//------------------------------// // A talk with Ditsy // Story: Sparky's Journey // by General Sparky //------------------------------// "Ditsy? Why are you here?" Sparky asked. "Aren't you afraid of me?" "If you wanted to be a monster, you would have raged through Equestria 18 years ago." Ditsy explained. "How did you know?" "Do you want to follow me into a secret location? I want to talk to you about your powers. But not here, it's isn't safe." "Okay. Where are you bringing me to?" Sparky asked. Ditsy's horn gave a soft golden glow before casting a teleportation spell. As the spell faded, Sparky glanced at her surroundings. There was a throne at the front of her and a red carpet beneath her.Ditsy brought her into a throne room? But why? Sparky thought. Ditsy proceeded to walk to her throne. She plunged her horn deep into the ground, just mere centimeters away from the throne. Sparky walked behind her, wondering where this is going. Ditsy smirked at Sparky as their surroundings changed from the throne room to a dark room, lit by only candles placed on the walls around the room. "Sparky, You are about to enter a restricted area, do you promise to never tell anyone what you are about to experience?" "Yes, I promise." Sparky replied. "Good. Follow me." Ditsy said, as her horn glowed bright enough to light up a small portion of the room. Ditsy walked down a hallway and gestured to Sparky to follow her. Ditsy lead her to another dark room, though it wasn't so dark as the light from Ditsy's horn brighten up the room. There were numerous pictures on the walls. A pen and paper sat on top of a table. Sparky looked at the pictures on the wall in great detail. The pictures showed Ditsy and another Black Night Fury having fun together. Be it from flying in the air together to splashing water at each other at a pool. Sparky sighed. If she had paid more attention to Night Light, maybe she could have done those activities with him. "Sparky, you have a lot of powers thanks to your biology. You know what some of your powers and abilities are. But you dare not use them in public, is that correct?" Ditsy stated. Sparky nodded. "I have a spell to make you into a pony, but it lasts for a day." "Really?" Sparky asked, doubting Ditsy's magical ability. "That is what you want, right? To be a pony." "Yes." Sparky said. Ditsy lit her horn and fired a spell at Sparky. Sparky changed from her current form to a unicorn. Her claws changed to hooves, her dorsal fins disappeared, a horn appeared on her head, her tail shortened and hair appeared on her head. "The spell will wear off in 24 hours. Remember to enter the palace and find me after 23 hours." "See you in 23 hours, Ditsy!" Sparky said as Ditsy teleported her to the entrance of Canterlot. After 23 hours.... (Details in Little Sparky's Journey) Entering the palace was easier than she thought. The guards didn't even bother to check if she has an identity card on her. They simply let her enter without any suspicion. Now to find Ditsy. "Excuse me, how to find a pony named ditsy in this palace?" "You mean the Queen?" The servant replied. "Yes." Sparky replied without thinking. "Go to the throne room and you'll find her." "Thanks." Sparky said, walking towards the throne room. As she was in front of the throne room doors, Ditsy opened the door from behind and said, "I was expecting you. Come in." Sparky entered the throne room. "So how was your experience as a pony?" "It was really great! I got to do......" Sparky said, detailing the things she did within the 23 hours that she was a pony in Canterlot. "That's great. But I feel that you are not happy from your experience as a pony." "The spell will end in an hour's time and all my troubles will come back." Ditsy smiled. "Your 'troubles' are not troubles at all. You just need to learn to manage them well." "I will never be able to manage my own powers well. I am a destructive creature by nature. No matter what I do, I can never get rid of it and ponies will get hurt because of me." "That's not true. If you really want to be destructive you would have done so long ago." "I appreciate your help. But you don't understand how it feels like. I have the power to decimate cities or countries in the matter of hours. And it is thanks to my...... " "Your what?" "My size." "So you do know what you originally are. So what if you are that big?" "I can't stay anywhere, I won't have friends and I will be alone in this world." "You are what you are, I didn't changed that. But what I can change is your perception of yourself." Ditsy lit her horn again, surrounding the throne room in yellow light. After that, the room turned dark. "Hello? Ditsy you there?" Sparky asked, walking cautiously in the darkness. A projection screen appeared in front and started to play. A picture of a pony and Godzilla kissing was shown. Your parents gave birth to you for a reason, Sparky. Godzilla is a beast and Cleo was a peace loving pony, many say they couldn't mix. But mix they did and fell in love with each other. An egg was hatched as a result. Loud explosion was heard as the shells from the human army was fired at Godzilla. The day you arrived in Equestria was in complete chaos. Guns firing at Godzilla while Cleo brought you to safety. What they did not expect was the determination that the humans have in killing the egg. Only with the help of a unicorn could they get you here. The screen showed a unicorn carrying the egg with Cleo and entering a portal while gunshots can be heard not far behind. When you are here in Equestria, Cleo entrusted the Unicorn to care for you. Cleo went back to the human world to help Godzilla. The Unicorn took care of you until you hatched. The image changed to the ways the unicorn looked after an egg for a week. When you hatched, you had bright golden eyes. The eyes of Godzilla. You crawled on all fours to the sea and started to swim away, to find and enter an orphanage on the same night. I am pretty sure you know how the story goes from here, Sparky. The image changed to a night fury hiding behind a bush and looking at Sparky when she was in orphanage. The Unicorn never stopped looking after you. Night Light followed you wherever you go to make sure you are okay. Do you know why? "No." He was weak. He had the largest wingspan among night furies but can't shoot plasma blasts very well. He chose to do things no one would accept: To look after you. In the process, becoming a dog fighter with guns and missiles attached on his wings. These weapons are not light, Sparky. Yet, he still carried his full payload even when just watching you. The only reason that kept him going was because he admired you, Sparky. You gave him something he couldn't find in himself: A purpose to live for. No matter how you ignored him, he will not get angry at you. The way you feared yourself led him to take action. The only way to let you realize being one with powers isn't a bad thing is to let you be the monster. The projection screen was removed and light gradually came back into the throne room. "The spell I gave you was a test. To see if you would deny who you are to blend in with the crowd. It seems that Night Light's suspicions was correct." Ditsy concluded, leaving Sparky speechless. "You can grow up to 350 meters (1050 feet) tall but you denied yourself the chance to do so. You are scared of ponies' fear for you if you did that. So you rather be bullied or hated rather than giving yourself the chance to be who you are. A kind hybrid that has a heart bigger than herself." "Let me share with you a secret, Sparky. I don't fit in pony society either." "Really?" Sparky asked, "But you are an alicorn, you are a pony yourself." "That is why I don't fit in, Sparky. I will never be able to be like them. I can never live a simple life like the average pony. They all adore me, but they only see me as their Queen, nothing else. I am 6 meters tall (20 feet), but most houses have their ceiling capped at about 3 meters high (9.8 feet). I am eye level with buildings that are 2 stories high. Not even the tallest stallions or mares in Eqeuestria could match my height. I couldn't even squeeze in to the average pony's homes. I look down on everypony when I walk around the streets of Canterlot." Ditsy explained while looking on the ground. "Then why don't you cast a shrinking spell like me?" Sparky questioned. "Because I am their Queen. I need to show them that I have the power to protect Equestria so that they can feel safe." "If I can do it, why can't you, Sparky?" Ditsy asked. "I don't want people to be scared of me. I cannot handle their hatred. I'm sorry, Ditsy. I just can't do it. Thanks for the talk, Ditsy." Sparky said. "Before you go, I want to give you this." Ditsy said, holding up a rainbow dress which was Sparky's size. "Night Light spent several nights entering your room secretly to take your measurements and to sew this dress out. He wanted to give this to you personally but he couldn't face you after what he did yesterday. Please wear it in public, for his sake at least. Also, once you leave the throne room, the spell would have run out of time and you will turn back into yourself again. Make sure to wear that pendant around your neck all the time, it helps you to control your powers." "Thank you, Ditsy, for everything." "You're welcome, Sparky. Come back anytime if you want to talk, it gets quite boring in here sometimes." Ditsy said and winked at Sparky. Sparky smiled in return, taking and wearing the dress, before exiting the throne room on all fours. As she left the throne room, she felt something was shot at her but she simply continued walking. But her ignorance is something that will bring more trouble to her. A syringe was shot at her and began collecting 100ml of her blood, before falling off in the hallway somewhere. Sparky will eventually reach the changeling hive. The guard walked up the hallway to take the syringe. I got her blood sample, commander The guard took the syringe and went back into the lab to give the commander the syringe. The commander smiled. This will benefit us greatly.