Don’t Let The Fire Die
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Twilight skimmed through The Anthology of Magic by Starswirl the Bearded, a book that she is very fond of, which that was saying a lot when it came to the subject of researching the hidden secrets of magic. “I can’t wait to read more of this book,” Twilight suppressed a yawn, small rings around her eyes and covered her open mouth with a hoof.
The small flame from a lone candle glowed in the dark room, expelling all the shrouded darkness that was around it. The young alicorn’s eyes looked out the window at the moon glowing in the beautiful night sky, she turned her attention back to the book. “This looks promising. Hmm, Starswirl the Bearded’s quote on time travel.”
Her curiosity piqued as her face lit up with a big, toothy grin. “Let’s take a look at this quote,” Twilight read the quote aloud to herself, alone on the main floor of the library.
”Our mind wraps around the thought of the unknown, where we question our own sanity before we set out on a path of destruction. It’s better to look away from the past and focus on the future.” - Starswirl the Bearded
The gears in Twilight’s mind began to turn after reading the quote. Analyzing quotes was Twilight’s specialty, besides reading books that portrayed the simplicity of life and how its meaning is left up to interpretation. “Let’s see, under this quote is one of the time travel spells that Starswirl learned.”
Starswirl chose to learn alone in his private study, cutting himself off from the rest of the world without the intent of making friends.
He discovered a time travel spell where the user can choose which period/era of their choosing. But be warned, this spell can have dire consequences if it is not done correctly. If you are trapped in this alternate world when the portal closes, you can never return back to your world. Instructions are listed on the bottom.
Twilight raised an eyebrow, intrigued with the urge to test this spell rising. “I’m going to test it out tomorrow and jot down my hypothesis, for now, I’m going to get some sleep.” She blew out the candle and walked up the stairs to her bed, she jumped on the bed as her belly flopped against the constellation decorated sheets.
The young mare closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. After Twilight’s slumber, Luna skipped along the dreamscape in the recesses of her subjects’ minds and watching over their dreams, as well as their nightmares. Her job wasn’t just a royal duty for her to perform just to get it out of the way, she felt that this duty turned into a passion and a way of life.
Luna closed her eyes and her body floated freely in the realms of the dreamscape. The energy coursed through her horn, her pupils dilated and glowed with a milky white complexion to them.
A small, blue orb formed on the palm of Luna’s hoof as she threw the orb into huge strands of magical webs that were weaved together, that can only be accessed by a pony who mastered the art of dreamwalking. “I can see that Twilight Sparkle read one of Starswirl the Bearded’s books about time travel in The Anthology of Magic. No wonder my sister trusts Twilight that she can defy the odds and grow stronger as a pony in her own right.”
The magical flow between her horn and the dreamscape faded as she slowly descended back down from her floating. She moved along on her hooves, the sound of her metallic hoof guards clip-clopping against the reflective surface of a dream mirror pool and swirled her hoof around in the pool. Using her magic to concentrate, Luna walked along the pool to avoid falling in if her concentration was broken. “Time for me to sleep, the sun has made its presence known once again.”
Luna stopped the fading flow of her magic completely as she made her exit out of the dreamscape, through an open door in the realm and closed it behind her. She was back in her private chambers of the castle in her bed with her two Night Guards standing outside of the doors, they kept a firm grasp on their spears.
The two guards stood at attention, knocking on the door for permission to enter. “Permission to enter, princess?”
“Permission granted,” Luna answered silently, covering her mouth after yawning.
“Is everything alright in here?” One of the guards asked before she bowed before her.
“Everything is quite alright. I shall alert you once I’m in peril or in need of assistance with some tasks,” Luna waved her hoof dismissively as the two guards nodded at her.
“Very well, your majesty.” The two guards stepped out of the room, leaving Luna as she laid her head down on an indigo-colored pillow with her cutie mark stitched on the top of the pillow. I don’t doubt Twilight Sparkle’s abilities at all, but this time travel spell might take her to the dark remnants of the past, Luna thought to herself in the mental confines of her mind, her eyelids closed slowly.
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Twilight was sleeping soundly in her bed while the sun shined through the windows. She yawned and purple feathers fell across the bed from her stretched out wings, the young alicorn ran down the stairs after she jumped out of bed with a pep in her step. She grabbed the Starswirl book from yesterday in her magic, placed it down on the desk, sat down on a soft purple pillow with her haunches planted softly on the pillow. Twilight groaned at the black top hat ceremoniously left on the floor with the open part of the hat exposed, she looked into the hat. A thick cloud of smoke and fireworks flew out of the hat as a familiar voice spoke, “Well if it isn’t, Twilight Sparkle.”
Twilight groaned and smacked herself on the forehead. “Trixie, do you ever stop trying to invade my privacy and exact your revenge?”
Trixie scoffed, the black hat transformed into her purple, star-covered hat and cape, “You really believe that I came here for revenge again? One time was already good enough.”
Twilight rolled her eyes annoyingly and looked back at the book, “Then what are you here for?”
Trixie crept up behind Twilight, whispering in her ear. “I came back from my show in Trottingham, so I decided to drop by and show you my impressive feats in magic. What’s new with you?”
Twilight flipped to the Starswirl the Bearded’s time travel page, and pointed Trixie in the direction of the instructions of the time traveling spell. The former student read the instructions, Trixie paying a minimal amount of attention while she read.
“This time traveling spell can be performed by a unicorn who mastered the art of arcane magic, after they perform said magic, the portal will open taking them to the time period of their choosing. Choosing the time period can be activated when they say the time period aloud or recalling an event in the past/present/future,” Twilight concluded her rendition of the instructions, she heard Trixie’s snoring with her mouth open and a small strand of drool sliding down her cheek.
Twilight slammed the book down on the wooden desk, snapping Trixie out of her short nap. “Wake up!”
Trixie held her head up high and wiped the strand of drool off her face. “I do love performing for ponies, but that whole speech bored me. I bet you need my help right?” She whipped her mane around only to be carried out of the library in Twilight’s magic, and dumped out on the ground.
“I guess that’s a no,” Trixie heaved with a sigh and turned her attention to a glass window near the door.
Now that Trixie is dealt with, I can focus on this spell, Twilight thought silently in her mind and sat down in the center of the floor. The magic in her horn flowed around in a circular motion as her aura painted a purple circle with the arcane symbols, her pupils widened as a white flash could be seen from outside the library. Points in the circle connected in the form of a triangle, all three points of the triangle flashed purple.
She pointed her horn at the wall, the magic surging through her body from the arcane symbols in the circle and shot out a magical blast as a portal formed in front of the bookcase. A flight of stairs appeared at the foot of the portal as Twilight ran up the stairs, Trixie’s ears perked up at the sound of Twilight’s hooves tapping against the stairs.
Trixie was left speechless and jumped through the window, the glass broke upon impact. She rushed up the stairs staying on Twilight’s tail, the showmare launched herself at her former rival, wrestling her to the ground. “You’re not leaving me along that easily!”
Twilight threw Trixie off of her and got up off the final flight of stairs at the portal, she lit her horn up also telling the event of her choosing, “Take me to the early period of Clover the Clever, Princess Platinum, and Starswirl the Bearded.” The portal’s frequency changed to Twilight’s request, a bright flash of light illuminated from the portal.
Trixie charged forward at Twilight, she dropped down on her back and kicked her hind hooves up at the resilient mare, sending her into the portal as her body twisted around the spiral vortex.
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“Looks like I’ll have to save her,” Twilight jumped through the portal after Trixie, the spiral vortex stretched her body around while she was tossed down onto a cobblestone street. “Agh, the things I do to save you,” The portal closed behind her, Twilight clinged to her belly hitting the hard cobblestone street below, turned her head and glared at Trixie.
“Looks like you do care about me.” Trixie said, laughing at Twilight.
“This is going to be a long trip,” Twilight’s eyes glanced at the world around her. The cobblestone streets that would start the foundation of Canterlot, ponies hiding in their homes, and the dark clouds looming overhead as rain poured down across the streets below.
“We’re going to need some shelter too,” Trixie said as Twilight draped her foreleg over her back, carrying her over to a small hut with a bar outside.