//------------------------------// // Shining Beacon-Chapter 12 // Story: The Light of the Past // by MisterShiningSword //------------------------------// Faust then followed the group before remembering the time when she protected the sisters and the first time they saw her, but they didn't know that she was their mother. She still remembered that day like her birth, how she saved them against the tatzlworm. Faust was flying through the outer borders of Equestria in Twilight's day. It was a large wasteland with many caverns, cliffs, canyons and ravines. She was getting some air after the unification of the three tribes which still surprised her. She had given the leaders their blessing a few weeks after that fiasco. Then.... she saw fillies. One with a pearly white coat and pink mane. The other had a phthalo blue coat and a light azure blue. They were both alicorns... "They looked familiar" She thought. She then heard the blue foal speaking, "I told you not to flee into the wastelands but you just had to do it." The pink-maned pony then countered, "Oh, excuse me, you begged me to let you come on our little escapade because you were bored." "Wait 'til the matron catches us, Celest, before you know it we'll be doing whipped a hundred times more." Luna whispered to herself before shuddering at that thought. Suddenly, the tatzlworm emerged from its hole, clearly disturbed from all the noise they made. It then attacked the two alicorn sisters, spitting its snot. The two alicorns tried attacking the worm with magical blasts and shields, which they learned at the orphanage, but it's no use. It then ensnares them, but before it could eat them, Faust readied herself and blast a powerful magical blast which defeated the worm. Celestia and Luna were both astonished and scared. Luna then broke the silence, "Umm.... Who are you?" Faust quickly replied, "My name is Faust, little ponies." The sisters quickly bowed down, "We're sorry for disrespecting you, O holy Fausticorn." "Please, you don't need to bow down before me," Faust replied just as quickly, "Just call me 'Faust', I don't like being so formal." She quickly saw that they were alicorns, "I don't mean to intrude but you look like..." Luna then interrupted the benevolent god, "...gods, yes, but they usually call us 'alicorns'" Celestia immediately interjected, "Luna, please don't disrespect the most holy of goddesses." "It's okay, deep down I just a ordinary writer and historian... and also a goddess." She mellowed out before returning to reality, "Now, why are you so far from home?" "It's Celestia's idea, we were planning to run away, the matron was..." Luna then stuttered before continuing, "not a kind pony." "She rambles on about using our power to rid the earth of pegasi or something like that... and abuses us daily." Celestia then said. She then thought about that before giving them their response, "Have you thought about returning to the orphanage, I bet you something might happen there that could change your life." Thee sisters were hesitant, if they knew Ms. Polomare, she would whip them a hundred times. 'But why argue with a god' they thought, so they said, "Yeah, maybe we should, my idea was just dumb, we won't survive the night." "I can agree, you were always so bad at improvising." Luna said, which infuriated Celestia, but didn't say anything. As they trotted back, Faust then cast a spell on a nearby puddle, seeing a gray stallion with a bushy beard, a mare with green and scarlet mane and a pony who wore a cloak and gray mane going to a certain orphanage. "Be safe, my children." she both thought and prayed to herself. As Faust was nearing the city, the others were coming to the castle. The city was high with modern architecture and TV screens everywhere. Rarity was fascinated by the architecture and fashion, "Oh look at this city, it's so fabulous!" Rainbow smirked at Rarity, "Classic Rarity." Rainbow then turned her hair into Rarity's and said in a Manehattan accent, "Oh darling, it is so fabulous!" Rarity then responded, "Not funny, darling." As they walked to the throne room, the guards bowed down to the two pegasus sisters. Smolder then asked, "You're princesses?" "Of course we are." Pipp responded. When they entered the throne room, Queen Haven arose. She has pale pink coat, periwinkle mane with lilac stripes, and icy blue eyes. She also wore a purple vest a crown with a replica of the Pegasus crystal in the middle. "Zipp! Pipp! It's so good you're back, speaking of which, did you bring Izzy's popsicles?" Queen Haven asked. "It's so good, let's catch up on what happened." Pipp stated. As they caught up, Sprout went outside to get fresh air. But as he gone outside, Sunset and Starlight saw him and followed the red pony. They soon met up with him and Sunset said, "What are you doing here?" Sprout then responded. "Uh... Nothing?" "You're lying." Sunset and Starlight said. "How... how?" "Hanging out with the most honest pony there is can do that to you." "What seems to be the problem?" "You won't understand. You're not former villains like me." "Not true..." "What do you mean?" "Was Celestia's apprentice and was so obsessed with power that I fled to a human dimension and tried turning the students into mind-controlled zombies in order to conquer Equestria." "Became evil when my friend, Sunburst left, and made a town with equal cutie mark signs, then Twilight and her friends stopped me so I got revenge by changing the past, but Twilight helped me to see another way." "Tried to convince the earth ponies to make me a dictator, and almost killed Sunny and her friends." Sprout then sighed before asking, "What can I do to make others trust me, every time I tried, they just resist." Sunset answered, "Earn their trust, try getting others to believe you changed." "It isn't easy, but it is possible." Starlight then said, "Try talking to your friends, they can help you on your journey." Sprout immediately said, "Thanks." As they walked back, ponies criticized the former villains, which worried them but they hurried back, meanwhile Cozy Glow spied on them, smiling maliciously.