The Time Thief

by Reading4HalfMyLife

Loop 90

She woke up, and the buzzing in her head was gone.

It was, she realized, the strangest sensation, like suddenly not being able to feel your own heartbeat or pulse. She could feel her magic, strong and bordering on crippling, thrumming beneath her, but no more distortions.

She could, finally, think.

Astral Plane.

That was her name. No question about it.

She tried, in vain to throw back her thoughts, to try and remember what had happened, but her memory was weird, like a dream, vague impressions that slipped away before she could really figure out what happened.

Her strongest memory was of her telling herself to think of springtime. She could remember thinking of springtime, of fields of beautiful flowers, of grass shooting up, of her friends smiles.

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Astral had not been expecting to be accosted by some random Earthpony, but there you go.

She had been trotting down the street, lost in her thoughts as to what happened- why did she feel so horrified and scared and nauseous by something she couldn't remember?- when an Earth Pony crashed into the ground at her hooves.

It took a while for her to figure out who the pony was, since she was absolutely covered in blood, but then Astral noticed the brown coat and curly, reddish pink mane.

It was the mare from Sugarcube Corner. The one who got into a fight with a Unicorn.

The mare choked, trying to say something, and on instinct, Astral tried to cast a healing spell, only for- and there was no other way to say this- her magic to balk and refuse.

But the mare sucked in a breath and managed to choke out "time spells, Canterlot Archives" before shuddering and curling inwards.

She wrapped a hoof around Astral's leg, and Astral was surprised by the strength of it. The mare looked half dead, yet her grip was as strong as Bulk Biceps.

Astral watched in disbelief as some sort of energy ran out of the mare's mouth, and down her arm, travelling up to Astral's body. She couldn't see where it went, but she flinched as something hit her horn hard enough for it to hurt.

And then, before her eyes, the mare . . dissipated, turning into some kind of mist that traveled straight into Astral's mouth. Panicked, she tried to use her magic, only for it to spark and fail.

It all took a couple of seconds at most, and, when it was done, Astral lay on her back, eyes wide.

"What, the fuck?"

Author's Note:

Yeah, that little voice in her head, telling her to think of spring, was indeed Astral, but had there not been a fight going on between this chapter and the last, it wouldn't have worked out so well as it did.

ALSO!

I'm planning on Retgonning Starlight being Astral's second mother. I mainly chose her because I don't have any special Twilight ship and so I went to a shipping generator, and they came up so I ran with it.

If you guys have any ideas, please feel free to put them in- however, it can't be;

Luna
Celestia
Sunburst
Discord
or any of the mane six, including Sunset, since she's with Sci Twi

I'm kinda leaning towards Moondancer TBH

Comments

[BoredAuthor817]

Hmm... interesting turn of developments...

As to Astral's other mom, why can't she be an OC? Why can't she be a member of the main 6 either as a former lover, either from a relationship that didn't work out, or an affair?

On a slightly different note, are we going to see Sunset Shimmer and co in this fic?

[Starlight Glimmer1]

Keep Starlight.

[Reading4HalfMyLife]

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Not this fic, no, but their kid will be appearing in Circus Act's, Pinkie and Rainbow's future kid, fic

Thing is, I don't really ship Twi with any of the mane six, y'know? I ship Rainbowpie and Rarijack and Scootabelle and Lunacord, but I don't have a Twilight ship, which is why I'm asking, because I want to see if there is a ship I can be sold on for her

I briefly considered Astral and Alchemy being a Twiluna kid, because the Royal Sketchbook got me into it, but I ship Lunacord more, so that was out

[Starlight Glimmer1]

Seriously, just keep Starlight.