//------------------------------// // Truth // Story: Unfinished // by Slateblu1 //------------------------------// “Twilight, come with me.” Celestia’s voice was sharp, calling out to her student. Twilight immediately looked up from her book, confused as Celestia turned and left. With barely a moment's hesitation she jumped up and followed her teacher. “What’s going on, princess?” Twilight asked as she caught up. “You’ll understand soon enough. For now,” Celestia replied, sighing. “For now, we have things to discuss.” Twilight nodded, quickly trotting behind the quick pace of her teacher. “As you are well aware, you’ve become a princess of Equestria. With that come royal duties and blah blah blah. There’s a lot of boring stuff you have to do. But that can wait. Much more pressing is the matters of your continued education.” “I’m always happy to learn, your highness,” Twilight replied. “But, what makes this so important?” Celestia lead Twilight into the throne room, which was empty save for four individuals. Luna, Chrysalis and Cadence sat talking, though their conversation ended the moment the doors opened. Discord lounged in the air, awakening as Celestia and Twilight entered. “Relax, Twilight. They’re all here for good reasons.” Celestia assured her, knowing Twilight was on the verge of attacking Chrysalis. “Alright, sit down, and listen, and listen closely. “You were never meant to finish Star Swirl’s spell.” Celestia began, sitting next to her sister. “He created that spell to be a test. A way to gauge a unicorns potential. Obviously, only the most powerful of unicorns could even attempt it, and it was his, and later my, way of testing the potential of powerful unicorns. There is very little in the way of rating a unicorns power, and the few measurements don’t hold for unicorns with our level of power, Twilight. That spell was created so we could get an idea for how powerful a unicorn is. “When I sent that book to you, it was after much consideration with Luna. We knew you were powerful, and growing more so daily. And we wanted a gauge on that, something to measure your growth by.” Celestia sighed, leaning on her sister. “So, we gave you the book. To our incredible surprise, you ‘finished’ the spell. Truth be told, I never thought it possible. But you did it. You altered the very fates of ponies. A feat not even Discord could manage.” Twilight turned to the draquoennious with wide eyes. “But what about what he did to my friends when he escaped a year ago?” Discord chuckled. “Was Rainbow Dash not loyal, if not to you? Was Applejack not honest, if only with herself?” Discord shook his head. “I merely placed a basic tint of chaos in them, Twilight. That’s all. I didn’t change who they are, simply how they expressed it. But you, you, with a single spell, taught Rarity weather magic and Pinkie Pie how to farm? They may not have been good at it, but you changed who they were, and who they had been. No, the forces you tapped into are out of my reach, Twilight.” “And that is the problem, Twilight” Celestia continued. “You touched new magic, a feat not done since Cadence worked her first love spell. A feat that shouldn’t be possible.” “So, the question is,” Luna spoke up. “How? Now, if you’re magic had been on the level of Celestia’s or mine, as Cadence’s is, we wouldn’t care. But you’re magic is vastly more powerful. You’re reaching into the realms of godhood, you altered the very fabric of reality, and sewed up the patches to make everything work. “But also, the test failed. For the first time, Star Swirl’s test failed. We still don’t know the extent of your power. And that is why you’re here, now.” Luna stood and nodded to Discord. With a snap of his claw, Discord formed two stone figures, roughly resembling ponies, which promptly started aimlessly wandering. “Now, you know what Celestia can do, you’ve studied under her for years.” Celestia smiled and conjured a miniature sun in front of her. “Now, you’ll get to see what the rest of us can do.” Luna closed her eyes and began to concentrate. After a moment the entire throne room plunged into shadow, the only light coming from Celestia’s ball of plasma. “My turn.” Cadence said, standing. “You see these figures Discord has provided? Watch. I can give them love.” With a flash of Cadence’s horn, the two figures ran to each other and embraced, kissing and cuddling. “I can give them lust.” With another flash the two pulled back, grins spreading across their faces. One of them turned around and wagged their ass while the other quickly mounted them and started rutting them. “I can take it away.” After a third flash the pony on top pulled back and sat down as the other joined them. “And I can give them hate,” Cadence whispered, her horn flashing a fourth time. The two ponies stood and glared at each other for a moment before launching at each other, aiming to kill. A final flash from Cadence’s horn and the figures let go of each other, sitting peacefully. Twilight stared in horror as the figures so quickly went from love to lust and then to hate. “That was..... I don’t know. Terrifying I guess.” “That was simple an expression of what Cadence can do, Twilight.” Chrysalis spoke up, taking the stage. “And now, I believe it is my turn.” With a sad smile, green flames flashed across Chrysalis, disappearing to reveal the exact form of Twilight. “You already know I can do this. But I can do much more.” With another flash of green flames, this time across everypony, everypony looked like a different pony in the room. Another flash and the spells faded. “I invaded because my changelings are starving, Twilight. I sacrificed hundreds to give the ones who came with me enough strength to fight. Luna was kind enough to come find us and help.” Chrysalis sat down, giving Luna a smile and a small nod, which Luna returned. “Now, Twilight,” Luna spoke, her spell fading. “There are limits on what each of us can do. I can no more create a miniature sun than I can make to ponies love each other. We are limited to the magic we discovered for our cutie marks, or those inherent within us. But you’re talent is magic. So, we need to see just how powerful you are.”