//------------------------------// // Prelude To Tomb // Story: Silver Bane // by FLUTTERxxDASH //------------------------------// Month 3, Week 2, Wednesday | It has been three months since I have been traveling to find a tutor, I had found an elderly mare a few week back but she refused to teach me, still I don't think she would be any worth studying under due to her only knowing transportation Magic. Apart from that I got a tip off for another tutor who goes to a local tavern here in Stetville, I will be going there Tonight and seeing if I can get him to Teach me. Month 3, Week 2, Thursday | No luck, I could not find the Tutor, I stayed all night and for the most part I cant recall seeing him but I met up with the person who tipped me off, it seems I was duped. Also it was the first time I had mead, it is also the reason I cant remember most of the night and also the reason I have a head ache at the moment, I have to figure out a way to get a better source than ask the nearest person, it always ends bad. Month 4, Week 1, Monday | It has been a few weeks since Stetville, I have traveled north in hope to find a more Magic orientated Village or City, I have come across a small town with a few mages but they seem to be kept to themselves and only teach close relatives, I only have a slight chance of getting them to teach me. Month 4, Week 2, Tuesday | I should have never stopped there, I was ridiculed and then chased out, I can only hope I never seen that old witchs face again in this life or the next, I am planning on traveling north again, this time in hopes of something more than this latest en devour. Month 5, Week ???, ??? | I am writing this as a last will, I have fallen into a crevice with no hope of escape, If anyone see this, Will you please return it to the elderly mare if she is still alive who lives in the Orphanage in Saddle Dale Prairie, and if you are reading this Miss Glint, thank you for taking care of me as a filly, I am sorry I ran away from the Village. New Start, Month 1, Week 1, Thursday | I did not die but I came close to death, Finally I have found him, I now have a Tutor but he says he doesn't have a name, so I just call him "The Master", He was the one who saved me. It was quite spectacular, I was about to give up on calling out when he popped into existence like magic, er...... I mean with magic, you know writing in ink sucks, never mind. Month 1, Week 4, Monday | I have been training with Teleportation magic for three weeks now and have mastered it enough to cover a distance of nearly three hundred lengths of a stride, The Master says we are to train at strengthening my magic by using this spell to get to our next destination. Year 2, Month 9, Week 4, Tuesday | We came across a cave that had an Ursa Major today, It was relatively the largest living thing I've seen apart from when we studied dragons, It had two cubs also quite interesting. The Master told me not to get close but Instead I masked myself with some illusion magic and a Scent spell and decided to take a closer look, Went to the bottom of the barrel though when momma bear decided I was her cub as well, had to wait quite some time to slip away from her. Year 3, Month 7, Week 3, Saturday | The Master has said that we should train with survival Magic, and that I should train in a more harsh environment and so The Master has decided we should head to Mount Bail, there is apparently a shrine there for mages where at the top of the hude mountain there is a magic retained haven for those of the aspiring Mages. Year 3, Month 8, Week 1, Tuesday | We began the ascent today, It is hard climbing here at the bottom, I cant even begin to fathom how I am going to climb the rest. The Master said to climb the mountain to the top would take around Two weeks and that if I lost my concentration for a second and loose my hoofing I would more than likely fall to my death as the air on the mountain is too thick of Mana that it would be impossible to know where I would end up if I used my teleportation magic. Year 3, Month 8, Week 2, Wednesday | I had found many things weird today but the weirdest of all was that the Master finally told me his real name, Nightlight Sparkle, it made me laugh so hard but Master seem to be relieved that I didn't know he name, still its funny to hear my Master was called Sparkle, makes him kind of girly. It is weird to say, I feel that it is getting physically harder to ascend the mountain but I feel that when we stop I fully recover from any ailment, Master said it was due to the Mana coming from the ore in the mountain, still feels really weird, today we trained instead of moving up the mount. Another thing I found weird was that my mana pool inside my body feels tremendously larger than yesterday and it feels like I am bursting with magic. Year 3, Month 8, Week 3, Monday | We are nearing the peak, the landmark we past a few hours ago said that there was only half a day climb left to the haven I am oh so looking forward to seeing, we stopped to have the last bit of rations we have left, after this it seems if e don't reach the peak we may as well throw ourselves off the mountain. Twilight placed the book into her backpack and removed a leaf covered piece of meat, freshly caught before the journey they had to cover it with quite a bit of salt to keep it from going stale, "eee," Twilight gulped before gnawing through the last piece of food she had, "So Master, were nearly there, Its taken a while" The Master always wore a dark purple robe, he also gave one to Twilight when she began her apprenticeship, his whispering mane dreaded out of the hood of the robe in a light silver, his coat was ash grey, "Calm yourself child, remember even if we are near the peak, do not lose focus, one wrong move and.." "Yeah, Yeah, I know it is certain doom for myself, Don't worry gramps, I got this," Twilight licked her lips then finished off the rest of her water pack. "Ha, what you got is no patience and arrogance to boot, now C'mon lets see if you can keep up with this gramps, eh" Both shared a giggle as they rose from the cave they sat, the blizzard roared through their robes as they exited the cave. A few hours passed as the light on top of the mountain could be seen, "Were nearly there Twilight, keep up with me," both were nearly there, The Master clambered up to a ledge and turned around leaning over the edge putting a hoof out to help Twilight up. "Heh, you old coot, I said I got this didn't I," Twilight slowly made it up as The Master retracted back to the ledge watching her, "Heh, you just watch," Slow ragged breathes escaped her dry parched mouth, her arrogance was her undoing this time, her numb hooves could never feel that the rock she held began to release from the mountain side, *CRACK* suddenly Twilight began to see the world in slow motion, she watched as the Master leap forward to the ledge and shouted, she could not hear him. "TWILIGHT!!, NO NOT ANOTHER ONE!!" He began casting, suddenly he replaced his student and was the one falling now, he mouthed something feeling content that she was now safe. Twilight landed on the ledge where her Master was sat, she saw him where she was now, his final words she saw him mouth, "Goodbye Twilight," then he disappeared behind the whiteness of the blizzard, I knew that spell, he taught me it, replacing one creatures position with your own, I thought that was one of the most useless spells he could teach. Tears came to the corner of her eyes, as the tear dropped it froze and hit the Snow that hugged her hooves. After numerous hours Twilight ascended the last bit of the mountain alone, upon reaching the peak she collapsed across the magical thresh-hold onto luscious green grass, the inhabitants of the peak helped her recover and she slept. Year 3, Month 8, Week 4, Friday | It has been over a week since I lost my Master to this horrible mountain, today I will use the runes in the courtyard to get back to the bottom of the mountain, I tried to train like my Master taught me but it is too much to be here, its time I returned to society, I'm going back home, if I am welcomed there any more. Year 3, Month 9, Week 2, Saturday | I have been feeling very weird as of late, Master warned me when we began the ascent that when we returned from the mountain there could be side affects because of the sudden change of the Mana, it started to hurt yesterday, my horn has began to grow slowly, I hope this doesn't last long. Year 3, Month 9, Week 3, Wednesday | I am close to the nearest city now, I think it is called Canterlot, the Queen resides here but at the moment I am more worried for myself than the qualms of meeting royalty, my magic has swelled inside my body and I am showing signs of losing control, just yesterday my magic exploded a boulder I was resting on, and before that even a nest of birds, I did not mean to do so, I gave them a quick burial and carried on. There is supposedly a really good Health system in Canterlot and hopefully they can stop this ailment that has come over me, If not I am sure that this, this will be my final entry into my Tomb of knowledge, if so, I am glad to be joining Master, I welcome my fate be it alive or my death. Twilight closed the Tomb and placed it back in her backpack and carried on the path toward Canterlot.