Roll for Friendship
Main Quest - A New Mystery pt. 1
Previous ChapterNext Chapter“Wow it’s almost like it never got turned inside out and torn down.” I idly comment on the first thought that pops into my head as we appear in Ponyville.
“That’s likely due to the fact that a majority of the problems in this village was directly caused by the chaos magic that was undone by the elements. If the city had been razed because someone threw an alicorn into a bunch of buildings then it’d likely still be suffering reconstruction efforts.”
“EVERYPONY RUN! NIGHTMARE MOON HAS RETURNED! HIDE YOUR KIDS, HIDE YOUR WIV-” Using a very precise level of telekinesis I grab the cotton candy loudmouth mare and silence her.
“Pinkie. Nightmare has been back for well over a month now. This is not news to anyone. It might be her first time in Ponyville in this form since the…the incident, but we don’t need to make a scene and throw the town into a panic. Nod if you understand.” She nods so fast that it’s a blur.
“Alright now I’m gunna let go, but only if you promise to not immediately start inciting mass panic again. Nod if you agree to those conditions.” She gives another nod and I release the telekinesis.
“Sorry! I just thought it’d be a fun game of hide and seek! Oh and then while she was seeking I’d put together the things for her Welcome to Ponyv- oh wait I can’t say anything. That’ll ruin the surprise! Gotta go!”
“She does realize she has already ruined the surprise, right?” Nightmare asks with a surprising level of concern.
“Who cares, we’re not gunna be here long enough for whatever surprise she has. We’re placing the order with Rarity then skedaddling back to Canterlot. I might stick around long enough to at least get one shirt before we leave though.”
“Hmm, are you sure? I think you could go a couple of days longer without one.” Oh my.
I just look at her with a smirk. “Uh huh. Yeah sure.”
Once we’re a few feet away from the boutique’s front door it suddenly bursts open with a very frazzled looking Twilight running out. “The fuck? She didn’t even say hi to us and she looks like a complete mess.” I comment as we watch her run off towards the library.
“The poor dear thinks she’s going to go back to magic kindergarten. She hasn’t really been the same since we got back from Canterlot.” Rarity replies from the open door of the store.
“What? Why would she go back to…kindergarten?”
“That was the first time she’s left the library since we came back, and apparently staying in there has resulted in her not having a friendship report for the Princess. She seems to think that being late on that report will get her swooped away back to Canterlot. I think she’s overreacting, so I just let her run off.” She is overreacting but that doesn’t mean you just let her go back to her hidey hole and get worse.
“Alright well, I need some clothes. Around two weeks worth of shirts and pants, plain colors, no patterns. Pants need to be black. Most of the time the shirts are going to be under my armor so I need something that breathes well and doesn’t restrict movement. I was hoping I could get one shirt rush ordered for today, and then I’d come grab the rest whenever it’s done? As you can see by my bare torso I have no shirts.”
Nightmare and Rarity both seem a bit confused with my short tone of voice. I basically just barked my order to her as concisely as possible as if I wanted to leave immediately. Rarity gets over it pretty quickly and replies. “I can have the one done for you today, but it’ll have to be in a few hours. I’m getting ready to go on a picnic with the girls, and can’t really cancel this last minute. Is that alright?”
“Yeah that’s perfect. Also for the shirts, I know I said they’re gunna be under armor most of the time, but I prefer darker colors for when I’m not wearing armor. Dark blue and black, those kinds of colors. Anyways thanks Rarity, gotta go.” She makes a noise out of surprise at the abrupt goodbye, and stammers out a farewell. I can hear Nightmare quietly apologizing for my attitude and slight rudeness before catching up with me.
“What was that all about? Your mood was fine before we went in.”
“Twilight is overreacting but letting her spiral further without help is a huge dick move. Everytime we come to Ponyville and I interact with these ponies I wonder how they’re even friends to begin with. We’re going to the library.” Her eyes widen a bit as my words sink in. It seems she didn’t even think much of Rarity’s comment when we arrived.
When we get to the library I end up almost face planting into the door. “Why is it locked? Isn’t this a public library?”
“WE’RE CLOSED!” I hear Spike call out from the other side of the door and furrow my brows.
“Well, I’m coming in anyways.” I reach out with my telekinesis to start forcing the door open when I hear a couple of clicks and the door opens from the inside.
“Ignis! And….Night..mare…….Moon.” The little guy passes out on the spot.
“Was he not at the Gala? He was right? How do so many ponies not realize you’re back?” Stepping over the unconscious drake as I grab him with my magic and float him over to the couch.
“I don’t know, Ignis. At this point I’m more annoyed than offended. Also, do you hear that?”
I hold my breath when she says that so I can hear even the quietest sound. It’s Twilight, she’s muttering about something.
“If I can’t solve a friendship problem then I can just make one. Ha..Haha, Heeee” Oh she’s gone off the deep end. Holding up a hand to stop Nightmare from following me I quietly make my way upstairs.
“Twilight.”
Immediately a blast of purple whizzes past my head. “How’d you get in?! We’re closed! Get out! GET OUT CHANGELING!”
I just slowly start taking steps towards the unicorn. She shoots out three more purple bolts and I just let two of them hit me in the chest. There’s a small sizzling sound with some smoke, but I just ignore it. Once I’m a few steps away she starts hyperventilating and crying. “Twilight…”
I lower my voice to just above a whisper and crouch down so she has to look down at me instead of up. “I’m not a changeling. This sword is one of a kind from my homeland, the odds that they managed to somehow steal this and make it to Ponyville without my notice is extremely low. Also they can’t do this.”
I could tell logic wasn’t going to work when I finished mentioning the sword so I opted to just turn on my basic Bladesong through the system. I smile as I watch some small motes of white light come out of the ground and flit around me. It’s been a long time since I saw this. I should use the regular ole Bladesong more often. The effect is immediate, Twilight visibly relaxes her body as she breaks down.
I just sit with her while she lets it out and collects herself. After a few minutes Nightmare wanders up the steps and offers a look of sympathy and pity towards Twilight. Another few minutes go by and now there’s just an occasional sniffle.
“I tried. I tried to go outside and meet up with my friends, but I just can’t do it. Anypony that even remotely approaches me from behind just sends me spiraling in a panic. I can’t trust anypony, even just seeing my friends makes this voice start screaming in my head that they aren’t who they say they are. I don’t know what to do, and if I don’t get a report for the Princess I’m gonna be a bad student!”
“I..I don’t have much advice or help for your trauma Twilight. What you went through was horrible. I can tell you with 100% certainty though that Celestia is not going to make you go back to Canterlot, put you in magic kindergarten, and be disappointed in you. You know she isn’t that type of mare. I could see Nightmare doing that though…”
That gets a small giggle from the unicorn as Nightmare gives me an exaggerated and playful glare. “You can’t know that for sure though! I’ve never been late, not a single time! I can’t ruin that just because I’m scared to go outside…”
“I mean you have two of the strongest beings on the planet here. Your friends are having a picnic, why don’t you go and we’ll keep an eye out for you. Just a few feet away.” She looks hesitant so I throw in an extra fact. “I have a spell that lets me detect changelings with 100% accuracy that I can keep up while you’re out. It’s a crutch that won’t really help you heal and move on, but we can at least get you out of the house for a nice change of pace?”
After thinking about it for a few seconds while looking at the ground she finally quietly whispers out. “...okay.” Then she gets up and heads into the bathroom followed by the sounds of running water.
“Ignis we are not adding anypony else to the herd.”
“Oh shut up! We both know it’s not like that. She’s too young anyways, didn’t she, like, just recently become an adult? Compared to Force who already went to post secondary schooling and has been in the guard long enough to get promoted a few times. They’ve gotta be at least eight or nine years apart in age. She really feels more like a little sister than anything.”
“Geez, so defensive! I was just making a half-joking comment. I’m surprised you offered to do this for her though. I thought you wanted out of Ponyville as soon as possible.”
“I do, but… I mean c’mon how does that sight not just break your heart?”
Nightmare chuckles. “The mighty Lunar Knight, swayed by the sight of a single mare in distress! You should pray the changelings never find out or you’ll get captured by a simple trap in no time.”
After a few more minutes of small talk Twilight walks out looking much better than before. Walking downstairs it seems like Spike is awake and decides to accompany us. As they go to open the door though I stop them. “Gimme a second, I need to cast the spell.”
“Detect Poison and Disease.”
I give the unicorn a nod and the four of us make our way into town. Twilight's head is on a swivel as she’s completely alert while we go through the somewhat busy center of town. She keeps glancing back at me and I just give her a thumbs up. After a couple of minutes we’re in a field and I spot the rest of the bearers already setup and lounging around.
Twilight looks at them then looks back at me. “They’re all good. We’re gunna stay off to the side over here so we’re not intruding. Just pretend we’re not even here. If anyone in Ponyville is a changeling I promise they won’t make it within 100ft of you. So just relax and have fun, and don’t worry about the friendship report thing, okay?”
She nods, still looking a bit hesitant and skittish. After a few seconds she slowly makes her way over to her friends. Once she gets over there a couple of them point at me and Nightmare but Twilight just waves them off. After that they really do just act like we aren’t there. After keeping my head on a swivel for a few minutes and recasting Detect Poison, I get a bit bored and decide to have some idle chatter.
“So…mare stuff, huh? What kinda mare stuff you two in a disagreement about? Are you trying to become head mare now that you have your alicorn body and full strength back?” Her eyes widen a bit. Seems like I’m pretty close to the truth with my guess, if not right on the money.
“How did you guess that?” After a quick sigh she relents and finally explains. “It wasn’t even serious at first, but it came up after that marriage conversation she and I had when you were pretending to sleep. I was telling them how you jokingly said yes while half asleep and said that must mean I’m head mare now. It just slowly escalated after that with slight verbal jabs at each other. Mean spirited comments. At some point we both just snapped.”
“Well, how do herds normally solve those kinds of disputes?”
“I don’t know. It’s very rare for something like this to happen. It never usually gets disagreed upon after the pecking order is established, and it’s almost always based on who came first in their life. Luna claims it's her right due to you being her knight and based on the fact that she knew you first. But, I brought up the point that technically I met you first. In fact I’d wager I was one of the first ponies you ever met, period. I think ultimately though…the only way this is gunna get settled is if you decide who deserves it.”
“Yeah but not in a romantic sense. As soon as I found out you kidnapped what I thought was my one ticket home I greatly disliked you right there on the spot. If it’s supposed to be based on order then Luna did come first. I got captivated the first time I saw her raise the moon and the rest is history.” I try to be as logical as possible. I really don’t understand this whole herding thing based on the conversation about the touchy blacksmith. So, I’m trying my best to be delicate here.
“So you’d pick Luna then?”
There’s a bit of an uncomfortable silence. “You realize you’ve put me in a lose-lose situation right now, yes? I’m extremely anxious now because I have no clue how herds work and if I pick one of you…Do I lose the other one?”
“Maybe.”
“That’s cruel.”
“I told you that you didn’t want to get involved. I’m sorry for putting all that pressure on you. No matter who you pick I have no doubt the other will stick around. You don’t need to pick though, we can just move on.”
“What if we just don’t have one?”
Nightmares face scrunches up in immense confusion. “What?”
“What if we just don’t have a head mare? Functionally and practically what does it even matter who’s head mare?”
“Pride.”
“Aside from pride, ya dingus. I said practically and functionally.”
“The head mare typically has final say on all of the decisions in the herd. Where and what we eat, what we do for date nights, etcetera etcetera. Some herds are so strict the head mare even schedules out the sexual encounters.”
I just roll my eyes. “Then yeah, let’s just not have one. I’m head mare.”
“You aren’t a mare.”
“And? I’m saying I’m in charge.”
“At that point it’d be more like a harem than a herd. I can’t help but picture just three subservient mares worshiping you and feeding you grapes while the other fans you.”
Now I’m just confused. “I don’t get it. Isn’t this whole thing built around me anyways?”
“Yes, but…this is going to sound bad. In a traditional relationship you wouldn’t be out doing all these dangerous activities and fighting villains. You’d be in the castle having little social gatherings and cooking or something. We’re supposed to be a unit that protects and shares the stallion, and the head mare is the team leader. It’s a completely different dynamic than if the stallion was the center focus and also had all of the power.”
“So basically, I’m a resource. I’m supposed to just turn my brain off and go be a good boy for the mistresses?”
“I told you it would sound bad. That was a long time ago, nowadays things have gotten a bit more progressive. That’s why we have stallions in the guard now. Basically the head mare isn’t just in charge of us. She’s in charge of you as well.” She seems a bit fearful after hearing my tone of voice when I asked her my question.
“Don’t worry I’m not mad at you or them or anything. The idea of living a life like that does make me heat up a bit, but I know none of you have treated me like that. I’m not delusional enough to ignore all of our actual experiences together and get mad about some words that don’t even describe us.”
Nightmare lets out an almost silent sigh and I can see her facial features relax a bit. That’s when everything goes blurry. “Ngh….Oh what the hell?”
“What’s wrong?” I almost fall over but she moves in close to support me.
“I don’t know.” I have to pause from how out of breath I am. “My chest…feels like it’s…on fire.”
I can feel the heat spreading down into my stomach and up into my shoulders. As it spreads darkness starts to close in at the edge of my vision. “Am I…dying?”
As quickly as it came, it’s gone. The heat fades after a few brief seconds and my vision returns to normal. Glancing over it seems like none of the bearers noticed, so I try to straighten my posture and act natural. “What was that?!” Nightmare whisper yells into my ear.
“I don’t know. It was intense but it didn’t last long. I didn’t even get a roll for it. When we get back to the castle let’s look into it.”
“No! Your chest was glowing! It was a colorless, bright light. We need to take you somewhere remote and isolated, now!”
Now I’m actually panicking a bit. “Why? Do you know what just happened to me?”
“Yes! You almost just had your first magic surge, but you reigned in. Although it seems it was subconsciously suppressed. Most ponies have their surges when they are young and their mana is still new and unstable. I don’t think we’ve ever seen a surge from a creature with your level a mana…I don’t even understand why it’s happening. Your mana pool when you arrived was near the peak of a mortal unicorn so we assumed you’d had it your whole life, but just didn’t realize it. Is it possible you actually didn’t have mana until you came here? That’s a terrifying thought…”
Nightmare seems to be lost in her own thoughts for a few seconds before her eyes widen. “Anyways! That’s not important, we need to get you somewhere far away from any other creatures.”
“I’m not going anywhere. If we leave and Twilight notices we’re gone she’s gunna freak the fuck out and probably lose it. She’ll never trust us again, and who knows what she’ll do after that.”
“Then let’s just go explain it to her, walk her back to the library and then I’ll teleport us to the castle in the Everfree.”
“Nah it’s fine. If it’s just mana then I know I can suppress it the next time it comes up.”
“You are frustratingly stubborn.” She sighs in frustration so I just scratch behind her ear. “Your bribery will…. Get you….everywhere.”
“There we go, that’s a good alicorn. Now relax and talk with me some more.”
Nightmare starts to say something, but before she can the bearers call out for us. “Why don’t you two just come join us?” Rarity is apparently the one that wants to invite us over. To my surprise Applejack and Fluttershy seem pretty apprehensive. I’m pretty sure those two don’t want us over there. Maybe they just have a problem with me?
Internally shrugging my shoulders I just start walking over there. “Did you need something Rarity?”
“Psh, of course not darling. I just figured if you were going to wait around for that shirt you ordered I might as well invite you over. No need to just leave you two waiting over there alone.” I glance at Twilight with a bit of confusion. She seems a bit nervous and shakes her head at me. So she didn’t tell them because she thinks she’ll be laughed off again?
“I’m here because I’m casting a changeling detection spell for Twilight. Since I knew we’d be waiting around anyway, we offered to guard her so she could attend this gathering.”
Rainbow and Pinkie start to chuckle. Applejack looks at Twilight and sighs. “Girl I told you there ain’t no fake ponies here in Ponyville. You’re scared of your own shadow, Twi.” AJ looks at me now. “Let me guess you also think she’ll go back to magic kindergarten if she doesn’t send a letter to the Princess?”
“I know that would never happen, but Twilight you’re in luck. You actually do have a friendship lesson you can write about. When your friends notice you’re panicking and going through some mental troubles they shouldn’t just laugh off that friend's worries. Even if the worries are unfounded and false they should still be there to support that friend and help them through this issue.”
Most of them have a bit of a guilty look now, but I’m not done. “Now friendship bullshit aside. That magic kindergarten thing I can understand, it seems silly and so over the top it’s not worrying about. You still should’ve helped her see logic and reason instead of brushing her off, but I can atleast get that one. What’s really making my blood boil is how you’re treating this changeling business.”
Now there’s hints of confusion mixed in with the guilt. “Do none of you realize what happened to her in Canterlot? After getting separated from you all she found Shining Armor and followed him around. Then he revealed himself as a changeling when he paralyzed her from behind. No chance to even defend herself. She had to lay there, completely helpless and paralyzed while she watched a group of changelings talk about her as if she was food and then slowly kill her with spears. I mean holy shit that’s brutal. That would traumatize ME!”
Unbeknownst to me, my eyes started to glow and my hair started to flicker with fire. “How can you so-called friends lack such a basic level of empathy?! I was disappointed with the whole dress incident, but this is actually outrageous.” All of their previous emotions fade into fear. I’m not entirely sure why but I don’t really care. “Any of you that laughed about her trauma with the changelings and called her paranoia ridiculous should be ashamed of yourselves! If it was me I’d NEVER-”
Twilight looks up from the ground and notices something is happening and she interrupts me with a teleportation spell as her and all of her friends disappear. “What the fuck?”
Nightmare stops standing behind me and runs to my side to look at me. When she does her eyes go wide and she teleports both of us away. Ah it must be that surge nonsense we talked about earlier. Why don’t I feel it happening this time?
Oh there it is, that hurts.
With a flash and a pop Nightmare Moon and Ignis appear in the middle of nowhere, deep in the Everfree. As soon as they appear Ignis grabs his shoulders, making an “X” across his chest with his arms. Then he starts to scream as his eyes and chest glow bright, and he floats a few feet into the air.
Raw mana starts to become visible as it forms a large rotating sphere around the elf. The mana starts to flash with bursts of silver light as it spins faster and faster. Silver arcs of lightning shoot out from the spinning orb and leave scorch marks and craters in the dirt as they land and move around.
Nightmare quickly realizes that it isn't lightning. It’s plasma from how much energy is in this rotating sphere of mana. He’s effectively a massive mana bomb right now. “IGNIS! You have to release the mana somehow! If it keeps building up like this it’s going to explode and you might wipe out half the forest! Just channel it in a specific direction!”
She’s not sure if he can even hear her over his own screams and the sounds of the mana sphere. Suddenly the air starts to vibrate and the atmosphere feels heavy. Then it happens.
A massive beam of silver magic shoots straight up into the sky. Obliterating any clouds in its path as it goes higher and higher, eventually exiting the atmosphere entirely. Even ponies in Canterlot that have a view capable of seeing the Everfree are able to see the beam. It’s like a beacon.
Anyone outside in Ponyville just stares at the beacon in awe. Unsure of what it is, but for reason it doesn’t stir fear in their hearts. The same can’t be said for either of the Princesses still in Canterlot. They’re both inside the castle, incapable of seeing the beam from where they are. But, they feel it. To them it’s like someone just slammed a bunch of metal pieces into each other. Startling them as they turn to face it.
Celestia teleports herself above the castle and as soon as she appears she see’s Luna flying towards the beam of magic. Catching up to her sister they give each other a look of concern as the beam starts to narrow and fade away. Right as they arrive over the location of the elf the beam disappears entirely and Ignis drops down to the ground on his back.
“What happened?!” Luna asks Nightmare as she lands on the ground and rushes over to the prone elf.
“Magic surge. We just barely noticed it in time to get him away from civilization.”
“A surge at his age? That doesn’t make any sense…” Celestia comments as she lands behind Luna.
“The only thing I can think of is that he didn’t actually have mana in his old world, and he only gained it once he came here. Then from his mana’s perspective he’s an infant. That’s the only way it could be that unstable, right?” Nightmare shares her theory as she and Luna look down at Ignis.
“It’s not a bad theory, but I don’t think that’s the case. No surge would cause that.” The thing all three of them are staring at is a random pattern engraved onto the elfs chest with burn marks. “I have no idea what could’ve caused that.” Luna and Nightmare nod in agreement with Celestia.
“Is one of you gunna help me up? I thought I was a fragile stallion you two were supposed to protect, huh? Where’s your chivalry?” Both sides of the moon roll their eyes as they help him stand.
“Is that gunna happen again? Cause holy fuck that hurts.” Ignis glances around as none of the alicorns answer him. “Guys? You’re starting to freak me out a little bit here.”
“Ignis, I think you need to stay at the old castle for now. It’s not safe for you to be in Canterlot or Ponyville. I’m not sure if it’ll happen again, but until I can confirm what’s happening to you I don’t want to take that risk.” Celestia responds and gives him the bad news.
“That’s fine.” Ignis looks over at Luna and Nightmare. “As long as one of you stays here as well. I might go crazy if I have to sit around in this forest doing nothing for who knows how long. Oh and Celly. You need to go talk to your student and her friends. If they’re not together, talk to Twilight first then summon all of them. Although I did already chew them out, so maybe take it easy with whatever lecture you decide to give.”
She raises an eyebrow at him in confusion before shrugging and teleporting to Ponyville.
“So which one of you is staying here?”
“I will for now. Nightmare will come and replace me much later tonight so I can still hold Court. We’ll take turns staying out here. If Force has some free time I’ll send her along as well. You shouldn’t be out here for longer than a day or two.” After Luna finishes talking I give Nightmare a quick hug and she flies off towards Canterlot.
Once I can’t see her anymore I look over at Luna. “So….I heard you two are having a bit of a fight right now. Tryna figure out who gets to be boss bitch?”
Luna just lets out an exasperated sigh. “It’s a bit more complicated than that, but yes.”
“Yeah she already walked me through all the implications of the position and gave me some context on how herds traditionally work. I still think it’s pointless drama though.”
“Should we just put you in charge then?”
“That’s what I suggested but then she got all uppity and said that’d completely change the dynamic and it’d just be some baseless harem or something. I will admit though that I actually do prefer not being in charge. When you guys get serious and don’t take shit from anyone and you just issue commands with that authority…phew. I’d probably see less of that if I was in charge, so I’d prefer if you guys could just figure this shit out.”
“It’s such a shame because I’m the same way. Whenever you get in the zone you throw all status and position out the window. Watching you order around everypony nearby and even bark out orders to me. It’s attractive.”
Ignis just laughs for several seconds before finally saying what he thought of that made him laugh. “And so…they were both bottoms. If that’s the case why don’t you just let Moonie be head mare then? You’re already super busy with Princess shit and I think she’s the opposite of us. She seems to like being the one in control.”
“Because that’s only one aspect of the relationship, Ignis. Sure, she can be head mare in the bedroom. In every other aspect I’d prefer to not be subservient to some other mare when it comes to you. I already dislike sharing, but the thought of being denied time with you, or being told what I can and can’t do with you? That’s where I draw the line.”
“I get that. Luna, do you deny them time with me? Do you restrict what they can do with me?”
“Well…no.”
“Exactly. So what makes you think she would do something like that?”
“I just dislike even having the possibility of such a thing. Also why are you asking these questions? It feels like you’re trying to persuade me to give up my position. Do you not…” She doesn’t finish her question as she stops herself and stares at the ground with a hesitant look.
“I guess that is how I came off, huh? I’m trying to say that there’s no fucking point in any of you holding the position. Based on what I’ve heard about any aspect of a herd, we are extremely unconventional. We can all be equals, no head mare, no harem king, and I guarantee no aspect of our relationship will change in any meaningful way. I mainly just don’t want to lose either of you over something so petty.”
It seems my final sentence gives her the realization of my true fear. “Ah. No matter what happens I promise none of us are going anywhere.”
With a bit of relief I turn towards her and give her a smirk. “Good, now come here. We’re stuck in the middle of the woods with no books or games to play so let’s pass the time.”
Author's Note
Hopefully I didn't accidentally jump around or skip something this chapter. This was probably the most amount of times I've started and stopped writing for one chapter. I think this one was around 7 sessions spread out over the last 3 days, so hopefully everything is, whats the word? Coherent. Hopefully everything is coherent.
I'm a bit worried I might've gone too far with how Twilights friends reacted to her trauma, but I'm playing the angle that they didn't realize she had actually died cause they thought revival was impossible. So by extension they didn't think whatever happened to her had been that bad. Even with all of that I think I might've twisted it a bit too far.
It's probably fine, they did some fucked up shit to each other in canon and stayed friends, so this isn't too unbelievable. Like the time they took turns dressing up as a super hero to gaslight Rainbow Dash into thinking she isn't cool. That's probably not quite as fucked up as this, but it's actually kinda close. If I was RD in that episode I wouldn't talk to any of them ever again, that was a coordinated effort to drag her through the dirt and "humble" her in a pretty toxic way.
Anyways, this was basically a nothing chapter. I'm having fun just writing dialogue and I think I'm starting have conversations between the characters that feels more natural and real. I'm sure some of you have some crazy theories about the magic surge that I'd love to read. Most of the time one of the theories ends up being shockingly close to the actual plan and it always makes me chuckle to be so easily predicted.
I gotta go sleep now, I retake my important test tomorrow and if I fail the retake I'm dropped from the class D:
Thanks for reading! <3
Next Chapter