//------------------------------// // New Beginning // Story: Purity Corruption // by TheBlox //------------------------------// Under the golden noon sun, four young filly unicorns gallop through the streets of Trottingham with playful excitement. The townsfolk all watched them trot happily through town with smiles. It was indeed a peaceful day, and a friendly place to be. Parting their ways, the fillies went to their respective homes bidding each other their goodbyes. Trotting up to the steps of her home, the orange filly with a golden mane reached for the doorknob with a hoof, and before she got her hoof on the handle, the door opened up with magic in a faint golden aura. On the other side of the door stood a white mare, who looked down at her with a smile. “Oh, hello there, Marie.” The mare welcomed the filly, “You’re home early.” “Hi Mom!” The little unicorn squeaked. “Yeah, my friends had to go home for lunch. We’re all going to meet again at the park in a couple hours.” “Did you and your friends have fun?” “Uh huh!” Marie beamed. “Well that’s good.” The mother replied happily, when all of a sudden an explosion pop echoed through the house coming from the kitchen. Their eyes shot open, and the white mare turned around with perked ears. “Dyno?? Is everything alright in there??” “Uhhh, everything’s fine, Altruise!” A stallion’s voice exclaimed nervously from within the house, “Ummm do we have any more broccoli? I uh, sort of… blew up our supper again.” Altruise sighed amusingly, “I’ll go out and get some…” “Okay, thanks honey.” The stallion from the other room exclaimed enthusiastically. “Uhhh, could you get some paper towel while you’re out? I kind of… made a mess in the kitchen…” The white mare rolled her eyes, “Yes dear.” “Dad’s cooking again?” Marie didn’t sound amused. Altruise nodded with a bit of a giggling smirk, “Afraid so.” That said, she trotted out of the house and began heading downtown. Turning back to her daughter she smiled. “I’ll be back in twenty minutes or so.” “Hey mom?” The filly trotted up to her mother and sat on her haunches, “I um… can we talk?” “Huh? Well of course.” Altruise turned to her daughter with perked ears to listen. “What is it, sweetie?” “Well, you see, I um…” The filly’s ears lowered, and she tilted her head with a sigh, “All of my friends can do magic already, but I can’t yet! What gives?” “Give it time.” The white mare exclaimed with a smile, “Don’t forget my stories I’ve told you. Be yourself; it’ll come naturally, when it’s meant to.” “Yeah, I know.” Marie sighed, “I just want my magic now!” Altruise giggled and shook her head in amusement, “You’re so much like I was at your age.” “I am?” “Oh most definitely.” Altruise grinned and sat on her haunches next to her daughter, “I was the last unicorn in school to learn magic. And I was always so frustrated with myself for not being able to cast a spell.” “You were?” Marie blinked at that, “I mean, you’ve always told me how your first spell was very powerful… You were scared of your magic, right?” “I was, yes.” Altruise admitted with a nod, “And the reason it came out so powerfully, was because I tried too hard. And over my foal years, I’ve trained to use my magic for the wrong reasons…” She lowered her head, “I became cruel and coldhearted, because vengeance seemed to be the only thing I was willing to listen to. But sometimes what we want is not always the right thing.” “Grandma and Grandpa would be proud of you, Mommy.” Altruise turned to her daughter and smiled at that. “I know what you did wasn’t you. Not at all.” Marie exclaimed, “Dad told me that you saved Equestria in the end of all that by bringing the moon back in the sky when it was falling.” She pointed a hoof at the dark crack in Altruise’s horn, “Is that how you got a broken horn?” The white mare nodded modestly, “It is. And even Princess Celestia herself told me I’d never be able to cast magic again with it broken.” She stood up and pat her daughter on the head, “Your Grandpa was a pegasus who broke his wing as a foal, and was told he’d never fly. But he taught me to never give up. Being broken never stopped him, and it never stopped me either.” Stroking a hoof through her daughter’s mane, she continued. “If you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. Some things take time, but with determination and patience, you will become exactly what you were destined to be.” A sigh, and she put her hooves down, “If you look for your purpose in the wrong path, you can become somepony you were never meant to be. Follow your heart; not your desires in selfishness.” Marie put that to thought, and nodded to her mother with a smile. She then raised a brow and tilted her head, “Didn’t you get your cutie mark before you were able to cast magic? That’s what Dad said.” She glanced down at her blank flank, “Is that unusual? What if I get my cutie mark first?” The mother giggled that Marie was more concerned about her magic than she was about her cutie mark. She put a hoof to her chin and put that to thought, “Hmm, well, it’s more often that a unicorn gains their magic before their cutie mark, yes. My magic was pretty late for my age.” She cleared her throat and tried sounding more reassuring, “But don’t worry about getting your cutie mark first. There’s no shame in that either! And if your magic comes late, then that’s just the way things are! That’s how you were made, and how you were meant to be.” “Well, it’s still kind of hard.” Marie exclaimed, “I’m still holding a pencil in my mouth in class, while the rest of the class is able to use their magic to write in their books…” Altruise smiled, “Don’t worry, I know how you feel about that. I was in that same boat when I was in school.” She snickered and pat her daughter on the shoulder, “Just you wait! I bet your magic will be spectacular.” She leaned forward to emphasize her exclamation, “But magic is not all that made me who I was…” “Huh?” Marie raised a brow, “I don’t understand.” “Being able to do what everypony else does doesn’t make a pony significant.” Her mother warmly explained, “The thing that makes us all who we are is our connection; our bonds between one another. Friends, family…” She stood up and solemnly smiled, “A wise pegasus once told me… Don’t forget who you are.” * * * * * Altruise sauntered onward through Trottingham, heading downtown to get her groceries. A few ponies along the way greeted her with hellos and respectable smiles. As she pressed on, she closed in toward the center of town, where a rebuilt statue of Princess Celestia stood, and her mother and father standing on either side of her. The mare paused for a moment, looking forlornly at the statues. A sigh, and she trotted toward them to pay her respects. Slowly approaching the three statues, she looked up to them, and sat on her flank on the cobblestone path. A cold chill rushed through her mane as she sighed and cleared her throat. “Celestia… Thank you for this chance… I don’t know where I would be right now if it wasn’t for you.” She murmured out loud to the Princess’ statue, and then turned to look at her mother. “Mom… Thank you for sharing with me what it meant to be a loving pony… You were always so kind and so gentle. To everypony…” Chewing on her lip, she turned to her father. A sigh, and she murmured a whisper. “Dad… Thank you for teaching me to never give up… To always believe in myself… No matter what the outcome, no matter how impossible things may seem… No matter what the loss, no matter what little gain…” A pause… Tears suddenly filled her eyes, and she lowered her head to let the tears fall to the ground. A gasp, and she looked back up to the three statues with glistening eyes. “Thank you all…” A warm smile, Altruise turned to look at her cutie mark. * * * * * The End… * * * * * Author Notes: There is a possible sequel planned, so keep a lookout for it! Before I get into writing that however, there are other fictions I have in mind which I’d like to write first. This was my first My Little Pony fanfic; I hope you enjoyed it.