Chapter 6 – Simple enough
Twilight's spell comes to an end as the chiming poof around you pounds against your ears, you move your eyes to her but shes already moving herself towards the library's front door.
Everypony around you is a little stunned to the teleporting and you still feel your off balance walk as you follow after the lavender mare, but you get your balance as you walk inside.
A cool wave of calmness falls over you as you bring your eyes to a tall white mare standing near the table. But you breath a sigh of relief to the light purple filly happily tugging on the multi colored mane of Celestia that floats a little towards her.
Applejack, Celestia and Violet all bring their eyes to the ponies coming in as the tall white mare's calming voice comes to her, "Twilight, I came as soon as I got Spike's letter...is everything alright?"
"Everything is fine Celestia, and I believe I've found a way to complete Star Swirl’s spell." Her voice comes out with a sure and ready tone, but it becomes drafted as you watch Violet hop from her chair and happily gallop over to Twilight.
She embraces her in a hug as she brushes the little filly’s mane, but she doesn't hold it long as she talks, "Go stand with daddy..."
The little filly blinks to the words before her happy gallop comes towards your position, you hold a smile to her face as she comes next to you, but your ears stay pinned to Twilight as she continues to speak.
"Princess, Star Swirl’s spell has something to do with the Element's of harmony...now I don't truly know what its for but I think i've found a way to complete it."
Celestia's eyes stay focused on the lavender mare like you and everypony else in the room as she floats Star Swirl’s book to her.
Twilight's eyes move to Applejack and Spike who still sit at the table as she talks, "You two should move, this spell was powerful enough to alter cutie marks theres no telling what it might do."
You lose your smile to the comment as you watch the orange mare and the little purple dragon coming over to where you and everyone else stands. But you keep your voice down as you think to yourself, Celestia wouldn't let Twilight do a spell that could hurt her. You drift your eyes to the tall white mare as you look over her casual face, but its calmness doesn't really bring much comfort as you look her over.
You're brought from your thoughts before they can go to far as you like everypony else focus on Twilight's purple glowing horn that levitates the old book in front of her as her sure voice comes out, "The Element's of harmony were created to bring ponies together..." Her warm smile and proud sparkling eyes move over you and her friends faces as she talks no longer just to Celestia, "...And look at what they have done, we have pegasus, earth ponies, and unicorns all wielding them. All sharing in the ideas of harmony among the three tribes that Equestria was founded on."
Twilight proud purple gaze shifts as she talks to Celestia, "...And I believe Star Swirl’s spell was created to maintain harmony...even when harmony is sent into chaos." Her excited voice starts to even bring a smile out of you as she continues, "...That's why the element's of harmony reacted like they did and that's why the spell doesn't have to rhyme...Because nothing is ever perfect, there cannot be true harmony without a little chaos..."
You move your hoof to Violet's mane as you rub it a little, you know the little filly has no idea what's being said but at the same time you know shes holding a smile to her mothers happy and excited voice.
The book in Twilight's grasp opens to the last page as she turns to face Celestia, She adjust the crown element of harmony on her head as she clears her throat clear. A quil from the table floats over and sets to the book as her voice comes around the room, "From one to another, another to one a mark of one’s destiny singled out alone fulfilled..." The quil starts to move as she holds a wide smile to the book, "...All of us together, together we are one, the marks of our destiny made true there is harmony without end."
At the end of her words the purple-pink star on the top of her element starts to chime out in a building sound, you watch the sound a little confused for a second but you don't get to even get a thought as its low building chime sparks up in a heart dropping sound. The centerpiece of the crown lets out an almost electrifying sound as white lighting like sparks start to fly from it.
Twilight's hold of the book and quill is lost as the two items drop to the floor, but not another motion comes from her as the building sound from the element reaches its apex and sends a loud ear pounding sqweel through the house.
The bookshelves around the room poor to the floor, every window around the room shatters to the high pitched yelling of the element and a blinding light sparks up around the room forcing you to look away. You move your hoof over Violet as you turn her with you, your eyes are held tightly shut but the sounds around the room still paint a picture to your mind as the five mares around you all let out a scream of their own that even runs past the sounding of a powerful magical swirling coming from where Twilight stands.
But the blinding light and booming sounds leave the room leaving your ears pounding as you open your eyes and quickly look down to the little purple filly you move behind you.
Violet's eyes are closed and her lips quiver with a low wheezing sob as she sit to her flank with her front hooves over her ears.
Your fast breathing and heavy pounding heart forces you to turn back to where Twilight and Celestia stood as your mind gets the better of you.
Your eyes pin to the lavender mare still standing in her spot, but she’s nowhere near ok as you look over her wide gasped mouth, the element of harmony that sits atop her head still sends small lighting light spark around the tip of the star centerpiece...but what has your heart racing is her motionless stance and her once soft purple eyes that now shine bright in a white light like the crown atop her head.
The five mares around you all share your fear and confusion as they mutter to each other unable to really keep their voices down.
But your voice builds in your throat as you hold a slight glimmer of hope as you quickly thrust your eyes to the tall white mare that has moved herself almost pressing herself to the wall. The calm face of the all knowing Celestia that you thought you would meet is nothing what your eyes bring to you as you look over her shocked and wide eyed stare.
The building voice in you no longer cares who she is as you call out to her with a step forwards, "What happened!"
Celestia's eyes come to you as she closes her mouth.
To her silence you call back out to her almost in a cry, "What happened!?!"
The white mare's voice comes back to her as she moves her eyes back to Twilight who still stands trapped in whatever spell she’s triggered, "I...I don't know."
Your body shakes with the answer you get from her as you deny it, "Stop it...Stop the spell....Stop it now!"
The room is silent for your exchanges as everypony stays hung to each hot faced word being shouted or calmly sent back.
Celestia's sweet calming voice sparks an anger in you as you refuse to believe how calm she can be...but you listen to her as it runs to you over the chime and swirling magic coming from the frozen in time lavender mare that hasn't even blinked her glowing white eyes. "The element's of harmony are old...created over a thousand years ago...they were created for the purpose of harmony by-..."
You cut her off as you talk, "I don't care about a damn about the elements, help Twilight!" Your hoof points to the lavender mare as you shake with your own voice. But your stance doesn't get to last long as out of the corner of your eye you watch the little light purple filly galloping towards where her motionless mother stands.
You quickly spring yourself forward as you scoop her up, but as you scoop her up, as you do this the chime from the glowing crown on Twilight's head sends a loud chime around the room as you clench your teeth to it and back away.
At the end of the spike of noise Celestia's voice comes back as you two lock eyes, "...The element's of harmony are nothing more than a way to convey magic...its a power" at her pause you move the wiggling filly and yourself back to where you once stood as Celestia's calm and collected voice continues, "...Star Swirl’s uncompleted spell was a way to recharge the element of harmony."
You clench your jaw a little as you speak up, "Rainbow...take Violet up stairs and don't come down."
The cyan mare hesitates for a moment but as your heavy eyes move to her she brings herself over to you as you pass the red eyed quietly crying filly to her. You only hold your gaze away from The Almighty Do Nothing for a moment before you turn your eyes back to her. With an almost pleading voice, "...What does that mean?"
Celestia's silence kills you for a moment before she talks again, "...I do not know...the spell would not work for me and can only be done by a holder of an element of harmony...When I told twilight she was the only one that could do it...I meant it."
You move your eyes to Twilight's frozen stance, but it pains your heart to look her over for even a moment as you look away. A breaking down sob comes from you as you pin your eyes to Celestia, "How does it charge."
Celestia is quite for a moment as she answers, "By using the user's magic." Her tone sends a slight chill down your back as you think, a memory spell makes Twilight weak...a teleportation spell makes her weak...You steady your breathing as you walk over towards where Twilight stands.
But at your walk Celestia's voice comes up high, "What are you doing? The element has rejected Twilight’s and suspended her, theres no telling what it would do to y-...”
You stop your walk as you turn to her in a shout, "And what would it do to her huh! Keep her like this forever?"
Celestia is silent again as you look her over.
You shake your head as you listen to the pounding heart in your ears, "You had better hope it kills me all powerful do nothing, because I promise you if it harms her..." You stop your voice as a salty tear rolls to your mouth. But you shake your head away from her as you start you move back towards Twilight.
Your breaths are long as you stare to her, ignoring the loud chime of the swirling magic coming from the element, “...You said it needed magic...would that transfer spell work?”
“I..It might.” Celestia's words are unsure as she talks.
You steady your breathing as you build your own magic under your coat. You hold your thoughts on the spell that Celestia had taught you such a long time ago...you take a deep breath as you focus your eyes to Twilight's frozen stance just wanting to see her shimmering soft purple eyes again as you start the spell.
A stream of purple magic comes from you and starts to run towards the star centerpiece of the crown as the loud chiming continues to grow. Your ability to hold your thoughts solely on Twilight starts to fail as you start to feel yourself starting to lose control of your own spell. But through your fast breathing, racing mind and pounding heart you hold the spell any way you can.
The rush of magic coming around you starts to send waves of almost gusts of wind to your ears like a teleportation spell would as you begin to feel pin like needle amounts of pain poking all around your body. The small pain doesn't last long as you drop to your front legs, the voices around the room begin to fade as you clench your mouth shut and force yourself to follow through the spell anyway you can. But as you continue to push yourself you notice your eyesight starting to blur and your breathing starting to become absent...but just as you feel the spell starting to break away you hold your gaze up.
Twilight's white blurred eyes come back to their soft purple glimmer and she frantically searches the room. For a brief moment her eyes in all of their confusion and fear laid to you and you manage a smile. But just as her eyes open yours close as you fall over to your side no longer hearing or feeling anything.
End of chapter 6