Baby bones

If i where to say i expected to be spending time outside then id be lying.
but i can at least be grateful that the reactions i am getting are more subdued than they used to be.

They must be getting used to me but are still wary of being too close.
Some progress has been made even though it is still much to be desired though.
The reason for going out was a surprise to me.

A picnic, i would be lying if i said i wasn't looking forward to it.
But first she wanted to go get some books from the library.
This peaked my interest after having to read those boring and bland 'history' papers.

On our way to the library we got mostly stares but some ponies waved
and gave a friendly greeting.
Things definitely appear to be getting better.

The choice of book i went with was magic related.
I am a unicorn. well a unicorn skeleton but i should still be able to use magic anyway.
At first the librarian stared at me with what looked like fascination but mother was able to snap her out of it.
that was definitely a first for me.

The pony was a unicorn and was purple well there is a lot of purple on her.
My moms choice of book was mice & stallions.
Never really heard of that one until now but the book on magic i went for was for more basic spells.
Something for a young unicorn to start off with nothing complex or fancy.

On our way out i could just feel the unicorn staring at me as we leave but it'd be best to just ignore it
and move on better than being screamed at.

Twilight lost in thought couldn't stop herself from trying to understand how a pony could
just be bones.
What kind of magic could be responsible?
could it be necromancy?
maybe but then there would've been reports of its usage. Such magic has been outlawed due to its corrupting quality's.
Not to mention the chills a pony gets when nearby someone who was resurrected including the hostility.

On the inside twilight is focused on figuring out the cause but on the outside
she looks like a statue or is doing a fantastic impersonation of an owl.
Causing a certain dragon to walk over confused by Twilight's condition.

"Twilight?" spike says as he pokes her.
then he tries some soft shoves but still no response.

spike then takes a deep breath and says loudly "TWILIGHT"

Twilight screams in surprise to the sudden shift in volume of her surroundings looks over to spike rather annoyed.
"spike i was rather busy with my own thoughts. did you have to do that?"

sighing spike asks "what was it"

clearing her throat twilight responds "its about the two ponies that where here. one was a skeleton and i cant quite place as of why they are skeleton" looking over to the front door she continues "it probably isn't necromancy so maybe they intentionally inhabited a skeleton?"

creasing her eyes she says "but that hasn't been documented anywhere so maybe they botched a spell?"
shaking her head in exasperation she says "i just cant figure out why!"

Spike says in disbelief "are you sure you weren't just seeing things?"

Twilight facepalms as she groans.
There is no way she was just seeing things that little pony was a skeleton.
But she just couldn't figure out why.

Continuing on our way to our destination through the streets for our picnic we got to a soft field of grass with many trees.
The sound of chirping birds and the feeling of soft wind brought a smile on my face.
Lying the picnic blanket on the grass and setting the basket on it we lay down and start enjoying
the food,books and our company.

The soft rays of the sun and the soft warm fur of my mother as i read is something i will treasure.
I wriggle a little to get in the most comfortable position before reading about a certain spell.
One of the most basic and commonly used spells a unicorn learns is levitation.
They need to know what they want to levitate and continue to keep focus.

When the number of objects being levitated increases the difficulty to keep them being levitated does so as well.
This includes the size and weight of the object and ounce the unicorn loses focus the object or objects fall.
A unicorn can even levitate themselves but it tends to be viewed as a waste of mana unless its absolutely necessary.

The term time flies when having fun is true since the last time i saw the sun's position was in the middle.
But now its beginning to set.
Putting the blanket away we start to head back home.

getting tucked in i get whisked away in the world of dreams.

"molly come here!" i say as i place the marker down.

mining in hoxxes is tough work.
The glyphids and mactera don't make it any easier either but they're gonna have to try harder if they wanna best a dwarf.

Noticing a lootbug i give it some pets. "aw look at you! you like that?"

hearing molly make their way over i go to deposit the minerals as i hear.
"alert! meteor fragment headed your way! clear the marked zone immediately!"

I frantically look around as i see the zone underneath me.
booking it i get away then i hear the lootbug die as the meteor fragment impacts the ground.

after shaking my head sadly i go over and avoid the hot ground to order some rock crackers to hookup to the meteor.
"Rock cracker pods are released and are headed your way!"

the sound of drilling fills the cave as the rock crackers land.
hooking them up to the meteor i hear "all rock crackers attached! start up the power pods when your ready!"

I start them up and prepare for the fight that awaits me.
It was brutal, the glyphids and mactera didn't hold back but i still held on.
Ping ponging from the two power pods to keep the rock crackers online i finally
get the meteor open and start depositing the plague hearts.

but just as i deposit the final one i hear "contact! we got four! or wait six! no twelve! gasp a lot of aliens heading your way!"
I shake my head as i get ready for the swarm.