The Alicorn Who Was Never Meant To Be

by WildWPony

Chapter One

It was a hot day for work over at job site forty one twenty two for repaving the high school parking lot. Amos John sat down in front of the school’s mascot statue, a horse standing on hind legs with its front hooves lifted in the air. The statue had a big base and he was sitting up against it and took out his lunch. The crew didn’t have but thirty minutes for lunch so he always just carried it with him, which meant nothing perishable, which in turn meant nothing hot for lunch, but he managed. Most of the time he was glad to have something to eat at all with all his responsibilities, being a CDL driver with hazmat endorsement plus a mechanic on top of that he was always moving and always in demand.

Not today though as it was turning out to be a relatively slow day. After doing his servicing rounds in the morning, which included fueling all the rigs at the various sites and checking all the oils and water, usually it was either the shop for fixing breakdowns or in the field running some of the rigs on site after the morning services. So here he was at one of the jobs running one of the rollers to compact the base before the oil layer was laid down then after that the asphalt. This time was the perfect time to repave the parking lot, being summer and all the kids are away from the construction zone.

After finishing his small lunch he took a breath closing his eyes and sighed enjoying the few rare minutes to relax against the statue as the hot summer breeze brushed across his face. Luckily the statue provided good shade and it was almost pleasant, like it was watching over him.

The mirror, which lead to the human world, stood silently watching over the room of antiquities. Filled with other artifacts various in nature all of which, if lead into the wrong hooves, could pose real danger to Equestria, or to other worlds.

Some of the artifacts were just unknown, some with a language never seen before, some are protected artifacts from other magical ponies like Starswirl the Bearded. From the silence of the room came a soft creaking when the door opens slowly. Light from the hallway eagerly entered the room just waiting to see and explore.

“Alright my little ponies,” Princess Celestia said standing in front of the door. “This is one of the most protected rooms in the castle, which is why I picked the best and the brightest of the students to see it. As you would respect what is in this room and not to touch anything.” Celestia said as the doors creaked open slowly letting the light fill the room and getting oohs and aahs from the little ponies.

“What is in this room,” Celestia continues as they walked into the room, “needs to be protected at all times.”

“Why is that Princess Celestia?” One little filly asked.

Celestia turns toward the small crowd of little ponies with the serious I mean business look that everyone in Equestria is so use to, “Because some are very dangerous, some are even completely unknown, and some are prized possessions.”

“Princess Celestia?” one little filly unicorn asked while looking at a strange perfectly round orb sitting on a pedestal underneath a glass dome. Its color shined dimly almost like a dark pearl, “What is this one?”

“That one my dear,” Celestia said, “no one really knows. It was found at the edge of Equestria and brought here for safekeeping and study. No one could figure out its purpose because there are no writings on it, but there is a strange dormant power inside, so it stays here.”

Under the wows from the group the same little filly unicorn spoke again but with a curious and cautious voice, “Um, Princess Celestia? Some writing just appeared and I can’t read it.” The little unicorn paused as Celestia trotted over. “Oh wait,” the little filly unicorn continues as the letters change for her on its own, “Never mind. It says, ‘A kingdom rises, a kingdom falls, Destiny is forever do you see not all? Now bring forth from time and space the one who is to test this place.”

As soon as the little unicorn finishes she is shocked by the sudden light that comes from the orb and races behind the princess, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

The Princess hurries the little ones out of the room, “I’m sorry but the tour is over,” she then looks at one of the guards, “Take them back to their classroom and post a guard here at the door nothing goes in or out except me and Luna.” The guard salutes and trots off with the kids giving commands on the way.

Celestia turns around going back inside just in time to see a dark ray of magic hit the mirror. The mirror hums slightly then falls silent as it activates to the other world and the Princess looks on and wonders, Is Equestria going to be tested? How? Why? And by Whom?

Amos John was about the get up as his lunch break was coming to an end when he was suddenly struck from behind by an unseen force. It felt like hitting the ground from a one story building almost knocking the wind out of him. Complete shock filled his face as he notices almost in slow motion the dark aura surrounding him, then pulling him backward into the statues base. The world goes completely dark as if in a dream and the other world and his memories of it start to fade away. “What…what is…this?” He starts to panic as the memories slip away and he then feels his body changing, he can’t see but he can feel himself changing, “No…my name is…Amos….,” his legs shorten and he feels his arms lengthen, a pain on his back and forehead, “my name…my name…is…,” all goes black as he passes out in the blackness.

Princess Celestia watches the mirror shine seeing a figure appear from within it, the dark magic engulfing the figure laying it on the floor of the room. Once on the floor the dark energy dissipates and retreats back into the orb then shatters into dust.

The princess gets a little closer to the figure noticing it’s unconscious, then hearing the door open and feeling it’s her sister Luna, “What is it sister? I heard…,” Luna pauses beside her sister looking at the figure.

“Is that?” Luna starts staring at the figure.

“Yes dear sister,” Celestia looks closely at the pony with a light purple coat with a blue and purple swirling tail and mane with light purple wings and a blue and purple horn to match and on his flank appears a heart with a wrench inside, “it’s a male alicorn.”

They moved the new alicorn to a secure room where there were twice the normal amount of guards at the door, which was sealed and locked, then both Luna and Celestia put spells around the room. “You think this will be sufficient sister?” Luna said looking at the male alicorn still unconscious on the bed.

“Well, let’s see,” Celestia started, “A spell to suppress magic and a spell of containment both by you and by me overlapping one another. Yes it should suffice for now at least.”

“We don’t know who he is sister or what this ‘test’ entails?”

“That’s all true sister, but if we are to be ‘tested’ as the orb suggests then putting him in the dungeon would not shed a good light upon us, but on the other hoof it was dark magic which brought this alicorn to us which means taking the best precautions possible.”

The princesses turn and head out the door and to other business while the guards snap to attention.