//------------------------------// // Picking up the Past // Story: The Legend of Starlight // by twow443 //------------------------------// Chapter 5- Picking up the Past I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I was in Twilight's bed for some reason. I sat up and held my head in my hands, groaning. “That-that was pretty rough.” I said. I shivered, remembering the strange spell that had dropped me to my knees and had stopped my from using any more of the cutie marks. If Rainbow and the others hadn't come with the Elements of Harmony, I would probably be in Nightmare's clutches. “Right, I should probably go thank them.” I quickly got up and walked downstairs. I made my way to the living room, slowly, my wings were still sore. When I got there I saw all of my friends sitting by those two alicorns that I saw before I fell asleep. Rainbow was the first one to see me. “Starlight!” she cried, flying over and hugging me. She then looked back. “Oops. Sorry, your majesty’s!” I spaced for a minute then realized that I was looking at Princess Celestia and Princess Luna! As Rainbow flew back to her seat, I knelt down in front of the two princesses. I felt a hoof on my shoulder as Princess Celestia said. “It's okay, young human. You may rise.” I sat between Pinkie and Rainbow and Pinkie hugged me. “Wow, that was so cool when you were fighting Nightmare! And then she was all like 'RAWR' and you just stood that and she was all like...” “Pinkie!” Twilight said, obviously nervous in front of royalty. “You need to relax! Starlight's probably really tired.” “Nah,” I said. “I'll be all right.” I looked at the Princesses. “So um, what's this about?” The two alicorns exchanged a look, then Celestia said. “I will explain everything that my sister and I know of you. I nodded and kept silent. “Now,” she said. “You have seen Nightmare Moon? My student Twilight told me that she and her friends helped you against her.” “Yeah,” I said. “She's the reason that I got here. She tried to kill me at school, killed my family and then she tricked me into following her into a portal. I fought her off in the portal, but that's when I crashed into Twilight's house.” The princess nodded, like none of this was a surprise. “And may I see your hands?” she asked. I showed her my right hand which was normal, and my left hand which had the cutie marks of the 6 ponies that weren't princesses in the room. “Whenever you focus on a mark and say that pony's name, you gain special magic, don't you?” “Yes!” I gasped. “But how...?” She held up a hoof and silenced me. “One more thing, Starlight. Let me see your sword.” I summoned Stormtide and held it flat across my hands. She lifted it up with magic and showed her sister. As I resummoned it, Luna whispered to her sister, “Do you think he is...?” Celestia shook her head and said, “One more.” She then looked back at me and said, “How are you feeling, Stary?” I frowned and said without a thought, “Don't call me that Celly! I hate it when you and Lu-lu call me that!” Suddenly I realized what I had said and looked down. “Sorry, I don't know what came over me.” The princesses smiled, ran over and gave me a BIG hug. “Brother! We finally found you!” All the ponies(and Spike, he was there) gasped. “What?!” I said, shocked. “I-I can't be your brother! I'm a human!” The princesses let me go and Luna lightly tapped my wing and my horn. “Do you think a normal human would have the traits of a alicorn? You were never a human, Starlight.” “But....how?” I was at a loss for words as Celestia motioned for everyone to sit down. “Starlight,” she said. “When you were born, we all knew you would be special. You would always accidentally shoot thing with your magic and fly around, unable to stop.” She chuckled at the thought. “When you were old enough, you would always be in Ponyville, playing with the others little ponies.” I thought for a second. “Wait, the marks on my hand. That means I.....” “Yes, you knew these ponies when they were fillies.” She said. Applejack raised a hoof. “Beg ya pardon, but how come no one remembered any of this?” Celestia sighed, “It's because of what Nightmare did to us. On Starlight's 5th birthday, Nightmare possessed Luna. She knew that Starlight had the Cutie Stamp.” “Cutie Stamp.” Twilight said. “I've never read about that.” “There's a reason for that, my young student.” Celestia said. “It is a very old and rare magic ability. If a pony that has this bonds, or becomes very close friends with another pony that has a cutie mare, it is copied over and the pony will have it in addition to what their main cutie mark is. In Starlight's case, he bonded with the 6 of you.” We were all quiet for a minute, thinking about that. Celestia continued, “She came to Canterlot and tried to kidnap Starlight. I used an ancient teleport spell on him that would take him out of Equestria. I also placed a charm on him that would ensure that he would return to us. The charm disguised him, turning him into a human and hiding his wings and horn. But as I tried to send him, Nightmare fired a curse at him. The charm on him protected him, but it locked his body as a human. I sent him to Earth and fought off Nightmare. I also cast a temporary memory erasing spell over anypony that was there. And so, here we are.” I digested all of the information I was given, then I walked over to her. Kissing her on the forehead I said, “Thank you.” All the ponies in the room gave me a big hug. When we untangled ourselves, Celestia said, “Starlight, you need to have your coronation soon. I think in about 5 days we can be ready. “Yeah,” I said. “That should work fine.” “Twilight.” my sister said. “Tell all the ponies you can about Starlight's crowning.” “Yes, your highness.” Twilight said. Celestia and Luna stood up. “We will see you in 5 days.” They left Twilight's house. Pinkie was jumping around the room. “YAY!!!!! This is gonna be so much FUN! I gotta go tell EVERYPONY!” With that, she dashed out of the house. Shaking my head, I went upstairs to pick some clothes.