An unexpected visit

The past week went by without incident and you are getting into a rhythm. You wake up at eight o'clock, prepare breakfast for yourself and Twilight, read a few books, mostly fiction but sometimes a book on magic, and then you go to work. You usually have two or three clients a day. Then you go back to the library, take a shower, read some more, prepare dinner and then go back to sleep.

It feels nice to be accepted into society so quickly. All ponies now just wave at you when you walk by them and sometimes you start a little conversation with them. It feels good to just settle down and live a peaceful life.

The only problem had been that you had no name. With the help of Twilight and her friends you managed to come up with a few that may suit you. The one you finally chose was really a pony-styled name, being two-parted and describing you a little. The name you chose is 'Plane Walker'. Twilight and her friends seemed to like it although you find it a little weird, but it sounded better than 'Dimension Exchanger', or 'Tentacle Hooves'.

You walk back to the library from a days work and you smile to the ponies on the way. You're almost at the library but you can hear some kind of music being played in the distance, horns and trumpets playing a royal tune.

Suddenly you remember what the Princess of this land had written in that letter she sent, 'I will see to arrange a visit to Ponyville soon.', and now it is soon, probably. This makes you feel really nervous and you pick up your pace to reach the library faster. You've never seen royalty, let alone having spoken to royalty. At least you do have a neat, albeit old-fashioned, suit that Rarity had finished a few days back.

You reach the library and before entering you, like always, knock on the door to give a heads up that you're coming in.

"Hi Twi." You say before quickly bolting to the guest room to put on the fancy set of clothes.

"Hey Plane, what's the hurry." Twilight says as you slam the door shut.

"I think royalty may be here very soon." You reply while getting into the suit.

"WHAT?! NOW?! I haven't even organized the library yet, let alone Ponyville!" Now it isn't you who was nervous, Twilight has just shown you a whole new level of nervousness, and you don't even get close to it.

You finish dressing up and you walk over to Twilight, who's frantically walking around in circles thinking about what to do.

"Twi, calm down. It's just a casual visit anyway." You calmly tell her.

"There's absolutely NOTHING casual about a visit from the princess. Why did she have to come today, I had planned for her to arrive tomorrow, now I will have to reschedule EVERYTHING!" Twilight was so in thought that she failed to hear the knock on the door.

"Twilight, I think there's someone at the door." You just state bluntly.

Twilight immediately look to the door, visibly shaking from not having planned anything for today. Another knock on the door and Twilight slowly opens it a few inches and looks out.

"Oh, uh... Hi Princess how are you?" Twilight is talking very strangely. This is the first time you've heard her not knowing what to say.

You stand behind Twilight and fully open the door, surprising Twilight. You see two white stallion pegasi with golden armour with blue manes and tails standing beside a much larger pony, almost horse size. It's pretty obvious that this is the princess. Prefect white coat, golden attire, a golden necklace and tiara both with a massive amethyst. Her mane is strange though, it's not hair. You can't describe it really, but it seems to gently flow like a river.

"My prized and most faithful student, what has made you so nervous?" The Princess asks, smiling gently to Twilight.

You still just stand there, admiring the beauty of the Princess for you don't know how long, before Twilight stomps on your foot to get your attention.

"Ouch! What the..." You look at Twilight who now moves to the side to let Celestia in the library. You follow suit but still give a little glare to the purple pony.

You all settle down in the main part of the library, while the royal guard stays outside the door.

Once you're all settled and you were sitting on your chair you have one question you really need to ask the Princess.

"Princess, will Luna be joining us?" You ask a little sheepishly.

"No, sadly not. There is some troubles with the griffins she has to take care of. Although she did want to meet you for real, instead of in your dreams." The Princess chuckled a little seeing you taken aback by what she said.

"So, she was really in my dreams then? And it wasn't my imagination?" You tell yourself more then really asking.

"Yes. My sister is the Princess of the Night, which means dreams are also part of her responsibility." Celestia now got up and she is standing next to you.

"The reason I came here really was to find out what Twilight found in you. I will scan your body. You won't feel a thing." She got straight to the point and she puts her three foot horn on your shoulder.

You feel a little warmth flowing from it and then a wave of cold.

"Well that is indeed interesting. It seems that your magic resembles that of the minotaur mostly. It is a very potent magic, but yours is slightly different still. I have no idea what it actually is. If you are interested in learning magic, I suggest you learn the ancient style the minotaurs have been using for aeons. It is quite different from pony magic, but can yield similar results." Twilight had taken a notepad and a quill to write down everything the Princess was saying, which would come in handy later.

After another hour of talking and some more scanning the Princess was convinced you don't pose a direct threat to her subjects and she went back to her castle to care for her royal duties. It's about five-thirty now and you start to feel hungry. Time to prepare some dinner.

Dinner is same as it has been for the last week, some potatoes with a lot of raw and cooked vegetables. The only thing missing is meat. Of course ponies are herbivores but that doesn't mean you don't miss the taste of meat now that you live like one yourself.

"So twilight..." You start as you serve the food for the both of you.

"Yes Plane?"

"Do you think I should learn Minotaur magic?"

"Well of course you should. You could help out so much better if you could actually use your magic, instead of dissipating it every time you overcharge." Twilight smiles at you while she grabs a book and places in front of you with her magic, before taking another bite of the food.

"Just imagine what you could achieve with magic and with those hands of yours."

You open the book which Twilight had given you, the cover reading 'Basic control and handling of Minotaurian magicks'. You already know how to keep your magic at bay, so you check the table of contents for spells. You quickly find the one you wanted to learn ever since you found out you have magic.

"Levitation spell, the basics. I think that's a good place to start. Don't you think so too Twi?" You ask her while flipping to the correct page.

"Well, I know that the levitation spell for ponies is pretty easy, but I haven't studied Minotaurian magick whatsoever so I have no idea how difficult it is."

"It is in the book for basic magicks, so I don't think it could be that difficult, right?"

You find the page and start reading the first paragraph. After about two sentences though you encounter your first problem.

"Hey Twi, what do they mean with 'Focus the Prana to the Nabhi and let it flow through Marut onto Vastu.'?" You ask, not understanding a single word you just read.

"I think you may need to learn some of the ancient Minotaur language before you can learn their magick." Twilight replies with a sigh.

"What they mean, though, is 'Focus the energy, in this case your natural magic, to your stomach area, which is the place that can hold most of your magic at the same time, and let it flow through the air onto the object you wish to levitate'. It's almost the same with unicorns, but we have to focus our magic through our horns before we can cast a spell." This makes much more sense to you then those weird ancient words.

You decide you want to give it a try straight away without even finishing your dinner. You can already feel your own magic but now you have to move it to your stomach. It doesn't take much effort to do so, since Twilight told you how to vent and control it internally through her memories.

'So now I just focus it onto the object, can't be too difficult.' You think to yourself while looking at your fork next to you plate of unfinished food.

You feel the magic flow toward it and slowly wrap around the object. It even starts to glow a little, and so does your stomach. The fork starts shaking a little and lifts about a centimetre off of the table with a soft 'tink', escaping your grip. You try again, focus your energy on the object and lift it, only to have it slip from your grip yet again.

"Wow, it's a lot more difficult than it looks." You say with a little sign of strain on your face, after having failed another few times.

"Maybe you should try focusing your magic from your stomach through your hands first and then use your them to guide and focus it on the fork." Twilight suggests after having watched your attempts at a supposedly simple spell.

You try what Twilight said, and at first it seems to work. The fork balances at about two inches from the table for about three seconds, then it quivers slightly and drops back onto the table.

"I guess I'll have to practise quite a bit before I can help you with whatever you wanted me to help you with." You say with a sigh, before finishing your now cold dinner.

Today is your day off and now that Twilight knows what sort of magic you have she wants to do some magical testing. She wants to find the source of your magic and how fast you generate it, in comparison to ponies. Over the past few days Twilight has been studying all about Minotaurian magick and now she feels confident enough to use her magic on you, without fear of blowing you or anything up.

After having started the day like usual you are led to a basement you didn't even know Twilight had. It is filled with what seems like an assortment of an entire chemical factory. Phials placed in holders which in turn are resting on shelves through the entire room.

In the middle of the room is a table and Twilight says you should lie down on it. She doesn't waste any time and starts working immediately, using the appropriate spells as not to cause any imbalance. It feels weird, because you can feel her magic coarse through your body but you can't control it. It unnerves you a little.

"C'mon relax, don't block me please, otherwise this won't work." Twilight starts.

"What? I'm not blocking you." You reply confused.

"Yes you are. Just stop following my magic, let it flow freely."

You stop tracing the flow of Twilight's magic, although somehow you can still sense exactly where it is. You immediately feel better and more relaxed, as if a pressure is gone. You feel her magic move through your stomach and further up. Twilight taking notes and every so often dipping the quill back in the ink pot all the while.

Once her magic reaches your heart though, you feel her suddenly stop. You take a deep breath to relax yourself , because you feel the tension rising again. After Twilight has written down some more data she continues probing you with her magic, but she avoids your heart area, which concerns you a little.

You decide to ask her afterwards why she avoided your heart, but you let her continue for now. After another twenty minutes of probing you with her horn Twilight decides to do some other testing. She pulls out one hair from your head and puts it into a phial containing a clear liquid.

Upon contact with the hair sample the liquid immediately turns a dark purple.

"Interesting..." The mad scientist mumbles while continuously stirring the phial's contents.

A few seconds later the liquid turned a bright venom-green and then quickly black. You look at Twilight who now has a frown on her face as she quickly notes down her findings.

After some more testing and probing Twilight said she needs some time to inspect the results and make a diagnosis. She suggests you practice your magicks and also do some studying of the ancient language, which you found out seems very similar to the Earth's Sanskrit language, which originated from before five hundred BC. It's still a pain-in-the-ass to have to learn the language though. You hate languages, but If you want to learn magick there's not much choice.

You decide you don't need to learn the whole language, but just look up the words you don't understand when you need to learn a spell. The problem you do keep on running into is that, because you aren't a minotaur, you have to do each spell a little differently than the book suggests.

This gives you the idea to write a book for yourself, in normal English and each spell altered in such a way that you can actually cast it. Of course you're still only working on your levitation spell, but you plan on making each spell suitable for yourself to use.

After about two hours of practising and writing Twilight finally walks into the room with a worried expression.

"What's wrong?" You ask her, as she stops in front of you and gives you her notes. "What's this?"

"There have been some... results that I'm not very comfortable with." Twilight responds.

"It appears that you are highly susceptible to corruption, and it is strengthened by you now having magic." She sighs and starts to trot around the room.

"The thing is, if you continue your studies on magic you might become too powerful and become corrupted by darkness. It will probably take a while before you can even do all the basics, but in time and with enough practise you could become more powerful than Celestia herself. Therefore I ask you to only study the basics and nothing more, otherwise you will be a threat and then I will have to find a way to return you to where you came from." Twilight doesn't seem to like that idea too much, and you have also grown to like the ponies of this world.

You don't think you are capable of hurting anyone or anything, but you know that it fits the human race to be consumed with power and use it for their own gain.

"I promise I will not study more than the basics of magic, unless you tell me that I have to learn some other spell for the good of others." You say sincerely, looking at a slightly relieved Twilight.

"What's that you have there?" Twilight says, quickly changing the subject and clearing the air of the ominous tension.

"I'm sort of re-writing the book for myself, using normal English and altering the spells for myself so that I can actually cast them." You reply with a smile.

"Okay... Just make sure you translate everything correctly. I wouldn't want you to accidentally blow yourself up." Twilight says as she gets a few books from the shelves and walks over to a clear side of the room before lying down and reading.

You decide that now is a good time to start preparing dinner for the both of you. Just before you reach the kitchen there's a knock on the door.

"Come in." You say, knowing Twilight is probably too occupied with her books.

You look over your shoulder to see who was at the door and are surprised that all the elements of harmony were now standing in the library. There had only been two times before that they had all visited at the same time. You know they sometimes hang out somewhere together, but that's usually at Sugar Cube Corner, a place where you still don't dare go near to.

"So what brings you all here this fine evening?" You say with an exaggerated posh accent.

"Hi Plane. We just wanted to..." Rainbow Dash started before being rudely interrupted by Pinkie.

"We want you to cook for us!" Pinkie screamed with glee, as she bounced around Twilight's home, getting a cold stare from Rainbow while doing so.

You've never cooked for Twilight friends before. You only ever cooked for Twilight and yourself.

"We all heard that you're a mighty fine cook from Missy Twilight here." Applejack said, pointing at a still studying Twilight.

"Yea, and we don't want Twilight to have All the glory." Rainbow added.

You think about it for a while before you walk to the kitchen to see how much food there was in the cupboards. After having checked you go back to the girls.

"I think I might be able to pull something off. You're lucky Twilight got groceries yesterday, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough. Next time though you might want to inform me about when you're coming, then I can prepare something more special than what I have to make today." You say, smiling at the five ponies in front of you.

'Well, better get started on dinner then.' You think with a sigh.