//------------------------------// // Meeting Starswirl the Bearded // Story: Sisters of Magic. // by Night--Mist //------------------------------// As Twilight and Trixie were pushed in the stroller by their mom Luna, they laid in there thinking about meeting one of the greatest unicorn spell makers of all time. Their thinking is short lived as Cadence and Misty start to play peek-a-boo with them. Their foal minds take advantage and they start giggling and clapping at this. "Where's Twily and Trixie?...There they are," Cadence says. A few times she makes silly faces and the two little alicorns laugh out of control, kicking their blanket covered hind legs and belly as they do. Little did the girls know that the more they let their foal minds take control, the more of their previous/alternate memories began to fade. Soon, ponies they barely ever knew were forgotten. They still remembered the other five elements, which then led Twilight to wonder, 'If we are foals in this reality and Cadence is still a filly, I wonder how old our friends from ponyville are? Do they even know each other? Do the Princesses know about them? Guess we'll have to wait and find out.' The two little alicorns soon hear doors open and guessed they were in the Astronomy tower. "Ah, your highnesses, a pleasure to see you today, I see you brought your young ones along too," the voice of Starswirl says. "Yes, they seemed pretty excited to come see you today. How are your studies in magic going these days?" Luna asks. "Better then I could hope for. Some of the magic I have read about in this time have sure impressed me. I'm just glad that one spell I performed didn't transform me into something evil. I had no idea I would be transported to the future. I'm sorry I gave you such a scare so long ago. I know that even though it was immediate for me, it was centuries for you your highnesses," Starswirl states. "Yes, it was. But now you get to see our niece and my two little angels of the night," Luna says. Luna soon turns the stroller around and the two sisters see Starswirl the Bearded for the first time. "Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh. It's really him," Twilight says, but to everypony else aside from Trixie in the room, it sounded like baby gibberish. Both girls were flailing about as they saw him. "Hmhmhm, they really seem to like you Starswirl," Celestia says. "That they do, and I think for being the cutest alicorn foals I have ever seen, they deserve a reward," Starswirl replies. Soon he conjured up his magic and soon two little stuffed pony dolls of Clover the Clever appeared. Now their adult minds were trying to fight the urge to play with them but soon the foal mind won and they took the dolls and played with the dolls. "I see that you still think about your apprentice Clover the Clever. I can tell you she did many great things in her era after you disappeared. Many looked up to her and she even outdid the unicorn royal Princess Platinum," Celestia informs him. "Well, I am very proud of her for that," Starswirl says. As they continue their conversation for the next few hours also discussing how Starswirl's apprentice had disappeared as well. As the hours pressed on, Twilight and Trixie start to feel drowsy towards the end and began to yawn. "Oh, it looks like it's nap time for my little ones. I'll have to talk with you later Starswirl," Luna states. "No trouble your majesty. Little ones always need their rest, have a good day," Starswirl kindly replies. "And you as well Starswirl," Luna says before pushing the stroller back to her room. Once there, she places her daughters back in their crib as they hold their new dolls. She then starts to hum her lullaby to them as they lay there, and even though their adult side wanted to stay awake, their foal mind and body said otherwise, and soon the two sisters slipped off into dreamland. Luna nuzzled and kissed both of them on the forehead before shutting off the light and closing the door. As the girls slept, they dreampt about their new life. They were crawling around on the floor of their nursery and Luna watched them. A few times they crawled over to her wanting to be held and even though they had their adult minds in tact, they were enjoying their dream. Luna then said to the two of them in their dream, "Mommy loves you two and will never let you two get hurt, no matter what." As they dream on, Luna was in the room next to them planning for the day ahead, for she knew of one place she would take them tomorrow after seeing Starswirl. Plus, she, her sister, and their niece found humor in going every time they went. After making the arrangements, Luna sat down and read her favorite book series 'Ranger's Apprentice' which dated itself way before the pre-classical era, when viking pony tribes were still at large. She laughed at the humor she would read in the story and grew excited at the suspense. As she finished the end of her book. She heard her little ones crying for her and soon headed into the nursery. "Hello there my little ones, did you have a good nap." Twilight and Trixie were reaching for her when they hear their tummies growl. "Oops, looks like it's time for your afternoon meal," Luna says. She soon lifted Twilight and Trixie up and took them to her bed. Knowing the routine, the two girls crawl over to their mother's teats and begin to nurse. Luna smiles as her daughters feed, knowing there would be great things in their future. She then says as they feed, "Guess what girls, we're gonna go see your little friends down in Ponyville today." Twilight and Trixie were taken by surprise once again. The other five element bearers were their freinds in this reality, but they didn't know if they were older then them and that would mean ponies like the CMC were not born yet. As they finish and Luna burps each of them, they are soon set in their stroller. She soon trots out of the room with them and makes her way to the royal carriage where Celestia and Cadence were waiting. "Are you three ready to go Luna?" Celestia asks. "Yes, have you sent word to Twilight Velvet that we were coming?" Luna asks as she climbs in with her daughters. Twilight was once again shocked to know her previous mother now lived in Ponyville, meaning more then likely that her former brother Shining Armor and her former father Night Light lived there as well. "Yes, I let them know so Ponyville has ample time to prepare for our arrival," Celestia says. "Good we better be on our way then if we're to make it there by tomorrow," Luna says. Soon all belongings were packed and the carriage was on the move. Twilight and Trixie talk about what might happen once they got there as they rode with their family.