//------------------------------// // Rituals // Story: LoZ: A new world // by remsaman //------------------------------// It was an average day at Ponyville, the birds were singing, the pegasi were clearing clouds, Pinkie Pie was delivering a fresh batch of muffins to Derpy Hooves' house, and Twilight Sparkle was re-arranging the library's bookshelves. Again. Yes, it was just a normal day for the residents of Ponyville. "Hey spike, could you find me the copy of 'Equestrian Lore: Volume 2'?" Twilight sifted through the books, shelving each one in their correct locations. Spike's hand burst from one of the piles of books on the floor "Got it!" Spike triumphantly replied "Thanks, Number one assistant." Spike grinned. " A few minutes later, after shelving every book, Twilight sat down, and had a cup of nice hot tea. "ahh... Nothing beats re-shelving, right spike?" "i can name a few things..." He groaned. Twilight scowled at him. Spike lazily walked back to his bed, to lie down. Thump "OW!" he yelled "My ankle!" He kicked a small, blue book away from him. Twilight rushed in. "Are you alright spike? I heard a-" Twilights attention turned to the book that lay in front of her "Ooh I haven't seen this book before!" She picked the book up with her magic, floating it in front of her, shifting through the pages. "Oh right, care more about a book then me... Geeze Twilight..." He rolled his eyes and started crawling his way to his bed. Twilight continued to flip through the book, her eyes widening with each page turned. She closed the book and placed it on her lectern. Before rushing to wake spike up from his nap. "SPIKE! SPIKE!" "urrrgggghh, what is it now, Twilight..?" "Look for yourself!" Twilight dragged spike over to the lectern, leaving claw marks in the wooden floor. "Fiiiinnnneee.. What is it you wanted to show me?" Twilight opened the book to a page, littered with text and some diagrams. The page was bordered in gold, the only decorative page in the book. "Uhh.. Twilight.. I cant read this writing... It's written in some foreign language or something" Spike looked at twilight, a confused look on his face. "Neither can I, but look at the diagram! it looks interesting doesn't it?" Twilight bounced up and down on the spot. "Its just three triangles inside a circle, I don't know what's so interesting about it." Twilight got an ink-less quill out and pointed inside the three triangles, one after another. "Look here, it tells us what we need to cast the spell!" Inside the top triangle, was a drawing of a flaming ruby, the left had a sapphire, in what looks like a lake, the right triangle had an emerald, surrounded by creeping vines. each emanating a matching light from the middle. In the centre, was a small picture of 3 gold bars, stacked on each-other, much like the triangles. Spike stared at the book for a few seconds, before turning towards twilight "You aren't going to do what I think you are going to do, are you?" He had a pleading look in his eyes "OF COURSE!" It took a while for Twilight to beg Rarity for the appropriate gems, considering she apparently had a large order to fill. But she did give her what Twilight needed, considering how outgoing Twilight was about magic, she must really need them. Once Twilight returned to the library, she opened a box of chalk, and drew the diagram onto the floor. "Uhh, Twilight?" Spike interrupted "Wont that damage the floor?" "I hope not. But you never know, right?" Twilight cheerily replied. After finishing it up, she placed each of the gems in their respective positions. "Aren't you missing something?" Spike wandered around the circle. examining each triangle. "OH of course! I forgot about the gold in the middle!" Twilight rummaged around her things, but could not find anything made of gold. She remembered the page in the book, being bordered in gold and having some golden decorations on it. She ripped it out, much to Spikes surprise "Woah, Twilight! I never thought id see the day where you didn't treat a book properly!" Spike smirked as he spoke in a mocking tone. Twilight just replied with a glare, then placed the page in the center of the triangle Once the page was placed, Twilight Gave the page a small jolt with her magic. The reaction was instant. The paper on the page burnt up, as the page rose into the air. and began to glow dimly. Each of the three gems started shimmering, and before long, a water jet lifted he sapphire into the air, vines grew and lifted the emerald off of its resting place, and lastly, a pillar of fire burst forth from the floor and lifted the ruby into the air. The room shone with bright greens, deep blues, and fiery reds. The three triangles drawn into the floor began filling with a golden color, as the gold from the book page was almost blinding. The fire, water, and vines retreated into the floor, but the three gems retained their positions, starting to spin faster and faster. Suddenly, each of the gems slammed into the glowing ball of light that was the gold, producing a noise that sounded similar to that sound you make when you tap a glass of wine with a metal spoon, but much louder. The light suddenly dimmed down, letting Twilight get a good look at what happened. The gold was gone, and each of the gems spun outwards to their starting triangles. The three triangles on the floor remained a golden color. Twilight looked at the gems, each had gold laden around it. The emerald had been rounded, with the gold curling around the outside, with a small curl coming off the bottom. The ruby had shrunk, with the gold forming a large "V" around it, with the ruby in the middle. And finally, The sapphire had been split into 3, with the gold forming a decorative structure, that had an appearance similar to that of a snowflake. The trio of golden triangles began to glow brighter and brighter, then, without warning, the three gems fell to the floor, and were absorbed, as if the floor was made from water, complete with a rippling effect. The triangles began spinning, faster and faster, until there was nothing but a golden-white shimmering hole in the floor. But before Twilight could get closer to inspect it, the library began rumbling, and a low pitched laughter could be heard coming from the 'portal' in the floor. A blinding light came from the portal, making Twilight shield her eyes and stagger backwards. The laughter got louder and louder, before a new voice shouted out "I'M FREE! AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!" Twilight opened her eyes a crack, and saw a tall creature, wearing dark clothing, he walked similar to spike, but had no tail, or claws. He looked at Twilight, gave a menacing grin, and held his hand up to the wall. Darkness formed in his claw-like appendage, before it rushed towards the wall, blowing a sizable hole, big enough for the creature to escape. Once the creature was gone, the light stopped, and everything returned to normal. Except there was a large hole in the side of the library. The door to the Library slammed open, there stood Rainbow Dash, and Rarity, the only two of Twilight's friends in town at the time. "Are you okay Twilight?" Rainbow asked "I was.. Uhh... Clearing clouds... Yeah that's it... And i saw some bright lights come from the library, and then there was an explosion, and this... Thing... Flew towards the Ever-free Forest!" Twilight rubbed her eyes "Y-Yeah.. I'm fine... Oh Celestia! My library!" Rainbow looked around the room "What are you doing here? some kind of freaky magic?" "Well i guess you could say that..." Twilight gave an nervous smile Rarity burst in from across the room "Oh Twilight, my dear! What you have done with these gems is simply marvelous! I have no regrets about giving them to you!" "Thanks... I think... but you can take them back if you want to... I don't really have a use for them" "No no no, I gave them to you, they are yours to keep." "If you say so..." Twilight pulled out a broom and started sweeping up the chalk. Rainbow had a confused look on her face "Twilight, what about that thing that flew away from the library? Don't you want to try and catch it?" "Maybe another time, Rainbow, I have to fix up the library, and whatever it was, it's long gone by now." Rainbow dash rolled her eyes. Today was going to be a strange day. But for who?