//------------------------------// // Twilight's Wish // Story: Hour of Twilight // by Animegx43 //------------------------------// Hour of Twilight: Chapter 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're reading this, then you have chosen to continue reading my terrible tale. As I mentioned before, I'm not entirely proud of myself, because my choice of making Twilight Sparkle my heir had caused a lot of trouble. Scratch that. A lot of trouble is an under statement. On the otherhoof, then end results were pretty good, but the idea that all of Equestria was nearly wiped out troubles me. In any case, you're reading this to know about my tale, and I wrote this to tell it. After Chronos's unfortunate death, Twilight went into Arcane Tower to stabilize the core. It was her mission after, so she couldn't spare a moment right away to think about what she had done to Chronos. Instead, Pinkie Pie took care of things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It took Twilight much longer then she thought it would take to restore the tower. By the time she finished up with her job, the was setting. I guess you can blame me for that one. Because it was getting late, she knew she had to stay overnight at the tower, although it was something she was prepared to do anyway. The only thing she had to figure out was where to sleep. "Pinkie!" Twilight shouted from through a window. "It's getting late! Get inside before you can't see in front of yourself!" "Okey dokey, lokey!" Pinkie shouted back with her usual smile back. As Twilight had asked, Pinkie Pie made her way inside the tower. She finished up doing what she needed to do anyway. While Twilight figure she was playing with herself the whole time, in truth, she took the remains of Chronos, buried him the best she could, then made a little marker out of rocks to show some respect for the fallen. I'll be honest, I've personally met Pinkie many times in the past, so I actually expected someone as wild as her to not comprehend doing such a thing. She must've been much stronger then I expected. "Alright, we'll camp in here for the night, and in the morning, we'll head home." Twilight said to Pinkie. "Hey, you don't look so well, Pinkie. Is something wrong?" "Well...maybe something's a little wrong." Pinkie Pie said. "I know we've fought a lot of baddies before, but what's bugging me is that I think this is the first time we've actually KILLED somepony. I mean, it bronies can argue that Sombra is alive, but still..." "Yeah, I guess this is the...wait? What are bronies?" Twilight asked. Personally, I still have no idea what Pinkie Pie was talking about. "Look, it was something that we couldn't avoid. Equestria had to be protected. Besides, I was the one who did it. It's not something you have to live with, it's mine." "Oh, but I can't let you live with something like that all alone. I say we share it, so it won't be as painful for you." "Pinkie, you have a deal." With a smile appearing on both of their faces, they shook hooves to seal their little deal, both taking responsibility for Chronos's death. Pinkie even went and pointed out the window to show where she had buried him. Since she knew that Chronos had his own beliefs that he was trying to fight for, Twilight showed him respect by having a minute of silence with Pinkie. After the minute... "Well, I guess we should look around the tower and see if we can find a place sleep. But with the core being right here, I'm not sure how much more there is to this place." Twilight said. "OOH! What about upstairs?" Pinkie said as she pointed to some stairs that went up. "Oh, right. This is only the middle of the place. It might just be wasted space up there though." "Well, there's only one way to find out, now isn't there." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curious enough to want to explore the tower anyway, Twilight agreed with Pinkie and made her way to the upper section of the tower. While it was indeed getting dark, neither were tired enough to just fall over and fall asleep, so they figured 'why not?'. After a long walk upwards into the tower, the two reached the final floor, and what they found was something Twilight was surprised to find, for the very top of the Arcane Tower is actually a library. Pinkie Pie wasn't too impressed by the discovery, since Twilight lives in a library herself. In fact, the library in the tower wasn't much bigger then Twilight's. However, as Twilight Sparkle values knowledge greatly and knew that she wasn't in an ordinary library. "Amazing. Look at all of these books!" Twilight said. "So? You have books back in Ponyville. Heck, even I have books at home. OH, I ESPECIALLY love these cool pop-up books I own!" Pinkie said. "Pinkie, think about it. This tower, and therefore this library, has been surrounded by a powerful barrier for over a thousand years. The oldest book I own can't be older then a 100 years. But here, each one is an ancient tome that probably can't be found anywhere else. Oh, if I didn't have to leave so soon, I would probably try and look through ALL of these books." With her magic, Twilight began taking out books to examine each of their covers. And it's true. Some of those books are actually older then myself, and while I'd never reveal my age, take my word when I say that I'm old. After skimming through some book covers, Twilight found one of interest. 'The War Against Chaos', written by Star Swirl the Bearded. She began to flip through it to see what it was about. "Oh, wow. This one talks about how Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated Discord." "Oh, yeah. That's cool and all." Pinkie answered. "Except for the fact that we already know about that." "Yeah, but this has more details on it. There's a chapter on when Discord ruled Equestria, one before he ruled, one where he was defeated, and...oh, here we go. There's a chapter on the Arcane Tower." I have mentioned a little about how and why the tower was created, but Twilight had finally found documented information regarding it. I'll re-write the section she read below. Star Swirl the Bearded wrote this book, so feel honored to be reading such a great unicorn's words -While the Draconequus, Discord, had finally been sealed by the Sun and Moon sisters, using the powerful Elements of Harmony, much work had to be done after. The chaos and disorder had caused the magic throughout the land to also become chaotic and disordered. Even Discord's defeat failed didn't restore the world's magic, and the battle itself left the sisters drained of their own powers. It was then that I found away to restore it. My home made heavy use of a powerful crystal matrix, one that allows experienced unicorns to focus and when needed. By rebuilding my home to reach higher in the sky, then elevating the crystal matrix, and finally, reprogram the matrix, my own home, now referred to as the Arcane Tower, had repaired magic throughout Equestria. However, as the matrix will now always be connected with Equestria's magic, I fear what will happen should something happen to it.- I know that was quite a bit from the book, but all of it was of importance, especially if you've been interested in the tower's history. "So this means that this very library also belonged to Star Swirl the Bearded. He created a lot of powerful spells." Twilight said. "HEY! TWILIGHT!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "If like that pony so much, then you will LOVE these!" Pinkie Pie was right. At the other end of the room, nearby a wide and round stage, being only a foot high, were a number of tables covered with numerous scrolls and books. These were spell scrolls, and ancient ones for that matter. Twilight got very excited by the discovery and was reading through to learn as much as possible. "Huh. I wonder what this thing is for." Pinkie Pie asked, referring to the stage nearby. "Who cares? Look at all of these spells! They all look like they're in great condition too. Oh, what to read? What to read?" There were a good number of different spells on one table alone, and each one was one Twilight wanted to learn. She may not had the time to read all of the books, but she knew she had the time to learn a few new magic tricks. "Let's see here. We have a spell to lead into gold, water to wine, there's the Wish spell, a spell to regenerate one's hor-" Before she picked up the next spell, she dropped every other spell in order to look back at a previous spell. One I now wish she didn't found. "Th-th-the WISHING SPELL!? IS THIS REALLY THE WISHING SPELL!?" "I 'wish' it was. Haha -snort- hehe." Pinkie Pie joked. "Pinkie Pie, do you have ANY idea what this is?" "Ooh! Ooh! Is one that can create cakes? Or maybe cupcakes? I bet Derpy would love teach her daughter how to create muffins with magic!" "Yes! Yes, the wishing spell can do ALL of that!" Twilight said with excitement. "It's a unique spell that's been said to do whatever you want! I never knew it was even real. I thought it was a fairy tale, but now I get to learn it to prove it's existence!" My curious student was over thrilled when she realized that she could learn how to use a supposedly mythical spell. She slowly unraveled the scroll, wanting to to savor the moment. Unable to hold the suspense forever, she quickly opened it up and started reading before she could even of read the of the words. "Well, Twilie? How is it?" "It's...surprisingly simple." Twilight said with a dissatisfied look. "For a spell that could let you do anything...I think I can even do it right now." "Well then, if you can do anything with that new spell of yours, how about you make me a cupcake?" Twilight figured a simple test would've been wise. Using the little she learned, she focused her magic and began to cast the spell. As she said, the spell itself was easy enough, but the issue was that it had cost a lot of magic to cast. When she finished, a cupcake appeared right in front of Pinkie Pie, which she immediately ate. "Mmm...vanilla." Pinkie said with delight. "Yeah, but...ugh...I don't think a small cupcake was worth the effort." Twilight complained. "In that case, how about a cake this time?" "Hmm...the Wish spell is said to be able to do anything from cutting the grass to reshaping a continent, but after actually trying it, it's certainly not very magic efficient. Hey, wait!" Recalling something she read in Star Swirl's book, she reopened it, flipped through the pages, and found what she wanted. "AHA! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna knows about the Wish spell too. It says here after the tower was built, they used it to restore Equestria. But there's no way they have that kind of power. Do they?" "Hey, Twilight! I found something else! It says here this can give you all of the magic you want." After taking a good look at the table, Pinkie Pie found a spell she knew Twilight would of appreciated. "It says that it's meant to be use with the Wish spell." Twilight notes. "It's called Magic Drain. By standing on the Arcane Pedestal while performing Magic Drain, one can tap into the magic in Equestria, and transfer it into one self. \once enough magic is obtained, you could use the Wish spell for anything." "YAY! This means I can get my chocolate rain again!" This was all interesting to Twilight, except for the chocolate rain part. That alone reminded me of bad memories. Just like that, she realized that she had the ability to do anything she wanted, between Magic Drain and Wish. "A spell like this clearly wasn't made to create cupcakes out of thin air, Pinkie. It's made to change the state of all of Equestria. I've seen how bad things have been lately, what with all of the visitors that come to see the Princess, and what might happen in the near future. Actually, the more longer I've been in Ponyville to see the world, the more I've learn of it. I think the world isn't in the best state right now, and i think I can change that." "I like the way you think, Twilie!" Pinkie said. "With your Wish spell, everyone will be happy when they get their free cupcakes." "Pinkie, can you stop thinking about your stomach?" "I'm trying to, but I'm hungry." "Celestia has trusted me to rule over our home one day, thinking that I can help more then she ever has. If I gain the magic require, then using Wish, I might be able to do exactly that. But..." Before Twilight could think any more into it, another thought came into her head. "Who am I to say that I can do such a thing. I'd be no better then Chronos." "But Twilight, you ARE better then Chronos. Otherwise, you wouldn't of been able to use the cupcake spell." "What do you mean?" Pointing to the Wish spell on the scroll, Pinkie Pie brings to Twilight's attention to a footnote. The note that stated that in order for anyone to use the might Wishing spell, one must have a heart and soul of absolute purity. "You have a pure heart, don't you?" Pinkie asked. "Heck, if you could use that spell at all, you must have one." While Twilight Sparkle wasn't 100% sure about, she knew that if she really did have a pure heart and soul, then she would use the magic gained to help as many ponies possible to create peace and happiness throughout the land. She figured if she could really use Magic Drain and Wish with that in mind, then she could do it. With her new ideals in mind, she tried to perform the Wish spell again. Once again, she conjured up a cupcake just to prove that she could still use it. "YAY! Thank you, Twilight!" Pinkie said as she devoured the cupcake. "Alright. If I can have the intention to give myself more magic to help change Equestria, then I know I can do it." Twilight said to herself. "I'll do Princess Celestia proud, and create new found happiness for Equestria! I know she believes I will succeed her one day, but once I'm through, I will be convinced myself." With her plan in mind, she got the Magic Drain scroll out once more and gave it one final look for study. "It says I need the Arcane Pedestal. That must be this circle thing here." She said, referring to the stage they found earlier. "Alright. Let's hope this works." "I'll keep my non-existent fingers crossed." Pinkie said. After she stepped onto the pedestal, she began to cast the Drain Magic spell. Her horn glowed up with a purple aura, and little sparkles of magic began to get absorbed into the horn. She then sped up the process and started to absorb more and more at a steady pace. "Wow. I already feel more powerful. I should probably stop before I become stronger then the Princess, but at this rate, that shouldn't be a problem." "Well, have it your way." Pinkie said. "While your doing this, I'm gonna go back downstairs and get some shut eye." "You do that, Pinkie. I'm going to stay up here for a bit longer to see how much I can take. Maybe even catch up on the reading too." "All righty then. Nighty night." With Pinkie Pie heading off to sleep, Twilight chose to stay to read and study as much as she could while channeling Magic Drain. Now as Pinkie Pie had mentioned, surely one with a heart as pure and innocent as Twilight's could use the Arcane tower's power responsibly. In fact, the purpose of that requirement was to keep evil force from using Wish. However, she didn't truly understood just how much magic and power was coming her way.