The Way of the Arcane

Several weeks later...

"I've done it!"

"Done what?"

"I finished the spell list."

"Cool, lemme see."

Troy handed over the three and a half page list of one hundred spells. He surveyed the list and came to a conclusion "Ees sheet."

"What do you mean it's shit!? Do you realize how long I've worked on this?"

"I'm messing with you. It's great. Now to get started on writing the guide."

Patrick strolled over to his computer. He opened up Fimfiction.net and logged in under their shared username. "You wanted to write the story right?"

"Yeah."

"Here then. I'm going to sleep."

It was 2:00 am when Troy started writing. He finished at 4:00 am, ending with a poke at Patrick (y'know, his laziness.).

Troy went off to bed, and to dream of ponies.

Types of Magic (cont.)

Chill Magic - Novice

Appearance: Spray, Cone, or Beam
Purpose: General cooling or freezing.

Fling Magic - Novice

Appearance: Invisible
Purpose: Throwing or tossing, since force can't really be put behind Floaty Magic.

"What did you think of the story, Patrick? I portrayed you correctly?"

"Yes you did. It was perfect. I don't know where you are going with this, but I like it."

Troy was unsatisfied at the reaction to his joke, but Patrick was good natured, and couldn't really be bothered by the poke between friends. Patrick turned back to the computer and pressed the submit button. Chapter one was uploaded. The duo grinned to each other and continued thinking up more for the magic journal. They came up with better ways of explaining it, what gems were used for, and generally very good ideas.

Troy entered Patrick's abode. He roamed about Patrick's house, looking for the chap. Patrick sat at his desk, playing League of Legends. Troy said to him "Patrick, do you ever get anything done?"

"Nope." (This is why the chapter took so bucking long)

"Did you read the draft for chapter two? Did you insert the parts of the magic journal where I asked you to?"

"Nope."

"Dammit Patrick. People can't wait forever. They need to know that we are actually still making this!"

"How long is this story going to be anyways?"

"A good length, but the magic journal won't be in all of it. I imagine the story will be longer than the parts of the magic journal."

Troy continued with the conversation "Why don't we check and see how many views it has gotten?"

"Okay" Patrick opened up his browser and logged into Fimfiction.com. He clicked the 'My Page' button and scrolled down to where the story was. He clicked on the story and looked at the views. "Thirty views."

Troy looked at the screen "Thirty views?! Hah! My stories are better than yours!"

"But you wrote this one too!"

"Oh yeah...damn."

Troy slouched in the rolly chair he sat in. This story wasn't doing so hot. In his mind though, this was going to be the best one yet, unfortunately, he had only written chapter one. He spoke to Patrick again "Well then, work on chapter two begins immediately."

"So did you insert the parts of the magic journal where I said to?"

"No."

"That's what I was afraid of. You realize if this becomes a solo project for me, I will take all the credit."

"No. It was my idea. I knew you would do this."

"Dammit Patrick, I'm doing this because nothing is getting done!"

"Whatever. I'll get it done, eventually."

"You are like Snails. It takes you forever to do anything. Can you imagine if Falllout:Equestria updated at this pace?"

"It's finished though."

"That's beside the point. What I mean is, it would not only take an eternity to read a chapter, but it would also take an eternity for the next chapter to come out."

"I'll get it done."

Troy finished work on chapter two. In the next chapter, shit was gonna get real. Troy could feel his plan coming together. Oh, what a glorious fic this would be. His best one yet. All he needed now, was to publish chapter two.

Patrick finished putting in the magic journal parts. Troy's hand hovered over the publish button, he turned to Patrick "Are you ready?"

"For what? We're just finishing a new chapter."

"Yeah I know, but the suspense makes it sound cooler. Just go with it."

"Yes, I'm ready."

"Alright then."

Troy clicked on the icon. Uploading...uploading...uploading...done. The chapter was up. Now to sit back and wait. Work on chapter three was now in Troy's mind. What would happen next? Would something totally crazy just fly in and-

Whoosh

CLIFFHANGER