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| The Mage's Apprentice; [Meadow] | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 25 2012, 06:13 PM (417 Views) | |
| Icefox | May 25 2012, 06:13 PM Post #1 |
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Anduriel settled down on a mountaintop just within view of Canterlot; his student had contacted him a few days before about beginning her training in the arcane arts, and so he had directed her to that mountain so they would be well out of range of anypony that might stumble across them. Sure enough, he spotted a speck on the horizon, just as he finished his preparations. He settled back to wait, wondering what their day would be like. |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 25 2012, 06:42 PM Post #2 |
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Her chest burned with each breath. It was maddeningly hard work. Easier now, of course, than it had been a month ago, but still. How Moon Chaser and her ilk managed to so easily find the strange columns of warm air was beyond her, no matter how many times the pegasus promised she would learn to see them herself one day. So, she beat her wings furiously, more fighting the air than using it, but at least her movements were clean and stable now. Getting this far without stopping had by far demolished her previous record. Eventually, slowly, she forced her way to the looming bulk of Anduriel. This, at least, she could do. She angled her body into a familiar incline, and although she no longer had hooves to plant firmly and steadily, the actions were much the same. She shook herself bodily once she had landed, furling her wings back against her side. "It has been too long, Anduriel. I cannot thank you enough for the time you are spending on me." |
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| Icefox | May 25 2012, 07:46 PM Post #3 |
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"It is my pleasure, hatchling Meadow. Now, how long are you planning on staying? I have enough material to last several months, if you wish." |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 25 2012, 07:58 PM Post #4 |
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Months? Would they be here, alone, for that long? She had expected to stay for, perhaps, two weeks, and then return to her home. Already she itched for it, half desperate to be back there, to ensure that nothing had gone wrong, that her little ponies were safe. But she would be better equipped to protect them if she stayed. And Moon Chaser was... relatively durable. Could be expected to watch out for herself and hers. But what of Tremble? And those foals of his? Surely Anduriel did not wish to be away from his Princesses for so long? But then, what was a single season to a dragon that had seen literally thousands of summers? She curled her tail around herself anxiously. "I cannot bear to be apart from my home so long as that. But, I think... I think a single month out of every three I can manage. If that is amenable to you?" |
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| Icefox | May 25 2012, 08:11 PM Post #5 |
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"That would be excellent; I was afraid you would tarry with me for only a day or two. A month is plenty of time to get you started. Now, how much do you already know about wielding the forces of creation?" |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 25 2012, 08:20 PM Post #6 |
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Meadow search her memories for anything of value that she might have picked up since her transformation. There was little. She tapped the grey stone at the base of her throat, though. "I know it comes from this. Or... Or that this is vhat channels it?" She paused, trying to explain it. "Like the horn of the unicorn." She shut her eyes slowly, fighting with the words. Trying to describe things she hardly grasped in the first place, and then wrangle them into a different tongue. For even if Anduriel spoke Sibearian, it would have been the ancient, gutteral version spoken by the native bulls and minotaurs, with it's archaic forms. "I know that if I do not think, then things... Vell. I must vant things, and then not think about them, and it... it tries to obey? But then vhen I notice, I break it somehow? Because I do not know how to touch it, I think." |
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| Icefox | May 25 2012, 08:30 PM Post #7 |
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"That is a reasonable description, I suppose. Magic is all around you, and that growth is what lets dragons like you and I harness that energy and refine it into a useful form. Now, about the breaking things...Yes, that is normal. Your subconscious as a dragon understands how your magic works, but your mind as a pony doesn't. The process is rather like that which a unicorn foal goes through when it uses magic without restraint but with incredible prowess. You must retrain your mind to accept this new form of manipulation, and it is my job to help you through that." Anduriel picked up a small gemstone and placed it on a nearby rock. "Okay, now, focus on the stone. Imagine a claw reaching out, and then...This is rather hard to explain. I suppose...Push your will into the claw, and will it solid. Then push, and try to knock it over. Go." |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 26 2012, 09:15 AM Post #8 |
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Oh yes, tipping things over. That, she could do. It required focus and force, and was short lived. Almost like dropping things. And she was so very, very good at dropping things. She settled her gaze on the stone, breathing deeply, and tried to summon the same distant strength she had managed to call up for vase-wrangling and blanket-collecting. I want the stone to fall over, She told herself fiercely, silently. She imagined a strong hoof, pink and translucent, poking it hard, setting it wobbling and tilting. And, after nearly two minutes of staring blankly at it, it eventually wriggled meaningfully. An extra minute later, it wobbled again, more strongly, and tilted just barely past the point of no return, toppling. |
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| Icefox | May 26 2012, 10:28 AM Post #9 |
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Anduriel grinned. "Very well done. That's the basis of instinctive magic: if you can imagine it and push enough energy into it, you can make it happen. Here, do it again." The dragon placed a much larger rock on top of the stone, nodding to Meadow to push it over. |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 26 2012, 07:49 PM Post #10 |
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It was the same test again, but heavier, harder. Meadow had undergone training regimens before, had spent her foalhood in a permanent state of practice and perfectionism. This was only the first in a series of tests, to gauge what she knew. The vision of a nudging hoof helped her focus and she felt with the utmost certainty that it was the beginning of something. As a foal, she had realized that a three-beat gait gave her the greatest mix of speed and endurance. It had taken years to force the rhythm into reflex, but the knowledge that it existed was reassuring. THis felt much the same. And eventually, that rock too fell, but not before well over ten minutes had passed, and Meadow herself had begun to grow cross-eyed and dull. Still, when it toppled, she barked a relieved laugh. Then, coming back herself, bowed her head. "I apologize. It has been too long since last I practiced anything." |
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| Icefox | May 26 2012, 07:54 PM Post #11 |
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"Well, if you use your powers at all, that won't be a problem. Again." Anduriel placed the same rock in position, hoping she would do it a bit quicker this time. |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 26 2012, 08:01 PM Post #12 |
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Distantly, she was aware that she had failed that test, though only by a margin. Otherwise, she would no doubt have moved to something heavier. She knew of unicorns who could lift half their own weight. Even little Tremble would be able to tip a rock. She studied the rock briefly, looking for a different technique. Something she knew better than new claws or long lost hooves. The rock that let her control this magic rested on her throat, and she had never once been without her breath. Wind could do a great many things. It could carry her new body to soaring heights. It could certainly tip a rock. She inhaled deeply, knowing that it would one day be unnecessary, but now depending on the crutch of physical action. Then, lips pursed, she exhaled towards the rock, thinking of the wind. It tumbled far more gracefully, this time. |
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| Icefox | May 26 2012, 08:08 PM Post #13 |
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Anduriel grinned. "Excellently done. Remember, if one image doesn't do it, change to something else and see what happens. Now, something a bit different." He placed the rock back in its place, and gestured to another flat stone a few feet away. "This time, place it on that stone." |
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| SilverDemonWolf | May 26 2012, 10:12 PM Post #14 |
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She knew immediately that a mere breath would not get the job done. But at the same time, she had tried carrying things before, and it had always failed. She suspected imagining a claw again would not do much either, but it was all she could come up with off the top of her head. It was easier, now that she knew the feeling she sought out, to make the stone move. It hung in the air, for a moment, before clattering back to the ground, slipping form her mental grasp. She began again. It took three more attempts before the stone actually moved towards the goal, and twice more she dropped it. SHe stopped for a moment after each fall, to try and conjure a different representation of her will. Perhaps her tail, which had carried Flight Risk so easily? Or wings that would make the stone fly? A river that would tumble it like a log? But the final passage covered more than two thirds of the distance, and she felt fairly confident that she had a vague understanding of what to do. It was hard to think of a lasso coming from anywhere other than her own tail, but that had, in the end, been the key. An imaginary lasso from the goal point that looped itself around the stone and pulled it in a high arc to clatter into position. |
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| Icefox | May 26 2012, 10:48 PM Post #15 |
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"Good. In time, you will learn to do it more efficiently, but that is individual; it is not something I can teach, you must find it for yourself. Now, I want you to hold the stone in the air as long as you can." Anduriel settled back, hoping for a nice, long wait. |
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