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// Chapter 2: Ponish 
// Story: Forgotten Time 
// by Drattaarcana 
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“How much time had gone by?” Arcana asked himself.  He was in bed unable to move for a long time.  His magic still had not returned and he still was unable to move.  The Female Pegasus continued to come by with soups and a special medicinal liquid that seemed to stimulate his muscles.  When she came by she would start saying the same phrase over and over. Then she would bring a book over and let him look at it.  Though most of it was unclear and still an issue he started associating words with pictures and actions. When a pony starts a conversation the typical response was to say “Hello”.  

After what felt like weeks of this routine, one morning she entered and she said “Hello, how are you feeling today”. 

Arcana was finally able to say “Hello, I am feeling fine.” Understanding in his eyes he understood at least the basics of this new language. 
 
The pony seemed so happy that he was able to grasp this basic concept.  She brought over a book and showed it to him. It was a dictionary with the Alphabet.  Arcana started saying the Alphabet each day. He still could not move, but now he had something he could do to past the time.  He started by putting the letters H,E,L,L,O as Hello which was a greeting. 

This language was so different from his own, but he could start to see similarities between them.  Though the similarities were subtle it was clear ponish had gone through many changes in the time he was gone.  After what seemed like weeks, if not months. Arcana was starting to gather the basics of the language and was able to hold some kind of conversation.  One Morning the Pegasus asked “How are you feeling this morning?” Arcana responded “I am unable to move, but thanks for asking.” 
 
Arcana tried to move his leg but his body was still not responding. Arcana decided to think of his past and what had happened before this series of events.  He saw himself in the throne room of Alicorn peak, before him were four Alicorns then one of them said “my lord, the forces of the dead are upon us, we have been fighting this war for almost a thousand years we must perform the ritual.”  Arcana with a stern gaze responds “I will not sacrifice the lives of the ponies, granting death to stop death is a last resort.”  Arcana remembers he was forced to give in, despite rejecting the plan.
 
Arcana is awoken suddenly by the Male Pegasus who looked worried “My wife has been by your side a lot, but she had to go into town and will be gone for a couple days.”  Arcana asked “tell me when are we and where”  the pony looked him with a confused expression and asked “when?”  he responds with “yes I don’t know the year at all.”  The pony responds “it’s one thousand and eleven years after Celestia raised the sun.”  Arcana couldn’t understand the name of the pony mentioned, it sounded strange and unfamiliar.  But he could gather it’s been a thousand years “where are we?”  This question also seemed to confuse the pony however the pony had a smile and replied “we are in the Unicorn Range, located in the land of Equestria”  Arcana was able to comprehend that Alicornia no longer existed.
 
Arcana still exhausted decided to fall back asleep. He finally awoke and wasn’t sure how long he was asleep, but he was finally able to move his body and he could feel his back hooves. He started thinking I am starting to get feeling back in my body, but I still cannot move.  The female Pegasus enter the room and smiles arcana manages to move his hoof she said “so you’re getting your movement back I see.”  Arcana  replies “I am still unable to move my full body, but I am getting there--only time will tell.”

The female pony said “Well, the medicinal herbs have been helping, My name is Silky Sky and what is your name.”  it was clear to Arcana he had never known these ponies names and they been taking care of him, he wondered what kind of land is Equestria that ponies would openly allow strangers into their homes. He replied to Silky Sky “My name is Arcana Moon.”  The Pegasus seemed pleased and happy and she replied happily “Arcana Moon what a nice name, and in the name of Celestia how did you end up in this state and in the Unicorn Range.”  Arcana remembered how he used a special ritual to absorb life force as magic power to seal himself in time, this of course was not something he wanted to openly admit to this Pegasus.  So Arcana replied to her question with “all I know is I must atone for my crimes” the Pegasus looked at him confused and said “you slipped into your old language Arcana I didn’t understand any of what you said” Arcana felt himself drifting again and fell asleep.
 
After several months of being in bed and unable to move the day came when Arcana felt his full body and he tried to get out of bed, and he was able to move.  He still felt weak but he was able to actually walk he went up to the bedroom door and pushed it open.  Silky Sky was sitting on a couch and Flight Hoof was setting in a chair and when they saw Arcana they were shocked to see him moving about. Silky Sky got up to help Arcana as he was limping, pointing his nose toward the door as he wanted to go outside Silky sky understood and helped him toward the door it was a sunny day, but a little chilly it seemed winter was approaching.  It felt good to be outside, there was a chair on the porch.  Arcana tried to move it with magic, but his horn wouldn’t activate, he concentrated harder and was able to move it about an inch, sighing he tried to access his wings but they simply did not respond, it was clear he had lost his flight and unicorn magic, as an alicorn he possessed the magic of Pegasi, unicorns and earth ponies, but he currently only had his earth pony magic.
 
Arcana felt this was a blessing, after months of self-reflection he felt magic was dangerous and this world didn’t need his power. If he ever regained his former strength it could plunge this new land into darkness.  Focusing back on the present, he looked around and noticed this couple did not have a garden so he asked Silky Sky “how do you get your food, there’s no garden.” She explained how Flight hoof would go out every other day to gather fruits and vegetables to eat and make meals.  They gathered what they needed from the forest.  Arcana thought he would start a garden, having ruled over a kingdom he thought that he never understood the growth of food and the thrill of creating life so he mentioned his idea to silky Sky and she explained that the thought never crossed their minds, since they were both pegasi they did not understand farming like the earth ponies.
 
Arcana didn’t understand how pegasi couldn’t farm, as everypony back in Alicornia had the ability to farm and grow crops.  He explained to Silky Sky that he would be willing to teach them how to farm as pegasi, but also explained he had never been a farmer so they would learn together.  Flight Hoof overheard the conversation stepped out and said “I like the idea Arcana, I think your right starting a little farm would be a wonderful idea.”  With that  decided they went back inside.