• Published 18th Oct 2012
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Becoming an Alicorn - Cirrus Sky



What gives you wings and power?

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Friends & Revelations

“Am I going to end up here every time I drift off?” Twilight complained, she was at least in a physical body and sat on the island of earth and rock that drifted in the sound and colour.

“I’m afraid so little pony. This is our realm after all.” The voice was more musical than before, happier and thankfully less mysterious (She was privately sure that whoever it was speaking, they had been putting on the tones).

“Our realm?” Twilight sat comfortably on what appeared to be manifesting as grass over the grey earth.

“Yes, our realm. Yours and mine. Us. We.”

“I get it! Moon and stars!” Twilight groaned, whoever this voice was, they could sure be annoying. “So do I get to see you yet?”

“No sorry little pony. Not right now.” The voice had a hint of apology.

“Ah well,” Twilight could feel herself leaving. “I guess we’ll speak later?” As she withdrew she noticed the island had grown and was decorated with grass dotted with small purple flowers.

“Goodbye little pony.”

*

“Wakey wakey sleepy head! Aunty Pinkie has some cure-all cupcakes!” An excitable pink pony was jumping up and down beside the bed, defying physics, a plate and cupcake upon her back joined in with each jump.

“I’m older than you.” Twilight groaned, rubbing her head. She sat up to receive her guests and smiled gladly when Spike and Rainbow shot either side of her. Twilight lifted her wings to embrace all her friends. “Oh girls! I’m so glad you came.” She sniffled and hugged them tighter.

“Twilight, darling, we are glad you are so happy to see us but... we need to breath!” Rarity squeaked, pushing a little to get some air.

“Oh, sorry... New strength. Heh” Twilight blushed and released them all.

“Hooowee, that’s some grab y’got there Twi’” Applejack whistled, clearly impressed. “Ah can see that y’got some earth pony in there now.”

“And wings! That-is-so-COOL!” Rainbow squeed, her eyes shimmering. “I can so teach you how to fly!!” She did a flip. “THIS IS AWESOME!”

“So can I get turned into an Alicorn? Then I can have parties EVERYWHERE.” Pinkie nearly exploded. She began to draw one of her extreme breaths.

Twilight took one look at that and encased Pinkie in a bubble. “Are you ok Twilight?” Fluttershy came closer and looked carefully at her friend.

“I’m... I’m fine. I just spent an afternoon running for my life, created and cast the second most powerful spell I have ever attempted, sent myself somewhere unknown and unknowable and return with two extra limbs and magic I’ve never trained for...” Twilight’s eye twitched, everyone ran for cover.

“Darling... I think you’d better calm down.” Rarity said, taking refuge in the wardrobe. Mumbles of agreement came from a light fixture (Pinkie), under the bed (Spike), the other side of the door (Fluttershy) and from inside a large chest (Applejack).
“Yeah Twi’, I think she’s right.” Rainbow remained beside her, nestled under a wing. “I mean, you have all this extra power and stuff. You don’t wanna get all nuts about anything else we might end up in a crater instead of a mountain.”

Her hair began to unwind and spring into odd shapes. “It is a little hard to calm down... Not only have I single hoofedly altered the safe status quo Equestria has existed in for millennia, I created a massive magical explosion by accident! I have wings!!!” As her agitation grew and her wings fluffed awkwardly while her voice became higher pitched. Noticing the worry present on all her friends. Twilight made a snap decision.

Five ponies and a baby dragon found themselves in the royal spa, the other side of the palace to Twilight’s current residence. There was an almighty popping sound. “Quick! We have to get back to Twilight!” Spike shouted, hurrying ahead on his own two feet until Applejack scooped him up during her own gallop.

Outside there was panic and shouts from castle staff, guards and servants rushed hither and thither. Up in the sky the princesses flew. “We better get to the tower.” Applejack called, the girls nodded and as one galloped in the direction of their friend.

*

As they approached the tower something decidedly strange occurred, it seemed the tower was gone, replaced by Kumquats of all things. Pinkie had just begun a squeal of joy when the tower returned to its previous state.
“That didn’t look good.” Spike mumbled.

*

“Oh my, that was a large number of Kumquats dear.”

Twilight groaned, she was back in the shifting ridiculous place. Her head hurt and a hoof did indeed rub it, so at least she was once again physical instead of some kind of floating headache. There was grass beneath her hooves and peculiar pink flowers had sprouted too.

“Why Kumquats though?” The voice enquired once more.

“Pinkie had been reciting it recently, she does love such strange words.” Twilight muttered icily.

“It does feel pleasing on the tongue doesn’t it?” There was a disembodied chuckle.

“Shut up. If all you are going to do is tease I would prefer to sit in silence.” Twilight stretched out on the comfortable grass.
“Unless you have some answers for me?”

There was silence a moment. Twilight sighed, “So I’ll take that as a no?”

“Sorry, sorry... I was checking if this was the right moment. Lots of notes to look through.” The voice was less of a mystery, more distracted actually. If Twilight really thought about it, it sounded a little like her mother.

“Checking?” Twilight puzzled aloud.

“Never you mind,” It was certainly a similar reply to what her mother would have given. “Ah! Here, yes... I can tell you where you are. In a way. Did I already call this place Creation?”

“Yes, well more precisely you said that it was the “basic name” whatever that means.” Twilight sat up a little; her horn was feeling better now and the promise of answers was welcome.

“Well, yes... Creation is the basic name. But then Pony is your basic name.”

“I think things are a little more complex than that.” Twilight retorted. As they spoke more ground had gathered, it too sporting a healthy crop of grass.

“Indeed. You are unicorn pony for a start, well, alicorn pony... Right away more than simply “pony” anyway then we have your personal name: Twilight Sparkle. That is a name that to many ponies means many things. You have a title, Element of Magic. That holds even more information than all your other names yes? Yet Pony can still apply to you without being incorrect.”

“I’m a librarian.” She groused in reply. “I know a lot of words.”

“Ah, yes you do... Well, if you promise not to freak out too much...” The voice sounded nervous.

“I won’t promise anything. I just grew wings, I turned a tower into kumquats! Just tell me and then clean up afterwards!” Twilight thumped a hoof against the ground.

“Ok... I uh, better do this bit in the flesh, so to speak...” The voice ceased to be all surrounding and a physical form became. The pony was an Alicorn, a dusky purple with a waving mane in shades of indigo, purple, pink and a hint of black. Her cutie mark was a familiar purple star surrounded by sister stars in white, oddly the purple star also held and odd symbol. The Yin-yang but with a pentagon and golden apple instead of circles within. The alicorn coughed and ruffled her wings. “Hi, I’m Princess Eris... This, ah, this is our realm. Chaos.” She grinned nervously.


“What.”

Author's Note:

So, points if you ID the symbol.

Sorry for the long gap, this is half on-the-fly and half alcohol inspired rambling...

So yeah. Developments! Will do more now I have decided stuff!

Comments ( 36 )

Why did I knew she got something in common with Discord the moment I read kumquat tower... just me, I guess.:rainbowwild:
Oh, apparently first view... that's new for me.
Also, this is a very evil cliffhanger... so many questions!!!
Actually... in hindsight that's obvious from the beginning. With the place described with opposite themes...

Chaos is creation... makes sense...
And with Twi being as crazy as she is... makes sense...

Next chapter will have a lot of freakouts, I feel...

Wow an update.

So Mary Sue pone becomes more of a Mary Sue.

i.imgur.com/ZiIiM.jpg

I deny any knowledge of that particular icon. Will Discord be the golden worm in this particular apple?
Now please excuse me while I eat my Fryday hotdog. :twilightoops:

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... that makes perfect sense!:pinkiegasp:
So, Twilight can now go crazy and it's going to be absolutely legit and sometimes even needed? Awesome!

Oh, and I wonder what will Discord say... sorry, D, but we have Twi now to wreak havoc and sow chaos, you lost your job, see ya!

chaos realm? oh shit.

that's a very nice symbol of discordianism you got there

That is a very nice Sacred Chao (pronounced Cow) you have there Eris.

interesting chapter! had to reread the whole thing, didn't exactly take much time, but still.
so twilight is an alicorn of chaos? or is chaos just the name for the place, the beginning so to speak, related to magic perhaps; the alicorn of magic? does this relate to discord in any way? (this is just me asking random stating my questions; i don't want any spoilers:twilightsmile:)

IT LIVES!!!

That is all...

two questios:

1st is Eris going to be Twilight's new "Princess" name?

2nd Is she doomed to be an enemy of Celestia or not?

It ts the symbol of Eris and the discordians

Is it a piece of eden? I HOPE IT IS IF NOT I WILL EAT YOUR LIVER! AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED!

Eris, Golden Apple, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy?

I don't think I've ever seen a work of fiction featuring Eris in which she wasn't a sadistic witch of a goddess.

>Not the Twilight Zone
Oh. Okay.
:rainbowderp:

Eris as in Greek Mythology my good bronies. The Sacred Chao indeed and all shall be revealed and that :twilightsmile:

And Mary Sues? WELL DUH! THIS IS FAN-FIC!!!! :flutterrage: lol.

A note: Eris is one of my favourite names. Chaos is a pet fondness of mine. @ Mossflower, a redwall fan! Coolsome.

Now I am going to crawl away and weep. :twilightoops:

(Joke) Alt. Title: I Wasn't Prepared To Become An Alicorn And Cry For Eternity And The Sun

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Hmm... I think having all the details from Twilight's Mark on Eris plus extra is over doing it. Perhaps it would be good to lose either the central star in favor of the discord symbol or remove the smaller stars.

This is because Cutie Marks tend to be quite simple.

I have enjoyed reading this, but there is another book like this on here. I would put a link in but I have lost it so....:facehoof: but if anyone knows what it is called I would love that very much:twilightsmile:

are you gonna update this?

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I have no idea where to go with it! I sometimes open up the document and type like, a line but nothing happens :fluttercry: I have an vauge sort of ending I want for it but so far it is not getting there, just driving me :pinkiecrazy:

"I don't know about ponies, but it's fear that gives men wings."
I'm sorry, I was browsing and saw the short description for this, which led to this random reference. I'll be sure to actually read the story later.

Updates!:raritydespair:

Let me just

BUMP

this so you know you still have fans.

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That is nice to know, I have hit a roadblock in writing this, if no one actually noticed :twilightsheepish: I have been writing and scrapping so I think I'll just have to give it a really good push one day.

Comment posted by Not Here Anymore deleted Jun 10th, 2015

Great chapter, looking forward to seeing what happens next. Especially Twilight's reaction to being in a realm named Chaos, what with her organized nature. Also looking forward to seeing how Rainbow and Twilight's relationship is strengthened, and how Twilight, had the power she used for the spell in the first place, in other words, how she had it and how it was sealed off. I am also curious as to how her friends will react when they find out about the realm she goes too. And if she does have chaos, then is she going to be taught by both Discord, and Eris or just Eris? Sorry just really curious.

Came for the story.
Stayed for the kumquats. :pinkiehappy:

How come you cancelled it? :fluttercry:

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I lost motivation and direction mostly. Add the fact that I actually lost a lot of the ideas that I'd written up when I lost the flash drive I used and it was doomed. It got dropped in favour of other projects and I never really found anything to add to it. :moustache:

I'm honestly surprised anyone still takes a look at it! Thanks for a comment :twilightsmile:

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Sigh, you're welcome, I guess. It always pains me to see a Cancelled tag on any story, and cruelly enough, all the stories I see cancelled are really good ones. :ajsleepy: It was enjoyable while it lasted (not very long :fluttercry:)

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