Cherry Tune and Sapphire Spark had made their way to Canterlot and headed to Starswirl’s lab. On the way they stopped at the Starswirl the Bearded wing and found a couple of books on crystals, energy transference, and Sapphire snuck one of transformations into the lot. With the small stack of books Cherry helps Sapphire to the lab.
“Well here we are!” Cherry said excitedly.
Sapphire looked around the laboratory and saw no others around. “Where’s the old Starswirl?” Sapphire asked.
Cherry bounced in and looked around saying, “He’s out on he explorations again.”
“Explorations?” Sapphire asked.
“Yeah, after he was brought back from the dark realm from many years ago he had been exploring all of Equestria. This was interrupted by a number of foes, including Torment and Reaper.” Cherry explained.
“Hmmm, so I get the whole lab to myself you say?” Sapphire said with a smile.
“Well until some other folks need to use it, then you gotta share.” Cherry said.
“This. Is. Awesome!” Sapphire said bouncing up and down in place. “Not a lot of mechanical tools though.” she added.
“Pssh, I’ll have Sentry Fire bring some from the armory.” Cherry said. “Need anything else from me before I head out?” Cherry asked.
“Once those tools arrive I’ll be all set!” Sapphire said. “Thanks Cherry!” she added.
“No problem! If you find yourself needin’ something just send an ember light!” Cherry said. “See ya later Sapph!” she said heading out.
“Bye Cherry!” Sapphire replied.
Sapphire opened her tomes she fetched from the library and browsed over the material. She notice that Starswirl had left other books at his workstation. “So this is where all the books on crystal magic went.” she said to herself. Sapphire looks over to the right and notice a book off on its own unlike the others. She opens it and peers through the text. “Hmm a research tome. He’s done a complete chronology of the Tree of Harmony, no, the Elements of Harmony starting from the old tales of the Windegoes, from the six heroes of old. Then Twilight and her friends and these youngins.” She pondered to herself.
She flipped through the pages completely of task of creating her crystal amulets. “Oh, separate notes branching off from the elements. Cadence and Shining? They’re not elements?” she said in confusion. She continues reading through Starswirl's notes
Though the six Elements of Harmony are somehow coerced through the Tree of Harmony, a second almost equally amazing element seems to be present independent of the Tree. Though this independence might just be a false observation.
Sapphire reads on.
The element of love as expressed through Princess Cadence and Shining Armor show that other means of protecting Equestria from our adversaries exist. Though powerful as their love was, it was nigh but a fraction of the bond of Princess Twilight and her friends. However, it seems that is proportional to how many are present during these “elemental unions”.
“Elemental unions?” Sapphire questioned as she continued. As she read she came across a passage about Torment.
Truly the feats of Twilight and her friends prove to show the sacrifice each and everyone of them would give to protect Equestria, perhaps the world. Those actions though grand in scale do not tower over the unified effort of not just the leaders of this land but to those lands beyond. To have Celestia, Luna, Cadence come to the aide of each other is not surprising but to have a former changeling, Thorax, an ex foe, Tempest, and the Master of Chaos himself, commit to the protection from these ancient dark spirits is not but a miracle.
Sapphire huffs, “To say nothing of all those who gave so much battling the golems is terrible. Though I guess I wasn’t there so maybe I read too much into Iron Will’s hype.” she said continuing her adventure through Starswirl’s notes glancing a peek at Cherry’s name.
It is worth noting that all the creatures that day gave so much to the land if not to each other regardless if they were dragon, hippogriff, changeling, or pony folk. From my friends, the Heroes of Old, to all those who came from far off lands, they rose to help each other especially when things turned for the worst with the introduction of the golems.
“Oh….” Sapphire said.
From there we saw the development of something I suspected all along. Be it two creatures in love, or six friends protecting each other. The more we have acting together the stronger the impact is by many magnitudes beyond a linear trend. It also seems that on that night the Tree of Harmony was not dismissive of the events unfolded. Cherry Tune has, albeit unknowingly, harnessed the Trees power during the altercation.
My observations that night were as clear as ever despite the many distractions. Though most if not all channeled their own energies with the help of Zecora’s potions, Cherry Tune channeled the trees power. Perhaps as a test from the Tree itself as it was but the smallest fraction compared to Twilight and her friend. Either way upon receiving this gift Cherry Tune without hesitation shared it to all those around her. Like a chain reaction, each she shared with in turn shared to another and so on and so on.
“Why’s he interested in Cherry? That’s kinda weird.” Sapphire said. “Oh wait he wanted to know about Moonlet as well.” She remembered, skipping ahead to find Moonlets name.
Upon reviewing Cherry’s team the surprisingly talented young mare Sapphire Spark had changed my view point on who I thought were the next Elements. Though I suppose the youngins from Twilights school are the true heirs in that nature. By sharing with me that her sister was to be her sixth party member I began to wonder where my deductions went wrong. If Cherry Tune was the channeler, clearly those bonds in common by nature of the guard would have solidify their elemental union.
“What the hell do you mean “Surprisingly” ?” Sapphire said quietly.
...I had not anticipated Moonlet to play such a role in these budding friendships. She and Cherry had been close for so long and so did not fit the mold how Twilight became the Elements nor the youngins. Perhaps she will play the role of Cadence. But how?
“Oh, so he thinks she’ll be one half of the elements of love huh. I wonder if he knows about ...” Sapphire said pausing to contemplate.
“Knows about what?” Starswirl said.
“Eeeee!” Sapphire squeaked pouncing up onto the desk like a cat scared.
“Ah my research notes. Have any insights to my finding young Sapphire?” Starswirl said.
“Uh, hehehe, you’re not angry I read it?” Sapphire asked.
“Not at all, though I would have preferred it be published before just anyone read it but since you have read most of the whole thing perhaps you can peer review it when I call upon you?” Starswirl asked.
“Whao, hang on , I am not a scholar, and I am hardly a peer to yours.” Sapphire said.
Starswirl chuckled. “A simple no would suffice my dear.” Starswirl said.
“I...I hadn’t meant to say no, I just…. Hadn’t thought myself that “esteemed” in your eyes.” Sapphire said.
“Hmmm, similar to Moonlet in that aspect then are we?” Starswirl said. “Doubting yourself and your capabilities.” He added.
“Hardly old timer.” Sapphire said. “My magic is my own and what can do now, is just a fraction of what I will do in the future!” She added with all confidence.
“Good! I’d hate to see you waste your potential.” Starswirl replied.
“You mean like Sugar?” Sapphire said with contempt as she remembered what Sugar told her.
“Hmm, while her powers are… unique… I feel that making confections and pastries is an underutilization of her magical talent as she did conjure the ember light. Something akin to the Stormking’s communications potions and Celestia’s letter magic. ” Starswirl said.
Sapphire glowered and replied, “Hey! Her power is her passion and she can do with it as she pleases. She earned her mark with it and it made both our lives better!” Starswirl stroked his beard as he listened on and Sapphire puffed out her chest and pridefully continued. “She made Klugetown better, she made the Badlands better, she’s making Equestria better. She does her best!”
“You really do defend your sister well, but you mistaken my criticism for outright disregard of her talent.” Starswirl said. “But she does not do her best, that is to say she is capable of so much more! I sense her talent isn’t just baked goods you see. I think that with these adventures she’ll unlock something in her that’ll surprise even you.” he added.
“What kind of surprise?” Sapphire asked.
“Hohohohoh. I have no idea! That’s what makes it a surprise!” Starswirl exclaimed. “At any rate, what brings you to my shop?” he asked.
“Oh… right, we encountered issues when trying to utilize these vials. The effects only last briefly and we found that in the moment where we need to use them they tend to break… a lot.” Sapphire said. “So I came here with my brief experience with crystal magic to try to crystalize the power within the potions into a more stable and permanent state.” She continued.
“Oh, fascinating. I guess in the short notice we hadn’t needed a longer term solution to the potion when fighting Torment. That sounds like a most useful creation to be sure.” Starswirl said. “As you may have noticed I too have been interested in crystal magic. Perhaps I can assist you with this endeavor.” He added.
Sapphire thought for a moment. “Not that I would refuse such a powerful unicorns help. Why would you help in something as small as this?” Sapphire asked.
“Too be honest I have come to a lull in my research. A break from my current leads might open my mind to new perspectives.” Starswirl said. “Also, as I mentioned before I have an interest in crystal magic as it relates directly to my research.” he added.
“Great! Let’s get started then shall we. WOuldn’t miss an opportunity to work with the Great Starswirl the Bearded!” Sapphire said.
Cherry Tune and Sapphire Spark had made their way to Canterlot and headed to Starswirl’s lab. On the way they stopped at the Starswirl the Bearded wing and found a couple of books on crystals, energy transference, and Sapphire snuck one of transformations into the lot. With the small stack of books Cherry helps Sapphire to the lab.
“Well here we are!” Cherry said excitedly.
Sapphire looked around the laboratory and saw no others around. “Where’s the old Starswirl?” Sapphire asked.
Cherry bounced in and looked around saying, “He’s out on he explorations again.”
“Explorations?” Sapphire asked.
“Yeah, after he was brought back from the dark realm from many years ago he had been exploring all of Equestria. This was interrupted by a number of foes, including Torment and Reaper.” Cherry explained.
“Hmmm, so I get the whole lab to myself you say?” Sapphire said with a smile.
“Well until some other folks need to use it, then you gotta share.” Cherry said.
“This. Is. Awesome!” Sapphire said bouncing up and down in place. “Not a lot of mechanical tools though.” she added.
“Pssh, I’ll have Sentry Fire bring some from the armory.” Cherry said. “Need anything else from me before I head out?” Cherry asked.
“Once those tools arrive I’ll be all set!” Sapphire said. “Thanks Cherry!” she added.
“No problem! If you find yourself needin’ something just send an ember light!” Cherry said. “See ya later Sapph!” she said heading out.
“Bye Cherry!” Sapphire replied.
Sapphire opened her tomes she fetched from the library and browsed over the material. She notice that Starswirl had left other books at his workstation. “So this is where all the books on crystal magic went.” she said to herself. Sapphire looks over to the right and notice a book off on its own unlike the others. She opens it and peers through the text. “Hmm a research tome. He’s done a complete chronology of the Tree of Harmony, no, the Elements of Harmony starting from the old tales of the Windegoes, from the six heroes of old. Then Twilight and her friends and these youngins.” She pondered to herself.
She flipped through the pages completely of task of creating her crystal amulets. “Oh, separate notes branching off from the elements. Cadence and Shining? They’re not elements?” she said in confusion. She continues reading through Starswirl's notes
Though the six Elements of Harmony are somehow coerced through the Tree of Harmony, a second almost equally amazing element seems to be present independent of the Tree. Though this independence might just be a false observation.
Sapphire reads on.
The element of love as expressed through Princess Cadence and Shining Armor show that other means of protecting Equestria from our adversaries exist. Though powerful as their love was, it was nigh but a fraction of the bond of Princess Twilight and her friends. However, it seems that is proportional to how many are present during these “elemental unions”.
“Elemental unions?” Sapphire questioned as she continued. As she read she came across a passage about Torment.
Truly the feats of Twilight and her friends prove to show the sacrifice each and everyone of them would give to protect Equestria, perhaps the world. Those actions though grand in scale do not tower over the unified effort of not just the leaders of this land but to those lands beyond. To have Celestia, Luna, Cadence come to the aide of each other is not surprising but to have a former changeling, Thorax, an ex foe, Tempest, and the Master of Chaos himself, commit to the protection from these ancient dark spirits is not but a miracle.
Sapphire huffs, “To say nothing of all those who gave so much battling the golems is terrible. Though I guess I wasn’t there so maybe I read too much into Iron Will’s hype.” she said continuing her adventure through Starswirl’s notes glancing a peek at Cherry’s name.
It is worth noting that all the creatures that day gave so much to the land if not to each other regardless if they were dragon, hippogriff, changeling, or pony folk. From my friends, the Heroes of Old, to all those who came from far off lands, they rose to help each other especially when things turned for the worst with the introduction of the golems.
“Oh….” Sapphire said.
From there we saw the development of something I suspected all along. Be it two creatures in love, or six friends protecting each other. The more we have acting together the stronger the impact is by many magnitudes beyond a linear trend. It also seems that on that night the Tree of Harmony was not dismissive of the events unfolded. Cherry Tune has, albeit unknowingly, harnessed the Trees power during the altercation.
My observations that night were as clear as ever despite the many distractions. Though most if not all channeled their own energies with the help of Zecora’s potions, Cherry Tune channeled the trees power. Perhaps as a test from the Tree itself as it was but the smallest fraction compared to Twilight and her friend. Either way upon receiving this gift Cherry Tune without hesitation shared it to all those around her. Like a chain reaction, each she shared with in turn shared to another and so on and so on.
“Why’s he interested in Cherry? That’s kinda weird.” Sapphire said. “Oh wait he wanted to know about Moonlet as well.” She remembered, skipping ahead to find Moonlets name.
Upon reviewing Cherry’s team the surprisingly talented young mare Sapphire Spark had changed my view point on who I thought were the next Elements. Though I suppose the youngins from Twilights school are the true heirs in that nature. By sharing with me that her sister was to be her sixth party member I began to wonder where my deductions went wrong. If Cherry Tune was the channeler, clearly those bonds in common by nature of the guard would have solidify their elemental union.
“What the hell do you mean “Surprisingly” ?” Sapphire said quietly.
...I had not anticipated Moonlet to play such a role in these budding friendships. She and Cherry had been close for so long and so did not fit the mold how Twilight became the Elements nor the youngins. Perhaps she will play the role of Cadence. But how?
“Oh, so he thinks she’ll be one half of the elements of love huh. I wonder if he knows about ...” Sapphire said pausing to contemplate.
“Knows about what?” Starswirl said.
“Eeeee!” Sapphire squeaked pouncing up onto the desk like a cat scared.
“Ah my research notes. Have any insights to my finding young Sapphire?” Starswirl said.
“Uh, hehehe, you’re not angry I read it?” Sapphire asked.
“Not at all, though I would have preferred it be published before just anyone read it but since you have read most of the whole thing perhaps you can peer review it when I call upon you?” Starswirl asked.
“Whao, hang on , I am not a scholar, and I am hardly a peer to yours.” Sapphire said.
Starswirl chuckled. “A simple no would suffice my dear.” Starswirl said.
“I...I hadn’t meant to say no, I just…. Hadn’t thought myself that “esteemed” in your eyes.” Sapphire said.
“Hmmm, similar to Moonlet in that aspect then are we?” Starswirl said. “Doubting yourself and your capabilities.” He added.
“Hardly old timer.” Sapphire said. “My magic is my own and what can do now, is just a fraction of what I will do in the future!” She added with all confidence.
“Good! I’d hate to see you waste your potential.” Starswirl replied.
“You mean like Sugar?” Sapphire said with contempt as she remembered what Sugar told her.
“Hmm, while her powers are… unique… I feel that making confections and pastries is an underutilization of her magical talent as she did conjure the ember light. Something akin to the Stormking’s communications potions and Celestia’s letter magic. ” Starswirl said.
Sapphire glowered and replied, “Hey! Her power is her passion and she can do with it as she pleases. She earned her mark with it and it made both our lives better!” Starswirl stroked his beard as he listened on and Sapphire puffed out her chest and pridefully continued. “She made Klugetown better, she made the Badlands better, she’s making Equestria better. She does her best!”
“You really do defend your sister well, but you mistaken my criticism for outright disregard of her talent.” Starswirl said. “But she does not do her best, that is to say she is capable of so much more! I sense her talent isn’t just baked goods you see. I think that with these adventures she’ll unlock something in her that’ll surprise even you.” he added.
“What kind of surprise?” Sapphire asked.
“Hohohohoh. I have no idea! That’s what makes it a surprise!” Starswirl exclaimed. “At any rate, what brings you to my shop?” he asked.
“Oh… right, we encountered issues when trying to utilize these vials. The effects only last briefly and we found that in the moment where we need to use them they tend to break… a lot.” Sapphire said. “So I came here with my brief experience with crystal magic to try to crystalize the power within the potions into a more stable and permanent state.” She continued.
“Oh, fascinating. I guess in the short notice we hadn’t needed a longer term solution to the potion when fighting Torment. That sounds like a most useful creation to be sure.” Starswirl said. “As you may have noticed I too have been interested in crystal magic. Perhaps I can assist you with this endeavor.” He added.
Sapphire thought for a moment. “Not that I would refuse such a powerful unicorns help. Why would you help in something as small as this?” Sapphire asked.
“Too be honest I have come to a lull in my research. A break from my current leads might open my mind to new perspectives.” Starswirl said. “Also, as I mentioned before I have an interest in crystal magic as it relates directly to my research.” he added.
“Great! Let’s get started then shall we. Wouldn’t miss an opportunity to work with the Great Starswirl the Bearded!” Sapphire said.