Terror in Equestria 5: One Thousand Years Later

by StormLuna

New Friends and an Amazing Revelation

Five days had passed in Maredrid and Twilight and her envoy were ready to set sail for Ridead. General Dark Hooves asked, "Twilight, will we be taking any forces with us or do you think we will be ok without them?"

Twilight replied, "Well I do know armor spells and loyalty spells so we should be fine. I don't want to have too many forces on board to feed. So until we get to Faustica, it will just be you, my brother, Queen LaurFa and myself."

Shining Armor asked, "What all do we have the ship stocked with. It will take anywhere between 10-14 days to get to Ridead."

Twilight replied, "Well we have what should be enough food and water for three weeks. I figured we better be prepared in the event we run into bad weather. Raise the anchor, let's get going!"

Shining Armor raised the anchor and they began their voyage southward. They had a strong northerly wind pushing them along nicely. Dark Hooves said, "It would be nice if we had a good tail wind like this all the way to Ridead. If we did, we would be able to get to Saddle Arabia much quicker."

Twilight replied, "It would be but once we get further south we will probably encounter nasty crosswinds which will slow us down considerably. For now let's just enjoy the nice weather!"

Back in Ponyville Brevity and Fluttershy were sitting down to lunch at the local cafe. Brevity asked, "Fluttershy, we would like to get to know more about you. What has happened to you in your past?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well I was born in Cloudsdale like a lot of pegasus ponies are. I was an only child and sadly my parents didn't really do much of anything with me. I always felt shunned and that really hurt my self-confidence."

Brevity said, "That is terrible, how could two parents not care any about their child?"

Fluttershy replied, "I am thinking that a lot of it might have to do with the fact that I was a very weak flyer at the time. For some reason, I just couldn't fly as fast as the other foals and I had trouble remaining airborne."

Brevity asked, "From what Brevity understands, pegasus foals are often put in flight camps to help them improve their abilities. Were you put in a flight camp?"

Fluttershy continued, "Yes, I was. It was awful for me. I was always made fun of and laughed at by almost everypony, especially by three jock pegasus foals. The one pony who did not laugh at me was Rainbow Dash, she held up for me and challenged the jock ponies to a race to defend my honor."

Brevity asked, "Brevity has met Rainbow Dash and she seems like a very nice pony. Before you continue on with your history, how did you and Rainbow become Alicorns?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well this was over a thousand years ago, before Twilight became evil. She needed more ponies to be Alicorns to help her in her quests and to defend Equestria, so she transformed not just Rainbow and myself, but three of her other friends into Alicorns as well. She also transformed Supreme Commander Colgate, Lyra, Lemon Hearts and Starswirl into Alicorns as well. You might find this odd but she transformed a lot of us to aid her in taking LaurFa's jade Alicorn."

Brevity looked shocked when she heard this. She asked "Really, she took LaurFa's jade Alicorn? Is that what Colgate now uses to watch over the whole world?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes. At one time Twilight was the only one that could use it but then Colgate learned how to use it and drained Twilight to where she no longer had the ability to use it."

Brevity asked, "How did she get the jade Alicorn away from LaurFa?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well at one point she drained your sister and banished her to the void. She then released your sister to aid her in her quest. She cast a loyalty spell on your sister after she had drained her significantly."

Brevity said, "Wow, that is amazing. Now back to what you were telling Brevity about yourself."

Fluttershy continued, "Well, like I said, Rainbow challenged the jock ponies to a race. I was standing on a cloud and I waved the flag to start the race. Well I was knocked off the cloud and my wings froze shut. I plummeted to the earth but at the last moment I was caught by some butterflies. Since then, I have lived here on the ground."

Brevity asked, "Butterflies caught you? Brevity would like to know if that has anything to do with your cutie mark."

Fluttershy replied, "Yes, it does. I was caught by them and once I was on the ground Rainbow Dash broke the sound barrier creating a sonic rainboom. This scared all the animals but I was able to get them to come back out by talking to them telling them everything was ok. I learned I was able to communicate with them on a higher level and that is when my cutie mark appeared."

Brevity smiled and said, "That is wonderful Fluttershy! What happened with the pegasus race?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well I wasn't there so it was a while before I learned what actually happened. Rainbow Dash won the race easily."

Brevity asked, "Have you ever taken part in any races?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes, I have. One time Rainbow Dash was bragging about how she was going to easily win this race up in Cloudsdale. At that point I had never taken part in a race and I didn't really feel like a normal pegasus. So I decided to enter into the race with nopony else except Princess Celestia knowing about it. When my friends, especially Rainbow, saw me at the starting line, they were not impressed and Rainbow said I was only going to make a fool of myself."

Brevity asked, "What wound up happening with the race?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well the race started out the same way Rainbow Dash said it would, with her taking a huge early lead and me lagging way behind. I knew I wasn't doing good but I just wanted to feel like a normal pegasus just once."

Brevity asked, "Did you ever catch up to the rest of the pack?"

Fluttershy continued, "Well yes, I did. I remember I think it was at the third turn that two of the jock pegasi that always made fun of me were standing there making fun of me. This sent me into a rage. My blood was boiling and I picked up a huge amount of speed. Now by this time Rainbow had already broke the sound barrier but very quickly I broke the sound barrier which made me only the second pony in history to do it. I soared past my competition but Rainbow was still well ahead of me once we passed the fourth and final turn. I could still hear those jock ponies voices in my head making fun of me. I continued gaining speed and then I did the impossible, I unleashed an even louder and brighter boom. I hit Mach 2. I soared past Rainbow Dash and won the race. I had never been happier in my life."

Brevity got a huge grin on her face and said, "Wow, that is beyond amazing! You sure showed everypony else that you were a force to be reckoned with!"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes, I did. I finally felt like a normal pegasus, in fact, I felt like a true champion. Ultimately I wound up entering many races and I won all of them. All I had to do was remember those jock ponies making fun of me and I easily won races."

Brevity asked, "What caused you to stop competing?"

Fluttershy replied, "When all of Equestria fell into chaos the races stopped being held. I remember I was looking forward to a race when news had broke that Sombra and Chrysalis had taken over the Crystal Empire. Then they corrupted Twilight and she became the ruler of Equestria. Then there were several years of chaos until she was banished to the sun. After that though, the culture of this world had changed. Pegasus races were not very high on anypony's priority list while keeping a ready and alert military were, and still is."

Brevity asked, "After Twilight and her minions are defeated and this world returns to any state of normalcy, will you resume racing?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yeah, I plan on it. I know I am an Alicorn now but I still have that competitive spirit within me. Chances are it would probably be just me and Rainbow since Alicorns have much more wing power than regular pegasus ponies do, unless other Alicorns get into racing as well. Rainbow and I would probably become judges for normal pegasus races. Enough about me now. I see you have the same cutie mark as me, how did you get it?"

Brevity said, "Well, this is something from our past that is hard to remember as it happened before we came to this world. I will try my best to remember."

Fluttershy asked, "Did you have a situation similar to mine?"

Brevity replied, "No, we did not. Brevity remembers this was when we lived on a different world, before coming here. We remember watching over the lands from Mt. Marelympus and we saw the animals fighting all the time. I was always worrying about them killing each other and my sister was always busy writing books. Well one day I flew down into the grasslands and stood between a hungry pack of wild dogs and a newborn gazelle and it's mother. I talked to the wild dogs and they understood every word I said and I could understand them. I used my magic to create meat for them. That was when my cutie mark appeared. I was so happy. When I returned home my sister was very angry when she saw that I had my cutie mark before she got hers."

Fluttershy asked, "Were you the younger sister?"

Brevity said, "Wait a minute? Am I speaking in the first pony to you?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes, just like you were with Starswirl."

Brevity said, "You know something Fluttershy, you seem like the real sister that I never had. Now to answer your question regarding whether I was the younger sister, I honestly don't know. It seems like I have been around forever. To tell you the truth, I don't even remember having any parents, it is almost as if my sister and I have been around forever."

Fluttershy asked, "Do you ever remember a time when it was just you? A time before LaurFa?"

Brevity replied, "No, I do not remember a time before LaurFa. I have a strong feeling that we came into existence at the exact same time. I know Colgate is a goddess with those blue eyes but LaurFa and I are a different kind of goddess, we are Creator Goddesses."

Fluttershy looked confused and asked, "A creator goddess? What is a creator goddess?"

Brevity replied, "The definition of a creator goddess is a pony that has been around forever and my tyrant sister and I are the only two there are. We are the ones who used our magic to create everything, the galaxies, the stars, the planets and even the very ground we are standing on. However, this information is to be shared with nopony, not even Colgate."

Fluttershy asked, "Will this ever be known to anypony else but us?"

Brevity replied, "My so-called sister knows about it as well. However, there is one thing that she has forgotten. While I could never get the transformation spell right she could never get the spell to unmake things right."

Fluttershy asked, "What do you mean a spell to unmake things?"

Brevity replied, "Since her and I are creator goddesses, we can unmake things. Just as we used our magic to make them, we can unmake them and I have a feeling that I am now powerful enough I could unmake her. During my time on Titan I went deep into thought and searched within myself and rediscovered so many things that I had lost to time."

Fluttershy asked, "Do you think LaurFa has lost a lot of her ancient knowledge?"

Brevity replied, "Yes, I believe she has. Time takes its toll on all of us. I guess banishment does have one positive. It allowed me to go into deep thought and regain all the knowledge I had so long ago."

Fluttershy asked, "Do you think you could show me how an unmaking spell works."

Brevity smiled and said, "Sure, but I need you to look away as I will glow brighter than a thousand suns when I do this."

Fluttershy looked away while Brevity began to levitate and started glowing so brightly that her glow was visible from the entire planet. She pointed her horn at a high hill, ripped it out of the ground and recited, "For this object was created in ancient times, long long before nearly anypony's time, the atoms that hold this together are strong but that won't last for long, for what was made can also be unmade for even atoms ultimately will go to their grave."

As Brevity finished saying this the hill she was levitating glowed, began to shrink in size until it simply vanished, as though it never existed at all. Finally Brevity stopped glowing and floated back down to the ground. Fluttershy saw that the hill was gone but that no explosion had taken place to destroy it. Fluttershy asked, "Brevity, why wasn't there an explosion when you unmade that hill?"

Brevity replied, "Because my magic caused the bonds of everything that held that hill together to simply vanish. This involves stuff that Starswirl and I could talk to you more about later."

Fluttershy asked, "Does this involve science and those atoms you were talking about in your spell?"

Brevity replied, "Yes, it does. Let's get back to town and grab a bite to eat. Unmaking things uses a lot of energy and I am so hungry!"

Fluttershy said, "I am getting hungry myself, lets go get a bite to eat."

While Fluttershy and Brevity headed back to the cafe the light from Brevity's glow had reached the other side of the planet. As Twilight and her envoy were sailing south towards Ridead LaurFa saw a pink and yellow glow on the horizon and then move across the sky above them.

Twilight asked, "What in Equestria was that? Is Colgate altering the atmosphere to try to scare us?"

Shining Armor replied, "Well I'm not sure what it was. I have never seen light that looks like that. It looks almost like the colors of Fluttershy's coat, mane and tail."

The colors of this brought back a memory within LaurFa that she had forgotten. She began to remember a few things from her past, her life from before the modern era of Alicorn Island and Faustica. She did not want to say anything to Twilight though, because she feared Twilight yet she had forgotten the truly powerful magic that she used to know.

Author's Note:

Invisibility----"Whether it be one or a bunch of ones, nopony needs to see so that we don't have to flee, invisibility is the treat of not having to retreat."

Visibility---"The unseen shall now be seen, with their friends being present, hiding only shows resent, those who have disappeared shall now appear."

Duplication---"From one to two, two to four and so much more, when one is simple mere, more and more shall appear."

Banish to void--- "You have committed treason and that is not in season, you are a threat to me and I simply can not let that be, I can no longer be annoyed so you shall be cast into the void."

Loyalty spell---"From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."

Giving drones a mind of their own---"those without a mind are in a bind, no longer shall they just be, but they will still be loyal to me, for officers they are now but they don't ask how."

Unbanish---"The one who has been banished has done their time, they are now forgiven for their crime, their time has come, now they need to contribute some, it is Equestria that they must serve or into the spiral of the void they shall curve."

Transform unicorn to Alicorn--- "The unicorn who has no wings is bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform multiple unicorns to Alicorns--- "The unicorns who have no wings are bound to the ground, they can not really get around, their smarts are great yet without flight they will be late, with these wings they will be great and they shall never have a bad fate."

Transform Pegasus to Alicorn---"The one who can fly likes to fly free desires the powers that allow the unicorn to be, he/she wishes so much to levitate and create, rather than berate, for the winged one now has magic, without that it would be tragic."

Transform Earth Pony to Alicorn---"The pony without magic or flight is in a bind, for they feel like they have fallen behind, they work themselves to death, even to their very last breath, for now with magic and wings, great things shall be what life brings."

Increase size of pony---"The small one wishes they were tall so that they won't have to crawl, with height their future is bright and everything will be alright, for the small one is small no more, with height their happiness shall be galore."

Mature pony--"The innocent pony is unsure of who she wants to be, that may be cute but it is not what is good for me, she needs to mature if she is to be strong for without maturity she won't last for long, the naive one shall be so no more, for her maturity will carry her into lore."

Strengthen Armor---"The one without armor does not stand a chance, so it is what we must enhance, the unarmed one will likely receive death, with armor he shall continue to draw breath, without armor he will be torn to shreds like a rag but with armor victory is in the bag."

Activate Jade Alicorn---"The jade Alicorn will help me see all, without it I might miss a brawl, while the distances are great, I can see all the hate, wisdom is what comes along with the eye so that overthrowing me nopony will try."

Hurricane spell--- "The nice weather must come to an end, for without a storm the enemy will not bend, the wind shall be strong and my enemies won't last for long, a hurricane is a must so the tyrants will sink and go bust."

Fixing spell--- "The city was devastated by a storm, which is not the norm, their suffering is great yet we can not allow normalcy to be late, the city must be restored to the way it was before so they can pay taxes like they did before.

COLGATE'S SPELLS

Unlock---"The door is locked, but from me my information is blocked, a lot of learning I have to do, but with this locked I won't have a clue, now the door is open for me and infinite knowledge for me shall now be."

Lock---"Right now the door is not locked, from others the information is not blocked, the others must not be allowed to learn, for this is not theirs to earn, the door is now closed for all but me because infinite knowledge is not free."

Shatter Armor---"Our foes' armor is great, that is something I hate, with their armor they are strong, but them having armor is just plain wrong, now their armor is gone and it is time for them to say bye as they are struck by energy and die."

Return Blue sky---"The sky is purple which is ok for some, but it just makes me numb, for I miss the way it used to be, blue is beautiful to me, the normal sky shall be back and everything will return on track."

Drain pony---"The large pony is too big for me, for smaller the pony shall be, the size and knowledge will become mine, but the negative qualities is where I draw the line, for what must grow is my power, so that I may remain in the tower."

Change eye blue---"The green eye is not for me, for blue is what it shall be, the evil shall be banished as the good can not vanish, what shall return will be an eye of blue as it is the perfect hue."

Freeze time---"Tick tock, tick tock, look at the racing clock, what is short is time and being late is a crime, we must finish on top so it is time I must stop, with time froze, it is my enemies I shall bulldoze."

Unfreeze time---"Look at the clock, it is stuck in place, with this there can be no pace, everything is still but that does not fit the bill, for now the clock shall again run so everypony can have fun."

Time bubble---"A bubble is what we need, so from frozen time we can be freed, in this bubble we can move fast, while everything else is stuck in the past, it is frozen time which through we must pass so we will never be late to class."

Undo time bubble---"In the bubble time continues to run, but now the time outside runs and allows fun, the bubble must burst so we can quench our thirst, from the bubble we are now free and everything we can clearly see."

Release Brevity Thrash--- "She was banished long ago, but her power she will not forego, it is revenge she wants, it is her sister she shall taunt, for Brevity Thrash shall return once more and be more than just long lost lore."

PINKIE'S SPELL

"The changeling's power is good, but not great, they can fire ooze but not enough to make their foes lose, for them to be great, they must fire bolts of hate, the energy shall be strong so their enemies won't last for long."

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