"Uh don't want to be rude or anything" Diamond Tiara said turning her attention on Philia Magela as her and Silver Spoon were still helping her walk away from the remains of Pinkie's Fourth wall "but how'd you come into contact with such a terrible troll anyway?"
"Diamond!" Silver said in a bit of a freaked out tone, gently nudging her friend. "Don't bring that up now. It could conjure worse trauma."
"Well sorry" Diamond Tiara said in a much more sincere tone used then when she used to say such a phrase in the past "I'm just wondering you know where such a beast came from."
"The truth is" Philia sighed looking down. "He... it... wasn't always like this."
"Wasn't always like what?" Silver Spoon asked, her curiosity instantly getting the better of her nervousness.
"It's hard to explain but... what I am... how I am was put onto this plane through means well... much different then your own" Philia said, trying to still be careful of how to exactly explain herself to the young foals. "See I am part of a legacy of a... series born once every generations. For some it may seem like only the passage of several moon cycles but you, ages upon ages I have existed, being placed to grow... to expand a world and make it place where all who come into it... may live and grow."
Diamond Tiara gasped. "Oh my celestia are you like some sort of secret legendary alicorn lost to time whose wings ... and horn was busted away?"
Philia shook her head. "Nothing like that. You and your friends... your loved ones and those you know and encounter... those are the ones with the legends... with the tales no matter how big or small that are important. I am just a... bridge in a sense to allow that joy to be shown and given to others you will never meet or know but them seeing your joy also gives them happiness... sometimes other emotions but the point is to share in your mirth."
Silver Spoon blinked a few times. "Oh you're from some other dimension right? Miss Cheerliee did say there was a chance of their being infinite different realms and reality and I remember Pinkie saying you could explore all of them here though sans her room we haven't really seen any."
"Well explore it later after we help out our new friends" Diamond Tiara said pointing up at Philia. "And again no offense but still not sure how this relates to you having to deal with such a horrible troll."
"Again that's not how it started out" Philia admitted as more pleasant memories starting filling her mind. "Many moons ago it was decided the fourth true generation would begin with a legend called Faust. One whose presence has sparked many previous different universes and from what I heard continues to create and improve on new realities and worlds. She and her team, Theissen, Keating, Morrow, Carthy, Larson, Polksy and many other legends worked to create a window to this wornderful world to showcase it's spendor it's love to so many others. They worked tirelessly making an effort for the youngest to have a quality experience, something with true care and earnesty, and managed to create a sensation a... place many outside of the expected audience would love and appreciate. They had made something wonderous that touched and was beloved by so many and helped create many more worlds, many other universes and parallels from their work."
Diamond Tiara narrowed her brow. "Still kind of confused but it sounds like they did good work."
"More then good. They and the others touched made some truly beloved material. Some with tones and... lewdness that should not of related to the world and it's messages but were beloved material all the same" Philia then sighed. "Faust eventually had to leave that space to again find other worlds to repurpose and liven but the others and many other new talents sprang on board to keep the experience going. To push new boundaries. To craft new tales and wonder that still delighted many. That is until..."
"...Until what?" Silver Spoon asked, not wanting to admit how much she had slowed down her walking as she was basking in the story.
"Haber" Philia said with the sound of disgust in her voice, as the image of a small impish being fluttering around the background pointlessly wasting time and weaving around the other forces irritatingly was shown. "There were other muses and beings who had produced experiences and events that were... not beloved by everyone but the world and universe itself was still at it's zenith. Still making incredible and beloved stories. But Haber the troll did not care for such love. He was the first, perhaps of many who only saught to suck the live and value out of the world, not caring for it's rules and values and using it as just a simple place to excuse, crafting dull and meaningless tales many could not get behind."
"HABER" Diamond Tiara spat out looking down disgusted. "That's the troll I'm guessing right? The one who hurt you so bad?"
"He wasn't like that first" Philia explained. "There were still so many other crafters and makers to balance him out even his... inexperience and incompetence was still only minorly damaging the world." She looked down sadly. "However in the 5th period of this fourth generation a chance to expand and truly enlighten the world and share perhaps one of it's most interesting and incredible messages was presented. A true experience that would make this world's appeal perhaps last even more countless life times. Instead of one of the most experienced and beloved spirits getting to decide the ultimate fate of this tale though, Haber made his comments. Showed perhaps for the first time what his "love" truly was" Philia looked at her hand as it was still shaking. "To try and clean and devalue anything of interest and of worth to try and make it sanitize, bland, banal and forget whatever interesting points were trying to be made. It was the true start of our relationship... of our connection of... " Philia looked down sickened. "What I have become" she spat out.
"But wait if it was so horrible why was this monster given more power over you?" Silver Spoon asked. "You said there were others right? Why wasn't Haber stopped when it was made clear what he was doing was so wrong?"
"Sadly at that point our tales our experiences and values had been seen as a brand, a ploy and just a gimmick. Something that needed to just be produced and made, not something to be truly filled with love and joy as it once was" Phillia imagined the various other spirits fighting the Haber troll as it kept going. "And yes the other spirits fought back, made stories to still delight and entertain those young and old as they once was. But many of the new spirits fell in line with what Haber wanted, what he thought of as right. And since haber was the one to get out the stories and direct them in the format most approved by the ultimate powers of the craft, he was the one who soon filled the Faust role and became the one in control of what would happened, what everyone would experience what... what my fate would be."
Diamond Tiara fumed. "You've got to me kidding me! Who would let someone go on being so cruel, so careless. So willing to hurt others without..." she then suddenly thought of a past reflection of herself quickly shaking that image away. "Probably a... good thing then I never came into that kind of power" Diamond mumbled to herself. "What I could of done with it...."
Magela shook her head, actually squeezing Tiara's hoof. "Don't sell yourself short" she said giving her a smile. "Your realization your awakening to your potential is one my favorite of memories. A sign of issues in the past actually improving and those growing." She looked down annoyed. "It's not your fault that apparently you not at your full potential was not allowed to truly shine and experience again in this form as it should. Again another failure of the horrible twisted failure he... and I have have become."
"Hey if you're not selling me short I'm not selling you short" Diamond Tiara said squeezing her hand. "If I could turn out all right no way can this beast have made you drag down to his level."
"Only... barely" Philia admitted sighing some. "The forgetfulness, the laizness, the incompetence seeped into me as he kept beating and trying to indulge me in his work over and over again" the image then showed the troll Haber grow to the huge grotesque size we had seen previously hovering high above Philia. "It had made the last moons most horrible to operate to... get out experiences and joy out. I felt the backlash the disinterest the... anger so many had felt because of his decisions, and his failures and his ignornace again and again. With so many just waiting for the end just to be done with me when before they would of followed me for however long I wished to go on."
"But that's over right?" Silver Spoon asked. "We spooked him away right?"
Philia nodded. "Yes his grip over me in that world had ended but thanks to you two his grip on me and his failures and pain are lessened so that my eternity in this place.. in this world though not tracked by others of differing realities, can be a happy one. Can be one dictated by the spirit of the crafters from long ago and... the new talents that can still create such wonderful work."
"Well that's good to hear" Diamond Tiara said. "Though again if that Haber ever comes a knocking-"
"I'll... look forward to seeing you kick his eye in as many times as you can" Philia said the two sharing a laugh about that.
"Well either way parts... of that seemed nice" Silver Spoon said rubbing her head. "Confusing but still nice. Sorry about the other parts though."
"no it's not your fault dear. I know... I know who to really blame."
"Well forget about them for now" Diamond Tiara said as the three continued heading on. "We have to focus on getting you better and getting away from all of those hurtful memories right? So let's not focus on those trolls and focus on the good."
Philia smiled as brightly as could. "If only everyone in... every reality could follow that logic Diamond. Then this... would truly be an infinite paradise."
"Hey who says it can't ever get there right?"
Philia thought for a second actually nodding a bit. "Right" she said that smile still on her face as the three continued going along.
END FOR NOW!
DG.