The feeling of cold water was splashed onto Twilight's face. She woke up immediately. She looked around and saw the familiar face of the stallion who managed the pharmacy.
"How long was I asleep?" Twilight asked the pony.
"I'm not sure, you might wanna worry about getting home, it's dark out." Said the stallion. Twilight reached into her saddlebag and pulled out the strange purple flower.
"I got the flower, can you make the medicine?" Twilight asked.
"I don't break my promises, it should be made done by tomorrow so try and come by during the day." Said the pony. "Be careful on your way back!" He said.
Twilight cast a simple teleport spell and arrived back at her home in a flash. She found Spike sound asleep in his bed. She tried not to make much of a disturbance as she went to her desk to study.
The alarm on Twilight's desk woke her up from as she slept on the desk. Did I fall asleep while studying again? She got up and got ready for school like she usually did. Spike was in the kitchen making something to eat. She went out to the kitchen table and got a plate out.
"You were out late last night, Twilight, did you go somewhere?" Spike said, trying to pry some details out of Twilight. She sighed.
"It's nothing Spike, I just uh, went for a walk. Yeah, a walk," Twilight lied. I can't tell Spike about this right now, I'll tell him when its over. "Mmm, the food was great Spike. I got to go to class, I don't wanna be late!" She started to activate the teleportation spell. With a flash she disappeared.
"School doesn't start for another hour though." Spike said sadly.
Twilight arrived at the pharmacy with a flash. There was the middle aged stallion at the desk, sound asleep. He woke up this time surprisingly.
"You want the medicine I assume?" Asked the shopkeeper. Twilight nodded her head. "It's right here, gimme a sec," The old pony reached into the desk and pulled out a small vial with a blue liquid inside. She tried to grab the vial with her magic but failed. She picked it up with her hoof and put it in her left saddlebag. She didn't want to talk at the moment. She tried the teleportation spell. Oh yeah, this flower cancels magic. She awkwardly walked out of the door to the medicine store and started walking.
General Canterlot hospital was mostly empty other than the staff at the desk. Twilight walked up to the staff. "Hi, can i see a patient? The patients name is Rosemary Cross,"
The nurse's eyes widened with shock. But they went back to calm after a moment of regaining composure, except now there was a tinge of sadness. She went over to talk to the other nurses, all with a distressed look on her face. Twilight thought she heard one of them say 'are you sure' to the nurse. The nurse nodded her head and walked over to Twilight with her eyes being cast in shadow. "I apologize to inform you that her condition had worsened terminally recently. She had unexpected heart failure and passed away peacefully," said the nurse. She looked away with a tinge of guilt in her eyes, with a something clearly causing her pain internally.
"That's wrong! She shouldn't have passed so soon, I was ahead of schedule, I have the medicine she needs. It's too early, this is all wrong!" Twilight said. I did everything perfectly, why would this happen now? She thought.
The lights flickered. A loud bang shook the building. The lightbulbs around the room cracked and fizzled. "What's going on? The backup generator should be on right now," This was a mistake right? I shouldnt be too late, something is wrong. Twilight walked backwards, she hit the wall behind her and jumped. She turned around and ran to the hospital doors and ran as fast as she could out of them.
Once outside, Twilight noticed that there wasn't a cloud in the sky anywhere she looked. But there was a strange feel around the place. What is this senesation, its definitely magic but it feels different. suddenly everythign went back to normal, she couldnt feel the strange magic anymore. I should head to the Academy. I wonder what that magic was, thought Twilight
All the way up in the palace the powerful type of magic was able to be felt all the way across Equestria. Celestia knew the magic from somewhere from long ago. Human magic? she thought. But that magic was banned long ago. Humans aren't allowed to be in this nation due tot the treaty. She finished setting the sun under the horizon. I'm going to talk to the humans about this.
This magic, now that I think about it, feels like magic from 500 moons ago, when the humans first arrived on the continent to the west. No, that's impossible. Humans shouldn't be able to cast that spell themselves. This might be trouble. "Royal Guard Chief," Princess Celestia called out. One of the guards in the room turned around and bowed. "Bring me some of my diplomats. I'll have them check out the issue at the human colonies equestrian embassy."
Twilight tried to initiate the teleportation spell. She felt nothing in her horn. Oh yeah. This was the medicine I need to give her, I failed though, she thought. A shadow overcast her eyes as she picked up the medicine.
Twilight threw the medicine down onto the cobbled streets. The glass from the bottle shattered to thousands of razer sharp pieces of glass. The liquid from the container turned the cobble it landed on pitch black.
Twilight recited the teleportation spell in her mind before it activated and she teleported to the front of the academy. There were some people at the gate that had been there for a while. She walked by them in a state of anger, sadness, and confusion. But she kept her feelings to herself like she always did. A unicorn mare approached her. She looked up and saw it was one of the people that usually talked to her, Moondancer. Also along with some of her friends.
"I was going to invite you to my party later this week, but I saw you looking pretty down and I just-" Moondancer was cut down by a short, yet blunt response from Twilight.
"No, I'm good," she said quietly.
"It would mean a lot to me if you showed up. Please," begged Moondancer. Twilight distantly heard the bell to the school start ringing. She got up and tried walking to class, but her path was blocked by a particularly stubborn mare.
Moondancer handed Twilight a flyer. "This is for in case you reconsider," she said before running to class. Her friends looked at Twilight with a sad look, as if she was letting them down somehow.
Twilight picked the flyer up in her magic before crushing it up and dropping it on the cobbled streets, then she walked into the academy with a slow and somber pace, awaiting the end of the day.
Twilight watched the graduation ceremony with distant eyes, mentally exhausted from the events that had occured a week ago, also from the stressful final exams which she did.
It was the final day at the academy and the graduation ceremony was still going. A crumpled ball of paper was carried to her from the wind. Twilight picked up the crumpled up ball of paper in her magic. What's this? she thought. She opened it up and found that it was the invitation she threw away a week ago. She was about to throw it away when she started to feel bad for Moondancer. Maybe I should go, I haven't been talking to her lately. I finished my book during lunch so I probably won't have much to do. I've never really been to a party before so I may as well check it out. It would be a waste to not go... wouldnt it?
Princess Celestia fliped the pages of her calender.Nightmare Moon is going to arrive tommorow night, my disciple should be able to take her down. I'll call her up to me when the graduation ceremony ends. More concerning is that there have been no messages from my ambassadors- A green flame appeared in the air, revealing a letter with the signature equestrian diplomatic crest. It was dirty and looked like it had been through something rough. She opened up the letter and found it blank. I have a bad feeling about this. Maybe things wont go so smoothly...