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// Canterlot. 
// Story: Supernova Shadow 
// by professor space n time 
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A few minutes later the train stopped at the station and the car emptied, Supernova and Twilight took their backpacks, they all got out of the train, leaving the station they entered the streets of Canterlot, Rarity as always talked about how much she admired the style, beauty and delicacy of Canterlot.

"The architectural style of the houses is just fabulous!" 

"I must admit that it is fascinating, this place was just a valley when I was a filly, a small town and a small market to the south was the only thing there was, and there was a small fortress with a tower where the castle is"

Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy looked at her confused, Rainbow Dash made faces at Pinkie Pie implying that she was crazy and Twilight looked at her with her characteristic scientific curiosity but Supernova continued walking calmly. Upon reaching the upper part of the city, the ponies' glances towards Supernova became obvious, many were hiding, others looked at her with fear, disgust and disdain. As she approached the castle, Supernova was stopped by two guards.

"Stop there! Who or what are you and what do you want?!"

"Easy guys, she's coming with me" Twilight said.

"Of course princess, sorry for the inconvenience" the two guards opened the door with their magic.

"I thank you all" They all entered, crossed the entrance hall and went up the stairs to the left, they went straight on and came across the hall of stained glass windows that the girls knew so well, when they reached the doors of the throne room they stopped for a second. "Where is Spike?" Supernova said looking for the little dragon everywhere.

"Don't you remember? He separated from us at the station, he went to my parents' house"

"Really? Huh, I must have erased it from my memory, now I'll have to forget it again" they all entered the throne room and... it was empty.

"Excuse me, can I help you?" Raven Inkwell approached the ponies.

"Yes, Princess Celestia summoned us today, do you know where we can find her?"

"Of course Princess Twilight, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are waiting for you in the main tower"

"Which I suppose is the highest" Supernova said.

"Correct miss..."

"Supernova Shadow, let's not waste time, we have many steps to climb" Supernova headed for the stairs.

"actually I can teleport us there" Twilight said pointing to her horn.

"Really? Well do it, I'm ready" 

"Ok, here it goes" Twilight concentrated and magenta energy surrounded them, in a blink they appeared in the hallway of the tower, to their left an oak door with a beautiful and delicate ornament of white gold and gold in the shape of the sun, on the right a dark colored door with a black, white and blue gold trim symbolizing a beautifully crafted crescent moon. In front another door, this one was also made of oak, a few golden ornaments and in the center a sun and a moon fused in the middle decorated with amber crystals for the sun and lapis lazuli for the moon, Supernova slowly approached the door, she stood on her hind legs and brought her claw to the knob, turned it, opened the door, and leaned out.

It was a wide balcony with a telescope on one edge, in the center a polished oak table with edges touched with gold, nine red pillows with gold embroidery around it, in front of her two alicorns, watching. . . tears formed in their eyes. They covered their muzzles with their hooves and kept looking while they cried, they giggled, they seemed happy, they smiled slightly, but still they cried sadly. Supernova by her side. . . she seemed not to be there, she just looked silently with her mouth open and an expression of disbelief seemed that at any moment she would start crying, the three of them walked until they were face to face, Celestia and Luna kept crying but the smile on their faces was noticeable more and more and you could see how they were crying with joy, Supernova was still incredulous, she seemed to want to speak but nothing came out of her mouth, Celestia and Luna hugged her, closed her eyes and continued crying. . . Supernova returned the hug slowly, she lost her expression of disbelief, it turned into a trembling smile, she tried to hold back the tears but could not, slowly a tear came out one after another, she closed her eyes and continued crying silently with them.

“We missed you so much. . .” Celestia said between sobs.

"I-I-I. . ." Supernova's words were drowned in her tears.

“I-I-I thought we had lost you. . . I-I-I thought I would never see you again. . . P-P-Please never leave us again. . ." Luna said crying on Supernova's shoulder.

Supernova's hug grew stronger and her smile warmer, the tears kept running down her cheeks and she seemed to take enough willpower to speak “I-I-I'm s-s-so sorry, I-I. . ."

Celestia and Luna broke their embrace Celestia looked Supernova in the eyes with affection and guilt “D-D-Don't you dare. . . D-D-Don't you dare say it's your fault. . . J-J-Just shut up, shut up and hug us you beautiful crazy mare. . ." The three of them hugged each other tightly, this time the hug was warm, no more tears, just them and the hug.

The girls looked in disbelief at what was happening in front of their eyes, but they still didn't want to interrupt the moment so they just waited in silence. Supernova finally broke the hug, the three of them wiped away their tears and looked at Twilight and her friends "I guess you want an explanation for all this, right?" Celestia said looking at the girls with a slight smile and a few tears still in the corner of her eye. Twilight and the girls nodded slowly, "Please, sit down" the girls came around the table and sat down, so did Celestia and Luna sat next to each other, finally Supernova sat next to Luna and looked at her lightly but affectionately smiling "Before I begin I want to make it clear that what you are going to hear is about to destroy everything you know about us or about the history of Equestria, understood?" the girls nodded again "well. . . this is Supernova Shadow, our sister"

"SISTER?!!" the girls yelled.

Supernova sighed “this will be a very long conversation. . . technically yes, I am their sister, but in practice not really, I am more like a friend, it is a somewhat complex story but before telling it I need to ask you two a question. How long was I gone? "

Celestia and Luna looked at each other nervous and compassionate, in the end Celestia was the one who answered “four thousand years, six months, two weeks and a day. . . "

Supernova was discouraged “s-s-so long. . .?, M-M-My Gosh. . ." Supernova lowered her head and was thoughtful in silence.

Luna put her right hoof around Supernova's neck hugging her then she brought her to her shoulder to comfort her and slowly stroked her head “now, now. . . everything's ok Nova I know it's a lot to process, why don't we just let Celestia tell the story?"

"Okay dear sister I will do it, our history begins four thousand twenty years ago, in the year 1266 of the pre-Equestrian era, that was the year I was born, more precisely on June 21, 1266 our parents were the same that we earth ponies, our mother was a lumberjack and our father a retired soldier turned blacksmith, we lived in a small village in what today is London in Buckingham, our parents met when my father came to the village after the first attempt to exile Grogar"

"First attempt to exile him?" Twilight said confused.

“Right, that doesn't appear in the history books, Grogar was supposed to be a legend. . ., in 1258 several villages and farms rebelled against the tyranny of Grogar, the six unicorn magicians used their magic to defeat him and imprison him in Tartarus, it seemed that it had worked and many soldiers rebuilt their lives, one of them was our father Anyway, after 8 years together my parents had a daughter, me, my first years were like those of any filly of that time, a quiet life with parents who loved me, good grades at schools, a few friends, There's not much to emphasize about that time, when I was 4 years old my parents told me that I was going to have a little sister, at that moment I felt like the happiest filly in the world was jumping with happiness and anxiously awaiting her birth, about a month before Luna was born I was picking flowers for my mother on the outskirts of the village and found something in the forest, a dark blue egg with black dots, it seemed strange to me so I took it home"

"That egg was me" Supernova commented, having regained her seriousness and coldness.

“Exactly, when I brought the egg home, my parents didn't know what species it was, I thought it was a dragon or a bird, so like the small filly I was, I decided to keep it and see what was born from it, to keep it warm I left it In the living room on top of a sofa and wrapped in sheets in front of the fireplace, I did that all the time and when we didn't use the fireplace I would take it out on sunny days or surround it with hot water bags and pillows, other times for more pain I have to admit it, I brood it myself" Celestia blushed while giggling "and so for more than a month, early one night, on October 5, 1270, my mother went into labor, we ran to the hospital and a little filly was born, that night there was a full moon at that moment it occurred to me to call my sister "Luna", my parents liked the idea and things stayed that way"

"Which I appreciate because our parents wanted to call me Crazy Cupcakes," Luna said.

"Oh come on it didn't sound so bad, whatever, when we got home and since my parents didn't let me see the baby because she needed to rest I went to the living room to check the egg and I discovered that it had broken, I didn't found the creature that could have been born from it nowhere, when I told my parents they said that it had surely escaped while we were not at home, I felt that all the effort had been in vain so I went to sleep unhappy"

"Now let's see it from my point of view" Supernova spoke calmly "those first hours of life are etched in my memory, I remember waking up and falling on the sofa after breaking the shell, I tried to walk and fell to the ground, after a few attempts I was able to move relatively well, it was cold so I shook myself a little and stayed near the fireplace to keep warm, when Celestia and her parents came home I was scared and hid in the space between a bookcase and the fireplace, but of course they turned off the fireplace after a while and went to sleep, I started to feel cold, very cold and the darkness scared me, my instincts told me to look for a warm and light place, so I started walking through the corridors and found a room with the door slightly open that emanated heat and candlelight, I slipped through the small space between the door and the frame, when I entered I looked around, the walls of the room were dark blue, the ceiling had several wooden beams, to the right there was a trunk and a nightstand with a chandelier, to the left a closet and a changing table with a clock on top and in the center a crib, the heat emanated from there so I approached and climbed the side, when I reached the top I freaked out and bowed my head, there she was, a filly sleeping peacefully, I stared a little scared and a little curious, I didn't want to get close, I don't know how long I hung there but I was tired, weak and cold, too cold, I couldn't help it and I sneezed, I was scared and squatted again, that sneeze woke up Luna, when she woke up she rubbed her eyes and yawned a little, I sneezed again and she approached and. . . She smiled at me with her hooves open to hug me and then babbled a little, I decided to climb into the crib and she went back to sleep, I stayed sitting there but she beckoned me to come closer, I was too tired so I snuggled up next to her and fell asleep"

"Wow. . . Do you really remember that well? " Luna said looking at her a little incredulous "I mean, I know you have an excellent memory but that's already a lot"

“As I said, I have it engraved in my memory, I don't need to make an effort to remember it, it is the oldest memory I have. . . literally” Supernova said with a shrug.

“Okay” said Celestia, returning to the course of the conversation “no one realized that Supernova was there until my parents came home after taking me to the school for a school trip, according to what they told me, my father went to check on Luna and he found her and Supernova sleeping peacefully, a little nervous, a little worried, he tried to wake her up and of course Supernova started crying, the newly calved mares have very strong maternal instincts so my mother got out of bed believing that the one who was crying was Luna and she went to comfort her, when she got to the room she was also scared but also calmed Supernova and started talking to my father about how she got there and what to do with her, after a while they apparently agreed to take care of her that day until know what to do, they did the normal thing in that case, bathe them, put them diapers and feed them, my mother took care of Luna and my father of Supernova, when he was with her my father began to talk to her and say "How do you feel little one? Are you comfortable? I wonder where you came from?" and things like that, at one point he jokingly said "hello miss, how are you?" and Supernova started to babble and then she said "hi dear""

“I know what you are thinking” said Supernova “'foals cannot speak' well actually they can, apparently foals can speak and repeat words from 10 hours old, it is a kind of temporary survival reflex, for example, baby monkeys can swim perfectly if you throw them into a lake, but after the first month and a half of being born they forget it, the instinct disappears because it is no longer necessary since their mother protects them all that time, the same with the foals, they can talk but nobody teaches them because well. . . they are foals ” she said with a shrug again.

"Right. . . at that moment my father got scared and took her home where Supernova continued talking a little and spouting inconsistencies, my mother decided to try to teach her to speak, she learned incredibly fast"

"Don't give me all the credit, any foal could do it if taught enough, besides Luna listened to everything your mother taught me and in fact she learned more than I did, she could say complex phrases and complete sentences" said Supernova with a slightly humble tone.

"Right, whatever I came back from the school trip the next morning and of course the first thing I wanted to do was see Luna, she was sleeping on a pillow" Celestia smiled slightly "I loved her from the moment I saw her for the first time. Once, even if she grew up without those cute spots and freckles. ”Celestia and Luna looked at each other, blushing a bit but with a wistful smile on their faces.

"Ahem!" Supernova interrupted them "about the spots and freckles Celestia is right they made you look cute, whatever, while all that was happening according to Celestia's father I was hiding inside a trunk"

"And what was Luna's reaction when she saw Celestia?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

“Since I was a newborn, I don't remember when we met for the first time. But according to our parents, my first reaction to Celestia apparently was “Mom! Help! I'm being attacked!” ” Luna said, blushing slightly.

"Yeah, I still remember when they told you that story on your birthday, everyone was laughing except Supernova" Celestia giggled remembering that party "then they told me about Supernova and I told them that surely she had hatched from the egg I found, that was clear when I showed her the remains of the shell and tried to get inside again, when I found out I told them if we could keep her as my pet, but my parents explained to me that Supernova was as smart and capable as any filly, so I asked them if I could take care of her as my daughter, obviously they refused" Celestia blushed a little and giggled "so I suggested they adopt her, They didn't quite like the idea. . .  but we couldn't get anyone in town to take care of her, so we decided to take care of her and since she had no name we nicknamed her Shadow"

"Shadow?" Applejack said confused.

"Normally I followed Luna everywhere and imitated all her movements, I never detached myself from her, like a shadow, hence the name" Supernova said, with a bit of boredom.

“The following months were something fantastic, simply fantastic, the three of us became almost inseparable, we played together, we talked together, sometimes we had sleepovers together, although not everything was good, as you will surely know Supernova is carnivorous, although it is more accepted than in previous times the consumption of meat is still frowned upon in some places, you can imagine that it was not better in our time, when the town found out they wanted to burn Supernova at the stake but we showed them that she was not a murderous beast. . . and in part we lied to them saying that she only had to eat a very minimal amount of meat, luckily no one ever asked how much meat she actually ate"

“You could call that an omen of what would come in the future, after a while I started school, I already knew, walking, talking and more or less reading and writing, so Luna and I were able to skip several years of kindergarten, during that time I did not make friends, not that I cared, I never liked to socialize, the problem was the teasing I received, it is difficult to pay attention in class if everyone talks behind your back or makes fun of you at recess, or chases you down the street throwing things at you, or they push you in the lines, and in the ponds, or- well, you get the idea, my appearance has been a big problem all my life. . .  oh, in case you're wondering, I'm a Draconequus, although I looked different, to get an idea I looked the same as now but without the changeling parts, a normal unicorn horn and with normal eyes with a crimson red iris.” Supernova showed a little distracted as she spoke, she seemed to be deep in thought, but when talking about her own nature she looked a bit uncomfortable.

The girls gasped with fear and shock "a-a Draconequus? Li-Like Discord?" Rarity said a little pale.

"What?" Supernova said turning to see Rarity distracted "oh, no, no, no, no, Discord is a chimera my dear Rarity, although I think he calls himself Draconequus because it sounds much better, he is the god of chaos according to what I remember and what I read, it makes sense to want an imposing name and "chimera" doesn't sound so good"

"Did you read about Discord?" Celestia asked her.

“Not only that, I met him, when I was on Fluttershy sanctuary, he pushed me into the water in which I had bathed the animals, I had to bathe with rose fragrance. . . 5 times.” Supernova growled slightly.

"I'm so sorry. . . He's a bit of a joker sometimes. . . maybe too much” Fluttershy said flushed with shame.

“it's okay, it's what is expected of a being who embodies pure chaos, in fact I'm surprised that he doesn't have your house upside down, literally and figuratively.” Supernova had a compassionate smile.

"I admit that I doubted she would make it too, but it worked, who would believe it?" Celestia said shrugging and laughing a little "going back to the topic, Supernova continued taking classes at school normally, when Supernova was one and a half years old, what gave her her name happened. She had been interested in magic and began to study on her own, she read all the few magic books that the city library had, learned from the unicorns that visited the village from time to time, she had practiced a lot and was ready for her first spell, as we already said we called Supernova "Shadow" but little by little the nickname became a bit obsolete, it didn't seem like a real name at all, it was more like a pet's nickname and to be fair it seemed to her that "Shadow" did not describe her as a pony, my father remembered an old tradition that unicorns had and that he had seen in his time in the war, unicorns waited until their foals made their first spell and then they named them so we decided that we would name she according to her first spell, it was prepared for weeks and finally the big day came on a Wednesday"

All the girls looked attentively, but Twilight showed a micro expression of nervousness, and shot quick glances at Supernova, always with a look of nervousness on her face, Supernova did not ignore this and observed her carefully.

“A stallion from the town who was dedicated to astronomy had predicted that a nearby star would become a nova in about 10 years, she was going to anticipate the explosion, her idea was to explode the star that night so that all the town could see it ”.

"How?" Twilight asked dryly looking at Supernova with the sharp gaze of an eagle attacking its prey.

"Well-" Celestia was interrupted by Supernova.

"Actually my dear Twilight it was something very simple, the stars become Supernovae when it exhausts its nuclear fuel, the center of the star contracts in milliseconds, then all that energy "bounces" and originates a wave that carries all the stellar matter, this energy and shrinkage begins with the central nuclear fusion of the star, the hydrogen atoms fuse together to form helium, the nucleus begins to push out, but at the same time the exterior of the star is compressed towards the center, giving way to a fight between the forces, in milliseconds the core contracts, bounces and KABOOM!, one of the wonders of the universe appears in front of you, the death of a star, it is incredible how something so destructive, dangerous and deadly can be so beautiful. But I'm getting away from the point, to make the star explode all I had to do was advance the central nuclear fusion and for that I had to fuse the hydrogen atoms and turn them into helium causing the whole chain reaction by itself, so that's what I did"

"B-but that's impossible!!, it would take the power of an alicorn to move any celestial body and decades if not centuries of experimentation and practice to be able to control atoms with magic without altering them!" Twilight yelled confused and pulling her hair.

"It is not so much power actually" said Supernova with a humble tone "it would be more concentration and determination, in terms of not altering the atoms and therefore the result, this can be avoided using an appropriate magnetic field, this and other controlled conditions allowed me to manipulate the core of the star with relative ease, and as for the power of an alicorn, it was not actually moving any celestial body, I just fused a few atoms"

Twilight looked at her stunned and confused without words to answer her "What? How? What?" -Even so it's impossible! A star is too far away for magic to take effect on it, not to mention that overexertion would have killed you!"

Supernova chuckled slightly "it is true that overexertion would be too much for any pony, but not for someone who uses first-rate dark magic"

Celestia and Luna's pupils shrank and beads of sweat formed on their foreheads, they tried to signal Supernova to shut up but it was too late.

"WHAT?!!" The girls yelled as they got into their battle positions, Twilight and Rarity readied their horns for an attack spell, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy prepared to take flight at any moment, Applejack raised her front hooves ready to fight and Pinkie Pie raised the pillow she was sitting on and out of nowhere she pulled out a confetti cannon.

"I knew it!" shouted Twilight "I knew you had something wrong between your hooves! You are probably mentally controlling the princesses or you brainwashed them, did you think you would get away with it? Well what do you think? It won't work!" I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle and my friends and I are going to stop you! "

Supernova began to snort and laugh uncontrollably slapping the table, Celestia tried to speak as calmly as possible but you could see fear and nervousness in her voice and face "Twilight please listen to us-"

"NO! I'm very sorry princess but this is for your own good!, I won't let you hurt them, much less control anyone's mind!" Not after my B.B.B.F.F wedding. . ." Twilight released a blast of magenta magic from her horn on a collision course with Supernova.

Celestia and Luna were scared and let out a groan of anguish and concern.

Supernova's horn lit up with crimson red energy and began to sing in a harmonious voice. 
“~ Kill the magenta glow. . .,
Make the magic stop. . . ,  
And make my power law. . .~"

In mid-air the magenta blast froze, was surrounded by Supernova's crimson magic and was slowly consumed until the magic melted into the air.

"Wh-what?" Twilight stammered without understanding what was happening, the magic around Supernova disappeared.

Celestia and Luna let out a long sigh of tranquility, "Twilight, I beg you, sit down and let us explain this" Celestia said looking Twilight directly in the eyes expressing her complete assurance, Twilight doubted for a second, but she knew that look in the eyes of her old teacher.

Twilight took a deep breath and closed her eyes ". . .it's okay. . ., sit down girls" the others seemed to be about to object but nothing came out of their mouths, they just followed Twilight and took their seats.

"Thank you very much" Celestia wiped the sweat from her face "I'm afraid this is all a big misunderstanding, yes, Supernova is a user of dark magic, but that doesn't mean she's evil! It's hard to explain. . . When we were young, very little was known about magic itself, its origin or its different variants between species were not well known, the only ones capable of doing studies on these subjects were the kings, emperors and experienced unicorn magicians, with extra resources and support Likewise, they were hiding a lot of information or were only concerned with studying and developing the magic of unicorns, for example, at that time no one believed that earth ponies had a minimum of magic. . . and that is why we were the laughingstock of the other races, they treated us as weak deluded, illiterate and nothing more than simple stupid farmers who could not aspire to anything else in life, as another example at that time it was said that Pegasi could walk in the clouds and control the climate thanks to the fact that helium supposedly entered their body when flying and due to their diet, it is currently known that no food contains helium and that Pegasi walk in clouds thanks to magic, however for a long time the People believed it that way, although there were people who refuted that theory later, one of them was an old classmate of mine who always talked about pegasi, I think it was an obsession. . Anyway, magic was something very little studied and that led to many errors and prejudices about magic, unicorns believing themselves the superior race, segregation between races, denigration of earth ponies, the belief that Zebras were witches or evil sorcerers and in this case for Supernova to develop dark magic"

"You see, I was never a normal filly in terms of my way of thinking and acting, it was easy to notice that something was not right with me, at 15 I was diagnosed with sociopathy, although it was something a bit obvious at that time, now what many people does not understand about sociopaths is that unlike psychopaths sociopaths are not born, they are made and it could be said that my childhood was the perfect setting to create a sociopath, lonely, hated, feared, disowned, ignored, and annoyed by my peers, At first it manifested as anger, which I was retaining within me and when I tried to use magic for the first time after studying the calculations that I got thanks to my math teacher, I tried the simplest thing, levitation, I tried. . . and I tried. . . And I tried one more time . . I started to get frustrated, in a moment I felt a cold spark inside me and something inside me emptied all my anger, hatred, anguish and repressed crying, I concentrated on the vase that I wanted to make float and as simple as raising a hand the vase began to float, and not only that, everything in the room began to float, I looked at my reflection, I noticed how the purple and green energy surrounded my horn and how the purple glow and the green mist surrounded my eyes, little by little it transformed in simple crimson energy in my horn and it all became so easy, it felt so. . . well, let the emotions out, I believed that magic was like that for everyone so I did not mention it to anyone, soon after I realized that every time I used my magic I felt emotionally and physically exhausted and I also became more irritable, more negative, more aggressive, more. . . evil. . .I realized that what I was using was not ordinary magic, what I was using was easy to use, it did not need much effort and yet it was extremely powerful, it fed on negative emotions and each time that power asked for more, changing the mind and way of acting of the user as a parasite, also thanks to a magic teacher who passed by the village I discovered that it was abundant more than ordinary magic, it was invisible and impossible to track, so I called it dark magic because it did not leaves traces of any kind of arcane energy and it is imperceptible, I tried to use common magic, but I could not do it, so I decided to continue using the dark one but I had to discover a way to prevent my emotions from consuming me, after much research and together with A little emotional control I discovered that I could use dark magic freely through the recitation of harmonic verses” Supernova said formally.

"Recita-what?" Rainbow Dash repeated.

"Verses or songs" said Supernova "spells pronounced aloud, it is the only way not to go crazy and avoid being consumed by emotions"

"so... you aren't evil?" Twilight asked.

"The crimes of one pony are the laws of another, I do not use any of my spells for something that does not lead to good, but sometimes my methods are unorthodox, perhaps sometimes I have been a bit selfish and it is true that sometimes I have cared more for the safety and comfort of my person and acquaintances but answering the question my dear Twilight no, I am not evil" Supernova smiled proudly at the end of the sentence.

"It's good to hear, but why specifically rhymes and songs?" Twilight asked much more relaxed.

"Well there are different reasons, dark magic is made up of patterns, the rhymes of the verses are those patterns, as you know, spells require the following of several steps to be performed, in the case of dark magic it is the same, but instead of literally saying the steps, it is necessary to express the action that will be done with each step, of course these rules have many variations and some spells do not follow them, the low intensity spells do not need any recitation, although they can tire the inexperienced user" said Supernova with a delightful tone. Twilight looked at her with a spark of curiosity, joy and childish fascination in her eyes letting out a little squeak "Also because the harmonic rhythm can counteract physical and emotional wear, it is also easier to memorize a verse or a song than any other form of patterns harmonics or. . . I don't like that face. . ."

"THIS IS FANTASTIC! Do you know what it means?!! ​​A new era for the study of magic! Millions of applications! Can you imagine?! With such power anything could be possible! Think of how much easier the jobs would be and the uses in medicine! Just think of how many lives we would save! You have to teach me everything!, down to the last line! I will learn everything! " Twilight leaned her whole body on the table, her snout being a few inches from Supernova's.

Supernova pushed her away with her right hand "Twilight dear please calm down, I can't do that"

Twilight looked at her in confusion "WHAT?!!, WHY NOT?!!" she screamed indignantly.

"As I said, dark magic works in a different way than ordinary magic, dark magic users cannot use ordinary magic, and ordinary magic users cannot use the full potential of dark magic, they can only use the most basic. , no spells with recitation, it is difficult to explain but the body adapts to a type of magic, common magic works based on the concentration of magic in the user's body, their physical state and mental acuity, sometimes the special talent of each pony affects how their magic develops, making them more prone to a specific area, and even so most unicorns only know three or four spells now imagine constantly repeating those three or four spells every day for everyday tasks, if you know more four is even worse, your body concentrates on the common part of magic, also common magic of ponies is based a lot on happy emotions, the life of many ponies is generally happy so they do not know how to use and control negative emotions that is not something that can be taught it is something that each one learns, after a life of loneliness and abuse, also both types of magic are like magnets sharing the same charge, they constantly repel each other and you can only bring them closer a bit before they repel each other again, the only way to be able to learn dark magic in its entirety is if it is the only kind of magic you learn you would have to be a foal and learn from scratch, not to mention there are not many foals a year and a half who have suffered abuse of my level, mine was an exceptional case if we put it in perspective, young, without contact with common magic, intelligent, paired with a group of ponies older than me, appearance of a beast exit from Tartarus, null friends, the conditions could not be more perfect"

"But you are not taking into account that I am an alicorn" Twilight said with joy and hope "also, although I do not like to show off, I am the element of magic! Even magic is my special talent" she said pointing to the image on her flank.

Supernova looked at her thoughtfully with narrowed eyes, she shrugged and took a deep breath "dear, I wish I could lie to you but I can't, that you are an alicorn is part of the problem, unimaginable amounts of magic are stored in your body, common magic, when this two became alicorns I tried to teach them but it didn't work, I could only teach them a simple trick with crystals, three attack spells and two defense spells." She said pointing to Celestia and Luna "Don't think I didn't tryed to teach it to someone, but all of my "apprentices" ended up insane with power, enslaved by their minds or frying their brains, although if your special talent is magic maybe you could learn a little more ... But-!"

"See! I'm right! Please teach me, just one spell, so we will know whether or not I can learn" Twilight knelt to plead silently with sad puppy eyes.

Supernova looked at her doubtfully and shook her head from side to side opening her mouth from time to time as if she was about to say something, then she stopped and looked at Twilight thoughtfully ". . . okay. . . "

Twilight's eyes lit up with joy, a smile formed on her face as she squaked "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Twilight threw herself to hug Supernova.

"Yes, yes, whatever, just calm down" Said Supernova taking Twilight off her, Twilight immediately walked away and sat ready to hear everything Supernova said "we will do something simple, make the objects in this room levitate. First is to concentrate on what you want to do, now search in the back of your mind the pain, anger, anguish, despair, hatred, crying, look for every memory, every moment of your life with those emotions, squeeze until the last drop and focus it on your magic, feel how your emotions are released and your power grows stronger, now recite after me, you can say it mentally if you want: 
~Oh dark power 
Take everything from me 
With delicacy of a flower 
Make the objects come to me~"

Twilight repeated the incantation and her horn and eyes were filled with the characteristic color of dark magic, then returned to it's usual magenta color, the objects in the room began to float slowly and then began to frantically launch themselves in all directions, Twilight fell In some kind of trance as the objects moved more and more violently, Supernova's horn lit up with crimson magic, the magic was sucked out of Twilight's horn and all objects delicately settled in place. "That didn't go well, but at least you didn't end up like the others, I still remember how poor Steel fell into the pit of swords" she said with a slight, almost imperceptible smile, she looked at Twilight sitting motionless "oh right, the trance"

Supernova snapped her fingers and Twilight blinked several times until she regained consciousness "What happened? Did it work?"

"On the contrary, you lost control, if I didn't stop you, you probably would have destroyed your mind or burned your horn and consequently part of your spinal cord" Supernova said with indifference on her face but with a look that showed frustration and disappointment.

Twilight expressed concern and fear of ending up as Supernova said “that's bad. . . well, I better keep training when I get home-"

"NO!" Shout Supernova rising on the table "don't even think about it! Under no circumstances will you try again, much less alone, if the dark magic doesn't work the first time it will never work, understood?!" She said in an imposing and imperative voice.

Twilight looked at her shyly "but-"

"But nothing!, you will not try again! You will end up dead or exiled in Tartarus by madness or as the evil and all powerful emperor of Equestria or who knows how, you know the dangers of dark magic, or did you forgot about King Sombra? If you minimally value your life, that of your acquaintances and that of every living being in Equestria, you know what you should not do, I don't care if you are the element of magic or the queen of the universe, but you will listen to me like it or not, now abandon your childish dreams and think about what you are going to say and I want your logical part to say it and not the emotional part. You will not try again, understood? . . understood?!"

"Y-yes" Twilight said nervous and scared.

In a second Supernova's expression changed to a warm and friendly smile “it's good to hear it” she said happily and affectionately “now, where were we? Ah! Right, the first spell, that night I prepared for the big show, Celestia and Luna's parents gathered as many ponies as they could to have witnesses and prove that I caused the explosion, Celestia invited her friends from school but they only agreed to come for the food and Luna was by my side to ward off the bullies and give me moral support, I prepared and recited the spell slowly, verse by verse, with each word I felt more and more nervous, but I still remember the spell as if I had written it yesterday:
~This in unimpotant I can't deny,
One star dies
Another's born
And the cosmos carrys on

Born the first, 
Death the last
Rest is your prize,
Your corpse a scar of the past.

I'm bidding you adieu my star
But this by far is just the start. . .~"

". . . It was in just a blink of an eye. . ." Celestia said "the night sky lit up as if it was a sunny day, then in the sky where before was a small white point there was a large scarlet red formation in the shape of an explosion that expanded at full speed releasing its beautiful light, it was like the most beautiful fireworks show and then. . . it went out"

“Due to the acceleration of the supernova explosion, the transformation into a nebula was also faster and since the nebula did not have other stars close enough it became a dark nebula, basically a nebula that does not receive any light and stays in black, if you wonder what the explosion looked like it was something like this" Supernova's horn lit up and an image was projected. 


"Wow. . . " It was the only one that came out of the girls' mouths.

"Fascinating, isn't it? You can see the nebula to the west every night, I think they called it "black phantom nebula", after that day my name was decided Supernova Shadow, the star killer, the bringer of darkness, the dark sorceress of Buckingham"

The girls looked at her uncomfortable and a little scared ". . ."

“They were the nicknames that Celestia and Luna's father gave me along with their former soldier friends” the girls let out a sigh of relaxation “apparently it was tradition to have nicknames of war or of honor and courage. After the supernova, our lives continued in a relatively normal way, over time the people of the village got used to my presence and they stopped being afraid of me, although there was still one or another bully with the desire to insult, I did not pay much attention to them, When I learned to control dark magic I also learned a little about emotional control, I simply accumulated my negative emotions so that I could use them later in my magic, so I could ignore the taunts and get something good out of them, now do you remember how I am their sister In theory but not in practice? I will explain it to you, although Celestia and Luna's parents adopted me, we never had that type of relationship, I did not call them “parents”, they did not call me “daughter” and we never called each other sisters between we were simply not sisters, we were friends, over the years I began to recognize patterns in people, since I was little I had liked science and therefore logic, and since I had almost no friends what I did most was to observe, I soon learned about deductive reasoning and began to make deductions to entertain myself, just for fun"

"You have to see this girl in action" Said Luna giving her a friendly elbow hit "she can say anything about whoever  just by looking at that person a little"

“Yes, we've already seen her do it, it is. . . interesting. . . " Rarity said uncomfortably.

“Although at that time I was still a novice, it took me a long time to perfect it, but over time it became a part of me, it is automatic, I don't have to think about it much, when I see someone, I already know what to observe, I just take the information and do my deductions. Now, as I said at the beginning, I did it simply to entertain myself, but over time I learned more and more and perfected my deductions, this helped me a lot in different areas, such as my studies, how to decide my personal relationships and how to meet people in a short time, although I only got worse as people saw me, they thought I was a kind of crazy spy or they got mad with me for over deducting, such as things from his personal life, once an extremely strong stallion hit me for telling him that his wife was cheating on him with his best friend, I don't know why he hit me, he should have thanked me for having saved him the disappointment and the years of lies, well, going back to the topic I have always liked the mystery, the intrigue, the tension, the question, How, when, where and why?, but fiction books were not entertaining enough, many mysteries were basic or on the contrary completely impossible and in the worst cases the book hid information that it would be impossible for you to know and that it was vitally important to solve the mystery, the real ones were much better, I loved reading recent crimes in the newspapers and discussing possible solutions, more than once my theories turned out to be true, after thinking about it a bit and since I needed money to start my own life I decided to dedicate myself to it, since I did not want to be a private detective and have to work for an agency and since the police did not like my methods, I worked independently, At first, only old women came with stupid things like "I lost my wedding ring" and blah, blah, blah, but over time the business prospered a bit and I made a name for myself in the city, solved disappearances and robberies, helped a little with murders, Although the police wouldn't let me get too close, so I started reading about the great unsolved crimes of the past, ha, ha..., I solved most of them in less than three months, "the death of the red queen"? "The ghost town of White Hill"? "The disappearance of Diamond Song"? *pfft!* A lot of games for fillys"

"You solved those cases?!!" Twilight yelled in surprise, Supernova nodded with a smile "B-but that's impossible!!, Those cases were solved by Detective Sir Jackpot Mark and Dr. Onyx Strikes from, from. . . Buckingham. . . !!" Her face showed stupefaction and a grin that showed how she tried to understand what was going through her mind.

“Yeah, about that, as I said, I worked independently, so every time I solved a case I told the police so that they could take care of the legal procedure, now when you give clues for a case the police will not register you as Police or investigator, they just take the information you give them and use it, every time I helped Jackpot and Strikes they took credit for being the officers in charge of the case, that's why in the newspapers it says "Police reopen and solve 40-year-old unsolved case" and not "A 13-year-old citizen with the appearance of a monster solves several unsolved cases, gives the information to the police and the officers take credit only because they are in charge of the case, although they did not do more than fill in documents, corroborate information and send some rookie policecolt to arrest the culprit", remember that people considered me a phenomenon, the police had too much "honor" to accept that a "monster" with only 13 years old, was able to solve the cases that they, the officers with 20 years or more of experience, could not solve, so Mark and Strikes took credit for those cases, I still didn't care, I just did it for entertainment" Supernova said in a calm, humble and perhaps a little innocent way, but there was something sad in her eyes, it was almost imperceptible, no one noticed the sad glint in her eyes.

"But the history books have records of their investigations, they are two of the most famous and intelligent detectives in history, they solved more than 200 cases" Twilight said incredulously.

Supernova chuckled a few times, took a deep breath and looked at Twilight "Great detectives? Those two fools? HA HA HA! The only case they solved alone was the theft of three lollipops by a 6-year-old foal" the girls except Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked at her in amazement "What? Celestia warned you that this conversation would change history as you know it"

Twilight's jaw dropped, then used her hooves to close her jaw and utter a few words "I-I-I... I wasn't expecting this"

"No one ever expects history books to change" Said Supernova shrugging giving Twilight an understanding smile "I know you are wondering, even though I left Celestia and Luna's parents' house at 12 when I finished school and graduated, Celestia, Luna and I kept going to college together- "

Pinkie interrupted her "Hey! You didn't tell us how they got their cutie marks!"

"Is that important to the story?" Supernova asked raising an eyebrow.

Pinkie's eyes widened so much that they looked like two huge plates. "Of course it's important! It's the most super-duper-mega special and fantastic moment in any pony's life!"

"Right, I had forgotten that other ponies care so much about these things, I better let them tell the story" Supernova said calmly.

"Okay" Celestia said "I got mine one stormy afternoon, a mare knocked on the door, apparently she was a traveler and had run out of home, she was soaked from head to hoof and shivering with cold, I invited her to come in, I gave her clean clothes, some towels, and some hot tea, it was at that moment, when we were both at the door, I with a smile on my face happy to help, she drying herself still trembling, she took the first sip tea and she looked at me with that smile and that look. . ."  Celestia smiled “She looked so grateful, at that moment I realized that I wanted to bring warmth and happiness to the ponies' lives. I didn't realize at the time how literal the "bring warmth" part would eventually be. I thought she was going to be an innkeeper or something!"

"Our parents also claimed it was for her sunny disposition. At the time, Supernova and I thought it was for her fiery temper. Thank goodness she grew out of that" Luna said a little mockingly.

"Yeah" Supernova said happily "This girl had the temperament of a mule and a stone raised to the tenth power, although I can't blame her at all, she always tried to defend Luna and me, and if we considered how things were at that time, it was better to be a mare that knew how to defend herself against a submissive mare"

"But that does not mean that many times she went out of line" Luna said, inclining her head in approval.

"Of course, sometimes Celestia would fight over pointless things, do you remember the time she tackled a  young stallion to the ground for not letting her play with them, even though they had already told her she was too young to play?" Supernova said with some giggles.

"I do remember, do you remember when she accidentally beat up some colts thinking they were going to rob us? Although I must admit that they did look like thieves" Luna said sincerely. 

"And let's not forget the little Caramel Comet," Supernova said. 

Celestia was completely flushed and was sweating nervously "Come on girls, not in front of them" she tilted her head to point out to the others "you are embarrassing me, besides the incident with Comet was not so bad"

"Was not so bad?!!, Sister, you broke his leg! Just for accidentally pushing Supernova into the river!" Luna said indignantly and with a scolding tone using her Royal Canterlot Voice.

"He asked for it!" Celestia replied defensively also using her Royal Canterlot Voice.

"You two calm down!" Supernova shouted shutting them both up with her magic "sorry for that dears" she said to the girls "now Luna, how about you tell them the story of how you got your cutie mark?" Luna nodded "very well" Supernova removed the spell, leaving both of them free.

“Okay Nova, I received mine when an adult dragon settled on a mountain near the village, this would not have been a problem since its presence as such did not affect us in any way, but only the first night we realized that it would be a problem, it kept a large flame burning all night, there was so much light that it seemed to be day, we had to do something immediately, several members of the village guard went to try to establish a dialogue with the dragon, it turned out to be that he was not doing it out of evil, he was simply afraid of the beautiful night, many tried to help him face his fears, but nothing worked, in the end they were all so desperate and tired that they agreed to send me to try, I simply. . . talked" she said with a shrug "I told him about the beauty and tranquility of the night, the stars, the moon, and finally, I invited him to put out the flame and see the stars together, sing a little lullaby, he smiled at me and just fell asleep, my flanks began to glow and this little moon appeared. Everyone thought it meant that I would be part of the village guard and protect the village at night. I suppose I still am a guardian and ease the fears brought on at night." Luna said.

"Thanks Lulu, now can we continue with the story?" Supernova asked Pinkie, she nodded happily “perfect, over the years we graduated from university, there is not much to highlight about that, although Luna managed to graduate with honors, Celestia graduated in Political Science and Law, Luna graduated in Astronomy , but she also studied physics, geology, military strategy and we learned metallurgy, strategy, organization and fighting techniques from her father, basically he taught us everything a soldier should know, I on my side studied gastronomy, pastry, medicine, law, but above all, chemistry and mechanics. Although technically, academically and legally I graduated they did not let me attend the graduation ceremony and they never sent me the diploma, it was still just a piece of paper, curiously I was not the only one to whom it happened, the same thing happened to two stallions and a griffon, I'm not sure why, I mean, it is obvious that the griffon and me were not given it because we were of another species and many teachers considered us "uncivilized beasts" and "unworthy beings to receive the knowledge of the ponies" but as for the other two stallions I still wonder why they did not give them their diplomas, they were a little out of the ordinary in their way of thinking compared to the others but nothing bad enough so they were banned from going to graduation"

"Did we never tell you?" Asked Celestia, Supernova looked at her slightly tilting her head with curiosity "they did not deliver the diploma in person and they did not attend the graduation because the two had a secret relationship with one of the teachers, the teacher was married" 

"seriously?" Supernova asked her, arching her eyebrow in curiosity and confusion. "Weren't those the Dare brothers?"

Celestia looked at her confused "that's why I tell you, those who did not receive the diploma were the Dare brothers"

"Really? Huh, I'll probably erased it. After we graduated we got a job, I on my side kept solving mysteries" Supernova said a little disinterested.

Rarity looked at the three of them a little incredulous "but, if you were earth ponies and you all had a, no offense, "normal life", how did you two become alicorns?"

"Our ascension began when we young adults, I was 20, Supernova and Luna were 16.  I was the new mayor of our little village and Luna was the head of our  small militia guard, in addition to our normal jobs. We were called to Canterlot for a summit…"