Balance of the Mind and Body
Chapter 45: 45. Chapter 45: You Can't Catch Me!
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"I don't see how you are going anywhere while you are in there. I got this from my brother last year. It is his most powerful barrier." Twilight said.
Blaze just smiled as he said, "Really, guess he has not told you I already busted out of one of these already. But, I am not going to do that here. Don't want to destroy your place. So I am going to do this, Ninja Art! Teleport!"
Blaze fills the bubble with smoke and disappears. Twilight quickly looks over the barrier for any signs of stress. "How in Equestria can he do that, no pony should be able to escape from this."
"Remember, he is actually a human that is currently stuck in a colt body." Al said.
Twilight was getting very furious by now. "I am going to Sweet Apple Acres and see if Applejack can help me tie him up so I can teach him. Spike you are in charge of the Library!"
Twilight leaves and slams the door behind her.
"I don't want to be Blaze right now. It is never good when Twilight is determined to complete an assignment from Princess Celestia." Spike said.
"Me neither." A tiny voice said.
"Who said that?" Cancer asked as he looked around.
"I did." The tiny voice said again.
Everypony was now looking around for the source. They did not see any new pony or creature in the library that was not there before.
"Alright, show yourself!" Al shouted.
"Ow, you don't have to shout. I was going to anyway." Blaze's colt body began to grow in the middle of everypony. He was hovering in the air while this happened. Once back to his normal size, he placed his hooves back on the floor. Blaze looked around and saw several ponies had the expression on their face of they could not believe what they saw. "What?" Blaze said.
"Since when have you been able to do that?" Dragon said.
"I could have done it for a while now. This was just the first time I actually tried it out."
"We thought you actually left and headed to Sweet Apple Acres." Apple Bloom said.
"How come you didn't?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Now why would I go to a place I said I was going to when Twilight is still chasing me down. It is a misdirection. Oh, before I forget, you 6 need to call me Rocky as that is what everypony else thinks who I am. This is only until I get cured of the Poison Joke. Zecora will be done with it soon. So, until then, I still want to try and enjoy a kid's life again."
The three Zebras in the room reacted again upon hearing that name. Fang spoke up first, " Well, we need to get back onto patrol and take care of some other things. We will see you later tonight for dinner at your place, Blaze."
"Yea, see you later." Cancer quickly said.
Dragon also said goodbye before the three of them quickly headed out the door. Everypony else wonder what got into them.
"Hold on, I thought me and Fang were paired up? We have the guard post soon." Star Dust said.
"Let it go. The plan was never set in stone. I will join you on your shift. You alright with that?" Al said.
"I think they need to discuss something among themselves just as they found out another Zebra is living nearby." Lightning Trails said.
"I hope everything is going to be fine." Blaze said.
"Zecora is a very nice Zebra. I have delivered some apples for my big sis a couple times to her hut. While there I chat with her for a bit before I had to head back." Apple Bloom said.
"She seemed nice to me too. So what plans are there for the Crusaders today?"
"Applejack said she wanted to show us something on the farm. I asked her what about, but she wanted to show it to all of us."
"Then let's get going."
"Hold up! How are you going to get onto the farm if Twilight is still looking for you?" Scootaloo asked.
"You will see when that time comes."
They said goodbye to the others as we left the library. The Crusaders made quick progress to get to the Apple Farm. Once it was in view, Blaze quickly looked around for Twilight. By the barn, he spotted a purple pony talking to an orange one. He knew what they were talking about and did not want to go into a chase scene so soon.
"Looks like it is time for me to go incognito."Blaxe said. He then performed a transform jutsu and changed into a red flower that had a black center. He appeared in Sweetie Belle's mane.
"You can change into plants too?" Apple Bloom asked, sounding all surprised.
"Yes I can, but I only look like the object. I don't have the same properties of them. Now shush, they will think something is up if they see you talking to a flower."
"It will be more suspicious for the plant to be talking back." Scootaloo said.
"True. Yikes! Here they come."
Blaze shuts himself up. The Crusaders continued to the farm as Twilight and Applejack were coming from there. Everypony stopped in the middle of the road when they came together.
"Alright girls, do you know where Blaze was planning to meet you?" Twilight asked in a stern voice.
"We do not know where Twilight." Scootaloo said.
"We figured he would reveal himself when he wants to." Sweetie Belle said.
"Honest." Apple Bloom said with a little nervous tone in her voice.
Both Twilight and Applejack looked them over. "That is a mighty interesting flower you got there, Sweetie Belle. Where did you get it?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, this old thing. I . . . found it in my old things. It reminded me of Blaze so I wanted to show it to him." Sweetie Belle said while nervous too.
"Interesting, you did not have that on earlier when you came by the library." Twilght said.
"Um . . . that is because we stopped by her place so she can get it." Scootaloo said, now also nervous.
"You three are sending signals of lying to us. Now, where is he?" Applejack said in a stern voice.
The three fillies tried to come up some sort of a truth to get out of this jam they are in. Twilight was looking closely at the flower in Sweetie Belle's mane. "I don't recall seeing this breed of a flower in my studies. Would you mind if I take a closer look at it, Sweetie Belle?" Twilight asked.
Sweetie Belle only reply was, "Ummm."
Twilight's horn lit up. Before she could grab the flower, it flew out of the mane and towards the apple orchard. In mid flight, Blaze changed back to the colt form and continued to fly off. Twilight was in hot pursuit of Blaze as she was firing magic spells at him. "GET BACK HERE SO I CAN TEACH YOU MAGIC!" Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Why won't you let me finish living out as a colt till I am cured! I promised I was going to see you next week to start the training!" Blaze shouted back while avoiding being hit by her magic.
"You saw what happened by not using it. You need to be trained. I don't want you to get that close again or get further!" Twight said in the chase.
"What would happen? Bigger headache than before?"
"MAGIC EXPLOSION!"
Blaze stops dead in his tracks and turn around. Twilight catches up and stands a few feet from him. She started to breath harder to catch her breath.
"Backup, what do you mean by 'Magic Explosion'?" Blaze asked with a concerned look.
"It rarely happens now a days as we have medical devices to prevent that. Before we had them centuries ago, if a unicorn was in a comma and hasn't used their magic, they are carried off into the woods. They are left there until their body can no longer regulate the magic. The end result was they blew up."
"You mean, they died?" Blaze sounding all scared.
"No, their body would just release the magic in one great burst. It does do some damage to the surrounding area, but no harm came to the Unicorn. But based upon your magic level, you would level a block if it happens to you."
"Thanks for the 401. Now I believe you were trying to catch me, you still going to?"
Twilight charged her horn quickly and fired a magic spell at Blaze. It made contact and bust into a bright buff of smoke. "I think I got you now." Twilight said with a big smile on her face. Once the smoke cleared, she saw what she hit. It was a wood dummy of Blaze's colt form. It was hog tied with rope.
"Are you done playing with that dummy so we can continue the chase?" Blaze said from a tree above Twilight.
Twilight quickly looked and saw where Blaze was. She was getting very mad now. A little bit of smoke was now coming off her mane and tail. Blaze jumped out of the tree before getting hit with another magic blast. The chase continues.
After running through the apple trees, they emerge into an open field. With nothing to block the magic beams, Blaze took off into the sky. Twilight continued to fire her magic at Blaze. Soon, Rainbow Dash saw the commotion and flew by to see what is going on.
"Hey Blaze, what did you do to get Twilight this mad?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Oh, nothing really. Just her assignment from the Princess was to teach me magic and I have been avoiding her all week." Blaze said as he dodges another beam. "You almost got me with that one, Twilight!"
"I have to teach you magic so get your flank down here so we can get started!" Twilight screamed again at Blaze.
"Wow, I am surprised she did not start this sooner." Rainbow said.
"Pinkie Pie kept her busy and distracted. It wasn't till today she remembered after helping me with my magic buildup." Blaze said.
"Wait, how can you have a magic buildup while an Earth colt?"
"I don't know. How about how am I flying with no wings?" Blaze said sarcastically. "Not a real pony, remember?"
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "You interested in a race to Canterlot?"
"Sure. It has been a while since I broke the sound barrier. How goes your training?"
"Let's race so you can see."
"OH NO YOU DON'T! YOU ARE NOT LEAVING HERE TO GO TO CANTERLOT!" Twilight shouted with more magic beams coming from her horn."
"See you at the castle Twilight. I am going to give a progress report to the Princess! Ready, 1 2 3 GO!"
Blaze and Rainbow took off like bullets, both now easily getting to MAC 1. Twilight was so mad now, her main and tail burst into flames. She screamed Blaze's name so loud, everypony in Ponyville and Canterlot could have heard it.
Blaze stayed ahead of Rainbow Dash to entice her to fly faster. Rainbow had determination in her eyes to fly faster than ever before. Blaze knew if she kept up with her training, she will break MAC 2.
-Meanwhile-
At the edge of the EverFree Forest
Cancer, Dragon, and Fang were walking along the edge of the forest. They were trying to find the path to Zecora's hut.
"Do you really think it is her?" Dragon asked.
"I don't know, but I don't know of another Zebra named Zecora. What they said what she says and does makes it more convincing that it is her." Fang said.
"Then should we ask a pony for directions to her hut, big sis?" Cancer asked.
"We have not made friends with most of the ponies in Ponyville yet. I mean, they did not run away when they saw us. They were staring at us like we were freaks still." Fang said.
"I think their stares were more at me and bro for us having horns." Dragon said.
"I agree, they got used to a normal Zebra. Now they saw two with horns. They probably thought 'What next, Zebra with wings?'." Cancer said.
Fang was still looking for the path the ponies made to Zecora hut. "Ah! This must be the path. See the multiple hoof prints going to and from the forest. Let's get going. I want to get this question that is on our minds answered." Fang said.
The three Zebra began to run down the path to Zecora's hut. Just as they were a little way in, they heard a pony shout Blaze's name. All the birds in the area flew off.
"Should we turn around and make sure Blaze is ok?" Dragon asked.
"I am sure he is fine. It sounded like that Unicorn that is trying to teach him magic." Fang said as they continued to run.
"He can handle himself just fine. If anything, Al and the others are available to help him out." Cancer said.
With that, they continued on deeper into the EverFree Forest.
-Back in Ponyville-
"Ditzy!" Colorful Sparks shouted at the grey Pegasus flying overhead. She spots her and makes a quick landing. They quickly hug each other. "How are you doing?"
"I am doing fine. But look at you, you are now a Royal Guard. I am so happy for you." Ditzy Hooves said.
"It was a brutal training regiment, but I managed to survive. Oh, let me introduce to some new friends I made. This here is Star Dust, Lightning Trails, and Al, a human." Colorful Sparks said as he pointed to each one.
"Nice to meet you all. Oh! That reminds me, I have been meaning to give this letter to you Al. I did not know where you lived. It just says the other human in Ponyville." She pulls the letter out of her mail saddle bag and gives it to Al.
Al opens it and reads it. "Huh, they wanted me to go back to Canterlot so they can get measurements for my Royal Guard suit of armor. I will see if Rarity can send the measurements she has for me to them so I don't have to stand as a statue again."
"I'm sure that will work for them. We were wondering why you and Blaze did no show up when they did ours." Star Dust said.
"We now know why Blaze wasn't able to. I am still laughing about what happen to him." Lightning Trails said with a laughter.
"What happen to Swift Blaze? He looked fine at the party at his house." Ditzy said.
"It's nothing. So you know, I am staying at Blaze's house. Only place that is suited for a human." Al said.
Ditzy pulls out a pad and writes the info down. "Got it. I just got done with my route for the day. Want to head to Sugarcube Corner?"
"I can go for a tasty treat. What say the rest of you?"
"Sure, if you are buying." Lightning Trails replied.
"I will buy if you cook dinner."
"On second thought, let me buy. I am not very good when it comes to cooking for others."
Everypony started to laugh. They headed into the pastry shop and grabbed a table. Ditzy and Lightning Trails went to the counter and placed their orders. Ditzy came back with her favorite muffin, blueberry filled with blueberry jam. Lightning Trails came back with a baker's dozen of their most popular item. Once everypony grabbed one and took a bite out of it, they soon fell in love with the tasty treat.
"Lightning Trails, what is the name of this desert? I have never tasted something so delicious!" Star Dust said.
"I have had this before. It is called Blaze's Chocolate Drops." Colorful Sparks said.
"You mean, it was named after Swift Blaze? How did he manage that?" Lightning Trails asked.
"Oh, it is a recipe he shared from our world. It is actually called something else, but Mr. and Mrs. Cake decided to change it so everypony will know who created this treat." Al said.
"It is good, but I still love my muffins." Ditzy said before she took a big bite out of the muffin she bought.
As they ate the treats, a pink mare popped out of the center of the table. "HI!"
Star Dust and Lightning Trails jumped back from the table after the surprise. Everypony else were just laughing at them. Breathing hard while his heart was beating fast, Star Dust said, "Where did she come from! How come you three did not react the same?"
"Say hello to Pinkie Pie. She puts on all the parties that happen in Ponyville. As to how she did that, we don't bother to figure out." Al said.
"We are used to her methods of appearing out of nowhere." Colorful Sparks said.
"My Pinkie Sense has been growing crazy! It was telling me several new ponies have come to Ponyville that I have never met before. I was running all over town trying to find them and here you are!" Pinkie Pie said in her hyper excited voice.
Lightning Trails return to the table after his hear calmed back down. "Ahem, well it is nice to meet you Pinkie Pie. If you don't mind, can you not appear like that around me? I don't want to hurt you by accident." He said.
"Why?"
"My special talent is being able to manipulate lightning. So much that I can create it within my body. I am just glad that I did not go off."
"Okie Dokie Lokie." Pinkie Pie's body suddenly did a combo, twisted tail, itchy back, and poofier mane. "Oh! I have not found all the new ponies yet!" She jumps off the table and ran fast right out of the store. She almost knocked down some customers, but managed to miss them.
Star Dust turned his head back to the table. "Is that mare always like that?" He asked.
"Eeyup." Al said.
"I can't wait to hear how the others are going to react to her." Lightning Trails said.
Everypony started to laugh at the thought.
-In the EverFree Forest-
Fang, Cancer, and Dragon finally come up to Zecora's hut. They did not run into any of the animals that lived there. Cancer looked to his siblings as he said, "Are we sure we want to see her? I don't know if she will recognize us."
"I am sure she will. Two Zebra colts with horns are hard to forget. She was one of the few that did not shun us for being half breeds." Dragon said.
"She really did like you two. Being able to use magic like the Unicorns in this land is a great feat she said. She was sad that the other villagers saw it more of a disease or some curse. When we had to leave, she did wish us good luck on our journey and hope we can see her again." Fang said.
"Well, let us go and see her then." Cancer quickly said.
They walked the rest of the way. When they got to the door, Dragon went and knocked on the door. "I will be there in a minute, if you don't mind being patient." Zecora said from behind the door.
"It does sound like her." Fang said in a low voice. The door opened. Just as Zecora was about to greet them, she saw who were there and just froze. Taking the initiative, Fang spoke up in their native tongue, "Hallo, deur God se genade jy is goed?"
Zecora smiled and said, "Baie goed. Mag jy altyd skaduwee van die harde son. For what do I owe this honor to see you, little ones? How have you been, while in this land?"
"We recently went through the Royal Guard Training and passed it." Cancer said.
"Captain Shining Armor gave our first posting to Ponyville for the time being." Dragon said.
"The locals talked about another Zebra that lived nearby. When they described it was you, we had to see for ourselves." Fang said.
All three began to tear up as they all said, "We Missed You Zecora!" They ran to her and did one group hug.
"I missed you too young ones. It is great to see how well you have grown up." Zecora said with tears coming from her face too.
Breaking from the hug, everypony wiped their tears away. "Zecora, when did you come to Equestria?" Dragon asked.
"It was about a year ago when I left our homeland. I wanted to see what makes Equestria so grand." Zecora said.
"I really miss your rhymes. I always found them funny." Cancer said.
"That is no way to talk to a shaman! Apologize right now." Fang ordered.
"It is quite alright. They were very little when they left the village. How about you share what happened to you over a bite?"
"Do you still have the recipe for that soup that we like? None of us had a bowl since we left." Dragon said.
Zecora nodded her head. They all put big smiles on their faces. Zecora went to work making the soup. Cancer, Fang, and Dragon began to tell her everything that happened since they been in Equestria.
-Canterlot-
"You are doing much better Rainbow Dash. You almost broke MAC 2. Keep that training up and you will get there." Blaze said.
They were on top of the roof of one of the towers of the castle. Blaze got to it a few seconds before Rainbow. Both were breathing pretty hard. They flew from Ponyville to here in under 10 minutes.
"Thanks Blaze. I never thought I could go this fast. How much weight did you take off to stay ahead of me?" Rainbow asked.
"None."
"NONE AND YOU WERE STILL ABLE TO FLY FASTER THAN ME!"
"I could have, but then I would have not gotten a work out of pushing my ki limit at this weight. Even in this colt form, I can only do so much with. I need my human body back so I can get back to training."
"You up for a race back to Ponyville?"
"Nah, my ki is almost used up. Besides, I have some ponies I would like to catch up with before Twilight gets here."
"We left her in our dust. It is going to take her at least an hour by train to get here."
"I saw her flame up so I think she will be here sooner than you think."
"Good luck with her. You are going to need it."
"I don't need luck, my charming personality will calm her down."
Rainbow started to laugh out hard. "Oh Blaze, you are a riot."
With that, Rainbow took off and headed back to Ponyville. Blaze wonder who he should see first before Twilight arrived. Her brother's name was the first to pop up. He quickly looked around to see if he could spot him. After a couple minutes, he spotted Shining Armor walking down an empty hallway. He teleported behind him and continued to float. Blaze stayed very quiet as he followed him. Every once in a while, Shining would look behind him. Blaze would move out of view to remain in his blind spot.
Soon, Blaze decided to reveal himself. Staying above him, he tapped onto Captain Shining Armor's helmet. Shining Armor jumped and almost collided his head into Blaze. Shining quickly charged his horn up to attack who snuck up behind him.
"You a little jumpy there Captain?" Blaze said floating in the air with a grin on his face.
"Blaze! Where in Equestria did you come from? How long were you following me." Shining Armor said as he power down his horn and began to calm down.
"First, from Earth, you know that. Second, oh . . . I say for at least 10 minutes."
Shining Armor just shook his head for walking into that. "Why are you here Blaze? I thought you were not going to come until you get your real body back."
"I still am. This is just an unplanned visit. I raced Rainbow Dash here. Wanted to visit before I head back."
Shining Armor put on a big smile as he said, "So, what do you think of the guards I sent to Ponyville."
Blaze puts a frown on his face. "That was not cool. You knew they were going to find about my condition."
"I know, but they were the only guards I had available under short notice. What did they do when they found out?" Shining Armor said with a smile on his face.
"What you expected would happen, they laughed." Shining Armor began to laugh. Blaze decided to let it slide, this time. "They though since I was stuck as a colt, they could defeat me in a match."
After calming back down, Shining Armor asked, "What happened."
"I kicked their flanks to Timbucktu!" Blaze shouted proudly.
"I have not heard of that place in Equestria. Where is it?"
Blaze began to laugh. "It does not exist. It is a human saying when the person beats up another badly."
"It sounds like a place that does exist."
"Probably, but I have only been to Ponyville and Canterlot. I have read about some of the other towns and cities in Equestria. Probably on my journey for the Elements of Order I will go through some of them."
"Speaking of that, have you gotten any clues to their location?"
Blaze expression turned to a depress as he recalled that dream he had. "I don't think so. The only thing odd is a very strange dream I had one night. I don't even know if it was a dream or something else."
"Maybe you should discuss it with Princess Luna. While on duty at night, she does watch over the dream world of the ponies. Maybe she can shed some light on what you dreamed about."
"Maybe."
All of a sudden, they heard a mare at the end of the hall behind them shout out Blaze's names. They turned their heads and saw Twilight was there, and she was pissed.
"Blaze, what did you do to my sister?" Shining Armor asked in a stern voice.
"I may have been avoiding her all this week as she has an order from Princess Celestia to teach me magic. Time to continue the chase." Blaze took off away from Twilight. As he was leaving, he shouted. "See you this weekend!" With that, he turned down a corridor and continued to run.
Twilight caught up to Shining Armor. "Big brother! How come you did not stop him!. I have to teach him magic! There is so much to cover!" Twilight said just below a shouting voice.
"Twily, one thing I have learned is, Blaze will come to you when he is ready. You can't force him to do something without it backfiring back to you." Shining Armor said.
"But this is an order from Princess Celestia! Does he not know how important those are?"
"I am sure he does. I think being stuck in a colt body might have brought out the child side of him. Let him enjoy it."
"Have you heard some of the crazy things he has done? I have never met a kid that much out of control. Was I like that?"
"No, you were a perfect little angel." Shining Armor said as he hugged Twilight. "Now then, don't you have a colt you need to catch before he gets in serious trouble?"
Twilight did not answer, she just took off after Blaze. She went and turned down the same corridor he did. Just as she did, Blaze was there leaning against the wall, with a toothpick hanging out of his mouth.
"What kept ya? I was about to fall asleep from being bored." Blaze said.
Twilight quickly sent a magic beam at Blaze. It made contact and formed a triple layer barrier around him.
"HA! I would like to see you get out of that!" Twilight said sounding very proud.
Blaze still had a smirk on his face. He took the toothpick out and said, "Ok." He channeled chakra into the toothpick and began to cut a hole in the barrier. Once done, he pushed the piece out and jumped through the hole. "Come and get me for the next lesson!" He took off again down the corridor. Twilight moved quickly to stay on his tail.
Going through the castle, they passed several guards and some VIPs. Twilight managed to not hit them with her spells as she sent them at Blaze. Blaze came really close in getting hit by them several times. None of the guards bothered to stop them as they were not destroying anything, important.
Blaze could not believe how determine Twilight was into teaching him. He had to get this to stop. He soon saw the doors to the courtroom coming up.
"Time to give my report to the Princes!" Blaze shouted back.
"NOOOOOO!" Twilight screamed. She quickly sent a powerful spell at the doors. Massive wooden blocks came across the door and fused with it. "Good luck getting in there now!"
Blaze was running too fast to stop quickly on the smooth floor. As he tried to, he tripped and began to tumble forward. The momentum caused him to tumble at a rapid speed. He collided with a column of marble and took a big chunk out of it. Blaze was able to quickly get back up and was not dazed from spinning.
Twilight came over in a panic state. "Blaze, you alright? Please be alright." She was saying as she looked him over.
"Twilight, I'm fine. I did not feel a thing." Blaze said as he got out of her hooves.
"You slammed into a solid marble column and took a big chunk out of it. How can you be fine?"
Blaze began to ponder the same thing. After a few seconds of thinking, an idea came to him. He smiled as he hoped what he was thinking would be correct. "Twilight, you might want to stand back."
"What is going on Blaze?"
"I am going to perform an experiment. You guards might want to move too."
One guard by the door said, "We do not take orders from a little colt and his foalsitter."
"Do you have an appointment to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?" The other Guard said.
Blaze looked at Twilight as she backed away from him. She knew those Guards are going to get it. Once she was a safe distance away, Blaze back up a bit and stood in a charge stance. The two guards charged up their horns and prepared to stop him. He did a quick run before he jumped into the air. Blaze then forced himself into a ball and spin forward at super speed. All you could see was a green ball with a grey line in the middle.
He landed and quickly headed to the door. The guards began to fire spell at the Blaze ball. They were being bounced off as he had created a tight, air current around him from spinning so fast. Realizing they can't do anything to stop him, they jumped out of the way just in time as he hit the door. Instead of going through it, Blaze climbed up the door. He slammed into the wooden beams, causing them to split apart and fall down. When he cut the last beam, the doors swung open and Blaze continued forward. He quickly stopped the spin and landed back on his hooves.
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were sitting on their thrones, looking down at Blaze, the guards, and Twilight Sparkle.
"I am so sorry Princesses for disturbing you! I did my best to stop him." Twilight said as she was bowing her head up and down in apologizing style.
"It is quite alright. Your brother informed us with a message stating you were in the castle and what is going on." Princess Celestia said. "Would you care to explain your actions Blaze?" She said with a stern voice.
Blaze bowed his head as he said, "Your highness, I just wanted to say directly to you how thankful I am for you allowing Twilight to teach me about magic."
"But I have only taught you how to access it. You have been avoiding me all afternoon in Ponyville and in the castle."
Blaze stood back up. He turns his head to Twilight as he said, "You may have not taught me what you planned on teaching, but I did learn some useful things about magic indirectly from today."
"Would you like to explain exactly what you learned?" Princess Luna asked.
"I have learned levitation first as it is similar to my chakra control on my hooves. I learned how to make it look like I disappeared within a barrier, convincing the caster to drop it. I also learned different methods of dodging magic spells. I then figured out how to get out of a barrier with my chakra without causing it to burst open. Finally, I learned a new method to deflect magic beams while in pony form."
"We really tried to stop him your highnesses." One Guard said.
"Our spells did make contact, but they just bounced off." The other said.
"It is quite alright. Blaze has an interesting way sometimes doing the impossible." Princess Celestia said. "You are dismissed."
They bowed and left, closing the door behind them.
"So, as I was chasing you, you were learning defensive ways against magic?" Twight asked while confused.
"I did, but I wanted to show you that there are other way of learning thing instead from books. You can have fun while doing it." Blaze said.
"It was nice to stretch my legs out. I will need to have Spike remind me to do some jogging each day."
"You can join me in my pre-dawn jog I do each morning."
"Thanks, but no thanks. I do need the sleep I manage to get to juggle the next day's agendas."
"It would appear you both have learned some useful lessons. Would you both like to join us for dinner? We can teleport you back to Ponyville after."
Twilight and Blaze looked at each other and nodded. "We would love to join you." Twilight said.
"Thank you for the honor." Blaze added.
All four left the courtroom and headed to the dining room. While there, they discuss Blaze's magic font and the size of it. Both Princesses were impressed that he is starting with a good size capacity. Blaze demonstrated his levitation control as they ate dinner. When they were done, but before they were sent home, Princess Luna came up to Blaze.
"Blaze, Shining Armor also mentioned that dream you had. When you are ready, I would like to help you with it to understand its meaning." Princess Luna said.
"Thank you Princess. I will probably come see you this weekend when I get my body back." Blaze said.
"I shall be waiting."
With that, both Princesses teleported them to their homes. It was late so the Blaze's house was dark. He headed inside quietly to not wake Al up. When he got to his room and turned on the lights, Blaze shouted at the sight before him, "GET OUT OF MY BED!"