To all the ponies who may have read my thoughts during all these journeys of parenthood, there are things most of us could describe the difference between magic, and sorcery...
Sorcery is forgotten magic that was created a few years since I was born, I remember there were some rules about creating sorcery...
First Rule: All the sorcery must have incantations, created by an ancient language which translates in a resourceful concentration to manipulate the magic around you.
Second Rule: Runes MUST be used in the creation of sorcery. While some ponies thought the creation of runes was a bit old and inadequate. All the useless fools would try something stupid as using sorcery without runes.
Third Rule: You must have the amount of magic inside of you to be enough to change the rules of the magic around you. That may not make sense to you. But sorcery is what different magical ponies to Sorcerers.
Now having in mind that... I just have one question...
"WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?" I screamed aloud when I saw what would be the strangest military station room ever made. It was a dark room with many pegasus foals with dippers running around, at a crazy speed.
"Everypony listen up. ATTENTION!" I raised my eyebrows while I could see many pegasus foals lining up in front of a pink fur and lilac mane pegasus foal who was wearing a pink helmet with hearts covering it. The foals after looking at the pegasus of helmet saluted in front of him.
I looked at my parents who were at the corner, holding my daughters who seemed giggling from such reaction. I decided to be near them and observe more of what's going on.
"Soldiers, you will face a dangerous fight, which some will not come back..." The frown over the little pegasus showed he seemed to talk a serious subject, while I could observe some little pegasus who was looking at themselves trying to understand which fight would be. Until the pink pegasus screamed in a serious tone. "THE BATTLE OF LOVE"
"Today is the day, today is Hearts and Hooves day. Our commanders gave us a serious task to do, you will deliver the love over ALL EQUESTRIA. Because the world without love it's a world of hate. AND WE HATE THE HATE. AND WE LOVE THE LOVE." The commanding and powerful speech made a serious surprise in my face, while I saw all the little foals cheering and excited with their bows and arrows. Marching like soldiers.
I raised my eyebrows while I looked at my parents.
"You made an army focused on this day?" I couldn't say what I should feel... I think commander Hurricane would cry tears of joy from such a view, while I'm totally confused about what happened.
My mother smiled happily while she shrugged.
"Everything is fair when it comes about love and war... Why not fuse both?" From such a question, my hoof meets my face, while I could see my father chuckling.
"Well honey, it seems you already broke our son, let me talk to him while you enjoy your time showing the girls our new project of Hearts and Hooves Day."
"Alright, dear. Now, who wants some candy?" At the moment she asked that I heard my three fillies scream excitedly from such spoil she will give to her. While I felt my hoof being pulled by magic from my father.
"Starswirll... Let's walk a bit..." He smiled while he decided to float being a spirit, while I saw many foals running like crazy, and flying through the holes over the ceiling, making me wonder how much changed since last year.
While I walked behind my father. I could see he was using his magic to bring something familiar to me... He took a frame with a painting...
"Happy Heart's and Hooves day son." He then passed that frame to me... After taking a look my eyes went wide open... It was a painting of me as my teens while something which made me look even more... A female alicorn who was using her wings to mess with my hat and mane, while I gave a laugh which I don't remember laughing that way ever again...
I never asked somepony to make that painting, but it seems obvious who did it...
"Thank you, dad..." I decided to use my shrink speel and hide this painting inside of my hat.
"I will not ask you to let her go... Because you are stubborn as your mother, but she is divinity and she disappeared eons ago after her children are born she never showed again... And you are just a mortal son... and I know what you are trying to do... but if you want to do something like that, please... have something more serious as a reason than use that for try to find someone who disappeared..." The words of my father came harder than any cut of dagger who crossed over my body, but I remained in silence, not showing any feel inside of me. "You need to set up a mother model for them... Because while many ponies don't know or are afraid to know why they are here... They were giving a second choice... the same way you have to... I'm not asking you to let her go... but to try to love others' options..."
I remained in silence, I'm Star Swirl... I wanted to scream and shout to him how foolish he has been acting, and who makes me feel like I'm trapped in such silly things as romance and love... But I couldn't... by 2 facts... he is my father, he knows many secrets I have been keeping even from myself... and two... I was afraid to say hypocrisy...
I decided to give the wisest choice... silence...
I walked away from my father, leaving him trying to reach me, but I felt he gave up quickly...
I passed by the military commander who was talking to my mother, while I could see an image of 3 fillies covered with chocolate...
"Okay, I know it isn't Father's day, but I think you 3 are too sweet for this kind of holiday." I used my magic to grab my little daughters, who seemed to giggle from such talk.
"Hahahaha... Daddy is talking silly." Sonata giggled, while she was liking her tail, while Aria and Adagio giggled at her silly comment and way to eat chocolate.
"Oh yeah? Well, let's see if I'm silly after make you take bath..." I said in a serious tone, which made Sonata gasp and looks at me in fear... "After you go back home."
Then Sonata sighed in relief, making her sisters giggled from her fear.
"It's not funny..." I couldn't help but chuckle from such a cute pitch voice... It's really funny at all...
"Starty, let me show you somepony." I saw the spirit of my mother, leading the little foal nearby my side. "Do you remember the little foal Mi Amore Corazon?"
I looked down at the little pink fur and lilac foal who gave the speech to all the little pegasus over the base, he was indeed familiar to me... Wait...
"Wait, you are the rookie my father and mother hired you after you 20 years ago... The foal who starved to death..." I remember the case, usually, this pegasus was the foals who couldn't live after borning, so my parents decided to take care of the pegasus since the dark era... And this little foal was indeed peculiar. He was the one who Clover the Clever Summoned with Chancellor pudding and Commander Hurricane to defeat the Windigos with the flames of friendship.
"It seems you got older Star Swirl the Bearded. But your memory still surprises me..." He showed his hoof, which I gladly hoofpoomped.
"What happened to you Corazon? I thought you disappeared in the fight against windigos a few decades..." I was surprised, Clover the clever always told me about how a little pegasus made of flames of friendship burned down the whole ice over the hearts of the windigos...
"Oh, that? Well, I gotta say, I got vacation days after that fight, ponies thought I was an urban legend, while that may be true, because of the flame of friendship? Come on, I'm always busted with love. Not just friendship."
I have to say, while many things look weirder, I don't know if was because I live with 3 siren daughters... Or it's just Sunday, but I think I got used to everything weird in my life...
Just keep nodding and smiling...