Chapter 6: The Decision and Questions

Chapter 6: The Decision and Explanations

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=== After a relatively normal lunch at the Hay Café ===

“Hey, Spike, can I see my tickets? I want to see if they explain what the Grand Galloping Gala is,” Spike gets the Tickets and hands them to Michael, Rarity’s eyes widen when she heard Him say ‘Grand Galloping Gala’,

“You have tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?!” Rarity shouts gaining the attention of every other pony in the Hay Café, “Oops...” Their table is quickly surrounded by ponies trying to kiss up to Michael for his extra ticket,

“Quick Rarity, Spike, Let’s get outta here!” The three of them get up, Rarity leaves enough to pay for their food with a generous tip, they squeeze through the crowd and run for the Library. They reach the Library and almost bust the door down entering it. Everypony catches their breaths exhausted from the run, “Man, what’s so special about the Grand Galloping Gala, that everypony in town wants to go to it,” As Michael closes the Library’s blinds and sits on the floor, Rarity sits down at the table, and Spike flops onto the floor on his back,

“I didn’t think those tickets would cause so much chaos,” Spike sits up on his elbows, “I hope Twilight isn’t having the same problems we’re having,” As if on cue Twilight Teleports into the Library also looking exhausted, She looks around the room spotting Michael, Spike, and Rarity,

“You guys also get chased around town for the extra ticket?” Michael nods his head and raises the tickets still in his grasp, “Rarity what are you doing here?” Rarity looks up from the floor,

“I took Them out for lunch as thanks for some gems and the topic came up,” She paused to catch her breath, “And I accidentally shouted about the tickets and,” She looks back at the ground, “We were chased here,” Michael finally stands up and stretches,

“Man these tickets are more of a burden than carrying my Sword and Sheild around everywhere,” He walks over to Twilight and puts his hand on her shoulder, “This day has been exhausting, I’m going to bed,” as he makes his way upstairs he spots the other Girls at the top of the stairs, Michael screams and falls down the stairs uninjured surprisingly,

“Link!” They get down the stairs and check if Michael is ok,

“Girls, what are you doing here?” Rarity asks as they help Michael up off the ground, and Applejack speaks up,

“We’re here to apologize to Twilight for houndin’ her for her extra ticket,” Applejack takes her hat off, “Really Twilight, we’re sorry, We didn’t realize what we were doing until we heard ya’ll talkin’ down here.” Rainbow Steps forward,

“We were about to ask who you decided to give the ticket to when you got home but,” Pinkie steps forward hair slightly deflated,

“When you guys came in and were talking about how the whole town was chasing you about the ticket, we realized we were doing the same thing.” Fluttershy floats forward, “Now we just want to say we’re sorry for what we did and we hope you can forgive us,” Twilight smiles and nods,

“Apology accepted girls,” They all gather into a group hug with Rarity and Spike standing up and joining in, Michael was pulled into the hug by Pinkie as he slowly backed away to check his health meter. After a solemn moment, the hug breaks up, “I’ve made up my mind,” She gets her tickets out and hands them to spike, “Spike, take a letter please,” Spike grabs a piece of parchment and a Quill, “Dear Princess Celestia, I’ve learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there are not enough blessings to go around having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful, so though I appreciate the invitation I will be returning both of my tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala,”

“What!” Her friends shout, causing Michael to cover his ears,

“If my friends can’t all go, I don’t want to go either,” Twilight looks at her friends happily. They all look guilty and saddened,

“Twilight you don’t have to do that,” Applejack says, Twilight, still smiling, shakes her head,

“Nope, I’ve made up my mind,” She looks at Spike, “Spike you can send the letter now,” he goes to a window, opens it, and breaths magical fire sending the letter to Princess Celestia,

“Now you won’t get to go to the gala either,” Fluttershy says as they watch the green smoke fly towards Canterlot,

“It’s ok girls, I couldn’t possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me,” Everypony hugs Twilight again sans Michael who Checked that he in fact didn’t take damage when he fell, “So I would rather not go at all,” after a moment Spike burps up a Letter, “A Letter from the Princess? That was fast,” Spike grabs the Letter and opens it,

“My faithful student Twilight, why didn’t you say so in the first place,” Spike notices 6 tickets at the bottom of the letter, “Look, Six tickets to the gala!” Everypony cheers,

“Now we can all go!” Twilight cheers, Her stomach growls making her chuckle embarrassed, Rarity steps up to her and puts a hand on her shoulder,

“Allow us to treat you to dinner,” They all head out the door grabbing their tickets on the way out the door, “You boys tagging along?” Spike and Michael shake their heads, “Ok, we’ll be back later then,” Rarity closes the door,

“So Spike, want my extra ticket?” Michael asks but before spike could answer he burps up another letter, “Hmm, what could that be,” Spike opens the letter,

“And one for you Spike,” A 7th ticket falls out of the letter which Spike catches, “Huh, I guess you still have an extra ticket then Link,” Michael scratches his chin,

“I guess I’ll hold onto it, for now, you never know, I might actually find someone to give it to,” Michael puts the tickets behind his back under his shield like other times and lets them go, To his surprise, they actually disappear into his invisible inventory, “Alright, Spike I’m going to bed for real, tell the girls if you’re still up when they get back,” Spike nods his head and waves good night.

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=== The Next Morning ===

As the sun raises, Light creeps through the blinds in Michael’s room, when the sunlight hits his eyes he groans and wakes up, “Ugh, damn sun, waking me up from a good dream,” He sits up and rubs his eyes, “Guess I should get up and get this over with,” He hops off his bed and stretches, “Fingers crossed she forgot about what I talked about yesterday,” He walks to his door and opens it, standing in the doorway is Twilight with a creepy smile,

“Finally, I was about to come and wake you up myself,” She’s holding a large notepad and quill, “My friends are already here to listen to what you say about your world,” She grabs his hand and leads him downstairs, “Come on, let’s not waste any more time, I can’t wait to learn about where you come from,” Michael mentally curses but decides not to resist being pulled downstairs. As they reach the ground floor everypony turns to see Twilight dragging Michael down by his hand.

“Good morning darling,” Rarity waves cordially, “I hope Twilight didn’t trouble you too much,” Michael shakes his head as Twilight lets go of his hand and joins the others at the table,

“I actually woke up on my own, she was just at my door when I went to come down here,” Michael stands in the center of the room, and all the girls plus Spike look at him, “Alright...” He crosses his arms and smiles, “What do you want to know?” Twilight instantly raised her hand, as if she was in school, “Twilight, what’s your first question?”

“Ok, Where are you from?” Twilight is writing down notes already, Michael nods and chuckles,

“How did I know you would ask that first, anyway,” He paused to think for a moment, “I am from a planet called Earth, in the Milky Way Galaxy, More specifically the state of Ohio in the United States,” Twilight’s quill is going lightning fast as Rainbow’s hand is raised, “Rainbow, what’s your question?”

“How strong are you?” Rainbow looks as if she’s challenging Michael to an arm-wrestling match, Applejack looks to Rainbow as if she stole her question,

“Well with my [Golden Gauntlets] I can pick up a thick pillar of Granite and chuck it about 10 feet away, but even without them I can push a solid block of concrete four times larger than me with relative ease.” Applejack and Rainbow’s jaws drop, Twilight raises her hand again, “Twilight?”

“What’s it like where you’re from?” and yet another simple fact question from Twilight, Michael thinks of how to word his next response,

“It’s decent where I’m from, some good things, some bad things, but all in all, decent,” Michael explains, “If you don’t count the many travesties that have plagued my people that is,” This piques Twilight’s interest, “My people, which are seven billion-plus, have done some horrible things in the past, War, Genocide, Slavery,” Michael shudders, “I don’t like thinking about it much,” Twilight looks a little guilty but continues writing stuff down, Fluttershy raises her hand,

“What kind of animals live on earth?” Fluttershy whispers audibly, Michael thinks for a moment, “Are there ponies there too?”

“Well technically, but they aren’t sentient, there are no Pegasi, Unicorns, or Alicorns, they’re quadrupeds and about as tall as me without standing on their hind legs,” Michael paused to think again, “Other than that most animals here are also there but not as smart,” Rarity raises her hand,

“What’s the fashion like on Earth? Is it more like what you wear?” Michael shakes his head,

“Fashion on earth is subjective and changes a lot, many centuries ago, what I’m wearing was in style but, now it’s more like casual clothes like basic shirts and pants, yes there is still fancy clothes like suits and dresses for special occasions,” Applejack raises her hand before Twilight could, “Applejack, what’s yer question?”

“What was that instrument that you played when we first met you?” She crosses her arms and tilts her head, Michael reaches under his shield and pulls out the [Ocarina of Time],

“This is the [Ocarina of Time], A magical ocarina that when played can make special things happen,” Twilight’s eyes sparkle with this information, “I will demonstrate its magical abilities,” He puts the ocarina to his lips and plays Epona’s Song, after the melody finishes, A horse neigh can be heard from outside, “Wait, what?” The girls all look toward the Library’s door, Michael walks to the door, puts away the [Ocatina of Time], and opens the door revealing Epona from Ocarina of time.

“Link, who is that?” Twilight says, the girls and spike stand up and walk outside with Michael, “Link?” She calls out to him, but he doesn’t respond, he’s too distracted by Epona standing before him, he walks up to Epona and places a hand on her neck, Fluttershy steps closer to Epona and she looks directly at Fluttershy,

“Hello, my name’s Fluttershy what’s yours?” Michael starts absentmindedly petting Epona, “Ok, I’ll introduce you,” She turns to the others, “This is Epona, Link’s beloved horse, She says she helps him cross far distances with her incredible speed,” Michael backs away from Epona and looks to the others,

“Well, with that out of the way, any more questions?” Twilight raises her hand, Michael nods and points at her,

“How do you summon your items, I’ve seen you pull your Ocarina and that big hammer out of thin air, is it some sort of magic?” Michael thinks a little then nods,

“My items are summoned by my thoughts and a little bit of magic, I think it may be the same type of magic that brought me to this world, Void Magic, a dangerous and also completely safe Magic depending on the user,” He puts his hand under his shield and pulls out the [Fairy Bow], “My Void Magic seems to only summon or store my gear in a sort of pocket dimension for later use, I even put my Gala Tickets in there,” He demonstrates by putting away the bow and grabbing the tickets.

“Wow, I’ve never heard of Void Magic,” Twilight writes in her notepad, “I’d like to test its magical capabilities sometime,” Michael then remembers something,

“Oh I almost forgot about something, Tael,” The others look confused then Tael the Golem Fairy appears next to Michael, “Why don’t you introduce yourself,” She nods and flies toward the others,

“Hello Friends of Michael, My name is Tael, I’m a golem fairy,” She turns to look at Michael, “Michael is my new master after Protective shield gave me to him,” She turns back to the others, “I’m so glad to meet all of you,” They smile and she returns to Michaels side, landing on his shoulder,

“There’s one more thing I have to show you,” He pulls the Howling stone necklace from under his shirt, “This is an artifact that Protective shield gave me, It has Void magic inside and another type of Magic, Twili Magic,” Twilight tilts her head in confusion, “Twili Magic is magic born from Darkness and can turn most people into simple souls on contact, but a select few chosen by the gods of another realm can be changed to an alternate form instead of just a helpless soul,” Twilight’s eyes widen, “Twilight, I would like you to study this objects magic to unlock the ability to harness it’s Twili Magic, but not for evil, I wish to gain my Alternate form.” He raises his sword hand and shows them the Triforce of courage, “I have been given the body and abilities of a Great Hero, Link, Chosen by the gods for his unbreakable courage, This Triangle on my hand is a Triforce piece, the Triforce of Courage in fact,” He lowers his arm, “It shows that I have the gods protection, and the Twili Magic will only change my form, so I’m asking you, Twilight, study this necklace and try to unlock it’s hidden abilities.” Twilight nods confidently, “Thank you, I will be counting on you,” Michael hands her the necklace, “Please be careful with this, Twili Magic is not easy to control, don’t make direct contact with it.” Twilight nods and teleports the Necklace away,

“You can count on me to figure out its secrets Link,” She smiles, He nods and looks to the others,

“So with all that said and done, when’s breakfast, I’m starving.” Everypony rolls their eyes and starts laughing as they re-enter the Library.

End of Chapter!