Mike lay down, exhausted. In truth, he had been working for little over an hour. It wasn't the work that was exhausting him. It was, in fact, the tediousness of lifting dirt with magic that was causing him to quickly lose interest with his new job. He quickly became bored and wondered when the day would end. He desperately tried to think of a way to reduce the amount of work he needed to do. An idea hit him just as he was about to lose hope.

"Miss Rarity, can't we just duplicate the gems?" Mike asked. Rarity stopped and turned around.

"If only. That kind of magic is impossible. Even the few unicorns that can do it only make copies that last for a few minutes." Rarity said.

Challenge accepted.

"May I see one of those gems for a moment? I won't take long." Mike asked.

"Of course." She replied before walking off to find more gems.

Mike levitated one of the gems in his pouch and focused on it. It was a deep Blue color and it was shaped as an octagon. He willed it to clone itself. After a few seconds, he looked up. Nothing had happened. Mike tried once more, but this time he tried his absolute hardest. He looked up and grinned. There were not merely two gems in front of him, but dozens. They were all exact copies of the original.

"Miss Rarity!" he called out with a smile.

"What is it Keen? I need you to- dear Celestia!" she gasped.

"I think these should be enough. I'll be with my friends. If you need more, come get me. Have a nice day, Miss Rarity." Mike said before he walked away. He couldn't wait to show this off to Jake and Cameron.

Rarity was left, mouth agape, until something hit her. She called out to Keen, but he was gone.

"Oh, no! These will probably only last a few minutes at best!" she exclaimed. To her surprise, though, they hadn't disappeared even when she got back to her boutique. She wondered what kind of unicorn was so powerful.

Meanwhile…

After mentally preparing himself for ten minutes, Jake began his stunt. He wasn't entirely sure if laws of physics were on his side, but he went at it anyway. He leaped off of a cloud. He flew straight in the air, high enough to make a sonic boom. He dove straight down to a deep blue colored lake that passed through a grassy field. He felt that he was about to make a sonic boom, but he kept his speed low enough that it didn't happen before he hit his target. He was only meters away from the water before he allowed the sonic boom to happen. He quickly used the force it created to change his direction. He quickly started rotating around an area on the lake. If it wasn't obvious before, it was now.

He was trying to make a water tornado.

Normally, it would have taken a large amount of pegasi to create a waterspout of the immense size of what Jake was making. However, at the speed he was going, Jake was single handedly, er. . . hoofedly, creating one. He guessed that the size of the tornado would be about half of the entire lake. When he felt that he was losing speed, he quickly escaped its rotation and observed what he had created.

Wow.

The waterspout was a marvel to look at. The deep blue color swirled round and round in frenzy. Thank Celestia it didn't rear off and cause collateral damage. Though it lasted only half a minute after he left, the twister he had created was three-fourths of the entire lake. It was beginning to lose speed and became thinner until it finally collapsed in on itself, causing a spray of water droplets to pelt anything in a close distance of it. After it had disappeared, Jake looked to Rainbow Dash, who was on the ground. She was dumbfounded and her mouth was agape. Jake casually flew over to her.

"What do you think?" he asked, as if it weren't obvious enough. Rainbow Dash kept staring at where the tornado had been.

After a few seconds she unleashed her answer.

"Ohmygoshohmygosh! That was so cool!" Rainbow exclaimed. She continued her raving until something caught her eye.

"You have your cutie mark, Agile!"

"What?" he said as he looked at his flank. It was a simple yellow circle with a black outline.

What the heck does that mean?

Rainbow must have been thinking that as well, for she asked the same thing.

"I have absolutely no idea." Jake answered.

At Sugarcube Corner…

"Crap…" Cameron muttered quietly when he accidentally closed Pinkie Pie's safe.

Pinkie had opened it for him and told him to get his wage for the day. He had been overjoyed and taken a small bag full of bits. Sadly, it was slightly less than what he had received on his first day. Cameron had taken the time to count all 1013 of them on his first day. Now he had around a hundred less. He had returned with another one and was about to fill it when his hoof accidentally smacked the safe's door. Now he was left with the one small bag. Pinkie had already left for the day, stating that she had to decorate for the Summer Sun Celebration even though it was a week away.

Cameron kicked the safe in frustration. Almost immediately, he closed his eyes as he tried to stop himself before he received the inevitable pain. However, it never came. He opened his eyes and saw that his hoof had gone clean through the metal case. At this point, he did what any rational person would do.

He filled the second bag with cash.

Later, at the apartment…

Mike was the first to get back. He had taken his sweet time to walk all the way to the apartment. The first thing he did was walk up to Cameron's room and open the door. He proceeded to take a small amount of coins and duplicate them, just as he did with the gems. He continued this process until the amount of coins matched what Mike had taken a few days earlier.

Just as he was about to leave, Jake walked in.

"Why are you in my room?" Jake asked.

"Just paying Cam back what I took." Mike replied.

"So you did get a job."

"Well, yes. However, that's not how I got the cash." Mike said.

"Care to elaborate on that?"

"My pleasure." Mike said as he took a coin and duplicated it. Jake's mouth fell agape.

"When the heck did you learn this?" he asked.

"Earlier today. Apparently I can do impossible magic."

"Awesome." Jake said with a grin.

"What did you do?" Mike said, trying to get onto another subject.

"I made a water tornado by myself." Jake responded proudly. It was now Mike's turn to be surprised.

"I thought that took like hundred ponies."

"I guess you're not the only one that can do impossible things." Jake said.

"I see you got your cutie mark." Mike said, looking upon the yellow circle.

"I should say the same to you."

Mike looked at his flank. Sure enough, there was a crimson circle.

"Why are our marks circles?" Mike questioned.

"If I knew, I'd tell you." Jake said.

At that moment, Cameron burst through the door. Quite literally. The door was smashed to bits as Cameron walked through.

"What the hell?" Jake yelled.

"Sorry, Jake. I couldn't resist." Cameron said with a smile. He took the time to explain that he now had amazing strength.

When he had finished telling his tale, Mike mentioned to Cameron, "By the way, you got your cutie mark."

"My what?" Cameron asked.

"Dude, I explained this to you already!" Jake exclaimed.

"Whatever."

"Just check your side." Mike said. Cameron did so, and saw that he had a deep blue circle similar to his friends. He studied it.

"Why is it a-?"

"We don't know." Mike and Jake said in unison.

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