Screw magical limitations

"Geese, would you stop screaming?"

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"Yes, you're in space on the moon I thought you knew this already?"

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"Impossible? Lady if there's anything I truly learned it's that when it comes to magic nothing's on the table".

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"Lady I can't understand you, try talking in a language we can understand".

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"I'm not being rude!"

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"Ugh fine I'll be a little nicer".

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"Well, maybe it's because we were in the middle of an awesome fight that was interrupted when she decided to show up".

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"You managed to calm her down? Ugh finally! My ears were starting to hurt from all the screaming".

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"Naw it's alright, I have been a bit of a jerk so it's no big deal".

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"Ugh yes, ill apologize, but only if I get to tell the story this time".

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"Oh no, I wasn't talking to you, gramps".

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"Sounds good to me".

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"Alright, alright, you want an explanation? Well I can't answer all your questions, but I can take you back to the very beginning".

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I was around two years old when Shine was born. I say this because I don't have much memory of the event. It wouldn't have mattered that much anyway since my parents were only in the hospital room for about 10 minutes. It turns out that past mistakes left our family with more than a few grudges. Now I don't know all the details and I don't care, but from what I do know one or two ponies outside of the family were involved. Exactly how much is any pony's guess.

Now before I continue I want to make one thing clear.

I'm not shy.

No, not my name the definition.

Let me explain.

You see when my parents named me Shy it was more or so in memory of the once-great element of kindness. It turns out that the yellow-coated pony did them a huge favor back in the day. I think it had something to do with my dad getting accidentally poisoned or something like that.

Anyway like I was saying im not shy, but im not exactly a social pony either.

In other words, I don't exactly go out of my way to make other ponies notice me or anything like that.

You see I have a sort of bubble, and in this bubble, I have my comfort zone. It just so happens that my comfort zone mainly consists of me sticking by myself. Plus I wasn't exactly the type to try to make other ponies happy. Furthermore the times I did try to make friends it ended up backfiring.

Horribly.

Not to say I was bullied. I more or so ended up just calling quits after a few days.

Why?

Because it seemed like so much work towards a pony who could very well decide to ditch me or take my kindness for granted. Plus the idea of having to make a friend then be a friend to his friend and so on was just too stressful, and way outside my comfort zone.

Now I know what you thinking, no I was never once lonely and or depressed at any point in my life before I met Shine.

Why would I be? Because I didn't befriend a random pony? That sounds ridiculous.

Granted life was pretty boring.

Mainly because it was the same thing every day.

Wake up listening to ponies screaming then go to school come back to more screaming eat breakfast and then go to sleep.

That was my life.

Dull, simple, and always the same.

Can't say I hated it, I mean at the time I knew what to expect. You're better off living in a small hole than going out and wasting your time on making yourself seem as big as the world around you. I mean can you imagine taking all that responsibility? It caused me to have nightmares.

In my life, I only ever had to do the bare minimum and I was fine with that.

With that said school life was just as dull.

If you're expecting to hear that I was picked on or anything like that you're tough out of luck. That type of thing only happens in movies where they want you to feel bad for the main character.

No, I wasn't bullied nor made fun of.

I mean sure there were a few exceptions, but what do you expect? Life isn't some perfect fairy tale.

The work was easy, the files and colts were tolerable and the teachers honestly weren't that bad.

Now, my parents....we don't talk about them.

Let's just say work makes them stressed and leave it at that okay?

So yeah my life wasn't anything special.

At least until one day.

You see for some reason, my parents decided that after years apart a family reunion was in order. This alone was a little odd since they don't usually go for that type of thing. Like at all.

Regardless that was the plan.

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The reunion sucked.

Like badly.

Whether it be because of the beef the families shared, or because the food wasn't exactly the best in terms of taste. Regardless tension was felt on both sides.

Can't say I was all that surprised.

The only reason tempers didn't already flare was because gramps was the main one keeping the peace.

Now that im thinking about it im pretty sure I felt pretty bad for the old fart. Then again I was pretty sure he was the sole cause of this happening in the first place.

Either way, the geaser was doing his best that was for sure.

I was busy listening to music on my Trix pod. Meanwhile, everyone else was too busy focusing on each other to notice me.

At least they weren't screaming this time.

As of yet anyway.

Suddenly just as the thought crossed my mind I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I jumped.

Almost fell off the bench too. Fortunately, a telekinetic shield stopped me from doing so.

The sensation was odd, to say the least.

How do I explain it? Imagine a hug.

Okay now imagine it being munch flatter and instead of a squeezing sensation it was an army of insects rolling around in your skin.

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On second thought forget I said anything you look like you are about to throw up.

After a few seconds of stillness, I was gently lifted back onto the bench. Once I was safely secure the orange aura around me faded.

"Are you okay?!"

Shivering I nodded. The whole experience still takes time to fully process in my brain. If I ever wondered what it felt like to be in the grips of some pony's magic now I knew.

Still, I ended up deciding that it was a necessary sacrifice. After all, it's still significantly better than falling face-first on the ground. At least I didn't lose any teeth in the process, unlike last time.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean for that to happen".

The voice or rather pony behind me said.

From the regret in his voice, I was inclined to believe him. Either way, I was just glad that I avoided a face full of dirt. Especially considering that afterwords the embarrassment alone would have sent me running.

"It's fine" I muttered turning my head.

Only to come face to face with a pony that I was not expecting.

Myself.

Or rather a pony who almost looked exactly like me.

Of course, there were differences here and there. That alone was enough to tell me that the pony standing before me wasn't some sort of changeling. Of course, the species died out decades ago so the chance of coming across one face to face wasn't exactly high.

Then again there were a few of them spotted here and there.

"Hi"

The colt smiled eyes hopeful.

When seconds of awkward silence passed between us his smile faltered.

I meanwhile felt as if I was starring into a mirror. Have you ever had this moment where something surprised you so much that your mind just goes blank for a few seconds?

No? Well in any case that was me.

Not exactly my proudest moment.

In response to my ongoing silence, the colt lowered his head. The hopeful look in his eyes was immediately replaced with a dejected look.

"Sorry for bothering you, I'll just go find some pony else to talk to".

He turned intending to walk away.

"WHAT!"

I covered my mouth. Shocked at the sheer volume of my voice. My cheeks quickly turned into a shade of crimson. I had zero ideas of what just came over me. I wasn't the type to raise my voice or actively seek out the attention of others. It wasn't In my nature. I was the type that minded their business. While choosing to ignore the ever-changing landscape around them. I was content with the life I have why risk changing it?

Said question went unanswered.

Which wasn't much of a surprise considering I asked this in my head.

"Yes?"

The colt stared at me. Excitement mixed with eagerness flashed in his eyes. I found that alone more than a little odd. We just met and yet he seemed overjoyed to see me.

Weird.

Then again it wasn't like our family was normal.

With this in mind, I mentally shrugged.

I've already gotten this far might as well see it through. Even if doing so physical pained me.

"Thank you".

I smiled at him. Doing this small action alone caused his whole face to light up.

"Wanna see a magic trick?"

The question caught me off guard. To be honest, I don't know what I was expecting, but a magic show? Now that was unexpected.

I opened my mouth to reply. However, before I could we both heard a scream.

"JUST SAY IT WAS YOU! SAY IT!"

The colt flinched before covering his ears.

My answer was decided just before a chair was flung across a table.