//------------------------------// // Jasper Meets Solight and Spike // Story: Wool of Magic // by Zeprto678 //------------------------------// It’s been a few days since Jasper had visited Ponyville, and against his better judgment, the sheep had been visiting his friends every day while also preparing for the Summer Sun Celebration. During the few days that have passed, Jasper had hung out with Cinna, helped Banana Pie sell bananas, became friends with Melon after hanging out with her a few times with help from the others, and had tea and sweets with Gentle Hope. In the end, the preparations were completed and he was ready as today was the Summer Sun Celebration, and everypony in Ponyville was preparing for Princess Celestia’s arrival as there was only a few hours left until the party. The sheep was walking through Ponyville, wearing a collar with a silver bell attached to it. He had made it since it would be extremely helpful for tonight. The sheep looked around at the decorations. “All this for one princess’ visit seems a bit…what’s the word?” thought Jasper. “Ah, yes, much. I mean, she’s just coming over to move the sun. Well, that and fight Nightmare Moon as well.” He had done some research a few months ago and found out that not only was today the day when the sun princess was coming to the town to move the sun, but it was also the day when the evil alicorn, Nightmare Moon, breaks free from her thousand-year imprisonment on the moon. The sheep knows this because Jasper can sense the seal that is keeping the evil princess on the moon is weakening and will break tonight. Until that happens, all he needed to do was wait for a certain unicorn to show up and take it from there. Jasper was deciding on what to do until then. “Maybe I’ll get some candy from Bon Bon’s store, or go and eat some gems? I have wondered what Equestrian gems taste like,” muttered the sheep. Jasper then passed by a familiar pony who he didn’t recognize yet since he was distracted by his own thoughts. It took a few seconds before the sheep’s mind caught up. “Maybe I’ll stop at the Apple Farm and-” said Jasper. The sheep stopped and turned around. It was a certain female pony who loved to make, was famous, and loved to eat a ton of cake despite the massive amounts of sugar in it, and no, it wasn’t Pinkie Pie. The pony was Princess Celestia, who had some Royal Guards trotting along with her. He was freaking out on the inside. “Wait, what?! This can’t be!” thought Jasper. “What is Princess Celestia doing here?! She’s not supposed to be here until later tonight.” The sheep had to calm himself down. Once Jasper was able to calm down, he then started walking away. “Calm down. This is an alternate universe. Maybe Celestia showed up early and had also brought Twilight with her and-Oh, who am I kidding. She obviously left Twilight behind in Canterlot so that the mare won’t get involved in the battle against Nightmare Moon.” The sheep was now changing direction and was now walking in the direction of where Canterlot was. Jasper was acting like this because in order for his plan to work, the sheep needed the sun princess’ student, Twilight Sparkle, in Ponyville. Without her, Equestria was doomed. “In order for my plan to work, either Twilight Sparkle has to come here herself, or I’m going to have to go and bring her here myself,” thought Jasper. “...Maybe I should go check and see if she’s on her way?” He ran into an alley before using both an invisibility spell and flight spell. The sheep flew off towards Canterlot. Meanwhile-Inside of One of Canterlot Castle’s Towers Inside of a room where there were shelves full of books, there was a frustrated voice coming out from it. “Can you believe this, Spike? I sent a letter to Princess Celestia about Nightmare Moon and wanted to help defend Equestria, and instead of sending a reply about taking action against such a threat, she sent me a different reply,” complained a male voice. He cleared his throat. “It says, ‘To my faithful guard/student, Nightmare Moon is nothing but a mare’s tale. I want you to stay here in Canterlot and guard the castle. I’ll be heading to Ponyville to oversee everything involving the celebration. Don’t worry, everything will be fine. Best Wishes, Celestia’.”  “Nightmare Moon is returning tonight, and the Princess wants me to stay here while she goes off to a party with some other guards?! The fate of Equestria is at stake!” shouted the alicorn, worried. A few feet away from them, holding a present, was Spike. He was a small, purple and green-colored dragon. The young dragon sighed. “Solight, you already complained about it the first time you read the letter. Also, no offense, but it does sound pretty far-fetched,” said Spike. “I mean, no one has ever heard of Nightmare Moon before. If they had, ponies would’ve been talking about her for years, yet we’ve never heard anypony even mention her name, except only on Nightmare Night.” The alicorn groaned frustratedly, knowing he was right. They were one of Princess Celestia’s guards and Current Student: Solight. The alicorn has been acting this way ever since the sun princess replied to their letter. On the one hoof, Solight wants to disobey Princess Celestia and head to Ponyville to help the sun princess battle against the evil alicorn, but on the other hoof, the alicorn wants to obey her. Solight sighed. “What should I do, Spike? I know that I shouldn’t since the princess can handle it, but at the same time I’m worried and I want to be there in case something goes wrong,” said the alicorn, baffled. Before he could give them any advice, there was a noise at the door that interrupted the small dragon. KNOCK!!! KNOCK!!! “Spike, could you go answer that and see who’s at the door? And could you tell them that the fate of Equestria is at stake, so I won’t be able to chat right now?” asked Solight. Spike nodded. “Sure thing, Solight,” he said. The young dragon placed down the teddy bear onto a shelf and headed for the door. Once he arrived, Spike opened it to find Jasper standing there.  “Hi, there. Is Twilight Sparkle here?” asked the sheep. The young dragon was surprised when he stared at Jasper. Spike’s never met a sheep that could walk and talk before.  “Hello?” said the sheep. The young dragon snapped out of his staring and answered the sheep. “Oh, uh, sorry, but Solight’s busy right now. Fate of Equestria’s at stake,” answered Spike. “I thought her name was Twilight? I guess I’ll ask about that later,” he thought. Jasper nodded. “Yeah, that’s why I’m here. Nightmare Moon’s seal that’s keeping her on the moon will break tonight and I need Solight’s help to defeat the evil alicorn. I know it seems crazy and far-fetched, but the fate of Equestria is at stake. Can you get Solight to help me?” The young dragon was surprised to hear the sheep’s reason why he needed to see the alicorn. Spike didn’t know what to do and decided to go ask Solight instead. “Uhhh…Wait one moment, please,” said the young dragon. Jasper nodded. “Sure,” said the sheep.  He shut the door. After walking back up the stairs, the young dragon went over to the alicorn.  “Uhhh…Solight? Some sheep is here to see you about the fate of Equestria being at stake due to Nightmare Moon escaping from her seal,” Spike informed. They rolled their eyes. “Oh, ha ha, Spike. Very funny,” said the alicorn, sarcastically. “I mean, seriously. ‘A sheep has come to see me about the fate of Equestria being at stake due to Nightmare Moon escaping from her seal’. Real original.” “But it’s true, Solight,” he argued. Jasper was standing behind the young dragon without either of them noticing him thanks to a spell the sheep’s using. Jasper had a feeling that Spike wouldn’t be believed since what he said did sound a bit far-fetched, so the sheep followed after the young dragon by using some spells to get in through the door without being seen or noticed. He was surprised to see that instead of Twilight Sparkle, there was an alicorn named Solight in her place.  “Another thing that’s different about this universe is that there is no Twilight Sparkle,” thought Jasper. “I should let myself be noticed since the alicorn’s having a hard time believing the kid.” The sheep cleared his throat. “He’s telling the truth.” The young dragon and the alicorn were spooked as the two had just noticed Jasper standing there. They were on guard. “Who are you?! How did you get in here?!” questioned Solight. Spike pointed at the sheep. “Th-that’s who I was just telling you about, Solight! The sheep who wanted to see you!” he informed.  Jasper waved. “Your friend is correct. I came here to see you,” he said. “My name's Jasper, and I'm sorry for the intrusion, but the fate of Equestria is at stake and I need your help.” The alicorn was surprised and didn't know how to respond to that. “Huh…” they said. Solight then looked down at the young dragon. “I guess I owe you an apology for not believing you, Spike.” “Apology accepted,” said Spike. They looked at the sheep, curious. “So, what do you need my help with?” asked the alicorn. “I have a plan that’ll end up with Nightmare Moon defeated once and for all, but to do that, I need you to come with me to Ponyville and help me with my plan as you’re one of the key figures important to it. If the plan succeeds, then not only Equestria, but the entire world will be saved,” Jasper informed. “What do you say? Will you help me?” Solight thought about it. If the alicorn goes with him to Ponyville, then they’d be in the same town as Princess Celestia and would be able to secretly help her defeat Nightmare Moon from a distance. The alicorn nodded. “Okay. I’ll help you,” said Solight. He smiled. “Great. If you have to do something important like visiting a friend or meeting someone later, then you should send them a letter to let them know that you’re sorry and that you won’t be able to make it today as you have something very important to do,” the sheep informed. Luckily, that reminded them of something. Solight groaned. “Moondancer’s birthday party is tonight. If we go to Ponyville like I wanted to, but we don’t tell Moondancer where we’re going, we’ll miss the party and seem like jerks to her,” said the alicorn. Solight looked down at the young dragon, sadly. “I guess we better send her an apology letter along with your gift, Spike.” Spike sadly nodded. “Sure thing,” he said. The young dragon went over to the desk and picked up a piece of parchment paper and a quill before walking back to them. “Ready when you are.” The alicorn cleared their throat.  “Dear Moondancer, I am sorry we couldn’t make it your birthday because there was something that had come up, and if we don’t get it sorted, Equestria might be doomed to eternal night. I hope you have a nice birthday, and we sent a gift with this letter. Your friend,  Solight Sparkclipse. P.S. Happy birthday from me and Spike.” Once the letter was finished, Spike folded up the letter and placed it underneath the present's ribbon. He then brought it up to Solight, who had brought their head down towards the present as the alicorn’s horn glowed with a Purple Red-colored magic aura. Suddenly, both the present and letter disappeared from out of the young dragon’s clawed hands. Jasper was impressed that Solight had used the teleportation spell on the objects so easily. If a unicorn were to do that, then they’d need to concentrate on an image of the location, the exact place within the location, and would need a certain amount of magic power based on the distance. The alicorn smiled as they brought their head up. “Moondancer should be receiving the present right about now. Once she reads the letter, she’ll understand why we couldn’t make it to the party,” said Solight. They looked at the sheep, now both curious and suspicious. “You never did answer my other question. How did you get in here without us even noticing you?” Jasper smiled as he reached in and brought out a small, white container and held it out towards Solight. “I’ll explain after I put this stuff on your wings,” said the sheep. “What is that stuff?” asked the alicorn, confused. He then opened it up, showing that inside of it was a sparkling, silver-colored cream. “It’s something that I created back then. This will help us so that Celestia won’t hear word from other ponies of ‘another Alicorn being in Ponyville’, which would be bad,” answered Jasper. The sheep grinned.  “Just wait and see what it can do once I apply it to your wings.” Few Minutes Later Jasper wiped his head with an arm. The sheep had to make sure that the entirety of both of Solight’s wings were covered in the cream so that a single feather wasn’t missed. “It took a while, but I’m finally finished,” he informed. Jasper started washing his hooves in a bowl of warm water that the sheep had placed a few inches away right before he started on the alicorn’s wings.  Meanwhile, Solight groaned as they had to sit down, staying still for a few minutes. “Great. So, what did it do-” said the alicorn before stopping, shocked. Solight’s wings were gone. Even Spike was shocked as well after coming back from reading a book while waiting for Jasper to finish whatever it was that the sheep was doing. The alicorn began to freak out. “My wings! What did you do to my wings?!” they questioned, shouting. “They’re gone!” He chuckled. “Don’t worry about that, Solight. They’re not actually gone,” answered the sheep. “What I used was a special, magical topical cream I made. Once rubbed onto a part of the body, the part with the cream rubbed on it will instantly be overlooked whenever it’s seen, like it was never there to begin with. It fools the perception of the brain, which also fools not only the eyes, but also the other senses too. It can even fool cameras and any recording devices as well. Only the one who applied it can see it, which is why I applied it myself so you can see what it can actually do.”  Solight and the young dragon calmed down as they both understood what Jasper was saying.  The alicorn, interested, was now poking at the spot where one of their wings were. “Fascinating. Even though I know my wings are there, I can’t sense the sensation of my hoof poking them,” said Solight. The sheep smiled, seeing that the alicorn was impressed by his creation. “It’s like if someone casted a ‘Notice Me Not’ Spell on themself, so I decided to call it the ‘Fool’s Cream’. Though, it’s only temporary until either the cream completely dries off, or until it’s been washed away with water,” he explained. “You can still use your wings to fly, though if you’re planning to fly, please be careful. Since your perception of them, including the senses of your wings, are off it might make flying difficult.” Solight nodded, knowing that that would be bad if they flew despite Jasper warning the alicorn not to. The sheep put the bowl of water into his cloak. “Now, you two come over to exactly where I’m standing. Since taking a train or a chariot will take a while to get us to Ponyville and will also get us noticed easily by others, we’ll have to take the route that’ll get us to the town quickly,” Jasper informed. “Which is?” asked Spike, curious. “Do you want a long explanation and then a demonstration, or do you want the demonstration first and then a short explanation?” asked the sheep. Before Solight could choose an answer, the young dragon interrupted them. “Second option, please,” answered Spike, quickly. He knew that the alicorn would choose the first option, which is why the young dragon chose the second option. Solight clicked their tongue as they wanted to hear the explanation, but Spike had answered much faster than the alicorn.  “Then come over to where I’m standing, please,” said Jasper. The two of them, after a few seconds, had walked/trotted over to where he was standing. The sheep had a lantern in his hooves. “Okay. Now what?” asked the young dragon, wondering. He noticed Jasper’s lantern and pointed at it, confused. “And what’s that lantern for exactly?” Suddenly, the three of them disappeared in an instant. Exactly where they were standing, there was a glowing, blue ring of weird characters written in another language on the floor.