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The human will be given a choice to go anywhere. He decides to go to the one place where it is peaceful and know nothing of war, Equestria.", "writing": "Chapter 17: PRANK WARS!\n\nI teleported everypony to the town square and they all quickly looked themselves over to make sure nothing was missing. “Are we ready to get some grub?” I asked.\n\n“Heck yea!” Rainbow Dash said. The others nodded as well. \n\nWe made our way to the dinner. This time, the ponies inside continue to talk and eat. Guess they are getting used to me. The waitress got us the same table as last time, seeing it is the only one that can hold all of us. We placed our drink and food orders and the waitress left to get them going. They all turned their heads toward me, waiting for something. I looked at them with a confused look and said, “Ok, now what is going on?”\n\n“Mind telling us about that Wood Style Jutsu you did?” Twilight asked.\n\nOf course, they are probably going to ask me about everyone I am going to learn and show. “That is one of the combination jutsu styles I am able to learn. It is a combo of Earth and Wind style. They are very difficult to learn and takes more chakra energy to use.”\n\n“So you can make and wood object sprout from the ground?” Applejack asked.\n\n“Not just from the ground. I can have it also come out of certain stones and of course other objects made out of wood.”\n\n“That is where that new door at Sugarcube Corner came from! You popped a new one from the frame. I was trying to figure out how to explain to the Cakes why the front door was busted.” Pinkie said.\n\n“How did the door get busted in the first place?” Twilight asked.\n\n“Ditzy had one of mad muffin cravings when she smelled the muffins Blaze ordered for breakfast.”\n\n“I am surprised you were still able to do the jutsu after she crashed into you.” Rainbow said.\n\n“She didn’t crash into me or my food.” I said.\n\n“How was that possible? When she is like that, even I get hit by her.”\n\n“My reaction timing and instincts give me the quick reflexes to dodge the hit.”\n\nRainbow decided to test it. As I was explaining what I did to dodge the hit, she tore a tiny piece off her paper napkin with her mouth, grabbed the straw from her drink, and launched a spit wad straight at my forehead. I saw the wad coming in my peripheral vision. I continue the explanation as I snag the wad in mid air and launched it back at Rainbow. It hit her in between the eyes. The others were surprised of the prank Rainbow tried to pull. Then started to laugh about how it got backfire on her.\n\n“You satisfied with my reflexes now Rainbow Dash?” I asked with a smirk on my face.\n\nShe wiped the wad off her face and said, “Well, I expected you to dodge it. I did not think you would send it back at me. That was impressive. Don’t think I will let you get away from sending a prank back to me.”\n\n“We shall see if you can prank me.” This will definitely get her in the mood to pull pranks tomorrow. It will be good training for me to keep myself aware of my surroundings.\n\nOur food arrived and I had ordered several things as I was starving. They all chatted about different things and I just listened and ate. When the meal was done. The mane 6 was definitely surprised I ate all what I ordered.\n\n“How in tarnation were you able to eat all that? I have never seen a pony eat that much, even at an eating contest.” Applejack said.\n\n“I agree. Don’t get angry, but I think it is uncouth how you can eat so much.” Rarity said.\n\n“I pretty much drained my chakra today and took a good chunk of ki on those Timberwolves. The food will replenish my energy and strength. I can’t really think straight on an empty stomach.” I said as I picked my teeth with a toothpick.\n\nWe all paid for our own meals this time, I paid the most seeing I ordered the most. Can’t wait to get my house done. Then I can have home cooked meals and MEAT. We walked through the town under the starry sky. The others were discussing what they were going to be doing tomorrow. I saw Rainbow whispering into Pinkie Pie’s ear and a very happy smile was forming on her face. Then Rarity asked me a question, “So where are you going to be sleeping tonight Blaze?”\n\n“Are you offering me to come and spend the night at your place?” I replied back.\n\nRarity started to blush and then regain her composure. “I was only asking has I have been working on your two tux for the Gala and need to see how they fit on both forms of you.”\n\n“I think that would be a great idea. Then after I can get with Applejack and get some furniture and paint for my house.”\n\nSo everypony headed to their homes and I followed Rarity to hers. We we got inside. Rarity said in a quiet voice, “I am afraid you have to sleep down here on the couch. My spare bedroom currently has my little sister in there and she is asleep at the moment.”\n\n“Have you told her about me?” I asked.\n\n“I am afraid not. She arrived just after I was done with a spa and I told her I will be home late because a friend needed help.”\n\nI feel another time I am going to explain me being a human in my future. “Then I better change into my pony form so she won’t scream monster.” I joked.\n\n“That might be for the best. I shall go and get you a blanket.”\n\n“You can leave it on the couch as I am going to do some meditation for a while.”\n\n“Very well. Good night Blaze.”\n\n“Good night Rarity. Oh mind telling me where the bathroom is? I would like to freshen up first.”\n\n“Upstairs, first door on the left.”\n\nRarity went into the back of her shop to get the blanket. I headed upstairs, quietly, and enter the bathroom. Once cleaned up and the business was taken care of, I head back downstairs. I transformed into my pony form and went into my meditative state.\n\nStanding in the middle of a field, in my human form I started to think of the next style I should try and learn. Let’s see, the other three basic elements are water, fire, and lightning. Each of them has its plus and minus of why I should expect when training with them. Screw it, I will stay in the order of the chart. I imagine the Ninjutsu computer and pulled up the chart. It showed the next one in clockwise pattern was water. So I pulled up those scrolls and began creating clones to start practicing that element. After several hours of training, I was getting pretty good at it. I exited the state when I felt I did enough for the night. I pulled the blanket at the foot of the couch with my mouth and covered myself as I lay down to go to sleep.\n\nThe next morning I actually did not get up at my normal time. I was awaken by a loud scream.\n\n“RARITY! THERE IS A BURGLAR SLEEPING DOWNSTAIRS!” a little filly voice screamed.\n\nI woke up and fell off the couch, getting caught in the blanket. I then felt a little body jump onto me as I tried to get out. “What is going on? Get off before you get hurt little filly.” I said.\n\n“You are not going anywhere. The guards are going to take you to the dungeon.” The little filly said.\n\n“Sweetie Belle! What are you doing?”Rarity said from the top of the stairs.\n\n“I got a burglar sleeping on the couch! Go and get the guards!” Sweetie Belle shouted.\n\n“Oh! No no no no, he is not a burglar. He is a guest and a friend.” Rarity said as she came quickly down the stairs\n\n“You are not a burglar?” She asked me.\n\n“No I am not. A burglar would not break into a house just to sleep on a couch. Can you please get off me now?” I said.\n\nShe quickly hopped off and said, “I am sorry mister for thinking you were a burglar.”\n\n“It is alright. I would have probably acted the same way at your age.” I got out of the blanket and stood up on my hooves. “Let’s forget about this incident and start all over. Hello there. My name is Swift Blaze, but you can call me Blaze.”\n\n“My name is Sweetie Belle and Rarity is my big sister. Can I ask you why you were sleeping on the couch?”\n\n“Well, my house is currently being built so your sister has offered me to crash here last night.”\n\n“I have not seen any construction going on in Ponyville. Where is your house?” Sweetie asked.\n\n“It is just outside town. Should be done by tomorrow.”\n\n“I have never seen a house built by ponies so fast! There must be lots of ponies working on it.”\n\nHere we go with the human explanation. “Well I am the one that did most of it yesterday. I am not an actual pony. I have already explained this to your sister, her friends, and several others, including the Princesses.”\n\n“Then what are you? To me, you do look like a pony.”\n\n“My species is called human and I have these abilities that allow me to do things similar to magic. I am going to do one right now to return to my original body. Please don’t scream or freak out.”\n\nSweetie Belle had a confused, scared look on her face. She went and stood by Rarity and waited.\n\n“It is all right Sweetie Belle. It might look scary when you first see his human form, but he is very friendly and those abilities are dazzling.” Rarity said.\n\nThis puts a smile to Sweetie’s face as she waited for me to change. I released my Shadow Transform Jutsu and my human form appeared out of the puff of smoke.\n\nI could see Sweetie Belle was about to scream, but she stopped herself by placing a hoof in her mouth. She took it out and said, “You are definitely a creature I have never seen before. Where are you from and how did you do that magic?”\n\nSo I went on explaining about me, my planet, having no magic, and how I can do things similar to magic with chakra. She was really focused on listening. Rarity had gone to the kitchen to get some breakfast for us. Once i finished telling my story, Sweetie asked me, “So you are still learning these jutsu things and do it all within your mind?”\n\n“Yep, even though the scrolls are in my head, I have to read them and practice the moves.”\n\n“That is amazing! You also said you can fly with another source called ki. Can you show me?”\n\n“Sure.” I gather the same amount of ki to make me hover off the ground. When I forced it down, I flew and hit my head against the ceiling. I quickly landed back on my feet and started to rub the back of my head where it hit the ceiling. Rarity came rushing in from the kitchen.\n\n“What was that noise?” Rarity asked.\n\n“Sorry about that. Sweetie Belle wanted to see me fly. So I gathered what I normally put out to hover. Instead oh hovering, I flew into the ceiling. Guess I need to readjust my control seeing I feel lighter after losing that emotional baggage last night.”I said.\n\n“What is emotional baggage and why did you lose it.” Sweetie Belle asked.\n\nOh this is going to be a fun one to explain to a child. I got down to one knee, so I am at her eye level. “You see, it was a repressed memory from my childhood. I have totally forgotten about it till it resurfaced itself yesterday. Your sister and her friends helped me take care of the feelings that memory brought back and take away the strain those memories were having on my body.”\n\n“What was the memory?”\n\n“Let’s just say some bad event that affected me in a bad way. I won’t go into details as this world is too peaceful to know about it. So, Rarity, is breakfast is ready?” I said trying to change the subject.\n\n“It is ready. Go and eat up.” Sweetie Belle quickly went into the kitchen to start eating. I stood up and started to make my way there. Rarity stopped me for a sec and usher me to get closer. I did and she whispered, “Nice job explaining that and not telling her the actual event. I was afraid if she was told about that thing that happened to you, she would get nightmares.”\n\n“You and the others are going to be the only ones that will know about that part of my past. It is too dark for any other pony to know about.” I whisper back.\n\nRarity smiled and headed into the kitchen. I followed her in and saw what she made, waffles. I sat down at the table and grabbed a normal serving of the waffles and applied butter and syrup to them. Again I was amazed at how everything is fresh and does not have any of the preservatives or chemicals that were put into our food.\n\nWe finished the breakfast and I took care of the clean up. Rarity started to get ready for me to try on my tux for both my forms. Sweetie went off somewhere and I don’t know where. I entered Rarity’s workshop and I saw both of my tuxedoes. They looked amazing. They are the standard design for a tux, but Rarity had a red vest on the inside of the jacket and a bola tie with my cutie mark on it. The human had pants and the pony didn’t. Typical pony design. “Rarity, these are just amazing! You have really outdone yourself.” I said.\n\n“Why thank you Blaze. Let’s get them fitted for you to make sure everything will look good on you.” Rarity said.\n\n“Ok, do you have a changing room I can change in for the human one?”\n\n“Yep, that door to your right is the changing room for those ponies who are shy.”\n\nI grabbed the hanger of the human tux and entered the room. I took off my gi and put the tuxedo on. I stroked my hair back to go for the bond look. I stepped out and stood for Rarity to see. I then said in a James Bond accent, “The name’s Blaze. Swift Blaze. I shall take my drink shaken, not stirred.”\n\nThis almost causes Rarity to faint as how I looked and acted. “Oh my, Misour Blaze, don’t you look dazzling tonight. Would you mind standing on this platform so I can make adjustments?”\n\n“Of course Lady Rarity.” \n\nRarity giggled when I called her that. I got on the platform and stood still as she used her magic to make adjustments to the tux. Once she was done, she ushers me to get the tux off and go into my pony form. I went back into the changing room and took the tux off and put it neatly back on the hanger. I put my gi back on and then did the Shadow Transform Jutsu. I walked out with the human tux laying on my back.\n\n“Ok Rarity, ready to try on the next one.”\n\nShe used her magic to pick up the human tux and then used it to swap my pony gi clothing with the pony tuxedo. I looked at myself in the mirror and I would say I look like a rich pony now.\n\n“Rarity, you still amaze me of what you can do to change how a pony looks. If I wanted to, I could act like one of those fancy ponies in Canterlot and I would probably fool them.”\n\n“It is true that clothes make the pony look more sophisticated. They will however not change their personality. I am glad you allowed me to make these for you.”\n\n“Well I did not want to dress as an idiot when I escort my friends to the Gala. I will be on my best behavor while there. If anything bad happens, you know I will do everything I can to fix the problem.”\n\n“Of course I know you will. Nothing bad ever happens at the Gala from what I hear. Now get up on the platform so I can adjust the tux.”\n\nI do so and let her make the adjustments where they were needed. Once she was done, Rarity used her magic to put my gi back on. O got off the platform and changed back to my human form.\n\n“Rarity I have a question you might be able to answer.”\n\n“What is it Blaze?”\n\n“Is there a spell to change the weight of an object, like clothing, to make them lighter or heavier?”\n\n“I believe there is. Twilight might know the spell you are looking for. Why do you ask?”\n\n“Well, since I lost that emotional weight I have been carrying around. I said I feel lighter than ever. This morning when I tried to show your sister my flying skill, my normal energy output of ki sent me flying into your ceiling instead of hovering. Do you have some bands that can go around my wrist and ankles. If Twilight does know of a spell, I will ask her to increase the weight on my gi and those bands so I can continue my training.”\n\n“All I have are hoof bands, but they are stretchable so they should fit where you want them to.”\n\n“Cool, I will take eight then. Four are for my human form and the others are for my pony form. How much is that plus the two tuxedoes?”\n\n“Let’s see, 16 bits for the hoof bands and 200 for two customed tuxedoes.”\n\nI reached into the money pouch tied to my waist and pulled out 250 bits. “ Here you are plus a tip.”\n\n“Blaze you don’t have to leave me a tip. I enjoy doing the work.”\n\n“I insist. Well I am off to get with Applejack to get some furniture. See you later Rarity.”\n\nI left the boutique and made my way to Applejack’s farm. As I rounded a turn to see the farm, I saw the apple were different colors and patterns. Ah, so this episode has started. I went and hid in the forest as I heard a couple ponies giggling away coming up the road from Applejack’s fast. I saw Pinkie and Rainbow running by. Once the area was clear, I quickly made my way to the farm to help Applejack with her new issue. I saw her sitting and doing a small chuckle, then looked up to see all the apples in the nearby trees painted.\n\n“Hey Applejack, what is with all the new apples?” I asked.\n\n“Pinkie and Rainbow pulled a prank on me and painted all these apples with water based paint. I did get a good laugh, but now I realize I have to wash all these apples to get the paint off and that is going to take time.” Applejack said.\n\n“What would you say I get you a rain cloud and have it go over all these trees with the painted apples?”\n\n“That will be impressive, except you are not a Pegasus and there is no cloud in the sky. Where in tarnation are you going to get one.”\n\n“I can make a rain cloud from that barrel of water and manipulate it over the trees.”\n\n“I take you have learned a new element. I would appreciate your help if you are able to.”\n\n“I will get right on it and then we can go and buy the furniture for my place.”\n\nApplejack nodded and stood back as I walked up to the full barrel of water. I did the hand signs and said, “Water Style! Rain Cloud Formation Jutsu!” A dark rain cloud started to appear over the barrel. Once it was a good size, I stopped applying the jutsu.\n\n“That was amazing there Blaze. Now how are you going to manoeuvre the cloud over the trees and make it rain?” Applejack asked.\n\n“I am going to fly and squeeze the cloud out like a sponge over the trees.” \n\nThis time I slowly brought my ki out till I started to float and rise to where the cloud was waiting. I channel chakra to my hand to grab hold of the cloud. Once I had it, I flew around and spread the rain over the painted apples in the trees till all the paint washed away. When that was done, I punched what remains of the cloud to dissipate it.\n\n“Thank you for helping with that sugarcube. Let's head into town and do some shopping.”\n\n“Sure thing. I am going in my pony form so I can test a theory that has been on the back of my mind.”\n\n“Ok Blaze, I will wait by the entrance when you are ready.” Applejack said and began to walk in that direction.\n\nI transformed to pony form. I channeled my ki to barely hover off the ground and pretended to walk as I flew. I ‘walked’ up to Applejack and said, “Let's get going.”\n\n“Ok. So what were you thinking of trying out?”\n\n“I will explain later or when you notice.”\n\nApplejack looked me over to see what I could have changed and did not notice anything odd. We started to head towards Ponyville. We rounded a corner and I saw further down the road, there was a big patch of leaves in a circle. I looked and listened for anypony that might be hiding in the forest. I heard a faint sound of a giggle. Nice try you two. Let’s see what you think of this. I moved closer to Applejack and whispered into her ear, “Applejack, act naturally for the next few minutes as I tell you something. Up ahead, I think Pinkie and Rainbow Dash has set a prank trap for me in the middle of the road. Please walk along the edge of the road and act like to don’t notice it.”\n\nApplejack nodded and started to make her way to the edge. I continued to slightly hover off the ground and moved my hooves like I was walking. We got to the trap and I just continued walking right over it. As we continued to walk, there was a sudden scream from behind. Applejack and I turned our heads around and saw Pinkie had a rope tied to one of her hoofs and was hanging upside down from a tree limb by it. Rainbow was trying to help her down. We both started to laugh and continued into town.\n\n“Ok Blaze, how did you not set that trap off when you walked over it?” Applejack asked.\n\n“Who says I am walking?” I replied.\n\n“You look like you are.”\n\n“I am actually hovering and pretending to walk.”\n\n“That explains why I was not hearing your hooves hitting the ground. I thought you put on some silent horseshoes or something like that.”\n\n“Nope. Just barely hovering off the ground.”\n\nI suddenly heard something fast was coming up from behind. Rainbow was speeding towards me like she wanted answers to that backfire. Let’s see how fast I really am. She continued to get closer and I acted like I have not noticed her coming. She was probably a foot away when I made my move. Going as fast as possible, I noticed everything was starting to move in slow motion. I quickly dodge out of her path as she flew by thinking she got me by how her face looked. Once by, I went back to where I was acting like nothing happened.\n\nRainbow soon realize she did not have me. She looked behind and saw I did not move. She looked forward just in time as she crashed into a pile of bundled hay. Applejack and I ran up to her to see if she was ok.\n\n“You ok there, Rainbow?” Applejack asked.\n\nRainbow shook the dazed look she had on her face off. “Yea, I’m fine. Care to explain yourself Blaze?” Rainbow said.\n\n“What did I do?” I asked.\n\n“Explain how you avoid that trap prank Pinkie and I set for you. Then how I missed grabbing you just a few seconds ago.”\n\n“That trap in the forest was for me?” I said acting all innocent.\n\n“YES IT WAS! I was trying to get you back for backfiring that spit wad last night! That trap was a hair trigger so a slight touch with your hoof would have set it off. How Did you escape it when you walked right over it!” Rainbow shouted.\n\n“Here is my secret.” I got close to her ear. “I was not walking, I was flying just above the ground.” I quickly backed away before she responded.\n\n“WHAT? How can you be barely off the ground when you were clearly walking.”\n\n“I concentrated on my ki control and pretended I was walking. Plus the fact I saw the trap when it came into view. The pranker just got pranked.” I said with a big grin on my face. \n\n“Ok, then how did I miss grabbing you when you did not move?” Rainbow asked.\n\n“Oh, I heard you coming at a fast speed so I tested to see how fast I could move. Turns out fast enough for you to not notice.”\n\n“Then prove it. There is a guard post with a guard on the north side of town. I want you to take his helmet and place it on top of the flag pole by the school house. Then come back here. I will give you three seconds to do it.”\n\n“A good prank to pull, ok.”\n\n“Ready . . . set . . . GO! . . . One,”\n\n“Done.”\n\n“How are you done? You have not moved.” Applejack said.\n\n“Take a look at the flag pole.”\n\nThey both turned their head towards it and sure enough, there was a royal guard helmet on top of the pole. Soon they heard a pony shout, “Who Took My Helmet!”\n\nWe all started laughing. Once that was done and everypony calmed back down, I said to Rainbow, “Thank you for the awareness training I need that to test how my abilities have improved.”\n\n“So you are not mad at me for trying to prank you?” Rainbow said.\n\n“Of course not, I am just a little tougher to pull one off one as I have pretty much done them all in my teenage years and know what to look for.”\n\nRainbow smiled and said, “Well, don’t expect me on giving up on pranking you. I shall leave you alone for now as I have some weather duties to take care of.” She flew off as fast as ever.\n\n“Whoo-whee, you were not kidding when you said you feel lighter after releasing that emotional memory.” Applejack said.\n\n“The down side is I need weighted clothes if I want to continue my training. I won’t feel the burn as my body has been used to that weight feeling. Yes I still weigh the same, but I don’t feel the same. I am happy I did get rid of it, just now I need physical weight to continue my training.”\n\n“So ya going to do that type of training from that show of yours?”\n\n“Yep, I am going to see Twilight to see if she has a spell so I don’t actually have to wear weights.”\n\n“First, let's get you the furniture to finish your house.”\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "Chapter 17: PRANK WARS!

I teleported everypony to the town square and they all quickly looked themselves over to make sure nothing was missing. “Are we ready to get some grub?” I asked.

“Heck yea!” Rainbow Dash said. The others nodded as well.

We made our way to the dinner. This time, the ponies inside continue to talk and eat. Guess they are getting used to me. The waitress got us the same table as last time, seeing it is the only one that can hold all of us. We placed our drink and food orders and the waitress left to get them going. They all turned their heads toward me, waiting for something. I looked at them with a confused look and said, “Ok, now what is going on?”

“Mind telling us about that Wood Style Jutsu you did?” Twilight asked.

Of course, they are probably going to ask me about everyone I am going to learn and show. “That is one of the combination jutsu styles I am able to learn. It is a combo of Earth and Wind style. They are very difficult to learn and takes more chakra energy to use.”

“So you can make and wood object sprout from the ground?” Applejack asked.

“Not just from the ground. I can have it also come out of certain stones and of course other objects made out of wood.”

“That is where that new door at Sugarcube Corner came from! You popped a new one from the frame. I was trying to figure out how to explain to the Cakes why the front door was busted.” Pinkie said.

“How did the door get busted in the first place?” Twilight asked.

“Ditzy had one of mad muffin cravings when she smelled the muffins Blaze ordered for breakfast.”

“I am surprised you were still able to do the jutsu after she crashed into you.” Rainbow said.

“She didn’t crash into me or my food.” I said.

“How was that possible? When she is like that, even I get hit by her.”

“My reaction timing and instincts give me the quick reflexes to dodge the hit.”

Rainbow decided to test it. As I was explaining what I did to dodge the hit, she tore a tiny piece off her paper napkin with her mouth, grabbed the straw from her drink, and launched a spit wad straight at my forehead. I saw the wad coming in my peripheral vision. I continue the explanation as I snag the wad in mid air and launched it back at Rainbow. It hit her in between the eyes. The others were surprised of the prank Rainbow tried to pull. Then started to laugh about how it got backfire on her.

“You satisfied with my reflexes now Rainbow Dash?” I asked with a smirk on my face.

She wiped the wad off her face and said, “Well, I expected you to dodge it. I did not think you would send it back at me. That was impressive. Don’t think I will let you get away from sending a prank back to me.”

“We shall see if you can prank me.” This will definitely get her in the mood to pull pranks tomorrow. It will be good training for me to keep myself aware of my surroundings.

Our food arrived and I had ordered several things as I was starving. They all chatted about different things and I just listened and ate. When the meal was done. The mane 6 was definitely surprised I ate all what I ordered.

“How in tarnation were you able to eat all that? I have never seen a pony eat that much, even at an eating contest.” Applejack said.

“I agree. Don’t get angry, but I think it is uncouth how you can eat so much.” Rarity said.

“I pretty much drained my chakra today and took a good chunk of ki on those Timberwolves. The food will replenish my energy and strength. I can’t really think straight on an empty stomach.” I said as I picked my teeth with a toothpick.

We all paid for our own meals this time, I paid the most seeing I ordered the most. Can’t wait to get my house done. Then I can have home cooked meals and MEAT. We walked through the town under the starry sky. The others were discussing what they were going to be doing tomorrow. I saw Rainbow whispering into Pinkie Pie’s ear and a very happy smile was forming on her face. Then Rarity asked me a question, “So where are you going to be sleeping tonight Blaze?”

“Are you offering me to come and spend the night at your place?” I replied back.

Rarity started to blush and then regain her composure. “I was only asking has I have been working on your two tux for the Gala and need to see how they fit on both forms of you.”

“I think that would be a great idea. Then after I can get with Applejack and get some furniture and paint for my house.”

So everypony headed to their homes and I followed Rarity to hers. We we got inside. Rarity said in a quiet voice, “I am afraid you have to sleep down here on the couch. My spare bedroom currently has my little sister in there and she is asleep at the moment.”

“Have you told her about me?” I asked.

“I am afraid not. She arrived just after I was done with a spa and I told her I will be home late because a friend needed help.”

I feel another time I am going to explain me being a human in my future. “Then I better change into my pony form so she won’t scream monster.” I joked.

“That might be for the best. I shall go and get you a blanket.”

“You can leave it on the  couch as I am going to do some meditation for a while.”

“Very well. Good night Blaze.”

“Good night Rarity. Oh mind telling me where the bathroom is? I would like to freshen up first.”

“Upstairs, first door on the left.”

Rarity went into the back of her shop to get the blanket. I headed upstairs, quietly, and enter the bathroom. Once cleaned up and the business was taken care of, I head back downstairs. I transformed into my pony form and went into my meditative state.

Standing in the middle of a field, in my human form I started to think of the next style I should try and learn. Let’s see, the other three basic elements are water, fire, and lightning. Each of them has its plus and minus of why I should expect when training with them. Screw it, I will stay in the order of the chart. I imagine the Ninjutsu computer and pulled up the chart. It showed the next one in clockwise pattern was water. So I pulled up those scrolls and began creating clones to start practicing that element. After several hours of training, I was getting pretty good at it. I exited the state when I felt I did enough for the night. I pulled the blanket at the foot of the couch with my mouth and covered myself as I lay down to go to sleep.

The next morning I actually did not get up at my normal time. I was awaken by a loud scream.

“RARITY! THERE IS A BURGLAR SLEEPING DOWNSTAIRS!” a little filly voice screamed.

I woke up and fell off the couch, getting caught in the blanket. I then felt a little body jump onto me as I tried to get out. “What is going on? Get off before you get hurt little filly.” I said.

“You are not going anywhere. The guards are going to take you to the dungeon.” The little filly said.

“Sweetie Belle! What are you doing?”Rarity said from the top of the stairs.

“I got a burglar sleeping on the couch! Go and get the guards!” Sweetie Belle shouted.

“Oh! No no no no, he is not a burglar. He is a guest and a friend.” Rarity said as she came quickly down the stairs

“You are not a burglar?” She asked me.

“No I am not. A burglar would not break into a house just to sleep on a couch. Can you please get off me now?” I said.

She quickly hopped off and said, “I am sorry mister for thinking you were a burglar.”

“It is alright. I would have probably acted the same way at your age.” I got out of the blanket and stood up on my hooves. “Let’s forget about this incident and start all over. Hello there. My name is Swift Blaze, but you can call me Blaze.”

“My name is Sweetie Belle and Rarity is my big sister. Can I ask you why you were sleeping on the couch?”

“Well, my house is currently being built so your sister has offered me to crash here last night.”

“I have not seen any construction going on in Ponyville. Where is your house?” Sweetie asked.

“It is just outside town. Should be done by tomorrow.”

“I have never seen a house built by ponies so fast! There must be lots of ponies working on it.”

Here we go with the human explanation. “Well I am the one that did most of it yesterday. I am not an actual pony. I have already explained this to your sister, her friends, and several others, including the Princesses.”

“Then what are you? To me, you do look like a pony.”

“My species is called human and I have these abilities that allow me to do things similar to magic. I am going to do one right now to return to my original body. Please don’t scream or freak out.”

Sweetie Belle had a confused, scared look on her face. She went and stood by Rarity and waited.

“It is all right Sweetie Belle. It might look scary when you first see his human form, but he is very friendly and those abilities are dazzling.” Rarity said.

This puts a smile to Sweetie’s face as she waited for me to change. I released my Shadow Transform Jutsu and my human form appeared out of the puff of smoke.

I could see Sweetie Belle was about to scream, but she stopped herself by placing a hoof in her mouth. She took it out and said, “You are definitely a creature I have never seen before. Where are you from and how did you do that magic?”

So I went on explaining about me, my planet, having no magic, and how I can do things similar to magic with chakra. She was really focused on listening. Rarity had gone to the kitchen to get some breakfast for us. Once i finished telling my story, Sweetie asked me, “So you are still learning these jutsu things and do it all within your mind?”

“Yep, even though the scrolls are in my head, I have to read them and practice the moves.”

“That is amazing! You also said you can fly with another source called ki. Can you show me?”

“Sure.” I gather the same amount of ki to make me hover off the ground. When I forced it down, I flew and hit my head against the ceiling. I quickly landed back on my feet and started to rub the back of my head where it hit the ceiling. Rarity came rushing in from the kitchen.

“What was that noise?” Rarity asked.

“Sorry about that. Sweetie Belle wanted to see me fly. So I gathered what I normally put out to hover. Instead oh hovering, I flew into the ceiling. Guess I need to readjust my control seeing I feel lighter after losing that emotional baggage last night.”I said.

“What is emotional baggage and why did you lose it.” Sweetie Belle asked.

Oh this is going to be a fun one to explain to a child. I got down to one knee, so I am at her eye level. “You see, it was a repressed memory from my childhood. I have totally forgotten about it till it resurfaced itself yesterday. Your sister and her friends helped me take care of the feelings that memory brought back and take away the strain those memories were having on my body.”

“What was the memory?”

“Let’s just say some bad event that affected me in a bad way. I won’t go into details as this world is too peaceful to know about it. So, Rarity, is breakfast is ready?” I said trying to change the subject.

“It is ready. Go and eat up.” Sweetie Belle quickly went into the kitchen to start eating. I stood up and started to make my way there. Rarity stopped me for a sec and usher me to get closer. I did and she whispered, “Nice job explaining that and not telling her the actual event. I was afraid if she was told about that thing that happened to you, she would get nightmares.”

“You and the others are going to be the only ones that will know about that part of my past. It is too dark for any other pony to know about.” I whisper back.

Rarity smiled and headed into the kitchen. I followed her in and saw what she made, waffles. I sat down at the table and grabbed a normal serving of the waffles and applied butter and syrup to them. Again I was amazed at how everything is fresh and does not have any of the preservatives or chemicals that were put into our food.

We finished the breakfast and I took care of the clean up. Rarity started to get ready for me to try on my tux for both my forms. Sweetie went off somewhere and I don’t know where. I entered Rarity’s workshop and I saw both of my tuxedoes. They looked amazing. They are the standard design for a tux, but Rarity had a red vest on the inside of the jacket and a bola tie with my cutie mark on it. The human had pants and the pony didn’t. Typical pony design. “Rarity, these are just amazing! You have really outdone yourself.” I said.

“Why thank you Blaze. Let’s get them fitted for you to make sure everything will look good on you.” Rarity said.

“Ok, do you have a changing room I can change in for the human one?”

“Yep, that door to your right is the changing room for those ponies who are shy.”

I grabbed the hanger of the human tux and entered the room. I took off my gi and put the tuxedo on. I stroked my hair back to go for the bond look. I stepped out and stood for Rarity to see. I then said in a James Bond accent, “The name’s Blaze. Swift Blaze. I shall take my drink shaken, not stirred.”

This almost causes Rarity to faint as how I looked and acted. “Oh my, Misour Blaze, don’t you look dazzling tonight. Would you mind standing on this platform so I can make adjustments?”

“Of course Lady Rarity.”

Rarity giggled when I called her that. I got on the platform and stood still as she used her magic to make adjustments to the tux. Once she was done, she ushers me to get the tux off and go into my pony form. I went back into the changing room and took the tux off and put it neatly back on the hanger. I put my gi back on and then did the Shadow Transform Jutsu. I walked out with the human tux laying on my back.

“Ok Rarity, ready to try on the next one.”

She used her magic to pick up the human tux and then used it to swap my pony gi clothing with the pony tuxedo. I looked at myself in the mirror and I would say I look like a rich pony now.

“Rarity, you still amaze me of what you can do to change how a pony looks. If I wanted to, I could act like one of those fancy ponies in Canterlot and I would probably fool them.”

“It is true that clothes make the pony look more sophisticated. They will however not change their personality. I am glad you allowed me to make these for you.”

“Well I did not want to dress as an idiot when I escort my friends to the Gala. I will be on my best behavor while there. If anything bad happens, you know I will do everything I can to fix the problem.”

“Of course I know you will. Nothing bad ever happens at the Gala from what I hear. Now get up on the platform so I can adjust the tux.”

I do so and let her make the adjustments where they were needed. Once she was done, Rarity used her magic to put my gi back on. O got off the platform and changed back to my human form.

“Rarity I have a question you might be able to answer.”

“What is it Blaze?”

“Is there a spell to change the weight of an object, like clothing, to make them lighter or heavier?”

“I believe there is. Twilight might know the spell you are looking for. Why do you ask?”

“Well, since I lost that emotional weight I have been carrying around. I said I feel lighter than ever. This morning when I tried to show your sister my flying skill, my normal energy output of ki sent me flying into your ceiling instead of hovering. Do you have some bands that can go around my wrist and ankles. If Twilight does know of a spell, I will ask her to increase the weight on my gi and those bands so I can continue my training.”

“All I have are hoof bands, but they are stretchable so they should fit where you want them to.”

“Cool, I will take eight then. Four are for my human form and the others are for my pony form. How much is that plus the two tuxedoes?”

“Let’s see, 16 bits for the hoof bands and 200 for two customed tuxedoes.”

I reached into the money pouch tied to my waist and pulled out 250 bits. “ Here you are plus a tip.”

“Blaze you don’t have to leave me a tip. I enjoy doing the work.”

“I insist. Well I am off to get with Applejack to get some furniture. See you later Rarity.”

I left the boutique and made my way to Applejack’s farm. As I rounded a turn to see the farm, I saw the apple were different colors and patterns. Ah, so this episode has started. I went and hid in the forest as I heard a couple ponies giggling away coming up the road from Applejack’s fast. I saw Pinkie and Rainbow running by. Once the area was clear, I quickly made my way to the farm to help Applejack with her new issue. I saw her sitting and doing a small chuckle, then looked up to see all the apples in the nearby trees painted.

“Hey Applejack, what is with all the new apples?” I asked.

“Pinkie and Rainbow pulled a prank on me and painted all these apples with water based paint. I did get a good laugh, but now I realize I have to wash all these apples to get the paint off and that is going to take time.” Applejack said.

“What would you say I get you a rain cloud and have it go over all these trees with the painted apples?”

“That will be impressive, except you are not a Pegasus and there is no cloud in the sky. Where in tarnation are you going to get one.”

“I can make a rain cloud from that barrel of water and manipulate it over the trees.”

“I take you have learned a new element. I would appreciate your help if you are able to.”

“I will get right on it and then we can go and buy the furniture for my place.”

Applejack nodded and stood back as I walked up to the full barrel of water. I did the hand signs and said, “Water Style! Rain Cloud Formation Jutsu!” A dark rain cloud started to appear over the barrel. Once it was a good size, I stopped applying the jutsu.

“That was amazing there Blaze. Now how are you going to manoeuvre the cloud over the trees and make it rain?” Applejack asked.

“I am going to fly and squeeze the cloud out like a sponge over the trees.”

This time I slowly brought my ki out till I started to float and rise to where the cloud was waiting. I channel chakra to my hand to grab hold of the cloud. Once I had it, I flew around and spread the rain over the painted apples in the trees till all the paint washed away. When that was done, I punched what remains of the cloud to dissipate it.

“Thank you for helping with that sugarcube. Let's head into town and do some shopping.”

“Sure thing. I am going in my pony form so I can test a theory that has been on the back of my mind.”

“Ok Blaze, I will wait by the entrance when you are ready.” Applejack said and began to walk in that direction.

I transformed to pony form. I channeled my ki to barely hover off the ground and pretended to walk as I flew. I ‘walked’ up to Applejack and said, “Let's get going.”

“Ok. So what were you thinking of trying out?”

“I will explain later or when you notice.”

Applejack looked me over to see what I could have changed and did not notice anything odd. We started to head towards Ponyville. We rounded a corner and I saw further down the road, there was a big patch of leaves in a circle. I looked and listened for anypony that might be hiding in the forest. I heard a faint sound of a giggle. Nice try you two. Let’s see what you think of this. I moved closer to Applejack and whispered into her ear, “Applejack, act naturally for the next few minutes as I tell you something. Up ahead, I think Pinkie and Rainbow Dash has set a prank trap for me in the middle of the road. Please walk along the edge of the road and act like to don’t notice it.”

Applejack nodded and started to make her way to the edge. I continued to slightly hover off the ground and moved my hooves like I was walking. We got to the trap and I just continued walking right over it. As we continued to walk, there was a sudden scream from behind. Applejack and I turned our heads around and saw Pinkie had a rope tied to one of her hoofs and was hanging upside down from a tree limb by it. Rainbow was trying to help her down. We both started to laugh and continued into town.

“Ok Blaze, how did you not set that trap off when you walked over it?” Applejack asked.

“Who says I am walking?” I replied.

“You look like you are.”

“I am actually hovering and pretending to walk.”

“That explains why I was not hearing your hooves hitting the ground. I thought you put on some silent horseshoes or something like that.”

“Nope. Just barely hovering off the ground.”

I suddenly heard something fast was coming up from behind. Rainbow was speeding towards me like she wanted answers to that backfire. Let’s see how fast I really am. She continued to get closer and I acted like I have not noticed her coming. She was probably a foot away when I made my move. Going as fast as possible, I noticed everything was starting to move in slow motion. I quickly dodge out of her path as she flew by thinking she got me by how her face looked. Once by, I went back to where I was acting like nothing happened.

Rainbow soon realize she did not have me. She looked behind and saw I did not move. She looked forward just in time as she crashed into a pile of bundled hay. Applejack and I ran up to her to see if she was ok.

“You ok there, Rainbow?” Applejack asked.

Rainbow shook the dazed look she had on her face off. “Yea, I’m fine. Care to explain yourself Blaze?” Rainbow said.

“What did I do?” I asked.

“Explain how you avoid that trap prank Pinkie and I set for you. Then how I missed grabbing you just a few seconds ago.”

“That trap in the forest was for me?” I said acting all innocent.

“YES IT WAS! I was trying to get you back for backfiring that spit wad last night! That trap was a hair trigger so a slight touch with your hoof would have set it off. How Did you escape it when you walked right over it!” Rainbow shouted.

“Here is my secret.” I got close to her ear. “I was not walking, I was flying just above the ground.” I quickly backed away before she responded.

“WHAT? How can you be barely off the ground when you were clearly walking.”

“I concentrated on my ki control and pretended I was walking. Plus the fact I saw the trap when it came into view. The pranker just got pranked.” I said with a big grin on my face.

“Ok, then how did I miss grabbing you when you did not move?” Rainbow asked.

“Oh, I heard you coming at a fast speed so I tested to see how fast I could move. Turns out fast enough for you to not notice.”

“Then prove it. There is a guard post with a guard on the north side of town. I want you to take his helmet and place it on top of the flag pole by the school house. Then come back here. I will give you three seconds to do it.”

“A good prank to pull, ok.”

“Ready . . . set . . . GO! . . . One,”

“Done.”

“How are you done? You have not moved.” Applejack said.

“Take a look at the flag pole.”

They both turned their head towards it and sure enough, there was a royal guard helmet on top of the pole. Soon they heard a pony shout, “Who Took My Helmet!”

We all started laughing. Once that was done and everypony calmed back down, I said to Rainbow, “Thank you for the awareness training I need that to test how my abilities have improved.”

“So you are not mad at me for trying to prank you?” Rainbow said.

“Of course not, I am just a little tougher to pull one off one as I have pretty much done them all in my teenage years and know what to look for.”

Rainbow smiled and said, “Well, don’t expect me on giving up on pranking you. I shall leave you alone for now as I have some weather duties to take care of.” She flew off as fast as ever.

“Whoo-whee, you were not kidding when you said you feel lighter after releasing that emotional memory.” Applejack said.

“The down side is I need weighted clothes if I want to continue my training. I won’t feel the burn as my body has been used to that weight feeling. Yes I still weigh the same, but I don’t feel the same. I am happy I did get rid of it, just now I need physical weight to continue my training.”

“So ya going to do that type of training from that show of yours?”

“Yep, I am going to see Twilight to see if she has a spell so I don’t actually have to wear weights.”

“First, let's get you the furniture to finish your house.”

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