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[ଳ omori ଳ]

I scoop Atti onto my back. "You okay?" She nods, laughing.
"I'm fine!! So, SO excited!!!!!"
"Cool. What group d'ya wanna be in?"
"your group."
"We'll, you'd better get your brains on then!!"

I stop in the hall. "We tell what group you're in by doing a little test. You will have to demonstrate either loyalty, cunning, wit and logic or bravery. It might be scary, so older ones first. Who wants to have a try?"

[Pterochicken]

(( Can you tell that my mood's changing! Yay for playful, and trying (failing) to crack jokes in Mira's info bar! Short post again, sorry, writer's block. Not much to work with either. ^_^; ))

Miraculous Recovery (Mira)
16-Year-Old Mare
Single - No Crush
Volunteering for Tribute

Looking around her, Miraculous Recovery could see that she was the oldest in the group, being in sixth year. Sure that she could handle any test she had thrown at her, she stepped forward. "I think I'm the eldest, Your Majesty." She said. "I'd like to go first." My healing magic will surely see me through, and its not like they can make anything deadly, can they, even for ponies in the sixth year? She fought to keep her confidence up as she contemplated what could lie ahead. I've never had issues, but I've never been in the sixth year...

[ଳ omori ଳ]

"Okay. Though what you see is scary, it cannot kill you." I stand back, conjuring a bear. It snarls and growls, snapping its jaws menacingly. In one of its large paws is a pony, kicking and screaming. "It's an illusion." I yell above the growling. "You need to display loyalty, cunning, wit or bravery."




I watch with baited breath.

I cling onto Tiaras back. "I don't like bears" I whimper, my tail swishing.

[Pterochicken]

(( Adam's form is up, on Mira's form post. Image is coming. ))

Miraculous Recovery (Mira)
16-Year-Old Mare
Single - No Crush
Thinking Quickly

Miraculous Recovery readied herself as the Princess took a step back and ignited her horn. A bear popped into existence, grasping a frantically struggling pony in giant, powerful paws. The unicorn froze, Celestia's words barely registering with her. Illusion. I can't hurt. Think! The mare in its paw made her brain freeze, the added complication of another life at stake making things infinitely more complicated.

She shook her head, focusing on the brain of the bear. Halting production of adrenalin, she replaced it with endorphins, trying to placate the bear. Mira pushed more power into her horn, maintaining the change in hormones while reaching out to the paw holding the pony hostage, disabling the nerves to paralyse it. The pony dropped, stood, and bolted, disappearing in a puff of smoke. Right, illusion. Now for the bear...

The pony safely out of the equation, she once again switched the balance in the blood of the bear, replacing the endorphins with melatonin, gradually sending the bear to sleep over what felt like forever. As it fell into a deep slumber, she released her magical hold on the brain of the bear, panting and shuddering. Such an intense hold over the bear's secretions had taxed her more than she had been in a while, and Mira fought to keep her vision clear. Breathe, she thought, not wanting to use more magic.

[ଳ omori ଳ]

"hmmm.." I say, a hoof to my chin. "The first thing you did was rescue the mare, proving loyalty. However, you seemed okay changing the blood balance, proving your intelligence. You also kept fighting, I could see it was not a very easy task for you." I think for a few more minutes, before speaking again. "Even though you found it a little difficult, you kept fighting. But the skill you had changing the blood balance was amazing. You are.. A GRYPHON!" I give her a badge with a little red gryphon on. "Wear this on your school robes." I whisper in her ear. "I think we'll need to work on stamina, but other than that you were incredible. You have potential to do something great one day."



I cheer and whoop, stomping my hooves on the floor like the other ponies.

"Yesss!" I shout. "I knew you could do it!

I give Mira a potion. "Drink this. It'll make you feel better." I say to her, wrapping a white wing around her. "Who wants to go next?" I say.


(Accepted)

[dori.]

Diamond was happy for Tiara and stomped her hoofs like the others and cheered

[ଳ omori ଳ]

"I'll do it, Your Highness." I step forwards. "I am fourteen years of age, and I believe I am the second oldest."

"Wonderful. Remember, they cannot hurt you but will try to drain your magic." I light up my horn and produce an enormous manticore, another mare in its tight grasp.

I nod silently, feeling myself instantly shrink under its gaze. Right. I think. Hmm.. I light up my horn. I use it to bind magic around the manticore's paw, making it numb and limp. It drops the mare and the magic disappears from my horn. I fire it up once more, closing my eyes. Relax your body... My mothers voice appears inside my head. I feel magic swirling around my body, and I feel much lighter. When I open them and step to one side, There's two of me. Ha! I've duplicated myself! I snicker inside my head, beginning to gallop in circles around the manticore. It watches the not-moving statue of myself, before realising there's another pony running around him. He spins around and around, trying to watch us both, before stopping, looking sick and dizzy. I become one again, about to slice some magic through his tail, but my horn aches. Aches really bad.

"Keep fighting!" Celestia yells. "Come on, you can do it! As I said, they weaken you."

"That's it." I growl, my wings spread. I shoot sharp magic blades at him, before bucking him with my back legs. He disappears in a puff of smoke.

"Fantastic!" I yell, my hooves pounding the floor.

"I KNEW YOU'D DO IT, TIA!!" I yell.

"The use of the Duplication Spell was astonishing. You were weak, but you kept fighting. You are.. A CUNNING CHANGELING,

I scoop up my badge, sitting next to Mira. "Was I good?" I grin, looking at my shiny badge.

[Coseylion]

Sleighbell was cheering on the ponies who were taking the test, however she wasn't quite looking forward to when it was her turn. Of course, she was excited to be sorted into a house, but to be faced with a bear or a manticore? Or worse? She shook her head, she didn't want to let fear get in the way of anything. She watched intently as Tia defeated the manticore and Sleighbell happily congratulated her as she walked by. "That was brilliant!" She grinned.

[ଳ omori ଳ]

Sleighbell was cheering on the ponies who were taking the test, however she wasn't quite looking forward to when it was her turn. Of course, she was excited to be sorted into a house, but to be faced with a bear or a manticore? Or worse? She shook her head, she didn't want to let fear get in the way of anything. She watched intently as Tia defeated the manticore and Sleighbell happily congratulated her as she walked by. "That was brilliant!" She grinned.

"Thanks!" I grin.

[ଳ omori ଳ]

(Accepted!)