Chapter 4: Learning Curve

The sun was just rising above the horizon when Matt was woken by the sound of hinges creaking. His eyes stayed shut as he tried to squeeze one last little bit of sleep out of the night but failed. Once he was awake there was no going back to sleep. He slowly cracked open his eyes and saw Fluttershy in the doorway.

She saw him just waking up and mumbled a quite apology. “Oh, I am so sorry for waking you. I’ll just come back later.”

“No it’s fine. You do not have to leave this is normally when I get up anyway.” Matt told her.

“Okay I was just checking on you to see if you were okay.”

“Everything is fine. No need to worry about me.” Right then Matt’s stomach rumbled loud enough for Fluttershy to hear.

“Oh you poor thing you have not eaten in days. Let me go get you some breakfast.” With that she left and went back down the stairs leaving Matt to himself.

“Wow. She really lives up to her element. No wonder I was brought here she is the element of kindness and takes care of all sorts of creatures. When I showed up after Twilight’s spell they must have brought me here knowing that she would never turn down someone in need.”

“I hope you like our breakfast.” Fluttershy said as she reentered the room. The pale yellow mare was carrying a tray of food on her back. She walked over to the bedside table and set the tray down so Matt could see. “It is have hay cakes with daisies on the side.”

Matt looked at the tray with dismay. He could not eat any of the food the Fluttershy had brought for him. “I am really sorry Miss Flutershy but I can’t eat any of the food you brought out. Don’t worry about it. It is not your fault I never had the chance to tell you what I can and cannot eat.”

“Oh I am so sorry about this. I should have known that you were a carnivore from your teeth. Would fish be okay? It is all I can get at short notice.”

“Actually I can eat things other than meat. Fruit would be nice if you have any.” Matt explained to Fluttershy.

“Oh okay. I think I have some apples downstairs please hang on a moment while I got get them.”

A few minutes passed and the mare reappeared in Matt’s room. This time she was carrying a bag of apples. Matt reached out and took the bag from her. Once the weight of the bag rested on his arm he winced.

“What’s wrong Matt are you hurt?” Fluttershy asked.

“No. Just a little sore. I sure am glad the Twilight has been able to keep the pain down to this level though.”

“She has not given you any pain killing spells since you first woke up. Should you be feeling worse than you are now?”

“Back home after an accident like the one I had I should definitely be worse off. How long will it be until Twilight says I can walk around?”

“Oh not long. She said only one more healing spell and a day of bed rest and you will be good to go.”

“Wow that is great news. Now how about I try one of these apples.” Matt pulled one of the red delicious apples out of the bag and bit into it. He then took another bite and another and another until all that was left of the apple was the core.

“That was the best apple I have ever eaten where did you get it?” Matt asked but he already suspected the answer.

“The apples came from my one of my friend’s apple orchard, Sweet Apple Acres, they are really good.” Fluttershy agreed.

Three short knocks were heard in quick secession. “Fluttershy I am here to give Matt his treatment.” A voice called from the door to the house.

“That must be Twilight. I’ll go let her in. Have as many of the apples as you wish Matt”

Fluttershy left and then quickly returned with Twilight in tow. “Okay Matt am going to cast the final spell of your treatment and then cast a diagnostics spell to make sure everything is going all right.” Twilight explained.

“Okay Twilight cast away!” Matt watched as a purple aura grew around Twilight’s horn. She looked to be putting enormous amounts of concentration into the spell. Suddenly with a flash of light a purple beam flew from Twilight’s horn and struck Matt in the chest.

“Phew that was tough. I think I need to take a break for a little bit.” Twilight told the others.

“That’s fine Twilight. I feel great. All the aches and pains are gone. I have a full range of motion again.” Matt said as he stretched.

“Okay I am ready to cast the diagnostics spell.” A much dimmer glow appeared on her horn. The same color glow encompassed all of Matt’s body.

“Okay Matt it looks like you a perfectly fine physically. The soreness will return in a few hours though. It looks like you are recovering from your case of magic sickness nicely. You will still feel weak for a few weeks though maybe less. You seem to have a very high concentration of chaos magic but it is probably nothing. It might just be an affect of the backfired spell. You need to stay in bed for the rest of the day today but you should be good to walk around tomorrow.”

“That’s great Twilight. Thank you both so much for taking care of me while I have been laid up like this. I will try to pay you both back once I can.”

“Oh there is no need to do that for us Matt we are just doing the right thing.” Fluttershy told him.

“Okay I guess but I still want to do something for you guys.”

“Matt it is fine we are going to go to town so you need to rest while we are gone.”

“Okay, see you later.” Matt told them.

Author's Note

Feed back is welcome as always. By the way this story takes place in the same universe as my other story Mason's Quest. You should go check it out.