Twilight Sparkle
It was a normal day as usual. The Pegasi cleared the clouds, allowing sunlight to clearly cover the land, Birds of all sorts sang outside my window. Waking to this lovely sound, I heard a quick knocking on the door downstairs. I brushed my hair out quickly but neatly and went down to answer the door. Coming out the library, I stopped at the door to see Pinkie waiting for me.
"TWILIGHT!!" she shrieked, "SOME NEW PONY IS HERE!!"
"Pinkie, calm down. What's so important about this?" I asked.
"This new pony wants to show everyone in town her talent," AppleJack said from behind her. "She has some fancy talent of sorts."
"Well let's go!" Spike said running towards Town Hall.
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When we arrived at Town Hall, we all gazed at the stage before us. A platform had been placed out in front of the building and it created a professional scene. The curtains hanging from four tall poles were a deep indigo, the stage a dark mohagony. A violet pegasus pony walked out from behind the curtains to address the crowd. Her skin was soft as velvet (not that I touched it), her hair a bright fuschia with indigo on the inside, not unlike Princess Luna's. She wore an ebony necklace with and ivory stone embedded in the center. Her small shoes were the same ebony as her necklace, and her somewhat large eyes were a deep purple.
"My name is Hypnos," The violet pegasus began. "I have traveled all over Equestria using my special talent to amaze and benefit every city and town in this wonderful country. This is my last stop before Canterlot, and I am honored to be here," she paused. "Who would like to be my volunteer?"
Many ponies rose their hooves in hopes of being a volunteer, but I didn't --I wanted to know what I was signing up for. Pinkie started jumping up and down as she waved her hoof around in the air.
"How about you, my pink pony?" Hypnos said to Pinkie as she reached out a hoof to her. Pinkie bounced on the stage immediately. "Now if I'm going to preform with you today, you need to concentrate very hard to begin with, can you do that?"
"I'll try!" Pinkie squeaked as she bounced around the stage.
"Now first, stop bouncing long enough to begin." Pinkie stopped bouncing and stood in front of Hypnos. "Now look at this crystal as it waves back and forth."
The crystal was from the crystal empire no doubt, a light turquoise with no flaw to be found. The stone hung from a thin golden chain being held by Hypnos. Pinkie kept her eyes almost glued to the crystal, just like when she stared at paint to stay with us. After a minute or so, Pinkie's eyes seem to droop ever so slightly, and Hypnos picked up on this. She inched towards Pinkie, and placed her hoof on the back of her head, and quickly pushed it down as she said "Sleep!" Pinkie instantly slumped over, limp and unconscious, as Hypnos grasped her and relaxed her more and more. The crowd gasped as this occurred, but I just sat quietly.
So this is your talent? Making ponies go to sleep with a crystal?
Hypnos straightened Pinkie up on her hooves and even I thought for a second on this, but it didn't bother me much. Hypnos then began to speak, and this is where nopony could believe their ears or eyes.
"Whenever I count to 3, you will wake up, oblivious to what just happened, and notice that whatever body parts I touch and move are stuck in place. You will not be able to move them at all, they will be stiff as a board. 1, 2, 3!" Hypnos said.
Pinkie opened her eyes and I could totally tell nothing happened in her mind, to her she just got up on the stage. Pinkie started to bounce a bit as usual as Hypnos touched her foot. Whenever Pinkie hit the ground, she couldn't move the hoof at all. She pulled and pulled but couldn't move.
"This my friends," Hypnos stated, "Is the power of hypnosis. While she is in a trance, she is totally susceptible to suggestion. For example:" Hypnos walked over to Pinkie and put her back in the unconscious state. This time she said:
"When I count to 3, you will be totally awake and unaware to the hypnosis. Whenever you see a leaf of any sort touching a pony, you will find them the most hilarious thing in the world. The more leaves, the funnier they seem. And the harder you try not to laugh, you won't be able to until the leaf is not touching the pony anymore. 1, 2, 3!"
Pinkie awoke and looked around at the ponies, totally unaware of what happened. Hypnos quietly flew off the stage and swiftly took a leaf off the nearest tree, dropping it on Bon Bon's head. Pinkie noticed the leaf on Bon Bon and started to laugh uncontrollably. More leaves were placed on Bon Bon, and Pinkie continued to laugh. Suddenly a breeze blew by and the leaves were carried away, and so was Pinkie's laugher.
"During my stay at Ponyville, I will do a public performance everyday and give all ponies a free, private session in their own homes." Hypnos said. "My assistant will be joining me on most of my later performances. Feather Dance, will you come out here please?" A pale green unicorn shyly came from behind the curtains. Her mane and tail were of varying greens and her cutie mark a green feather. She wore a necklace and shoes as well, but her's a dark green. "This is Feather Dance. She has been training in hypnosis for some time and has become a valuable apprentice. Farewell for today, Ponyville." Hypnos concluded. She took Pinkie out of the trance and left behind the curtain.
Feather Dance
Mistress Hypnos is a very kind pony. She cares equally for every pony she has a session with, but she does leave a few strange suggestion in ponies' heads. The last session I watched with her, the pegasus pony would be unable to use her wings when they were touched by her. I don't know why she leaves these suggestions, but she must have a reason. Mistress Hypnos also said that I finally can have my own private session. Mistress has seen me hypnotize ponies before, and all exceeding her expectations. After 2 years of being her student, I will finally use my skills.
I walk up to the door of my first ever client. The house is simple, one story with a gated garden in the back. She opens the door as soon as I knock, but she seems a little disappointed when she sees it's me.
"Is Hypnos not coming?" she asked sadly.
"No, but she is allowing me to do this session myself. I am as trained as she, and I hope this will be the best I've ever done," I replied.
She welcomed me into her home and we both sat down on the couch. The living area of the house is similarly simple as the outside, a couch near the center with a coffee table in front and an area rug under neath. "I've wanted to stop expecting the worse," she began. "I never look straight to the bright side. Could you help me?"
"Of course. Now, sit right here on the couch as I get started." She sat on the couch where I pointed and I touched my horn to her forehead. The yellow and orange mare instantly wobbled a bit, and I focused her mind to sit up in the trance.
I started with the usual trance phrases, the "Relax, deeper and deeper" stuff, then I moved on to the hypnotic suggestion. I said how she would only look on the dark side of things when nothing else could help her, and every time she heard the word "better," she instantly felt more confident.
The mind actually doesn't notice time passing; dreams for example. A hypnotic suggestion will always be as fresh as when it is given.
After the suggestion she wanted, I moved on to the few Mistress Hypnos always gives. A touch to the forehead erases memories of choice, a touch on the cutie mark gives ultimate obedience, holding my horn to her head puts her back in the trance--I really don't get why she puts them there, but I've learned not to question her. I finished this and brought her out of the trance. She awoke and started first,
"Did it work?"
"Let's see," I replied. "If it starts to rain, what will you do?"
"I'd quickly finish anything left needed in my garden, then go inside because the rain helps water them."
"It worked," I said confidently. Then I touched her forehead. "What's your name?"
"I don't know, I can't remember."
Touching her forehead again, I gave a suggestion to forget this much of the session, and I left with my first success.
Author's Note
Well, I've decided to go through and edit this chapter too. I really should try writing a new chapter of this.
