Chapter 8: Rampant Runes and References

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As I moved branches out of my line of sight about a mile from where I was I saw a tall crumbling tower in the distance and I decided to head there for shelter before nightfall because I learned my lesson over the past week about not hiding or making shelter.

As I ran through the forest something walked into my path and I rammed into it knocking us both down the hill, as we fell I felt something huge grab me and we stopped right before we hit a huge stone wall with a bunch of symbols on it. As I regained my sight i saw that what i had hit had grabbed me and the first thing i noticed was it looked like a human.

"Who the hell are you and why shouldn't i kill you right now." yelled the 'monster'.

"My name is Ray and why would you want to kill me."

"I'm not particularly fond of people running into me like that, especially when I don't know them!" He shot back.

"Well who are you and why do you look like a human." I asked.

"Trust me, I'm human enough." He replied with a grin, and I could swear that I saw the veins in his arm pulse a faint green...

"You still haven't told me your

name."

"Slow down we've only just met."

..."WHAT THE HELL!"

He gives me a look of confusion, and then it dawns on him. "...wait. Did you really thi-..." A moment passes before he bursts into uncontrollable laughter, accidentally tossing me into the wall in the process. As I hit the wall, the symbol on my hand began to glow, and so did the symbols on the wall as they flowed into my hand.

"I can't believ-..." He's cut off by the event ocurring in front of him. His eyes slowly widen. 'What... The... Hell...?'

As I open my eyes, I saw that I was glowing, and had the same thoughts as he did. The ground suddenly burst into flames, as I stood up.

"What the balls!?" I exclaimed, looking to the guy. "What happened?"

"I-I don't know! I threw you into the wall by accident, and the next time I look at you, you're glowing brighter than a blacklight rave full to bursting!" He replied in utter bewilderment.

"Ugh i wish Twilight was here to help figure this out."

The second I said that there was a humongous burst of energy behind me.

"What how did I get here?" said a familiar voice.

"Hmm... Well, Ray," He replied with a smirk, "It appears that you may have..."

"...fairy godparents."

As he said that, we heard the word 'fairies' being shouted loudly in our ears, as a shadow ran through the distance, holding a butterfly net.

"Ray, is that you...?" Twilight said incredulously.

"Of course it is... Egghead."  He replied with a face that could eat dirt.

"Excuse me, but what the hell is going on here?" He interjected with confusion.

"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Twilight Spar-"

"She's the main egghead at that village over there." I said, gesturing towards Ponyville.

As I said that a voice sang out in my head "Why you gotta be so rude."

over and over and as I looked over at the guy behind me, he was snickering and smirking, trying his best not to laugh. Twilight looks at him, completely dumbfounded.

He looks at her, and waves her off. "It's nothing important. Don't mind me."

As Twilight smiles, she says "And just who are you...?" With science eyes.

"Umm, Twilight, before you go any further with your 'studies'... I need you to tell me why I can do this." As I flicked my wrist, a fireball spawned in the palm of my hand.

"W-Wait, you're using magic? ...again?!" She cried.

"Yeah, and get this - it doesn't tire me in the slightest!" I half-bragged.

"...I... What." She was at a loss for words.

"Waaaait a minute... Magic's not real!" He objected out of the blue.

"Oh, really? Then, for my next number, I shall take us to the outskirts of the Canterlot castle!" I boasted.

I snapped my fingers, and instead of teleporting to the castle, cotton candy clouds appeared above us, pouring what appears to be chocolate rain down on us.

"...hooolyyy s... MY FAVORITE!" The guy cries happily, grabbing a cloud from the air and squeezing it like a sponge, savoring the flavor.

"You know..." He says, taking the cloud away from his mouth. "I feel like this could be the start of a beautiful relationship."

We both look at him in shock and disgust.

He looks at us the same way, holding his hands up defensively. "NOT LIKE THAT! Good lord, man!"

We hear a rustling in the trees then we heard a knocking on the stone wall, a man in red poked his body halfway throughthe wall and said

"Hey kids wanna see a dead body?!"

We all looked at directly at him and yelled "NO!"

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