The Time Thief

by Reading4HalfMyLife


Loop 37

"Well done sweetie!" Twilight praised as she fell into step alongside her daughter. "You are now an official Mage!"

Astral smiled as her cloak settled around her shoulders. Passing the Intermediate to Advanced test was childsplay after beating Shining Armor in a duel, even if her magic was a bit dried up from the last loop.

She felt like she had shed several hundred pounds, and the aching in her joints was gone now that all the built up magic was gone . . . for now.

Her cloak was beautiful, ordered by her mothers to celebrate the occasion, a light lilac blue with a darker shade around the edges. It was held in place by a star resembling her cutie mark, and attracted quite a bit of attention from the Unicorns of Ponyville, unused to a filly Mage.

I'm a Mage!

She had to physically restrain herself from singing to the heavens. This was just her loop. She was now allowed to tackle the harder spells, which would reduce the aches in her body, and she wasn't dying anymore. Huzzah!

"We should celebrate" Starlight mused as they walked through town. "Milkshakes are on me. I heard that Pinkie's expirementing with a new, fruity mango flavor, Twi, if you want to give it a shot?"

Twilight shuddered dramatically. "No, thank you" she said, lips curling. "Discord's magic is fruity, and everytime I drink or eat anything citrus, all I can think of is that one time he turned everything pink."

Astral stopped dead in her tracks.

" . . Say that again."

" . . Discord ruined fruit for me forever?"

"Yes, but why?"

"You know why, Assie. You've complained about Eclipse's magical explosions tasting fruity yourself - hey! Where are you going?"

Astral had spun on her hooves, and was taking off in the opposite direction. "Don't worry about it!" She called over her shoulder, making her parents offically worry. "I'll be back in time for lunch!" And, with that, she teleported away in a flash of violet light.


Even at the height of her power, Astral had never been able to teleport to Canterlot in one go, so for now she did it in short bursts, taking quick breaks between them to catch her breath.

Needless to say, when she did eventually teleport into the Canterlot Gardins, she was sweating profusely, and her mouth was very dry.

Now, at this point, she would pull herself up, dramatically point and scream out his name.

But this was real life, so instead she collapsed to the ground and just weakly said "hey Loki."

Discord laughed.