Afterlife

by Star Sparkle


Magic time:

As we stood in front of the door to the library Fluttershy knocked and almost immediately Twilight opened the door and said ‘’Star, Fluttershy, welcome back, come on in.‘’

Fluttershy declined as she said ‘’No thank you Twilight, I must get back home to feed my animals.‘’

‘’Um Star, why don’t you go upstairs to Spike, while I talk with Fluttershy?‘’ Twilight asked.

Confused as to why I said ‘’Uh… Sure… Goodnight Fluttershy.‘’

I hugged Fluttershy as she said ‘’Goodnight Star.‘’ I went up the stairs to smell that Spike was making dinner.

As soon as Spike was finished with dinner, I saw out the window as Fluttershy flew away and Twilight came back upstairs with a smile as Spike called ‘’Dinner’s ready!‘’ Twilight and I then made our way to the table.

As we ate Twilight wanted to hear what Fluttershy and I had been doing today and I told her everything except for the conversation about the fear Fluttershy had, as I didn’t know if I was allowed to talk about it.

As I was done Twilight was happy that I trusted Fluttershy about the bear before she continued ‘’Since your bed didn’t come today, that means you will have to sleep with me again.‘’

As I remembered last night, I asked ‘’And continue Daring Do?‘’

‘’Of course, the story must go on.‘’ Twilight said.

I smiled and after I was done with my dinner I said ‘’Thank you for dinner Spike, it was delicious.‘’ I looked at Twilight and asked ‘’May I go to my room now?‘’

‘’Your welcome Star, glad you enjoyed it.‘’ Spike said.

‘’You may go, I will call for you when it’s bedtime.‘’ Twilight said before I went to my room.

Inside my room I looked at the next book that Twilight gave me yesterday ‘Make Your First Light’ I took it with my mouth and placed it on the floor and began to read as I thought ‘Well, if I’m stuck here, at least I will have the ability to do magic.

The first couple of chapters was about tapping into ones magic, It also said that my horn would glow when I did it correctly, so I looked around the room, but found no mirror, but the door to my balcony was a glass door, so with the book in my mouth, I walked over to the glass door and into the glass, I saw a clear reflection of myself.

I placed the book down and read what I should do, I focused on what I thought was my magic, but nothing. I then focused all my energy on as I tried to make a light on my horn, even though I hadn’t read a single word on how to do it, but only saw a picture on what it should look like in the end.

I stared and stared at the tip of my horn in my reflection as I tried to make a small light, but nothing happened. I tried even harder, I even forgot to breathe and as I gave up, I released a huge burst of air and breathed again, as I caught my breath again I thought ‘Damn it…

As I didn’t want to give up after only a few tries, I looked back at the door and looked beyond the glass and into the sky and there was that pink star. As I held my focus on the pink star, my emotions flowed through me and I tried again as I held my vision and focused on the star.

I was forced to remember back to my time with Fluttershy and that huge bear, as I felt how afraid I was and how then how embarrassed I was, for being afraid.
I was forced to remember why I was afraid, it’s teeth were huge compared to me and my thought began to imagine just how painful it would have been if it had bitten me.

All of a sudden something touched me on my back and an explosion came from within me to the top of my horn and I forced everything away from me, as I heard a loud noise, I looked back and saw Twilight on the other side of the room, as she lay on the floor.

As I tried to go to her, all the books in the room shot out off their places and in the air they transformed into anything from fruits, vegetables, small sticks, bigger logs, leaves, grass, golden plates and other sorts of things, I felt another explosion from within my as a beam of pure pink came from my horn, hit the door and made it into water that then splashed onto the ground.

Outside the door Spike avoided everything that had direction towards him, missing mostly by a hair. I saw as Twilight got up and looked around my room as well as with Spike.

Some of the smaller objects began to join together to form smaller tornados but as Twilight tried to come near me, a massive burst of wind came from my horn stopped her in her tracks.
I felt myself as I got lighter until I levitated up into the air, suddenly I was surrounded by magic, unlike anything I had ever felt before and as it released me, I felt something soft on my back.

As I tried to figure out what had happened to me, Twilight called to me, but again, my horn, on its own, shot at her, she avoided by a hair and it instead flew out the door and hit Spike who was pushed into the wall behind him.

He quickly got up and grew up, sprouted wings as Twilight called ‘’Get outside! Fast!‘’ Spike grew taller and taller and with Twilight’s back turned, my horn shot again, hit her and pushed her into the wall.

As I was shocked of what I had done, I didn’t want to hurt her, so I turned to the glass door and saw Canterlot from above and it only came closer, I blinked and now I saw a dark forest, I blinked again and I was inside the throne room in Canterlot, another blink and I saw Ponyville from above.

As the ground got closer I froze in fear, as I saw a huge purple and green dragon with wings and just like me, the library also froze in midair. I felt much magic as I shot 5 times, I didn’t hit the dragon, but they flew in different directions.

Through my right ear, I heard Twilight as she called ‘’Star!‘’ She was close to me now, but if she stepped closer, she would fall out of the door towards the ground.

I felt tears as they formed under my eyes, I was too afraid to hurt her again, but Twilight called ‘’It’s okay, it’s okay, you’re safe, just take my hoof!‘’ As she extended her hoof.

I didn’t want to hurt her, but flashes from the past couple of days appeared in my head and forced me to extend my hoof. I reached out and as soon as I felt her, she pulled me in and hugged me.

While we hugged, I looked over her back and saw a pair of wings, but as I became more calm, they disappeared into thin air, the objects that were on the floor turned back into books and flew back onto their shelves. A big flash happened, but nothing looked to be out of the ordinary and as the last bit of my magic left, as we were levitated down to the ground, we still embraced each other. 

My body still shook, as I tried to apologize and tears still streamed down my face, Twilight hushed me as she rocked me from side to side, which for some reason calmed me down.

After a few moments Twilight softly asked ‘’You feel better now?‘’

While I sniffed I answered ‘’Uh-huh.’’ She let me go and used her one hoof to wipe away what’s left of my tears.

Out the door that was now made of wood and open Spike poked his head though and Twilight gestured for him to come in and he ran over to us and hugged me asking ‘’Star? A-are you okay? Are you hurt?‘’

I shook my head and said ‘’I’m fine, what about you?‘’ I began to tear up again as I said ‘’I pushed you into the wall, I’m so sorry Spike.‘’

He hugged me tighter as he said ‘’It’s okay, it was an accident and it didn’t even hurt.‘’ That got me to giggle a little bit.

After a bit we heard some knocks on the door and Twilight got up and said ‘’I’ll be back in a moment.‘’ As she headed out of my room.

After Twilight had left the room, I walked over to the saddlebag I got from Princess Celestia and tried to get the book out, but as I failed and clearly saw this Spike offered ‘’The number one assistant is at your service.‘’

Defeated I said ‘’Thanks, would you get that book for me?‘’

He took the book from the saddlebag and confusedly asked ‘’What’s this?‘’

‘’Princess Celestia gave it to me, saying she would like to hear how things are going for me and I think today is definitely worth writing about.‘’ We went into the living room and after he had gotten himself a quill and tuned to the first page he said ‘’Ready.‘’ I thought for a moment before I said.

‘’Dear Princess Celestia.
I’m happy to announce that I have learned a little bit of history, I would also say that earlier tonight I tried to do magic and while I’m still not entirely sure what I did, I just know I did something towards Spike, Twilight and myself, before I ended up telepotrating the library to different locations, including your throne room in Canterlot. But everything should be fine now.

Yours Star Sparkle.‘’

Spike repeated ‘’… Star Sparkle. Done, now what?‘’
‘’Now Princess Celestia can see that I have written to her and else I don’t know.‘’ A short minute later the book glowed and Spike turned to the page and showed it to me and I read it internally.

Dearest Star Sparkle.
I am happy to hear that you have been studying our history and about what happened to you, that was a magical outburst, Twilight would be able to elaborate more, but that would explain the powerful magic that made Princess Luna and myself teleport all around Canterlot and Ponyville. If you find out more, I will love to hear what other kinds of spells you did doing your magical outburst, but as I stated in Canterlot, you will need Twilight’s guidance to learn about your magic.

That said, I’m glad that you have decided to write to me and I will look forward to hearing from you again.

Yours Princess Celestia.

After I read it, I allowed Spike to read it as well, as he read it Twilight came back upstairs, to where I asked ‘’Who was it?‘’

As she came closer she answered ‘’It was my friends, who told me that for some reason, they found themselves turned into alicorns.‘’

‘’What? How?‘’ She only looked at me and then I remembered back to the five shouts and asked ‘’I did it? A-are they okay?‘’

‘’They are fine, they were just surprised, but like the three of us they’re back to normal again.‘’ I ended up letting out a long yawn and as I looked at the clock, it was only 8:30 pm, but Twilight said ‘’Let’s get your teeth brushed and then it’s bedtime.‘’

As we were in the bathroom Twilight said ‘’By the way, Applejack have asked if you could help her tomorrow and after that Pinkie Pie have some sort of surprise for you.‘’

As I thought back on what Princess Celestia wrote to me, I asked, with my toothbrush in my mouth ‘’Will you then teach me magic.‘’

As she was done with me, I spat in the sink before she said ‘’Yes, and then I will teach you magic, but only if you have been a good filly.‘’

I nodded and asked ‘’Spike, will you get the book I got from Princess Celestia?‘’ He saluted and went to get it, I then looked back at Twilight and asked if she knew the spells I did, she did and listed them to me and when Spike came back he eagerly said ‘’I’m ready.‘’ I thought for a second before saying.

‘’Dear Princess Celestia.
As you requested, I have just been told by Twilight that I turned myself, her and her five friends into alicorns. On Spike I did an age-spell, turning him into a full grown dragon with wings.
I levitated all the books out of the shelves and transformed them all into different objects, everything from grass to golden plates and made small tornados with the objects.
At the end of the telepotrations, I levitated the library in midair over Ponyville, while changing gravity itself inside the library. But in the beginning I made many bursts of wind and made a wooden door into water. But everything is back to normal now and tomorrow I will receive my first lesson in magic.

Yours Star Sparkle.‘’

As Spike wrote the last bit he repeated ‘’Yours Star Sparkle. Done.‘’ He closed the book as I said ‘’Thank you Spike.‘’ He saluted and as Twilight was finished as well, we went to bed.

In bed, I snuggled my head on Twilight’s chest as she began to read. I quickly found out that I didn’t even make it past two pages yesterday.

As she read I feel more and more sleepy, until I was in a state of neither being awake or asleep, Twilight then stopped reading, kissed the top of my head and whispered ‘’Goodnight little sis.‘’

‘’Your right Twilight, she’s quite cute when she’s asleep.‘’ I heard Spike quietly comment.

Twilight giggled and the last thing I heard was when Twilight whispered ‘’I hope she’ll never leave.‘’

But just before I fell completely asleep, a voice, like Twilight’s said ‘’And even if, I’ll never let her go home, I will keep her as my little sis, forever.‘’