//------------------------------// // 25 // Story: Supernova // by Incredible_E //------------------------------// "We should keep reading to learn how to deal with this best. Oh I know, a book on solar history! Maybe it has something about solar anomalies that could help" Starlight scanned the library, and thanks yet again to Twilight's organization, she found the desired book quickly and opened it immediately, "The Solar Codex, this could be helpful." She flipped through the codex, quickly scanning each page. Something soon caught her eye, a picture of a glowing red sun. She translated it from Old Ponish. Six-hundred-thirteen years after the Celestian epoch, the solar celestial body in the heavens revolted against us. The sun grew mad at Celestia's unending control over it, turning red and advancing in size. For weeks, the days gradually grew hotter, roasting all creatures below. On its thirty-third day of the assault, it had prematurely ended winter, melting ice and snow. On its forty-sixth day of expansion, it had grown brighter, redder, and entirely replaced the middle of winter with the peak of summer. It was not until the fifty-fifth day that the sun's anger was abated, retreating back into its original form. Winter was allowed to resume after it returned to a smaller, calm, yellow orb in the sky, obeying Celestia ever since. Twilight nodded, "This confirms it. An amulet was made 500 years ago to combat this same problem. Also that this time, it is much faster at expanding. Reaching what it did last time in a few weeks, in just hours now." "That didn't really help as much as I thought it would," said a disappointed Starlight. "The unabridged amulet book already told us a lot of this. Should we make the amulet, or do you think there is more to discover?" ". . ."