Plants
Twilight hovered above the star-shaped plateau, and looked at some of the grass growing on and around it. It was short, spiky, and—as she had learned the hard way—tasted foul. It was inadequate, and Twilight knew that she would have to push her magic harder than ever before to create something beautiful and truly alive. Her world was ready to support a more diverse range of plants now, she knew it, but she wouldn't quite start yet. After all, the area around her newly created plateau was a bit open for her tastes.
Gliding to another spot above the ground, far enough away from the star-shaped plateau that they wouldn't be too close to one another, but close enough to be within walking distance of each other, she lit her horn.
Grasping the land once more, she gently pulled upwards, sculpting it with more care and attention than she had with the first one. She raised the plateau to a height that was more or less level with the first one. The irregularly shaped plateau was long and thin. With expert control and strength, Twilight brought the end of it into a fine point. Moving further along, she created jagged edges and corners, slowly moulding it into the shape of a lightning bolt. When she was finished, she flew up to admire her own work.
She had created a perfect replica of the Element of Loyalty, and thus, Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. She smiled and moved onto another space. There, she repeated the process, this time creating a butterfly. She moved around the star-shaped plateau in a circle, creating an image of each Element of Harmony as she went.
When she was finished, the plateaus looked wonderful from the air. An image of the six Elements together, her own in the centre. A small tear pricked the corner of Twilight's eyes. She blinked it away. She would stop by the Memorial Temple later, but for now, she had a planet to fill with life.
She flew until she found a place with a wide open space that she had left open on purpose. She had planned for it to be an open plain. She alighted on the edge of the future plain, crushing some stubby grass beneath her hooves. She smiled and folded her wings. She wouldn't be needing them at all for her plant-making. She cut off all magic flow to her horn. She wouldn't be needing that either.
Her unicorn and pegasus magic had both taken a beating over the years. Her wings were far more muscular than they had ever been, and were being used more often than they ever were in Equestria, and her horn ached a little. But there was one part of herself that Twilight had left alone.
Earth pony magic manifested itself passively as longevity, strength, stamina, and a connection with the earth. But, with the right know-how, and a sufficient amount of it, earth pony magic could be harnessed to accomplish far more than even unicorn magic. Earth pony magic had the unique ability to bring life to barren land. Twilight had earth pony magic to spare, and she was going to put it to good use.
Twilight closed her eyes. She breathed in, calming herself, and pushed her hoof away from her chest, exhaling as she did so. She squared her hooves on the ground, and reached deep inside herself. There, buried deep within her, was a near-boundless supply of untapped earth pony magic. Twilight drew it out, and forced it into her hooves. She opened her eyes and looked at her hooves. They were glowing a soft magenta tinged with green. She forced more and more of her earth pony magic into her hooves until the green glow overpowered the magenta. Tall, green grass began to spring up around her hooves. Flowers grew on long stems and opened, adding a much-needed dash of colour to the world.
Twilight grinned. She was ready.
With a joyful shriek, Twilight bounded forward into a gallop. Behind her, a trail of fresh green grass and flowers was springing up, bringing life to the barren soil. Her mane flapped behind her in the wind as she ran, smiling wider than she thought was possible. She galloped joyfully across the lifeless plains, her magic's influence spreading out behind her to fill more and more of her world with plants. True, life-filled grass and beautiful, crisp flowers followed Twilight, filling the world with beauty.
When Twilight reached the other edge of the plain, she paused for breath. She turned to look at her work. The once empty plain was now filled with long grass and flowers. Twilight ran back into it, laughing as grass tickled her belly and got caught in her tail. She stopped to smell the flowers. She hadn't seen anything like them before. They were white, with petals that were long and rubbery, with brown speckles on them. Near the centre of the flower, the petals faded to a creamy butter yellow that reminded Twilight of a certain pony's coat.
She ran around the plain some more, more life growing behind her as she ran. She stopped and lifted a forehoof. She stomped down hard. From her hoof grew a thick, thorny shrub. She moved around growing more and more shrubs as she went along. When she was satisfied that she had put enough plants into her plains, she switched off the magic and galloped towards the nearest mountain range. It happened to be the Chaotic Range.
At the base of the mountains, she resumed the flow of magic. She changed the amount and strength of the magic, trying to create mountain wildflowers. She looked at the plant life growing up around her hooves. It was thorny, but had an interesting fluffy coat on the stem and head. It had lavender coloured petals. It looked like an average mountain flower, but unique. Twilight was pleased with herself.
She slowly began to climb the mountain range, unable to gallop up the steep terrain. Where the soil was suitable, Twilight's mountain flowers grew outwards to fill the gap. She altered her flow again, and a different mountain flower, this one red, began to grow. The two species mingled together. Twilight returned to the flow she had used to make the grassland, but changed it slightly to create dry mountain grass. There wasn't much in the way of soil past a certain point, so Twilight left it barren. If plants wanted to colonise it, she would leave them to do it themselves.
She skidded back down the mountain. Not too far away from here, if she remembered correctly, was the huge lake she had made. She had a vow to fulfil. She needed to fill her underwater kingdom with just as much life as her land based one.
She trotted over to the lake at her own pace. There was no danger to her after all. And she was in no rush. When she reached the lakeshore, she stopped for a moment to ponder what type of flow she should use. She wasn't sure if her magic would even work underwater, never mind what type of flow she should use. She opted for something that would have created moss on land. Moss and algae were quite similar to one another in appearance, so she hoped it would work.
She dove in, lighting her hooves with life-giving magic as she went. She watched as the magic bled off of her hooves in spiralling green tendrils, seemingly doing nothing. However, as she swam, paddling with her hooves, the water gradually grew murky as it filled up with algae. A smile crossing her face, Twilight dove to the lake floor and began to walk along the bottom, changing her flow as she did.
With each step she took, dark green weed sprung up, waving in the lake's current. The long leaves and snakelike vines attempted to catch hold of Twilight as she walked by, but she brushed them off with one of her hooves. As she walked, altering her flow occasionally for variety, Twilight began to think about what type of creatures she should fill her world with, and how she would do it. The plant life she was creating was unique, she had noticed. She'd never seen it on Equestria. It was probably something to do with her magic signature.
She swam through the lake, filling it with life, for over an hour. She was still nowhere near the centre of the lake, but it was filling up nicely. When she was done, she climbed out of the lake, now on the opposite side, and shook herself. She looked around.
She galloped around a bit more, spreading life around her wherever she went. She smiled, enjoying the freedom of just running around with no nobles to tell her she was acting 'un-princesslike'. She hadn't been running for years, but she was certainly making up for it.
After almost a full week of running around, filling her world with its first form of life, Twilight sat halfway up a lesser mountain range, panting, with aching legs and sore hooves, but a wide smile upon her face. Lush green vegetation covered her planet. Long rows of shrubs, unique, colourful flowers, and young saplings that would one day become massive trees filled the ecosystem. Some plants were blooming in odd colours. A field of blue grass was kept company by a row of red shrubs. A sapling with an indigo trunk was trying to establish a foothold for itself in a patch of neon yellow flowers.
As fulfilling as it was to finally have accomplished the daunting task of creating life, Twilight knew that she now had a time limit. She had to fill her world with animals soon, lest the plants grow out of control. But that could wait. For now, she had a special task to complete.
Twilight found an open space that had become a plain. It wasn't a large space, but the soil here was good and fertile. Perfect for what she was planning. Twilight withdrew the magic from her hind hooves and redirected it into her forehooves. She would need extra strength for this task. She called forth a collection of memories, memories that, despite being a millennia old, were still fresh in her mind. She tried to get the memory as vivid as possible, and altered her flow to become as close to her memories as possible.
Confident that everything was perfect, Twilight reared up, her glowing forehooves waving in the air. With explosive force, she brought them down. She stepped back and waited. A sapling poked its way out of the soil. It quickly began to grow, shooting upwards and widening. Leaves grew from its lengthening branches, and fruit began to grow and ripen. Twilight smiled. It was perfect. Exactly how she remembered it.
Walking along in a straight line, Twilight grew more and more trees. When she was confident that her row was long enough, she started on another. Twilight had grown seven rows of trees before she decided it was large enough. It was nowhere near as large as the original, but it would do.
Twilight trotted to the nearest tree and plucked a fruit from its branches. The red apple was sweet, and delightfully crunchy. It was not as perfect as the original apples from Sweet Apple Acres, but they were fairly close. It had been a long time since Twilight had eaten any food at all. The food that she had eaten was the type of overly complex food served to royalty. Twilight relished in the taste of fresh, organic, unaltered fruit.
Finishing her apple and tossing away the core, Twilight cut off her earth pony magic. She allowed magic to flow into her horn once more. It didn't ache as much anymore; it had been given a rest these past few days, but Twilight still winced slightly as a powerful spell began to weave itself in her horn.
"May these trees stand here always. May they be impossible to destroy, by fire, disease, felling or otherwise. May their fruit always be ripe, may there always be fruit upon their branches and may they be impossible to grow anywhere else. May they feed weary travellers and villages, and may they always have the quality taste of homegrown food. May their fruit always be free from disease and parasites, so that all may enjoy their taste and benefit from them always," she said.
With a small flash, the spell was in place, and Twilight knew that the Apple Forest would always stand. She levitated another apple down from the trees and bit into it. She didn't need it—alicorns didn't need to eat—but she ate it anyway, enjoying its taste and the memories it brought forth.
She lay down under a tree, eating her apple and watching the sunset. Soon, she would not be the only creature on the planet. But for now, she was content to sit in the shade of the apple tree and think of days gone by.
A small tear rolled from her eye.
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very well done on this chapter
let us hope the fauna is just as unique as the flaura
I thought of the scene from fantasia 2000
Excellent chapter. I can't wait to find out what she's got planned for animal life.
Another outstanding chapter. Nice work.
Can we have more please?
I really liked the use of earth pony magic, it's not something we see a lot of when it comes to Twilicorn.
Hmm nice work. Can't wait to see the wonder she dedicates to Fluttershy. Also I wonder if Discord, Celestia, Luna, or Cadance will ever drop by for a visit? I'm not betting on it but it's been mentioned that Twilight returns to Equis now and then to chat and really I'd bur surprised if Discord never visited to see the moutains that she named after him.
I must say, this is a job well done. And I'm fairly certain there'll be a ton of animals in the "Flutter Glade" and tons of supersonic birds for Dash.
Well now her planet has flora but what is she going to do for fauna? Create some herbivores and carnivores or just migrate some from equis
Man you never disappoint. when it comes to a new chapter every time I get blown away by how awsome it is.
I am not sure what kind of world Twilight is going for here, if she is limiting food growth like this. Just an utopia where everything is provided for ponies? And everything is baby proofed so they wouldn't ruin it? I guess ponies will have to find something else that isn't apple trees, if they want to spread their population.
I don't know, I half except for ponies to find ways around these limits, anyway.
First off: YAY! New chapter! I really like this stoy and I find it very interesting. Secondly: I absolutely love the Idea of timeless apple trees that will never burn and always have ripe fruit, it seems like one of the best ways Twilight could commemerate Applejack.
Pretty good chapter. I'm hoping conflict begins when Twilight tries to create sapient life. It will become very interesting then, and I'll start becoming more invested in the story.
4243936 The quote refers to those apple trees specifically. Other foods and other apples can be grown elsewhere, but not those trees in particular, because Twilight wants them to be unique. Similarly, would you want memorials to the people who influenced your life the most being ruined by greedy or clueless people? I wouldn't think so. With how organised and uptight Twilight is, I doubt she'd want it either.
Hmm...
I don't know... this world she's working on sounds a mite utopian- even for technicolor pony standards. Wheres the toxic gasses? The radioactive materials? The renegade forces of nature? Where are the problems?
Twilight may be all powerful but she doesn't know everything. I would like to see a little godly trial and error in the process of MAKING A LIFE BEARING PLANET.
4244648 who's to say that some those flowers aren't poisonous to creatures that are not twilight?
Very good! I simply can't wait for Twilight to make animals and other ponies!
4244658 "Celestia! Checkout these beautiful flowers I made."
Celestia *sniffs*, stands up on hind legs, clutchs chest, yells "Huuuuhhh!", falls backwards, dies with legs sticking straight up.
Twilight:
Celestia: *Twitch twitch*
"Hey Twilight nice planet!"
"I see you made all your friends' memorials eternal."
"Too bad you couldn't make your friends eternal."
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Twilight, Twilight, Twilight... *shakes head*
Don't you know the first thing about geopolitics? This orchard will be a critical supply joint in any conflict, because it always has food. And since war is often waged over territory...
I hope you know how to build a civilization, Twilight.
Pester
4243936 I think she means the specific kind of apple tree that she created. the ones with those special always ripe apples.
4268291 Fair enough, good point.
Loving the planet
Does she get a sparkly mane now?
Please write more for this and Trust in the Night. I really love these stories
I keep coming back and checking this but no new chapters :-(
4543101 Just as soon as I get the magic and science to agree with one another. It's not easy
PLEASE tell me there's going to be a Spore reference when she tries to create the animals!
Odd, I thought I'd favourited this when it was first released. At least it's an easily solved problem.
Liking it, mate.
Twilight made monopoly on apples? This is the only place where can be apple trees? No one can plant their own apple trees?
I like it *looks at favorite button and like button, starts smashing both*
Then congratulations because my first thought while reading was Okami :)
You know the only thought reading this fic is: Genesis Chapter one
this is a wonderful story brimming with vivid details and burning passion thanks goes out to all who worked on this and i would love to read more
4544919 true that
4544919 I know the feeling. I always make sure my science and magic at least co-exist.
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Yeah, that's really bothering me. It feels like you only killed them off so you could do the memorials.
Also where's Spike?
Still really enjoying the project you're writing.
moar this is a great story, I wonder what she shall do next.
I don't mean to rush you, but it seems like forever since you updated last. I NEED MOAR!
I-if you want to that is.
5401474 The time travel spell is explained as only working once, and only for a few minutes. On top of that, it's also established that you can't change the past no matter what you try. So, your ideas for how Twilight could save her friends don't really work.
The reason Twilight does not use an aging spell is that, in my headcanon anyway, and therefore in this story, it's a very advanced spell that only true masters can learn, and Twilight hadn't reached that level of mastery until long after her friends were gone.
Hey jumping! Any idea when the next chapter will come out? Just looking for an estimate. Plz moar!!!
Are we going to be seeing a new chapter sometime soon?
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Hey Jumping? Any idea when the next chapter will come out? Just looking for an estimate! Please post, this is an amazing story!
Nooooooooo! I need mooooooooooooooooooooore!!!!!!!!!
This is a very good story. Please continue it soon.
This has to be one of the most unique stories i have ever read. Although it's a little bittersweet it has been an amazing experience. Excellent work so far and i can't wait for the next chapter
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Really I fined making both magic and physics co-exist quite easily.
AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! More please! :)
I wonder if the Sapient life is going to come from natural growth over many years or if they are just going to pop into existence.
Oh my gosh, we could have a first contact story like with HiE but with Twilight's life meeting Equestrian!
I wonder if they'll discover Equestria on their own, or if Twilight will build them a space road or something?
Are you still writing this?
4243610 When she was making the plants? Oh my goodness me too! ^u^
Please please please please pleeeaaasseee pleasepleasepleaseplease make more, please!!! I'm enjoying this so much and I faved it and liked it and followed it and I WANT MORE pleeeease it's so unique and interesting and...