Successor

by Bronyman1000

History of Power

Hours into the night were peaceful for the trio of ponies. The full moon the team of night ponies worked together to put up was a beautiful sight and a wonderful source of light to beat the darkness. As it would seem all three ponies seemed to be having wonderful dreams…

“Ughhhhh, my head hurts. Where am I?” Celestia asked.

“Ahhhhh, you’ve awoken,” a mysterious voice said.

“Who are you? Where am I?” Celestia asked.

The mysterious voice chuckled. “Why you are dreaming Celestia. To answer all your questions you must see the history of time. The time where ponies did first learnt of the sun and moon. Come now, we have no time to lose.”

“Wait who are you?” Celestia asked.

“My name is Luminous. I was a pony just like you. Now we really have no time to waste, we must hurry.

When Luminous disappeared, a portal opened in front of Celestia. Confused and curious, Celestia decided to follow. After entering the portal, Celestia couldn’t help but notice she was transparent. Looking next to her she could she luminous in her pony form. She was a gorgeous mare with a golden yellow mane and coat.

“Celestia do you know where we are right now?” The Luminous asked.

Celestia couldn’t help but say no to her; yet, she couldn’t help but feel like she did know where she was. It was as if it were just a distant memory brought forth after being forgotten for so long.

Luminous smiled. “So you do know. We are in the chamber where the sun and moon were first created, but what you don’t know is what happened. Watch closely at what happened.”

“Can we really do this? We don’t know what will happen if we do this. The results can be catastrophic,” a pony with a black robe wrapping his body said.

“We must Forge. This could be the biggest discovery in pony history. If this works, we can finally see the light. This world will no longer just be the permanent dark and scary world we live in. The light will get rid of all the monsters we fear, all the problems we face every minute of our lives. If we don’t do this now, we will never move forward,” another pony wearing the same robe replied.
“Phil… Ok, you convinced me. Let’s move forwards,” Forge replied.

With a look of fear yet interested look, Celestia watched as the two ponies started to conjure up a brew. It was bubbling and emitting with magical power that rivaled even her parent’s final blast. Looking next to her she saw luminous with a smile, as if she knew exactly what would happen. As the ponies continued to worked, the brew started to emit more power than it could handle, until it blew up.

“Ughhhhhh, Phil, are you ok?” Forge asked.

“Yeah, what happened though?” he replied.

“Who are you two? Where are we?” A pair of mysterious voices asked.

Phil jumped in surprise at the book and turn. “Wh-who are you two is a better question. No pony knows about this chamber but us.”

“We don’t know. We just woke up and here I am but I don’t know who or where I am,” one of the voices replied.

“That’s you isn’t it?” Celestia asked.

“Yes. The other pony next to her is my sister Daze. We were born on this very day. At that time we did not know our purpose in life. Phil and Forge raised us like children. When we grew older, they died because of an incident outside the town. One day, they left to go get us some more hay to eat. They never returned. Worried, Daze and I left to go find them. We did, but not in the way we’d hoped. We found them in the forest. They were killed by timber wolves. They were poisoned beyond belief and yet, we kept going deeper into the forest to find the truth on what they were doing. We found a cave, and upon entering we learned that we were born from a powerful spell. One that was so complex, no pony could understand it. No pony but them. They knew what we were and what we were supposed to do yet they never told us. We are the original ponies to control the power of sun and moon and no one has been able to control the full power of both for millennia, until now that is. Your sister should be Luna dreaming as well. My sister Daze will be telling her this same story and will eventually teach her how to control the moon. As a warning, I am only able to teach you the power of the sun,” Luminous asked.

“Am I able to learn it though? Will I be able to handle the knowledge?” Celestia asked.

“I will not lie. For you to learn to control the moon, you must either learn on your own, or have your sister teach you. As for learning the power of the sun, I’m sure you already know that anyone can read the spells. What you don’t know is not anypony can perform the spell. To use them, you will be taking a test that the book provides. It is almost impossible for you to know the answer. If you cannot figure the answer to the test, you will die. Answer correctly and the book will bestow power like you never seen before. I will not ask you to do this if you don’t think you can. However if you wish to and are ready, you will wake up to the morning now. You must continue your trek to find the book. There I will meet with you again and Luna will meet with Daze. So Celestia, I must ask. Are you prepared to take the test, to learn some of the most powerful spells in pony history?”

Celestia was trembling. She knew deep down that this decision would change her life and everypony else’s life for better or for worse. On the other hand, she was scared that she will not be able to save everypony even with the power, even if her body was able to handle the change. Considering all the possibilities that would happen from this decision Celestia finally made her choice. With a nod, she sealed the deal.

Luminous smiled. “I see. You will face many challenges continuing on. You will face many deaths and loses in this journey and it will definitely be a hard ship for you. I know you are not scared of this task Celestia. This is why it is your destiny. You are not far from your destination now. Just don’t lost sight of your goal and what you’re fighting for. I have no more time left. You will wake up now, but don’t be afraid. I am sure that you and your sister are indeed the chosen ones.

With a sudden shake, Celestia woke up startled. She felt her hooves still trembling from what Luminous had said to her. Looking next to Luna she could tell Daze had in fact told her the same thing Luminous told her.

“We have to tell him,” Luna whispered to Celestia.

“We can’t. Not until we find the book. If we tell him now and we aren’t the ponies chosen to have that kind of power we’ll have worried him for nothing.”

“What are you two whispering about?” Stan asked.

“Nothing important. I think we had enough time to eat and everything. We should get going to our next camp spot. We should reach Mount Chilli in another day and a half.

Celestia knew Stan wouldn’t fall for an excuse as bad as that.

“That excuse will only work for so long you know,” Luna whispered.

“You got a better one? As long as it keeps him less suspicious then we can keep going without worry."

The day dragged on longer than the three anticipated. Their feet were starting to ache and the pain they had from their fight with the pack of timberwolves were still taking their toll. The heat from the sun grew unusually hot and they felt as though they were being followed by something or somepony… Whatever it was, they knew something wasn’t right.

“You hear that?” Celestia asked.

“Hear what?” asked Luna.

“Shhhh, I hear it too,” Stan said.

Celestia looked around as if expecting something to come out. “I have a bad feeling about this. Something tells me we’re in for a long night. Let’s keep moving and hurry to our next camp sight. I don’t want to be here when night falls.”
After the ponies continued walking for a few minutes a shadowy figured appeared out of a bush and started speaking to himself.
“Soooooo, the three of them are finally aware of my presence. They have no idea what they’re getting into yet. I’ll bide my time and strike them when they get there. Even if they get their hands on that book they won’t make it out of here alive. My windigo will finish attacking their villages soon and my timberwolves will be ready to finish and destroy them soon. Just wait my army. Soon we will rule this world and those two, Celestia and Luna will help me to succeed whether they want to or not.”