back at the creatures. They just wanted their territory back. He then told the leaders,"I will help you get new territory, however, your kind must never tread this near to this part of this forest or attack the ponies." The leaders looked at each other and back at Eric and nodded. He soon let the other creatures down. The leaders of the groups telling them to stop fighting. And the leaders did something he and the girls didn't expect at all. They bowed to him. The rest of the creatures soon followed their leader's example and bowed, leaving the Eric and the girls stunned.
"You have our respect. If we are ever needed, please do not hesitate to ask for our call."
"I'll take that offer. Please rest as it must have been a huge effort to gather this much of you're kind in one place. I'll get you back during the week. Please let me put a tracker on you so I can find you the next time and help you find new territory." Eric eyes glowed as he put the trackers in the form of symbol on each creature, with the leaders having a different symbol. The creatures bowed once more before retreating back into the forest.

Eric canceled his illusion. He stumbled forward drowsily. "Wow...That took a lot out of me... It's been such a long time since I used that much mana." He thought as he landed on the ground softly and slept.

"Um..Girls? That small little critter just used magic right? It ain't mah eyes trickin me ain't it?" AppleJack asked.

"No AppleJack.. We all saw it." Twilight said. Twilight stared at the now empty space where the timberwolves and manticores' used to be, growling at them.

"What are we going to do about... Eric right? He just saved our butts. We can't just leave him like that in the the Everfree." Rainbow Dash admitted even when her pride got a hit.

"We can't leave him there. True. But can we even bring him to Ponyville? He has strong magic, admittingly he could even maybe overpower me. He could be dangerous." Twilight wisely told the girls.

"um girls? We could bring him to my cottage and see what happens... if you want... Fluttershy muttered.

"What?! But we can't just leave him with you alone! What if he hurts you when he wakes up? No one would be there to protect you!" Rainbow Dash retaliated.

"I'll stay with Fluttershy. If anything goes south, I'll be there to help her." Twilight told Rainbow.

"Fine! Only if I can come too." Rainbow Dash agreed. The rest of the girls nodded. Twilight tried levitating Eric up, only for her magic to fail. Twilight's and Rarity's eyes widened. "Darling... You did just try to pick him up right?" Rarity asked.
Twilight nodded and tried again, with the same results as the previous. "It's almost like trying to pick up Bedrock. Bedrock doesn't conduct magic, which is why unicorns can't levitate it. Eric uses magic. So why can't I pick him up?" Twilight thought.

"Well, I guess we have to pick him up with hooves then. Fluttershy, would you mind helping us carry him? You have the most experience carrying small creatures." Twilight turned and asked Fluttershy.

"Oh! I wouldn't mind at all Twilight..." Fluttershy said nervously. Even after all these years trying to conquer her anxiety and nervousness, she still had it. It was just in her blood. Fluttershy slowly stepped forward and gentlely picked Eric up with 2 hooves. He was the same size as her hoof.

"Great. Thanks Fluttershy. Now, before we get attacked by any more hostile creatures, let's get out of here girls." Twilight said. The girls nodded and each touched Twilight before Twilight focused and teleported them out of the Everfree.

Twilight teleported them in front of everyone's home, except for Rainbow and herself. Fluttershy, Rainbow and Twilight opened their eyes to see Fluttershy's homey, natural cottage. Fluttershy beamed. She always felt more comfortable in her little cottage than anywhere else in Ponyville. Fluttershy asked quietly,"Um.. Girls? Could you open the door for me? My..hooves are full." Rainbow opened the door for Flutters and cautiously moved into her cottage. It wasn't the first time she had been here after all. The last time she been here....Rainbow cringed. Albeit slowly, they all managed to move into Fluttershy's home.

"Well, Hello,hello,hello my dear ponies." The rabbit that was resting on the couch nearby suddenly said. Discord flashed into his natural, albeit chaotic form in front of the girls. "Hello Discord." Fluttershy nodded. Rainbow sneered while Twilight just smiled and waved a hoof.

"What brings you here? Oh! Lemme guess. That poor little tiny creature Flutters is holding?" Discord brought his lion paw to his chin.

"Discord, could you maybe make a small bed for Eric? I doubt he would want to wake up in a place where the bed he was sleeping on was forty times bigger than him." Fluttershy asked Discord.

"Oh don't worry poor Fluttershy, consider it done. Enjoy a cup of chocolate milk everypony!" Discord disappeared in a flash and with it, appeared a small bed that was small enough to fit Eric and 3 cups of warm chocolate milk.

"......I still don't like Discord." Rainbow said slowly.

"Oh he isn't that bad" Fluttershy said, while putting Eric slowly into the newly made bed. Twilight nodded.

"He made me fly into a thundercloud, drink chocolate milk for a week, and made me sit down in the exact same spot for an hour. I can understand the first two, but there is no bucking way I can stand sitting down in the exact same spot for an hour without moving. That crosses the line." Rainbow glared at the now empty spot Discord used to be.

Twilight sighed. She could understand her feelings, even sympathize with her. But she never hated Discord. Not even when he caused Princess Celestia and Luna to be kidnapped by those vines. She always had a liking to his type of personality even if it goes against her very nature. She was neat and tidy, he was chaotic and random. She kind of liked his type of personality since young. It was interesting. She HAS found his annoying sometimes, but understood that it was just in his nature to do it.

"Now, what are we going to do with Eric? He is very good with magic, and the amount of mana he has for such a small body is unimagineable. He's a very small target too. If there was ever a need to attack him, he could use his magic to move quicker, making him an almost impossible target to hit. It's almost like trying to use a needle to kill bacteria." Twilight said.

Fluttershy slowly lifted the small blanket over Eric and placed the bed on her couch. "Well.. From what I have seen, he isn't hostile. He saved our lives back at the Everfree, even if all we saw was him staring at them." Fluttershy uttered.

"We should give him a chance. Like Fluttershy said, he saved our lives after all." Rainbow told Twilight.

"We'll let him be. Sorry girls. I'm just a little put off my the talent he has with magic with such a small body." Twilight's cheeks turned reddish. "It's ok Twilight." Fluttershy hugged her.

2 days later...

Eric slowly opened his eyes. He never slept in such a comfy bed, with such a peaceful sleep before. "Where am I...? Wasn't I in that forest just awhile ago? Wait. Wasn't everything in this world bigger? Those ponies were a lot bigger than me too. Then why is this bed so small? Bleh. I'm not complaining. This got to be the most comfortable bed I ever slept in my life. " Eric shrugged. He slowly got out of his covers and stood on top of his bed. "Now...where am I?" Eric levitated himself out of his bed, only to see a cottage. Except much much bigger than the last time he had been in one. He slowly floated around.

Author's Note

Have a good day and comment what you think has problems.. Thanks for reading! :)

Twilight?

Eric really didn't know what hit him. Literally. He was just trying to float around when suddenly he was surrounded by a black bubble. Eric quietly stood inside the bubble for awhile. He felt Twilight's magic before this bubble came up. "What the heck is she thinking? I won't attack anyone." Eric thought.

Eric contemplated what he could do. He could either, make sure Twilight doesn't know he has escaped from her bubble and make her freak out, or just do it peacefully. Eric used his magic and sky blue runes started to appear around his eyes and forehead. "Twilight. Why are you doing this?" Eric asked telepathically. He smirked when he could almost feel Twilight gasping in surprise. "I wonder how many times I will surprise Twilight... Hahaha!" Eric thought.

"Eric? What are you doing?" Twilight asked dumbfoundedly.

"Oh.. You know. Asking you why you tried trapping me in this bubble? I don't like seeing nothing you know."Eric sarcastically said. Eric casted a transformation spell on himself, causing him to look like a alicorn sized pony with blackish blue fur, sky blue mane, tail, horns and wings. Eric teleported himself in front of Twilight, making her shriek and teleport herself only God knows. "Huh...This form ain't so bad. Guess I'll keep it." Eric shrugged.

Eric slowly walked forward with his new extra limbs. Spreading his wings, he looked at the enormous,beautiful sky blue wings he's starting to love. Out of a sudden, he heard another shriek to the left of him. His head snapped to his left, seeing a familiar yellow winged pony called Fluttershy. "......who are you? What are you doing here?"

Trying his very best not to scare her, he slowly bowed and softly introduced himself in a new young, deeper voice. "We have met before Fluttershy. I'm Eric."

"Oh...b-but.. why are you a alicorn stallion now? I t-thought you were a small creature with-h 2 legs....?" Fluttershy shyly covered her face with her mane and muttered.

"I have taken this form to make it easier for us to talk. My original form, as you saw, is very small. This form let's me do things easier. If you don't mind me asking, what is an alicorn?" Eric calmly told her.

"..Oh! An a-alicorn is what you are right now. Some ponies with no horns or wings are called earth ponies. Those with wings are called pegasi, and those with horns are called unicorns. None of them have both wings and a horn. All except alicorns." Fluttershy shockingly says louder.

"..I see. Thank you so much for the bed Fluttershy. It was the best bed I have ever slept in." Eric smiled.

Fluttershy's ears flicked and she blushed."Oh! You're welcome. I wasn't the one who made the bed though. It was Discord."

"Thanks anyways Fluttershy. Sadly, I need to find a certain purple alicorn right now. Thanks again for all the help!" Eric smiled at her while her cheeks turned slightly pink.

"You're welcome." Fluttershy softly said as she watched Eric trot out of her cottage and close her door.

Eric however, was greeted by a pure white, rainbow coloured mane alicorn and Twilight. "Uh oh. She has a lot of power. I need to be careful." Eric thought cautiously behind a smile. Eric could swear the moment he saw her, her eyes widened and her cheeks turned slightly pink for a fraction of a second before disappearing. The white alicorn walked forward,"Hello, my dear pony. I am Princess Solar Celestia. You may call me Princess Celestia. May I ask, what is your name?"

"My name is Eric, Solar." Eric replied.

Twilight and Princess Celestia gasped. No body has ever called, no , even DARED to call her by Solar before. In her anger, Twilight had forgotten who Eric was. Before she could speak, Twilight asked with anger and annoyance,"Why aren't you calling Princess Celestia by her title? Don't you know it's incredibly rude to address the leader of the kingdom you live in by her name?"

"I do. But she is not my leader nor do I live in this kingdom. I have come from incredibly far place. This is not my true form ladies. We have met before Twilight. In the forest, I was the one who saved you and those other 5 ponies. I'm Eric ,Twilight." Eric said with a small amount of annoyance. Twilight gasped while Solar's eyes widened in alarm.

"Oh Gosh! I'm so sor-"
"Twilight. What does he mean that he has to save you in the Everfree?" Celestia said sternly.

Twilight suddenly looked a lot smaller. "Um.. Me and the girls wanted to go meet the Steven, the water serpent, but half way through, we were attacked a dozens of timberwolves AND manticores together. That's when Eric came in. He stopped them and kind of... stared at them with his eyes glowing. The most shocking thing was that after Eric put them down, they BOWED to him." Twilight nervously brought her hoof to the back of her head.

Solar's stern gaze lifted. "As long as you are alright Twilight." Solar Celestia looked back at Eric, who was calming looking at them as if nothing had happened.
"Thank you so much for saving my dear student. Is there anything I can repay you with?"

Eric shook his head,"No thanks Solar. I don't need the bits. I'll just live of the natural resources of the forest. My manticore and timberwolf friends will help me anyways. I need the nutrients from the meat, which I doubt you sell in this town filled with ponies."

Celestia nodded. It was normal to meet carnivores these days."If that is what you wish, so be it. Eric.. wasn't it? Would you mind showing me your true form?"

Eric shook his head and transformed back into his original form for a few seconds, allowing both of them to see his true form for 3 seconds before seeing the blackish blue alicorn once again.

Celestia's eyes widened. "That was such a small body! And Twilight said that he saved her? I wouldn't have believed it if not for his...alicorn body. You could only transform into an alicorn if you have the magic to back it up for the duration of the spell. It's like how I can't transform into Discord over an hour. He's been a alicorn for at least half an hour now...Not to mention his build for an alicorn...It's..so toned. What am I thinking? I need to leave quickly before anything escalates." Celestia's eye twitched.

"Well. Rest assured, accept this gift from me. It's 10 thousand bits. You can use the money for anything you want to buy." Celestia said while concentrating on teleporting a small amount of the Kingdom's treasury in a pouch. Eric's eyes widened in surprise before he quietly intercepted her spell for just a second.

But that one second was enough for him. His eyes glowed as he focused on making her feel as if she teleported 10 thousand bits, but only teleported 1 thousand. He cast an illusion on the pouch to make it look and feel as if it had the 10 thousand bits inside. It's heavy, trust me. He carried the other 9 thousand after all.

Celestia teleported the pouch in front of Eric, only feeling Eric's magic for a fraction of a second. But that small amount of time allowed her to know that he intercepted with her spell.

Before she could say anything ,Twilight asked,"Did you do anything to the pouch or money? I saw your eyes glow and felt your magic."

Knowing he was caught, he told them what he had done. "I intercepted her spell and caused her to teleport only 1 thousand instead of 10." He cancelled his spell.

Twilight's and Celestia's eyes widened for the third time. "I only felt his magic for a fraction of a second! It would have been obvious if a average unicorn did it. I would know. Assassins tried but failed. I would feel their magic from the very beginning. One's will and mana MUST be higher in order to penetrated or at least intercept a spell of another. Just who is he?" Celestia thought.

Twilight was just as surprised at Celestia. She tried intercepting her teacher's spell before and it took an agonizing half an hour just to barely get into her spell. Eric just did that in less than a second, with little to no effort at all!

"I need to go ladies. See you next time." Eric smiled at their dumbfounded faces and teleported back into the forest with the pouch. He sighed as he slowly transformed back into a human. "Feels good to be back! That was a work out trying to keep that form." Everything was back to being big though, not that he minded much. It was fine as long as he could protect himself. "Honestly, now I have to use magic even more now. In this world, my mana regenerates faster." Eric thought.

Eric looked at the sun setting. He gathered some vines, roots, leaves and cleaned them all with his magic. He put them in a way such that it was a hammock and easily climbed on to it and relaxed. It was not like he could break the leaves anyways. He is as small as the leaves. Eric put a strong but thin barrier around his entire body, just in case he was ever stepped on. Eric slowly drifted off, going into the dream realm.

Meanwhile...

Twilight was on the bed Princess Celestia's private chambers. Quietly waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. "How is Eric so powerful in such a small body? He maintained his alicorn form for at least an hour or even more! He didn't even seem fazed. The way he transitioned between his original form and his alicorn one was smooth. That would mean he had complete control of what he was doing.. He..." Twilight rambled on. Deep inside her train of thought, she didn't even notice Princess Celestia, wearing no regalia walk out of the bathroom. Giggling behind her hoof, Celestia gently nuzzled Twilight.
"Oh! Princess Celestia! Your done!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Twilight, what did I say about using my title while in private?" Celestia raised a brow.

Twilight sighed and put her head on her hooves,"Not to... I'm sorry Celestia. I'm just not used to it."

"It's fine, my dear Twilight. Now, why are you here? It's late. Luna has already raised the moon." Celestia asked Twilight as she softly got onto her bed, right beside Twilight.

"It's about Eric. It's just that, how is he so powerful? He has such a small body! He could easily penetrated AND intercept your spell AND stop the timberwolves and manticores! He's a very powerful unknown." Twilight sighed.
"All I really want to ask you is, is he safe? He has to have more mana and will than you if he easily penetrated and intercepted your spell, so is he safe to live in Ponyville?"

Celestia smiled."I'm glad you're so concerned for the safety of Ponyville. It shows me that I wasn't wrong in putting Ponyville in your charge. About Eric, all he has ever shown us was that he just wants to protect others, with a personality to match his strength. He wanted to secretly take 1 thousand bits instead of 10, saved you and the girls and isn't rude. However, we do have to keep an eye on him for a short while and see the results. If he shows that he is as responsible as he is as powerful, we'll let him be a full fledged Equestrain."

"That sounds like a great idea! Thanks Celestia!" Twilight hugged Celestia.

"You're welcome my dear Twilight. Now, it is getting really late now. How about joining me in my bed for a night like how you used to when you were just a filly?" Celestia winked and wrapped a wing over Twilight.

"One thing you missed though, I wasn't an alicorn when I was a filly." Twilight laughed as she snuggled closer to Celestia, wrapping herself in her wings and resting her head on Celestia's chest, dozing off quickly as the day's events caught up with her.

"Goodnight my dear Twilight." "...Goodnight."

Meanwhile...

Navadia watched from his ball of magic. "Seems like he was the right choice after all... I hope he can protect those ponies from what my creator is creating to destroy them... Damn creator. These ponies are innocent."

"Oh are they?" A voice came out from his left. Navadia calmly said,"It's been millions of years since you have visited me in this rift. Why have you come back?"

"I heard from one of my precious dolls that you have sent a protector to that forsaken world of animals. You cannot escape fate Anubusious. They will some day perish. You are just delaying the inevitable."

"Better than speeding it up by throwing random shit and brain washing those ponies and creatures to destroy that world."

"Haha! Boy, aren't you funny. If you haven't realized, my very presence here speeds up the process of your destruction."

Navadia felt a sense of alarm and blasted his creator out of his rift. Sighing, "3 million years gone from my life just like that." Navadia closed his eyes and thought,"Eric Strava, you better protect that world with everything you got or YOU will perish along side with them."

"HAHAHA! This is so interesting! I never regreted making Anubuscious at all. He always makes things fun. Now...what should I throw into this forsaken world and test the limit of the so called, "'protector" Anubuscious has chosen? " Creator laughed as it returned back to its own world. Chattering and bouncing along the way, thinking of everything he could do to that world, Equus. First thing he had to do though, he had to get rid of the big guns in their world first. Starting with Eric Strava.

The Everfree Forest

Eric drowsily woke up from his makeshift bed. Yawning, he felt his mana at it's peak. "Holy shit. I need to use my mana quickly before I get crazy." Eric thought. The last time he didn't use his mana...Eric cringed. He had completely no control of his body. He turned into Nova Shine,his alicorn form. He felt his mana decreasing, but it wasn't enough. Hegroaned in annoyance. Trying out if he still could use magic even when he was Nova Shine, he cast a teleportation spell a few feet in front of him.

"Oh... That is straight up weird." Eric thought while rubbing his horn with his hoof. A small amount of smoke was coming out of his horn....somehow. It didn't hurt, but you definitely could see the smoke. Trying different spells just because he can, deal with it. He cast elemental spells, transformation spells, summon spells and a location spell. Seeing that all his spells worked, he smiled. He cancelled all his spells except for the location spell. By then, he noticed his horn was aching and smoking badly. "I guess I need to rest if I want to continue using magic in this form."Eric thought. He sat down and leaned against a tree, focusing on his mana flow. Once his mana had calmed down, he stood up and thought.

"Now..Where are the leaders?" He cloned himself and teleported a few meters away from the them. He turned back into the scary giant creature he once was and named it Umbra Anteniate. "Kind of a cool name if you ask me.."

He slowly approached the clearly huge wolf made out of wood. "Greetings...." Umbra said in a slow, deep voice. Eric cast a telepathy spell.

The giant timberwolf growled before barking,"Who dares to challenge me?!"

"It is I, the one that you had seen just a day ago. I have come back to give you back the territory I owe you." Umbra showed himself and the giant timberwolf's ears immediately folded back, with his posture turning into a bow.

"My apologies. You may call me as Harou Gunif."

"Greetings, Harou Gunif. You may call me Umbra. Now, let me get to the point. Where would you like your territory to be? Name the size of the area and where it is." Umbra said.

"I would like my pack to be in a place in this forest, but far away from those ponies. This forest expands from miles to miles. I would like the travel to the pony civilisation to be at least a week worth of travelling. That should keep those pesky poniess away from us."

"Then I shall teleport you there. Please alert your pack that there are going to be teleported in 5 minutes."

Harou nodded and howled. Eric carefully didn't show Harou that he's ears were ringing and oozing out a red liquid.

Meanwhile with the Manticore's leader...

Instead of appearing a few feet away from the leader, Umbra appeared directly in front of the leader of the Manticores. The manticore roared at the sudden appearance of a creature bigger than him and slashed the spot where Umbra was before he dodged the hit. Eric quickly set up a telepathic route between them. "My apologies. I did not mean to startle you friend." Umbra quickly said, bowing slightly. The manticore leader slowly got back to his senses and bowed back, saying.

"I should be the one who is apologizing. You may call me Arnic Rahk. I have been the leader of my kind for many decades. I seen many kingdoms fall and rise. None of them even close to this forest. We lived in peace until those ponies appeared and destroyed our territory for their own land. Our kind does not tolerate the ponies any longer. If a pony were to trot in our lands after we moved, we will kill them."

Umbra's brows lifted a little."So the ponies destroyed your territory without even caring for the wild life in the forest?
Arnic nodded solemnly.

"I have discussed with my kind and family. We decided we would like to move to the mountains west from here. Our kind has been here for far too long. It's time we relocate."

"...Consider it done. Please gather your group here in 10 minutes."

After teleporting the timberwolves to a place further than where he had landed in Equestria and the manticores to the
mountains...

Umbra helped the timberwolves and manticores to settle in before leaving them be. "If you ever need our help, please do not hesitate to call us." Harou and Arnic said to him. Umbra nodded,"I would occasionally come by for some meat. The amount of wild life here is around the most in this entire forest."

"Then we shall keep the greatest part of the meat and await your arrival." Harou told him.

Umbra nodded thankfully and teleported back to his hammock. Cancelling his spells and changing back into a human, he sighed in satisfaction. "How did Arnic and Harou talk at the same time? They are 2 different animals...Whatever. This place is magical. Anything can happen when Magic is involved." Eric thought. Eric's mana was nearly half way depleted but was slowly regenerating.

He took a deep breath and exhaled. Sitting down on the soft leaf beneath him, he calmed himself down from his earlier activities and relaxed, allowing his mana to calm into a soft pulse around his body instead of the raging wave it was a moment ago. Sighing and standing up, he turned into Nova Shine and turned to the bush to the left of him. "I know you are there pony. Show yourself."

The bush ruffled before a small yellow earth pony with a red mane, came out. "How didcha ya know ah was there mister?"

Nova smiled at the small filly and said,"No one ever sneaked on me before in my life. A small filly certainly isn't going to be the first. Now, why are you in the forest? You should know it's dangerous here."

"Ah was visitin Zecora, the healer in this forest. I wanted ta ask if ah could get mah pet dog some medicine for her wound. Her medicine is more effective and natural anyways." The small filly said.
"Ah'm sorry sir. But ah gotta go if ah wanna get back my sun down. My name is Applebloom by the way. See ya mister!" In her rush, she didn't pay attention to Nova's wings. Nova spread his right wing to stop the little filly to pass. "Let me go with you. I would like to meet this healer." Nova told Applebloom. In reality, he just wanted to make sure she goes there safely.

Applebloom paused, before exclaiming,"YOUR an ALICORN !? Are ya royalty!?"

"I'm not royalty but just a humble creature..." Nova softly said.
"Now, you don't want to be late don't you? Let's go." Eric sadly smiled. He would never be able to do this to his own children...Their gone anyways.

Trotting quietly, Applebloom glanced at the taller dark blue alicorn beside her. He was even taller than Celestia probably. He's cutie mark a unique one for sure. None that she has ever seen in her life. She couldn't even describe what it was.
Seeing that they were close, Applebloom walked a little faster. Reaching the literal tree house in front of them, she knocked on the door. "Zecora? Ya there?" She asked.

Nothing responded. Eric sensed something was really wrong with the atmosphere. There were no noise around them at all. Not even the wind or insects. A forest like this..should never be this quiet. Nova's horn glowed as he put a see-through spell on his eyes. He blinked. There was a..zebra?, on the ground. She was bleeding badly. "Applebloom. Wait here."

Ensuring that she wouldn't be able to follow him, he put up an invisible barrier around her. He teleported inside while turning back into a human, allowing him to use his full potential of magic. He got to work. Eyes glowing, he cast a healing spell, identification spell and checked if any magic was used on her. The answer coming back was negative. Something was blocking him from healing her and there was massive traces of... weird magic on her. If he doesn't do anything, she might get permanent damage from her injuries.

Determined to heal her,he put all his focus into the next spell he cast. His eye's glowed as intensely as the sun from the amount of concentration. He slowly penetrated through the barrier the other creature had put up to stop him from healing her, from then, he healed Zecora from the inside. Discovering that she has multiple head injuries, he carefully healed them back into what it was before.

By the time he was done, he was literally a ball of sweat. Deciding that this place wasn't safe, he teleported her and him outside, inside the barrier Applebloom was in. He turned back into Nova Shine and teleported everypony into Ponyville, more specifically, Twilight's castle. Knocking on the door frantically, he turned back to Applebloom ,who was currently shaken from the sudden teleportation.

"I need you to tell Twilight that some creature attacked Zecora in her own hut. She had multiple head injuries but I healed her back to what she once before. She needs rest. Twilight knows who I am. Tell her Eric healed her and brought you both here. She will understand." Nova made sure Applebloom got that into her head before teleporting back into the forest. Knowing that the creature was still in the forest, he quickly cast a location spell.

"You won't get away if I can help it..." Eric determinedly thought. He turned back into a human and teleported right in front of the creature. The creature had no time to react before Eric froze the creature completely, only allowing it to move it's mouth to talk. "Get me out of this...!" It said. It wasn't really a scary creature. It was a pony with really really dark features. The horn was crocked up, with a tinge of red on top of it. Eric felt a chill go up his spine and he felt the pony's magic try to escape his hold. It didn't work of course. The magic..felt so wrong.

"Why did you attack Zecora?" Eric said sternly.

"I was ordered to! Now let me go-" Before the pony's heart suddenly stopped for no reason. He didn't do anything. It was like, somebody... took.. his life. He could easily extract information if he was alive though.

"Even if you were a bad person, rest in peace in your next life." Nova said while burying the body. He put a hoof on his chest in a sign of respect. He stood there for a few minutes. Before taking a step back and teleported back into Ponyville, in front of Twilight's castle. Applebloom was gone and a purple barrier was around the castle, blocking anyone to entering. Well, except him.

He teleported a few feet away from Applebloom quietly, undetected. He flinched when he saw Applebloom crying, hugging Twilight while she puts a wing over her smaller body. He took a step forward and softly asked,
"Applebloom, is there anything wrong?"

Both of them jumped in surprise while Twilight immediately puts a barrier around themselves. Once she saw that it was only Nova Shine, she slowly cancelled the spell. Applebloom instantly ran into Nova, hugging him like her life depended on it. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! Thank u for saving her life Nova Shine! I heard from Twilight that if you didnt *sniff* heal her, she wouldn't be here right now...." She wailed as her tears made Nova's fur lump together. Eric stood there, too shocked to react, before returning the hug.
"It's fine Applebloom. Don't worry about it." He said as he softly caressed her back with his hoof. He put up a telepathic route between him and Twilight.

"Twilight, I got the person responsible for Zecora's injuries. However, something killed him before that pony could do anything."

Twilight later responded, "We'll check that out later. Focus on Applebloom first." Eric mentally nodded and turned his attention back to Applebloom. He sat down and put a wing over Applebloom. Covering her completely. He bent his neck to put his head the same eye level as Applebloom and said,"Shh... Applebloom. I'm here."

He gently leaned his forehead on hers. Her soft cries stopped and she sniffed. She looked at Nova and hugged him once more, not allowing him to do anything except accept that she was hugging him.

Twilight smiled softly,watching the scene. "He's not that bad after all..." Twilight thought.

Applebloom soon took a step backwards. Her eyes stained from the tears she shed. Eric nuzzled Applebloom and stood up. "I think you need some rest. Go to one of the rooms in this castle and sleep to your hearts content." Applebloom stared into his skyblue eyes, nodding slowly. She slowly walked out of the room, leaving Twilight and Eric alone.

"You do know that the one who takes care of Applebloom will be mad right? The moon is high in the sky right now."Nova Shine smirked. Twilight giggled. "Don't worry Nova Shine. I told Applejack that she is with me. She did however had a plan in mind for Applebloom when she goes back though..."

"Applebloom and Applejack? Really?" Nova asked.

"They come from the Apple Family. You honestly can't expect them NOT to have that names." Twilight replied. "Now,back to business. Could you bring me to the pony?"
Nova nodded and teleported themselves to where he dug the body. Twilight cringed as she smelled the odor coming from the body. "Could you tell me what exactly happened?" Twilight asked as she cast a spell on the pony's body.

"Well, after I left Zecora with Applebloom in front of your castle, I used a location spell to locate this pony. And when I found him, I held him in place and asked him who sent him. Before he could answer, something killed him." Nova answered.

"That would mean that something didn't want you to know who it was. This pony used Dark Magic. When it comes to Dark Magic, a lot of possibilities open up. Now, all we know is that something out there wants you." Twilight explained.

"Ok." Nova shrugged. "..." Twilight stared at Nova. "Is that all you have to say? Just a 'ok'?" Twilight asked incredulously.

"Yeah. This is a normal thing for me." Nova shrugged once again. "Well..If you're fine with it. I can't do anything. What do you plan to do?" Twilight asked.

"I'll ask the Timberwolves to help me keep track on who enters the forest. I'll put some clones in the forest and Ponyville. Better be safe than sorry. If it happened in the forest, it can happen in Ponyville."Nova told her.

"Good idea. I'll help out to keep an eye out for suspicious activity. Could you tell me where you live?" Twilight asked while getting ready to teleport them back to her castle.
"Oh? Just so you can sneak into my house and do who knows what to me?" Nova teased.

Twilight blushed at the thought. "Of course not! I just want to teleport you home!"

Nova laughed and put a wing over Twilight's back, causing her to blush even more. "Come on. Let's get out of this forest." Nova's horn lit up as he teleported themselves back into Ponyville. "I live in the forest. I was already home. But you being there made it so much better." Nova whispered into her ear as he took a step back. Twilight's entire body froze up when Nova's hot breath came in contact with her ear. Her entire face was red. Nova winked as he teleported back into the forest, leaving a note behind.

Twilight used her magic to pick up the note to read it. Only for her to somehow blush even more after reading it.

"Oh.. You sly pony Nova Shine..." Twilight smirked. She took the note with her into the castle, ready for a good night sleep. Nova looked at Twilight walking into her castle, snickering as he saw Twilight's reaction to his note. And what was in the note? Stayed between them. Nova Shine turned back into a human and just enjoyed being 2 legged for awhile.

Deciding that he wasn't done for the night and was going to do a full nighter like he once did many times before, he decided to say hello to dear Fluttershy.

He softly smiled as he floated to Fluttershy's cottage. Enjoying the cold breeze that passes by, he closed his eyes and took a calming, deep breath in. Opening his eyes, he said,"Are you the one Fluttershy talked about? Discord... Right?"

The nearby butterfly suddenly turned into a flash of light and turned into a....Honestly, the best description Eric could give was that he looked like a piece-together toy gone wrong. "Oh! You must be dear Eric that Fluttershy talked about!"
Eric stared at Discord, whose smirk on his face disappeared. Eric closed his eyes and made himself the same height as Discord. They both continued to stare at each other. Eric lifted his arm into a fist, Discord following the same.

They brofisted. Instantly, Discord and Eric fell onto the ground laughing hysterically. "WOW! I HAD NEVER LAUGHED that hard in decades!" Discord exclaimed. "Seems like we have come into a agreement. Shall we?" Eric smirked. Discord returned the smirk and snapped his lions paw. They both appeared in front of their dear Fluttershy's cottage. They both turned into rabbits, each having a feather in their hands. "Will you do the honour Eric?" Discord said. "I'll love too," Eric responded.

Eric, in his cute little bunny form, knocked on the door. "Who's there...?" They both heard a voice inside. Slowly, the door opened to show a yellow pegasus. However, the moment she opened the door, the 2 rabbits in disguise took their chance and pounced. They landed on Fluttershy's back and used their feathers to tickle her belly. "Haha! Stop it! Boys please! I'm going to pee!" Fluttershy laughed out. Eric and Discord flashed and turned back into their original forms, only Eric was still the same height as Discord.

Eric held a fist up, Discord responding with his own fist and fistbumping. "Have fun with Fluttershy!" Discord snickered before teleporting away. Leaving Eric to Fluttershy's mercy. Eric turned back into Nova Shine and slowly trotted to Fluttershy, who was panting on the ground. Nova sat down and put a wing over Fluttershy, letting her catch her breath. "Flutters...Breath..." Nova gently said to Fluttershy. Fluttershy would have blushed a little if not for her need for air. Nova stayed with her until she finally stopped panting. Fluttershy leaned into Nova's chest. "T-thanks Nova Shine..." She muttered.

Nova smiled back and closed his eyes,"Your welcome Flutters. Your welcome." This moment was however ruined by a rainbow coloured maned pony coming in from the front door like it was her home. "Hi Fluttershy! I just wanted to-" Rainbow looked at the scene. A dark blue stallion was hugging Fluttershy...

Nova, however, smirked at Rainbow Dash and put a hoof to his mouth, asking her to be quiet. Rainbow's cheeks turned pink as she slowly stepped out of the cottage. Leaving Nova to his own devices. Snickering quietly, he apologized to Fluttershy. "I'm sorry Flutters. Discord and I just wanted to..." Nova's irises slowly went downwards. Noticing that Fluttershy's chest was at a steady, but slow pace. He gently lifted her up and put her on the couch. "Goodnight Flutters..." Nova whispered as he teleported out of the cottage, switching off all the lights.

"I guess I'll just stay here..."Nova said as he trotted in Ponyville's park. He went onto a bench nearby, put a barrier on himself for safety reasons and slowly dozed off into the dream realm.

In Canterlot..

Luna stood in the balcony of her private chambers. Quietly observing the place that her sister built over the thousand years she had been away. Seeing that nothing was out of shape, she muttered quietly into the darkness of her room,"Go protect my ponies if the need arises." A armoured bat pony came out of the shadows and bowed,"As you wish your highness." The bat pony went back into the shadows and disappeared completely.

Luna closed her eyes and entered the dream realm, the only realm she really feels like she has total control of. She floated around, millions of stars decorate the surroundings, millions of doors everywhere around her, with different coloured glows around the doors. She carefully looked around, making sure she doesn't miss a black glow. Her eye's widened when she saw a new door she had never seen before. The colour showed her it was fine to enter it, and so she did.

In the dream, there was a dark blue alicorn just sitting on the ground, surrounded by a city she had never seen before and random objects. Staring at the random objects he had created, he spoke, "Why are you here?" He turned and flew to Luna. "I didn't summon you, so why is this pony here?" Nova put a hoof on his face.

"I am not a dream, dear pony. I am the Princess of the Night, Princess Luna Selene. You shall call me Princess Luna. Surely, you have heard of me before?" Luna asked with her brows raised.

Nova shook his head."In fact, I didn't. I'm not a real pony Princess Selene."

Luna's eyes flashed white before she shouted,"YOU DARE CALL ME PRINCESS SELENE?!"

"In fact I do. I see no reason to call you Princess Luna when I am not from your country."Nova spoke.

Luna stared at the blue alicorn and smiled. "Nice to meet your acquaintance. I have not come across a pony so daring ever since I came back. It's quite boring to say the least."

Nova smiled back. This was going to be much more fun with her around.

Princess Twilight Sparkle

Nova laughed at Luna's joke. "Oh WOW! Then what did he do next?"

"He stared at me as if I was a earth pony saying I could fly and literally asked,"Aren't you Princess Celestia? You have a horn and wings and everything." Before he realized I was blue and not white and fainted." Luna snickered. Recalling the memory a few years ago when she wasn't commonly known, a drunk stallion had stumbled across her when she was walking through Canterlot at night.

"Aren't we around the same colour though? I'm just a darker blue fur but a lighter mane colour." Nova asked.

"Yea, that's right. I was wondering why you chose blue out of all colours." Luna's eyes widened. "Not that I don't like it! You told me you were a human-"

"It's fine Luna. I chose blue because it's one of my most favourite colours. My mana colour is blue. I like to think that blue symbolizes a ocean that never ends, meaning that we have endless possibilities in life to take, but can't see." Nova looked up into the sky. "It's nice to see another pony that is blue." Nova looked back at her and put a wing over her. Luna puffed out of one her cheeks.

"Well, It's certainly nice to meet you too." Nova laughed, and a sly smile soon settled on his face.

He summoned a human dildo in front of her and just stared at her, waiting for a reaction.

"What is this?" Luna asked while poking it. She wasn't stupid. She knew it looked like a dildo, but just didn't think Nova had it in him to summon a dildo in front of her.

"You can keep it." Nova tried to say without laughing.

".....This isn't a dildo....right?" Luna slowly asked.

"...Aw! Look at the time. Gotta go! I'm waking up now. BYE!" Nova quickly made himself wake up before Luna forced him to stay here.

But it was too late.

Luna instantly covered Nova with her magic and pounced on him. Luna smirked ,"Trying to get away? Well, even if I think it's funny, doesn't mean I won't retaliate."

Luna slowly whispered into his ear."If you want dirty,I'll play dirty."

She nipped on his ear and slowly traced her hoof down his stomach suggestively. Nova's eyes widened. He smirked and did something Luna didn't expect. He kissed her. Using her shock to his advantage, he made himself wake up while leaving a note, saying,"I enjoyed the time we had immensely. But next time... play with someone your own size. :)"

Luna slowly got up and read the note. Deciding right then and there that Nova Shine was too interesting not to visit tomorrow night. She felt like she was a filly again when she was around him. Luna got out of the dream realm and realized one tiny problem. She didn't know where Nova Shine lived. She wasn't her sister. She was not going to use her precious sleep just to find out where he lived. She groaned loudly. "I'll get you next time Nova Shine... but now, I'll need some of my precious sleep."

Meanwhile on the bench in Ponyville park...

Nova Shine's eyes slammed open as he panted for breath. "That... was certainly an interesting...dream.." He closed his eyes and stretched his stiff limbs. "That feels great.." He carefully got off the bench, yawning. He turned to purple alicorn a few feet away and said, "You know if you took a picture it would last longer." He smiled as he got a giggle.
"Well, it wouldn't be as authentic as seeing it in real life would it?" Twilight replied.

Nova laughed,"Yeah, it wouldn't. So, why did you find me for? You aren't the type to just find people for no reason."

"It's ponies and not people Eric. And for why I am here...I've been received reports of a dark blue alicorn sleeping on a bench. In the PARK. Alicorns aren't common, all of the alicorns in the land are royalty. When one sees a alicorn, randomly appearing and sleeping on a bench of all places in PONYVILLE. Yeah. I get news of it. I'm in charge of Ponyville anyways." Twilight spread her wings when she mentioned alicorns.

"Couldn't you transform into a bird and sleep in tree or something? You could have asked me you know. I would have let you stay in the castle."

"And let you stare at me while I sleep? Never." Nova retaliated. Twilight's cheeks turned red,"I wouldn't do that!"

"Yeah sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night." Nova snickered behind a hoof.

"Jeez, you won't stop teasing me would you? Not even counting the fact that I'm a princess too. I could put you in the royal dungeons for being rude to me." The scary part was that Twilight had a evil glint in her eye while she said that.

Nova turned around to face her,"I trust you enough that you wouldn't do that Twilight." Nova softly said. Twilight smiled.
"I would however just mess with you enough to get me a day in the dungeons to see what you would do to me while I sleep..."

Twilight lightly hit him and laughed. "You sly pony Eric. You're lucky I trust you that you won't do something out of the line ." Twilight winked and slowly walked towards Nova Shine and whispered into his ear,"I would strap you down and do whatever I wanted with you."

Twilight spread her wings, smacking Nova's head in the process ,"Come on! Follow me!"

Nova froze. "Oh two can play at that game Twilight..." Nova still didn't know how to fly in his alicorn form, so he transformed back into a human. He bent his legs, surrounded himself in his magic and flew full speed into Twilight's mane. Twilight looked back, noticing that the blue alicorn had disappeared. Her flying came to a halt. "Where did he go?"

Eric snickered and pulled onto her hair as hard as he could. "Eep!" Eric laughed. He hasn't even gotten to the good part yet. He put an illusion on himself and teleported.... right on Twilight's muzzle. Twilight screamed and flew full speed forward, not caring for anything except ridding the horrid thing off her muzzle. The thing was, the 'thing' that was on Twilight's muzzle was an insect, a very very creepy insect called.....

A cockroach. A adult, horrific, abominable COCKROACH.

He held onto her as hard as he could, which was a hard thing to do when you're laughing your ass off

"GET. OFF. ME!!" Twilight screamed. The ponies in Ponyville only saw a purple, sparkly trail of light as she flew past them. Rainbow Dash was one of them though, and she recognized that purple trail anywhere. She easily flew to Twilight and held onto her before she flew into anything.

"Hey! Slow down Twi! What's wrong? Is something attacking Ponyvil-" Rainbow asked before she was interrupted by Twilight's scream. "Get this thing off me!"

Rainbow looked at what she was so scared of. And there he was, the same human that rescued her laughing like it was the only thing he could do in life, on Twilight's muzzle. "Twi, it's just Eric."

Twilight slowly stopped squirming and opened her eyes. Slowly, tears started rolling down her cheeks as she took Eric and swinged him off her. Eric easily caught himself and turned back into Nova Shine. Seeing the tears rolling down her cheeks, he felt like shit. Rainbow saw the glint in her eye before she cried though. He put his wing over the sobbing Twilight and softly said,"Sorry Twilight..I didn't know you were so scared of cockroaches...Let me make it up to you. You...uh... can make me do whatever you want."

"Oh really?" Twilight said smugly and she wiped her tears off easily.

"That son of a bitch..She faked her tears." Nova thought as he glared at Twilight. "Well, since you volunteered so easily, I want you to be my pet for a week. Treat this as payback for every single time you teased me." Twilight smirked. Rainbow hugged her stomach as she laughed heartily. "Oh Twilight, I pity him now." Rainbow said inbetween gasps.

"Oh don't worry Rainbow. I'll go easy on him." Twilight glanced at Nova, who was currently smiling at her.

"Don't worry Rainbow Dash... I'll be sure to be extra gentle with her in bed..." Nova said as he stared into Twilight's eyes. Rainbow's eyes widened as she laughed even harder. "HAHAHAHAHA OH CELESTIA MY STOMACH" Twilight sighed as she gave up. Nova decided to fuck with Twilight even more and whispered into Twilight's ear. "I'll go even harder if you ask me to." Twilight blushed as she imagined her and him... Twilight's wings spread open quickly, making Nova smirk and Rainbow laugh even harder, somehow. "Twilight.. You got a.... HAHA OH CELESTIA I CAN'T BREATHE!"

Nova nipped her ear, making Twilight feel shocks up her spine. She bit her lip as she moaned quietly. "I'm up for anything you want...I'm your pet aren't I?"

Twilight shivered. "Well, I need to meet Discord and beat his ass. See ya later girls." Nova waved a hoof as he left a panting purple alicorn and a laughing pegasus to their devices. Rainbow continued laughing while Twilight tried to calm down. "Ughh.... my wings feel so uncomfortable!" Twilight tried to move her stiff wings to no avail.

"Wow Twi! I didn't know you liked him this much!" Rainbow wiped the tears out of her eyes.

"I just needed to know if he was safe enough to be in Ponyville..." Twilight grumbled.

"Com'on. Take a deep breath and close your eyes." Rainbow touched Twilight's stiff wings. Twilight cleared her mind and followed her instructions. Her wings gradually folded back. She sighed. "Thanks Rainbow."

"No problem Twi." Rainbow smirked. Twilight groaned."I'm not going to hear the end of this am I?"

"Nope."

Meanwhile with Eric...

Nova teleported near the banks of Everfree forest. He fell down the moment he's legs touched the ground.
"HAHAHAHA! OH GOD. HER FACE!" In the middle of his laughing, he had transformed back into a human. Clutching his stomach, he continued to laugh hysterically. He's entire face suddenly hardened when he felt that he was being teleported by someone. He let himself be teleported as the spell was too deep to be able to intercept with complete safety. Unable to sense where he is, he tried looking around for any life.

"Hello?" Eric took a step forward before realizing something was restricting his movement.

"Hello, Navadia's chosen." A voice, again, comes out from no where.

'What's with the voices coming out of nowhere? Can't they show themselves for once?'

"Why did you teleport me here?!" Eric lividly said. He never liked being teleported by force after the incident he has with another mage.

"Just wanted to chat. Oh! Where are my manners? I'm the Creator but just call me Creator. As my name implies, I am the one who created everything. Even Anubusious, or Navadia as you call him. I'm sure he warned you about the evils that will plague the forsaken world of animals? You have noticed that that world is oddly peaceful and harmonious didn't you? "

Eric slowly nodded in head.

"It almost felt wrong." Eric replied.

The voice laughed back in return. "Let me get to the point. I like the fun in games, the thrill in a race, those type of things. But, it gets boring sometimes when you play it over and over and over again doesn't it?"
"Now, Navadia always made things fun for me, one of the main reasons I kept him for so long honestly. He was always the odd one out for all the useless beings I made in my life. Anyways, he asked you to protect that world of ponies didn't he? I have a better deal for you..."

"I can make you go to another timeline, where your world is still in tact. You could meet your family, friends, lovers, again. But, you will not have any memory of anything of this world. The other option is join me, which I doubt you would willingly.

Eric remained silent throughout the voice's speech with a glare on his face.

"...I won't go back. I made a promis-"

"The so called promise you made to Navadia would be void immediately if you accept my offer. Now, quickly choose before I decide not to be merciful." The voice slowly became more impatient.

Eric thought long and hard. He could go back to his family, or he could continue protecting Equus.

'Fuck it'

"I'll have to choose to protect Equus. I have something to fight for right now. Going back in time will eventually cause the timeline to have 2 Eric's. Even if I may die, I die knowing that I tried holding my end of the deal with Navadia."

The voice didn't reply. Eric almost thought the voice was gone before the voice laughed wickedly.

"Oh.. Anubusious always made things fun or me... I never regretted making him. "

"Well, looks like our time here is up. Be aware that those 'evils' Navadia mentioned are going to start anytime soon." The voice laughed as Eric felt himself be teleported away from the location he was in.

'He certainly felt strong... Even stronger than me and Navadia combined..'

Eric was blinded by the sudden change of brightness and squinted his eyes. He looked around and noticed, he was in the exact same spot he was in before he was teleported. Deciding that the warning was indeed true, he smiled. He hasn't gone in a battle in a very long time...

He's head shot up as he remembered who he was looking for before he was rudely interrupted by someone. He teleported in front of Discord.

'Payback time bitch.'

He turned into a huge demon-like creature. It had sharp horns, black scales, 3 pairs of arms and 6 legs, not a single limb he had was the same. Discord's eyes shot opened at the humongous, monstrous creature.

"Disappear now. Please..." Discord said, surprisingly timidly. He's entire body curved like a snake.

Eric took a few steps forward, taking a attack position. Discord snapped his lion's paw. Eric surprisingly felt a weird, type of magic cover him but it didn't do anything except make him sneeze. Discord looked beyond frightened now. Deciding that he had crossed a line, Eric turned back into a human with the same height as Discord. "Discord, you ok?"
Eric waved his hand in front of Discord's eyes, which turned into slits when he had turned into that monster. It looked like he was reliving something. "Discord...Com'on." He softly patted Discord's face.

Eric saw something he definitely won't forget anytime soon. He saw Discord's eyes turn black, with white slits. His two horns turning into something unrecognised, his entire snake-like body turning even longer, his paws... oh his paws. His paws exploded and grew tentacle like arms, with holes in them. Eric, alarmed, did a magic check on Discord. Only to find out that it was the same magic he felt when someone teleported him moments ago. He immediately teleported a few metres back.

He was considered himself lucky to do that. Right after he teleported, Discord slashed the spot where he had been with his tentacle like arms. They looked extremely sharp and versatile. 'Gotta becareful of that.'

Eric boosted his speed up by a few notches and decided it wasn't a good time to fight with Discord. He set up a telepathic route between him and Twilight,"Eric? Is that yo-"

"Twilight. You need to come here NOW. Put a barrier up with it too."

Sensing that something was wrong, she located him and teleported by his side with a barrier around her. She gasped in shock as she noticed the creature that used to be Discord.

"What is that?

Eric and Twilight dodged out of the way as the creature moved in a flash, right in front of them.

"I was playing a prank on Discord, when he turned into this. It wasn't his doing though. It was someone elses. That someone warned me about it before all of this. " Eric scowled as he gave up and put a strong, magic-immune barrier around the creature.
"That should give us enough time to talk."

Twilight swiftly turned to Eric, whom she had to look up to. "I did a magic check on him. He was certainly like you said, turned into this by force. He isn't even using his full power Eric. What do we do with him now? He targets anybody with a magical signature. Everypony has one."

"We'll make him temporarily immobilized so he can't hurt anybody. We'll see if there's anyway to turn him back. "

"Eric. There is no way to turn him back. I've been studying magic since I was little filly. He is permanently turned into this creature. He's entire biogenetic was changed, his DNA, his bones, blood, magic-"

"Just watch and learn Twilight. My magic is more versatile than yours." Eric's eyes glowed intensely as he put his hand out. Runes, upon runes appeared around his hand. The further he got into his spell, the more complex the runes started to appear. The creature started to struggle more too. Twilight's eyes widened at the complex runes. 'That's got to be a class above SS class..'

Eric's eyes glowed entirely blue. "καθαρίζω!" A beam of pure white hit the creature.

The horrid creature just continued to struggle even harder than before. The beam of white went into the creature. Eric concentrated as he controlled the beam inside of it. He started with the core of the very being. He purified the core, it's blood, DNA, even the magic. Twilight took a step back from the SS Class magic she had just seen. Not even Princess Celestia or Luna could do SS Class that easily! Twilight watched as the creature slowly became more recognizable.

Eric cancelled the barrier he put around Discord,"Discord, are you ok?"

"I feel like I got stamped on all of Flutter's animals..." Discord mumbled as he lied down on the floor.

"Before you pass out, I need you to answer this question. What did you feel five minutes ago?"

"I felt something takeover my body. Feels... embarrassing for a thousands of years old creature like me... to be... taken.. over so... easily..." Discord passed out.

"He'll be out for awhile. I had to use some of his energy to purify him. Twilight..? Could you do me a favour? Please bring me and Discord back.. to.. the castle..." Eric fell down, a purple aura covering him before he hit the ground.

"What am I going to do with you..." Twilight carried Eric and Discord easily and teleported them to her castle, specifically, one of her visitor's rooms.

Twilight took a piece of cloth and a pillow to make a bed for the now tiny Eric while she placed Discord on the bed. It was tempting to join them, even if the sun was still high up in the sky. She shook her head. 'I need to concentrate. I need to alert Celestia.'

She sighed as she concentrated on the marker she had put in the throne room for emergencies. Teleporting, she made herself presentable. Her mane had strains of hair sticking out of it. Her feathers were ruffled and so was her fur.

"Princess Celestia? Sorry for interrupting. I need to tell you something." Twilight looked up at Celestia, who was sitting on the throne, doing absolutely nothing except looking bored out of her mind. Ignoring the surprised gazes of the guards, she continued,"Privately please."

The guards took their cue and saluted, walking in sync out of the room.

"Thank you Twilight. It was getting boring. Now, what is it that disturbs you?" Celestia came down from her throne and nuzzled Twilight.

Twilight averted her gaze as she sheepishly puts a hoof behind her head.
"Hehe... About that...Someone took over Discord and made him a monster..." Twilight sheepishly said quickly.

Celestia's wings flared out,"What?!"

Twilight held her hooves up. "Let me explain the entire story. Eric told me he was playing a prank on him when Discord turned into this...monster. Discord had an entirely new body,magic, DNA... Everything was different. The conclusion of what happened in the end was that, after Eric put a VERY strong barrier around Discord, he kind of...cured him. Even though Discord was an entirely new creature." Twilight explained.

You could practically see the problems and solutions that was going through Celestia's mind. She stood absolutely still as she processed this information.
'It would've taken a very strong magick for somepony to cure a entirely new creature so easily... How strong is Eric?'

"Eric passed out and asked me to bring him and Discord back to my castle. Now I'm here. I... don't know what to do. The something that transformed Discord would be even stronger than Discord. Even if Eric managed to heal Discord back, there's no-" Twilight stopped as both of them felt a surge of extremely strong magic in Ponyville.

"That's Eric's magic. That can't be a good sign..." Twilight anxiously said. Celestia nodded in return. Celestia effortlessly located Eric and teleported both of them a few ways away from him. Celestia and Twilight immediately felt the extreme pressure in the air around them. Looking around for the cause, they spotted the Eric, who was back to Discord's height, in a attack position in front of a monstrous, extremely dangerous creature. Twilight's ears immediately bended backwards.
"That's what Discord turned into?" Celestia's eyes widened.

Twilight nodded. Eric tensed up and both of them disappeared. Surprised by the sheer speed, Celestia took a step back. Eric and Discord clashed in the middle of the room. Eric summoned a small pocket knife from his inventory and stood still. Using his free hand, he thrust it forward. Dark blue chains appeared around the creature, restricting it's movement. Twilight's observant eyes saw that Eric's knife glowed the same white glow as when he purified Discord. The knife seemed to suck in the white glow, before being thrust into Discord.

Discord's entire body froze as the knife seemingly entered his body. The reaction, as always, was slow. But if you looked closely, you would notice the black skin of the creature was slowly turning back to the same brown that it was suppose to be. The limbs seemed to harden and crack off, going back to the lion paws and eagle claw.

Eric spoke,"That should keep Discord from being transformed back into that monster. The knife will forever be in him until I take it out. I cast a spell on the knife. It should protect Discord from being so easily transformed into that monster."

"Ugh...Is it gone now?" Discord asked from the ground.

"Yep. You're free now Discord." Eric told him before helping Discord stand up. Discord snapped his fingers to float, only for him to continue being carried by Eric.

"Sorry Discord. The knife I put in you won't allow you to use your magic for awhile. Give it a week." Eric apologized.

"I don't think I can go that long without magic, but if that helps me not transform into that monster, I'll do it." Discord grudgingly said. Eric placed Discord back onto the bed. "Go rest."

Eric sighed as he transformed back into Nova Shine. Turning to the flabbergasted alicorns, "Com'on. Let's talk somewhere else."

Nova Shine walked out of the room, the 2 alicorns following him. Nova sat down on the couch while the 2 alicorns sat in front of him. "What are the questions going through your mind ladies?"

Celestia shook out of her shock, "How are you so strong?"

Nova sighed in exhaustion and replied, "Seems simple enough. I trained for all my life. The simple difference between your magic and mine is that my magic is more flexible than yours. I can do anything with it. As long I know what I'm doing, I can do anything with my magic."

Celestia's mouth opened, before it closed back up. Twilight raised up a hoof. Nova nodded.

"How much mana do you actually have? You've been doing so much mana-straining spells today, and you don't even looked fazed." Twilight couldn't imagine doing all this spells in one day. The most she could do was 3 per day. Maximum.

"Do you ponies actually have a unit of measurement for mana?"

Twilight nodded. "A average earth pony stallion has 1 thousand mm. Alicorns like us have around 5 thousand mm. I have 3.5-8 thousand mm, Celestia has 10 thousand while Luna has 8 thousand mm."

Nova thought as he put a hoof to his chin.
"Hm...I'll have to say I have around 47- 50 times more than the ponies you just said combined..." Nova shrugged.

Celestia's and Twilight's eyes and wings slammed open immediately out of surprise. "That's around 1.2 MILLION mm!!" Twilight calculated quickly. Celestia was more surprised that she was surprised. Being 3 thousand years old makes you almost immune to surprises. 'I haven't met a being with so much mana in such a long time... Not since Starswirl... but he didn't even have this much mm..!'

"That aside, where's Selene? Isn't she a Princess too?" Nova asked.

Too surprised by his strength to care, Twilight responded, "She's sleeping right now. She isn't awake during the day."

"So she's nocturnal?"

Twilight nodded. "Do you know the creature who turned Discord into..that monster?"

Nova paused before he nodded. "I was forcefully teleported by that someone to a place I have no idea where it was. He... warned me about the dangers as if he was the one who caused it. Further more, he is atleast 10 times stronger than me."

Twilight's eyes widened again. Eric was strong enough. The mm he had was enough to tell. Now he's saying that the creature attacking them was 10 times or more stronger than him?
"....How are we going to stop him?" Twilight asked, her mane and fur more ruffled than ever.

Nova lied down on the couch. "Honestly? The only thing we can do is stop whatever he sends at us. I was sent here to protect you ponies. I made a promise to do that. I'll make sure I'll hold my end of my deal even it kills me." Nova rested his head on his hooves as he closed his eyes.

After a few moments of shock by what he said, Celestia decided.Standing up,she spoke, "On the power of me, I hereby announce you as a Equestrain." Nova shot up so quickly from the couch that it scared Twilight. Nova stared directly into Celestia's eyes. "...What.." For the first time since they met him, tears started to go down his face. Nova laughed.

"...Why are you crying..?" Celestia asked the million dollar question.

"Why? It's because this is the first time I get accept by society. The first time anyone except my wife accept me for what I am. She was one person. I was forever grateful to her, but you are the Princess of a Kingdom." Nova explained as he continued to laugh with more tears flowing down his face.

Twilight was rendered speechless. How could he NOT be accepted by his society? It must have been hard to only be accept by one person. Nova stood in front of Celestia for a moment and bowed. "I'll forever protect the creatures of this world. Til the day I die."

Celestia bowed back and hugged him with a wing, surprising Twilight as Celestia never hugs anybody... Unless they were special enough to her. I guess Nova is a exception.

Nova hugged back even tighter. "Thank you." Nova muttered out so softly that if Twilight wasn't paying attention, she wouldn't have heard it.

"You're welcome." Celestia replied.

Nova sharply turned to the ant nearby and a beam of light flashed from his horn, nearly hitting Celestia from how near the ant was from her. The beam of light hit the ant and killed it,leaving only ash on the floor.

"Why..?" Twilight turned to ask him.

"That ant was not an ordinary ant. It was a spy for the Creator, the someone that is attacking us." Nova glared at the spot where the ant used to be. He smirked. "I killed it in a way that the Creator would have felt something. But that's all I can do."

"... That just made me so conscious of all the animals near me." Twilight said while carefully looking around.

"...I'm not going to ask how you knew that. I'm done with surprises today. You're strong." Celestia muttered out under her breath.

Nova looked around, trying to sense any magical signature that wasn't suppose to be there. Killing the nearby lizard a few metres away that has been slowly walking towards them, he said, "Be careful of what you talk about anywhere."
Nova set up a telepathic route between all of them. "Talk here if you ever want to tell someone something privately."

Celestia and Twilight stared at each other. Both accepting something that has been showing up constantly.

Nova is a lot stronger and smarter than them.

Author's Note

Enjoy the story and comment down if there's any mistakes or errors ;)

Can't I have a normal day for once?

Nova sighed as he killed a spider nearby. "Seriously.. Is he just messing with me on purpose? Why the heck does he need so many spys? I killed about 200 in the last one hour." He looked over to his left, a blue furred pony with a rainbow maned hovering over him lazily. "I thought you said we were going to kick butt. Not kill insects." Rainbow huffed.

"Well, what do u suggest we do?" Nova looked back at her.

Rainbow smirked,"A race."

Sighing, he asked, "So.. you wanna race? Where do we start?"

Immediately perking up, her eyes had her usual violet energetic shine in them. She turned herself upright. "Well, DUH! I've been itching for a fast flyer to race with for the past month! You're an alicorn. Alicorns have a lot of potential to fly fast because of their powerful wings."

Nova smiled. She didn't know he couldn't fly. "Well, before we start, how do wings even work anyways? I'm still new to this world."

She replied proudly with her knowledge on pegasi,"Well, it might look like flapping to earth ponies and unicorns, but it ain't that simple. We need to use our pegasi magic to fly." Demonstrating, she flapped once, lifting her entire body up in one shot. "The more magic we use, the more faster we are. The Wonderbolts have trained all their lifes. They have about 3 times of pegasi magic than average of ponies. That's how they fly so fast and long without getting tired."

Nova hummed. "So it wasn't so simple after all..." Nova flapped his wings experimentally. Instantly soaring off the ground, he smirked. "I barely even used magic in that one flap..."

Soaring into the sky like a bullet, he laughed. Rainbow smirked at the speed of which he went up.
"Oh...He'll be a fun one to have around...unlike the previous stallions who entered Ponyville." Rainbow huffed.

"Now THAT'S the speed I'm talking about! Com'on! I'll race ya to the Everfree Forest. No cheating with magic." Rainbow warned. She wouldn't even say 'No cheating with magic' when racing, but she was challenging a ALICORN.

Nova nodded and got ready. "Let's see how fast these babies can go..."

"Ready..."
"Set... "
'GO!" Nova put all his magic into his wings and flapped them exactly three times.

Rainbow had the early start as always. She competed in enough races to know exactly when she needed to start flapping or even better, start coursing her pegasi magic in her wings. Coincidentally, the place where they started was a straight path directly to the Everfree forest. Reaching the Everfree and seeing no sign of the black-blue alicorn, she smirked.
"And here I thought that alicorns could be fast..."

"Well, I guess I win." Rainbow said to herself while she landed onto the ground softly.

"Guess again." Rainbow heard Nova's deep voice to her left.

Rainbow's entire neck snapped towards the new apparent alicorn chilling on the ground a few metres away, as if he just took a nap while waiting for her.

"There was no way you came here before me. I didn't even see you when I was coming here! Did you cheat?" Rainbow accused.

Nova shook his head,"1.5 seconds after you said start, I was already here. I didn't use magic. I just 'flapped' my wings. Nova laughed.

Rainbow merely stared at the now smug alicorn sitting on the grass as if he owned the bucking grass.
She held a hoof up slowly. "Lemme just...check the area for any alicorn or unicorn magic before I do anything rash."

Rainbow opened her magic sensitive wings and walked around Nova. Using her wings like a sensor, she didn't feel a trace of unicorn or alicorn magic. She would know. She spent enough time with Twilight as it is to know what magic feels like.

Rainbow sat down and rubbed her temples with her hooves.
"So.. you flew. Around 2km. In less than 2 seconds?"

Nova shrugged. It didn't faze him when he had already traveled thousands of miles in a few days.

"Well... I guess you win fair and square. Congratulations! You are the first one to say you have beaten me in a race." Rainbow said while she held a hoof up.

"It was a nice race." Nova hit Rainbow's hoof with his own. Standing up, he stretched his wings. Rainbow's eyes lingered on his wings. "His wings are huge.."

"Well, I'm just going to fly around for awhile. Sorry for keeping you busy. Cya!" Nova opened his wings and disappeared. Rainbow's eyes widened before she rubbed her eyes, not believing what she had just seen. If anyone were to look at her at that moment, they would have said she looked like sitting duck.

"Did...Did he just disappear...? ...what..." Rainbow's brain was officially not working. She could not imagine the amount of pegasi magic he had. . She had enough for flying long distances at a fast speed, but this? This was just incredible. She had not even seen Twilight fly this fast, even with the other Princesses magic.

But he? He just opened his wings and disappeared as if he teleported, no. Even worse than teleported. She had seen multiple times in her life that it would have taken at least a few seconds to teleport.

"Oh my Celestia.. The headache it's gonna cost me just thinking about how he went that fast..." Rainbow groaned.

Meanwhile with Nova Shine...

Nova smiled gratefully at the wind that was flowing past his body. It was never this satisfying when he was Eric. Gliding across the sky, he felt his sensitive feathers glide through the wind satisfyingly. Landing in front of a castle, specifically, Twilight Sparkle's castle, he knocked the door in a uncontrollable annoying way.

"I'M Coming! WAIT!" He heard a male voice from inside.

The door opened, showing a small bipedal dragon in front of him. The eyes of the dragon turned into slits the very moment the dragon saw him though. Nova stood there for a few moments, unable to do anything except let the dragon stare at him at point blank range.

"Hey..You ok..?" Nova softly nudged the dragon with his hoof.

"It's exactly what happened when Discord saw that illusion..." he thought.

The dragon however still didn't move nor budge. His instincts made him take a few steps back. Hearing a familiar voice from inside, his ears perked up instinctively. "Spike? What's taking you so long to get the door? Who is it?"

Purple magick surrounded the door before the door was slowly pushed open fully. Seeing the very dark blue alicorn a few metres away from the door for some strange reason, and Spike staring into space as if he looked at Rarity for the first time, she asked,"What happened boys?"

There were a few seconds of awkward silence before Nova obviously responded first,"When this little guy saw me, he just kinda froze there and been like that for a few minutes."

Looking back at Spike, his eyes were still pinpricks. Waving a hoof in front of him, she said, "Hey Spike! You there?"

Receiving no response, she poked him gently. Nova shook his head and sighed. Trying to use his magic, he tried lifting up a stick nearby. The moment he used his magic though, Spike groaned in great pain and dropped onto the ground while clutching his head.

"Spike!" Twilight shouted in surprise. Catching him with her magic, she stared between Nova and Spike. Levitating Spike near Nova, she flinched when Spike groaned in greater pain. "Turn back to a human, please." Twilight ordered.

Nova shrugged and turned back to a human. Spike's eyes turned back to normal. Rubbing his eyes, he groaned.
"Wha..? What happened? I feel like I got hit by Rainbow..." He groggily said before falling asleep.

Twilight tried looking at Eric, he was super tiny. "Does that happen to everyone who isn't a pony?"

Eric shook his head and cast a telepathy spell. "I went to Fluttershy's cottage and all the animals there were perfectly fine. This is the first time..."

Twilight suggested,"I don't think you should go into my castle with a form of an alicorn anymore. Just for the sake of Spike. Anyhow, what are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to check up on Discord." Eric answered.

Twilight smiled. "How thoughtful of you. Follow me."

Eric smiled back and levitated himself onto Twilight's back, surprising her. She didn't mind however, Spike is undoubtedly heavier than him. Eric made himself comfortable on Twilight's back. Her fur was surprisingly soft. Twilight giggled.

"Don't move so much. That's my spine that you're lying down on. It's sensitive."

Of course, Eric didn't listen to her. He moved even more, caressing her back with his thumbs. Twilight giggled before lifting Eric up with her magic. "You do know that I haven't forgotten that you ARE my pet do u?" Twilight asked with an evil smile.

Eric rubbed the back of his head with his hand sheepishly. "Fine, but what do you want, my dear...favourite lavender Princess?"

Twilight sighed. "Just want you to help me check up on Discord. He's been getting depressed lately. He doesn't answer the door whenI knock. Immortal creatures don't necessarily need to eat to survive, so I'm not really worried of him not eating whenever I put food in front of the door and he doesn't touch it. I'm just worried for his sanity."

Eric stared at her before nodding. "Sure. That's what I wanted to do anyways. I'm pretty sure the Creator tried pulling out the knife I put in him, but I really made sure that the knife was there until I said so. It would've made Discord feel like shit."

"Well, you can go check up on him. You know where his room is. I need to take care of Spike and make sure nothing is wrong with him. Thank you Eric." Twilight nodded her head before releasing Eric out of her magic grip. Eric teleported himself into Discord's room. "Hey Discord, ya there bud?"

"...I'm here..."Discord murmured weakly.

"It's going to be fine Discord. Let me just do my thing. Trust me." Eric watched Discord tense up before his eyes lit up with a blue, sapphire aura. Putting a barrier around them, he made sure he would not be disturbed while he cured Discord. He needed a lot of accuracy to do this. One mess up could cost his life or even Discord's.

Closing his eyes, he concentrated on the knife. The magic he had put in the knife was still there and nothing seemed abnormal. Not believing what he had seen, he incased Discord with his purified magic and took out the knife. Discord curled up even more on the bed uncomfortably. Sensing that Creator's magic was nearby, waiting for an opportunity to change Discord, he quickly made haste with his work. Always making sure that Discord was covered with his purified magic, he made his purified magic bend and flex, enabling it to blend in with Discord's core while not affecting his core entirely. Protecting the Lord of Chao's core was hard enough. He needed to ensure Creator wouldn't and couldn't do anything to Discord while his magicks were still in affect.

The Creator's magic was getting more rash too. As if they knew that Discord was going to be protected soon. Eric smiled as he made sure everything else was in check before he released his hold of Discord. He sucked in a breath as he waited for the results. He felt the Creator's magic try to transform Discord into that monster, with no avail. He sighed in relief.

"Yes! It worked! Fuck yea!" Eric celebrated. Discord was knocked out from the magicks playing with his body though. Putting him back in bed comfortably, he cringed as he noticed the foul smell coming off his body. Cancelling the barrier, he stepped out of the room only to see a worried purple alicorn in front of him. "Is he ok? I felt a lot of your magic in there."

Eric nodded. "He's fine. Let him sleep."

Twilight nodded before Eric excused himself and teleported back into his home. Looking around in the dense forest he called home, he sighed peacefully.

"Feels good to be back." Wondering around,he put a barrier around him he looked around the leaves and branches around his small body. Taking a deep breath of his home, his sensitive ears picked up on a shuffle of branches a few ways away, he levitated himself higher and got a closer look.

It was a snake. It was a weird snake. It had a human upper body. It was about the size of a average human. Changing his size to his past height, he approached the human-snake. Hissing in pain, he saw a branch the size of a child stuck in between her scales and bleeding badly. "...Are you ok?" Eric asked.

The creature, whom he decided to call Lemi, looked up to him with her eyes opened wide. Eric slowly stepped closer and whispered softly,"It's fine...Don't be afraid. I'm just here to help you."

Lemi stared back at him, her mouth opening slowly,"That's what they always say."

Sensing the Creator's magic nearby, he couldn't risk scaring the already scared Lemi now. Being careful with his words, he said ,"I won't hurt you. Promise. I just want to heal you." Discreetly putting up his barrier around them, he made sure Lemi couldn't sense it nor see it.

Lemi still stared at him with untrusting eyes. Slowly stretching her tail with the branch in it, she hissed in pain. Eric quickly got to work. Hovering his hand over the branch, he warned, "This is gonna hurt..." He tore a piece of his sweater and handed it over to Lemi. "Bite this."

After the nod of approval from Lemi, he covered the area around the branch with his magic. Starting to heal the wound, he waited for the prefect moment to pull the branch out without too much loss of blood. "....There. It's done." Eric cracked a small smile. Lemi opened her eyes. She didn't feel anything. Looking over to the area, she saw her scales were fine, no branch in sight. Crying out, she said,"Thank you so much! I thought I was a goner..."

Lemi pounced onto him, Eric laid there dumbly, allowing Lemi to snuggle up to him on the floor. Her.... Eric's face lit up bright red. Lemi wasn't stupid though. Lemi giggled at his embarrassment. "Don't you...boys like it?" Lemi asked innocently with a smug smile on her face. Eric stared at her with his sapphire blue eyes for a few moments....Before promptly groping her and smirking back. Lemi yelped at the sudden touch. Eric arched his back a bit. Putting his mouth right next to her.

"You want to play dirty? You got dirty." He whispered huskily into her sharp elf-like ear. Her ear twitched before she slowly used her hand to trail down his chest. Eric smiled, before teleporting out of her hold, which was slowly crushing him. Lemi stared at the now empty space, smiling. "Well, you have passed the test. Men usually for that trick." She stood up with her huge snake tail. Sweeping off the dust and dirt, she looked back at Eric nonchalantly. Eric's eye visibly twitched as he easily raised Lemi up with his magic.

"I don't take kindly to people who try to kill me. Remember that the next time a person saves you." Eric warned with a harsh black-blue aura surrounding him. Lemi wasn't a newbie to threats though.

Lemi smiled her first genuine smile before she bowed, "Thank you for saving me. We shall see if we meet again." Lemi shook herself out of Eric's grip. Surprising Eric as she looked alot more fragile than she was. He had heard of this type of animals. Acting innocent, before promptly killing their victim. Putting a marker on her just incase, he levitated himself to the canopy of the trees. Sitting on one of the thicker branches, he truly relaxed for the first time that day. Breathing out a sigh of relief, he rested his head on the bark of the tree, watching the orange hues of the sunset escape from the horizon.

"No matter how strong I am, I can't choose what I do, where I go, or where I am. It was a perfectly normal day. Nothing was wrong...But I just had to try a teleportation spell. Now I'm here. Separated by my family, never to be seen again by a human. Ponies and other mythical creatures for all I can see. " Eric thought. He closed his eyes, resting for the first time that day.