//------------------------------// // Celestia's second prophecy-complete // Story: Truths of a prophecy // by Cookiedash //------------------------------// "That song was...amazing." The stallion said "YAY!" Swetie Belle cheered. "You have a true talent for singing little one." He told Sweetie Belle "Umm, thank you. But I bet that you can sing well too." "Naw, not really. Can't even sing a lullaby." "Oh, well, you have a talent for, umm, dream walking." Sweetie Belle replied. The stallion laughed "Of course I do. It's my talent, and how I got my cutie mark." "EXACTLY!" Scootaloo suddenly exclaimed, making everypony else jump "What?" Applebloom asked "Mr, what's your name?" "Uh, Night Walker." "Well Mr Night Walker, originally, you said that you had to follow Nightmare moon because your cutie mark said so. Then you told us how you got your cutie mark." "And" "Well, even after explaining that getting your cutie mark had nothing to do with Princess Luna or Nightmare moon, you continued to believe that you should follow her. But now, you have just stated that your talent is dream walking. Not following Nightmare moon. On top of that, you stated that dream walking was how you got your cutie mark." "So?" "So, just then, you didn't say your talent had anything to do with following Nightmare moon or Princess Luna. And since nopony can have two talents...." Scootaloo started "Yer only talent is dream walkin'! Yer got no talent in followin' Nightmare moon!" Applebloom continued "And because you didn't say it, then you yourself don't believe that your talent is following Nightmare moon! You just do so because you are scared." Sweetie Belle finished. "...you know. I think you fillies are right. I don't have a talent in following Nightmare moon. Why should I? Nothing, not even my cutie mark, can tell me what to do." "A cutie mark shows you, not who you are, only what your talent is." Scootaloo said "Yeh. Wait, what do you mean? My cutie mark tells me my talent, and my talent is who I am..." "Not really. Hmm, how do I say this without sounding like an egghead. Or a sapster. No, I can't. Anyway, if my cutie mark was, I don't know, to do with mane dressing, then, should I be a mane dresser?" "...yes?" "I don't like mane dressing, I want to be an amazing flyer! Even if I can't fly yet. So, if I had a talent in mane dressing, does that mean I should give up on my dream to do what my cutie mark says?" "..Nnnno... you shouldn't give up on your dreams. That's what my father always told me." "Exactly. Your dreams define you, what you like, defines you. What you do, defines you. Most importantly, your cutie mark, doesn't. It shows what your really good at. But it doesn't tell you what you like, or what you should like. It can't tell you what to do either." "An' some cutie marks are similar ta others! Like, mah sister's cutie mark and mah brother's cutie mark are both apples! But tha' don' mean they have'ta agree on everythin'." "So, my cutie mark, can only guide me? Even if it was something I didn't like, then, it could only point me down the right path? I just have to look a little deeper, and find the true meaning. Yes! That's it! Just because my cutie mark looks like Nightmare moon's, doesn't mean that I'm destined to follow her! I create my own path! If I disagree with somepony, then I should say so! Not follow them because I'm scared. Nightmare moon must be stopped! And I swear by Celestia's light, that I will have some part to play in that!" Night Walker exclaimed, and with that, he took out the key from a small pocket in his armor and unlocked the cell door, "Come on fillies! This is a break out!" -- "Right, so, we infiltrate through the back window, find our way to Nightmare moon and ambush her. Then we use the elements on her, I'll activate Rainbow's element. Once we have imprisoned her in the moon again-" Twilight started to explain "Or sucked out all of the evil in her!" Pinkie Pie added "-*sigh*Or sucked out all of the evil in her, then we will rescue the crusaders." "Twilight?" "Yes Rarity?" "I thought you wanted to find out what all of these prophecies were before we went to defeat Nightmare moon." "Yeh! And don't we all need to have activated our elements at least once? I mean, when Rainbow gave her life, her element glowed softly, and its happened a few other times before with some of the other elements." "Yes, I do want to figure out what the prophecies are but-wait. Pinkie, what did you just say?" "I said, quote 'Yeh! And don't we all need to have activated our elements at least once? I mean, when Rainbow gave her life, her element glowed softly, and its happened a few other times before with some of the other elements' end quote. But, I'm not sure which elements glowed, Dashie's did, and I think mine probably went off at some point, but I'm not sure." "..." Suddenly, Twilight felt herself being overcome with a surge of magic and she was dragged into her mind. She recognized where she was. She was in the 'cave' of her mind. Where she had discovered what the first prophecy meant. Her voice, her thoughts surged into her mind 'The elements need to be activated. We may have received them, but everypony has yet to show that they actually do represent those elements. Like Rainbow did. Applejack needs to show true honesty, Rarity needs to show true generosity, Fluttershy needs to show true kindness, Pinkie Pie needs to show true laughter and I need to show tr-" She was interrupted by Pinkie's voice 'Twilight, you have used the word 'true' four times now, use another word! Or else it just gets boring!' '-right, then I need to show real magic. How do I show real magic? Don't I do that already?' After that last thought, she was dragged out of her thoughts and back into the real world. Her friends were looking at her expectantly "Pinkie, how did you get into my thoughts?" "Oh, it wasn't me, silly. You thought that, but you thought of me saying it so because you don't talk to yourself." "...what? Never mind. Shoot. We do need to have activated the elements before we can use them. Okay, new plan. So, we infiltrate through-" "Twilight, darling, wouldn't it be better if Applejack here created a portal for us to use? That way, we don't have to worry about getting caught on our way there." Rarity suggested, "But ah can't use mah portal powers well." "Then it will be good to practice. That is a good idea Rarity, we'll use it. Come on Applejack, we have to try. And anyway, if you don't practice in situations like this, then it will be harder for when another situation like this comes up." Applejack still looked unsure, "Come on, just try thinking of the crusaders." Applejack finally gave in "Alright, but don' blame me when thing go wrong." "IF things go wrong! IF!" Pinkie corrected. --- "YAY" The three fillies shouted and they tried to move towards each other for a hoof bump. But they were too far apart, and the chains were too short. "Hang on." Night Walker said, and he trotted over to undo their chains. When, they were unchained, they jumped in the air and clapped their hooves together in a three way hoof bump. But, instead of their hooves connecting and instantly falling apart to end the hoof bump, so that they could fall to the ground again, bright lights began to swirl around them. Each one the colour of their manes. Applebloom had a red glow, Sweetie Belle, a light purple and Scootaloo had a red-ish purple. Then a white light flashed off of them and they slowly dropped to the ground, as if they were being placed there. Night Walker watched with awe. He had never seen something so amazing. When the light subsided, he saw that the fillies had a cutie mark each. And a necklace. The most intriguing thing was that, their cutie marks, were the same, except for the small emblem in the middle. "What happened?" The fillies asked in sync "Woah. Your cutie marks! They're amazing!" "What?" Applebloom said and then turned to her flank, "Oh mah gosh! Mah cutie mark! An yers too! look! We all got th' same cutie mark!" "Sweet Celestia! We totally did!" Scootaloo exclaimed "Best day ever!" Sweetie Belle joined in "And, OMG! Look! We got our elements!" "YES! THIS IS AMAZING!" "Keep it down! We don't want to alert the guards." Night Walker said, wincing at the volume "Right, sorry. But this is just too cool! I can't wait to impress Rainbow Dash!" "An' Applejack!" "And Rarity!" "Right, we gotta go." "But how are we going to get out?" Scootaloo asked, as if on cue, a portal opened up, directly in front of them. And in stepped Twilight Sparkle. "TWILIGHT!" The fillies cried "How did you get here?" Sweetie Belle asked "Applejack opened a portal, come on. We have to go. Quickly." "Wait. Can Night Walker come too?" "Night Walker? Who's that?" "He's a new friend o' ours! Ain't that right?" Applebloom said, nodding in the direction of a pegasus stallion, dressed in armor. "No! He's one of Nightmare moon's guards. Don't alert him!" "But, he was helpin' us escape before you came. Look, he even undid our chains." Applebloom held up her hooves to prove her point. "And if it weren't for him, we would never have gotten our cutie marks!" Scootaloo added, cheerfully. "And our elements!" Sweetie Belle said. Twilight stared at them "Y-you, got your elements?" They nodded "And your cutie marks?" They nodded again "And it was because of him?" "Well, sorta, you see-" Scootaloo was cut of by the sound of whistling. Instantly Night Walker was behind them, pushing them into the portal. "We have to go. Now! The next guard is coming! Hurry!" Twilight followed his orders instantly, not even arguing the fact that he worked for Nightmare moon. As soon as they were through, Applejack closed the portal. Leaving an empty cell and a confused guard.