And I thought we were normal. How wrong I was.

"Wait, what? What do you mean you pissed them off?" Applejack responds in a uneasy tone.

"Do remember when I said two ponies were following me?" I say meeting her gaze.

"Yeah, what 'bout it?"

"Well, one was a pink earth pony and the other a pegasus with rainbow hair, or ,if what you said was true, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are their names."

"Yes, but why would they be upset with you?" Rarity says looking over to me.

"You remember that darkness that came over ponyville, right?" I say adjusting my head to look at her.

"Well, yes, but I fail to see why that is important."

"Don't be excited by this or anything, but I caused that. They kept following me so I confronted them and casted it to get away. Sorry of I scared you near death with it, I needed to get away and I only just started with these stealth spells." I say bracing myself for a familiar feeling of pain, which never came. Huh?

   Looking over I see Rarity with a look of thoughtfulness on her face, seeming to be pondering what I just said. After a few moments, Rarity seems to of snapped put of her trance.

"Oh, it wasn't anything to awful. I know how overwhelming those two can be and trust me it was quite alright. If anything I enjoyed the thrill of it." She says becoming slightly more flustered in her speech. What just happened?

"Ok then. So are we ready to go see them? The faster this gets done the better." Twilight says breaking the awkward presence in the room.

   Walking out the door, we step back into the central plaza and Twilight begins to instruct me on how to get to some of the important shops and buildings. Falling behind Twilight and Rarity as we walk, I bring up the localization spell with only Applejack's ears within the area. I hope Twilight doesn't notice this and ask about the multicolored magic. I'm still not sure was it means.

"Hey Applejack, what happened with Rarity back there? She got all flustered after she realized I casted that spell. Also be sure to whisper your responses, I'm only talking normally because of the spell I'm using." I say turning to her.

"Oh, she was probably just going though some small shock; and what did I say about these spells of yours?" She whispers over to me with a hint of contempt.

"I'm sorry. I just felt like I should ask. But your sure that's it? It didn't seem like it to me." I say with more sparks coming from my lips.

"What, do you think she's smitten with you or somethin'? I've been her friend for a lot longer than you've known her, so trust me she was just a little shocked." Applejack whispers back over to me chuckling a small amount.

"Yeah, I guess I should trust you." I say before dropping the spell.

"So where do you think they'd be Twilight?" I say calling up to her.

"Rainbow Dash won't be hard to find, she's probably still up in the air or down on the ground looking for you. As for Pinkie Pie, we don't need to find her." She says as Applejack and I catch up.

"Why won't we need to find her?" I say inquisitively.

"You'll know by the nights end." Applejack says chuckling again. Must these mares be so cryptic?

"Must you be so cryptic?" I say agitated.

"Trust me darling, it's better we let you find out on your own." Rarity says hiding her own smirk.

"Mares, they never change no matter where I go, but at least you three are enjoyable." I say slightly depressed.

"Don't worry, you'll learn that proper mares always have their reasons." Rarity says smiling and continuing along.

"I'm sure Ms.Rarity, I'm sure." I say sarcastically.

   Rarity begins to open her mouth, before a cyan blur grabs my collar and pushes me to the earth. Opening my eyes again I see the rainbow maned pegasus from earlier standing over me with a death stare and her wings open to their farthest points.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO, YOU BASTARD?" She yells at me while the other ponies, Applejack,Rarity and Twilight included, either stopped to watch or continued on with their business. Confound these mares. They drive me to negotiate.

"Hello." I say scratching the back of my head.

"Hi," she says while slapping my across the face with her free hand. "But that doesn't answer my question."

"Oh yes, sorry about that. Twilight would you care to fill her in?" I say turning as far as I can to her.

"Alright, but Dash could you please get off of him." She says giving the rainbow maned pegasus a tap on the shoulder.

"Fine, but there better be a damn good explanation for this." She says standing back up and moving off of me.

"Thank you." I say to Twilight while standing back up and dusting myself off, "Now could you fill her in Twilight?"

   As Twilight goes over my situation, Rainbow Dash simply remains silent and keeps up her cold stare. Rainbow Dash simply stood there unmoving and only slightly nodding at a few things. She really doesn't like me, uh. I didn't know I was displeasing.

"So... You're new here?" Rainbow Dash says looking over to me with the same stare. I nod. "And you thought we were going to do something to you?" I nod. "And you're the one who made it dark." I sheepishly smile and nod.

"Yeah that's me." I say wiping off my mane.

"Well then...," she says as her eyes gain a playful expression. "You're a cool guy, not as cool as me, but about Rarity level cool." She says giving me a punch in the shoulder that might've made a less prideful man yelp. While I may have been knocked back a half step, I did not make a notion of pain.

"Don't you think that you're being a little pompous?" I say returning her smirk.

"Well I have a right to be. I AM the best flier around here." Yeah, pompous, but at least she seems hospitable.

"I'll take your word for it." I say taking out my watch and checking the time now that the sun is getting near the setting point. 2:56, I best get back home and rest before the meeting.

"Sorry for being sudden, but I need to get back home and get ready for the meeting tonight. Thank you for showing me around." I say turning around towards the south road.

"Wait you're leaving already? It's only 3 o'clock, we have five hours until the meeting." Rarity says in a slightly down casted manner while checking her wrist watch.

"Yeah, I mean you just met ME!" Dash says in a offended tone.

"Yes I know, but I want to get back and do some reading before I've got to head out." I say eliciting a questioning look from Applejack, a confused one from Rarity, Rainbow Dash face palms and Twilight gets a certain look in her eyes that probably won't ever sit well with me.

"WAIT! YOU'RE an egghead?" Rainbow Dash says laughing at me. I guess I could've expected that from her attitude.

"I prefer the term 'activist of the literary arts', but yes I guess 'egghead' will be fine." I say as she continues to laugh.

"OOH, what book are you reading? Complex floatation variables? Controlled psychological variances? Advanced rotation and deconstructing spells? A  complex study of the mid-equestrian anarchy? A EXQUISITE DRAWING GUIDE TO HENTAI?!" Twilight rattles off excitedly while hopping with more energy than I expected of the purple unicorn. Wait...Hentai? Who is this unicorn or even better, why would she assume I'd be drawing that?

"Let me answer from the first book to last. No,no,no,no and I would be reading that if I had the book. I'm reading the journal I told you about earlier." I say taking the journal out of my right vest pocket.

"Oh, I guess I could've expected that, but if you really do want a drawing guide for that, I can get you one. I work at the library in town, just go to the north entrance and you'll see the sign." She says eyeing the book.

"I'll keep that in mind and please get a basic version of the book first. Also, you can't read it Twilight." I say putting the book back in my vest pocket as she smiles sheepishly.

"Well, goodbye then," Applejack says waving my off."I'll be seein' ya' later." She finishes seemingly relieved by my coming absence.

"Yeah. I guess bye Still." Rainbow says in a indifferent manner.

"Bye darling." Rarity says waving me off.

"Goodbye." I say walking off towards home along the southern road. Interesting days seem to be upon me.

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   Walking along the path, I take out my book once again to do a quick study of a spell or two I might want before I get home. Movement spells? Why not?

Chapter 8:Movement Spells

Spell 1: Quick Step

This spell involves a use beyond stealth as is applicable to regular life, however this spell is useful for escaping after you've been detected, going quickly though open places to more hidden ones, escaping quickly to help avoid detection, following a target or if you cannot yet use forms of teleportation. This spell is used by thinking of seven lines pointing upwards that then converge into one arrow in the center. This spell works by having a initial charge up and a drain for every time your foot impacts the ground. Sorry, I don't have any efficiency tips for this one.

"Seems simple enough." I say while stopping closing the book.

   I create the seal in my mind and then begin to push my magic into it. In contrast to the last spell I learned, this seal begins to glow sapphire, beginning at the bottom of the lines and filling up to the arrow. While this spells drain isn't as bad as the light cancelation spell the drain is still more than my other spells but the initial drain is regenerable. But it will drain more when I step?

   Taking a step, I see that sapphire waves pulse though the ground where my hoof hits it and small scarlet waves pulse up my legs and my step propels me almost twice as far and I feel a small amount being drained from myself. I walk a few more propelled steps in a circle to help get a idea for the drain. Not too bad. Hmm, no use in not getting back fast. I think while waiting for my magic to finish recharging completely.

   Once my magic is recharged I break off in a mad sprint down the road, easily going near double my speed from last night. I can feel the air moving around me in a torrent of broken tranquility, blowing my long mane backwards as I continue to dash forward, slightly veering off the the left. Looking at the ground I can see the sapphire pulses growing in magnitude and power yet my steps aren't gaining any sound as I would expect. Why is this? I think as I feel a familiar approving feeling within myself, yet from a different source it would seem. What the hell is with this? I think as I drop the spell.

Oh shit. I run over to the ditch on the side of the path and proceed to deposit the contents of my stomach via my mouth. I pushed it to far. Spitting out the last of the vomit from my mouth I think of the feeling that was just within me. It was like the feeling I from the cancelation spell, yet it felt like it was coming from a different source than the former. What are these feelings?

   Dismissing my thoughts for a later pondering, I look around to see how close I am to home. Damnit, I must've turned. Looking around me, I can see the forest off in the distance, however the path I'm currently on doesn't lead towards it. Taking note of the way I was facing when I stopped, I go down the path towards where I came from.

   I decide to just enjoy the walk and look around at the scenery that escaped my vision the last two times I was on one of these paths. The grass around them was littered with various flowers and insects going about the business of spreading life, small bushes line the paths and dot the fields around me, the occasional tree along the path produces no fruit, but instead provides a nice place of shade for anypony waiting for somepony or just stopping to bask in a landscape foreign to me, and small rodents, mammals and birds move around throughout the area collecting what they may need from the greenery that has been preserved in the land. Tranquil peace, how quaint.

   Stopping under a tree I pull out my watch and check the time once more. 4:21, I need to hurry up if I'm going to get home and back on time. As I think this, I hear a small 'Eep' come from behind the bushes to my right. A bird? No it would've flown off and if it was a hatchling I would be hearing more. Rabbit? Since when to those things 'Eep'? Rampaging hatchet wielding hitman? No, that's me when I play DayZ.

   I turn towards the bush while putting my watch back into its designated pocket and then proceed to nudge it with my hoof.

"Hey, anypony there?" I say, nudging it with slightly more force than before.

   As I do this a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail jumps from the bush and up into the tree next to me, while expelling another cry of fear. Damnit I spooked her.

"You can come out of there, you know." I say in a detached manner while turning to where she jumped into the tree. Nothing.

"I'm not gonna hurt you. You don't have to be scared or anything I'm just passing by. Do need some help?" I say trying to sound more enthused than usual.

"O-oh, w-well ok then. I'm sorry for making you worry so much. I-if thats alright with you." She says lightly flying down from the tree. I can know see she is wearing A beige sweater and some plain light yellow pants. She's shy. Based on what I know about pony names, I'm calling it now. The word shy will be in her name.

"It's fine. I'm StillSonata. What's your name?" 3,2,1...

"I'm Fluttershy." She says being one of her green eyes behind her mane. Called it.

"Hello Fluttershy, anyways what were you doing behind that bush?" I say becoming detached once again, by both expression on look. Maybe I am depressed on the outside. Weird I feel fine on the inside.

"Oh umm, hi." She say trying to hide even more behind her veil of hair.

   We continue on with saying nothing for the next five or so minutes with the only change being the occasional breeze. Awkward isn't the right word, strange would work better.

"Well, I'm gonna be back on my way to the everfree. I guess I'll see you around Fluttershy." I say giving a small wave and turning around.

"Wait." She says and I turn around,"Why are you going to the everfree forest? I-if you don't mind answering that is."

"Oh yes, you don't know. I live out in the everfree forest and you could've guessed I'm new around here, so I need to head back there to get ready for the orientational meeting that's tonight." I say brushing a stray piece of my mane from my forehead.

"Oh no, I forgot all about that! I'm sorry but I need to be going right now." She says in the closest thing she may ever achieve to a yell and then flys off down the path where I was returning from.

"These mares I have met are quite strange." I say quietly before returning to my trip back to my home.

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   As I sit on the couch, waiting a little longer until I leave, I pull out the book I've already been in three times today and turn back to the chapter over movement spells. I then flip to a random page among the chapter and begin to read.

Spell 5: Escape Teleportation

This spells name for the most part explains its purpose. This spell is a situational spell, this meaning that it will only work when trying to escape something. While this may make it less versatile than regular teleportation, it will use less of your magic and be casted faster. The origins of the spell begin in my 27th year of life when I was testing a mix of the quick-step spell and the basic teleportation spell. While this spell may work only when escaping something, that something can be anything, tangible or not, such as light, darkness, the line of sight of somepony or something as simple as a room. This spell works by visualizing a square with a circle inside of it that touches the edges of the square but doesn't exceed the squares edges. There is also one small dot that must be visualized and you must know where you wish to exit to. You do not need to know exactly where though, simply 'the other side of that door' will work. Once again, no tips besides the previous ones.

   I close the book and put it back in it's vest pocket in my fresh clean outfit. A little more complicated than any of my previously learned spells, but as always 'nothing ventured, nothing gained'. I take out my watch and check the time, 7:33, and then deposit it back in the left vest pocket. Time to go, I may as well try it.

   Bringing up the seal described by the book in my mind, I think of the path outside my home and begin to pump magic into it. First the circle is filled with a scarlet glow then the square containing it followed by the dot. Nothing. Maybe it needs more? I pump more magic into it before I get a similar feeling to the one from the light cancelation spell, no not similar, it's exactly the same. Rather than fighting it, I let it guide my magic in until the dot has become violently white. I then feel what could be described as a river of air casting my downward until the compression feels to break away my bones. As I open my eyes I see that I am on the path from my home to ponyville again. It worked, that feeling wasn't bad either, if anything it was friendly in a sense. Why? I feel slightly exhausted by the drain is hardly worse than the initial cost of the quick-step spell.

"I guess it's time to go then." I say before running down the path into he darkness. I can't help but think a long night awaits me.

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   As I walk up the path Applejack directed me to, I see a few ponies walking there as well. Some who seemed to be friends gossiping, some seemingly student and parent pairs walking along tightly and others roaming on their own as I am. Near the end of the path, I can see the school clearly and notice that it seems rather small, but I best not be judgmental of foreign architecture.

   As I walk up to the door I can see Twilight, Rarity and Applejack standing there as if waiting for somepony. I decide to walk up to them since they seem like they could give me the most information about the nights events. As I near them Applejack notices me and waves me over. Were they expecting me? Why?

"Hello Applejack,Twilight, Rarity." I say walking over to them and checking my watch. 7:53, not much time left.

"Oh, hello Sonata. I see you changed clothes, are all of your clothes like this?" Rarity says looking me over.

"Yes, the other picked up quite a bit of dust from falling down and being punched all day, and yes I only have clothes like these."

"Fluttershy you can come out now." Applejack says pulling the slightly familiar butter yellow pegasus out of a bush.

"O-oh umm, hi." She say hiding once again behind her seemingly nature wall of hair.

"Oh hello there, I didn't notice you." I say pulling my necklace out from under the vest where it fell into and giving her a half nod.

"What's that? I don't remember you wearing it earlier." Twilight says eyeing it.

"Oh yes, it's just a necklace of mine." I say putting it back into place, centered with my vest.

"Really? It looks like a cutie mark necklace." Rarity says taking note of it while Applejack shoots me a half mad half uneasy look. That's it. I'm done lying. These ponies may of not told me about this 'Pinkie Pie' or her 'plan', but they've been honest. I don't have a right to distrust that honesty.

"Hey Twilight, remember when I told you about how I got this book?" I say taking it out once more then putting it away.

"Yes. Why?"

"Well, that story was only half true, but if you want to hear the other half promise me you'll be understanding of it and not over-react and excommunicate me and whatnot." I say staring back at all of them while Applejack's expression changes to more of a shocked one.

"Oh come on, darling. How bad could it be?" Rarity says becoming slightly uneasy.

"Go on, tell 'em. If 'Ah excepted you for it, they can too." Applejack says meeting my gaze.

"What do you mean Applejack? He already told you?" Twilight says turning to her orange friend.

"You should know it no use lying to her Twilight. I haven't known her a day and I know that." I say grinning inwardly.

"Aright I guess. Go in with it we don't have much time. The meeting begins at 8:15, they postponed it by somepony's personal request." The purple unicorn says turning back to me.

"Ok but first. Rainbow Dash get down here." I say calmly throwing a small rock up in the air where she is with my levitation while Twilight eyes my horns unique glow.

"How did you notice me?! I was SO quiet!" The cyan pegasus says landing next to Applejack.

"What's with your horns glow? It's multicolored and-" Twilight begins to say becoming all too loud for my tastes before I cut her off.

"Quiet. I'll explain all of that if you'll listen. First, this necklace is a cutie mark necklace. Second. My magic is divided into two portions, one being scarlet and the other sapphire. Third, I noticed you because I have a talent for things like hiding. And forth, my cutie mark is not for the violin, it's for stealth, stealing and assassination and this necklace is what it looks like." I say as Applejack grabs Fluttershy and Rarity to keep them from running off and Rainbow Dash grabs Twilight to stop her. At least 2 of them didn't freak out. I'm surprised Rainbow Dash didn't tackle me though.

"Now just calm down you three. He ain't done nothin' to us. Even Dash is takin' his word for it, be reasonable." Applejack says getting them to actually  calm down and think.

"Alright fine you can let me go Applejack. I'm terribly sorry I was so quick to judge you darling, with the way today has been I'm rather jumpy." Rarity says giving me a apologetic look.

"It's fine. If anything I'm sorry for being so blunt about it."

   Twilight and Fluttershy follow along with her shorty and we then wait around for the next few minutes.

"What about your book? Where is it actually from?" Twilight asks.

"I wasn't lying when I said it contained most ever stealth spell, but it's actually a journal written by a mare called SilentOrchestra about 259 years ago and it was given to me as a gift from her." I say checking back in the book. Wow I never even looked back here before.

"What do you mean 'as a gift from her'?"

"You know that every cutie mark is recorded right?"

"Yes. Why?"

"Well, if you go to that back of the journal she leaves a note stating that the next pony along her line of spiritual descendants will be given this journal filled with every stealth spell ever created and every stealth spell that ever will be made since the field of these spells has been completely exhausted. She also said that the next along her line would be the last of the true thieves. This book has been in the Canterlot Royal Archives until recently when it was bequeathed to me." I say speaking truthfully and remembering what I had read from her will which had been left in the back of the journal. Funny, our names actually matched up like a family. Why didn't I read back here before? It makes a few thing come together. Like the feelings I've been having.

"Isn't that a little much?" Applejack says becoming uneasy again.

"Well, kind of. Knowing that after me nopony will ever have a cutie mark like mine and that I'm the last of this 'True Line Of Thieves' can be a little unnerving but I'm going to have it either way. And I don't want to make my 'Spiritual' ancestor angry with me for being given her personal arsenal of spells to just let it gather dust. It also explains my magics colors, according to her every pony along this line has always had dual colored magic. Her's apparently was black and gold. Mine, as you saw, is scarlet and sapphire. There's more here but it just says the rest you'll learn with time. So I'm just going to trust her." I say as they all look at me dumbfounded.

"Nope, I'm not gonna ask. If you really are the descendant of one of the greatest thieves ever and also the last of them, it's ok with me, have fun with it." Twilight says and the rest agree with her.

"Anyway, shall we head in?" I say gesturing to the door.

"Alright." Dash says starting off.

"Anypony else have a bad feeling about tonight?" I say looking at them.

"Nah, what could go wrong?" Dash replies casually.

That bitch just excited the wrath of Murphy now we will all pay dearly for it.