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Two- Edged

by SomeAssembleRequired

Chapter 3: First Lessons

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First Lessons

" Time to fly! " Dash spoke and Loky made an electric guitar appear, play one awesome solo, and than dissapear.

"  It's a great place to learn how to fly up here. If you fall, and believe me, you will fall, you'll either fall in the forest, or on the grass. So don't worry! Besides your wings are bigger than mine, it should be easy! " Dash tried to calm Hase down, but he was still nevous. He spread his wings, as Dash told him, and waited for instructions.

" That's right, now move them up and down... great, you're doing a great job... " Dash saw, that Hase lifted in the air with the first swing of his wings. But in the air something must of gone wrong, because he fell on the ground. She figured out what's wrong immeadietly.

" You use your right wing more than your left one. Don't do that. Leave the wings do their job. It's in your genes, you'll make it. Remember - don't think! Fly! "

This time Hase did better. He lifted in the sky again and flew 20 feet. But when he tried to turn around, the stalion fell again.

" See? You are getting the basics right! Now, turning around may be tricky. Try something easier, like flying upwards and downwards... " Dash figured out, that she had made a mistake, and turned around to tell him, but it was late, he'd already fly upwards with a great speed.

" Oh boy! Falling from that height can be bad! " Dash prepared to follow him. Tough she wasn't currently wearing the Iron Patriot, she easily caught up with Hase.

" Maybe we shoud try lower for your first time, cowcolt! " she spoke . The pegasus immeadietly stopped and hovered in the air, slowly flapping with his wings for a few seconds.

" What? " the wind had prevented him from hearing the first time

" Well, we should fly a little lower for the f... " she didn't finish her words and he flew downwards, spread his wings, pointing a bit backwards with them, so he'd improve the aerodynamic of his body, and flew downwards with an incredible speed. Before he crushed the ground, he spread his wings and waved them to the front, making him to stop and land smoothly. Dash was surprised.

" That was one hay of a swoop, partner. And it appears you know a thing or two about landing. " she smiled

" I learn from the best. " the pegasi stalion replied.

" Now let's try that turning, that troubled you earlier! " Rainbow lifted in the sky again and was followed by Hase.

" It will be better to do it fast. The faster you fly, the easier is turning around, to left or to right. So build up some momentum... " she said before she flew incredibly fast. The stalion followed her again, and even reached her. But he couldn't fly faster. And she could.

" Now! " Dash yelled, so he'd hear her " Tilt your body to the side you want to turn to! "

Hase suddenly tilted his body sharply to the left and turned . Rainbow was faster than Hase, but this manouver proved to be challenging for her smaller wings, because Hase' big wings balanced him better than hers. So after she felt challenged and tried to turn this way too, she fell in the forest.

" Alright? " he hovered over her and stretched his front hooves to her. But she could get up herself too. She smiled:

" Alright. " Dash nodded " You won't get away that easily! "

After half an hour Hase and Dash were still flying, and the cyan pegasus was explaining how to deal with currents. The stalion was listening carefuly. So carefuly, that he didn't notice the flock of pigeons, that flew directly towards him and Dash, building up speed because of the current Dash and Hase were currently fluing against. Dash dodged them, but they striked upon Hase with great speed and knocked him out. He fell.

" Hase! " the pegasus mare yelled and flew after him. He was heavier and fell down pretty fast.

' There's not enough time! ' she thought.

30 feet, 20 feet, 10 feet... the land was coming closer. Even tough bellow there was grass, falling from that height could of been fatal. Dash wished, that she had asked Stark to put one of the awesome remote- controls in her suit, but sadly it wasn't so. She had said, that she wanted the suit only for herself.

Than something strange accured. 3 feet over the ground Hase'  eyes opened, revealing, that the circles around his eyes flickered in different colours, like his mane and tail. He suddenly stopped and levitated 2 feet over the ground, with his mane and tail floating like there's no gravity. It didn't last for long- after two seconds the stalion fell on the ground, not having any injuries.




" Well, that's strange. According to my scanning magic, altough you don't have a horn, the energy of the magic still flows through you." Twilight spoke as she finished scanning the son of Vortex

" That's unusual. There are only three cases of ponies being able to use magic without horns, but they had their horn absorbed by their skulls. Usually these ponies weren't able to use any magic, and if they used, which happened sometimes, there was a large chance for it to backfire. But a pony being able to use magic with his whole body.. I have never heard of such thing. Even if something like this had existed earlier, it does not explain how it triggered while you were unconcious, without Vortex or me interrupting. The only explanation to it, is that unlike in most of the unicorns and alicorns, in fact in all of them, the magic is bond not only to your conciousness, but also to your unconciousness.

If that's really so, than magic will prevent you from getting killed while unconcious. You may not have an idea how to use normal magic, which I'll learn you if you wish, but while you're unconcious your body will protect itself from getting destroyed. I highly doubt it would protect you from any harm, but you won't die, while you can't protect yourself. "

" Than I wish to learn magic. " Hase replied

" Alright. " Twilight smiled " Lift that feather. "

There were enough of feathers around, aftter Hase had bumped into the pigeon flock, so the stalion closed his eyes and concentrated. Surrounded by a multicoloured oreol, the feather slowly lifted an inch over the ground, but than fell again. The pegasus looked sad, but Twilight encouraged him, so he tried again. This time the pegasus suceeded to lift it to the level of his eyes, but something unexpected happened. The feather dissapeared and a horrible sound, that sounded like the scream of a banshee, made Twilight, Dash and Vortex cover their ears. There was also a small shockwave. But the feather had dissapeared.

" Errr, don't try this with me, okay? " Dash asked. The pegasi stalion nodded.

" OK, let's first try to teleportate, and than we'll try the trick with the feather again.

Hase dissapeared in shadows and appeared behind Twilight.

" No,no, no, that are your Chaotic skills, don't mix the two things up. Try to imagine how you dissapear and re- appear without entering the Void. " Twilight said

The pegasus closed his eyes again. The second before he vanished the air shook. Than strong light appeared on the other side of the lawn, emitting the distinctive teleport sound. The shockwave broke the nearby rock.

" I figured out your problem - you use too much energy! Use less and stuff won't blow up! " Twilight recommended.

Hase took that advice. This time he didn't close his eyes, but just looked at a feather, which immeadietly lifted to the level of his eyes. This time it didn't blow up and the stalion succesfully put it down.

" That's it for today. " the purpe alicorn proclaimed.

It was time for Vortex to go take the role of a teacher. He spoke :

" The Void gives the Chaotics amazing powers, as you already know. It can overwhelm any magic. If you are tired while using normal magic, the energy of the Void may fuel you up again. You can form this energy in all kinds of different attacks. Because the Void is everything, it's potential has no limits. With it you'll be able to heal way faster than with a normal healing magic. With it you can attack more deadly than with any normal attack spell. The shield made out of it won't be breached, unless if there is a pony, who is even more trained in the powers of the Void. You can use it's power for basically everything, but you should never underestimate it's powers. You should never try to consume the whole power of the Void, because a single pony body would never hold such huge power. You should also be careful for what and to what or whom do you use it, because unlike with magic, there's no counter spell. Now show me what you've got. "

Hase showed his only Chaotic skill to his father: he dissapeared in shadows and re- appeared two feet further.

" It's a useful skill, called " a primal portal " .  " Vortex commented " It's a more primitive version of the other portals, because there are no walls. You walk through the Void and than exit it. This kind of portal should never be used for a long distance travel, because there is a chance, that the Voidians take you off your way and you'll remain in the Void.

Luckily, somehow we don't summon Voidians all the time. I bet it's a work of Celestia. She had probably enchanted my crown and it's an artefact, is that right? Of course, that it is. I guess i'll still have to live in hatred, after all. But while in the Void, the voididans will still find you, so don't use this spel for travelling more than a few feet. This spell can also be used as an attack spell, called " Dark Void " . Use it. "

Vortex brought together a pile of rocks to a pony, made out of rock. It rushed at Hase, but he knew what he had to do. The rock pony dissapeared in shadows. The rock creature struggled to get out and was obviously in strong pain, but finally the Voididans dragged him in and Hase closed the portal.

" Brilliant! " Vortex was happy. " Now we're playing! "

Vortex continued creating  ponies of rocks and Hase either breaked them appart with Shadow Bolts, Balls or Blasts, or made them sink into the Void. Once he even enchanted a rock pony's front hoof, it punched itself in the face and turned to pieces.

" Improvising, that's good! " Vortex said on the end of the training. " But you need to rest, my son. And remember, imagination and improvisation are the key! "


Meanwhile Dash and Twilight were speaking on the other side of the lawn, so that the father and the son wouldn't hear them.

" Wait, what do you mean? " Dash asked

" The potential of his body is somehow... amplified. According to some of my books, the unicorns can only wield 40% of the magic, that their body can fuel, and the beginner alicorns - 60%, and eventually bringing it up to 100% with hundreds of years of experience . With Hase it is different. It is like somepony had already modified him to be able to use the full potential of his body. If you need an example, it's like an alicorn being born with 500 years of experience. Of course, experience isn't only power, power is only one part of it, but ... "

" You mean, that Hase currently has the same power potential as, for an example , Luna? "

" No, of course! Luna has 2000 years of experience, and Celestia has 3000, but he's about the power level of Cadence, without counting the power of Love. He would lose the battle against her, but this battle would leave her weak. And let's also not forget the power of the Void. With it... if I learn Hase how to perform magic, after probably a month he might become my teacher, instead of the opposite.  And except that magic follows his will surprisingly easy. His magic potential isn't like anything I've seen. "

" So... who do you suspect? Is it Vortex? " Dash looked at the dark emperor.

" I doubt it. Such thing must be done while the pony isn't yet born. We know, that Vortex had only arrived to see his son right after he was born. And also amplifying the power of a pony might prove fatal for that pony and Vortex wouldn't risk losing his only foal. I am still riddled. "

Dash looked at Hase. The ponies of stone had no chance against him.

" Hase... what have they done to you? " Next Chapter: Decoy Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 42 Minutes

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