Through the Looking Glass
Chapter 22: To the Ruins…
The party went very well and by the morning Princess Celestia was standing to the south looking at the mountains seeing a storm just beyond them, Marshal Hurricane just returning from there flying over he saw her standing outside of town and wondered for a moment why she was there and decided to go down to see the reason for her staring at the mountains.
“Morning Princess Celestia” he lands before her.
“Morning Marshal Hurricane, I gather you moved the storm away?” Celestia seeing the storm moving eastwards direction
Hurricane turn to the mountains “Indeed but for strange reason I moved the storm more easterly then I normally would, the rain would be still coming around the coast but the ruins should be safe to visit” then he turn to Celestia “That why you and the other six are here current?”
Celestia blinked “What are you talking about?”
Marshal rubbed his hoof on side of his head “It in this strange old book that look new which doesn’t really make sense how it could be both but it had a drawing of you, those six ponies, two gold ponies and some pony that look like it was in a some dream world around a large statue in the ruins, that statue I see, it the gold Pegasus statue that look about your height” Marshal Hurricane explained to her and saw a look in her eyes when he spoke of two gold ponies.
Celestia lowered her head “What gold ponies?”
He thought about it “Oh Gold Horn and Gold Dust I believe their names are and they came here for a vacation but seem to be very keen to getting to the ruins, they left last night and told me to tell you that they wish to finally free their Prince, Prince Typhoon”
Celestia gasped “Prince Typhoon… the legendary Alicorn that controlled the night and the storms of the south” Celestia was really amazed “But you said the statue is a Pegasus?”
Hurricane thought for a second “Come with me Princess I have something you really need to see” she followed him back into Fort Hooves.
Twilight saw Hurricane leading Celestia to his place and with a frown “I better get the girls” she quickly runs off to gather her friends to see what Hurricane going to show Celestia.
Goldenmare, location unknown…
Goldenmare was looking for Gold Horn and Gold Dust with a annoyed look as since she haven’t seen them for days now. She went through a door with it hanging on by a bolt she look to it with a sigh “How did it come to living in such a dump” she then saw Gold Wing return “Well where are your brothers?”
He stood strong before her “No idea my queen, they just vanished…”
She used her horn to try and pick up on Gold Horn’s magic but she couldn’t “Grrr… where are those two!?” she yelled and the door fell and lands flat behind her. “Why is it that I cannot sense his magic…”
Gold Wing thought about it and recalled a talk he heard by his brothers which went dead soon as he entered the room “I do recall them speaking about ruins but not sure which ruins they speaking of unless it…”
Goldenmare gasped “No it couldn’t be!” she summon everything she had in her magic to ping on Gold Horn’s but nothing came of it. “They are…” she sneered “Those double back stabbing no good for nothing stallions!”
Gold Wing narrow his eyes “I will go right now and drag those two back to you right…”
“No need my loyal subject…” he turns to her seeing a really dark look in her eye “They was loyal to my baby brother all this time. They used us like fools so now I shall make sure they never tell the truth… by sundown they will be cursed and cursed they shall and never move every again” she unleashed a magical bolt into the air with two gold eagles formed “Go my boys go to where it all began and touch your magic on them and turn them into gold statues forever” they cried out and flew.
Gold Wing smirked “Oh my brothers you so going to regret this now”
'Indeed Gold Wing but your none the wiser I been controlling your actions with my magic, keeping you loyal to me is the only way I insure one of you didn't turn on me' she smirked as she thought about it glancing over to her captain with a crawl smirk.
Earth…
General Ricks with Maxine stood before a new type of machine a strange device that looked like a laser but it was firing a energy pulse into a certain area “Sir the progress is at 12% by sundown we will have contact with the legendary city of Atlantis” one of the scientist spoke.
“Who would of thought that this location in the middle of the ocean would pin point a rift into the Pony world and not only that but the location of Atlantis, this really throws everything we knew about human history of the legends of this lost city” General Ricks spoke standing by the laser looking out to the endless waves.
Maxine felt a little uneasy with the fact a typhoon was baring down on them but the name was strange enough “Why did they call the Typhoon; Prince? Isn’t it a strange name?”
He look to the storm that was moving in on them “Indeed and strange in why we here”
Maxine points to the page and he sighs “Alright the old new book gave us time and location…” he sighed as the rain started to fall. “It really annoying that we playing a part of this stupid book…”
A soldier came up to them “Sir we are anchored to the sea bed, this storm shouldn’t cause any problems for us”
“Thank you…” General Ricks replied staring at the rift that was forming then turn to the page seeing a mark through it “Have the boys came up with anything about these lines?”
“Infact they have” Maxine brought it up on her computer pad and showed all the lines forming a image “We only got 50% of the image but it seem that they are a secret clue within the book itself”
General Ricks nods “Very well keep up the work and report on anything new about this rift” he walks back in leaving Maxine to study the rift they was creating with the pulse laser.
Fort Hooves…
Hurricane showed Celestia in and came to a box on the middle of a stone pillar “This been hoofed down from first born to first born of my family for countless generations. It never been opened not once and story goes ‘when three points of events from the past to present shall meet the bounders of two worlds shall open once more and upon that the truth shall be told’ and that is why I think it time to open it” he showed the mark where a horn should go in.
Celestia looked at the way the box was sealed “It a magical seal that I only can open…” she gasped and used her horn magic to open it.
Twilight and the girls watching from the doorway saw it glow and the box opened up. They entered and saw six small orbs and each matched the colours of all six of them and the cutie marks was on them too. “Ho-how?” Twilight stared at the orbs “They have not only our colour but our Cutie Marks!”
“Tell me about it look at this one it got my coat colour all the way to that three colour bolt coming out the cloud” Rainbow Dash said picking it up with her hoof looking at it closely.
“Marshal Hurricane how on tarnation did ya get these?” Applejack turn to him.
Hurricane was a little confused “I haven’t got a clue young mare, I only know that this here box been pass down for a very long time so long that no one remembers how old they are”
Pinkie Pie holding the pink orb saw something on it “Hey this is the element of laughter”
“Your right this one is my element” Rarity showed the small mark. “How come any pony know about us from so long ago?”
Fluttershy was wondering that too as she looked at the one that had her cutie mark on it “Could it be they saw us in the future?”
Twilight thought long and hard about this and turn to Celestia “These orbs must have a reason Princess, could it be something to do with the ruins itself?”
“My little ponies I think your right there is a lot of strange things happening and it may have something to do with it but why my magic unlocked it I haven’t got a clue” Celestia said
Pinkie Pie still staring at hers spinning it around on her hoof “It could be that Goldenmare was the Queen and she controlled the rising of the sun once” they all turn to her and she saw them staring “Hi every pony!” she waved to them.
“Sugarcube what do ya mean by Goldenmare controlled the sun once?” Applejack looking a little lost by this and so did every pony.
Pinkie Pie gave a big grin “Oh that easy I was shown what happened to Isle Kingdom 6000 years ago, that also how old the boys are too, they super dopper old and live twice as long as Princess Celestia”
“That quite impressive Pinkie Pie but how did you know all this?” Twilight asked for a answer
She points to her head “I was shown it in a vision from Gold Horn, there was a big war with Ice Humans and Windigoes commanded by Nilrem an evil human wizard that turn ponies once their hearts was bitter cold and no emotion but hate, fear and sorrow turn them into Windigoes and then the humans into Ice Humans when their hearts was just as bitter. Then they attacked Isle Kingdom to the south and that when Queen Goldenmare showed her true colours and betrayed her own baby brother and the human king by stealing the magic from her brother and using the elements with Nilrem’s dark magic to do so, that what that ring is. The corrupted power of Prince Typhoon’s own magic” Pinkie Pie explained to them all what she saw and continued with them hanging on the words she spoke.
“Then Arthur the human king with the humans and ponies attacked Black Mirror Castle while Merlin was fighting it out with his evil mirror double and Goldenmare. He was losing then that really old pony that Twilight dress as came and used his magic with Merlin to defeat them trapping Nilrem into the mirror and causing the whole castle to sink into the dark swirling clouds but Arthur helped them to pull this off by taking the full force of the magic attack, he disappeared forever and Merlin went through the mirror to close off all mirrors on Earth, that what happened to all the mirrors in our world and theirs. Then in revenge Goldenmare sunk the Isle Kingdom and the humans fled to Earth through the twenty-third mirror from the magic Merlin and the old pony had no choice to do. Typhoon told Gold Dust and Gold Horn to pretend to betray him to gain their brother and Goldenmare’s trust as she turned him into a gold statue and that how he lost his horn and how he still there today” Pinkie Pie said and finished telling them all everything in a short version of events
“So what you think? Huh? Mysterious, scary and cool story right?” Pinkie Pie turning to each of them.
Celestia spoke up from the silence “Then we have no choice but to go to the ruins now”
Twilight shook her head “Right Princess but I am surprised again by Pinkie Pie… she helped not only figure out why we need to go to the ruins but the ‘Through the Looking Glass’ mirrors… I bet when all 22 mirrors appear that castle will return and Nilrem will finally be free”
“Then we got to find a way to destroy the mirrors” Rainbow Dash slam a hoof in her other front hoof.
Twilight nods “I agree but not at the moment we got a Prince to free”
Hurricane spoke up “Take these orbs with you and take supplies as well, I will stay and keep a eye on things, I have my duties to do and can’t leave the ponies here without a Marshal”
Celestia smiled softly “Understood Marshal Hurricane, take care of every pony here while we gone, I have to go with them on this journey it written and these orbs are very puzzling. Which answers are needed”
“Understood Princess”
An hour later…
After hearing the stories of the Isle Kingdom, Princess Celestia with her ponies, Twilight and her friends found the path that lead to the coast as they walked they could see what looked like the path had stones under the dirt that look like a stone road. “My do you girls see this?” Rarity brushed off the dirt with her hoof to show the stone path.
“Whoa now that must be the old road about 6000 years ago was used, so this path that was spoken about by some ponies?” Rainbow Dash taking a look at the path seeing it clearly since they noticed it and flew up to take a good look “It goes through some sort of tunnel”
Fluttershy noticed the seagulls “We must be close to the coast there seagulls flying around above us” they took a look and saw them. “There must be a big storm coming in if they inland”
Rainbow Dash saw it moving in slowly but surely “Your right, that must be the storm Marshal Hurricane spoke of that he moved it direction to avoid Fort Hooves but only the tail end to give them rain” Rainbow Dash was now really impressed with him.
Pinkie Pie was ahead of them bouncing and came to the tunnel seeing it go far but saw the other side “Hello!” she yelled out and it echoed back at her and she laughed calling out again “I am Pinkie Pie!” and it echoed once more with laughter. “You girls got to try this out it really echoy” she giggled.
Twilight stood before it “Alright, hello!” she called out and it echoed with her laughing as well “It almost a perfect echo this place must be really stable for it to echo like that”
Applejack saw the stone shape arch “Indeed sugarcube look at these here walls they really are well made and being over 6000 years old” She saw some old writing “Princess can you read this?”
Princess Celestia took a glace at the writing “It very old indeed I seen this before and some of the books in Canterlot also have this writing... it says 'Welcome to Atlantis the Utopian Kingdom' she spoke in translation of the words “I thought this was Isle Kingdom” Celestia turn to Twilight
“I heard that too Princess but I guess this is also the name it was called back in it prime, shall we continue through the tunnel? It doesn't look too safe with some of those loose ceiling stone blocks” she saw the dirt coming out of some of it but briefly from the shouting.
Princess Celestia smiled “No we can teleport. I can see the end, we use our teleportation together to get the whole group across” Princess Celestia replied
“Every pony together” Twilight turn to her friends and they gathered with both horns glowing all of them teleported instantly and appeared at the otherside of the tunnel in a instant just short of the exit. “Whoa that was exhausting...” Twilight almost fell and Celestia caught her.
“Take it easy Twilight” she nods and they all walking side by side out of the tunnel and before them they could see the coast and what they saw was amazing.
“Wow...” all said at once including Celestia who was also speechless at what they saw.