Hey...
Sorry for worrying you girls... :( I know it was stupid, I just thought I’d be able to resolve things, and then I did the heart spell and...
I’m so sorry for everything I said :( I didn’t mean it. I just saw things in terms of logic and... stars, I can imagine how many ponies I hurt :(((
DarkSparkle
You idiot! You had us worried like crazy! What were you thinking? You could have at least told us before going... and if you had we’d never have left you!
Heart spell? Even I didn’t use it and I brainwashed an entire village! You have no idea how messy those things are! No wonder you turned evil!
TrueSparkle
Yes, I was very very worried. Angel was as well. He’s been crying in secret for weeks... poor thing.
Brush
I’m so sorry :( It was the only way I could think of. When I faced the Windigo he made his demands. I knew I couldn’t meet them, so I offered him this trade. I just hoped that I’d be able to figure out what he was searching for before the time was out... :(
DarkSparkle
Say what, Sugarcube? O.o Mind telling us what’s going on?
JustAHuman
Twilight gave the Windigo her heart and promised she’d find out what happened to his tribe and family. However, she miscalculated a few things... including the effects of a missing heart :/
When you give your heart away you don’t just erase your emotions, you start looking at them as insignificant, even bothersome. Twilight stopped valuing life, including her own. At one point she even considered performing a spell that would certainly kill her if it would stop the Windigo. I had to spend hours talking her out of it.
InItForTheShipping
!!!
TrueSparkle
Poo! I bet that grumpy Windigo had an icky, rotten, frozen heart!
PPI
Actually... He didn’t have a heart, none at all. That was part of my gambit. I though offering my heart would change his mind.
DarkSparkle
That explains the weird speech he gave when we tried to capture him. I thought he was mocking us, but he must have dealt genuinely sorry for attacking us. Maybe that’s also the reason he didn’t harm us?
LightSparkle
It would also explain why it only froze half of Trottingham. Twilight heart couldn’t bear it freeze an entire city, so it stopped once it could bear it no more. I suppose that’s when it decided to return the heart to her.
Celestia
Oooh! Then everything is smiley happy again! :)
He found the magic of friendship thanks to Twilight and gave her heart back to her! @DarkSparkle, you sly mare, you. I always knew your heart would change Equestria :D
PPI
Unfortunately no, Pinkie... He indeed used the same spell to give back my heart, but that wasn’t the reason. Now that he has no heart he could freeze every last village in Equestria without feeling pain or regret. Even if some emotion lingers on, in a few days, weeks at most, he’ll be back to his usual self and if he hasn’t gotten what he wanted he’ll start freezing again.
DarkSparkle
Well, sis you manage to find anything that would help? Mom told me you’ve been reading Sombra’s diaries.
LightSparkle
That’s the problem, there was nothing there. We did find some references about Windigo magic, research into their powers, and a pact of some sort during the rise of the Crystal Empire, but nothing that would help us with the extinction.
Sombra seems to have burned a great many of his research scrolls. His use of the dark arts had driven him insane by that point. There’s also mention of the “dark rainbow” but I’m not sure it’s related. At this point we can’t be sure of anything... and neither his notes nor the Canterlot library provided any answers.
InItForTheShipping
We could always ask Starswirl. He was alive at the time, and there are indications he was unaffected by the amnesia spell.
I know he’s not always very open, but surely he’ll help when he sees what’s happening to Equestria.
DarkSparkle
Err... if you think I’m secretive and too slow to get involved, you have no idea what he’s like. And since Discord wouldn’t be of much use either, I fear we’ll have to rely on somepony else... like the sirens. PlayedPiece seems unusually eager to help.
Celestia
She’s told me everything she knows already. And she’s the last person I’d ask for practical help. One, without her gem she has no real power. Two, even if she did, I doubt it she’ll be able to focus for long enough to be of any real help. :/
LightSparkle
Yes, she did seem to be quite flirty with that dragon...
Brush
You’all, there must be something we could do. What about using the magic of friendship again?
JustAHuman
Darling, that didn’t work the last time and I doubt it would work this time as well.
@DarkSparkle: you are very much forgiven. I knew you weren’t yourself when you said all those things.
Are we sure that Hearth’s Warming won’t be enough to drive him away? Or joy and unity between ponies? Those had protected us from windigos before, after all.
Grace
I doubt that would affect this one :( He’s just so different and I cannot understand why.
DarkSparkle
I might have a way to get Starswirl to talk. It’s not something I’d enjoy, so I must be absolutely, one hundred percent certain that you can’t think of any other way.
Simile
You saw first hand there isn’t! If you have a way of getting him to listen, tell us!
LightSparkle
It’s not something I like to talk about. *sigh* I’ll get him to listen, but not today. There are too many ponies who need cheering up and I can’t deprive them of that.
I’ll try tomorrow.
Simile
Please do. Everypony in Equestria will be indented to you if you succeed. Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to go through whatever sources we have to try and find an answer to his question.
Celestia
Sorry, had to do a few extra patrols. Did I miss anything?
AwesomePony
Dare I even ask how Trixie seems to know how to get Starswirl to talk, much less what terrible act she will be forced to perform to get him to talk??
8557409
I'm assuming it's not the first thing that sprung to my mind.
Yeah seemed really obvious of course. What better disguise then being yourself right?
DarkSparkle - Twilight
JustAHuman- Applejack
Grace - Rarity
Brush - Fluttershy
Awesomepony - Rainbow Dash
PPI - Pinkie Pie
TrueSparkle - Starlight
PlayedPiece - Sonata
LightSparkle - Sunset
At the very least we now know all the main characters screen names.
Okay, for the most part, I've stopped mentioning this sort of thing unless they're funny to imagine or I can't figure out what was meant. This falls into the latter, and even the former to a lesser extent.
The being of pure logic and reason is threatening to destroy Equestria for reasons even he doesn’t know.
What!? Grace is Rarity!? Oh come on! Sweetstuff figured it out, and she denies it, to the point of Sweetstuff getting in trouble for it. Well done Rarity, great sister you are.
8557442
Honestly it may very well be EXACTLY what we're thinking. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
I wonder if Angel has been crying because he's worried about TrueSparkle.
8557409
8557442 My guess is Simile is going to cash in the "distant descendant" card.
This explains at least what happened to DarkSparkle and it's good that she's better now but the Windigo is still a problem. Maybe they should try to contact Scorpan since he would know what the dark rainbow is and he's at least as old as Starswirl. I hope Simile will get Starswirl to talk even if I don't know what method she'll use.