//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The Visitor's purpose revealed // Story: The Twilight Dragon // by Camlio //------------------------------// As I've said before beyond the characters that I've designed for this story. I do not own the rights to the characters within this story, as My little Pony is property of it's respective copyright holders. Also I have seen some of the comments on the first chapter had yet to understand things and that was my plan. If you think something doesn't fit where it's placed in the story it will be explained later on. So have faith and enjoy. Twilight's mind raced with strange images as she was asleep from the sight she had witness, it appeared that when she tried to figure out what he said she seemed to have been placed in some kind of trance. The dreams it induced showed ponies being slaughtered by dragons, the red portal she summoned the cause of this disaster. "It's all my fault!" She screamed within her mind and once the image of the strange creature she found appeared in the defense of the ponies. she noticed what looked like the two beings that gave it birth defending it from rear attacks. A large Sky-blue male dragon and a mare held by a chain at her neck. Before she could make out the mare she was forced awake by what felt like a magic barrier formed in her mind. She awoke in a cold sweat, spike had fallen asleep at her bedside. She worried about the dream she had but, hoped it was just that a dream and that Spike had carried her to bed due to her passing out from studying to long again. All of that hope was shattered when she saw the strange creature she had inadvertently summoned appear in her door-way carrying a tray of food for her and spike. The creature's face was of general concern for her safety. "Are you all right mo-" His voice trailed off like he realized he was about to say something he wasn't supposed say. Twilight had already gotten the hint though as she realized why the creature had fought so hard to defend the ponies as the other dragons except his father slaughtered everything that wasn't a dragon. The creature was only half-dragon it was half-pony as well. When the creature realized she had realized that fact he closed the door behind him in the same manner twilight did but, what made the feat shocking was that the glow of the magic was exactly the same as hers it came from the strange horn-like formations on the tips of his wings. "I see you figured out the prophecy trance faster than I had predicted. Father always said you were brilliant, though he never made it clear just how brilliant." When he said that his father spoke about her the vision flashed before her again the magical barrier formed in her mind was released, to show a much older Twilight next to the sky-blue dragon the Creature called father. From her guess at least 7 years older. --------------------------- "W-who are you? I mean who are you really and no lies?!" She shouted these questions through tearful eyes like she already knew the answer, yet didn't want to believe it. The creature placed to food for spike and Twilight upon the bedside table and sat floating in the air using a combination of the lavender glow and his own magic. The underside of his right wing was all she needed to see it had an exact copy of her cutie-mark printed in the flesh like some sort of slavery brand. "Wait... Slavery?" it then hit her like a ton of bricks as she said it out loud, the chain on her neck was broken as the creature and his father had just rescued her from some sort of slavery and since the creature was a half-breed he was subjected to the same treatment. At this revelation she began crying, the dragons she saw would only kill what they could not force into slavery. "I'm sorry that we had to meet like this, but as you may have already guessed the events you've seen have yet to occur." The creature said trying to comfort her. "I was sent to this time via your portal with the help of your future self instead of the actual dragon that was supposed to appear. While I may have replaced him temporarily by telling him to search another location, he will eventually return to search for you as he was instructed." As he said this she remembered the other dragon that had appeared and had taken off in the other direction. "Please, no more secrets. I've got a very good idea but, I need to know. Who are you exactly?" Her voice quaking as if she was not even sure of what she said. The creature sighed as he stood. "My name is Midnight Sparkle as per the traditions of the Skyfyre Dragons I was given the." As he was about to finish his statement Twilight stood up having read about the Sky-Blue Dragons with pure magic released from their breath which threw him off. "The Skyfyre Dragons give their offspring the last name of the mother and first name of the father right?" Her heart sank as she said this. She realized she had sent her future child back in time to prevent his own birth. All he could do was nod with tears in his eyes. He had accepted the fate he was given in order for his mother to be happy, even if he would never exist if he succeeded. "Yes, it is as you said. It was yours and father's plan to send someone to prevent the catastrophe that would be your future. I was asked if I wanted to go and that it was my choice to do it even knowing that my success would erase me from existence." He cried fiercely as Twilight pulled him into a hug realizing how he had accepted such a cruel fate for her. "What I don't get, is why I saw what I did when we met." Her question seemed to cause him to think, as he had yet to ask about what she saw. "I had originally meant to ask what it was you saw." his voice sounded both curious and concerned. "If I didn't know better, I'm guessing you tried to freak me out to get your trance spell to work am I right?" She said and at that he simply nodded. "I figured that something was off about me passing out from that kind of news. I would more than likely have dismissed you as crazy if the trance spell hadn't knocked me out. Isn't that right?" He nodded again with a smile taking over his face. "I'm sorry to ask this but, I believe I'll need a form more fitting to my time here." As he said this she stared wide-eyed, he took notice of this and smiled causing some of his magic to flow into her mind giving her his knowledge of the spell she needed to cast. --------------------------- Spike had begun to stir as she preformed the spell causing him to take a shape that would represent his age as a pony. He looked like he was only just out of foal-hood barely older than Applebloom. His coat looked like twilight's but, his mane was sky-blue with the pink streak much like twilight's. "Huh? Who's this guy?" Spike said as he had finally focused his vision not sure who he was looking at. The young colt hovered a letter to spike which he had summoned on the spot much to Twilight's relief. Dear Twilight, your father and I have decided to send your younger brother to Ponyville to stay for some time as we rebuild our house from his magic outburst. His name is Midnight and he was born sometime after your acceptance into the school for gifted unicorns which is why he was never brought to light, as we have been out of touch for quite some time. We hope you get along with him and teach him everything you can while he's there. with love, Mr. & Mrs. Sparkle Spike's eyes widened as he looked from the letter to the new friend and the Mare who was almost his mother. "That's so... awesome!" He said as he ran up and hugged the both of them. "Twilight... what's up have you been crying?" He said realizing the fact she seemed to be crying heavily some time ago. "Oh I get it! Your so excited to know you had a little brother that you couldn't help it!" With that statement she realized why Midnight had asked for the form he did. It would easily throw off anyone who had asked why she was crying. At least she hoped it would as there was a knock at the library's front door, causing her heart to sink as she remembered that Luna said she would return with Celestia when she left the night before. Would her strange visitor's identity be revealed even after the precautions she had taken to protect him? Would the Princess believe that the visitor was Twilight's son from a catastrophe filled future? Would she give him the chance to prevent the future he came from even at his own sacrifice? To find out stay tuned for the next chapter of 'The Twilight Dragon.' Sorry to leave a cliffhanger here but, I believe I've made this chapter long enough. Special notes Thanks to Shao for giving me the comment about how Twilight wouldn't have passed out from him saying she died, shaking it off like he was crazy. This reminded me about natural spell resistance. Being that her element is quite literally magic he would need something to disrupt her focus long enough to cast the prophecy trance spell on her. The resulting spell caused her to faint. So thanks to the comment by Shao I was able to figure out a way to close a plot-hole. So don't forget that I do read the comments and each one may help shape the story so keep them coming. Till next time.