The Alicorn Book

by Nova Star Sparkle

Alicorns - Age

Twilight worked her hoof around in circles for several more seconds, lost deep in thought, before returning to reality with her mind.

"What I don't quite understand, however, is the point about age. Weren't you two the first two alicorns that existed? And well, since Equestria was founded more than 15,500 years ago and you were the only regents so far. That must mean that our species must be at least 15,500 years old.

Nodding her head, Celestia now joined in the conversation of the other two alicorn mare's. As she raised her voice, she also created a holographic, three dimensional time-line and landscape to underline her talking and explaining.

"Perfect Twilight. I couldn't have said it better myself. Our powers protect and strengthen us and others, as you had already figured out. Which means that we have more power to protect and strengthen us - a simple but very effective eternal cycle - yet an ability that ensures that we don't necessarily have to obey the normal laws. And are able to live out our own ways. And to put a number on it, Equestria was founded 15,612 years ago. But we were already 143 and 147 years old when we accepted our role as princesses. But that's just our physical age, not our true-"

"And I even have it on very good authority that in the distant future that will help us in some way. As well as that we alicorns will be able to realize the task of guiding and protecting everything and everyone we want to," Luna interjected into her sister's conversation with Twilight. She then gave Celestia an apologetic look for interrupting her like that and laid her ears back.

"Ehhh sorry!"

Somewhat surprised, Twilight now turned to Luna, "Why are you so sure, Luna?"

Turning her head fully toward the younger alicorn, Luna replied.

"As I'm sure my sister was about to tell you before I interrupted her. Was the fact that while we were the first alicorns and have the highest age of just under 15,800 years. This is by far not the realistic age of the alicorns. As that lays by far much higher. Actually none of us know or could know the exact number."

Lifting her hoof to slow down Twilight, who had already opened her muzzle to say something in reply, Luna continued to tell the story unrelatedly.

"Before you ask what I mean by this, I and my sister would be very happy to tell you. You should have noticed that I talked about two very special aspects before. And we've only dealt with one of them so far, so let's get straight to the point."

While Luna was also creating a little hologram, she also used her magic to conjure up one of the special books from the restricted area of the Canterlot library. And then promptly placed it between the three Alicorns on another of the pillows.

The book was relatively thin for a reading, maybe fity pages. So one could argue, if it even counted as a 'book'. It nonetheless possessed an impressive level of detais based on the cover alone. The cover of said book was made out of some sort of...well, ribbed fabric textile and was held in a dark blue to white transition from left to right. It also had several gracefully curved golden embellishments along the edge and spine. But on first glance, they looked like random symbols, not anything related to the book content. In the center of said cover was a black silhouette of a majestic alicorn in a rearing pose with an illuminated horn. Around which circled several lines of magical energies.

Seeing the curiosity in Twilight's eyes, both other princesses smiled. They obviously had expected something like that, as the book kind of was impressive to look at. Even if someone didn't have any clue what could be written in it.

"Don't be so hasty dearest. We'll get to the book later. Let me first explain fully before you can jump into reading it unhindered," Luna held the youngest of the three alicorns in check with words."

Blushing considerably, with twitching wingtips and still looking longingly in the direction of the book, not half a meter away from her, Twilight sat down again neatly. Folded the lavender wings to her sides and sat the front hooves beside each other, as she waited for the explanation promised to her.

Acknowledging the decorum briefly, Luna began to talk. "Now then, the second distinctive feature of an alicorn is its further title as a primordial being. And just as the title implies, we are even older than the universe itself. We really have no limits to our jurisdiction and are often called elder goddesses, or for the really formal guys primordial elder goddesses".

Twilight made a brief attempt to interrupt the older alicorn opposite her. But decided against it and silently closed her muzzle again.

"Hmmmm. It's probably for the best if I demonstrate it on yourself as an example," Luna suggested. "Up until now, you've probably assumed that Celestia was responsible for you gaining your status as an alicorn, am I right?" Luna enquiried with a slight tilt of her head towards Twilight.

Fluffing her wings slightly, Twilight returned her answer to the blue princess. "Eh well yes, until a few hours ago at least. But since we've been talking about all this, I've had slight doubts about whether that's the right theory or not. Especially as Celestia had mentioned something like that before - prior to my 'little' outburst. And well, now that you ask me exactly that, I assume that this is not the case entirely. Isn't that right, Celestia?" Twilight replied, turning to the oldest alicorn.

Nodding slightly in agreement, Celestia answered the question posed to her in the affirmative, whereupon the young, lavender-colored alicorn turned back to her former interlocutor. Ready to listen further to her telling.

"Exactly! As my sister has already confirmed to you. Neither she nor any of the rest of us were involved in your ascension. That honor belongs solely to you and no one else. For even if you were unaware of it until now, an alicorn cannot be created. For it is simply not possible to create a being stronger than yourself, as alicorn magic is already the extreme of power. Either a pony has always been an alicorn or it can never be an alicorn.

Sitting up and spreading her wings to the extreme, until they trembled with tension, Luna continued. Grinning gleefully.

"And as you can plainly see, we exist, therefore confirming the first case undoubtedly."

Also smiling, Twilight and Celestia followed Luna's demonstration and spread their wings as well. The room darkening noticeably, as alicorn wings weren't exactly considered small. Each wing coming to a full length of a little more than the hight of the pony they belonged to. And even, despite the fact that Twilight was far from full-grown. Even she already had a wingspan of almost 12.5 feet. The wings also were covered with almost twice as many feathers as the counterpart of a Pegasus. By which light was almost entirely prevented from penetrating the feathering. Only the natural glow of the individual appendages, brithening the surroundings within the embrace of the three alicorns by some degree. Creating a pleasingly beautiful swirling of modest colors.

Whereupon the gesture completed, all three alicorns, after briefly trying to resist the sensation, but failing miserably, bursted out laughing once again and pulled each other closer with their respective wings. The laughter was so loud that if the silence spell had not been over the room. For sure all the guards of the castle would have run to Celestia's chambers in panic. If the room probably hadn't collapsed beforehand, thanks to concrete rambling laughter, of three more than happy primordial goddesses.

All the princesses, after around one and a half minute of exesive joy, lingered in their wing embrace for several more minutes, saying nothing, but simply enjoying the warmth of the other mares without a care. Giggling here and there once in a while.

But as beautiful as the moment was, the three were far from finished with their round of talks. Therefore, they dismissed each other shortly thereafter, even if they longingly thought about the embrace and folded their wings neatly back against their own sides to continue talking. But not before each poured herself another large cup of hot tea.

"Okay, all kidding aside. As previously stated, no one but yourself was responsible with you becoming an alicorn. It was, if you want to put it that way, your destiny, but just as undeniable as that after one comes two," Luna smiled in friendly manner. "Still, you should know that even though an alicorn's mind is already considerably more advanced and developed since birth than other ponies. It's body is not necessarily yet and it takes years for your physical form to adapt to your mental one. Why this is so, not one of us three can explain, but we know that it is a fact.

Nevertheless, as I can only imagine, you are certainly asking yourself how it is possible for a pony to become an Alicorn. And even more how you did it without knowing it. That to explain however, I leave to my sister."

"Celestia!"

Clearing her throat and taking another quick sip of tea, Celestia began.

"The method by which a pony becomes an alicorn is unknown to anyone but an alicorn at the moment. Partly for the reason that it wouldn't do anyone any good if they knew the true answer. Indeed, there is no explicit spell that could be learned or which is already known for this purpose to achieve. If ponys knew, they could get the thought of trying to find a way to access alicornhood. Even gamble for the knowledge to know, as there obviously has to be a secret, as four Mares had done it before them. But there is and will be no way. They solely would trow away many years of their life, maybe even all of it. If they truly belive there has to be a way.

Nevertheless Luna and I, at that time, decided to name the phenomenon as a spell. As we didn´t know, what else it possibly could describe it better than that. It was magic, used so far unknown formulas to accomplish and overall looked cool", Celestia jokingly added. "Out of that came the divine ascension spell, and before you complain how utterly unimaginative that sounds. We were 13 and 17 when we became Alicorns, there was nothing there but juvenile nonsense, in the head of us both."

"That's also why there's the 14-kilometer-deep Ponyan-Trench in the South Luna Ocean," Luna interjected with a giggle. "Man, that was a spectacle, we definitely need to do that again sometime Tia!"

Rolling her eyes and simply ignoring her sister, Celestia continued. Nope, not doing that again. One time is enough, the few ponys that witnessed that day thought the sky was burning. I'm still somewhat sorry for the fright they must have had for about two minutes. Luckily we were able to assure them, that 'no the doomsday isn't today'.

"The divine ascension spell is a spell that an alicorn intuitively casts on themselves when they are ready to transform and ascend to their true form. There's no secret to this spell, no repeatability, nor any trace that it existed even in the first place. It...well...just happens."

"To accomplish this, we burn up all of our internal magical resources that we had at our disposal for the time being. And lapse into a kind of comatose state due to the short-term over-exertion of our magic afterwards. Well, and theoretically, we also die in the short term due to the aftershock. But that's a marginal point that can be neglected," Celestia waved off with her hoof. Luna just rolled her eyes and even Twilight abdicated the point straight forward. "However, this is necessary so that our spirit can safely enter the Astral Plane for the first time. Each subsequent time afterwards, this will no longer be necessary, so no need to worry," Celestia assured her former student and newest fellow with a friendly nod.

"After the stable connection, upon ascension and receiving wings; horn or both, is made in the Astral Plane. The critical part starts. Our body is overwhelmed by the incoming divine magic all at once. And in the first few hours, that could become problematic to the environment if nothing is done - as you've just recently experienced firsthand what kind of effects we can have on our environment."

"That's also the most important reason, why I came to Ponyville when I sensed the moment was there for you to become an alicorn. Because the only two ways to prevent a newly ascended alicorn from unintentionally causing any space warps, rifts or the like with their magic. Is if another alicorn supports the younger one and either absorbs the outgoing magic itself or, in the even simpler, and also much easier case, channels it back into the Astral Plane."

From this point on, Luna took the floor once again.

"I would have actually also liked to come to congratulate and support you, however I was prevented. As there was a fierce dispute among the nobles and most literal the scraps flew. But nothing a princess of Equestria couldn't settle with ease," Luna said, slightly scowling but still with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "I hope you'll forgive me for this, I really would have loved to have been there."

Shrugging her shoulders, Twilight nodded happily to the dark blue princess.

"No problem, I was way too overwhelmed that day anyway to let something so trivial bother me. After all, we had seen and greeted each other the next day. That was sufficient enough for my opinion. Well and you didn't really miss anything you hadn't already known anyway."

"Still, I would have liked to have been present Twilight - But what's past is past."

Both Mares shortly made a pause in talking, until Luna spoke up anew.

"But - I'm pretty sure, even though it was all very informative so far, you finally would want to know what's in the book. Don't you?", Luna teased with a cheeky smile towards Twilight.

Twilight blushed slightly and scratched the back of her head with her front hoof.

"He, he. Is it really that noticeable?"

"Yes," came the laughing reply from the other two princesses.

Gripping the book in golden magic and handing it to the youngest member, Celestia nodded to Twilight.

"Here you go. Knock yourself out."

"Thank you!" replied Twilight delightedly, practically ripping the book out of Celestia's into her own magic and placing it on a stand of magic in front of her, as she examined the cover curiously.

~ Primordial Being: The Alicorn ~

"L. N. Everfree and C. S. Everfree? I didn't even knew you had written a book."

Shaking her head, Luna answered the lavender alicorn.

"You couldn't have known about it either, remember? This is one of the books that can be found in the restricted area. But yes, most of the books that can be found there have been written by Celestia, Cadance, and me. You will surely write some more and add them to our knowledge and collection. As in those books is everything, we have found out so far about ourselves as Alicorns or the universe in some cases."

"Some of the things in this book also may probably be very unusual to you by now. And you may wonder how we know such things. But I can assure you, when you are fully grown and reach your full strength, you will be able to remember fragments and hopefully even more for your own over time. I am confident, together we will be able to piece together our entire prehistoric history. And maybe. But only maybe we will publish the books one day."

"Sadly so far we can't. We still know too little about ourselves to share it with other ponies," Celestia interposed herself between the conversation of her sister and Twilight. "BUT as always, that doesn't exclude your friends. They as well have as much of a right to know what one of their closest friends and leader is like. What she can do, where she comes from, and what we alicorn's strive for."

Nodding, Twilight gave her silent answer at first, but then spoke nonetheless.

"Yes, this would have been one of my first moves. To enlighten my friends about all what I have learned today and will surely learn in the future. After all, lying is the fastest way to lose a friend - Because Friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt, it's worth fighting for." Clearing her throat as well, Twilight continued. "So? There's unknown information about us and our origins in this book that no one but the three of you knew about until recently? And I'll be able to remember someday when I'm fully grown, too?"

Eagerly nodding and nudging, Luna encouraged her friend Twilight to finally start reading.

Fluffing her Wings in slight annoyance, Twilight looked to Luna. "Yeah, yeah! All right, I'm reading, I´m reading," Twilight laughed in response, opening the book to the first page.

Inside the book, on the first page, was an Index of Contents, from which Twilight could identify that on the first 3 pages, after the Index, of the book were detailed, correct anatomical diagrams of an alicorn. And there was text only on the first 12 pages of the book. The rest were drawings, calculations and other scientific diagrams. That cleared basic facts about their species."

Since Twilight already knew, like actually every pony that didn't fall on its head, what the anatomy of a pony looked like. And as she had further informed herself extensively after her ascent. About her 2 new limbs and everything else that had changed. She turned to the 10th page of the book to start the interesting part of reading.

Quest in Universe:

The species of the alicorns is the oldest primordial life form that exists at all. They were known as the 'Prime Source' of the universe, and also a 'Prime Being', as it is said they were responsible for the big bang - however, the Alicorns were not really further involved in the emergence after they triggered it. The arrangement of the galaxies with their solar systems, planets, moons, etc. (only with exception of their own galaxy) is based on the random principle of the expansion of the universe and not the doing of them.

Furthermore Storys visualize alicorns as the ultimate incarnation of good and purity. As far as the knowledge is updated that neither could be claimed to be true nor false. BUT it has to be noted that the alicorns managed to uphold peace, order and purity throughout their entire existence at every single place they were mentioned. Even places that were documented to be visited millenias ago, still remain in a state free of every imaginable dark influence and often heal and protect entities living and traveling there.

Comming back to the question how they could be responsible for the big bang: Previously to the Big Bang, the entire mass of the universe was compressed to an infinitesimally small and dense point, everything in perfect harmony with each other. Moreover, the Alicorns consisted only of their mental aspects, because a physical body also they could not have at this 'time' yet. (Whereby this is actually wrongly expressed, because time, space and everything else did not exist yet either) - This sadly means how long they have already lived before the big bang, none of them can know, because time-space did not exist.

At some point they had the desire to be more than only thoughts and had decided together the plan to set free all their energy which was available to them. That action was later known, to have released the big bang. They were aware that they could not control the expansion and therefore there would be no more perfect harmony. And besides by the acute emergence of a space-time-continuum, they would find themselves their respective minds at one blow in indeterminate time and space distances to each other. As the big bang also made it possible for time and space to exist in an independent way to each other, creating an separation not even an alicorn could see the outcome. As they never before had the change to consider the consept of time and objects in different times. By known knowledge and own observations, an alicorn is able to think four-dimensional since they accessed their physical body for the first time. And consider and anticipate objects, persons or other types of matter in various times to one another and themself. Giving them by now, the ability to be almost capable to forsee every action that one would exceed. Even considering future and past, enabling them to shape actions in time and therefore making them the only known entity capable of traveling, and safely altering time in it's basic components.

The ability isn't one hundred percent flawless, as that would require them to be truly omnipotent. But the chances of unpredictable consequences is so low, one can call the skill flawless in all regards.

However, they also knew that after the explosion they could collect matter around their mentality with which they could create a body [As it was afterwards confirmed, the alicorns had designed the basic body structure and appearance in arrangement of their fellows, as their minds were already absolute immortal and the created body would adapt to it. (The physical alicorn body developed the abilities over time himself, to grant them the potential they should possess.)]

→ Short Version: In each given moment, their physical body improves (evolves) to perfectly match the mentality of an alicorn and the potential it grants them. That also happens to be a unique ability of alicorns, as nothing else is known to be able to evolve that fast. It only might take them some das to months, to develope a new skill, but it also could be years, decades or centurys. That all also further improves the cognitive abilities, as well as the intelligence of the alicorns, over time. The final endpoint of their increase in abilities and power isn't known - if it even exists in the first place.

In the end however they all fasted the final plan - whichever of them would be the very first to possess their individual body, seen from the beginning of the Big Bang - should create their very own section in the universe, where all alicorns could then gather to carry out their mission to restore the desired balance. Of peace, harmony and balance throughout the entire universe.

--> [Thanks to the unmistakable signature of their alicorn kind it was afterwards an easy task for the other mentalities to locate the place instinctive. In addition, the signature identifies Equus and the galaxy in which he is located as belonging to the alicorns. Therefore, the planet has remained untouched by evil or vile species for the past nearly fourteen millennia. Virtually no one would be foolish enough to attack the loved home of gods. Alicorns are very peaceful and just, but they are also the protectors of all living beings on their planet and the guardians of balace in the cosmos. They do not kill, but would be willing to make the decision and command if there is absolutely no other option.]

→ Further research also revealed that between the Big Bang and the manifestation of the alicorn spirits into a physical body, for them no time at all passend. It's like the big bang happend and they were born immediately afterwards. Even if Twilight, for example, was born 12.8 billion years after the big bang.

Unfortunately, as mentioned alicorns are 'only' almost Omniscient. Therefore they could not foresee that they would not be able to attain their desired body directly and upon materializing into a physical body. As well as that they would temporarily suffer a temporary loss of their memories of everything before. [This effect is known to last until several hours after they have attained their full powers and with an age of at least 25].

→ Furthermore, to the present day they lost most of their Omnipotent/Omnikinetic Prime Source/Being Abilities. But nonetheless can be addressed as the by far most powerful being in the cosmos. Furthermore, as already described above, alicorns are not omniscient, otherwise they would have known what happens after the big bang. Nevertheless, one must pay them the due respect that they are unbelievably clever, cunning and knowledge-rich and therefore always were able to solve or answer every problem/question put to them.

As luck (or faith) would have it, the first two ever known alicorn sisters to appear in physical form - later known as Celestia Solaris Everfree and Luna Noctis Everfree were thrown into the same time and space together. [Yes, as crazy as it sounds, the alicorns are all related, not on a biological basis as far as they know, but on an emotional level to each other they are closer than to anyone else. They consider each other as the closest family and will defend the statement as the same.].

Luna and Celestia created afterwards, as agreed with their kind comrades, in one of the coincidentally formed galaxies (which was satisfactory from the basic structure) the most important objects like suns; moons; Equus and further, in order to be able to build an own world - this selected galaxy is adapted since then again and again at the will and desires of all alicorns together. (Times a meteorite belt here, a moon or planet there, etc.).

→ At last, there's no superior alicorn on Eques/Equis, they all rule equally together. With the Difference that the Title 'Ruler of Equestria', indicates who's most responsible for the well-being of the Kingdom and does technically have the highest significance. In reality however, the chances are almost 1 to infinity, that they would use their significance to overrule their fellows. They will rotate the title now and then between all four. [Furthermore, Ponies are highly social, so most of the Cities pretty much run on their own.]

After Twilight had finished reading the text, she flipped somewhat mindlessly through various diagrams and calculations as she roughly skimmed them. As in reality, she was more sorting out her own thoughts than really paying much attention to what was printed.

All right. That was quite a lot of information at once. And moreover, what for such! An alicorn? A prehistoric being? Prime source of the universe? Lost most of its powers until today, but is still nearly omnipotent?! How bucking strong would be be, vise versa were we, if we had all the power we had 12.8 billion years before? Older than the universe itself? Luna and Celestia created a whole galaxy? And according to the text, Cadance is also actively working to create order. I should ask one of the three, or better all at the same time, how they do it. It sounds too interesting not to want to get involved. Twilight’s joy was mostly located in her head, but it started to seep in the wake world as the corners of her muzzle ever so slightly curved upwards.

Shaking her head slightly back and forth to either classify or dispel the last scraps of thoughts, Twilight turned back to her two alicorn fellows.

"As you can imagine, the book has raised quite a few questions for me. However, I need to think about what exactly I want to ask first. Can I come back to it later?"

Twilight laid her ears back slightly, because even though she could be quite relaxed in the presence of the other princesses by now. However, she still got a little nervous. But that too would surely disappear with time. She had enough time for that after all. Twilight remarked to herself mockingly in thoughts.

At Twilight's question, both older alicorns nodded immediately.

"Of course, dearest, you can always come to us and ask what you want to know. We will help you as best as we can according to our own knowledge. But please remember that even we don't know everything. There are still things, we all have to figure out."

"And don't be scared if it's late in the evening. We're always willing to help you out. Even though my sister is probably more made for the night sessions. After all, she's there as well as on duty and has nothing better to do." Celestia winked at her sister. Who stuck her tongue out cheekily in response.

Looking at the clock herself, Twilight noted that yes, it was already getting late today. Still she was somewhat lost.

Strange, I never felt fatigue or ill since I became an alicorn. I've always seen that as just a side effect of my magic being much more potent as a result of ascension. It was also incredibly practical not to have to take a break while studying and experimenting. Hmmm. After all, I never saw Luna and Celestia sleep themselves. Therefore, I simply assumed that they either regenerate faster than they tire because of their connection to the celestial bodies. Or an alicorn just gets along incredibly long without the need to sleep - Probably the later, as if I'm able to drink highly letal substances like a good tasty apple juice, I probably shouldn't worry about the fact I don't tire out. Who would complain about that anyway? Still I'd better ask them about it later once more - after all I've never been awake myself for more than 2 1/2 weeks at a stretch.

"Thank you, Luna! Thank you, Celestia! I think I'll seek out your knowledge more than once, after all, you have much more life experience than I do." Now grinning cheekily, she continued. "And oh boy, will I arrive at times you didn't think possible. After all, it's already half past eleven and I suppose you have still some things you want to explain to me?"

"Right! So let us best proceed without delay."

Celestia actually wanted to start speaking anew. But was interrupted once again by Twilight. The Mare seemed to have gotten an question, that couldn't wait until later.

"Sorry! But now I do have two questions."

"Oh? Go ahead!"

"I would like to come back to the point about our age and the council of Immortals.

Both addressed Alicorns nodded and waited patiently to hear what Twilight wanted to know.

"Well, aren't some of the immortals in the Council millions, if not billions, of years old? How can it be that they all have such a high respect for us alicorns, when they already have much more life experience? Yes, I can understand the respect aspect for the most part. After all, we were responsible for the expansion of the universe. But still, in contrast to some of them, we should seem like newborns?"

Twilight now had a puzzled look on her face and seemed to have real trouble understanding why the situation was the way it was.

Nodding understandingly, Luna took the lead in speaking.

"Partly, I had already expected this question. After all, it's a very good thought. And your right. Of the 148 different types of beings. With a total of 194 members present at best, Raheal, the immortal of the Xenta. A smaller race of Gargoyles in a galaxy really far away from Equestria - unreachable for mortals and even most of the immortals, but not for an being that has cosmic powers like we do. It took some weeks, to set up a stable link between the place of the council and the homeworld of Xenta. Let alone putting up the protective bars to keep unauthorized creatures out. For the sole reason that we do not know how a mortal would react to the conference site if he came into contact with it. Not surprisingly, as it is not a forest and meadow place like you find almost everywhere. You better be safe and sound, when dealing with that - Is estimated to be 4.2 billion years old. By far the oldest of all."

Luna paused for clear thoughts.

"However, physical age is not all that matters. We may be 'only' 15,800 years old. Yet we possess an intellect that surpasses that of others. And are able to make foresights; decisions or complex calculations that most others would not be able to do in the first place, in a matter of seconds. That alone has earned us the respect of many. Most have chosen the alicorns as the leaders of the Council and followed us because they believe we make the most appropriate decisions. If it ever comes down to it. But that's only been the case twice so far."

“Nevertheless, we assume that even if we were not cognitively active, we influenced the course of events. After all, the universe must have been stabilized before Luna and me," Celestia added to her sister's statement.

"Yeah, seems plausible", Twilight nodded.
"But still, I would like to squeeze in a question 1.5 - Where and what exactly is this so called 'Council of Immortals'? Seems pretty special, besides the fact it's a place for gattering of dozens of individual, very important and vital for their species to survive, immortals. And lastly my second thing I wanted to ask is. When I had my outburst, I was no longer quite in control of my own powers, but I was still able to clearly perceive everything around me. Therefore I had noticed, that cracks and holes were forming around me - you know, white ones behind which nothing could be seen. Could it be, that those were cracks in reality?" Twilight finished, while her ears straightened forward expectantly and her wings once again fanned out slightly with excitement. Small multicoloured bursts of magic once again exceding from her wings.

Nodding, Celestia affirmed this statement.

"Yes, they were cracks in space-time. Not small ones, I might add. My congratulations for that, although of course it would be better if you could leave reality intact. An alicorn might easily survive that, but there are others who are attached to reality - figuratively speaking. I don't think reality could have withstood much more in your immediate vicinity. Your 'attack' was very powerful already. But I wouldn't worry, even a harder damage could have been repaired relatively easy."

Briefly scratching her chin with her hoof, Celestia explained further.

"The size of the crack doesn't really matter, either. It's just as easy to repair as a small tear, it just takes a bit longer. Because a tear in space-time contains nothing except absolute emptiness. And where there's nothing, it can't get any worse, am I right?" Celestia finished this time, laughing, and Twilight and Luna also fell into a light giggle.

"But back to the topic at hoof. While we're at it, I can explain why the cracks appeared in the first place and how we can close them again. That's generally very relevant knowledge for an alicorn. And really, you'd be genuinely surprised how many times we've repaired minor fractures or the like so far. It does not necessarily take violent amounts of energies or the like to create rifts in the space-time continuum. At random times it just happens, the universe sometimes has 'bugs', if you can call it that."

Twilight's only response was to nod her head briefly and to perk up her ears even more, leaning forward more towards the white princess. Celestia was sure that if the lavender alicorn continued like this, she would fall over relatively quickly and poke her snout into the pillow. But she would wait and see. What wouldn't one do for a little bit of fun.

"The cracks that have appeared around you in reality are relatively easy to explain. As the alicorn of magic, you have supreme control over magic as you are aware by yourself. If you want the magical powers to work differently or take an alternate path than they intended to. Then it is possible for you with child's playful ease to achieve the results as well—."

"But now imagine that if it is possible for you with ease to change the flow and function of magical forces. What would happen, if in an instant, you were flooded with amounts of magic previously unknown to you!?"

Celestia now looked deeply into Twilight's eyes, prompting her to give her answer as to what she suspected.

"Well, I'm going to assume I directed the flow of magic in my direction. Because after all, every second that had passed, I felt stronger and stronger, flooded with magic. And that somehow then had the effect of making space-time unstable. But why?" Twilight concluded, while lightly massaging her temples with her front hoof, hoping to think better.

Celestia and Luna both could have told Twilight with ease. After all, they already knew the answer, or they wouldn't have asked the question in the first place. Still, the two alicorns waited for Twilight to figure it out herself. The mare was exceedingly intelligent, even for an alicorn, and both were sure that even without their help, the solution was only seconds away.

A short, loud exclamation not 15 seconds later confirmed their assumption. And Twilight happily leaned forward to tell the two princesses what she had discovered.

Expectedly as pondered before, the action of the young, lavender alicorn had consequences for herself. After all, she would have fallen over long ago before, if there hadn't be her innate pegasus magic keeping her on her haunches. Unfortunately even that type of magic couldn't outpass physic laws. That was solely unique to alicorn magic, but Twilight didn't know that by now. On top of that, she was still some years to young to achieve these kind of abilities. Therefore, she hit with a quiet Ummph and under hard laughing of the two other princesses, frontally with the muzzle into the cushions spread out on the floor. She also had tried to stabilize herself with spreading her wings in order to generate a powerful recoil. However, she hadn't been fast enough and so the two huge appendages were thrashing uncontrollably through the air, creating a sight that only made the two witnesses of the mishap laugh harder.

"Oh Twilight. Please, you need to do that more often, that was divine." Laughed Luna and her sister Celestia couldn't do more than simply nod.

Her wings back under control, Twilight pushed herself back into an upright sitting position with same and subsequently began to straighten the feathers. There weren't many that were out of line, but being the famously perfect mare she was, she couldn't let that pass.

Twilight, however, took longer than she normally would have to straighten her wings. For she too found the misfortune immensely gratifying and could only too well imagine the sight that must have been.

"Hrhmm, aside from what just happened. I think I have the answer to why space-time became unstable. The cracks started from me, according to my memory. The strength of them diminished the further away they were away. However, the longer I pulled on the construct of reality, the bigger, stronger and broader the cracks and holes spread from me. That concludes for myself that - as, an alicorn is a being with characteristics of combined unicorn, earth pony and pegasus parts. I am therefore certain that it was not my active magical abilities alone that led to this result. But a union of all three aspects.

"And as I found out only recently, there are four not three different basic forms of pony magic. Unicorn magic, earth pony magic, pegasus magic and the by far strongest, alicorn magic. Because this one stands as a link between all three others and not only has the properties and abilities of all three, but much more." Twilight paused briefly to collect herself for a moment."

"Considering the facts that I can easily influence the flow of magic, we alicorns were and certainly still are connected to the universe on the deepest level according to this book here. And Celestia further explained that the strength of the destruction makes no difference in the repair process, it just will take longer. That all leaves me to conclude that the restoration, is the opposite of my previous action.

Meaning, adding our Alicorn magic into the universe, where I had previously pulled the magic out. Is that right? Or am I right?", asked Twilight mischievously to the other two.

Giving Twilight her moment, Celestia waited a few seconds before she agreed.

"Yes, you are absolutely right, our magic can regenerate the universe. And thus prevents the entropy of the cosmos from progressing further. This includes actions like renewing burned-out stars or preventing all energy from being pulled into infinitely dense black holes or lastly dissipating into heat. A task that has no end and funny enough, isn't exactly as much of a trouble than one would think it is. Most of the work our magic does passively already for us by itself. And I'm very grateful for that, otherwise I don't think we would be able to do anything other than solely this."

"Because the more we evolve, the larger our magical reservoir, the astral plane, becomes. As a result, we have more energy available to counteract entropy."

Surprised, Twilight looked into Celestia's eyes.

"You mean we keep the universe running by counteracting the second law of thermodynamics. But that would require unimaginably large amounts of energy and universal reach to do so. Does the astral plain really contain that much magic and span to achieve that effect?"

Celestia nodded again, confirming the question.

"Yes, the astral plane contains all the magic of the alicorns that is not stored directly in our bodies. When we use up the magic, or rather the mana - the pure form of power of all magical activities, the dimension replenishes the deficit, while the used mana flows back and is recycled there. After that, it is available to us again in full. Also, the astral plane expands throughout by a slightly exponential factor. I think the concept of mana, using it, getting it recycled, using it again and all that isn't new to you? After all every equus magic, except the one of alicorn's, runs by the same concept."

"And since it is a subdimension that exists completely independent of any reality. I cannot tell you exactly whether the astral plane is not even larger than the universe we inhabit. It may or may not be. Probably we will never know," Celestia replied, shrugging her shoulders.

Now Luna rejoined the conversation.

"So, in summary, we can say that we are the pillars of our reality of sorts, and with our magic we ensure that the universe does not collapse in on itself. By making all matter fizzle out into radiation or heat.", Luna once again summarized for all present to understand.

Her Summary completed, Luna turned back to Twilight.

" Well then. Do you have any more questions so far?"

Shaking her head, Twilight answered the question she had just been given.

"At the moment, no. Later, maybe."

"Feel free to ask anytime!"

"Tia, would you like to, or should I continue?"

"You're welcome to continue. I'll interfere when I have something to add."

With a nod, Luna accepted her sister's answer. But before she continued, she got herself and the other two a new cup of tea. Her seventh so far. Furthermore, she activated her horn and casted a special spell, that was directly tied to the kitchen and night stuff of Canterlot castle. Ordering 3 big midnight meals for her two comrades and of course Luna herself.

Afterwards she informed the two alicorns, about her doing and the three waited patiently for the maids to knock at the door. Chatting about daily things and putting the alicorn power explaining conversation aside for the moment.